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NOTES   AND    QUERIES. 

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1 


LOSDOSr,  8ATU&DA  T,  J  AS  PART  %,  16ft4. 


CONTEXTS.— N».  106. 


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I 


KOrEH:  — ITnpuMishcfl  IT        -     '  c-..-;  . 

An-hbixhiip  L(iri<I.  1  "  A  »«■ 

Vs'roral,  II— VirtiiMilm  ■  7 

;--.'■■•  ■  N  —  H.M--ll'Ml—     iii.t 

1  —  Jiiliu  ICtiwe,  SoT' 
i  •rid|i;«>TnU(.tbUion  m 

lii-iC.  —  K   U':-fi:''riL'  n  it-'iicirn,  iv. 

ttJKUlKS:  -Oil)  I,»tiii  Ari»(<it1f»  — John  Rarcroft  —  C?eno- 
tftj'li  tollio  7'.uli  R-irim>iil  i%i  riirtun  —Will. am  Uliaitfnom 
—  ki«u«t»nr  (i'<JHfriu»p  —  lUtiM'vnftiim  —  L»urcl  Wutur  - 
Lewi*  Mnnu -111.*  P.infr>  Cmi!.!.!  iS  Mollo  —  BjcbanJ 
Sill vpyne  — Swinburne  — Cjiptftid  Torh«?,  il. 

QriOLiBa  WITH  AihWBrm:  — Pholoy— L'OMBfJdr<x(s«'d  to 
Disirlcs  I. —  Cn-(tt  of  AtM»lhei'»rtOB' OiJuijiBiiy — FruiJien- 
t :i III :  Sllipo  —  John  Bu't-iii  —  Jauicii  Il.iukil  (he  Freluiidi^r 
-  N'i'W  IrAiibltitloa  vf  lite  Bible,  by  Jolui  Bullniu^'. cirtn 

R'  Kjhibitloii  of  Siv•|l-^^.-«^d^  14  — "Exl    ll<wn 

J  ,  '15-Ri'V,  I'.  Rc>»"iihaiti'i\.  Irt  -('olliiin.  AiilliMr 

njvr."17— J"hn  HftWkiii»-a.v.  F.  S.  pMiie  — 
''  •.  >  ui.u>'ii(>  —  John  hiiiini',  LI..U.  -  SHinlllsh  —  Kxi  cu- 
li  I  for  WitrlKTBft  —  ftliuilntion  rif  Si'ijiiirhml  Moiiii- 
Il  .  I  !,  -  I.a.iif.  V  ilv  (.f  r'l.-ri.'.ri. -11  -  Llifri.  H.vv,  r  I'.-.ui- 
1    .  .     .  ^      ■  ,,l 


Naoiei  — Aa  Vladana  llatU>r,2U. 


NolM  gn  Book*,  Ac. 


ADDRESS. 

A  Happy  New  Tear  to  cvcrj'  kin>l  Contributor,  i;fntlt> 
KrodtT,  and  wnrm  Frien!,  under  wbo->c  gcni.il  iiirtiicnrc 
••  >foTj;ii  ASH  (iiTRif^i"  bus  continued  to  ii'^urish  for 
Fourteen  Yrnrs. — Yes,  Fourteen  Ytnns! 

At  fourti-od  yeura  of  ngc  the  Uoman  vnnth  was  enfillod 
to  aMiim?  I'll*  f.'yfi  ciritit.  TIio  foijj  virili* rtfn  p«.-rim)lc«l  i« 
it«own  Publisliin^  Ofll;-.:.  .Si  from  benci-iV.rth  "  X.  &  Q  " 
will  b«  t%ued  trum  No.  il'i,  Wellington  Sirtel,  Strnnd, 
wbere.  We  Irtiiit,  with  tbo  continued  SHAintniice  of  tboM 

id  old  frifniiit  who  have  rallied  round  it  in  itA  new 
with  conlributinjui  to  cnriuh  the  prestint  atid  ful- 

ing  Numbers,  it  will  ^'o  on  iucrcaMng  in  intereal  snd 
oaefuluiaA  for  years  to  come. 


when 


fiotei. 

UNPUBLISHED  Hl'MnROUS  AND  SATIItlCAL 
PAPERS  OF  AHCdDISHOP  LAUD. 
Few  people  would  loolc  for  Lumoiir  iu  naytliing 
»«id  or  wriMe!n  by  .^rchliij-hop  LnutL  He,  wliosf? 
**  hn-ty  ^Itrirp  way  ot'apenliiny:  "  w  cntnTnemo!:»li'cl 
by  Climnilon,  who  eiiiii  of  himsi'lf  that  ha  Imii 
••no  Ibinure  for  coriiplJuifiUs,''  BiiJ  wliosw  voJco 
And  mnnnur  in  8iM>nUiii;>  were  siicli  tlmt  thi'V  who 
keArd  iind  piiw  htm  alwuyti  siipposrd  thjit  lie  vma 
nagty—ffiich.  h  mwi  rtt-pina  vory  uuJilcely  to  have 
beon  fjilled  with  the  eli^l.test  prflii.^position  for 
drollery.  Yet  I  brnl  n, ,  ,>iori,  some  tiuio  ngo,  to 
poiut  out  that,  in  '  to  hU  Iriends,  there 

oxijiU'd  truces  of  a  ,;  kindly  plffwnntry,  of 

which  I  tjuoted  8tiY»iral  «i«itiplii».    I  havo  now, 


ffoin^  ft  step  farther  in  the  same  dirpction,  to  lay 
before  vou  evidence  that  thoru  really  was  within 
that  cofd  hnrsh  man — for  such  in  bis  *'  full-Mown 
dipnity  "  he  exhibited  himself  to  the  world — n 
power  of  appreciatiuR-  and  applying  wit  and  wag- 
gery for  which,  without  thia  evidence,  Bcarcely 
au_vone,  I  think,  woivld  give  hiui  credit. 

jiut  I  must  prt'tuise  a  few  words  of  KxpUinfttion. 
Iu  1013  the  future  Archbishop  was,  iu  his  fortinlii 
year,  Pre*«id«nt  of  St.  John'a,  Oxford,  a  Doctor  of 
Diviuity,  and  n  Koynl  Chaphua.  la  that  ^tiuu 
vear  a  most  absurd  "  si^dition,"  as  it  is  terniud 
by  .'Vntony  a  VVihxJ,  whs  niiiit'd  in  the  University. 
Some  of  the  youn;,'flter6,  headed  by  one  Ileury 
Wightwick  of  Glouce.'-ter  Hall,  deemed  the  dij?- 
nity  of  the  Convocntiou  HuU£e  diminished  by  the 
circumatiince  tliat  the  Mce-Chanctdlor  and  Doc- 
tors were  iu  the  habit  of  sitting  in  their  as.«eniblir8 
biire-headed.  There  huve  bi^eti  mnuy  foi^lish  re- 
bellions ;  but  surfly,  if  we  Imow  the  truth  abnut 
tiiis  mutter,  no  one  wa.s  ever  more  silly  than  this. 
Like  nitipy  other  hHre-bnuued  tbinjrs,  however, 
it  found  pHtronug^e  amoup  mvn  of  higher  stauiljn(5 
than  ihoso  with  whom  it  originated;  and,  thua 
supported,  what  appears  to  havo  been  a  mere 
cJiildifih  outbreak  divided  and  excited  the  whole 
University.  We  must  suppose  that,  somehow 
or  other,  it  liukiMl  iuvW  to  party  dift'erencn.^ 
of  a  hioher  character.  Dims  as  well  aa  under- 
^'r«diiate«i  wcie,  for  several  years,  kept  in  hot- 
water  by  thia  cont>3rnptible  dispute.  Some  of  the 
leaders  of  the  disaenlient*  even  went  the  length 
of  threatening  to  foUuw  an  example  which  had 
occft«iiiiied  coD«ideriible  trouble  once  before — that 
of  netvesiou  from  Ovford,  and  the  erection  of  h 
new  cidli'jre  at,  Slaniford. 

Ocitjpyinpan  eminent  staiion  in  the  University, 
Laud  could  pcjircely  have  avoided  taking  Bomo 
share  in  the  dispute ;  and  wo  know  that  ho  wn.s  not 
ft  man  to  do  anything;  otherwise  than  enerireticiilly. 
Whttlover  he  did  or  said,  wo  may  be  sure  that  on 
such  an  occasion  he  took  the  eide  of  authority; 
but  we  have  no  infnrnintion  on  the  subject,  until 
the  proposal  waa  made  to  diatnember  the  Univer- 
sity. .\rou*ed  by  n  eupjestion,  which  was  either 
absurd  or  of  weighty  ni'mient,  he  dfferniined  to 
cru?h  it  at  once  by  overwhelming?  it  with  ridicule. 
The  stories  of  the  folly  of  the  Gothamiti'S, 
wliich  were  then  frimiliur  to  everybody,  puvo 
him  It  fuundation  to  build  uprin.  He  cimceived  the 
design  of  publisihing  a  burlesque  account  of  the 
contcmpliiti'd  foundation  nt  Stamford,  under  the 
name  of  (iollinm  (or,  as  lie  sjvelt  it,  Uotam,)  Co\- 
lepe.  intrixlucing  into  its  iuin^'inary  reptilntionfl 
tiiich  fiothamite  recollections  as  could  be  mndo 
applicable,  with  auch  other  etrokns  of  humoitr  ua 
could  be  brought  to  bear  upon  the  contemplated 
de^iffii,  in  the  way  of  fjidzzing  and  cunti'nipt. 

The  subject  luw  not  bc.fc\v«vtTOC\avv<?^^«^^'»*  ^&»' 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


r3r<«S.  V.  Jan.  2, 


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kotOs  lliRlr  Ik  llotir  uiiv 
I'dUliitKr  Alnijn  mar    p'1. 


(or  iriniJreutu,      J  Ul-i 
1  ili^  rtrm.»,  «n'l  m«v 


t 


any  documents  re?p<?ctinj?  it  printetl  in  the  edi- 
tion of  his  IVorkt  published  iu  the  Ijbrary  of 
Anglo-Catholic  Theology ;  but  there  exist,  nraong 
thf<  State  Pttpers  in  the  Public  liecord  (_)ilict', 
pbcod  nt  the  end  of  the  rear  IcU.'t,  varioui  pftpers, 
mostly  in  Laud's  hand trri tin}?,  which  ch'iiirly  in- 
dicate the  nature  of  hia  contemplated  piiblicntion. 
None  of  then*  are  probably  quite  finished  ;  but 
«11  are,  niofB  or  les»,  advanced  towanls  comple- 
tion. Why  the  inti-nde«i  pjimphlet,  nr  whntever 
it  was  to  hnve  b''f«n,  whs  hud  »8ide,  doee  not  np- 
pear.  The  (Jothauiite  «rhenie  nifty  have  difd 
»wny,  and  it  was  not  deemed  Hdvunble  to  stir  its 
Ueoii>inp  embers;  or  Liiud's  execution  of  his  de- 
eipn,  after  much  touching  and  retourhing  ((-f 
which  the  pnpers  before  us  present  Ample  evi- 
dence), mny  not  have  pleased  hiui.  Tbestf  nianu- 
Biript»  remain  —  mere  wrecks  and  ruins ;  but 
there  is  enough  in  them  to  iiidicate  olearly  the 
Author's  purpose,  and  to  deuionfltrate,  unleias  I 
very  much  mi.^take  iheir  cliaracter,  that  he  ptw- 
Fcsi,*ed  no  m'*aii  power  of  mnkin-r  sport.  He  dealt 
■with  the  subject  before  him  in  hU  naturally  sharp, 
but  also  in  a  Irolicsorae  and  witty  manner. 

The  lirst  of  these  papers — an  "  Epistle  to  the 
Reader,"  dcrtj^ned  as  a  preface  to  the  intended 
•work — feeins  to  be  all  but  complete.  1  shall  give 
it  ^ou  as  it  stands.     It  will  be  found  to  be  quaint 

(1  old-fa^hioued,  but  not  without  touched   of 
Qectire  pleo^ntry. 

"To  TiEE  Reai>er, 

"  Omp,  Reader,  lot'«  be  inprrj* !     I  hnvK  n  t«l«  to  t«ll : 
1  >rouM  it  were  worth  tho  benrini;,  but  tAke  it  <u  it  i», 
Thktv'n  a  great,  oomplnint  niailii  ogaiii^tt  tUi*  n^v,  thnt  no 
gooii  works  ore  done  in  it.     t'uri!  ]  hoar  Slondtr  hath  a 
tonrue,  and  it  i«  a  woman's  binl  nuvvr  bt>m  inutc*     For 
iiui  liiiiR  xince  (Im'miIcs  many  ntlirr  tliiupt  of  worth)  tiicrc 
wn«  built  in  (he  air  a  vpry  Inmous  foIJi  j^f,  ihi-  Sr-iuMAUT 
«il'  iKMH'fiNT?,  cuniiiioiity  called  in  IIk-.  tnuthrr  tnnj^ufi  of 
lltMt  ;>Ui-<!,  (loTAM  (  oi.icoK,     I  flo  uot  itiiiik  in  tiie*c 
latter   (aviiu^    iij;e^.  tbent  Imtb  been    *  w<u-k    ihine  of 
iiTvMcT  dili(?r  jTolit  or   iiiiiprniiir««n<*c.    The  thunder  got 
uii  int«  n  trccOndb'-noweil  u  r»uks  n^-t  f  rfii^  cu.-hion) 
»..*-«u,ritloii.f  ih('!)iiil.tiM^,ai.iIil..  :  .  IhiJ.  He 

ipH>lved  t«>  btiibi   it  in  tl'c  flir  to  -  ,  becauve 

raxilcft  are  built  tlicri"  of  liv^Uiir  inui  .....  .     .i  is  iu>t  tp 

ho  *p«jkcn  how  much  he  iuiv«s|  in  itip  vrrv  cnrriage  of 
ittnln-f  «n'!  dtinf  by  tlii-)  politic  iff  \  iii-.  wlrti-li  1  do  not 
I  1  in  othiT  I  1  \ei  ht 

V  iaImiI  itMi  I  c  his  iUA- 

I'.      .    .  -         rt'  to  be   bc.j    ..:   ...    hoiild    luit 

^rt  into  it;  and  it  U  ii^aiiuit  all  giMxt  tiiiil<iiiit;  Id  nr«d 
n  li.ffl.rii!  ih«<  cnt-.     ';ii«  mkI  o»  thi-<   t'UiMiiti'  wb'*  «» 


City  iu  ku>t>|H.    hutb  Uiuglkt  wnultk  Im  watted  nputt  by 


itfM 


innlice.  'Hiprpfore  he  rwv>lv«fd  to  buil<l  ii  in  no  I7uivpr- 
*it_v,  but  ver}'  near  one  faiiious  one.  Nut  in  «iiy,  for 
tiQch  a  place  (-niiiiiit  heiir  their  folly  ;  Dot  far  iiiT.  I'nr  Da 
(itlier  |iln<'c  ru  linblr  to  iliscvxcr  nmj  (luldish  their  wuilh. 
1  ciinlil  trll  ytiii  iiiufh  iuuri>,  but  it  ia  not  good  mnnn'-r'  in 
llic  Kpr-itle  li»  prevejit  the  tr«i-t.  If  you  »iU  i 
the  piling  to  wdJk  about  thi^  t'olicffe,  yon  ^ball  ' 
ant  of  their  bnitdinc.  1'  not  U)  rend  their  vr.y. . 
»t«tuii'«,  you  ihnll  uot  know  their  priri)epe«i.  It'  r 
be  MtipiAinU-d  with  .soiui*  of  the  ntudciil:).  r<>u  ihall 
it  rangier  in  nil  piaet^t,  and  not  well  arqiminted  in 
own  roontry.  Hue  coun.s<.l  let  trie  give  vcni  ;  wIj« 
vou  vij<it  the  plar«,  stiiy  not  lonif  it  ;*  fur  the  ai 
bad,  aod  (ill  the  stiidentA  very  rhi'nm«ti<-.  I  hHve  hL-sfft 
thnt  l-idv  Frivlt'iKv?  Wisdom  went  but  onn«  (fh»n  »lt|j 
\i  '■  '.  a>id  yet  .'«he  <•- 

■  It  Wii'  built,  an  i 
h  '.  IT  ctHm-  within    I  i 

Tou  think  tbif  Autiior  uf  ihi*  Work  (wlm  tor  thtrlou»i' 
liouour,  wnd  thi«  Ktixlnnlft'  Tirtues,  hath  takfn  on  hi 
tntp  out  Ihi-  ■      ''        ■    nuitt  depart  '  '      "nth 

hi-'torv.     K'  ^  niJt.     For  -rv 

|ii]i<t  ol'  tl>l'-»-  .'Ith    (lllll   sti  ;;  .    fM«n 

s«l  out  tu  the  Mi'tbl.  11)<«  |»«-n  1«  wkitk,  uitd  mine 
hitt  whocMniiotdefvtiil  Iiii)ticeiiL<i  P  Karsweli.  The  fn 
InLi;:h>.d  jicrtrtily  when  ho  bnilt  the  t»le+;e  :  if  lJn»a 
lrtu;fh  at  notliin;^  in  it,  borrow  a  spleen.  Yon  km 
dwi'll  a  little  too  nenr  the  Collc-^e  'bit  I  am  to  tkil 
it,  anil  bavf  idle  time  to  tp^•nd  ftlxiul  it.  But  it'( 
matter,  Wlmt  if  1  w«rn'  ehuMtn  Fellow  of  the  ho' 
As  tho  world  tiovs,  I  had  mther  be  rich  at  Clmhatn  tl 
poor  in  B  ln;lirr  phioe.  You  know  wticro  I  dwell.  C<"»e 
In  itee  me  at  any  lime  when  it  is  «Afc',  tliat  the  Kara  f  of 
the  t.'olli>gv  han^  not  over  me,  and  I  will  show  you  ii» 
many  Fellowj*  of  tlii«  Society  highly  preferred  *5  of  any 
othf'V,  i  know  you  Ion/;  to  "hear;  but  you  shoU  coim 
n.y  hoUM!  for  It.'os  neat  the  Colle^-e  r<  it  !<tand«.  T 
you  xhull  iitid  ine  at  tiiy  devotion  for  tit^nefactors  to' 
worthy  foundation." 

This  "  Epistle  to  the  Reader"  is  follow* 
a  variety  of  rotich  notes,  scAttered  over  sevei 
leaves,  many  of  which  contain  only  ft  sent 
or   two.      I'hey  were  appnrtjntly  inteitdetl 
worked  up  into  the  designed  work. 

ArVe  next  have  h  Lottin  Charter  of  Liber 
fluppoAed  to  have  been  granted  to  the  L'olle^j 
the  Emperor  of  .Vlor  n.  ThtM-o  are  »iuong 
paper*  two  drtifts  of  this  charl^jf.  In  one, 
Etuperor's  name  is  given  as  Midas.  Thtsy 
both  fratned  fvi  if  granted  to  the  founder,  who' 
at  Hfjit designated  fut  "Thouios  Whil*',  luiltjs," 
the  "  White "  wnn  HubM'qucntly  struck  out.  Why 
th«*  nam.!  of  Sir  Thoniw*  White,  tli"  t-' i.T,.r  ..r 
Heading  School,  whrre  I-aud  was 
of  his  beloved  (.'oll*>(fe  <if  t^t.  Johu'^,  _. 
troduced,  1  am  un«lii»»  to  expliin. 

T;i,.    .li».rt    i,r  n    Kouudaiion  Cbarlor  of! 
1.     It  runs  in  ihp  nan 
:■>,  milcD  auritus,  patriie 
renntia." 

Wo  nt'.vt  l^vf  twn  cop!r«,  bnt  with  maoyr^ 


buUioi'a  pttticipiU  vtVorU     In  '•■■ 


Ammo  pnuint  ta  atnu. 


t 


1»"0TES  AND  QUERIES. 


out 


rales  and  ivgulatioDS  of  the  collpgo,  be  noura  out 
his  Btoru  of  lioihftmite  recolloctinns,  with  such 
fresh  wit  a»  ha  could  make  to  t4?.ll  ft^^^alnst  the 
chief  membere  of  the  party  to  whom  he  was 
opposed.  It  is  difficult  occafliomilly  to  identify 
the  persons  alluded  to,  but  many  of  them  will  he 
ily  recoffuieed.  The  two  brothers,  Dr.  Sanip- 
D  and  Dr,  Daniel  Price,  together  with  l)r. 
Thomas  James,  the  Huthor  of  Bt'Ouvt  Pafmlv,  were 
clearly  leaders  in  the  suggestion  which  excited 
J^aud  a  di^ilike.  Upon  them  the  vial*  of  hib  wmth 
were  consequently  poured.  .Ml  thn  e  were  6tron<,' 
anti-Romaniata.  Antony  Wood  ItlU  na  that  Dr. 
Sampson  Price  was  so  distinguished  in  that  re- 
J^ect,  that  he  acquired  the  name  of  "  *  The  Mawl 
~ ""  Hefetica,'  meaniug^  papist^;"  and  that,  both  he 
id  bis  brother  were  roparded  wiih  especial  dis- 
like at  Douny,  Both  brothere  were  royal  chap- 
laitis  and  popular  preacheis,  and  of  the  some  way 
of  thiukiu^, — that  avuv  being  in  most  respects 
nearly  as  far  amoved  from  Laud's  way,  as  could 
co-cxi.Ht  within  the  pale  of  the  Church  of  Ku^rland. 
Dr.  Thomas  Jamej^,  tlte  well-known  Bodley  lihra- 
riaa,  waa  a  man  of  precisely  the  aame  anti-Ho- 
laanist  views  aa  the  Wiees,  Lut  probably  of  far 
greater  learuinfj;  than  either  of  them.  All  tbeae 
had  no  doubt,  like  other  men,  their  vanities  and 

reculiaiilies ;  and  it  is  upon  these  foibles  that 
jiud  seize."*,  and  applies  them  to  the  purposes  of 
liis  ridicule.  Thu.s,  we  lejim  that  James  was 
Iii|;hty  pU>iu«cd  with  hi«  dig:nity  of  Ju.stic£  of 
Peace,  whence  Laud  styles  him  Mr.  Juiitice 
Jame*,  and  appoints  him  library  keeper  of  tho 
now  collejp',  VVe  learn  also,  that  Dr.  Sampson 
Price  enjmed  hianapat  thesermom  in  St.  Mmy'tn, 
and  that  Dr.  Daniel  ^va£•  fond  of  an  anchovy  toiuiit, 
and  had  a  general  likin^.^  (in  which  respect  he  wad 
probably  not  singular,  either  at  Oxford  or  el»e- 
wbere)  for  a  pood  dinner.  All  these  points  come 
out  in  the  following  paper ;  which  I  print,  M'ith 
■*""  or  two  OQiisfiioiis,  from  one  of  the  two  manu- 
pt8.  adding  here  and  there  passages  derived 
>m  the  other. 


"TlIK  FODST>ATK>S   OF   GOTAM   COLLEOR. 

"  The  founder  (Iwing  llic  Duke  of  Morea*)  made  stiU 
and  obtaioiyl  Irnve  for  this  founilatjon,  tbut  it  might  be 
ererfe^t,  «iii»o  1613.     TU«  rvHs-iN*  ol  hi.<  suit  were: — 

"  1,  Ueoiiuw,  in  the  tniiUt  <>f  w>  many  good  worka  as 
had  tie«n  dono  for  t'l-  t.i.  --'up  of  men  in  kiimin^, 
lh«re  had  tnntn  notu  i.-iul  for  tlie  Golaini!>t«. 

"V.  HerTntHP  rvpr  the  UnivcTsitv  had  w>fiie 

I'f  ll  wire  tiller  to  lie  eltiled  and 

cf'  in  \,U\A  new  fnundaiion. 

-     -   .    ..  .;.i.  th«u.  iu  a  nell-f^uverned  com- 
monwenlih,  auoU  a  grt-ai  muipany  of  deserving  men,  or 

•  Tliis   i*  11  nt  with  the?  ff*ii((*ition  ohnri*ir 

n^iticTd    hcfoi-  ui   evIdcDiM*  that  tJio  auth<ir'<i 

detign  wits    -■i:.!  ..i^ul.     In   the  niHrgiii  iw  irrittcn, 

••Sir  Thuntus  (.iiniiiiiby,  lon-fouiidcr,"  Ihisi  i»  evi- 
dt^itlr  tb(*  "TliomM  1l  Cuniculi«,"  meuiioiK'd  io  Ibo 
foundAtiua  charter. 


youth  full  of  hopo  as  those  arc  (for  $lultr>mm plena  »utit 
omnitt),  »hciuhl  want  jtlucea  of  pr«l'eiiiienl  or  tduojtiioii. 

"  MnhttcH'jurt. —  Their  tiiortmoiu  i»  to  h<dd  a*  mnch  as 
will  Ixt^ivvn  th^m,  witliMrit  any  (itiiit;  which  favour  ia 
jrniiiteil  fhciTi  in  refiard  of  their  iiunitwr  (bcinp  the  great- 
er <oundAiion  in  (-hriAtendom),    and  at   tho  instant  rff- 

I  i|tic<*t.<'>r  thf*  honourable  palromtifl  the  Lady  f'ortuna  fuvtt; 

\  \'       '    '    'wkvji,  that  they  hold  no  part  of  this  their  innd, 
'  I .  in   luipUe,   but  a»  much  as  they  will  in 

Iv  i\ioc,  ao   they  fit  their  cap  aud  their  coat 

tlu-ffulit:!. 

"  Sneioru-ni  numeruM,— -The  nnniher  of  Fellows  may  not 
l)«  umlor  o<Hi,  and  'iiH)  prohationers  (if  ao  many  may  Ite 
liiuud  tit)  ;  If  hidi  it  -flinll  Ik:  lawful  to  chuoHe  nut  of  any 
t'oUe^e  in  dxfurd:  I'rovideil  th-it  when,  if  ever,  there  ii 
luiy  iMuiuent  u>an  found  in  the  other  LTniversity  ofCiitii* 
liri<ig«<,  or  any  otiior,  it  shall  be  lawful  lor  them,  whtotl 
alter  tho  founder  ^hall  bo  put  in  truttt  with  the  cicetiuu, 
t^>  admit  llii»m  in  rer»*  rt  pKrjitlwit  tocini. 

*'  The  <tAtnte«  are  n(«pr»iiiieil  to  he  penned  in  brief,  for 
the.  h'I|)  of  their  metntrry,  wliir'h  yet  is  hotter  ihan  ttM 
wit.  of  any  ol  the  Fellowships.  \^Mtmnfitndum.  In  in^ikiii^ 
of  a  ipeeeh,  they  muxl  not  stop  at  any  time,  hut  whcu 
!hi-ir  hreiilh  fuils.]  There  is  leavi*  {;rjintcd  ihey  may  r«» 
move 'Cuckoo-biish,' an<l  set  it  in  sfitne  [i.irt  of  the  Col- 
l''.:e  ciirdfu  :  and  tiiat  tu  remetnhraure  of  their  famnua 
pio.lo»'as*or«  they  shall  breed  a  L'ucko<i  every  year,  and 
keep  hhn  in  a  pound  till  he  l>e  hoarse ;  aud  then,  in  n)id> 
summer  moon,  deliver  bim  to  the  buab  and  let  him  at 
liberty. 

"  llVcnu^e  few  of  thwe  men  have  wit  enough  to  grieva, 
they  shnll  hiive  Minudyes'*  every  liulyday  and  everf 
ThurHlay  lhr<>u({h  tlie  year;  and  their '(laudye^'  ^hail 
l>c  gerve^l  up  in  wuodoicks,  ^ulU,  cur^t,  noulH,  geed^,  gati- 
dem,  and  alt  »u'.<h  other  fowl,  which  «ha(l  be  brought  nt  a 
certain  rale  in  a.'ft-l"Ad>i  to  fumi?<h  the  CoJle;;e.  But  on 
other  d.iv*  wliji'h  (uv  n"t  '  Uniidye*,"  they  *hall  havo  all 
their  o>roino)is  in  i:-ilf'»  hvad  and  bne«in.t  and.  there- 
fore, to  this  purt>o««  hU  the  beef,  mutton,  and  veal,  Rhutl 
),«  nut  not  Itv  iniir  hutoher  iuto  calvc*'  heads;  and  on 
ll  1.  "   '     1 1,  or  drowiK.'il  eel,  with  a  piece 

(.!  ■    sjiiiic  dairy  with  that  cheese 

IV  h  '^ors  rolled  down  the  hill,  logo 

to  iiirtil„:t  l*fore  ihcui. 

"  LlrotlDi,  ejiiidles  poCta^ce.  atuJ  all  such  sottlo-brain, 
absolutely  fork.iddeii.     All  lUher  incatA  to  be  eaten  iisao. 

"  t'a»t». — They  are  to  fast  upon  O  Siipientiu.  The 
solemn  day  of  their  foundation,  luuooeiitVday.  [Another 
»olcnui  fe^st  day  to  be  lenewi-d,  St,  DunstanX] 

•' Brjirfiiai.—Gotvn  annexed  to  the  headship.  The 
other  Iwiicljfca  beloni^in;;  in  the  Fellows  arc  hloxNin, 
Dun.«-tu.  l>un^tabl'^  ^t,  iJuii'it.ura  (Kast,  VVe.Ht),  Tutte- 
ridjje,  AleCoii,  linUlfc»ljridKe,  Giddiufi(.\Iaffna,  Parva),  the 
prebend  of  I.aylon  Unzzard,  Little  riraitiforil.  Little  Wil- 
(inni  (Mr.  Dm'un  bein^  patron  of  Little  Uiinani,  nave  it 
to  n  pmd  scholar),  a  petition  beinK  made  by  the  (.IoIU-kb 
that  VVitnion,  and  all  that  .Mr.  Dunna  had  in  hi.t  (,1t'r, 
should  U'loutf  to  the  L"ollc;;c.  j^AdfUfl  in  thr  mart/in  : — 
L'.xjkehiim  (Magna,  I'arva;,  Steeple  UuiU5lofl<l,  L'lfgly, 
St,  Aaaph*'.] 

"An  Art  of  rarlianioni  held  f"r  them, 

"  I  he  Lollece  to  be  tiiniiHhe^l  with  all  munition  8i»vo 
hoai!-iii'!?-r^.     Ni-mh'  <>f  ih*^  _'fiii'r»fioi>-  "f  VN'i*^m.-n,  Wi-e- 

cl...     ■.,■,,,;■"■,  ■".    '■  ■■■■  ir 

d.., ..-. ll .  .-     ^'^^k,, 

TactiQi,  TMuqudloa,  and  I'ludculius. 


*  Diet.   "  Nrpuntht   fvituM."     A  foot  al  aecoiid  ooitrta, 
3/^w^lf(f  With  enrt/thiti:/  <<-> purp»  thf  ht't-L 

I   It  bring  liin'/'-^i  ./'"■  t/t«tK,  a»  a-'tlV.  u*  Owe  Uiicti  vV»«wi*  *^ 
tci  bread  und  Inillcr  \n  live  tlitctk. 


•*  There  are  three  qundranglea :  tlie  north  for  Gotn- 
iiiisU;  the  Miulli  fur  those  that  woul<l  he  kiiftve*  if  ihi-y 
had  wit  eD(iui;h  ;  the  midiiktno^t  for  Kueb  m  iti-e  hiyami. 
An  outward  <]iiadraiig]e  also,  at  both  iwhose  eutraucea  i« 
plat?ed  a  whirliijig'. 

'•  JJiMikf. —  IkKiks  givrn  to  the  librHry*:  CofTAt's 
CnttlUirt;  Dr.  Dan.  Price's  vlM»m'(»iiriV»,t  with  hisoth'r 
worki,  tMiund  with  Nari*  StuUi/rru ;  Juitiix-  Jauie»'  Jict- 
Imih  Popale  ;  Agrippa  Kncotnlum  Afini ;  Fetticui  Vituius 
^fureus;  Knrntnium  ytoriw  ;  Raim.  I^itltut  An  Magna  ft 
Piirva;  Budtrua  t/e  Atie  ;  iJominiciiM  a  Sotit  ;  JJun*  Sct- 
tnn;  Liber  an  Homo  tit  A>inu*;  Bird,  of  All  SnuK  Ilia 
Jltcrtmtti.J  an'l  PvrrUft  (if  you  will),  Ijiit  not  Cat«i ;  Car. 
I'niperb.;%  Grviiiii  [({runnii]  ('orucoitro  Pnrrelli  Te»- 
(nmrnrKm;  a  primer;  Tenlerl»«itly  ;  Ilowea'  CAroatr.  ;|1 
I)  *fiiit'tti<'ne»  Fueriitt;  n  ohildivn's  dicliooarjf  5  Seiieca, 
tnft'insrrijit. 

"  W'liija  they  keep  their  Ai-t,  Dr.  Jaiucs  to  answer  in 
Divinitjr. 

'*  The  LiUlrry.  ->  Dr.  Sh.  bcinf;  out  of  officc,  fttld  M 
parted  with  1  :  Irew  .1  pillow.     Dr.  Dau.  I'rioe, 

♦  OJii  JiDX  ie?,'  .1  draw  iiiivthin^  hut  victual. 

*'  Suttutet  •  .   tbttt  die'',  if  ho  have  not  a  son 

■i^orthj'  to  8UO(.x4d  him,  miut  Ic^ve  one  of  the  fellowj 
hit-rriiritt  ri  nstt. 

-  "  /J. — Win,Srmmern,Cli«rlf«ClieslFr,  Patch, 

"  '  1'.,  Ffirluna prttcipue.     [^MafgtH.  Totn  Cop- 

'•  i  lie  C«<lUg<3  nnvfr  to  be  overthrown,  t»ccaane  the 
World  cauiiiit  .<taiid  without  such  a  fuuiidatiun.  Thcre- 
A»ru  th«;««  wil!t-  -  '■■  ■■■-'■■   -'■  •. 

**  fjTtirtit,  ■'  i;3  Dennimart  tntflbttmiii* 

(ofhi-.ldcn.     .-(  ifo/    Tlic-y  ma*\  mnlntniu 

IX  mcKum.    '\  '.ji  i4iui>a»  ill  divtrs  placua,  vith 

the  chcc-'v  Hi' 

"  Fi>r  yeo>;t„i.,,, ,  ^..  John  Mondcvillo'a  Travel*;  KaA 
Ui«>  .South  Indica. 

••  KxtrrUtK. — Thcr  may  play  lit  no  same  at  eorda  but 
Noddy  UTid  Lodam.  No  Chnnlmuit  panlliiir  Iml  hliudmnn- 
htilt,  pD'^h-pin,  and  hlow-p<iiiit ;  no  rnoc  hut  the  wild 
guofci  race  :  no  walking  in  the  inuiiuer,  Lnl  to  look  [fur] 
birds'  ncflts— e;<peciall3'  the  nickoo. 

"*  Apparel. — Wear  no  ^.-b^'-^  t'Ut  rn\f'*  «t:fn,  yca,  and 
{Coow  skin  ;  no  br»'  rufore  to 

hcTe  all  old  cloak  - )  ■  1  cr  sort ; 

•DdUx'veto  be  kij;;   .4   .     - .   ue  wrve; 

Ibcy  are  to  pluck  off  their  fnr  from  tlunr  pnwn,  timt  tlicy 
iiinv  pfore  trn<*  m<»n.  A  fe«lh«tr  in  their  cap, — tbcV 
.•(,■  '.-,1. 

hold  nothini;  in  capite,  but  •• 

111 -      .1  .4       OfeT.aud  i4Mthin^  in  fee  tail  but 

im  "imple 

••  Frvltatiomert. — None  adtnilled  till  past  twanty-foar, 
Ir^t  hA  prore  witer,  and  10  be  cut  off  from  tins  hopa  of  the 
liJlow»hip. 

"  Ho  •n,'<y  be  choKn,  ho  he  never  «o  old,  If  ht  1m«  ablo 
to  ahow  hitn««irj)ittw»i«  morSnu,  tt  tic  imidoneuM  audUar. 


wll 


Mahv  of  Ui«  book>  and  authors  h<re  m<"ntioaod  art 
known — thuw^  I   liAv*  not  tbouj^ht  it  ueceaarr  to 

■II,  hi*  FirtI  AHHteertttrjr, 
liiulv]   Trice.    He  alw 

'    Paragon,  a 
-'■■> plain  to 

M. 
I'uriUOt 


.^i 


"  CV1WJW11   detereifi  nee    to   be 

pelled  for  fear  of  y,  wnd 

some  c&svs  to  be  ai......^.;,  ....  ...  f.. .  i^...i,x  »tulturum\ 

gi»tni. 

"  *  Ignoramns'  to  be  played  every  year,  that  they  \ 
be  p«Tlei-t,  iind  on  their  elei-lion  day  «  mock  play. 

"  No  pt>;ture«  but  *  We  three.* 

**  Si  sujMrntiiir  Jiiit  ijun  J'^cto  amnvcatur,  mm  til 
becauao  tho  greatest  clcrKa  arc  not  always  the 
men. 

"If  ;  and  constant  erpZ/rfwr,  Iw  i»  not ' 

wtllod 

"T)i.    .  "  chosen,  liecsuwe,  b»ing  senior  nra 

of  Cnin)>ridge,  the   University  rvfuswi   him   to   bo 
futher  of  the  Act ;  a  thing  not  known  before,  and  gU 
hlin  for  hi*  werth. 

"  Morly  chci»'n  for  a  most  t-tmouft  st-nnon  made  aC 
Mary'i  in  Oxon,  upon   whieh  bolli  hend  and  feltowii  I 
knell  a  liking  10  him  that  there  was  [a]  piirtienlar  at 
for   him,  that    he   »hotdd    not    be   expcUfld    wbalOVc 
e   I  •    '  "  ■       '         M  worthy  of  his  pince. 

suceesSirs :  i^  he  bn^ 
1 1  ■  elect  hitn.     No  man 

travel  i'iXi  in  Uie  f>hip  of  tixdj,  never  cominjj;  near 
Cape  rtiiue  .Hpei,  ttii.I  their  travel  murt  be  most  ton 
'  I ;   '  '      .  •      '      .■         ..  ,.  fijj  .  ^jprea. 

1 'd  aud   to  keopc  his  wife  iaj 
L  11  mil}- be  riyht-bred. 

'•  lie  ijiu^i  give  oveiltid  hou»e  that  aect?pt«  of  any  < 
Ijenelico  but  1  lio<«  that  are  in  the  Colli-^  ^ifi  ;  but 
any  of  thi-m  he  may  keep  bis  houae  as  lung  as  he  wilt. ' 

"They  iiiti.st  rniirii  their own  egga,  but  their  fudtol 
borrowed  out  of  (he  town. 

"  Fvntulrri  hiHtmeit. — The  Dunces,  Jlalf-head- 
MctleaU'e*,  Wo<Hl<;tK;k.s  llloclu,  GojUng*,  W'i 
UiirehraiiiPi. 

"  J^V*c<«oa.— Their  election  to  be  at  '  Cook<ie "  t 
more  form:illy,   btit  at  all  times  else  extra  oriiiVteta,^ 
cnuM  of  the  number  of  thoM  wbo  continually  will  be  : 
vidi'<l  (i>T  llui  place. 

"  PictutK*  to  tic  tel  up  in  their  qmodrttnylea.- 
Aasentalio,  Oblivio,  Miirorovia,  Vuluptas,  Amentia, 
liliie;  Ihtii  dii — Kwnot,  D<t\u  ootDintasatioaie,  i*it7P 
Cryoi,  Duleia  somnua. 

Aruong  other  rough  notes  intended  for  ii 
tion  in  their  proper  pkces  in  tlio  complete 
occur  the  following: — 

"\Vhcrea«  there  hath   been  a   fc-''  '    -- '  -~-'- 
bonk  intituled  An  Homo  til  Asinui,  w 
of  that  question,   and   liiMtv-  r->>l 
liereupon  thcr«  may  be  n  '^ 

quaint  and  itophiHiicate  ^ 
scn»ll'l'-  -•'••■   ■ 

tongue,  lest   : 
bom.  und  n*  '• 

•'  V     <  ,,, ^,  becauM  no  diviflloo 


ro«al 

110  faola. 

ihiin   their  

to  which  tJiev  wer« 


,if  it  woranotforlhcirpatroiraa^ 

iortuiii,  haJ  uU  dv^clL  there. 

"  AMce  to  be  kept  a4;a.iaat  ilt«  oonauniption  of  tli«ir 
wit. 

"  r<  Im  to  be  achoolmoatcr  to  Mid  of  lh« 


I  !e'f . 


•  Of  1 
t  Oris 


J 


S'*  S.  V.  Jas.  2,  Xt] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


••raulOaphnm.ni     '       '  '  r<i. 

"  Tliev  have  tlii-^  .j, 

fltat  llieir  old  mi-'n  i  ;  ^' 
muko  a  ^ihh\  dioice  «t  Uttl. 

"  Tell  ilto  hnlft*  it( n  sievf  on  bolh  siiles. 

"  J'Jxi  ■■   '     '         ■'(id.    I»t.  Quia,  a  fiii)l  or  a  j.in --.i -inn. 

incl.  L.                       :  cure  the  re^t,     Snl.  Lvst  uliv  tnnn 

tbat  i^  ■                  1    borrow  a  phvsicikn  bence  kiiU  b« 

" /Ximfiiw*  TTtnmut  L*etn»,  ealhffii  eonTnandpr.  rt  oA 

hoc  prti ':  '  •       •  'ilisiHtignatua. 

*■  ri"  Iritioil  iilluuld 

be;  tub.  1  of 

NittnrcilU,  which  no  whrre 
el^c  is  ti>  tw  fouml. 
"Thev  ramt  Bwear  hy  noihinij  hut  'Hr  Uiis  Cookn«,' 
•Bv'the  awiue   thai    taught  Minerva;'   *  Jura  yer 

Thi^  title,  '  Oetiivtu  Sapitntum '  anacxed  to  tlie 
headship," 

There  are  many  other  fdmilitr  rADdrtm  jnttinn:?^ 
which  I  must  Jeave,  iit  anv  ovent  fur  the  proaeHt, 
and  ftmon;*  ibura  th»t  wtaich  8onie  people  jniy 
esteem  the  mo!<t  curioUM  thiuir  of  the  wljulf, — the 
outline  of  perhnps.  an  intiMxit.'il  Lntin  play  upon 
the  simie  tsubject.  It  \h  dirideJ  into  what  wmild 
have  bcun  acts  or  &cenejt,  and  the  first  uf  them 
runs  thiw;  — 

..i„.f„,i;. ...».,-  r>'  c..„,. ,,.„.,.  M,  n„..:  I..,-  \i(M.,.a«, 
Iv  t  Stan- 

(I'l  ..    (Jtm^s 

liujm   -  I  iliHiit,    jiLifiT'ijitri;  lu.i-it.'!iiliini.      Dr. 

Dan,  et  iiunt  ^iNlini  Slaiiforrliaiti  ilrr  fnfrrf, 

e«  •' "  '  ■.  •.lL<*iniuni  <ii>si^nare.     Itpr^a  r.qniniiK 

r  '  VUpnluiu  rhetorein  inni^ctu  aclarutn  ut 

111-  ■■'■^^  *(i  Dominura  Loctuni  del,  quw  isto*  art 

hiK'  .-..il,  -lain  jQnctia  siiinptibas  ttdificouduiu  cfBcJicitcr 
itorlanlur.     Exeuul." 

I  fihftll  ft'el  obliged  by  your  cnrrespnndenta 
directing^  me  to  any  sources  of  information  re- 
tfiecring  the  subject  to  which  these  curtonsi  papers 
relate.  <>n  many  {rrounds  they  seem  to  me  t«i 
hav*-  Hn  int»ireft.  UnI'?M  yourreadcra  think  so 
too,  I  frar  th(\v  wiil  consider  that  I  have  trespassed 
very  unreafeonably  upon  your  pages. 

JOHK  BRCCB. 
5,  Upper  Gloacester  Street,  Dorset  S<|uan!. 


A  STATE-PAPER  RECTIFIED. 

Tu  lhe  MifccUaneoui  ttaic  pnpei's  which  were 
edlunl  by  the  fiefond  tarl  of  llardwicke  in  1778, 
•  I'  to  volumes,  we  hove  varioua  epecim«'na 

«'  -pondence  of  Jamea  I.  and  the  favorite 

Ijiii  iiiri-urtm,  I  ehnll  Dotpref*unie  to  chanicterbie 
the  letters  on  either  si<le,  unexampled  a^  they  ai'e 
in  8om<?  particulars,  tho  interpreUtir.u  of  an  ob- 
scure phrase  in  one  of  the  letters,  ns^iijnied  to  the 
year  102J,  being  th*  main  object  of  this  note.  The 
e.xtnict  wliich  follows,  modernised  by  the  noble 
editor,  contains  tho  phraae  in  question  :  — 


"  Dtkt  »f  liuciini/ham  to  king  Jamei, 
Dear  dad  and  go*iip, 

In  one  of  yjur  h^ttera  voq  havo  cnoimknilod  me  to 
write  shortly,  ami  merrily.  '  •  •  Thi*  iiK'inied  will  (five 
you  on  account  i<f  the  liunWirker's  ships.  Ky  this  little 
papor  you  will  underatand  a  suit  of  fine  Holland*.  By 
the  otfier  paruhmeat,  a  suit  of  my  Lord  freililent'it.  Of 
all  do  hut  what  you  pIptL^c,  so  you  pive  me  your  bleasinf;, 
which  1  must  never  be  deuied,  since  I  can  never  be  other 
than 

Year  Majesty's  moA  bunibl(>  slave  and  dog, 
Stkk:«ik." 
Now.  what  are  we  to  understnud  by  a  titii  0/ 
fine  HaHnnciif      Xo   doubt   the    uianusicript    hjU 
been    mia-ruad,  aud   we   must  have  recourse   tu 
iiTJOther  text. 

In  1S.'U  a  small  volume  entitled  Ldten  of  U^e 
dttlie  nnd  Juc/iumji  of  liivkinghnui  mado  iti  appear- 
ano*?  at  ICdiubur^fli.  It  contaias  the  above-de- 
scribed letter  printed  from  the  Balfour  papers 
LiTKic^TiH,  and  the  extract  muit  therefore  bo 
repeat  (d :  — 

"  Di-re  dad  and  R<i«"pe, 

In  ont«  of  vcur  l»»rter«  yon  h^ve  comfnanded  mc  to 
ric'it  "liortlio  an't  mirotio,    •  •  •  This  inchi^cd  will  uive 
villi  M>i  acciiunt  of  the  l)unk«?rkcrs  ithipn;  h_v  this  HnJe 
p«]>er  j'ou  will  uudL>ri9tnn<l  d  mutt  nf  hue  FJiMamrt,  hy  this 
other  pArchmeiit  a  NUte  of  ray  Lord  I'residenu;  <'f  all  doe 
liiit  >vii.it  you  plensf,  s:}  you  i^ve  racyour  blewnt;,  wliinli 
I  in  L»t  never  hs  denied,  since  1  can  never  be  other  than 
Your  Maty,  most  humble  slaA-e  and  doge, 
Stkk^tie. 
I  have  for|e;ottcn  to  write  my  legable  hand  in  this  tetter, 
forfjive  me." 

The  editor  adds  this  note  to  the  mysterlntis 
phrase — "Ilardwicke  makes  this  a  suit  of  Jinn 
HoJUutds."^  But  the  critic  leaves  it,  with  reg'ard  to 
the  majority  of  readers,  almost  as  much  a  mys- 
tery as  before!  I  must  act  the  comment.itor, 
the  form  of  the  small  h  was  sometimes  used  aa  n 
capital.  A  fac-eimile  of  the  fiiirnature  of  sir  Henry 
Wotton  appears  thus,  fienri/  Wutlon — so  hue  moans 
Hu,jh. 

Wo  now  advance  to  1840.  The  same  letter 
wjis  edift'd  in  that  year  by  Mr.  Ilalliwell.  For 
Am*  HolliUid  he  sub'stitufcs  Hugh  Holland,  and 
adds  this  note — "  This  is,  of  course,  n  petition  of 
a  pnson  of  the  nnmc  of  Uiti/h  Il'ilUmtV^ 

The  accumulation  of  mati^-rials  on  the  life  and 
writings  of  Shakspere.  the  splt-ndor  of  the  volumes 
in  which  those  materials  are  embodii'd,  nnd  the 
recent  patriotic  proceedings  nt  Strnllnrd-upon- 
Avon,  have  obtained  for  Mr.  Hrtlliwell  a  very 
eminent  position,  but  I  cannot  conceal  the  sur- 
prise which  I  felt  on  observing  that  he  had  failed 
to  recoynise,  in  a  pcrmn  of  tlu-  name  of  Jlitifh 
IlMxnd,  tho  pupil  of  Cii-mden — the  friend  of  Ben. 
Jonson — the  cuIo;rist  of  ShaU.*pere! 

The  best  account  of  Hu^-h  Holland  is  given  by 
Fuller  in  his  Worthies  of  Eiiffltnid,  HS&I.  (Wales, 
p.  16)_hut  it  is  devoid  ofdatea,     "'iVvi  C^^vt** 


6 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S""  S.  V.  Jas.  2,  'C4. 


particulars  of  his  career.  Besides  that  poem,  and 
some  fugitive  verses,  he  left  three  works  in  ma- 
nuscript,—1.  A  metrical  description  of  the  chief 
cities  of  Europe ;  2.  A  chronicle  of  the  reign  of 
Q.  Elizabeth  ;  'S.  A  memoir  of  Camden.  The  duke 
of  Buckingham  was  bis  patron,  and  bis  services 
are  thus  recoi-ded :  — 

"  Then  yon  great  lonl,  that  were  to  me  bo  gracious, 
In  twenty  weekn  (a  time  not  ven-  f>pacious) 
To  cau.oe  me  thrice  to  kiss  (me  thrice  your  debtor) 
That  band  which  bore  the  lilly-bearing  sceptre." 

It  is  very  probable  that  our  non-poetical  poet 
presented  one  of  the  three  manuscripts  on  each  of 
those  occasions.  Alas !  neither  the  praise  of  Cam- 
den, nor  the  friendship  of  Ben.  Jonson,  nor  the 
patronage  of  Buckingham,  availed.  lie  did  not 
obtain  the  favor  which  he  solicited ;  and,  as  Fuller 
expresses  it.  he  "grumbled  out  the  rest  of  his  life 
in  visible  discontentment."  lie  died  at  West- 
minster in  1033,  and  letters  of  administration,  of 
which  an  attested  copy  is  in  my  possession,  were 
granted  to  his  son,  Arbellinus,  on  the  31  August. 

Bolton  Corney. 

Tlie  Terrace,  Barnes,  S.\V. 


A  LAW  PASTORAL. 


The  Transactions  of  the  Northern  Circuit  are 
said  to  bo  recorded  in  a  book  accessible  to  mem- 
bers of  the  circuit  only,  and  to  them  under  the 
imderstood  protection  of  "  private  and  conOden- 
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  jokea 
when  the  circumstances  under  which  they  were 
made  are  forgotten.  Should  some  modem  Cneius 
Flavius  treat  this  book  as  the  Roman  did  that  of 
Appius  Claudius,  he  will  serve  the  public ;  but  I 
wish  it  to  be  understood  that  I  have  not  seen 
the  sacred  volume,  or  obtained  an  extract  bv 
treachery.  The  poem  which  I  offer  was  repeated 
to  mo  by  one  remarkable  for  the  accuracy  of  his 
memory ;  and  by  putting  down  what  I  remetn- 
bertd  then,  and  hearing  scraps  quoted  by  others, 
I  think  I  can  give  a  satisfactory  copy. 

About  tliirty  years  ago,  Joseph  Addison  joined 
the  Northern  Circuit.  Sir  Gregory  Lewin  had 
Iwen  on  it  some  years.  Addison  had  been  a  pleader 
under  the  bar :  he  was  a  first-rate  lawyer,  a  good 
scholar,  and  a  thorough  gentleman.  IIo  was 
neither  pedantic  nor  obtrusive,  but  he  loved  to 
talk  law  to  those  who  could  appreciate  it  Sir 
Gregory  T^win  broke  with  meteoric  brilliancy  on 
the  criminal  courts,  which  he  led  for  some  time — 
I  believe  till  he  died.  In  1834  he  published  A 
Heport  of  Case»  determined  on  the  Crown  Side  of 
the  Northern  Ciratit,—a.  marvellous  work,  well 
•worth  an  hour's  perusal,  lie  took  a  clumsy  note 
of  the  caseff,  and  had  a  strange  atyle  in  writing 


the  marginal  summary.  Take  two  examples  from 
consecutive  pages  (113,  114):  —  "The  hand- 
writing of  prisoner,  not  in  itself  prima  facie  evi- 
dence of  forgery ;"  and  "  Possession  in  Scotland 
evidence  of  stealing  in  England."  I  could  not 
explain  what  follows  more  briefly.  The  Eclogue 
L«j  by  the  late  John  Leycester  Adolphus,  whoso 
reputation  is  still  too  fresh  to  neeti  revival  by 
nie.  Q'he  be>t  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  1  know  Lord 
Macnulay  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  eveu 
more  than  the  char. 

"THE  CIKCUITEERS.    Am  Eclogitk. 
ScEME :  TAe  BomAs  of  IFindermere.—Tmr: :  Sunset. 

ADDISOM,   LKWIN. 

Addison.  IIow  sweet,  fair  Windermere,  thy  waveless 
coast! 
'Tis  like  a  goodly  issue  well  engrossed. 

Lewin.  IIow  sweet  the  harmony  of  earth  and  sky ! 
Tis  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  cobweb^  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.  A(;reed :  our  song  shall  pierce  the  azure  vault ; 
For  Meadt^'s  case  shows,  or  my  report's  in  fault. 
That  singing  can't  be  reckoned  an  aidault.* 
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  be  sees 

The  clasi<ical  endorsement.  "  Please  draw  Pleas." 

L   Dear  ore   the  words — I   ne'er  could  read   thorn 

frijiitlly, —  ' 

"  We  have'no  case ;  but  cross-examine  rijjidly." 

A.  I(lackhur^t  is  coy,  but  Kometim<-K  lias  been  known 
To  Ktrike  out  "  Hoggins  "  and  write  "  Addison." 

L.  .Me  Jackson  oft  deludes,  on  me  he  mils. 
Fiendlike,  his  eyes,  then  chucks  the  brii-f  to  Knowles. 
A.  Thoughts  much  too  deep  for  tears  pervade  the 
Court, 
When  I  assumpsit  bring,  and,  godlike,  wave  the  tort. 

L.  When  witresscs,  like  swurms  of  summer  flies, 
I  rail  to  character  and  none  replies  ; 
Dark  Attride  gives  a  grunt;  th«  gentle  bailiflf  sighs. 
A.  A  pleading,  fashioned  of  the  moon's  pale  shine, 
I  love,  that  makes  a  youngster  new>as3ign. 

L,  I  love  to  put  a  farmer  in  a  funk. 
And  make  the  galleries  believe  he's  drunk. 
A.  Answer,  and  you  my  oracle  shall  be, 
How  a  sbam  difTers  from  a  real  plea. 

*  "  No  words  or  singing  are  equivalent  to  on  aasanlt.'* 
—Meade's  and  Belt's  com,  Lctrta,  CVo.  Ck  IM. 


3rt  S.  V.  Jab.  2,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L.  Tell  me  the  dlflTtfrence  first— 'tin  thought  immense, 
Piavt-ct>i)  a  naked  lie,  and  fitlsc  |)reteuc«>. 
Xow  let  U!t  fnfta  e:cchange,  a  timely  gilt 
Ih  oAen  found  do  de«picablo  thrift. 

A.  Take  thew",  well  worth v  <if  the  Roxhurph  Clul), 
Sfven  counts  strark  out  in  (fol)l>le  vertut  (Irub. 

L.  Let  this  within  thy  pitreun-holes  be  packed, 
A  choice  conviction  on  the  Humlmat  Act. 

A.  I  give  this  penknife  ca!<e,  since  fnvinpc  thrives ; 
It  holdK  ten  knive:',  ten  h<ift$,  ten  l)lade8,  ten  other  knives. 

L.  Take  this  b.-mk-note,  tlie  pifl  won't  bo  my  niiii ; 
Twas  foiTjed  by  Dale  and  Kirkwood,  see  l^t  Lewiii.* 

A.  Ch.-iMjre  the  vrtiire,  kni>;ht ;  your  tones  bewitch  : 
Hot  too  mu.:h  pud4liiifr  chokes,  however  rich. 
Knough's  enough,  and  surplusHge  the  rest> 
I'he  sun  no  more  gives  colour  to  the  west. 
And  one  by  one  the  pleasure-ljoiits  forsake 
Yon  land  with  water  covereil,  calle<l  a  lake. 
'Tis  Kup|)er-time ;  the  inn  is  somewhat  far. 
Dense  are  the  d«»ws,  though  bright  the  evening  star. 
And  .  .  .  might  drop  in  and  eat  our  chnr." 

An  Insee  Tehplar. 


PARTICULARS    REGARDING    SIR  WALTER 
RALEKJIL 


rhirty  or  more  T«nn»  ago,  I  bepron  to  make  coi- 
tions'for  a  new"  Lifts  of  Sir  AValter  Raleigh ; " 


Thirty 
lections 

l)iit  the   publication    of  Tyllor'a  biography,  and 
another  subsequently  by  Mr.  Whitehead,  induced 
nie  to  forego  my  sclieiiie.    I  find,  however,  among 
niy  scattered  pxpers,  a  few  that  I  think  niny,  pome 
time  or  other,  bo  of  use  to  those  who  are  looking 
for,  or  arranging,  ndditiimnl  materiiils ;  and,  as  I 
do  not  know  of  a  better  depository  for  them  th»in 
"  N.  &  Q.,''  I  add  two  or  three  of  them  now : 
hereafter,  if  acceptable,  I  will  transmit  others  for 
insertion.      I'liero   are  so  many  memoirs  of  Sir 
Walter,  that  it  is  posssible  I   may  include  some 
particulars  already  printed ;   but,  to  begin,  I  do 
not  believe  that  sncli  is  the  case  with  the  follow- 
ing information,  derived    from   the  original  ac- 
counts  of  the  I.ieutennnt  of  the  Tower,  at  the 
time  when  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  and  his  friend  and 
coadjutor   Lawrence   Keynn^,   or  Kemys,   were 
in  custody  early   in  the  reign  of  James  L     Of 
course,  this  was  only  about  the  middle  of  Raleigh's 
career ;  but  I  do  not  profess  to  observe  chrono- 
logical order  in  my  contributions  to  hia  historj', 
anil  those  who  at  any  future   period  may  avail 
themselvf  s  of  them  will  be  able  at  once  to  deter- 
mine to  what  dates  they  Ix-long,  and  what  events 
they  illustrate.  The  first  account  is  thus  headed : — 

"The  demaundes  of  Sir  (5<orge  Harvie,  Knight,  Lieut' 
of  the  Tower  of  Lonilon,  for  the  diett  and  charges  of 
rrisoncrs  in  his  cnstiMlic  for  one  whole  quarter  of  a  yeare, 
viz.  from  Michaelmas,  1G03,  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 :  — 


«'  S'  Walter)     Item  for  the  diett  and  charges  of  S'  Wal- 

Raleigh,     >  ter  Ralt-igh,  Knight,  for  himself  and  two 

Knight.    J  servants,  from  the  1(5  Dec',  being  then  sent 

from  Winchester  to  the  Tower  againe,  for 

one  weeke  and  n  half  ended  the  xxv'>>  of 

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

"  Lawrence  1    Item  for  the  diett  and  charges  of  Lawrence 

Kemiiihe,  >  Kemishe,  E8<|uior,  t'nun  the  •29«'>  Sept,  1603, 

Ksquior.  J  untill  the  la«t  of  Deceiubor,  on  which  day 

he  was  discharged  from  the  Tower,  being 

14  weekea  and  two  dayes,  at  xl'  tlie  weeke 

xxviij"  xj"  viijV* 

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  entry  for 
Kemys,  who  we  know  was  often  exaniioed  and 
questioned  as  to  his  complicity  with  Sir  Walter 
and  his  friends,  in  the  plot  for  wliich  they  were 
tried  at  Wiuchesler.  The  next  account  relates 
to  the  Fleet  rrisoti,  to  which  it  should  seem  both 
Raleigh  and  Ketuyo  had  been  removed :  it  is  from 
Christmas,  li'tU^i,  to  the  fea-^t  of  the  Annimciation, 
l(i04.     It  is  in  this  form  :  — 

"  Sir  Walter ' 

Kai  igh,         ^     . 

KiiighU     J  aud  twos-rvants,  f.»r  two  weekes  and  a 
lu-lle,  at  v"  the  weeke     -        -    xij"  x»." 

The  charge,   therefore,   for  Sir  Walter  was 
gi'o.iter  in   the  Fleet  than  it  had  been  ia  the 


r  Walter  1  Item  more  forthcdiolt  and  charges  in 
Hi  igh,  >  the  Flecte  of  Sir  \\  aiter  Kahigh,  Knight, 
iiighU     J  f     ■ 


*  Kirk  wood's  eaae,  Lorai,  Cn.  Co.  143. 


Tower:  for  Kemys,  who  accompanied  him,  It  was 

the  same  as  in  the  Tower,  viz. : — 

"Lawrence)  Item  for  the  diett  and  charges  of  Law- 
Keutiiihe  J  rence  Kemii.h.-,  from  25  Dec,  1()03,  tintill 
the  last  thereof,  being  one  wccke  at  xl«  the 
weeke xK" 

Here  we  see  that  no  addition  of  Esquire  wjts 
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,  1G04,  to  the  feast  of  St.  John  the 
IJaptist  in  tlio  same  year.  The  charge  is  for 
thirteen  weeks ;  not  at  41.  per  week,  as  iii  the 
first  instance,  but  at  61.  per  week,  as  in  the  Fleet ; 
and  the  t<jtal  is  06/.  The  latest  account  by  the 
Lieutenant  of  the  Tower,  that  I  was  able  to  pro- 
cure a  sight  of,  was  down  to  June  24,  l(X)o ;  when 
the  chargH  of  5/.  per  week  for  Raleigh  and  his 
two  servants  was  continued. 

I  may  mention  by  the  way,  and  as  a  biogra- 
phical note  of  some  intere.«t,  connected  with  the 
fate  of  Henry  Constable,  author  of  the  beautiful 
sonnetd  published  in  1502  under  the  title  of 
Diana,  that  he  was  in  the  Tr)wer  for  ten  w-eeks  in 
1004,  Detween  the  feasts  of  the  Annunciation  and 
St.  John ;  and  that  the  charge  by  the  Lieutenant, 
for  keeping  and  maintaining  him,  was  3/.  per 
week.    In  the  next  account  nothing  is  said  of 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


^8.  V.  Jah.  2,  '64.* 


hjin  ;  8o  thst  we  noftj  infer  that  he  WM  no  longer 
in  custody  there. 

Keverting  to  Keinye,  it  mnv  be  further  stated, 
thnt  there  is  extant  from  him,  but  aever  yet 
printed  that  1  am  nware  of,  a  long  letter  to  the 
Earl  of  Snli.xbury,  diili>d  Aufnist  16  [1004],  deny- 
ing the  truth  of  any  nllegations  against  him  ;  and 
bearincr  teetimoay  to  his  Jong  friendRhip  for,  and 
dependence  upnn,  Sir  Walter  Raleigh.  Kemy», 
as  19  well  known,  afterwards  destrayetl  himself  on 
ahipboard,  in  a  lit  of  grief  and  despondency  at 
the  unmerited  anger  of  Raleigh,  who  hod  been 
his  effectual  patron. 

Among  mr  miscellaneous  papers,  connected  with 
the  long  an<i  friendly  intercoursf  between  Rakigli 
and  Lord  Cobham,  tried  together  at  Winchester, 
I  have  met  with  the  following  letter,  which  bears 
the  dnt«  only  of  "  12*''  August,"  but  in  what  pre- 
ctfld  year  I  am  unable  at  thin  tnonient  to  deter- 
mine: prhnpa  some  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q." 
will  he  in  a  condition  to  supply  the  year  from 
cireumstnnces  mentioned  in  it.     it  is  addressed  — 

*'To  tho  njrht   bonomMe  my  sinptnlnr  pr>n<l  Irfinie,  the 
Lord  Cobiiani,  Lii.  VVordcu  of  iho  tivo  I'urt*,"  <lc. 

"My  worthy  LonV,— I  am  n^w  nrive<U  liBvjng  otnyile 
to  teof!  n*  1  had  mean«.  I  cnu^od  tlie  Ant<li<|>e  to  bf 
VCiMnI  (»t  14  dayc*,  which  Viiuf  Af  much  iis  il»at  pl.tre 
«o«W;Bffi>nle ;  and  that  being  Kprnt,  I  durst  not  tirry  to 
tuin  tumic  towards  winter  in  n  fi«heminn.  I  pronume 
tlirre  is  "o  cnu^  to  dmibt  it  :  the  caKtrJIi  nre  di'feni«iliHI 
fnov^,  the  country  r>'a'«onal>cll  wt-ll  prnvidcil,  iin<l  the 
BftlffA»  will  either  do  some  what  mnm  prnysv  wiirlhy, 
Arafteod  a  better  opportnuitye.  1  am  rcddy  nnw  loob-y 
yiHtr  conimaridmetit').  If  y<»u  will  come  In  the  Itnthe,  I 
will  not  foil*'  yew,  or  wb»t  soever  else  your  L.  will  um 
me  In  in  fliis  wnrldi*. 

•'  I  will  nnw  looke  for  tln«  L.  Ilenry  of  Nortbumljrr- 
landc,  who,  1  think,  will  be  here  t-hi>rtly,  knowin)?  my 
relume  :  und  (  duubt  not  but  he  will  ine<^t  mt  also  att  the 
llatlie.  If  yctir  U.  arqunynl  hyme  with  the  tymc.  It  \a 
bent,  if  Nt'iur  !..  prt>ptM« 'it.  to  take  the  end  of  thb  inonetli 
«tl  fiirtlust. 

•'  I   li<  fp  that  th«  Lord  ChambcrUyn  b  dead :  if  it  bo 

80, 1  hf>|>f<  that  voiir  I*,  inny  be  uliiyde  up|»on  jjootl  raii^e: 

if  it  bf  not  ui,  I  (><iu]d  niorc  wi1lin»;Iy  cum  eastward  then 

'    '    '  ill  tny  life.     Ilow  no  ever  TiL]  he,  IhiM-  Itii  but 

thu  i*iiilfl<«,  by  wbii'h  (hot  that   huve  iiij>>yt'<i 

■  byne  «<  llttell  bufipv  a*  iith<'r  inKite  iiivii;  but 

(ho  jjuihI  t«f  thcM:  lliiiiKen  willie,  thnt  wlule  men  are  of 

lHH-iwity    In  rlr«w    bitts   tbcy   •hnll    brn-by  M-e    thi-ir 

ehan'-i-*,  and  <li*(>o»c  tlu-m  »ilv«'<  i         '       '  '     '  ' .  ■♦•vh 

your  L,  llut  I  iniiy  bi<re  from  I  inn 

prva«nt  yriw  with  nnthinge  bat  >>  i  trvw 

•ffoeiioir,  wliirU«ba>l  never  part  frum  ttutlyttic  Ui  honor 

yaw  tin  I  be  iu  the  >:T«re. 

"W.  lUi.Kiir. 

»  Wrmouth.  the  Vi  of  Aoipjst. 

fP..**.]  "Mv  L,  Vir<»unt  hath  »  e\alled  Micn«*  »ufe8 
aK«yu>t  toi-  iu  niy  aliM'nrn,  a*  neatbur  Al'  Sv-r^enl  H(Ulj^, 

nnr  ^">•  I'Tir  flf.  fddld  Ur  hnrd  f^r  nn«  ti>  «»riv   trials 


love  to  my  L-  Thomas  bathe  wjubt  mj»e  to  it :  but  I 
tH(t    jndure    wniiiK   at    «>    |i€viahe   a  ftxile'a    bond 
binijLT,     I  will  rather  loose  my  jil'e;  and  I  think  that 
L.  puritan  Porinni  doeth  think  that  the  tjurcn  »hull  hal 

more  nae  of  rojrffs  and  vilUynn  then  of   mce,  or  ela    

would  not  att  Hyndon'a  in:<tHnco  have  yielded  to  try  ac- 
tions agaynat  me,  beiug  out  uf  the  lande." 

The  whole  of  the  above  is  in  the  hondwritij 
of  Raleigh,  aa  well  oa  the  following  documei 
which  mav  serve  to  explain  what  ia  said  in 
I'.S.  regarding  Mieres. 

"  Know  all  men  that  I  S'  Walter  Raletcb,  Kni 
Cjipitaineof  her  ma""*  Gard,  and  Lonl  Warden  of 
•Stuiinerie-x  of  Dtvou  and  Cornwall,  doe  hereby  a« 
Jiihn  Mcerr^  my  man,  to  take,  cuit,  and  cary  ai 
cause  to  be  catt  downe,  taken,  and  carywl  awayc,  i 
niunner  of  Trw",  prowinjto  in  my  matior  of  ShfriMirae,! 
vie*'  whtT  within  any  otlier  my  manors,  or  biiidf,  in  tl 
huuitfiMlM  of  Sherborne^  or  Yedmynter  in  the  county  i  . 
Dorset,  when  he  aliull  ihmk  convenient,  to  be  employe*! 
to  my  jie».eM8rie  u.<«e  in  my  c)i»teU  of  Sherbonie,  an  to 
hym  I  have  jjyven  dyrection  :  whom  I  have  appointei  as 
w'l  II  keper  of  "the  same  ca.<<iell,  and  to  d<mand  and  kecpe 
thii  knyM  of  the  name,  ai  aUo  to  be  ovcrAoer  of  all  my 
woods  «nd  tvmbcr  within  the  sayd  hundreds,  tlint  no 
Rp<>y!c  Iw  made  therein ;  or  of  any  Ke^aunl*.  or  other 
(;anie  of  the  free  warren  whntioever,  witiiin  the  »arn»«. 
Moreover  i  do*;  auctliorise  him  hereby  to  n'fcavc  tu  my 
use  all  knowledge  money,  dew  unto  mce  by  m}"  tfnifM'i.  ■' 
within  the  sayd  hundreds.  In  witncs  where  oi" 
wiyd  S'  Walter  Halci;h,  have  here  unto  p«»t  ni .  ..  i  I 
and  scwk  the  xxviij''>  daye  of  Awguile  in  the  %3 
vi'«re  of  the  lUu^'ne  of  our  Sovcraifnii!  Lady  El| 
by  tho  jjrnce  uf  God  Quceoe  of  Knglaad,  Kraut 
Ireland,  defender  of  ibe  Faytbe,  &c.        W.  RalkoiI.* 

Out  of  this  deed  of  1580,  no  doubt,  grei 
lawsuit  between  Raleigh  and  Meere,  wbich  Jt 
tice  Periam  had  heard  during  tho  absence  of 
Walter  fnim  England.  J.  PaTWB  CuLLlKI 

Maidenhead. 


tiona  ur  |' 
•I'ofcm, 
TbunuA,  aitU 


>  ifu,  as  It  in  Jiern  avowpfl  ai»<l 

hvme  In   rmpect  of  my  1^ 

^.t'  S«cr«<tiirv  who  tti  liix 


FASUIONABLE  QUARTERS  OF  LONDON. 

[KO.  II.J 

Tliougb  York  Douse  (late  Norwich  Honee), 
the  Strand,  was  granted  to  Archbi.sbop  Heath 
Queen  Marj',  for  the  town  n-sidiac  of  the  Arc 
binhnps  of  York,  in  lieu  of  their  fiirmer  pah 
seized  by  Ilenrj-  Vilf.,  it  is  doubtful  whether 
or  any  of  bis  auccejuors  ever  inliabitwd  it :  for  i 
Nicholas  Itncou  waa  ret-idiug  in  it.  certainly  aa 
early  ax  the  mhivhuI  vcnr  nf  Kli/ihctlj's  reign.  Ilw 
liud  previoit'  fSlreet,    Foalwr 

Lnno,  ClieapH      ,  .    U  be  built,  oalle 

Jiacon  Houue, 

Of  the  London  reaidenc*  nf  Queetj  KHcab«t 
n«xt  Lord  Chancellor,  Sir  Thoiuaa  Urnniley,  the 

is  no  rt^cord  ;  but  it    is    not   improbable  that     

al-«i  inhabited  York' liuuae,  inasmuch  aa  aercra] 
of  bis  auceeiwors  did. 

l^nd  Chancellor  Sir  Chrt»it(.i|iher  ir 
graot  of  thft  JTii^hop  of  Ely's  bouiw,  ii 
long  befon?  he  han  prta»o>.»ii;in  of  th»  <»r".a:  ^vmI^ 


«^S.v.  Ja».  2/e»o 


QUERIES. 


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and  continued  to  reside  in  it  till  hia  death.  His 
uaine,  and  the  bitihop'a  title,  are  pruserved  in  the 
Gtrtwtfl  built  upon  its  site. 

Sir  Christopher's  fluccewor,  Sir  John  I'uciMring, 
who  wfte  only  Lord  Keepsr,  lived  at  lirst  nt  Ru»- 
et-U  House,  near  Ivy  Bridge,  in  the  Strand.  He 
then  removed  to  ^'ork  House,  undtT  n  lease  froiu 
the  ari-hbi«hop  ;  which  enabled  his  widow  to  keep 
posisefision  for  a  year  after  his  death. 

At  the  end  of  thnt  year,  the  archbishop  granted 
B  now  leoi^e  to  Sir  Thomas  Eji-^erton,  '^ueen  Elizii- 
beth'B  next  Lord  Keeper;  who  resided  in  it  till 
his  death,  in  llM7;  havin'/  been  created  Lord 
('htinceniir  by  Janie.s  I.,  and  ennobled  with  the 
lilleo  of  Baron  EUeaniere  rind  Viscount  Brackley. 

King  James's  second  Chancellor,  I>ord  Bacon, 
after  rejjiding-  for  a  short  time  in  Dorset  House, 
Fleet  Street,  removed  tt  York  Houbo,  the  place 
of  hi»  birth  ;  which,  soon  after  his  disjjrace,  be- 
came the  property  of  the  Duke  of  Bucliin^jhara; 
and  within  fifty  yeara  was  converted  into  varioua 
etreets  and  alleys,  now,  or  Uitely,  dcsijipated  by 
the  names  nud  titles  of  that  nobleman — Georye 
Stre«'t,  Villiers  Street,  Duke  Street,  Of  Alley, 
and  Buckiijyham  Sti-eet. 

Sir  Thuina*  Coventry,  Lord  Coventry,  Ijord 
Keeper  to  Charles  I.,  died  in  Durlium  liouee,  in 
the  Strand— now  the  site  of  the  Adelphi.  "The 
Lord  Keeper's  country  bouse  waa  at  (."anonbuiy, 
Ifilinpton. 

I  do  not  know  the  residences  of  King  Charles's 
three  remaining  liord  Keepers — Sir  John  Finch, 
Lord  Finch  nf  Fordwich  ;  Sir  Edward  Lyttelton, 
Lord  Lyttelton  of  Moimslow;  and  Sir  Itichnrd 
Lane.  Nor  can  I  trtire  with  any  certainty  the 
London  houses  of  th-i  CommiAsiouera  of  the  Ureat 
Seal  during  the  Communwealth- 

The  Enrl  of  Clarendon,  the  first  Lord  Chan- 
cellor of  Charles  II.  after  the  Kesloration,  reaided 
at  fir<il  in  Dorset  House,  Fleet  Street,  before 
mentioned  as  an  early  re^iidcnce  of  Lord  Baooo  ; 
then  at  Worcester  Iluuse  in  the  Strand,  the  same 
M  Kusfiell  House,  where  Sir  John  Puckering  had 
for  some  time  re^ilied  as  Lord  Keeper  in  the 
reign  of  Elizabeth  ;  and  lastly,  at  the  8plen<lid 
tnannonhe  built  at  the  top  of  St.  James's  Street. 

Sir  Orlando  Biidgeniau,  who  succeeded  the 
Earl,  while  he  hehi  the  Seal  resided  in  Essex 
House  in  the  Strand — now  the  aite  of  Essex 
Stret't. 

Anthony  Ashley  Cooper,  Earl  of  Shaftesbury, 
while  he  held  the  office  of  Lord  Chancellor,  re- 
fidod  in  Exeter  Hou«>  in  the  Strand,  where 
Exeter  Street  and  Burh-i;rh  Street  now  are.  The 
Earl  afterwards  lived  at  'I'hanet  House,  in  Alders- 
pate  Street,  where  several  t>f  the  nobility  had 
iuaii.<iioDS  in  that  reign. 

Sir  Heneage  Finch,  Earl  of  Nottingham,  the 
next  Chancellor,  resided  at  Kensington  in  a  man- 
sioa  which  has  dnce  become  a  royal  palace;  but 


he  also  had  a  ti>wn  house  in  CJreat  Quc«a  Street, 
Lincoln's  lun  Field.i,  where  he  died. 

Sir  Francis  North,  Lord  Guilford,  who  waa 
Ix>rd  Keeper  to  Charles  II.  and  James  II.,  resided 
when  he  was  entrusted  with  the  Oreat  Seal  in  a 
great  brick  house,  near  Serjeants'  lun  in  ('han- 
cery  Lane.  Hid  brother,  iu  his  enteTt«ining 
bingmphy  of  the  Lord  Keeper,  inrimates  that  h« 
removed  to  some  other  house  ;  b<it,  as  far  aa  I 
recidlect,  omits  to  name  where  it  wna  situate. 

The  infamous  Chief  Justice  Jetlreys,  the  laat 
C'hiiDcellor  of  James  II.,  heHrd  cauiies  in  his  bouse 
In  Duke  Street,  Westminster. 

Lest  I  should  fatigue  your  readers,  and  occQfnr 
too  much  of  your  space,  I  will  stop  here,  aoH 
commeuco  my  next  contribution  with  the  Raro- 
lutioo.  Eda'a^d  Fo8S. 


RYE-noUSE  PLOT  CARDS. 

I  have  met  with  a  nearly  perfect  pack  of  itlAy- 
ing-cards,  oraamonted  with  figures  nnd  inscrip- 
tions, all  of  which  relate  to  the  celebrated  Itye- 
Ilouse  Plot.  The  canis  are  distinguished  by  tho 
mark  of  the  suit,  usually  on  the  right-hand  upper 
corner,  but  in  some  of  the  suit  of  Diamonds,  and 
the  ten  of  Spiwles,  on  the  left-hand  upper  corner. 

The  nuntber  in  the  suit  is  indicated  by  the 
Roman  numerals,!.,  ii.,  &c.,tox.,  and  then  by  the 
words  Knave,  Queen,  King.  The  tiguras  ob 
these  last  court  canls  have  no  relation  to  their 
character  as  canls.  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  Clube  are  as  fol- 
lows : — 

i.  ^(issing. 

ii.  Figure  of  ft  man  resting  on  a  walkiog-8ti<A, 
and  the  inscription  "  Weat  going  downe  to  White- 
hall" 

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

iv.  A  man,  weniing  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  aaword  and  hat,  with  words 
from  his  mouth,  "  1  beg  the  King's  mercy,"  bow- 
ing to  another  man  in  an  officiBl  dress.  Insciip- 
tion,  "  C.  Bunisey  delivering  himselfe." 

vi.  Two  men  in  onicial  robes,  one  of  them 
wearing  a  hat,  standing  at  a  table,  examining 
another  man,  behind  stands  a  puard.  Iniicription, 
"  Kumsey  examined  by  the  King  and  Councell." 

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

viii.  One  man,  attended  by  a  guard  with  a 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3r*  S.  V.  Jan.  2,  "64. 


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

ix.  The  Tower  of  Lonoon  in  the  background. 
A  man  in  a  hat  and  flowing  wng  landing  from  a 
boat,  received  by  another  man ;  a  coach  standing 
ty.     Inscription,  "Lord  Grey  making  his  Escape.'' 

z.  Missing. 

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

Queen.  In  the  front,  a  man  standing  b^  an 
overturned  cart ;  at  a  distance  a  coach  and  s>z  on 
the  road.  Inscription,  "  A  concipirator  overturn- 
ing a  cart  to  stop  the  King's  coach." 

King.  A  nobleman  sitting  in  an  arm  chair,  with 
the  words  from  his  mouth,  "  Assiut  me  friends." 
Behind  him  a  shadowy  black  figure  with  horns, 
evidently  the  evil  spirit,  holding  the  back  uf  hb 
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 
Tery  curious  cards ;  and  I  should  be  glad  to  know 
whether  any  other  copy  of  them  is  known  to  be 
in  existence.  T.  C. 


TnB  LAPWI50  :  Witchcbaft.— In  looking  over 
an  old  French  book  a  few  days  since  I  met  ^vith  a 
word  which  caused  me  some  vexatious  ruaearch. 
The  author  tells  his  readers  how  ihey  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  i>teeped  in 
the  blood  of  utie  vupu.^*  I  wiught  f<jr  the  mean- 
ing of  piipu  in  Cbambaud's  quarto  French  and 
English  Dictionary,  in  French  ami  I^tin,  French 
and  German,  French  and  Spanish,  French  and  Por- 
tuguese, French  and  Dutch  dicticinaries  in  vain  ; 
but  at  last  discovered  that  the  word  was  obsolete, 


German  Wiedchopf :  in  Dutch,  kievet ;  in  Italian, 
bubbola:  in  Spanish,  me/ria ;  in  rortu^u»-fie,/Mii<on- 
ciVio;  and  that  it  is  our  old  Ovidian  friend,  the 
naughtv  Tereus,  who  fell  in  love  with  his  sister- 
in-law  l*hilomela,  whose  tongue  he  cut  out  lest 
she  sliould  tell  his  wife  how  badly  he  had  behaved; 
and  who  afterwards  dined  upon  the  remains  of 
his  eon  Ity«.  I  traced  the  pupu  afterwards 
from  Ovid,  Mtt.  vi.  072,  073,  074;  to  Virgil, 
Ecliiff.  vi.  78 ;  to  riautus,  Oipt,  Act  V.  Sc.  4.  line 
7;  and  fmmd  honourable  mention  made  of  it  in 
Pliny^  yitiural  Hittory,  in  .Elian,  De  Animal,  i. 
JJo;  iii.  20j  vi.  40;  x.  10;  xvi.  6;  in  Pausanias, 
lib.  i.  c.  40.  What  I  wish  to  know  is,  does  the 
lapwing,  80  remarkable  a  bird  in  andunt  lore  and 


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

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

"  Porter  une  peru«|ae  faite  des  chereux  d'un  pendu.  ct 
tremp<<e  dans  le  aaxi\^  d'luie  pupu,  afin  de  se  rendrc  iu- 
vi»il»ic." 

W.  B.  MacCabb. 

Dinan,  Cotes  du  Nord,  France. 

John  Rowb,  Serjeant-at-Law. — Several  in- 
quiries have  been  made  in  previous  volumes  re- 
specting Serjeant  Rowe.  l*rom  an  Inq.  p.  m.  at 
Exeter  Castle,  Oct.  28,  36  Henry  Vlll.,  it  ap- 
pears he  died  on  the  8th  of  October,  leaving  a  sun 
of  the  same  name,  aged  thirtv-five  years  and  up- 
wards, a  widow  Agnes,  and  property  in  Dart- 
mouth, Totnes,  &C,,  kc  Another  copy  8tat«*s, 
that  his  son  John  was  thirty  years  of  tige,  and  bid 
wife's  name  Mary. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  above,  that  Serjeant 
Rowe  was  closely  connected  with  Devon.-<hire ; 
and  that,  therefore,  the  statement  in  the  Rowe 
pedigree  (IlarL  M.S.,  1174),  that  he  was  the  son 
of  John  Rowe,  of  liowes  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.  li. 

Chables  Llotd,  the  poet,  the  friend  of  Words- 
worth, Lamb,  and  Southey,  died  at  Chaillot,  near 
I>aris,  January  l(j,  183U,  aged  04.  {Gent.  May. 
N.  S.  xi.  335.)  lie  was  son  of  Charles  Llovd, 
Esq.,  banker  of  Birmingham;  was  bom  in  tfiat 
town,  and  privately  educated  by  Mr.  Gilpin.  On 
August  31, 171)8,  being  twenty-three  years  of  age, 
he  was  admitted  a  Fellow  Commoner  of  Caius 
College,  but  never  graduated.  The  late  Mr. 
Justice  Talfourd,  in  his  MemoriaU  of  Chat-lea 
2^m6,  referring  to  the  year  1790,  says:  "Lloyd 
had  become  a  graduate  of  the  University."  Tbia 
is  a  mistake;  but  it  must  be  observed  that 
anotlier  Charles  Lloyd,  a  native  of  Norfolk,  pro- 
ceeded B.A.  at  Emmanuel  College  in  that  very 
!  year.  C.  H.  &  Thompson  Cooper. 

Cambridge. 

Cambriuoe  Tradesmen  in  1036. — Aristippiis 
log. : — 

"TiA  l>eere  that  dntwns  the  soules  in  their  bodies. 
I  Hi<»>h'$  cake^  and  I'aix  liLi  ale.  hath  frothed  their  braineii ; 
I  hence  is  the  whole  tribe  contemned;  every  prentice  can 
I  jeere  at  their  brave  Cas^iocke^  and  laugh  the  Velvet  Caps 
I  out  of  countenance." — itandolnh,  Arutippus,  1G85,  p.  12. 

"  Topicks  or  Common-places  are  the  Tavemes ;  and 
I  Jlamon,  Wul/e,  and  furlince*,  are  the  three  be*t  tuton  in 
the  Universities." — AriUippuB,  1035,  p.  15. 

J.  D.  CAXPfiELL. 


3'<»  S.  V.  Jam.  2,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


11 


Hobespierrr's  ReUAI178. — 

"Th«  mortal  reinaina  of  Robespierre,  St.  Just,  and 
Lebaa,"  saya  the  Patrie,  "  have  juat  been  diacovered  by 
acme  workmen  occupied  in  dig^ng  the  foundationa  of  a 
house  at  the  Uati;;nolIes,  at  the  angle  of  the  Kuc  du 
Kocher  and  the  old  Chemin  de  Konde.  Those  men,  who 
played  ao  important  a  part  in  the  Revolution,  were  buried 
at  the  above  apot ;  the  cemeter}'  of  the  Madeleine  being 
too  full  at  the  period  of  their  death  to  admit  of  f^h 
intermenta." — Leeds  Mercury,  Nov.  5,  1863. 

Gbimb. 


(Buenrif. 


Old  Latix  Aristotle, — In  a  volume  of  Latin 
Semumea,  printed  at  Cologne,  and  in  the  orijiinal 
binding,  I  have  found  parts  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  quoniam,  which  was  to  have  been  sup- 
plied by  hand,  I  give  a  short  extract  below,  and 
1  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,  1629. 
The  page  is  printed  in  columns,  just  two  inches 
wide.  As  far  as  pittentia,  in  the  extract,  the  Ger- 
man-text letters  are  half  an  inch  high. 

"  [n]uoniam  an  |  US  eade  poten  |  tia  ||  Postif;  phtis  deter- 
nii'ne"vit  qua  si  queda  pambola  |  ad  potenda  ve;;etativ& 
hie  incipit  |  dcterminare  de  i^a  &  duo  facit    qr.  |  " 

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

Oaoott. 

JoHW  Barcroft.— In  "  X.  &  Q."  3"»  S.  iv.  187, 
it  is  stated  that  Laurence  Halsted,  Keeper  of  the 
Kecords  in  the  Tower  of  London,  was  bom  in 
1638,  and  married  Alice,  daughter  of  John  Bar- 
croft,  Esq.  Is  anything  known  of  John  Barcrolt  ? 
There  was  a  John  Barcroft,  perhaps  his  son, 
whose  history  presents  some  remarkable  features. 
He  was  one  of  Cromwell's  officers  in  Ireland, 
where  it  is  to  be  supposed  that  he  did  good  Bervice, 
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  liill.  The  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 
Barcrnft,  sickened  perhaps  by  the  scenes  of  blood 
wliich  he  had  witnessed  during  his  service  under 
Cromwell,  joined  the  sect  of  Quakers,  and  be- 
came one  ot  the  principal  founders  of  the  Quaker 
colony  at  fialitore,  co.  Kildare,  respecting  which 
some  interesting  partaculais  are  given  in  the  Lead- 
beater  Papers.  Ubsagellvs. 

Ceylon. 


Cenotaph  to  theTOtd  Regiment  at  Cliptow. 
Sir  William  Draper,  nearly  a  hundred  years  ago, 
erected  in  his  garden  at  Clifton,  near  'Bristol,  a 
cenotaph  in  memory  of  tlie  officers  and  soldiers  of 
the  TOth  regiment  who  fell  during  the  war  in  the 
middle  of  the  last  century.    This  memorial  is 
alluded  to  in  the  Ann.  lieg.  1708,  vol.  xi.  230 
(Oth  edit,  1800).     The  inscription,  which  i«  in 
Latin,  is  given  in  the  Gent.  May.  1792,  vol.  Ixii. 
part  I.  p.  108 :  and  a  translation  of  it  occurs  in 
the  same  volume  at  p,  102.    According  to  the 
Gent.  Mag.  1789,  vol.  fix.  part  ii.p.  607,  it  would 
seem  that  imder  the  base  of  the  sarcophagus  the 
exploits  of  the  regiment  in  the  East  Indies  are 
particularised,  and  the  names  added  of  thirty-four 
officers  who  were  killed  in  action.     These  namea, 
as  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  learn,  not  having 
[  been  copied  into  any  journal,  I  would  suggest, 
against  the  chances  of  that  obliteration  which 
time  and  the  weather  work  on  all  exposed  monu- 
ments, that  one  of  your  Clifton  or  Bristol  readers, 
interested  in  preser>-ing  the  records  on  such  me- 
morials, impose  on  himself  the  ta^k  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.  R. 

William  Chaigneait. — The  famous  Irish  novel 
entitled  The  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.,  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  royal  family  P 

J.  Woodward. 

New  Shorebam. 

HroscYAMUS.  —  In  Bishop  Hairs  Quo  Vadis 
(sec.  5),  the  following  passage  occurs : — 

"  The  Peraian  Hyoacyamua,  if  it  be  translated  to  Egypt 
proves  deadly  ;  if  to  Jeruaalem,  safe  and  wholeaome." 

I  wish  to  know  whether  this  is  a  positive  factP 

W,  J.  Smith. 

Lattrel  Water. — It  was  stated  in  conversa- 
tion after  Donnellan's  trial  for  the  murder  of  Sir 
Theodosius  fioughton,  that  a  book  on  botany  was 
lent  to  the  captain  by  Mr.  Newsom,  the  rector  of 
Harborougb,  and  that  it  was  returned  with  the 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


leaf  doubled  down,  saying  thftt  Inurcl-water  dis- 
tilled was  a  df/iilly  poison.  Can  any  of  your 
botnuical  renders  state  in  what  boob  tliis  account 
of  Inuri'l-wateT  is  to  be  found  ?  A  IkmiIi  called 
the  Toilet  of  Ffora  was  publinb^d  iu  1779.  This 
book  is  not" in  the  Britiab  Musyuni.  Perhnps  one 
of  vour  readers  way  poseess  tbti  book,  find  be  able 
to  ilate  what  the  aocouot  of  luurel-wnter  i*. 

A^    IXQLIRER. 

Lbwis  MoBRls. — At  the  eomraencement  of 
Lord  Teignrnouth'a  Life  of  <SYr  WtUiam  Junes  is  ii 
letter  sijrned  Lewis  Aloms,  in  which  lht>  writer 
BtiUes,  tliat  he  hna  sent  Sir  William,  as  n  new 
year 'a  jjift,  and  in  pursuance  of  an  old  Welsh 
cuAtoui  among  kinsmen,  a  pedigree,  showing  their 
descent  from  a  coiumou  anceBtor.  Cun  nny  of 
your  readers  inform  me  whether  the  writer  is  the 
celebruteil  antiquiiry  and  poet  Kjxiken  of  by  Mr. 
Borrow  in  hi»  recent  work,  WUd  JValt^  luid  whe- 
ther anything  is  now  known  of  the  pedigree  in 
oueotion  ?  I  should  be  glad  to  know,  tiw,  whether 
Lewis  Morrin  haa  dow  any  lineal  de/acendnnta 
living  ?  H.  H. 

TnK  PttixcK  Cossort'is  Motto. — The  motto  of 
tlie  Trijice  Consort — "Treu  und  Feet" — whs  one 
BO  atrikltigly  applicable  to  his  high  character,  that 
1  fthoiild  be  plrtd  to  know  its  origin.  On  rending 
in  the  Dook  of  Kuvelations  (xix.  11 ),  that  he  that 
sat  upon  the  White  Horse  was  called  ''  faithful 
and  true,"  it  occurred  to  me  that  the  Elerti^r  of 
8axonv,  from  whom  J'rince  Albert  pwbably  de- 
rived it,  might  hnve  taken  the  motio  from  tbiB 
piwpflge  in  Luther's  translation  ;  but  upon  uxamin- 
tion,  I  tind  Luther's  words  are:  "Treu  >md 
Wahrhaftig."  Aa  it  seenis  probable  that  this 
niottn,  and  the  while  horte  in  the  arms  of  Saxony, 
linve  been  derived  from  this  passage,  may  I  aak — 
W'hen,  and  by  whom  they  were  first  usecl  ? 

Uicn\Hi>  S\LvrT7?K.  —  In  Ohiswick  church, 
nniir  I^>ndnri,  npau  h  mouunieDt  is  reiid  this  iin- 

prr'  :      -      ,— 

MkthililiA  SalreyoA  uxori*  R/chardi 

8alv' '  I"   iiiiiiii.  I  in  Murar:  Ecflwiie,     m»i^..xXXII." 

So  states  an  old  MS.  in  my  poreetwiou,  but  I  do 
not  lind  it  recorded  in  the  copKuiit  list  of  inscrip- 
tionn  mider  "Chisn'ick"  in  Ly tone's  Middtetex 
PnriKhe*,  though  it  existed  iu  WVevcr'.-*  lime. 

It  if*  further  »<laled  iu  lite  MS.  this  Kichard 
S»]v<'yne  waj?  of  the  »aiue  family  a»  Humphrey 
SalwAV,  I'Kcheutor  of  ihe  county  of  Worcester, 
wbone  tomb  at  Stanford  in  that  coiiuty  is  there 
dv«cribi»d. 

TliM  m,iiiiiiiiiiit  nX  ChlKwick  I  Tircsmiif  f.i  \\c-  fill 

If"  ".     I  do  nut    t 

Vf_'  '  ilinrjile  pcdi;;ri 

li>ntivt4iiiig  ^  it  hiui,  why  bin  wife  should 

b*  huiiivtl  at  I  iind  wbnt  wns  hi:*  otllcinl 

uipacity?  TtiouA!*  E.  VVi5KT50T0iir. 


SwiiruxmxE. — Is  anything  known  of  n  per 
of  this  name  who  was  living  about  1010  ?   lie 
ftecretury  to  Sir  Ileory  Fanshaw.  Cl 

Cjptaik  Yorke. — r  ara  anxious  to  nbiain 
formation  about  a  .Mr.  Yorke,  a  cnpt«ia  in 
Trained  Bnndi^  of  Loudon,  who  lived  about 
middle  of  the  last  century.  It  is  tbouplit  that  ho 
was  deaocnded  from  the  Yorkes  of  Erthig,  Den- 
bighebire,  W^aiea ;  and  I  .sbi^uld  be  grateful  to 
any  eorrespondent  who  could  give  me  any  details 
as  to  the  Captain's  eotmection  with  the  Yorkes  of 
Erthig.  CA.BiLVoki). 

Cope  Town. 


Pholrv. — What  is  the  menulug  of  this  vrt 
in  the  following  advertisi-oieut,  which  1  copy  fr 
a  List  of  Books  printed  for  and  ftold  by  Edx 
Cave,  at  St.  John's  Uate,  Clerkenwell  ? — 

"  Travels  into  the  inlitnt]  parta  of  Africa,  conLaintti 
ilMcription  of  the  several  Nations  for  tl>c  space  ufi 
niilot*  up  the  river  Gambia,  ■with  a  particular  Recount 
.Jol)  Heo  Solcimon,  n  Fhiilry,  who,  in  the  year  IT38,  w« 
Euclntxi,  arnl  known  by  the  name  of  the  African.  114 
the  .lourrial  of  Fraiicia  Mi«jre,  Factor  for  several  year 
iLe  Kuvul  Atricau  Compnnv  of  England." 

E.n. 

[An  intcrMling  account  of  the  I^nleja, a  fre«  and  i 
dependent  peoplu  uf  Ganiliia,  is  supplied  by  the  aulhci 
tttc  above  work,  in  tho  (Inst  edition,  1738,  p.  80,  in 
ixrconti  edition  (no  dute),  p.  21.  He  Hays,  "In  ei 
kingdom  on  each  side  of  tlic  river  Gamliia  tberr!  are 
pfliiplc  of  a  tawny  colour,  called  Pholcys,  much  likel 
Arabs  ;  'wLicb  lAn);aa(,'e  they  nioKt  of  tliem  i<pMik,  1 
to  thcin  aa  the  Laliu  \a  in  Europe ;  for  it  is  t/tugbl 
Achoo);*,  and  (heir  law,  (be  Alcoran,  is  in  that  laupii 
They  are  more  generally'  learned  in  the  x\rabick  than 
people  of  Eurojie  are  in  Latin,  for  tbcy  can  most  of  tl 
speak  it,  though  they  have  a  vulgtr  tongue  tHwidci,  < 
t'koley.  They  live  iu  boards  or  clans,  build  town*, 
are  not  subject  to  any  kin^s  of  the  country,  thou;;h  tba^ 
live  in  tbeir  terriloiiea ;  for  if  they  are  illtrentoil  in  on* 
nation,  they  break  up  their  townii,  and  remove  to  anotlier. 
They  have  chiefs  of  their  o*rn,  who  rule  with  i»o  much 
TnoderalioK,  that  e-rery  act  of  government  aecma  rather 
an  act  of  the  pt'ople  than  of  one  man.  Thi*  form  of  govern- 
ment piMU  ou  r.nnily,  because  the  people  arc  of  a  -  '  ■ 
quiet  (ii>poMtiou,  and  lo  well  inttnictcd  in  whii 
and  ri^rht,  (bat  a  man  who  doe«  ill  i^  the  aiM^diliiuu. 
at],  and  none  ft  ill  »nppijrt  hint  agaiiiit  the  chief  .  . 
Tlic  I'hiileys  ate  tery  iiulunlriiiujt  and  fruL'^'l  "'>■( 
much  more  Corn  anil  cotlon  thau  they  ■-. 
t1i.  V  sill  at  reasonable  rale*,  and  are  vi :  „  ^_. 
I  to  all;  an  thai  Ui  have  a  I'holey  town  tnl 
ijrti<'..<l.  N  l.v  the  natives  reckoned  n  lil.— Ij 
fbey  11  n»\  nemo  of  tbi  i 

andthi:  h   braudy,  or  an>  i 

than  water  aud  eU{i,ar."] 


8^  S.V.JX!f.  ?,•«.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


LmKs  ADDTtKA8P.n  T(i  Oiiatjles  I. — I  copv  the 
fallowing  ver8e»  fmin  Sl^5.  oa  a  fly-leaf,  At  the 
fnd  of  a  copy  of  Ju*  Imni/iniA  upud  Atti/l/»*,  or, 
the  Law  »f  EntfUmd  rdatimj  to  Ut«  .\ofjHitj/  ami 
fJeiUry,  liy  John  DryduU,  of  LIncolu's  lane, 
Ettqiiier,  1075."     8vo  — 

"Grpat  Ch«rl««K,  thou  Earthly  G«)d,  (Vlestial  Manl 
Whose  life,  like  others',  thoui;h  il  were  a  span, 
Tet  in  thiit  life  was  cunifirehndilfd  more 
Thiin  earth  hath  wnltT«,  or  the  o'-ejiii*  shore  ; 
Thy  heavenly  virtue*  fln^cfU  shiill  n-hotinw ; 
Il  tH  a  theme  too  hii:h  for  humun  vitrs«. 
He  that  would  know  the  ri^ht.  then  let  him  luok 
Uj»on  this  wisH  incom[mrabl«'  kKM>k, 
And  rend  it  o'tr  .ind  </«r  :  which,  if  you  do. 
You'll  find  ih«  King  a  priist  and  prophet  too; 
And  aadiy  see  our  lot,  although  in  vnin  "  — 

{Ctttra  dttumt.') 

Tbey  npjittar  to  have  been  writton  by  the  hand 
of  one  W  illiam  Tliomaa,  aa  thev  follow  these 
woids:  "John  ffarr  his  Ik>oka.  \VUliam  Tho- 
miM  -witBes,  1675."  But  they  were  evidently  not 
William  Thomaa'B  composition,  as  be  waa  an  un- 
educated fellow,  who  wrote  — 

••  Grate  charK  thontrh  earthly  gotl  ae- 
Lasticl  man,  buse  Life  Like  others" — 

and  no  on — o^iatu  for  "  oceans,"  Emjeln  for  "  an- 
geld,"  &;c. :  on  which  account  I  have  modernised 
the  spelling,  in  order  to  make  the  whole  iutelligi- 
ble.  They  seem  to  have  been  really  the  production 
of  one  who  could  write  verse,  aa  well  as  the  most 
extravagaut  adulation,  and  mny  be  talion  as  an 
extreme  example  u(  the  poetical  hyperbole  of  that 
hyperbolical  (4ge.  The  "  incomparable  book,"  for 
which  they  were  first  written,  was  probably  the 
Eikon  Bmilike,  Do  they  occur  in  print  in  any 
wliiionofit?  J.G.N. 

[These  lines  ore  entitled  "An  Epitaph  upon  King 
Charles,"  sijjntd  J.  II.,  and  are  uHoally  fband  printed  in 
the  earlier  editiuns  of  the  EUmn  Batitike,  r.  g,  that  by 
Roy^ton,  V4ino,  lOlO;  that  printed  at  the  Ilngue  by  S. 
llrown.  2ifno.  I()49;  and  in  the  £>ublin  edition  of  1'06. 
Vtd*  ♦•  N.  &  Q."  H"""  S.  iv.  Ml ;  v.  393,  4Gt  j  vL  179.] 

Chest  oy  Apotheoaries'  Compajtt, — F.  R  K. 
U  be  glad  to  know  the  toeanioir  of  the  rhino> 
0?,  or  whatever  the  animal  may  be,  which  orna- 
ments alt  things  sent  from  Apothecaries'  lialL 

[The  nnirom,  as  fictionized  in  heraldry,  is  a  white 
Iiur«e,  having  the  born  of  the  iiarvrhale  emnnatiug  frum 
the  futehcad  ;  the  belief  in  the  animal  bc'lng  baited  on  the 
pa&Kia^e  iu  Job  xxxix.  9  :  "  Will  the  imicorn  be  willing 
to  eirve  tliec?"  but  tlie  original  word  "Rem,"  thus 
translated  **  unicorn,"  in,  by  Bt.  Jerome,  Montaitus,  ond 
A<|uila,  nntdcred  "rhinoceros";  and  in  the  S«ptua{nnt, 
"  uioiKn-eros  "  signilies  nothing  more  than  "  one  horn." 
The  f  hlnocenw  is  therefore  the  miiiinlerpn-'ted  unicorn  of 
the  ancieotA ;  and,  from  ■  belief  in  the  fabulous  ineJicinal 
iiualitias  of  the  horn,  ta»  boen  advanced  .ia  tb«  crest  of 
tb«  Com[»«ny  of  Apolhocaries,  on  ^ome  of  whose  eign- 


buarda  the  rhinoceros  presented  the  similitude  of  any- 
thing but  the  real  bejist ;  and  being  freijueiitly  mistJikea 
for  a  hoar,  the  practice  of  piiiiitin)^  the  mtm^iter  beiuime 
more  ninnslroua,  and  the  buar  proper  has,  to  be  more 
■ijreeablc  ffl  the  eye,  bten  beili/.iuied  as  a  blue  buAr. — 
Ueaufoy's  Traileamen't  Tohemt,  edit.  1855,  p.  68.] 

FRCMESruM  :  Siuoo.  —  In  an  account,  temp, 
Edw.  III.,  I  find  these  words  UBod  for  distinct 
kiuds  of  grain.  "WTi-tt  kinds?  In  Littleton's 
Latin  Z>ictitmrtn/,  "  ailigo "  is  defined  aa  "  fine 
wheat,  whereof  they  make  manchet;"  and  *^fru- 
mentuiu "  aa  •*  all  manner  of  com  or  grain  for 
bread."  But  in  my  account,  the  price  of  fni- 
luentum  ia  7«.  and  81.  the  quarter,  that  of  siligo, 
5*.  Orf.  and  Gs.  4d.  only.  Can  I  be  refemid  to  any 
more  definite  explanation  of  these  terms  ? 

G.  A.  0. 

[Fninientum  was  used  in  the  Middle  Ages  somewhat 
indefinitely,  but  It  most  fre<ioently  signifies  wheat.  Pore 
wheat — ••  ^icpe  »vpius  dcidgnatum  opinor  triticatn  pamiDi 
nee  aljis  grani»  mixtum."  (^Du  Canye  in  vtrb.)  In  the 
passage  beibre  us  it  is  certainly  wheat. 

Siligo,  in  Middle-Age  Latin,  moans  rye.  We  know 
that  in  chttticul  l^tin  it  si^iBes  a  flne  wheat,  praised  by 
Columella  and  Pliny,  as  preferable  to  ordinary  wheat  for 
food,  being  finer,  whiter,  and  lighter  ;  but  in  the  Midille 
A^es  il  almost  always  represents  rye,  ma  it  assuredly  dota 
in  this  passage.] 

John  Bubtoit,  —  I  have  in  my  poasesaion  a 
rather  scarce  tract  of  31  pages,  entitled  Sacerdoa 
Parocciali»  liiixtictis,  published  at  Oxford  in  1757. 
Its  author  is  "  Johannes  Burton  de  Maple-Durham 
in  Com.  Oion,  Yicarius."  The  duties  of  the  parish 
priest  are  in  it  beautifully  described  iu  clHSsical 
hexameters,  6.'i0  in  number,  and  occasionally  re- 
mind one  of  the  picture,  in  Goldaraith'a  Dcsnied 
ViUoge,  of  the  country  clergyman. 

Is'  anything  known  of  the  author,  and  what 
college  in  Oxlbrd  claimed  him  as  an  alumnus?  I 
presume  that  the  same  per*m  was  the  author  of  the 


bone  ILpinicion.  p.  zp,  ■  I'saimus  ijijiami.,  y. 
107  ;  "  Hortus  BoUnlcus,"  p.  147 ;  and  "  P.^almua 
xlvi.,"  p.  27o  for  the  name  **  J.  Burton,  S.  T.  P." 


is  appended.  Oxo^iEKais. 

[Dr.  John  Burton,  a  learned  (ffitic  and  divine,  was 
educated  at  Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford.  lie  died  on 
Feb.  11,  1771,  in  the  seventy-Biith  year  of  his  ag*",  and 
was  bane«i  ai  the  entrance  of  the  inner  chapel  at  Eton. 
His  Life  has  been  publwhed  by  his  pupil  and  intimate 
friend,  Dr.  Edward  Uentham.  Moit  biugraphicol  dio- 
tioaaries  also  contain  some  account  of  him,] 

James  II.  ajtd  thk  Prkteitdeb.  —  Can  any  of 
your  readers  refer  me  to  any  work  giving  details 
of  the  court  bdd  bv  Jainos  II.  and  the  Pretender 
at  Su  Germaio-en-Laye,  until  the  death  of  the 


u 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3««  S.  V.  Jan.  2,  '64. 


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

N.  H.  R. 
[The  Htate  of  the  Conrt  of  St.  Germains  will  be  fuund 
in  the  following  works:  (,\)  A  View  of  the  Court  of  St, 
Cermaint  from  the  Year  1690  to  1G95  [by  John  Macky], 
8vo.  1C06.  (2.)  "  The  Life  ofJamet  II.,  containing  an 
Account  of  hia  Birth,  Education,  dkc,  the  State  of  his 
Court  at  St,  Germain*,  and  the  particulars  of  his  Death. 
Lond.  8vo,  170-2,"  (8.)  Garke's  Life  of  Jame*  JL,  ii 
472-C47,  copied  from  the  Stuart  Papers  in  Carlton  House* 
Conxult  also  chap.  xx.  of  Lord  Macaulaj's  Hittory  of 
England,  iv.  380.  For  the  titles  of  nobility  conferred  by 
James  1 1,  after  bis  abdication,  see  "  N.  &  Q."  2>><<  S.  ix. 
23;  X.  102,215,337.] 

New  Tr.vx8l\tion  of  thb  Biblb,  bt  Johk 
Bellamt,  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  pabliuhed, 
namely,  from  Genesis  to  the  Song  of  Solomon,  pp.  1368. 
8«e  Home's  Introduction  to  the  Holy  Scriptures,  ed.  1846, 
V.  304.] 

tteplieK. 

EXHIBITION  OF  SIGN-BOARDS. 
(8"»  S.  iv.  307.) 

Bonnell  Thornton's  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  gnod- 
iiatured  public  was  not  disposed  to  conoider  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't  Chronicle  of  March  26,  176?^, 
after  noticing  the  preparations  of  the  Society  of 
Arts,  adds — 

"The  Society  of  Sign-Painters  are  also  preparing  a 
most  magnificent  collection  of  portraits,  land^«cape^  fancy- 

Sieces,  history-pieces,  night-pieces.  Scripture-pieces,  Ac. 
(«.,  designed  by  the  ablest  masters,  and  executed  by  the 
best  bands  in  these  kingdoms.  The  virtnoai  will  have  a 
new  opportunity  to  display  their  tai>te  on  this  occasion, 
by  discovering 't^r different  styles  of  the  several  masteri 
Mnployed,  and  pointing-«tli  by  what  hand  each  piece  is 
drawn.  A  remarkable  cognoitcenti,  who  bas  attended  at 
the  Society's  great  room,  with  his  eye-glass,  for  several 
mornings,  bas  already  piqued  hiipseff  on  discovering  the 
iamoos  painter  of  ''The  Kiting  Sun '  (a  modem  Clande) 
ta  an  elegant  nightpiece  of '  The  Man  in  the  Moon.' " 

Tha  Landau  BegiOer  for  April,  1702,  as  quoted 
in  Mr.  Pye'a  PtOnnage  of  Britith  Art,  gives  ua 
the  following  toeount  of  ike  ezhibitioa  itaelf  :— 


**  On  entering,  you  pass  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  liang  keys,  bells,  swords,  poles, 
sugar-loaves,  tobacco  rolls,  candles,  and  other  ornami'ntal 
figures,  carved  in  wDod,  which  commonly  dangled  from 
the  pent-houses  of  the  different  shops  in  our  street-'.  On 
the  chimney-board  (ro  imitate  the  Htyle  of  the  catalogue^ 
is  a  large  blazing  fire,  painted  in  water-colours ;  and 
within  a  kind  of  cupola,  or  rather  dome,  which  lets  tbe 
light  into  the  room,  is  written  in  golden  capitals,  upon  a 
blue  ground,  a  motto  disposed  in  the  form  following  :— 


SI'KCTATCM 


"  From  this  short  description  of  the  grand  mom  (when 
we  con^>ider  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  strack  his  eye  more  forcibly  at  first  sight,  or  pro- 
voked his  attention  with  more  extraordinary  appearance. 
We  will  now,  if  tbe  reader  pleases,  conduct  him  round 
the  room,  and  take  a  more  accurate  survey  of  the  curious 
originals  before  us ;  to  which  end  we  sliall  proceed  to 
transcribe  gome  of  the  most  conspicuous  features  of  the 
ingenious  Society's  Catalogue,  adding,  by  the  way,  such 
remarks  as  maj'  seem  necessary  for  bis  instruction  and 
entertainment : — 

"No.  1.  Portrait  of  a  justly  celebrated  painter,  though 
an  Englishman  and  a  modem. 

«  No.  8.  *  The  Vicar  of  Bray.'  The  portrait  of  a  benl- 
ficed  clergymen  at  full  length.  *  The  Vicar  of  Bray '  is 
an  ass  in  a  feather- topped  grizzle,  band,  and  pudding- 
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.  Tbia 
sign  represents  a  pair  of  extremely  thick  legs,  in  whit* 
stockings,  and  black  gaiters. 

"  No.  12.  «  The  Scotch  Fiddle.'  By  M'Pherson.  Done 
from  himself.  The  figure  of  a  Highlander  silting  ander 
a  tree,  enjoying  tbe  greatest  of  pleasures,  scratching 
where  it  itdies. 

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

••Na  19.  'Nobody  alia$  Somebody.'  A  character. 
The  fignre  of  an  oflSoer,  all  bead,  arm's,  legs,  and  tbighft. 
This  piece  bas  a  very  odd  effect,  it  being  so  drolly  exe- 
cuted that  yon  don't  miaa  the  body. 

"  No.  20.*  *  Somebody,  aiiat  Nobody.'  The  companion 
of  the  foregoing,  botb'by  Hogarty.  A  ro!^  fiRure,  with 
little  head  and  a  huge  body,  whose  belly  swags  over, 
almost  quite  down  to  bis  shoe-buckles.  By  the  staff  in 
his  hand,  it  appears  to  be  intended  to  represent  a  con- 
stable :  it  might  also  be  mistaken  for  an  eminent  juatica 
of  the  peace. 

•*Na  88.  *The  Stmgglen:  a  Matrimonial  Conversa- 
tion.'  By  Ransby.  Represents  a  man  and  his  wife  fight- 
ing for  tbe  bneehta. 


8'<«S.V.  Ja».2,'64.J 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


15 


"  No.  23. '  A  Freemason's  Lodge ;  or,  the  Impenetrable 
Secret.'  By  a  Sworn  Brother,  The  8upi>o8ed  ceremony 
and  prob'tble  conacqiipncea  of  what  is  called  '  making;  a 
mason.'  Bepreseafs  the  master  of  the  lod{;e  with  a  red- 
hot  salamander  in  his  hsmi,  and  the  new  brother  blind- 
fold, and  in  a  comical  Mtu.ition  of  f<!ar  and  good-luck. 

'•  No.  27.  '  The  Spirit  of  ContrMdictinn,'  Two  brewers 
with  a  barrel  of  beer  pulling  different  ways. 

"  No.  35.  *  A  Man  in  his  Element.'  Asign  for  an  eat- 
ing-house. A  cook  ruoi^ting  at  a  fire,  and  the  devil  basting 
him.- 

**  No.  3C.  •  A  Man  out  of  his  Element.'  A  sailor  falling 
off  a  horse,  with  his  head  lighting  agninst  a  milestone. 

"  No.  37.  'A  Bird.'  tiy  Allison.  Underneath  is  writ- 
ten— 

•  A  bird  in  hnnd  far  better  'tis 
Than  two  that  in  the  bushes  is.' 

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

"Ko.  39.  'Al>salom  Haiigins.'  A  perukemaker's  sign 
by  Sclatter.    Underneath  is  written  — 

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

"  Bnt  the  cream  of  the  whole  jest  is  No.  49  and  No.  50, 
its  companion,  hanging  on  each  tide  of  the  chimney. 
These  two  are  by  an  unknown  hand,  the  exhibition 
having  been  favoured  with  tliem  from  an  unknown  quar- 
ter. Ladies  and  gentlemen  are  requested  not  to  tinger 
them,  as  they  arc  concealed  by  the  curtains  to  preserve 
them.  Behmd  the  curtains  are  two  boanis,  on  one  of 
which  is  written  '  Ha !  ha !  ha ! '  and  on  the  other '  He ! 
he !  he ! '  At  the  opening  of  the  exiiibition.  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  indecent  pictures  in  some  collec- 
tions, himg  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  «  bottle. 
The  oommon^;ouncilnian,  asleep,  has  fallen  back  in  his 
chair.  One  of  his  friends  (an  officer^  is  lighting  a  pipe 
at  his  nose ;  whilst  the  other  (a  doctor)  is  using  bis 
thumb  as  a  tobacco-stopper. 

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

The  locale  of  the  exhibition  was  the  house  of 
Bonnell  Thornton  in  Bow  Street,  Covent  Gar- 
den— aa  we  learn  from  the  following  advertise- 
ments, and  from  the  title-page  of  the  catalogu& 
The  latter  reads  as  follows :  — 

"  A  Catali^e  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  (iarden,  nearly  opposite  the  Plavbouse 
Passage,    frice  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 
refuting  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.,  an<l  of  the 
aztista.  They  intend  theirS  as  an  appendix  only,  or  in 
the  atrle  of  paintera,  a  companion  to  the  others.  There 
k  nothing  in  their  collection  that  wiU  be  understood  by 


any  candid  person  as  a  reflection  on  anj'  body,  or  body  of 
men.  They  are  not  in  the  least  prompted  Gy  any  nican 
jpttlousy,  to  depreciate  the  merits  of  their  brother  artists. 
Animated  by  the  same  public  spirit,  their  .solo  viuw  is  to 
convince  foreigners,  as  well  as  their  own  blinded  country- 
men, that  however  inferior  the  nation  may  be  unjustly 
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  oflF  by  the  door-keeper  upon  pre- 
sentation, thus  rendering  the  catalogue  unavail- 
able for  a  second  adiiiistiion. 

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

Edward  F.  Ri3iBAri.T. 


"  EST  ROSA  FLOS  VENERIS." 
(1"  S.  i.  214,  458;  3"»  S.  iv.  453.) 

As  this  question  appears  to  he  of  so  ancient  a 
date  as  tbe  first  volume  of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  it  certainly 
ought  to  be  disposed  of  at  the  earliest  oppor- 
tunity. The  lines  will  be  found  in  the  Anthotoyia 
Vetentm  Latinorum  Epigrammatum  ^  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 
of  a  larger  poem,  hut  complete  in  themselves. 
Burman  quotes  De  la  Cerda  as  his  authority  for 
the  lines,  but  I  can  give  an  earlier  one,  having 
found  them,  intrv)duced  seemingly  as  a  quotation 
into  a  work  of  Ltevinius  Lemnius,  the  learned 
Canon  of  Zeric-Zee,  entitled  Herbarum  atque 
Arborum  quw  in  Bibliia  passim  obvia  stmt  JEwpli- 
catio,  Antwerpise,  15(J(3.  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  auoted,  the  editor  telling  us  that 
they  were  found  incised  on  marble.  The  lines 
occur  in  a  note  to  a  passage  in  the  first  hook  of 
the  ALneid;  and  the  first  six  books  of  the  Aineid, 
edited  by  La  Cerda,  were  published  at  Lyons  in 
1612.  This,  probably,  is  all  the  reply  that  cm 
now  be  given  to  the  first  query  of  J.  8.  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  coiilcide  in  the  opinion,  that, 
generally  speaking,  the  noteft  «bA.  ^<i\3«J»ss^  ^A. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  S.  V.  J*3i.  t. 


grtmo.    I  would  not  prej'umo   to  say  that 
_,  iiniiiius  coined  the  linea  to  suit  his  purpose;  still, 
wilbttl,  they  have  a  comparatively  modern  aspect. 
^VIu•^  the'authority  is  eo  very  vague  as  '*  reperi- 
untiir  in  niHrmore,"  we  have  every  right  to  hwk 
for  intenml  evidence,  and  thnt,  aa  far  as  reyanls 
je  antiquitv  of  the  Hues  —  which,  indeed,  is  the 
fhole    wist  of  the  qnestion — is,  in  iny  hunihle 
liuion,  WRUtinff.  Fur  they  seem  to  be  deficient  of 
le  fonorous  ring  of  the  ancient  AupustJin  metal, 
I'fMttMOf  the  quaint,  tiat  chink  of  the  mediaeval 
'    And  beinp  the  only  authority,  aa  far  aa 
iHWiWO,  for  the  often-repeated  asse'rlion,  that 
IB  ancients  respected  the  rose  as  an  emblem  of 
lence,  and  consecrated  it  to  Ilarpocrales,  these 
les,  with  rt'i^ard  to  their  antiquity,  nflbrd  a  very 
^terestio);   question;    or,   as  J.  6.  L.    puts    llie 
|iiery  —  "  Is  the  custom   therein  wjferrwl  to  the 
ngin  of  the  phrase  tub  rota  t  *' 
There  ia,   however,    something  more  than  a 
jstom  referred  to  in  the  lines ;  there  is,  aIao,  a 
acred   principle.     Aa  is  well  known,  it  waj»  a 
lAom  (or  the  ancienta   to  decorate  their  festal 
ibleu  with  rows;  but  that  they  reco^rniaed  the 
3se  »i3  a   sacred  symbol   of  xilence,  throuj^h  an 
llog^ed  mythical  connection  between  the  flower, 
<upid,  Vt-nUvS,  and   Ilarpoerates,    is  exceedingly 
jiUblJ'ul :  there  being  no  other  authority  for  the 
ion  than  the^e  lines,  of  which  the  aiithorahip 
rmkuowD,  and  the  antiquity  most  questionable. 
Curda,  though  not  the  first  Uj  quote  the  lines, 
in  all  probability,  the  tirat  who  alleges  that 
jey  wore  found  on  marble ;  and  the  manner  in 
K'hich  he  introduces  them  into  print  is  rather  sud- 
licious,  they  being  dragged  in  as  an  annotation  to 
ie  following  pa-aage  in  the  text :  — 

"  Hie  Rociiia  pravtm  pemuib  aun-qae  iK»po»«ut, 
Implevitnae  rnero  patcrain.  quain  Kvltifl  et  umnes 
A  tido  suUti :  tuiit  facto  MJcntia  tecti».'' 

A  more  inappropriate  quotation  than  the  lines 

question  can  hardly  be  imagined  ;  silence,  it  is 

rue,  is  alluded  to  in  the  text,  but  there  is  cer- 

dinly  not  one  word  about  roses.     IIow  then  does 

commentator  connect  the  two?     By  artfully 

|nd  illogicnlly  dragging  in  another  quotation,  in 

rhich  rosea  are  alliid*^d  U*,  without  any  reference 

silence.     Here  it  is,  from  the  nineteenth  epi- 

rum  nf  the  tonth  book  of  Martial :  — 


an  emblem  of  secresy,  it  ia  certain  that  the 
tonic  races  did   from   a  very  early  ptriod,      ine 
custom  and  principle  is  particularly  Uermai*,  fco- 
cording  to  the  ancient  proverbial  Baying  — ^ 

"  Was  Kir  Koaeu,  bleib*  unter  dcra  Rosen." 
And  Werusdorf  decides  agiunst  the  antiquitj  of 
the  lines  in  question,  because  they  form  the  only 
Latin  notice  of  a  peculiarly  (ierman  custom  and 
idea,  while  Meier,  in  his  edition  of  Burman,  gviea 
further,  and  says  the  Latin  lines  were  written  os 
the  German  proverb  — 

"  Hoc  epijjrnniTTid  factum  est,  ut  pnjvcrbluui  illiid.  Hot 
$uh  TOsii  dictum  est,  ex(ilU:aretur  poeiicc" 

When  looking  for  the  origin  or  explanatiooi  o1 
an  emblem  or  symbol,  we  must  study  the  nfftuml 
features  of  the  subject,  and  resolutely  reject  every 
thing  approaching  to  the  fabulou**  or  mythienl. 
And  so,  we  cannot  conclude  bettiir  than  in  thd 
words  of  our  worthy  English  philosopher,  Suv 
Thomas  Browne,  who  says :  — 

**  VViien  wc  dwire  to  confine  our  words,  we  commonly 
say,  they  are  efwken  under  the  rose;  which  ex|in'*»iiii» 
ia'oominendabk,  if  the  rose,  from  any  nittural  property, 
limy  bi;  ih«?  Mmbiil  of  silenoc,  as  Nazianune  aeana  to 
imply,  in  tliese  tranblnted  verses  :  — 

♦  Utque  latct  row  vemo  auo  puuimine  claaM, 
Sic  ott  viocln  ferat,  viiliilisque  arotctur  babeniM^ 
Indicatque  suiu  prnlixa  dilentin  labri-V 
and  ii  aluo  tolerable,  if  by  desiring;  a  swre^y  to  Wi 
fipcikr-n  nndur  the  n>9«!,  we  only  me.aa  in  -^ 
piitaliun,  from  the  ancii'nt  HytniKv^iac  tn 
clinpli'iii  (if  roaes  about  their  beud* :  and  •>■■  ••<   ■  ■■nl 
tiut  the  (jerman  cusluni,  whldi  over  the  table  dewribcCk 
o  niso  in  (he  ceiling." 

The  lines  which  have  caused  80  much  inlu&ed 
have  been  thus  paraphrased :  — 

"  The  rose  is  Venus'  pride;  the  nn-her  tH.<y 
Unve  to  ]larp<H:ra(e«  hi*  mother'*  flower. 
What  time  fotid  Joverst  told  the  tender  joy 
To  (^uard  with  sacre<l  occresty  the  hour : 

Ilonoe,  o'er  his  festive  J*       '    '     '     ■•■■,- 

Love's  flower  vf  sileo"  ■ 
When  wino  to  arooron^  ^>', 

Under  tho  rose  what  (OAiMid  uiuaL  uv^m  b« 
expreseed." 

WlLUAH  Pnr£JtKTO]t» 
llounalow. 


I 


^t  tUA,  diitn  I 
I  ruMli,  iiim  r 
^1  rigldi  IrgniM 


II: 


It  is  not,  then,  without  justice  obserred  in  the 
lioffmphif  rnitrrteUt,  in  ulluaicm  to  Do  U  Cerda'a 
Hrgil  — 

♦•  Quo  If  Jt-'^uile  K«|i»f;nii)  explique  wiuvpnt  c«  qui  n'a 
M  buoin  U  ctn»  MxpUtpio.  ct  quclqactoLi  cc  qui  oe  oevrait 
i»  I'rlre." 

Whatever  doubt  tJiero  may  bo  rcapocting  tho 
'ancient  Itomans  nang  tho  tocw  at  their  fea»ts,  as 


REV.  P.  ROSEKHAGEN. 

(S-  S.  X.  216,  315.) 

Noh<j«!y  seems   to   have   looked  at   ^fr.    Joho , 
Taylor's  Jimitu  Idnitijied.     An  extract  ' 
work,  and   the   original    comniunicalio' 
AtJtfttftvm^  on  which  tho  question  wa*  ruiwd  i 
your  pages,  will  secure  V our  ha\ing  all  thol  h 
been  said  (Tavlor,  p.  IIO,  Athtntrum,  Aug.  26 
Sept.  i,  18^.8):  — 

"The  Rev.  r 
and  continued  ti< 
Kraocia  and  Mr.  WcjyUfilL  ,     .  it  >^  a  lituc  rtiujiraabi 


a^-iS.  V.  Jan.  2,'C4:] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


17 


that  to  Mr.  Roienhagen  the  Intten  of  Jttnius  W4<re  nt  one 
tiiue  Attributed,  though  certAiiilv  wittmut  ftiuiiiliaion. 
In  th«  KiMtiy  prefixed  to  the  last  edhliti  o(  Junim  tha 
conjecture  U  thus  noticed: — 'It  Ia  sutfident  to  obftcrve 
that  Mr.  Knsenhatcen,  who  was  a  schooltVlluw  of  Mr.  H. 
8.  Woodfjtll,  rontitnieiJ  on  terms  of  afqunintimce  with 
him  in  wilixt^tmnt  lift?,  und  occaaonally  wmte  for  the 
Public  liiii'erliter :  boC  he  waa  repeatciitj'  dwlarwl  by 
Mr.  VV(KKlfail,  wbo  must  bare  bpcn  a  cuiii(ieti>nt  evidtmce 
as  to  the  ftti't,  not  to  be  the  author  af  JuhIum'x  I^tlrrn.  A 
pri-.  '  ■  ^  ;■  -  nba^eii'jj  i»  Mr.  Wo.iilfidl  i«.iii(i  in 
tit  -ion,  and   nothiii^'eun  be  more  dif- 

ffi'  j 'r  than  thid  autograph  and  that  of 

Juuiua.'  " 

The  following  are  tbe  communicatioas  to  the 
Atfuwnvn  :  the  second  by  myself.  The  fir$tis  an 
extract  from  the  Gazetteer  of  Jan.  24,  1774  :  — 

"The  celebrated  Juniua  U  at  la«t  discovered  to  he  the 
Rev.  Phil.  R  pen.  He  was  orijpnally  a  {^at  ae- 
qiiaintauce  of  Mr.  Home's,  and  a  contfrnpororj-  of  his  at 

Cambridge.     Mr.  K ^^n  waH  then!  ccU-Urated,  above 

all  otherH,  for  his  classical  abilities.  Mr.  R — — j;en  was 
in  London  darinethe  whole  timeof  Juniu!i'!i  pablication; 
for  a  conjiiderable  time  before,  and  ever  siuce,  be  h»a  been 
abroad.  He  is  now  re<*iilent,  at  Orlcnna  in  France,  whore 
lie  cata  a  very  luinspioninis  a|>[ii>anini'f>,  bavin>;  nitirri»<l  a 
**ery  beautiful  and  accomplished  young  lady,  *i»ler  of  the 
celebrated  Mrs.  Groevenor ;  not  di'>es  he  make  it  anywcret 
where  he  resides  that  he  is  the  author  of  Junias." 

"  The  idi'Dtity  would  have  been  perfucllr  clear  in 
177  I,  ihutinh  few  would  see  it  in  l«68.  Tbc  Kev.  rhilip 
liiaenliaijem  is  lost,  because  he  nubliiihed  nothing  with 
his  name.  But  he  was  very  well  known  in  thf"  littrary 
W)»rld,  ami  better  stiil  in  the  convivial  world  :  this,  how- 
ever, miiit.  have  been  more  after  1774  thnn  before.  Ho 
had  the  sort  of  roputJtion  to  which  Theodore  Hook 
should  attach  a  nnnie,  n.s  the  brii;lile.>it  and  mntt  nidurinii; 
iH'ilnnco  oi  it.  He  took  a  hik'h-bottio  deforce  in  England, 
and  was  udiiiirt^l  ud  rundem  in  Imlia,  where  ho  went  as 
chaplain  rnmc  time  botore  17UK,  to  increase  and  fortify 
tilt!  well-enriifd  K<>ut  which  he  carried  out  with  him.  I 
think  1  have  heiird,  fnmt  lho»e  who  knew  him,  that  be 
had  l>een  on**  of  the  boon  companions  of  the  Prince  of 
WhIi«.  He  was  *  necessary  man  to  be  fixed  on  as  the 
author  ofJunitt*,  at  a  time  when  any  man  of  much  talent 
■lid  m»  pArticular  scruple,  who  WTOt«  nothing  which  he 
■cknowledped.  was  set  down  as  one  to  be  looked  after  in 
that  matter.  And  if  it  should  turn  out  alter  all  ihat 
JuHiHA  is  tu  he  written  bv  »(ime  biting  nramp  on  whom  no 
lariiln;;  »u«pi<'i<>n  baa  settled,  this  s^ime  Philip  Ko«en- 
hu^i^ii  liari  n  fair  chiiuce.  I  think  thiii.  the  Junius  rumour 
was  currrnt  among  bis  acquaintuiice." 

It  now  appt-nrs  that  the  Junius  rumour  was  so 
atronir,  that  Wuodl'all  LimscU'  had  to  deny  it  re- 
peatedly. M. 


COLLINS,  AUTHOR  QV  ••TO-MORROW." 
(.T"  S  iv.  44o.) 

It  will  he  «?iffii-uU  at  the  l«p.se  of  more  than 
half  ft  reutury  to  obtain  many  purficulars  of  the 
life  of  John  Collins.  Of  the  mtiny  who  laughed 
at  his  huniohjijL3  niounlogue.  The  Bnuh  —  per- 
formed at*  «n  iot4jrltide  at  the  Theatre  Iloyal, 
IJirmin^ham,  then  under  the  manao-emeat  of  the 
•Ider  Macready,  at  the  end  of  lust,  or  the  bejjin- 
niiig  of  the  present  ccnturj' — those  who  are  lUivo 


were  mostly  children,  wbo  cared  little  about  the 
private  doing's  of  the  performer  who  amused  them 
in  public ;  wiiile  the  elders  who  accompanied  them 
have  made  their  exits  from  that  larger  etatre,  on 
which  thev  were  fellow-actors  with  him.  ift*  was 
*'bom  at  fiath,  and  bred  up  to  the  business  of  a 
stay-maker,"  as  I  gather  from  a  short  notice  of 
him,  as  "  an  actor,"  in  the  TheMpijin  Dhiiwtasy, 
8vo,  l80o ;  and  we  may  conclude  tliat  hiif  father 
was  a  profe.*94}r  of  the  sartorial  art,  from  hia 
verses,  "  The  Frank  Confession,"  "  insert*»d  by  the 
author  some  years  ago  in  the  Bath  t'hronide,  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  eon  of  a  man  who  supplied  his  employera 
with  raiment  for  the  body,  while  he  was  furnish- 
ing the  public  with  amusement  for  the  mind." 
In  this  piece  the  verses  occur: — 

**  Thk  blot  on  my  scutcheon,  I  never  yet  try'd 
To  conceiil,  to  erase,  or  to  alter  ; 
But' suppose  me,  by  birth,  to  a  hangman  allied, 
Must  1  wear  the  priut  of  the  halter  ? 

"And  since  'tis  a  truth  I've  acJtnowlcdg'd  through  life. 
And  never  yet  labour'd  to  smother. 
That  *  a  laylor  before  1  wa--^  horn  took  a  wife 
And  that  laylor's  wife  was  my  mother.' 

•♦Yot,  while  I've  a  heart  which  nor  envy  nor  prido 
With  their  veoom-tipp'd  arrows  can  sting, 
Not  ft  day  of  my  life  could  more  Klndsomely  glide* 
Were  it  prov'd — I'm  the  sou  of  a  King  V" 

From  an  expression  in  thia  piece— 

••  While  1,  bnuhing  hard  over  life's  ruf^p^  coarse, 
Its  up  and  down  bearings  to  scan,"  he, — 

we  may  also  infer  that,  while  in  Bath,  ho  had 
turned  his  attention  to  the  stage  ;  and  set  to  work 
with  his  Bntsh  to  "rub off"  cares  and  troubles. 
His  name  is  not  to  be  found  in  Pyo's  BirmimjlMni 
Directory  for  1785;  but  we  may  suppose  that  he 
shortly  afterwards  made  his  sppearatice  in  that 
town,  an  we  Hud  among  bis  verses  an  "  Impromptu, 
on  heniinfT  the  young  and  beautiful  Mr*.  Second 
sing,  at  the  Musical  Festival  in  Birmii^ghato,  for 
the  Ilenelit  of  the  General  Hospital  there," — tliia 
lady  being  one  of  the  vocalists  engaged  at  the 
Festival  of  179.3.  We  find  his  name,  •*  Collins, 
John,  Great  Brook  Street,"  in  the  Directory  for 
1797 ;  since  which,  and  the  previous  one,  n  period 
of  six  yeard  had  elapsed.  It  was  in  that  street,  in- 
deed, nearly  opposite  t-he  church  at  .\alited — and 
not  Camden  street,  though  he  mny  have  subse- 
quently removed  there — that  he  ia  known  to  have 
lived;  and  he  was  editor,  and  part  proprietor 
with  Mr.  Swinney,  of  the  Birminyham  ChronicU;, 
under  the  firm  of  .Swinney  &  Collins.  This  paper 
wail  fiubsequently  purchased,  or  at  least  edit<.<d,  bv 
Mr.  Joai'ph  Lovell,  a  pin-maker  in  the  town,  ll 
mention  the  fact  as  posseaala^  «.ci\stfi  voNktw^--  '^^^^^ 


18 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3"»  S.  V.  Jam.  2,  '64. 


the  Pantisocrat  of  former  days,  the  early  friend 
and  brother-in-kw  of  Coleridge  and  Southey,  who 
were  consequently  the  uncles  of  our  Birmingham 
editor.  Lovell  also  became  a  resident  in  Great 
])rook  Street,  where  he  died.  Collins  had  no  fa- 
mily :  his  wife,  remembered  as  a  handsome  woman, 
suffered  from  that  fearful  malady  a  cancer  in  the 
breast,  and  never  rallied  from  an  operation  for  iu 
removal.  His  portrait — the  chief  characteristic  of 
which  is  80  happily  hit  off  by  Mr.  Pixkerton  — 
is,  as  I  have  been  informed  by  contemporaries, 
an  admirable  lii<enes3.  I  believe  that  the  Brwih 
was  never  publib'hed.  There  is  also  a  theatrical 
portrait  of  him  in  the  character  of  Master  Slender. 
Several  copies  of  mnemonical  lines  on  English 
history  have  appeared  in  these  pages.  The  fol- 
lowing by  Collins  are  illustrative  of  his  manner, 
and  will  be  read  with  interest.  I  transcribe  them 
from  the  probably  unique  original  broadside  in 
the  pos.session  of  Mr.  William  Ilodgetts,  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 
toud  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 
ma.s8  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 
CuAPTKu  OK  Kings. 

A  Comic  Song, 

In  Diifj^^erel  Verse ; 

Repeatedly  sung  with  Universal  Applause  by  Mr.  Dignum 

at  the  Theatre  KovhI,  Urury  Lane; 

and  written  by 

Mr.  0>i.mns, 

Author  of  the  'Oral  and   I'ic'orial   Exhibition,'  which 

bears  that  Title. 

"The  Romans  in  England  awhile  did  sway  ; 
The  Saxons  long  after  thetn  led  tho  way. 
Who  tugg'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  v\\  »i  them  Kings  in  their  turn. 

"  Hold  Willie  the  ('onqucror  long  did  reign, 
Dut  Kiifiut,  his  son,  by  an  arrow  was  slain; 
Awd  Harry  the  tir.tt  wa*  a  scholar  bright. 
And  Mepliy  was  forwd  for  his  crovn  to  fight ; 
Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  other,  &c. 

"  i^ond  Henry  Plantagenet's  name  did  hear, 

And  ('<»»ur-de-Lion  W8<  his  son  and  ln-ir ; 

But  Magna  C'harta  was  gain'd  from  John, 

Which  Harry  the  third  put  his  seal  upon. 

Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  other,  kc. 

"There  was  Teddy  the  first  like  a  tyger  bold, 
Though  the  second  br  rebels  was  bought  and  sold ; 
And  Teddy  the  thircf  was  his  subjects*  pride, 
Thnngh  his  grandson,  Dicky,  waa  popp'd  aside. 
Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  other,  &c. 


"  There  was  Harry  the  fourth,  a  warlike  wig^ht. 

And  Harry  the  fifth  like  a  cock  would  fight ; 

Tliou;;h  Henny  his  son  like  a  chick  did  poat. 

When  Tediiy  hi.i  cousin  hod  kick'd  him  out. 

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

"  Poor  Teddy  the  fifth  he  was  kill'd  in  bed, 
Hy  butchering  Dick  who  was  knock'd  on  the  head  ; 
Then  Henry  the  seventh  in  fanje  grew  big. 
And  Harry  the  eighth  was  as  fat  as  a  pig. 
Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  other,  Sta. 

"  With  Teddy  the  sixth  we  hail  tranquil  day% 
Though  Mary  made  fire  and  faggot  blaze  ; 
But  good  Queen  Itess  wns  a  glorious  dam^*, 
And  bonny  King  Jamy  from  Scotland  came. 
Yet,  barring  all  pother,  the  one  and  the  other,  &c. 

"  Poor  Charley  the  first  was  a  martyr  made. 
But  Charley  his  son  was  a  comical  blade  ; 
And  Jemmy  the  second  when  hotly  sparr'd, 
Kan  away,  do  you  see  me.  from  Willy  the  third. 
Y'et,  barringall  pother,  the  one  and'  the  other,  &c. 

"  Qupcn  Ann  was  victorious  b3'  land  and  sea. 
And  (Jeorgy  the  first  did  with  glory  sway, 
And  as  Georgy  the  second  has  long  been  dead. 
Long  life  to  the  Georgy  we  have  in  hia  stead. 
And,  may  his  son's  sons  to  the  end  of  the  chapt«r, 
All  come  to  be  King's  in  their  tarn." 

"  •»•  As  the  idiom  of  this  wh'msical  ballad  may  seem 
rather  singular,  it  may  Imj  necessary  to  ob'*erve,  that  it 
was  originally  sung  in  the  character  of  an  Irish  School- 
master. 

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

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

The  first  piece  in  this  volume  is  a — 

"  Previous  Apostrophe  (for  it  cannot  l>e  called  a  De<li- 
cation)  to  .Mr.  Mkyi.kk,  iNxikKeller  at  BiifA,  at  once  the 
most  ingenious  and  mo^t  indolent  Itord  of  hid  Day;  who, 
having  written  a  Thousand  excellent  Things,  which  he 
will  not  be  at  the  trouble  of  transcribing  and  arranging  for 
Publication,  is  now  become  such  a  Buryer  of  his  1  alents. 
that  they  are  all  consigned  to  an  old  Luntber  Box  in  the 
Corner  of  his  Garret ;  and  he  seems  quite  indiiH-rrnt 
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  .Tonrney  of  Life  ;  con- 
sisting of  various  pieces  in  Ver!«e,  Serious,  Theitric,  Kpi- 
griimmatic,  and  .Miscellaneous.  By. William  Mevler. 
Baih.    8vo.     180C." 

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

"  The  well-known  and  facetious  author  of  T/w  lifoming 
Bru»h;  who,  in  an  Apostrophe,  prefixed  to  a  collection  of 
his  Poem.o,  published  under  the  humorous  title  of  Scrip- 

»crapoii>gia,hM  censured  the  author,   &c Perhaps 

the  vanity  that  was  awakened  by  the  praise,  mixed  with 
those  friendly  censures,  was  the  prime  cauM  of  this 
Volume  being  put  to  press." 

These  lines  will  bo  thought,  perhaps,  a  little  too 


8">  S.  V.  Jax.  2,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


19 


le,  ) 


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

"To  John  Collins,  Esq. 

"  When  Players  and  Managers  of  Drurv, 
Some  full  of  dread,  and  some  of  fury, 
(!on8uIted  lately  to  enhance. 
Their  Treasurj-'s  clo?e-dniin*d  finanre ; 
Kre  bounced  had  '  Carlo '  into  water. 
Or  Cherry  shown  his  •  Soldier's  D!iu;;litcr ' ; 
'Mon|;st  various  schemes  to  prop  the  Stage, 
Drinsley  declared  lie'd  now  engage 
His  lont;  expected  play  to  finish, 
And  all  their  cares  and  fears  diminish  ; 
Make  creditors  and  audieAce  gay — 
Nay,  acton  touch  their  weekly  pay. 

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

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

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

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

<  Name  him  at  once,  detractive  Vandal ! ' 

♦The  author  of  The  School  for  Scandal,'' 

l*hus,  Collins,  does  it  hap  with  me. 

Since  noticed  by  a  Bard  like  thee, 

And  blaz'd  in  thine  *  Apostrophe.' 

I  fain  bad  written  long  ago. 

Some  tribute  of  my  thanks,  or  so  ; 

Some  warm  and  faithful  swiet  eulogia. 

At  reatling  thy  Seripscrapologia  ; 

But  whisp'ring  fears  thus  marr'd  the  caus»— 

'  Th3'  Muse  is  not  the  Muse  she  wns  ; 

When  scarce  a  day  but  would  Inspire 

Her  mind  with  gome  poetic  fire. 

Disus'd  to  rhyme,  in  "  old  chest  laiil," 

She's  now  an  awkward  stumbling  jade; 

And  if  thou  e'er  deserved  the  bays,    \ 

Resume  no  more  thy  peccant  la^'s,     V 

Nor  damn  thy  friend's  poetic  praise.' ) 
Ah  !  when  I  now  invoke  the  Nine, 

Ere  I  have  hammer'd  out  a  line. 

Some  queer  sensations  make  me  stop. 

And  Ironi  my  hand  the  goose-quill  drop ; 

'  Kichard's  himself,'  no  more  be  said, 

For  Kichard's  of  himself  afraid. 
But  hence,  ye  stupefying  ft-ars ! 

Why  should  1  dread  ?  hence,  hence,  ye  cares  ; 

Let  me  in  gratitude's  warm  strain. 

Thrilling  and  glqiring  through  each  vein. 

Press  to  my  lip  that  friendly  hnnd 

Which  points  to  where  Fame's  turrets  stand  ; 

And  as  the  path  I  upwards  climb, 
I'll  pause  and  listen  to  thy  rhyme ; 
While  Pofc«y  around  me  glides, 
And  Laughter  holds  her  J0U3'  sidea. 

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

Hav  ev'rr  pleasure  still  be  thine. 
That  nope  can  wish,  or  sense  define ! 
May  Asnted'a  shades — if  shades  there  be, 
For  strange  is  thy  retreat  to  me — 
Afford  thee  healtb— Ob  I  cordial  bliss  t 
Enjoying— what  oan  be  amiss  ? 


>ar     ) 


May  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,) 

Long  feel  as  cheerful,  bright,  and  bonny. 

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

The  well-known  song  "To-morrow"  hna  figured 
in  many  collections ;  the  last  stanza,  with  its  fine 
pathos,  b  eminently  poetical.  The  Rev.  James 
riuuiptre  baa  the  following  remarks  upon  it : — 

"  The  serious  pun,  which  is  similar  to  the  Paronnmatia 
of  the  Greeks  and  Unmans,  is  sometimes  used  by  Collins 
in  his  songs.    The  *  Mulberry  Tree '  has  some^  but  the 
fruit  is  not  of  the  best  fiavour.  The  following,  in  his  song 
of ' To-morrow,  or  the  Prospect  of  Hope'  (the  whole  of 
which  is  given  in  my  Collection,  vol.  i.  p.  194),  is  not 
bad: — 
'  And  wh^n  I  at  last  must  throw  off  this  frail  covering. 
Which  I've  worn  for  threescore  years  and  ten,  • 
On  the  brink  of  the  grave  I'll  not  sieek  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  ttu^,  which  is  threadbare  to-day, 
May  become  everlattiitg  to-morrow.'  " 

Lettem  to  John  Aikin,  M.D.,  on  hit  Volume  of 
Vocal  Poetry,  8vo,  Cambridge,  1811,  p.  372. 

Having,  as  we  have  seen,  been  successively  a 
staymaker,  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  Bruth 
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,  be  speaks  of  it  as  his  "  once  popular  per- 
formance^" and  he  seems  then  to  have  retired  into 
private  life.  He  continued  to  reside  at  Qreat 
Brook  Street,  Ashted,  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  I 
fancy  was  somewhat  dependent  on  his  niece  fur 
the  comforts  of  age.  He  died  suddenly  a  few 
years  later  —  probably  in  1800  or  1810,  as  Mr. 
Plumptre,  in  the  book  above  referred  to,  pub- 
lished in  1811,  speaks  of  him  (p.  831)  as  "  the  late 
ingenious  Collins,  author  of  The  Evening  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  piece  of 
unquestionable  merit :  though  whether  it  deserves 
the  extravagant  laudation  of  Mr.  Palgrave  — 
whose  opinions  on  poetrv  will  be  taken  cum  gnmo 
by  many  who  have  reaa  his  criticisms  on  art — is 
imother  question.    Many  other  pieces  in  the  little 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L8rt  S.  V.  Jas.  2,  "64. 


volume  before  me — "  IIow  to  bo  Happy,"  p.  110; 
*•  Tlio  Autbor  8  Unish  tlirougU  Life,"  p.'l62,  Ac- 
are  of  great,  if  nut  equal  merit,  and  the  entire 
collection  ib  well  wortuy  revival  and  peru8)il. 

WiLUAic  Bateh. 
Edgbnston. 

Your  able  correspondent,  Mr.  Piskkkton,  baa 
been  (inablinl  to  suHplement  Jlr.  Pal^rrave'a  very 
Hcanty  notice  in  The  (io.'den  Treanuri/,  of  tlirt 
author  of  the  admirable  p<M>ni  "  To-morrow." 
So  lonir  Miice  aa  Juuo  i),  185/),  I  bad  called 
attention,  in  the  pngeo  of  this  poriodicnl,  t<)  Col- 
lins and  his  Seripxcraptthyia,  and  naid,  ''The 
book  contains  a  variety  of  poetical  pieces ;  amon^ 
-which  are  several  songs.  One  nf  thcito,  'In  the 
downhill  of  life,  when  I  find  I'm  declining,'  Btill 
enjovs  a  justly  deserved  popularity."  ('•>'.  &Q.'' 
1'*  fJ.  xi.  A'li).)  I  also  qiu)t4>d  at  length  {ajirojuta 
to  a  subject  then  under  discussion)  some  utiior 
very  ])i)piilar  lines  by  the  same  ready  writer,  but 
which  were  often  ascribed  to  other  authors, — 
"The  Chapter  of  Kings,''  that  historical  memoria 
ttchnica  wuich  contains  such  well-reniomborud 
lines  as — 

"  Then  Ilarrj'  the  Rovetith  in  fsmo  Rfcw  Injr, 
And  Harry  the  Kif;hth  won  as  ful  lu  a  pi;;." 

The  Scripiu'rapoloffin  has  another  song  of  the 
same  character  as  "  To-morrow,"  and  embracing 
many  of  its  qualities.  As  the  boolc  is  so  rare, 
perhaps  vou  would  \i\fe  to  print  the  song  in  ques- 
tion, which  I  here  subjoin : — 

"HOW  TO  BR   IIArPT. — A  SONO. 

"In  a  ntttn^  I  livp,  and  the  nil  of  rontcnt, 

Whi-re  n  few  litth'  n)<)iiiN,  for  umhition  too  low, 
An>  fiirnish'd  an  pi  liii  an  n  [uitriarcli'ri  tent, 

With  all  for  (iinvenioncc,  hut  nuthhii;;  for  show : 
Like  HohiiiKoii  Cru«<M>'!4,  Imth  peaceful  and  pleasant, 

Uv  indu«try  Ator'd,  lilce  the  hive  of  a  bee  ; 
An(f  the  peer  who  luoka  dow-n  with  contempt  on  a 
peoMnt, 
Can  ne'er  I>c  look'd  up  to  with  envy  by  me. 
"  And  when  from  tlie  hr«tw  of  a  neii^hbourinf;  hill, 
On  th<'  inansionH of  Triile,  1  with  pity  look  down. 
While  the  niuriiniriiiK  Mn-am  and  the  cinck  of  the  mill, 

1  prefer  to  the  murmurs  nml  clack  of  the  town. 
As  l>lythi>  a«  in  youth,  when  I  danc'd  on  the  Krccn, 

I  disdain  to  n-pine  at  my  lockH  f;n)win<r  };r<-.y  : 

ThuM  the  mitunin  of  life,  like  the  Kprint;tide  wrene, 

Milken  ii])pnMiuhinfr  lVi-«mlicr  uh  cheerful  as  May. 

**  I  lie  down  with  the  Innili,  and  I  rine  with  the  l.iik, 

So  1  keep  iKith  diniaie  and  tlic  doctor  nt  l>ay  ; 

And  I  fitl  on  my  pillow  no  thorns  in  the  dark. 

Which  rcHectluu  nii(;ht  raiao  from  the  deeds  of  the 
diiy  : 
For,  with  neither  myself  nor  my  neiKhljonr  at  strife, 
Th<iii(;h  the  wuid  in  my  glaM  may  nut  long  have  to 
run, 
I'm  di-termin'd  to  livo  all  the  days  of  life, 
With  content  in  a  cottage  and* envy  to  none ! 
"  Yet  let  me  not  seltiihly  boant  of  mv  lot, 

Nor  to  self  let  the  comfurU  of  life  be  confin'd ; 
For  how  sordid  the  pleasoTes  must  be  of  that  sot. 
Who  to  ahara  tbcm  with  othenno  pleasure  can  find  I 


For  my  friend  IVe  a  board,  I've  a  bottle  and  bed, 

Ay,  and  ten  tinica  more  welcome  that  friend  if  he'i 
piuir ; 
And  for  all  that  are  poor  if  I  could  but  And  bread, 

Xot  a  pauper  without  it  mIiouUI  l>udgc  from  my  door. 
"  Thus  while  a  m«d  world  is  involv'd  in  mud  broiK 

For  a  few  Ic.ipH!*  of  land  or  an  arm  of  the  tea  ; 
And  Ambition  cUuiIim  hifrh  and  pale  Penury  toiU, 

For  what  but  apix-am  a  mere  phantom  to  me ; 
Tlimui^h  life  let  me  Mtei-r  with  un  even  clean  hand. 

And  a  heart  uncorruptfd  hy  Knin<Ieur  or  gold  ; 
And,  at  List,  quit  my  bcrtli,  wlien  this  life':*  nt  n  stand, 

For  a  berth  which  c<in  neither  be  iHiught  nor  Im*  sold." 

CuniBKIlT  HliDE. 


I  find  the  following  account  of  this  autbor  in 
Dr.  H« lifer's  A'oMiW/f  lii(njraphie  Gin4raU,  tome 
xi.  coL  l!)-i  :— 

''(^>I.l.I!(s  (.Iohn\  acteur  et  litti<mtcar  anglaisi,  n^ 
vere  \1'.\'X,  mort  en  IHim,  it  Hinniiigham.  11  se  tit  re- 
manpii-r  nu  theatre  dnu'*  prctpie  ton.4  leu  genres.  11 
clinntait  aveo  une  rare  perfection  des  RumaHcen  et  d'autrcs 
]HK'sifS  de  sa  eom])iMitii>n.  On  a  de  lui :  The  Mnrnimg 
Ilmnh,  ouvrage  fiict'tieux.  Scs  count  |inblifs  lui  pri>> 
cur^rent  une  ossez  grande  fortune.  II  (5tait  auMi  un  dea 
proprictuii\.>8  du  Birmingham  ChruMclt." 

'AXirvT. 

Dublin. 

1*.  S.  A  notice  sub^tantiiilly  the  same  as  the 
above  mny  be  fieen  in  the  new  edition  of  Micbaud's 
BuMjrtiphie  UniverMtlle,  tome  viii.  p.  OOG. 


John  Hawkins  (1"  S.  xi.  .I^.") ;  .I""  S.  iii.  450; 
iv.  42.'').)— We  beg  to  refer  Mr.  IIakland  to  a 
communication  from  us.  which  app(^an*d  in  your 
cohinin.'*  so  r«'cj'ntly  as  J  une  .'J  in  the  pref^?nt  year, 
suggesting  that  tfie  author  of  the  MS.  Life  of 
Henry  I'nncn  of  Wiiles  was  .lohn  Hawkins,  aecre- 
tnry  to  the  Karl  of  Hnlliind,  nnd  one  of  thu  clerks 
of  the  council,  who  died  in  ](i>'ll. 

C.  II.  &  TlIOUPSOK  COOFBR. 
Cambridge. 

Rkv.  F.  S.  Popk  (."."1  S.  iv.  305.)— Mk.  Uroii- 
RlCK  begs  to  inform  the  inquirer  that  Mr.  Pope, 
formerly  minister  of  lluxtergato  Chapel,  Whitby, 
left  that  place,  and  died  at  York,  he  believes, 
some  twelve  or  fifteen  years  ago.  Mr,  Drodrick 
know  and  was  well  acquainted  with  Dr.  Bateman. 
The  Rev.  W.  L.  Popu,  Follow  of  Worceater  Col- 
li gn,  Oxford,  and  now  Minister  of  the  Chapel  of 
I'^ise,  Tunbridg'i  Wells,  is  the  brother  of  the  late 
Mr.  Pope,  of  Whitby. 

18,  Talbot  S<iuare,  Hyde  Park. 

Mrs.  Cokayxr  (.T*  S.  iv.  .mi,  3.",8,  4M  )— 
I  thank  I)h.  Uimakclt  for  his  courteous  nnd  veiy 
satisfactory  answer  to  my  query.  His  account  is 
confirmed  in  several  particulars  by  Wood  in  his 
Lift  of  Adon  Cockaine,  for  so  he  spells  the  name 
(A.  O.  iv.  128,  ed.  Bliss.)  The  tmditinn  of  "  Dr. 
Donne's  chanibor  "  at  Ashbourne  is  vduable  m  at 


ODc«  identif}iug  her  with  bis  "  noblest  and  lov- 
ingest  sister." 

II.  J.  H.  thinks  it  *'  odd  that  Mrs.  Cokain  should 
he  m>  little  known,"  oot  bein^  aware  ptuliapa  that 
there  wa*  more  thim  one  lady  of  the  name  at  the 
period.  1  shrewdly  fluapect  that  he  has  learnt 
aomothing  mor&  than  he  knew  before,  through  my 

Slier}*,  \rhifh,  like  man}'  others,  was  addressed  to 
^  N.  &  Q.,''aot  in  mere  i^nornnc-e,  but  in  order  to 
we  tiiu«*  in  further  consulting  books  of  reference, 
(Old  to  elicit  eooiethiuif  more  than  I  did  know  on 
the  matter.  As  t*.)  tlie  story  of  Charles  Cottoo'd 
_wittici«m  on  her  head-dre!***,  and  his  losing'  her 

ite  by  hi.s  bumuur,  I  cun  scarcely  reconcile  it 

^th  tlie  fact  that  she  bad  children  of  h^r  own, 
uule<)%  sh'.'  intended  to  disiiihtnt  them  for  the  sake 
of  her  nephew.  Will  if.  J.  JI.  allow  nie  to  ask  bim 
to  trace  the  rehitiousfiip  ?  In  the  Ilitfori/  and 
Topiitfrnjihif  nf  AM>(>unu,  H-r.  published  in  1839,  it 
ia  utated  thui  Tlionm!}  C'ockayne  lived  in  Loadon 
under  the  feigned  name  of  lirowo  (p,  10).  On 
what  eaidier  authority  does  thia  statement  re.«it? 

Some  of  Delta's  queriea  are  answered  by 
Wood  {A.  O.  iv,  128),  who  aayn  tbat  "dnrini? 
the  time  of  the  civil  wars  he  suffered  much  for  hia 
religion  (which  was  that  of  Home)  and  tiic  kin°rV 
cauao,  pretended  then  to  be  a  baronet  made  by 
King^  Charlei*  I.  after  he.  by  violence,  had  left 
the  parlinmeut:  about  Jan.  10,  llMl,  yet  oot 
deemed  so  to  be  by  the  olhcers  of  arms,  becauBO 
no  patent  was  enrolled  to  justify  it,  nor  any  men- 
lion  of  it  made  in  the  doequet-feooks  belon;fing  to 
the  clerk  of  the  crown  in  chancery,  where  all  patents 
are  taken  notice  of  which  pass  the  great  seal ;  " 
and  aftorwarda  he  addjs  —  ''The  iair  lord.>>hip  of 
Ashbourne  aleo  waa  flome  years  ago  aold  to  Sir 
William  H>othby,  Bart"  Dr.  Bliss  refers  to  the 
JBri(u/t  Bihliorjrapher,  toI.  ii.  pp.  450-46-3,  which 
1  have  not  g^ot.  Cpl. 

Jonjf  DoxxE,  LL.T).  (O^"  S.  iv.  206,  307.)— 
Thanks  for  the  information  given  in  your  answer, 
though  it  doe«  not  meet  the  precipe  point  to  which 
my  query  wa>  directed.  I  was  aware  of  his  nd- 
dwasing-  Lord  Denbi^^h  m  his  patron,  but  I  do 
not  lee  the  connection  between  thii^  and  hi>!  being 
Buppoaed  to  have  held  the  rt-i'torv  of  Martins- 
thorpe.  May  I  ask  where  his  will  \»  to  bo  found? 
Was  it  ever  proved  ?  'J'he  '*  S' Constiintin©  Uuy- 
g«Dei,  Knight,"  to  whom  Donne's  aon  addressed  the 
letter  in  the  presentation  copy  of  the  BIABANA- 
T02,  now  in  the  po8ss*'«sion  of  your  correspondent 
A.  B.  O.,  wfL«  oot  tlj«  brotlicr  but  the  father  of 
groat  fi 

"Hii  '-.'tW).  ntttfh*nm*,v\t  If  jmif  k  La 

».<■!  I 

tr—  .  -      - 

J)ictioMfun.n'  llttlorufiUt  ^c,  pant  $*rvtt  dv  HupftlcmeHt 
amx  tMices  dei  Pajf9-Bu»,  i.  274.     PatIh,  1780. 

CPU 


ScornsH  (.3"*  S.  iv.  454.) — I  beg  to  adJ  a  more 
complete  answer  to  Ajjolcs  than  I  last  forwarded 
to  vou. 

It  is  true  that  ish,  terminating'  some  words,  has 
the  signitication  of  rather,  as  darhith:  but  the 
other  word,  hrackiah,  ia  not  an  English  word  at 
all  without  the  w/i.  But  inh  has  no  more  mean- 
ing in  the  word  Siottish  than  it  t)§B  in  Danish, 
Swedish,  Spanish,  Sic,  A  Dune,  8cot,  or  Swede 
is  absoluti'ly  of  Danish,  Si:ottish,  and  Swedish 
descent,  not  in  depree  or  rathtr  so. 

In  Germnn  Uoh  is  a  termination  to  the  words 
Danuchf  Uni/'inc/t,  ik'/ujftiiich,  StCfdigch,  Spani*chf 
in  tbe  same  sens^^  us  in  Danish,  &c.  SooruH. 

KxwrTioy  for  Witcficr\I'T  f.3'^  S.  iv.  5<)8.) 
Sir  Walter  Scott,  in  his  Lrtt^rs  on  Df»i"uotof/i/ 
and  WUfhrraft,  mentions  a  trial  and  e.xecutiou  for 
this  supposed  crime  which  took  place  in  Scotland 
of  a  date  six  y>'ars  later  than  tlie  English  case  re- 
ferred to  by'  PELAGira.  In  1722,  the  Sheriff- 
Deputy  of  ."^utberland  pave  sentence  of  death, 
wliioh  WHS  carried  into  execution  on  an  insane  old 
woman  who  hud  a  daughter  lame  of  hands  and 
feet,  which  was  attributed  to  the  mother's  bein^ 
used  to  transform  her  into  a  ponv,  and  getting  her 
shod  by  the  devil.  (See  T^tttr  Oi'/*.) 

Sir  Walter  adds  that  no  punishment  was  in- 
flicted on  the  sherill*  for  thia  gross  abuse  of  the 
h>w.  It  was  the  last  case  of  the  kind  in  Scotland ; 
yet  such  was  the  force  of  prejudice,  and  of  mis- 
taken interj»retafion  of  the  Scripture-H  tbat,  in  a 
declaration  published  eight  years  afterwards  by 
the  Associated  Prt^shyterj  of  Secedera  from  the 
Church  of  Scotland  (and  which  will  be  found  in 
the  Scota  Magazine  of  1743)  there  is  classed 
among  other  national  sins,  against  which  tbey 
desire  to  testify, ''  tbe  repeal  of  the  penal  statutea 
against  witches."  S. 

MtTTTLATiow  OF  SEPrLcffR-^L  MoNxnfKTrs  (3'* 
S.  iv.  2.St{.  .'10.'^,  457.)— My  note  of  certain  monu- 
ments which  had  surforcd  "mutilation  baa  provoked 
so  many  observations  in  the  pages  of  *'  N.  «S:  Q." 
that  l"  cannot  let  the  subject  drop  without 
making  one  or  two  remarks, 

1  admit  that  my  language  was  ttrong.  I  in- 
tended that  it  should  be  so.  The  um^led-for 
destruction  of  family  records,  if  condemned  at 
all,  must  be  condemned  strongly.  Had  the  monu- 
ments in  quastiou  been  to  members  of  my  own 
family,  I  should,  without  a  moment's  hesitation, 
have  placed  tbe  matter  in  the  hands  of  my  soli- 
citor ;  as  they  did  not,  I  sent  copies  of  tbe  in- 
scrijitions  in  order  that  f vr  the  benefit  of  future 
genealogists,  they  might  be  rescued  from  oblivion. 
V^EBTTA  iufisumesthflt  the  slabs  m  question  "  have 
been  overlaid  by  tile  paving,  more  suited  to  the 
«uM'ed  character  of  the  spjt."  As  far  aa  I  caa 
remember,  the  new  paving  was  of  white  bricks, 
such  as  I  ehould  be  sorry  to  e«o  in  auy  decent 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[af*  S.  V.  jA!f.  2,  '64. 


kitchen.  Vebxa  adds,  that  I  am  '' unfortunate 
in  my  selection  of  a  signature."  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 
80  I  wrote  XP.  I  hojpe  this  solution  of  Vebna's 
"  mare's  nest "  will  prove  as  satisfactory  as  that 
equally  intriq^to  puzzle  which,  when  deciphered, 
was  "Bill  Stumps,  his  mark." 

I  f^ree  entirely  with  the  remarks  made  hy 
Mr.  H.  T.  Ellacohbk  and  Mr.  P.  Hutchinson, 
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  1  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  dust"  ? 

XP. 

A  friend  of  mine  visited  Hereford  Cathedral 
lately  on  purpose  to  see  if  the  tombstone  of  a 
great-great-gnindparent  required  rechiselling  or 
any  other  repairs.  Alas  !  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  beautiful  tiles 
to  look  like  marbles  and  granites.  The  sooner  tliis 
sort  of- thing  is  put  a  stop  to  the  better.       P.  P. 

LoNGEViTT  OF  Clerotheit  (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 
Barhkm,  in  Sufl'olk,  sixty-eight  years,  and  died 
July  4,  1860,  in  the  ninety-hi-st  year  of  his  age. 
(ij/Jf,  by  Freeman,  p.  605.) 

I)r.  William  Wall,  the  author  of  The  Hilary  of 
Infant  Jiaptitm,  was  vicar  of  Shoreham,  in  Kent, 
fifty-three  years,  and  died  January  13,  1727-8, 
Ved  eiKhty-two  years.  (Hook's  Eeclcisiagtical 
Biography,  vol.  viii.  p.  042.)  Dr.  Wall  was  suc- 
ceeded in  the  \acarage  of  Shoreham  by  the  Ilev. 
Vincent  Perronet,  who  held  it  fifty-nine  years,  and 
died  May  9,  1786,  aged  ninety-two  years.  (Me- 
moir of  Mr.  Perronet  in  the  Arminian  Afayazine, 
vol.  xxii.  1700.)  The  case  of  two  clergymen,  one 
immediately  following  the  other,  and'  together 
oiEciating  in  the  same  parish  for  the  space  of  one 
hundred  and  twelve  years,  is  a  length  of  sacred 
aervice  I  think  not  often  paralleled. 

Gjio.  I.  Cooper. 

■E°**P>  *'wweb  Paiktbb:  Barbkrini  Vase 
(J  S.  IV.  433.)— -I  have  a  catalogue  of  the  sale  of 
the  Purtluid  Miueum,  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,  Loni  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/.  S».  to  8/.  18«.  6rf.  the  lot  of 
lour  paintings.  The  celebrated  Wedgewood  waa 
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  ho 
unacceptable  :  —  "  10:20/.,  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  cimsent,  and  the  vase  was  knocked 
down,  and  immediately  put  into  the  hands  of  Mr. 
Wedgewood,  who  has  "moulded  from  the  same  in 
imitation  of  bronze,  &c." 

I  notice  Marryatt,  in  TTte  History  of  Porcdam, 
states  it  was  knocked  down  to  the  Duchess  at 
1800/.,  whereas  my  Catalogue  states  1020/.  Which 
is  correct  ?  A.  P.  D. 

Rev.  Thomas  Craig  (8"»  S.  iv.  326.)— The 
Rev.  Thomas  Craig,  minister  of  the  Associate 
Congregation  of  Whitby,  1789,  who  published 
Three  Sermons  on  Important  Huh/ects,  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  1709. 

Thoscas  Craig, 
Sixty-one  years  Pastor  of  the  Congi*egational 
Church  at  Becking. 

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  may,  I  suppose, 
be  had,  from  any  contemporary  local  newspaper. 
He  WAS  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  Church  of  Scotland  in  1822,  and  preaclied*  be- 
fore King  George  IV.  in  the  High  Church  of 
Edinburgh,  on  the  forenoon  of  August  26,  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,  such  as  those  cited 
at  p.  328,  vol.  iii.,  a  refusal  might  be  made  to  bap- 
tise on  the  gpround  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  cleivyman  could  re- 
fuse to  give  such  a  name  as  "  B^e."    In  one  re- 


a^  a  V.  jak,  2,  fii.i 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


23 


I 


guter  I  Lftve  fteen  lli«  name  "  Rob  "  recordi^d,  Rrd 
R  clcrg'Yttinti  of  my  acqttaintntiee  baptised  one  of 
bis  own  child ri>n  by  llie  itaun>  "  Tow."  *•  Kntp," 
t'W,  u  of  Irvquetit  ia*currt>i)ce.  Whether  Sir 
Tbomaa  Ifick  Lnuder's  t^econd  name  \va«  a  Hur- 
n«me,  or  an  abbrfviatioa  of  Riclinrd,  I  cannot 
Bay.  OxoNiESsiH. 

TrniDBS  (.3'«  8.  ir.  139,  318.)— I  have  no 
conjectuTM  as  to  who  or  what  i&  intended  by 
"TydiJe*;"  but  a  hint  or  two  may  put  others  iti 
tlie  way  which  T  cnunot  find.  Of  course  the  head 
of  the  clericHl  Mi-ljinippus  on  the  table  ia  that  of 
Boine  clHrgynum  iil-n.wd  by  his  bishop, — pfirhnps 
his  prefernient  entK-ii  up.  For  ih*'  moal  of  Tydeus, 
ecf  Suiilb'a  Ctanucal  Liictionttn/,  iii.  lllJo, 

The  "  blazim"  of  Tydeus  is  given  by-rEechjlus: 

"EX"  8    bwip4>poi'  chjm'  /»'  iirwlioi  r6!it, 
^X*'rOfO   inr  iarfton  ovpu^hv  rtrvy/itfoy  ' 

UpHriiffTof  iarpiitf,  i/vicrin  (nf>Oa\pios  rtitvti. 
S^iem  enatra  77ir/>«<#,  v.  i>H\!t, 

TydJdes  haa  added  to  the  arms  of  Tydeus, 
Gwilliui  sayn: — 

"  Hp  lifHK'ib  axiiru,  lb«  snn.  the  full  moon,  and  the 
?i-^  "f;  the  two  fir-ft  in  i^hiefr,  anil   the  Inst 

of  "fm   lt»   l<iti«.     It   in  said  thai   tliis   ante 

•rir  int-ii  to  Johnnne*  lie  Fc-ntibus,  sixth  bishop 

of  Liy,  *tio  lirttJ  tliftt  (after  a.  iwrfe)  in  hi»  Ffu'uloli<<uii 
irhiol)  Jcwfili  had  in  hla  Hrmm." — Gwilliin,  DUplaif  nf 
Ucraldrie,  p.  123,  »ocon«I  cd.  ICI-J. 

Was  any  bishop  of  Ely,  about  a  century  ago, 
cliarged  (after  a  sorte)  with  e&.lesiasij<'ttt  can- 
nibausni?  I[.  U.  C. 

U.  U.  Club. 

Capnodat^  {^^  S.  iv.  4ft7.)— The  only  jn- 
forniatiuu  I  am  aware  of,  respictinjr  the  Capno- 
bfttru,  is  in  the  French  trauhlntioa  of  Strabo,  where 
it  is  fiiifriurested  that  ii»toxicatJon  by  inhaling  smoke 
and  UMng  the  vapour  of  linseed  aa  a  bath  are 
intended  by  that  designation,  referring  to  He- 
rodotiia  (i.  202,  iv,  lb,.  With  due  submission, 
I  think  this  very  doubtful.  Strabo,  in  the  section 
previous  to  the  mention  of  the  Oipnubnt.'e  (vii. 
lU.  2),  refers  to  tho  Hinpemolg^i  (milkers  of 
mares),  GHljictoplia^ri  (people  who  live  on  milk), 
Abii  (people  devoid  of  riclieH),  Ilauiaxccoi  (dwel- 
lers in  wugpons") ;  and  in  the  two  following  sec- 
tions he  mentions  the  Capnubatrc  (people  who 
cover  the  Buioke).  who  are  described  aA  reliyiouH 
((•ooiStri),  and  aostaining  from  animnl  foo<l  (ijA- 
tlri'xtt"),  but  who  lived  in  a  quiet  way  on  honey, 
milkf  and  che>>«e.  They  wer»<  also  remarkable 
(Strabo,  VTi.  iii.  4)  for  liviiigr  in  a  slate  of  coli- 
bacy,  which  they  also  adnptf-d  from  relijrious 
motives.  The  obvious  iafer»iric<',  I  conceive,  in, 
that  requirinjf  no  cooking,  the  ('iipnobiit;e  closed 
tlje  aperture  (Kair^oSJxT)),  which  served  «»  a  chim- 
ney, and  thuM  rocvived  the  characteristic  dj^scrip- 
tion  of  KaxvaiaTM,  people  who  cover  the  smoke. 


Th'ir  resemblance  to  the  Hindoos  cannot  escape 
noiico : — 

"Contrary  to  what  miyht.  have  l>e«n  expected  in  a  hot 
clitnntc,  but  n;;rveu(ile  tc>  ilir  runtom  of  almost  all  Hin- 
<loii."<,  i.ne  sinitll  d<M»r  is  tlie  only  ouilet  for  *mr.ke,  aurl  the 
ottly  iiilut  for  air  and  light."     ("The  Huidoois,"  L.l.\K. 

Their  state  of  celibacy  also  had  it«  pnrallel 
amongst  the  Hindoos,  who,  by  dcfrtroying  female 
infanta,  augment  the  ratio  of  the  males,  and  con- 
Kequenlly  of  unmarried  men,  iHwlinir  thereby  to 
tlie  lof,'itinu«tised  prostitution  of  which  Ceylon  and 
the  Nairs  of  Malabar  furnish  examples.  (The 
Hiiul,H,s,  i.  247.  Utio-i'H;.)  To  rerai  dy  thi?  evil, 
marriage  ia  rijridly  enforced  by  the  Hindoo  parent 
oti  his  child,  even  prior  to"  maturilv,  and  the 
widower  »|)eedily  provides  himself  with  another 
wife.  {Id,  i.  284.)  The  peographical  connection 
is  thus  shown:  *'Tartary,  or  the  environs  of 
M(Uint  (,!atu?asuB,  is  the  original  natal  soil  of  the 
lirahmias."  (Id.  i.  SfVi. )  This  chain  reaches  to 
the  east  «hnre  of  the  Euxinj-,  whilst  the  Mysii  nt 
Jl.-e^ii,  araoniist  whom  the  L'apnobat;©  are  found, 
occupy  the  south-wefitern  and  western  coasts  of 
the  swme  sea.  The  linguii^tic  connection  of  the 
Hindoos,  the  Romans  and  Greeks,  is  well  ascer- 
tained. This  brief  notice  of  the  Capnubatie,  which 
Slralx)  extracts  Irom  Posidonius  (a  teacher  of 
f 'icero),  is  no  hi.Mlnrical  trace  of  what  has  been 
Called  the  Thraco- Pelasyian  origin  of  the  Ureeks. 

T.  J.  BrcKTo^r. 

JosKrn  Washinoton  {Z^  S.  iv.  olO.)— H© 
died  a  yi-ar  later  thnn  is  ststcd  in  the  reply  to 
C.  J.  It..,  as  his  will  was  dated  Feb.  2/>,  and 
proved  April  7,  l()9'{-4.  He  describes  himself 
as,  not  of  (irav*  Inn,  but  "of  the  .Middle  Temple, 
( Jenlleman."  \i  he  had  a  pon  John,  he  was  probably 
dead  nt  the  date  of  bis  will,  for  he  provides  for 
hiij  "only  dauphter  Mary,"  and  then  leaves  the 
re!>idue  of  his  property  to  his  son  Rofteii,  who  was 
still  livinrr  in  MO'].  The  dau^^hter,  Mary,  was 
unmarried  in  17.{9,  when  she  proved  the  will  of 
her  aunt  Sarah  Kawson.  The  earliest  ancest<ir  to 
whom  I  can  yet  trace  him  positively  was  Richard 
WanhinsTton,  gent.,  of  co.  Westmoreland,  who,  ac- 
cording to  an  Inq.  p.  m.  died  Jan.  .'3,  looA-O.  He, 
Joseph  Washington,  is  mentioned  in  Wood's  Alhen. 
O.uiv.  led.  Bliss)  iv.  3i»4,  mb.  James  llarrin^'ton. 

J.  L.  C. 

llAxnASTDE  (."J"!  S.  iv.  21),  or,.  4^^2.)— The  will 

of  the  Hon.    Major-Getieral  Tliomaa    Handaayd 

(not  Himdjieydr),  who   died   in  his  ei>fhty-tifth 

your,  March  20,  172i>,  is  probably  at  liuntinjfdon. 

JosEi'U  Ki.\,  M.L>. 

St.  Ncot's. 

Early  Marriaobs  (.T''  S.  iv.  olS.)— I  am 
much  intor«ijted  in  the  inquiry  started  bv  'Vv;:xw, 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


r.  Ja:c.  2,  *C4. 


science  literHlurc ;  but  do  not  know  that  any 
writer  has  entered  upon  a  ecienlific  demonstrntioa 
of  the  pontulnti?,  that  early  marriages  teud  to 
purity  of  morals.  The  statement  has  often  been 
made  in  fugitive  essays,  associated  with  a  con- 
demnation of  the  advice  given,  and  so  often  re- 
iterated by  a  certain  class  of  eoononiists,  against 
early  niarriitg^s  There  have  been  as  yet  no  data 
ou  ishich  to  establish  it  positively.  The  »tAtistic8 
recently  published  in  relation  to  Scotland,  show- 
ing^  the  greoA  nuiuber  of  illegitimate  births  in 
exceps  over  the  standard  of  Ireland,  and  evejj 
Englund — when  token  in  connection  with  other 
established  facts — will  go  far  to  prove  that  "  fore- 
eight  and  restraint"  in  pnteriD<r  upon  marringe 
niftv  he  a  great  evil.  It  does  not  follow  that 
early  nian-iages  are  always  imprudent  uuea ;  l»ut 
that  doctrine  has  been  taupht  to  a  moj>t  injurious 
extent.  When  this  complex  question  is  entered 
up<m  fairly,  and  the  condition  of  Irehtud  con- 
trasted with  tlint  of  Scotland,  it  will  be  found 
that  ^eat  mistakes  have  been  ninde  in  our  iu- 
Tf«ti^'uti(ins,  and  that  hasty  conclusions  have  been 
arrived  at. 

The  whole  question  is  a  most  important  one, 
but  to  pursue  it  would  not  be  consistent  with  the 
objects  of  '•  N.  &  Q."  I  am  now  manipulatinp 
tile  Statistical  Returns  of  the  Three  Kiuirdoms, 
with  the  tiew  of  elucidating  this  subject-  VKtTJ.s 
will  do  well  to  consult  t^uetelet.  In  his  TreiUise 
vn  Man  (eee  Chamlw'ra's  People's  Edition)  will  be 
found  some  vahuible  tables,  accompanied  by  bis 
owQ  remarks.  Although  he  does  not  enter  upon 
this  inquiry  specially,  hia  chapters,  where  he 
examines  into  the  causes  whicli  influence  tlie 
fi'cuudity  of  marriatfe**,  may  be  read  with  much 
rdvautage  by  those  who  are  iuterested  in  the 
subjei.t  imnieilialelv  before  us.  It  mny  be  well 
also,  to  consult  Saili-'f's  work,  The  Tmw  of  Piipu- 
tittiun.  Both  thejii*  works  were  published  belore 
our  statistical  knowledge  had  assumed  a  deituite 
form,  but  they  are  valuable  in  every  rew?arch  of 
this  kind.  T.  D. 

RKVALiarTA  (3^  S.  iv.  406.)— I  reraBrab«?r  tbo 
first  introduction  of  the  article  now  called  "  Keva- 
lentA,"  I  knew  the  man  who  (irst  prep«re<l  it, 
And  advertifirtl  it  under  the  name  of  "  Ervalentn," 
It  was  then  merely  the  meal  of  ground  lentils ; 
not  of  the  Egyptian  sort,  but  the  common  leutil,  of 
n  lighter  colour.  The  botanii-id  name  of  tlie  lentil 
is  J^n-um  it-7is :  and  probably  the  name  EriHiUtUa 
wan  found  rather  too  transpareut:  and  so,  by 
trau.«p<->sing  the  tir.<it  two  I.'tf«  is.  rlu^  nriirlc  wiw 
better  concealed,  and  sonn-  '  - 

■lid  the  preparation  is  now 

1-.  «J.  11. 

P*prn-M"'^"-'  I'v...  N'sUKM  {^'*  S.  iv. 
»15.) — I  d.  irlon  of  the  trade 

marks  (if  tl  ,   mid   thu   watrr- 


marks  in  their  papers,  has  ever  been  publtahtfd; 
but  the  late  Mr.  IJawson  Turner  had  collect*«d  • 
large  quantity  of  specimens  of  old  pap«r,  vshioh 
he  showed  me  with  great  self-gratulntnui  on  hia 
success  in  what  he  believed  to  be  a  hithor'  ■   ••'- 
pursued  inqiury.     He    entered   into  the 
with  lively  interest ;  had  all  his  samplfs  > 
arranged  in  chronologicid  order,  and  iuitin 
readily  into  the  mysteries  of  "  I'ot,"  •*  C, 
"  Feather,"  and  "iViolscap."     I  quite  um 
from  him  that  he  could  determine  the  atf< 
paper  by  its  texture  and  water-mnrk.     Whet 
he  contemplated  the  publication  of  the  reaull    _ 
bis  researches  in  this  line,  I  do  not  know  ;  ntft^ 
have  I  any  idea  what  became  of  his  large  rol1e<*' 
tion  of  olt'l  papers,  which  I  suppose  were  «• 
gether  with  his  extensive  library,  and  verv 
and  valuable  coUectious  in  various  other  d-  _ 
mcnts.  r.  C'. 

Chhtstiah  Names  {?,^^  S.  iv.  3(50,  410,  o2/i^ 
A  correspondent  asks,  how  we  are  to  nccouni 
the  great  prevalence  of  Pagan  names  in  a  Cnth 
country  like   France,  if,  aa   I  bad  asserted. 
Catholic  Church  so  much  disapproves  of  Cf 
tinn.'i    bearing    bapti?mnl   names  which    *ro 
Christian,  and  admonishes  her  clergy  nut  to 
rote  tJiem  Y     I  answer  that  the  tir»t  Itevolul 
when  Christianity  was  openly  disownied, 
sit-al  models  were  nffucled  in  everything, 
count  in  great  nieitsuro    for   the   inlrodi 
Pa|»aa  names;  but  it  must  also  be  rei 
that  many  such  namei"  are  al&o  tlie  natnea 
tian  sainb;,  and  as  such  allowable.     Tb9 
occur  to  me  at  this  moment :  Achilles,  AU 
Apollo,  Iku'chus,  Horace,  .luHtin,  Leamler,  \ah 
Marciivn,  Martial,  Morius,  Nestor,  I'lnt«i,  Pc 
.Socrates,  Valerian.  F.  C. 

A  a  BIad   A3  A  irATTER   f2»«  f*.   W.  4< 
Although   an    inquiry  respecting  this  simile 
peared  in  "  N.  &  Q      M  far  bai-k  as  Jut»o  II 
It  has  not  hitherto  elicited  a  reply.    The  pM 
however,  has   now  again   come  up  in  that 
amusing  voltime,  Capt.  Oronow's  7f<v<V/<'iY*b/i*| 
Afwcriuten,  2nd   series  f may  it  be  followed 
third  !j  18G;J,  np.  lol,  W2 :— "  on  the  subjt 
politics,  my  (leor   Alvanley,  he  ia  us  mad 
hattrr." 

One  is  at  a  loss  to  understand  why  a  h^ 
should  bo  made  the  typo  of  in- 
a  tailor  or  a  «lioemaker  ;   but   n 
i  I    bo    thus    rxpjainco  r       i  do    r  re 

I  inr.'ipabh'  •>r  wi'ak-mindfd  per 

I   would    ' 


hpitre  ''  may  have  come  out  '•  a 
Thrro  an-  ntluT  .dniiliir  ijul. 


a"»  S.  V.  Jam.  2,  "S*.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


is  followed  ratber  than  »igni6cation.  So  in  our 
VMuaculfir  phrase,  "That'a  the  f/w^w";  t,  o. 
"  Thftt'a  the  thing  "  (c/ut.w).  Scnm. 

JoH5  Harrjsout  (3'*  S,  iv.  526.) — "  Johan 
Ilorrias  "  h  of  couree  an  an  igram  of  John  Har- 
rison, What  was  the  rt-lation  of  this  p'^rson  to 
his  hero,  "  LongitnJo  "  Harrison,  and  what  \&1 
him  to  adopt  so  transparent  a  device  for  (vmefalinij: 
bis  identity?  Job  J.  B.  WouK.iBU. 

SxEpifOTnBRs'  BLEsarsos  (3""  S.  iv.  492/) — The 
troublesome  splinters  of  skin,  vrhich  are  often 
formed  near  the  roots  of  the  naila,  are  probably 
called  "  stepmother's  blessings,"  upon  the  eame 
principle  that  they  are  called  "  bnck-friends ; " 
Doth  expressions  desigiiating  Bomethin;?  odious, 
and  bringing  no  good.  F.  C.  II. 

"Jolly  Nosb"  (3^  8.  iv.  488.)— An  edition 
of  Oiivif^r  Ra.sselin's  Vaitx  de  Vire  was  published 
bv  M.  Louis  du  Bois  in  18*21,  toj:ether  with  some 
Korraan  eongs  of  the  fifteenth  century  from  a 
MS.  till  then  unedited.        Job  J.  B.  Workard. 

Jaxb  thr  Fool  (.3"'  S.  iv.  453,  523.)— Some 
of  the  entries  relating  to  this  person  in  Sir  F. 
Madden's  edition  of  the  Priin/  Purse  Erpenfei  of 
Oui  Princes/f  Mary  would  seem  to  sug^'eat  that  she 
wa8  the  victim  of  mental  disease.  Tho  (ir^t  entry 
in  wbjcb  she  is  mentioned  b«?ars  date  lo37.  In 
1543,  in  four  successive  months,  March,  .-Vpril, 
May,  and  June,  there  is  a  charge  of  4rf.  per  month 
for  shaving  her  bead.  In  July  there  is  a  charge 
for  23«.  6rf,  paid  to  her  during  sickness.  In 
August,  ber  head  is  again  shaved.  In  the  suc- 
crifcdiug  Jwiuary,  the  charge  for  shaving  her  head 
is  ^d„  and  a  like  entry  appears  in  July,  August, 
and  St-pteniber,  1544.  .K\\.  the  other  entries  re- 
ferring to  h^r  are  for  clothing.  In  1556,  she  had 
fiomn  disorder  of  the  eye.  Is  there  anytbiDg  to 
show  that  she  acted  as  a  jest^jr  ? 

Job  J,  B.  Workard. 

EaKTHKNWARR  VB88RL8   FOtTSD    15    ChURCUES 

(!••  and  2"*  S.  p(i»>nm.) — Numerous  cnmmunicav 
lions  have  appi'ared  in  the  1"  and  2'"*  Scries  of 
"  N.  &  Q.'  on  the  subject  of  the  earthen  jars,  or 
pots,  whii'h  have  been  found  in  several  churches 
imbedded  in  the  mrwonry,  and  generally  under- 
n«atb  the  stalls  of  the  choir.  In  one  of  these 
(I**  S.  X.  4.'}4),  I  dcscribpd  a  JAr  of  this  kind  in 
xny  pLw»esi*io'> ;  which  wjls  f«vund,  in  l^.'^l,  be- 
neiith  the  choir  of  St.  IVter's  Mtmcroft,  Norwich. 
I  shw  si!Vfral  of  the  jar.!»  a^  they  lav  in  llie  ma- 
8<)niv  lii.ii/ojitally,  with  their  mouths  outwiird, 
til  uld  not  be  a'scertnined  wlu'lh<  r  they 

#iv.      _  ixd  or  appt'Hn-d  in  the  wall.     I  gav« 

an  opmi'Mi  that  ihr'V  might  havo  been  intended 
for  Be'puifhial  xtu>f»s,  to  receive  the  ashes  of  the 
heart,  or  some  other  part  of  the  body  of  the 
canons;  bnt  that  opinion  I  have  for  some  time 
i^xchanged  for  the  far  more  probable  one,  that 


they  were  intended  to  increase  the  Bound  of  the 

singing. 

Indeed,  I  consider  the  que.stion  quite  set  at 
rest  by  a  recent  paner  in  the  Gentleman's  Maqa- 
aiw  for  November  W,  where  the  following  ia 
quotecl  from  the  Chronicle  of  the  Order  of  the 
Celestines  at  Metz,  for  the  year  1432; 

"  1 1  M-M  .irdc-ml  iljat  pots  fthodd  be  made  for  the  choir 
t-r  the  cburcb  of  C-iiiis.  k.  (Br.  Utio)  stating  tbftt  h«  Und 
dcv.i  siU'h  in  another  church,  and  thinking  tliit  tlicy 
mode  the  chanting  reauund  more  strongly." 

It  is  added,  that  such  jar»  have  been  found  in 
several  churches  in  Fniuce,  inserted  horizontallv  ia 
the  wall,  with  their  mouths  emerging.     F.  C.  iL 

MiitelUntani. 
NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 
St.  Patrick,  Aputtle  of  Ireland  ;  a  Memnlr  ofhh  TJ frond 
fitMum:  triti,    an  /HffiHtuct,>ry    l>:        '    '  ,„,, 

«t.-/v  I'n.jiifM  itf't/ie  Churrh  in  Irtln'  ,; 

t'outumfrum  the  E»tixtili»hiftrntnfiii  („ 

thr  preteut  Dni,.  By  .las.  HeaUiora  Tydd.  D,L>,"jtc 
Dublin.  (HodgBs,  Smith,  &  C<».) 
Any  of  our  readers  who  have  ever  IoIUmI  (ns  was 
Uttly  our  own  fortune)  throuuh  the  previoii.i  bioi^raphics 
t»f  St,  Patrick,  and  tried  to  Hift  (ruth  from  fnhle  in  the 
writing's  of  U«*her.  Ware,  Iktbam,  Lani^'an,  and  Cotton, 
will  apprt-ciate  the  wek-nmo  with  which  we  op«neHi  tfaia 
scholarly  memoir  of  Dr.  TtKld.  The  accomplished  author 
has  stndied  to  produce  a  complete  monograph  upon  the 
early  lu«tory  of  f'hristi.-inity  in  Ireland,  xubjoining  be- 
sides some  »tii  remarks  on  the  pre$«nt  posi- 
tion of  the  F.-'  iirch.  He  thinks  it  Decenary 
to  arjjue  for  tl.c  ...........  existence  of  ihe  Saint,  in  oppo- 
sition to  the  ulim-Prot««tant  'ixtravapunpe,  which  w.Mild 
resolve  tho  Apostle  of  Ireland  into  a  mythical  person<i{^e ; 
he  denies  Patrick's  asserted  fiommi!wii.pn  from  Pofw  Ccl*-*- 
tfne,  a^  wanting;  authority  to  estahlj»h  it,  and  ucouU  the 
lalfr  fablfH  by  which  the  Saint's  real  iiij<tory  has  In-en 
obscnn-d.  He  di.*cuflse«  the  whult^ale  cuuveraion  of  the 
Irish  clanH  under  the  i&flaence  of  their  ehiefii,  and  their 
relapse  into  Druidisin  after  Patrick  had  been  ruinovcl — 
a  oaelul  lesson  to  our  misNtontiries  in  the  present  dny. 
He  examines  minutely  into  the  sin^ilarc>pii>c(ip.ite  wliich 
otH.ninvd  so  long  among  the  IrLsh.  and  the  multiptication 
of  bUlinps  witliont  a  «'<>,  whoso  wnndiriog  ministrations 
W'  ■  r  •  '  <if  the  day  as 
Ir  ir^elves.  He 
<!'  institutions  of 
tL<?  c'uuiitiy,  vi'tiit:li  l'utiii:k  was  •io  lUstruinenlal  in  in- 
augurating, and  in  connection  with  aome  of  the  monka, 
tells  a  curiuui  story  of  primitive  c^>py-riKht  law,  wliioh 
will  amuse  some  of  our  literary  readers.  St.  FInniaii 
poase»'4ed  a  beautiful  copy  of  the  tioivpels ;  St.  Colunib.! 
borrowed  it,  and  made  a  transcript  of  it  by  stealth.  Fin- 
nion  heard  of  the  fraud,  and  claimed  the  copy  as  bis 
own  ;  and  King  Djjirniuit,  before  whom  the  holy  mouka 
carried  their  cauw;,  decidi?<l  in  Finnian's  favour,  with  the 
rvfnnrk,  '•  that  as  the  cow  is  ih<^  owner  of  her  calf,  so  the 
Ro<kk  iH  the  owner  of  any  traoHcript.  made  from  it."  But 
for  more  of  this  sort,  and  for  a  |:;reat  deal  mure  valuable 
Icurnint^,  wc  must  futid  our  readers  to  Dr.  Todd's  in- 
terfJJtint;  and  scholarly  volume. 

The  Stvcit  Affti  of  Man,  Dcn'ribetllfi/  ffiltiam  ShaktpMire, 

Depicttd  tljf  Rvbtixi  Smirke.     (L.Boolb.) 

The  Ute  Hubert  Smirke's  U\\x^\.'w.vvsv\»  <>\  'Sov^JKssjftaa*'* 
Siwca  Age*  »W  »\avtte\,  *a  ^«\\V,vnyw\v  «a.  S>cv's.  ^^\fit5«^1 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Wt  of    «lescriplion  wlilcli   fottvA    tlwtn    into  existence. 

Thtfy  are  here  rppro'iucfii  in  miiii.ilure  by  Pliotop'apliy, 

ngftlior  wiiti  the  Dx^eshoul  Purtrait  and  llic  Mouutiicut, 

id  form  »  quniiil  and  interesting  Utile  VDluine. 

,<ltrf»  of  Qittn  Mtirgartt  of  Anjnu  and  Blxhap  Becking- 

tnn  and  nihtri.     Written  in  the  Reign*  of  lltmif   V.  find 

Ururtf  VI.     Frnm  a  MS.fitandut  Emrtd  in  FliiUthirr, 

KdUid  hy  C«dl  Monro,  L<f|.     (t Camden  8iK;iity.) 

When  vre  «ay   that   lhi»  volume  contntofl  a  series  »( 

irly  litient  comprifiiip.  lirH,  Forty-two  l.rttcrs  writtrn 

ifing  tliu  ni^m  of  Henrj-  V.  and  Ilciirr  VI.  bffi>r«  liin 

larriagc;  secoudlv.  screntceti  Letters  of  Bi-^li»p  Ikck- 

:(iin,  written  ftirihe  nxist  part  in  the  year  1142,  wli«a, 

Liiiit?   tlnin    Kiug's  Secretary,  he  wos  on   the  point  of 

ut>arkinji   as  Ambassador  to  tbe  Count  of  .Armagtiac; 

1  tbirrlly,  Letlcn  of  Queen  Miiryaret   of  Anjou   ofter 

MnrriA^e  in  l-14.'i ;  and  that  the  wholo  flpaiu.-  uf  titiiu 

»ovi:Ti"-d  by  ihfcse  letters  may  be  stated  niufihly  at  abinit. 

ir^y  yt'sr;^,  najiidy,  fimn  the  Battle  of  A^iaeimrt  t«  the 

4imincnceuicut  of  the  Wari  of  the  IJo'**,  w«  havt!  sj«id 

(tioaKh  to  [irovu  the  oblii^ation^  which  historical  etudeiits 

•»»  tmd^r  to  the  Kev- Ttx'ophiluM  I'ulitou  for  i>ermit(.iti:; 

",  (itioD.  to  Mr.  Cml  Monro  for  the  care  and 

nil    whii-li  Ite  lia»  cditv<l  tlioni,   and    to    tb>> 

ioty  fur  il.^  judicious  n|iphrnliiin  of  lin  fuiui!i 

givjng  ruj  curions  a  scrica  of  docunteula  to  the  press. 

Dirlinnary  of  the  Bible,  tampritinp  Antti/uilieji,  Bio' 
yrttplijf,  OeiMimphi/,  and  JS'iilmut  Hintnrt/-  B'tvtirinim 
U'rilrrt.  i;</iret/>.y  Williuin  Smith,  LL.D.  ('art  XI. 
(Murray.) 

Thi«  eJfv«;iiih  Part  of  Dr.  Smith's  Tnluabln  Dl'tionuit/ 

the  Bit'le  will  I".'  wi'lronie  to   mauy  of  our  clericul 

ii-nd*.  iiior«  esfKcjiilly  those  who  took  in  the  flr^itvolumo 

Mnttthly  P«riH— pit'rily  becauw  it  cuntoiiiH  thf^rnluablc 

Lpp'ii  "  '    '       liiini',  and  ir.  I  irty  as  an 

(«vi(ii'  1  .11  of  the  I'l  liird  them 

}thc    '  r  procuring  I'  :i<ju  ot   the 

rork. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

■W.iyrTKD  TO    PI7BCHA8E. 

lowtnr  Bnnkf  to  be  Mai  dlr««t  lii 
I  ulreo,  aod  wImim  aunci  aad  aA- 

xL\t\  -JA   iu£  MiujM  or  Diuk-nNn  Aa&o«i4Tic 

'  fiFiiTfiot  ♦,  r>iw  Av^TTAoa  rmmuna.  wc  i>it» 

r  I'aaa  to  »■  uanivan 

^   COU<«POL[TB  oir  Aia 

ITW. 

-><>  Balummm.   Mil««,«ro, 

'  ••oi'Balloox*  IS  Miu> 

•to.   li«ir,  ii^ao. 

Waww.1  l,f  u, ,  J^H  a  ,t-.H.  iu.  Uf««t  niuieil  Btrcrt.  W.C. 

«n5Tr»iin»  CATr<TllMt  i  or  ■  Fomi  of  ^nnd  Wordi.   lij   John 
SVunUtn^ttm.h.U. 

Wanknt  (^  if.  .1 .,  U.  nniUndk  Blrvtt,  ManchHlvr  t)<]uar«,  t/mdmi. 


aatltt*  to  tforrripoitbrnttf 


m  Tilt  VuLfHB  Ji^  etmpliHttl. 


mill  »(  twiMd  mil* 


l)««ll     ild^Uf 


iriii 7^. 


"  by  ftutiKii  T.  Canrtul,  mrti  ^ 

fluuiliiMii  of  K«al,  trrtw  iitta, ».  ttk. 


,lf,r/t,    1. 1 It.f   it..ll,..,  ,K,^.    ,.t   The    ■I'liiLiih    .svj     ./.;/  ... .. 


Qriiiiij--"  ;»  ,,i,i,!if)i.,}  ,.( I 


r.:.u<,...r..  ,.i. 


Now  TwAjt  neatly  printed.  Is  Fooboap  8tow  ftwt  6& 

CHOICE    INOTES 

FBOM 

NOTES    AND    QUERIE:S, 


roui  iMmm. 


0«(  «h#  Mmir>t«tlnn  t,t  tlu  |rir««  8«^«  of  NOTES  AKP  Qf''*:iirCaj'* 


Wtilte  <m  Ihc  otllrr 

of  t>.  '- 

biioli  > 


I' II I)  ^,■M>,1»,  tu,  - 

tJM  vi>u<,  low  apirtu. 


Now  readji  neatly  printed,  In  Fooiacap  8va,  prlct  h», 

OUOICK    NUTKS 


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BZSTOXT. 


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pfaarTmll4»  la 


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London:  B£LL&  DALDY,  Y«>rk  SirMl.  Corent  n«HMu 


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LOifDOS.  SATURDAY,  JASl^RY^,  JWM. 


CONTENTS. —N-.  lOG, 

NOTES Walter   Tmvmj,  B.D.,  4o,  27— Justice   AUsq 

•■^'    ."-       ' -»•-■■■•- -I    ••!--   n.\v;i   ■Ki    -Th-.  Uobert 

tioii*  — 
—  Riug 


-ivmillyitin.s  — 


.-li  Vur- 
.Id  Men 


L'xui "  or  Urotius— 


icrcmy  Collior  on  the  8tiut«?,  So-.,  38 — Ronunx 

■it.  I*?vtn.  k  iiii.l  !li.'  Sliariin.rV;.    ID  -  Harv«T 


niiKcrlty    of  Clergymen  —  JUy :    Tri-MJcbi— Pholoys, 
VotaB  oa  Books.  Ac 


WALTER  TBAVERS.  B.D., 

SOMBTIMi:  l.BCT(JUER  AT    THB  TKIIFLH,  AXI>    TBOVOST 

oi'  THUftTr  coI.U£a^^  dudlls. 
Bom  circa  1548;  died  in  London,  Jan.  1634. 

lo  no  published  memoir  of  the  life  of  this  uele- 
brated  divine,  Lave  1  ever  met  witli  an  account 
of  his  parentage,  or  the  place  of  his  birth ;  the 
followitifj  notes,  may,  therefore,  be  of  uae  to  some 
future  biographer,  and  save  him^the  trouble  of  a 
protiacted  search. 

The  will    of  "\y alter   Trnvers,    Clerk,"    was 

S roved  in  London,  at  the  Prerogative  Court,  on 
an.  24,  1<>34,  and  in  a  clause  of  it  is  contained 
this  brief  reference  to  his  fainilv:  — 

"  My  fiitluT  drir  [nents  in  Not- 

tingham. \ttl  the  <>;  ,  and  the  other 

ivro  t,.  l,.«  tliree  S'j!...  ..  ...... ;  la,  to  me  the 

'  the  Eldest,  Joim  the  atxt,  and  Uutnphrr, 

I'ollowin^  up  this  clue,  I  recently  found  that, 
among  the  inhabitants  of  Nottinfrham  chargeable 
to  the  jiubsidiefl  of  the  35th  and  a7th  Hen.  VlIL, 
and  the  13th  Eliz.,  there  lived,  at  "  HrydeLsmytlj 
Giito,  w**in  y*  townc  of  Notyngham,"  a  certain 
"  Walteni*  Truvers,'*  by  occupation  a  "  Gold- 
sinylb."      I    w;;  '  rxls    lucky    enough,   at 

Yiirk,   to  meet  ,11;  and  as  it,  at  once, 

prov.s  iLn'    '  'ithcr  to  tbe  divine, 

i  »l"»k    I  10  the  readers  of 


"In  the  Name  of  G«d,  Amen:  the  fiftenlh  dale  of 
Stspteinber,  in  the  jeare  of  onro  Lorde  God  a  thooBaode, 
five  (hundritb,  seaventic  and  Ave,  I  Walter  Traveta,  of 
the  Towno  of  ^ottingbm.  Gold  Smythe,  beinge  veeke 
and  feeble  in  bodie,  but  of  good,  xownde,  and  perfect  re- 
membrance, thanks  be  to  God  tbenrfore,  do  ordaine  atid 
mnke  this  my  laste  Will  and  Testamente,  in  mann^  and 
forme  foUowein^ :  First,  and  before  all  thinges,  I  oomenda 
me  into  the  handes  of  oorc  Lorde,  who  haste  created 
and  redemed  me,  bcschingc  the  most  bamblye,  for  Jeans 
Cbri»t«  sake,  pardon  and  forgiveness  of  all  my  synes; 
assearinge  myself  also  undoubtedlie,  as  trustinge  to  thy  . 
promoys,  O  lorde,  which  cannot  deceavc,  that,  altho'  1 
be  in  my  selfTi;  most  im worth  ie  of  thy  Grace,  yet,  for  that 
Jesus  Christe,  thoue  wilte  rect^tve  rae  to  the.    Not  ac- 
comptinge  to  me  mysynnes  for  whiche  be  bathe  snlTered, 
and  fully  latlBfied  tlile  Justice  allredie ;  bat  imputing  to 
mo,  of  thie  ire  grace  and  niercie,  that  hol^-ocs  and  obe- 
dience whiche  he  halhe  performed,  to  thie  mostc  perfecte 
lawe,  for  all  those  that  ahoulde  belcve  in  hime,  and  come 
onto  the,  in  his  name.     Withe  faithe,  O  lonle,  seinge  that 
of  thy  goodnes  thoue  haste  wrougbte  and  planted  hi  me, 
hy  the  preacbinge  of  the  boUie  gospell,  I  stedfaslelia  hope 
for  tlie  performance  of  thy  promyse,  and  evcrlastingo 
litr<!  in  Jesua  Christe.    This  blessed  hope  shall  rcste  with 
me  to  th<j  laste  daic,  that  tboue  rayse  me  npp  a^aoe,  to 
enjoye  th.il  liffe  and  gloric  that  now  I  hope  for.    Thear- 
fore,  I  commende  my  aowlc  into  the  bandcs  of  Giod,  my 
IxKlte  I  Will  that  yl  be  honestiie  buried,  and  lade  npp  in 
p<ukse  to  Hie  tomyngc  of  the  Lorde  Jesus,  wheu  he  shall 
come  ti>  be  gloridcd  m  bis  Sayntes,  and  to  be  marvolous 
in  theme  that  belcve ;  in  that  dale  when  this  corruptible 
shall  put  on  incorruptible,  and  this  mortall  imortalitie, 
accordinge  to  the  Scriptarei.    And  as  for  those  goods  and 
landea  that  God  hath  given  me,  I  declare  this  my  Will, 
and  full  mynde  and  intente  tbearof^  io  forme  foliowinge : 
that  is  to  saie,  I  give  and  bequethe  all  and  singalar  that 
my  messuage,  bouse,  stable,  and  garden*  th«arto  belong- 
inge,  wbichc  I  latelie  purcbaMd  of  Thomas  Cowghum, 
late  of  (be  saido  towne  of  Nottingham,  alderman,  de<'«ia4od, 
wherein  I  nowe  dwell,  to  Anne  Travera  my  Wiilt!,  for 
and  darJDgv  hor  natural!  litTe,  and  after  her  decease,  to 
Anna  Traven  my  daughter,  and  to  thelres  of  her  bodie 
lawcfullie  b^oiten  aud  to  be  begotten:  And,  for  defalte 
of  *ueh  issue,  to  Walter  Traverse,  John  Traverse,  and  to 
Hunifrcy  Travcrs,  my  Sones,  equallie  amongste  theme, 
and  to  theires  o/  tbeire  bodies  lawefullie  begottea  and  to 
bo  tx^otten:  And,  for  defalte  of  such  Issue,  to  the  righte 
hciros  of  me  the  saide  Walter  Travera,  the  Teatator,  for 
ever.    I'urther,  1  will  that  the  saide  Anne,  my  wiflc, 
durjnge  her  hfFe,  and  allao  the  saide  Anne,  my  daughter, 
duringe  her  lyffe,  afl*r  the  decease  of  my  said  Wiffc, 
havinge  the  snida  ateoBuage  and  premytes,  shall  give  and 
paie  yoarlio  ten  ahiUingw  at  two  asuall  dale*  in  the  yeare, 
by  even  poivooa,  to  my  Overseers ;  to  be  by  theuui  dis- 
tributetl  to  aucho  poore  people,  within  the  towae  of  Not- 
Uogham,  asthey  shall  thinke  mo^le  mete  and  conveuientc, 
Allso,  1  give  and  l>ec|uethe  all  my  other  lauds,  teucnieuts, 
•ad  berwittameuta,  not  before  by  me  given  in  iVia  my 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


TesUraente  and  prcjente  laste  Will,  to  my  miM  Wiffe  The   issue  of  this    marriti^e   was  foi 

Anne  Traverse  during  her  nattirall  liffc;  and  nfter  her  Ellas,  Samuel,  JoUn,  uud  WuUer — wbo 

decease,  to  my  saide  tliree  Sones,  Walter,  John,  and  educated  at  Cambridge,  ami  entered  llie 

IImnfrey,equaUic  amongente  themcjor  so  many  of  thome  '  Eliaa  TraverR  «lied  rector  of  Thurcasf on. 


I 


as  shal  be  then  livingc.  and  to  thelres  of  tht-ire  bodies 
lawefollie  begotten  and  to  be  begotten :  and,  for  defaltc 
of  such  Issue,  to  Anne  Trarers  my  daagbter,  and  to 
tbcirea  off  her  bodie  lawefnllie  begotten  and  to  be  be- 
gotten ;  and  for  defalte  of  stiche  Isjue,  to  the  riglite  heirs 
of  me  the  saide  Walter  Travers  for  ever.  And  I  will 
that  my  saide  daoghtcr  Anne  peaccablie  permvtt  and 
sofTer  my  aaide  thre  aones  to  have  and  enjoye  the  saide 
landes  to  them  bequithed,  which  I  boughte  of  Robert 
Wyoaell;  notwitbstanding  aoie  bondes,  or  assarance 
thearoA  bcartofore  by  mc  to  the  saide  Anne,  or  to  her 
use,  made.  And  for  the  dispoaioge  of  my  goods  and 
chattclU  that  Go<l  bathe  given  me,  I  will  that  my  debts 
be  paidc  and  my  funeralls  discharged,  of  the  whole:  and 
the  re^cdevre  of  all  my  goods  nnd  chatlells,  g^^ld,  silver, 
plate,  and  howeshooldo  stiifT,  movtiablo  and  unmore- 
nbte  (my  debts  paide  and  fui'irallB  discharged),  I  give  to 
Anoe  my  Wiffe,  and  to  Anne  Traveni  my  daughter, 
equallie  betwixte  theme.  And  I  do  make  and  ordcine 
the  saide  Anne  my  WifTe,  and  my  soidc  daughter  ray  full 
I^ecutrices  of  this  nir  Testament  and  taste  Will ;  nnd  I 
make  my  wellbelored  Sones,  Walter  and  John  Trovers. 
Suprisors  vf  the  same,  to  ae  the  »ame  justlic  and  trewlie 
executed,  done,  and  ptirformed :  llicis  beingc  Witncaaec— 
Lawrence  Brodl>ent,  Ksquire;  the  Queenes  liiglinea  Re- 
ctiror  within  the  Counties  of  Noltinghm  and  Derbie  — 
Thomas  AtkiniM>a—Syinon  Willson  —  Richard  Ogle  — 
Arthure  Francis  —  John  Wardc,  and  others.'' 

"  lliis  will  M'aa  proved  in  the  Exchequer  Court 
of  York,  Ifith  January,  iiiTi,  by  the  Oaths  of  Ann 
Travers  (Widow,  the  KelictJ, 'and  Anne  1  ravers 
(the  daughter),  the  Co-Ex<^cuthxes  therein  nainijd ; 
to  whom  probate  was  granted,  they  having  boon 
6rst  sworn  duly  to  adminiatcr." 

Two  of  tlie  three  sons  herein  named,  Walter 
imd  Iluniphry,  entered  at  Cnmbridge,  where 
Ihuniihry  bccauK-  Fellow  of  C.C,  Coll.,  and  after- 
wards inurrii'd,  but  left  no  issue  male.  Of  Walter, 
the  future  Lecturer  at  the  Temple,  and  opponent 
of  Hooker,  I  leave  the  Messis.  Coopbr  to  pivc 
an  account,  in  their  valuable  Athena  CufUahridg- 
ietuef. 

John  Trav«fr3,  second  aon,  look  his  degree  At 
Oxford  in  l.'»70,  and  ww  afterwards  presented  l.i 
the  Rectory  of  Farinpdon.  Devon,  which  he  held 
until  his  death  in  1(520.  He  umrried.un  July  26, 
1580,  Alice,  dau^riiter  of  John  Hooker  of  Exeter. 


t«rshire,  in  1641;  Samuel    was  ejet^ted   fi*oi: 
vicurajre   oi'  Thorverton,    Devon,   in    lG4<s 
died    60on   after;   John    wiis    pre^ente*!    to 
vicarage  of  Brixhoni,  Devou,  in  Dec.  1617  :  i 
ejected  therefrom  in  1646,  and  died  curate  of 
Helen's,   Isle   of  Wight,   in    IC.'iO;    au.J    Wait 
became   Chaplain  to   Kin^  Charles  L,  \v 
sented  in  sucee-^sion  to  the  Kectory  of 
Ashton,    Wilts;    the   Vicarage    of    Welm 
Somerset ;    and    dying,    Rector    of    Vitmii 
April  7tb,  1646,  was  buried  in  Exeter  CnUit 
or  these  four   brothers,  John   nnd   Waller 
iJtarried  ;  one  of  the  sons  of  Walter  belogTbi^ 
Travers  of  Magdalen  Coll.  Cnmb.,  M.A.  in 
who  became  Lecturer  at  St.  Andrews,  l*lym<! 
and  Hector  of   St.  Columb    Major,    from 
living  he  was  ejected  bv  the  Bartholomew  A< 
16G2. 

Perhaps  some  N^ottingham&hlre  anttquaiy  can 
assist  me  in  hunting  up  the  origin  of  the  old  goIJ- 
smyth  of  •'  Brydelsmyth  Gate,"  from  whom  de- 
scended ro  many  dii'tinguished  men  ?  or  can,  at 
least,  point  to  acine  class  of  records  likely  to  beaix, 
fruit?  If  ao,  he  would  confer  a  grent  favourj 
me.  by  adopting  a  like  method  of  imp.irtin|_ 
infin-mnlion.  H.  J.  i 

OxfonL 


JUSTICE  ALLAN  PAHK. 

Some  thirty  or  forty  years  ago,  this  lei 
judge  was  travelling  the  Northern  Circuit 
one  of  his  brother  Judges  of  Assize,  ami  it  hap- 
pened that  the  bni^iness  at  an  assize  town  wim  not 
got  through  till  late  on  a  Saturday.  It  was  abso- 
lutely neccsB.iry  to  open  the  Commission  on 
following  Monday  at  tlio  next  ussi/c  town,  wl 
was  at  a  great  distance  in  those  daya  of  trHvctlj 
and  either  for  that  rea.son,  or  because  of  the  ht 
business  to  be  disposed  of  there,  Jusitice 
pn)p<incd  to  his  bjx)ther  judge  to  set  off  late  1 
the  Saturday,  and  to  get  ns  far  as  they  couiU  i ' 
night,  no  that  they  might  avoid  the  nce« 
jtiurneying  nny  part  of  the  way  on  tlie  St 
His  broth<>r  jud^p,  whii  was  not   ^  \    M 

that  point,  ))ri>iested  against  thr 
result  wa»  n  compromise,  the  term-  <•!  ^vmch' 


and    sister   to    Richard    Hooker.    Master   of  the  I  ^^^^  ^^^y  should  start  at  a  very  early  hour  nn 

uioroinj;,    and  altetid  divine  M?nricc 


Temple.     This  fa 
Travers's  8ujipli<: 
(Hooker's    Work*, 
Hooker,  li«  says :  — 

**  ttoping  to  live  i  . 
bim,  both  fur  tkia«<.'i 
•leao  betWMa  at,  an 
mvriage  of  h\*  aetreeX  kindivd  and  wino. 


)y    wiicri',    BpciiiiiKg  u\ 


S I... 

.  »'r  church  they  might  reach  in  time  for 
.-.  .14^  service.     Tr  iIhim  Ii'iumi  ii,-,i  i). 
ten  and  eleven  o' 
uliurch  withiu  us  iT 

wat  sighted,  and  the  noscl 
make  Air  It,  Thus  the  i 
country  village  in  the  Wolds  were  thrown  ijit 


fjLf.  9,  '64  ] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


29 


state  of  "  intense  excitement"  by  the  announce- 
ment that  "  niv  Lords  tbe  Judges"  weru  coming 
to  church.  Tlie  rector  Bclcoted  a  Bonnon,  ou 
which  lie  rnlher  prirJed  hiiusclf;  the  cbnrchwnnl- 
ens  dusted  nut  tbe  tiLjiiire's  pew,  where  iheir 
lordshipji  uiigiit  be  the  observed  of  all  obaurvHrs, 
and  thf  rector's  wife  and  tluughters  selected  their 
best  bonnets  in  honour  of  an  event,  the  like  of 
which  hail  certainly  never  occurred  before  within 
the  ineiiiory  of  the  very  *•  oldest  inhnbiliuit."  The 
Judgca  were  ushered  into  church  with  as  much 
state  M  could  be  muittered  by  the  pHrish  Autho- 
rities for  the  occiision,  and  all  went  perfectly  well 
nnd  in  order  till  the  tcrminAtion  of  Morninj; 
Prayer,  when  the  paiUm  was  to  be  ^iven  out.  In 
those  d«y9,  the  selection  uf  the  psuhns  vias  con- 
fided to  the  uncontrolled  discretion  of  the  parish 
clerk,  who,  when  the  tidings  of  the  arrival  of  the 
au!!ust  pcr»ona;»cs  reached  his  ear*,  had  become 
quite  as  much  alive  to  the  importance  of  the  proper 
performance  of  hia  duties  ujKin  the  occiision  as 
the  rector  and  churchwardens  were.  His  guide 
in  the  selection  of  psalms  upon  special  ucc:i»ions 
had  been  the  Table  of  Psnhna  »et  out  at  the  end 
of  Tate  and  Brady's  Version,  giving  alphabeti- 
cally the  lirttt  words  of  each  psalm.  On  coming 
to  the  letter  S,  he  found,  "  Speak,  O  ye  Judges," 
and  rnncludinp  that  the  p.'<i4ln),  of  which  these 
were  the  opening  words,  must  be  nn  iippropriate 
one,  he  g.ive  them  out,  and  invih-d  tiie  cimgrega- 
tion  to  juiti  in  .singinp  the  58th  Psalm,  which  th<>y 
proceeded  to  do  most  heartily,  being  struck  by 
the  ap[»OHit<>iiess  of  the  introductory  words,  anil 
thus  they  sanj;  at  the  two  learned  judges :  — 

"  S{K!ak,  O  yc  Judges  of  the  Earth, 
If  just  youricnteooc  be? 
Or  RiuKl  nut  innocence  appeal 
To  IKviv'n  from  your  decree  ? 

"  Yonr  wickeil  lu-arti  ami  juilgtnerits  are 
AUke  by  nitilic-e  swayed; 
Voiir  pripmg  bands,  by  wdjjhiy  bribe?, 
'I'o  violijiice  bclrayeU." 

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

This  is  my  Note  of  the  circumstances;  my 
Query  is,  What  was  the  name  of  the  pariih  where 
they  occurred ;  who  was  the  rector,  and  who  was 
the  brother  Judge?  who,  by  the  war,  was  after- 
wards hcani  to  declare  publicly  that  no'thinp  should 
ever  induce  Uim  to  go  to  church  again  with  brother 

P«k.  DOBSBT. 


JAMES  KIRKWOOD. 

Under  thia  name,  in  the  Sihliotheca  Britannicit, 
Watt  has  rolled  two  persons  iitio  one,  beginning 
with  James  Kirkwoo<l,  the  Scottish  grammarian, 

S>iii{i   «»d'  to  Jame^i  Kirkwood,  the   minister   of 
slwick,  Hedfordshire,  and  ngain  returning  to  the 
first,  all  under  the  aaroe  heoding.    Misled  by  this 


•utbority,  I  have  otdy  recently,  on  becuming  pos- 
sessed of  the  several  works  of  these  Kivkwooiis, 
discovered  the  confusion ;  and  as  neither  (<-ilthoun:h 
both  arc  of  sufficient  mark)  appenr  in  the  new 
edition  of  Ltncnde»y  I  venture  a  few  jottings  by 
way  of  supplying  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 ;  leaning  to  episcopacy  when  the  Presbyte- 
rians were  resolved  to  extinguish  it  root  and 
brunch  from  Scotland,  Kirkwood  soon  got  into 
trouble  with  hia  superiors;  and  the  struggle  to 
mniiituin  ofllce  on  the  one  hand,  and  to  oust  the 
schoolmaster  on  the  other  which  followed,  must 
hiive  made  it  a  caiue  cilibre  in  that  quiet  burgh. 
The  clever  pedagogue,  however,  coulil  nM  hold 
his  ground  against  the  local  magnates,  nnd  tbe  Do- 
minie wn.s  deposed. 

The  litigation  whicli  arose  out  of  these  squab- 
bles is  recorded  in  A  Short  Information  of  the 
Plea  btticixt  the  Totra  Couucil  of  Liuhthpaw  and 
Mr.  James  Kirkwood,  Scfioolinaxter  there,  whereof 
a  more  full  Account  maif  perhaps  come  out  here' 
after,  a  quarto  tr.ict  of  twenty  piigcs.  Kirkwood 
here  intimates  that  be  ha;*  a  heavier  rod  in  pickle 
for  his  persecutors,  and,  being  of  a  waggish  and 
satirical  disposition,  he  carried  his  threat  into  exe- 
cution. Among  other  charges  brought  against 
him  wft.s  that  he  was  "a  reviler  of  the  Gods  of 
the  people."  "  By  Gods,"  fays  Kirkwood,  "  they 
mean  the  twenty-seven  Member?  of  the  Town 
Council,  the  Provost,  four  Baillics,  Dean  of  Guild, 
Treasurer,  twelve  Councillors,  eight  Deacons ; 
so  that  the  Websters,  Sutors,  and  Tailors  are 
Gods  in  Linlithgow," 

Tickled  with  this  notion,  and  being  bent  upon 
ridiculing  the  magistrates,  he  crowned  his  con- 
tejiipt  for  the  burghal  authorities  by  publishing, 
in  a  small  quarto,  pp.  70  — 

"The  History  of  the  Twenty-seven  Gods  of  Linliih- 
cow ;  Being  an  Exact  anil  Tru4<  Account  of  a  P'dmous 
Plea  betwixt  tbe  Town  Council  of  the  aaid  Burgh  aiul 
Mr.  Kirkwood,  ScLuolmoBtcr  there,  Seria  Mixta  Jocis." 
Cdin.  1711, 

which  contains  many  curious  particulars  regard- 
ing the  social  and  religious  &tate  of  aflfairs  during 
tbe  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. 
Kirkwood"!!  Plea  before  the  Kirk,  and  Civtl  Jndi- 
catores  of  Scotland,  London  :  D.  E.  for  the  Au- 
thor, 1698.  Another  quarto  of  about  1.50  closely 
printed  pages,  containing  the  story  of  his  subse- 
quent wrunglings  with  the  Kirk  Session  and 
Presbytery  there.^  m  a.U.  vV*  wvo.\).v«v«s&.   "Vsw^^ssA^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3H  S.  V.  J; 


but  litfle  rccorrled  of  this  remarkable  character. 
In  Pennej's  Hixtory  of  Linlithgowshire,  and  in 
Cbnlmcr's  Life  of  Buddimaiu,  he  is  spoken  of  a*  the 
first,  grammarian  of  his  day.  He  frequently  him- 
self allades  to  the  high  repute  in  which  he  was 
held  In  this  respect  hj  his  learned  contemporaries, 
but  I  question  if  he  is  to  be  found  in  any  of  our 
biograpliies,  or  bis  name  even  to  be  traced  in  the 
British  Museum  Catalogue. 

In  addition  to  that  I  have  mentioned,  I  possess 
h'lS  Prima  Pars  Grawmalicm  in  Metriim  redacta  : 
Authors  Jactibii  Kirhwooilo,  r2mo,  Edin.  1675. 
With  the  Privy  Council's  Privilege  for  nineteen 
years  ;  the  Second  and  Third  Parts.  Edido  Si' 
cvtida,  ICilG;  and  All  (he  Examples,  both  Wor(h 
and  Si'utent-rs  of  the  First  Part  of  Grammar,  tratxs- 
lated  into  English  by  /.  K.  1676.  Contained  in  one 
volume. 

As  with  Watt,  my  first  Impression  on  becoming 
acquainted  with  the  names  of  these  Kirkwood.s 
was,  that  the  grammarian  and  the  minister  at 
A^twick  were  identical,  and  that  James  Kirkwood 
was  one  nf  the  rabbled  curates  for  whom  the 
government  Lad  to  provide  for  in  the  south ;  but 
B  very  slight  oxaminution  showed  this  to  be  a  mis- 
take ;  and  we  find  that,  while  the  pugnacious 
schoolmaster  was  fighting  his  battles  with  the 
Gwh  of  Linlithgow  and  Kelso,  the  minister  of 
Astwick  was  enguged  in  Englan<l  with  his  pasto- 
ral duties,  and  in  connection  with  the  Hon.  Rob. 
Boyle,  labouring  to  supply  the  Irish  with  a  Verna- 
cular version  of  che  Scriptures.  The  minister  was 
Lowever,  also  n  Scot.  lie  figures  in  Charte-r's, 
Cutulo^ue  of  Si'otti.'ih  Writers  as  "  James  Girdwod, 
Blinister  of  Minto,  outed  for  refusing  the  Test,"- 
The  only  work  of  his  which  I  have  Is,  A  New 
Family  Booh ;  or  the  True  Interest  of  Famdtcs, 
being  Directions  to  Purenls  and  C[iildroi,i,  &c. 
With  a  Preface  by  Dr.  Horneck,  2nd  edit.  l'2mo, 
London,  1G93.  A  frontispiece  by  Vander  Gutch 
in  two  comportments — the  happy  and  the  un- 
happy family  ;  the  latter  a  grotesque  representa- 
tion of  the  wicked  parents,  with  a  hopeful  lot  of 
seven  children  all  in  a  state  of  inebriety,  with  the 
usual  :  of  the  religious  chap-bonk 

— the  :i  rncr  of  the  picturevumiling 


flamcfi,  UM.i-  itiu 
Perhaps  tntne 
to  tell   "-   •'  " 
rtan  ;  n 

tWlM2n  II 


n  the  road  to  Tophet. 
spondent  may  bo  jibk* 
the  restless  gramma- 
":  the  relationship  be- 
J.  O. 


top  WIT. 
Muiyof  oarold  Kngiiih  V 
finom  one  »»»  in  unotix^r.  A 


The  word  Wrt  has,  however,  beeo  oveHi 
and  I  have  something  to  say,  not  in  exiuB] 
in  illustratiun  of  it. 

"Tell  me,  0  tell,"  says  Cowley,  "  what  kii 
thing  is  mtf"  a  question  T  admit  the  ptxjprii 
his  asking,  for  be  defines  it  but.  by  ne^fnli' 
negatives  alone.     Every  one  concedes  to 
the  name  of  a  wit,  and  that  Uudibrax  abounds 
wit  of  the  finest  quality.    But  this  is  in  its 
sense.    What  was  wit  in  one  age  became  1 
or  affectation  in  another;  andlbe  who  wosi 
u}it  in  the  age  of  Elizabeth  is  styled  a 

"  Nothing,"  says  Addi.wn,  '■^  is  so  muob 
and  so  little  understood  as  wit."  ,  >  . 
says  Locke,  ''lies  in  the  assemblage  of  id 
putting  tliose  together  with  quickiieas  nod  varf«^ 
wherein  can  be  found  any  resemblance  or  Mm* 
gruity,  thereby  to  make  up  pleasant  pictures  lad 
agreeable  visions  in  the  fancy."  Addison  sbmra 
that  any  resemblance  cannot  be  called  tcit :  "  ihmt, 
when  a  poet  tells  us  the  l>osom  of  bis  mistrcw  is 
as  white  as  snow,  there  is  no  wit  in  the  compari- 
son; but  when  be  adds,  with  a  sigh,  tbnt  it  is  ■• 
cold  too,  it  then  grows  into  wit."  .  .  .  '*  Trat 
wit,"  says  the  same  great  writer,  "  consists  in  tht 
resemblance  and  congruity  of  ideas,  and  falsa  wit 
in  the  resemblance  of  words.  Mixed  wit,  wlucli 
we  find  in  Cowley,  partakes  of  the  character  of 
both,  a  composition  of  pure  and  true  yril." 

1  select  a  few  instances  of  the  use  of  the  watd 
wit  from  the  works  of  Dryden :  — 

**Truo  wit  is  Kharpneea  of  conceit,  the  low»t  ail 
most  grovelling  kind  of  wit — c>«nche&  .  .  .  Tbsn  Ma 
many  witty  men,  but  few  poets.  .  .  .  Shakapaai^ 
comic  wit  degenerated  into  douches;  Iuk  serious  sw«D»A 
into  bombast.  ...  No  man  can  aay  Shnkspeart  «rr«r 
had  a  tit  subject  for  hii  wit.  and  that  he  did  not  cxocL 
.  .  .  One  cannot  e«v  Ben  Jon«on  wanteil  wit,  but 
tliat  be  was  fruL^ul  r-flt 
humour,  we  I 
conipareJoiir 
the  more  eorrv.  i  y.'>ii. 
.  .  .  Shakupeare,  who 
than  unypoet  in  our  Im 
fttwaya.  or  expressing  tliat  uii  .> 
the  nulijecL  .  .  .  Donne  w  i 
not  the  greatest  poet,  of  our 
Satirrs  abound  in  wiL  I  mnv 
fent  Qffc,  tbiit  if  \M'  :\t<  jiol  St' 
fvrUiiity  we  its.      .     . 

of  all  [.ioen)c  i  i  be,  wit,  Ml 

ttr  • "••    ■  .    ,     .     ■' 

(■  itteinpto<!. 

111.  iiily  Jhi#.— ll 

<jt  itiuurtljl.3  ami  vvQjils,  or  in  otht'f  teriiw,  tUuii^bli 

worda  ukgunilj'  adapte*!  to  tiie  subject." 

Twice  lifts  Dryden   ropi'ntod  his  i' 
drscnptinn  of  wit;  •'  which  is  not,"  sn 
f  wit  OS  ot 
!)  Ih"  n  tni- 
i  auj   aj.t   lu   liiuiL,' 
ifl  ibc  greatest  wu 
pain-'i-,  ■ 


'W'n,  and  lang^ian^  asd 
...    I/fwoold 
I  st  acknow  \**lffm  him 

-  "■■■  '""tt 


8»«  S.  V.  JAS.  9,  '64] 


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31 


Wit,  in  its  origltial  si^iiicntion,  Johnson  tells 
us,  "  denoietl  the  powers  of  the  mind — the  mental 
facalt!(;s — the  intellects."  The  meaning  has  been 
greatly  extended ;  it  has  been  \ised  for  imagin- 
ation, and  for  quicknew  of  fancy  or  genius.  A 
wit,  too,  has  been  called  a  poet,  and  a  poet  desig- 
nated a  wit. 

Ben  JonsoD  uses  the  word  wit  for  verse ;  he  who 
possessed  wit  possessed  the  faculty  of  song.  Shak- 
sjware,  Tletcher,  and  Jouison  formed,  say!*  Sir 
John  Denban),  a  trianivirate  of  wit.  What,  is 
translated  poetry,  says  the  same  writer,  but  trans- 
planted wit.  Cleveland,  wishing  to  express  the 
rank  of  Jonson  among  the  poets  of  his  age,  s&ys, 
he 

"  Stood  out  illustiioiu  in  an  age  or  wU." 

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

"The  estalfl  which  wit*  inherit  itller  death." 

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

"  Uut  for  the  u>^  of  vithcr  Chaxies'a  days, 
The  mol)  of  g«ntletncn  who  wrote  wiili  ease." 

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

"  It  is  not /Miby  that  makes  men  poor; 

For  ^ '^  ---itfl  that  were  not  so  before: 

All  ijBTe  writ  beat,  bod  they  been  rich, 

lla  I  ,  clapp'd  with  a  poetic  itvh ; 

Had  lov'd  lh<:tr  tax  loo  well  to  take  the  poina 

To  oodergo  that  drudgery  of  bruins ; 

Bat  being  for  all  other  trailes  nnfit. 

Only  to  avoid  boiug  idle  set  up — wit." 

Davenant  has  a  great  Nursery  of  Nature  in  bis 
Gandibert,  and  foremost  in  this  delightful  dwelling 
has  a  band  of  pleasant  poets :  — 
"And  he  who  seemM  to  leadtbia  ravjgb'd  rncp, 

Wm  He»v*n's  lov'd  Lnare.ite  that  in  .Jewry  writ  -, 

WboK  harp  approachM  God'i  ear,  though  none  Ida  fiicc 

E  Durst  see,  and  first  made  iuspiration,  mt." 
^That  King  David  was  a  wit,  and  wrote  wit, 
pbunds  in  an  ear  of  the  nineteenth  century  as  a 
aad  niisiipplicnlion  of  terms.  Yet  in  Davenant 
the  word,  in  its  old  signification,  is  very  appropri- 
ate, and  very  poetical. 
I  Such  havf  been  the  changes  in  the  meaning  of 
*'  ■   {'it'    Shflkspearc  ww  a  wit  in  his  age, 

>>rth  would  have  deemed  it  no  com- 
0  called  a  wit  in  ours.     Johnson's  de- 
t  18  admirable: — "That  which  though 
,u   ,■>.,,'.  ;(.  r...,,  -■eduction,  ucknow- 
fhut  never  found 
. ....  is  near  the  mark, 
Jircr; — "  Wit,"  says  Corbyn 
m:  resullin"   fr<mi  the  (]uiok 


'trf't' 

In 

r' 
ill 

n 

WOi)'l(_ !     :, 
but  pcrhafi 
Morris,t  "  i 


•  Lifi  of  Cnviky. 

t  £<MtiU  p«  \V'%t,  /{umtmr,  ami  MuiUa-jf,  «vo,  171L 


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

Fjurther  illustrations  of  the  etzrly  nse  of  the 
word  "wit"  might  worthily  find  a  place  in  the 
columns  of  "N.  &  Q."  Sbalupeare's  daughter, 
"  g(X)d  Mrs.  Hall,"  was  (her  epitaph  tells  us) 
"  witty  above  her  sexe." 

PfTSB  CtJ^KIKGHAM. 


DK.  ROBERT  WAUOHOP. 

A  few  months  since  an  able,  affecting,  and  moet 
interesting  appeal,  in  behalf  of  the  Catholic  Blind 
Institution,  Glasnevin,  in  the  immediate  vicinity 
of  this  city,  appeared  in  the  FrcevwiCs  Journcd^ 
from  the  pen  of  Its  jircsent  guardian,  Brother 
Jerome  Moroney-  After  enumerating  several  in- 
stances of  the  high  intellectual  attuinments  of 
which  this  afflicted  class  are  capable,  such  a.s  that 
of  Didymus  of  Alexsindriji,  who  had  among  his 

fupils  the  illustrious  St.  Jerome  and  Pitllndius; 
)iodatus,  the  preceptor  of  Cicero ;  Scupi  Neria, 
who  held  a  professorship  in  Bologna,  wrote  poetry 
in  Latin  and  Italian,  and  wa.<;  one  of  the  moat 
accomplished  scholars  of  his  day ;  Salinos,  who, 
although  bl'md  from  hi^  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  yuur  readers — mentions 
that  in  the  year  1542  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,  and  was  sub- 
sequently appointed  by  Paul  111.  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, incapaci tilting  the  parties  for  the 
reception  of  Holy  Onlera,  I  was,  I  confess,  some- 
what sceptical  as  to  the  accuracy  of  Brother 
Jerome's  statement,  more  particularly  a£  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  1  happened  to 
have  ut  hanih  At  knglli,  however,  this  worthy 
monk  referred  me  to  Dr.  lleneban's  Collectiotu  on 
on  Iruh  Church  History,  from  which  I  make  the 
following  extract :  — 

"Kobert  Wauchop  (rt/i<M  Venantius)  wan  jiptkointed  to 
the  see  of  Armapli  by  Paul  111.  when  iafonncd  of  the 

deatli  ot'  Dr.  freincr  in  li4'2.  Wauchop  was  by  birth  a 
ScotclmiAD,  anil  although  blind  from  cbiidliood  yet  sach 
were  the  natural  poweis  of  his  mind,  and  such  his  porte- 
vering  induatrv.  that  be  distinguished  himself  highly 
dtirin;:  bis  coll--ri:it';  "itKhV?,  and  easily  obtained  the 
(ioLTi'     <A  1  V,  i,-i-  >,r  III-,  iiiity  tVoav  1\4.»X  \!fe»xvs«SS.\a»i3iX?i- 

I'OIM-    I'iu'v    \V\.\\.V>\    .«U\Vl\\%»iv\   VSDAVi««*X    'A^iWt  VW^^ 

and  «e\ecUd.\\a.MdvQV  >»>  '*-'AV  \»  \bX!nB>»s»  "***• 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^iS.  V.  Ja3»J 


into  Irclaml.  In consequeiuu,  John  Coclure  irts  first  Acnt 
to  this  country,  and  ofier  hn  il»?atb  fnany  ot^1pr^  among 
wh^'tn  wa*  PuschasiuB,  Frani'is  7  .    .    '    "       ■  'pbratoii 

AI|ilionsus  Salmeron,  whoaftei\  Council 

of  Trent.      Wduchop   wn«  ahori  j'poiiited 

to  llic  see  of  ArtnAgb,  but  it  wuuiti  app«nr  he  iiisvvr  Innk 
posAes<<ioR  of  hill  see,  which  was  already  tnketi  possessii-'n 
of  l>y  Dr  Dowdal  by  the  nppointineiit  of  Henry  VIII. 
HJB  jearninp,  piety,  .inil  pruileiico  recommendi.il  liim  to 
tlie  tiJiificieiice,  and  secun-il  him  the  esteeni  of  P<iul  III., 
and  fo  hiffhiy  did  that  diiicrimlnntiDg  pontiff',  as  alao  bis 
sncceMor  Julius  TIL,  apprcci.nte  his  taste  for  business  that 
hfl  sent  him  as  Iheir  Leu-'le  ii  latere  to  the  Kniperor  of 
(iermnny  and  to  the  Court  of  h ranee,  wliiih  ^jave  occa- 
nion  to  the  aaying  'Legatus  vasciis  oeulalis  (jemianis.' 
Hv  a\i*y  attended  on  the  pari  of  the  poniiiTat  the  Council 
of  Trent  during  the  first  ten  session!  from  1515  to  1547. 
After  the  death  of  P.iu!  TIT.,  his  patron,  and  the  runse- 
qnent  prorogation  of  tht;  (''jiincil,  he  started  for  Irrlaiid, 
iiud  itutMeqiiently  retired  to  France,  where  he  died  in  u 
convent  of  the  Jesuits  at  I'aria,  oa  the  lUttt  of  Noreinber, 
1651." 

Now  witli   reftrrcnoe    to   Dr.   Dowdall,   above 
lluded  to,  a  few  brief  imrticulitrs  ntuy,  en  paamnl, 

Srove  interesting.  On  the  16lh  of  Mnrcli,  1543, 
ie<l  (ieorL'e  Cromer,  Archbishop  of  Ariiiagli ;  nml 
on  November  28,  a  raan(lat«  was  issued  by  Henry 
VI 11.  for  the  conaecratiott  of  George  DofvdaJ]. 
He  was  consecrated  by  Dr.  Stnplea,  tts.sisted  by 
oilier  bishops  ;  but,  unlike  his  suflVugiin,  neither 
tlio  frowns  nor  curcsses  of  tlic  wnrlil  rould  turn 
him  from  the  path  of  rectitmlc  and  duly,  as  the 
following  eircunislnnce  will  sfttisfurtfMiiy  prove. 
The  En«»lish  Litur-jy  ^vas  rend  for  the  first 
time  in  the  cathedrrtl  of  Christ's  Church,  Dublin, 
on  Ka.5terSnnd.iy,  1251;  and  in  the  Kiiino  yenr. 
Sir  Jnnie^  Crofts,  the  Lord  Deputy,  invited  the 
biNhopit  of  the  Catholic  Church  and  of  the  He- 
forniatiou  to  have  n  di.«<>usiiion  on  relij^ion.  The 
prelntes  assembled  in  the  great  hall  of  St.  M-^ry's 
Abbey.  Dublin:  the  unbject  of  debate  V>ein}i  the 
Sacrifice  of  the  SIuss.  The  primate,  Dr.  Dowdall, 
defender!  the  Catholic  doctrines,  His  antagonist, 
on  the  Protestant  side,  bein^  no  other  than  his 
consecnitor  Edward  Stajiles,  once  Catholic  bishop 
of  Meath.*  Whatever  mny  have  been  the  rela- 
lative  learning  or  abilities  displayed  by  the  dis- 
putants, there  was  no  doubt  on  which  side  lay  the 
prospect  of  worldly  promotion.  The  result  of  the 
discussion  bcin;;,  says  Wure,  that  it  yove  to  the 
Kill];;  and  Council  ati  o/>pt>rtun'fy  to  deprive  Dow- 
dftll  for  his  obstinacy  of  the  title  of  Prinitite  of 
aii  Ireland,  and  of  annexin*;  it  to  the  see  of 
Dublin  for  ever.  Acc^.r.llnirli  Rniwn  obtained 
Letters    Patent   from  \:ird  VI.,   f\sit\i<] 

October  20, 1551,  that  1  -uccessors  should 

be  Priinaten  of  all  Ireland,  iiowihdl,  aware  of 
th«  tone  and  temper  of  the  prirli*.-'  \\>:  In  I  to  ilc.il 
with,  tied  to  the  Continent  and  (<  in  the 


tnouosUTy  of  Centre  Ilrubaiil.     ) 


I.  died 


*  8m  Wareli  Biihapt,  p.  33 1 :  Moro&'a  Dioem  of  Sbath, 
dnettitt  aad  Modtrv. 


I  in  July,  1553,  and  was  succeeded  by  > 
I  ter  of  Catherine  of  Arragon.     Soon  .. 

cession,   Archbishop  DowdoU  was  reciilJed 
'  exile,  and  the  title  of  Primate  of  all  IreLaii'Ij 
I  by   Letters  Patent  restored  to  hira.     To  rrf 
I  abuser  which  crept  in  during  the  hist  two  1*6^ 

and  to  remove  false  brethren  from  the  annct 
I  were  the  especial  objects  of  his  care. 

Dowdall  having  now  obtained  con.siderabU 
flucnoe  in  the  grovernment  of  the  crmntry,  Iir« 
see  tho."*!"!  principles  triumph  for  which  he  suH't 
He  ^iiw  the  seeds  of  true  fliith  and  Christian 
planted  by  his  episcopal  labours,  growiiij*  up 
a  rich  and   abundant   harvest,   and    Providi 
spareil  him  the  mortification  of  seeing  the  cn^kl 
ilestroyed  by  the  political  elements  that   shortly 
niter  his  death  checked  their  growth  and  thrj 
ened  their  entire  ruin.     Having  held  a  syi 
his  (liocese  at  Drogheda  in  1557,  he  died 
year  \5iH  in  England,  on  the  Feast  of  tbe 
sumption,  just  three  months  before  the  ncf^ea 
of  Elizabeth  lo  the  English  throne.     V^ide  Ri 
hati's  Collections  on  Irish  Church  Iltrtory. 

To  return,  however,  to  the  special  object  of  | 
brief  communication.      I  must  not  forget. 
Ware,   that  dtiring  the  life  of  George  Dow^ 
who  was  in  possession  of  the  see  of  Armagh 
donation  from  King  Henry  VIIL),  Pope  ~ 
conferred  that  archbishopric  on  Kobert  Wai 
a  Scot,  who,  although  blind  from  his  youth, 
applied  himself  with   thnt   diligence  to   Icami 
that  he  commenced  Docrtor  in  Divinity  in  Pi 
He  assistefl  at  the  Council  of  Trent  fmni 
Session  held  in  1545,  to  the  eleventh  in  1541 
WHS  sent  by  the  Poi>e  as  legate  <j  Ittfere  into ' 
many   from  whence   arojte  the   proverb, 
CICCU9  tui  votlntos   Otn»(tna9 —  a  blind  legat 
the  sharp-sighted   (Jermans.     liy   his  mentis 
•Jesuits  were   lirst  introduced   into  Irelanil. 
died  in    a  convent  of  Jesuits  at  Puric,  Nov. 
1551.     De  Burgo,   in  his  Uibemia  Dominicami^ 
states  that;  — 

"  Paler  Xieuluus  Orlnn  ! 
prtMliilit,  hno  tcmpestate 

Virum  in- -     ' 

a<linirii: 
cnptus 

furore  olivi.iui   in-, 
rit.  n\c\\\e  ejus  Hiii< 
profwtos   &    !'     ' 
mentis  in  mt>' 
ntullnin  opet 
liim,  I'l 

1 1,     V... 

I* 

tuo  conspectu  et  tctemic  quirte  rrcreandoii.' 

!i,   in  his  Cnthvlic  I/i*t(/ry,  confil 
ll.  I,'  atatcraent  (torn.  ii.  lib.  3),  bji^ui 

u»  lUtsA  he  closed  hi*  caroer  in  •  manttcr  «rortbi 


Jr*  &  V.  Jam.  9,  '64] 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


SS 


his  uDiform  piety,  with  the  zeal  of  an  apostle,  and 
^.the  resignation  of  a  li^aint.  The  last  sentence  lie 
iSRas  heard  to  utter  was  "O  Lord,  if  ray  ronlJuu- 
ance  here  be  necessary  for  the  pood  of  Thy  peo- 
ple, I  shrink  not  from  the  usefiu  task  which  Thy 
will  may  allot  to  rae;  but  if  it  be  not,  I  cheerfully 
yield  up  my  station  in  this  laborious  life,  that  my 
my  spirit  may  enjoy  beatitude  in  Thy  presence." 

Such,  Mr.  Editor,  are  a  few  of  the  leading  fact's 
I  have  been  able  to  collect  regarding  this  extra- 
ordinary man  :  one  who  aocumulated  a  vast  atore 
of  knnwledf^e  under  cirumstances,  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  Inilongs  to  mankind  at  large 
rather  than  to  sect  or  party.  T.  Mc  K. 


A  PasSIOK  rOR  WITNESSISG  ExBcrxToss.  — 
Looking  into  Jesse's  Li/e  and  Correxpondence  of 
SeltfijH  the  other  day,  broujjht  to  my  mind  a  atory 
I  have  heard  uf  u  laird  in  thu  north  of  Scotland, 
who  died  some  thirty  or  forty  years  ago;  who 
seems  to  have  had  as  great  a  penc/iant  for  attend- 
ing executions  as  the  witty  George,  and  nliose 
local  standing  would  appear  to  have  made  his 
presence  at  such  exhibitions  a  xiiie  tjuii  von,  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 
proreed  with  the  bu3ines.«,  he  replied,  with  a  look 

of  surprise  at  his  questioner :  "  M (naming 

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

Robert  Kempt. 

Lo^GEvrxT. — As  several  instances  of  longevity 
have  lately  appeared  in  your  columns,  is  it  not 
worth  while  preserving  the  cane  of  Mr.  Hutches- 
son,  who  died  last  September.*  lie  graduated  in 
1804,  and  was  elected  Fellow  uf  Clare  College  in 
1812 :  so  that  he  was  more  than  half  a  century 
n  Fellow  of  that  society.  J.  C.  Boscobejl. 

Micharl  JoRMsoN  OP  LicnFin^D. — Besides  the 
work  of  Fhiyer  mentioned  in  my  recent  Note  (3** 
S.^  iv.  459),  I  have  found  another  printe<l  for 
ilichacl  Johnson-  Con-iidering  the  very  humble 
way  in  which  he  cruried  on  hi.s  businesn,  it  is 
amufing  to  retwl  about  hi«  **  shops  "  at  three  dif- 
ferent towiih :  — 

*'4>a^fiaxo>Ba/raKaf ;  or  the  Touch(ton«  of  Moilicines, 
jy>  D.v  ^it  Ji»hn  Klojer  of  the  City  of  LUchfieW.  Kt.. 
^P.  tif  Quveii'4  Collfffie,  Oxford.  London :  Printvd  for 
^Jttd  Jutiiuud,  ItooKuller;  ami  arc  to  be  sold  nt  hi* 


shops  at  Litchfield  and  TTitoxiter»  in  StafTordshire ;  and 
Athby-de-la-  Zoucb,  in  Leicestershire.    1687." 

In  the  later  works  of  Floycr,  the  name  of  Mi- 
chael Johnson  docs  not  occur  as  publisher.  Trea- 
tises dated  1698,  1707,  and  1725,  have  the  names 
of  London  publishers  only.  Jjitdee. 

Amen. — As  an  instance  of  the  curious  deriva- 
tions to  which  even  learned  men  have  been  driven 
for  lack  of  philological  science,  may  be  mentioned 
the  notion  of  St.  Thomas  Aquinas  respecting  the 
word  k}Ltiy.  That  Father  gravely  states,  iji  hi* 
Commentary  upon  Isaiah  (xxv.  extr.),  that  •'  tlie 
word  is  derived  from  d  privative,  and  /utjk  the 
moon,  7.  d.  Sine  luna,  hoc  est^  sine  defeclu,  puta 
solidura  et  stabile."  W.  J.  D. 

King  Mottoks. — On  a  ring  dug  up  at  Gndstow 
Priory,  Oxfordshire.  Dale  early  in  the  fifteenth 
century,  black-letter  characters :  — 

SIosl  in  myud  and  yn  myn  herrt. 
Lotbest  from  you  te'rto  depart t. 

On  plain  betrothal  rings  of  the  seventeenth  cen» 
tury :  • — 

I  haue  obtained  whom  God  ordained.  _ 

God  unite  our  hearts  oriRht 

Knitt  in  one  by  Christ  sJonc 

Wee  .loyne  our  loue  in  God  aboae, 

Joynd  in  ona  by  God  alone. 

God  nliove  send  peace  and  love. 

All  exhibited  by  the  Rev.  James  Beck  to  the 
Archffiological  Institute,  March,  1863.  (Vide  its 
Journal,  p.  195.)  T.  Noara. 

Leicester. 

CiiarlemoktEabldom  asd  ViscorwT. — James, 
the  "  volunteer"  Earl  of  Charlemont,  succeeded  as 
fourth  Viscount  April  21,  1734,  and  was  raist-d  to 
the  Earldom  on  Dec.  23, 1763.  Francis,  his  driest 
son,  the  lale  Earl,  died  hist  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. 


CQuertctf. 


Anowtkocs.  —  Who  was  the  author  of  a  little 
treatise  on  Resurrection^  not  Deaths  the  Hope  0/  the 
Believer,  12mo,  pp.  4li,  issued  in  1838,  at  the 
Central  Tract  Denot,  1,  Warwick  Square,  London  ? 
Is  this  Depot  still  in  existence  ?  Vbctis. 

Mrs.  Basbaixu's  Pbose  Htmws.  — Of  this 
charming  littlu  work,  Mr.  Murray  has  just  issued 
a  charmingly  illus^trnted  edition.  It  contains 
fifteen  hymns,  of  whitih  the  tenth,  eleventh,  and 
twelfth  are  not  in  the  *'  new  edition,  printed 
17i)9,"  though  they  have  ap^ieared,  I  believe,  in 
some  other  niDilorn  copies.  I  have  been  familiar 
with  the  remaining  twelve  hvoift*  toi  ^*wV^  ^^'«»- 


The  other  tbree  have  the  appearance  of  Inilta- 
taons.  Can  thev  be  from  Mrs.  Barbauld's  pen  ? 
Or  who  la  the  author  of  them  ?  S.  W.  Knt. 

Beccles. 

BcRtAL>FLJicB  or  Still-bob*  Cbildrbk. — 
Standing  basiile  the  ruins  of  a  Scottish  parish 
church  built  in  1591,  and  talking  with  a  friend 
about  it,  he  mentioned  that  be  remembered  having 
beea  told  by  his  grandfuther,  that  it  had  been 
the  curtoiti  to  bury  the  still-born  children  of  the 
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. 

Chubchwabuek  Qckrt.  —  Considerable  con- 
twJTemy  has  arisen  as  to  the  origin  and  duties  of 
the  officer  called  sidesman,  who  is  annually  elected 
at  the  same  lime  with  the  churchwarden.  la  he 
the  same  person  alluded  to  in  the  83rd  canon  of 
Archbishop  Whitgift,  1603,  which  is  directed  to 
"  the  churchwardens  or  quextmea  "  ?  A.  A. 

CaPTAra  Alexakdeb  Chetmk.  —  Seeing  that 
"  N.  &  Q."  hfl«  its  reader?  in  llobart  Town,  Taa- 
maniu,  I  venture  to  ask  J.  M'C.  B.  (one  of  your 
corrcBptjndents)  to  ossbt  me  with  information 
about  Captain  .\Jexander  Cheyne,  who  died  there 
about  six  or  eight  years  ago.  Captain  Cheyne 
WfliS  foimerly  an  officer  in  the  Engineers,  and  hav- 
ing reiifjned  his  commission,  settled  at  ilobart 
Town,  where  he  held  some  official  colrmtal  situa- 
tion, ffuch  as  surveyor-general.  I  wish  to  ascer- 
tain the  date  of  his  death,  and  to  be  favoured  with 
B  copy  of  the  inscription  or  any  tablet,  or  tomb- 
atone  raised  to  hid  memory.  It  will  a.Uo  greatly 
lerve  me  if  any  account  be  added  of  his  colonial 
■ervicea,  together  with  the  dates  and  names  of  the 
offices  be  may  have  Ullcd  in  Tusnianiu. 

M.S.  R. 

RktLts  OP  DALBocitiK.  —  At  the  contested  elec- 
tion for  Perthshire,  in  IHJis,  when  the  Earl  of 
Dalhousie  (then  the  Hon,  Fox  Mnuic)  was  un- 
BMte<l  by  the  return  of  Lord  Stormont,  it  is  said 
that  Lord  Dalhousie  retired  to  the  Highland  Inn, 
Bt  Amulrce,  in  the  same  county;  and  that  he 
there  wrutc  the  following,  or  similar  line«t  in  tbe 
visitor'*  book :  — 

r 

I*.... 

Is  the  visitor'^  book,  rrferrvd  tu,  ;,|i  m  cxlut- 
ence  ?  If  so,  where  can  it  ho  nevii  ?  I  am  told 
that  Lliere  were  many  curiouii  Miun£a«  and  re- 
marks in  it.  J. 

"  F/us  rv.  qrr  Tr  ixtr*,"  rxc.— Can  thr  fsimnufl 
oM  que  tu  d< 

1    dale  or  i>crM>o,  and  whul  arc  ti 
F.  II. 


GiAi«T8  AW  DwABrs. — Cao  any  of  tbe  readen 
of  "  N.  &  Q."  inform  me  where  I  can  inspect  tfce 
best  collections  for  a  history  of  the  giant^i  mad 
dwarfs  who  have  been  exhibited  during  the  last 
and  present  century  ;  and  can  furnish  ine  wilfc 
the  names  and  addresses  of  those  now  livlnjr,^  "*^  ~~ 
heights,  weights,  and  ages?  W 


a!n 


Gbnebal  Laubxbt.  —  In  Vertue's  -■■ 
MedaU  of  Thomat  Shnott^  originally  [  la 

1753,  mention  is  made  (p.  31)  of  a  meaai  of 
General  Lambert.  The  medal,  in  silver,  is  slated 
to  be  in  the  possession  of  the  heir  of  the  faauly  ) 
and,  as  I  recollect,  there  was  a  coit  of  it  in  UM 
cabinet  of  Maurice  Johnson,  Esq.,  secretary  of 
tlie  Gentlemen's  Society  at  Spalding. 

Maurice  Johnson  died  in  17^0, 

la  it  known  what  has  become  either  of  tiie 
original  medal  or  of  the  cast  ?  P.  S.  Cabst. 

Thb  Laibo  op  Lbb.  —  At  a  rood  side  just  ea* 
tering  the  village  of  Mauchline,  in  Aynfahri^ 
there  is  a  tombstone  surrounded  by  iron  nrila. 
On  the  stone  is  the  followin  — 

"Uere  lio  the  t>ortirs   of    !'■  Diyo^ 

Tljomas  Yonri       '',   "  Ti !  -nuUn^ 

who   were    .n;  I   c  ■  thai    ■& 

Mauchline  in  mig  i.i  tu.  ,^''^  laim 

fur  their  adhesion  lu  iLfi  coYaaaaloJ  wutka  wf  TTlHiflna 
tion. — Rev.  xii.  II. 
"  Bloody  Dumbarton,  Douglas,  and  Dumlce. 

Moved  by  tbe  devil  and  ibc  Laird  of  L^c, 

Tir.ii'^i'ijd  tlieae  five  men  to  death  with  t;on  and  Bwwd. 
,'  them  to  pray  or  read  God's  word  ; 
worke  of  God  was  all  thuir  crtmc-^ 

i  i>--  I  igiity-tive  was  a  saint-killing  titn*. 

"  Erected  by  subscription  in  \^^>,  The  old  «l«G^<al 
totnUftiune  from  which  this  U  copied  lies  below," 

Who  was  tbe  personage  here  alluded  to  Bit  tlto 
"  Laird  of  Lee  "  ?  M. '' 

LaNQOAOB     Q1VB1I    TO    MAN    TO    COVTBAX. 

THorniiTs.  —  "  Language  is  give;  ->  mi 

to  express  as  to  conceal  our  i 
famous  saying  occurs,  as  above  i|m<>imi,  im  onei 
Gohi-^mith's  works  {Tke  Bet);  but  it  haa 
been  traced  bsck  to  South,  the  etniuent  diving 
anil  it  is  well  known  lo  have  bei^n  a  favourito 
saying  of  Talleyrand's,  Are  any  of  your  reador^ 
aware  of  any  other  celebrated  person  from  whoaa 
the  dictum  mi  mi..  <i'..n  has  proceeded?  I  ralher 
think  the  s  :   it   may    bo   found    in  the 


<tl. 


I( 


1^ 


works  of  son 
however  rr< 

stances,  at' 

difleretit    ii'  ■'■'    tins    ■ 

should  have  itcd  this  Jt 

tirocnt  indopiMi(leni.ly  of  each  oili<.(-, 

5!!ppo*e  thnl  <  Hil'Nmitli  «l<'riv4'd    hi"   frrmi  Sot 


w 


,2 --      -^ 


8»*>  S.  V.  JAJt.  9,  'Wb] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


35 


it  will,  I  believe,  be  found  to  be  of  »ery  great 
antiquity,  tliere  being  some  classical  writer  upon 
whom  the  bonour(?)  rests  of  originating  the  say- 
iog  in  the  firit  instance.  Alpha  Theta. 

[The  saving  has  been  lrac&.l  in  our  I"  S.  vol,  i.  p.  ^3, 
to  Lloyd  in  hi*  StaU  Worth'u*,  Dr.  Young,  Voluure.  and 
FontencUc] 

IL&BKnrrr  Livbknorb  :  thb  Pllo«im  Stban- 
aB». — In  the  year  1836,  about  the  end  of  August, 
MiwJ  Livermore  came  from  Philadelphia  to  Liver- 
pool :  from  thence,  she  crossed  to  Dublin  (through 
the  night  of  Aug.  31),  and  theu  proceeded  bv 
steamer  to  Plymouth.  She  remained  at  Plymouth 
for  some  time.  She  called  herself  "  the  Pikrim 
Stranger ;"  and  she  was  then  on  her  way  to  Jeru- 
salem, in  pursuance  of  whut  she  designated  to  be 
a  divine  monition.  She  spoke  of  bei-self  as  bein<» 
in  some  way  descended  from  the  North  American 
Indians;  and  also  as  being  the  duujjhter  (or 
granddaughter)  of  "  Lord  Livenuore,  Attorney- 
General  to  Kln^  George  III.,  by  whom  he  bad 
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 
pinoed  Dr.  Wolff's  portrait  on  the  wall,  that  the 
two  witnesses  might  be  together.  Aft^ir  some 
mouths,  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  again  stayed  (about  twenty  years  ago)  for  gome 
tame  m  Plymouth,  and  was  agiiin  in  London  be- 
fore returning  to  America.  Her  opinions  and 
professions  still  continued  to  be  very  peculiar. 
She  absolutely  identified  Mohamet  Ali  and  Isa- 
polecm  Buonaparte;  remarking,  however,  that  it 
was  very  strange  that  there  wiis  a  ditTeronce  in 
their  ages.  Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  St  Q."  give 
information  respecting  Uarrictt  Livermore  ?  Ib 
she  still  living?  And  if  not,  when  did  she  die, 
and  where  ?  Did  sho  visit  Jerusalem  more  than 
twice  ?  Li£uiis. 

Mj^dmaVs  Food  tasttjig  or  Oatmeal  Poh- 
aiDGE.  — Tn  a  letter  written  by  Sir  AVulter  Scott, 
dated  March  Ifi,  I83I  (not  published  by  Lock- 
hart),  he  describe?  hb  state  of  health  nt  that 
time,  and  says;  — 

"  1  urn  be<teT,  but  still  vcrj'  prec&rjooj,  anil  have  liial, 
OS  (Inmlct  Mvx,  &lk  cuatain  of  iii\  «■' in  i-c.  iK-iug  never 
able  to  Walk  cnonn  tlion  half  a  '■  ur  ride  A  inilii 

or  two  rni  n  [lony,  on  ^Itich  1  lit>wl,  while 

■    /»■■  Mi   hcmi.  riM  '  ift 

^MBbI.  I  am 

^^&i.  1.  like  ttitj:  !'.-,(■ 

L 


To  what 


5t  words  refer  ? 


T.P. 


Snt  Edwaiiz»  Mat. — The  second  Marquis  of 
Donegal  n)arri«>d  Anon,  dauohter  of  Sir  Edwiird 
May,  of  Mayfield,  county  Waterlord,  BarU      1 


should  be  glad  of  any  particulars  relating  to  this 
baronet,  his  ancestors,  or  descendants.  What 
were  his  armorial  bearings?  ?  CAnm-otto. 

Cape  ToMD. 

Hbv.  Petbb  FscK-ABi},  D.D.,  Master  of  Mag- 
dalen College,  Cambridge,  author  of  a  Life  of 
Mr.  Nicholat  Fen-ar,  publiahod  la  1790.  I  am 
desirous  of  discovering  his  j>re8ent  representative 
if  tbere  is  one  living,  or,  if  otherwise,  the  dei)0St> 
tary  of  his  literary  collections  and  MSS.  Were 
tliey  bequeathed  to  IVLigdalen  College  ?  J.  L.  C. 

Pexkt  Loaves  at  Fcnebals. — A  singular  cus- 
tom was  wont  to  prevail  at  Guinsborough,  of 
distributing  penny  loaves  on  the  occasion  of  a 
funeral  to  whomsoever  might  demand  them.  What 
was  the  origin  of  this  custom  ?     And  does  it  .still 

exist  ?  RoBBBT  KCMPT. 

Ma^  W.  B-  Rhodes,  author  ot  Bombastes  Fu' 
rioto,  died  in  1826.  From  the  nbituury  notice  of 
the  autlior  in  the  GenL  Mag.  he  seems  to  have 
written  some  other  di-amatic  pieces.  What  are 
the  titles  of  tfaem,  and  have  Uiey  appeared  in 
print  ?  11.  L 

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

"  As  thi*  AsMiiihly  wbb  constitntMl  in  the  name  and 
by  tlie  aulhority  of  the  Lord  Jeeua  CbrisU  the  only  King 
and  Head  of  this  Chareb.  so  in  tlie  ^mc  iiamG  and  by 
the  sttme  authority,!  lii-r  '  •  —  -th  tlie  next  General 
Auembiy  of  the  Church  i  Tor  Free  Church  of 

Scotland,  aa  the  case  nui  ■    held  on  the 

day  of  May,  IS — ." 
Or  words  to  this  effect.  G, 

TaADE  AND  Impbovemekt  OF  Ibbuikd. — T  am 

now  pursuing  some  inquiries  into  the  commercial 
history  of  Lelund.  I  have  obtained  a  tract  of  100 
pages,  All  Essay  on  Vie  Trude  and  Improvement 
of  Ireland,  by  Arthur  Dobbs.  Published  in  Dub- 
lin, MDCcxxuc.  It  is  full  of  important  statistical 
inforuuition.  On  the  last  pnge  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  wa*  ever  published  ?  I  think  it  will 
be  the  same  Arthur  Dabb*  who  is  given  in  Lowndes 
as  tiie  author  of  a  work  entitled  An  Account  of  the 
Cuuutritti  ndjuming  to  Hudjton's  Bay,  in  the  Xorlh- 
u'cst  Part  of  Atneriniy  London,  1744.  But  no 
mention  is  made  of  the  work  on  Ireland  above  re- 
ferred to.  T.  B. 

Wirji  Msir.  —  What  work  contains  an  account 
tj  t    who,  dm*  '  ''ntury,   held 

t  principles  ■  '■  vvere  temutd 

"  »» 111  Mhh,"  and  liK'sc  [iiiiii.ipapi  themselves 
"  Wild  Doctrines  ?  "  "^  \*rva.. 


: 


36 


NOTES  AM)  QUERIES. 


[S'->  &  y.  Jak.  9.  ti. 


U 


PoETnAiT  or  Gksebaju  Wouk  »t  Gaiks- 
noBouGU.  —In  Mr.  Tliornbur/s  British  Painter^, 
from  Hogarth  to  Turner  (vol.  i.  p.  26),  mention  is 
made  of  a  portrait  of  "Genorul  Wdlfe,  in  n  silver- 
laced  coat,"  nnd  Mr.  Thornbury  has  kindly  re- 
ferred me  t^  his  nuthority.  In  the  Catalogue  of 
Portraits,  appended  to  6.  W.  Fiiicher's  Life  of 
Gainiborourh  (185G},  I  have  found,  under  the 
heading  of  "Soldiers  and  Sailors:"  "General 
Wolfe.  (Head  and  bu-st.)  Ho  is  in  uniform^  and 
wears  his  bat ;  the  silver  lace  on  which,  and  on  bia 
ooat,  is  touched  with  great  brilliancy.  Possessor, 
Mrs,  Gibbon."  (Query,  Gainsborough's  &blcr?) 
Wolfe  and  Gainsborough  were  born  in  the  same 
year ;  and  the  latter,  it  appears,  did  not  remove 
from  Ipswich  to  Bath,  where  l»e  acquired  cele- 
brity as  a  portrait  painter,  until  1760  —  the  year 
after  Wolfe's  death.  From  this,  and  other  cir- 
oamstances,  I  think  it  improbable  that  the  General 
sat  to  Guuftborough.  However,  I  wi.sh  to  in- 
quire whether  any  correspondent  of  "  N.  &  Q." 
ever  met  with  n  reputed  portrait  of  Wolfe  by  that 
artist  ?     And  if  so,  when,  where,  &c.  Y 

ROBBBT  WbIOBT. 

102,  Great  Rusiell  Street,  W'.C 


Guniti  Isitt  ^nsnoni. 


♦'  Adamts  E.xol"  or  Grotics,— In  IHW  (here 
was  published  *•  The  Adamiu  Exul  of  GroUwiy  or 
the  Prototype  of  Paradixe  Lost:  now  first  trans- 
lated from  the  Latin,  by  Francis  Barham,  Esq." 
(Pp.  xii.  and  Jl.)  This  pamphlet  li  introduced  by 
a  dedication  tn  John  A.  Ileruud,  Em^.,  then  ihu 
editor  of  the  Muuthly  Magazine,  in  the  Octobur 
Number  of  which,  in  1839,  this  translation  from 
Grotiun  was  also  in»erted.  In  the  preface  to  the 
translation,  Mr.  Barbani  pivcs  a  curious  account 
of  the  original  Latin  drama  of  Grotiuf,  which 
was  not.  it  seems,  included  in  his  collected  works. 
Mr.  Barham  concludes  his  introduction  thus :  — 

"  W«  miiy  jujt  adJ,  that  if  this  wnrk  should  exdte 
much  iiit«rc«ti  it  Is  our  ifticniioti  lo  i-epublish  the  original 
Latin  —  now  txiremely  ncarte." 

Twenty-four  years,  however,  have  passed,  and 
there  ha*  not  ( 8o  f«r  -ah  I  know)  been  any  t?dition 
of  the  L.aUn  of  this  drama. 

Is  the  AdiitnuJt  ExhI  a  genuine  production  of 
GrutiusP  If  so,  wliy  has  it  find  no  place  in  hix  col- 
IcctctI  workj  ?*  Is  there  any  mystification  about  this 
book  ?  Where  can  genume  copies  of  it  be  seen  f 
What  baa  become  of  the  copy  used  by  Mr.  Bar- 
hojit  ? 

Who  was  il' ' -*  Wa«  be  the  editor  of 

Collier's  En  ry,  publUhfd  in  nine 

vols,  by   Mr.  .  .»liat  Other  work»  are 

there  of  Mr.  Francis  Barham  ?  hxum, 

[A  copy  0/  iJi«  original  Latin  traf^r,  with  thu  onto- 
aflirtHJuM,  U  iu  t6«'  British  MoMum.  It  u  etitillc*! 


**  Hvgonis  Grotii  Sacra  inqvibv*  Adamn  Exrl  IVagaoiia 

nlior^'inque  eivsdem  generis  carminviii  Cvmvlva  eonae- 
crala  Franciw  Principi.  V.x  Tj']>oyra{iliio  Allierti  Henrici| 
Bagia  Cotnitatensi,  1601,"  small  Itp.  It  will  Ue 
membered  that  this  was  one  of  the  works  quot 
William  louder  io  his  attempt  to  defraud  Milton  o! 
fame  ab  author  of  the  Paradiu  Lo*t. 

Mr.  Rorham  wa*  the  editor  of  the  firtt  recent  reprint 
of  Jarpiny  CoJIier's  Kctiaiaaiical  HUt'iry,  1640,  (Tb» 
edition  of  1852,  by  Mr.  Lathbury,  is  decidedly  the  besL) 
Mr.  Barham's  name  is  also  connected  Milk  tlie  lijUawis^ 
works:  1.  7^  Life  and  TVwuw  of  John  Rtt>rli:ii^  /..-  rT.*^ 
nion.    2.  Tht  Poiitictil  JVorkt  of  Ciasro,  cot:  \  tm 

Kepubllc  "  and  "  The  LatTU,"  trunsUted  frot  >  aI. 

2  vols-    3.  The  Hebrew  and  Eagtuh  Hahj  BiUt. 
text  of  Heidcnhcim  and  the  version  of    Bern 
Sncrate*,  a  Tragedy  in  Five  Act*.    C.  St.  Guizot'a  llkeMy 
of  S^ncratistn  and   CoaHtion,  translated   from  his  oelr- 
brated  article  on  "  Catholidnn,  Protestantiam,  tuxA  Phi- 
losophy."] 

Cambbidge  Bible.  —  A  Bible  printed  at  tbe 
Pitt  Press,  dated  on  tbe  title-page  1837,  coDtalaa 
ft  preliminary  inscription  as  follows  :  — 

"  lu  consequence  of  a  commuiiication  roost  gndsmtix 
made  by  his  Majesty  King  William  the  Fourth  to  Um 
Marquc4s  Camden,  Chnnrfcllor  of  the  UnivcTMiy  of  llaaa- 
Ixi.lL'c,  the   SyiiJici  of  the  Pitt  Pre*-  '•->tC0tiAr 

ilirjr  liiiiiful  "i.i.i'ili.ince  to  His  Majestv  udortOAE 

tliu  puLli^Mtion  of  this  impression  ■ui   iu-=   i....y  flmip 
tores." 

A  copy  on  vellum  was  printed  for  his  MeJestTt 
the  first  eight  pages  being  struck  off  at  the  Public 
Commencement,  1833,  by  the  Chancellor  of  tbe 
University,  the  Duke  of  Cuml>erland,  and  other 
royal  and  noble  personages.  Tbe  Bible  is  a  quarto, 
in  a  beautiful  type,  double  columns  within  red 
lines.  My  copy  was  purchased  at  Sothoby  aod 
Wilkinson's,  and  I  am  under  an  iniprcasioQ  ihat 
this  edition  was  not  sold  to  the  public. 

What  was  tbe  communication  mode  by  Kl 
William  IV.  *  H.  T.  D. 

[At  the  first  commencement  after  the  i 
the  Morqaia  Camdon  a«  Chancellor  of  the  ■ 
Cambridge,  on  July  8, 1835,  he  and  his  fricitiU 
to  one  of  the  presa-rooma  in  the  north  wing  of  I 
Pr«i«,  when  tbe  first  two  obcet*  of  a  splendtd 
the  Bible  were  strock  off  by  the  Clianccllor,  ibo  Dnk( 
Cumberland.  Prini-<!  George  ol  Cambridgvv  Dukcj 
lingtoD,  Uuke   of  Northumbciland,   tbe  Archl 
Coatorbury,  ttc    On  which  occaiion  the  Chi 
formed  tbe  noble  perionagcs  that  lli«  Siljiicsty, ' 
IV..  had  expr«Med  to  him  a  d^*i^c  to  I 
.Sacred  Book  from  the  press  nhich  l>-  a] 

illiMtrio!!     i  11,  Willlain  Pitt. 

Rpevch  .11  llic  CumhriJyt  ' 

au/tif.hil.    ,•:,.-,.,.     Tbi«  IS  the  Ijixl  ...M.. 

in  which  the  reading  occurs.  Stall,  xii.  33,  "  i«  Ihia  tbe 

Son  of  r»aT5d?"  in«tead  «r  "U  u"f  M.;.  •>,.,   «Hin  of 

D«\4?'*"\ 


r.  Jait.  0.  'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


37 


BRtTAl«NtA    OM      PhSCB     ASD     IIaLFPESCE. 1 

shall  be  glud  of  anj  information  as  to  the  oripin 
of  this  figure,  when  first  employed,  and  why 
adopted.  Also  why  the  fourpenny  piece  is  the 
only  /litver  coin  which  bears  it.       W.  H.  WitLS. 

BrJatnl. 

[1  lie  «arUe$t  coin  we  have  been  able  to  trace  with  the 
figure  of  Britannia  is  a  copper  halfpenny  of  Charles  IL, 
1672.  This  coin,  waa  engraved  by  Roelier,  and  the 
figure  of  Britannia  i«  eaid  by  Evelyn  to  bear  a  strong 
resembtaoce  to  the  Duchess  of  Richmond.  "  Monsieur 
Roti  (graver  to  his  late  Majesty  Charles  II.)  so  accurately 
expressed  the  countenance  of  the  Duchess  of  Richmond 
in  (he  head  of  Britannia  in  the  reverse  of  some  of  our 
coin,  and  especially  in  a  medal,  us  one  may  easily,  and 
almost  at  first  sight,  knww  it  to  be  her  grace."  (^Numit- 
woto,  p.  27.)  Walpolc  saya,  he  believes  this  was  Philip 
Hotter,  and  that  he,  **  being  in  lovo  with  the  fair  Mrs. 
Stuart,  Duchesa  of  Kicbtuoud,  repreMnted  her  likoQess, 
under  the  form  of  Britauniu,  oo  the  reverse  of  a  Urge 
nedal  with  the  king's  head."  (^Aneahtn  of  Painting,  jii. 
173.)  In  1836,  it  was  resolved  to  isaue  diver  groats  for 
general  circulation ;  the  reverse  is  a  figure  of  Britannia 
helmcted,  seated,  resting  her  right  band  upon  her  shield, 
md  aopporting  a  trident  with  her  left.  "  These  picce<t," 
says  Mr.  Hawkins,  "  are  said  to  have  owed  their  exist- 
ence to  the  pressing  instance  of  Mr.  Home,  from  whence 
they,  for  some  time,  bore  the  nickname  of  Joeys.  As 
they  were  very  convenient  to  pay  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  tvithout  any  demand 
for  change.  One  driver  ingeniously  endeavoured  to  put 
tbem  out  of  circulation  by  giving  all  he  received  to  his 
aoii  upon  condition  that  he  dirl  not  spend  thera  or  ex- 
cliange  them.  This  had.  however,  one  (;ood  effsct,  m  it 
made  tbe  man  an  economist,  and  a  liitle  store  became 
accamulated  which  would  be  useful  uf>on  some  unex- 
pected emergence."  {^Silver  Coint  of  Engiund^  p.  257.) 
Ck>nsult  also  Ruding's  jinnali  of  Oalnag*,  il.  885.] 

JoDK  WiQAH,  M.D. — AVhere  can  any  sketch 
of  tbe  life  of  this  distinguished  phytiician  and 
eminent  scholar  In  the  last  century  be  found? 
He  edited  a  mnjinificent  folio  edition  of  Arfttnis, 
published  at  the  Clarendon  Press  at  Oxford  in 
1723.  A  John  Wfjran  occurs  in  the  Hst  of  Prin- 
cipals of  Now  Inn  Mall,  fmm  172G  to  1732,  whom 
I  presume  to  have  been  the  Rnnie  person. 

lie  WM  educated  at  Westminster  under  Dr. 
Robert  Friend,  elected  to  Christ  Church  oa  Stu- 
dent in  1714,  and  di.'d  in  Jamaica  in  1739.  Be- 
sides Aretevut  ho  cdiled  Dr.  John  Friend's  \A'ork*, 
and  wns  the  author  of  8ev*»ral  copies  of  verses  in 
tbe  Connina  Qimdra^enimulia.  Such  p.articulars, 
however,  as  I  can  discover  about  him  are  but 
nicagre.  Oxomesfts. 

[John  Wigan,  M.D.,  bom  1095,  waa  tbe  son  of  the  Rev. 
Wm.  Wigau,  rector  of  Krasingtuii.  He  was  educated  at 
the  Westmlnsfpr  gcbooJ,  ood  at  Christ  Church,  Oxford, 


A.B.  Feb,  6,  1718,  A.M.  March  22, 172Q;  proceeded  M.D. 
July  6. 1727,  On  Oct.  6,  1726,  he  was  admitted  Prin- 
cipal of  Now  Inn  Hall,  Oxford,  and  about  Uie  same  time 
appointed  secretary  to  the  Earl  of  Arrau.  He  was  nd- 
niilted  a  fellow  of  the  College  of  Physicians,  April  3, 1732» 
and  tettled  in  London.  In  1738  Dr.  Wigan  accompanied 
his  friend  Mr.  Trelawny  to  Jamaica  as  physician  and 
secretapk-,  and  died  there  Dec.  5,  1739,  aged  forty-four. 
I7rfe  Munk's  Jh)ll  of  the  Collegt  of  Phs/iiciant,  U.  108,  and 
Welch's  Alumni  tt'utmontuterientci,  ed.  1652,  p.  'iCJ.") 

JoHK  Eetnolps.  —  Cnn  you  furnish  any  parti- 
culars of  tlte  life  of  John  Reynolds,  Esq.,  Admiral 
of  the  White,  who  died  in  1788.  R.  S.  F. 

[.Some  particnlars  of  Admiral  John  Reynolds  after  he 
entered  the  navy,  are  given  in  Chamock's  Biographia 
yaralit,  \.  503.  On  the  30lh  of  October,  174»>,  he  was 
promoted  to  be  captain  of  the  "  Arundel  ** ;  was  governor 
of  Georgia,  between  1745  and  17i58;  appointcil  captain  of 
the  "  Burford  "  in  176!)  or  1770 ;  removed  into  the  "  De- 
fence "  early  in  1771,  which  was  his  last  commaud  as 
private  captain.  On  March  31, 1775,  he  was  promoted  to 
be  rear-admiral  of  the  Blue,  as  he  was  on  Feb.  3,  177tJ,  to 
be  rear-admiral  of  the  White ;  early  in  Jnn.  1778,  to  be  rear 
of  the  Red,  and  on  the  29th  of  the  same  month  to  be 
vice-admiral  of  the  Blue.  On  Sept.  2C,  1780.  he  was  far- 
ther advanced  to  be  vice-admiral  of  the  White,  and  on 
SepL  2i,  1787,  made  admiral  of  tlie  Blue,  Ills  death  took 
place  in  January,  1788.] 

RicuARi*  GsDSET. — Can  you  oblige  roe  ivith  a 
few  particulars  re^avdin«r  the  life  of  this  juvenile 
poet ;  tbe  date  of  his  death,  &c.  ?  R>  I- 

[Richard  Solomon  Gedncy  was  bom  at  New  York  on 
Oct.  15,  1838.  At  th«  age  of  two  years  he  was  brought 
over  to  England,  and  educated  first  at  Cborlton  High 
School,  near  Manchester,  and  afterwords  at  Cheltenham 
College,  In  bis  late  years  he  manifested  a  strong  par- 
tiality- for  dramatic  literature;  but,  aJasl  ihia youthful 
aspirant  for  literary  fame  did  not  live  to  complete  his 
eighteenth  year.  After  a  protracted  illness,  he  died  on 
July  15,  185C,  and  his  remains  were  embalmed  and  for- 
warded to  America  for  interment  ic  the  family  mansoleuin 
at  Malvern  Hall,  on  the  banks  of  the  river  Hudson.  Se« 
a  brief  Memoir  of  this  youthful  genius  by  James  Ogden, 
M.U.,  prefixed  to  R.  S.  Gcdney'a  Fo€tieal  Worh,  Second 
E<tition,  New  York,  8vo,  1857.] 

Asms  op  Sir  Wiujam  Sensokb, — Tbe  arms 
of  Sennoke,  Lord  Mayor  1418,  are  seven  acorn.s. 
I  should  be  glad  to  know  their  relative  position, 
and  the  tinctures  of  the  coat.  C.  J.  R. 

[In  Stow'fl  Surrey,  1633,  fol.  p.  561,  the  seven  acorns 
of  the  coat  of  Sir  Willlom  Scvcnoke  are  placed  as  three, 
three,  and  one ;  but  in  Burke's  Armory  we  read.  "  Sevcn- 
ok9  (Lord  Mayor  of  London,  1418).  Az.  seven  atoms 
or,  lwt»,  three,  and  two."    UuAm  vVift\ws.B^  Yvft-w-*  ^%««'«k- 

and  one,"  as  la  Slow  ."^ 


Wbgh.  —  In  an  accotint,  temj^.  Edw.  HI.,  this 
word  seems  to  express  a  particulnr  of  certain 
weiglit  or  quantity  :  thua,  /  wtgh  $ulis  ei  dimtdiunt^ 
a  weigh  anil  half  of  salt.  Bosworth's  Ang.-Sux. 
Dtct.  translates  "  wteg,  weg,"  a  wey,  weigh,  weight ; 
"wc^jj;,  wfficj^,"  a  miu».  The  modern  u^&ge — a 
weigh  or  wejr  of  cheese,  for  iiutance — h  also  inde- 
finite, A  reference  Uy  any  authority  where  used 
otherwise  will  oblige.  G.  A*  C. 

[The  following  passages  in  the  "  Slalutum  de  pondcri- 
boa  et  manaaris"  (which  we  transcribe  from  a  MS.  copy 
io  a  hand  lemp.  Edw.  I. ;  ace  also  Stutuia  of  tht  Realm} 
will  explain  as  well  as  aiay  ba  Uie  quealioa  asked  by  our 
correspondont :  — 

"  Waga  enim,  tarn  plambi,  quam  lane,  aepi,  vel  casei, 
ponderat  xiiij  petraa."  And  in  another  place  we  have — 
"  Qiuelibet  petra  babet  xiij  libnis."] 

Twelfth  Nigiit:  the  worst  Prw.  —  Among 
the  iimtuements  of  Twelfth  Night,  did  any  one 
erer  hear  of  a  prize  given  to  the  party  who  could 
make  the  worst  pun  f  Josepu  Muxes. 

[Wc  ncTcr  did;  bat  we  have  heard  many  pmis  wbidi 
might  fairly  be  admitted  to  the  competition.  We  once 
bcani  of  a  pn»e  otTcred  for  the  wont  conuHdmm,  which 
was  won  by  the  following: 

"  Why  ifl  the  bellowing  of  a  Wnp/c  bull  leas  melodions 
than  the  bellowing  of  two  f   Give  it  up?  " 

Anjwer :  "  Bucaiisc  the  first  is  only  a  bnll,  but  tlie 
sscond  ]»  A  boli-btill  "  (bulliol.  a  nightingale). 

Tliis  was  BOaoimously  admitted  by  tbe  friends  as- 
sembled to  Ik)  the  wont  connndrara  tfary  hnd  ever  heard, 
and  aa  sncb  recelrod  the  prize.] 

PoBTBAiT  OF   Bisnop   HoRSLET.  —  In  any  of 

the  numerous  publications  of  the  Bishop,  was 
there  ever  a  portrait  ol'  him  published  in  any  of 
them,  or  in  any  contemporary  publications  of  his 
time,  or  since  ?  Geo.  I.  Cooraii. 

[A  Memoir  of  Dishop  Ilorslcy,  with  a  portrait^  may  be 
foutiil  in  the  EuropruH  STagatine,  Ixiii.  371,  494,  In 
?>ans's  CiW<>^u<?  of  Kutirartd  Portrait*.  ToL  L  p.  177, 
arc  the  following :  8vo,  (!J. ;  large  folio,  5s.  proof,  7«.  Gd., 
by  J.  Ctnwn,  on<rraved  bv  Meyer;  4to,  2*.  6A  by  Uura- 
phrey,  cngrared  by  Godby.] 

*|  Education. "—Who  was  the  author  of  •  wwk, 
entitled,  0/  Edueatiou,  vMftfcially  of  Voung  Oen- 
tlemcnf    Mv  copv  ij*  '*  the  fifth  imprr-Mion,  O^- 

fr.r  '       ■   -    I  at  tfjc  Theatre  for  A  mo 
ar  ind  h:i3  a  woodcut  of  thi- 

Til. -11.  (.11  ihe  liilc-pagB.  11.  i;i)    v,. 

[Thw  !•  cm*  nf  tho  prorlnrtfont  ^f  Obadiah  Walker, 
•""■  '    '  ;<!?«■.  Oxford,  who 

••I  h  on  the  Moctssion 

of  Jamn  1 1.,  ftinl  ;i'.ju!s;l  It  v.i  '  m      Gmmon*' 

Jtmrmtik,  Oct.  '2G,  ICSH;  mid  D.  Nitnry,  fl.».] 


BtKltrtf. 

JEKEMY  COLLIER  OX  THE  STAGE,  ETC 

(3"*  S.  ir.  390.  435.) 

The  notice  of  Collier's  Short  Firic  in 
Gibber's  Apvlogy,  led  me  early  to  procore  toe 
ttook,  and  ita  own  proper  merit  and  inrcrprt,  to 
search  after  the  worlts  of  those  who  i  •  ia 

the  controversy  with  him.     One  of  li  lo 

anotlier,  till  at  length — (in  tbe  way  thait  Chjxkft 
Lamb  said  that  he  had  managed  to  acquire  dis 
wonderful  mastery  ovor  t/tbacco,  by  which  ha  M^ 
tonishod  the  wcalcer  nerves  of  Dr.  Parr:  **by 
toiling  after  it.  Sir,  :ts  some  men  toil  after  vir- 
tue ") — I  succeeded  in  obtaining  a  very  conipleta 
collection.  In  looking  this  over  with  tbe  list  of 
your  correspondent,  I  &nd  that  I  am  able  to  add 
the  titles  of  the  following  :  — 

"Overlhrow  of  Stace-Playes,  by  way  of  Cootrovwff 
between  D.  Gsger  or  I  "  "  Mea,  wherein,  is  manifrjitjr 


iiil  to  be  an  Aclu^  b«la 
1  )r.  John  BeynoIiU. 


pmvod  that  it  is  noi 
Beholder  of  those  ^ 
don,  410,  16!>0. 

»Thoiiirum  Redivivnm ;  w,  the  Theatre  Yindi«Btaik  bjT 

yjj.  f.    ,    ._.   ,..1,  _    jj^  Answw  to  Mr    > '-    lif«rt»> 

M  i  groundleaa  assert  t  Sta^*- 

Ll  .Ml,   hia  mistaken  >  of  tht 

Faihur^  luauifcaud,  as  also  what  be  call:^  liis  llt^asonablo- 
be  nothing  but  bis  Passions."  London,  limo,  itdb 
pp.  141. 

[These  pieces  of  counc  belong  to  former  coiilroreniM^ 
1  mention  them  as  connected  wilii  the  subject,  aod  joib 
falling  under  uy  hand.] 

"A  Vindication  of  tba  Slaga. with  tbe  Usrfniloosa  «ai 
Advantages  of  Dramatic  Reprvsentatian,  in  Answer  ta 
Mr.  Collier's  lato  Book,  cnlitulcd,"  he.  4lo,  T.oiidon,i698^ 
pp.  25. 

•*  A  T^etter  to  Mr  Congrevo  on  his  Pratcndad  AiiMnd- 
inen!8,"&r,    8vo,  lx>ndon,  lf>38.  pi^.  I'?. 

"A  Farther  Defence  of  Lir.'  IJi 

Serond    I'art  »if  the   lleview  < 

l>r.-.    ^ •-      " '   "       >■■- 


Ihts  .  Ill  Uu;.'  of  Jji:. 
ifcc    8vf),  Bri*(ij|, 


>  .ULiiurlkilii'ftU  W 


\Uty 


liiii.iu  i»i  iM 
ByArtli 


8^  8.  V.  Jax.  9.  'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


39 


have  JHBlly  alamied  the  nution ;  ao  I  hope  that  my  weak 
endeavoura  may  Ik<  Hi  itonie  measare  serricttaUle  for  theit 
furlher  (x»nviclioii,"  &c.  J 

"ADefcno.      •    ' "^         --   "' -  '^' v- '=--'-?   '-im 

aeVBraJ  pjis.«u  '■• 

offered  tbi-  rn..  y^. 

trilh  a  (  i  liow  l.ii  ^  :iiiiy  be 

allowed  -.     By  F.hv  .  of  the 

[This  is  the  work  of  wtiicb  thi*  imprint  is  songht.] 

-  Ths  Worki  of  Mr.  Kobort  Gould,"  &C.,  2  vols.  Svo, 
London.  17D0. 

[Ths  second  volume  coatuias  *'The  Play  Iloasc,  a 
SatjT."     lu  three  parts,  gonio  1200  line*,  very  "  free  "  and 

cnn'otis.] 

"A  Serious  Remonstrance  on  Dehalf  of  the  Chrisb'nn 

RrliL^Ji-ii.  ri^Minsi  the  horriil  I'.hi^'.ihi'inii's  ;iiiil  Impieties 

wi                     1  ns«!d  in  t^  .  to  the 

er                      nr  of  Almi'.-'  rnfthe 

SUtUtrs  '-!    til        ■■      '     .  to 

overthrow  nil  !  r 

of  tl!.'    T>.;Vil      II,  ,'         .1    _    ,  !■! 

In  ■  -11  out  of  the  Plnys  of  the  jiriiKeut  Cenluty, 

at:  i  of  the  l»«t  four  vnoris  in  defiance  of  all 

meuuiit".  .  1  ■  r:.!  u-r.l  I'.r  '1  "  ■'  '-"  "'  ■  '*■•  Arthnr 
BedlMM,  M.  ■■  .  !■::,  y'.  r.i>  ■hesley, 

Dnkeof  lir^n-pi,    .\  -,     >-.  '   '    •        -'■  i  ;■      ■'• 

[In  lliia  very  curioiu  book,  tho  reverend  compiler  has, 
with  sjntrular  inilu.itry.  an. I,  .is  it  Tvaiil<t  appear,  out  of 


con»idei 
blaxpbii 

necesailv  .  i  j,_.r...i>c  i,,  iy,<>    i, 
the  drama.     Thus  vre  arc   rem 
editions  of  the  ('!u?.jfc-,  in  uinim  ■ 
rii. 

kh 

V: 

toil 
rt- 

pi  I 


'  obflc«no  nod 
ich  aonM  thfl 


Jscrics."  J 

■TliH    f'oliiliict  ot'llir.  S:  !»<• 


•X)  u  xliv. 
ird  ;  be  w.i  - 


,  1<  i^.     His  Liiiier 

re*,   published    by 

.,  l.'rao,  1854,  p.  17C, 

ni.lor.-<l  :    Rfini'  n  Sfir,rt 


n 

u 

Cii 
17: 

iTUfew 
L" Ctitit  »iriiin{  iii'i'i:ful  Di^fcriiTs  of  ilic  Aiiiiie  in  i\nijwer 

to  ,,f 


it*  TifilnwfalncM  of  th*  StBRc  RnYert&in- 
•    hy  n*.  Law.  A.M,"     2iwl  ed. 

.   ;,  J«r(;my  C«llicr."  Sroy  London, 


The  citation  of  the  last  two  p«mphl«ta  has  taken 
me  somewhat  beyond  the  Coilierian  controvoray 
proper ;  but  they  are  not  without  value  nnd  im- 
portance as  bearing  ua  the  general  Hubject. 

WllXlAM  BaT£S. 

£dgh.iston. 

ROMA^*  GAMES. 
(3'*  S.  iiL  490;  iv.  19.) 

Allow  me  to  asaure  CinEssDoaocoH  that,  to  the 
best  of  my  belief  and  information,  I  have  not 
"  misquotuil  the  passage  from  Justinian,"  sent  by 
me  to  your  columns  some  months  a^o,  in  the  hope 
of  eliciting,  if  possible,  nn  exact  explanation  of  tne 
games  therein  alluded  to.  I  have  since  consull,ed 
several  of  the  best  ediliona  of  the  Corpus  Juris, 
and  cannot  find  anything  to  justify  the  substitu- 
tion of  "cordacem"  for  "contacem;"  and,  be- 
sides, irom  an  extract  which  I  shall  presently  give, 
it  will  be  seen  that  the '^  qui utanum  contacem" 
is  quite  another  thing  from  the  "  cordax,"  with 
the  aid  of  which  CiiEssBOBooGn  interprets  the 
paatHige. 

Among  those  which  I  have  consulted  I  may 
mention  the  well-known  e^litions  oi'  Dion.  Goiho- 
/rmhw,  cum  Sim.  van  Leeuwen,  Amst.  1663;  the 
Cor pn*  Juris  Acadanicwn,  Frieslebeu,  17^0;  and 
a  niodurn  stereotyped  edition  (1858)  of  the  Corput 
Juris,  originally  prepared  by  the  critical  brothers, 
Kriegel. 

The  passage  I  before  sent  to  you  was  (taking 
the  Gotbofredan  edition  as  our  guide)  from  Code, 
3,  43,  3,  es  med.  By  way  of  further  explanation 
I  would  ttike  the  liberty  (assuming  that  the  work 
is  not  in  CHESsnoRoirGu's  hands)  of  quoting  a 
previotis  passage,  c.  3,  43,  1,  which  has  the  ad- 
vantJige  of  a  lew  notes  (curii  van  Leeuwen)  in 
explanation  of  the  text :  — 

"  DuDUtxut  nutoni  ludere  liceat  fiovufio\ov<A  liceal  item 
ludure  Koyroi*avufio\oi',*^  Komca/iif  K6vTaKa,  et  item  liceat 
liuh'ifW  X^pJ*  ""?*  TOpwns,  id  est,  ludere  vibralione  y  uin- 
tinna,*'  nlv^qpe  spicule,  «ive  acnleo  ant  ferro,  a  quodam 
Quiuto  ita  nominata  hue  lusus  .specie.  Liceat  Item  ludoM 
irfptx<>i'hy,  id  e.it,  exerceri  lucta:*'  liccat  vcroetiam  ex- 
crceri  hippice,'^  id  est,  equorum  curiu,"  &c. 

Having  before  me  the  information  contained  in 
this  passage,  what  I  wanted  was  a  reference  to 
some  work  of  authority  contsiining  a  AiU  and  ac- 
curate de.-icriptiou  of  the  different  games.  If  snch 
a  work  does  not  exist,  I  reciprocate  the  wish  ex- 
[iressed  by    CoEssBOSiovoti,   that  some  modern 

<*  *i>  Id  <»t,  singular!  anUii. 
*"  SaI>u  conto  Bussulto. 
f-o  Alii  lr;zunt  k»t  A.u^w,  tcI  Catampo,  vel  Cataboi quod 

.., .,   .   1.,  :;    i;      i,, 

■^  dlcla. 


li.     '1  i;ir.^Uleii  liV 

IIL 


Ht, 


i»i  IwnwLi,.    \t«,\(k*\M»YTC<VC>i»,^wiwftj»'^«??«»'*^' 


40 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  S.  T.  Jaj».  9,  •«. 


"  StruU  "  would  ^ve  to  tha  world  the  results  of 
his  researches  in  this  neglected  field. 

A  difficulty  occurs  in  CnEssBORorcH's  render- 
ing of  the  "aingulftri  saltu"  a  somersauh;  be- 
cause, supposing  it  to  be  i»  somersault,  how,  in  the 
^'sttltu  conto  sussulto"  could  it  be  throvrn  with  a 
pole  ?  Maj  it  not  rather  have  been  an  orilinary 
jljinp  jump  ?  The  note  marked  ^^  may  give 
CnesiiUORoiiaii  a  better  clue  if" he  will  kindly  con- 
tinue his  inquiry,  and  oblige  one  at  a  distance  who 
ha'<  not  his  facility  for  reference  and  research. 

\^^lat  was  the  *'  vibrutio  Quintiann  ?"  for  if  it 
was  *'ab  inventore  sic  dicta,"  as  the  note  says  it 
wn^  (note  "),  it  is  at  variance  with  Chess- 
noB0UGH*8  reference  to  the  "  Quintanus  or  five 
deep  rows  of  the  cireiis."  Would  it  not  ratiter 
be  an  exercise  in  which  a  xorr^t  was  hnrled 
nt  some  object,  the  Koyrhx  bein j  *'  sine  fibuliV' 
X^pii  Tfii  Tofnnjj,  J.  e.  without  a  hooked  point  or 
pronj?,  to  avoid  danger.  I  admit  this  to  be  an 
explanation  per  hazard^  and  therefore  will  not 
stake  my  "etymological  »agacity"  on  its  accuracy. 
The  Ktptxyrttv  was  evidently  a  wrestling  match, 
"  exerceri  lucta,"  but  of  what  precise  nature  6till 
depends  on  some  of  your  obliginrr  correspondents. 

I  have  no  doubt  that  the  "  hippice  "  was  some 
luodificatioti  of  the  "  Indus  Troja;,"  for,  judging 
from  the  account  jjivcn  by  Virgil  (..S/i.  v.  543)  ot 
thut  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  of 
which  I  before  sought  e.xpIanation,  viz.,  what  ex- 
actly were  the  "  lignca  e<juc6tri!i"  ?  In  the  C<»de 
3,  43,  3,  ad^n.^  these  words  occur  :  "Prohibcmus 
cliam  ne  sint  equi  (seu  equestres)  lignci,"  &c. 
And  in  the  "  argumentum  "  preceding  the  (Go- 
thofrcdaii)  text,  the  following  amusing  passage  is 
given : — 

"  Ralsaroon  not  at  A0  eqni  lignni  sifrnificatJMic,  IncidfaM 
•pudlmpenitii  m  Quondam  diaputationem,  qui- 

buwlain  a»«r.  1  ladam  nigniAcari,  quo  pueri 

axtm  drcuni  nro  wjuis  bominlbus  utontur; 

alllA,  vera,  cotUro  cull (ciiiiibti*  ligm-ain  c*!<€  fa^rieatti  jicr 
•calat  liffticaa  cxallatnm,  tialM<iilt>iii  in  inrnlln  rlJvrrA't  fi- 
riifn----    '' '  -  '    ■  ■      t  •  ■    ■ 

•gr4;JicUiiLui,  tiik.  vKU'fiiUvi  lULiai,  ci,  t|ui  pmjiMwrai," 

This  extract  may  nwist  in  the  solution  of  the 
difliiMilty,  iilthough,  if  there  was  "gravis  dispU'  ' 
talio  apud  Iiiipcratorcm,'*  as  to  its  exact  meaning, 
we  can  hardly  now  look  for  a  pi«x*ise  scttlemctti. 
J  have  no  accrs*  here  to  the  works  of  B.ilnnmon, 
who  wai  a  ftcholnr  and  ecclesiastic  of  the  Greek 
church  in  the  iwHfih  century,  and  wrote  C>nn- 
mwntariua  «m  Phafu  Nomoranotum^  4to.  Fwris, 
1615.  Phntios  wrote  hi>i  Xomocaiufjn  aUmt  the 
year  b58  a.d.  ;  it  wa«  publi«hed  at  Paris,  4to,  with 
H  Latin  rcrsion,  b/ JwUfl,  16U>.     The  latter  t%- 


pecially  of  these  works  might  furnish  us  with  aa  | 
explanation.  Wc  know  that  in  the  Roman  chuiot  < 
races  the  charioteers  were  divided  into  ditiercnt: 
factions  (f^^eji  v.  factiones),  according  to 
colours  of  their  livery  (p.  Adams's  Rcnn.  Ai 
thus  we  have  the  white  faction  (/.  alba),  ihej 
(rusmta),  the  sky  or  sea-coloured  (centJa')^' 
green  (prasuui) ;  and  afterwards  the  golden 
the  pui-ple  (aurea  et  purpurea) ;  and  Adams 
us,  on  the  authority  of  rrooopius  (Sell.  I*eral 
"  that  in  the  time  of  Justinian  no  lexs  tb«n 
men  lost  their  lives  at  Constantinople  in  a  tt 
raised  by  contention  among  the  partisans  of  I 
several  colours."  The  constitution  probibl 
these  "  lignea  equestria,"  CaEssBoaouau  wtUj 
mural>er,  was  Justinian's  own  :  but  can  h« 
any  connection  between  the  two  niattei.-<  ? 
conclusion  I  may  add,  that  in  the  hope  uf  sat 
ing  my  curiosity,  I  have  consulted  different 
ntenlators  on  the  Code,  but  fiml  that,  like 
on  the  Digest,  they  deal  with  the  gcnii  ' 
the  "  alca  '  without  apecifyintj  or  iu  nio 

the  character  of  the  prohibited  games. 

Vvmu 

Cape  Towo.  S.  A. 


ST.  PATRICK  AND  THE  SHAMR( 

(3"'S.  iv.  187,  233,293.) 

I  am  certainly  not  a  little  surprised  to  finil 
Canon  Daltos  taking  up  this  subject  in  a  seriouf 
manner,  having  always  considered  it  as  a  weak 
invention  of  an  enemy.  Admitting,  as  we  mttll 
do,  that  St.  Patrick  was  a  Christian,  a  tamn  of 
common  sense,  and  ordinary  ability,  tlie  rtory 
falls  to  the  ground  at  once.  For,  surely,  it  r 
be  evident  to  the  meanest  cnpacily,  that  nci 
as  a  symbol,  argument,  nor  ilhistiatiori,  can 
material  substance,  natural  or  artificial,  be 

Eared  to  the  Divine  mystery   of  the  Triui 
Tnity. 

It  is  pleasant  to  turn  from  this  absurd,  if 
ecTc^ioualy  irreverent,  story  of  St.  '"      "  ' 
the   Shamrock,  to  the  charming  ant: 
1.  ■■"■ -1   of  St.  Augustine,  on  the  sauiL-   iimv 
;irelicnsibl«    subject.      When   this   rev 
1  .....I  r  WiW  writing  his  De  Trinttate,  he  one 
wandered  on  the  »e3?<hore,  absorbed   in   pri 
meditation.     Suddenly,  looking  ini  Ji 
beautiful    boy,  who,    having  m.i 
sand,  appeared  to  be  bringing  %v.i 
to    fdl    it.     ^  What   arc   you    doing,    my   p. 
child  ? "    in<|uired  the  holy  imin.     "I  atu  • 
to  <:m|>ty  the  ocean   inl.o  that  holo  I  hav« 
m.iOe  in   tlic  sand,"  n»plie<l  the    boy.     " 
inbie  I  "  exclaimed  the  <i:»inl.,     "  No  more 
siblo,"  replied   the  child,  '♦  (hnti  for  tl*"*', 
gusiine,  to  explain    the   ni' 
wr\,  now  m>i>Uudn^."     Th«' 


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41 


AufrtKtiiie  then  unilerslood  ibat  be  bad  been 
vo!K'li.*ared  i\  celestial  vision. 

Tlu*  Piirtiest  notice  that  I  know  of  the  atory  of 
St.  Patrick  and  the  Shamrock,  is  found  in  The 
Koran,  not  that  of  I^Inhomet,  by  the  way,  but  a 
work  attributed  to  the  indecent  scofier  and  dis- 
grace to  his  doth,  Luurcnce  Sterne,  and  runs  as 
follows :  — 

"  Kxpljiininf;  th»  mrsten'  of  tbi-  neitemption  once  to  a 
youn^  Trmplar,  t  happone<I  tu  n]nl<e  tin  alluaion,  n<lapt«M] 
ti)  liis  iiwii  science,  of  (he  Irvijliuj  a  jint,  ami  »uffenHfi  u 
itcotxry ;  tliis  simile  wds  repealed  uftervv/uds  to  niy  iljs- 
advllntl')^'c;  and  I  was  deemed  an  infldot  thenceforward. 
And  wliy?  merely  Ijccause  1  am  a  merry  parson,  I  sup- 
po»c — for  St.  Patrick,  the  Irish  patron,  because  lio  was 
a  [STiivc  on<t,  was  canonizeil  for  Hltutraliiig  thu  Trinity 
by  the  comparison  of  a  Shamrock."  * 

The  various  <lin'erenccs  of  opinion,  respecting 
what  plant  really  is  the  shornrock,  are  moat  ludi- 
crous.  A  Mr.  Bicheno,  a  Welshman,  I  believe, 
discovered  it  in  the  wocMl-sorrel,  Oxalis  acetosellu; 
and  Mn.  llr.t>yo»v,  who,  at  leaat,  has  an  Irish 
name,  follows  the  example  of  Moore,  and  calls  it 
*'  !i  grass."  Uut  it  must  be  recollected  that 
Woore  can  claim  poeticid  licence  for  his  error, 
tind  does  nut  fall  intu  Mr.  Reomoso's  curious 
confusion  of  idcis,  by  speaking  of  a  "  trefoil 
grass."  t  That  "  all  flesh  ia  grass "  we  know, 
but  Mb.  Rkdmokd  will  find  a  diiEculty  in  per- 
suading us  that  all  vegetable  is.  The  plant  known 
all  over  Ireland  ns  the  shamrock  is,  most  un- 
doubtedly, the  white  clover,  trifolium  repent:  it  is 
not  "  peculiarly  indigenous  to  some  parts  of  Ire- 
land only,"  but  to  my  certain  knowledge  is  found 
in  England,  Scotland,  and  France.  Curiously 
enough,  in  the  last-mentioned  country,  it  bears  a 
a  kind  of  implied  sanctity,  its  common  French 
name  being  Allehuu ;  while  a  kindred  plant,  the 
large  clover,  cultivated  for  fodder^both  in  Fr.ince 
and  England,  is  termed  Saintfoin — Faenum  $a>iC' 
turn. 

Mu.  F.  R.  Davibs  shrewdly  hits  the  mark, 
when  he  notices  the  white  clover  as  a  sacred 
plant  of  ancient  Pngan  times.  Almost  nil  tj-i- 
foliated  plants  have  beeA  so.  Pliny,  in  his  Natural 
History,  tells  us  — 

"  Trifolium  icio  credi  prnralere  contn  serpentium 
Ictoa  at  «car|uoaamr-«eip°'>^*><r'"  nanqnam  in  trifolia 


VI    Work* 

nf  a  late  etUhmttH 

<;■ 

ttltiT  nina 

jtHik  i«  reviewed  irt 

It.' 

\.iT  1770. 
V.     Some 

My  c"0])y  bears  ilio 
l)iblio<;rBphers  have 

in 

M 

s  work  to 

.Swift.     This  error 

ra': 

liv  l!ie  well-known  fact,  th»t 

fl> 

.tly  describe  places  they  havL' 

i,..r-  ...,i.   i.tten   take  it  uikih 

ntji    -- 

thctn  t<> 

r  seen.   [7^  Pott- 

htmtoHt  li 

1  T>rc fated,  a  kind 

fti  Shfln-M 

M,l. 

■•  Mr.  Richartl 

Oriinth. .; 

■  A!il 

If.  Mai},  vol. 

IxVJi.  pt. 

i.  p.  .       . 

--.   :        ...  ,.    ■-,.       . 

._..  i.  US.— Kd.") 

t  Gra«»  prvducca  blades,  not  leaves. 


AApici.  Pnetrrea,  cclebratibos  aactoribas,  contra  oomia 
veiicna  pro  antidoto  suCicere." 

Th«*8e  are  very  remarkable  passages,  to  the 
comparative  mythologist ;  taking  them  in  con- 
nection with  the  legetids  of  St.  Patrick,  the 
snakes,  and  the  shamrock. 

About  fifty  years  ago,  Dr.  Drummond,  a  dis- 
tinr;uished  Irlsn  botanist,  fouud  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  fnncifnlly  named  "the 
real  Irish  Shamrock ; "  this  plant,  however,  is 
En;;lish,  as  well  as  Irish,  and  I  have  discovered 
it  growing,  plentifully,  beside  the  towing  path  on 
the  Surrey  side  of  the  Thames^,  between  the  Cross 
Deep  at  Twickenham  and  Teddinjitcn  Lock. 

As  I  have  just  observed,  many  tri-loliated  plants 
have  been  held  sacred  from  a  remote  anti([uity. 
The  trefoil  was  eaten  by  the  hora(«  of  Jupiter  •  ; 
and  a  golden,  three-leaved,  immortal,  plant,  af- 
fording riches  antl  protection,  is  noticed  in  Uouicr's 
Hymn,  in  Mercurium.  In  the  palacCis  of  Nineveh, 
and  on  the  medals  of  Rome,  representations  of 
triple  branches,  triple  leaves,  and  trifile  fruit, 
are  to  be  found.  On  the  femples  and  pyramids  of 
Gibel-el-Birkel,  considered  to  be  much  older  th.an 
those  of  Egypt,  there  are  representations  of  a 
tri-Ieaved  plant,  which  in  the  illustrations  of 
Iloskins's  Truveh  in  Ethiopia  seems  to  be  nothing 
else  than  a  shamrock.  The  triad  is  still  a  favourite 
figure  in  national  and  heraldic  emblems.  Thus 
we  have,  besides  the  shamrock  of  Ireland,  the 
three  legs  of  Rlan,  the  broad  arrow  of  Englan<l, 
the  phaon  of  heraldry,  the  three  feathers  of  the 
Prince  of  Wales,  the  tri-color,  and  the  fleur-de- 
lis  of  France.  Key,  in  his  e.xceedingly  interesting 
work,  Hialoire  tin  Drapeau,  des  C'ouicurit  et  drs 
Insignes,de  hi  Monarche  Fraw;aise  (Paris,  1837), 
gives  engravings  of  no  less  than  311  different 
forms  of  fleur-de-li.s  found  on  ancient  Greek, 
Roman,  Egyptian,  Persian,  and  Me.\ican  rases, 
coins,  medals,  and  monuments.  Including  also 
forms  of  tl»e  tleuv-de-lis  used  in  mediaeval  and 
modern  Greece,  England,  Germany,  Spain,  Por- 
tugal, Georgia,  Arabia,  China,  and  Japan.  Ii 
also  appears  on  the  niarineis'  compass,  and  the 
pack  of  playins;-card.s  ;  two  things  which,  however 
essentially  different,  are  still  the  two  things  that 
civilisation  has  most  widely  extended  over  tho 
habitable  globe.  U  illiam  Piskebtos. 

llounslow. 


For  a  good  summary  of  the  evidence  in  favour 
of  rhe  Woi>d  Sorrel,  see  an  article  by  Mr.  James 
Hnr<ly  in  the  Border  Magazine,  i.  148.  (Edin- 
burgh, Sept.  1863.)  Jon.  J.  B.  Wobkakh, 


*  CalUmacboj,  Hymn.  in.  Di<ixtax^. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3"«  S.  V.  Jj 


HABVEY  OF  WANGEY  HOUSE. 

(3'<  S.  iv.  529.) 

In  answer  to  the  appeal  of  your  correspondent, 

C.  P.  L.,  I  l)eg  to  inform  liim  that  Wnngey  House 

Btsnds  on  the  sooth  side  of  Cha'lwell  Hcatli,  aboat 

two  miles  from  the  town  of  Romford,  biit  iu  thu 

E Irishes  of  Barking  and  Bsgcnhnin.  The  present 
ouse  wna  erected  in  the  second  quarter  of  the 
last  century  ;  but  I  have  ft  rudely  drawn  sketch 
of  the  old  llarvey  mansion,  from  the  large  map 
of  Barking  Manor,  A.n.  1G53.  The  Manor  of 
Wangcy  has*  for  somecenturlefl  been  held  distinct 
from  the  manor  house  and  lands.  The  Harvejs 
liTe*!  ut  Wan;Tey  Houjio  from  early  in  the  reijn  of 
Queen  Elizabeth,  —  when  Alderman,  afterwards 
Sir  James,  Harvey,  purcha«o<l  the  estat-e  from  Cle- 
ment Sysley  of  Eustbury  House — until  far  on  in 
the  rci*n  of  King  Charles  IL  Of  thia  there  is 
good  evidence.  See  Visitation  of  Essex,  1684,  in 
the  College  of  Arrac ;  Funeral  Certificates,  Col- 
lege of  Arms;  Da^enham  Parish  Registers; 
H»rvt?y  >IMIIs  at  IJ^tors'  Commons;  Harking 
Manor  Court  Rolls,  &c.  From  these  and  other 
sources,  I  have  collected  much  relating;  to  the 
Harveys —  as  a  considerable  Kssex  family.  Sir 
James  Harvey,  who  diefl  in  1583,  was  father 
of  Sir  Scba«iti.in  Harvey,  who  settle«3  at  Murdyke, 
an  old  house  still  standing  near  D»2<?nham  — 
James,  who  succee<led  his  father  at  Wangey  — 
and  William,  who  died,  s.  p.  in  1610.  Sir  Se- 
l)«tian  Harvey  flied  intestate  in  1620,  leaving 
one  daughter,  Marv,  afterwards  the  wife  of  John 
Pophain.  James  H.irvey  had  a  very  large  family, 
and  died  in  1027.  Hi«  stately  monument,  with 
its  quaint  inscription,  still  remains  in  the  rector's 
chancel  at  Du^ridium  church.  Samuel,  his  second 
son,  who  lived  «t  AldlK)roiigh  Hatch,  in  Barking 
parish,  married  Constance,  daughter  of  Dr.  Donne, 
•nd  widow  of  the  cclid.rated  Edward  AUeyn,  At 
bis  house,  of  which  I  have  .ilso  a  tracing  from  the 
map  of  1(553,  Donne  was  taken  with  hi;?  Ift«t  ill- 
ness. Samuel  Harvey's  chihiren  eventually  in- 
herited the  property  of  the  family. 

Numerous  cnfriM  of  the  Harvey  family  are 
scattered  through  the  Registers  of  Dngenbam, 
Barking,  Romford,  .<ind  Hornehurch.  There  must 
be  many  entries  also  in  the  Rroirtcr«  of  St. 
Dionia'  Backchureh,  Frnclnirch  Slrfet,  ns  the 
town  hoQSQ  of  111     ■  i  mood  in  Lime  Street ; 

and  the  «trlier  s  were  biu-ie<l  in   St. 

Dionis'  church,  i  lomii  about  forty  entries  at 
Dagcnham.  The  last,  January  21,  1677-H,  re- 
cords the  }  '  '■  James  Harvey,  gent.  He 
hail,  not  n  before,  sold   the   Wancey 

ate  to!  I 
These  br  - 1  able  to  C.  P.  L., 

no  accoui     _  ....   ......    uilv  ii  to  )i(>  fouuii 

In  Morant'aur  any  other //u/Drr/ .r  ; ;  .     ♦    They 

•  Tfa«<w  Flarveya  mut  not  \m  coiifoiinJo<i  m  iiti  the  llar- 
r^jm  of  CbigwtU,  eo.  Ettex;  aor  with  ih«  llMvty*  o( 


are  not,  however,  offered  as  a  satisfactory 

of  the  fiunily,  and  I  shall  be  happiy  to   give 

further  information.  Edwako  J.  Si 

Stoke  Ncwinifton. 


Vmoii/s  Testimomt  to  oca  SAvioua*» 

(,r^  S.  iv.  490.)  — The  exatH  words   of 
quoted  by  your  correspondent  are  not,  \. 
to  be  found  in  Virgil.     The  line  inten< 
author  of  the  Christian  Myttery  is  doij' 
seventh  in  the  well-known  fourth  eclog'u 
/iu,  of  Virgil. 

**  Jam  nova  progenies  ctelo  demittitur 

In  the  "  .Argument"  prefixed  to  thia  ocl 
Forbiger's  Virgil,  I/ipsite,  1852,  vol.  i.  p. 
writer  observes  — 

"  Vi»<i/-inBfionem  Sibyllw  de  Chriati  natalibua 
»  Virgin uj  ingmiom  od  natal** 

['  >m    Loccantiiu,  /ut.  viL  94» 

<'  t  '  I    in  Orat,  ad  Sanetarum  Orf— ^ 

liljna<le denionstrare  voluit.     GnV 

ancCoritatem  qoum   olim  pterumiiue  Christisni  biwuMS 
(of.  Wernsdorl;  Poel.  Lai.  Mm.  t.  iv.  p.  7('(7,  «^.)  uub  (♦• 
centioribus  tem])Oribua  viri  docti  secnti  sunt  pleriqiMk'* 
And  again  — 

"SuccuiTPliat  Jam  vttidnium  illad  vidgatnm  ite  nyi 
give  her*>c  venture  vel  nascituro^ff.  Suet.  Auff,  M),  ^sal 
Bub  Xerone  it«ram  increbruJt,"  (SueL  Vrtfi,  i.y 

With  this  of  Vir^l'a,  we  may  compare  Um  flfll 
eclogue  of  Calpamius. 

W.  BowBH  Rowi;.aKM. 
In  the  mediuival  dramatic  colloquy  vonccramf 
our  Saviour's  birth,  contributed  by  Ma.  Womluu^ 
he  says  that  Virgil  gives  his  evidence  thus  :  - — 

"  Er^e  polo  dcmiasa  tolo  nova  progcnios  est,** 
but  that  he  cannot  ariywhiire  An<l  liie  wurda.  The 
idea,  if  not  the  actual  wor.U    I  (l,,,ii..],f     .,>Mr,.|0l 
familiar  to  my  ears  on  TGsi<y  -lag 

til  the  fourth  Eclogue,  li'oi  __, jj^jw 

oxprcMed :  — 

"  Jam  nvva  progenies  ccpio  domittilnr  a!to." 
This  is  so  very  like  what  i=- 
mouth,  I  bat  we  may  surely  (nm  •       <... 

be  merely  an  error  of  copyista,  ov  %  I'lutt  » 
down  frrjm  memory.     Alight  not   the 
possibly,  when  summoned  ai'cur  to  long 
somewhat  adapted  his  metre,  to  tliat  of  the 
th«  dialogue,  ab<I  :      '  — 

**  Kea,  Mtii  :  '  twav«a, 

Wonilrouo  -.hhi  <>>  iii»ii  ii-.w  gtvin." 

Jos.  IlaaGBOTV 
ClanColIefc*,  Oinbridfrs. 

KicrBifttk  Ada  MA  (2"*  S.  s.  TO;  V*  »  W, 
Buoie  light  I        '      ' 
tb«  factiu  (I 


i'Uuj'  tt';k[U    Ut    U4>  Vi^U 


S«S.  V.  JA.V.  0, 'G4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


43 


I 


Lonckm,  ^c,  iru  born  on  January  6,  1619-20 ; 
and  died  without  issue  on  June  13,  1661.  He 
w«8  buried  in  Lancaster  Charcb,  where  there  is, 
or  was,  a  monumentd  inscription.  lie  would  have 
been  only  seveutcen  yezrs  of  age  In  1637  ;  rather 
joung  to  be  the  author  of  the  verses  in  the  Cam- 
bridge collection.  If,  also,  he  were  admitted  a 
Fellow  Commoner  of  Catharine  liall  in  April, 
1635,  he  would  have  but  barely  paesed  his  fifteenth 
year.  The  Mbssrs.  Cooper  can  judge  of  the  pro- 
babilitiea  better  than  I  can.  J.  L.  C. 

Thomas  Coo  (2"«  S.  vi.  344,  375,  376.)  —  This 
person,  who  repreaenti  hinuelf  as  starving  in  New- 
pate  in  November,  1683  (Bruce's  Calendar  Dom. 
State  Papers,  Car.  I.  vi.  .110),  was  of  Peterhouse, 
Bw4. 1686-7 ;  M JL  IJSO. 

C.  H.  &  THOMrSOM    COOI'EB. 

Cambridge. 

Georoe  B.4!fKES  (2«*  S.  ix.  67.)  —  Wc  make 
no  doubt  that  the  president  of  some  college,  whose 
Comuion-Plaec  Br«:)k  con-stltutcs  IIS.  Harl.  4050, 
was  George  Danker,  Fellow  of  Peterhouse,  Cam- 
bridge, B  A.  1597-8;  M.A.  1601;  Taxor,  I6i5; 
Vicar  of  Cherryhinton,  Cambridgeshire,  1629-38. 
We  have  transcripts  of  mnny  college  orders  signed 
by  bim.  In  1633  and  lG3o  he  odds  president  to 
hiB  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  Collepe, 
President  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  tlic  coUeee. 

C.  H.  &  TauMfsoir  Coofbs. 

Omnridgc, 

Qt'OTATitisr  (3'*  S.'iv.  499.)  —  In  reply  to  your 
corriiiiponilent  M.  S.,  the  lines  he  alludes  to  must, 
1  imagtAe,  be  the!»e :  — 

**  I'cndcr-banded  stroke  a  nettle. 
And  it  atinga  }-nu  for  your  paias ; 
Grasp  it  like  «  man  of  mettle. 

And  it  soft  o'     "   -' -ins. 

"Thus  it  is  tviUi  :r«fl, 

Um  them  kill  :"M; 

fiat  be  roagh  an  iiutiut:^-^r«t«ra. 
And  the  ro(jue*  obey  you  well," 

The  author  was  Aaron  Ilill,  .ind  they  will  be 
found  at  p.  82J  of  the  Elegant  Extract*.         W. 

Sta  NirjioLAs  Throt.mokton  (3^  S.  iv.  454.) 
I  find  in  Nichols's  Pro^e»»e»  of  Queen  Eitzalteth, 
vol.  i.  p.  "215,  mention  made  of  n  Sir  Nicholus 
TbrncmfiriAti,    Knight,    as   having    received   the 


O 
I    membci  > 


^<«n?r  of  Arti  at  a  convocation  bold  at 
(5,  yam.     a  note  at  the  foot  of  the 
'^  to  the  onnviMMtion  gives  its  place 
lar.  rit.,  Faxtt  Oxon.  vol.  i.  col.  100. 
"-.tance  to  the  re- 
Various  other 
4  ?jnjui>i  cu^ip'.'v.j  iji  liie  same  family, 


vritb  variously  spelled  naznc&,  may  be  found  in 
the  .name  book  at  the  following  paf;es: — voL  L 
pp.  192,  197  note,  534;  vol.  ii,  pp.  73,  86. 

K,  R.  C. 

Pew-tooth  (3'*  S.  iv.  491  ) — I  am  inclmed  to 
think  that  the  lluntingdouahirc  labourer  meant 
pin,  though  he  said  /ii?n-tooth  :  for  the  e  and  i  are 
very  much  confounded  in  the  eastern  counties, 
and  very  likely  so  in  the  bordering  county  of 
Huntingdon.  In  NoH'olk,  a  person  will  speak  of 
a  pin  when  he  means  a  pen  for  sheep,  or  cattle ; 
and  a  />en-tooth  was  probably  a  /)t«-tooth  (a  ca- 
nine tooth),  which  is  more  sharp-pointed  than  our 
other  teeth.  Thus  the  uewla,  in  Norfolk,  is  called 
the  pin  of  the  throat ;  and  Shakspearc  speaks  of 
the  piuj  or  point  of  the  heart  F.  0.  U. 

Marcabbt  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  Jun.  9,  1772 :  Ar.  three  lozenges  in  fesse 
vert,  between  as  many  damask  roses  ppr.  seeded 
or  barbed  of  the  eecood.  Crest,  out  of  a  mural 
coronet,  pu.  a  dexter  arm  embowed  in  armour, 
ppr.  garnished  or,  holding  in  the  hand  ppr.  a  lilt- 
ing spear  of  the  last.  Durham. 

Fkith  (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 
proiiunciation  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  stich  variations  may  throw  light  on 
the  original  lanpuages,  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  fumish  more.  They  might  be  of  great 
service  to  the  philologer.  A.  A. 

Tkddbd  Grass  (3""  S.  iv.  430,  524.)— Our  best 
thanks  are  due  to  your  correspondents;  for,  in  oil 
orcbscologlcol  investigation.s  the  most  valuable  in- 
formation we  can  have,  next  to  the  proof  of  what 
a  thing  really  is,  is  the  being  assured  of  what  it  if 
not.  It  seems  pretty  clear  that  tatUied  gran  is 
that  fiTst  shaken  out  of  the  swath.  Now  what  are 
trifls  of  grass ;  surely  the  weight  of  Icbs  than  half  a 
truiss  of  hay  would  have  been  in  those  times  a  very 
incr.»»i«iderable  remuneration.  Are  the  tods  the 
hay-ci)ck.-:  ?  I  should  eaplain  my  reason  for  this 
query  is,  that  an  answer  may  throw  some  light  on 
that  very  important  subject,  the  wages  o/tcorkmen 
in  the  middle  ages.  A.  A. 

Fo«sLs*  Coroor. 

Pew  RitjiTs  (3^*  8.  i v.  373,  44.3.)  — Your  cor- 
respondents are  really  in  error  when  they  suppose 
that  before  the  Reformation   there  w- '  "    ws 

nor  pew  rents.     This  i>  one  of  the  vev 


m 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[Sf"  S.  V.  Jaji.  »,  ^64. 


in  his  Image  o/  bothe  Churchet,  printed  by  Ricbard 
Juftee,  London,  no  date  {circa,  1550),  B  b  viii. 
recto.     Among  other  things  he  enumerates.  — 

"  All  shrj-ncN  images,  church-stoles,  and  ftetctt  that  art 
weli  pcijful/or,  all  banner  staves,  Pat«r-no8ter  scorms,  Aod 
j>ecM  of  the  holy  crosse." 

I  $ay  nothing  of  the  spirit  or  taste  which  pet' 
▼A(lt<5  the  vrork,  but  it  is  inipo;»iible  that  kiicIi 
things  ad  pews  ami  pew  rents  cuuld  buve  entered 
into  the  bishop's  head  if  they  never  existed.  The 
first  edition  ia  placed  by  Watt   1550,   only   two 

irem-s  after  Grafton  printed  the  first  Primer,  and 
ong  before  the  Refbruiation  had  time  to  indu- 
ence  the  "  ountier*  and  customs"  of  the  people. 

A.  A. 

LowoEviTT  or  Clebqtmen  (3"*  S.  v.  22.) — The 
Rev.  Peter  Young,  minister  of  Wigton,  w.xh  ap- 
pointed to  that  charge  in  1799,  and  is  now  the 
only  minister  in  the  Church  of  Scotland  who 
dates  from  the  last  century.  G. 

Mat.  Tbi-Milchi  (3"  S.  iv.  516.)  — As  an 
illustration  of  the  milk-producing  qualities  of  the 
montli  of  Muy«  I  may  mention  that  when  my 
housekeeper  expressed  surprise  ti>  the  fish  boy, 
who  brought  her  shrimps  one  May  morning,  thut 
they  were  so  early,  he  answered :  "  Oh,  yes,  ma'am, 
ahrtuips  always  come  in  in  ^fay  with  the  fresh 
butler."  Kent. 

PiiOLETS  (S'"  S.  V.  12.)— These  people  are 
clearly  the  Fulas,  otherwise  called  Fulani,  or  Fel- 
latahs.  The  description  of  their  character  by 
Edward  Cave,  in  1733,  is  singularly  in  accordance 
with  what  modern  travel hrrs  have  stated  of  them. 
The  works  of  Clapperton  and  Dr.  Barth  should  be 
consulted  by  E.  H.  A.,  if  he  is  curious  to  leurn 
more.  F.  0. 


§Ai£ctlUuitavii. 
NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Thr  Life  ami  Otrrttpotuknet  of  Gtorgt  Citllxtti$,  Lnlftenm 

AUxtt  fif  ^  ■---<-■•— ,   on^  Prtiftuar  frimariuM  in  the 

■!.    //y  tlw  Rev,  W.  C.  Dwwding. 

riir-ker,) 
.  ilf.  iXtwding  for  introJucinjj  u»  to 
eo<Mla('hriiiliuii,  und  a*  kiiitl-hejirKKl 

■  .   ■        *     ■  •  ■         ..ill 


Vmvertitu 


M.A. 

We  (I 

ripe  I 
'atnaii  »»  v  • , 
loM  no  time 
biotlfapl'v. 
•tiiitt.  out-h< 
•eh(M>l«  —  df 
oollcfpans  ivlm  >•  < 
ProTewor  — <>t'  thi- 
HcadcmicH  to  the  v 
Thorn  — of  tii*  >■»•  ■■ 
woumU   Iff  (Itiiunit 
atntry ;  troubiM  th> 
It  i«  A  biui;m|ihy  x< 

tJinii^jliirii)    i.T,,(,r 


Um.      It 


I    iinr    public 
It  old  fellow- 

-    "-  •     '-,nt 

it 


'•«  EJTpulmon  of  the  Et*^l' 
CLXI..      JinUrtu*  JJ 


Bitty,  iJer'iult  da  Hot/  ;   Conferencci  IzimxiK 
hi\t$miori  uf  Frnnct  «nJ  Em)Liml.     K'Uted  hy 


..itit  tmr 
the  Am* 
ry  th*  Rrr 
Joseph  StJveiison.     (PnWi<«hcd  unJcr  tho  Directii 
the  Master  of  the  KolU  )    ( r»ii^'iuaQ.) 

The  leanipil  edilcr  of  the  firesent  volume  r^' 
great  truth,  ihnt  there  euuhl  he  no  mure  u\- 
compnttjinenr  to  the  volume*  wliith  Irrnt  r.' 
the  EntjUih  iw  />tii»« — which  have  al 
the  proaent  Series  of  ClironieU-s — t.'j 
printoJ  from  MSS.  in  the   Imperial    L.   ....     .it 

which  cnoble  us  to  trace,  day  by  day,  and  step  ' 
the  causes  which  led  to  the  expulsion  of  the  li.n| 
Xormandy.     Kloudel'a  narrative  rpconli  with   COI 
able   minuteness   the   events   which   occurred 
capture  of  Fou^^erea,  when  the  truce  between   Ed] 
and   France  was  broken,  to  the   final  expulsion    uf  Uw 
English  after  the  loss  of  Cherbourg — and  '\*  tli>»  most  Im- 
portant record  which  we  have  of  tbi-  -'  pariod. 
riie  work  of  J.-icquM  le  IWiuvier,  i«  i  rry, 
lir*t  Kinft  of  Arnw  of  Cbarle.s  Vll.,  cl.      .               ■  I  ti »t  oT 
Blondel  in   its  urrau|.{i'iuent  and  delaiis ;    ifUl    ' 
some  particvdars  not  recorded  hj"  him.    The  ne^r" 
between  the  Ambassadors  of  France  and  l''tiLJ!!-i"l. 
extendiid  from  the  20lh  June  to  4th   July,    I  i  r. ,    i_-i' 
complelenesa  to  the  work,  on  which  the  eUitor  Ui.    t- 
stowed  lits  woat«d  diligence  and  learaing. 

A    Spring  and  Summer  in  Lnplattd ;  mO*   JColet   .   ;    cM 
Fttuna  of   LuUii    Lnpmark.     By    on  Old  liu-l    ri.^ 
(Groouiliridge.) 

Originally  publishetl  in   The  Field,  where  iJi*T 
favourably   received,   ibcte   Notei   on    Lapland   an4 
Fauna  will  be  vei-y  acceptable  to  lovers  of  natural 
tory,  and  particularly  so  to  students  of  ornitholog>'. 

7%«  Brawn   Bvf>k:    it   P  "    '        c<    tO 

lliUelt,   Ijndi/mg  and   1!  r'lUt 

Dininij     li'fUtM,     I.ihru  ,  .  •  w/i 

Aniuvmentt,  ffotpitulu,   ftchtntia  and  LharUaiMe 
tion^,  I'l  T,r>Hilnnx  V'ith    full  Inffrimtlinn   «»   ^l  S< 

ilnn,   J     -    .,     .     L,    :  ,    . 

Thnutinnd  nj    the    i'rmcijHd    Ulretl*  of  the 

(Saunders  &  Otley.) 

A  boi>k  c<intrtinln({   the  information   detailed    In 
ample  tiiif^pucrr  caun<vt  but  bo  vrry  uii«ful.  if  the 
funnaii       '  "       nd  we  nre  I  ■  "  '  '     •   ■    -i  -( 

far  ai  >  'o  tp»t  ii,  J 

corrwt,  '_.  ju  usctUI, 

IMue  couleiiiiHiijirkt!*. 

T^r  Common  Pniffer  in  Latin,     A  t^ttrr  tf  tkt 

Utr.    Sir    U'.   Cnjif,    Bart,     By   Wltllaui   .lohn    Wrw. 

H'iih  n  Pnttwript  0%   the   Cotnmim    t'rayet  in    Crcd. 

(C.  J.  t^tewnrt.) 

A  learned  and  tcinperaU  pamphlet  on  a  subject  dea^rr* 
ing  the  serious  attention  of  nil  (Hiua-hmen.  "" 

Mttrninif,  Evening,  and  yfidnmht  Jfymnt,  by  Thonui 
n.D."  tnth  04  Inhodfictur}!  Letttr  l>y  Sir  BuOl 
l'nliii«r;    nnd  a    Un>giiifiht<-id   Sktich    /ijr   a   hmyvas 

(Sedgwick  ) 

This  edilion  of  «,  with  Sif  "  ! 

ni>>rV  intmdnrfnr-  a  into  th'- 


^5" 


8^  S.  v.  3  Ayr,  9, ' 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Tim  FitAK&i'fARK  CELKBBAnox. — Whftterer  may  be 
thei  rt'«i»ll  of  the  pr«tent  movement  for  n  Teroeuteaan' 
Celetralion  of  Sbnk«pe«r«;'»  Birth — whatever  (vtm  the 
Mentoriat,  which  i«  to  spring  out  of  it,  may  omuiup — 
the  nioit  remnrkable  tribute  to  the  meinorj-  of  the  .urejt 
jwet  is  Ihe  simple  Lint  of  the  Merab«r<  of  the  I'ommittep. 
Hero  we  nee  at  a  gUuce  the  represeDtativa  men  of  nil 
cUa«e« — KKinl,  literArv.  jirofessional,  nrti»ti<*,  nntl  »€i«?n- 
tific — throwing'  aside  all  distinrlions  of  crw<i,  p<iniif>-,  or 
r«nk,  ti»  do  L«njat;e  to  the  memory  of  the  one  whom  they 
all  ngrec  to  honoor.  This  is  ■  fitting  tribute  to  him  whu^ 
Urpe-h«iJirtcd  Catholicity  found  "  pood  in  everytliinjj." 

One  word  «•  to  the  fittest  form  for  a  Shakspeare  Me- 
tuOriaL  Looking  to  what  Shakspeare  bus  donf  (or  Eiig- 
li«h  UtenUnri! — how  ho  has  ciiricheii  aod  inouldud  it,  and 
made  it  known  throughoat  the  world  —  A  Fkee  Punuc 
LiiiitJUiY  or  English  Litf-Ratcril  would,  in  our  opinion, 
be  •  wortiir  memorial  of  him  who  tells  us  — 

**  A  beggar's  book  outworlh'a  a  oobtc'a  blood." 

Few  would  refuse  to  con  tribute,  both  in  njoni^j-and  boolu, 
to  AQch  J  second  National  Library,  thci  kuepurship  of 
which  would  be  a  post  of  honour  fur  a  man  of  Icltors — 
a  library  of  which  the  shelves  should  be  in  Ihw  first  plaoc 
fitted  with  all  the  various  editions  of  the  poet's  works, 
and  all  the  writings  of  bia  commenUitors,  and  which 
would  justify  its  founders  in  inscribing  oQ  its  wall — 

"  SI  MOXOJtESTUM  QlMiUtS,  CIUCUKSFICK." 


theni. 
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'■•f  follmrinc  Bootrn  to  b«  •rat  ditwt  lo 


...    I'luTutt.    Either   ttlltlon  or  pftrli  oi 

LmvdoDi  Wolff. 

,    VcAcUUt  J.  Vtfuciu. 


\¥anl(d  br  Jier.  J.  C.  Jacknm,  A,  Chatham  Flac*  Eart. 
Haeknc]-,  M.S. 


L^nnoiii,  by  T.  B.  Shelter, 

Wuitcd  b;  ifr.  Jok»  Wilton  *»,  OiMl  BiumU  Street,  W.C. 

Tn«  Tunrn:  Jcionwl  of  Eneliah  and  Fnrcisn  UlcraUirr.    «ti>,  ina— 31. 
Tm«   i'AMTkiNutic  Journikl  uf  Eiielkih  luul  rorrlgQ  Lilcmtore,    4to, 

Wuilcd  br  Jlr,  Otmiim  JteUm,  l«toeullUr> 


^tttiut  tor  Corrri^panlrrntit. 

Tmb  JauiJC  lo  <iu-  Uul  I'oiuntt  ifiU  be  iniml  ki'iA  "  K.  a  Q."  imSatur- 
.1  moKg  otlur  nrticUt  >/  inUrut  u-turM ¥riB«9pt»r  <»  our  lan'l  .Vinitlirr 

Mr.  FnocDn  m  Uunii. 
FkAiaccmi,  hi  Ur .  Ui—k. 


rrrtloiu  t}f  "  &>d  trmpffM  (Jm 

N.ay." 

/•ay  ijt  ShropMtitrt  it  notUxd  im 


S.  SiMjr.«Tan  i* 
iL'uul,'^  4  c-  >'•  '''<^  < 

A.  W.  J»,  /•/<' 
uwr  Ut  it.  ir.  >l,!^>t, 

(!.  I  Ciliiitiurf  h.  I  On  c<m»ylUit'j  •rrrn  ariit-iea  in  our  1<(  S,  i  mk  Get' 
intitx.p.  iOi  aitr  evrrrmpntulml  ie(U  liml  Mt'cnxl  canittlmt*  why  th* 
.Vi».  ••rf'i'imunJ*  u  fitlfl  i>u  Ciirtr  ^^f  I'icotlumt.  Tin  r-xitlnnalion  •«/;- 
l>!ittj  till  Iht  iiMiii  >\f  t\-iK  Joau  I  111,  ti  I,  u  pf\<lii()t^  Iht  cuyrtet  om. 

Jim.  tt^Hunov*.  Somr  parlmutaf  t  {ff  iht  /lev.  Wni,  fjvntall,  tmn/  ht 
/aumi  I*  our  l(t  H.  s.  M4. 

J.  C.  UiHotAt.  Fiirnotlett  qf  Uu  Kapt)*  Mtindl  oonml/ o«r  aid  8.  Iv' 

OvoMTttini.  Tlui  itflnm  nf ifUtHito  'iiU  nn  lltr  Itrta*!  itf  acnrntt  haw 
Urn  tiiKu—rd  U  <•«(-  lul  S.  It.  6,  W,  lOlt  x.  MS. 

"V— 11. '■  .-  ..~f.l..l...l rH-i—    -..  .         „t„y 


IMV.l'-i.-  . 
W«1.U... 
Tit*  Cvn- 


■i  transmiaaion  abroad. 


llomimm't  Tn>  if  cAoMvuid  «'ruH0,  m>>Htmlr  In  yrict,  and  uhotf- 
•oflw  to  QK.  Tb«<e  ttdvoKinatt  hare  Mruml  (tor  tni*  Tea  a  ceucrvl 
pntftMUOa.    It  U  aoM  in  poKkttr  br  t,MO  Accult. 


GAUr   !  lc-b(K.k».  Crl!  -^iT  Bookl, 

Parcrlt  !  .  iwU  v.  Ikl,  cu.  i.  ■.  3,.  u. 

cacti  ;  Li:  ^4  vuriuuii  pri'.  -  ;  Cxlnct 

Book*  aiiu  i\,:m'xii]4.  r.'tKli.  Alio Purluiii'  1  i.^'i  iij^.  .^iNriiiiiL-B,  ensurfnir 
perfect  eoe^.  lit.,  with  matcrtaU.— Cauiuaiw*  graut  Uali  Uooluciieiv, 
mad  IjnTS,S,Baral  Eicliau«e. 


CA»TAZV     S»SKS'a     YOVSVAft. 


This  day  is  published, 

JOURNAL 


THE  DISCOVERY  OF  THE  SOURCE  OF   THE  NILE. 

By    JOHN    HANNING    SPEKE, 
Captain  H.M.  Indian  Army. 

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OKOICAXEO    BY  BPECIAI.  rrRMTSSIOJT   TO   IL  K.  Q.  TUB 

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iPrioe  U.  td.  Moathlrl. 

THE  JANUARY  NUMBER  (now  ready)  com- 
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jnemrj  — 

OpUwrnarMtiaa«f  Ftotwca  iMlntrt  ia  CNlCtfoan.   BrJ.  B. 

The  Ptotu-Mailonna.    AttritnitcdtoSt.  Lake.    lUattrstad. 

CJu  Moiitlu     Vtam  Dealcoi  tiy  W.  Uu-vey.    itllu*- 

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style  i>n4  CaurMter.    ByJ.  D«Sra».    Illiu- 

'iirnt. 

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IftZ  dottu. 

mtlMBBidMaz tu.  aad  Mbpcr^M. 

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Sp*rkllii<  Epcni&y  ChampacM M*.,  ««a.    ,.     Ma.       ,. 

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rice  oM 'tMMrtnc  "  I  xpfriar  SlierT7,a««..41i.. 

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NOTES  AND  QFEKIES, 


47 


lOynOS,  SATURDAY,  JASVABl  )0,  |«64. 


NOTR8!  —  Mr  Fr..„,l 
8to|iliatto  — 
Grand  Inu" 
ciul,  KI  —  '• ' 
Dniialral   If. 

Notivt  — a»t . 


CONTENTS. —X-.  107. 

ill  rNt.T 


i7  —  Bb&lcBpeftriann : 

Gr*vp,    4fl  —  "Th» 

iprlcgr,  M  —  P«»t<ic- 

...   liiako  a  Summer"  — 

dirt  —  AjaagT4iii»— A   Not©   on 


Kl 


■.  88— Sir 
sr.   r*:itrii'k 


•-Mm. 


F\ iniy 
of  Ire- 

"TV.n 


'I'liii    L:itr1    -.f  \A-r        h'niti  Sih cr - 
(iri'ck  »nd  Uomui  Oniijt<<),  •tc^61. 


Xv 


Haiti, 

MB.  FBOUPE  IX  ULSTER. 

In  two  chapters  of  tbe  eighth  and  last  pub- 
lished volume  of  his  Ilutory  of  JEiigluntL,  Mr. 
FrowJe  has  sketched  the  leftrtiujj  events  of  the 
»tru}:^le  with  Sbime  O'Neill  at  thecomraeoceroent 
of  Klizabeth's  reiftii :  but  the  theme  was  worthy 
of  a  much  lar;;cr  space,  and  indeed  require«l  an 
RUiplcr  treafinuijt,  In  render  it  int«;lli;fible  to  Eng- 
lish rciidcri.  Jn  that  struggle  the  ScaU  iornied  a 
principal  dement,  and,  iit  connection  with  thfir 
Bef»'"i"''>i»-  in  Ulster  during  the  fifteenth  and  gix- 
t<  iri<?^,    ^fr.  F.  had  rare  and  plentiful 

n\j;  I    hand.      The   whole   story  of  these 

Sci>tli»b  srttlcnients,  however,  ii  told  at  page  10, 
in  the  following  words  :  "  The  Irinh  of  the  North, 
ond  the  iScots  of  the  Western  Isles,  bad  for  two 
centuries  kept  up  a  c\ov  and  increaaing  Intcr- 
courue."     This    i;  ,   practically  speakingr, 

bc'KHn  with  tbe  n,  ■  .  John  Mor  Macdonnell 

(o  Alarjory  Hi.sset,  aole  heiress  to  the  Glynna  or 
niena  of  Antrim,  about  the  year  1400,  and  n 
sii:     '  '     I   facts  in  the  hi&tory  of  their  de- 

!^'  n  lim  Vur,  or  Clnndnnnell  South, 

»^  i^"Cii  hi'ihly  important  in  reviewing 

tl  parties  throughout  Llstur  during  the 

■■mil  i  I'litury. 
lint  without  anjr  prcviotis  knowledge  of  thexo 

col«,  the  reader  it.  introduced  to  a  compRUy  of 
them  thH%  at  page  Jrt:  — 


"  James  M*Conncll  (Macdouncll)  and  hit  two  brolhem, 

ni>nr  Wiri»Tn.>n    r,!'  tlio   H.nis..    .,1"    Ari.vlo    ,r,>u^,,,r   ovpf    wUb 

2"  'iioCal- 

h^^.  f  Argjrlo 

hunBrlTiJiive  his  haU"  5lstLr  fur  a  wjr<i." 

jMixea  Macdonnell  had  not  <irilv  fwo,  hut  seven 
brothers,  the  sons  of  Alexaii  ,  .ill  of  whom 

were  leaders  of  grenter  or  i'  thcranlcs  of 

the  Clan  Ian  Vor,  and  all  of  whom  were  probably 
born  and  brought  up  on  the  Antrim  coast,  where 
their  father  resided  from  the  year  1403,  having 
been  then  banished  from  Scotland  by  James  IV, 
They  were  not,  however,  "  near  kinsmen  of  tbe 
hou.se  of  Argyle,"  neither  had  they  any  immediate 
family  relationship  with  the  Campbells,  farther 
than  that  James  Macdonnell,  the  chlest  brother, 
was  married  to  a  daughter  of  Colin  Campbi^ll,  the 
third  Earl  of  Argyle.  James  Macdonnell  and 
two  of  bis  brothers  may  have  gone  on  some  expe- 
dition into  Tyrconndl  (Donegal),  as  the  allies  of 
the  O'Donnells,  but  thoy  never  went  there  for  the 
purpose  of  settling  permanently,  although  their 
moviMiicnts  may  have  been  so  represented,  or  mis- 
■nteil,  by  EriglL-ih  olEcials.  James  Mac- 
il,  when  m  Ulster,  had  his  own  well-known 
town  ami  castlu  at  Ked  Bay,  on  the  Antrim  const, 
and  bis  two  brothers,  Colla  and  Sorley  (who  no 
doubt  went  with  him  into  Tyrconnell  on  the  oc- 
casion referred  to  by  Mr.  Froude),  dwell  re- 
spectively at  Kinbann  and  Bollycastle,  on  the 
game  coast.  Mr.  Froude  always  speaks  of  Calvagh 
O'Donnell  as  "the  Callogh,*'  thus  adopting  the 
phYaseology  of  English  emissaries.  By  them  be 
IB  no  doubt  also  misled,  in  supposing  that  Argyle 
gave  his  "half-sister"  to  the  "■  Callogh"  as  wife. 
The  fact  that  tbe  lady  in  question  is  always 
tinned  Clountess  of  Arjryle  itaturally  enough  puz- 
zle«i  Mr.  F.,  seeing  that,  had  she  only  been  the 
Earl's  half-«iWtr,  she  could  not  have  had  the 
title  of  CouHtfifi.  This  lady,  however,  has  l>een 
hitherto  regarilcd  as  the  step-malher  only,  of 
Archibahl,  fourth  Earl  of  Argyle,  having  been 
his  lather's  second  wife,  and  conseijuently  Countess 
liotcager  of  Argyle.  She  afterwards  became  the 
sucond  wife  of  Calvagh  (VDonnell,  but  continued 
to  reUin  her  Scottish  title.  She  was  one  of  the 
seven  daughters  of  Hector  Mor  Maclean,  Chief 
iif  the  house  of  Dowart,  in  Mull.  Iler  mother 
WHi^  Mnryi  daughter  of  Alexander  of  Islay,  and 
sister  to  James  5lacdonnell.  AAer  her  abduotion 
by  Shane  O'Neill,  Sussex  wrote  to  Elizabeth  that 
"  Tbre  of  the  Mac  llUnes  (Macleans),  Kynsmen 
of  the  Countess  of  Oirgylc"  bad  offered  great 
services  lo  her  captor  lor  her  release.  It  must 
bo  adtnitteil,  however,  fhiit  the  lady  is  still  some- 
what of  a  genealogical  |>iiz7.lc,  but  it  iti  certain  she 
could  not  have  bnen  hal/'tiMter  to  the  then  Earl 
of  Argyle.  The  Intter  is  represented  us  being  a 
wonderful  niatch-muker,  for  he  is  described  w 
proposing    to  marry  Jom^  "WkaiRAwswiSi^  ■«\&srw 


48 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


I  Air.! 


("  another  haJf-Bister  of  Argyle,"  page  395),  to 
Shane  O'Neill,  after  the  latter  had  repudiated  or 
put  »way  James  Macdontiell*J  daughter;  and, 
•gain  (page  387),  as  making  arrangements  with 
O'Neill  for  marrying  two  of  his  children  by  the 
Countess  of  Arjryle,  with  two  of  the  children  of 
James  Macdonnell !  This  business  was  mooted 
in  15fi5,  when  O'Neiirs  children  by  the  Countess 
could  not  have  been  more  than  three  and  four 
years  of  age  respectively  ! 

The  foUowinjj  is  Mr.  Froude's  account  (p.  380) 
of  Shane  O'Neilfs  celebrateJ  expedition  agaiuat 
the  Scots,  in  the  spring  of  1565  :  — 

**  0'J?eill  Ujr  quiet  through  the  winter.  With  iha 
spring  anil  the  fine  wenther,  when  the  rivcra  fell  and  the 
ground  dried,  he  roused  himself  out  of  his  lair,  »nd  with 
ilia  i^stloglaiise  and  kcm,  nnd  a  few  hundred  'hurquebusa- 
men,' he  dnshed  sudilenly  dowu  upon  the  '  Redshatilts* 
and  broke  them  to  pieces.  Six  or  seven  handrc)  were 
killed  ill  the  field;  James  M'Coniiell  and  his  broLUer 
Sorkbov  were  token  prisoners ;  and  for  the  moment  the 
whole  L-iilooy  was  swept  owny." 

In  this  brief  space,  Mr.  Froude  compresses  all 
the  stirring  events  of  that  remarkable  campaign  ; 
the  luusterinjt  of  O'Neill's  force  in  Armagh  after 
the  ttok-mnities  of  EiiHler — his  march  into  Clande* 
boye,  and  the  gathering  of  the  gentry  in  tfiat  ter- 
ritory, with  tlieir  adherents,  around  the  standard 
of  their  great  chief — the  battle  of  Knockbny,  near 
Ballyuiena,  where  Soinhairlc  Macdonnell  with- 
stood, for  n  time,  the  overwhelming  force  of 
(j'Neill  —  the  sietie  and  capture  of  Red  Hay 
Caslle  (Uaimdergh) — the  lamling  of  the  Scots  at 
Cujihiiidun  umler  Jaintri;  Alucdunnell,  and  their 
union  with  Soricv  Hoy's  suinll  force  — their  re- 
treat before  O'Neill  northward  along  the  coast 
to  Baile  Cui^lean  (now  Bollyraslle)  —  the  furi- 
ous battle  of  Gleanntai^i,  in  that  diKtrii-l,  com- 
iiienciiig  at  five  «/cU)ck  on  the  morning  of  the 
2ti.i  ..r  Alax — (rNrUl's  hftlt  at  Ballycaith.',  where 
h  to,  but  rejected,  th«*  desniiiring  pro- 

ji  11'  Scot«,  and  from  which  tie  addressed 

his  ceicbrntod  letter  to  the  Lordx  Justices,  in- 
forming tht'in  of  his  vici<iry  —  his  subseouent 
ca|*luro  of  the  Castles  of  Downesterick  and  Dun* 
luce — his  sending  James  and  Sorlcy  Maedou- 
uoll,  fO;!ether  with  nineteen  other  Scottish  leaders, 
capiurc-d  on  the  tield  of  Gfcanntaisi,  to  dungeons 
in  Tyrone  —  and  his  own  triumphant  return  into 
Ariuagh. 

In  '^  '  '  0  seBJion  of  spring  for  this  "  dash" 

again-!  .  Shane  was  not  so  much  con- 

ccriR'ii  iin.dii  when  the  rivers  fell  and  thogrnunil 
dried"  ns  about  the  necessity  of  having  the  blow 
denlt  bet'on.'  the  period  when  reinforcements  began 
gennrnlly  to  jirrive  from  Scotland.  The  Scots 
were  known  to  If<*ve  Antrim  each  season  In  Oc- 
tober, or  t-arly  iu  Novi-rnber,  except  such  num- 
bcr«  a«  were  n<'cf.i»ary  to  hold  certain  pOBitions 
ulong  ilio  cOMt,  and  an  regularly  lo  r«luru  in  Ui« 


spring,  after  thev  hnd  Hown  their  own  barre« 
patclies  of  soil  with  here  or  barley,  througba 
Cantire  and  the  Isles.  If  aa  emergency  nr 
however,  reinforcements  were  summoned  by 
simple  means  of  lighting  a  great  fire  on  Tirrr^ 
Head,  which  is  the  nearest  point  of  the  Antrim 
coast  to  Cantire,  the  Channel  here  being  only 
eleven  miles  and  a  half  in  breadth.  Mr.  Froutle 
assert*  that  the  Warning  Fire  was  lighted  on  the 
'»  gigantic  co^mna  of  Fairhead,"  hut  local  tradi- 
tion invariably  assigns  that  distinction  to  T  ^ 
Head;  and  in'Norden's  Map  of  Ulster  prefix 
vol.  ii.  of  the  State  Pitpert,  we  have  the  folio 
announcement  at  the  latter  headland:  "  At 
marke  the  Scotts  used  to  make  their  W: 
Fires. '  It  is  not  unlikely,  however,  tUat 
head,  which  U  much  higher  and  more  proiai 
although  further  from  Cantire,  may  have  been 
used  for  the  same  purpose  ;  but  on  what  autb 
Mr,  Froude's  statement  rest*,  I  do  not  know 

At  p-ige  418,   Mr.  Froude  thus   describes 
place  of  Shane  O'Neill's  assassination  :  — 

"  In  the  far  extremity  of  Antrim,  beside  the  fldl«  of 
Isnaleara,  where  tlie  lilock  valley  of  Glensnff  open*  out 
into  Red  Bav,  sheltered  among  the  hills  and  olo«  ti|M« 
the  sea,  lay' the  camp  of  Ailoster  M'Connel!  {Alutmiiar 
OgB  Macdonnell)  and  his  nephew  Gillespie." 

The  county  •f  Antrim  extends  along  tlvo  coaM 
from  Belfast  to  Colcruine,  but  the  point  here  fo 
indefinitely  i-eferred  to  is  neither  at  one  ex- 
tremity nor  the  other.  Shane  O'Neill  was  sUin  bt 
the  present  townland  of  Ballyteerim,  ov 
Cushindun  Bay,  and  still  oontaininir  tra«  ^ 
building  in  which  his  last  fatal  ititj?rvi 
the  Macdonnells  i«iok  place.  In  Nordeii'w 
prefixed  to  the  State  PaiHm.  vol.  ii.,  the  na 
this  townland  is  Bulle  'J'crai»!i',  and  it  is  mo 
piinied  with  the  foIKiwing  nrle:  "Here 
O'Neule  was  sliiyne."  Mr.  Froude  has,  no 
Bonie  authority  lor  !u»soviftring  that  cbie 
deatli  with  the  *'  fslla  ot  Isnalcara "  a»tl 
"  bluL'k  vnllev  of  GlenarilT."  We  are  toM, 
that  O'Neill's  lifeless  body  wn*  '♦  llutig  i 
pit  dug  hastily  among  the  rulne«l  archr*  of 
arm,"  and  if  so,  the  assassins  must  h:»ve  ca 
the  corpse  a  distance  of  at  least  twelce  m 
Local  tradition  affirms  that  the  mutilated  re 
were  buried  in  an  old  rhuirh  foclosure 
near,  tlie  place  of  ossassina'.icn.,  and  Cam 
tells  us  that  O'Neill's  last  rcsling-placw 
"  within  an  old  ohapell  hard  by," 

The  SfottiMh  leader  whom   Mr.   Froude  d 
nates  as  "  Gillespie"  wns  the  •'  '     "  "         ' 
Marddnnell,  and,  us  such,  wa*  i 
lerestcd  than  any  other  in  aM 
death,    and    repudiating    the    i 

mother's   proU'ireil   in-nl. 1 

Froude,  misled   by  ■ 

Macdonnell  ui  Nr^iAc'i        

Campion    is   (;urrect   in    twuag    tliat   "^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


K 


(Jnmes  Mi>cdonneir»  wiflow),  htiA  n  «onne  Mac 
Gill  ye  Aajjiicke,  who  betrayed  O'Neiile  t<»  avenjre 
his  father's  ami  uncle's  quarrell."  It  is  not  likoly 
thai  a  lu-phow  of  the  laily  only  by  mnrriii^e  would 
have  stood  up  so  fiercely  for  lier  reputation.  This 
Gilhutpicf  or  Archibald,  was  James  Macdonneil's 
eldest  son,  and  is  always  mentioned  as  his  heir  in 
the  variou<i  grants  of  lands  in  Cantire  inade  to 
hia  father  by  Alary  Queen  of  Scots,*  Janncs  Mar- 
dorinell  had  a  nephew  (son  of  his  brotlier  CoUa) 
nuniRil  hUo  GiUaspitik,  hut  he  was  killed  by  uii 
scvidcnt  at  Ballyca«ilo,  just  on  the  day  he  L-ame 
of  age,  and  could  not  have  l.een  more  than  fifteen 
years  of  age  at  the  time  Shane  O'Neill  was  slain. 
Mr.  Froudc  "writes  too  dicidedlv  in  the  r* 
rictiM  style,  and  is  angry  because  the  Irish  did  not 
accept  with  abetter  grace  the  blessings  of  subju- 
gation. He  utters  complaints  as  be  proce<fd.s, 
pretty  much  in  the  spirit  which  dictated  the  let- 
ters of  Fitzwiliiam  and  Tiers.  The  queen,  for- 
■ooth,  "fared  to  burden  her  e.xchequer  no  further, 
tn  the  vuin  effort  to  drain  the  black  Irish  moniss, 
fed  as  it  wus  from  the  perennial  fountains  of  Iri><h 
nature."  (Page  377-8.)  This  writer  also  speaks 
iui  if  he  really  believed  that  the  Irish  and  Scotfish 
chiHl'tiiins  were  more  truculent  or  ferocious  than 
English  iilBcials.  Shane  O'Neill  is  described 
(pa<ie  420)  as  a  "  drunken  ruffian,"  and  Allaster 
M'Connell  (Aleocander  Ogfe  Macdonnell)  acis 
(pnire  413)  "  like  some  chief  of  Sioux  Indians." 
All  tlii'*  may  be  true,  but  their  "  Irish  nature"  is 
not  bliicker  than  English  nature  after  oil.  The 
English  were  cauf:ht  hcice  ploUinj?  the  secret 
assiL'sinatiou  of  Shane  O'Neill  by  poison ;  .and 
Sussex,  the  Lord  Deputy,  was  concerned  in  at 
least  one,  if  not  both,  of  these  infamous  nlTairs. 
As  Mr.  Froude  proceeds,  he  will  find  that  Sir 
James  Macdonnell,  of  JUunluce,  *as  poisoned,  in 
1601,  by  a  government  emiuory,  named  Douglas, 
whom  that  chief  was  hospitably  cntertaininp  at 
his  cuslle  on  the  Antrim  coaat.  Mr.  F.  will  also, 
no  doubt,  meet  the  following  extract  from  a  letter 
jrrittcn  by  Sir  Arlbur  Chichester,  and  descriptive 
'  f  a  journey  made  by  that  famous  statesman  and 
toldier  from  Carriukfergus  along  the  banks  of 
Loiijth  Neash  :  — 


-1  burned  all  .lU  -  -  ","  t  ...i,  ...:,i  :_,  f^,,,.  jpyigg  „f 
Diingrtanon,  ind  K.  none,  oV%vhftl 

rjnality.  uj^e,  oraex  irned  tod<;aLh  ; 

wu  Vill  nmn,  woman,  ooil  cXiild;  Lortc,  hcaxt,  and  what- 
•o'jvor  wc  lind." 

This  stolid  monster's  policy  was,  that  the  Irish 
could  he  more  quickly  reduee<l  to  subjection  by 
hunger  than  any  other  means  4  hence  he  destroyed 
corn  and  cattle  in  every  direction  ;  .and  during 
his  iKlnnnistration,  little  children  in  Ulster  were 
seen  eating  the  fle»h  of  their  dead  mothers  ! 

Belfant.  Gko.   Iltl.t. 

•  8m  Originct  I'ancLiuiu  Sc/ftiir,  roJ.  ii,  purt  1,  under 
"  Klaivre." 


Sn.\KSPEARlA.VA. 

"  But  nyomrr,  fairy,  hure  comes  f  >t>eron," 

Midiummer  Ni^ht't  Drtam.  II.  1.  (Puck.) 


By  thus  adding  r  to  the  roome  of  the  first  folio, 
on  the  supposition  that  the  printer  or  copier 
dropped  it  throug'h  carelessness  or  ignorance,  the 
line  can  be  .scanned,  and  the  rhyihm  is  I  think, 
better,  and  the  expression  less  pro.snic  than  those 
of  any  other  readinz.  Room  and  momer  wrre  hc» 
phrasex,  which,  in  speaking;  of  the  sailinj;  of  ships, 
meant  to  alter  the  course,  and  p"  ff^e  of  one 
another,  or  of  rocks  or  land,  or  more  generally  in 
reference  to  the  wind,  to  po,  as  we  now  jay,  large 
or  free  (or  roomer,  freer)  before  the  wind.  Thus 
we  read  in  Htikluyt  — 

"  Tlicii  might  lh«  Hopewell  and  the  Swallow  have 
nayi'd  rnonie  [pttyed  nfflypfore  th<i  wind]  to  second  him, 
but  tlioy  fnilvd  him.  as  ihey  did  us,  slandjn;;  off  cluse  by 
•  wtikl  lo  thd  eastward  ;  " 

and  in  the  same,  Best,  narrating  how  in  Frobisher'u 
second  voyage  the  ships  were  cauglit  in  a  stonn 
amidst  drifting  ice  ami  iceber^js,  says :  — 

"  We  went  roomc-r  [off  ourcouric,  and  more  before  the 
win'l]  for  one  (icpber(j),  and  looftd  [Infferl  up  in  tbe 
wind}  for  another  (and  so  up  and  down  duriiij;  the  wbote 
night.**) 

Hence  roomer  aptly  espresjc«  one  «f  the  two 
courses  which  must  be  adopted  by  no  inferior 
vessel  when  it  meets  another,  whosu  sovereipnty 
entitles  her  to  bold  on  her  wav  uncheckeil,  and 
the  course  which  would  be  adoptctl  if  it  were 
wished  to  pet  away  unchallenaied.  The  fairy  had 
luffed,  and  so  stayed  her  course  to  speak  with  Puck. 
Having  interchanged  civilitie.%  Here,  says  Puck, 
comes  Oberon,  bearing  down  upon  you  full  sail ; 
do  you,  vassal  as  you  are  of  a  power  thnt  he  is 
unfriends  with,  alter  your  course ;  go  otT  before 
the  wind,  and  free  of  him.  In  a  word,  roomer. 
Why  should  not  the  earth-engirdling  imp  have  a 
few  such  phrases  at  command,  or  have  gone  mas- 
querading as  a  sailor-boy,  especially  in  Attica  or 
in  England  in  1595  ?  in  both  which  places  even 
Titania  seems  tn  have  been  fond  of  Neptune's 
yellow  sands.  Or,  if  objection  still  be  made,  I 
woiild  quote  the  inlander  Romeo,  who  talks  as 
though  by  nature  of  the  high  top-gallant  of  his 
joy. 

Stbphano. — 

«  Now  is  the  jerkin  under  the  line." — Tempttt,  I V,  1 
meaning  it  was  put  a<  were  the  stakes  at  tennis, 
nnd  so  could  be  taken  by  the  winner. 

"  Let  ua  k«ep  tbe  l&wes  of  tbe  court ; 
That  \*,  stake  money  under  the  line  (sotto  la  corda),  is  it 

not  so? 
Yea,  Sir,  you  hit  it  right: 
Ilere  is  my  money ;  novN'  stake  you." 

Florio's  Srcond  Fmiten,  ch.  2,    "  At  tennis 
in  Charier  Uouk  Court," 

B.  NtcnoLsoN. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


j,»«i8.V.  JAir." 


"  Hamlet."—' 

"  Thai*  bu  be  (flnd  nuny  more  of  the  ume  bned  that 
I  know  Uie  inyety  age  dotes  on),  onlv  got  tho  tune  of 
tbc  time  and  outward  habit  of  encounter, — a  kind  of 
ycity  collection,  which  curiei  tbcm  through  Jind  tlirougli 
the  moft  fond  and  tcirtntmed  opinions,  and  do  but  bluw 
them  to  their  trial,  tJie  bubblea  arc  out."    (First  Folio.) 

Act  V.  Sc.  2. 

"  Prupbane  and  trunoowed  (tnQaowned)quiU'tua  fatuied 
and  winnowed." — Warburion. 

Hamlet  of  course  means  tbat  Osric  and  hu  coiD« 
peers  have  not  that  inward  wit  necesMnry  to  parley 
true  euphuism,  but  only  the  outward  trick  of  the 
lan^ua^c,  "which,  while  it  passed  with  folks  of  like 
mind,  would  not  stand  the  trial  of  better  judg- 
ments. So  at  least  he  says  iu  the  rest  of  the  pas- 
sage;  but  when  he  h  made  to  say  that  their 
yesty  collection  of  words  carries  them  through 
and  through  the  winnowed,  or  funned  and  win- 
nowed, opmions  of  the  age — through  the  wheat  of 
the  world — he  is  made  to  say  the  contrary  of  what 
be  means,  and  the  contrary  to  the  fact ;  for  Osric 
did  not  pass  through  two  such  winnowed  opinions 
as  those  of  Horatio  and  Hamlet.  Or  If,  contrary 
to  all  analogy  of  speech,  the  fanned  atid  winnowed 
opinions  are  the  chatT  and  nut  the  wheat,  what 
sense  is  there  in  a  yesty  collection  carrying  one 
throuj^h  either  wheat  or  chaff':'  or  if  a  yesty  col- 
lection did  such  a  strange  act,  where,  after  such  a 
1>a^8uge,  would  be  tdc  bubbles  thut  the  puff  of  air 
s  to  blow  awiiy  ?  But  if  for  winnowed  or  trcn- 
nowrjd,  wc  read  vinctccd  or  vinnewed — and  blue 
vliitii'v  \i  Dorsetshire,  and  vinewedst  is  spelt  in 
the  loItr» e<lition  of  Troiivs  and  Crensida  "  whinidst " 
— we  haveachange  thatrest'"-'-^  i'"-  ^-witi — a  word 
not  incongruous  with,  but  m  v,  the  meta- 

plitiiii  ;il  vi'sty  collection,  an  .  .-  .  ,  ition  of  that 
rli-  .1  exj)ression,  11  mouldy  wit.    In  truth, 

111  ■  taphor  \&  drawn  fnnij  Slv'spot  of  ale, 

as  is  shown  by  the  words, "  b!  their  trial." 

The  Tcaty  colkrtion  Is  tlic  i  i^r  sour  and 

stale  bcvr,  which  passes  with  thove  id' corrupted  and 
Vitialc<l  table  J  but  when  tried  and  blown  up<m  by 
more  wbcr  judgments  flics  off,  and  does  notrenuin 
liku  ihe  true  head  of  sound  liquor  or  wit, 

B.  NicuouioN. 


Hjlmlxt's  Gb*vi:.  — VVrifing  of  KtsJnore,  Ma- 
bonv,  in  a  small  work  on  The  Baltic,  publiahod  iu 
1M7.  says  :  — 


•    foUowiug  story,  ok 
rojttraire,   lattfly   told    l«y   u  friend.     He  visited 


Elsinoro  this  autumn,  and  hearing  that  tbi* 
lish  who  called  there  alway>«  asked  for  anU 
"  Hamlet's  g^rave,"  he  uodertook  the  )«aiue 
grimage.     On  his  road,  at  a  short  distaotn: 
of  the  town,  he  canlfe  (o  a  place  called  Marie 
u  public  garden   nicely  laid   out,  nud    wttllj 
u-sutti  refreshment  rooms  of  the  continen 
Sauntering  along  the  walks,  he  met  a  g 
with   whom   he   entered    Into   conversatli 
fltated  his  olijcct  i«   being   there.     After   u 
turns  of  the   path,  the    gentleman  pointed 
block  oi'  stone  about  three  feet  high,  *.ot\\v 
like  part  of  a  column  standing  on  a  slight,  tn 
and  said,  "  That  is  Hamlet's  grave."     My 
thanked  him,  but,  seeing  a  smile   on   his 
tenance,  asked  "  \Vliat  is  the  matter?"    "  Wf 
aaid  he,  ^^I  will  explain.     On  the  establishm 
this  place  a  short  time  9ince,  a  countryman 
on   the  proprietor  to  say  that  he  was   so 
troubled  with  the  Englisli  visitors  who  flook 
his  gardeti  to  see  '  Bamlet's  grave,'  and  tjjd 
so  much  damage,  that  he  •would  be  great! jr' 
if  the  proprietor  would  allow  him  to 
atone  at  the  back  part  of  his  garden,  hf 
means  he  would  be  relieved  of  it,  and  both  of  l 
be  grontly  benefited.     This  was  acceded    txi, 
here  is  the  grave.     I  fear  you  will  think  you 
had  your  walk  for  nothing."     As  dinner  woi 
quite  ready,  he  made  a  sketch  of  the  spot. 

Have  any  of  your  correspondenLii  and  t-ei 
experienced  this  walk  to  "  Ham  let's  grave 
if  so,  have  they  ever  heanl  how  this  block  e 
be  originallv  attributed  to  this  so-called  "  P| 
of  Denmark,"  nud  when   it  may  havo  Ixecn 
named   and  placed   in    its  former  j)Osition  f 
Mould  seetu  to  lie  botwceu  1837  imd  186.1. 

Wtatt  PAPwomi 


"THE  GttASD  IMPOSTOK. 

I  haw  lately  arqui' 
fmpoHtor  Drtrctrd,  or  I 

Pajmnj  and   Popinh    iirti^ion,    Nv    ?<    t. ,, 
4lo,  Kdinburgh,  Wu'-i.     The  initial-^  unon  Um 
are,  tti  the  dedicatitin  to  the  Duke  of  Lai 
and  preface,  extended  to  8nnm<d  Colvill  '^ 
is  stdl  a  moot  point  whether  the  man,  wlL^ 
80    rwriously  handles    tin*    Pujie  is  identiial 
be  of  ('■■•  - I'"  '■■'  '" i'  - 

sbowt'l 

The  lu^t  ih  ' 
anfl,  at  fir.-; 
(hat   V.) 
th.;  in  I 


on  compMrui^  jiOMtt^tio  wilh  othcia  iu  tho  ^i 


*«*  S,  T.  JAjr.  16,  •64.] 


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51 


Apology  for  the  Mork  Poem,  iSnJ  sufficiont  re- 
Humblanec  iti  the-  pbrHscolopy  to  wammt  the  belicl' 
tbat  tbov  !U-«  both  written  by  the  same  bund ;  and 
should  tljp  booV"  be  In  t!tf  pr^^^-'oou  of  any  of 
yntir  <  I  to  baTf  n^y 

oiiiuii  ;  ::i|«trary,    in 

hta  Cd-titt  'i;iic  vj  ,'Si'i>{'.>sfi  )\  rikrs  (trnt  jmblished 
Until  Ifi.'l.l),  certiitiily  assigns  both  to  llic  fi«me 
person — Samuel  Colvill,  Gentleman,  and  brother 
to  Alex,  Colvill,  D.D„  and  it  is  only  upon  the 
I'  —  '  •  -ongTiiities  of  style  di^^plnyed  hy  the 
I  I  pTMit,  that  any  tloubt  upon  the  sub- 

jtt,  ,.,>,^v..<l.  With  respect  to  the  auihor,  there 
•iocs  appear  to  be  a  most  remarkable  want  of  in- 
fbnuatton.  Can  nobody  supply  a  biographical 
Note  which  would  explode  or  confirm  the  popular 
belief,  in  hia  beinj^  a  son  of  Lady  Culros  ? 

A  correspondent,  some  time  bfU-k,  aupr^jented 
that  he  might  be  also  the  '*S.'C"  who  wrote  The 
Art  of  Cotnplaiaxince,  12mo,  London,  1G73;  but, 
bclievinji:  him  to  hnve  written  the  Grund  Impox- 
li)i\  it  is  highly  improbable  that  in  April  of  tlmt 
year  the  %Am^  individual  obUunud  un  imprimatur 
Iiotli  at  Edinbur;j;h  and  London:  and  titat,  too, 
for  works  of  such  an  opposite  character.  It  seems 
t  .  '     .   thill  we  should  know  8omethin;j  more 

I  i;e  publication  of  the  Whigns'  Suppli- 

cuiiKii.  iberc  arc  many  contemporary  manu- 
scripts of  the  poem  about,  which,  coupled  with 
v/hiit  the  author  aays  in  hia  .l/jo/w^'y,  wuuld  almost 
loud  to  tho  belief  that  it  was  at  first  extensively 
ijublitihcd  in  that  way  :  indeed,  as  far  as  we  know, 
It  niity  have  jjot  into  print  surreptitiously — the 
ori^'inal  edition  bearing  otity  *'  London,  printed  iu 
Ihi;  year,  168  L" 

In  Chabncrs'ft  Li/e  of  livddiman,  wo  find  that  our 
author  w!u»  alivu  tn  1710;  it  beini?  noticed  that 
ihvt  North  Tadcr  wiM  printed  at  Ivlinbuijrh  that 

nr  by  John  lleid  lor  .Sum.  Cvletll.  A»  the 
,tithor  of  thi»  SctUa  Ihulibmx  bus  come  in  for 
Jtiort"  abuae  tLun  commcndntion,  1  may  record 
I'^aiilel  Defoe,  when  dt-nling  wilh  bis  own  one- 
luief,  aclopts  til"    <  ■   used  by  bone&t  Sum. 

Colvill  in  his    J  ■  repel  mnlicious  criti- 

fidui.  Cunningluuii,  luu,  in  bid  Hut.  «f  Great 
Jiritain  (always  supposing  th«'ro  i»  but  oue 
Samuel),  id  mid  to  huve  t  oiupli:  '  '  iin  upon 

b»*lng  a  str^^nuous  dk'fi.i4ilt'r  of  :anl  re- 

Hin«»n  ;  but  I  do  not  fmd  tlic  psii-.':!-'-  m  i  nomson's 
edition,  17^7.  Finally,  who  wns  the  "  S.  C," 
alluded  to  by  IVtcrkin  in  the  following  extract 
J'rom  hi*  Jli-mrds  of  iha  Kirk  of  Scotlutid,  lulin- 
bHr;;h,  1838  ?  Spcakinn  of  ibo  powers  exercised 
over  the  Kirk  by  th«  Eu^liKh  Cummifsioneii)  in 
1054;  — 

••  TUev  niil,"  W.  Juhfi  How.  iu  A1>er(1(hin  j  ilr. 

n    U);*h->v  .ii;  Mr.  P.  Uilkipie,  In  GIm- 

t  I   tl.iiv  i'fi'vnA  to  the  Old 

*  i^t  u'still  held  off,  but  tho 

«"■ -  -  <  •■-  J... '.-.I—. 


P.S.  Theauthor  of  the  Grand  Impfnitorilnsi^ed 
a  much  lur^jer  work,  but  says  it  would  be  dif^cult 
for  him  to  publish  it  nil  a.t  unuu  s  and,  1  tionk,  uo 
more  than  this  Part  i.,  treating  "Of  tbt^  Bi>hop- 
rick  of  St.  Peter,"  appeared.  Samuel  Colvill,  m 
his  dediention,  calls  himself  u  roudtsciple  of  bis 
putron ;  and  reminds  his  jrracc  that  be  hail  before 
received  his  cuuntennnee.  by  lb«  acceptance  of 
atinetal  trifles  from  him.     What  were  they  ? 

I  should  add,  wliile  upon  the  subject,  that  to 
me  the  London  imprint,  1G81,  to  the  Mock  Pacm, 
appears  a  blind.  At  the  period  the  Presbyterians 
were  at  the  height  of  their  resistance  to  the 
episcopal  intrusion, •  and  it  would  hardly  have 
been  sale  to  have  openly  published  at  £dinbur<;h 
such  a  book,  with  the  agirravation  of  what  may 
be  considered  a  Puritanical  ui'morial  device  upon 
the  title.  Colvill  was,  of  course,  o  nrvhtic  hmvo* 
I'lle;  and  mv  belii'f  is,  that  the  boolt  was  printed 
at  Editd)ut-;!b,  and  not  at  London  as  indicated. 
The  second  impression  of  1G87  was  avowedly  from 
Edinburgh,  without  the  device;  luid  "  Sam.  Col- 
vil"  signed  to  the  Apolugy  for  the  first  lime. 


BT.  MABT'B,  BBVEKLEV. 

Some  seven  years  ago  I  explored  for  tho  6r»t 
time  the  priest's  chambers  belonging  to  this  noble 

ferpendicukr  church.  The  inner  room,  which,  if 
remember  ri<;hti,  contained  no  furniture  but  an 
old  box  and  a  shelf  or  two,  was  strewn,  and  heaped 
with  antique  books,  folios  and  quarto^,  brown, 
wormcatcn,  dilapidated.  ITiey  lay  jumbled  toge- 
ther on  the  shelves,  tossed  together  on  the  floor; 
some  open  ;  all  dusty  aud  uncared  for.  The  lat- 
tice Blood  wide,  and  the  wind  and  raiu  were  da'iviny 
in ;  the  bindings  of  the  books  were  wet  accord- 
ingly, and  clouds  of  lo<.>3e  leaves  were  eddying 
about  the  room.  These  books  were  the  remains 
of  the  old  church  libraiy  of  St.  Mary's,  and  this 
wa.s  their  normal  condition. 

After  seven  years  I  returned  to  the  place  last 
September  in  company  with  the  pniiiih  clerk. 
The  window  was  still  open,  but  it  was  not  raining 
this  time,  and  the  books,  such  of  them  us  survive, 
had  been,  by  some  pious  hand,  thrust  piecemeal 
and  sausaige-fushion  into  that  same  old  box.  When 
the  lid  was  lifted,  and  the  simoom  of  disturbe«l  dust 
that  uroac  had  been  funned  away  by  the  clerk's 
coat-tail,  I  spent  mv  ten  minutes  In  jotting  «lowu 
the  titles,  as  far  as  1  could  discover  them,  of  the 
topmost  volumes.     Behold  the  random  result:  — 

"  St.  P'-rnr»r«1  on  tbp  CanlJclc^  folio. 

"<•,:  of),   folio. 

"']  .iinilis  of  Rarmotid  L«?l>oii,  folio. 

"'Ill  Hut.  lllust.  F.xernploruni,  fnfto. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


'  S.  V.  Jak.  iG, ' 


Nearly  all  these  were  seventeenth  century  edi- 
tions, and  hud  ori;:inally  been  noble  copies  and  well 
bound ;  and  everyone  of  them  had  lost  its  title- 
page,  and  lew  or  many  of  iu  leavea.  As  I  closed 
the  lid,  I  addressed  to  my  companion  certain 
brief,  and  possibly,  cnustic  remarks ;  but  he,  re- 
adjusting his  coat-tail  the  while,  in  a  spirit  of 
meekness,  replied,  "  Sir,  it  was  always  so !  Why," 
he  continued,  "they  used  to  make  bonfires  of  the 
hooks,  and  I  remember  when  I  was  a  boy  (be 
looks  about  forty  now)  the  clerk  that  was  used  to 
li^ht  ihe  vestry  fires  with  'era." 

Aprin  tout,  what  mutters  itP  For,  as  my 
friend  again  remarked,  with  a  sympathetic  snufHe, 
"  T  books  is  nigh  all  gone  now.  Sir."     A.  J.  M. 


Bevkki^t  Mtkster.  —  I  have  found  the  follow- 
ing linoH  on  Hevfrlvy  Minster  in  an  old  newspaper 
(date  183(]},  and  should  like  very  much  to  know 
who  is  their  author.  They  arc  of  considerable 
merit,  and  optly  describe  that  beautiful  structure, 
the  west  front  of  which  is  perhaps  the  finest  speci- 
men of  the  perpendicular  style  in  England:  — 

"  Built  in  Tar  other  times,  thou  ^colptarcd  walls 
Atleit  the  fnilh  which  our  forefathers  felt, — 
Strong  faith,  whoie  viaiblo  prvAence  yet  remains: 
We  pray  with  deeper  revercjice  at  a  shrine 
Hjillowed  by  many  pmyer*.     For  ycari,  long  years, 

IT'inrs  that  make  centuries — thono  dirnlit  aialea, 
Wher«  rainlmvrii  play,  from  coloured  windows  ^nng. 
Hive  echoed  to  the  voice  of  prayer  and  praise; 
With  lh«  last  lightx  of  evenine  flittini;  round, 

'^'  '.  ■   ■    '     ■  "  'i  I  .    " 

'  ,  heaven, 

l;  ,        ,  ■,  _  ,:lh. 

Hijw  oil  iias  iim-Mc  rucitci  tho9e  aucicnt  towers. 
When  tho  deep  bells  were  tollinjj;  as  they  rung. 
The  cJistle  ami  ihu  hamlet,  high  and  low,* 
Obeyeil  tho  «uninioii«-  Mrth  grew  near  to  Go*!. 
Tlii<  piety  vf  ages  is  aruuml. 
Many  the  heart  that  liaa  Iwifore  yon  nrosa 
Lai'l  down  the  biinlen  of  its  many  carea, 
|Apd  fell  a  joy  lluu  i  -    'i*  world  : 

^lera  are  botli  s_m  'Vartnng  here. 

_.  rethinks,  as  do\«rii  y  those  old  gravoa. 

The  Paat  will  pray  with  u*," 

OxOHJSHSZB. 


FANTOCClIfl. 

Kxhibitionfl  ofpupiH^ts  have  nlwayx  been  amongst 
the  fnvouritts  amusemetits  of  tho  British  public. 
I  speak  not  of  that  incwt  popular  of  wo<»don  per-  t 
foriuerB,  Mr.  Punch,  but  of  such  entcrtnineffi  ua 
have  aimed  at  tho  rcprescntitlioti  of  more  regu- 
larly ciinstruoted  dramas.     The  alluMons  to  them  ' 
in   our  older  wriier.<i  arc  numerous:  but  it  will  ( 
■ufliee  to  iiotiee  here  thoso  of  Shftk*(H'.irc,  in  hi- 
Wtnter't  Tale,  where,  having  *' con>j>u.«»ed  a  mo- 
lion  of  ill     '' '   -  I  ^   ;,,"  ii  mentioned  a»  one  4)1 

the  mail  ;  the  merry  r(i;:ue  AuU»- 

lyctu  luiil  I ,..,.,  c  ,  _,.4  of  litfii  Jouson,  whose  ex-  i 


quisitely  humorous  portrait  of  Lanthorn  L 
head,  with   his   "motions"  of  Hero  and  L' 
and  Diimon  atul  PythiitA,  in  his  comedy  o 
t/iiflomew  Fair^  is  familiar  to  every  reader  o 
old  dramatists.     A  larjre  circle  of  readers 
other  cl.-iss  of  literature   will  remember   h 
century  later,  Steele  and  Addison  celebrat 
"skill  in  motions"  of  Powell,  whose  place  «v 
hibition  was  under  the  arcade  in  Covent  Gai 
In  April,  1751,  the  tragedy  o(  Jane  S/t^re  wu 
vertised  for  representation  nt  "  Punch's  Tbeo 
James-street,   in   the   Haymarket,**   by  pup 
"Punch's  Theatre"  being,  of  course,  locat 
Ilickford's  Room ;  and  other  puppet  <;xhib(1 
were  announced  .it  different  titties  during  th 
century.   Slrutt  \Sports  and  PasUme»,  edit. 
1838,  p.  167),  says  :  — 

"Afcwyenrs  hnfk  [te.  before  1801]  a  puppet- 
was  exhibiteil  at  the  Court  end  of  thct  town,  wi|' 
Italian  title,  Fantvcvmi,  >t  hich  gre.itty  attract 
tice  (if  the  public,  and  was  «jiukua  off  as  an  ext 
P'trformancc :  it  was,  however,  no  more  than 
fehow,  with  the  motions  constructed  upoa  be 
ciples.  dressed  with  more  elegiince,  and  roani 
greater  art,  than  they  had  fortmrly  beea." 

1  have  a  note  of  an  "Italian  Fiintoecini"* 
ing  been  exhibited  nt  Ilickford's  Kooui  in  Pni 
Street  (the  same  place  as  the  before-itientii 
"Punch's  Theatre  in  JaincB-street,"  it  liavinj- 
trancefi  in  both  streets),  in    1770;  but  it  is 
likely  that  tho  exhibition,  referrevl  to  by  St 
was  ono  wliich  was  shown  in  Piccadilly  ii^ 
and  which  continued  open  during  the  \i\ 

of  that  year.     Matty  tMfierettt  pieces,  chiel  ^ 

operatic  kind,  were  represented  ;   and  from 
advertisements,  which  are  very  iiutnen)us,  I 
selected  the   following    as    b«»t   ex(ilaintag 
nature  of  the  perfurraance  :  — 

-  Italian  Tlicatre,  No.  22,  Piccadilly.  At  tbn 
Fanto<'cini,  on  Thursday  next,  will  \in  p'tf.i 
Omedy  in  tin  .lied  "  The  1  r  i 

Harlequin  S<il  V  Swec|j«r, 

Clock,    and    I:.     .  ;        .  .  f  of  Act    I. 
Italian  Songs,  jjueis,  and  ChnriMiM's.     Knd  ot 
DaniM  in  rh.Mrarfer.     .■^nd  I' nd  "f  Art  III.   A  r 
nil;        •    ^'  .       ■  ■       -■         -   ,  ■ 

SI.  .      „      -    -  .  -...     - 

MicUcli,  Xu.  bi,  Uaymarket,  wbem  Hiiu'ea  may  lx«  ' 

from  Eleven  in  the  Forenoon  tdl  Klv««  in  thr  V.v% 

The  Room   Is  neatly  tiltr' 

tlliiniinated  with  Wax.      i 

•tid  bcRln  at  Seven  o'CU" 

Regioa.' " 

"  (Tuesilay,  Jatjuarjr  18th.  i"l 

"  Italian  Fantoceiui,   No.  'I'i,  I'ieeadilly.      Thia, 
Hvi-nr  Kvf'fiitifj   durin--  fhi«  WefV,  irill   (i'>   pri-"-nt(^! 


l.ail  r.r  Ui'!  <  •: 


III  W  i)j|!ii 


I'J  xshtch 


Srt  S.  V.  Jam.  16,  *641 


QTJEKIES. 


58 


b«  ad<Ie<1  a  new  CntertainmeuU  in  one  AcU  called  *  Har- 
lequin's Love-Triumrili,  Br  the  Magic  Art.'  With  an 
additional  Farro  of  Hnrlcfiuia,  while  refreshing  himwlf 
with  n  I>iRh  tif  Mnpfflfini,  in  anrprinH  hy  the  Appp«rn»jce 

of       -■      ,     •       ■  ■'.■"■,  :l(i? 

(.,  M 

TO...  ,:...■:         '    ,.       .       i  _.   '  .'li- 

ner truly  Burprix>rif{t  hiuI  niivcr  bcl'ore  ejkliibilcd  in 
Europe.  Tho  wholo  <>f  th«  Soen^rv  and  Machinery  en  ■ 
Ifrt'ly  new.    ""  '  "  ''  by  tht*  Marat:er.« 

ihiii'  thin  val  M>orteJ  from  itnly; 

fiiiil  is  i'l  >'!>  Model  o(  tliu  iiu|vtfrii 

Teutro  y  ■  Oi£(ia,  itud  tiic  .Sjflnerj'  arc  th«  Paint- 

ing of  '  ■'  Bilibj«n».     Front  Scan  fn.     Bufk 

ditto  2>.  i-<(.  '     '     '         '  '    ii'Si;:iior 

Micheli.  N".  I  on  from 

Kleven  in  tin    ■  i;r.     The 

Koorn  is  nnully  Ullu<l  u|>,  Kepi  vv.trin,  uiid  tvilt  b«  illu- 
ininnled  with  Wax.  Tim  Do«r«  to  l>e  openi-d  at  Hnlf- 
pjisl  Six,  and  to  bejriu  At  Ui»lf-piist  Sevon  o'Ciock  pre 
dsely.  tsF  Any  Ludie.i  or  Gentlemen  ni«y  havi-  » 
private  Exhibition  any  Hour  in  the  l>ay,  bv  jjiving 
Kotice  115  above  the  Duv  beforv.  Vivant  Rex  A:  R>')iin«. 
••  (  W'cdnesdrtv,  February  HM,  ITftU.)" 

Siarior  Miohiili  nanrtod  in  these  announeemcnts 
was,  in  all  prohjibility,  a  pentleman  wliu  helil  tlie 
po«t  of  copyist  to  the  Oix-'ra- house,  at  tliat  periml, 
when  but  few  opera  smi^rs  were  printed  siti<rly, 
ttfld  tljc  copyi?!t  hnil  the  privilege  of  supplying  the 
dilettnnti  with  uirtt»uscri|>t  copies,  a  very  lucrative 
uppinotnient. 

Can  any  render  of  "  N.  &  Q."  say  which  of  the 
exi.xfin;;:  houses  in  PtccoiUlly  Iwre  the  Nu.  22  in 
1780?  The  iiumborinf^  of  the  houses  wa?  altered 
After  the  removal  of  several  for  the  formation  of 

egcnt  Circus. 

In  <''>rii  Ifi^itMi.  T  n;!iv  iiist  remind  the  reailer  of 
the  "  .'' '  "d  some  years  ^ince  at 

the  A".  .1  St.  Martin's  Church, 

(where  "  Prai-tical  Seionce  "  has  now  piven  way 
to  ton  and  coflee  and  cheap  ices),  and  of  George 
Cri>ikshank'.i  adttiirtiblc  delineation  of  tlie  itinernnt 
Fantoccini  shown  in  the  streets  of  the  inetro|Mjli.s 
in  1825.  W.  II.  IIucK. 


"OWR  SWAM-OW  IIOK8  HOT  MAKE  A  SuMMEB." — 

The  original  of  tliis  proverb  appears  to  be  the 
Greek — "  Mia  yt>^iSi,v  tap  ob  vom  — which  we  have 
in  Aiislotle,  Ethic.  Nk.  (A);  and  I  tliink  the 
old  version  is  the  better.  Woa  the  form  —  "One 
swallow  diw*  not  make  a  Spring" — ever  in  u.<<e? 

Tbi»  Icndx  me  to  notice  what  appears  to  tne  to 
be  a  Hin^ular  omission.  We  are  accustomed  lo 
look  up<in  the  advent  of  the  swallow  as  one  of  the 
surest  M»n»  of  returninp  Spring;  and  jet  I  can- 
not, n^  recall  a  sin»Ie  passage  of  our  old 
poets  Any  allu:«ion  to  the  swallow  as 
spring  s  n;ii  Linger.  And  not  only  this,  but  I  find 
tne  »wallow  connected  more  especially  with  sum" 
roer :  — 

**  The  swallow  foUowa  not  intniner  more  willing,  than 
w«,  your  Lordnhip.'* 

8hak»]Marc;  Timen  ifjthtng,  Act  III.  8c.  C. 


A  modern  poet  has  the  same  idea :  — 

"  And  the  jwallow  'ill  como  back  again  with  Buromar 
o'er  the  wave." 

I    Tennyaoo's  A/uy  Qium. 

It  is  true  Shnkspeare  says  :  — 

*♦ dflffbdili. 

That  come  before  the  swallow  doriat,  and  tako 
Tbo  winds  of  March  with  beauty  ;        .         ." 

lV\ntrr't  T,ilt,  Act  IV.  tk.  S. 
And  allowance  must  of  course  be  made  for  poetic 
license  ;  but  that  which  ^trikes  me  as  remarkable, 
is  the  absence  of  passages  connectini;  the  swallow 
ilireetly  with  the  first  return  of  .spring.  And  I 
flhnll  be  obliged  if  your  correspontlents  will  refer 
nte  to  any  such  passaties,  if  such  there  be.  No 
poet  has  shown  a  greater  love  for  our  small  birds 
than  Chaucer,  and  yet  he  seldom  mentions  the 
swallow.  The  only  instance  I  can  recollect  is  in 
**Ti»e  Assembly  of  Foules,"  and  that  is  not  com- 
plimentary :  — 

"  Ttie  ewalowe,  murdrer  of  the  befts  ainale. 
That  makea  honio  of  flowres  frcab  of  how." 

Perhaps  the  bird's  lack  of  «ong  waa  the  cause 
of  tbe  poet's  neglect,  for  he  loved  the  small  birds 
for  their  sonjr.  No  one  can  rem!  Chaucer  without 
noticing  how  he  loved  the  warbling  of  tbe  little 
feathered  songsters,  especially  in  the  early  mijrn« 
ing.  11.  C.  Heath. 

Dbuioical  Reuaiiis  is  IsDfA. — After  the  pub- 
lication of  the  Notes  on  the  religion  of  the  Druida 
in  "N.  &.  Q."  (3'*  S.  iv.  485),  it  may  interest 
some  of  vour  reiidern  to  learn  that  throughout  the 
south  of  India,  situated  in  secluded  spots,  such  as 
mountain  summlls,  sequestered  valleys,  and  tmcls 
overrun  by  jungle,  are  to  be  found  cromlechs, 
ci»tvaen«,  tolmens,  upright  stones,  double  rings 
of  8t<ines,  cairns  and  barrows,  containing  earthen- 
ware cinerary  urns,  spenrhead-S  &c.  Ac,  and 
every  other  relic  of  the  Druidical  religion  occur- 
rlng'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  inhabitants  of 
Europe  with  those  of  India.  II.  C. 

Ahagsamb. — A  copy  of  the  Je»uita  Vaoulam 
[Lugd.  Bat.  1635]  Las  written  upon  a  lly  leaf  as 
fullowa :  — 

**  AsDRKAS   RlVBTlIB, 

Anagr. 
-  Veritas  rea  nuda, 
8<>d  naturi  es  vir« 
Vir  naturi  sedea, 
£  natarii  es  radis, 
Sed  c$  vit&  rarus, 
Sed  rure  vanitas, 
In  ct-rrd  ^ua  I>cua« 
"N  ^tv\^  %\3Aa&  \fcTT*.!' 


54 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


8»««  S.  V,  Jan.  1G.  '64. 


A  Note  on  Notes.  —  The  words  of  Captain 
Cuttle,  "  When  found,  make  a  note  of,"  are  often 
quoted,  but  there  is  a  much  ohler  authority  for 
such  a  quotation :  "  Not*  it  in  a  book,  that  it  may 
be  for  the  time  to  come."  Is.  xxx.  8. — City  Press. 

Zachabt  Botd. — The  foUowinjj  notice  of  this 
Scots  worthy,  whose  poetical  version  of  the  Old 
Testament  still  remains  in  MS.,  occurs  in  the 
Commissary  Bccords  of  Glasgow,  end  of  May, 
1625 :  — 

"Elizabeth  Fleming,  execatrix,  confirmed  to  umquhile 
Kobert  Fjndley,  Merchant,  and  Mr.  Zacharia  Boyd,  now 
her  spous." 

J.  M, 

MANUSCRIPT  ENGLISH  CHBONICLE. 

I  have  before  me  a  bound  volume,  containing  a 
MS.  Chronicle  of  England ;  comprising  103  leaves 
of  vellum,  written  probably  by  the  same  hand, 
and  22  leaves  of  paper,  by  another. 

The  vellum  is  manifestly  deficient  of  a  leaf  or 
leaves  at  the  beginning,  as  it  commences  in  the 
middle  of  a  sentence,  and  the  first  marginal 
chapter-title,  in  the  (present)  first  page,  is  C°  xx". 
It  ends  also  with  an  imperfect  sentence,  in 
C  ccxx". 

The  paper  appears  complete  at  its  beginning. 
The  first  chapter-heading  is  C.  ccxxxiij,  but  it  is 
deficient  at  the  end. 

ITie  dates  of  the  vellum  run  from,  say,  b.c.  400 
to  AD.  1345. 

Those  of  the  paper,  from  20  Edw,  III.  (say 
1346)  to  the  Battle  of  Agincourt,  1415. 

In  the  vellum,  the  initial  letters  of  the  chapters 
are  fine,  and  finely  illuminated  with  red  and  blue 
ink,  the  decorations  sometimes  occupying  the 
entire  margin  of  a  page ;  and  the  chapter-head- 
ings in  the  outer  margin  are  likewise  red  and 
blue,  and  the  chapter-titles  red. 

In  the  paper  continuation  the  ink  Is  inferior ; 
the  chapter-headings,  initials,  and  paragraph 
marks  are  in  red  ink ;  the  handwritmg  more 
current  and  neat,  but  less  legible,  at  least  to  me. 

The  following  are  extracts.  Page  1  begins 
with  these  words :  — 

**  heir  unto  the  Realm*  bot  he  wu  not  of  strengtiie. 
Bot  neverthelease  this  Donebaude  ordevned  him  a  great 
power  and  conquered  (loegrins?)  and  than  thia  Done- 
iiande  wente  into  Scotlande  for  to  conquer  it  Bot 
Scatter  (Scortter?)  the  kina  thereof  assembled  a  grete 
power  of  hy«  people  and  of  Walliihemen  whos  ruler  was 
one  Podah  (Rudah?  Hudak?).  Bot  Seattor  and  Rudak 
waa  slaine  and  then  this  Donebaude  toke  fcialte  and 
homage  of  the  cuntree  and  reigned  thair  in  peace  and 
quiete  that  many  yeres  afore  it  was  not  soe. 

[In  red  ink]  "  Howt  Dtmebaud  was  thefirtt  king  that 
evT  tcfred  eroume  of  goldt  m  Britaiiu  w'  honour  and 
mtrdtypp." 

(P.  i02.)  "  In  the  yere  of  oar  Lorde  Moocxxxvn  and 
orjOagr  Hmry  XIL  [tie:  it  was  Edw.  III.]    In  th« 


moneth  of  Marche,  at  a  Flemt  holde  at  Wcs^tminster, 
King  £dwarde  made  of  the  Krledom  of  of  [«/c]  Come- 
walle  a  Ducbie,  and  gave  it  unto  Sir  Kdwaide  bia  first 
Sonne,  and  he  gave  him  also  the  erlcdom  of  Ghe.ster,  and 
he  made  vi  erles,  that  is  to  say.  Sir  Henry  the  Erics  son 
of  Lancaster  waa  made  Erie  of  Levxfar*[?L:inc.-ister'!, 
William  Bouj'hon  (Bohan),  Erlo  of  Nortbumpton,  VVif- 
liam  Mountaleyn  [Mountacute],  Erlo  of  Sal.^-sbury,  Hugh 
of  Arundele,  lirle  of  Gloucester,  Robert  Ufibrd,  Erie  of 
Suffolk,  William  of  Clynton,  Erlo  of  Hunteyndon,  &c. 
&a  &c."     [  Uowe  puts  this  in  13dG.] 

**  Howe  Kyng  Edwarde  came  to  Sleut  ( ?)  and  diaeom' 
fyte  aUe  the  poiper  of  Ihuue. 

"  And  in  .the  xv  yere  of  Kyng  Edwardys  raigne  King 
Edwarde  comaunde  fro  that  tyme  forthe  for  to  wryte  in 
hys  wryttes  and  all  hys  other  wiTtinge  tho  date  of  hya 
reygne  of  France  the  fitrste,  and  so  Tie  wrote  unto  hys 
lordes  of  Englonde,  sptell  and  temporell,  and  thanne  he 
come  againe  into  Englonde  with  the  queue  and  hyr 
childn,  and  soone  after  vat  be  wcnte  agayne  into  Franca 
for  to  warre  upon  the  fong  of  France,  the  whiche  had 
assembled  and  ordered  to  him  a  grete  power  of  Almane 
of  (potovins?),  and  at  Sluys  they  metto  together  and 
fongnte  sore,  when  was  killed  xxxiij  mennc  of  the  kinge 
[power?]  of  France,  &c.  &o.  &c." 

I  should  be  glad  to  learn  whether  the  Chronicle 
is  a  known  one,  and  whether  it  has  been  printed. 
The  handwritings  indicate  that  the  MSS.  were 
respectively  produced  at  or  soon  after  the  last 
periods  to  which  they  refer;  and  the  style  of 
narrative,  in  each  case,  towards  the  end,  would 
lead  to  the  belief  that  the  writers  were  contem- 
poraneous with  the  facts  they  record.    W.  P.  P. 


Bakoxess.  — Is  the  daughter  of  a  Frciherr  en- 
titled to  be  addressed  as  baroness  in  England? 
In  Germany  the  address  is  Fraulein,  or  Miss. 
Which  is  correct  ?  Abrach. 

Berlin. 

The  Bu)odt  Hahb.  —  James  I.  granted  the 
arms  of  Ulster  as  an  honourable  augmentation  to 
be  borne  by  "the  baronets  and  their  descendants." 
Out  of  this  concession  arise  two  questions:  —  Is 
the  word  descendants  to  be  interpreted  as  in- 
cluding those  not  in  tail  to  the  baronetcy — daugh- 
ters, for  example,  and  their  children  P  If  so  to  be 
interpreted,  is  the  concession  limited  to  the  de- 
scendants of  baronets  pf  1612  P  For  example,  a 
baronet  of  Anne's  creation  has  a  son  and  daughter: 
Does  the  daughter  bear  the  bloody  hand  within 
her  lozenge?  Does  her  husband  retain  it  in  her 
coat  which  he  impales  ?  Her  brother  dies,  and 
she  becomes  her  father's  heiress :  Docs  her  hus- 
band bear  the  bloody  hand  in  the  e^rutcheon  of 
pretence  which  thereupon  he  assumes,  and  does  it 
appear  in  the  children's  quarterings  ?  £.  Stibpk. 

Books  or  MoRUMEm'AL  Inscsiftioiis. — Where 
shall  I  find  a  list  of  the  different  collections  of 
monumental  inscriptions  which  have  been  pub* 
lished?  Of  course,  I  am  well  aoqnainted  with 
such  as  Weever,  Lc  Nere,  'P§x$maM»  Gougb^  &c. 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


riiere  is  a  ii-Mt  of  some  of  the  nrmcipal  collections 
Sints's  Genealtiginti   Mtrriutl. 

Ci£OB<">E  W.  MaBSUAIX. 

Af.rscn  Brww. — ^VTjcre  was  tliis  comedian  born, 
\\\  wl)L>n  ?  His  mother  <lieil  in  Dublin.  Was 
son  nn  Trisbninri  ?  IJuiin's  father  was  un 
cfEcer.  Ot'whutnink  ?  In  what  re^iinent?  liutin 
died  :i  Koiiiiin  Cntliolic.  Had  he  oeen  educated 
at    S  UshniT,   or    any    other    Roman 

Cuth"  .    ?     What  were  the  leading  facts 

hi»  Witt  Lidure  he  became  lessee  of  the  Theatre 
lovnl  Birmingham  in  1826? 

i  (uik  mcrelj  for  information's  sake,  witli  no 
unfriendly  purpose.  Many  persons  must  be  t|\iite 
fiimili:^-  with  nil  the  incidents  of  his  eareer,  fiann 
puhli*hod  a  \-olume  of  poem*  in  131 6.* 

Thomas  Cook,  alderman  of  Youghal,  is  men* 
tionird  xa  the  author  of  MS.  Memoirs  of  that  town 
("  N.  &  Q."  S"*"  S.  xii,  310).  Information  rc- 
spec'tinp  him  will  he  acceptable.  I  particularly 
wish  to  anccrtain  at  what  period  be  lived. 

8.  Y.  R. 

CROMwctj..  — 18  it  generally  known  that  Sir 
Marcus  Trevor  was  created  at  the  Restoration  Vis- 
count Dun^annon,  for  his  sijjnal  gallonlry  in 
wounding  Oliver  Cromwell  at  the  battle  of  Mar- 
pton  Moor  ?  His  daughter  was  the  second  wife 
of  an  ancestor  of  the  late  LonI  Dungannon,  by 
whose  death  without  issue  the  title  has  again  be- 
come extinct.  E.  H,  A. 

CuLLUM.  —  I  am  anxious  to  ascertain  whether 
Sir  William  Ctillum.t  the  Jintt  Baronet^  had  any 
relative  named  Dorothy  Cullum,  and  who "'  Master 
John  ArchcT"  was,  to  whom  he  bequeathed  a  ring, 
with  the  inscTiptiou  "  Asis  :  T.c  so  shall  thee"'  * 

S. 

EtrtoMA.  —  Will  some  one  of  your  fair  readers 
cive  the  pnhition  of  the  following:,  by  tho  cele- 
brated Karl  of  Surrey  ? 

"  A  L»iJr  )r«ve  a  ^tt,  wliirh  che  h*!  not, 
Anfl  I  rprwvf't  h<T  ijify,  T»'hiffi  1  liiok  not: 
?!'  <'t.  she  would  not; 

i\  •  not : 

ll  .....  1 :. 

Am  >  cs  it  «(i;ain,  «hc  catm  not, 

C  i:  ttiis  is. nnd  tell  not-, 

tor  1  am  last  swonii  I  m«y  not." 


Dublin, 

K}«ni.i8M  ToroQUAPTTT  rs  Ddtch. — 


J.L. 


'  ^  -  "-    -    -----n  in 

^  of 

.    .    -ttj- 

1   ai!  M    Mttlluii    luwn, 

lii'l  wven  hills  in  the 


f  •  Stu  ji.  ;iut>  i,i  out  Ibm  vulunte  for  lome  ooticra  of 
tm  bingrnphf  ot  WfxtiX  Dufin.— En.] 

Ct  Sir  TAtimiu  Cullum  wm  tba  flrst  fiaronfii.  Wolton't 
BarnttUa(/et  ii.  '20, — £xt.] 


distanco,  ami  Kntland  hits  a  cit«Jel  and  artillery." — (^Tip- 
pofjrnpkicul  ya^nlf^ty  John  KWler,  M.A.,  London,  !7C2, 
p.  17.) 

Was  Stafford  ever  walled,  or  Oakham  fortified  ? 
Any  fuller  account  of  the  book  printed  atNurt-ni- 
berg,  or  information  where  1  am  see  a  copy,  will 
oblij?«  T.  h  E. 

FowM  WITH  HuuAif  REMAfxa. — About  twelve 
years  ago,  durintf  the  conttruction  of  the  new 
docks  at  frreiit  Gfim>iby,  Lincolnshire,  I  was  pre- 
sent at  the  exhumation  of  some  human  remains, 
on  the  banks  of  the  Uumber,  They  were  found  a 
short  distance  above  the  highwatcr  line,  beneath 
six  feet  of  sand,  and  one  or  two  feet  of  clay,  which 
appeared  to  have  been  the  original  surface  before 
the  de|X)8ition  of  the  sand.  They  consisted  of  the 
perfect  skeleton  of  a  fitjure  of  small  stature,  on«l 
were  laid  east  and  west.  Thfere  were  no  remains 
of  any  metallic  or  other  substances  in  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  inlVirm  me, 
through  your  columns,  whether  similar  instances 
have  occurred  of  the  b(mes  of  fowls  bcinj^  Ibund 
in  juxtaposition  with  human  remain.^,  and  to  what 
people  and  customs  they  may  be  referred  ? 

J.  D.  Mackekzib^  Captain. 

'♦Tire  Lkprost  or  Naamah."  — Can  any  one 
acquainted  with  the  literary  history  of  Leeds 
inform  me  who  is  author  of  this  .sacred  drama  (by 
J.  C.)  Lueds,  1800?  It  seems  to  have  been  the 
production  of  a  very  younjj  author,  and  contains 
nt  the  end  a  few  pieces  of  pot'try.  Tiie  editor  nf 
this  little  book  mentions  that  the  juvenile  autlior 
had  written  another  sacred  drama  on  the  subject 
oi' Joseph.  R.  I. 

Nicholas  NBvriJW.  —  Can  any  of  your  Irish 
readers  give  me  any  information  respecting  the 
family,  arms,  &c.  of  Nicholas  Newlund,  subs*-- 
quently  written  Newlin,  of  Mount  Melltck, 
Queen's  co,  Ireland,  afterwards  of  Concord  .and 
Birmingham,  in  Pennsylvania,  Esq.  ?  lie  was  a 
Quaker  and  a  wentleroan  of  pood  family,  a.<!  will 
appear  from  books  of  that  time,  and  came  lo 
Pennsylvania  in  1683  with  William  Penn.  He 
was  a  friend  of  Fenn's,  and  soon  niter  his  arrival 
was  made  one  of  the  provincial,  or  povernor's 
eotmcij,  and  a  Judge  of  the  Common  Pleas. 

The  council  was  at  this  time  (1685)  the  supreme 
legislative,  judicial,  and  executive  body.  His 
son,  Nathaniel  Newlin  of  Conoonl,  Birmingham, 
and  Newlin,  Esq.,  was  a  Justice  of  the  County 
Courts,  n  ^lember  of  the  Provincial  Assembly, 
Comnns.'sioncr  of  Property,  Trustee  of  the  General 
Loan  Office  of  the  province,  &c.  He  was  one  of  I 
the  largest  landeil  proprietors  in  the  colony. 
Newlin  town.ship,  in  Chester  county,  was  first 
owned  by,  and  called  aftw\Vivca. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


r8»*i 


I 


NoSTUUMBRIAif     ( AwGtO  -  SaxOn)      MoHKT. 

l\Ir.  Bruce,  in  his  invuliiuble  work  on  the  Roman 
Wait,  say  8,  at  p.  433  of  the  edition  of  1851, — 

"  Saxon  money  is  found  in  Northiiinbarland  of  a  date 
coerul  with  tlie  orrirat  of  that  people." 

Will  Jlr.  Bruce  kindly  describe  that  Saxon 
money  in  the  pnges  of"  N.  &  Q."  C. 

OaoRB  or  St.  Joiifc  of  Jerubalbm. — Who  are 
the  puWishoi"*  nf  Sir  U.  Broun's  Synoptical  Skfleh 
(.J'"  S.  iii.  270),  and  Sir  G.  Bowycr's  Jiitual  of 
Pro/estion,  ^'c.  (tb.  note  to  p.  450.)  R.  W.     I 

Pmttteb  to  His  Majkstt.  — Not  finding  any  ' 
lint  of  those  who  filled  this  post,  can  you  inform  , 
mu  who  was  the  person  herein  referred  to  ?  — 

"  In  1700.  upon  a  vamncy  of  the  JcingV  paiuter  in  Scot- 
latiil,  lie  (Miv-hnol  Wright)  soliciteil  to  succwxJ,  but  a 
HhapkcepT  was  preferred."  —  Walpole'a  Anecdatet,  ifc, 
Wufuuin's  edition,  18fi2,  p.  474. 

w.  p. 

PocKBT  Fekdbb  (3'*  S,  iii.  70.)  — 

"  Ho  travels  with  a  poc.kel  fender." 

"  P<Hk«it.  toasting- forks  have  b«en  invented,  as  if  it 
wa«  po«silile  tu  want  a  ti)i«iiliiig-fork  in  the  po<'ket ;  and 
BV«!n  this  hiw  li^en  exi-c«<led  by  the  fciriild  p-tiiu*  uf  a 
wiebrntrd  projector,  who  ordcrc'd  a  p'H:ket-f(jnJ<;r  for  Wu 
own  u»«,  whict)  w<ia  to  cost  iDOL  Th«  article  was  made, 
but  as  it  did  not  pleM*?.  pnytuent  wasrefuiHsd.  An  iiiMion 
wiix  in  ciit>siv|>i  ,'it,  and  the  wnrkin  '        .n 

(he  tri.il  lliiii  V  Aorrv   tu  di»iil»li  .i 

fiisfmner,  iitid  r-.  "^ly  b*vo  taken  l!"  ^       ■  k, 

I'tit  that  really  nobody  rxcept  tli«  trexitlenun  in  4ue9tion 
would  ever  want  a  pockpt  fxndT- 

••  This  iamc  J  1  to  liavc  the  whole 

•el  of  firo-irtin  i   Mil  id.     Tnbodiirc 

thccoft  i»  ini>r.  .       '   u'hnt  is  (hat  to  tlic 

convenience  nf  holiimi;  a  few  ounces  in  the  hand  when 
you  allr  fh»  flr«,  inilc'id   of  n   few  pound*?   Tbi»  rnnotis 
pfii  ...  .    .  .Ill  nhove  -icv  -In 

fi'i  .  nnd   irnpii 

pri'  _  ^        I    England,   !.■  ,         '/, 

Tol.  I.  p.  lti.J. 

Who  tras  the  jjentleman  ?  Waa  there  any  such 
trial  ?  At  that  time  the  plaintifi'  could  not  huvc 
tniuie  the  statement  as  above  described,  as  he 
could  not  have  been  a  witnest  irbeo  a  {Mrly. 

J.  M.  K, 

fPuMirn  Stoke. — In  a  note  to  Garth's  Ovid'» 
of  Love,    in  vol.  iii.  of  Pt>rticat  TrunalijtionM 
(no  date  or  editor  jjiven),  I  read  on  the  lines  — 

**  Bat  drew  not  liki«  a  fop,  nor  curl  yonr  hair, 
Nor  with  a  pumice  make  your  boily  bare'"— 

"  Thn  ti<sc  of  the  I'umlca  Stone  Is  very  aiicieot;  the 
R'<  >  '    (I  np   their  hair  w(th  it,  and  the  book* 

bhi  looth  their  covera  with  it    ...    .    The 

pvt'.....  ...  .  >!!K'  part*  of  England  take  off  their  baarda 

wUh  it,  l^ll»l<^r^iJ  of  a  raior." 

What  dut4»  ( iiul.l  fills  have  been  at?  And  w»h  it 
with  tlie  |Mii  that  the  ancient  Britons 

removed  then  W.  P.  P. 

RicrsaKMCM   wawtkd.  —  1.  Alexander,    bcinp 

aaknl  whi>ro  bo  would  lay  Lis  treasure,  ausweruir, 

amm/n^  Au /ri^tui*;  beitig  confident  that  there  it 


would  be  kept  with  safetj,  and  returned  witbj 
terest. 

2.  W^hen  or  by  whom  was   the  phrase 
ferviiJum  ingenium   Scotorum"  first  employe*! 
einb».>dyino^  u  pecidiar  characteristic  of  the  '" 
ttah  nation  ?  Vi 

SrAMisu  Dbodght. — 

"  There  ia  a  tradition  that  in  the   Rreit   d' 
Spain,  which  la«to<l  a  quarter  of  a  cuutury.  the 
were  dried  np  and  .the  cracks  nf  the  earth  were  ao 
and  deep  that  the  fire  of  Pnrijator)-  was  visible  ihM 
lliero.     Allusions  to  this  are  frw|ucnt  in  the  old  Spi 
romances." — Notice  of  Dar?tti's  Trwprh  in  Gtnerul  m 
tine,  December,  1772. 

I  wish  to  know  if  there  is  any  historical  rec 
of  this  drought,  and  shall  be  {rla'd  of  any  reference 
to  the  poets  who  tnentioti  it.  J.  M.  K. 

ToanixGTOst  FAsiitr.  —  In  the  north  transept 
of  Great  Berkhumpstead  church  is  a  handsome 
tnonument,  "whereon,"  says  W^ecver,  "the  sha| 
of  n  man  in  knightly  habiliments,  with  his 
lying  by  him,  are  cut  in  alabaster."  These 
said  to  be  the  metnoriaU  of  Richard  and  Mar^ 
Torrinniiou,  who  lived  early  in  tlie  fourtut 
ccutury.  Is  anything  further  known  respecl 
them  ?  C.  J. ' 


Halifax    Law.  —  I    find   in    Motley's    Un 
Xetkerlnnds   (i.  444),   the  following   pn-saoge, 
t'iirrin<i   in    a    letter    written    by    Leicester 
Burghley :  — 

"  Under  correction,  my  good  I.x>rd,  I  havp  had  fJaW 
law — to  bo  condemned  fir»i,  and  inquired  ujMin  after." 

I  have  often  heard  of  that  peculiar  kind  of  trial 
n^   applicable    to    Jedburgh,   whence    the    teria 
"Jedburgh  justice;"  but,  with  the  i'x<>  ritlnn  «if 
the  iiibbtH  law,  1  have  not  read  of  am 
attached  to  Halifax,  and  shall  feel  otii, 
one  referring  me  to  any   other  instnnre  bv 
author  in  which  Halifax  law  is  mentioned  tn 
sBMie  spirit  as  Leicester  quotes  it;  and  judj 
by   the   manner  in  which  he  uses  the  phrai 
would  seem  to  have  been  proverbial  in  his  (itnc 

T.  WiLsol 
28,  SQUtbeata  Ilaliflix. 

[Tlicrt  was  a  alight  dilTerwnce  between  the  Jedt 
and  Halifax  law,  although  the  mode  of  prucedur 
the  latter  was  not  very  satitfactory  to  the  poor  i 
nal.     The  inhabitants  within  the  forest 
claimed  a  rl^ht  or  custom,  from  time  inmi< 
ft  f:.  •     .  •      t    ■  ,         ■  '        ,    •    -     .  ' 

ban.M 
within  t 

•  Xf-"'-  ...     iir....i  .»i.fMa-.i«v,       mil    "1 

(■<>  ■■  "**.%  tq  UKa  th«  Tctdict  of  a  )ary,  anil 


S«-'i  S.  V.  Jax.  16,  'e*.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


57 


•omettme*  of  Uiose  who  condemned  Itim.  The  initra- 
tnent  or  process  of  execution,  RimUar  to  the  noted  French 
jjuillotine,  wa»  denominated  "  HAliux  gibbet  lawr."  8o« 
Ilcntler's  Halifax,  and  ilt  GtUxt  Law  placed  ik  a  true 
/.i^t,  V2(no,  176L] 

CuARi.K»  LBrri-BT.  —  The  following  ele^nt 
lyric  wns  givtju  to  rae,  many  years  ago,  by  a  i>er- 
son  of  considerable  poetical  taste,  who  told  me  it 
vrus  written  by  "Leftloy,"  I  neglected  then  to 
iii({tiire  who  Lefiley  was  ;  but  I  should  be  glad  if 
finy  of  your  correspondents  could  give  informa- 
tion as  to  who  he  was,  and  whether  any  of  his 
writings  were  published,  and  are  now  in  ex- 
istence ? 

The  style  of  this  little  lyric  is  so  truly  aerial 
Olid  Hhakspearian,  that  it  reminds  one  of  Ariel's 
Bon^  in  the  Temjtftt — "Where  the  bee  aucks, 
there  suck  I "  :  — 


••  TO  TlIK  y.itrilTIl,  BT   tRFTLEY 

•  Zcphvr  "'■• 

T 
With  ! 


F. 
A  Imii 
i-iiicnn 


rt  thou  straying? 
J  in  giirdejis  playing, 


iisrk  l>FMtriding7 
i_vsucklc9  (guiding? 
Or  on  «  swuirIi)^  liarebell  riding, 
Frve  ftuui  cure  ? 
"  Before  AumtA't  ar  you  ainbl*', 
lliffh  in  «irt 


tuno'i  sea^DyiDplu  gamble ; 

f, 

ijlowti  roUinfc: 
iiids  iiHy  itroliing; 
lUtliNSs  lolling. 


At  M'lr. 

1! 
Now  ( ' 
on  i! 
In  •  < 

You  .,..., 
To  chftHt  ilx!  moorjbcam«  np  the  tnonnlalns, 

You  prppare ; 
Or  diiiiif!  wiib  i*lvci  on  brinks  of  funiklains, 

Mirtli  III  »biii-c! 
N  ■'    '         '     '1  lilies  weej>in[{ : 

N  ro«c-buds  sleeping, 

>\  rth  their  chambers  p«eping, 

C«>,  'Oh  liiel"  " 

c.  n. 

[Charles  Leftley  was  educated  at  St.  Paol't  School, 
and  subsequently  employed  as  ptrlianicnUry  reporter  to 
Tht  I'tmcM.  A  constitution  naturally  weak  was  soon 
ilDpolrftd  by  his  can«tant  exertions  of  mind  and  body :  a 
dedlDo  eiMucd,  and  be  died  in  1797,  nged  twenty-sevoti. 
For  farther  particulars  of  him  consult  the  following 
"  Sonnnls,  Odos,  and  other  Poems,  by  the  lato 

T.  Charte*  [.eftley,  together  with  a  ehort  Account  of 
Life  and  Writing*.  By  William  Liuloy,  Esq.,  Lend. 
V2mn,  \Hl(i."  This  work  is  noticed  in  the  Gent  Mag.  /or 
Jono  1«15,  p.  &3fi.] 

Psalm  xc.  9. — Our  Prayer-Book  ▼ernion  (and 
the  Dibic  version  is  to  the  same  eflect)  runs  thus  : 
"  We  brincr  our  years  to  an  end,  .is  it  were  a  tale 
thai  it  told."  What  is  the  authority  for  this  trans- 
latii»n^  The  Scptiiagint  rexsion  is  iis  AiIIowh  ; 
tm  iiniv  il'iT»i  afiix*^  V|^*V^»T*^r."     The  Vulgate 

ra:  "  Anni  no»tri  sJctit  annea  mcditabuniur." 


De  Sacy  has  this  paraphrase :  "  Nos  bdd^  se 
possent  en  de*  vaines  impiietudes  comme  cclle  de 
I'araignee."  WydiflTe's  rend».'ring  is  curious. 
Has  I'rryM  found  its  way  into  any  of  our  an^halc 
glosigaries?  He  says:  "  Oure  yeris  as  an  ireyn 
shul  be  bethoyt."  Jambs  Dixoh. 

[The  old  ireyn  is,  no  doubt,  equivalent  to  train  and 
araim,  aranyf  and  arran,  which  in  our  language  formerly 
signified  a  spider  (orcniea).  it  would  appear,  then,  Uiat 
WyclitTe  intended  to  follow  the  Tarsion  of  the  LXX.  and 
the  Vnlgatc.  For  this  rendering,  wo  are  unable  to  ue- 
»ign  a  shadow  of  authority ;  bat  the  passage  is  obscure, 
as  it  stands  in  the  original  TIebrew. 

It  will  be  remarked  that,  in  our  Authorised  Version, 
the  passage  stands  thus — "  As  a  tale  that  is  told :"  wh«r« 
the  last  three  words  being  italiciicd,  are  intended  aa 
expticative,  and  bnve  notliing  that  corresponds  to  them 
ill  the  Hebrew.  Moreover,  «u  the  msrginAl  renderings, 
for  "  as  11  tale  "  we  llmt,  "  Or,  at  a  meditation," — which  is 
perhaps  the  t>ettor  rendering  of  the  two.  In  Halliwell  wo 
find   iruiH,araiH,  untntfc,  and  arran,  bat  not  ircyn.] 

Dissoi-UTroN  or  Momastbries,  etc. —  Arch- 
bishop Laud,  in  his  Diart/y  under  the  date  of 
1G22,  June  22,  iSrc  ,  observes :  — 

"I  saw  two  booln  in  fulio  of  Sir  Robert  Cotton's.  In 
the  one  »is  all  the  Order  of  the  Hefurmntioo  in  the  time 
of  Ufiu  VIII.  The  original  letters  and  dupalchea  under 
the  King's  and  Hiithops^,  &o.,  own  hands.  In  the  other, 
were  all  the  preparatory  letters,  motives,  &c„  for  the 
suppression  of  the  Abbie,^ :  thoir  suppn-Hniou  and  vnlue, 
in  tn«  originals.  An  extract  of  both  which  books  I  have 
per  capita" 

Are  these  in  existence,  and  have  they  been 
printed  ?  W.  P. 

[The  two  books  consulted  by  Abp.  Land  are  now 
among  theCottoninn  mnnuK-ripts  in  tlieBntish  Muwum, 
Cleopatra,  E.  iv.  v,,  and  entitled  "A  volume  of  papers 
and  letters  (most  of  them  originals)  relating  to  Monas- 
teries, and  the  Dissolution  of  them  in  the  time  of  Henry 
VIII."— "A  collection  of  papers,  chiefly  originals,  con- 
cerning the  Koformation  of  the  Church  in  the  reign  of 
King  Henry  VIII.,  many  of  them  correcie<l  by  the  King's 
own  hand."  For  the  contents  of  each  volume  see  the 
Calalntpie  of  I  he  Cottonian  LiOrtxr^,  pp.  589—59*1.  Much 
of  the  fi>rmer  MS.  has  been  printed  in  the  Tolunie  edited 
by  Mr.  Wright  for  the  Camden  Society.] 

HioBMs,  THE  Architect.  —  A  tower  in  Arun- 
del Pork  is  called  Hiornc's  Tower,  from  the  name 
of  the  architect  called  in  seventy  years  ago  by  the 
then  Duke  of  Norfolk  to  rebuild  Arundel  Csistle. 
He  also  built  the  tower  ^fSf^  Mary's  church,  Nor- 
wich. Can  any  of  your  readers  give  an  account  of 
him,  where  he  was  born,  where  be  died,  and  his 
Christian  name  ?  Aw  Imqoiher. 

[F.  Bioriie,  who  was  architect  to  Charles,  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  and  built  the  thfce-comered,  or  triangular  tower. 
In  the  park,  recently  used  as  an  BtcBatt.V5  <<«  nSvk^  Kx^-oSuSk. 
Yeomanry,  wa*  an  wtWlsfcX.  xV"^vr»VJ«.-.  «x\'C»i««.:*- 
BiniungVxam,  U  tV^a  wfcx^  'ft*^  ^^^"^  ^^*«o!^  '*5^s»rs.x 


I 


\ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'4  S.  V.  Ja*,1 


CopyiNO  Parish  Rkgibtrrs. — Will  nny  rorrc- 
jnnilent  of  "  N.  &  Q,"  tell  tut'  if  I  bnve  a  right 

make  cnfires  of  parish  rejristrrs  (if  necoinpnniud 
.J  tlie  parish  cleric  (o  «co  that  I  »]o  not.  niewi 
iliochtcf ),  wlihout  lHMn)»  compelled  by  the  incum- 
fent  to  iinve  cfrlifie<l  copies,  and  to  pnv  2».  Id. 
or  each  of  ihem  ?  K.  R.  C. 

[There  («  no  right  to  t*ke  extractB,  or  to  in»ko  copies: 
h«."  Vpwl  rijjht  is  tiinittil  to  inspection,  and  to  *  coinpari- 
on  of  the  certified  extract  with  the  original.] 


firvrtctf, 

RELIABLE. 

fa-**  B.  Ui.  28,  93,  165,  216;  3'^  S.  iv.  437,524.) 

llie  word  reliable  was  so  fully  discauei]  in 
N,  &  Q."  2'"'  S,  tlifit  I  almost  wonder  at  your 
jopenin^  the  rjuestion.  Having  dono  so,  Imw- 
rer,  doubtless  you  will  give  mr?  a  smoU  space  to 
sply  to  soiae  points  in  F.  C.  ll/s  letter. 

If  you  remember,  Sir,  the  very  snme  objection!?, 
ir  better  put.  thnuiih  with  much  l**ss  strong  Inn- 
fun^e,  wove  brought  against  this  word  as  htive 
»e<'n  now  reiterated.  The  beginning  of  the 
Biion  ro»e  from  a  letter  by  Alpua  in  the 
»«w.  Then  tbe  controveray  sceraed  to  be 
iii  on  by  the  Athcnmim  versus  The  Tm«»< 
Epehod  nowapapt^r  writers.")  Now  the  Athc- 
Itself  coineB  tn  for  it»  share  of  polite  Inn- 

fUftffC. 

First,  then,  I  am  at  ■  losa  to  know  liow  this 
rord  can  be  a  vile  "compound."     I  thought  that 
bcinR  a  word  quite  tnoapable  of  coinpo«ltioii 
iia  one  fault ;  but  no,  it  has  another,  it  an- 
I,  for,  Bayt  F.  C,  II.,  such  a  word  aa  relialde 
)u;rbt  to  mean  "ilispOBed  to  rely   upon,"   appli- 
cable "nly  f"  snoh   aniiftbh."  "  pfrton*.^     "It  ia   a 
rriis-  ■        iige  lo  ujie  it  in  the  sense 

lot'  p  i   upon."     So  I  6upfiO!«).' 

Jr»;<l!b|..\  vhirii    I   ;  I'd  incontrnvertibly 

bu  on  ^xncihj  corr  word,  of  the  aamo 

fttrm  Jinil     ■  '  >-u\\';\ iwji,  from   *'         "  i'  ac- 

t]^nuwl(>d;i'  mutt  nictin  "  'i  be* 

Plicve";   '  i... ..  ...i.|,,)  Ji-j,,,,,,,  ,,,  [,uto 

jcrfl^lit;  love,  not  lovenble, 

[but  nmon  .■■ ^    iUs  alii*.     If  it  were 

[j>ot  for  what  c'inu'!(  after,  I  should  have  thoupht 

flnil   :i   -.  ntii.i-u,    RO    Uoi|1f''l'i''ibl".   iiiilHt  liiivti  been 

iilnl.    All  -  'lave 

*'•   ''    ■■<     i_..  •!'•,    't\\A>^t   ■'■  ,  lit    to 

itinitivct.    Thi*  I  «bow«jd  by  numerous 

to  br-  n  rnUtiko.     Now  we  aro  told  thai 

It  !«  n  •'-  to  make  one  porticulur 

fmmpl^  !ittn  a  weak  future  par- 

■1  to,"   F,  C.  II.  »hould 

•trntcneo  mran*,  for  to 

ithv  unijiiti^tcd  it  »i.u:iiu  tu  tack  scnso  altogether. 


The  reason  given  by  the  supporters  of  the  worn 
reliable  for  its  use  is,  that  it  is  a  most  convcnifnl 
word,  perfectly  intelligible,  and  now  really  ui 
stood  by  all,  and  that  it  expresses  a  pnrtl 
aha'le  of  meaning  not  to  be  found  in  any  i 
word.     This  is  uniformly  denied,  and  usuaII] 
word  trustworthy  is  proposed  as  a  j.ynonyroH  J' 
this  word  does   not   express  the  exact  shade 
meaning;    for   it    applies    properly   to    ptratmt,\ 
whereas  we  want  a  word   to  express  tho  iama  cil 
thiitgg.     It   is   an   unthougbtfui   ami    inaecurale 
oxprcHnion  to  apeak  of  a  thing  being  \rnrthj  et 
trust;  and  so  thoughtful  wrIterH  want  n  word  10 
suit  the  idea  of  a  "  thing  to  be  rejied  on."  F.  C.  H. 
waxes   very   bold  upon   this  point.     "  We  cmh 
says  he,  "  use  in   the  same  sense  a  hoit  of  I 
mate  expressions ;  in  fact,  our  langnnge  nbc 
with  words  expressive  of  the  meaning  to  i 
t1»i.s  vile  compound  has  been  so  lamentablj 
plied."    And  yet  I  venture  to  affirm  tbnt  h 
not  adduced  a  single  instance.     But  tlion  in  pUce 
thereof  he  has  given   us  a  cood   long   strinff  of 
words  which  have  a  perfeetly  diflTerent  aignific*- 
tion.     Quantity  must  make  up  for  minlity.     8«cl 
Ha  they  are,   then,   let  us  glance  through  the 
We  can  proclaim  a  person  or  a  tourcc  of  it^o 
(ton  to  be  — 

1.  Trmty. — Yes,  of  a  person;  no,  of  a  'blM-. 

2.  Credililf.  — Of  a  person  or  fact.  '1 
the  word  is  in  Latin  at  Icaat  as  defwd 
liable. 

3.  Veradout. — Applied  to  a  fact  would  be  tit 
nonsense.    Veracious  means  ipfahiu/f  truth. 

4.  AittJu^ilic. —Ahsurd  of  persons,  and  nihil  ad 
rem  in  any  wav.  The  facts  miglit  bo  autbeotie 
but  quite  unreliable. 

5.  ijMy)tr/ai!i/f.— These  men  are  re!»pect«bCot 
these  facts  arc  respectable.  Would  anyone  traiw 
late  either  expression  into  worthy  of  beittg  rolled 
upon  P 

6.  UndeniaUe.  —  *'  The  persons   I  »h«11 
produce,  ray  !ud,  are  undeniable."     His  k 
would  be  a  clever  fellow  if  li'         '         loh 
it.     Again:  thei«e  facts  .nrem  won 
sen*e,    but  wuold  not  mean  io>.-   Kiiim-  a« 
liable. 

7.  JuffiJipiUnM^— The   nam*.     Witnr"-' 
Indispntaiilc  i*  not  sense.  If  it  mean*  m 
must  be  fixch  a«  cannot  \n\  dixpttied  (if, 
vile  a  wortk  thcj-nfore,  as  rulinble. 

n.  What  are  we  to  say  of  an  undout>(od  wil 
ness?    Ifis  the  word  «v«r  bc«n  used  i'^ 
of  f rii'twnrtliv  ?    T  trow  not.     ^Vc   (ill    - 
unil  c.      Wc 

ci  11;  they  are   i  l 

tain,  but  the  rcltablvness  ia  nut  4.*%eu  bitit^d  $t 
tho  word  undnn!it'*d, 

9.  Inttmtro: 
p«rflfln».  It  ;< 
It  aUo  tufiera  fruoi  thu  auiuc  delect  lU'  iNo.  y. 


3rJ  S.  V.  Jax.  is,  '64.1 


XOTES  AXD  QUERIES. 


.*)?> 


expro»es  much   inoru   ihin    relijllc.   thrush   :: 
<lo"j  r.ot  sive  tbo  exact  shaile  of  moanir^a:  uli. 

In  c-oneUision.  I  can  onlv  sar  that  I  :b:p.k  :bi$ 
wurtl  ha.")  causeil  a  ^reat  deal  of  i*aii»<?les$  irrita- 
tion and  storiuy  language — lancuase  5howin^  far 
worse  taste  than  the  u$e  of  this  wt*\  which  I  Lave 
shown  bofore  to  Leonlv  one  out  nt  uianr.  ami  quite 
as  well  fonneil  as  manr  words  in  L:itiu  and  En^ii^iu 
wbicli  have  beeo  lued  at  all  tirno*  br  tiie  host 
writers.  J.  C.  J. 


SIR  ROBERT  GIFFORD. 
(S'"  S.  iv.  429.) 

In  answer  to  the  query  of  jour  corrciipondent 
as  ro  the  politics  of  thi^  worthy  man  and  50und 
lawyer,  perhaps  the  foUowini;  facts,  cominf;  from 
one  that  knew  him,  may  not  be  unacceptable  :  — 

Sir  Robert  GiSbrd,  like  many  other  able  law- 
yers is  nov  forgotten.  His  appearance  on  the 
trial  of  Queen  Caroline  wa^s,  although  on  the 
unpopular  side,  remarkably  brilliant.  It  was 
neither  so  rhetorical  or  eloquent  as  that  of  hii 
opponent.  Brougham,  but  it  was  powerful  and  to 
the  point,  and  worthy  of  the  position  he  held  as 
Att  or  n  ey  -General . 

He  was  a  Tory  from  the  time  of  his  first  ap- 
ponrance,  and  was  never  a  "  rat."  He  rose  from 
the  ranks,  and  in  attaining  his  ultimite  high  sta- 
tion, had  no  aid  from  political  jobbery  or  aris- 
tocratic connections.  IIo  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 
the  Xorth ;  and  as  Lord  Eldon,  even  with  the 
aid  of  Lord  Redesdalr,  could  not  master  them,  it 
became  a  matter  of  serious  consideration  how  to 
dispose  of  them. 

Thus  it  was  that  Sir  Robert  ^as  pitched  upon 
by  the  ministry  to  abate  the  evil,  and  as  Deputy 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Lords,  to  hear  and 
drcide  them.  It  was  at  one  time  thought  that 
Sir  Robert  should  only  ha\'e  a  life-rent  peerage ; 
but  the  expediency  as  well  as  legality  of  such  a 
measure  was  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  declineil. 
He  hod  been  raised  to  the  Bench  as  Lonl  Cliief 
Justice  of  the  Ctnirt  of  Common  Picas  January  8, 
18*24,  and  created,  January  30,  a  Peer  of  the  Realm 
by  the  style  and  title  of  Baron  Giffortl  of  St. 
Leonard's,  in  the  county  of  Pevon.  In  April  he 
resigned  liis  office  as  Chief  Justice,  and  was  ap- 
pointed.  Mnster  of  the  Rolls.  His  decisions  in 
Scotch  cases  gave  general  ntisfaction ;  and  as  he 
Waa  MMnewhat  more  ra|Mi)  in  giving  ji|i}gmuot 


;ha:i  Lt;  F.!;."  w.?*,  ;■..•  yitv  s.v.i  iiis|v«-.sl  of 
itii  ^rii:--T  j>  r:..:\  .-:  ;'::  .\r:\:\rf.  II  :!  lordship 
•:!-:-l  7r-,  :v.s:.::^ ".»  . -.  S.-.--..  ^.  i^-Ji"'.  :vM«o  j:ro.-it 
Tt-^rei  «':""r.s  tr:-:.  .>  .-.r-  :  : »  <»■.<■  l.**  i<;"ii!<«'»«u;i:rv, 
:"  r  he  wi*  Iv:'-.  av.  .'.'.■  ;-.  I  '.  •.;■  .irv:.'  i'j.ij^.v  \% 
.  i  wA*  ":  or::  Ft ; . '.24.  I"}.  ;•.  ■  was  :;:.rer.TO  in 
the  :V'ny-*t-Tor.tii  T:.A-  .;"  ■;:".*  ::jo. 

Lori  Gidf.-rd  *.»<  a  ^i»->.;-".  oii:::»  nuw,  niiM  iu 
h:-  2ener..i  t!:':r.e.i:".  v.r,  av.ti  «.i*-.;r;;ous  ti»  counsol : 
a  k:ni  :i'u>T:..ir..l.  ar.  i  ji:'.  a;:'iv:i-nato  lathor.     Ho 
E-.irrivd  a*  *.va  :-.s  r.:>  v-:ro'.;::>:d:-.oo*  wohM  a.lnut, 
'  and  ho  was  :".>rtu2.i:e  in  the  oViiX't  of  his  vhoiv-o, 
,  for  Lady  Gid'/rd  wss  ai>  aiui-iMo  as  she  was  beau- 
tiful.    She  was.  i:'  I  mistako  not.  a  olor^iy  man's 
daughter.   Hi*  elies:  *."a.  atv.l  inheritor  of  his  poor- 
age,  married  a  dau^'sivr  of  tho  Lord  Firiharslingo, 
'■  a  no'dlemau  whi-sj  clx.ni  :.•»  bo  Baron  BorkolV  by 
t«.>nuro  v.i^  we  aro  iy.-'.inol  to  tii'.iik,  soraotvhat 
hastily  ui^po^od  of  touio  :>bort  time  since  by  a 
l\immiitee  of  Privilosvs.  J.  M. 


MK5.  FITZHF.KBKRT.  * 

(S'^  S.  iv.  411.  52-2.) 

I  am  quite  una'ole  to  ansnror  M.  F.'s  inquiry  as 
ti  whothor  Mrs.  Fitzborbort  had  a  child  oilbor  by 

■  hor  lirs:  hnsband,  Mr.  Weld,  or  her  second,  Mr. 
I  Fitzhot-bert ;  but  if  not,  the  child  introduocd  into 
j  the  caricatures  reforroil  to  by  M.  F.  is  probal>ly 
I  an  allufion  to  n  pid'o  of  scandal  current  at  tho 
!  time,  and  whioh  w.is  given  to  the  publio  in  a 
'  pamphlet  entitled  Xemesis,  or  a  LttU'r  to  AlrWJ. 

By  •  •  *  •.  There  is  no  ilato,  but  there  can  bo 
i  little  doubt  that  it  was  published  in  1789,  inas- 
;  much  as  it  contains  an  affidavit  by  tho  Kov. 
!  Philip  I  Wither,  stating  that  it  reached  biiii  by 
;  the  Penny  Post ;  that  he  was  totally  ignorant  of 
the  author,  and  that  he  believed  ovorv  part  of  it 
to  be  strictly  true,  except  so  much  of  it  as  related 

■  to  himself.  'The  affidavit  is  dated  Feb.  11,  ITS'). 
The  tullowing  passage  gives  Nemesis'  scandalous 
ai-o->unt  of  Mrs.  Fitzberbert :  — 

"The  first  time  the  Princo  saw  Mrs.  Fitzlicrlicrt  van 
in  Lady  Scfton's  box  nt  tho(.>pera,  and  tho  novolly  uf 
her  face,  more  than  the  brilliancv  of  her  rharms  hnj  tho 
usuni  etfpct  of  i'liamoiiriiiK  the  I'riiicv.  Itut  he  hinl  not 
to  do  with  n  raw,  unpractised  t^itX,  An  of  pcrieiiriHl 
d.iine,  who  had  been  twico  n  widow,  was  not  likoly  to 
aurrcnder  upon  common  temix.  She  l(M)ked  rorw.ird:! 
towards  a  more  brilliant  prospoet  which  her  nmbtiioii 
might  artfully  supgest.  fuundcti  upon  the  feeble  chnriii'ier 
of  an  tmoroii.<«  young  Prince.  She  adopted  the  Htalr  :irli- 
lico  of  absentiiiR  herself  for  some  month*,  and  went  to 
Plombiers,  in  Lorrain,  where  she  oontracttHl  an  intimacy 
with  the  Mari(iiiB  de  P>cllovoye,*  with  whom  she  with- 
drew for  some  time,  and  lived  in  tho  greatest  familiarity. 
The  consequence  of  this  intercourse  was  a  ne«>e«>ily  of 

*  Reputed  the  handsomest  man  in  France  iNiforo  he  was 
shot  in  the  face,  but  that  accident  cooled  Mrs.  Fltsher- 
bert'a  pasnoiL— iVote  in  OrigiuL 


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[Jrt  s.  V.  Jax.  1«. 


retiring  to  Paris,*  where,  by  meana  of  her  two  Scotch 
Toad-eaters,  the  scimdalooB  tr&osactioD  was  mdaatriouslj 
concealed. 

**  Le«t  the  matter  shonld  come  to  the  eart  of  the 
Prince,  it  rraa  thought  right  to  cotno  to  Enj^Iand  imnic- 
diately,  aud  by  Mr.  liouverie  and  Mr.  Errington's  awi- 
duity,  the  marriage  was  concluded-  Whether  in  Grafton 
Street  or  Cleveland  Square  shall  bo  fullv  diacloaed.  Her 
relations,  partifjularly  her  uncle,  Mr.  iPanner  and  Mr. 
T!:r  ,  were  tirst  proud  of  the  event;  but  since 

111  !i  of  yonr  book,  they  have  been  very  shy 

uj'"  j-ot, 

"  The  Marquis  came  over  last  wititer,  and  became 
known  to  the  Prince.  Mrs.  Fitzherbert,  fearing  a  di«co- 
very,  gpoke  of  him  as  a  man  unworthy  the  Prince's  nc- 
qnaintance.  The  Marquis,  piqued,  demanded  the  two 
thousand  pounds  she  had  borrowed  from  him;  she  re- 
fused to  pay  him  unless  ho  gave  up  her  letters,  with  her 
ootcgiuf  hand,  which  he  refused.  She  then  sent  Anthony 
St.  Leger  and  Weltje  to  negocinte;  and  after  ranch  da- 
bate,  by  means  of  the  Abt>^  Lechamp,  the  matter  was 
compromised  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds;  but 
the  letters  were  not  given  up,  and  may  hereafter  be  pub- 
lished to  the  disgrace  ^f  aP******  who  stands  in 
80  eminent  a  relation  with  rc-sipeci  to  this  countrv.  Her 
brother  Wat  Smith,  whom  she  had  ili-treatcd,  divnlped 
man}'  of  the  secrets,  but  he  lias  heen  lately  silenced  by  a 
largo  sum  of  money.  Immense  sum»  have  been  luvi&lted 
in  trinkets,  and  much  is  due  to  Gray  and  Castlefranc  on 
her  account.  Tlie  expense*  of  puifing  paragraphs  in  her 
favour,  and  of  suppressing  otlicrs  against  her,  liaro 
amounted  tn  Urge  sums,  which  must  come  out  of  the 
public  purse 

"She  has  correspondence  in  France  through  the  Gros 
AblH^  the  Duke  of  Orleans's  bastard  brother,  and  through 
.\bbc  Taylor,  and  'some  Irish  Friars  in  many  parts  of 
Italy,"  &c. 

A  charge  so  gross  could  not  pass  unnoticed  by 
the  lady.  The  Kcv.  Philip  Wither,  who  styled 
bimaelf  "  Chanlain  to  Lady  Dowager  Hereford," 
And  %vn9  a  writer  of  political  and  polemical  tracts, 
was  itidiclcd  for  libel,  found  {juilty,  sentenced  to 
imprisonuietit  in  N<^wgBte,  and  died  there  before 
the  term  of  his  iiuprisunment  had  expired. 

T.  S. 


ST.  PATRICK  AND  THE  SHAlfROCK. 

(3'*  S.  V.  40.) 

^'bouch  no  one  is  bound  to  believe  llie  tradi* 
Uon  of  St.  Patricic  and  the  Shamrock,  it  ia  not 
to  be  summarily  disposed  of  as  attempted  in  the 
article  referred  to  above.  Tliis  is  the  firpt  time 
I  have  heard  that  any  one  considered  the  subject 
■■  R  weak  invention  of  the  ciii'my;  though  this 
correspondent  deelnres  that  he  has  alwnys  so  con- 
sidered it,  1  am  perfccllv  at  n  loss  to  citt»ceive  why 
he  •hould  »o  consider  it.  It  is  a.  very  reswct- 
•ble  tratlilion,  very  wi'lcly  rcccivi-il,  very  firiidy 
belicvei),  vtry  respectably  defended,  unri  very 
wsnnly  cheri»hed  by  a  whole  nation,  nnd  many 

■  mtc  tliiit  Flnmbifrc 

!  the  othifr  accum- 

•lixuaijoji    !•>}< vai>»s_,    ii>i   .f    Kiyy   i^Lfdient  lo  th«  divinQ 


I  at  I 


others   for  many    centuries.      Wlmt  conld 
enemy  to  ChristLinity  have  hoped  to  gain  b 
venting   gnch  a  fitory  ?    We  may  perhaps 
what  Mr.  Piskebton  would  aa.sij;n  for  his 
tlves,  as  he  seems  to  consider  the  tradition  un 
able,  because   St.  Patrick   wfl.s  too  much  of 
Christian,  a  man  of  common  sense,  und  ordi 
ability,"  to  have  recourse  to  such  an  espe«. 
Now  I  should  maintain  exactly  the  n'renie, 
contend  that  it  was  preciwely  In'i^ause  the 
wiis  such  a  man,  that  he  wa.4  most  likely  to  em; 
the  Shamrock  as  he  is  believed  to  have  done. 

He  laboured  to  convert  a  rude,  illiterate  n 
of  Pagans  to  the  belief  of  the  sublime  trut 
Christianity.     What  more  natund,  when  he  in 
cnted  the  l)elicf  in  the  pTeal,  furidrinietilul  doct 
of  the  Blessed  Trinity,  than  to  employ  an  ob! 
calculated   to  facilitate  in    xome  depree   to  t 
uncultured  minds  the   belief  of   the    niystei 
Trinity  ?    Asa"  Christian,"  he  would  be  anx 
to  gain  their  souls  to  Christ,  an<l  r;la<Uy  tnke 
simple  plant  to  help  to  illusinite  hit  divinitv. 
a  "  man  of  common  sense,"  he  would  see  tfi 
easiest  way  to  enlijihtcn  their  rude  mindrt  w 
be  to  a<lopt  some  very  simple  imape,  which 
capacity  could  reailily  take  in  ;  and  as  a  m 
"  ordinary  ability,"  he  would  employ  that  a 
in  choosing  an  illustration  most  likely  to  pro 
the  effect  which  he  desired.     Certainly  every 
knows  that  no  material  substance  can   be 
pared  to  the  divine  mystery  of  the  Trinity 
this  St.  Pittrick  never  attempted.     He  used 
shamrock,   not  in   comparison  with   iho  my" 
but   us  some  sort  of  illustration,  hot 
aiitl  imperfect,  to  soAen  the  diilicultv  : 
Pagans,  which  it  was  well  calculated  i<>  m 
myself,  I  am  free  to  own,  that  Ixiing  a  "C 
and  I  hope  "  a  man  of  common  sense  "  to 
were  I  ennged  to  preach  Christianity  now 
nation  of  nealhens,   I  should  rca<lily  make  u 
any  such  illustration  ;  nnd  am  confident   tli 
would  greatly  facilitate  their  belief  in  the 
mystery  of  the  Ulcs«ed  Trinity. 

The  well-known  name  of  Herb  Trinity  jti 
the  Anrm<me  hepafica,  on  account  of  the  t! 
<  h)bes  of  its  leaf,  shows  that  other  Christiana 
men  of  common  sense,  besides  St.  Patri 
found  plants  with  similar  leaves,  in  some 
symbolical  of  the  adorable  Trinity.  F. 


'hristlt 


dh 


T  tend  yoa  these  few  line*  merely  with 
view  of  inforroirg  Mr.   W.    Pinkirtow   '' 
n'ally   sec  no  r«"na<»n  why  be  should  cxpr 
surprise  on  finding  "  that  Cawow  DaLTifN 
up  the  subject  in  a  8criou.>«  manner." 

What    wus   the   subject?    I         •       <  Vn 
know    on    what    foundation   r< 
tradition,  that  St.  Patrick  made  u^..    ,  . 
rock  to  lUustratti  the  Blcsaed  iViuity  Y    F. 


d^s,y.  Jx3t.  10, '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


answered,  with  his  usual  kindness,  to  the  cflf^'ct 
that,  though  the  trnditioa  was  ancient  and  vene- 
rable, there  flcumed  to  be  nu  hbtorical  foundation 
ibr  it. 

Mr.  PiNKERTOR  novr  comes  forth,  and  calls 
the  tradition  &n  "  absurd,  if  not  egregiously  ir- 
reverent 9tc»ry."  Why,  I  cannot  understand, 
except  that  he  appears,  in  hid  fimt  paragraph,  to 
have  made  a  very  strange  mistake  :  these  are  his 
words :  — 

••  For,  surely,  it  must  be  cvi'lent  to  the  roeanp.it  capa- 
cUv,  tliHi  neiilier  Ae  it  tymtKil,  argument,  nor  illustration, 
C4II  unr  material  i»ubalaiictf,  nacurni  r>r  nrtiticial,  be  com- 
pared to  the  Divine  Xlysterj'  of  the  Trinity  in  Unity." 

Thus  your  correspondent  supposes  that  St. 
Patrick  cmnpared  the  Shamrock  to  the  mystery 
of  the  Trinity  !  Surely  there  must  be  some  mis- 
take. Is  there  not  n  great  difference  between 
comparing  the  Shamrock  to  the  Blessed  Trinity, 
and  making  use  of  it  merely  as  a  faint  illustra- 
tion of  Three  distinct  Persons  united  in  one 
Divine  Person?  This  latter  is  all  that  the  tradi- 
tion affirms;  hence,  I  cannot  fiee  the  least  absur- 
dity in  supposing  the  Suint  to  have  made  use  of 
the  Shamrock  for  this  purpose. 

Mr.  Pinkkrto:*  refers  to  the  well-known  trea- 
tise of  St.  Augustine  De  Trinitittc.  There  the 
Saint  makai  use  of  an  illustration  to  expl.-iin,  in  nn 
imfterfcct  manner,  the  tcacliinjj  of  the  Church  on 
the  .idorable  Mystery  of  the  Bles.>'ed  Trinity.  He 
mentions  that,  n»  there  are  tliree  Persons  in  one 
God,  so  the  three  distinct  powers  of  the  Soul  — 
the  SVill,  the  Memory,  and  the  Understanding — 
is  an  emblem  or  illustratioD  of  the  Trinity.  Now, 
1  mruDtaio  that  these  two  different  illustrations, 
made  use  of  by  St.  Patrick  and  St  Augustine, 
are  far  from  being  absurd  or  "  egregiously  irre- 
verent." J.  DaiTON. 


Without  interfering  in  the  discussion  as  to  St. 
Patrick  and  the  Sh.amrock,  which  I  nni  content 
to  leave  in  Casok  Daltom's  hands^  1  beg  to  point 
out  to  Mr.  PiNKtBTOM  that  the  appearance  of  the 
lleur-de-lys  on  the  mariner's  compass  has  no 
b«nring  at  all  upon  his  case.  His  words  are  these 
(p.  41):  — 

"  It "  (ititi  Heur-de-lys)  "  also  appears  00  the  mariner's 
compaRH  tktn\  the  pack   of  playing  c«nJ«;   two  things 

w><i"'\    ' ■-    '    entially  dilferent,  ar»  atill  the  two 

til!  ,Qfi  hju  most  wideir  extead«d  over 

th,       , 

1  will  not  pause  to  examine  the  exactness  of 
the  assertions  contained  in  this  extract.  My  only 
object  in  this  reply  is  to  tuention  the  fiicta  which 
concern  th^  flonT-de-lys, 

The  1 1  i  appear!!  on  tijc  mariner's  com- 

pos   1>|  •  -lia   invented,   or   perfected,  it. 

^loreri  sav^ .  — 

"  Oioia  (Jean)  nalif  d'Amalplii  dans  le  Roraume  de 
NapU-*,  ay«ut  out  parier  il«  la  vats  do  la  pierre  d'Ainiantt 


s'en  servit  dans  sea  nnvigationn,  et,  peu  k  pen,  A  forces 
il'oxperiences,    i\    invsnt."i   et   pcrfectionna   la    bousi^olo. 
Poor  m.nrquer  que  C(M  inslninitnt  ::-■'  ■■- —  - 
un  sujet  cjes  Rni»  de  NaplM,  qui  et*  lo 

la  MaiKtn  <ie  Frame  de  la  Urainrhf    .      '  no, 

il  marqud  le  Seplentrion  avec  une  Fltiur-do-ly*,  cu  qiu  a 
4i6  auivy  par  tomes  les  nations," 

Moreri  gives  no  date  lo  Gioia.  Eut  the  TubleUet 
Chronolog'ujuea  of  the  Abbe  Lenglet  du  Fresnoy 

Elace  him  under  the  year  130:2.  It  is  true  that 
In  Fresnoy  siiys,  "  11  paroit  par  Guyot  de  Pro- 
vins,  Poeta  Francois  de  la  fin  du  xii  siJ^cle,  que 
la  Uoussole  etoit  des-lors  en  usage  en  Franct;." 
But,  if  that  statement  is  true,  ibonly  carries  the 
tieur-de-lys  to  the  place  from  which  Anjou  and 
Naples  obtained  it.  And  if,  as  is  usiually  sup- 
p<i:«ed,  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  as  an  instance. 

The  introduction  of  the  well-known  incident  in 
the  life  of  St.  Augustine  does  not  seem  very  appo- 
site, and  not  a  sufficient  excuse  for  ihk  expressions 
"  absurd,  if  not  egregiously  irreverent,"  which  I 
regret  to  see  in  the  pages  of  "  N.  &  Q,,"  as  used 
by  Mr.  Piwkxrtow.  D.  P. 

Staarts  Lodge,  Malvern  Wella 


Quotation  :  "  Aut  to  Mords  bs,"  etc.  (S"*  S. 
iv.  515.) — J.  W.  M.  will  find  the  required  quota- 
tion in  Dr.  King's  "  Supplement  to  the  Life  of 
Sir  Thomus  More  "  (printed  »h  exleruo  in  Faulk- 
ner's Chehea,  vol.  i.  p.  113  —  *' Ayscough's  Cat. 
MSS.  JBrit.  Mus.  No.  4455"  is  the  reference  given 
in  the  foot  note.) 

Tlie  passage  at  length  is  da  follows  :  — 
"  Sir  Thomas  being  onu  day  at  my  lord  mayor's  tablei 
word  was  brought  him,  that  there  was  a  geatleman, 
who  was  a  foreigner,  inquired  for  his  lordship  (lie  being 
then  Lord  Chancellor) ;  ti»py  having  nearly  dined,  the 
Lord  Mayor  onlcred  one  of  bis  uffit-em  to  take  the  gen- 
tleman into  bis  caro,  and  give  bim  what  be  bi»t  hked. 
The  officer  took  Kraanmii  into  the  lord  mayor'si  cellar, 
where  be  chose  to  eat  oysters  and  drink  wine  (as  tfie 
fashion  was  then)  drawn  into  leathern  jack)*  and  poured 
into  a  silver  cup.  As  soon  ai*  EniMinua  bad  well  reireibed 
bitn«elf,  ho  was  introduced  to  Sir  Thonia.i  Moru.  At  bis 
iirBC  coming  in  to  him,  be  saluted  him  in  Lutiu. 

Sir  Thomat  atked  him,  Uud«  veuis  ? 
Eratmut.  £x  Int'erjs. 
Sir  ThomaM.  Quid  ibi  agitur? 
Eratmut.  Vivjj  vescuntur  et  bibunt  ex  ocreis. 
SirThi'mas.  An  iioscii? 
ErnMmni.  Aut  tu  ea  Moms  aut  nuliu*. 
Sir  Thomai.  £t  tu  ea  aui  duus,  uut  d*moni  aut  meus 
Erasmus." 

Waltkr  Rtb. 
King's  Bosdf  Chelsea. 

The  words  "  Ant  tu  ea  Mqtwa  va.\.w>:!&»*X  ■«««• 
those  ot  "ir.t^^atuM*  \  \»sv<\  >\\fe  t^v«?\.  ^^  K>xv  ^ovx « 


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KOTfiS  AND  QUEftlES. 


[IM  B.  V.  3as.  16,  "W. 


Erasmus  aut  diabolus  "  are  those  of  Sir  Thoihas 
More. 

Amongst  his  other  eminent  acquaintance,  he 
(More)  was  particularlj  attached  to  Erasmus. 
They  had  long  corresponded  befote  thejr  were 
personally  known  to  each  other.  Erasmus  came 
to  England  for  the  purpose  of  seeing  his  fH^nd ; 
and  it  Was  contrired  that  they  should  meet  at  the 
Lord  Mayor's  table  before  they  were  introduced 
to  each  other.  At  dinner  they  engaged  in  argu- 
ment. Erasmus  felt  the  keenness  of  his  antago- 
nist's wit;  and  when  hard  pressed,  exclaimed, 
"  You  are  Mokj  or  nobody,"  the  reply  was, 
"  You  are  Erasmus,  or  the  devil."  (OaUery  of 
PortraiU,  L.  U.  K.  ii.  27.)  T.  J.  Bdcmok. 

Stobqub  (3'*  S.  iv.  475.)— Does  not  Ogygius, 
in  calling  his  victim  "  my  stork  "  taunt  him  with 
the  excess  oferropyti  he  has  displayed? 

In  the  Copy  of  Randolph's  posthumous  Poems^ 
1638,  in  the  British  Museum,  the  following  ana- 
gram of  the  name  of  Richard,  Lord  "VVeston, 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  created  Earl  of 
Portland  in  1632,  is  written  on  a  flyleaf:  — 

"  Yir  dartti  ac  honeatus. 
Richardas  VVestonoa, 
Vir  durus  ac  bonus. 
"  Te  licet  durum  vocat  ac  honefltutn, 
Nominis  foelix  anagramma  vestri, 
Sia  tameu  quasi  mihi  mil^  durus, 

Valde  et  honeatus. 

"  Alltbongh  your  Lordahippe'a  happy  annagramtiie. 
Give  }-ott  of  hard  nild  honest  both  the  name, 
Tct  let  that  hard  (I  praye  you)  fkll  on  mee 
Gently,  and  pay  mee  with  your  honesty. 

Tho.  Kawdoltu." 

As  Randolph  died  in  1634,  and  the  Poetm  wei-e 
published  by  his  brother  after  his  death,  1  am  at 
a  loss  to  understand  thi?  flyleaf  inscription. 

Job  J;  B.  vVorkabd. 

Hbbaldic  Visitations  pbihtbd  (3"^  S.  iv.  433.) 
The  Visitation  of  London,  taken  by  Robert 
Cooke,  Ciarenceux,  1C68,  has  recently  been  edited 
fVom  MS.  Hai-l.  1463,  by  Mb.  J.  J.  Uowabd  and 
Mb.  J.  G.  KictioLS. 

Job  J.  Babdwbix  Wobkabd,  M.A. 

Clsbk  of  tub  Creqoe  (S"'  S.  iv.  43,  417)  is 
an  officer  in  the  King's  Court,  so  called  because  he 
hath  the  check  and  controlment  of  the  yeomen  of 
the  guard,  and  all  other  ordinary  yeomen  belonging 
either  to  the  king,  queen,  or  prince ;  giving  leave, 
or  allowing  their  absence  in  attendance,  or  di- 
minishing their  wages  for  the  same :  he  also,  by 
himself  or  dcputv,  takes  the  view  of  those  that 
are  to  watch  in  the  court,  and  hath  the  setting  of 
the  watch.  33  Hen.  VIIL  c.  12.  Also  there  is 
an  officer  of  the  same  name  in  the  king's  navy  at 
Plymouth,  Depttbni,  Woolwich,  Chatham,  &(:. 
19  Car.  IL  c.  1.  (Jacob's  Law  Dictionary,  1772, 
m6  voce.)  W.  I.  S.  HoBToM. 


(^EvotlTtONs  WAKf  to  (S^  S.  iv.  474,  498^  &c) 
The  lines  commencing  — 

"  Few  the  words  that  I  have  spoken 

are  by  the  Rev.  J.  Moultrie,  Rector  of  Riwby, 
and  appear  in  the  volume  of  Poems  published  by 
him. 

Li  Bishop  Alley's  CommeHtaiy  on  <Slt.  Peter^M 
EpitUtt,  the  lines  —  " 

"  Hoc  est  neacire,  sine  Christo  plurima  scire ; 
Cbristam  ai  bene  acis,  satis  est,  si  cieten  nescis  " 

are  thus  rendered :  — 

"  To  know  much  without  Christ  is  nothing  expedient; 
But  well  to  know  Christ  ia  onely  aufficient" 

The  original  source  of  the  thought  I  am  unaUe 
to  indicate. 

What  authority  has  J.  L.  for  calling  the  coan^et 
an  epitaph  ?  C.  J.  R. 

•<  tiod  and  the  doctor,"  &c 

The  following  lines  hy  Quatles  convey  the  same 
sentiment:-^  . 

"  Our  God  and  soldier  we  alike  adore, 
Ev'n  at  the  brink  of  rain,  not  before; 
After  deliv'rance  both  alike  requited, 
Our  God's  fbrgotten,  and  our  soldier's  slighted.** 

I  have  heard  the  lines  as  quoted  by  T.  C.  B.,  but 
fancy  they  are  only  a  version  of  the  aboVe. 

W.  I.  8.   HOETOH. 

ViXBif  :  FiXEK  (3"*  8.  iv.  389,  463.)— In  looking 
through  Gammer  Ourton't  Needle  (printed  167d, 
or,  according  to  Oldys,  as  quoted  by  Hawkins, 
1551)  in  Dodsley's  Old  Plays,  I  have  discovered 
the  word  '•  fixen  "  twice  used  — 

"  That  false /treii,  that  same  dame  Chat,"  (kc 

Act  III.  Sc.  2. 
"  Ah,  Hodge,  Ilodgc,  where  waa  thy  help,  when  >ln« 
had  me  down  ?  "—Act  III.  Sc.  3. 

JouN  Addis. 

Rob.  Bdbss  (S'*  S.  iv.  497.)— Watt's  Bibiin- 
theca  Britannica  is  far  from  an  immaculato  work, 
and  I  venture  to  think  the  Caletlonian  Musietd 
Museum  of  1809,  there  ascribed  to  the  younger 
Burns,  is  among  the  compiler's  errors  of  commis- 
sion. A  book  under  that  title  in  mentioned  by 
Lowndes  under  •'  Songs,"  with  a  portrait  of 
Burns;  this,  with  the  probability  that  it  is  fin 
common  with  a  ho-tt  of  books,  under  the  titles 
Caledonian  Musical  Rfpositonj,  Edinburgh  Mu- 
sical Museum,  &c.  &c.),  full  of  the  lyrics  of  the 
Ayrshire  bard,  is,  I  presume,  its  only  connection 
With  the  name  of  Bums. 

That  Robert  Burns,  Jun.,  in  early  life  had  an 
inclination  for  .his  father's  divine  art,  vre  know; 
but  Chambers — one  of  the  latest  of  the  poets' 
biographers,  tells  us  that  although  he  wrote  a 
few  son  as  and  some  pieces  of  miscellaneous  poetry 
of  considerable  merit,  his  removal  in  1804  to 
London  repressed  his  litemy  aqnrations,  whidi 


NOMS  AND  QUERIES. 


ultimately   crushed  out  by  a  lohg  lift*  of 
)utine  drudgery  nt  the  Stfttnp  Office.  J.  O. 

Brbttingham  (3**   8.   Iv.  458,)  —Thanks  to  , 
Mksbks.  CoofBB  for  the  dates  of  the  death,  kc.  of 
this  nrohifect  and  of  his  soti-   Can  ihey  furnish  the 
'I  th  and  ploce  nf  burial  of  Robert  Furze  ^ 

1;  J,  also  an  architect^  ood  supposed  to 

huvc  Lituii  !i  neplit'W  of  the  father  ubore  named,  | 
and  whom  he  ftppcftra  to  have  iucctieded  in  the  j 
art?   The  latest  date  of  him  piven  in    '  'h-  | 

sional  account  in  the  Dictimuirg  of  •  c, 

is  that  of  1805,  when  he  resigned  his  onuiui  jM»9t 
ill  the  Board  of  Works,  but  was  probably  in  pn-ac- 
^c«  much  hitor,  \x6  he  was  theii  only  about  forty- 
re  years  of  a^^e.  Wtatt  Papwobth. 

StIAKfiPKABE  ASB  rtATO  (a***  S.  1».  473:) 

*•  It  \-  trulr  sinc:ul3r,''  ?nys  Colcridjre,  "that  Plato, 
t'.  1  'nr  as  lit-  wiis  of  the  Pro- 

t'  ivc  glTi-n,  in  his  iJuiUigut 

oj   ...^  .  .  .,!..  ai.^M  of  our  Sh«ks|K>*re;  for  lie 

ri'lntcs  all   the  other  jjucats  had  either  <lis- 

|M;r?ed  '■  -p.  Socrates  onlv,  to^etbcr  with  Ari- 

(itopliniu'8  aibl  AgalLdti,  rernniiiej  awukc;  t^wX  that, 
While  he  foiitinwed  to  drink  with  them  uut  at  a.  Wge 
Kolilel,  he  <r(Jlnpt^lled  thviii,  thou((h  tnoit  rehictAtitiy,  to  | 

Imit   that  it  wan  the  husiiieNi  of  olio  and   the  lutme  , 
^  itua  to  excel  iu  trnfric  and  comic  pottn*.  or  thai  the  I 
trugic  [HKit  ought,  nt  the  iuu)i«  time,  to  contain  within 
hi>UJ<clf  the  powers  of  com«ly-" — Rrmaint,  VoL  xL  p.  12. 

LAtfBBt  WaTKS  (a"*  S.  V.  11.)  — 

"Ill  the  ubserratioas  on  Donellan's  case  contained  in 
Mr.  TowQscud't  Life  of  Ju.'sticf  Bullcr  (^Littt  ff  Enf>IUh 
J,r'  •  ").  the  following  statement  is  made :  — *  In  his 
(1  .brary  there  hanpened  to  be  a  «inj»le  number 

of  pkicai  TmiijartMxu ;  and  of  thin  wnglc  num- 

ber the  luuvtm  bad  b«cn  cut  only  iu  one  plai.'ts  and  this 
place  bap[)encd  to  contain  an  account  ot  the  making  of 
fj,,,,-.  I  «....,  by  distillation  v-,m,;,,  .  ;  j>:,i  of  this  in  the 
r.  trial.     Ii  i  lo  evidence  in 

I'  nboiit  the  !;  in   the  book, 

iittliouj;h  much  AtroTieer."  —  .StcpLcu's  lieneral  Vitw  of 
the  Criminal  Law  of  Enijland,  l{j(<3,  p,  S48  n. 

K.  R.  Dbm. 
WiilUeud,  XeWcaAlle-on^Tyne.  , 

1  have  a  copy  of  the  Toilet  of  Flora,  which  I 
pr«x;ure<l  throuffh  a  notice  of  "Books  Wanted" 
t«  *'  N.  h  Q."  There  ia  uo  mention  Iti  il  uf  laurel 
wntpr ;  but  in  &  work  publishi^d  nearly  half  a 
f  r  to  that — namely,  the  Suppknientto 

M  rs's  Dictipuary  of  Arfi  arul  Scicncet, 

l?."):},  iIm;  j.disonous  quality  of  laurel  water  is  no* 
ticed    under   the    article    "  Ltturo-Cera.ius,"   the 


ulllhiir   tlier 
Dublin  by  ' 
denly    ufier   «.rii 
water."     Severiil 
Drs.  Madden  (mu   ^ 
to  the  KoyjtJ  Society. 
420. 
Chlawlek. 


'This  n        ■  ("red  In 

of  two  V,  ^  Rud- 

:  •    tin,'    ui.-[iiifd   laurel 
.ita  were  tlien  nwule  by 


I  pt3afu."!«?«  ft  smull  8to,  printed  for  J.  Murray, 
32,  Flec't  Street,  and  W.  Nicoli,  St.  Paul's  Church- 
yard,  1779,  eotitkd  Tkp  Toilet  of  Flora,  I  am 
afraid  A."*  iNviutaeB  will  not  obtain  the  informa- 
tion be  expet'ls  from  the  book,  I'he  only  mention 
uf  laurel  water  ia  at  p.  1,  in  the  folluwing  terms  :— 

Ma  Arontut'tc  Bd/A.— Uoil  for  the  sp*ce  of  two  ot  Ihrae 
mlnutet  in  «  «THRr(»int  «iiinntitr  of  river  w«tWt  one  w 
mora  i  — vit.  Ittur^i,  .te- 

maryi  •>  ■  any  oUht  :  Live 

an  agi..       .      .  ^    iruined  ofi  !  ,  rom 

the  herbs,  add  to  it  a-  Uttle  brAodv  <>r  campliorrtted  Apirits 
of  wine.  This  is  au  t^icellent  \>aib  to  strengthen  the 
limbs  t  it  r«inuve«  ptuus  proceeding  I'rum  cold,  and  pro- 
motes porspiration." 

A.  F.  B. 

PuoLBY  (8"*  S.  V.  12.)  —  Ihe  Pholeya,  better 
known  as  Foulahs,  are  well  described  in  Mungo 
Park's  first  Travels  in  Africa.  He  speaks  of 
them  iu  several  parta  of  his  book  as  be  happened 
to  cfime  ammig  them.  ITicy  are  fouud  ni.'ar  the 
Gambia,  and  in  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  windward 
coast  of  Africa.  They  are  of  a  tawny  couiplcxion, 
with  eilky  hair  and  pleasing-  features.  They  ure 
of  a  mild  disposition,  and  retain  their  own  lan- 
iiusiae^  though  most  of  them  have  eome  knowledge 
of  Arabic.  They  are  employed  in  husbandry ; 
have  large  herds  and  (locks,  and  use  milk  chiefly 
as  their  diet,  but  not  till  it  is  quite  sour.  They 
moke  butter,  but  not  cheese.  They  also  possess 
e.\cclltint  horses,  the  breed  of  which  seen^s  to  be  a 
mixture  of  the  Arabian  with  the  original  Africau. 
See  Mungo  Park's  I'raveU  in  Africa  i«  1795-6-7, 
chapters  ii.  iv,  xiv.  F.  C.  II. 

Pbh«t  Loavbs  at  Furkrals  (3"*  S.  v.  35.)  — 
Whether  the  custom  of  di.itribuling  penny  loaves 
at  funerals  still  exists  at  Gainsborough,  I  do  not 
know  ;  but  the  other  question  of  RoueHT  Kmmpt 
is  very  readily  answered.  lie  iisks  what  was  the 
origin  of  this  custom.  It  was  the  pious  pnwtice 
of  our  uncustont  to  direct  i»  their  wills  that  doles 
ot  bread  or  other  alms  tdiuidd  be  yiven  to  tbe 
poor  at  their  funerals,  whereby  they  performed 
n  double  act  of  charity,  relieving  the  corporal 
wants  of  the  poor,  and  securing  their  prayers  for 
the  repose  of  their  own  souls.  This  custom  not 
only  nrevtiili-il  in  F-mj-lnnd  till  the  change  of  reli- 
gion m  th  11  century,  but  has  be«?u  kept 
lip  among  ^  ver  Bince.  1  could  point  out 
many  recent  instances  where  sums  of  large  umuuiit 
have  been  distributed  in  loaves  <»f  bread  to  the 
poor  at  the  funerals  of  wealthy  Catholics.  There 
can  be  no  doubt  that  the  custom  ut  Gainsborough 
is  ii  remnant  of  this  ancient  practice.       F.  C.  11. 

Tbadb  and  Iaipbovement  ov  Ir£LAM>  (3""  S. 
V.  3!i.)  —  Arthur  Dobbs  published  a  second  part 
t'f  his  Ennuti  on  the  Trade  and  Itnftn/remettt  of 
Ireland  iu  1731,  8vo.  There  is  no  account  oC 
him  hi  ChKlmera's  Bu>grapWoiA,  "D\e\vrMvn4>>s<5J^ 
your  tiotTe,ft^tv<ii&u\.  vsivj  ^aA  %»  *E>Rnv  x«kj(0«a 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^8.  V.  Jas.16» 


him  in  MeCullocVs  Litertiture  of  Political  Eeo- 
nomtf  (1845,  8vo,  p.  46),  taken  from  a  note  by 
George  Clialiners  in  his  copy  of  Dobbs's  Esmy. 
There  is,  however,  a  fuller  bio^nphy  of  Arthur 
Dobbs  in  George  Chalmers's  vaUmble  "  Lives  of 
the  Writers  on  Trade  and  Political  Economy," 
which  is  a  storehouse  of  Information  on  the  sub- 
lect.  It  is  in  manuscript  in  my  possession,  form- 
ing a  thick  4to  volume,  and  has  never  yet  been 
published.  Jas.  Crosslst. 

The  second  part  of  Arthur  Dobbs'a  Exxai/  on  the 
Ttiiitf  and  Improvement  of  Ireland  was  publiithet] 
at  Dublin  in  I73I.  Both  parts  of  the  work  have 
recently  been  reprinted  in  vol.  ii.  of — 

"  A  Collection  of  Tracts  and  TroAtwfs  illunlrativo  of 
tbe  Natural  History,  Antiquities,  and  the  Political  and 
Socinl  Siittfr  of  Irt* land,  at  vjirious  Periods  prior  t<>  the 
present  Ccuiur)" :  in  Two  Volumes,"    Dablin,  18G1, 8vo. 

All  the  nbove-mentioned  works  are  in  the 
libriiry  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin.  'A\iUs. 

Dublin. 

Arms  op  Saxosy  (.3"  S.  v.  12.)  —  The  writer 
of  ihf  Query  entitled  **  The  Prince  Consort's 
Motto,"  expresses  his  opinion  that  the  while  horse 
of  Siixony  is  derived  from  a  pa>8age  in  the  Buok 
of  Rcvelationn  {xix.  11).  The  armorial  bearing 
m  question  is,  without  doubt,  of  a  date  long  ante- 
to  the  era  of  the  Reformation.  The  Horse 
the  emblem  on  the  standard  of  the  earliest 
Saxon  invttders  of  the  South  of  England,  and  is 

5 reserved  in  the  names  of  the  Saxon  leaders 
ieitffijst  (German,  Heng8t=  Stallion)  and  Harsa 
(our  "  liorse  "  and  the  German  "  Ross."j  We 
find  it  again  in  the  arms  of  Kent.  Those  Saxon 
invaders  most  probably  were  of  the  same  race  as 
the  present  inhabitants  of  Hanover  and  West- 
phalia, if  we  may  judge  from  their  »peaking  the 
*♦  Pltttt-deutscb,"  or  Low  German,  which  is  the 
same  branch  of  the  Teutonic  from  which  the 
Aoplo-Saxon  was  descended.  Further,  the  arms 
of  lliiuover,  iis  well  as  of  Westphalia,  are,  to  this 
day,  a  white  horse.  Ds.  LsTn. 

"Est  Rosa,  rtoa  Vbkbrh"  (!••  8.  i.  458; 
3'*  S.  iv.  453  ;  v.  15.) — The  passage  sought  after 
in  the  Bhoduloifin  of  Roscnberp  i.s  as  folhiwii :  — 

-Ho^ 
HanxK- 

Undo  niu., .,;.  ^  ..,..,N  <....' 

titr,  ut  in  covn«i-ulii<  Hf 

vcnlcM  «fltgstur,  quo    <^: 

f«(ili>divaJ^retM.  •)  ■■'  --  >         '    .:  >  i.  .:.-uUj  udi'di.-ta. 

Qd4  da  fa  el«gaDti>     I  .!     !      i  i     .  |  .<    nni  in  moduni 

caoit ;  — " E<t  rosa  fly-i  \V inris'  ^Vi,  Imi  1,  cap.  2. 

The  author  of  the  lines  is  not  named. 

^  .  __  •Ion  J.  B.  WosxABD. 

"Tm  Ajutkub's  Maoazidjc"  (3*»  S.  v.  26.) 
There  wax  y»rt  anrither  monthly  periodical  called 
The  Atnalirur,  which  also  had  an  existence  of 
nino  monthN  having  b««n  born  in  July,  1855,  and 


havinfT  expired  in  March,  1856,  during  which 
eight  numbers  were  published.  It  was  iut 
to  be  a  guarferly  publication  :  but  "  in  ci 
quence  of  the  encounigement "  that  the 
number  received,  it  was  altered  to  a  monthly 
its  fourth  issue  its  price  was  reiluced  from  1«.  to 
6rf.  It  was  "  projected  by  a  small  staff  of  unpro- 
fessional writei-s,"  and  was  jiublished  at  l(j,  Great 
Marlborough  Street.  1  believe  that  its  editor 
wM  Mr.  E.  C.  Massey,  a  young  and  clever  writer, 
whose  first  published  work  (anonymou.x)  wa3  Th* 
Grr en-eyed  Mofuter;  a  ChrintmaK  Lrtson.  By 
Whiitshisname  (pp.  101).  James  Ciuike.  Fen- 
church  Street,  1854.  CttTHnBRT  BfibK. 

Ma»  as  a  Hattkr  (3'*  S.  V.  24.)  —  Colch 
and  all  its  natives  remonstrate  against  your 
respondent  Schis's  suggestion  as  to  the  orlgll 
this  phrase.  Even  the  hatters  there  are  U(>t 
iug  to  remove  the  obnoxious  cap  from  their 
bends  on  such  terms.  Neither  sound  nor 
could  reconcile  them  to  the  notion  of  mukin^ 
oyster  a  siymbol  of  madness.  Findif.^  come  time 
ago  —  I  think  in  Halliweirs  Dictionary  —  that 
gnatlery  is  used  in  stime  parts  <if  Knglund  in  l}ut 
sense  of  irritiibli",  I  fancied  that  in  the  same  places 
a  gnai  might  be  called  a  gnatter,  and  hence  **  la 
mad  OS  a  gnatter."  I  do  not  think  I  was  ftst 
wrong :  though  perhaps  natter,  the  German  nunc 
for  adder,  poiuts  to  the  true  origin.  It  is  easj 
trace  the  progress  —  a  Jiatler,  an  atler,  a  hatter,  ' 

B.  L,  Coi.CESTH.K» 

Richard  Adams  (2"^  S.  x.  70;  3'*  S.  iv.  6 
V.  4'2.)  —  We  see  no  reason  to  di>ubt  the  identitj 
of  the  Richard  Adorns,  who  died  in  IGftl,  with  tM 
Fellow  Commoner  of  Catharine  Hall.  At  Ukt 
period  in  question  admis.sion  at  a  college  at  the 
age  of  fifteen  was  no  unusual  occurrence,  nnr  ji 
there  anything  remarkable  in  Latin  veraea 
lad  of  seventeen.  We  shall  be  obliged  by  a 
of  the  monumental  inscription  to  RichHTU 
in  Lancaster  church. 

C.  H.  k  Tho¥pm>k  Cooi 

Cambridge. 

Madman's  Fooij  tastisg   op   Oathkai.  Ptm- 
RIDGX    (3'*   S.   V.    3.5.)  —  The   following   i>xirw<^ 
.   the  Nactcg  Ambrotiana  may  cnlight'  i 
[londent  Y.  P.     It  is  necessary,  lion 
Ht  place  to  obsen'e,  that  the  con 
>'i\  turning  on  the  Letters  on  Di 
„,„.  liVffAcrw/it, recently  contributed  by  Sir 
Scott  to  the  Family  Library,  then  in  co 
publication :  — 
"  f!h*pherd.^  ^["m  in«-Mn«<i  to  gang  alans  wi'  yoa, 
■■  yorth.     Yon  Miuf  go  aJuii)(  with  uis,  Jatnsa, 
"  Skfpherd.    Na  i  no  unlws  I  Ukc 
••  iXortlt.     lIowavrr.nqtpoM  tliAi  Sir  Waltar  hai] 
t'         '  '  '  iloeth«Ulart«t«Uf 

I  ull? 

.  vf  an  iiuaj>o  p«ti«ut  in  ilia  |»- 
dnnar/  oi  L<iiuUuf|{li«  Mha,thuagh  all  nit  mmh  runalUMl 


■tMcd 


S'-  S.  V.  Jam.  16,  'C4.1 


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65 


of  porriilgo,  lidicvwl  that  he  hid  every  day  «  dinner  of 
three  regiilnr  courses,  and  n  de«aert;  and' yet  cnnfested 
that,  tomt  hour  or  oV<tr.  r.ixrythino  A«  ate  tasted  lifporndge  !  " 
Worh$  of  PiofeMor  Wilson,  vol.  Lii.  pp.  137,  138. 

OXOXIBMSIS. 

Sib  Ehwahd  Mat  (3"  S.  v,  35.)— Sir  Edward 
May,  M.P.  for  Belfast,  was  the  sou  of  Sir  James 
May,  M.P.  for  the  co.  Waterford,  who  was  created 
a  baronet  June  30,  17G3.  A  few  particulars 
•)f  the  pedigree  appear  in  Burke's  Extinct  und 
Uormatit  Baroaetei^a.  Arms:  gu.  a  fesi  between 
ei^ht  billet*,  or.  R.  W. 

Sir  William  Sevekoke  (S'*  S.  t.  37.)— In  the 
"  List  of  Mayors  of  London,"  ootupiled  bj  Paul 
Wright,  B.D.,  F.S.A.,  1773,  apnended  to  Hey- 
lin's  Jfelp  to  English  History,  the  arms  are  de- 
scribed— "  Az.  seven  ncorns  or,"  and  are  engraved 
three,  tbrce,  and  ohq.     This  is  probably  correct. 

R.  W. 

LoNQBViTT  or  Cl-BBGYMBn  (3'*  S.  V.  22,  44.) — 
The  Pre*ton  ChrotUcle  of  Jan.  9,  18G4,  records  the 
demise  on  Jan,  3,  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Rowley,  in- 
cumbent of  Stalmine,  Lancajihire,  for  sixty-four 
years;  having  been  np[»oinled  thereto  in  the  year 
1799.  The  reveri-'ud  ^enlleman  was  for  lifiy-four 
yeara — viz.  from  1803  to  1858,  chaplain  of  Lan- 
caster Ca.'>tle,  (luring  which  period  he  attended 
the  execution  of  no  \cs9  than  170  persons. 

Prxstonieksis. 

Papbb  Mabks  (3"»  S.  iv.  515.)  —  The  Kev. 
Sdinuei  Dunne,  eon  of  the  archdeacon,  an  anti- 
quary of  souie  cininence,  cuuimunicated  in  1795 
to  the  Arch<eiilof(in  a  very  interesting  and  valuable 
article  on  Paper  Marks,  it  is  chiufly  drawn  up 
from  some  materials  collected  by  Mr.  Thomas 
Fisher,  printer,  of  KoclR-stcr,  and  is  illustrated 
wiiJ]  six  plates  exhibiting  various  marks  from 
1473  to  171'2.  The  aizo  Jind  form  nf  the  paper 
bearing  the  mark  is  shown,  niid  the  substance  of 
the  material  is  ilcscribed  as  far  ns  it  c^n  be.  Alto- 
gether it  is  a  very  curious  document.     X.  A.  X. 

Thk  Lairo  or  Lek  (3**  S.  v.  34.)  —  The 
Laird  of  Lee  is  eonimonly  undcrj^tood  to  be  Lock- 
hart  of  Lee,  Wodrow  (vol.  i.  p,  2m2),  .says  that 
Sir  Jaiuen  liockhart  of  Lee  was  the  only  sober 
man  at  the  drunken  meeting  of  Council  at  (ilus- 
gow,  16t»2,  which  ejected  so  many  ntinisters,  and 
that  he  alone  op|Hj»ed  it.  This  was  more  than 
twenty  years  before  the  Mau^hline  Martyrdom; 
jio  that,  however  likely,  it  cannot  be  quite  certain 
cither  that  he  is  the  person  alluded  to  in  the 
ipscription  on  ihe  Muuchline  Monument,  or,  sup- 
po-ir>t!  he  «*,  that  it  dues  him  justice.  J.  R.  B. 
Edinburgh. 

Feitii  Silvbb  (S*^  S.  iv-  477,  529.)— Fee-farm 
rents  are  pnynble  to  Lord  Soniers  in  most  parts 
of  the  North  Hiding  of  Yorkshire;  and  regular 
iMidibi  held  at  certain  market  towns,  and  collec- 
Uoos  made  by  Mr.  Samuel  Dauby,  of  7,  Gray's 


Inn  Square.   The  devisees  of  a  Mr.  Robinson  have 
also  a  similar  claim  upon  all  estates  which  once 

fosaesaedu  deer  park,  surrounded  by  a  bow  rake, 
believe  frith  silver  is  in  lieu  of  underwood. 
Although  I  apprehend  ^le.  Danby  is  our  beat 
authority'.  Eno&AcrM. 

Potato  Ain>  Poikt  (3"*  S.  iv.  496.)  — 
"  I  was  indebted  for  my  first  gliinntBring  knowledgv  of 
history  and  antiquities  to  those  evening  convenationi 
round  our  smitll  iiirf  fire,  where,  after  a  frag'al  repast 
upon  that  imaginativfi  diah,  '  potatoes  and  point,'  my 
father  used  to  talk  of  the  traditions  of  other  times, 

"  When  there  is  but  a  small  portion  of  salt  left,  the 
potatoe,  instead  of  beinfc  dipped  into  it  by  the  guests,  is 
merely,  as  a  sort  of  induljjmce  to  the  fancy,  pointed  at 
ii."—MtM0irs  of  Captain  Roek,  London,  1824,  p.  243, 

W.  D. 

Grekk  a»d  Roman  Games  (3'*  S.  v.  39.)  — 
It  may  be  ad'led  timt  the  Noniocanon  of  Photius, 
and  the  Srfioliu  of  Balsamon,  were  republished  in 
Voelli  ct  Jnstclli  Bibliotheca  Jtirix  Cnnonici  Ve- 
teris^  Grace  et  Cattne,  Parii,  16G1,  2  voll.  fol.  In 
loc.  cit.  Tit.  xiii.  c.  29,  Balsamon  supplies  no 
/urther  illustration  than  what  has  already  been 
tjuoted.     He  only  adds  :  — 

"  Videtur  etiara  mihi  quoque  alterum  hunc  ludum  a 
lege  avorsabundo  vitari  et  paniri ;  utpote  qui  cottum 
confinnet."— P,  1131. 

For  «<{TTor,  see  Duoange,  Glomarium  Meditp  et 

Iixfimat  Latinitatis :  "  Thv  icifiw,  Ijroi  rhy  Ki^Troir'' 
BlBUOTHErAR.  CrKTUAM. 

Chubchwakden  Qukbt  (3'*  S.  v.  34.)  —  The 
sidesmen  appointetl  last  Easter  at  the  meeting  of 
the  parish  of  St.  Michael's,  Lichfield,  were  thir- 
teen .in  number;  and  were  designated  to  the 
eight  out-townships  included  in  thjit  parish.  They 
are  only  assislnnts  to  the  churchwardens,  in  re- 
ference to  their  respective  townships.  'J'heir 
duties  in  recent  times  appears,  from  Canon  90  of 
the  Constitutions  of  IJG-',  to  be  to  prevent  ab- 
sence of  parishioners  from  church,  and  disturb- 
ance to  the  congregations  by  absent^'es.  lu 
Canon  89.  the  word  "  churchwarden "  ia  made 
equivalent  to  questman  (say  in(|uestman  or  in- 
quirer) ;  but  prior  to  these  Constitutions,  there 
was  a  distinction,  for  — 

"  In  the  ancient  epitcopitl  tynodi,tht  biihops  were  wont 
to  summon  divers  creditable  perawus  out  of  evi-ry  parish, 
to  give  iiifonnaiion  of,  sod  to  altmt  tbe  disordiTs  of  cler|L>:y 
an(i  people.  These  wer«  called  tttttt  »vi><mttilei ;  and 
were  in  after  times  a  kind  of  impHnnekd  jury,  consi^titig 
of  two,  three,  or  more  persons  iu  every  pari!<h,  wito  were 
upon  oath  to  pr«tcnt  nil  licreticKs  uml  other  jrregulAr 
per.'onu  {Ken.  Par.  A«l.  M'J).  At\A  Ibe.^  in  proceiu!)  of 
timi<  became  standing  offirera  in  sevcrnl  pUcea,  rsperiollj 
in  \s,TVAl  cities;  and  from  hence  were  calird  rynoih-men, 
and  by  cormption  ridetmen.  They  are  also  ftonietinies 
called  iiutntwen,  from  the  nutiire  of  their  office,  in  niukiUj^ 
inquiry  i'«inceri>iii(^  o/Teiices," 


■  f  IB  in 

NOTES  AND  QUERIEa  [s*-  &  v.  Jax. 


Suestmen,   in  Easter  we«k,  the  ordinary  of  the 
iorese  i»  U)  appoint  tbem  (Burn's  Ecclet.  Law, 

i,  3Q0).  T,  J.  BUCKTQK. 

Sm  KuwARP  May  (3"*  S.  v.  35)  —  T  linve  se- 
▼erftl  olij  letters  In  the  autosjraph  of  Sir  Kdward 
Moy  in  my  possession,  and  Carilfohd  might, 
perLaps,  coininuliicatQ  irilh  niu  tlireot  in  his  uwn 
name,  J.  ii^ABPoif. 

BliUorgtn,  <-o.  Duliltn, 

Chatgwear  (3**  S.  v.  11.) — The  name  has  re- 
vivlmI  ray  boyiBh  remawihranca  of  h  fetory,  atran>|tely 
illuKlrRiin^  thu  iMHtial  habit*  and  taelin^H  of  the 
Ismt,  i-ontury;  ad  I  heard  it  narrated  urn ra  thnn 
seventy  years  A<?o,  by  a  then  elderly  aunt  of  mine, 
n  lady  na  well  nurtured  and  as  kindly  hearted  as 
■nv  f'f  hrr  time. 

The  Mr,  Cliaivneau  whom  it  cnmrnemnrAtc.^ 
was  an  eminent  liieetnan  in  Dame  Street  (the 
Regent  Street  of)  Dublin,  where  his  flpeciality, 
though  less  expansive,  was  tnoro  expensive  thnti 
ara  our  wives'  und  dau^htern'  crinolines.  One 
dwy,  >i  titled  lady  honoured  hia  shop  with  a  vieiil 
in  her  nedan  ohnir ;  during;  her  exfdoralioint, 
the  shopman  observed  her  "  conveying "  a  card 
of  luire  into  her  inutr  On  ber  departure,  he 
infiiritied  hi8  mailer  of  tbia  irze'boutiqwf,  who 
po<.fed  after  her  ladyship,  nml,  with  the  requisite 
rjows  and  begging  pardons,  suggested  her  having — 
un< onitciouhly,  of  course  —  tuken,  kc.  kc  Of 
courte,  also,  Alndairi  was  indiirnnnt.  That  a  person- 
age id'  h<'r  fortnrr^  '"'■'  r,''^ifion  could  condescend 
to  tli»*  vutjjarity  r>  l'  I    The  laceman  per- 

sisted   in    tlie   '*  i!i  »vnidd   itho   be   good 

enoii;:h    to  order   her  k  to  the  ahop  I* 

woidd   she   allow   it  d-  ninod?    Grawing 

desperate,  he  inni»ted  on  the  seandi ;  wliereupon, 
drnwinjf  the  card  of  lace  out  of  her  muiX,  sho 
exclaimed  (well  do  I  reniomber  my  aunt's  words 
and  tone),  "  There,  fellow ;  there  is  your  laec ; 
und  it  »hall  be  the  deari*«l  Inee  to  you  that  cvi>r 
came  out  of  your  shop."  The  pminisa  wns  duly 
kept :  iho  fgffrtt  </#  corp»  wa*  too  slronij  (or  the 
tradp«mnn  :  fVom  on#  of  the  richest  of  hts  calling 
he  ;rrn''  ><nc  one  of  the  pooreat ;  dwindle^! 

down  I  iptcy,  and  obtainml  hi»  diHi'hiirgv 

bv   CllttiML'    111  •    1  iiriillt, 

Stt'th  wus  my  aunt'a  story;  she  never  mentioncil 
tlie  Udy's  nanut,  and,  if  »hii  had,  I  would  not  dis* 
entomb'  it.  K.  J^.  H, 


fBiittXlxntmii> 

ymvs  mv  rooks,  PTfi 


<lil  Pott  OOca 


I^nilon  Directory.    There  he  would  be  t 

tnkHalile  rliarftcr*  thf  tnic  hNtorr  of  I 


iiusy  tnen  retire  when 
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and  utility  unui  it  tta-t  reached  a  i' 
BUrate  with  tn"  lihonr  anil  Pxyi«Tj«-' 
atnw(>(l  upon  '.:.'. 
Jltsii$lrr    of 

wrmUl  wish  i  _,  ,    ^ 

mAnufartartiii  in   Lnnilon,  ftnd  how  the  J'att 
iory  keeps  pace  with  this  progress,  he  will  liri^ 
ain>pl*  Ufl  ihal  al>oat  fifty  new  tradtt  have 
to  the  prc'jnt  volume. 


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i.O.VX)O.V,  8ATUKOAY,  JANUARY  Vi,  l«-<4. 


CONTENTR— y».  108. 


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'Jin'u  ojiiavijfiU'OP  ^ 


QcKBtBs  WITU  AyawuBS:  — "WilUain  Dull,  D.D.  —  "  Lincua 
Trr^nrictn,"  liv  W.  Y.  -  Loonartiiis  P»iuinK»?rui»  —  viva 
T  —  MottocB  »mi  OoMBof  Arms  — 

—  "  Notes  to  Sh&kspoarB."  75. 


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KnU"*  "11  M<«>^»,  «i". 


THE  BESmnilCTTOX  GATE.  ST.  GILES'-IK- 
XriE-FlELDS. 

1  notice  ifitb  regret  thftt  thia  g»tc,  with  its  In- 
eatlnp  old  carving,  ha»  recently  been  removed. 
^Vbether  it  U  the  intention  of  the  veatry  to  re- 
■tore  it  reoitiins  to  be  sceu. 

^  Tba  g»te-eu trances  to  ebtirchyiurdB  were  for- 
aierlv  (li  si -iiafr.I  by  carvings  in  wood,  of  which 
<>:>  lia:  one  nf  these  was  the  seuji- 

cii  lievo  of  the  "Last  Judgment," 

witiiin  the  iH>(iiment  of  the  north  j^ate  of  St. 
Giks'-iii'the' Fields.  Another  on  the  saute  sub- 
ject, but  much  inJ'crior,  is  preserved  in  the  cast 
gate  of  St.  Stephen,  Coletnaii  Street,  A  figure 
of  Time  was  formerly  to  be  seen  over  the  north 
fffiXf  of  St.  Giles',  Cripplegate.  It  has  b<;en  taken 
down  and  act  up  within  the  church,  over  the  west 
entrance. 

The  "  Renirrection  Gate,"  by  which  name  it 
is  oouinionly  known,  was  originally  erected  in 
1G87.  In  Ine  previous  year  the  vostry  raado  an 
order : — 

"  Thiit  a   Sttbft.r  !i   of  thp 

ctiuruhyArd  Diiar  t!  fet  And 

al»K)  4  <kioriuj»wtt_  ..,  .  ,  .i,  m  the 

I'got  of  iJio  itaira,  kailing  up  lo  xIjc  noriti  jjalliry." 

In  pursuance  of  this  resolution,  the  gat£  wa? 
ervcted  and  adorned  with  the  curioua  piecu  of 


£ 

t. 

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11 

10 

0 

67 

0 

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S8 

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31 

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0 

7 

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wood-carving,  representing,  with  various  all«ri» 
tions  and  additions,  Michael  Angulo's  "  Last 
Judgment." 

In  Edward  Uatton's  Nete  View  ofLondon^  1708, 
speaking  of  the  gnte  and  wall,  the  author  says  : — 

"  The  chun^hynrd  is  fenced  with  a  gixxi  brick  wall ; 
and  under  a  Urge  compass  p«<iiinent  over  the  gaie,  near 
tbo  west  end,  is  a  protligions  number  of  carved  figures, 
being  an  emblem  of  the  RcEnrroction,  doue  in  ra/ievo, 
very  curtcmsly,  and  erectcil  In  the  j'ear  1687." 

The  erection  of  the  gate,  and  the  ei  ceteras 
connected  with  it,  cost  tbo  parish  185/.  and  up- 
wards} out  of  which,  27/.  was  paid  for  the  carving 
work.  The  several  other  items  of  charge,  accord- 
ing to  Parton,  were  va^  follows  :  — 

"  The  Nem  Gate. 
Mr.  Hopgood'e  bill 

—  Wheatley'«  hill         ... 

—  Woodman,  the  mason 

—  Bailey,  bricklayer    -         -         - 

—  ToTimHend,  painter   - 

—  iriandn,  pluiiibor 
Gravel  for  walk      -         -        -         . 
Spreading  ditto,  and  rubbish  • 
Love,  the  carver's,  bill  -        -        • 

Total  .... 

This  gate  waa  of  red  and  brown  brick,  and 
stood  near  the  centre  of  the  churchyard  wall.  It 
was  taken  down  in  1800;  and  the  Tuscan  gate, 
recently  removed,  ercct<Ml  in  its  place — the  carv- 
ing bcLDg  placed  in  the  new  gate  in  the  same 
altuation  it  occupied  in  the  old  one. 

The  author  of  the  second  edition  of  Kalph's 
Critical  Reniew  of  the  Public  Buildingt^  S(a{M$, 
and  Ornaments^  in  and  alwut  Ltmtion  mvl  We*t* 
minster^  1783,  epeakbg  of  St.  Gilos'  Cburcb, 
says : — 

•*  Tho  biu-raliefof  the  Resurroetion,  which  is  over  the 
north  gate  of  the  churchyard,  b  a  romarkAbty  bold  and 
characteristic  piece  of  carving,  and  is  in  good  preserva- 
tion. This  last  circumsUDco  is,  perhaps,  owing  to  the 
narrowness  and  hurrv  of  the  street,  winch  prevents  ita 
being  taken  notice  of.  Dot  the  subject  is  unbappy  eveu 
for  a  painter,  and  much  more  for  a  sculptor,  aa  it  is  im- 
possible for  the  most  creative  fancy  to  imagine  tho  sntAlt 
nnnber  in  this  piece  can  represttnt  the  *  multitude  of  all 
nations  gathered  frum  all  the  corncn  of  U>e  earth.'  Tho 
faces  seem  to  want  variety." 

^lalcolm  also  commenda  the  carvina.  Speaking 
of  the  church,  in  bis  Lowiinum  Meaivxpum  (ill. 
491),  he  saya :  — 

"  A  very  neat  Tuscan  gate  li  'v  been  erected  ( 

and  tho  arch  is  tilled  by  the  ^  I'resentation  of 

tho  Kiymrrection— a  perforniau^.  _ -ita  labonr  and 

tnnrh  merit,  carvwi  aboot  11587." 

J.  T.  Smith,  however,  was  of  a  different  opinion 
to  that  just  express*!.  Speaking  of  the  old  gate- 
way, in  hia  Booh /or  a  Huintj  Day  (1845,  j).  20), 
be  adda :  — 

"  Over  this  gate,  under  its  pediment,  was  a  <  arved 
eompoaitiioa  of  (b«  '  Last  Judgment,'  not  bucciwl '£«;<&. 


,sl^ 


68 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Michne!  A.DgoTo,  but  from  the  workings  of  the  brain  of 
»Oui«  ahip-carver." 

Who  shall  decide  upon  tbe  inerita  of  u  work, 
when  sa^es  dtfTer?  Some  years  ago,  examining 
the  carving  with  a  powerful  glass,  I  was  much 

Kleasod  with  iu  execution.  It  appearc^d  to  me  to 
e  a  work  above  the  ordinarj  degree  ol  merit. 
I  may  add  that  I  discovered,  cut  upon  a  siiiill 
^iquare  in  the  middle  ol*  the  lower  group  of  fiwurus, 
the  following  inscription :  "  A.  P.  3°."  What 
does  this  mean  ?  The  entry  in  the  old  accounts 
informs  m  that  the  aculptor's  name  wan  Love. 

EdWABP  F.  HlMBAtLT. 


UEC.4.Y  OF  STONE  IN  BUILDINGS. 

At.  a  time  when  so  much  is  said  and  thought  of 
the  decay  of  stone  iu  our  public  buildings,  the 
following  |niasa<^e  from  a  letter  to  King  Henry  V. 
from  an  «i(neer  haviti;^  the  charge  of  public  works 
at  Calais,  may  not  lie  read  without  interest,  im 
hhowing  the  prcctiutiotis  t.iken  in  earlier  times  to 
preserve  them.  It  is  t»  be  found  in  a  late  publi- 
cation of  the  Camden  Soei«*ty,  entitled  Lrttttra  of 
Queen  M<tr):aret  of  Anjmiy  Bithop  Beckingloa,  and 
others,  p.  20 :  — 

u.vr.   l.oRiiK,  A:)'.,  MM  loiH'liinij;  llio  florin  of 
Isal  iihuM   lie  for  tbr  jjiniliri  %\{  your  il'iori'« 

;,oJ_\ ■'■'  ' '' >ji'-lt,  I 'I'lrc  not  liJie  u;»oa 

tne  Ui  »elt  Miiy  nioi '  i  your  wurkus,  hit  JrrMh 

ttud  /it«ih  ut  Jttun  ■  (hi<,  timf  I  not  orilairicd. 

lynneMalo  oyle  to  i  hit  wiMr  nnt 

hav«  omlnred,  or  i  \Vltcr/<in'   1 

have  fuivcyed  xiij  tu ^...    ..  .., 0.mv  stonc.for 

to  axi«Aff  youro  workva  wiiiial." 

From  thii  it  will  bo  si-cn  that,  at  that  early 
period,  linseed  oil  was  njiplicd  to  stone  to  prcstrve 
il,  atjd  whatever  (hose  who  eoiisidpr  otdy  thf 
hcn^JU  of  tritde  may  say,  it  <lid  and  utill  doc 
answer  the  purpu^';  but  not  unic!*''  properly  ap- 
plied. l''or  »lono  should  be  duly  kept  and  m^- 
*»ncd  bk^foro  being  used  in  a  building,  especially 
if  intended  for  carving,  just  as  much  aa  timber; 
for  the  atone  which  is  positively  the  hardest  to 
cut  \i  by  no  means,  oo  an  invariable  rule,  the  mojt 
durable ;  but  the  be«t  i.i  tiiat  whieh,  after  being 
out,  h.ird«»n«,  and  fonn.H  itself  an  e.Merior  <oat ; 
anil  this  i>>  the  cose  with  the  Cocn  Atone,  which  !>« 
5oft  when  fint  taken  out  of  the  (pinrry.  But  if 
cxprcted  lo  form  itself  a  coat,  it  must  not  be  cut, 
and  then  e.ijMised  ut  once  to  the  inclemency  of 
ihc  wc,uhi-c,  but  eli'mld  be  placed  for  a  time  in 
llie  dry,  under  a  fhed>  con^Uintly  e.\p)5€d  to  the 
air,  but  not  to  rain  or  (I'lnpcst;*.  When  this  has 
been  properly  done,  nnd  the  «fonr  is  thomughly 
dry,  Imsced  nil  may  be  appli<''l,  iind  will  preserve 
it:  not  m»ki«>.'  r,.  ,U.  hh  iiii;»bt  '"■  n.i.r  .•i,,i..<,^.J, 
unlcx^   vi-ry  laiil  <in,   i  i 

pleasing  and      '         !  ;4 ray  lint.  ;  , 

f  tojHXi're,  in  tbc  suggiutiuti  often  tajniv  i)t  piaciiig 


the  stone  as  it  lay  in  its  natural  bed ;  bat  to' 
it  out  of  the  quaiTy,  and  uae  it  green  («> 
workmen  term  it),  a»  is  too  oflen  done  at  pro' 
what  w  it  but  a  knavish  practice  of  the  builtli 
provide  for  a  second  ji>b  ?  For,  in  this 
sun  afl'ectb,  and  the  windi;  and  frosts  < 
ishiver  it ;  and  if  oil  be  applied,  this  I 
matter  still  worse  by  contining  that 
which  ought  to  be  permitted  to  ooze  out, 
hnstetuQg  instead  of  preventing  the  de 
stone,  which,  as  a  genenil  rule,  should 
quarried  for  some  tmic,  and  have  become  pc: 
dry  before  being  used  in  tlie  couhjlrucUo; 
building;}.  It  is  no  uncommon  thing  among 
churches  t.o  find  the  clusters  of  pillars  in 
terior  composed  simply  of  hard  chalk, 
uTiswers  the  purpose  very  well.  But  lot  i 
[Misc  tbese  to  have  been  put  together  while 
chalk  Wiw  yet  dump,  and  what  wouhl  have? 
the  cousequenee  ?  lliat  the  first  frost  would 
shivered  and  broken  them ;  but  the  chalk  bcMl 
quite  dry  when  jmt  together,  frost  doe*  not  nt  alt 
atl'ect  it.  And  bomctbiug  analogous  to  iblti  may 
be  observed  in  the  use  of  much  of  our  stone. 

r  have  before  me  an  instance  of  linseed  oil  ap» 
plied  more  than  twenty  years  since  to  orDftin^Q* 
lal  carving  in  fctuue  out  of  doors,  and  deeply  col, 
which  it  has  preserved.  W. 


CL'lUaUS  MOD£BN  GREEK  AM>  TUB&U 
IfAMES. 

I  have  devoted  some  spare  houri  to  many  [ 
of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  where,  especially  of  late,  havi 
peared   lists   of  Christian   tmmeu    and    ?iurni 
curious  and  otherwise,  together  willi   tlieir 
po?ed  derivations.     It  was  my  gmKl  foj  lui;id( 
UI  Asia  Minor,   &c.,   Co   be  iniimAte  wilb 
scores  of  GreeJc  and  Turkish  better  class  pel 
and  acquainted  with  perhaps  as  many  of  ib»  < 
sex  of  both  nations:  indeed,    to   use    tbeir 
phrase,  *'  Was   1  not  tbeir  gooti   broth* 
struck  mc,  a  few  days  ago,  that  a*  I  had 
the  namev  of  most  of  the^e  i^M  friends 
anfl  giv^n,  moreover,  Rome  time  and  at< 
their  dprivatioti.H,  a  li^.l  of  ihcin  might,  if 
amuspyiiur  readerK,     It  would  al  all  eTenUj 
hap.s  help  Bome  onf  writer  of  our  Kiistcrn  ! 
to   a   lew  unsterei>ty|>cd  namu  fur  thoifj 
and  hevoinex  ;  for  really  wc  hiiv     '     '      11 
a  dorcn  jimper  names  in  thcw"  I 
thi.?  last  half  century.     If  agi.:>-ii"i's    i 
.lome  other  time,  give  thi*  hi^toriographii 
til"-'  •;  ■ •  ''■•■■■  'Mtally  nncMf'  '■■' 

n  '     tt     f<*W 

I.:          .      .   :   :      .  ; ,     .;.UnP»       >  ■■' 

and  with  thi-  orthography  I 
prnnnni'iatioR. 
'I1}«  roUowhtg  arc  a  f««r  dankxU  tma^  i 


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i 


however,  are  very  scarce  :  Female — Calliope,  Cle- 
npatrm  Irene,  renelopc,  Sophi,  Ilebi.  Male  — 
Dimltri,  Bacchyevftnl,  Adoni,  Xerxo. 

Of  modern  name;)  palpably  i^llieil  to  ancient 
ones,  take  for  instance:  Female — Angelicn,  Pipinn, 
Xriatalania,  Harcondoo.  Alale — Marco,  Apustoli, 
Manoii,  'rhoofuiii,  Stcpbani,  Michali,  Fctrali, 
Yeoree,  Yanako. 

As  examples  o(  female  names  mmie  from  mulo 
names,  witness  the  fbllowinp;.  Tbe  tuule  root-i  are 
in   italics:    fetrialf—  Pane,   '  Atbantt>t*>o\ii, 

Xrixtofoolethii,    Zttcfinrooh,  ls;i,    ('Dstm- 

diua,  Kowivoola,  PA<(/<?etsa,  •■>riu.->,i,iui\-s. 

To  continue  with  female  names  nnd  as  illus- 
tratinjr  how,  by  uieima  uf  affixes  to  some  female 
names,  other  Christian  female  name*  are  formed, 
I  have  noticed  :  Female  —  Zoe  becoming  Zoe- 
t^etsa^  Helene,  Helenika;  Sevostee,  Sevastalaniii; 
Katina,  Kateriteena,  and  Vosili,  Vasilikee. 

Sometimes  again,  the  various  nouns  by  this 
German  system  of  addition  become  female  nnmes, 
thus  :  Female  —  Paraskevoolo,  or  born  on  Friday  ; 
Kiriakeetsft,  or  born  on  Sunday  ;  Stuphelia,  or  so 
named  from  the  wiape  (the  red  variety  of  which 
Ihey  will,  by-the-byt',  not  eat  on  St.  .lohn  the 
Baptist's  day)  ;  Triandafooletha,  from  the  numeral 
ao,  and  m  on  in  endless  variety. 

Nor  arc  comical  names  scnrce ;  and  thefle,  as 
in  oTir  own  roiintry,  seem  to  have  lost  their  evil 
power,  and  are  u?ed  in  common  with  the  less 
Buggestiro  ones;  for  instance:  Female — Castnuia, 
the  chestnut-haired ;  Astriennc,  the  starfaced  ; 
Trnuraelhela,  the  onion-headed  ;  and,  as  illus- 
trating pood  qualitic?^,  Kalec,  the  good  one  ;  and 
Gramatiohe,  the  writer. 

As  examples,  however,  of  real  ulchnamex,  the 
Qtion  of  which  set^  tbt-  cafe  in  a  roar,  but 
iclv  ftro  nevertheless  transmitted  to  pofltcrity, 
e  tire«ie  few:  Male — (iarlclia  Foga,  or  <» ar- 
ia the  glutton;  Alexi  Ilesti,  or  Alext.  the 
open  bowelled ;  Evendria  Glegori,  or  the  tilmrp 
Evendria.  Jt  is  noticeable  also,  that  if  the  poor 
wipht  reNiilcs  in  some  of  the  littoral  villa;»e!» 
where  'i'urk«  and  Armenians  •*  most  do  congre- 
gate," the  nirhnitmey  to  be  more  eOi^etive,  will 
take  a  Maearonic  construction ;  as  for  instance, 
Lefieri  Sakalee,  or  Lefteri  with  no  beard ;  or 
nj(»>"»  Anesti  Kirkiyelani,  or  Anesti  the  forty 
liars.  Neither  iriend  nor  foe  escapes  this  ten- 
dency t^  give  ii\cry  one  a  name  that  will  de- 
monstrate your  person  to  them  in  a  moment. 
And  I  may  as  well  add  tlmt  for  two  years  1  cer- 

lAinly    had  no  o(i-'    -v  ami>ng9t   the  Greeks 

than  Ciii/iirifus  .'  hm]  no  other  amongst 

the  Tiirkoijian^  t  i  Unshi. 

When  a  stran'.  to  n*side  in  u  village 

or  town  lar?'' I  .  ruliT  -iiiinriiin's  nece?- 

mrj,  [.■  '  •:[  from 

which  ii  I.  ..<(  Dar- 

dojiclU;    Aoduui     Mi^'iti>rulUi    Stdi     Mytilcno  i 


mam 


Panajote  Tenedeo ;  Vorgbeli  GolIipoUiti,  and  wi 
on;  and  if  he  ha.-!  been  a  traveller  abroad, in  some 
cases,  when  he  returns,  the  family  name  altogether 
changes,  and  Nikifori  Lala,  who  hii8  been  to  Eng- 
land  (or  suys  he  hn.s),  becomes  Nikifori  Englaiso  ; 
and  by  the  .sanu>  rule,  Steliano  Gheyikli  becomes 
Sleliano  Spaniu. 

Other  surnamea  are  derived  from  the  occupa- 
tions of  the  persons  who  bear  them,  and  remain 
similarly  permununt  in  the  family.  Thus  we  have, 
Male — Ancholi  See<'e,  or  Ancholi  the  Groom; 
l-'otaki  Arabsjee,  or  Fotaki  the  cart  driver;  All 
Meelona,  or  Ali  the  Miller ;  Adam  Caffajee,  or 
Adam  tlie  Coffee-keeper;  Seraphim  A.-^ve&ti,  <ir 
Seraphim  the  Lime-burner ;  and  Stcli  Pappuchce, 
or  Steli  the  Shoemaker. 

The  above  are  a  lew  of  the  rules  which  these 
modern  Greek  proper  names,  &e.  seem  to  follow. 
Of  course  there  ore  score*  of  other  n.-xuies,  which, 
like  irregular  verbs ,  are,  »o  to  say,  words  •  in 
their  own  ri|Tht,"  such  as  the  male  names  Spern, 
Pnni,  XaG,  he.  The  first  named  /  hope,  never  to 
meet  again.  Of  ft^male  names  of  this  order,  take 
Reyiuee,  a  matron  fnnn  Giourkioi ;  and  M.irootha, 
the  beauty  of  Ll-Ghelmez, 

It  must  be  undorstiind  that  the  foregoinjr  names 
were  all  noted  down  in  Asia  Minor.  In  Greece 
Proper,  other  rules  have  sway  with  still  more 
grotesoue  results.  On  a  future  occasion,  I  may 
send  the  more  striking  combin.itions  tbund  in  the 
larger  towns,  in  comparison  with  which  even  the 
name  of  Cbronontouthologos  would  sufler. 

To  conclude,  here  are  the  more  common  Turkic 
names  from  the  villages  iu  the  interior.  These 
rarely  alter  even  in  towns,  and  :ibove  all,  have  no 
jokes  perlormed  upon  them  ;  rarely  either  do  they 
take  surnameK  :  Mule  —  Of  old  favourites,  say 
Mehmet,  Mustapha,  Macrrup,  P>rabaiui,  ^Ius8a, 
Sulieman,  Ishmacl,  Hussein,  Achmet,  and  Osmau. 
Female  —  Of  old  favourite  I'emnle  mimes,  take 
Fatimeh,  Ayeshii,  Sultniina,  Mnsleumeh,  Esmeb, 
and  Gulezer  ;  and  amongst  those  not  so  common 
to  ua,  1  quote  from  out  of  my  married  friends, 
Ku90on,  Sabuer,  Ciulu,  Nacbarlu,  ILighdad,  Yas- 
gaIi>o,  Mavehlee;  and  from  my  shigle  (at  least 
then  sin-ile)  list,  take  SheriHVh,  Aleef,  I?mehan, 
and  Sevier  —  the  last-named  being  the  infinitive 
mood  of  the  Osmtmli  verb  to  lore,  and  a  very 
pretty  verb  too.  W.  ICassif. 

lligli  Orchard  llooae,  Glom'ester. 


"THE  TEMPLE,"  BY  UEOROE  IIERBEnT 

"  The  Churfh  Poreh. 
"  CtinaUniuy  Vuita  iho  l>otiea,  and  nuikeji  us  ttiiu-rc." 
Some  copies  read  lower. 

•*  Th*  Thaniiginng. 
"  Sb*I  I  I  w*«p  blociAl    VV V05 ,  <tk«rk V»&V  ^«s>^  «*^  '****' 


70 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tfs.v.  jAK.Si^<si 


Some  copies  retd  gort.  See  this  word  in  "  The 
Agony. 

M  Mill's  age  is  two  boon*  woric,  or  three." 
What  does  this  mean?    The  expression,  "An- 
gel's age,"  is  used  in  the  poem  entitled  **  Prayer.** 

*^  Jordan. 
"  Mar  no  lines  pass,  except  they  do  their  doty 
ifot  to  a  true,  bat/MtiitalcAatr  f  ** 

"What  chair  is  here  alluded  to  P 

-  Biddle  who  list,  (or  me,  toApnU  far  prim*." 

What  is  meant  by  pulling  for  prime  ?  It  can 
hardly  mean,  I  presume,  ringing  for  matins. 
Does  it  refer  to  the  old  game  ••  Primero  "  ?  • 

**  8m. 
"  So  deyils  are  oar  sins  in  perspective." 

Query,  Does  this  mean  that  our  sina  in  per- 
^>ectiTe  appear  to  have  "  some  good"  in  them  P 

«  The  QuidcBtf. 
".Bat  it  [a  verse]  is  that  which  while  I  nse 
I  am  with  thee,  and  wiott  take  aJL" 

Some  copies  read,  '*  must  take  alL"  Does  not 
**  take  "  here  mean  captivate  t  It  seems  to  be  so 
used  in  the  poem  entitled  "  Gratefulness." 

-CkrutmoM. 
"  We  khug  one  common  Lord  (  wherefim  he  should 
Himself  the  candle  hold." 

Should  there  not  be  a  comma  after  "  should  " 
and  "candle";  **hold"  meaning,  as  I  think, 
•'ifay"P 

"Virtue. 
"  Only  a  sweet  and  virtnons  soul. 
Like  season'd  timber,  never  gives ; 
Bat  when  (be  whole  worid  turns  to  coal. 
Then  chiefly  lives." 

Some  copies  read :  **  But  tho'  the  whole  world 
turn  to  coaL"  Keither  reading  makes  the  sense 
very  clear. 

AH  the  editions  of  The  Temple  I  have  met  with 
differ  materially  in  many  porta,  and  I  much  doubt 
whether  there  is  one  that  is  free  from  many 
errors.  J.  D. 


INEDITED  LETTER  FROM  LORD  JEFFREY  TO 
BERNARD  BARTON. 

"  Edinburgh.  Jan.  28th,  1820. 
"  Dear  Sir, — I  have  vcrj'  little  time  for  correspondence 
—especially  at  this  season,  or  I  should  have  great  pica- 
sure  in  cultivating  yoars.  My  answer  to  year  former 
letter  to  me  makes  it  less  necessary  to  write'  at  large  in 
thi9.  Tho  novelty  of  a  Quaker  poem  will  rather  attract 
notice  and  curiosity,  I  should  imagine,  than  repel  it 

[*  In  thit  IKorkg  of  George  Herbert,  edit.  1859,  8vo 
(1)441  k  Daldy).  is  the  following  note  to  this  line:  "  Pull 
for  prime."  A  French  phrase,  meaning, '  to  pull,  or  draw, 
for  the  first  place,'  esperiallv  in  sports  involving  a  trial 
of  strength."    Vide  -  If.  &  Ci.,"  2»*  a  iv.  49&— En.] 


Bat  if  I  can  consdentionsly  promota  yoor  notosislj 
without  hurting  your  feelings  I  eertalnly  snail  do  aa. 

"  I  confess  to  the  review  of  CUrksoOt  and  also  Isgr 
claim  to  the  papw  on  Prison  Discipline.  There  is  some 
necessary  levity  in  the  former— the  latter  waa  writta 
from  the  heart.  As  to  the  phrase  about  honaaty  to  whkh 
yoa  object,  it  was  not  set  down  in  mere  nnnaaanlag  waa* 
tonness,  but  was  intended  as  the  mild  and  mltigatad  Ex> 
pression  of  an  opinion  founded  perhaps  upon  too  naiiov 
an  observation,  but  veiy  seriously  and  conwdentiooaly  ea- 
tertained,  that  the  lower  dassea  and  ordinaiy  dealen  tt 
your  society,  wen  rather  more  cunning  and  mmpiag,  aad 
illiberal  in  their  transaetioos  than  the  associataa  ofotlNr 
sects.  I  had  recently  had  occasion,  in  tha  oooiae  <tf  ay 
profession,  to  see  several  instances  of  this,  and  wna  ratbir 
shocked  and  disgusted  at  finding  instances  of  tmnhw 
and  duplicity  ^at  amounted  almost  to  criminal  (kand, 
coolly  [raised?  iUeg.']  and  defended  by  persona  of  tkfa 
persuasion.  It  is  possible  that  our  Northern  eUmata  a^ 
corrupt  them,  and  very  likely  that  the  instaaoea  may  M 
rare  and  casual— yet  Quaker  traders,  I  learn,  are  gwa* 
rally  reckoned  among  traders  to  be  sly  and  atingy,  and 
ready  to  take  advantage,  and  I  cannot  believe  tba  rspa- 
tation  to  be  wholly  wiUiont  foundation.  I  hacn  ssid 
that  the  body  is  generally  illiterate,  and  I  think  jm 
agree  with  me.  'Hiat  it  has  contained  many  i  miiiMT 
men  since  the  days  of  Pann  and  Barclay  no  candid  p«- 
son  will  dispute  I  have  myself  the  happinesa  of  knowiag 
several  I  am  well  acauainted  with  Mr.  Walkar  of  Lea- 
don,  and  flatter  myselr  I  may  call  W.  Allen  my  ftienl 
To  the  philanthropy  and  calm  and  wise  perseraraMa  ef 
the  body  in  all  charitable  undertakings,  I  shall  alarayaks 
ready  to  do  justice.  But  I  trust  I  need  oaka  no  pnfcs- 
siona  on  this  subject,  nor  does  it  seem  necessary  to  At- 
cuss  further  the  points  of  difference  between  us.  I  sap> 
pose  you  don't  expect  to  make  a  convert  of  me,  and  I 
certainly  have  not  the  least  deeire  to  shake  yon  In  ysor 
present  convictions.  There  are  plenty  of  topioa^  I  ban 
on  which  we  may  agree,  and  we  need  not  aeak  after  the 
exceptiona  I  shall  be  happy  if  my  opinion  of  yourpoesi 
can  be  ranged  in  the  first  dass.  Being  always^  with  grsst 
esteem,  vour  faithful  ser' 

"  F.  JamucT. 

"P.S.  Do  not  let  your  Quaker  Whigs  be  diawwrsgol 
by  abase  or  ridicule.  Being  Whigs  they  moat  haft 
borne  abuse  whether  thaywere  Quakers  or  not.  That 
circumstance  only  suggested  the  \_word  ilkg.^  topies— 
abuse  is  one  of  the  ways  and  means  of  electioneering,  and 
cannot  be  dispensed  with.    Never  mind  it" 

The  above  letter  has  not,  I  think,  been  printed. 
It  is  well  worthy  recording  for  many  reaaoof. 
I  received  the  origtnal  through  Mr.  Dawson  Tur- 
ner's sale.  The  penmanship  is  as  hard  to  ded- 
pher  as  any  MS.  in  modern  Englixh  well  can  be. 

J.  D.  Campbbu. 


BOOK  HAWKING. 

I  should  like  you  to  publish  the  following  u  a 
Note,  worthy  of  remembrance  of  all  literary  per- 
sons. A  man,  dressed  in  a  suit  of  blacky  with  a 
white  neckcloth,  called  recently  at  my  private 
residence ;  and,  as  I  waa  at  my  office,  he  expressed 
a  wish  to  see  mv  wife.  On  entering  her  room,  lie 
stated  that  he  had  been  requested  by  the  reolor 
of  the  parish  to  call  u^  me,  and  wished  to  mm 
me  penonally.    My  wife  told  him  I  retamad 


NOTES  AND  QUERHSS. 


71 


,   mult 


LoDic  fo  dinner  fit  aixt  uid  could  be  seen  soon 
after  that  hour ;  but  he  stated  that  the  nifibt  air 
wa»  injurious  to  his  hcattb,   and  aaked  fi)r  my 
office   adihx'ss,   which   she   gave   him.      When  I 
returned  home,  ahe  mentioned  the  circumstance ; 
and  we  both  concluded  that  it  woa  the  rector's 
new  cumte,  who  wutted  tuy  subscription  to  some 
local  charity.    I  wa«,  therefore,  fully  prepared 
for  tho  •'  curate,**  when  he  presented  himself  a 
few  days  afWr  at  my  oHicc.     Ilowever,  to  my 
St!      '      '       '  '   '  '■  at  hi»  object  in  calling  waa 
t'  lion  to  a  new  work — BuH' 

yii„  ,  t^,,,-  <i  V  ,•  which  he  led  me  to  infer 

the  rector  to  ctllL     He   produced  a 

letter  from  ;...    ...  .^vmnn,  whose  handwriting  I 

recognised ;  and,  nb  I  wns  very  busy,  I  did  not 
rend  it,  but  nt  onoe  tohl  \\\a  man  I  would  !4ub> 
acril>e  for  one  copy.  He  tried  to  pet  me  to  talce 
two  ;  but  I  told  hini  one  would  su/Kcc.  He  thtn 
produced  au  order  book,  ami  requested  me  to 
write  the  tisual  order ;  and  asked  mo  how  I  would 
have  the  work,  in  numbenii  or  volumcH  ?  So  I 
desircnl  him  to  supply  it  in  vuhimcs,  as  the  work 
appeared.  He  pro<luced  whut  eetimed  to  be  a 
"number,"  and  opened  it  at  the  mitldle,  where  a 
handiM^mcIy  engraved  frontispiece  showed  the 
character  of  the  work.  This  volume  was  In 
violet  calf,  and  in  a  handsome  binding.  A  few 
days  after,  while  I  waa  in  Ireland,  my  wife  in* 
formed  me  that  four  volumes  of  Bunyan's  Worhnf 
bound  in  clothe,  had  been  sent,  with  a  demand  for 
%L  I6'«, — and,  luckily,  she  bad  not  paid  the  money. 
On  my  return  home,  I  found  it  was  an  old  work 
wulatcd  uf  Stebljing's,  which  I  Kubsequently  as- 
^    mined   had   been   published   in   1859.      Soon 

.Twards,  the  publisher  sent  me  an  impudent 
reply  to  my  letter  of  remonetnmce,  that  the  work 
was  not  the  same  I  had  ordered,  not  having  been 
edited  by  oar  rector;  and  tho  result  was,  a 
County  Court  summons.  I  was,  however,  not 
daunted  by  this,  and  told  my  story  to  the  Judge ; 
and  he,  after  bearing  my  ''■clerical"  friend  (wno, 
by-the-bye,  appeared  in  bis  every-day  dreas,  and 
had  dropped  the  white  "choker''),  decided  that 
the  man  had  no  claim  on  me,  the  order  having 
been  obtiiincd  under  false  pretences.  I  trust, 
if  my  Clflpham  and  Brixton  neiphbnurs  have 
been  •imilorly  imposed  on,  they  will  adopt  a  like 
ooune  with  the  "  Canonbury  "  publisher, 

N.  H.  K. 

DeTMuhirc  Boad,  South  Lambeth. 


Tm  Owl.— I  had  no  i<le«  until  I  met  with  the 

fi,i|,.,.,.,,.. ;-...,..  ;..  .1  .    , 1 i ...  -iceounts  at 

^'  '"/wasapro- 

tci ,,..,.  Jie  wm  jiro- 

tvctod.     Hii'  ;ii(t  to  have  been 

the  case  at  i.  ..;.._..     ; iiibe  the  text  and 

coot«xt  for  Iho  years  164'J  and  1640 :  — 


1C42,  26>^  ApriL  To  the  ringers,  when  the  king 

cume  in  aud  wont  out  -        -        -    xi'  riij"* 
„    C*''  July.  I'atd  the  ringers  when  tho  kiog^ 

ciime  in         -        .        -        .        .     ijjt  viij** 
„    IC"'  July.  For  ringing  when   tho    king 

came  from  Newwark      -        -        .    iiy«  Tiij*' 
Paid  to  Jas.  Johnson  for  killing  ihrM 
nwlet  in  tho  Woodhall  clotea,  that 
he  did  steadAutly  aflinne  tJiou  to 
beioD^  to  this  church     ...        xvii' 
1646.  Paid  JabaPBaraoo  for  killing  an  urchant  iH 

Paid  Juhii  Poarson  for  catching  tliree  urt'ltanta  v)'* 

Paid  Duke  Kedman  for  killing  of  night  jack 

dawes      .-.-.--  vj'' 

Paid  to  the  scxtun  for  killing  an  mde,  and  oar. 

rying  the  auiwunition  in  th«  cbambur       -         j'  U^ 

OxoKiKwais. 

EABLr  Works  op  Livntc,  Actuoes.  —  In  (he 
year  l>iOl),  Mr.  E.  B.  Sugden  first  published  his 
LctttTi  to  a  Man  tj/'  Property ;  and  on  Feb.  12, 
liiCa,  the  7th  edition  of  the  same  work,  under  its 
new  tide  of  A  Uandy  Book  on  Property  Law,  waa 
issued  by  Its  author  (now  I^ord  St.  Leonards), 
still  in  the  vigour  of  his  faculties. 

In  the  year  1815,  Dr.  Charles  Richardson  pub- 
lished hi.^  IlUutrations  of  Jifi^Ush  Philology ;  and 
in  1854,  published  his  valuable  summary  of  the 
Divertwns  of  Purley,  with  the  title  of  The  Stxuly 
of  Lnngtiage,  T.  H. 

Ohioin  or  Naxeb.  —  The  following  extrat^t 
from  the  letter  of  an  emigrant  to  KafTerland,  is  a 
modern  specimen  of  giving  surnames  to  parties 
descriptive  of  some  quality  or  peculiarity  in  the 
party  named,  and  as  such  may  be  worth  record- 
ing in  "  N.  &  Q. :" — 

"Our  master.  Mr.  P ,  Is  calle.1   E-pon-a-Blmlaw, 

which  means  brotd-fllmnld^red ;  Mr.  D ,  Emoounyom, 

because  he  7r's<  "     ilr«t  came  out  j  Mr.  T 

Umolotagas,  ;  Mr.  F ,  Maka-whai 

because    hia     ,^  ::    Mr.    S ,    Ins-w-ho* 

weakly -looking:  Mr.  N ,   Mafumbo,  stooping;  Mr. 

R ,  In-gtoj),  large  noae;  Mr.  Q ,  El-labala,  vcty 

silent ;  Mr.  W— >  Mack-ka-coba,  because  ho  stoops  in 
walking." 

n.  T.  E. 

*'  Cot'RTT  Faviliss  OF  Ehglaxd,"  btc. — I  ac- 
cidentally met  with  the  above  work  a  few  days 
since,  and  am  induced,  in  the  cause  of  heraldry 
and  genealogy,  to  suggest  that  in  such  compUa- 
tions  it  would  be  bettor  that  a  distinction  sfaoald 
be  made  between  claim*  and  deacenU^  founded  oo 
documentary  evidence  or  the  umliaturbed  poaaea* 
aion  of  real  estate,  and  those  put  torth  op  the  mere 
conjecture  of  the  parties  immediately  intereated. 
I  say  this  because  many  are  misled  bjr  a  claim, 
and  take  it  for  granted  that  there  ia  evidence  for 
the  same ;  but  in  the  work  referred  to  several 
such  claims  have  been  inserted  without  any  invea« 
ligation,  and^  consequently,  Pcp[»cr'j.  Ght)St  is  «o 
like  a  reality,  that  serious  error*  arise,  when  such 
a  record  is  considered  as  a  book  of  reference.  B. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


RICHARDSON    FAMILY. 

Conon  Kichard-Mon,  Abbot  of  Parshorc  Abbey, 
niiiriied,  after  the  <lih5olution,  n  Miss  Fates  of  Bre- 
con, CO.  Vigorn  ;  oiid  had  issue  two  sons,  Conon 
tiuil  Thomaa.  Conon  bad  issue  an  only  son,  Sir 
\\  illiani  Richardson,  Knl.,  who  died  t.p.  Tboinas, 
by  his  first  wife  Elizabeth,  had  n  son  Conon,  of 
Tewkpsbury;  and  by  hissecond  wife  Anne,  daus^h- 
tei-  <i('  Leonard  Mazey,  of  SbGchenhurst,  Worcea- 
tersbire,  he  bad  further  issue  :  seven  sons,  and  six 
dfliii^htcra.  The  sons  were  Ilenry,  of  London, 
haberdasher,  buried  a.d.  1G34;  who,  by  his  wife 
Anne,  daujibter  of  Anthony  NicLolls  of  Morlon- 
Hinnisrs,  Gloiicesterabtre,  hat!  »>sue  a  son  Kcnelni. 
The  otiitjr  soMH  of  Thomas  were  Edmund,  I-eonard, 
Kafe,  John,  William,  and  Chi-isto[ihcr.  The  arm* 
borne  by  this  family  were  :  "Ar^enl,  on  n  chief, 
sable;  y  ieo|>arda'  bend!*  erased  of  the  1st." 

I  find,  in  the  \hu\.  MSS..  the  very  same  anns 
given  to  another  fHjniiy  of  Itiohardson  :  —  .lolin 
Jbtichardson  of  Roslccdl,  or  KostiU,  <*o.  York,  mnr- 
ried  Isabel  Hart  of  Botrinc;t«m,  and  had  issue  two 
sons  and  three  dauf^litors.  Wilbaiu,  the  elder  son, 
was  of  Southwark  ;  and  by  bis  wife  Jaoe,  daugh- 
ter of  Kobt.  riarrison  of  Milton  Green,  Cheshire, 
had  issue  Thomas  (ai.  17,  auno  1623),  John,  Wil- 
lianj,  Francis,  and  Mary.  George,  the  .second 
Mon,  had  issue  by  bin  wife — who  was  u  sister  to 
Sir  .loha  King,  Knt. — a  sou  Kichnrd. 

SirThoniau  Richardsion,  Serjejint-at-Law  (aumt 
U>*iO),  bore  the  same  arn>s  as  given  at  p.  240  of 
Dujjdale'ii  Uridines  Jtiridicales.  Ajid  I  find  that 
Capt.  Edward  RirlmrdKon,  of  Colonel  James  Cas- 
tles' Regiment,  who  was  "  seeond  son  of  \ViUinm 
Richardson,  Esq..  deiicenderl  of  the  anrient  family 
of  the  Uicbankuns  i)f  I'ershorc,  in  Ihf  tounty  of 
WoreesJer,"  wa^i  registered  May  '22,  lfJI7,  by 
"  Win.  RobtTts,"  UIsUt  Kni.r  :,s  bi'arin"  the  siune 
nrin>(,  with  a  crescent  i  -e.     His  descen* 

.clanlM  continue  to  use  n 

.WiUiani.  the  father  of  i.lti<«  Edward,  may  have 

u  a  lion  of  Conon  of  Tewkesbury.  I  am 
anxiouii  to  know  his  exact  descent.  I  shall  feel 
greatly  obliged  to  any  of  your  corrc3|K)ndcnts 
who  will  kindly  furnish  me  with  any  additional 
information  ri'ti|ioctin^  thin  family ;  so  as  to  con- 
ned the  si>veral  brunches  which  are  oanied  above. 
1  shall  be  i/liul  to  know  anything  respecting  the 
P'i  '   !  (if  any)  of  Sir  Thoratts. 

">'  .i>."  ptThon  as  tbo  Chief 

Ju-tin-  L(.i  MIL-  Luiiuiiiin  I'lejid,  Ui'iti,  and]  of  the 
Kinjr'fi  Hench,  U>.'U  ?  wlm^ic  ;inii»,  hnwever,  ])»;.•- 
«lale  jrive.*,  at  p.  'JJS,  an  "  Ur  (instrad  (»f  tugenl) 
<»u  a  ch.,"  &c.,  i|uartC'rly  with  "erniinc  on  it  cjin* 

t<in.  nsure,  n  ■■  •''  • tie*," 

Nn><h'»    W  f  contains  a  slight  refer- 

encc  to  Cono.i  —  .....  i^suc. 

11.  Lortvs  TotTKXUAM. 


A  FINE  PORTRAIT  DF  POPE. 
In  The  Bnihlir  of  this  day  (Jan.  9th.  » He!  14 
the  following  "curious,"  or  rather  mat 
covery  at  Gloucester,"  in  which  "  u  L       , 
of  Pope  "  Is  concerned,  an<l  which,  if  true,  ■ 
tainly  worth  recording  in  "  N.  &  Q."  :  — 
"  i:uRtoiis  mscovKKY  iH  oLOUCiiaTm. 
"  It  may  not  bo  pcnornlly  known,  or  it  «tiu\  ikj-j 
be  forgotten,  that  in  the  oIiIhu  lin\e  count  \ 
camp  irtfo  their  prinoipil  Pitv  *>r  town  f" 


A   ...  .1..    .1.,..-  , .... -- 

business  than  il  15  now-a-dayv     Folks  wetv  thtio  wnttaflt 

witli  itn'  amii-^^tnenla  the  city  oiFonltvl  tliem  :  tlia 

atTfcs  II  "■■<,  parlies,  ic.  were  asufficit 

tion;  I  many  fine  old  mansions  «jll<] 

in  ont    j..     !,  :.  Ljwns,  now  deroted   '•">  vf-iv 

purposes  Troni  what  they  were  oric:i 

"f  those  al>ode9,  the  town  hoose  '"f  < ' 

of  nbout  Queen  Anne's  perir*'! 

ai  H   school  of  art;  ami   in    in 

this  parpose,  the  arrhite<"t  oli 

it  teemed  to  him,  ■  needless  projci 

Sfnnll  fitting- rooin,   idwiiy'?  csIUmI   ■ 


tre.aAuiT,  rind  oil  taking.;  it  liiiwu  n  |iaiulin»:  Wiv>  r£v>-«l«tl, 
slnw  unjd  to  l»c  the  '  IVmpifltinn,'  by  Guide.     A  man  iaa 

rich  drejts  of  the  i;  '                ..-^        -  :    V:,[,]j„jf  qp 

a  strin^bt'  pearLs  l  iesi«tln( 

his  entreaties  and  i>ed  to  m 
09  a  retii,  irk  ably  i'r. 

"Pope  was  n  ii  :<>r  in  (>touce»t«rB]iif«  hmI 

t'.      -■<■■:,  '        '    ■■  ' 

II 


—  .11    I.  .- 


of  thu  l.itiiiJy  t.r  Ibt' (juiiie«,  »Uo   li^d  a   i-ful. 

Court,  not  far  from  the  elty ;  another,  culled  Km 

in  •' ; ;  ■■       -■   1  -I  !i,)tisH  iu  tiloucrfitj 

t  it  vinitor  at  I hn  Halbu 


••  Why   ti, 
form  anv  n 


n. TO  '  wjilkd  up'   iuii» 
icdure:    there  were   no 


pcilupu,    tn    lUti.4  ..liuUiii^  Lhi'iu   < 
Korttioately  Ihtfy  wore  in  a  dry  phr 

fir-  .r ,,...     „,,j  have  received  no  iiiji.i.i 

ji 

iTCs  are  now  in  the  iKrsataaion  <>f  Mr.  Ba 
Tli.i.!iicJ  l^a.iik,  Fiilhnin." 

Mr.  Daylis'A  very  rcraarkiible  collcctiOB  of  «< 
({uitles  and  articles  of  virtii,  particularly  plctt ' 
is  now  of  long  rcput**;  but  is  it  *tllt  at  Tha 
Rank,    Fulham!'   I  was  tin  I  i-ession 

it  had  for  many  years  U'ft  i 

And   are  lln-'C   picture*    ikih    omucj'iti 
in  his  jjallery,  or  have  they  ever  been  f    K\ 

they  nrc  so,  coll'   ^    liable  t/»  be  ii 

U[H>n  by  the  deal  <'\i  a  tale  ojt  tbf 

is  sup-^r-   '  •  ■'         ••    ■' 

4ir  rul 
rtopotul  ... 

INCRMICI 


JNOTEB  AND  QUERIES. 


Habo  Ubhiceuvs,  AixriiEsiicAt.  WniTKU.  —  I 
!isk  forinlormution  respect in^  the  umlcr-<lc'.cril>e<l 
Work  Hikd  its  author.  I  iini  uiiabto  to  find  nay- 
thiri;i  ;*houi  cither  in  ordintu-y  books  of  reference 
at  band. 

It  is  .1  thin  12n)0  of  Mfl  pnges,  eonsisling  of  two 
treatises  continuously  pngcd.  Tbi:  first  title-paire 
is  wuiitinj;,  but  the  title  :\i  the  bcfjinninf,' of  the 
101  Aphonsnia  of  which  the  first  treatise  is  com- 
poHi*d  runs  thus  :  — 

Or,  Certriin  Pulen,  eltarty 
'i''  'f  Wiiyt  of  prqxviitg  the 

(ji...... iv...    .y   ..„    ,    ...i,.  .c.J.UIilUk." 

The  titlc-pagc  of  the  sccoad  treatise  ia  as  fol- 
lows : — 

4  *"  Circulatum  tniitiLi  t  'rbiperatiitm.  On,  Tliic  I'liiLo- 
iVI'MirAi.  Ku:viR  OK  VEQETABLi-rt;  With  Tlie  Thri'c 
rertam  \Vi»j-»  of  rrcnaring  it,  tailv  and  clearly  set  forth 
ill  Ono  nnd  Tliirty  AcnoKitMq.     t<y  Baro  UnBiGKncB. 

A  SerTQ!  ■  ■'  if  Nature.     Ejperto 

Cttdt.  Faithome,  At  tUe 

Rosei  in  >  i    ■    .  .      '  .-'-'■'       '  " ' 

John  Apdis. 
<^i %•.<[-,    T^uBTOM.  —  WiinteJ,  any  iDformation 
r<j  iioiiel  burton,  Enq.,  whose  decease  at 

6c  1  _  ,  in  (Jet.  1750,  in  mentioned  in  the 
obituary  of  the  Gtntleman  s  Miiffaziiic.  He  had 
served  the  office  of  High  Sheriff  for  the  county  of 
Dei-bj,  and  had  attained  the  age  of  sixty-eight 
years.  E.  II.  A. 

"The  CVibk    Mhoazisb'"  1847-8. — Who  waji 

thor  of  an  article  In  this  Alagazine  on  George 

id's  ♦*  Sevca  Chords  of  the  Lyre,"  No.  L  pp.  05 


tt 


^^■DowuE8W-£M.  Familt. — "Ricb.  PowdesTrell, 
^Ka(i»  tjuw  4fi,  anno  1726  "  is  written  on  the  back 
of  a  pnrtrsiil  in  my  posjscsMon.  Can  any  of  your 
corrcs|»<indent8  inform  me  who  thi.s  Ilichanl 
Dowdeawcll  waa  ?  1  think  be  or  his  son  married 
a  Misfi  Leverton,  J.  D. 

NATMAtniEL  Eatoh.— One  of  luy  matcmal  an- 
ceiitors,  Nathaniel  Eaton,  of  Manchester,  in  1G74. 
married  Christian  Vawdry,  of  "  The  Kiddin/rs." 
and  Bank  Hill»  Timperly.  CLeshire.  He  was  u 
inewiber  «>f  the  Society  of  Friende,  but.  1  suttpecl 
w*«  a  pon  or  grandson  of  one  of  the  »i.\  Non- 
conformict  znini^lerH,  of  the  name  of  Eaton.,  who, 
ifCcordin}!  to  Calainv,  were  ejected  frnm  ihi-ir 
lirinps  by  the  Act  of  Uniformity  in  166'->.  This 
coniertnr-  i,  -tieujjthcn^.d  by  the  fact  that  the 
n>/>thei  III  Vawdry  (Margaret,  dau,::Ltoi 

of  Osw  I,  of  Garralt,  near  Manchester), 

ttlicr  (1  'irst  husband,  I{obt;rl.  Vaw- 

«lfy»  'ii'  11  Vawdry,  umrrlcd  the  woll- 

(•  There  ought  to  li«  «  Wxnt^nillr  rflixrAvM  frentii- 

ptMiV  vhieh  ia  exT''-'      '    '    "          '"    ;  mi*.    A 

G«nnap  traiulatfani  irgli  in 

1706.    The  Dane  (  ivuj. — 

to.3 


-^         ■    -.Jifc-     ^rfB^ 


known  John  Angler,  minister  nf  Denton,  Lanca- 
shire, who  hml  a»  intimate  friends  or  coudjutors, 
si^veral  Noncoufuriuitst  ministers  of  the  name  of 
J\aton. 

1  shall  feel  obli^red  by  any  information  or  siir- 
mi.se  as  to  the  parent!^  or  ndatious  of  the  above 
Nathnnid  Ealuii^  at  the  satiie  time  remark intj  that 
his  marriage  in  1674  is  inconsistent  with  hi*,  being 
the  Nathaniel  Eaion,  boru  in  IfiOH,  who,  according 
to  Calnmy,  was  the  first  mastor  of  the  College  at 
New  Cambridj.'(>i  in  Now  England,  and  who  nftcr- 
wardN  died  in  the  King's  Uench.  M.  D. 

FnnGERs  or  Hinmoo  Gons. — What  is  the  mean- 
inj;  of  the  position  of  the  finjrers  below  described, 
which  r  have  observed  in  effii'ie.'i  of  ^mh  and 
kings  on  Hindoo  pupodas,  aa  well  as  in  sculpture.^ 
of  ^iiintii  and  abboti^t  on  Christian  rathedrulH? 
The  upper  part,  of  the  ri^bt  arm  is  pressed  close 
to  the  right  side,  the  lower  part  of  the  arm 
doubled  up  fl5rains.t  the  upper  part,  so  that  the 
band  is  brought  up  to  the  shoulder;  the  palui  of 
the  hand  h  turned  to  the  front,  the  fore  and 
middle  tinj2[er8  pointing  upwards  :  the  thumb  aud 
other  lingers  being  doubled  on  to  the  palm. 

H.  C. 

HiiBAtmc. — I  ahall  feel  obliged  if  you  can  t.elJ 
me,  ia  there  any  tradition  by  which  the  history  or 
origin  of  the  followinjr  arms  tan  be  found  ?  — 

"  Per  cheveron  inverte<l  or  and  sable,  a  lion 
rampant.  Countflrchnrjjcd  crest,  u  dcmi-nioor 
iioJdin>;  in  dexter  hand  lui  arrow,  aud  in  niiil^ter 
a  ahield  or.    Afotto :  Mors  potiuK  macula." 

J.  B. 

Dublin. 

"  Hkraclitus  RiDiiNs,"  a  weekly  fiy-sheel, 
issued  in  IflSI-'i,  ard  republih:hed  in  1713,  runs 
over  with  abuse  ofWhig.s  .and  Dipsenler?.  Tt  is 
in  the  form  of  diali><fucs  between  Jf^t  and  Kiirneiit. 
The  wit  i»  coarse  and  strong,  and  the  book  is 
allo>{ether  a  racy  specimen  of  peitples  Knglink  in 
thofc  happy  days.  There  aje  some  useftil  his- 
torical and  literary  allusions  in  it.  It  lived  to  be 
clfthty-two  numbers  old.  In  his  postfcript,  at 
the  end,  the  author  alludes  to  his  successful  pre- 
sen-ation  of  the  riaminut  mnbra ;  wherein  he  says, 
•*  he  has  hud  such  a  felicity  (notwithstanilinp  all 
the  conjectures  that  have  been  made  of  him),  as. 
that  he  h  not  more  publicly  known  than  the 
author  of  the  Whole  Duti/  of  Man." 

Was  JJeraclittu  Hidens  ever  revealed  Y 

B.  H.  C. 

Thk  Hoi,t  Hocsk  or  Lobetto. — Not  lonj; 
i^ince,  I  read  a  letter  in  I  he  Dailtf  Telegraph  thai 
the  SatUn  Cnm  Iihm  been  removed  to  Alilun.  Is 
this  a  fact?  And  if  m>,  what  are  the  circum- 
Htnnce.*?  A  Loretto  guide-book  says,  that  angels 
carried  this  house,  in  121)1,  fn»m  NazaretU  v» 
Tcrsattu  iv\  lU^Vva\  m^/\vl\n.'?^^^\x^^s^^!^vcv»^^» 


74 


NOTES  AND  QUERlEa 


V.  Jaw. 


Ret.  Edwabi»  Jamts,  A.M.,  Vicab  or  Abeb- 
OAVBKWT  fBOM  1709  TO  1719.  —  Can  and  will 
anr  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  oblige  by  givirif,'  gome 
reference  where  to  find  any  further  partieulura  of 
him,  anil  did  be  Itiave  any  descendaDts,  and  their 
names  ?  Glwtmg, 

*'  Massacre  of  the  Isjiocehts." — 

"Ri.tiif  of  till-  plftuMs  "  (at  Bnige8)"nre  ervercrowiled, 
A!  ir.     In  the  hospital  is  a  '  AIn«sJicre  of 

til  !|Jimlin,  in  which  all  ODt-of-thc-way 

ini.ui";s  .  i  iM.i.i,^  jue  exhibited.  Beneath  is  u  descrip- 
tion in  uncouth  L.itin  and  Dotch,  which  I  am  torry  I 
Imil  not  lime  lo  copy.  One  child'*  thro.it  i»  Haid  to  be 
too  -injill  for  the  ila^j,'cr,  and  the  ejM  of  another  are  at 
the  back  of  ita  cltft  iltnll,— illnstratinij  'cculos  per  vnl- 
vomil," "  —  Jnumty  through  Holland  and  the  Ntthtr- 
U  in  J777,  liy  H.  Ward,  p,  oti. 
do  not  think  that  there  ia  any  auch  picture 
now  In  the  hospital.  Any  account  of  tbi>,  or  a 
.copy  of  the  verses,  will  br  acceptable.  Is  lliunlin 
I  flip  of  the  pen  for  Memling  ?  T.  P.  E. 

Wir.WAM  MlTCHKL,    "  TuE  GaBAT  TlJ»CLA«tAW 

Doctor.*'— Can  any  reader  of  "N.  &  Q."  supply, 
or  direet  me  to,  information  regardinj*  this  fanatic, 
who  published  niiiny  indescribable  bfioksand  broad- 
sides in  E<linburgh  and  Glnsgow  nt  the  bi-ginning 
of  Ittit  wntury,  of  whiclt  I  p<jsnotn»  a  f«w  ? 

**  The  reason  t  call  myself  the  Tinclarinn  Doc- 
tor, *  says  bo,  "  i«  because  I  am  ■  Tinklar  and 
cures  old  Pans  and  old  Lxnlruns,"  which  hmnble 
occupation  he  seems  to  have  neplcctcd  and  set 
himself  up  for  a  Light  to  the  Minixters  and  n 
director  of  crowned  heads. 

Speaking  of  Popish  practices  abroad,  he  ob- 
serves, "  1  have  written  jo  much  about  ibem  In 
my  French  Triivels,  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  Lnm]>)ifiMer  of  AuM  lleckie. 
When  the  nmjjistrafes  dismisse*!  him  from   that 

fKiat,  hf  a"<i«uni*><l  the  more  spiritual  office  ;  and 
li  '       '      \    .  '.'    s   both  the  clergy  and 

I.  -liion  must  have  been 

suuiritiitiv  :iii:i<>vi!i;^  lo  ihe  Kirk.  Some  time 
•go  I  purchased  his  Tfitttimmt,  in  which,  in  tfie 
usual  style  of  these  mad  pnipheK  ho  applies,  and 
iflveiglis  agiiinst  "  the  iH^a^t  in  the  KevcJatinns, 
whotfO  number  i«  six  hundretl,  flir.',<  H.nro,  and 
six."     If  the  rni;/(jr^rji  had  had   i  of  this 

book*  they  could  not  hate  rcta!  ut  ihau 

Hm  HDClioneer,  who, . as  may  '■   ■  \>y  the  undis- 

rbcd  ticket,  aeeid«nt«lly  h;;    i  J  'i':  Ortat   Tin- 
trian  Doctor,  firtG ! 

OaATuKT  or  PtTT  ASD  Foi :  "^  Sam*  Coixh 
Ttwut."  —  In  a  contempurary  satire — Atn*  CulO' 


Maown  by  the  naaic  of  tIatiiuitD  IXxiUnr." — Kix.  ] 


titlen,  )■     I  atos  Rigshaw,  Professor  of ' 

philaii  1.,  4to,  1800  — there  is  a  c* 

passage  ilhiilrative  of  the  different  styles 
tory  of  Pitt  and  Fox.  It  is  an  imit 
Virgil's  eighth  Eclogue,  and  runs  as*  foUoi 

••  Inwjnstartf  mnn !  from  m<>  thy  r.incy  roTSt, 
And  r  j"i>erJods  lo're*! 

'Ihi  i  ^iou'ddpoak, 

Mv-i...  -         _     ._.      -qaeak: 

Thy  taste  no  more  Judaic  cfasu°ms  allowi. 
My  chin's  black  honoum,  and  my  shaggy  browat 
He'ifin  rav  muse,  begin  the  plaintive  jstrain  I 
Hear  it  St.  Ann's,  and  hear  each  neighbouring  pUub" 

No  one  who  only  knows  the  two  grcal 
men  by  their   portraits,  could  suppose 
"big  voice  and  sounding  periods"   ' 
Pitt — and  "  shrill  ton'd  treble's  ener;:  c  "* 

to  his  great  rival.  Among  the  readcrt^oi  ,. 
there  are  .ttill  some  who  mu&t  have  lixi' 
them  both.     Will  they  kindly  give  -  ■  -i 

your  readers  the  benelit  of  their  re  .  5? 

One  confirmation  of  the  statement  ^  :....-  uict 
with,  though  I  cannot  now  recollect  niy  autbo* 
rity,  namely,  that  the  late  Lord  Stanhoiw,  in  iiis 
style  of  speaking,  bore  a  marked  ro;«eir»l>lAno«"  to 
his  <listin{ruishe<l  relative.  May  I  add  a  -i  or>it 
Query  :  Who  was  the  author  of  Sans  Cvd«; 
obviously,  a  violent  Pittite.  8.  » 

PaxRARcuA.  —  I  have  thrco  editions   of  Ikk 

?oet,  that  of  Filelfo,  foHo,  1481,  and 
leading  in  that  most  agreeable  of  bl' 
Dilnlin,  p.  766,  Lib.  Comp.y  he  Bays,     un 
by   Ilovillio,    iSino,  1574,  with   two   .«u| 
loaves.      The   previous  editions   of  RoviU...   *... 
15fiO-l."     Now  on  CJComining  my  two  eopio^I 
find  "  II  Petrarcha  ;  in  Lyone  itpprp'^.cn  n 

I5fi4,"  size  4  in,  by  2  in.,  printi 

The  other  11  Petrarcha,  Venice, 

Nicolo  Bevilucqua,  1564,  size  oJ 

2  in, ;  and  this  edition  has  a  pr<  r 

by  0.  Rovillio.     So  that  he  (RovillioJ  pi 

caused  to  be  priutetl,  two  distinct  editioi 

Itoct  in  the  («ame  year.     I  don't  think 
leen  noticed  before-    Of  the  eorller  c<liti< 
nan^ed  I  know  nothing.     I  should  be  slat 
information  concerning  the  suppressed  leaves 
tioucd  by  Diklin.  Wll.  DAt 

Hill  Cottage,  Erdington. 

Portrait  of  Our  SaviovI.  —  In  ihd 
nuarian  Itepertory,  vol.  iii.  ^ed.  IKOS),  p. 
nnd  a  letter  from  Win.  Lottie,  Canierburjj 
.Tdlr  1.5.   17«0,  with  : 


brotbar  Uiat  was  takyn  prcwnor. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Where  the  oriui'tnal  of  tbii  painting  was  ftt  the 
daio  of  the  oominunicatioii  (1780J  is  not  stated. 

From  the  newspapers  I  observe  that  a  cameo 
has  lately  been  liiscoveretJi,  said  to  have  been 
executed  by  order  of  Tiberiu&>  and  supposed  to 
be  a  repreaentaliuo  of  our  Saviour. 

Could  any  of  vour  corresjiondenta  inform  me 
where  the  painting  above  referred  to  ia  to  be 
soeii '^  What  resemblance  it  beari  to  the  alleged 
cameo,  and  if  the  painting  is  a  copij  of  the  cameo? 

AscoM. 

Mas.  PAitKeii  TuaCuicuMSAVtaAToa. — In  1793 
-nta  publiiihc<l  at  London,  in  8to,  A  Voyage  rutttui 
the  World  lit  the  '^'^  Gorgon  "  Man  of  War^  Cuptain 
Johu  Parker,  ptrformt'd  by  his  Widow  for  the  Ad- 
ranta^e  of  a  numtrrows  Fnmily.  (NichoLi'*  Lit. 
Artecdotet,  \\.  15«,  Getd.  Mag.  Ixv.  041.)  I  shall 
he  ijlad  to  know  the  Christian  name  of  this  lady,* 
and  the  date  of  her  death.  The  work  appears, 
from  the  review  of  it,  to  be  of  a  very  interesting 
character.  S.  Y.  R. 

Pbruxs  Famht. — Does  there  exist,  in  MS.  or 
in  print,  a  more  detailed  and  complete  history  of 
the  family  of  Perkins  than  the  one  to  be  ibund 
in  Burkes  Ijuuied  O entry  f  A  reference  to  such, 
if  in  cxUtcnce,  would  hujfelv  obli;?e  me.f 

F.  fiEBTKAMD  D'AartJB. 

QpoTATioK.  —  Are  the  following  lines  by  Geo. 
Wither,  or  by  any  one  of  his  time?  Or,  are  thej 
of  more  modern  and  leas  illujitrious  parentage? 

<'  Oh  God  of  glory!  Tboa  hast  treaaorcd  op 

For  mc  mv  litllB  portion  of  (JistreaS; 

Hilt      -'  '     ■    '-     ht,  in  evor^  bitter  cap 

Tir  .  to  make  its  surenem  leas, 

Soil  i,.r  which  Thy  N»nio  I  bless, 

iiiUi  up  my  mite  of  thoakfulneas." 

W.  Camfbell. 

Sussex  Nbwspapbbii. — I  have  in  ray  possession 
the  first  number  uf  the  Hattrtiffs  Chronicle,  6d. 
[July '29,  1829],  and  of  the  Brighton  Chronicle, 
2fi.  [May  13,  182y.]  The  latter  is  composed  of 
faceti<ius  skits  on  contemporary  abuses,  but  the 
IIiMtiiigs  production  is  of  a  more  pretentious 
character,  deroting  three  colnmns  to  a  "  retro- 
spective review  of  literature."  Did  any  subse- 
ouent  numbers  appear?  Is  anything  known  of 
tiio  contributing  staiT  of  the  Haatingt  Chronicle  f 

Are  any  of  the  esrlicst  numbers  of  the  Sviaex 
Adverlitrr  in  existence  ?  }  An  imperfect  copy  was 
sold  A  short  time  sgo,  and  now,  I  believe,  forms 


part  of  the  plunt  «)f  that   newspaper,   but  the 
earlier  numb(.'f»  lure  wanting. 

Wyxxb  £.  Baxtkm. 

Pa*.'?\'ji.  i.>  Tewktsok. — To  what  does  Tenny- 
son allude  when  he  speaks  of  iho  right  ear  JUled 
tptth  dust,  in  the  following  stiiu2a  from  bia  poc-m  uf 
the  TttHi  Voices  T  — 


[•  T>>- 
ahovt? 


rntnci  i. 
Muscoiu.— Li^j 


!fin  to  the  Princess  of  Wales  in  the 
i«l  "Mary  Ann  Parker,  No.  6,  Little 

'.lie  Perkins  of 
I  ia  Nichols's 

.  from  it»  (-nm- 
\s  in  tha  Britisli 


•  Go,  vexed  spirit,  sleep  in  tnist ; 
Thn  ri^t  •or  that  is  tilled  with  iluU 
Hears  little  of  the  falso  orju.it." 


MO. 


J.  G-  Wit,i.8. — I  have  in  my  ncssesttion  a  large 
folio  volume  of  engravings  by  the  elder  Wllle,  of 
which  I  can  find  no  mention  in  any  bibliographical 
work.     The  title  is  as  follows:  (Eutiret  de  Jean 

Oeorget  Wille,  celihre  gj-areur  Atlemand 

Paris,  1814.  Then  follows  a  Life  of  ^Ville  iu 
Kiiglish,  French,  and  German ;  and  after  that, 
forty-one  of  his  most  celebrated  ptutes.  At  the 
end  of  the  volume  i£  a  '*  Keeued  dc  paysages  et 
autres  figures  ....  Paris,  1801  ;*'  thirty-six  in 
number,  by  the  same  engraver. 

I  hope  some  of  your  readers  will  be  able  to  !u> 
form  ua  how  manr  copies  of  this  work  were  pub- 
lishe<l ;  whether  tne  engravings  contained  therein 
arc  late  or  early  impressions;  and  what  is  its 
present  market  value.  J.  C.  Lun>8A.r. 

New  TTork. 


Outfit^  tnit^  'BniiDtri. 

WnxtAM  Dili.,  D.D.  —  Can  yon  inform  me 
whether  the  "Mr.  Dell,"  who  was  sent  bv  the 
Commissioners  as  one  of  the  ministers  of  religion 
to  attend  King  Charles  I.  before  bis  execution, 
was  the  William  Dell,  afterwards  Master  of  Gonvil 
and  Caius  College,  Cambridge,  and  Rector  of 
Yeldon,Beds? 

Is  anything  known  of  W^illiam  Dell  beyond  the 
fsw  sermons  of  his  still  extant  ?  S.  S. 

[  Willistn  Dell,  D.D.  received  bis  education  Kt  Emsmtel 
CoUfge,  Cambridge,  where  bs  was  chosen  Pellow,  and 
held  the  living  of  Yeldcn,  co.  BedftmL  Abottt  the  year 
1G45  he  became  chapiain  to  the  army,  constantly  attend- 
ing .'^ir  Thomas  FaJrAuc,  and  preacbing  at  head-qaarters. 
On  May  4, 1649,  he  was  made  Msater  of  Catus  College^ 
Cambridge,  ivhfch  be  beM  with  hrs  living  at  TeldoD  till 
be  was  ejected  by  the  Act  of  Uniformity.  Althongh 
tinctured  with  the  enthastasm  of  the  times,  be  was  a  man 
of  some  leaning,  with  very  peculiar  and  unsettled  prind- 
ples.  Wro.  Colo  has  left  a  v«ry  imfavonnble  aecount  of 
Dr.  Dell  among  hla  MSS.  He  says,  "On  Dell's  appoint- 
ment OS  Cluphiin  to  the  General  Sir  Thomas  Fairikx,  at 
the  lurrander  of  the  garrison  at  Oxford,  he,  amon^  othara 
of  bis  tribe,  was  sent  down  there  t«  poison  the  principlai 
of  tliot  iintvcrzity )  and  on  the  morning  of  the  mortyr- 
(lofii  4>r  KinK  Charlcft,  he,  with  ^\mr  VJA.  wsA.  \wsd>»«&. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^B.Y.  Jak.! 


a  billet  cause,  aud  nil  the  cuniidenci!  anil  asstiranri^  pecu- 
liar to  the  fjiiialkal  tribe,  to  ofter  thoir  unhallowed  ser- 
vices to  the  l)te«e«d  insrtyr,  vthom  Ibcy  had  thus  brungLt 

to  the  acaffold Dr.  Dell  waa  so  little  curious 

where  bis  carcase  was  depoaitod,  that  he  ordered  hiniaeif 
lu  be  buried  ia  a  Utile  Hpinnc^-,  or  woo<i,  on  his  ^«tate 
iu  the  jtarinh  of  Wesloninf;,  co.  Beds ;  and  1  was  told  by 
my  worthy  goo<l  friend.  Dr.  Zachary  Grey,  that  his  MJtl 
Humphrey  Dell,  ridiog  or  walking  by  the  apinncy  with 
:in  arqtiaintance,  reflecting  too  severely  aa  a  8on  upon  his 
father*  buse  conduct  and  actiu(^  in  the  Into  Rebelliort* 
couhi  not  help  oxclainiing — pointing  lo  the  place  whoro 
his  father  was  buried — '  There  lies  that  old  rogue  and  ra»- 
cal,  my  father  I' "  (.VddiU  MS.  l,S3i,  p.  27 1.)  Dell's  Avorks 
were  repubUahcd  in  2  vols.  8vo,  in  1817.  Vide  7'Ae  jVjmi- 
tviiformiiiCs  Memorial  by  Cdilauay  and  Pulwer,  ed.  1802, 
L  2M;  Neal'a  Uittorif  vf  the  Puritans,  ed-  182t?,  v.  Vil ; 
.and  thu  Jklonthh/  Magazine,  XV.  42<J.  ] 

"LrRGDA  Teksancta,"  bv  W.  F.  —  Can  you 
givenie  any  itifuriualion  conrerninjr  the  following 
lHM>k  ?  Is  it  a  rurity,  or  of  any  value  ?  It  con- 
aist*  of  fuiir  parts  each  having  a  n^parate  tttle- 

'•liuijuo  Trr»anttn;  or,  a  most  Sure  and  Coinpleat 
Uegorick  Dictionary  tj  the  Holy  Lmijfuagp  of  Thn 
Spirit;  Carefully  and  Vaitbrolly  expounding  and  illuatrat- 
inq  all  Ihi]  sevornl  Words  or  Divine  Symbols  iu  Dr«aiu. 
Vinion.  and  ApimriCion.  ^o.  By  W.  F.,  F,'>q..  Author  of 
the  New  Jeru&aJMD.  l^oudon :  Print«»d  for  tho  Author, 
and  told  by  ¥..  M.illot  n^ar  Fleet -bridge,  1703." 

The  other  parlg  are  —  *' The  Fountain  of  Mnni- 
lion,"  "The  I)i%'ine  Grammar,"  "The  Tool  of 
Betlies(k  watch'tL"  The  first  part,  the  title- 
papc  of  which  I  have  jriven  at  length,  runs  (in- 
tituling an  index)  to  566  pages.  Clutha. 

[Thi«  work  appears  to  be  one  of  the  singular  produc- 
tions of  William  Freke,  F.aq,  (a  younger  son  ofThoinna 
Frekr,  Vjt\.  of  HanningtoD,  Wilta),  of  Wadhani  Colh'yc, 
Oxford,  and  afterwards  a  luirriiter  of  law.  Ho  winlc 
An  Ettlj^  tcuHirdJian  Union  htttcrm  Divinity  ami  Murfxliltj, 
I9t>7,  8vo.  Id  this  hn  styl«>)«  himself  fJul.  Libera  Claris, 
I.  *.  Frtv  Key,  i.  *,  frtk*.  Mao  A  Ihalogur,  by  wnif  of 
QtuttioH  and  AiuH'«;  toncrrniag  iht  Utihf :  to  which  i» 
added,  a  Cle«r  and  Urief  Corifutation  of  thn  Doctrine  of 
(he  Trinity.  I6!)3°,  which  be  »ont  to  several  wmbera  of 
parliaDtent,  whn  voted  tbem  to  be  burnt  in  I'alaro  Yanl, 
tb«  author  being  indicted  in  the  Kiof;'*  Bench,  iOll^<,  and 
found  fn'dtv,  Uin  foHowiui:  yc*r  was  fined  Wn/,  and  to 
make  i>  •>   ia  lb<;  four  courts  in  Wfsjiniiiiirter 

lUll.     I  \  aiao  n  Ihettonarj/ of  Drranui,  Hn,  a 

v\>  "  .  and  blasphemr.     Although  lim 

u)  ,,od,  ho  wai  peimitted  to  act  ha 

jwnMCvi   MX'  [.(•«!,.•  lot  I  He  re.Mde'l  at  the 

Cbap«lry  of  ilinton  St.  rMl.  wher«  he  ilied 

ial74C.— Uat'  hina'N  lhirutt,<:r.,  m.  i,>ai  \Wood."iAthtna, 
by  BIlM.  Iv.  7-IU  t  aud  »  N.  h  g. "  2**  8.  x.  itsa.] 

I.ronAMTira  I'AMiNr.Kiin*. — Thrre  is»  n  curiouii. 
anil  it  mKjr  be  prrsumcd  a  rare  collection  of 
iothg'm  iu  the  loetnory  of  this  pemoD,  who  dictl 


on  May  :),  1567.    It  was  printed  at  Radsl 

A'lpubl,  I5t>«. 

11  id  portrait  i,.  given  ut  itie  end  of  the  vol 
with  the  followinjr  "  Mexostichon  "  atKivc  it : 

"  lata  I>eouarti  Fan^ingeri  eilit^*'^  v-^' 

AtUnieu  artilicis  non  benu  sciUpta  uiauu. 

Sic  igitar  |iaulo  melius  pingewus  euailem ; 
Corpora  vir  pncstuns,  ingcnioque  fuit, 

Et  bene  Chrislicola  dc  posteritalc  raercndo, 
Extulit  hsTTnonicJs  dogmata  sacra  modlv^ 

The  woodcut,  uotwithatandinjr  the  stntei 
above,  has  every  appearance  of  beinp  a 
likeneas.  Paminper  has  on  him  a  fur  robe,  aod 
holdd  in  hi^  hand  what  seems  to  be  a  music  book, 
lie  ia  rej>rcsente<l  a.^  being  seventy-three  rears  of 
aj'e.  Where  can  any  account  be  found  of  him  or 
his  works?  J.  M. 

[Leonard  Paminger,  or  Pamiger,  an  eminent  muakaJ 
componer  of  the  sixteenth  centtjry.  reaidenl  at  P«9««. 
was  a  iMrned  man  and  intimate  friend  of  '  --" —  ffa 
composed  a  great  variety  of  church  musi-  Vi* 

son  ofter  Ilia  decease,  and  publiAhed  at  diUc.  ..l  ,.  ,i«Ji» 
1 573,  I57n,  1 580.  Sec  Dictitmur*!  of  M<txieian»,  ad.  l8S4kll. 
259.] 

Mrss  BaiMiT.  —  The  popular  son«  of  *•  Uotwr 
tunate   Miss  Bniley"   was  admirably    IransF 
into  Latin  not  later,  I  think,  than  1807  or 
Citn   any  niie  iiblij^e  me  by  btatin^  where 
find  the  Latin  vcrsinm  in  question  ?     Kuryrl 
dying  to  &cc  it.  Oarti 

[As  probably  many  othera  would  b«  aa  |>)ea»cxl 
Mihs  Bailey  in  her  Latin  ooattuns  as  Kurydirc,  yf% 
Joiu  a  copy  of  it ; — 

•■  111,  rcccptu*  in  hybeniis, 

■  'io  truxistulil  Averaia, 

...., .,..  ..:.    ... 1,   ztA  W  '•"<'■   i...t.ii.:it, 

lit,  i-oRiciua  facinons,  per  vi' 

'  Miwram  BaJi.nm,  infnrti"  i 

I'poflitam,  tnulilnm,  mtvi' 
"  Aixlente  denium  sanguiur. 
•  Ah,  belle  prodfl'  -    -V    •■•'- 
NoctumjB  candd 
Anteora  slabat  i; 

'  A»pice  baliam,  lul'urCuu^- 

Proditam,  traditam,  mitier: 
"•Abito— cii:  :o>  pallut 

'  Perfidiuit  0.  mi  vir,  ac 

Percrro  rii  m  II  :il  ill 

goiri 

Pr..    :  . 
"  '  Siiiil  ;. 


'  .'-Jll\r,  lluFu  i.iiUlllllll!  !     Il 

■    Vwle,  Hiihi  corculum  '  nun 

Il  was  written  by  thn  Kcv.  '•    U 
in  the  (!tntl*man'i  ilatjariue  for  Au;:i 
pt.  2,  p.  7  JO.  ] 

SuNi»T   QtiMOM.— 1.  When  no 
would  uj  *'  I  got  a  rvguUr  MoUkig  A>r 


"-^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Scolchman  would  siiy  "  I  got  my  kail  lliroufjh  the 
reek  for  that."  Whut  Is  the  uriyin  ol'  ihis  lait 
pliruse  ? 

2.  Were  Supervillc's  sermons  ever  traiulatcd 
from  tUe  French  into  Knglish  ? 

3.  Is  there  aa  Kiiglbb  traushiiion  of  Snurin's 
sermons  Y  Avrs, 

[l.  .ramiiison  expl«io5  tlio  pbr«s^  bt>t  docs  not  give  it& 
origin.  "  •  To  gio  ono  hi«  kail  Uirow  tUo  reck,"  is  to  give 
one  a  severe  reproof,  to  subject  to  a  severe  scoldiog  matrl). 
'  If  he  bring?  in  the  Giengylo  folk,  and  the  Glenllnlaa  and 
Bolquhidder  Udd,  he  may  como  (o  gie  you  your  kiiil 
thrau(rh  the  reck.'    Jio'j  Roj/,  iii.  75." 

2.  Doiiicl  do  Su|>ervillQ'8  Surnioiu  liavc  been  traiulaUd 
by  John  Rttynoldc,  2  vols,  6vo.  York,  ISVi;  and  by 
Julin  Allen,  with  Mcinoirii,  LoiicL  Svo,  lKl(j. 

.1  Jomci  Smirin's  i>crwons  Uavo  been  tranilated  by 
Rotivri  Kobiusun,  Dr.  Henry  lliuil4>r,  and  Joacjth  Sul- 
diff«s  in  H  vola.  8vo,  BRh  edition.  1812.] 

MoTTOKS  \KD  Coats  or  Xnu*.  —  Could  you 
dirtet  me  in  whut  book  T  can  fiuU  the  mottoes 
ufte<l  by  Boine  of  the  nobility  (peerages  now  ex- 
tiuct),  with  theix  couts  of  s\rtu<),  about  the  middle 
of  the  seveiitetntb  century  ?  The  crest  and  artna 
are  found  in  many  works  on  heraldry,  but  the 
mottoes  ore  not  yivcn  in  any  work  I  have  con- 
KuUcd.  G.  W. 

[The  roiloiring  works  may  be  consoltod :  Book  of  Fa~ 
milif  Cmtt  and  Mottoes,  with  4000  engravings  of  the 
Cn-sta  of  (lie  Pi-crs  and  Gentry"  of  England  and  ^Valcg, 
Scolliind  .ind  IrpJand:  a  Dictioniiry  of  Mottoes,  &-c.  — 
Elviii's  Hiinrt-ltonh  of  3IoUnt*,  trnnflntcd  with  Notcn  and 
Qnolationn,  12ino,  IRRO.— Fairbaim's  CrrtU  of  Great 
BriUtin  and  Inland,  by  IJutlera,  2  voIb.  roy.  8voj  ISCl.] 

•'TuK  AriiKKtAn  MKHcuBr,"  —  Over  what 
perioil  of  time  did  thia  publication  extend  ?  Who 
were  the  writvrH  therein  i     Aj-e  copies  wiJiwe  ? 

r.  A.  G. 

Dunganjion,  Ireland. 

[The  AthmMH  Mercury  na<i  a  conlinualiou  of  tho 
Aihtniam  Oaxtttt  under  another  title,  both  of  them  saper' 
iatcndrd  by  that  eccentric  boukteller,  John  Dnnton. 
awisted  by  tlio  Kuv.  Samuel  Wesley,  Mr.  Richani  Sault, 
^nd  llr.  NorrJB-  *rhe  firnl  number  of  the  Alheniatt  Ga- 
ctfif  wan  (lublidbed  I7th  Mnnh,  lOHll-J,  and  that  of  the 
Atfioiia'^  Mrtrurji  l.llh  Dec  Ifiiri.  tho  last  number  eamo 
out  on  Monday,  HlU  June,  lOtf?.  Both  worlis  at  last 
HnrnIM  |o  twenty  voliimca  folio;  the«e  becoming irery 
wcapre,  a  coUrcUon  of  th««  niojt  curiout  quojlioni)  and 
answer*  was  rvpnntol  under  the  title  of  Thp  Athmitm 
Orarlf,  in  4  Tola.  8vo.  Conenlt  Nichols'*  Ltttranj  Ante- 
dottj,  iv,  74.  77  J  V.  fi7-73f  and  "  N.  &  Q."  l"  S.  v.  230; 
▼1.43(5.] 

*•  NoTfS  TO  Sii.vK.'trEiRB."— Who  is  the  author 
of  Notes   and   I'  '      >lwf;4   to    Shahspeare. 

Load.  Edw.  and  l  i  ,  >     The  uddreBS  to  the 

reader  is  Bubecribud  "£.  C,"  oud  dated  1774 


have  only  the  firtl  [.art.     Wns  a  jcoond  presented 
to  the  public  ?  WinNE  E.  BAxreit. 

[This  appears  to  be  the  first  volume  of  Edward  Caj.i'Jl'4 
iVb<«  *  and  V'arwm  Etadingt  to  Sluihtpttxre.  Lond.  1779-80, 
4to.  3  volt  Vol.  iii.  ofthiHwork  ii«  entitled  "  The  School 
rifShakApeare,  or  Authentic  Extracts  from  divers  £ngli»1i 
Hook*  th.ll  were  in  print  in  that  Author's  Time,  evidently 
showing  foiHj  whence  his  table*  wore  taken,"] 


Hrpltfif. 


M 


TIJ E LAPWIUO :  CUUKCHWAKDRN5'  ACCOUNTS. 
(3""  S.  iii.  423;  v.  10.) 

I  Uiaok  RIk.  Mac  Cabe  for  his  note,  as  it  throws 
light,  I  think,  on  au  old  provincial  word  that  haa 
pUi^/Jed  me  very  much.  In  the  churchwiirdens' 
ocouuuls  of  a  parish  in  Dorset,  1701-24,  I  found 
omoug^^t  the  vatious  and  numerous  payments  for 
"varments'  "  hcadti,  one  entry  which  all  inquiry 
bad  hitherto  failed  to  elucidate,  tIz.  the  payment 
of  one  shilling  per  dozen  for  "popea,  pups,  or 
poops'  heads."  Whether  bird  or  beast  remained  a 
mystery. 

In  th«?  parochial  accouut«i  of  Cbedder,  Somerset, 
"  woopv's  heads"  are  mentioned  —  a  synonymutis 
word,  it  Keemt-d  probable,  varying  with  the  diaieits 
of  the  two  counties.  It  now  turns  out  that  pupn 
is  un  obsolete  French  word,  and  svuonymoua  with 
huppe,  hoop  (HaiK»y'fl  Dirt.),  a  lapwing. 

Why  a  price  should  have  been  put  on  the  head 
of  this  harrnk'SH  and  beautiful  bird  I  won't  pre- 
tend to  say,  unless  it  wore  from  the  nii^lakcu 
opinion  that  it  fed  on  the  grain  in  those  cornfields 
which  it  often  frequented  for  the  purpose  of  pro- 
curing its  natural  food.  The  name^  by  which  it 
wa»  known  in  this  country  150  years  ago  seem  to 
be  quite  obsolete  now.  W-  W.  8. 

Your  correspondent  W.  B.  Mac  Cabe  wishes 
to  know  whether  "  the  lapwir;:,  so  remarkable  a 
bird  in  ancient  lore  and  legemJ,  holds  any  import- 
ance in  the  folk-lore  of  Ent;land."  I  am  not 
aware  that  the  lujywing  (  Vawlhia  cruttatiu,  Flem.) 
litres  nt  all  as  a  roimirkable  bird  in  ancient  lore. 
The  pupu  unquestionably  denotes  I  he  hoopoe 
( Upxipa  cpops),  a  bird  belonging  to  an  entirely 
diuerent  order,  and  which  has  been  lonp,  and  ia 
-^tiU,  regarded  in  the  East  with  superstition.  It 
I»  the  (iro^  of  the  Greeks,  and  the  upujHi  of  Pliny, 
and  ccrla'mly  the  term  is  used  in  a  restricted 
seupe  to  sij^nify  the  hoopoe  alone.  In  my  article 
on  "  Lapwin;j,"  in  Dr.  Smith's  Diet,  of  the  Bible, 
I  have  endeavoured  to  .show  that  the  hoopoe  is 
the  bird  meant  by  the  Hebrew  tbikcphath,  ITie 
Egyptians  seem  to  have  spoken  of  tliis  bird  under 
the  name  of  koHkou[>ka  (jfOfn.  Wwtw^^«,\.  ^^  \  >«!>*>- 


^gjrt|^ 


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{.S^SLY.  JA3un,*U. 


Bochart,  Hiero^.  iii.  107-115,  cd.  Kosenmuller.) 
The  Arabs  call  it  hudhud;  coiiip.  Moore,  Lalla 
Rookh,  p.  395  (etl.  Lond.,oae  vol.  1850)— 

"  Fresh  aa  the  fountain  underground. 
When  first  'tis  by  the  lapwing  found  "  — 

where  Moore  has  the  following  note :  **  The  hud- 
liuil  or  lapwing  is  supposed  to  have  the  power  of 
discovering  water  underground."  (See  "Lapwing," 
Smith's  Did.)  The  blood  of  this  bird  was  be- 
lieved by  the  Arabs  to  have  supernatural  effects. 
To  this  day  they  ascribe  magical  powers  to  the 
hoopoe,  and  call  it  the  "  Doctor."  As  to  the  old 
French  word  pupu^  I  refer  your  correspondent 
to  Belon,  VHiatoire  de  la  Nat.  des  Oi/ieaux,  p. 
293,  who  says  :  — 

"  Nous  luy  donnons  ce  nom  (_la  huppt)  2i  cause  de  sa 
create,  mais  les  Grecs  I'ont  nominee  epopt,  k  cause  de  son 
cry.  Nous  la  nommos  un  pvput :  car,  en  onltre  ce  qn'elle 
fait  flon  nid  d'ordore,  aussi  fait  une  voix  en  chantant  qui 
dit  puput'* 

I  need  not  say  that  the  account  of  the  materials 
which  are  here  said  to  form  the  nest  of  the  hoopoe, 
—  originally  proceeding  from  Aristotle,  though 
still,  I  believe,  credited  by  some  of  the  lower  orders 
in  France,  —  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. 

From  the  fact  of  the  lapwing,  or  peewit,  having 
a  crest,  and  being  a  better  known  bird  in  Europe, 
it  is  easy  to  see  how  ia  huppe  might  occa- 
sionally be  used  to  denote  this  bird.  The  lap- 
wing, according  to  Dr.  Leyden,  auoted  by  Yar- 
rell  (Dril.  Birds,  ii.  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  hy  their  pursuers  from  the  flight  and 
screaming  of  these  restless  birds. 

W.  HovaHToir. 


PARISH  REGISTERS:  TOMBSTONES  AND  THEIR 
INSCRIPTIONS. 

(S'*  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  church]^ard  of  my  parish.  I  have  oiVen 
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  ^e  burial, 
but  not  the  day  of  the  death,  as  the  stone  does. 
In  some  register*  I  know,  I  have  seen  occa- 
sionally both  circumstances  recorded ;  but  this  is 
rare.  And  the  stone  contains  more  than  the 
register.  It  generallv  mentiont  the  age  of  the 
dcoease<l  pcrsoa,  or  date  of  Wrth ;  together  with 
Mome  gtoadog^cal  puticutar,  la  whoee  ton  or 


daughter.  Ahtichtabius  and  £.  are  c^nite  right 
'  in  advocating  the  desirableness  of  having  copies 
taken  of  all  parish  registers  down  to  the  time 
when' they  first  began  to  be  made  in  daplicate. 
The  insecure  places  in  which  these  valuable  bo(^ 
are  kept,  in  most  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  ought  to  be.  Ail  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  I "  Of  course,  it  is  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  looa 
afterwards,  unconsciously  to  himself,  becomei 
little  better  than  a  puppet  in  the  hands  of  Us 
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,  iost^id  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  dictam 
with  me,  that  not  one  clergyman  in  ten,  or  one 
churchwarden  in  a  hundred,  is  fit  to  have  the  cae 
of  his  own  church  or  parish  roister.  These 
are  hard  words,  no  doubt ;  but  I  beg  to  say  tbis 
opinion  has  been  forced  upon  me  by  clergymea 
and  churchwardens  themselves.  I  have  watched 
them  from  time  to  time,  and  have  found  thoa 
wanting.  Remember,  I  am  speaking  of  the  great 
majority :  for  Uiere  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* 
ranee  of  churchwardens.  P.  HurcnnoH. 

SUnMetta. 


rsifr 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES, 


79 


8T.  PATRICK  AND  THE  SHAMROCK. 
(:]'"  S.  V.  40,  60.) 

While  innocently  wandering    in  tLe  pleasant 

of  llterarjf  antiquities,  culling  a  flower  here 

iliere,  and  occasionally  interchanging  courtc- 

1^  with  conj^enial  5pint3  dcli<;;bt!n^  in  similar 

ursaita,  I  find  that  I  have  unwittingly  stumbled 

nlo  I        '        "     ■     Barbara  of  somethinj,'  very 

ike  '1.  Of  course,  tho  consequent 

xpiusiDii  luuk  [tiarc,  sudden,   fierce,  and  strong 

»  n  treble  charge  could  make  it,  hut,  with  respect 

T,  quite  )nn«»cuo«!i ;  in  all  jiood  feelinty,  I 

>  hope  that  tlift  magazlae  has  suffered  a^ 

J  ,...   ...jiryaa  the  intruder,  and  that  tbeen^ineers 

liav«  nut  been  hoisteil  by  their  own  petards. 

First  in  place,  as  first  iu  ability  and  candour, 
•ppeai's  F.  C.  H.  His  argument,  if  it  ho  worlhT 
of  the  DMue,  has  no  reference  to  what  St.  Patrick 
idid  or  did  uot,  but  as  to  what  he  (F.  C.  H.)  would 
<lo,  if  placed  In  similar  circumstances,  and  just 
nmounts  to  this — I  would  do  it,  ar^nl  St.  Patrick 
did.  Apart  from  Us  obvious  weakness,  this  is  a 
»n«>st  dangerous  method  of  dealinw  with  things 
Vpiritual.  Elinilnato  the  beautiful  l.nnguage  and 
florid  Vreuch  sentiment  from  M-  Kenan's  Vie  de 
^hjkus,  and  we  shall  find  a  yery  similar  absence  of 
ing.  if  I  may  so  express  myself,  impotently 
lished  against  the  miradea  of  our  Saviour — 
cnan  cannot  work  miracles,  he  would  not  if 
le  cnuld,  and  therofon.',  &c,  &c.  I  have  not  ihe 
onoar  uf  being  personally  acquainted  with 
IF.  C  U.,  hut  from  his  communications  in  this 
al,  I  believe  him  to  be  a  Chri«tian  gentleman 
scholar,  a  man  of  common  sense,  and  more 
ordinary  aliilily;  nevertheless,  he  must  ex- 
use  me  for  not  placing  him  in  the  same  category 
'ms  St.  Patrick,  tue  venerated  Apostle  of  my  much 
bved  native  land.  "  What  could  any  enemy  to 
briittinnity  have  hope<l  to  cain  by  inventing  such 
ji  story  ?  "  aska  F.  C,  H.  1  answer,  the  story  is 
no  eminently  calculated  to  throw  contempt  on 
,the  sacred  mystery  of  the  Trinity  ;  but  I  would 
tainly  despair  of  being  able  to  bring  F.  C.  H. 
opinion. 
itb  respect  to  Camon  O^XTOif's  commanica- 
I  am  sorry  to  say  it  is  characterised  by 
notlilng  less  than  disingenuonsness.  He  says, 
alluding  to  me,  "  Your  correspondent  supposes 
that  8t.  Patrick  compared  tho  Shamrock  to  the 
n»y«tL«ry  of  Uic  Trinity."  This  is  incorrect;  my 
paper  was,  on  the  contrary,  an  objection  to  tljat 
ipOBilinii  n<  ..it,i,...i,..i  by  others.  Again,  he 
A' '  I  efera  to  the  well-known 

itbe  •''        .  _L  „     LUC  De  Trm'iUitr:"     This 
»0  is  incorrect;  1  referred  to  and  r  end 

f  St.  Augujitin?,  Hftid  to  have  occui  n  be 

riting  Dn  TrinUaU.     Casoji  Dalton  iimii 
H  St.  Augustine's  vtrlml  illustration  of  tliu 
initj,  otul  ends  by  saying,  *'  I  niaiotain  that 


thcae  two  dilTcrent  illustrations,  madis  u.«e  of  by 
St.  Patrick  and  St.  Augustine,  are  for  from  being 
.nbsurd  or  cgregiously  irreverent,"  thereby  Itn- 
plying  that  I  had  applied  those  epithets  to  St. 
Augustine's  illustration  —  which  again  is  incor- 
rect. 

It  is  curious  to  observe  how  the  word  Dlustm- 
tioQ  has  been  modified  by  F.  C.  H.  and  Catio:* 
Daltoh,  since  they  first  used  it,  regarding  this 
alleged  act  of  St.  Patrick.  The  former  now  terms 
it  "  some  sort  of  illustration,  however  fceldo  and 
imperfect,"  and  the  latter,  "  a  faint  illustration." 
To  illustrate  a  subject  id  literally  to  throw  light 
up<-in  it,  :iu'l  may  be  done  either  rhetorically,  or. 
In  our  commonest  use  of  the  word  at  the  present 
day,  by  a  nictori.il  or  material  representation  ; 
the  latter,  of  course,  being  the  stronger  and  more 
forcible.  A  wretched  man,  named  Carlile,  a  few 
years  ago,  exposed  in  his  shop-window  iu  Fleet 
Street,  a  hidccius  engraving,  under  which  were 
the  words  "  Jews  and  Christians,  behold  your 
God  !  "  A  Jewish  gentlem.in  snuished  the  pani', 
and  in  consequence  was  taken  before  a  magistrate. 
The  gentleman  plesirlcd  just  in<lignation  as  his 
excuse ;  while  Carlilo  urged  that  the  engraving 
was  carefully  made  from  Scriptural  descriptions  of 
the  Deity.  The  magistrate  at  once  dismissed  the 
case,  observing  that  the  exposure  of  such  an  en- 
graving was  a  blasphemous  Insidt  to  the  com- 
munity at  large.  Suppose  Carlile  had  put  a 
shamrock  in  his  window,  and  had  written  beneath 
it,  Christians,  behold  your  Trinity  I — would  tho 
blasphemy  or  insult  be  any  the  less  ? 

I  could  say  something  of  the  word  companion  i 
\ta  derivation  from  the  Latin  com  par,  signifying 
the  putting  together  of  equals  ;  of  the  well-known 
mofle  of  comparison  by  iUustratioD ;  but  I  fear  it 
would  be  of  little  service  to  persons  seemingly 
ignorant  of  the  meaning  of  the  simple  word  fraifi- 
tion,     (Vide  .3'*  S.  iv.  187.  2.'?3,  20.'J). 

D,  P.  points  out  "  that  the  appearance  of  the 
fleur-de-lys  on  the  mariner's  compass  has  no 
bearing  at  all"  upon  my  cose.  As  in  the  some 
fjarograph,  I  waa  endeavouring  to  show  that  "  tho 
triad  \&  still  a  favourite  figure  in  national  and 
heraldic  emblems,"  I  am  certain  that  it  ha*  a  very 
extended  and  important  bearing.  For  D.  P.'s 
information  on  the  antiquity  of  the  mariner's 
compass,  I  am  obliged ;  but  as  an  old  sailor  ancl 
traveller  in  almost  all  parts  of  the  globe,  who  has 
long  studie«l  the  history  of  that  most  valuable 
instrument,  I  fanc^that  I  know  much  more  about 
it  than  is  to  be  found  either  in  Moreri  or  Du 
Fresnoy. 

The  legend  of  St.  Augustine,  which  D.  P. 
terms  u  well-known  incident  in  the  life  of  that 
saint,  i.i  ni)t  apposite,  I  am  told,  ll'  words  have 
any  meaning,  it  was  not  intended  to  be  so.  I 
designati^d  it  as  chartiun?;MA'\xA\ssiR!wi«-k^«^^\ 


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tSi^S-V.  JAar.tS.'M. 


not  egregiously  irreverent.  As  these  lost  word's 
refer  to  a  simple  matter  of  opinion,  and  seem  to 
have  piven  onenco,  I  retract  them,  with  regret 
that  I  had  ever  used  them ;  though,  of  course,  my 
opinion  remains  unchan<;cd.  And  it  is*u<msoling 
to  me,  in  this  case,  to  be  informed  by  F.  C.  11. 
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. 
thouzh  feeble,  was  at  least  fair;  but  the  com- 
munications of  CAifON  Daltoit  and  D.  P.  are 
tainted  by  cither  a  stolid  misapprehension,  or 
wilful  perversion,  of  what  I  did  write.  And  I 
confidently  appeal  to  the  grand  jury,  formed  by 
the  intelbgent  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  if  this  lan- 
guage be  too  strong  for  the  occasion. 

WlLUAM  FlKKISBTON. 

Honnsloir. 


JOHN  SHURLEY. 

(3">  S.  iv,  499.) 

This  author,  John  Shurley,  or  Shirley  (for  he 
wrote  bis  name  both  ways),  wn<t  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  oM  John  Dunton  s  TAfe 
and  Errors :  — 

"  Afr.  Shirley  ((i/ta<  Dr.  Shirley)  iii  a  goodnaturcd 
writer,  as  I  knoir.  IIo  has  been  nn  indefatigable  preaa- 
roauler  for  above  thexe  twenty  year.'<.  He  has  pubiii>hctl 
at  least  a  hundred  boand  books,  and  alwut  two  hundred 
sermons ;  but  the  cheapest,  pretty,  pat  things,  all  of  them 
pence  a-piece  as  lung  aa  they  will  run.  His  great  talent 
lies  at  collection,  and  ho  will  do  it  for  you  at  six  shillings 
a  sheet.  He  knows  tu  disguise  an  author  that  you  shall 
not  know  hiiu,  and  yet  keep  the  Kcnso  and  the  main 
Hcope  entire.  He  is  as  true  as  steel  tu  bis  word,  and 
would  slave  off  his  feet  to  oblige  a  bookseller.  He  is 
usually  very  fortunate  in  what  be  goes  upon.  He  wrote 
LordJfffrry$'$  IJfe  for  me,  of  which  six  thousand  were 
sold.  After  all.  he  subsistH.  as  other  authors  must  expect, 
by  a  sort  of  geometry."— Edit.  1818,  i.  184. 

Besides  numerous  small  tracts  and  ballads, 
mostly  printed  by  "  William  'i'haukeray  in  Duck 
Lane,"  Shirley  was  the  author  of  the  following 
works,  cfaictly  "  collections  "  as  Dunton  expresses 
it— a  list  very  far  short  of  the  "  hundred  bouud 
books  "  which  came  from  his  ready  pen :  — 

1.  The  Most  Delightful  History,  of  Ke\-nard  th«  Fox, 
in  hcruir  vrrse.    4to,  1661. 

'J.  llic  Renowned  History  of  Gii\-,  Karl  of  Warwick ; 
containing  bis  noble  Exploits  and  victories.    'Ito,  1G8I. 

X  Ecclesiastical  History  Epitomiz'd.    8vo,  1682-5. 

4.  The  Honour  of  Chivalry ;  or,  the  Famooa  and  De- 
lecUble  Hiatoiy  of  Don  Bclliania  of  Ureece.  Traaalated 
out  of  Italian.    4to,  1683. 

5.  The  History  of  the  Wars  of  Hungary,  or  an  Ao- 
coant  of  the  Mianies  of  that  Kingdom.    ISmo,  1685. 

6.  The  lUwtrions  History  of  Women  (  the  wbolo  Work 


enrich'd  and  intennix'd  with  curious  Poetry  and  deUeata 
Fancic.    8vo,  1686. 

7.  The  Accomplished  Ladie's  rich  Closet  of  Baritiek, 
12mo.  16«8. 

8.  The  True  Impartial  History  of  the  Wara  of  Um 
Kingdom  of  Ireland.    12mo,  1692. 

9.  The  Unfortunate  Favorite;  or.  Memoirs  of  tb* 
Life  of  the  late  Lord  Chancellor  [Jefieries].    8vo^  n.  d. 

When  T.  B.  sajs,  "  there  is  no  mention  of  him 
[J.  Shurley]  in  Bohn's  edition  of  Zotoju/et,**  he  it 
in  error.  The  works  in  the  above  list,  marked  S, 
6,  7,  and  8,  arc  duly  chronicled  by  Lowndes ;  but 
under  Shirley,  not  Shtnrley.  There  should  bave 
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  thii 
person  died  at  Islington  in  1679,  I  should  have 
imagined  him  to  have  been  the  John  Shirley  of 
whom  I  have  given  a  notice ;  especially  aa  Wood 
tells  us  "  he  published  little  things  of  a  sheet  and 
half-a-sheet  of  paper." 

Dunton,  it  will  be  seen,  calls  our  author  "  Mr. 
Shirley,  alias  Dr.  Shirley."  If,  therefore,  we  sup- 
pose him  to  have  been  originally  educated  for  toe 
medical  profession,  be  may  have  been  the  author 
of  the  following  works,  unnoticed  by  Lowndes  or 
his  editor.  They  were  certainly  written  by  a  John 
Shirley :  — 

1.  A  Short  Compendium  of  Chirurgery.    8vo,  1678. 

2.  The  Art  of  Rowling  and  Bolstring,  that  ia,  the 
Method  of  Dressing  and  Binding  up  the  aevertil  Part*. 
8vo,  1683. 

ESWAED  F.  RiMBACLT. 


Feencu  Cobomets  (3"*  S.  iv.  872.) — In  answer 
to  M.  B.,  there  are  descriptions  and  encravings  of 
the  coronets  worn  by  the  French  nobility  in  Sd- 
don  B  Titles  of  Honour.^  and  in  the  Vicomte  de 
Magny'if  Science  du  Blason.    Paris,  18^8. 

F.  D.  H. 

Rabomess  (•t"'  S.  V.  54.)  —  Foreign  titles  give 
no  rank  in  this  country.  The  daughter  of  a  tmrm 
would  bo  received  as  the  daughter  of  a  banm  by 
the  stylo  to  which  she  is  entitled  in  her  own 
country.  6. 

The  Bloodt  Hahd  (3'*  S.  v.  54.)  — Your  cor- 
respondent has  raised  two  questions  upon  £dse 
data  :  a  reference  to  one  of  the  Ihrmsana  patents 
which  exist  would  have  shown  that  no  sucn  grant 
was  made  to  baronets  and  their  descendant*.  For 
their  greater  honour  and  distinction  til  baronets 
of  Eiiffland  and  Ireland,  as  do  now  the  baronetiof 
the  l^itcd  Kinsdom,  enjoy  the  privilefte  granted 
to  Uiem  and  "  their  heirs  male    of  their  body,  of 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


bearing  m  »  canton  a  band  fiales,  which  nms  in 
fact  « grant  tn  thn  baronet  for  the  time  being, 
•nd  is  a  distli.     '       '  '  w  and  fiersonal  to,  the 

indiTiduala  >  -messed  of  the  dignify. 

Such  a  grant  -.l-  >.  oui  r-jm-^fiutident  alledgea  woul  J 
have  oTerahadowed  the  land  by  tlii»  time  with  the 
"  Bloody  band  of  tnaler."  G . 

AaiMs  or  Saioyt  (3'*  S.  v.  12,  64.)  —  Let  mo 
a«ld  a  possa^  irom  Flicssbach's  Muntzsammlmtg, 
to  what  !>£  LriH  says  about  the  arms  of  llan- 
ovcr :  — 

"  UutaovH  hat  kein  eiKenthUmlicbes  Wappen.    Auf 
'      llanxen  Tidgt  Mch  entwtdw  da$  Aft' 
Pfrrd,"  &c.  Sec, 

JoHn  Datiosok. 

Satikicai.  SoRifST  :  Gozzo  amd  Pasqois  (3'* 
&  iii.  151.)  —  Chevreau  rives  a  sonnet  by  M.  dea 
Frcteaux,  founded  on  Martial's  Vibim  tptir  faci- 

yteaiiortnt  (lili.  x.  ep.  47),  and  snys:  — 

IUb  Alfb^  qui  arnit  In  ie  tonni^t  rmt  ine  donner  qael  - 
1  da  fort  boo,  en  me  donnant  &  Kome  la  «oanet 

."D^f  ^tie  bnitta  ed  iii(;e1(MltA; 

I  ti  Tedcr  nun  ni  (mmm  ; 
I  1  in  mar  quaado  s'ingnMsa, 

Eii^i   ■ .' r   li  chi  sperar  aiU; 
Lo    t  ir  -•■lin^i>  in  parte  erma,  c  roiuitn; 
Vivi>r  prigioue  io  toUerranea  fuss.-) : 
Haver  tl  inal  Fraocese  iositio  al  oma  ; 
E  rortvpando  strapesaar  la  vita. 
Haver  Ferrari,  c  ztngari  \'\nx\\ ; 

TrmlUr  ran  ^mlt  ccrimoniota; 
L'  t  '  -  I'on  hoati,  e  vetlorini; 

<  I  la  vita  aaai  noioaa : 

Mn  la  e  noQ  haver  qtiaUrini, 

F.  piu  tlu^ir  «ltni  uuopportabi)  cosa." 

dfrrwMa,  t.  i.  p.  295.  Amst.  1700. 

Gravina  fettled  at  Rome,  in  1685.  Hi>  repn- 
lation  was  high,  and  he  was  the  principal  foundf  r 
of  the  Arcadians  in  161)5 ;  but  he  waa  not  ap- 
poinU-'d  Professor  of  Civil  Law  till  16J^9.  1 1  is 
t<tnj>cr  wa*!  not  good,  as  may  be  seen  by  tlif 
qoarrels  between  him  and  Sergardi,  and  probably 
fe  whn  unquiet  at  waiting  so  long  for  proran- 
tion.  Tlie  letter*  from  Jinma  and  Bologna  are 
dated  1<JJ>S».  Chevreau  doea  not  say  when  he  met 
the  "Abbc'''^  but  nuppoaitig  him  to  he  Gravina, 
wc  may  gues3  that  the  sonnet  as  described  in  the 
LetUrrt  wn«  written  in  an  impatient  spirit  before 
tin'  :  .  nt,  and  the  (*ting  changed  from,  "to 

•*«>  !  n  at  Kome  %vi  thou  t  ready  money," 

to  ■  :ttrim"  after  it. 

H^"      '  '  I  too  good  to  be 

lost,  . ;.  Mi-.i,  :i5  tlip  evil  of 

|««"'-    '  t  more  at  Kome  than 

'"  I"  this  is  enough  Io  fix 

mt  would  tht.vreau, 

II  \l  V     I.I     iiitiiinor    ji 
'il  «o 

ngue  beeu  iiobbo  (not 


Gozzo)  and  Pasquln,  of  which  I  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  — 

*'  Le  Visitini  polilicbe  sopra  yli  intoresfi  piu  recoii- 
iliti,  di  tutti  Prencipi  e  Republichn  <I<>IIa  CliriMianiUi, 
diviai  io  varii  Sogni  e  Ragionameoti  tra  Fasquiao  k  il 
Gobbo  di  RiiiUo."     Geminnm,  Ifi?!,  24ino,  pp,  A4II 

II.  u.  c. 

U.  D.  CInb. 

liuLL-Bii-L  (^'^  S.  V.  .T8,)  — A  joke  on  this 
name  of  the  nightingale  \i  told  as  having  been 
made  by  the  late  Lord  Robertson  (a  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Session,  well  known  as  Peter  or  Patrick 
Robertson),  in  order  fully  to  see  the  wit  of  which, 
it  is  necessary  to  explain  to  your  Engliah  readers 
that  in  the  Scotch  vernacular  the  word  "  cow  "  is 
pronounced  "coo."  A  lady  having  asked  him, 
"  What  sort  of  animal  is  the  buU-bull  ?  "'  he  replied 
"  I  suppose,  Ma'am,  it  must  be  the  mate  of  the 
coo-ciio  "  (cuckoo).  G. 

Fdinbiirgli. 

Sai.DEN  Mansion  (3**  S.  iv.  373.)— Kapi-a  will 
find  a  small  engraving,  with  a  history  of  the  old 
mansion  at  Salden,  and  of  the  branch  of  the  For- 
tescues  to  whom  it  belonged,  in  the  tin*f  volume 
of  the  Jiecordu  n/  Buckinghamitliire^  published  ut 
Aylesbury,  by  Piekburn,  for  the  Bucks  Aruhieolo. 
gical  Society.  F.  D.  11. 

Maduan'.s  Food  tastisg  of  Oatmeal  Pob- 
BIDOE  (3">  S.  V.  35,  64.)  —  In  Sir  Walter  Scott's 
novel,  Thf,  Pirate,  there  i»  the  following  note :  — 

"A  tat«  medical  gentleman,  my  parli>ular  friprd,  told 
iii«  Ihecaseof  a  lunatic  patient  contiiicd  in  tb«<  I'^linburgli 
Infinnan*.  He  was  ao  (ut  happy  that  bin  mental  alien- 
ation waa  of  a  gay  and  pleasant  character,  fC^ving  a  kind 
of  joyona  explanation  to  all  that  camo  in  contact  with 
him.  He  cousidered  the  large  bouse,  nnmerous  aenranta, 
&c,,  of  the  hoApital,  lu all  mattorA  nf  Htate  and  cun»equenc« 
belonging  to  his  own  p<'nonaI  establLshinent,  and  liad  »o 
doubt  of  Uia  own  wealth  and  grandeor.  One  thing  alone 
puzzled  this  man  of  wealth.  Although  lie  wiis  provided 
witli  a  first-rate  cook  and  proper  iuautasls,  although  bis 
table  waa  regularly  supplteil  with  everv  delicnty  of  the 
season,  yet  ho  ron'feswd  to  my  friend,  that  by  iwme  uo- 
coinmon  df'pravily  of  the  palate,  evtirytbing  which  he 
ate  "tasted  of  porridge,"  This  peculiaritj',  of  course, 
aroM  from  the  poor  man  being  fed  upon  nothing  else,  and 
bocauAe  hi.i  stomach  was  not  so  easily  deceived  as  his 
other  senses. "^7%*;  Pirate,  vol.  ii.  chap.  xiii.  note  i. 

A  Wtkkhajust. 

CuuBcnwABDEN  QnEBT  (3'*  S.  V.  .34,  65.)  — 
In  answer  to  A.  A.  I  extract  the  following  :  — 

"  Sidesmen  (rectiu*  synodsmen)  is  used  for  those  per- 
sons or  officer"!  that  are  yearly  chosen  in  great  parishes  in 
Jjondon  and  other  cities,  according  to  custom,  to  assist 
the  chiirchwanienfl  in  their  prcnentinenta  of  such  oflendcrs 
and  iill-]i<  ij  to  the  ordinary  ah  are  pnnishable  in  the 
apLrituul  raurU:  and  thpy  ure  ul-o  called  fUMliHeH.  Tliey 
take  an  oiitb  for  doing  their  duty,  and  are  to  present  per- 
sona tliat  do  not  resort  to  church  on  Sundai/s.  and  there 
conlinne  during  the  %rhole  time  of  divine  xervice,  A:c. 
Vatim  90.  —  Thty  shall  not  l>e  cited,  by  the  ordinary  to 


Mfei 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


C3^s.v.  jA>.n.ti 


nppcAr  but  at   asu&I   tin  '  l!y 

oiiiitlcil  for  fiiYoar,  to  miit-  '  ■- 

Ikk  crimes,  -when  tbey  ... ..  ;.  i.^  1,.  ^^.i.i..:  lor 
breucli  of  oath,  u  for  perjury."  Com*  U7.  —  Juob'i 
Law  Dictionary,  1772,  ttib  v. 

W.  I,  8.  rioBTOK. 

Dsvn.  A  Fkopsv  Name  (3''  S.  iv.  141.  416, 
479.)— 

"  Formerly  there  were  many  persona  aamamod  *  the 
Devil.'  In  an  nncicnt  book  we  read  of  one  Rdgcriua 
Diabolus,  Lord  of  Montrcaor.  An  EnglUh  Muokt  Wll- 
lelmiu,  cognom«nto  Oiubolii!!.  Again,  llaghae  lo  DIalile, 
Ix>rd  of  Luaignitn.  Robert,  Duke  of  Normunilv,  son  of  ' 
William  the  Cuuqueror,  wa»  •urnauied  '  the  Dcvlt.*  lo 
Norway  and  Swdtun  there  were  two  familiej  of  thu  name 
of 'TroUc,'  in  l^nglish,  '  Devil  j'  and  (-very  brauoU  of 
tbcir  familie»  hod  an  ciublem  of  the  devil  for  their  ceil  of 
orrna.  In  Flnjcht  there  was  a  family  called  '  Ttfufel,'  (of 
Devil):  <ind  in  Brittanv  there  was  a  family  of  the  name 
of  ♦  Diable.'  "—Monthly  Mirror^  August,  1799. 

W.  I.  S.  HOBTOW. 

Watsdw  of  LorruoDSK,  Yobkshuie  (S"*  S.  iv. 
515.) — The  ibllowinp:  may  assist  Sigma  Tueta  in 
his  inquiry  after  tbt'  Watsons  of  Loftbousc,  York- 
shire. The  pedigree  in  the  British  Musouni  is 
evidently  that  of  thi?  ""  ''  Lofthouse  near 

Wnkefielil,  n  branch  n  ins  of  Hi)Itou-in« 

Craven.  In  tlie  yeur  14;m  \\ .  >\  itson.oflvofthouae, 
had  %  quarrel  with  Oilbert  L>'i^'h,  Es<[.,  ittHnit 
lOmc  land,  and  referred  thw  case  lo  Sir  Ed.  Sniilh, 
and  Sir  .lohn  York,  of  Wakefield,  for  arhitrntion. 
About  the  year  1600  John  Rooks,  of  Royds  Hall, 
near  lirail/ord,  luur.  Jennet,  dan.  and  co-heir  of 
Richar«i  Watson,  of  Loflbousc,  Esq. ;  soon  after 
which  event  the  family  appear  to  have  removed  to 
EoathAyc,  near  Pont.efr.ict,  as  we  Und  that  Ed- 
mund Watson,  of  Easlhaye,  .answered  to  the  sum- 
iMOiiB  of  Du;^dalc  nt  his  sitting  at  "  Fomfret,  7 
Ajrt".  1(J»>6,"  and  claimed,  —  Arms,  Ari^nl,  on  a 
chevron  oxure  between  three  marlleta  gules,  »« 
Diuny  cri?«centj  or.*  Cre$t,  A  ^flin'a  bc*<l  eraced 
sable,  !ti)ldirig  in  his  beak,  or,  a roac-branch  slipped 
vert,  ••  For  proofe  hereof  there  is  on  old  glosae 
window  in  an  house  at  Loftus,  whieh  wu^  ontiently 
bfloiiging  to  this  family,  as  Mr.  John  lIopkinMon 
atllrin&i"  Tbia  was  Mr.  Ilopkinson,  the  Loft- 
•i  '  '    \  Dugdale,  in   his 

^  re  tttry ,  and  eora- 

piiLu  \u<-  .>,  1  111  UK.  L'urkcihire  fouilicsi 

a  copy  of  V  I  bo  British  Mu^seuni. 

I  do  not  ii ..«  V  .... ,  i.iinnection  K-twecn  the  Wat- 

HM  of  Lofibous*  and  those  of  Bilton  Park,  who 
Eiippear  to  have  ii.rii'i"   tVom  the  North  Hiding, 
and  to  have  orij  :i  Park  by  purchase  of 


Ru.l'VlUI.-. 


f 


raaU^  tir,  1»14. 


't>'8  Knarc$borvugh 

'tu  of  Yorkthire, 

■i  CVttven,  also  his 

-a    Bnut/ortt,  and  the 

C.  FoaRKST. 

trtim  thn  \V'iit>itli«  nf  Vi^w* 


LonoEViTT  or  Olbsutmbn  (S**  S.  x.  63.)  <» 
The  nientleman  whom  Pbbstohusjjsis  terou  tbi 
Rev.  Joseph  Rowley,  was  named  Jotkua.  H«  wn 
a  son  of  Sir  Joshua  Rowley,  Bart.,  and  afur  bcaif 
educated  at  Harrow  School,  was  adtuiltMl  AUim* 
Bif>ner  of  St,  John's  College,  Cambridge,  MArea  9, 
I7K7,  and  a  fellow  common  -r  \fi.r-.-l,  i,  )7tf&,iii^ 
ceeding  B.A.,  1791,  and  co  Af.A.,  UU 

C.  H.  uv  lu  :,.r«Ji«  Coom. 

Caisbrld|i;e. 

Arthdb  DoiiBfl  (3'*  S.  V.  68.)— May  I  «xprM 
a  hope  that  your  correspondunt.  Ma.  Cbommt, 
will  kindly  favour  us  witu  'oim.-  oarJicul^r*  fn.s. 
(if  not  with  the  whole  of)  ' 

Eublished  biography  of  An ; 
>obbs,   whose   Concise    Vtcw  /rum 
Prophecy,  Sec.  (Dublin,  IftOO),  is  cert 
osity,  was,  I  prosame,  a  member   of   il 
famdy,  -V 

Bishop  Dive  Dowses's  "Toob  thkoi'. 
Airo  Ross"  ('i"*  S.  ix.  45.) — llavinj^  sen' 
respecting  this  valuable  and  interesting  docuMMilt 
I  may  be  permitted  to  record  In  "  N.  ^  Q^"  l||| 
"  the  whole  of  Bishop  Dive  Dow 
Ihc  Diocese  of  Cork  and  JiosM,  in 
ing  years,  has  been  incornorntod  into"    tiju 
Dr.  Briwiy's    Clerical   ana    Parochiixl  Jin 
Cork,  Cloijne,  and   Ross,  of  which    two   riAi 
have  appeared  (Dublm,  18G3).  AbI 

Of  Wtr  O'*  S.  V.  30.)— Ma.  Param  Cvinnaa' 

DAM  has  favoured  us  with  several  inte: 
umples  of  tbo  variotu  uses  of  the  won 
may  I  be  allowed  to  append  to  his  Ulusti 
or  two  Biblical  ftassagea  which  show  1 
definition  of  the  term,  as  Implying  injftt 
gacity,  disccrnmfint,  or  knowledge  gen' 

"  For  I  WB*  a  witty  child,  and  hod  a  good 
Wisdom  of  iSo/omon,  viii.  ID. 

"  1  wisdom  dwell  with  pnidaoM,  aod  find  oat 
ledge  of  Hritiy  iuveulioCB." —  Prtmrhi,  vlU.  12. 

Uolofernes  commends  Judith  for  bar 
wisdom :  — 

**  And  they  marvellod  at  her  wiMuin,  anil  aaid, 
not  »uch  a  woman  from  one  end  of  the  earth  to 
both  for  beaulv  of  face  and  wiadom  of  won 
Uotofcmce  said  onto  her,  .    .    .    and  now 
botnitful  in  thv  counieoaacc,  and  rioy  ia  thjr 
JniLth,  xl.  'i\i''h. 

T  suppose  the  earliest  use  of  this  word,  as  a 
stitui':*nti  occurs  in  the  Anglo'Soxon,  vnlema-fttmalh 

which  way  be  taken  to  have  roy> ..r..,..<   {J,,.  ^^ 

UcUvoinMomof  the  nation  in  >  What* 

ever  may  have  been   the   Intel.     ,u-.    |...wera  •/ 
those  who  oompoaed  th«  wittin,  wo  may 
that  the  knowlfilL'L-   of  \vliii  li   tlir 

firoof,  wji*  »oli<! 
Illlillv    f'lfli'V    Jl 


iug  in  "  a.  Hi  t^." 


>>riatioit  ot   ideai^ 
in  a  pan  wnrtk 
F.  P« 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


83 


St.Maky  Mattelon  ffl-'S.  iV  5,  53,  41ft,  483.) 
1  «lid  not  nt  all  underlAe  to  interpret  the  word 
"Malfelon:"  all  tbat  I  attem|ited  in  my  former 
oommunicatton  was  an  approximute  verification  of 
the  mi  !  '  by  competent  authority  to  have 

been  t.  ,  (riven  to  it. 

Penniiut  undoubtedly  intlmatea  that  the  word 
"  Matfelon  "  was  said  to  be  Hebrew  or  Cbaldaic, 
/haldaic  being  formerly  employ lM  in  u  vague 
lee  to  express  the  alinost  idenUoal  diulti-Ui  of 
Arabic  aud  Svriac.  This  word,  "  Matfclon," 
after  allowiii';  lor  the  corruptions  and  abbrevin- 
ttons  naturally  incident  to  itit  use  for  centuries, 
bear;  so  siroti^j;  n  resemblance  to  the  Arabic  par- 
ticiple equivalent  t<t  the  word  "  Piirituni,"  that 
eren  if  T  quoted  Pennant  incorrectly,  yet  I  think 
it  more  probable  thnt  he*  Bhnuld  be  mistaken  in 
citinp  a  current  tradition,  than  that  so  curious  a 
coincidence  should  be  entirely  unfouuded.  liut 
my  iropre««ion  in  that  I  quoted  Pennant  cor- 
rectly ;  and,  at  all  events,  if  we  credit  Pennant's 
testimony  to  a  matter  of  fact,  i-  e.  the  existence  of 
■uch  a  tradition,  the  word  "  Matfelon "  i«m  sup- 
pose<l  to  express  one  of  the  aacred  functions 
ftBslgned  by  the  divine  counsels  to  the  Blessed 
Virpin  Mary  in  her  relation  to  the  incamatioQ  of 
her  aflorahle  Son. 

Since  1  la*t  wrote  I  And  that  it  10  not  at  all 
iiccessjiry  to  regard  *'  Mstfelon  '*  as  feminine,  and 
abbreviated  from  *'  Matvaladatom,"  because,  al- 
though in  opposition  with  "  Mary,"  Eastern  syn- 
tax commonly  admits  thr.  afrreeraent  of  an  epHbet 
in  gender  with  the  more  worthy  masculine  to 
wha-li  it  may  refer,  In  tracing  also  the  word 
"Mftlfolon"  to  the  Arabic  *' Slalvaladon,"  or 
"  Mutfahi'lon,"  I  should  be  plad  if  one  of  your 
eorrcKpondcnta  would  Jtuoj^ly  me  with  examples 
of  rf  being  posncd  over  in  rnjiid  pronunciation. 
The  d  is  nearly  =:  the  hnrd  th,  and  this  is  dropped 
in  the  pronoun  them.  In  Greek  and  Sanscrit 
thrre  is  a  kind  of  inten;han?o  of  the  letters  d,  a, 
and  h  ,*  tome  Latin  supines  lose  the  d.  In  Eng- 
lish Cholmondeley  maltes  CAom/«y,  Sawbridge- 
worth,  Sapvworlft.  In  Scottish  bridge  makes  brigg, 
&c.  I  should  be  pleased  with  some  more  exam- 
pica. 

My  learned  friend  A.  A.  nppcar*  to  ignore 
Ponnont's  tradition,  and  thcreloro  my  remarks 
do   not  apply   to    bin  :    1    interpretation. 

But,  I  would  ask,  ai-e  l<?s  of  a  similar 

form  in  de<Ucating  chuiLm.'.  v\  ould  the  name 
of  (*od  be  subjoined  even  to  that  of  his  greatixt 
sainta  ?  J.  K. 

8l  MMTy\  Gniai  l\tvt<l 

I  ■  K  WawTCD  (ft'<  R.  v.  fia.)  —  I  have 

be  ■  med  to  the   following   form   of  ihc 

rerxik .  "  iioc  eet  ucwrlrc,"  etc. :  '- 


'Q, 


ini  Christnm  noaritt  tat  ctt »(  cAltm  nr-DClt : 
^t  Christum  nmeit,  ttfl  tmtu  fi  («tiira  noscii." 


I  have  seen  these  verses  attributed  to  St.  Au- 
gustin.  The  thought  was  very  likely  his  origi- 
nally, but  the  verses  smack  rather  of  mediteval 
qualntneas.  E.  C,  11. 

Mis.  FiTznEBBEBT  (3'"  S.  iv.  411,  522  ;  v.  39.) 
I  was  personally  acquainted  with  Mrs.  Fltzher- 
bert,  and  have  long  been  intimute  wilh  her  re» 
latives  and  connexions  ;  and  I  have  always  heard 
that  she  never  had  a  child  at  all.  Indeed  I  har« 
Dot  the  least  douV^t  thnt  this  is  ci>rre<jt. 

F.  C.  XL 

"Owe  SwAtuiw  does  xot  maki:  a  St;s(«BK** 
(U"*  S.  T.  53.) — The  late  ingenious  Dr.  Forster, 
in  his  Circle  of  the  Seasniu,  quotes  u  line  from 
Horace,  connecting  the  Zephyrs  of  Spring  with 
the  arrival  of  the  swallow  :  — 

**  Cam  Zepbyrts  si  concedes  «t  birundino  prima." 
He  also  mentions  that  the  swallow's  return  was 
a  holiday  for  children  in  Greece,  in  anticipation 
of  which  they  used  to  exclaim :  — 

He  quotes  some  poet,  to  him  unknown,  who 
says,  writing  of  Spring:  — 

"  The  swallow,  for  a  moment  8«en, 
Skimmed  this  mom  the  village  green  ; 
Again  at  evf,  when  thrushes  sing, 
I  MW  ber  glide  or  rnpiii  wing. 
O'er  yonder  pond's  smooth  surface,  when 
I  welcomed  her  come  bi^k  aguiii." 

Dr.  Forster  gives  the  15th  of  April  ns  '•  Swal- 
low Day,"  and  as  named  in  the  Ephemeris  of 
Nature,  XiXtSimoipopia ;  and  he  mentions  thnt  the 
west  wind  is  called  in  Italy  CTieliiltmitu,  from  its 
blowing  about  the  time  of  the  swallow's  appear- 
ance. AH  these  passages  bear  upftn  the  suiyect 
of  Mb.  Heath's  enquiry,  as  connecting  the  swiU- 
low  wilh  the  first  return  of  Spring.         F.  C  H. 

I  con  refer  Mr.  Heath  to  one  modem   poet, 
who,  in  a  well-known  passage,  connects  the  swal- 
low with  the  earlier  of  the  two  seasons  :  — 
X .        .        .        .        uiidcrni-Jith  thu  saves. 


The Ir       ' 

■■:"  '■■■-; 

Asifi' 

.Kka, 

And  r 

liood'i  Snug  oftf^  Shfri. 

AlFBED  AlNOEB 

Alrewas,  Lichfield. 

VnkiM  xc.  9.  (S**  S.  T.  57.)— The  following 
extract,  from  a  very  striking  sermon  by  the  Rev. 
A.  J.  Morris  (I  believe)  an  Indepcudent  minisU?r, 
may  be  interesting  to  Mb.  Dixoa,  and  to  other 
rea<lers:  — 

"  •  We  Bp«fn(l  our  yesm  as  a  Ulfl  that  Is  told.'  Tlie 
words  Bcarrcly  give  the  truo  idea.  '7'hat  is  told,'  Is  in 
italic*,  th«  sign  ol  in««rtion  by  tho  traiiilatora :  there  ii 
nothmtf  answering  to  it  in  the  origiunl.  Iiutesd  nf  '  tul<-,' 
tlM  mATtsln  hos  'meditation;*  '  vrv  npend  our  years 
as  a  nicdilation,'     But  even  thisi  hardly  glvca  the  Cull 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


thoQght  Hengsteaberg  observes,  thst  the  word  *oan- 
not  signify  a  conremtiaii,  ■  Ule:  for  it  oIwajb  de- 
notes sometMng  inward,  and  is  oeror  ua«d  of  a  conver* 
saUoQ  with  another.  A»  little  can  it  denote  a  pare 
thought,  for  the  noan  in  the  other  two  passages  vrherK  it 
oocura  stands  for  something  loud  ;  and  the  verb  properly 
denotes,  not  tins  pore  thought,  but  what  is  iatermb(i3fit« 
betwwen  thought  and  discourse.  The  Psalmist  compares 
human  existence,  as  i^rds  it^  transitory  nature,  to  a 
Boliloqay,  which  generally  boars  the  character  of  some- 
thing transitory  and  broken.  The  mind  does  not  ad- 
vance beyond  single  half-ottered  words  and  sontences, 
and  soon  retires  again  into  the  region  of  purt?  thongbt. 
To  duch  a  transitor}'  mnrmur  and  ejaculation  is  that 
haman  lifo  compared,  which  stupid  dreauiersi  look  upon 
as  ua  eternity.* 

"The  word  occurs  twice:  in  Job  xxxvIL  2, — 'Hear 
attentively  the  noise  of  his  yoice,  and  t/ie  xmnd  that 
goeth  out  of  his  mouth;'  and  Erekiel  ii.  10, — '  And  there 
waawritten  therein  lamentations,  and  movrninp,  and  woe.' 
In  the  flcst  passage,  the  i'e(«renc'o  is  to  the  thumier.  the 
load  and  sadden  clops  of  thunder,  which  is  the  voice,  the 
atterance.  the  grand  soliloquy  of  God.  In  the  sacoud 
piisirn.  the  word  describes  the  broken  accents  of  grief— 
the  wmpt  and  incomplete  exclamations  of  deep  and 
overwhelming  sorrow.  So  when  liiie  is  described  in  the 
text:  the  meaning  is,  that  it  is  a  brief  and  broken  ex- 
clamation, a  humod  voice,  a  short  and  startling  sound, 
which  soon  is  lost  in  the  silence  of  eternity." 

Alvret>  Ainokr. 

Alrowas,  Licbfleld. 

Quotation  :  "  AnT  td  Morus  bs,"  t.tc,  (H** 
S.  iv.  51J5 ;  V.  Gl.)  —  The  story  mentioned  by 
your  correspondents  is  of  very  doubtl'ul  authority. 
Jortin  ignores  it.  Knight  knows  nothing  of  it. 
It  is  nowhexe  noticed  in  Erasmus's  own  works. 
The  Cermao  writers,  lless  and  Miillcr,  do  not 
even  allude  to  it.  Burigiii  narrates  the  tale  on 
very  doubtful  eviJence.     His  worda  are  :  — 

"  Des  Autenrt,  dont  le  sulfrage  4  la  v^rit^  n'est  paa 
d'nn  grand  jtotdii,  oni  pre'tendu  que  la  connaiusanca  dc 
Moras  et  d'Krasroe  avail  commence  d'une  fa^n  singo- 
lifcrt.-  etc 

And  he  reftfrs,  for  the  origin  of  the  incident,  to 
*•  Vanini  »•!  n«r«8*e,  Doctrinr  curinijif,  lib.  i.  s.  7, 
p.  44.*'  {Vte  (rErojime,  i.  1«4.>  Tlicre  is  one 
cimimstnnci'  which  seems  at  onco  to  render  tbr 
story  tnrredihte.  The  scene  of  it  is  Inid  in 
T<(indun,  alter  More  hiid  bt*t:onie  fatnouR.  Now 
EraHmus  was  at  Oxford  in  147!>,  probably  at  the 
very  time  that  ISlnre  was  resident  there.  He 
distinctly  menliouetl  More  (ep.  G2)  ninong  the 
friends  whoje  ncqtinintnnoc  he  had  made  «t  Ox- 
ford, Churnock  and  Colct.  It  is  !'c.^rcelv  likely 
that  two  yuch  men  should  liiive  been  residing  nt 
tbt"  University  nt  the  snmc*  time  ;  and  Imve  pos- 
seMF-ed  muttuU  friends,  and  yet  have  never  met 
till  a  later  period  in  I^ndon.  But  if  tht<  date  of 
the  storv  be  r*»forred  to  Uie  time  whvn  More  bad 
bccoir<  I  ►r,  I.  er.  iu  15*29,  or  e»en  after  he 

had  b'  '  d,  t.  c,  about  1517,  ita  absurdity 

i  ,  a.  it  IS  fjulte  eertaiii,  from  nuwpniuM 

1  r  Krasmns  and  Mon*  had  ofton  m«'t 

1      r      111      •!:tk'«;  and  wc  know  thai  the  J^«- 


resuU 


eomiun  Moria  wos  wimpleted,  in  1510,  in  Mcn't 
own  house.  ^^  •  <»•  "• 

Sib  Edwakd  Mat  (.r^  S.  v.  »5,  G.5.)  -- 
$«hould  have  mentioned  where,  in  Burke'- 
and  Dormant  Baronetcies,  I  he  pedigret' '     • 
net  is  given.  From  hi*^  arms,  '*  Gu.  n  i- 
eight  Mleta  OT,"  he  wa.H  clearly  of  ft 
the  Mays  of  Kent,  of  which  one  of  tl 
sentatives,  the  eccentric  but  nin' 
Walter  Barton  May,  Esq.,  buil 
near  Tunbridge,  a  singular  and  ii:i!i<i3iiui 
ture,   after   tne   fashion    of  Beok ford's    Foi 
Abbey.    It  is  now  the  property  of  Ftobert  Rodf 
Esq.,  J.  P.  A. 

Scottish  Games  (3""  S.  iv.  230.)  —  rerroit  ns 
to  help  in  the  elucidation  of  ray  own  qu^u^ 
this  subject.     I  would  remark  that  I      "^^^ 
thought  it  needless  to  refer  to  Jamu 
timiary,  when  one  so  learned  in  Scottish 
ns  Mr.  Fraser  Tytler  indicated  i^oranoe 
have  done  so,  and  the  following  is  the  rei 
Prnp=  a  mark  or  object  at  which  to   aim 
rel'erence,  Dunbar's  Poems,  Bannatyne  ctl.  | 
Sax.  Prop.     It  means  a  thing  supoorted,  jit 
up.     This  justifies  my  "  Aunt  Sally  "  conji? 
"  Lang  Bowlis,"  =  "agame  much  used  in  / 
in  which  heavy  leaden  bullets  are  thrown  frc 
band.     Ue  who  dings   bis  bowl  furlhcsi, 
reach   a  given  point  with   fewest  throws, 
victor.   It  is  not  '*  Golf"  then  ;  but  *'  Row 
as  distinguished  from  "  Lang  Bowlis,"  ia 
be  our  modern  game  f>f  bowls  —  the  Ix 
in   it   resembling   (antl   perhaps   origini 
were)  bullets.     There  is  no  trace  of  the  ] 
Jnmieson.     "  KUcs  "  are  referred  to  in 
as  ''  Keila,"  not,  however,  as  S<:ot<:h ;  and 
finition  given  of  cognate  words  Kupi^mrtK  i 
gefltioit  that  "nine  pins"  is  nicaut.     T" 
trace,  so  ffw  as  I  can  sec,  of  "  Irwh  (li 
Jamii^oD.     "Tables'*  must  be  chess  or 
flamioson  iiuoles  **  Inventories,  a  15.11), 
which   distinction  in   made  lH>tween  ^*  tat 
and  "  chess  men,"  but  he  thinks  "  tabl< 
meant   draughts,  only  chc^s  and  dice. 
Mr.  Tytlcr's  cuii»tru<'tio»  misled  me   in 
ho  askeil   the   meaning  of  "  Tables."     1 
have  known.  J.  D.  C*iu 

CkNOTAVU  or  TIIF  7 

(JV  S.  V.  11.)  — In 

tion  of  your  corresiioudejiL  .M.  S,  K.,  1  si^'ud . 
the.  following,  copiwd  from  the  cenotaph  in 
of  Manilla  iTall,  Cliffcon  :  — 


r!-- 


Fill.' 
Cur 


••  Tjir  r*»TU  I'.ru.  WHO  wvaJ,  f* 


Vr}tt,  iiuuur.  LiUiLiuil,  Luuclucr,  lixi^tol,  tl 


S«*  S.  V.  JAK.  is,  •64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


85 


f'awyiu.— CoIluB,  Padette,  LaTour,  Hoaler,  M'Mahon. 
jfwyeoiu.— Smith,  Athntoo. 

As  your  correspondeat  points  to  the  particular 
Tolmnea  of  the  Amaul  Begiiter  and  Gentleman** 
Magazine.,  in  which  the  Latin  inscription  and  a 
tnuulatiou  are  to  he  found,  I  do  not  send  them 
with  this,  but  the  names  and  dates  of  the  battles 
(of  which  he  desires  to  be  informed)  inscribed  un 
the  cenotaph  are  as  follow  :  — 

The  lines  of  PondicheiTy  stonned,  ScpL  lU,  176U. 

Pondicberrv  auireiideml,  Jan.  16,  1761. 

Carricall  taken,  April  5,  1760. 

Siege  of  Jledru  raised.  Fub.  17. 1759. 

Battle  of  Wandewash,  Jan.  22, 17G0. 

AicoC  nooTcred,  Feb.  10. 1760. 

HfintilU  Hall,  which  nras  built  on  Clifton  Downs 
bj  Sir  Wm.  Draper  soon  aflcr  his  return  from 
the  capture  of  Manilla  from  the  Spaniards,  is  now 
the  Board'ung  School  of  C.  T.  Iludson,  M.A.  of 
St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  for  some  years 
Bead  Master  of  tiiu  Bristol  Grammar  School. 

The  cenotaph  in  question  stands  on  the  right- 
hand  of  the  iiortico  (as  you  come  out  of  the  boll), 
and  on  the  lufl-hand  is  a  liandsume  obelisk,  some 
tweiity-fivu  or  thirty  feet  lii^h,  to  the  memory  of 
Lord  Chatham,  bearing  this  iuHuription  :  — 

**  GuLitLMO  Put,  Chhii.  d«  Chntham :  Hoc  Amicitio: 
privaUe  Teatimoniiini,  oiniul  et  llonorui  publici  Mouu- 
mentum  iiosait  Uulielmiis  Drsiier.*' 

J.  C,  H. 

RfiLiAnLE  (3"*  S.  V.  58.) — The  strictures  of 
J.  C.  J.  on  the  new- coined  wonl  "  reliable,"  arc 
more  confident  than  convincing. 

As  I  have  not  bad  the  advantage  of  seeing  what 
he  may  have  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  Iufinitive»,"  but  as  the 
word  under  discussion  is  intended  by  those  who 
employ  it  to  cnrac  under  that  rule,  this  is  imma- 
terial. The  objection  to  its  con.stru£tion  is  ob- 
vious. It  expresses  only  "  to  be  relied,"  whilst 
it  is  meant  tu  express  "to  be  relied  upon.''  It 
may  possibly  be  that  other  words  in  common  use 
.  have  an  equally  defective  formation,  but  that  is 
no  justification  for  encumbering  the  language 
with  more  of  such  awkwardnesses.  "  Depend- 
able" is,  to  use  J.  C.  J.'s  phrase,  an  **  exactly 
corresponding  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  his  pica  on 
the  broad  allegation  that  "trust"  and  its  deriva- 
tives are  "  properly"  limited  to  personal  applica- 
tion. I  altogether  demur  to  so  arbitrary  a  re- 
striction. To  **  trust  a  tale,"  "trust  his  honestv," 
"  trust  his  hceb,"  &c.  &c.,  vide  iShakspeure, 
ptutim. 

"  He  might  in  svme  gieit  and  tntty  bu:!ineM  ia  a  main 
lUuigcr  fail  you. '—^/Tf  WdtOat  EmU  WtH. 


In  what  old  romance  does  the  valiant  knight 
fail  to  boast  of  his  "  trusty  bbde  "  ? 

*'  Trustworthy  data"  —  "  trustworthy  facts," 
"  trustworthy  documents,"  &c.  &c.,  are  phrases  of 
everyday  occurrence,  and  I  must  take  leave  to 
assert  not  less  correct  than  common. 

**  Trustworthy  "  itiself  is  not  a  word  of  great 
antitiuity ;  but  as  I  consider  it,  till  better  proof 
be  olTcrwi  to  the  contrary,  to  answer  every  pur- 
pose for  which  "  reliable*  or  "  dependable"  can 
DC  requurcd,  I  must  unite  in  the  protest  against 
the  intrusion  of  adjectives — 

"...  Scarce  half  made  up, 
And  that  so  lamely  and  unfaahionably ; " — 

and  it  is  a  satisfaction  to  me  to  observe  that  the 
use  of  "  reliable  "  is  hitherto  confined  to  a  class 
of  writers  little  likely  to  influence  aspirants  to  a 
pure  English  diction.  X. 

Lkwis  Morris  (3'''  S.  v.  12.) — I  have  amongst 
my  books  a  large-paper  copy  of  the  first  edition 
of  Cumbria  Triuinphans,  by  Percy  Kndorbic, 
which  was  once  the  prtipcrty  of  Fabian  Philipps, 
the  author  of  Vvrilns  InvoHCiUiia,  and  has  his  au- 
tograph on  the  title-page.  One  hundriHi  and  two 
years  af\er  its  publication,  the  book  became  the 
pro|)erty  of  Lewis  Moiris,  the  antiquary  ;  whoso 
autograph,  with  the  date  1753,  is  also  on  the  title- 
page.  On  one  of  the  Hy-leaves  is  the  following 
note :  — 

"  This  copy  of  Camliria  Triumphatu  belonged  to  that 
distin;;uishcd  anti(|U.iry,  Ijewin  Morris;  tlit.>  m.irgiiial 
notc'.i  oru  in  his  <iwu  handwriting;.  This  l>ook  was  given 
to  inu  by  his  son  William  !klorrii<,  ul'  Gwaclod.  iii;ar 
Abcrystwith,  CiU'digaiishin.-,  S.  W. — Sitbt.  F.  (Srccilk." 

This  very  rare  book  passed  into  my  hands  af\cr 
the  dispersion  of  the  library  of  the  Hon.  Koberl 
Greville  about  two  years  ago.  I  wibh  that  I 
could  afford  IL  II.  more  information  on  the  sub- 
ject of  Lewis  Alorris ;  but  I  have  shown  that,  not 
many  )'cars  ago,  he  had  a  son  living  at  Gwuelod, 
who  is  perhaps  yet  alive. 

.Tons  Pavh*  Piiiixips. 

Haverfordwest. 

Socrates'  Dog  (3'"  S.  iv.  47J.)— G.  K.  J.  will 
fiml  the  following  in  Bryant's  Mytholoeu.,  vol.  ii. 
p.  «4:  — 

"  II  \i  taid  of  Socrates  thai  he  sometiinp.t  made  u>p  of 
an  uncomnum  oath,  iihrovKwa  Konin-  x'/i'",  f'P  tkt  doq 
fiiw/ r/'if>si',  which  at  lirst  does  nol  seem  i:on^i>tPnt  with 
tlie  "gravity  of  his  character.  But  wc  are  informed  by 
I'orphyry,  that  tliin  was  not  done  by  way  <if  ridicule:  for 
Socratts  esteemed  it  a  very  .scriouR  and  religirms  mode  of 
attestation :  and  undtT  the&«  terms  made  a  nolemn  appeal 
to  the  win  vf  Xeiis.'' 

Thus  far  the  learned  Bryant ;  what  reference 
the  oath  has  tu  Bible  matters,  I  cannot  now  dig- 
cuss  ;  but  Daniel,  ::ii.  1,  has  reference  to  if.' 

Le  CiIEVAIJGR  Dv  CuiNC. 


"  A&d  at  that  Viia«  bball  JZic^<k(  «t«wL  u^/  &c . 


86 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^8.  y.  jAV.2S.'fi4. 


MiittXlmeaui. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Th*  PstJmt  inUnreUd  nf  Chri^,  Bf  the  Ber.  Isaac  Wil- 
liams, B.D.     VoL  I.    (Rivingtons.) 

Thas«  of  our  readera  who  are  acqoaintod  with  Mr. 
Williams's  volames  on  the  Grospels,  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  very  letter  of  Holy  Scripture,  the  same 
▼cin  of  kindly  thoughtful  piety.  Mr.  Williams  (as  might 
be  expected)  adopts  that  system  of  interpretation,  which 
supposes  all  the  Psalms  of  David  to  be  spoken  in  the 
penon  of  Christ,  which  St.  Augustine  has  worked  out  in 
Ills  Enarrationet,  and  with  which  English  readers  have 
been  familiarised  by  the  Exporition  of  Bishop  Horae.  It 
is  mutter  of  interest  to  see  this  old  itatristic  interpreta- 
tion rising  up  now-a-days,  and  not  afraid  to  confront  the 
rude  trenchant  spirit  of  modem  criticism. 

Akxandri  Neekam  De  Naturia  Rervm  Ltbri  Duo.  IVith 
the  Poem  of  the  same  Author,  De  Laudibut  Divina 
Sapientitp.  Edited  by  Thomas  Wright,  E.sq.,  M.A.,  &c. 
Published  under  the  Direction,  of  the  Master  oftht  Rolls. 
(Ix>ngman.) 

The  present  volume  famishes  a  very  cariona  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  Ilomilly,  for  it  nupplirs 
us,  in  Ncckam*B  Treatise  De  Naturia' Rerum,  with  a 
mannal  of  the  scientific  knowledge  of  the  close  of  the 
twelfth  ccniuri',  made  yet  more  interesting  and  instruc- 
tive by  the  coutcmporary  anecdotes  so  freely  introduced 
by  its  author.  Alexander  Neckham,  for  so  was  the  au- 
thor of  the  two  documents  now  first  published  generally 
designated,  was  foster-brother  of  llichard  Coeur  de  Lion, 
hnvmg  been,  moreover,  bom  on  the  same  day  in  the 
month  of  September,  1157.  lie  was  educated  at  St.  Albans, 
then  became  a  distinguished  professor  at  Paris,  and  after- 
wards, according  to  Mr.  Wright  (p.  xii.),  proceeded  to 
Italy,  though  that  gentleman  seems  subsequently  (p. 
Ixxiv.)  to  doubt  sncTi  viiiit.  Neekam  eventually  became 
Abbot  of  Cirencester,  and,  dying  at  Kompscy  in  1217, 
was  buried  in  AVorcoster  Cathedral,  Mr.  A\  right's  in- 
timate knowledge  of  Modiioval  Literature  and  .Science, 
Sointod  him  out  as  a  fitting  editor  fur  this  ven'  curious 
[ediasval  Encyclopiedia. 

Thr  Dirinr.  Week ;  or,  Outlines  of  a  Htvrmony  of  the  Geo- 
hujic  Prriodn  with  the  Mosaic  Dat/*  of  Creation.  By  the 
Kev.  J.  II.  Worgan,  M.A.    (Uivingtons.) 

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  l>C!tt  sqiured  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  comi)ass  of  his  design)  the 
previous  revelations  which  it  had  experienced — a  view 
oflopted  by  the  late  Dr.  Ituckland— our  author  maintains 
tlie  theory  which  at  one  time  found  favour  with  the  late 
Hugh  MilKr,  that  the  Mosaic  Narrative  exactly  covers 
the  gi-ological  periotl,  each  "  day  "  coinciding  with  rome 
wcll-mnrked  epocrh  in  the  formation  of  the  crust  of  our 
i-arth. 

The  Quarterly  Retitw,  Ko.  229. 

The  new  Number  of  The  Qunrterly  opens  with  a  paper 
on  "China,"  to  which  the  recent  ill-judged  proceedings 
of  Princ*   Knng  give  peculiar  inUroat.    It  ia  followed 


by  one  on  "  New  Englanders  and  the  Old  Home,"  a 
which  we  are  vindicated  from  the  snaen  of  Mr.  Hav- 
thorne.  The  paper  on  Forsyth's  "  Lift  of  Cicero,**  h1u 
that  book,  holds  a  mean  between  the  exccsuve  adili- 
tion  of  Middleton  and  the  uawarnatable  asperdoos  of 
Drumann.  A  good  paper  on  "  Captain  Speke's  Joamal" 
i«  followed  by  one  on  "  Gnns  and  Platea,"  whi^  gwitt 
show  that  we  are  a-head  of  all  other  nationa  in  rapaet 
of  artillery.  The  writer  of  the  paper  **  On  Eab"  has 
certainly  "  canght  the  eel  of  learning  by  the  taU."  A 
learned  paper  on  "  Rome  in  the  Middle  Agea  **  neat  Coi- 
lows,  and  the  Quarter^  winds  up  with  a  lone  paper  on 
that  most  intricate  and  vexed  qaestion,  **  The  I>aaitb 
Duchies." 

Journal  of  Sacred  IMtrahtre.  By  B.  Harria  Cowpec  Xa. 
VIII.,  New  Series.  (Williams  &  Norgate.) 
Among  the  more  interesting  articles  are,  **  A  few  Dan 
among  the  Slavonic  I'rotestants  of  Central  Earop^* 
"  Oriental  Sacred  Traditions,"  and  a  translation  of  aeieelcd 
^tbiopic  Hymns,  Liturgies,  &e.,  by  Mr.  RodwalL 


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diMMt  ate  giTen  for  that  piurpoMi  — 

Ehck*!  iRini  EcrLaiAtnrAL  Kioiim.   1St4. 
Tkuh'i  Ihim  AuiAMAV  AKO  UrpKlAL  DinaeTomr  fob  IR|4. 
DunLiH  UNinniirr  C*t.«NnAii<  roR  ISto,  \M9.  I(U3,  IMM. 
Daihtbiu.'*  <KieiiARo)  Olla  I^odjiida.    Vol.11. 

Cbalmbmi'i  (Tiii»>ai,I>.0.,',  C»irnAii  amb  Cine  Bcommiv  or  !«■» 
TuWIIfc    Sfo.    Vol.  III.  w  ■»  A- 

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ISM.  ^A-w^      •rrr— 

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B.  F.  Ii..  Onc-Awo-FoiiTia  Diriiti  On».    ISmo,  lan. 
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TuWBBt  (S.)   TbR    PtALMI  IN    VbKU.     STO,  ISII. 

Nbuoam  (Hbt.  Jaa.)  Tmb  Puut*  ik  Vbr(b.    Dublin,  ISM. 
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1610. 


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llttfa 


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Hackney,  N.E. 


But. 


fiatlcti  to  €antipan1ttnti, 

i.  F.  <  Mannhcfter)  rill  fiivl  in  Ikr.  fr*l  ami  *froml  nnfr.  ^/  o^  fir* 
.\trif*  Mliimfih  q/°fi  doztH  euiiuut  artieler  on  the  drrimtkm  nfKtw^ 

J.  trill fititi  a  natufaeton/  rxplanatioH  of  Iht  wwd  IlaadioaD  (a  tm'  M 
8.  si.  4VI. 

X.  Y.  Z.  fhir  CorrfMpomInt  vill  gfl  at  lie  mlur  qf  nn  ImfiriM 
viiHofDr.  Jlm-gan't  IViii-h  Itihl-,  lsm,.t'nnitlhr/>ilhtn»ft  rttmt  viiwsjbr 
Iterfcrt  fepim  at  aali*.    Im  IStI,  U.  IKk.)  in  1>M4,  MLi  in  is&i,  asl.  Ito. 

IIorkbt  BflWBB.  Some.  ntrticHlart  ttf  HWiam  CrmtU*.  ««4kcr  '-<' 
llymut  on  a  Variety  ot  Uirfne  Subjccti,  1761, ntaybefimmd  fa  iii  Irft 
III.  SIS. 

T.  BuHTtBT.  The  Quern  mtui  be  aemmiianttd  tetlh  our  Ctwrtwpcm- 
'inti't  tuMrrt*,  or  Ihf  fxirttevlart ,  nut  bdtK)  <)fgrmeral  f aMrwal; ■•« Sr 
/orvanM  direct  to  *iwi. 

Erbata.  —  In  Srd  8.  III.  44A,  vol.  11.  Mcond  line  tnm  hoUtotn, far  Jme 
T'ynle  rrad  I'yntc  i  p.  417.  col.  I.  line  7.  /or  I6«  or  liM,  read  l«i  la 
•«m. 

"NoTti  AMD  QpBRict"  Ii  pulJvihtd  at  iMMM  OH  Friday,  mmd  int0 
i'iufil  in  MnKTtitT  PARn.  Iht  .lufvrriulioit  fur  Stawpbb  Cnriaa  fit 
Six  Mtmlk*  forirardtd  dirrrt  from  Iht  /"ubUMMtr  (btetudismlks  Uig' 
fenrlu  Irdu)  it  lU.  id.,  trhieh  nuiv  hr  paid  bji  Pmt  vme»  <Mhn 
)<n^al<te  at  thr  Strand  toil  <\gtrr,  in  fimmr  ef  WiuiUi  ii.  ftiiiaW 
WBLuxnioH  Strbbt,  Htranb.  W.C.  (<>  ii>A0ai  all  OoaiMoincAXHMM  wm 
TBB  EDiniB  AjkoiiU  Ae  oAft-mMd. 

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CONTENTS.— N».  109. 


KO'i 


P»iltnirMi!ii<   ' 

US  — Ewjulrc 


Qv 


(I      ,  , 

SBPLIRK;— Mullln 

1'-'-    - ' 


•  iruui. 


i 

iH>na,td  —  Sir  Wai. 
Dwkth— "Li  Sl-iIo 
ivBM—  Hr.Thwk«>- 
■rt  Venablts  — Mr. 

m. 

I  Querlts 

ill  ovw 
-i"B  flnrt 
iiury.  100. 

ifbrnl   Monumwnl*,  101  — 

'       •" '■■'"  "■-■  ••d 

k 


K    idlio    Trijaiils  —  tjiiotatitins   Wanted  —  Biiptisnial 
-,  —  Ptusagv  iu  lemi^atiu  — Al/red  JJucm,  103. 


SRBOXEOUS   UONUMEyTAL  IKSGRIPTIOKS  IN 
BRISTOL. 

XOB8BT  FITZ*RARI>n«G. 

Beneath  jin  firch  cut  in  the  wnll  which  separates 
the  ElJpr  Latly  Chapel  from  the  north  ai.sle  of 
Bristol  Cathedral  is  an  altar  Uiiub,  which  ifi  usu- 
allr  jjscribfHl  to  Robert  Flrz- Harding,  the  founder 
of  iho  Berkeley  family,  and  Eva  his  wife.  Mr. 
Britlun,  however,  says  {Bristol  Cathedral,  p.  57), 
it  "  (n:iy  wil.L  more  (.ertnitily  be  referred  to  tlie 
third  M-iurice,  Lord  iJerkeley,  who  died  in  1368, 
and  Eltziibeth  his  wife."  Both  of  which  statements 
ore,  1  beliere,  incorrect. 

At  the  foot  of  this  tomb  >«  a  modem  ioscription 
*^n  n  plain  marble  tnblct,  which  records  that  it  is — 

"      ■"  '  ''     -    Fitj-Hrtr.l 

KinfT'  of  1 1 

i^'t> Sons  and  :.....^,. 

^''  ii»lhe  first  ot'ihis  Family 

tf"  i-v:    Thio    \\f>WTi    Kitz- 


t«r8; 
tbal 
H 

t. 

Si. 


the  ve«i»  JKu,  ill  lU  i;Ui  crt  Kmg  H»nrj  the  Second." 


On    >T.o   ..fr. ,.,.;< 


laaer  in  tbo  Ictualc  attire  of  th«  astne  period. 


From  thiii  circumstance  It  is  clear  that  these 
fieures  could  not  be  intended  to  represent  Robert 
Fitz-Harding  aud  his  lady,  who  flourished  two 
c-.ut.Tit.g  iH'fore;  and  it  will  appear  also  upon 
ition  that  it  is  equally  incorrect  to  appro- 
,  :  .. .  iliem  to  a  warrior  who  diedia  1368,  and  hia 
wife. 

The  head  of  the  male  figure  is  covered  with  a 
conical  skull-cap  or  helmet  which  is  attached  to 
a  hawberk  or  tippet  of  mail  by  an  ioterlacod  cord. 
Chain  mail  also  appears  on  the  lower  part  of  the 
body  and  the  feet ;  but  the  upper  portion,  as  well 
na  the  front  of  the  arms  and  legs,  ore  covered 
with  plate  armour.  This  kind  of  mixed  body- 
armour  wna  introduced  in  the  reign  of  Edward 
II.,  who  ascended  the  throne  in  1^07.  The  dresa 
of  the  female  effigy  also  refers  to  the  same  period 
—namely,  the  beginning  of  the  fourteenth  cen- 
tury, when  the  attire  of  ladies  of  rank  was  com- 
posed of  the  coif,  hood,  or  veil,  and  wimple 
covering  the  head,  reck,  and  chin;  whilst  the 
bo'ly  was  enveloped  in  a  long  loose  robe,  over 
which  was  worn  a  cloak  or  mantle.  Thi.s  fashion 
appears  to  have  changed  early  in  the  roign  of  Ed- 
ward III.,  who  succeeded  his  fnther  in  I3'27,  when 
the  loose  dress  was  superseded  by  the  light-bodied 
gown  conforming  to  the  shape  of  the  person. 

These  particulars  clearly  decide  the  .age  of  this 
monument^  and  fixes  the  date  of  its  erection  at 
tbe  commencement  of  the  reign  of  the  Inst-nnmed 
monarch.  If  additiomd  evidence  were  required, 
we  find  it  in  the  tomb  itself  on  which  these  cfBgies 
repose,  for  the  side?  are  embellished  with  a  series 
of  recessed  canopied  niches  and  buttresses,  of  a 
style  clearly  indicating  that  the  monument  be- 
longs to  the  same  period  as  the  figures  resting 
upon  it. 

A  comparatively  recent  inscription  on  a  small 
brass  pinto,  on  the  south  side  of  this  tomb,  records 
that  it  "  was  erected  to  the  memory  ivf  Maurice, 
Lord  Berkeley,  ninth  Biiron,  of  Berkeley  Castle, 
who  died  Iho  8lh  day  of  Juno,  13C8.  Also  of  the 
Lady  Margrtret,  his  mother,  daughter  of  Kojier 
Mortimer,  Earl  of  March,  and  first  wife  of  Thomas, 
eighth  Lord  Berkeley.  She  died  the  5ih  day  of 
May,  1337."  Why  a  female  should  in  this  case 
be  represented  on  a  tomb  by  the  side  of  a  man 
who  was  the  husband  of  another,  it  is  difficult  to 
VI?,  Mr.  Brit  ton  is  assuredly  wrong  in  aa- 
■j,  these  effigies  to  so  late  a  period  as  1368, 
wlion  thu /ititrth,  and  not  as  he  says,  the  third 
MHurioe.  Lord  Berkeley,  died;  for  the  attire  of 
both  figures  is  too  early  for  that  date.  The  third 
Maurice,  Lord  Berkeley,  died  in  1326.  He  was 
twice  married,  his  first  wife  being  buried  at  Port- 
bury,  a  mimor  belonging  to  the  fiiiiily,  about  seven 
'  '  this  city,  and  in  the  county  of  Somcr- 
stcond  wife,  who  was  Isabel,  duugh- 
ii  1  ...  wuKcrt  dc  Clare,  whose  arms  appear  over 
the  high  altnr  of  the  church,  ia,  I  have  uq  d<va!sA„ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[B«»B.V.  JA».80,'6i. 


the  li?male  represented  with  this  third  Maurice, 
her  hujibaud,  oa  the  monument  relerredto. 

JUDGE  CRAI>OCK. 

On  a  chantry  tomb  in  the  Newton  Chapel  also 
in  the  cathedral,  is  the  following  inscription, 
which  was  placed  there  "  by  Mrs.  Archer,  sister 
to  the  late  Sir  Michuel  Newton  of  Barrs  Court, 
1748"— 

"  In  memory'  of  Sir  Richard  Netvton  Gradock  of  lUrra 
Court*  in  tbo  County  of  Gloac«iit«r,  one  of  his  Hajestiea 
Justices  of  the  Common  Pleu,  who  died  Dec«iaber  tbo 
18th,  1444,  and  with  his  Lady  lies  i&ierr'd  beneftlh  this 
monument." 

The  above  inscription  remained  undisputed  by 
any  writer  until  the  meeting  of  the  Archwolo^rical 
Institute  for  1851  wa3  held  in  this  city,  when,  in 
a  paper  by  the  Rbv.  H.  T.  Eixacomds,  M.A., 
F.S-A.,  the  statement  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 
mu«t  have  arisen  from  some  miHapprebension,  and 
it  is  not  true  that  he  died  in  1444  ;  (for)  the  last 
fine  levied  before  him  was  in  November,  1448." 

Mk.  Ellacohbe  then  proceeds  "  to  prove,  be- 
yond a  floubt,  that  Judjre  Cradoclc  and  his  lady 
rest  in  Yutton  church,  Somerset ; "  where,  in  the 
centre  of  the  De  Wyck  Aisle,  or  north  transept, 
stands  a  very  handsome  alabaster  altar  tomb.  It« 
sides  are  enriched  with  five  beautifully- wrought 
niches,  within  which  are  full-length  figures  of 
angels  holding;  shields,  which  Collinson  says  (Ilitt. 
of  Somerset,  Mol.  iii.  p.  619),  were  once  charged 
with  the  arras  of  Newton  and  Shirburn,  impaled 
with  Perrott;  but  they  are  now  almost  entirely 
obliterated.  The  cast  and  west  ends  of  the  tomb 
have  each  two  niches,  with  figures  and  shields 
corrc'spiiniling  with  those  on  the  sides.  On  the 
summit,  the  venerable  judjjc  is  represented  in  the 
costume  of  men  of  his  rank  at  the  time  in  which 
he  lived  —  a  skuU-cap  (beneath  which  his  hair  is 

2n)  tied  under  his  chin,  aud  his  person  is  covered 
Ith  a  rol>e  reaching  to  his  feet ;  over  his  shoulders 
be  weurt*  a  tippet  extendiu^;  halfway  down  his 
armif.  Cover! n>;  uU  is  a  cloak  or  mantle,  falling 
nearly  to  the  ankles.  This  is  fastened  on  the 
right  /iboaldcr  by  a  button,  and  beneath  it  round 
the  neck  is  a  collar  of  esses.  This  cloak  hangs 
jrraoefully  on  the  left  side,  and  is  passed  over 
.iIk-  let\  aim  uAcr  the  manner  of  tne  chcsible 
H.  Koand  the  middle  is  an 
im  which  depends  a  short 
...li lii.'cj  scabbard;  and  also  the 
II,  •  >>i)unon  in  the  reigns  of  Henry 
!i  IV.  Theheadof  the  judge  rests 
on  wh.L(-  iitH  .ir:«  to  have  been  a  helmet,  sur- 
tuounted  with  a  wreath  crowned  with  a  ducal 
Coronet,  from  which  issues  n  garb,  the  crcat  of  the 
AmUjr;  hia  feet  rest  agunsl  two  dogs. 


that  of 
lamcntal 
swurd   in   h 
gnrjjciere  or 

VI.  ami  IM 


On  the  left  side  of  the  judge  lie  the  effigies  of 
slender  female  habited  in  a  flowing  robe,  reach- 
ing to  the  feet;  but  to  the  upper  part  of  the  per- 
son it  fits  tight  down  to  the  wrist*,  where  it  is 
laced,  leaving  however  the  breasts  exposed.  Over 
this  Is  another  robe  reaching  to  the  knees,  ana 
terminating  with  a  broad  hem;  it  is  su  -^ 
from  the  neck  by  narrow  bandsi,  passing 
chest,  and  leaving  the  under  robe,  which  si. 
at  the  hip-s  exposed  below  the  waist,  which 
circled  with  a  small  ornamented  girdle.  F: 
curb-chain  round  the  neck  was  apparently 
|>ended  a  cross,  beneath  which  a  cord,  reachii 
the  knees,  terminates  with  small  tassj^ls.  HigF 
in  the  neck  is  an  ornamental  collar  or  band, 
which  hangs  a  jewel.  A  cloak  or  mantle,  fast 
across  the  breast  by  a  cordon  and  jewels,  ex 
to  the  feet,  which  it  nearly  envelopes.  ITic  head, 
once  supported  by  ungels,  is  covered  with  the 
mitred  Lead- dress,  the  front  havinn;  a  broad 
turned-up  lappet  above  the  forehead,  n-om  whenoe 
the  mitre  issues.  On  each  aide  at  the  feet  is  a 
small  dog,  and  the  hands  of  both  fibres  are  rMwd 
as  in  supplication ;  but  the  entire  monuoMnrti 
with  its  effigies  and  beautiful  sculpture,  is  inadi 
mutilated. 

"  This  tomb  (says  Mr.  Ellacombe)  is  br  rm^itioa  ■»■ 
cribed  to  Judee  Cradock.     The  female  ii;:i  itMsi 

to  represent  Kmma  dt;  Wick.    Tbo  in»<.:  ..naa 

There  COD  be  no  doubt,  from  the  costume,  l —  .  ,  luali 
effigy  is  that  of  a  Judge.  That  it  is  a  CrAdock  »  can- 
firmed  by  the  ^rb  or  wheat-sheaf,  on  which  his  h«adll 
luid.  Brides,  in  the  interesting  accounts  of  the  chunk* 
warden*  of  Yutton,  anno  1460-1,  amone  the  rvecipta  tbin 
19  this  entry :  '  It.  recipimua  do  D'no  de  Wyke  per  maaa* 
J.  Newton,  filii  sul  de  legato  Dn'i  BicL  NewtoD,  ad — p' 
CAmpana  xx*.' 

"That  this  date  is  nearer  the  Itme  of  I  '  "  than 
1444,  as  stated  on  the  monument  lu  ttt  li,  U 

coaiirmed  by  the  fact  of  the  flue  levied  in  I 

Mr.  Eij^coirBB  then  proceeds  to  gire  oUiar 
reasons  for  his  opinion,  and  finishes  his  remaritBtv 
follows :  — 

"1  conclude,  therefore,  that  Judge  Cradock'i 
in  Vatton  Church,  and  that  the  tomb  in  UrtJtul  ( 
is  not  his.  I  have  not  been  abln  to  iipwiifn  tli( 
any  other  of  the  family,  unlettii  it  be  tu  liicKa*. 
a  grandnon  of  the  judge,  the  tim<'  of  whose  d« 
would  accord  well  with  thedaiign  uf  tbemonumi 
i»  not  known  -whiTe  he  wa*  buried.  If  ttiy  yrew ! 
the  oil  t>r  his  being  call< 

grand!  have  led  to  the  : 

in^t  oj  i.^ k't/Ual  luttitutt,  lb  ,.,  ,,,. 

A  third  erroneous  monumental  inscrif 
Bristol  Cathedral  is  that  to  the  mc^morj  of 

ROBBBT  SOUTUBT, 

which  IS  chit)«Iled  on  a  pedestal  of  marble,  aftar 
the  manner  of  the  Purpcndiculur  atylu  of  Knftisli 
architcctun>,  beneath  a  bust  of  Uie  poet  latinoale, 
and  is  its  follows  :  — 


"  Robert   Southcy, 

Rom  in  Bristol 

October  iv.,  Mnccijcxiv. 

Died  at  Keavrick, 
Mjireh  xxi.,  mik'coxmii." 
This  error  is  perhaps  the  moat  inexcusable  of  all, 
Soutbey  hiniBclfaijB  {Selections  from  his  Letters^ 
vol.  IV.  p.  334),  I  was  born  August  12th,  1774,  in 
Wine  Street,  Bristol,  where  my  father  kept  a 
linen-draper's  shop ; "  and  i n  another  place  be  .<>ays 
that  he  "was  bom  at  No.  11,  Wine  Street,  below 
the  pump : "  the  hous^e  now  occupied  by  Messrs. 
Low  and  Clark,  furriers,  &c.  Soutfaey's  family 
seems,  in  its  elder  branch,  to  have  "  Ion;;  since 
disappeared ;  "  but  a  younger  son  '*  emigrated 
from  Lanc&shirc,  and  established  himself  as  a 
clothier  at  Wellington,  in  Somersetshire."  From 
this  younger  son  ^e  poet  derived  his  descent. 

The  last  error  of  the  same  character  which  I 

vholl  notice  at  present,  is  on  a  tablet  erected  in 

Highbury  Nonconformist  Chapel  in  this  city,  to 

commemorate  the  names  oi  Jive  sufferers,  and  the 

date  of  their  martyrdom,   who,  in  the  reign  of 

Queen  Mury,  rather  than  abjure  the  Protestant 

faith,  sealed   the  truth  with  their  blood  on  this 

spot.     The  tablet  records  as  follows  :  — 

••  In  Memory 

of  the  Dndemmned 

Mjirt.vrs 

who,  during  the  reign  of  Que«n  Marr, 

for  the  nrnvral    of  their   ChriRtian   faith, 

Were  burnt  to  death  on  thfi  )C''«und 

upon    wliich  this  Chapel   is   erected. 

RicbanI  Shaptoo,  Richard  Sharp, 

■Ufltecii    Oct.    1555.  May  17  th,    1557. 

Kdward  Sharp,  f  botnas  Bale, 

Stpt.  8tb,  1666.  May  17Ui,  1667. 

Thoraaa  Banion, 

Aogiut  17th.   1557. 

'  Be  not  afraid  of  them  that  kill  the  body,  and  after 

that  have  no  more  that  they  can  do.'  " 

The  error  on  this  tablet  is  in  the  number  of  the 
sufferers,  and  not  in  the  fact;  and  it  occurs  in 
the  names  of  the  first  two  martyrs  there  men- 
tioned, the  mistake  resting  with  Mr.  Sever,  the 
author  of  the  Memoirs  of  Bristol,  who  perpetually, 
throughout  his  work,  quotes  the  dubious  manu- 
script calendars  relating  to  this  city,  which  I  have 
before  shown  were,  according  to  his  own  testi- 
mony, utterly  unworthy  of  credit  (2"*  S.  v.  154). 
One  of  these  records  (says  Mr.  Seyer)  contains 
tJic  following :  — 

"  1655.  On  the  I7th  of  October,  one  William  Sheplon 
(d/i'fij  Shapmttn,  alias  Shapen),  a  weaver,  was  barnt  for 
relipon," 

Another  calendar  (he  continues)  is  thus :  — 
«  1.'j56.  This  reAf  two  men.  one  a  weaver,  the  other  n 

robMcr,  won-   «-—  *     -   •-■     m    >      \\  Hf|l   for  religion. 

Ari.l  (it  is '1  i  vrnt  for  denjinp  the 

«»i-Ti»mrril  <ii  _v  body  and   blood  of 

Chriiit  rrally  and  jmlisiiiiUally." 

Does  he  then  mean  to  say  there  were  three  ? 
He  then  cites  a  third  of  Uieee  mischieTOus  calen- 


dars, in  which  the  name  of  Edward  Sharp*?  occtini, 
and  this,  1  have  no  doubt,  has  caused  the  error 
referred  to  :  for  there  is  no  mention  whatever  of 
such  a  person  having  suffered  martyrdom  in  Bris- 
tol by  any  writer  deserving  the  name  of  an  autho- 
rity. In  the  best  edition  of  Fox's  Martyrs — that 
of  1646— /cur  only  are  recorded,  namely,  William 
Sarton,  who  was  burnt  September  18,  1556 ; 
Richard  Sharp,  May  7,  1557;  Thomas  Hale, 
burnt  in  the  same  firo  with  Ricbard  Sharp,  and 
Thomas  Benion,  who  suffered  on  the  27th  of  the 
same  month  and  year.  {Acts  and  Monuments^  vol. 
iii.  pp.  749.  750,  855.)  Gjbobob  Pbtce. 

Bristol  City  Library. 


I 


REDDCTIOX  OF  RATHLIN  IN  1576. 

Many  are  of  opinion  that  Milton's  well-known 
similitude  of  English  history,  prior  to  the  ac- 
cession of  Henry  "VTI,,  applies  better  to  the 
early  state  of  Ireland  than  to  bis  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  fully  concur  with  your  correspondent, 
Mb.  Gko.  Hill,  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  the  professed 
historian,  more  particularly  in  our  own  time. 
Happily,  the  day  has  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  angularities  of 
the  Celtic  and  Saxon  natures  respectively  have 
been  rounded  off*,  old  factious  rivalries  have  ceased, 
and,  under  themore  benign  sway  of  our  present  most 
excellent  sovereign,  the  two  peoples  have  become 
one  indeed,  cherishing  the  same  loyal  Bentiments, 
the  same  political  aspirations.  The  experience  of 
the  Past  IS  the  property  of  both,  and  both  may 
deduce  from  it,  if  they  will,  many  invaluable  lea- 
sons  for  the  Present  and  FuttU'e.  But  this,  by- 
the-way.  My  purpose  is,  in  6omc  measure,  to 
supplement  the  paper  of  >Ik.  Hill  {vide  supra, 
p.  47.)  I  do  not  pretend  to  have  studied  so 
deeply  the  various  incidents  of  the  sanguinary 
struggle  in  Ulster,  in  the  beginning  of  Elisabeth's 
reign,  as  that  gentleman  bns  done ;  but  when  in- 
vestigating, some  months  ago,  the  early  career  of 
Sir  Francis  Drake,  I  had  occasion  to  consult 
sundry  docnments  and  corresponrlence  of  the 
period  bearing  upon  it.  which  are  preserved  in  the 
State  Paper  Office.  That  labotir  resulted  in  the 
discovery  (or  that  whicK  ia  Xax^aaawaXNsA'^  -sS.  •*. 


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JTOT^S  AND  QUERmS. 


i»A1i,Y,JA3l.aQ,t^ 


Ai'ter  hie  lucceasful  voyage  to  the  West  Indies 
in  1572,  Drake,  in  tbe  l'oIlowin<r  year,  joined  the 
bt>iii<larti  of  Walter  KiU-l  u(  E»sex,  when  that 
CAaily-iJuiled  courlii-r  w»M  itiovvd  to  underukti 
bit  i^iijixotic  uKpedition  to  "  tLe  gall  and  nurtsery 
of  dl  evil  men  in  Ireland,"  as  in  one  of  hh  <ie> 
tpalcheii  tbenue  to  tbe  Lord  Treasurer,  he  desic;- 
Mtcd  Clst<;r,  tbe  icene  of  bis  exploits.*  Ostensibly 
but  object  wu  "  t')  rid  lier  majesty'^  subjects  of 
tii«  tyranny  of  •  't  but  really  to  seire 

upon  the  district  <  i  <oy  or  CUnbujibboy  (co. 

Aiit(irii),  tbe  ancient  territory  of  the  O'Neily,  de- 
sceiiiUnts  of  the  princes  of  Tyrone ;  which,  after  its 
conquest,  tbe  too  confident  adventurer  propoaad  to 
divide  amono^  the  most  diatin;;uisbed  of  his  fol- 
lowers. This  pretty  little  scheme  of  sfioliation 
WM  patronised  by,  if  it  did  not  originate  with,  the 
queen,  and  was  finally  brought  to  Dear  by  tbe  in- 
tervention of  Leicester,  who  only  desired  to  banish 
his  rival  from  the  court.  It  generally  happened, 
wheuevcT  Elizabeth  condescended  to  participate 
with  nny  of  her  subjects  in  speculations  of  a  pecu- 
niary or  pulitieal  nature  that  she  jful  the  best  of  tbe 
burgaiu,  sinii  aucb  was  the  ca^c  in  the  present  in- 
stance. Shi>  Ihfiitowed  upon  Easks  two  birds  io 
the  bush  fur  the  one  wbicli  be  placed  in  her  huuds. 
In  other  words,  the  carl  wua  ronipelled  to  surrender 
dflecn  uf  his  manors  in  Eiij^land  for  tbe  possible 
ai'juiniiioQ  of  half  a  county  in  Ireland.  Amongst 
his  lullowers  were,  bi-'sidea  Drake,  the  Lords  Diicre 
«xid  Rich,  Sir  II.  Kuullys  and  bis  four  brothJers, 
«ad  ihrce  of  tbe  "  black  '  sons  of  Lord  Nnrpys. 
According  to  all  the  published  h\  of 

Drake,  the  Tact  of  his  service  in  Irel.i u 

tbe  years  1573-1575,  is  known  only  by  uudJuuu. 
It  boa  been  buhl  ihsit  he  fitted  out,  nt  bix  own  ex- 
pence,  **  ibr  ,''  (or  rail' 
diflorc-nt  d  ol  to  our  i 
not  introdutLu  jiuu  mc  royal  ii;i 
centuiy  later),  with  which  he  i 
aid  lo  (lie  filibuBlerin;:  : 
cuiar  way,  or  in  what  , 

out  ,,f    .'.. ,,.!,, ,. 

V   ..  - 

th«'  be  couimnndcd  II 

E>■^c•X    aiiil    III-    force, 

f- 

tl.      ,  I, 

1<j7>J.     Hit  own 
probably  a  hirri! 
tlie  duty  <<t 
himself,  and 


a  very 

cb  wa» 


d 

..  im  ■.    i    ti.ivv  ma- 

ve*  show,  that  he 
l>y  the  <[iiei'n,  and 
I  which  conveyed 

1'2(HI    In.l  M'     lllll! 

*>i   their  .1 
■rifUB  in  ti,. 

Kiiip,  called    the   "  L'aleon,"  wm 
pi!c.  as  al»u  h»,'r  consorts.     If  sit, 
'   tbcin   hud    devolved   upou 
tradition  of  his  luving  sup- 
plied them  at  hn^  >.m\u  ro»t. 

How  Ebsi'x  fm-,.il  on  |m><  arrival  in  Ireland  (  how 
hi  '  <l   by  a  jealouH  Lord* 

1*  ..lally  ilnscrteil   by   his 

1'  in  fine,  he 

/To 


was  crushed  to  death  byancver-incf'  -■ 
of  disappointment,  sorrow,  and  an;j' 

tern  too  well  known  to  need  re< •■ 

place.    The  only  real  sucees^s  li 

his  Irish  campaij»n,  was  the  surpi 

of  the  island  or  Rathlin  —  a  service  in 
bad  DO  personal  share.     It  was  eflec 
nnval  skdl  and  military  coxirage  of  Pranctf 
and  John  Norrevs. 

Of  the  early  history  of  Rathlin  o 
know  very  little,  beyond  the  fact  th.,- 
remote  period,  it  servefi  for  :i 
tbe  Scots,  "  who  came  (as  th.i. 
dustrious   compiler,    Mr,  Rowley  Luitollet^ 

tresses  it)  swarming  from  the  Hebrides 
riater."  It  lies  about  five  miles  off  the 
coast  of  Antrim,  immediately  opposite 
castle.  Its  shape  is  that  of  an  acute  ani 
which  the  upper  or  horizontal  line  extenu 
cording  to  t^e  Ordnance  survey)  fi>ur 
the  lower  or  perpendicular  line  thr 
Access  to  its  shores  is,  I  believe,  nt  all  tf 
ficult,  so  many  shoals  encompassing  tbetn ; 
owing  to  a  very  singular  and  violent  cnnf 
of  the  tides,  Icnown  locally  as  the  "  Slo;;l 
morra,"  or  gulp  of  the  sea,  it  is  sometimes  ex- 
ceedingly dangerous,  if  not  altogether  iinprai>- 
ticablc.  The  Kinramcr,  or  western  end  of  tJtf 
isle,  is  craggy  and  mounluintms,  and  tbe 
destitute  of  a  narbour  ;  but  the  Ushet,  or  east 
end,  is  more  level  and  fertile,  besides  being  i 
plied  with  several  small  ports. 

At  the  time  when  E-«&ex  resolved  to  ft 
it,   tbe  island  was    subject    to  Sorley 
Somfaairle  M'Donnel  (youngest  son  of  AJi 
M'Donnel,  quondam  Lonl  of  tbi»   IhI»"s>. 
the  death  of  his  bmther,  .\' 
nel,  possessed  himself  of  i< 
'         the  chieftainship    oJ    uio    iiirn-;^.' 
u'  npon  the  person  of  his  nephew 
t>i   iiiii  deceased  brother,  whom  he  detaia| 
OS   an  hostage.      This  captive  is   '•*'  tbe 
mentioned  below  by  the  Karl,  in  his  dcfl^ 
the  Queen,  and  one  of  the  few  who  was 
exenipted    from    butchery    bj   his    exi 
troops. 

The   want  <»f  provisions.  uTthouL'li   It 
:  of  summer,  i  ' 
ivliifh  wru   (111 
:  II  to  Ute  i'nl«. 

bi  I  he  town,  and 

chiuge  ut  Juliii  >i\jrieyn.     Its  .lufety  w 
insured  by  tltc  presence  of  Drake.     Al 
before  intimated,  £»cx  took  no  personal 
the  attaik  u{Hjn  Rathlint  'he  plan  Bnd  aQ' 

*  1  bars  ntoU  ttonivv  i 


Uriiu  «j>tiiiu4  iU  Utu  ur  *  iUMWU  Uifiismul  M  .4 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


91 


tnila  orijrinittod  with,  and  were  perfected  hy  him- 
self. The  whole  shows  that  he  was  not  deficient 
in  military  f>agncity  or  skiii.  In  bia  despatch  to 
Klizubuch  he  says  :  — 


*'  I  tb ought  goikl  (Q  t 
Mrvo  to  the  uunaviiig  of 
have  niiw  tu         ' 
nece»*ur\'  lo  I 
purpose  T  .i;'( 
rwi<k'  !' 
whom  I 
the  ihi 
confer 
act   <mi- 
(with  < 
th«   kf< 
hn!    -■ 
pi 


M 
I 

It 
to 

JultH  Norrwycc,  to 
vin^r  at  (lari^rfer{^ii9 

■'■-  /,    ti) 


fom.v  - 


..'Ut  jjiiiiiil  for 
.  nod  whttn  I 

;  LU    Lii.iK'-     Lii'.r    X.'Utii    leia   8US- 

1  pre(eiided),  1  withilrew  mrwlf 

|)t.  Norryce  with  hia  company 

'   letters  of  ilirection    unto  th'a 

frigates,  which  ho  found  Ibcro  ready 


my 


« 


NorrcjfS,  accordinglj,  on  the  departnre  of  hia 
chief,  took  counsel  with  Dr:i'  '"  .andSydny, 
"the  captains  of  the  three  '  vho,  r&uhij 

uasenting  to  the  practicabiiuy  m  lue  proposed 
scheme,  concluded  to  take  it  in  hnnd  at  once. 
They  collected  all  the  small  boats  belonging  to 
the  ti)wn,  which  would  suffice  tor  transports,  iind 
on  July  20th,  the  expedition  irot  untW  weigh 
ffom  Carriekferpus.  It  js  not  a<lued  whut  number 
of  men  WHS  told  ofT  for  this  tiervice.  Owing  to 
the  variublencss  of  the  winds  the  fleet,  when  at 
Ma,  parted  company,  .and  nearly  three  days  were 
Conjuiiled  In  '.e  island.     No  other  incon- 

venience, e\  loss  of  time,  resulted  from 

this  delay;  loi- ^  l,  "  all  so  well  guided 

themselves,  that  i  i ;  the  latfding-place  of 

the  Raughliciis  tlic  xxij  Jay  in  the  moniinp  at 
OUe  instant."  The  spot  chosen  for  the  debarca- 
lion  uj'  the  troop-  '  <bly  in  Church  Bay. 

The  ifilander*.  i  the  tnrdy  approach  of 

the  English,  and  luny  ••niujirchendinfj  their  object, 
had  ample  time  to  prepare  for  resiat.ince.  They 
drew  up  rdl  their  forces  on  the  beach,  every  fuot 
of  which  tiiey  ubstlnately  contested  ;  but  being 
^t  h'l  "I-  '^"rpowered  by  the  invaders,  they  fled, 
II,  "to  a  castle  which   they  had,  of 

c:_    , strength,"    where,  outatripning  their 

pursner*,  they  shut  themselves  «n.  The  castle 
referred  to  by  the  Earl  was  probably  that  which 
bore  tho  nmue  of  the  Bruc  %  fi"om  the  fact  of  his 
having  found  an  a!<ylum  there,  in  the  winter  of 
1306,  when  driven  out  of  Scotland  by  Baliol. 
The  foundation?  of  it  arc  still  visible  in  the  north- 
ea*terTi  corn- 

The  KngI ;  ,  invest  tho  place,  and, 

after   much  m  which    several    fell 

on  either   xi  th^  fiipfnin"  of  the 

h^  '        '     '  ri  the  2Gth, 

■    '  tD.  JuK-  .';|, 


to  capitulate,  almost  unconditionally.  Only  (he 
lives  of  the  "  ConsLible,"  and  of  bis  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  wldiers  bfing  moved  an<l  much  dtirrcd  with  the 
lose  of  their  fellows,  which  wore  slayne,  and  desirous  of 
revenge,  iti'ide  reqaest,  or  rather  pressud  to  have  tbt 
killing  of  thpm,  which  they  did  all,  saving  ihc  persous 
lo  whom  Lfs  waa  promised,  and  a  pledge  which  was 
prisoner  in  the  castle  was  also  naved,  who  is  sou  to  Alejt- 
aiidi'f  Og  M'Alynter  Harrj'.  .  .  .  There  were  slayn  that 
con>e  out  n(  the  Cafltle,  of  all  norts,  CC ;  and  presently 
newa  i*  brought  me,  out  of  Tvnonc,  that  they  be  occupied 
still  in  killing,  and  have  slayn  [all]  that  tUcy  have 
found  hidden  in  caves  and  in  ctitTs  of  tho  ^ea,  to  the 
number  of  CCC*  more." 

Detcriores  omnes  tumtu  licentid  I  For  rnVself,  I 
am  thankful  to  have  lived  in  the  age  of  Mormon 
and  Zadkiel,  instead  of  in  that  of  Bacon  and 
Shakspere. 

The  spoil  taken  in  the  island  amoanted  to  4000 
sheep,  300  kine,  200  stud  mares,  and  suthcient 
"  beer-corn  "  to  supply  300  men  for  a  whole  year, 
besides  other  more  valuable  household  property. 

If  ferocious  to  his  enemies,  Essex  was  ffrateful 
to  his  friends,  more  especlully  to  the  con<juerorfl 
of  Katblin.  In  beseeching  the  cjuoen  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  Waisingham.  to 
whom,  in  a  private  oommunication,  he  adds  in  a 
postscript, — 

"  T  do  understand  this  day  by  a  spy,  coming  from 
Sorleboy's  camp,  that  upon  my  late  joamey  made  agaijist 
hira,  bo  then  put  most  of  his  plate,  most  of  hia  children, 
and  the  children  of  the  most  part  of  bis  gentlemen  with 
hira,  andthoir  wives  into  the  Raughlion»,  which  be  alt 
taken  and  executed,  as  the  spy  soith.  ond  in  all  to  tho 
number  of  vjC"'.     S..  '  iln««toixl  upon  th«  main- 

land of  the  (ilyimit.  Inkin;;;  iif' the  inland,  and 

was   liki-ly   to  run  ..  ..^  Jirow  (iis  the   spy  saith), 

teahug  and  toriuenting  hinuoit,  o&d  saying,  Chat  be  thea 
lost  all  that  ever  he  liuiL" 

"  As  tho  spy  saith," — twice  nveated!  Let  us 
flatter  ourselves  with  the  idea,  that  the  writer^a 
humanity  was  slightly  touched  —  that  he  was  har- 
bouring an  a<xreeable  suspicion  that  some,  if  not 
all,  of  these  helpless  women  and  children  hud 
escaped  from  the  swords  of  his  fiendish  soldiery. 

Essex  set  great  store  by  his  conquest  of  Rutb- 
lin  :  it  was  fije  only  fruit  of  hin  costly  labours  in 
Ulster.  Among  the  Cott.  MSS.  in  the  British 
Museum,  tliore  is  one  (Titus,  B.  xii.  f.  417), 
entitled  "  Tlie  Eurle  of  Essex  Declaracon  in  what 
Estate  he  founde  UUtcr  at  hia  arrival  there,  and 
bow  he  left  it  at  his  comeing  awaye."  The  Eiurl 
remarks  therein,  iuter  alia,  "  when  I  was  dis- 
charged, 1  left  the  KAWi^VvEWi  \v\.  V«  ^"i'^V  V^" 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


banish  the  St'ot."  He  is  aiikcd  (probably  by 
Burghlej)  :  "  What  is  meant  to  be  done  with  the 
isle  of  Ruughliens ;  omi  how  may  it  be  recovered 
and  kept;  atid  what  profit  may  grow  tlieieby  ?" 
To  which  Etsex  replies :  "  A  fbvtifiuation  in  the 
Baushliens,  with  a  sufficient  force  u^i  rcsiiit  their 
landing  at  the  firsts  is  the  moat  requisite;  within 
short  space  [it]  will  bear  the  charge  with  a  gain." 
Of  the  subsequent  fortunes  of  the  island,  I  know 
nothing.  B, 


FASmONABLE  QUARTERS  OF  LONDON. 

[mo.  in.] 

The  Revolution  intniduces  us  to  the  great 
Lord  Somers ;  who,  soon  after  he  was  appointed 
Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal,  removed  from 
the  Temple  to  Powis  Hou.se,  in  Lincoln's  Inn 
Fields.  This  bouse  King  William  determined 
should  be  for  ever  appropriated  to  the  use  of  the 
Chancellor  or  Keeper.  It  was,  therefore,  pur- 
ph.ised  by  the  government,  in  1696,  for  that  pur- 

Sose;  and  Lord  Somers,  and  his  successor  Sir 
fnthan  Wright,  both  remained  in  it  while  they 
held  the  office. 

Lord  Cowper,  daring  bis  first  Chancellorship  in 
Queen  Anne'g  reijrn,  also  resided  in  the  same 
house,  as  also  did  his  successor  Lord  Harcourt ; 
but  before  Lord  Cowper's  second  Chancellorship, 
in  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  George  L,  the 
house  had  come  into  the  possession  of  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle,  and  was  thencelbrwiird  called  New- 
castle House.  It  still  exists,  and  forms  the  north- 
west an^lt:  of  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  leading  into 
Great  QuePn  Street.  After  leaving  this  house, 
Lord  Cowper  remove<l  to  Great  George  Street, 
Westminster. 

I  am  not  certain  where  Sir  Thomas  Parker,  the 
unfortunate  Earl  of  Macclesfield,  resided  while  he 
was  Lord  Chancellor  of  George  I.;  but  lie  was  at 
the  time  of  his  death  building  a  house  in  St. 
James's  Square;  and  be  died,  in  1732,  in  hia eon's 
house  in  Soho  Square. 

Of  George  1 1. «  first  Chancellor,  Peter,  Lord 
King,  I  do  not  know  the  town  residence.  His 
aecorul  Chaticellor,  Charles  Lord  TaHK>(,  lived 
And  tiled  in  Lincoln'.'^  Inn  Field*,  but  in  what 
house"  d.    His  third  C"  Philip, 

LonI  I '  ,  who  held  the  i  nearly 

twenty  vonr^,  nied  sevco  yCMv  ai"r  iih  resigna- 
tion in  a  houAe  so  far  west  as  Grosvenor  Square ; 

but  his  residence,  while  he  wa«  in  if  ■  •     in 

•notbor  Powis  Houtic  in  Gn^at  On'  t, 

the  site  of  which  is  nr>\-  • •■•  --I  |iy  1'.,,, ..  ,  ,.,, ,.. 

Of  the   numerous    ^  -  of  (Jeorge  III., 

I  do  not  know  the  olK Jences  of  Kobert 

Henley,  Earl  of  Northington,  nor  of  Charles 
Pratt,  Lord  Caoiden ;  but  the  latter  died  at  his 
Louiiff  in  HUl  Street,  Berkeley  Square,  in  1794, 


twenty-four  years  after  his  retirement,  when  nu' 
gration  to  the  west  had  become  common. 

Henry  Buthurst,  Lord  Apsley  and  " 
thurst,  o'n  receiving  the  Great  Seal,  resit 
Street,  Soho  ;  but  afterwards  built  Apslej 
in  Piccadilly,  now  the  residence  of  the  D' 
Wellington. 

For  the  town  residences  of  the  Hon. 
Torke,  of  Edward,  Lord  Thurlow,  of  Alex 
Lord  Loughborough,    and   of  some  otlier« 
which  I  am  unacquainted,  I  roust  rely  upon 
numerous  correspondents, 

John  Scott,  Earl  of  Eldon,  resided  when  LonL 
Chancellor,  at  first  in  BcdJord  Square,  and  tins 
in  Hamilton  Place,  Piccadilly. 

Thomas  Erskine,  Lord  Erskine,  during  the  brief 
period  in  which  he  held  the  Great  s.-O  •-■■'Jtled. 
on  the  south  side  of  Lincoln's  Inn  i  tbi 

house  afterwards  occupied  by  the  Vl.  ...  _  lub. 

John  Singleton  Copley, Lord  Lyndhurst  —  Lord 
Chancellor  to  three  sovereigns,  George  IV.,  Wii- 
liam  IV.,  and  our  present  Queen  —  died  thenthf/ 
day  (as  we  all  have  cause  to  lament)  a*  t  h  •  x>a.iD' 
archal  age  of  ninety-two,  in  the  bo-  rp 

Street,  Hanover  Square,  which  he  «^'  -  lult 

in  office. 

Lord  Brou^iham'a  residence  while  Lo>\l 
cellor  to  William  IV,,  was  in  Grafton  Str 
Bond  Street. 

AVith  regard  to  Queen  Victoria's  C 
require  information  as  to   the  resi- 
Earl  of  Cottenhara,  Lord  Truro,  anu    i.or 
Leonard's,  while  in  office ;  but  they  were 
the  west. 

Lord  Cranworth  resided  in  Upper  Brooke  StrM^ 
Grosvenor  Square. 

Lord  Chelmsford'ii  house  was,  and  ia,  Iti  TMim 
Square, 

Lord  Campbell  carried  the  Seal  aa  f«r  tnuA' 
west  as  Stratbedon  House,  Knightsbri<lg#:       '" 
the  present  Chancellor,  Lord  We^JtburjTj  V 
rnucn   the   same    distance   narth*we«t,   >n 
Park  Gardens,  Bayswater  Road. 

Having  thus  shown  the  migration  of  these 
functionaries  from  one  extreme  to  the 
hope  some  of  your  corrosptmdents  will  supply  ; 
with  the  progress  of  fashion  which  has  Iru  <M 
classes  and  professions  from  the  cost  to  ibffl 
And   I  shall  be  obliged  by  any  utiiV 
corrections  of,  the  details  which  I 
you.  £i>wAKi>  r 


JOHN  KRKUKKH'K  LAMPR 
The  stalementi  ma^lc  by  the  rnuMlcal  hi^t< 

and    hi ■■.l.t.."i     .■,,1,,-i  rtnl...    ll...    ll.M,.    -IImI 

the  d. 

to    IIcli:  _,     ■-  _,  -    '       ,>  V  ^.     -ii 

tnock  opera  of  Fj/ramiu  and  1'hube,  is  coneoit 


r 


V'  S.  V.  Jas.  80,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


93 


in  the  true  spirit  of  burlesque,)  are  very  contra* 
dictorj. 

Hawkins  (History  of  Music,  London,  177G,  v. 
371),  says  "  Lnaipe  died  in  London  about  twenty 
years  ago."  Burney  (History  of  Mwtie^  iv.  672, 
London,  1789,)  tells  us  that  Lampe,  "quitting 
London  in  1749,  resided  two  years  at  Dublin  ; 
and  in  1750  went  to  Edinburgh,  where  he  settled, 
very  macb  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  patrons  of 
music  in  that  city,  and  of  himself;  but  in  Jnly, 
1751,  he  was  seized  with  a  fevci'  which  put  an 
end  to  his  existence  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine." 
This  statement  Is  repeated,  in  nearly  the  sunie 
words,  in  the  article  "Lwnpc"  in  Rees'd  Cyclo- 

ftedia  (also  written  by  Burney),  the  date  1748, 
owevcr,  being  substituted  for  1749.  The  ac- 
count given  in  Barney's  History  is  copied  in 
Gerber's  Lexicon  der  lonkun*tler  (iii.  166,  Leip- 
zig, 1813),  and  in  Schilling's  Lexicon  der  Ton- 
hiiiut  (iv.  312,  Stuttgart,  1837).  The  Dictionary 
of  Miisicianit  (London,  1824,)  states  that  "Lampe 
died  in  London  in  the  year  1751 ;"  and  Fetis 
(^Biograpkie  da  AfuMiciena,  Brussels,  1840,  vi.  34), 
says.  '*  II  raourut  en  1756," 

The  Qenn-al  Advertiter,  London  newspaper,  of 
Thursday,  September  12,  1751,  has  the  tbllowing 
paragraph :  — 

"  By  1  1   E'linbiugh,  wc  hare  the  following 

in*cript!.  :n  the  moaument  of  Mr.  Lampc,  the 

eelbbruUvx  :,.^,Wi  ui  Miuick,  who  lately  died  there  i  — 

"  *  Here  lie  the  raortnl  Remains  of  John  Frederick 
I^rnpe,  wbo«e  hannonioru  Compo»itlon»  iihqll  outluit 
moouTncntal  Reci^ters,  and  with  melodious  Notes  through 
future  Ages  perpetuate  bis  Fame,  'till  Time  shall  sink 
into  Eternity.  Uij  Taste  for  moral  Harmony  kppearod 
through  all  hia  Conduct.  He  was  a  most  loving'  Bus- 
band,  an  nfftctionate  Father,  Friend,  and  Companion. 
On  the  25th  Day  of  July,  1751,  in  the  4eth  Year  of  his 
Age,  he  was  summoned  to  join  that  heavenly  Concert 
with  the  ble«sed  Choir  above,  where  his  virtuous  Soul 
now  onjoys  that  Uarmony  which  was  his  chief  Delight 
upon  Earth.* " 

It  is  curious  (supposing  this  inscription  to  be 
accurate)  that  the  statements  of  nil  Lnmpe's  bio- 
graphern  should  be  more  or  less  tainted  with 
error ;  Burney,  whose  account  in  other  respects 
is  correct,  erring  with  respect  to  the  deceased's  age. 

Can  any  of  your  readers  inform  us  in  what 
church,  churchyard,  or  other  place  of  sepulture 
in  the  Scottish  metropolis,  Lompe's  remains  rest? 
What  is  the  character  of  bis  monument,  if  exist- 
ing? And  whether  the  copy  of  the  inscription, 
given  in  the  Oenertd  Adrertiaer,  is  correct  or 
not?  W.  H.  Hdsk. 


PALINDROMICAL  VKRSES:  JANl  DE  B18SCH0P 
CHORUS  MUf>AKnM. 

'I'hc  pages  of  "  N.  &  Q."  have  repeatedly  con- 
tained specimens  of  Palindromical  verses  and 
other  kinds  of  misdirected  literary  labour;  but  1 


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  such 
trilling. 

I  subjoin  its  title,  verbat'un :  — 

"  Jani  De  Uisschop  Chorrifl  Mnf<ftrum,  id  est,  Klogia, 
Poemata,  Epigrammata,  T  '  '  niiito,  Ludus  PueU- 
oos.  An  UeimcLica,  ttc.     <  avorum, 

rjoh:  L_        ..,  J 
Ex  Officina  ■<  ct  >«Dt)c." 

(.    Is:  Sevorini  j 

The  volume,  a  stout  small  8vo  of  434  pages, 
i-otiimences — after  two  dedications,  one  of  them  to 
Cornelius  De  Wittc,  Baro  de  Ruiter  —  with  u 
series  of  elogia  on  different  members  of  the  De 
Huitcr  famil)'.  A  poem  on  the  Birth-day  of 
William  III.  and  others  on  the  Praise  of  Amster- 
dam, the  Fire  of  London,  &c.  succeed.  Next 
in  order  are  the  Epigrams,  occupying  nearly  160 
pa^cs,  and  for  the  most  part  wofully  dedcient  in 
point,  all  at,  least  I  have  had  patience  to  read. 
Here  is  one  of  the  best :  — 

"  EratmHs  infcau. 
"■  Parvus  eras,  nee  Erasmus  eras  raus,  dJctns  Erasmiu, 
Die  age,  si  Sam  mus,  tunc  quoqae  summus  ero." 

The  next  division  of  the  work,  and  the  first 
which  is  characteristic  of  it — entitled  Lndux 
Poeticus — begins  with  a  Palindromical  poem; 
apparently,  however,  not  written  by  Bisschup,  as 
it  is  termed  Melo$  retrogradum  ieyvitxTrov, 

This  composition  extends  to  no  less  than  sixty 
lines,  hut  the  first  six  will  probably  be  enough  for 
the  readers  of"  N.  &  Q."  — 

'•  Sumerc  tironem  si  vis,  roc  norit  eremus : 
Jiirem  non  animn,  nomina  non  merui. 
Aspice :  nam  raro  mittit  timor  ormo,  nee  ipsa, 

Si  Be  menle  reget,  non  tegeret  Nemesis. 
Sic  turn  animal  rectt,  me  dem,  et  certAmina  mutem, 
Si  res  una  velit  utile,  vanus  eris." 

It  will  be  observed  that  each  line  may  be  made 
the  same  syllubically,  whether  read  from  right  to 
left,  or  rice  verxa. 

Next  in  order  is  a  poem,  In  Natalem  Christie 
extending  to  eighteen  lines,  and  constructed  on  a 
model  which  will  be  best  understood  by  a  speci- 
men :  — 

"  Magne  puelle,  jaces  lecto,  te  stringit  egestas ; 
Agne  tendle,  tacea  tecto,  me  cingit  honestas.^ 
./Ethera  pax  spemit,  dux  majestate  tremenda : 
Sidera  fax  cemit,  lux  libertate  vercnda," 

Various  classes  of  similar  verses  succeed,  which 
I  shall  name  in  order,  giving  a  specimen  of  each. 
"  Coneordatttn  Vtr$u*. 
vcntus  quas  obruit 

Accendit  Oainmas,  tuida. 

vinum  quod  temperat 

Corrtlntivi  Fer/MM. 
Fmdator,  ntilcA,  lictor,  neco,  saucio,  macto, 

Plebero,  hostem,  furem,  ftBAdiNMJk, «>»&,  t-TiRs.. 
Sic  legito  |>T*<:«df.T\»w  wtwcsUax  Y^wSt^lsjm  i^^t^^-^A"- 


94 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[8r«8.V.  JAsr.SOi'R 


framdibu$:  mUu  ioueio  horiem  entef  Stlor  mmcta  ftortm 

CtUCtt 

BcalarU  gradatio. 
Sol  solas  Bolidat  solamina  sollicitonim 
Sollicitatoruin  Bollicitudinibus. 

Gigantei  Vtrna. 
"Terriflcarvrant  OtthomannopoliUnos 
IntempestiTU  anxietadinibas. 
DebSIlaTemnt  GntfamopoliUnoa, 
Terricolamentifl,  Carlomontesii. 
Depngnarerunt  Constantinopolitanl, 
Opprobramentia  illachtymabilibos." 

Vema  rteumnUt  teu  redproei,  exhavico  PeHtanutnim. 
"  Agros  cultor  aro  non  pigra  sedalitate. 
Sadulitate  pigT&  non  aro  cultor  agros." 

Literee  Relrograda. — ^Tbis  is  a  letter  rej^ding 
a  young  man  to  his  father,  which,  read  from  the 
beginning,  expresses  praise,  and,  from  the  end 
(the  punctuation  at  the  same  time  being  slightly 
altered),  censure.  One  sentence,  forming  about 
one-fifth  of  the  whole,  will  suffice :  — 

"  Pater,  filios  tans  fVngi  viyit,  nee  preciosios  tempos, 
et  pecuniam  dilapidat ;  freqnentandis  identidem  templis 
et  gj'mnasiis,  non  compotationibiu^  comessationibos,  ve- 
natoi,  aleis,  ludis  operam  dat.     Vice  vend, 

"  Dat  operam  ludis,  aleis,  venatoi,  comessationibus, 
compotationibus,  non  gymnasiis  et  teraplis  identidem  fre- 
qnentandis :  dilapidat  pecuniam  et  tempos  pteciosius,  noc 
viTit  fhigi  tnus  filius,  pater." 

Jmui  in  Kterd  A.    Lam  GiciMnij  ///.,  ^. 
**  Agglomerata  aciea,  addensans  agminls  alas, 
Advolat  auziliia,  arvot^ae  alhlget  aperto : 
AuriacDsqae  aniens  animia,  animosior  arta^ 
Aoctoratus  adest,  anna  aureus,  aureus  arma 
Adfremit ;  auratis  armis  acdngitnr  armos." 

And  so  on  for  thirty-three  lines  more. 

Echo  in  IgnaticoloM. — This  is  a  long  poetical 
invcctiTe  against  the  followers  of  Ignatius  Loyola, 
extending  to  fifty-two  pages,  and  containing  many 
references  to  notorious  members  of  the  orcfer  and 
their  ncfarioua  doings.  Each  lino  ends  with  an 
•*  echo,"  thus  — 
**  Patres,  Jcsu  nomen  sibi  arrogantes,  fbrantar,— orantnr. 

Est  societas  superba,  famosa,  passim  invisa,  orbi  fatidis ; 
— Ulis. 

Patres  qucrunt  gloriam  sni,  non  Dei  majorem  -,—o  rem ! 

Ignatium,  liominem  militarem  Deo,  assimnlant, — simu- 
lant." 

Ijogogriphi.—Wriva,  virus,  vir,  tus. 
T  si  sustuleris  me<lio  de  nomine ;  rerum 
(>ptima  que  fueram,  renim  tunc  pessima  f!o. 
Mas  caput  est ;  mca  cauda  petit  sibi  funus,  ct  ignes." 
^nigmata.  —  Of  those  there  arc  upwards  of 
three  hundred.    We  subjoin  the  sixty-ninth,  on 
a  telescope :  — 

"  Non  video ;  per  me  fkdo  vidlsso  remota : 
Extender,  minnor ;  manus  adiuvat.    Aspicis  ex  me 
Sidera,  qusB  fugiunt  oculos.    Ego  servio  nantis." 

We  also  subjoin  one  of  a  diflerent  class :  — 
"  Oo  papapa,  ii  mnmama :  mors  rumrum  erit  phusphos- 

phus  ie.-iienn*.  et  mimiminus  vitic  rererenn :  ftliciaci  iii 

ad  pammm  mimiminare  popopount. 
**  8ie  bgUo  voces  pnmdaats :  Otb  patv,  Wt  maUr : 


men  dmrum  erit  <nMMpAtw  utemtu,  tt  femossw  vilm  to» 
rena :  fdieiter  iter  adpatriam  termntne  potervaU.** 

Among  some  Sententiee  retrogradee,  p.  41 4»  oc- 
curs the  famous  line  which  has  been  dUscuased  ia 
"N.  &Q.":  — 

"  Sator  erepo  tenet  opere  rotaa." 

It  will  be  observed  there  is  a  slight  difference 
between  this  version  and  the  common  one.  If 
we  suppose  Erepo  to  bo  a  proper  name,  then, 
some  such  meaning  as  this  might  be  educed  firwB 
this  puzzling  line,  which  it  is  worth  noting  Biss* 
chop  speaks  of  as  ancient  {anttquum) — ^The  planter 
Erepo  holds  (or  arrests)  by  an  effort  the  wneeb. 

"  Quid  est  Veritas  ?    Est  vir  qui  adest. 
Ignatius  Xaverins.    Gavisi  sunt  vexari. 
Cornelius  Jansenins.    Calvini  sensus  in  are." 

I  have  now  furnished  the  readers  of  **  N.  ft  Qn* 
with  sufficient  materials  for  forming  an  estimate 
of  this  extraordinary  volume.  Their  astonish- 
ment will  be  immeasurably  enhanced  when  th^ 
read  the  following  sentence,  which  comprises  mt 
whole  of  a  prelimmary  address  to  the  reader,  witk 
the  exception  of  a  reference  to  the  very  numermtf 
typograpnical  errors  which  occur  throughout  thi 
work :  — 

"  Si  pocmatum  meorum  fontes,  ingenii  tui  palato  sa|riimt> 
addam  prcterea  ferGulorum  delicias,  qninqoe  alia  vola- 
mina,  eadem,  ut  hie  libellus,  fbrma  in  octavo  imprlmeiidai 
quorum  secundum  volumen  erit  Heroicomm  poematut; 
tertium  Eiegiacorum  variorum  plurimorum :  qnaitsB 
Elegiacorum  in  Patrem  Commire  Jesuitam  Galium,  qoi 
>Iabi.«  Stuart.^  regine  lianes  consceleravit :  qninlaB 
LjTicorum :  seztum  Elogionim :  septimum  undecim  nil- 
lium  sententiarum  fere  novarum :  octavum  Comcadiaraa 
ac  IVa^oedianun  Latinarum :  uonum  denique  imajinf 
secundi  snculi  Jesuitarum." 

The  discrepancy  between  the  general  and  spe- 
cific enumeration  of  these  MS.  volumes  is  rvj 
curious,  and  not  corrected  in  the  list  of  errata. 

I  suspect  the  work  is  rare.  Besides  mj  own 
copy,  I  have  only  traced  it  in  three  Catalc^ues  — 
one  of  these  that  of  Dr.  Parr's  Library,  where  it 
occurs  under  the  head  of  "  Rccentiorcs  Poetid, 
Satirici,  Facet!,  &c."  No  note  appears  to  have 
bei'n  found  in  Dr.  Parr's  copy,  but  I  may  quote 
what  he  says  of  the  whole  class  in  which  he  bad 
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  "  N.  &  Q.'*  desire 
to  see  some  further  specimens  of  Bisschop's  la- 
bours, I  shall  be  happy  to  transmit  a  few  tot  in- 
sertion in  its  pages.  J.  I). 
Edinburgli. 

Esquire.  —  I  have  just  found  the  following 
among  some  papers,  which  may  be  interestJuiC  to 
readersofN.  &Q.:"—  ^ 

"  In  the  year  1825,  at  the  Glo;t«r  Spring  Quarter  8«a- 
tkm,  three  vinegar-nakers  indicted  eertab  tbtoras  Itara 


J^RT.  JAir.W.'Bll 


N( 


QUERIES. 


95 


* 


robbory,  and  e«ll«d  tbatnaelTet  Ejqnires  in  the  indict- 
in«nt  In  proving  th*  cam  tbej  provcti  thcmcelvca  to  be 
Tinrgar-makcrs,  and  tfao  witneueti  who  Bwore  to  that 
fjjrt,  wprf  (•rop<«-cTorrfnH  flf  Irn^fh  ««  tn  the  fnol  nf  fhclr 

bi-i  '  ■  ■     ■  '  '  .  <^i>anspl- 

Jfi-  on  the 

g,..  -  j..;i.     lie 

sairl.  tliat  i(  the  culprits  wrre  couvil(i>i1  oh  «ucb  an  ia> 
iliclmeiit,  they  might  b«  indicted  at  a  future  time  for 
the  :«afne  oflcnco  li;.  i  irtie*  under  thf  true  de- 

«li:nfllion  ofvineg:ii  thoat  beinij  able?  to  gup- 

port  n  ii^M  of  autrrj  ,  by  the  prcKluction  of  the 

fir  '  riL     It  WHS  lugued  on  all  hundfi,  that  if  a 

p'  timiire,  aud  also  a  vinegar-maker,  he  may 

c.)  r  niil  mon?  worthy  ndilition;  hut  it  waa 

c<  :  I  a  permn  who  was  not  an  enquire  had  no 

rii.'  liioiMlf  «o  to  the  detriment  of  :i  party  ac< 

ciisetL  In  aupport  of  the  indictnieot,  it  was  said  among 
other  thine*,  that  the  vinef^jr-makera  mieht  he  <>'quire« 


!»• 


Oouil  ... 
the  Me 


A  llie  vali<iity  oC  the  indtcUnerit,  and 
{uitled.     8hutt  and  Juatiee  were  the 
utors." — Froin  u  note  ip'ven  waHjffeari 
liu  a  BntrUter  who  was  in  the  court  at  the  lime. 

H.  T.  E. 

Lord  Gardkivstok,  one  of  <he  JuJires  of  llie 
Court  of  Scssioji  in  Jsr.iflniul  foHTided  about  A 
century  ngo  the  ;  if  Laurencekirk, 

on  bis  prnporty  in  re.  To  encourage 

•IrarigerstOHeftlo  in  it,  hcgjive  Fn-e  Riglite  (copy- 
holds) at  an  iinimuuily  low  r.itc,  ahd  conscquenMj 
got  several  of  Jliem  taken  by  parties  of  question- 
able respectability.  He  butlt  an  inn  in  the  vil- 
I«,::e,  ana  put  into  one  of  the  rooms  an  album, 
inviting  travellers  to  write  in  it  ony  suggestions 
or  observAlions;  and  he  calle<l  frequently  to  look 
at  the  contents.  It  1b  said  that  he  felt  mueti  nettled 
on  finding  In  it  one  morning  the  following  linos: — 

"  From  stnall  boffinnings  Ronin  of  old 

p , „^  . ,   ,.,  pj, 

'J  told. 

•  hI  banditti; 
<JDoUi  1  huuiaA, '  i  livii  lli«4  limo  may  come 
Whco  Laurencekirk  Bh&ll  equMl  Uoine.'" 

G. 
inbargb. 

TtausH  Wool  in  lf>82. — In  turning  over  the 
:e9  of  a  learned  disquisition  written  by  a  Gor- 
and  publisbe<l  "  Francofurti  od  Viadrum  " 
1G82,  I  found  the  following  pauage  relative 
the  tuerita  of  English  wool,  which  may  be  worth 
■fiirriDg  to  your  columtis :  — 

"'^'  '  "  '  -    ■-■■1  Honltas  est  Uo»  Angli- 

en:  .4trasGerinanicaBmagni- 

tn  '  <ir  mrlior  pllflin  Hlnnim 


matiia  ivuiiu^it,  icii  (Jiu  luum  4;!juUuuuin  l(>»iji  ci.itit'«i- 
4ani-** 


This  occur*  at 
dica  fk  l.ana  et  L- 


i  of  a  Dixurr/atio  juri' 
David  Coffler.    In  the 


Butnmary  of  contents  the  pasaage  is  thus  indicated  : 
"  Lana  Anglicana  melior  e«t  Germanica,  ct  que 
ratio  ejus."  J.  M. 

A  TtSTiMONT  TO  oni  CuMATK, — The  Timet  of 
the  20th  iniiiant  chronicles  the  de.-ith  of  eipht  per- 
sons bolween  seventy  and  ei»rhty,  of  five  betw^-en 
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 
21st  we  read  of  fineen  dying  between  seventy  and 
eighty,  of  eight  between  eighty  and  ninety,  and 
one  over  ninety.  The  averayre  of  these  twenty- 
four  being  very  nearly  seventy-six  years  a-piece. 
On  the  25Jnd  there  appeared  two  over  ninety,  six 
between  eighty  ana  ninety,  and  ten  between 
seventy  anu  eighty.  The  average  here  being 
nearly  seventy-nine.  On  the  'iSrd,  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  woidd  say,  If  those  eijihty 
individuals,  whose  longevity  we  have  noticed,  bad 
lived  anywhere  else  but  in  our  own  land  of  fogs 
and  changeable  weather,  they  would  never  have 
died  at  all.  R.  C.  L. 


^yxixisi. 


MILTON'S  THTUD  WIFE  AND  ROOEll  COMBER- 
BACH  OF  NANTWICH. 
In  turning  over  the  leaves  the  other  day  of  a 
little  book,  entitled  Description  of' Nuneham- Court- 
ney, in  the  Comty  of  Oxford^  1797,  8vo,  I  met  with 
the  following  note,  in  the  catalogue  of  pictures  in 
the  library,  given  at  p.  28  :  — 

"  Milton,  bv  Vandcrguflht)  aftw  tb«  original  in  the 
Maseoaion  of  Lord  Ouclow ;  at  tbo  back  of  which  ii  tho 
following  iriKriptionc  — 

"  'This  originnl  picture  of  Milton*  I  bought  In  the 
year  VtiM  or  Iz-IO,  and  paid  twenty  guineas  for  it,  of  Mr, 
Cumtjcrbalfh,  a  gentleman  of  very  good  consideration 
in  <'!he8ter,  who  was  a  relation  and  executor  of  the  will 
of  Blilton's  last  wife,  who  died  a  little  while  before  that 
lime.  Ilo  told  me  it  bnng  up  in  her  chamber  till  her 
deatli,  and  that  she  u»ed  to  say  her  huabaod  gave  it  her, 
to  show  her  what  he  was  in  bis  youth,  being  drawn 
when  he  waa  about  twenty -one  ve&ra  of  age. 

'  An.  Osstow.*  •• 

In  Mltford's  edition  of  Milton's  Worki  (p.  vli., 
note),  I  read:  "The  picture  of  Milton,  when 
about  twenty,  was  in  the  possession  of  the  Rt. 
Hon.  Arthur  Onslow."  This  portmit  forms  a 
fronlispieco  to  Maiison's  Life  of^  Milton.  My 
ohjf'ct  in  troubling  you  with  this  Note,  is,  to 
tin  the  connection  between  Mr,  Comber- 
.itid  Mrs.  Milton,  alluded  to  in  the  above 

•  An  aecount  of  the  different  portraits  of  Milton  will 
b«  fMtnd  In  the  Lancashire  and  Cheshire  Uist  Society 
PabUbalions,  vol.  xiL  p.  IS5. 


■5^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[SMS.V.  jAjrJ 


the  lust  Visitation  of  Cheshire,  we  find 
Comberbach,  of  Nantwich,  among  those  wl 
claimed  their  right  to  arms.     And  as  f&r  as  I] 
learn  from  the  College  of  Arais,  no  grant 
ever  been  made.     My  d>?8ire  to  obtain 
tion  concerniDg  this  family,  must  be  my  ap 
for  trespassing  so  much  on  your  valuable  spa 
Gborgb  W.  Mjlxaua 


extract;  and  I  may  add,  that  any  information 
reliitivc  to  the  family  of  Comberbach,  or,  as  it  is 
frciiuently  sipelt,  Cumherbalch,  will  be  very  ac- 
ce|itable  to  and  gratefully  received  by  me. 

Ill  the  first  volume  of  Pickering's  edition  of 
Milton's  Works,  1851,  there  is  o  pudigree  of  the 
Cufuily  of  Milton  by  Sir  Chiirles  Young,  Garter. 
From  this,  it  appears  that  Milton  married  three 
timea  :  first,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  Powell ; 
second,  to  Catherine,  daughter  of  Captain  Wood- 
cock ;  ijotb  of  whom  died  m  child-bed,  having  had 
jssufc.  By  his  third  wife — "  Elizabeth  Minshull  of 
Stoke,  near  Nantwich,  co.  Chester,  marr.  lie. 
dated  1 1  Feb.  1662  ;  died,  very  old,  at  Nantwich, 
in  1729  (a  relation  to  Dr.  Paget)  ;  will,  in  which 
she  is  described  as  Elizabeth  Millon  of  Nantwich, 
CO.  Cheater,  wid.,  dated  22  Aug.  1717,  proved 
at  Chester,  Oct.  10,  1727,"— he  had  no  issue.  To 
this  extract  (from  Sir  G.  C.  Young's  pedigree) 
there  is  this  note :  — 

"  LlUabeth  Milton,  after  payment  of  debu  and  Ainenl 
•xponccs,  give*  the  residue  of  her  eff«<;tg  to  her  uephewi 
and  niecea  in  N'miiptwich  iKjually  to  be  divided,  without 
anmtng  them,  nnd  npp'iiuU  her  loving  friends  Samuel 
Acton  und  John  Allcock,  both  of  Numptwich,  exOrs: 
the  Utter  only  proved  the  will." 

From  this  it  would  appear  th.at  Mr.  Comber- 
bach was  not  an  executor.  That  he  knew  some- 
thing of  the  Milton  family,  is  shown  by  the 
annexed  extract  and  note  from  Peck's  New  Mc 
moirs  of  Milton,  p.  1  :  — 

"  Hr.  Milton's  mother  (I  am  Iiifann«d  *)  was  allaugh- 
toQ  of  Haughton  Tower  in  Lancastiire." 

"  •  From  a  letter  of  Roger  Coml>«rbach,  of  Chetler,  TLaq., 
to  William  Cowper,  Esq.,  Clerk  of  th«  Parliament,  dated 
15  Doc  1736." 

This  letter  is,  I  suppose,  lost ;  but,  if  extant,  it 
might  aflbrd  ?omc  in  formation. 

I  have  consulted  the  account"?  of  the  MinabuU 
fumilv  given  by  Ormerod  {Hi»tory  of  Cheshire, 
vol.  iii.  pp.  181,  191),  and  in  the  Publications  of 
tiie  Historic  Society  of  Lancashire  and  Cheshire 
(Session  II.  pp.  85,  232),  but  am  not  able  to  dis- 
cover the  connection  between  Elizabeth  Alinshuil 
kd  Mr.  Comberbacii  from  them. 

Mr.   Masson   {Life  of  Milton,   vol.  i.   p.  23), 

**  Bocer  Coinb«rboch  woi  Soger  Combarbach  *  the 
T«ung«r,  wm  of  on  older  of  Uial  iiaoM,  who  woa  bom  in 
ItfCt!  i  snd  became  iro^rder  of  Cl»«ter,  sad  aatbor  of 
•omo  legal  work*.  Both  lAibcr  and  »on  w«r»i  intorfjtietl 
in  the  antiquities  of  Chcelixre.  onii  both  Vfi       '  '  li 

well,  where  the  elder  bid  been  bora.    1^  'v 

di«il  «t  Nantwich  in  I727f  and  might  li«vc  ^  u 

to  both." 

I  cannot  tell  in  what  wsv  the  Comberbacht, 
£itthcr  and  son,  evinced  an  intertiot  in  the  anti- 
quities of  Cheshire.     I  mitst  *».y  I  doubt  it.     At 

"  SMaaaooooBtar  biadescandaaulnOii 

M.  n9,t81;  Barke'*CpeMiaMr«,vpl.  It.  p      ..     

ZmttM  G»i»y,  art  "  ^S^wetenham  of  Souerfonl  tioottuL"    I  tu  know  how  to  gut  at  the  truUi. 


AMsaicAN  AtiTHoas. — Can  any  of  yonr  Asia* 
rican  readers  give  me  any  biographical  partictt- 
lars  regarding  two  American  poct^  and  drnmatiaU»- 
I.  Jonas  B.  Philli|)S,  author  of  CamiUiUf 
acted  at  the  Arch  Street  Theatre,  Phil 
in  1833.  He  was  also  author  of  sevei 
plays.  2.  Dr.  Ware,  author  of  Dioiiy  a 
ncted  at  Philadelphia,  about  1828.  VHxo 
this  Dr.  Ware  ?  There  are  two  or  three  AmericaB 
Dr.  Wares.  I  find  these  authors  mentioned  ta 
Rees's  Dramatic  Authors  of  America,  Philadey>hia, 
1845.  R.L 

An  Aldtkb  fiooK. — Looking  over  a  verr  ki^ 
shelf  of  classical  books  during  the  ChrutXEMi 
holydaya,  I  met  with  Pompunius  Mela  and  9> 
linus,  commencing  with  an  address  by  Franciocot 
Asolanus,  12mo,  Venice,  1518.  On  consulting 
A.  A.  Renouard,  I  find  that  it  is  an  interesting 
edition,  considered  as  science  or  literature ;  but  1 
am  only  concerned  here  with  it  biblio^rrapLically. 
Renouard  (I  write  from  memory)  describee  tM 
book  on  two  8vo  pages,  but  he  omits  to  sav  ih$X 
it  is  printed   in  Italio  letter,  tliat  '  ire 

spaces  have  been  left  for  an  illumina^  .  ni^ 

mental  letter  at  the  beginning  of  eoch  chanter, 
which  (in  my  copy)  is  only  %  piccolo  in  the  middle 
of  the  square,  liut,  in  the  collation,  after  men* 
tioning  that  there  should  be  233  frmlUtt  aalL 
three  more,  the  last  with  the  anchor  (one  of 
most  elegant  and  delightful  bookmarks  I  km 
he  says  nothing  of  four  at  the  beginning 
book,  which  there  should  be  to  make  it  oofBj 
The  register  says  thot  ♦&,  b,  &c.  are  in 
nions.  Renouard  hns  omitted  altogether 
leaves  with  the  star.  Will  some  of  thoae 
enjoy  the  luxury  of  Aldus's  editions,  aod  of 
noiiord's  Aide  in  3  voIh.,  be  ao  L'ond  aa  to  IcU^ 
whether  I  am  correct,  and  whether  the  titj««] 
is  given  literally  correct  by  Renouard,  and 
it  is  arranged  lineatiml'  Wm.  Datu. 

liill  Cottage,  Erdington. 

B.ita/)oa9:  Tosts  DucEKaioxa. ->  li  U. 

dar'a  "<;•■.>♦  "  Unlloon  the  largojit  th-*  '■-- 
been  I  ?      I  «hould    be    , 

obliged  .  '   vi.iir  <■'" r,  .r.cindcuu   „, 

furnish  nu-  -   of  som( 


nio't     riiii: 


K.O' 


8"»  S.  V.  jAir.  30,  '64] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Bkech  Tbees  •ssveb.  stbvck  nr  Ligrtniko. 
This  is  an  opinion  which  prtivaiLs  in  Kent,  but, 
stran^re  to  relate,  in  Bucldngbamshirc,  which 
Abounds  in  these  trees,  the  saying  is  unknown. 
On  taking  some  long  rides  throush  the  woods 
there  last  summer,  we  observed  Oak,  Elm,  and 
AaL,  whi(.-h  had  evidently  suffered  more  or  less 
from  the  thunder-stroke,  but  not  one  Beech, 
though  lhi.'y  are  often  the  loftiest  trees  in  the 
forests.  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  mo  with  any  further 
information  ?  If  it  be  true  that  the  Beech  is 
pro<jf  to  the  electric  fluid,  it  will  be  very  valuable 
infuruiatinn,  as  lives  are  lost  almost  every  year 
by  persons  taking  sbelter  from  storms  of  Win 
beneath  trees  which  are  not  so  favoured.  The 
vame  thing  is  said  of  the  Bay  (^JLaunu  iiobilis)  in 
Italy.«  A.  A. 

Poets'  Comer. 

JoHW  Bhistow.  —  Mr.  Samuel  Tymms,  iti  his 
Family  Topographer  (vi.  Cumberland,  37),  mokes 
the  ibllowing  statement ;  — 

"  Of  Stainton  wu  Mr.  John  Bristow,  who  pablisbetl  a 
Surpetf  of  lk<  Laket  ixft^T  attaining  his  94th  year.  I3o 
never  cmploy«<J  a  surgeon  or  pliyajcian,  nor  gavo  a  foe 
to  a  lawyer;*  his  clothes  were  s^pun  iu  his  house,  and  made 
of  the  wool  of  his  own  aUcep." 

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- 
cumstiinues  I  have  recourse  to  your  columns,  in 
the  hope  of  obtaining  from  Mr.  Tymms  or  from 
some  other  quarter  more  definite  and  precise  in- 
formation respeclitig  John  Bristow  and  his  book. 

S.  Y.  R. 

BaiTisiu  Gaixsbt  akd  British  Ikstitutioh. — 
I  possess  a  landscape  thus  inscribed  on  its  back  : 
"Exhibited  at  the  British  Gallery,  1S21."  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. 

CcRious  Esssx  Satthg.  —  They  say  in  this 
county  "  Every  dog  has  his  day,  and  a  cat  has  two 
Sundayt.**  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 't 

A.  A. 

Porta*  Comer. 


To  CoMriTB. — Can 
me  with  the  earliest  . 
work,  of  this  verbf     ii 


rspondent  favour 

!i,  in  an  English 

>-^iiig  an  old  smoke- 

[•  For  Beroral'iirti«]««  on  this  sulijoct  s«e  •^N.  &  Q." 
1"  8.  vL  12»,  281 ;  vji.  :!5;  x.  611,— fcu.J 


dried  Scotch  book,  Guthrie's  Oreat  Interest,  Glas- 
gow, 1736,  I  find  the  verb,  and  I  find  Jamicson 
has  no  other  authority  than  the  passage  in  which 
I  tbund  it  independently.  He  mentions  that  the 
verb  has  no  existence  in  English.  It  is  not  in 
Walker's  Dictionary,  1831.         J.  D.  Camfdell. 

Eabu>om  or  DuNBAB.  —  Can  any  of  your 
readers  inform  me  whether  anything  more  than 
may  be  read  in  Douglas's  Peerage,  is  known  re- 
specting this  enrldom  having  been  claimed  or  as- 
sumed after  the  death  of  George  Home,  or  Hume, 
created  Earl  of  Dunbar  in  1605  Y  A  "  Lord 
Dunbar  "  is  mentioned  in  a  paper  now  before  me, 
dated  Feb.  2,  1613-14:  who  was  he?  George, 
Earl  of  Dunbar,  died  in  January,  1610-11. 

John  Bboce. 

C,  Upper  Gloacester  Street,  Dorset  Square. 

Eliaa,  a  kbw  Fbmale  CnaisTiAN  Name.  — 
The  late  much-lamented  Earl  of  Elgin  and  Kin- 
cardine has  left  an  only  surviving  daughter  by 
Ilia  first  wife  Elizabeth-Mary,  only  child  of  Charles 
Lennox  Cumming-Bruce,  Esq.  Her  name  is  Lady 
Elma  Bruce.  This  name  uf  Elma  is  one  I  never 
saw  before.  Is  it  a  composition  from  the  first 
syllables  of  her  mother's  two  names — Elizabeth 
and  ftlary  ?  J.  G.  N. 

Fheemasohs. — I  have  lately  found  an  allusion 
to  the  craft  in  a  place  where  it  would  be  least 
e.Ypected.  In  the  edition  of  the  letters  and  pane- 
^ric  of  Pliny  the  younger,  published  at  Leipsic 
in  1805,  wjth  notes  by  Gesner  and  others,  I  find 
the  following  passage  in  a  note  of  Gesner :  — 

**  Novimos,  quid  nuper  do  Cattepii  Fal/rum.  Litieralinm 
Britannici  coloniis  per  Franciam  et  Italiam  motuerint 
qoidam  principes." — P.  528. 

Perhaps  some  member  of  the  craft  will  elucidate 
this  historical  allusion  of  the  German  onnotator. 

H.  C.  C. 

GAiNsnoBouoa  Pbatbb-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, 
MDCcr.xxviti  ?"  The  volume  is  octavo,  and  con- 
tains the  Common  Prayer ;  the  New  Week's  Pre- 
paration; a  Manual  of  Private  Devotions;  and 
Brady  and  Tate's  Psalms.  The  plates  are  original 
enough,  and  are  all  inscribed  "  Gurnill,  Sculpt." 
The  book  is  curious  as  an  edition  of  the  Prayer 
Book,  and  as  a  5pei;imen  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- 
uLon."  B.  H.  C. 

Haccomue  AMD  ITS  Pbivulegks.  —  Prlnce,  in 
his  Worthiet  of*  Dcmm,  ww^tt  ''*>'\!NQKn3a»&^'w<s«^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[IN&V. 


p**  It  !•,  M  to  th«  onniber  of  dwellings  the  nna]|««t 
iih  ill  England;  coosiating  but  of  two  dwelling,  the 

•  ' "  '  tlionarsonajjoi  but  jteiijoy»Brivrle|:e* 

l.i  1.     por  it  t8  out  of  any  bunnred,  and 

l<  -  '*  of  any  pffirrr,  rfvll  or  milUnrr,  to 

taltc   cojjiuziiuco  of  ftny  pro<<''  'in.    And    by 

royal  grant  from  the  rmwn,  it  i-^  1 1  oni  all  tiutic^ 

and  taxes,  for  some  noble  s«r\.^^  .-^.^  .y  mm«  of  the 
aneMiort  of  tbii  faaiUy  [Canwji  towards  tba  support 
thereof." 

What  were  the  aervices  rendered,  to  gain  for 
tbtfi  parish  euch  extraordinary  privileges?  Mr. 
Maclean,  in  his  Life  and  Times  of  Sir  PeUr  Carew, 
reproducfs  in  a  note  thla  acoount  irom  Prince,  but 
offers  no  explaniuion.  It  is  also  ^tvea  in  Gorton 
and  other  topogi^phical  dictioiuu'ics.  It  appears 
from  the  Careir  pedigree  siren  by  Mr.  Maclean, 
that  the  (bunder  of  the  Baccombe  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 
faitn,  or  at  a  subsequent  period.  I  have  not  been 
able  to  find  a  notice  of  nny  grant  of  the  kind  in 
Rymei\  but  the  Index  to  that  work  is  very  faulty. 
Prince  further  says  that  the  Rector  of  Ilac- 
eombe  "'tis  said,"  may  claim  tho  privilege  of 
wearing  lawn  sleeves,  and  of  sitting  next  the 
bishop;  and  Is  under  the  visitation  only  of  the 
archbishop  of  Canterbury :  a  kind  of  chorepi- 
soopua.  Lysona,  however  (Hirt,  0/ Devon)^^nie$ 
ibat  the  reotor  has  any  such  privileges.*     £.  Y. 

Tub  Haiqht  Famtlt.  —  I  would  feel  truly 
obliged  for  any  fact?!  regardinjr  the  locnlity  and 
genealogy  of  the  Haigbt  family  which  any  of 
your  Rorrenpondents  may  be  able  and  willing  to 
communicate.  I  believe  it«  origin  is  undoubtedly 
Enplifh,  and  the  limited  infortnntion  I  now  have, 
tends  to  show  tiiftt  one  branch  of  it,  at  least, 
settled  in  this  country  some  little  lime  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  Tylec  family,  may  possess 
and  be  willing :Jso  to  impart  iofonoatlon  touching 
this  inquiry.  D.  K.  N. 

H«w  York. 

Inutixvh  dttoTBn.— 

"  IranFua*"  -m 

of  ihn  pOWat^  II 

of  Castor  aa>:   .  ■■■*■. -^ {»« 

aliip  loweil  by  a  Uily'n  Uatid,  ai  ti 

l>eoami!  rM  at  a  touch."  —  A  \<y 
Thonin*  Severn,  B.D.,  l^Midon,  17.>y,  p.  'J:j. 

Tho  author  quotes  abiindnnttv,  but  seldom  by 
chnptcr  or  png'e.  I  have  found  him  accurate  in 
tbonf  quotations  which  I  could  trace.  [  ffinnot 
find  the  tthove,  and  shall  bo  obliped  I  v  hj 

where  it  Is,  or  whtre  the  delusions  aiv  1, 

',_ .    J  ,  i  I . 

[*  Tbeaa  prlviie^a  an  noticad  la  out  l"  .h.  it.   t^  >.— 


Tbomab  Lbs  op  Daitvwaix^  co.  CHEOmuu  — 

According  I0  the  pediprt?e  nf  the  Lee  family  ^vtfti| 

in  Ormenad'a   Hittory  of  Chexhire^  vol.    i.   p. 

Thomas  Lee  of  Dariihall  mnrrifd  Frances,  d«a 

ter  and  coheiress  of  R.  N.  Venables.  ■  '   '' 

and  Wincbam.    The  issue  of  thrt*  man 

thaiiiel,  born  1655;  Thomas,  born  Ibtil  ; 

born  1G(J4;  John,  an<l  Elizabeth.     Orn* 

nothing  of  this  marriage  or  issue  of  the 

Lee  born  in  1661.     In  a  pedigree  I  have  seen,  ht 

is  said  to  have  married  Jane,  dfl'v^"'"-  ■'*"  'l'''"in«i 

Davis,   Esq.  of  Corby  Park,   >  :'•■ 

Can  any  ot  your  oorrespondentj  ^....^  lO* 

formation  on  tbis  point '{  D.  8. 

LiiPEL. — I  should  be  obliged  by  any  infot 
on    the  following   points   relating   to    Br  ^ 
General   Nicholas  Lepel,  fftther  of  the  celebf 
Mary  Lepel,  who  was  married  in  17*20   to 
Hervey :    1.  When  did   he   enter  the  array  J 
What  were  his  arms  ?  3.  What  the  date  oi 
death  P  4.  What  is  the  name  of  his  father  ? 

Fcsn 

Col.  JamSs  LowxBEte.  —  Col.  James  Lowf 
who  was  M.P.  for  Westmoreland,  died  at  Caen,  ia 
France.  In  1837.  Can  any  of  your  readers  state 
the  day  and  month?  Also,  the  date  of  bta  birik 
and  marriage  f  F.  R.  A. 

Wm.  Rl'ssell  M'Dohald.  —  Tills  gentleman, 
who  died  Dec.  .10,  IA.'14,  is  noticed  in  the  obituary 
of  the  Gent.  Mag.  Feb.  1853,  as  c<litor  or  prfl*. 
prietor  of  a  work  called  The  Litfrttry  f/urm 
What  is  the  daU*  of  this  publication  ?  Was 
magazine  f  R.^ 

6ni  Wm.  Poi.b'«  CnaiiTnia. — Can  nxij 

of  •'  N.  k  Q."  inform  me  where  is  to  be  st 
copy  of  Sir  Willinm  Pole's  (the  celebrated  Dei 
.^hire  antiquary)  "  great  volume  of  MS.  Charte 
"  ns  big,"  as  he  inys  himself,  "  as  a  church  BibU 
I  do  not  nt  present  recollect  to  have  seen 
quoted  in  any  work  later  than  Collins'?  Plnr^gt 
0/  England,  by  Brydgea,  published  in  1812. 

XappA. 

Poom  Cock  Ropim's  Ufath.  —  Is  ' 
in  a  church,  the  nsme  of  which  I  I 
twenty  miles  from   Stamford,  there   i*  a 
glass  window  containing  n  reprcjentatinn 
death  of  poor  Cock  Robin?    If  so,  could  yoi 
nny   of  your   readers  (ell   me  the  name  of 
church?    And    are  there  supposed    to  be 
uimilar  instances?  W.  P.^ 

•'  Li  StTTE  Saxmi." — Under  1 
inctriciil  version  of  the  Seven  V 
in  MS.     It  comprixrs   IIS  vci 
each;  one   vcrsd  to  a  page,  wii 
nljore.     The  seven  psalms 
lines,  which  I  give  below  (*>  a]^ 

wcAviiig  of  the  Latin  lines.     Buok^wufixif 


^at 

'It 


»*S.T.3jm.B%*H.'] 


NOTES  AND  QU£BI£a 


99 


Almost  destroyed  tbi«  pimu  dfTort,  and  y«t  nearly 
all  of  it  can  he  read.  Unhappily,  tbe  enemy  lin^ 
devoured  the  more  important  portion  of  the 
•uthor'jtnttine  :  "  Citn.  Jacopo  — nt — ."  I  should 
be  jrratifled  to  naceftfciti  this  anthor'a  name.  The 
fir^t  line  of  the  !«ixth  psalm  iis  — 

"  Signor'  cho  nedi  i  miel  pensicri  nperti." 

*•  Tr.IttKTTA  tt'vy  rUfCATOH   rOWCEBTlTO,* 

"  Eoro  cbe  In  mia  niorto  •*  auSdna, 
j.^  ^j  r,,.  |.i  ,  .  ...jt^  \^^■^  polmo  il  petto, 
/>of!.  iHifi  mt/mthut, 

"  Ilor  f'  -.iirnr,!  1)  niio  difetto, 

K*[m  iu)«  qnorele, 

•♦  Senipre  fui  jwxBtor  feno,  «  cnidele, 

Ma  sail  per  tti»  boniN  Signer  U  prvgka^ 

Omnin  {nui<  '  s  dtU, 

"  Aaanti  ^  ir  I-  hfn  pl»gho, 

E  in  t*  Mt\  lu  iiita  rtMiijie  pende. 

Quia  itHtcut,  ei  panp^rr  tuut  cyn. 
u  Hfv    .  .    .  •  ■ ,-  i.~     1"  l,orre^ll^ 

B.  H.C. 

Stamp  Dtrrr  ok  PArKTHBs'  Cjuivass. — Viu-ioui 
contlictinii  stntements  hiive  been  volunteered  us 
to  tba  exAot  date  at  which  ii  atainp  duty  w&s 
imposed  by  tfae  government  of  the  day  on  the 
cinTu«»*  I'-'Mf  I'f  art.i*ts, 

The  I  k  id  to  be  often  found  upon  the 

bMb  '  of  the  ptfrioii ;  and  upon  some 

•aid,  bv  ,t.  jmlg^ifa,  to  have  been  painted 

by  Sir  .1  ..:)ynoIdAt  about  the  years  17«0, 

1781,  lltsi. 

The  murk  ia  of  thia  chcractAr :  — 


G.  R.  (double  cypher,  reMrted.') 
5.3.0. 

It  \%  Iraportimt  to  estaUiBb  the  above  fact  be- 
yond Controversy,  ai  tbe  genaioenesa  and  origi- 
nnlit\.  .«ni1  ihuH  the  great  money  value,  or 
oil  r    various    ])ictur«>s    said    to   be    by 

I'l  '  "borouphj  and  Sir  Juphua  Reynolda, 

dei><?ii.i  upon  jUin^^  of  ike  date  (by  otBcial  refer- 
ent) on  whit  h  tills  duty  mjuk  was  first  stamped 
on  oanvamea :  aa  weii  ma  when  tbe  same  mark 
c«aaed  to  be  imprfi»ed  t hereon  on  the  repeal  of 
■*!•  duty.     It  ix   hy   tome  nllegc^l  to  bavo   been 

"n  irnpoAed  daring  tho  Amerlcnn  war,  which 
■rtn  in  1775,  and  tormiimied  durinp  the  Pitt 
Auminisiratinn  in  ITna ;  hot  «»»«»  EsgIm  duty  is 

t  Sir  Joshua  Kcjr  i  ,  .     .  ,  1792. 

t  Thonuu  QaliMboruugh  dial  Augnst  2,  irSA 


said  to  bava  remaised  unrepealed  till  long  aftetv 

wards. 

The  proprietors  of  theatres  also  ore  said  to 
have  loudly  complained,  during  its  impoaition,  of 
the  oppre&sivenegD  of  this  tax  ;  from  the  great 
expeuso  added  thereby  to  thu  canvasses  ttaed  for 
scenery. 

The  recital  of  the  Acta*  of  Parliament  —  both 
imposing  and  repealing;  this  duty — would  be  im- 
portant, as  placing  the  question  beyond  dispute. 

It  is  desirj^d  to  know,  decisively,  at  what  date 
a  duty  wug  first  imposed  by  tbe  government  of 
Great  Britain  on  the  canvasses  useii  by  artista  ? 
And  also,  tbe  date  of  repeal  of  said  duty  ? 

L.  F.  N. 

Mb.  Thackb«at'8  Litshart  JonairAi.. — It  is 

slated  in  the  Edinburgh  fterifiw  (1*48),  that  Mr. 
Thackeray  otarted  and  edited  a  weekly  critical 
journal.  Can  any  read«*r  tell  mo  the  title  of  tbe 
journal  referred  to?  The  staf*«ment  bus  lately 
been  repeated  in  several  quartcrB — the  old  Par* 
thenon  being  named  by  Mr.  Hftnnay  :  but  I  think 
a  very  slight  perusal  of  the  Pariheium  wimld  con- 
vince any  one  tlmt  Mr.  Thackeray's  band  was  not 
there.  T. 

CoLoirsi.  RoBBRT  YBifAOLES.  —  This  officer* 
author  of  Tha  Erperimced  Angler,  served  in  the 
Piirliamentury  iirtny,  and  wusfiovernor  ol  Chester 
in  1644.  In  1(J49,  he  was  CommBnder-in-Chief 
of  the  forces  in  Ulster,  and  Governor  of  Relt'ast, 
Antrim,  and  Lieneearvey.  In  1654  lie,  with  Ad- 
miral Penn,  was  joint  comninndcr  nf  the  expedi- 
tion sent  by  Cromwell  aguinii  Uispaniola ;  and 
on  their  return,  in  the  following  year,  both  com- 
tnanders  were  committed  to  the  Tower.  Here  I 
lose  sight  of  Venables.  Any  othor  information 
respecting  him  will  be  thankfullv  received. 

In  the  llurleian  MSS.  there  h  a  naper,  partly 
in  the  handwriting  of  Cclonel  VenablcB,  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  he  of  great  value  and  interest. 

The  notices  of  V*^nable8  in  the  Civil  War  tracts, 
Nickolls's  State  Paper*.,  and  the  reprint  of  his 
Experienced  Angler,  are  known  to  the  inquirer. 
In  the  last  work,  there  is  a  curious  typogrnpbical 
error.  Speaking  of  f3«h  rising  to  tlie  artificial 
ll;j^,  the  author  is  repre5ente<l  to  say :  **  and  they 
will  bite  also  near  Tom  Shane's  Ca-ofle,  Mounfjoy, 
Antrim,  &c.,  even  to  admiration."  Who  was 
Tom  Shane,  or  where  was  his  cnsfleP  one,  who 
knew  the  district  referred  to,  would  be  inclined 
to  inquire — If  he  did  not  at  once  see  that  the 
words  shouM  be—"  near  Toome,  Shane's  Castle, 
Mountjoy,  Antrim,  Ac." 

•  The  intbrroation  TOv^Ki  ymSW*^  Va  ^Ji^Kwa^^  ^ 


100 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8M8.V.  JiJl.3 


Yenables  must  have  left  much  curious  docu- 
mentary matter  behind  him ;  and  it  is  with  the 
bopea  of  discovering  some  of  it,  if  still  Ln  exist- 
eoce,  that  this  query  is  penned. 

What  was  the  connexion  between  Venables  and 
Isaac  Walton  J*  Tlie  latter  ssiys  that  he  never 
saw  the  face  of  the  former,  and  yet  he  wrote  a 
commendatory  address  for  the  Experienced 
Angler.  W.  Plnkketon. 

Mb.  Wi8k. — Warton,  in  a  letter  written  in  1790, 
mentions  "  Mr.  Wise,  the  librarian."  •!  should  be 
glad  if  any  of  your  readers  could  kindly  tell  me 
who  this  Mr.  Wise  was,  and  what  was  the  destin- 
ation  of  his  papers  ?  J.  O.  Haijjwell. 

We<t  Brampton. 

Words  dbbivbd  fbom  "^vum," — Will  you 
permit  me  to  ask  which  is  the  correct  way  to  spell 
words  derived  from  the  Latin  tecum;  whether 
coenal^  primeval,  and  medieval^  or  with  a  dipth- 
thong  P  There  is  the  authority  of  good  authors 
for  both?  P. 


BoTAX.  Arms. — 1.  Do  princesses,  daughters  of 
the  sovereign,  wear  coronets  similar  to  those  worn 
by  the  younper  sons  of  the  sovereign  ?  and  is  that 
of  the  Princess  Royal  different  from  those  of  her 
sisters? 

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 
Bisters? 

3.  Should  the  arms  of  a  Royal  Duke  be  im- 
paled with  those  of  his  wife  ?  and  if  so,  the  Duke 
beinu  a  Knight  of  the  Garter,  should  the  Garter 
encircle  the  escutcheon  ? 

4.  In  emblazoning  the  arms  of  her  Majesty  and 
the  late  Prince  Consort,  would  it  be  riuht  to 
make  use  of  two  shields,  —  one  with  the  Queen's 
arms,  tind  the  other  with  the  Prince's  ?  and  should 
cafth  shield  have  separate  supporters,  and  bo  in 
ftci  in  every  way  separate  from  the  other  ? 

H.  F. 

[Antwcr*  to  such  prdmiooal  and  technical  ({ueries 
can  hardly  b«  expected  fbom  the  ^neral  raaden  of  tbis 
work,  lu  page*  would  Ixj  outrun  speedily  by  such 
qaeations.  Wo  have  endosvoured  to  procure  a  satiifac- 
tory  anAirer  in  this  case. 

L  Ttie  coronets  of  the  Princcasca,  inciading  the  Priii* 
cent  Royal,  are  exactly  similar  to  tboee  of  the  brothers. 

'2.  The  label  of  6  poinli  has  been  used  to  difference  the 
arm*  in  t>iM  cases  of  gnodchildrea  and  ne]>bnvrii  uf  the 
Sovereign  ;  but  it  do«B  not  follow  as  a  mto  iLal  Itio  UIm-I 
of  Ci  points  abould  bo  used.  I'be  Duko  of  Canibrid>;e 
lUM  tbn  lal>el  of  H  p«4nU  g^ranted  to  hb  fetber. 

3.  If  UiL<  Iloyel  Duke  be  a  Kui|{ht  of  the  Garter,  the 
artii*  <if  bimaclf  ami  wife  should  1>«  on  (wpualD  abieldd, 
kia  own  being  nrrouaded  by  ibe  Garter. 


4.  In  emblazoning  the  anna  of  the  Queen  and  her  lati 
Consort,  two  shields  with  separate  sopporteriy  oxnrai^ 
&c.,  mcut  be  useil  under  the  Mune  mantle  (if  mantle  Vi 
included).  In  the  cose  of  a  Princess  of  WaLe^  her  arms 
would  only  be  put  in  a  separate  shield  by  the  aide  of  bar 
huabond's ;  her  coronet  would  bo  that  of  her  huobaad. 
See  answers.] 

Bacoh  Qurbixs.  —  Lord  Bacon  beads  the  lega- 
cies to  his  friends  by  one  of  "  ray  books  of  orisons 
or  psalms  curiously  rhymed,"  to  the  Marquis 
Fint,  late  Lord  Ambassador  of  France. 

W.1S  this  a  MS.  or  some  early  copy  in  English 
or  French  ?     Was  it  Marot's  P 

The  great  chancellor  also  orders  the  sale  of  hk 
chambers  in  Gray's  Inn,  calculating  the  prodoot 
of  the  ground  floor,  with  the  third  and  foortli 
floors,  at  300/.  as  a  small  relief  to  tw«ntj-6ft 
poor  scholars  of  the  two  universities. 

Is  the  situation  of  those  chambers  now  knoera, 
and  is  the  tree  that  went  by  the  name  of  thb  ^trcBi 
philosopher  and  lawyer  still  standing  ?  If  so,  at 
what  part  of  the  gardens  ?  J.  A.  6. 

[The  book  of  «  orisona  or  psalms "  wa«  doubtlcaa  hb 
own  production,  entitled  Certaine  Ptahntt  •«  Vsra^  kf 
Francia  Lord  Vomtani.  Lond.  1625,  4to.  Dr.  Calttm 
meDtions  two  edition  i  of  this  work,  one  for  *'  Sunect  oal 
WhiUker,"  the  other  for  •<  Uonnoh  Barrett  and  EL  Wbd* 
aker."  The  Psaltna  are,  i.  xli.  xc  civ.  cxxvL  cxxXfiL 
cxiix.  Walton,  in  hia  Life  of  Grorgt  Herhtrl^  inflvas 
OS.  that  "  Sir  Fronds  Bacon  put  such  a  value  on  Mi: 
Herbert's  judgment,  that  be  usually  desired  hia  appf»- 
bation,  before  he  would  expose  any  of  his  books  t»  be 
printed;  and  thought  him  so  worthy  of  bis  friendahi|ii 
that  having  translated  many  of  the  prophet  Davids 
Psalnu  into  English  vencw  he  made  George  Herbert  his 
patron,  by  a  public  Dedication  of  them  to  him,  w  Ihs 
best  judge  of  Divine  poetry." 

Lord  Bacon's  chambers  were  in  Coney  Court,  U 
over  the  gardens  towards  6t.  Fsncraa  church  and 
gate  Hill;  the  sito  is  that  of  No.  1,  Gray'*  Inu 
first  floor.    The  house  was  burnt  Feb.  IT,  1673,  with  i 
other  cbimbera.  (HiitoriaH't  Guide,  flrd  edit.  1686. 
tn<«s  said  to  have  been  planted  by  Lord  Bacon  in 
Inn  Gardens  are  probably  destroyed;  at  any  mt^ 
DOW  exist  coeval  with  his  time."    Ciumtalgbam^ 
Book  of  London,  ed.  1860,  p.  S09.] 

^  Hebxippoi  RBDmrvs ;  or,  tbx 
Tridmpd  ovrr  Old  Aob  ard  tiu  GaAm.**— fii 
Bohn's  edition  of  Lowndes,  this  book  sppMn 
under  the  heading  of  Coharutn,  John  Henry.  lo 
brackets  is  added  ("  translated  by  Dr.  John  &UBp* 
bell ").  A  (|uotatiou  from  Dr.  Johosoo  ia 
pendcd,  and  a  reference  to  the 
Hefriew. 

The  writer  in  the  R^troirpeetive  Rgnew>  (viL] 
b«gins  his  account  of  the  book  ibuN :  — 

^  The  author  of  Ha^mipfm$  JUdiriim*  was  Jolta 
Cohauaen,  a  Gcnaaa  physician,  who  did  not  t[uitm  i 


artS-v.  jax.m.'M.] 


QUfiKTES. 


Ijnod  his  own  theory,  but  died  in  «  sort  of  nonftge,  when 
he  vra»  only  eichty-fivc  year*  of  age.  Hii  book  was 
tnnitoted  into  English  by  Dr.  John  Campbt-U,  and  has 
always  been  considered  curious,  at  giving  a  Fumman-  of 
the  many  facta  and  opinions  which  have  lie^u  publiiilietl 
napecting  this  vety  interesting  sabject,"  &c. 

D'lsraeli,  in  his  Curiosities  of  Literature,  under 
the  head  of  "  Literary  Blunders,"  writes  of  this 
book  u  follows :  — 

**  But  tlie  moat  siof^lar  blunder  was  produced  by  the 
ingenious  Hermippm  Redirivu*  of  Dr.  Campbell,  a  curious 
banter  on  the  hermetic  philoBaphy,  and  the  universal 
medicine :  but  the  grave  irony  is  ao  cIoacIv  kept  up,  that 
it  dec«ive<l  for  a  len^h  of  time  the  most  learned,  ilis 
notion  of  the  art  of  prolon^ng  life,  by  inhaling  the  breath 
of  younj;  women,  was  eaigerly  credited.  A  physician, 
who  himself  had  compoaed  a  treatise  on  health,  was  so 
influenced  by  it,  that  he  actually  took  lodgings  at  a 
female  boarding  school,  that  he  mif^bt  never  bo  without 
a  constant  supply  of  the  breath  of  young  ladiea.  Mr. 
Thickneaaa  Mhously  adopted  Uio  project.  Dr.  Kippis 
acknowledged  that,  after  be  bad  read  the  work  in  his 
vottth,  the  reaaonings  and  the  facts  lef\  him  several  days 
in  a  kind  of  fairy-land.  I  have  a  copy,  with  manuscript 
notes  by  a  learnol  physicinn,  who  seems  to  have  had  no 
doubts  of  ita  veracity.  After  all,  the  intention  of  the 
work  waa  long  doubtful ;  till  Dr.  Campbell  assored  a 
friend  it  waa  »  ffierejeti  d'aprit,"  8cc^  &c. 

JoHH  Addis. 

Rustingtoo. 

[The  person  whom  Dr.  Campbell  meant  to  represent 
tinder  the  character  of  Hermippu*  Bedivivut  wua  Mr. 
Calverley,  a  celebrated  daaoiDg- master,  whose  sister  for 
many  years  kept  a  lehool  in  Queen's  Square,  London, 
where  likewioo  he  himaelf  lived.  A  picture  of  him  in  the 
dancing-achool  waa  formerly  there,  drawn  at  the  great  age 
Of  ninety-one.  May  28, 1784.  llde  "  N.  &  Q."  !•♦  S.  xiL 
266 ;  2»«  S.  ix.  180.] 

MjUDEM  Ca8TI,k. — I  wish  to  know  the  deriva- 
tion of  the  nunc  Maiden  Castle,  which  is  applied 
to  an  ancient  earthwork  situated  on  an  elevated 
plain  between  Dorchester  and  the  sea-coast,  and 
which  appellation  I  believe  attaches  to  several 
other  similar  camps  or  fortresses  in  £n<^lnnd. 

Middn  is  a  word  belonging  to  the  Indo-Euro- 
pean, or  Arjan,  class  of  languageSi,  and  means  n 
plain.  It  is  pos,<)ib1e  that  the  same  word  with  the 
same  meaning  may  have  been  employed  by  the 
"y  inhabitants  of  that  part  of  Britain  whose 
stots  were  Aryans.  Were  such  the  case, 
.ideo  Cattle,  or  Midan  Castle,  would  lie  synony- 
mous with  the  Castle  on  the  Plain.  H.  C. 

[Maiden  Castle  is  one  of  the  largest  and  moat  complete 
Soman  camps  in  the  west  of  England.  Some  derive  the 
word  Moklen  fVom  the  Britii^h  Mad,  fair  or  beautiful 
(whence  the  Soxoa  wont  Mai<l  or  Maiden),  and  thence 
Ciknclude  that  fortifications  so  called  were  deemed  im- 
|ir«gnablc.  Mr.  Ba:xtar>  derivation  {Glou.roce  Dunium) 
la  mute  probable,  who  deducrd  it  from  the  British  Mai 
I>uit,  tbeCiuUe  uf  the  gruit  bill:  in  his  opinion,  it  is  the 
Dumum  of  I'lolomy,  the  capital  of  the  Durotrig«s.  Cam- 
den ohaagea  this  into  Dnmiom  to  make  it  correspond 


same 

m 


with  Dumovaria.**  Btxter  calls  Dunium  "  An  in  e.Tcelso 
monie  posita  ad  mille  fsre.'pasauum  a  Damovario,'*  now 
Maiden  Castle^  q.  d.  Mai'dttp'ot  the  great  bill,  or  hill  of 
the  citadel  or  burgh.  }^d»  truUbins's  Dor$ttMrt,  ii. 
17L] 

HoBSES  riEST  Suoo  with  Im  ji.-^Can  any  of 
your  readers  inform  me  when  hors-x^  wete  first 
ahod  with  iron?  I  have  just  had  bfOu^bC  me  a 
atone  about  five  inches  over,  on  which  is  nkmilT 
impressed  the  mark  of  a  pony*«  or  mule's  shoe".  It^  . 
was  found  near  the  scythe-stone  pita  on  the  Blncl?-  . 
borough  Hills^  between  Iloniton  and  Cullompton.  - 

HbNBY  &lATTItBW8. 

[Beckmann  {History  of  Jnventiont,  i.  442 — 454,  ed. 
184fi)  baa  a  valuable  article  on  the  history  of  horse-shoea 
from  the  mofit  remote  period.  Their  eariy  use  in  Ejigland 
is  thus  noticed  by  him :  "  Daniel,  the  historian,  seems  to 
give  OS  to  understand  that  in  the  ninth  century  boT»w 
were  not  shod  always,  but  only  in  the  time  of  firoet,  and 
on  other  particular  occasions.  The  practice  of  shoeing 
appears  to  have  been  introduced  into  England  by  Wil- 
liam the  Conqueror.  We  are  informed  that  this  sovereign 
gave  the  city  of  Northampton  aa  a  fief  to  a  certain  person, 
in  consideration  of  bis  paying  a  stated  sum  yearly  for  the 
shoeing  of  horses;  and  it  is  believed  that  Henry  do 
Ferres  or  De  Ferrers,  who  come  over  with  William,  and 
whose  descendants  still  bear  in  their  arms  six  horse- 
shoe.i,  "received  that  surname  because  he  was  entrusted 
with  the  inspection  of  the  farriers.  I  shall  here  observe, 
that  horse-ohoes  have  been  found,  with  other  riding  fur- 
niture, in  the  graves  of  some  of  the  old  Gcrniaus  and 
Vandals  in  the  northern  countries;  but  the  antiquity  of 
them  cannot  be  aaccrtaincd.'*] 

Bishop  op  Salisbdrt.  —  Who  was  J<»An, 
Bishop  of  Salisbury  in  a.p,  1661  ?  In  Caldwell's 
St/nodalia  {auh  anno  1661)  p.  683,  xxxi.  Sessio 
ex  XV.,  I  find,  "  Introducto  libro  prccum  in  La- 
tinn  concept',  relatum  fuit  curne  et  revisioni  re- 
verend! in  Xto  patris  Johannis  permissione  diyina 
Sarum  episcopi.  Brian  Duppa  was  Bishop  fropi 
1641  to  1660,  and  Humphrey  Henchman  from 
1660  to  1663  :  John  Earle,  1663  to  1665. 

M.  N. 
[The  Convocation  summoned  by  Archbiahop  Juxon  on 
May  8,  1661,  continued  its  sittings  until  Sept  26,  166C. 
Session  125  was  bolden  on  the  18th  of  May.  1663,  at 
which  time  John  Earle  waa  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  having 
been  recently  translated  from  Worcester  to  Sarum.]  i 


MUTILATION  OF  SEPULCHRAL  MONUMENTS. 

(3""  S.  iv.  28(5,  363,  420,  457  i  v,  21.) 

I  have  read  with  much  interest  the  communica- 
tion from  your  cciTvc.8^Vkdv'.w\.\x\«vv.^\N&  v^'s**^ 
Va&  matter  \a  otivi  'wO^  iSR»raVvwt.SioaxB,«A\.  «3a*v^ 


10» 


not:e!s  and  Qn£Bi£& 


[8^8.  V.  Jah.W,'84L 


attention  of  all  who  are  englkged  'either  in  the 
enIar{;emeQt,  or  re8torati(m'  of  our  churches ;  for 
it  ia  while  carrying  on*  fljtfac' works,  that  the  de- 
struction of  ancient  inetnOriaU  is  generally  per- 
petrated; but  it  is'cxtremely  diffii-ult  to  know 
what  is  to  be  done  in  some  cases  where  really,  if 
monnmenlL'/tibsuhlities  are  to  be  left  untouched, 
there  muntf 'be'  an  end  either  to  the  enlareement 
of  £hui^bcs  to  meet  the  spiritual  wants  of  an  in- 
qre^ng'  population,  or  or  such  improvements  as 

'{;<Sod  tnste  would  dictate  in  the  restoration  of 
fine  architectural  features  wantonly  cut  away  to 

'  make  room  for  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- 
cerned, 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  happens  that  the  obituary  occupies  a  very  small 
part  of  a  gigantic  monument ;  surelv  the  refixing 
of  these  small  tablets,  without  their  offensive 
framework,  would  be  sufficient.  In  regard  to 
bra.ssefl  upon  the  floor,  incised  inscriptions  and 
effigies  on  stone  slabs,  &c,  it  would  really  be  well 
that  these  should  neither  be  hid  or  materially 
altered  in  their  positions,  excepting  under  the 
most  cogent  circumstances;  and  then  a  regular 
entry  of  the  fact  should  be  mode  in  the  parish 
book.  It  frequently  hi^pens  that,  from  exces- 
sive dampness,  there  is  a  necessity  fur  raising  the 
church  fluor,  and  sometimes  in  the  re-arrangement 
of  soatin<;,  parts  of  the  floor  formerly  seen  be- 
come ccmcealcd ;  and  others,  hitherto  hid,  are 
brought  to  view.  Whenever  this  occurs,  the 
altered  state  of  things  should  be  <luly  noted,  and 
this  seems  all  that  can  be  done  under  the  circum- 
stances. Few  will  deny  that  there  is  much  more 
beauty  in  well  arranged  encaustic  tiles  than  in 
damp  and  broken  grave  slabs  ;  but  if  this  advan- 
tage is  to  be  only  gained  by  destroying  memorials 
of  well-known  ancient  families,  it  is  certainly  bet- 
ter to  forego  artistic  feeling  than  to  annihilate 
the  records.  Colour  appears  to  be  one  of  the 
inducements  for  substituting  tiles  fur  stone  ;  and, 
no  doubt,  the  floiirins  of  a  church  may  be  as 
much  an  object  of  design  and  skill  as  any  other 
part,  but  colour  is  not  essential.  Perhaps  no 
floor  is  more  beautiful  than  that  of  the  Cathedral 
ttf  Sionnu,  wholly  devoid  of  colour,  yet  rendered 
exquisite  by  its  numerous  incised  effigies  and 
other  devices.  It  is  rarely,  bi*wever,  that  such 
fltHirs  are  to  be  met  with.  However,  whether 
plain  or  enriched,  I  feel  the  f«)rce  of  your  cor- 
resfKindent's  observations;  and  hope  that  his 
remonstrance  will  induce  those  who  are  the 
jtttthontedguardiMas  of  our  ekarokes  to  bs  » littU 


more  careful  when  meddling  with  monumental 
inscriptions.  And  here  I  ma^  add,  that  feeling 
tke  importance  of  this  and  lundred  subjecta,  a 
standing  Committee  has  been  appointed  bj  the 
Royal  Institute  of  British  Architects  "  for  the 
conservation  of  ancient  buildings  and  monuments;" 
and  that  the  members  will  always  be  read/  to  aid 
those  who  are  altering  or  adding  to  old  a tructtuc^i 
in  resisting  wanton  and  unnecessary  apoUation. 
Bwj.  FxuET,  F.&A. 


psALii  xa  ». 

(3'<  S.  T.  57.) 
**  We  bring  our  years  to  an  end  like  a  tale  [tiiat 
is  told]  "  is  not  quite  correct  as  to  the  last  word, 
iaU;  and  the  Greek  and  Latin  versions  are  de« 
cidedly  wrong  in  translating  njH  (=fir«  »"*  pronun- 
ciation), apider.  According  to  Calaaius,  this  word 
occurs  thirty-eight  times  in  the  O.  T.  The  erroi* 
of  Wycliffe  and  De  Sacy  arise  from  copying  the 
Septuagint  and  Yu^ate.  This  is  remarkable  in 
De  Sacy,  who  was  a  Jew,  or  of  Jewish  extraetioa, 
and  who  altered  bis  name,  Isaac,  bv  anagram,  to 
De  Sacy.    The  word  WH  (higf)  has  the  sane 

(hego)  in  Syriac,  and  ya^ 


V 


meaning  as 

(haju)  in  Arabic,  namely,  meditation,  and  the  re- 
sult of  meditation.  This  meaning  is  verj  dear 
from  Psalm  i.  2 :  **  And  in  thy  law  will  I  medib^ 
day  and  night " ;  also  from  Psalm  ii.  1 :  **  The 
people  imagine  vdn  thin^."  The  word  was  used 
nrst  by  Joshua  (i.  8),  and  is  not  found  in  the  PeiH 
tateucb,  tdthough  the  ninetieth  Psalm  is  attributed 
to  Moses.  See  Gesenius.  Mendelssohn  has  SM 
getchwiUz,  a  chattering ;  De  Wette,  ein  Umtt  t 
sound.  Others  translate  it,  a  breath,  a  sigh,  a 
thought  A  Spanish  Jew,  who  sjioke  Arabic, 
once  told  me  that  H^n  meant  any  thought  that 
arose  in  the  mind.    In  Arabic  it  means  to  eoia- 

gose  a  poem,  and  in  that  language,  as  well  as  in 
yriac,  it  means  to  divide  a  word  into  syllables,  as 
an  effort  of  thought.  From  the  same  root  Uie 
Cbaldee  derives  its  words  for  rhetoric  and  logic. 
The  proper  and  only  known  Hebrew  word  for 
apider  is  B'?|K,  aecaoitk,  as  Mr.  Aldis  Wright 
sUtcs  in  Smith's  Bible  Diet.  (iii.  1870).  See 
Job,  viii.  14,  and  Isaiah,  lix.  5.  The  Arabic,  fol- 
lowing the  Syriac  version,  has  spider  in  Ps.  xo.  S, 

^"MSr^^    (^0^0    ^    error,    I    conceiTe,    for 

^iLii^ ,  (hagogo),  a  phantom,  or  an  imaginatioa  | 

n^n,  kagga,  being  also  a  phantasm  in  Hebrew, 
which  is  the  sense  given  by  J.  D.  Micbaelis  to 
Ps.  XC.9.  (See  Eichhorn's  Heb.  Lex^  i.4l5.)  The 
inference  may  be  drawn  that  the  interpreter,  mis- 
taking the  Hebrew  word  for  the  Syriac  one  sig- 
wUjiag  Kpvier^  gave  that  m  the  iMeaiog  to  tht 


tll*S,Y,i*x,li%'6L'\ 


NOT£d  ANB  QUEBIEa 


log 


Greek  amanuensis  of  th«  LXX.     Simi]er  errors 

oi'  hearing  occur  in  l\\\*  Clrefk  version.  In  Eich- 
horu'd  Jirptrt.  (xviii.  137),  Kohler  quotes  Schul- 
tens  on  this  word  (Prov.  xxv.  4),  ''ut  vuporem 
exmtuantcm,"  bat  attributea  to  Kiinchi  a  better 
aenae,  who  uijb,  "  the  word  n^t  denotes  speech, 
which  comes  from  the  mouth ;  oa  thia  pmi-efl 
Bwil'lly,  9o  Bwiftlj  fly  our  years."  In  bucu  way 
also  do  Raahi  and  Aben  Ezra  explain  thu  word, 
and  so  Jerome  tranalatea  "  ut  sermoncw." 

T.  J.  BocKTon* 

Lichfield. 

I  renture  to  send  you  some  further  remark}  — 
in  addition  to  your  own  —respecting  the  meaning 
of  the  latter  portiou  of  Psalm  xe.  9;  Vulgate, 
Fsalm  Ixxxix. 

The  only  difficulty  arises  from  the  obicurily  of 
the  Hebrew  word  HiH.  Professor  Lee,  in  his 
Hebrew,  Chaldee,  and  English  Lexicon  (raA  voce), 
translates  it  as  meaning  a  murmur,  ichich  ^adxi- 
allt/  declines  and  faiU.  vVincr  renders  it  by  cogi' 
talio :  so  also  does  Gesenius  (Lexicon  Manuale 
Heh.  et  Chaldaicum) .  Castell  (siib  iioce)  gives 
sercral  meaninv^fi,  as,  xermo,  lixjnehi,  ffeinitujt,  mur- 
mur, a»i<l  refers  to  this  Psalm.  Heo^stenberg 
^ommeittary  on  the  Pxalmx,  vol.  xii.  in  Clnrt^ 
Fureipi  Theitjogirnl  Library,  Edinburgh,  184S), 
will  nut  ailmit  tl>at  the  word  cun  mean  a  conver- 
$afion,  or  tale;  but  prefers  the  translation  —  a 
toUlntjuy,  bccuiise  it  j^enerally  bears  the  character 
ofsniDi^flftn;:  transitory. 

1  'ing  the  ancient  Syriac,  Arabic,  and 

•^'^  ■  rxinns,  such  as  we  find  them  in  Wal- 

tonj:  1<  totta  (Londini,  1636,  torn,  iii.), 

lt_  19  X.  Lo  see  how  closely  they   agree 

wil-b  the-  ii-ii  luring  of  the  Septuagint  Version, 
and  with  the  Vulgate.  Thus,  in  the  Syriac  we 
have  — to  quote  Mie  Latin  translation:  "Nam 
cnricti  dies  noitri  cojifecti  iunt  indignatiooe  tufi^ 
et  defecerunt  anni  uosiri  »icut  aranea." 

In  the  Arabic  wc  have;  "Mam  cuncti  dies 
nostri  finierunt,  et  in  \rk  iu4  consumpti  sumua : 
anni  nostri  ceu  textura  aranea*  sunt  labcntes." 

In  Uie  il'^thicipic  version,  the  translation  runs 
thus :  "  Quoniiim  onines  dies  no«trl  defecerunt ; 
ct  ill  iru  riifi   J.t'i-ciinus.     Auni  nostri  sicut  ara- 

Ui. 

'  vniphrase  (Targum)  givoi,  how- 

eva*,  «  tiitlcrent  meaning  to  the  Hebrew  word 
'1J'!!i  *s  if  it  originally  signified  the  breath  of  the 
month  :  "  Consumpatmun  dies  vitae  nnstree  ut  hali- 
tuut  'trx.t  in  hyrn.r."  K..sri.nuiIlLT  (Srf,.>liu  in 
.Y:'  torn. 

!*'  mean- 

ing l»  Uy  iju  uttBiu  Ut  Uj  iejcetfd. 

Itteemt  to  uie,  that  all  (be  various  renderings 
of  the  H.-lirew  word  can  eii^ilr  \,l-  neon.  il,.,l  du,.- 
WUh  anothi'i,  nij,l  bo  made  l<j'txpre.\»  the  lUL-un- 
ing  of  the  Psalmist  — which  is,  to  show  u»  witii 


10^/  rapidity  our  years  pass  away.  The  transla* 
tors  of  the  Bible  Version  may  have  intended  the 
words,  a  tale  that  is  told,  to  conespond  with  the 
Latin  words  senna  or  loquela.  RosenmiiUer  {ut 
supra)  appears  to  give  the  meaning  of  the  ex- 
pression :  "  Evaiiescunt  vit4B  nostras  dies,  sicut 
verbum  cmissum  in  aereni  statim  dissolvitur, 
neque  revocari  amplius  potest," 

But  I  am  inclined  to  consider  the  itatl  apdx"^ 
of  the  Septuagint  version,  and  the  sieut  aranea  of 
the  Vulgate,  the  most  correct  rendering  of  the 
Hebrew,  particularly  as  the  Syriac  agrees  with 
them.* 

Bochart,  in  his  Hierozoicon  (Cap.  XXIT.  torn, 
iii.  p.  601,  ed.  Lips.)  supposes  that  m  the  Hebrew 
Codices  which  were  used  by  the  LXX.,  aoulber 

word,  ^^233,  was  then  found,  with  the  meaning 
Micui  aranea,  which  is  almost  the  same  in  Arabic. 
(See  Rofenmiiller's  Scholia  in  Vetus  7'estamentum, 
Para  Psalmos  contiiiens,  torn.  iii.  p.  23t>o,  ed. 
Lipsije.)  J.  Dajutom. 

Morwich. 


Subrisam's  Gbuk  (3'0  8.  iii.  309.) — Another 
version  of  the  story  of  Lord  Bejgrave'a  quotation 
from  Demosthenes  in  the  Mouse  of  Commons,  ii 
given  by  Mr.  De  Quincey  in  his  "  Selcctiont 
Grave  and  Gay.  Autobiographic  Sketches.  Edin- 
burgh, 1854."    Vol.  ii.  p.  40.      HfiftUfl  FsATKJt. 

QuoTATioK  Wanted  (3'*  S.  it.  288.)— 

"  Stand  still,  my  steed, 
Let  me  review  the  scene"  — 
is  from  Longfellow's  poem,  "  A  Gleam  of  Sun- 
shine." ^  *-  E.V. 

Enigma  (S"*  S.  t.  66.)  —  la  the  answer  to  the 
Earl  of  Surrey's  enigm&  "  A  refusal "  1*       E.  V. 

If  we  suppose  the  recipient  of  the  gift  to  be  an 
illegitimate  child,  and  the  lady  its  mother,  I  think 
the  word  Auwif  will  answer  all  the  requirements  of 
this  enigma.  P.  C.  II. 

Cbuei-  Kjmg  Philip  (2*^  S,  xii.  393 ;  8"*  S.  i. 

158.)  —  The  lines  are  a  paraphrase  of  Lucian :  — 

KpoTfti'  ^fiavrov  Suforii  ^y  iitix^  '*'  M"'  ^*'  7«**"^'v 
Tivi  fiivdov  axoitunoi  ri  ttaSpi  twv  iiwoSvtiirvv.  To\At»tis 
it  Kol  iWovt  it  lS*iu  iv  ToTj  T^jiiSoij  ^rraifovmtt, 
3^p(ai  Kiyu  wol  Aaptioi/r,  koX  XiaxCtefiarti, 

Phihnides.—'^ArowtL  iiirri  ri  ir»pJ  twc  /SaffUiiW,  tctl 

*  Tbis  remark  of  coarM  impliiti.  that  »■  tlie  ward  D^i^ 
<Ii>«s  not  mi'Aii  a  iT»i<ier,  aome  other  word  MtM  originally 
a»cd,  JU  Uuchnrl  Nuppuiea.  Capp«ll,  howorer,  in  lit« 
Critiea  Sncru  (tiPiH.  li.  I'p,  A'>Jl-«">'ir  ),  tri«s  to  rtiuiK^lle  tha 
Si?p»uaKint   r-TJuleriu,:  '      "       "  '  '     i! 

iiuatri   ainiili'x  nwwl  I 

i«at,  qnaa  tvxutit."  *^^_ 

U«V)T«w  noun,  la  •wtdiiokw,  ■n>ai»>^-^«»».'iw*>i  'tf»  \!w6«*- 


fiucpw  tfiy  iwurra'  rl  ISt  6  ^ttKpJtrftt  fwfutm^  Koi  Aid- 

MmippHU,  —  'O  /i^V  'iuKpi-ry^i  tthitu  wtpiipxtrai  8«»- 
Kiyxaiy  Jvcu^iti*  airfiai  8'  ai'ry  daXa^^Si;;,  iroi  *08iW- 
<r(i/f,  Koi  Nc'oTwpy  Kcu  (f  rir  X(£Xoi  vcirpiic*  ^r<  fiivroi 
invpixrtfTO  avT^  Ka\  SiyS^Kfi  ^k  ttit  ^>afiftaKmraalas  Ta 
eKiKr\.bii  0i\ri(rTOi  Aiaytini]i  wapoiKti  fiiv  lapSaytariXtf 
r^  Atravpitft  koI  Mf8o  ry  '•'piry'i  **J  iXXou  rtirl  twf 
ToXvTfXity,  K.T,\ — Ntc^mantia,  c.  19,  ed.  Bipont  1790, 
iii.  S3. 

If  J.  K.  win  lend  me  What  S taw  in  the 

Invisible  World  for  a  day  or  two,  and  let  me 
know  through  the  office  of  "  N.  &  Q."  where  I 
may  aend  for  it,  1  shall  be  greatly  obliged. 

II.  B.  C. 

U.  U.  Club. 

Okbi9  Cbktbum  (Sf*  S.  IV.  210.)— Ebn  Haukal 
begins  his  Oriental  Geography  (p.  2  of  Ouseley's 
translation)  with  the  following  sentence :  — 

"  We  begin  with  Arabia,  bocanse  the  Temple  of  the 
ImtH  ifl  fiitnated  there,  and  the  holv  Koaba  is  the  Navtl  of 
the  World." 

Perhaps  your  correspondent  does  not  know  that 
the  inhabitants  of  Boston  (Massachusetts),  with 
that  selAlaudatory  spirit  which  they  inherit  to 
such  a  remarkable  degree  from  their  English  an- 
cestors, call  their  city  "  the  hub  of  the  universe." 

J.  C.  LraciAT. 

8L  Paul,  Mbnesota. 

Grebk  Psotxrbs  (3'*  S.  iv.  286);  Gbbek 
Games  (vols.  iv.   and  v.);    Ancient    HoMora 

iiv.  471).— "I  shall  be  glad,"  says  Mb.  W.  Bowen 
towiiAifBS,  "  of  any  examples  of  this  saying  ^\ff  i 
i\os  in  Greek  authors." 

"'HA»{  fiKutartpxti,  Sic.  ifiqualis  icnualem  delectat] 
Huic  paria  sunt.  Semper  similpm  durit  I)c««  ad  similcin, 
Clavum  claro  et  paxiUum  niv^illn  pcpuli.sti ;  hoc  est,  er- 
raUim  altero  emto  curaali.'*—  I^rm-erSAorum  LHoijeniani 
Ccnturia  V. 

"'H\v  rhv  ilAw  UKpovtts.'\  Polios,  lib.  ix-  Onomaat 
arij;inein  refert  ad  ludum  quem  KofiatMrfiitv  Grmci  nomi- 
nant :  'O  8)  Ku^oAiir/iAt,  Jkc.  Terum  dndalisniiu  ludus 
est  paxillarum.  Kji-S^t^ow  enim  pa.xilIof  vocaverunt. 
Opua  autvui  erst  non  modo  paxiUum  terrn  ari^illosM:  in- 
(Ip'ro.  mhI  etiam  ioftxuui  elidere  verbenntem  caput  alt«ro 
iMuillo.  Unde  etiam  proverbium  maoavit, 'H\v rJW ^Xov, 
•nrriKtt  t^k  vtcrriAor,  Qavo  clamm,  et  paxillo  paxil- 
lom." 

Scbottus,  the  editor  of  Adagio^  sivt  Proterhia 
OrtKorum  ex  Zenobio  mh  ZenodotOy  Diogenitmo^  et 
Svidte  CoUecttauit,  Antverpiaj,  1612,  iblio,  refers 
»«  /*«•,  (Suido!  Cent,  vii.)  to  Uieronynii  Epixt.  o/l 
Jitutitnan  Monachum,  and  to  Erasmus,  Chit.  i. 
Cent.  li.  initio,  who  quotes  Fublii  Syri  Mitnwi, 
"Nuncjuara  periculum  sine  periclo  vincitur." 
There  is  an  Kiigli»h  proverb  not  unlike — viz. 
"  Evenr  man  eannut  hit  the  nailc  on  the  head." 
Ajid  the  (ircck  woni  ^\ot  rcminda  us  of  an  iii- 
•Uncii  of  patristic  humour,  Chrysost.  in  2  Cor.  xL, 
01  AMrtforrti   ^Xwf,  fA«ovt   A{(m,   t|UOt«d  in  AltX. 


Mori  in  Ntnntm  Faadru  NottF,  ed.  by  J.  A.  Fabti* 
cius,  Hatuburgi,  1712,  nd  Act.  xxvi.  v.  14» 

lilBMOTHECAB.  ClfBTBAH. 

Tub  Shambock  and  the  Bi-essvt*  Tutxitt 
(S'*"  S.  v.61.)— I  request  you  will  kin 
to  correct  a  serious  mistake  which  I  i; 
made  in  my  remarks  on  *^  St.  Patrick  and  the 
Shamrock."  The  proper  expression  shotild  hare 
been, — *'  As  a  faint  illustration  of  Three  diitinrt 
Persons,  united  in  one  Divine  Nature."  InateaAi 
of  using  the  word  Nature,  I  unfortunately 
Person.  J.  Daui 

TbaDE   AMD  IHPROVBHBKT  OT  IbBLAKD  ('i'*  S. 

V.  35.) — ^The  second  part  of  the  Essay  on  the  above 
subject  was  published  in  Dublin  in  1731,  and 
dedicated  to  the  Duke  of  Dorset,  at  that  date 
Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland.  The  nulhor  was  » 
member  of  the  Dobbs  family  of  Antrim,  among 
whom  are  several  names  of  distinguished  literary 
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 
author  notices  one  remarkable  impedimcJ 
industry,  which  huppily  has  been  in  great 
removed  within  the  last  thirty  years.  1 
the  great  number  of  holidays.  lie  wri 
"  There  are  forty-nine  more  holidays  in  I 
than  our  law  allows,  including  St.  Patrick's  day, 
his  Wife's,  and  his  Wife's  Mother's."  "v.-.,^  (^ 
referring  to  the  life  of  the  great  A  i  re- 
land  from   the    pen  of   his  most    ■- ^....iicJ 

biographer.  Dr.  Todd,  I  cannot  find  any  mentios 
whatever  of  his  wife,  or  whether  he  lert  oflfjiprinf 
to  transmit  his  name  and  virtues  to  Posterity; 
though  the  learned  Doctor  informs  us,  pp.  US 
that  the  Saint's  ancestry,  both  on  fatherV 
mother's  side,  were  highly  respectable ;  and  q 
Patrick's  own  statement  to  that  effect  in  the 
brntod  epitjtle  against  Coroticus  :  '*  Ingcnu 
secundum  camem ;  nam  Decurione  patre 
&c.  It  is  conjectured  that  it  was  lliis 
which  suggested  the  composition  of  the 
Irish  ballad  — 
**  St.  Patrick  was  a  gentleman,  and  bom  i/t  d«c«nt 

I  enclose  my  card  for  T.  B.,  who  is  wd 
any  further  information  from  J. 

Dublin. 

Abthcb  Dobbs  (3^  S.  V.  63.  82.)  —  It  i 
lerest  Abilba  to  know  that  I  |»nsip«K  nn  ttoi 
sion  of  a  book  •plate  of  the  l)i 
arms  on  it  iirt*  those  of  Dobbs'  < ,  '  'rtN 

wiUj:-  >n  of*  pretence  1 

i*  no  1 1  :od  on  it,  but  1  .. 

Arthur    Dublj.t,  us    I   iiiiit    from  liuiLc'!    J.i 
Gentry   that  an   M.P.  of  that  nami-  morrieclj 
bfiircaa  of  the  Osborne  fAmily.  U.  ALi 


ago.    1 

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Ir^iV 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


105 


Knroi-iB  Tbhamts  (3'*  S.  iv.  355.)  —  The  ex- 
tract from  the  supplement  to  Jamieson's  Diction' 
ary  does  not  exactly  answer  H.  £.  N.'s  question. 
Dr.  Jaonieson  was  a  divine^  not  a  lawyer ;  but 
even  in  the  popular  Scotch  law-hooks  (see  Burton's 
Manual,  p.  292),  the  answer  j;;iven  applies  more 
precisely  to  what  are  tenned  "rentallers"  than  to 
the  peculiar  class  of  holders  called  kindly  teitants, 
known  only  to  exist  in  Annandale  and  Orkney. 
Perhaps  the  following  intereatin|T  extract  from  a 
work  written  so  far  back  as  1842,  but  still  excel- 
lent, affords  the  most  definite  information.  Speak- 
ing of  four  contioruous  villages  called  Four  Towns, 
in  the  pari.sb  of  Locbmabeni  FuUertons  Gazetteer, 
▼ol.  1.  p.  588»  says :  — 

"  The  villages  are  Hightae  with  400  inhabitants.  Green- 
hill  with  80,  aad  Heofc  and  Smallbolm  with  about  70 
each.  The  lands  are  a  large  an<l  remarkably  fertile  tract 
of  holm  and  haugb,  strotchinj^  alonj;  the  Mrest  side  of  tho 
river  AnoaQ  from  the  iiumetliate  vicinity  of  Lochm&ben 
Castle,  the  original  seat  of  the  royal  family  of  Bruce,  to 
the  southern  extremity  of  tbo  pariah.  Tbo  iohabitanta  of 
the  villages  are  prt^jrietan  of  the  lands,  and  hold  them  by 
a  spedea  of  tenure  nowhere  else  known  in  ScotlAnd, 
except  in  the  Orkney  Islandx ;  and  they  have  from  time 
immemorial  been  c«.l)cd  'The  King's  Kindly  Teij.ints,' 
and  occasionally  the  '  Rentallers  of  the  Crown.'  ThelondJs 
originally  belonged  to  the  Kings  of  Scotland,  or  formed 
part  of  their  proper  patrimony,  and  were  granted,  as  is 
generally  believed,  by  limce,  the  Lord  of  Anuandale,  on 
his  inheriting  the  throne,  to  his  domestic  servants,  or  to 
the  gorrisoD  of  the  caatJe.  Tho  rentallers  were  bound  to 
provisiifii  the  roval  furtress,  and  probably  to  carrj*  arms 
in  its  defence.  They  have  no  charter  or  seisin,  and  hold 
their  lilla  by  mere  possession,  and  can  alienate  their  pro- 
petty  by  a  deed  of  conveyance,  and  procuring  fur  the 
parchaser  enrolment  in  the  rental-book  of  Lord  btormont. 
The  new  possessor  pays  oo  fee,  takes  up  his  succession 
without  service,  and  in  his  turn  is  proprietor  simply  by 
actual  posseauon.  The  tenanls  were  in  former  times  so 
annoyed  by  the  cooitsblcs  of  tho  ca«tlo  that  they  twice 
made  appeals  to  the  crown ;  and  on  both  occasions — in  the 
reigns  respectively  of  James  VI.  and  Charles  H. — they 
obtained  orders  under  the  royal  sign-manual  to  be  al- 
lowed undisturbed  and  full  poeaeasion  of  their  singular 
rights.  Jn  more  recent  times,  at  three  several  dates,  thoM 
rights  were  formally  recoi^niaed  bv  the  Scottiikh  Court  of 
Session,  and  the  British  llouse  of  Peers." 

This,  then,  is  a  species  of  holding  tui  generis, 
and  altogether  different  from  the  low  cottiers  of 
the  luini's  rental-book,  because  the  law  will  not 
recognise  these  unless  there  be  two  things  in 
existence  besides  mere  possession — there  must  be 
a  lease,  and  there  must  be  a  rent 

SaoLTO  MACDtjrr. 

QooTarioss  Wajited  (3"*  S.  v.  62,  83.)  —  In 
the  verses  quol«d,  the  word  est  is  unfortunately 
printed  instead  of  scit,  so  that  the  point  and  anti- 
thesis are  marred.    The  Unes  should  run  thus  :  — 
••Qui  Christum  noscit,  sat  sclt  si  cetera  ncscit : 
Qui  Chriatum  aascit,  nil  sdt  si  cieCera  noscit." 

F.  C.  H. 

Baptismal  Naiuu  (S**  8,  iT.508.)— 1  can  sup- 
ply aa  Instance  ol'  a  Chratiaa  tiume  which  etrikea 


me  OS  more  curious  and  unaccountable  than  any 
mentioned  in  your  columns.  The  present  Yicor 
of  Canon  Pyon,  Herefordshire,  is  the  Rev.  K. 
Cockatoo  Dawes.  I  should  be  interested  in  hear- 
ing of  any  other  iastance  of  this  ciiphonious 
cognomen.  R.  C.  L. 

Passage  nt  TsxifTsoK  (S'*  S.  v.  75.) — I  cannot 
see  tliat  there  is  any  particular  alliuion  in 
second  line  of  the  passage :  — 

"  G\>,  vexed  spirit,  sleep  in  trust ; 
The  right  oar  that  is  filled  with  dust 
Hears  uttle  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.  lliluttbew  :  "  If  thy  right  eye  offend  thee," 
&c.  E.  J.  N. 

AiTBED  Bnmr  (S'*  S.  v.  56.') — Mrs.  Bunn,  the 
mother  of  Alfred  Bunn,  about  the  year  1819,  kept 
a  lady's  school  at  South  Lambeth.  D.  N, 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC. 

Stermtcopie  Vlewi  of  the  Ruiru  of  Copatt,  Central  America^ 

taken  oy  Oabert  oalvin,  M.A. 

Wc  are  indebted  to  Messn..  Smith,  Beck,  &  Beck  for  a 
series  of  Stereoscopic  Viewit,  -which  cannot  fail  to  interest 
alike  the  antiifuary  and  the  ethnologist.  They  consist  of 
Photographs  of  Monoliths  and  other  sculptured  remains 
of  Indian  art  from  the  ruins  of  Copan,  which  is  situated 
in  the  republic  of  Honduras,  close  to  the  frontier  of  Gua- 
temala. That  these  monuments  are  connected  with  the 
ancient  worship  of  the  coantrf  there  can  be  little  dunbt 
though  tbo  date  of  their  erection,  and  the  race  of  Indiana 
by  whom  they  were  erected,  are  alike  unknown.  Mr. 
balvin  does  not  look  upon  them  as  of  remote  antiquity, 
for  the  stone  of  which  they  are  formed  i»  not  one  capable 
of  offering  great  resistance  to  the  action  of  the  weather, 
and  it  is  therefore  matter  of  congratulation  that  such 
effective  representations  of  them  have  been  secured.  Some 
of  the  monoiiLbs  are  very  tttriking,  so  is  the  repre.^enta- 
tion  of  the  Jaguar's  Head,  the  Square  Stune  with  Hiero- 
gl3'phic8,  and  especially  that  containing  a  Head,  and  utber 
sculptured  stones.  The  whole  series,  indeed,  must  be  moiit 
acceptable  to  ethnological  students. 

mitlioe/itea  Otethameniii :  Sivt  Bibliotktca;  PubHea  Man- 

cuniengit,  lUt  Humfredo  Chethnm  armigero  fundnta;  Cala- 

liHfi  loma*    IV.,  eshibms  Librot  in  variat  Clastts  pro 

\  arittate  Armmentt  diitributoi.    Edidit  Thomas  Jone% 

.A.,  Jiihliathecai  Muprh  dicta  Cuttot.     (Simms,  Man- 

heater.) 

The  readora  of  "N",  &  Q,"  have  seen  in  tlio  contribu- 
tions to  our  pages  of  the  learned  Librarian  of  the  Chetham 
Library  such  uuquestiotuble  evidence  of  his  erudition, 
diligence,  aitd  knowledge  of  books,  aa  to  render  any  com- 
mendation of  the  present  Catalogue  perfectly  uncalled  for. 
A  glance  at  tbe  four  goodly  volumes  of  the  Chetbaifi 
Catalogue  i:^  «u(Ticient  to  call  forth  from  all  reading  men 
their  r<'i  ^  :>»  to  the  people  of  Mancheater  on  the 

ponncn  >ab1o  a  library,  and  also  of  &Lihf«.TVu&. 

who  slrr,  „  ,.  ^  _ j.Uu&l'^j  \a  Vara.  >^i\^\^T«rj  Nft  ■^jwA.  *r.- 

coaul. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIE8. 


t*^K%jAx.tO,*9L 


The  Aew  Te^amnt  far  Ew/liA  Readen :  Containimi  tikt 
Authiirited  Vernon,  ufHh  Mttnnnal  0*rrretioHi  of  Read- 
huji  aitd  Hmtlerioij;  Maryioal  JUfereoere,  and  a  Crili- 
eui  amt  KxplinnUirg  Cammentarv.  Bj/  Ilonry  Alforii, 
D.U.,  Utisin  ofCaiiterbiir)-.  Vol.  7.  Part  II.  'TIu  Go$- 
/W  of  Si.  John,  and  the  Aeli  of  the  Apontln.    (Riving- 

toil!).) 

We  have  m  recently  called  attention  to  the  First  Put 
of  thin  vi'ry  nwrul  work,  that  we  may  cuntent  ouraelves 
with  aiiii'iuni'in^  iti  Raliirfwrfiry  progreaa.  The  presient 
(jfjrtion,  it  will  Im  hccii,  ext^ndt  to  the  conclusion  of  the 
Actk  uf  the  AjioHtles. 

Crr-Fffilir*  Family  Fan.  T%e  Ytmnf  Hmutwife'i  Daily 
AuitlaHt  in  all  Matlert  relatiiu  to  Omherj/  and  IIoHae- 
hrfiHiiy,ife.    /)y  Cre- Fydd.    (SImpkin  &  Manhall.) 

'I  li«ru  are  \.\\ni>  recommcmlationa  to  thin  new  Mannal 
of  I)iiriii-*tic  Kf-onomy  —  Int,  the  receipta  are  practically 
avHihiMu  for  th<>  in<i<i(>rate  ami  oronninical,  ynt  rwaiionabiv 
luxurious,  hiiuwkneiKT;  lindty,  tlicy  havu  Ixtea  t(!iite<1i, 
and  Nerved  on  the  table  of  the  authoress,  and  named  the 
ord«al  of  favliiliouit  and  rritical  palates;  and,  lastly,  the 
rjuniitily  of  every  ingrvdient  used  is  cnrefiiily  given,  as 
well  MS  tilts  ifxa'-t  time  rpqaireil  for  rooking.  *  Cre-Fydd 
has  in  this  way  ilone  good  service  to  her  countrywomen, 
atid  their  huibaiuh, 

Aid-xiiKi.  S«»<'iKTT Th«»  annual  publications  of  this 

Society  for  tins  year  I8G3  will  be — a  chromo-lithogrdph 
from  n  rlrawing  by  Signor  Marlanncn-i,  nftcr  F.  Lippi's 
fri;vo  "The  Kiiixing  of  thi-  King'n  Son;"  another  fnim 
Masolino'H  "  SS.  Teter  and  John  giving  Alms ;"  two  life- 
Bi7.e  hcailH  from  thi^  same ;  and  a  line  engraving,  after  Fra 
AngMicoN  picture  "  St.  Stephen  thrust  out  of  the  City," 
in  the  Chapel  of  Nicholas  the  Fifth,  in  the  Vatican. 
These  will  appear  in  a  few  weeks.  At  the  same  time  will 
appear  two  extra  publications:  —  1.  Achromo-iithograph 
after  Fra  Angelico's  (licturc,  ••  The  Annnnriation,"  m  tno 
Convent  of  St.  .M.irco,  Florence;  2.  "The  Conversion  of 
llcrinogcnes,"  after  Mss.-irclo's  picture  in  the  En>mitanl, 
Tadua.  'I'hn  annual  pnblii-atlnns  by  the  Amndel  Society, 
for  l«iM,  will  ccmsist  of  n  chromo-li'thograph  after  Lnini's 
fresco  at  Soronno,  "The  Presentation  in  the  Temple;  "  a 
fbll-sized  head  from  the  same;  an  engraving  of  "The 
Conversion  of  Saul,"  after  the  tapestry  in  the  Vatican, 
designed  hy  Itaphacl,  and  comprised  in  the  series  reprc* 
sented  hy  the  Hampton  Court  Cartoons  (the  cartoon  of 
"The  Conversion  of  Saul "  is  lost),  and  a  line  engraving, 
continuing  the  series  after  Fra  Angelico's  pictures  in  the 
(/h.-ii)el  f»i"  Nicholas  the  Fifth,  from  the  picture  of  "St. 
John."  Bv  way  of  occasional  publication  there  will  lie 
otliledtonext  year's  imucachromo-lithograph.  after  Luini'a 
picture  rti  Soronno,  "Christ  among  the  Doctors."  M. 
Kchultz,  who  made  the  drawing  from  Moinling's  famous 
triptych  in  thu  llospiul  of  St.  John,  Bruges,  fur  the  So- 
ciety, id  to  superintend  the  process  of  chromo-lithograph- 
ing  liis  own  work.  This  will  be  done  in  Paris.  If  the 
copyist  is  as  successful  with  the  reproduction  aa  he  has 
keen  in  his  more  iniinediatc  work,  the  result  will  have 
the  highest  value.  Independentljr  of  its  Art  value,  the 
originnl  is  interesting  for  containing  a  jiortrait  of  Mom- 
ling  looking  through  a  window  in  the  central  part  of  the 
triptych,  as  if  a  spectator  of  the  scene  it  represents,  "  The 
Adoration  of  the  Magi."  On  the  opposite  side  of  this 
aomposition  kneels  Brother  Jan  Floreins,  donor  of  the 
picture  to  the  hospital.  On  the  left  wing  is  painted  the 
*  Preaentation  in  the  Temple,"  on  the  right  "TheXatl- 
irfty."  The  exterior  panels  of  the  work,  which  protert 
Uwae  within,  are  respectively  painted  with  figures  of  St 
John  irith  the  Lamb,  and  St  Tenmica  holdiog  (he  nda- 


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nntlcmBa  Iqr  wtum  it  li  rNuiisd,  whose  I 
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I  arecirea 

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dou,  i;7i.  sto. 
W (nted  br  JTr.  Jamn  A.  llemttt,  Onve  ttiiel.flHiTMs.1.  A. 


^otfrif  to  CorrMiionVfnti. 


aaauB  W.  XiBuAtx.  A  work  am  "  HaB  Jtartum  n^U.'  Iiialicl 
beem  rtcnllg  pAi'ktd  fry  Mr.  IT.  Chugtrm.  FAA . 

Il4iiDSL't  IIabmohioci  Bi.ACBunTH. — M».  tlOLmma  leiBJIad  At  lur 
tartttftkUiKipmlarpirfn^mvhio  "H.M  Q.''flB<S.I.» 

Bn*  rOhrfllrM)  tnlt  Ibul  Ihf  ■TBcftr  <m  WeM'e  mmmtt  M  Oe  itnlb 
hfSir  Juhm  Mnitrr,  amt  u/  tht  nnajc  Mj'rA  eliamid  tAe  vrtgimul  fir  Dr. 
Martkan  of  ttvrS'tm.  in  "  N.  a  (|."  In  It.  vi.  •)■  mvt  et  p.  t»»fiJ^ 
mmr  r-Jumr  it  u  ,h'.u-M  tk-it  rV  nut^or  t^f  Ike  Ptuvdf  ww  iki  Rtt.  T, 
Harhtm.  th*'  iHtmirahlf  inn  'iJthy, 

A  ITriii-<lfinriiiiirii.     (Irorgf    lft<8im    FWnlttriet:   M*  fmwbM  i>  / 
atarar  tl..  Wu  rrfnifd  /Vf'wT  V  ITai'*  Afrit  ».  I»l  i  Mi  /itrAtr  tn- 
iltri-i  kfiri»ii  ilird  lliinh'sn.    iitiirgt  t.oMtmdrH  far  rAnww  m  J «gw<, 
i;ii,fiailnii.«Y>r.i7,l7l<,Ay>  tlArt  mn(,kor»  Oel.  M,  imi)  leot  rrmmJ 
Ay  PaUtU  I'rimr  tf  Walt*. 

II.  C.  «>ffr/>ii./fi|-K.  aQ."tMlS.TH.«l.«i 

.    f>TTii/Aiwt*,  rAfl/rfr-'i,  ivrwa.irnri/f.iliHir 
I   Sfte  Tfiammlf.    Ct'H'uli  nltti  Tvirnlep't 

W.  P.  P.  r*'"  ar,-  many  trqmA*  nf  **  rV  Lnrtr'*  Lrap  "  h  * 
Itanih.  m  If'iHfhw;  Itronftkr  mat  Itimrklmt  tre primitt  mAC  Uati 
lUml-Buuki  fur  Inland,  Dablln  ud  WIeklow.  p.  Il«. 

C  B.  (MontmM.>  TV  Lmin  nr«i>«  mf  T.  i/awmtt  Maify'i  mm 
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in  hi*  l>rii;liii.-.  or  Kmn  on  Bmlerfllfi.  I«M,  p.  S,  a*  veil  a»  to  AnsAM 
UMnt.  rtlifJ  I.II  Ilruri  ifrurg,  A.M.,  Svo,  IS4I,  p.  II.  (Adim*  ifa 
"N.  k  U."  lit  H.  zl.  104.  4W. 

Kphlos.  rV  oAArpvtof  NiM  of  i/  mwd  p  far  Vba  amd  that  art  lu^Jt 
mulalitmt  ofiatrfiirm  nflht  SajvH  th,  |,, 

R.  a.  FiTTii  u  iKankfil  for  hU  ramm\Mitatiaik ;  but  He  ntrmcft  mt 
/nnit  prln  U  d  hunk*  eniitp  areriaibh.  Thr  H/¥  of  I  «al  Jemm  Itat  «rf  M  If 
writlm. 


brr  iifhmib, rhnittr-*,  rmrt.mrJ*. niMl  IrUert, eamtaimtd  in  tktOUtui 
~     ~  "       -    ^     -      ■    '(BlUfeat  Anecdotes,  p.  I  !l 


Hirnri.    F"r  (A«  nrivin  aflhf  MmM  of  tke  " 
ntt  >■  N.  a  Q."  Ill  H.  sl.  lori  ihid  S.  xl.  KM.  101 

A  DiivnMiAM.  The  Mviiv  uid  Ihs  Dead,  Ifmo,  istr,  I»Z9,  ii  l«  ilr 
Kfv.  Krtkint  Xtnir,  It. A.,  I'lrur  of  Kxntia  i»  /hffulk.  It  ma<l'  m 
<rrfn. 

"Nffnit  AMD  Qfsiiim"  i»  paWMM  at  noam  am  FrMor.  aatl  a  akt 
iMtatft  in  MnnnitT  I'ami*.  /Ar  StJbteriptioH  for  Stam pks  Cnrin  Ar 
.Sir  Mimlh*  /iH-ininfr'i  itirrrl  /mm  thr.  I'MiArr  il^rtwNtto  w  ^V- 
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paiiaUfal  Ih*  .Strumd  I'utt  lipicf,  ■•  lamimr  of  WiixiAn  if.  farnull, 
Wiuj  UT<>i>  Hthmt,  Hthanu,  W.C.I  Ut  tekom  aU  OiHMt.iiicATioin  rw 
TMB  Eoiius  (AmiU  bf  ail^mtfd. 

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manneri  bjr  CatHsh  snd  Forelcn  Workmen. 

JdSEPII  ZAP.IINaDORF. 

BCXIKBINDRR  TO  THE  KINO  OF  nAVOTEIt. 

KnglUh  Bnd  Kunrhcn  Bookliiuder. 

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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


LOSDOjr,  SATVRHAr,  PSn/IUAltYi,  IflW. 

CONTENTS. —N".  110. 

NOTES:  —  PuliM.jiiioM  nf  Dr.ri.'v  in;  -  Pncamente,  te., 
regviiini?  S  r  ill  Diy?,  109  — 
Fli-'enfR<  n  BtOlW,/6.— 
CnVl^i' »1  T>'  iiiinlmr  — Mow- 
ci  t^tcT  —  l>iAleets  of 
1  M  — 8ourc«  of  fho 
N  '            ■       ■  .        I       -               ... 

QVEttlES:  —  /indent  SeiiU,  lH  — Author  viint«l  —Mr. 
IHiiiol  rAn>t>h«>ll  —  ChoM  —  The  Cotntt  of  1581  — Cbawgrth 

pj.  ,  .,  J Ti , .  3  ..        Oliver  tie  Durden.  Ac. — Gruai- 

1  viition  of  1.  — Hyla   Holdeii  — 

1  ^of  Ihf  Tlnsfl  :  RiiJiid  Towprsof 

I  -n    r!v:n,i>       "^1       ■'      '     ,  "'    -'          '    -•-tU 

rkine  of  Sa.l  - 

^                       ■nhunth— .^;  .   .11 

1- .                               "  r  lie  Ci  L'Aii' 111  r  r:i!.  viaiiietl 

a  -  B*»1s  -  Sh.-»;  nUte  — 

T  nee— Vichy— M  .moni  — 
Siiiiuticiii  >.i  fjrjar,  114. 

QcxKm  WITH  Ahswhbsj— Colkittoimd  A.  S.  — Thp  Nilo 

—  M«ior  Richardson  Pack  —  Spenser's  "  Calrndar"—  Quo- 
Utionn  —  Springs  —  Bctreat  —  Durooobrlvls  —  Anony- 
mous, 118. 

BCPLIB!^:  — Cnmiir«irt  Hwid,  119  — ColonM  Robort  Vmji- 
»>lf«,  liO—  Work*  of  fraiii-iM  Harhnni,  /'/—  Mr.  AVinn.  i'il 

—  **0oo  Sw»Uow  i}(>r«  Tint  ni»t<n  h  Summer"—  HtTiniitln 


--  ill"     i.ii|p"  1:11.' —  IT  iiiiaiii    jiiwiir"!!, 

•  n  Doctor  —  El  ma.  n  Cbristiaa  Nunfl  — 
Navarre :  Specific,  ^„  121. 


ftatti, 

PUBLICATION  OF  DIARIES. 

TTiose  who  publish  the  nrlvnte  diaries  of  de- 
ceaeeii  perwjn*,  or  extractg  from  them,  are  apt  to 
ftll  into  tiiQ  error  of  bioirrapheis.  They  leel  a 
.ftnderncss  townrds  the  writer,  aii<l  omit  anything 
which  may  eliow  him  unfavourably.  Ohj^'ciion 
may  be  taken  to  this  pmciioe,  even  when  the 
diarist  is  only  spt-aitiiig  of  himself.  But,  when  he 
IB  spMltlnjj  of  oiht-rs,  ami  especially  when  he  i« 
•peaking  n{!:ainst  otherji,  Buch  omission  mny  be  a 
Ijrave  wrorij^  to  thote  who  are  represenletl.  It 
may  be  that  the  omitted  parts  woulfl  completely 
(le>lroy  fhe  value  of  the  whole  testimony,     Sup- 

{)0«e,  for  intstunce,  a  person  of  *ome  name  should 
cave  meoioranda  imputing;  delirupjencies  of  vari- 
ou«  kind*  to  various  persons  ;  suppose  lh»t,  among 
the  real,  it  should  be  (oun<l  that  the  late  Duke 
of  Wellinffton  either  wiinted  courage  and  con- 
duct in  the  field,  or,  was  bribed  by  the  enemr. 
If  at  A  future  time  these  memoranda  ihould 
Dd  a  publisher  or  an  <?Atraotor,  who  should 
Bit  tho  slander  on  the  Duke  and  retain  what  ia 
aid  altout  other*  who  wouM  not  be  so  well 
known,  it  is  clear  ibnt  those  others  would  not  be 
treat.ed  with  hiatoricrvl  fairness.  The  editor  or 
extraclor  M)ight  v«*fy  iunocentlv  think  oidv  of  hia 
author,   and   of    t\-  '    ■"  ■    ' 

make  :  bur.   his  r< 

wat  he  should  tlmm  wi   iLiriii,   unu'H  nt».'  fjiiitr 
pATtiea  assailed. 


In  1855  (1"  S.  xii.  142)  I  quoted  some  brutally 
coarse  remarks  which  Reuben  Burrow  wrote  in 
the  fly-lenf  of  a  book.  In  piving  them  I  had  ft 
meaning  which  I  did  not  explain.  Two  years  be- 
fore, some  extrnots  from  the  diary  of  Reuben 
Burrow  had  been  published  in  a  scientific  journal : 
these  cxtrncts  contained  various  disparagements, 
which  posiiibly  might  be  slanders ;  accompanied 
by  the  statement,  taken  from  a  friendly  bio- 
graphy, that  "  bis  habits  had  been  formed  by 
casualty  and  the  necessities  of  the  moment  rather 
than  by  design  and  the  prudent  hand  of  a  muster." 
Ihia  biogrraphy  also  describes  him  as  having,  in 
private  life,  "  some  of  those  cxcentricities  which 
frequently  attend  genius,  though  by  no  means 
necessarily."  This  gentle  allusion  to  tho  habits 
of  a  man  whose  stories  about  other  persons  were 
put  into  print,  induced  me  to  publish  the  tlydeaf 
above  alluded  to.  I  then  knew  nothing  of  the 
journal  or  diary,  except  the  extracts.  I  have 
lately  been  made  aware  that  tbe  exlractur,  a 
friend  from  whom  I  am  obliged  to  difler  widely 
in  this  matter,  presented  the  diary  to  the  library 
of  the  Astronomical  Society  soon  after  the  com- 
pletion of  the  extracts.  I  am  thus  enabled  to 
supply  deficiencies,  and  to  give  the  character  of 
this  nccnst'r  of  the  brethren  in  the  manner  in 
which  I  hold  it  ought  to  have  been  given. 

It  is  very  gratifying  to  think  that  such  "  ex- 
centriciiies  '  in  private  life  as  Burrow  exhibited 
are  not  "  necessHrily  "  the  accompaniments  of 
'*  genius."  Even  in  his  day  the  gifted  man  would 
not  often  leave  to  his  son  and  three  daughters  a 
note  book  in  which  obfcene  epigrams  are  recorded, 
and  in  which  the  (iismissal  of  a  servant  is  noted 
with  his  name  mispell  into  the  foulest  word  in 
tliti  language,  vowels  and  all.  But  this  is  pos- 
sibly consistent  with  truthful  evidence,  and  sound 
judgment  upon  the  conduct  of  others.  For  a 
specimen  of  the  reliance  to  be  phiced  on  Burrow 
in  Ihesc  particulars,  I  shall  content  myself  with 
quoliiig  the  following  passage.  He  wan  starling 
lur  India,  ond  Lord  Howe,  with  the  tieet  which 
was  to  relieve  Gibraltar,  protected  the  India 
fleet  for  a  time,  and  then  left  them  a  convoy :  — 

"  Tho  weather  rontinii«d  pretty  ranch  lbs  same  till 
tho  ciiil  of  Septemtior,  and  the  wind  was  wmeiimM 
favoralili^;  ret  Howe  oerer  took  tho  least  advantof70  of 
it ;  but  oil  Sept.  30,  when  we  were  in  lat.  48°  6',  and  tha 
French  West  Imlia  fleet  were  expected  every  moment 
with  (ire  ships  of  the  line,  this  sconndrel  Howe  li-ft  us 
eatircly  tn  ourMlres,  with  only  a  tifty-eun  ship  to  Lnke 
care  of  u*,  and  went  away  from  us  thoufi^h   )io  mi^'ht 

h.n- it   u«  a  much  preater  diatancu  without  the 

Ic  iioe  with  lii*  de^t/nafion.     From  the   Btu- 

it';  •■It-.'-'iie'ii  <if'  this   rascal'*  ttehariour,  1  can 

I  li«  and  his  brother  area 

cv  I  else  that  ther  nre  L»ib«d 

'  iMi.ii  that  they  might  by  (his 

alt  at  Uibruliar;  uiid  Civlvt-d. 

tl  kv  (If  vA^vVs  v>Btv%  «;>aTv»JN,  \sasSMo.  *. 

inm  .  vv%*  «vx^»«^  ^'^'e^*  wxKXi« 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


lai*  s.  V.  Fkb* 


brother  hare  alrendj  behaveil  in  the  ■worst  manner  pos- 
sible in  America,  yet  they  are  now  trusted  with  aaulher 
expedition " 

At  the  time  in  question,  Lonl  Howe  had  run  a 
very  brilliant  career  :  and  us  he  did  relieve  Gibral- 
tar according  to  instructions,  and  as  the  India  fleet 
was  not  hurt  by  the  French,  we  may  stirmise  that 
)ie  know  how  to  manage.  The  whole  of  the  above 
passajje  is  omitted  in  tlie  extracts,  though  parts 
before  and  after  come  under  murlcs  of  quotation. 
This  omission  is  not  due  to  supposed  irrelevancy 
or  want  of  interest,  for  it  is  quoted  that  the  car- 
penter had  forgotten  tn  close  the  port?,  by  which 
the  water  came  in  and  created  alarm.  I  hold 
that  enoutih  ought  to  have  been  given  to  show 
what  kind  of  person  the  writer  was.  Having  ex- 
lunined  the  stories  which  he  ti-lls  about  other 
mathematicians,  I  find  much  reason  to  think  that 
he  is  no  more  to  be  de[)ended  on  about  them  thnn 
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  is  an  old  joke  —  it  seems  to  have  been  no 
more  —  against  Halley,  which  has  lived  in  oral 
tradition,  and  I  think  has  been  printe<l.  Halley 
was  sent  to  Germany  by  the  Royal  Society  to 
examine  the  astronomical  methods  of  Heveliiis, 
and  it  was  the  inugh  of  his  friends  against  him 
that  he  had  tlirle<l — as  wc  now  gay  —  with  Mrs. 
Hcveliua,  and  made  her  husband  jealous.  Such 
builinage  was  sure  to  arise  —  especially  in  the 
reign  of  Charles  II. — where  a  young  and  hi!;;hly 
«ccompli!i.hed  single  nmn  was  entertained  in  the 
house  of  a  friend  who  had  a  handsome  wife.  Bur- 
row anirtiis  that  Halley  betrayed  the  confidence  of 
bin  il(>^l  to  the  utmost,  and  uses  the  plainest  words. 

I  have  given  en(»ugh  to  show  that  Reub«n 
Barrow  must  not  be  taken  as  a  witness  against 
the  character  of  any  other  person.  I  may  add 
that  be  records  nothing  but  what  is  disparaging, 
nothing — or  just  next  to  nothing  —  to  the  honour 
or  cre«)il  of  any  one  whom  he  mentions.  His 
antipathy  to  Wtues,  the  hero  of  the  abuse  trans- 
cribed by  me,  a*  above  mentioned  — and  with 
whom  he  *oeins  to  have  been  on  terms  of  friendJy 
acounintancc  while  fly-leafing  him  in  every  one 
of  iiis  works  —  has  some  of  its  sources  laiti  oj)en. 
The  chief  of  them  scema  to  be  that  to  Mrs. 
Wales  he  attributes  the  lic«  —  as  he  calls 
Uiom  —  about  Mm.  Burrow  owing  black  eyes 
and  a  swelled  face  tn  some  of  her  husband's  cx- 
coniricitics  which  attend  genius,  but  not  neces- 
sarily, in  private  life.  This  is  the  ruost  credible 
ajipersinn  of  Burrow's  whole  h>t.  His  bio^'rapher 
admits  that  he  wna  an  ocoaMiunal  pugilist;  the 
witness  is  one  a;;ain!it  whom  nothing  hii.^  ever 
been  produced ;  and  the  story  is,  taking  nil  we 
know  of  Burrow^  natural  and  priibabl>>  in  its 
details.  A.  De  ^^loanAx 


DOCUMENTS,  ETC.  REGARDING  SIR  WALTiai 
RALEIGH. 
I  send  for  insertion,  if  you  think  them  worthy 
of  a  place  in  "  N.  &  Q ,"  a  few  more  papers  from 
my  cotlecti'ms  regarding  Sir  Waller  ualcigfi.  hk 
friends,  and  relatives  :  the  dates  of  some  of  Umsb 
are  uncertain,  as  no  y<!ar  is  mentioned;  and  •*  lo 
others  the  commencement  of  the  year,  wlnMhpr  <« 
January  1  or  on  March  25,  will  make  -< 
ence,  for  which,  of  course,  lUlowanee  mii^i 
omitted.  The  documents  were  copied  iiy 
from  the  originsUs  at  various  periods,  »oi 
them  as  far  back  as  the  year  1830  or  ISSl- 
Addressed  in  Raleigh's  hand  thus  : 
*'  For  her  ma"  speci&ll  afiairs.  To  the  r" 
my  very  good  L.  the  L"*  Cobham,  L'^'*  Vi 
Cinkportes,  her  ma'"  leiftenant  general  I 
Plyinoathe.  From  Sherborne  the  13  of  Aug.  *l  12  (• 
the  night.  Poit  hast,  hast,  post  with  apcde.  Hast,  port 
hast,  host  for  life. 

"  1  have  sent  your  L.  SI'  Secrctories  letter,  by  wWA 
yon  may  perceve  that  8  sayle  of  Spaniards  ar  eatnd  iMa 
our  seas'  as  hi^h  as  S'  Mallo».  Your  L.  may  c««  ttMt  H 
you  wc«rc  not  loose,  you  should  be  tied  above  for  ■  while 
If  you  needs  will  into  Comwalc,  then  make  haat,  «  1 
think  vow  willK:  sent  for.  I  can  say  no  morw,  butt  tint 
1  ara  your  Lordshipp'a  before  all  that  levc. 

Lady  Raleigh  added  the  following  jjosi- 
hor  own  hand-writing:  — 

"  And  1  could  dittgest  thia  last  word  of  Sar  WaJtarV 
letter,  1  wold  expre*  my  love  likewise:  but  unJy  thiai  I 
agree  and  am  in  all  with  Sur  Wi»ltAr.  and  most  In  bis 
Love  to  yoo :  I  pray  hasten  your  returne  fur  the 
sake,  that  wo  may  see  the  bathe  to  frelher. 

"  Tour  trew  poore  frind,  E.  RAMsatC 

(Indoraed)  "  17  Janr,  1595.  S'  Jo.  Giltwrt  to  Sir 
Raleghe.  Report  of  a  Frencliman  Uulie  com«  oi 
Spaiae. 

"  To  my  bo.  f^ood  brother,  syr  Walter  Raylygli,  Kjo 
low  warden  off  the  StaneVys  and  oaptayne  of 
jeatya  garde,  alt  Shert>orne. 

"  My  ho.  good  brother.    Heare  arrv'ved,  yn  lbi«; 
shons  weake,-a  Frcncbe  mane  which  came  owt  of  S| 
and  ys  servante  too  my  Us.  off  the  gowarsen 
ported  that  the  Krnge  of  Spoync  has  aeante  all  hia 
of  Spanvanls  and  Itallyans  from  Cartagena  too  tl>« 
of  Savoye,  and  «oo  into  tho  luwe  cowntrvf",   and 
cary  vriih   theame  3  myllioim  off  m<' ' 
M>d(ier!!   t heare.     Anton v   GtKlderdo 
whether  the  Kynge  of  Jif"  •  ••  '■  '  >' 
Indes  to  the  cmiiyer  of  ' 
th.at  pinpvrr  tic  li.nrdc   ?■ 

("..;  .      '■ 

I' 

Iho  tvi 

make  n  ■■ 

ami  thcaiL-  v 

Mretea  100   mi 

»«tt  aaylle  ly 

harilc.    The  bo.  L>lenf«o  all  yowr  actygofc 

17  ofTJanowary,  l.*f)5. 

•*  Yowrea  for  ever  i 


flndoracd) 
lUiih." 


RaUgh. 


"1$  Mar.  1696, 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


109 


"  Toomy  lio.  pood  brolher,  eyi  Walter  Ru3lygh,  Knvght. 
Lci.  Warden  off  the  Stftnerys.  onil  captayati  of  lier 
majesty's  parde, 

"  My  ho.  good  brother.  Hearo  aro  anyvvd  S  fly 
boltM  from  Saynt  Lucar,  whiuh  cnmc  from  tfiensc  the 
26  of  february  lute,  who  reportc  Ihiit  theare  are  theare 
20  saylles  of  men  of  war  amakiriffe  reddy,  butt  riolt  with 
haste;  whcarcoff  5  of  theame  are  of  the  greteste  shypfis 
off  Spayne.  Theare  came  <lwte  of  Saynt  Lucar,  vn  theare 
company,  aertyno  shyppcs  which  weant  for  Lusliorne, 
loden  with  1400  tone*  off  com  too  1  e  bakyd  ynto  bysky 
for  the  kyngcs  provysion ;  and  theare  came  at  thatt 
tyme  too  otlier  greatle  ahyppea  toc»  Saj-nt  Lucar,  off  BOlJ 
tones  apene,  too  lode  come  and  too  retorne  too  Lu»bome. 

"  They  fhrtber  reporto  that  the  Kynge  botle  G  hulkes 
off  200  tones  apeme,  which  are  gone' to  the  ddl  awrodn, 
foH  of  men,  womene,  and  cbylJeme,  and  Tyttella ;  whcaro 
off  theare  weante  MOO  $<nl(lyers. 

"  Theare  are  arr\'vyd  att  Saynt  Lukar.  obowte  5  wekes 
paste,  S  of  il»e  Kynges  fryg'otte*.  which  brafte  from 
8«vQtQ  Jnhn  de  Portflryka  "i  mylliona  and  a  halfe  of 
«>'iver,  on  iho  rejKtrlc  was  amongeste  mercbantes;  and 
that  «yr  francys  Drake  recliyd  tbearc  owtewarde;  nt 
that  tyme  tbov  were  nloilynge  off  the  tresurc.  He  en- 
teryd  the  harbors  with  hys  pyna«.ies,  and  fyrj-d  one  of 
the  fryffottea.  Syr  francy*  cowldo  noit  enter  the  hnr- 
boor  with  his  «hyppeii,  for  they  hud  aunke  a  frj-gotte  yii 
the  harboro,  and  by  that  meaues  lost  both  the  towne, 
treasure,  and  frygottes.  Thys  ys  aII  tliat  I  can  at  thys 
preoaunte  adrertj-s  yow  off;  and  soo  levyngo  to  trolile 
TOW,  I  commy  t  yow  to  the  protcctyon  off  the  Allmyghty. 
^rooi  Greanewaije  this  IG  off  marclie,  1595. 

"  Yonrea  for  ever  to  be  commaodytl, 

"  John  Giujrrte." 

The  following  paper  seems  to  have  reference  to 
the  Expedition  to  Cadiz,  under  the  Earl  of  Essex  ; 
it  is  without  date  or  indorsement :  — 

"  And  bccauM  it  may  hiippen  by  fight,  or  otherwise, 
that  you,  our  Admirall  of  these  forces  comniitte<l  to  j'our 
chargn,  may  niiscarrye  in  this  action  (which  God,  we 
hope,  will  prevent),  wc  have  thoiii^ht  jjood  (providinge 
for  all  events)  to  appovnt  and  authorize  in  such  extre- 
Diitye  our  Servant  >V  Walter  Raleigh,  C«pt.iyne  of  our 
Guard,  and  Lieutenant  of  our  County  of  Corncwalle,  to 
tnki'  thn  rhnrge  n\'  our  said  fli-et  .irid  forces  I'einpe  now 
our  Vice-adinyrnll  of  the  witne.  And  in  the  incnne  while 
that  he  be  a»$i»tant  unto  yon  in  all  your  enterprises  and 
nttempte«,  and  all  other  re^tohiiions  and  determinations 
for  ihe*o  oor  service*,  ni  well  for  the  annoyance  of  the 
£ueniye  ^s  fur  the  aaie^anle  of  our  fleet,  and  forces  afore- 
sayd.  In  wytne-i  whertrof  we  h,\vo  caused  these  our 
Letters  tn  be  made  Pateiitcs,  to  contynue  daringo  our 
pleasore. — Wilnes  our  selft"  &c. 

J.  Patne  Collieh. 

P.S,  Prom  a  MS.   volume  of   miscellaneous 

?octry  and  prose,  in  the  library  ut  Bridgewater 
louw,  I  extracted  the  followinn; ;  but  it  strikes 
me  that  I  have  seen  it  in  print,  and  if  any  of  the 
crorreapondenta  of  "N.  i  Q."  can  tell  me  where 
the  lines  arc  to  be  found,  I  shall  be  obliged  to 
them. 


••  KPIT.Vni. 
Here  Jvm  th«  »««bt#\Va>TV'irthar  Merer  blunted  swopfl: 

Jl        '        ,'         ■•    -  ,  ver  kept  his  ivf'!''!; 

1  I'd  all  tb*'  M.ilv; 

i'  .  ...^i  all  the  world  did 

^•"i'.  Wa.  Ra." 


TWELFTH-DAY. 

It  i»  still  the  custom  In  parts  of  Pembrokeshire, 
on  Twelfth-night,  to  carry  about  a  wren. 

The  wren  is  secured  in  u  small  hoyi^e  made  of 
wood,  with  door  and  windows — the  latter  glazed. 
Pieces  of  ribbon  of  various  colours  aro  ftxed  to 
the  ridge  of  the  roof  outside.  Sometimea,  several 
wrens  are  brought  in  the  same  cage;  and  often- 
times a  stable-lantern,  decorated  as  above-men- 
tioned, serves  for  the  wren's  house.  Tito  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  wren's  visit  is  a 
source  of  much  amusetncnt  to  children  and  ser- 
vants; and  the  wren's  men,  or  lad?,  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 
very  commonly  commence  high  life  below  stairs, 
dancing  with  the  maid-servants,  and  saluting  them 
under  the  kissing-buah — 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  oni  toM  that  there  is  a  version  of  this  song  in 
the  Welsh  language,  which  is  in  subntonce  very 
near  to  that  given  below :  — 

"  THK  80NO  or  THE  WKBK. 

**  Joy,  health,  love,  and  peace. 
Be  to  you  in  this  place. 
By  your  leove  wc  will  aiiiff, 
( 'oncerniug  our  king ; 
Our  king  is  well  dre«t, 
In  silks  of  the  best; 
With  hi»  ribbons  so  rare, 
No  king  can  compare. 
In  his  conch  he  dues  ri<le. 
With  a  great  deal  of  pride ; 
And  with  four  footmen 
To  wait  upon  him. 
We  were  four  at  watch. 
And  all  ui^h  of  a  match  ; 
And  with  powder  and  ball. 
Wo  fired  at  his  hall. 
We  have  travell'd  many  miles, 
Over  hedges  and  stites, 
To  find  you  this  king. 
Which  wc  now  to  you  bring. 
Xow  Christmas  is  past. 
Twelfth-day  is  the  last, 
Th'  Old  Year  bids  adieu — ■ 
Great  joy  to  Iho  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  "hall"  is  fitly  useil  fur  ihe  wren's 
nc»t:  it  is  reolly  a  "hull,"  or  covered  place.  And 
it  is  from  the  shape  of  his  nest,  that  the  uren  gets 
his  tiame,  meaning  covered. 

Th»j  reference  to  "^owdec  assA.  W&."  Ns.ex!KNfs<rt.- 


SE. 


110 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^S.V.  rB».6,'64- 


surviving  in  this  district,  which  contains  a  refer- 
ence to  guns  and  cannons.  I  regret  that  I  can 
only  remember  two  verses ;  and  as  far  as  I  know, 
thej  are  not  printed :  — 

"  '  Where  ar*  you  going  ? '  say*  the  millder  to  the  malder, 
'  Where  are  you  going? '  says  the  younger  to  the  elder. 
'  I  cannot  tell,'  taya  FiEEled'vfosa : 
'  To  catch  ratty  wron,'  says  John  the<red-no8e. 

" '  How  will  yon  gtt  him  ? '  says  th«  millder  to  the  malder. 
'  How  will  you  get  him  ? '  says  the  younger  to  the  elder. 

*  I  cannot  tell,'  saya  Fizzledyfose : 

*  With  guns  and  great  cannons,'  says  John  the-red- 

nose." 

Perhaps  I  ought  not  to  call  this  a  song,  as  I 
never  heard  it  sung,  and  it  is  very  little  known 
here ;  but  I  suspect  it  used  to  be  sung  when  the 
party  of  seekers  were  setting  out  in  search  of 
the  wren,  which  they  wanted  for  the  TwelAh- 
night. 

The  wren  here  is  generally  called,  by  the  com- 
mon  people,  "  cutty  wron,"  or  "  cutty  wran." 

Query.  What  are  the  meanings  of  the  words 
"  millder  "  and  "  malder  "  ?  J.  Tombs. 


FLY-LEAF  SCRIBBLINGS,  ETC. 

In  a  MS.  circa  1460 :  — 

"  Que  librum  scriptit  ipsnm 
Yideat  in  patria  Jesom  Christum. 

Amen." 

In  a  Salisbury  book,  1527 :  — 

♦•  Mi  bewte  ys  fayr  ye  may  well  see 
Wherfor  I  y»nke  mi  maat'  Dygbe 
Whersomever  ye  me  see  or  happyn  to  mette 
I  dwel  w'  mi  master  Dygbe  in  Lym  Strette 
Whereaomever  I  am  in  vilaga  towne  or  cite 
Mi  dwellyrip  is  in  Lyme  Stretwith  mi  master  digbe 
Pore  pepull  Tor  mi  master  digbe  doth  py  (pray) 
For  he  refreshy  t  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  &  had  mi  fayre  bewte 
Poor  men  &  rich  men  of  eviy  degree 
Is  bound  to  pray  for  mi  master  Digba 
Whosoever  in  me  doth  look  &  rede 
Pray  for  mi  master  Digbe — Grod  be  hys  spede 
Mi  master  digbe  dwellethe  in  Lvme  Strett 
Wber  mony  a  noble  marchand  Uiere  doth  mette." 

Time  of  Elizabeth  — 

"  Omnipotens  Chriate 
Mihi  Salter  cui  constat  liber  iste 

Dignare 
Dogmata  plura  dare." 

*'  Si  tibi  copta — si  sspientia  formaque  detnr. 
Sola  superbia  destruit  omnia  si  dominetur." 

The  following,  from  a  book  formerly  belonging 
to  the  celebrated  John  Dey,  the  astrologer :  — 

"  In  Dei  Nomine  Amen. 
The  thirde  day  of  December  a"  DiU  1670.  L  Thoius 
Watson  of  Waltfln  in  tha  connty  of——." 


Then  follows,  in  the  same  hand  — 
"When  3'e  hande  shaketh  memento 
When  ye  lippes  blacketh  confeseio 
When  "ye  harte  paineth  conlrissio  C*»*-3 
When  ye  winde  wanteth  aatisfactio 
When  ye  voisa  roleth  mei  miserer* 
When  ye  limmea  fayletb  libera  nos  domin* 
When  ye  eyes  holloweth  nosee  teipsum 
For  ther  doth  forbereCI^  vade  ad  jadiaom." 

I  will  conclude  this  with  an  aoroatic  hymn; 
where  I  copied  it  I  quite  lorgot :  — 
'*I    llnstrator  mentium 
£  rector  lapsorum 
S  anctificator  cordiam 
y  itajnstorum 
8  alus  peccatomm 

"M  ater  orphanornm 
A  diutrix  lapsorom 
B  erugium  miseromm 
I    Uuminatriz  csecorum 
A  dvocata  peccatomm." 

J,  c.  J. 


THE  NEWTON  STONE. 

In  reading  Dr.  D.  Wilson's  interesting  work  oa 
the  Pre-hittoric  Annalt  of  Scotland,!  waa  ttrnek 
with  the  resemblance  of  the  inscription  on  the 
Newtcm  stone  (vol.  ii.  p.  214,)  to  tliose  of  certain 
rocks  in  North-west  India.  It  appears  that  CoL 
Sykes  also  detected  the  similarity.  In  ahort,  the 
letters — the  powers  of  which  are  well  known,  and 
with  the  appearance  of  which  I  am  familiar — are 
almost  precisely  those  of  the  Arian  variety  en- 
graved on  the  sepulchral  stones  of  the  tope*^  and 
m  other  Buddhistic  inscriptions  found  in  Afighas* 
istan,  the  ancient  Ariana.  The  characters  are 
known  as  the  Arian  or  Buctrian,  and  are  cloaely 
related  to  the  Phoenician.  The  letter  like  O  is, 
however,  not  in  the  Arian  ;  but  in  the  Pbcenictaa 
it  has  the  power  of  the  Hebrew  ay  in,  If.  There 
is  one  wore],  at  the  end  of  the  fourth  line,  which 
is  in  the  Lat  character — the  oldest  form  of  Saa* 
scrit :  this  word  is  Neaher. 

Having  so  clear  a  clue,  I  readily  wrote  the 
whole  inscription  in  equivalent  Hebrew  letters, 
thus:  — 

n33  »n»oT 
W  TtV  •3«  niT 

JKO  -3  «n 
nin  'Dy»  y2B> 

In  English  letters,  thus :  — 

Be;rabnba 
doniiti  babeth 
zuth  Ab-ham-howba 
min  phi  Nesher 
chii  caman 
sh*p^a  joati  hodhi. 


3t*  S.  V,  Feb.  fl,  '«*] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Ill 


It  will  be  observed  tbat  the  linea  are  arranged 
in  raoiisurc :  ibrec  tinea  of  four  s}rtlabies,  und 
tbrec  yf  five. 

Tbe  words  arc  unmistakably  Hebrew,  witb 
Chttlilaic  ailmixture,  as  in  thu  word  maa  (t^O)  < 
and  llie  literal  rendering  is  h^  IVjUows  :  — 

"Silently  I  rest  in  the  tniub  ;*  At)-/mm-howhaf 
l»  in  ihii  home  of  *pi]endour«  From  the  moutli 
(or  dotrlrine)  of  Nesher.l  my  life  wai  as  un  over- 
flowiiijit  vi'»sel :  my  wiiidoni  was  my  ijlory." 

Tlio  word  Xfiher  beins;  insoribed  in  tbe  ancient 
Sanscrit  cliaraciw,  employed  by  the  early  Bud- 
dbistB,  iniiicitte*  tlcit  th.'  ihtsod  so  named  wji*  an 
anci«nt  teacher  oi  ines  of  Iluddha,  from 

the  firtt  seat  of  i  und  that  the  person 

commemorated  on  lijij  sepuJchral  alntic,  aa  one 
instructed  by  this  ttiacher,  was  bimsulia  Buddhist 
misEiionury.  * 

The  fact  that  we  find  an  inBcription  in  the 
Arian  nnd  Lfit  character  of  India,  known  to  be 
Buddhistic,  on  a  tombstone  of  very  enrly  datu  in 
such  H  place,  is  sutBcient  proof  that  a  tluddhi«t 
colony  was  establiubcd  there  at  the  time  of  its 
erection.  Tbe  form  of  the  letters  in  tlio  word 
Nexher,  is  certainly  that  of  tbe  Sanscrit  of  the 
fifth  century  B  c. 

From  niuMhiNtlc  bistoTT  we  know  that,  soon 
aftor  the  death  of  Go<lttma  Bnddlta.  »ir  *^  '•  -  -  ■^. 
sionaries  %vcnt  out  in  nil  dirertions  tu  [ 

his  doctrine*.     This  occurred  about  fjv,- icd 

year*  b.c.  Nnrthern  mythnlo^'y  plainly  iodicatca 
its  connection  with  India  nnd  Budilhism. 

Bttt  the  most  interesting  circumstance  ia  tbe 
Hebrew  cliaractcr  of  the  inscription  on  the 
Newton  stone,  thou>;h  the  letters  tncmsclves  re- 
semble tho'**}  In  use  in  Norlb-westcrn  India  at 
the  period  of  Buddhist  ascendency,  and  both  tbe 
aiioicnt  Sanscrit  fnrnt  of  letter  and  that  of  the 
Arlan  are  found  '  u  several  instances  on 

the  sanie  rock,  u?  :  <  of  the  satnc  inscrip- 

tion uud  in  the  some  lan^iuagc. 

llow  can  an  Injcription,  presenting  ezimples 
of  both  thosp  forms  of  letter*,  and  expressing' 
Hebrew  word?,  and  fonnd  in  Scotland,  be  ac- 
counted for?  There  arc  numerous  evidences 
that  many  of  the  liraelitca,  ctipeciuUy  those  of  the 
Ten  Tribe*,  Mr.uulcrcd  from  the  place  of  their 
captivity  into  Bactria  and  North-western  India, 

=""'    '^'••^'    ' •    ^'-'".iits.      Traces  of  such 

part*  of  Europe,  but 

^... i  wht-re  an  uxtentive 

1^'  ,  and  yet  not  Jewish,  wa»  cer* 

**" '"  "  2  VI 1 1  oarly  period.    Among 

:    thi*   Hebrew  inllu> 

ftn,  tJ  A  siii^ular  pus* 


■  nit 

>s  a  Jftopu  name,  el^- 
'  pirriuM  paopk, 
•aaaffl*. 


sage  quoted  by  the  Bov.  E.  Davies,  in  his  work 
on  the  Mpthoioi^y  of  (he  Brittth  Druid*  (Afipen- 
dix.  No.  12).  The  passage  consislji  of  four  short 
lines,  which  Mr.  Duvies  suspected  mi^iht  be 
Hebrew  5  in  consequence  of  Taliessin,  the  Welsh 
bard,  having  sLnted  that  flic  b:irdjc  lore  was  de- 
rived from  a  Hebrew  or  Ht.di  The 
lines  referred  to  are  in  an  ancii  1  t  hymn 
in  praise  of  Idudd  the  Great  (  li  .-^r,  A  r  <. /tteotogy^ 
p.  74).  These  line*  are  depcribed  as  the  prayer 
of  five  hundred  men,  who  came  in  five  ghip*. 
Mr.  Davies  transcribed  the  passaj:c  in  Hebrew 
characterei,  but  did  not  attempt  to  translate  it. 
When  literally  rendered,  however,  even  from  Mr. 
Davies's  transliteration,  it  makes  very  ?nod  Bud- 
dhistic sense.  The  Hebrew  source  ol  thi^i  passa<^ 
U  further  indicated  by  the  fact,  that  those  who 
used  it  are  represented  as  sayinr; :  "  Wo  all  at- 
tend upon  Adonai," — the  Hebrew  name  of  the 
Almighty. 

Tbe  Dannaan  of  Irish  tradition  are  not  un- 
likely to  have  been  lirat-lites  of  the  sailor-tribe 
Dan,  who  very  early  mingled  with  the  niHritime 
population  of  Zidonia  (see  Deborah'*  Son;:,  &o.). 
Dr.  Latham  thinks  it  probable  that  tbu  Danai  of 
Homer,  &c.,  were  Daiiites.  (Ethn.  of  JEuntpe, 
p.  1.37.) 

H  the  Dannann  of  the  Irish  were  Danites,  wc 
can  account  lor  the  presence  of  Hebrews  in  Scot- 
land during  the  pre-hisforic  period  :  for,  ns  we 
are  informed,  the  Tuotha  de  Dannaun  tntnuluced 
their  monument.^  into  ScotLind,  Ireland,  and 
Wales,  long  before  the  Christian  era. 

Then,  aa  Great  Britain  was  known  to  India 
before  the  death  of  Godama,  we  can  understand 
how  Israclilisb  converts  to  Buddhism  there  might 
also  know  that  Hebrew  colonists  dwelt  in  Britain, 
and  desire  to  join  them ;  and,  a'-cording  to  the 
xeal  of  the  time,  introduce  Buddhism. 

From  the  direct  rending  of  the  Newton  stone, 
as  well  us  from  collateral  evidence,  there  is  then 
reason  to  conclude  that  it  wns  erected  to  the 
memory  of  a  Hebrew  Buddhist  missionary  of 
.some  influence  in  pre-histoTic  Scotland.  The 
inscription  in  tbe  Ogham  character,  on  the  same 
stone,  is  possibly  a  transcript  in  the  same  or  an- 
other lan^fuage,  and  may  serve  to  test  the  cor- 
rectness of  the  reading  thus  confidently  oOered. 

Can  you  favour  me  with  information  concern- 
ing any  other  northern  inscription  in  the  same 
character  ?  And  also  inform  me,  where  I  may 
find  a  copy  of  tbe  Ogham  inscription  on  the  New- 
ton stone  ?  Is  there  any  published  expkuutioa 
of  the  Oghaiu  alphabet  P 

G»o.  MooBS,  M.D. 

Hasting*. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3»<8.  V. 


Cardinal  Bbtow  and  ABCiraiSHor  Gawiw 
Ddnuab. — In  the  book  of  protocols  or  notarial 
instruments  before  the  Refonuatlon  kept  by  nota- 
ries public,  occasionally  valuable  facts  are  re- 
conlcd.  Very  many  of  ihese  books  hftve  perished, 
but  still  there  are  several  yet  preserved.  In 
lookini;  over  certain  extracts  from  the  Protocols 
of  Cuthbert  Simon,  the  following  entries  occur : 

**Jacobaa  secundus  Arcbiepiscopus  Glasguensis  Ordi* 
ntttu  ct  consecfKtus  fuit  apml  Striviling  dominica  in 
albU,  viz.  XV  Aprilit,  anno  h,  quinquai^enimo  nonu  et 
durarit  usi]ue  ad  quintum  junii  anno  xxiij^  et  (ed«s 
torn  var.ovil  per  truulationem  ejus  ad  Arvhicpijjcopalum 
Sancti  Andree. 

•*  Jacobus  quartos  Scotornm  rex  coronatut  fait  apud 
Sconaiu  in  die  Sanctw  Maria;  Magdalone  videlicet  xxij 
JuUi. 

''Jacobus  quintus  coronatus  fuit  in  CA^tro  de  Striviling 
per   JacobuTn   Glascm^nsem  Ar  ■•i\  xxij    Sep- 

tcnibris.  Anno  Domini  M.  quim,  u- 

"  Gawinus  Archiepiscopua  GioaK'"""'^  >  oti»ccratus  fuit, 
Edinburf^i  quinU  Februarii,  Anno  Domini  »,  quinquagea- 
iffloxxxiiij." 

The  first  prelate  here  mentioned  was  the  cele- 
brated Cardinal  Beaton,  Trbose  hostility  to  the 
£nglisb  interest  was  the  foundation  of  all  the  mis- 
fortunes of  the  unhappy  Mary.  Had  she  been 
affianced  to  the  youthful  Edward,  and  received  a, 
virtuous  education  in  Enpland,  instead  of  havin;; 
her  youth  corrupted  by  the  vicious,  wicked,  and 
immoral  practices  of  the  French  Ci)urt,  her  fate 
would  have  been  otherwise  than  it  was;  but 
under  the  training  of  Catherine  de  Medici  —  a 
worse  woman  than  even  her  nnmesakt'  of  Russia — 
and  with  the  example  of  Drana  of  Poictiers,  the 
king's  mistress,  before  her,  whose  pet  she  was  — 
how  was  it  possible  that  the  best  disposition  in 
the  world  could  escape  contamination  Y 

lieton  was  the  second  James ;  the  first  was 
Jutnes  Bruce,  a  son  of  Bruce  of  Clackmanan, 
Archbi»hop  of  Glasgow.  Keith  was  not  aware 
when  or  where  he  was  consecrated.  See  Scotuh 
Siikopt,  Edin.  1824,  Svo,  p.  255. 

Gawinus  was  Gavin  Dunbar,  a  nephew  of 
Gavin  Dunbar,  Bishop  of  Aberdeen.  lie  was  an 
accomplished  man,  and  the  education  of  James  V» 
was  entrusted  to  him.  He  waa  Prior  of  White- 
haven in  Galloway.  J.  M. 

HaNDiusoHH's  Obatobio,  "  St.  Padl."  —  It 
is  nlw&ya  desirable  that  any  erroneous  statement 
of  fact,  particularly  when  contained  in  a  work 
carrying  on  its  face  an  appearance  of  authority, 
should  be  pointed  out  as  soon  as  possible.  In 
the  rcccntlv  nii1ilr,li»Ml  volume  of  I^tterM  of  Ftlix 
J/  ,    there  is    apf>endtd   to   a 

U'l  olssohn  to  hii«  mother  on 

Oriober  4,  )  i  h  he  refers  to  the  Musical 

Festival    hel'i  in^rh.Tni   in   that   year  (at 

whii-ii  he  had  coitducu  '  rio,  St.  Pavi),  a 

not*  by   the  editors,   .Ni  \\\t>  brother  and 

cousin,  statinp;  tliat  St.  I'uut  waa  performed  for 


im 


va«n 


the  first  time  in  England  at  that  fc»tiv«], 
note  has  been  retained,  without  comment, 
English  translation  (by  Lady  Wallace)  o^ 
Letters.  But  the  statement  is  incorrect,  as  ' 
had  been  three  performances  of  th 
En<jland  prior  to  that  at  the  Birn 
tival  on  September 20,  1837.  The  ii'->  >>> 
performances  was  at  the  Liver^ol  Miisif-«1 
tival,  under  the  direction  of  Sir  George  S 
on  Friday  morninj»,  October  7,  1 836 ;  the  oerroni 
was  in  London,  by  the  Sacred  Harmonic  Soctetr. 
on  March  7,  1837,  and  the  third  by  tJae 
body  on  September  12,  in  that  year.  The 
poser  was  present,  as  an  auditor,  at  the  latter 
perform.ance,  which  he  would  have  cuodttot«4i 
but  for  the  interference  of  the  Birminghftm  Fr- 
tival  Committee,  who  consi<lered  that  bift 
so  would  have  been  a  virtual  breacb  of  hi: 
£»agement  with  them.  He  had,  however,  a 
intended  three  of  the  rehearsals,  and  it 
remembrance  of  his  association  with  the  Sneicty 
on  this  occasion  that  the  silver  snufT-box  mm- 
tioned  by  him  in  the  letter  of  Ocu>ber  4»  1M7, 
was  presented  to  him.  W.  M.  HctK. 

Easter. —  In  The  Chronology  of  Itistorjf^ 

Sir  Harris  Nicolas  (at  pp.  88— 9 1), a  rule  is 
for  finding  Easter,  imlependently  of  all  I 
The  rule  as  printed  is  incorrect,  and  gives  « 
erroneous  result  when  G  is  the  Sunday  letter, 
and  the  epact  is  cither  6,  IS,  20,  or  29.  TV 
error  occurs  in  subdivision  (_g)  of  the  rule,  p.  W. 
It  should  provide  that,  when  subdivision  (/)  cit<» 
no  remainder,  G  is  the  Sunday  letter;  attujlN. 
number  under  G  should  be,  not  7,  but  0. 
instance,  in  the  year  1849,  tbe  epact  was  $  ; 
G  waa  Sunday  letter,  and  Easter  fell  "  '. 
Applying  the  rule  us  printed,  it  ■ 
fallen  on  April  l.l.  Thus,  under  8uLtii>  i^imu  (i 
45-6=39.  Under  subdivision  {o\  27  — 6=*21; 
which,  divided  by  7,  gives  no  remainder.  Tbao 
by  subdivision  (/>),  to  39  must  be  added  7,  and 
no  remainder  is  given  by  subdivision  (o)  to  b* 
deducted.  46—31  =  15,  the  day  of  April  on  which 
Easter  did  not  fall  iu  that  year. 

DiALSCTS  or  THB  SlTBUmBS.  --  My  enKOfftrOM 

in  London,  and  my  rt'sldence  in  the  ' 
Higbgate,   noCCMItate    a   diurnal    tnu 
end  to  ond,  between  Kentish  Town  at.u   , 
ford  Street  extremity  of  Tottenham  Colli 
Thrne  daily  journeys  by  oiniiibu*,  up  an*' 
have   broujjht  me    into  acijuaintance  with 
extraordinary    ►jiecimens     «if   suburbnn     di^Ioot. 
Allow   nw  to  place  on  record  in  "  > 
few  exuniples  not  only  for  flu  imiiu«m'  '   \  '  u: 

r«Ad«:trit,  but  uji  evidences  ol 
di«gui««ment,  wh«>reof  mir 
always  f'h'^wn  iltclfso 

Thrt*  Bmssea.     Cud  —  "  AddlcLd 

tnv'm  t  **     ''  Break*neck    awuis  !  "     "  Igu^till 


art  S.  y.  Fxn,  6,  "CA] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


113 


"  Rokknp  \  "  "  Gcddish  Down  f  "  Whereby 
plense  to  unflerstaml  —  Atleloid*?  Tnvern  ;  Breck- 
nock Arms ;  Highgate  Hiil ;  Red  Cup  ;  Kentish 
Town. 

Here  the  newa-boy»  interpose,  with  n  pbrnsenlowy 
of  tbcir  own  —  "Heaving  Staw  !  "  Dillitilli- 
grawph!"  "Heaving  StannVd!"  •*Imbortint- 
frurnmiroerrikey  ?  "  "  LiJ  terfr'm  ^lan  Hadd'n  !  " 
— Evening  Star;  Daily  Telegraph;  Evening  Stan- 
danl  ;  hnportant  Irom  America ;  Lett»?r  I'roai 
Manhattan. 

Here  a  cad  shouts — "  Full  inside !  "  "I  viah  I 
vos  !  "  responds  a  hunery  loafer  from  the  footway. 
"  I  owney  vish  /  vos ! " 

Jn  the  mornirg  this  is  altered — *'  Full  inside  !" 
cries  Ihe  cad.  To  whom  sarcastically  replies  the 
driver  of  a  rival  bus  —  "Hope  yer  injoyed  yer 
brekfast ! "  Scuin. 

SwoRD-BLABE  TsscRirxioNS.^The  columns  of 
your  interesting  and  valuable  journal  have,  from 
time  to  time  recorded,  for  the  amufiement  of  its 
readers,  quaint  inscriptions  on  sundials  and  on 
bells.  Permit  me  to  send  you  two  curious  mot- 
toes, which  were  found  on  sword  blades,  and 
communicated  to  me  by  Mr.  Latham,  of  the  6rm 
of  Wilkinson  &  Co.,  the  eminent  sword-makers  in 
Pall  Mall.  The  first  is  from  aa  old  Spanish  blade, 
and  runs  thus: — • 
"  Non  t2*<i]dar  dt  me  se  tl  Cor  t«  msnca." 
"  Tniat  not  to  inc  if  thy  heart  Tail  thee"  — 

and  tlie  second  is  from  a  Gascon  sword :  — 

*•  Si  mon  lira«  redoutable  cstoit  nrnie  dp  ce  Fer. 
J'attaqQcroiH  le  Diable  au  milieu  de  rfiofer." 

W.  F.  H. 

SoDBCK  or  THE  NiuB. — The  following  note  may 
be  interesting  at  tbe  present  time  :  — 

"  November,  16C8. 

•'  At  a  Meeting  of  Ibo  Council  of  the  KoynJ  Society  of 
London  for  Improving  Natural  Knowledge: 

**  Ordered,  that  these  documents  be  prittled. 

"  Bnoi;3fKER.  Pres." 

The  diticourses  were  printed  accordingly,  with 
the  following  title  :  — 

"  A  .Short  Relation  of  the  River  Nile,  of  its  Source  and 
CnfF'snt,  Ac.  Ac.  London :  printed  for  John  Martyn, 
printer  to  the  RovaI  Socictv ;  and  are  to  be  sold  at  the 
»ign  ttfTlttf  Hell,  "without  I'cmpic  Bar,  1669." 

In  this  little  book,  which  I  have  recently  been 
reading,  there  is  &  wonderful  resemblance  in  the 
description  of  the  source  of  the  Nile,  and  that 
which  has  been  lately  read  before  the  Royal  So- 
ciety. SsPTiMus  Plesse,  F.C.S. 

Thf  Princess  i>e  Lamballk.  —  It  will  be 
remembered  by  the  readers  of  French  History, 
that  one  of  the  most  horrible  atrocities  of  the 
Reign  of  Terror  was  the  murder  of  this  unfor- 
princess  in  17H.'l.  After  dentli,  the  remains  were 
subject  to  the  greatest  iinlfgnitics,  and  the  head 
carried  upon  a  pike  through  the  streets  of  Paris. 


A  question  has  been  raised  since  as  to  what  be- 
came of  the  head  after  tlie  mob  had  satiated  their 
fury  by  its  public  exhibition.  A  late  ntimber  of 
Galignani  sets  the  quei<tion  at  rest  by  the  publi- 
cation of  a  document  which  has  been  lately  dis- 
posed of  at  a  sale  of  autographs  in  the  Kue  Drouet 
The  document  is  as  follows  :  — 

"  Section  of  the  1.5.S0.  Permanent  Committee.  Sep- 
tember 3rd.  Year  IV.  of  Liberty,  and  1.  of  Equality. 
Citixen  Jacques  Pointol  of  the  Com  Market,  G9  Kue  dea 
Petita  Champs,  applied  to  tlie  Committee  for  permission 
lo  inter  the  he^d  of  the  ci-devant  Prince'^q  de  Larabolle, 
which  he  lind  aurceednd  in  obtaining  pnit^esaion  of.  Aa 
the  patriotism  and  humanity  of  the  said  citizen  could 
not  bat  be  commimded.  we  immedialcly  proceeded  to  the 
cemetery  of  Enfants-Trouvei,  near  the  place  where  our 
Coiiiiitit'tee  met,  and  within  our  aectiun,  where  we  had 
the  said  head  buried,  and  we  have  given  the  present  act 
to  serve  the  said  citizen  aa  a  discharge  and  auihonzation. 
Done  by  the  Committee,  in  the  above -mentioned  day 
and  yeair,— Dbskqukllb,  Commiasiouer  of  the  15.20." 

T.  B. 


ANCIENT  SEALS. 

I  have  a  cast  of  the  fine  old  seal  of  the  borough 
of  Stamford,  the  matrix  of  which,  I  believe,  is 
preserved  in  the  Museum  of  the  Society  of  Anti- 
quaries, London.  Its  relief  is  very  hi;;h,  and  its 
workmanship  singularly  beautiful.  The  device  is 
the  Virgin  and  ChiM,  seated  under  a  rich  canopy, 
with  a  praying  figure  beneath,  the  legend  appa- 
rently being,  "  Stavnford  .  Bvrgenses  .  Virgo  . 
Fvndvnt  .  Tibi  .  Preccs."  From  its  having  four 
projecting  hinges,  similar  to  those  on  King  Ed- 
ward's double  staple  seals,  I  feel  almost  satisfied 
that  this  is  only  one  side  of  the  ancient  double 
seal  of  Stamford.  If  1  am  correct  as  to  this,  is 
the  other  side  of  the  matrix  still  in  existence,  or 
are  impressions  from  it  stUl  extant? 

1  have  also  copies  from  the  seals  now  used  by 
the  Boroughs  of  Glastonbury,  and  Bury-St- 
Edmund's,  but  both  are  very  small  and  modern, 
the  former  having  for  device  a  mitre  in  front  of 
two  crossed  crotiers  on  a  shield,  with  the  legend, 
"  Floreat  Ecelesia  Anglie;"  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  these 
towns  once  possessed  ancient  and  striking  seals,  I 
would  like  greatly  to  ascerUin  where  casta  from 
them  are  to  be  procured. 

Seal-engraving  appears  to  be  almost  a  lost  art 
for  the  last  300  years,  as  the  high  relief,  beauty 
of  design,  and  richness  of  execution  of  even  the 
smallest  seals  up  to  that  period  contrasts  forcibly 
with  such  as  have  been  executed  since  then,  es- 
pecially with  the  more  recent  example.*.  There 
are  stmie  exceptions,  I  must  acknowledge,  to  this 


114 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


sad  decadence,  hut  tbey  are  far  from  being  nu- 
merous. Can  any  reason  be  a9»»!ined  why  leals 
cannot  now  ftpp*renlly  be  enffrtved  in  tbt;  bold 
and  beauiifiil  manner  in  which  this  wa«  done  four 
or  fivo  centuriea  n<io? 

Wy  collection  of  English  municipal  seals  is  now 
a  very  extensive  one,  mainly  through  the  kind 
facilities  ailbrded  by  your  oulumnt,  but  I  have 
lon^  been  dciiirout  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 
Mtds,  now  used,  of  the  cities  of  London  and 
Dublin;  the  double  seals  of  the  borouglis  of 
Shaftesbury,  Southampton,  and  New  Shoreham  ; 
the  1589  seal  of  the  city  of  Wiiicht?it.cr;  tho 
ancient  seals  of  Hereford  and  Northampton  ;  and 
tfaos^  now  used  by  New  Windsor  and  Queen- 
bomugh.  To  those  I  would  add  two  ecclcslas- 
tie»l  examples,  viz^  the  singularly  beautiful  seids 
of  Christ  Church,  Canterbury,  and  of  Thomas 
Arundel,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  1396—1414. 

You  know  my  address,  and  should  any  readers 
of  "  N.  &  Q."  communieate  with  roe,  and  kindly 
favour  me  with  puita-percha  casts  of  all  or  any 
of  the  Heals  I  have  named,  I  would  gladly  re- 
dprocflte  the  obligation  out  of  my  own  very  ex- 

livc  collection  of  medieval  seals.  £.  C, 


Arrnos  waxteo. — 

"  Thi*  world's  a  g-ood  world  to  lire  in, 
To  land  and  to  spend  and  to  giv«  iu; 
Bat  lo  h*g  or  to  borrow,  or  uk  tor  ons'a  owil« 
Tis  tlie  very  worni  world  tLut  over  was  known." 

It  w:  r  by  a  friend  to  be  Sheridan's; 

has,  L.  oarohed  his  works  without  suc- 

cess.* K.  R.  C. 

"Mrt.  T)AimL  CAunti.tH — Anj  information  will 
be  ijratefullv  received  respecltng  "  Mr.  Dantfl 
Campbell,  Minister  of  the  Gospel,"  author  of 
Sacrameutnl  Meditatitmn  on  the  SHffertngii  and 
Death  of  Chritt  The 'oventh  edition,  published 
in  1723,   is    i  ,1.1,  Duke  of  Ar- 

pyle,  with   t,  nUo    addressed 

'*  To    my   Own    M<.fic,    and  .f    tho 

Parishes  of  Kilmichael  of  d  ,,  and 

Locbgear."  c  >> .  iiiitoiiAU. 

CHKas. — Has  not  at  last  a  copy  hwa  dlsoovcred 
of  Vioent,  Librt  deUjochn,  partilu,  (rc.,  14W  ? 
A«^cordin;»  (o  tlir  Illiutrated  ftondon  AVw*,  No. 
833,  a  rumour  to  tlils  purport  wss  afloat  BOine 
jtArs  ago,  Wfi»  ever  a  reply  published  by  the 
writ«r  ftf  tlv  Ptrsian  Chest  (N.  Bl»n<l, 

£»q.),  or  in  to  the  crities!   rrinnrk*  ••f 


^  in  our  I*  S. 


Prof.  Duncan  Forbes,  1860,  in  Tf 
Chefi  .*  Did  nothing  more  appear  ii. 
ject  ?  C'oixvAaa. 

Groniogen. 

The  CoMST  OF  1581.  —  Readinj;  lately  Br«t 
schneiiler's  CoUection  of  Melancthan'g  Lrtttrt^  jg 
four  quarto  volumes,  I  came  upon  iho  foil 
notice  of  a  comet,  which  may  be  int«r(*»lil 
some  readers.  It  is  in  a  letter  of  Mel 
Camerarius^  of  date  Aujust  18,  1531  :  — 

"Vidimus  Ci>mettn,  qui  (mt  dies  r>' 
jam  so  oitondit  in  oocnsu  Solntitiall.  "s 
super  <■-  --1  ■■■■     -' ^'•■■■■■■ 

tUS. 
paulo    :n 

cirrunui^iUn.  iifu^iiuiii   iiiotuiu  (|ii<;'u   Ujtbuut 

Est  Autein  <'ulurH  laiuHdo,  nisi  ^i  quando  nubaS^ 

lidii.rem  redduiil.    Caudiun  vprtit  vr--'--  '>  ' 

qiiidetn  vidctur  miuari   \\'\*  nostris 

modum   ad   ortum    iii'  iMi-itJiua    w 

vidi  ante  coiv 

oxpriinunt. 

dnm  afflrmaiit  ^Mi-  v  v    i 

(i^far,  quia  sit  acuta  c  >>    |m>(«I 

jadicaro.     Quiuo  to  nt  . 

conspectus  sit;  qti' 

duobos  gradibus-. 

^;t'nt<'r,  «t  quid  Juciii":  ^Tionvms.  ii(^ii<iii 

p.  5:«.) 

[n  a  second  letter  to  Camerarlus,  or  date  S«pt 
9,  he  remarks  :  — 

>>  <• -..  >....  ;..,i;^...j — -  ..  n..„.,,,  ,-.1  f  o>m 

I 

Miirtii  uiciuiii  ci-Hv  qui  nunc  nh  \:\j.it  ,!i«tcJilL   RC 
ti4s  cDineln  teqiiualur,  at  ic*«,"  (/&.  p.  f»87.) 

Mclancth-m  at  this  time  was  in  Thurii 
think  in  Krfurt.  I  belii.'ve  there  is  a  letl 
Luther  rcgardinf;  this  same  comet,  but  I 
lay  my  hand  on  it.  Thrre  was  a  comot  in  1A37« 
on  whioh  Gerhard  (Gerhardus  Novima^us)  wrote 
a  trratiiitf ;  and  how  did  it  happen  thai  JJel»DC> 
thon  had  nut  seen  it  ?  IL  & 

CuAwoHTn  OB  CiuicRCTS  :  IJrssbne. — Wbo  VM 
Sybilla  do  Chaworth,  wife  of  Walter  d'F 
an<l  mother  nf  Patrick,  Earl  of  Suliwbury  ? 
rick  de  Catlurcis  or  Chaworth.  and  M     '  ' 
t»?iitified  and  contirmcd   by   thtir  dt- 
tion«   made   by   their    chii<'--'  '    *^- 
family    ^¥a^«  this  Maud  1*      7 

that  "Maudode  Chawardo  li. .: \  .„  l  .  . 

00.  (ilonc'." 

On  what   anlhority  do  the  Scropet  •   ,, 
the  arms  of  Chaworth  ?     Sevcnd  ol 
sidRs  of  KrfuiUih 't'"  Mi-<<\i'\]i-  '\-\  S^n'' 
C 


nimiii     I  ..I  |. Ill '1   111    I     iiic    .-IJ'ijirj 

Jastlr  cntJtM  to  it 


!««&?.  Fu.e,'84.3 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


115 


at  thnt  mnnnr  '^probnbly  pasBed  to  tha  Cha* 
orth«  at  tlie  «ftme  time." 

CoUinson  {flisl.  Som.  t.  160),  stutes  that  some 

ides  in  NV'esum,  formerly  the  ymipiTty  ^f  Hes- 

,cne,  were  In  the  poMession  (temp.  >Vni.  Rufus) 

"  Patrick  de  Catlurcis;  "but  bow  be  (Hesdene) 

parted  wiib  bis  eotate  does  not  nppear." 

Is  tliero  any  authority  for  ttuiider's  sltttement, 
or  iI'm)  ho  not,  from  the  ftiCt  of  the  manors  in 
question  b«.'ing  found  afterwanis  in  the  possession 
of  Chftworth,  cotijet^ture  that  they  were  conveyed 
by  Ue-idenc  J*  l)oca  it  not  seem  that  Chaworlh 
bccnnie  potse^^aed  of  this  property  in  right  of  bis 
ifc  Mnut],  wlio  might  hava  been  a  sister  or  daugh^ 
ter  of  Headene  ? 

I  may  .a<JiJ,  that  I  have  reasons  for  doubting  the 
accuracy  of  a  pediuree  of  Ucsdene  insiertod  in 
Burke's  Vuilatiun  nf  Seals  and  Arms.      H.  S.  G. 

0UTR«  ns  DcRneK,  KTC. — In  vol.  ii  p.  68,  of 
a  pii*)lir«»ion  of  the  year  1742,  entitled  Antiquities 
of  the  Ahhetf  Churchy  WentmiuHtrr,  nnd  under  the 
heti'l  of  "  Monuments  to  rcmarkivlde  Persons 
Buried  in  thot  Church,"  it  mentions  that  next  to 
the  monnmcnt  of  King  Henry  III.  is  ona  of  "  Oli- 
ver de  Dunlen,  %  Baron  of  England,  and  brother 
of  Kingllnnry  HI." 

Query.— 1.  What  wns  the  name  of  his  mother, 
and  was  he  a  hnlf-brother  of  Kinjr  Henry  III.  P 
I  cannot  obtain  the  infnrmntion  from  Rapia  or 
the  other  hiatorinns  of  that  period. 

8.  Is  there  any  b'K»k  or  record  in  wbioh  the 
names  cf  Henry  lll.'s  barons  are  given  ;  and  if  so, 
where  can  it  be  seen  ?  Astiquabt. 

Gbumoold  Hold.  —  One  of  the  three  manors 
in  the  parirsh  of  Hackney  has  this  name.     It  for- 

erly  belonged  to  the  vicar*  of  tlic  old  church, 
,nd  the  tradition  is  they  were  so  severe  in  exact- 
ing their  tines,  and  there  was  such  dissatisfaction 
and  grumbling  among  th«  tenants  in  consequence, 
that  it  acquired  the  nickname  of  Grumble  Hold. 
Surely,  if  this  were  tlie  case,  no  lord  or  steward  of 
a  manor  woidd  hiive  chosen  to  pliu'e  such  a  name 
nt  the  very  bcs'l  of  each  Court  Roll.     May  it  not 
rnthcr    be    St.    Grumbold's    or    St.    Rumbuhrs 
Miinor?     The  name  is  a  corruption  of  Rumual* 
^,..      II.... ...I  ,  //../    nf  Kntt,  iii.  p.  380)  says  that 

I  stone  nsvd  to  make  a  feast  of 

V.:..:.....-  v^...  , .anas  Eve,  and  caU  it  "Rum- 
bold  I\'i;^'ht,"  The  old  chunh  at  Hackney  is 
sotneticnes  collcil  that  of  St.  John,  and  sometimes 
of  St.  Augustino.  Any  further  information  would 
obli'je.  A.  A. 

Potitu'  Cornrr^ 

PDa.  ntt.t.:  PuTmojj  or  I.  — In  1759,  Dr.  Hill 
rrnte  a  pnmphht,  entitled  To  Dueid  Gorrick, 
Eig.,  (^«  Pttition  of  J,  on  hfhnlf  of  htrsi-lf  anil 
Pi«r«r4,  'J'ho  purport  was  to  charge  Mr  Garriek 
|Uli   mlspronouncin};  some  words,  including;  the 


otben«  The  pamphlet  is  now  forjrotten.  (Dra- 
matie  TaMe'TulK  ii.  144,  Lond.  1825.)  What 
pronunciation  did  Dr.  Hill  insist  upon  P  Was  the 
I  in^rfli  and  vittut  over  sounded  oa  in  vinoear.  or 
virulence*  W.  D. 

Htli  Holdes  of  Wednesbury,  jjent.,born  1719, 
died  1790;  married  in  1745  Elizabeth,  dauphter 
of  John  Walfonl  of  Wednesbury,  gent.  (^Baker, 
Hist,  Northamptonshire,  I  317.) 

Particulars  of  their  issue  and  descendants  will 
obi  ice.  Also  any  particulars  of  the  Walford 
family.  H.  8.  G. 

Ivcstbb's  Dkato.  —  In  Monk's  Lift  of  Btntity 
(p.  317),  the  following  communication  is  madtt  in 
a  letter  of  Kuster's  fnend,  Wasse  :  — 

"We  heard  soon  art«r  that  he  [Koater]  had  bfi«a 
blooded  five  or  six  times  fur  a  ftiver,  and  that  upon  npon- 
ing  his  b'Mly  there  was  found  »  cake  of  sand  alon^  the 
lower  rej^on  of  his  b«lly.  This,  I  tuke  it,  was  occatitoned 
\>y  hfa  sitting  nearly  double,  ftnd  writinjr  on  a  very  low 
table,  surrounded  witli  three  or  fiiur  circles  of  books  [for 
his  edition  of  Hesychius probably]  v'^ted  on  the  ground, 
which  was  the  situation  wo  lUiually  found  him  in. 

Is  any  reliance  to  be  placed  upon  the  story  of 
the  "  cake  of  sand  along  the  lower  region  of  his 
belly,"  or  is  it  merely  a  cose  of  calculus  f 

T.  J.  BuCKTOIC. 

LArr»K«  or  th«  Dead:  Rouhd  Towe»9  or 
Irki^ahp.  —  In  the  admirable  dictionary  of  M. 
Viollet  Ic  Due  (vol.  ri.  p.  165)  is  a  very  curious 
Bccouut  of  certain  towers  which  are  found  in 
cemeteries  in  the  centre  and  west  of  Franre,  and 
in  which  formerly  lights  were  burneii  at  ni^ht  to 
indicate  the  proximity  to  the  lost  resting-places  of 
the  dead.  He  states  they  are  also  called  fantd^ 
tourni^e,  and  phare.  The  earliest  notice  be  girea 
is  from  an  old  chronicle  of  the  Crusades,  which 
states  :  — 

"Then  died  Salad  In  (Salahedlns),  the  greatest  prinee 
that  there  was  in  Pa^andoo),  and  was  buried  in  the 
cemetery  of  Su  Nicholas  of  Acre  near  his  mottter,  who 
was  there  very  richly  interred  ;  and  over  thetn  a  beauti- 
ful and  grand  lower  (une  tourniMo  bifele  et  prant)  where 
is  ni|;)it  and  <lav  a  lamp  full  of  olive  oil,  and  the  hnsptlal 
of  Si.  John  of  Acre  paya,  and  causes  it  to  be  lighted,  who 
b»M  great  rents  which  Salidla  and  bis  mother  left 
them." 

The  author  says,  however,  there  is  a  Irndltion 
that  they  were  *'  menhirs,"  or  erections  of  siona, 
consecrated  to  the  Sun  in  Druidienl  times.  He 
gives  illustrations  of  three  of  these  lanterns  of  the 
dead.  They  have  all  a  small  door  raised  some 
dtiitance  above  the  ground,  and  an  opening  or 
winilow  at  the  top,  where  the  lighted  lump  was 
exhibited.  One  is  from  Cidfrouin  (Charente), 
and  is  like  a  pier  surrounded  by  clustereii  columns 
.ibout  six  feet  in  diameter,  and  including  a  Sort 
of  conical  top  or  spire  about  forty  feet  hijrb.  The 
mouldings,  fitc,  show  it  to  be  the  work  of  the 
thirteenth  century.      The  *e<jftNN'i.'«,^*^'9' ■*5>.<oc:<a»w« 


116 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[3'*  S.  V,  Feb.  6,  *t 


nt  lie  t'lp,  and  is  not  more  than  twenty-fire  feet 
b!«»l>.  The  third  is  at  Anii?ny  (Vienne),  and  is 
squiire  with  smiiU  jamb-shaflii  at  the  angles,  and 
is  uhout  thirty- five  ftset  high,  and  seems  alao  to  be 
of  the  thirteenth  century.  They  all  stand  on 
flijrht«  of  steps. 

la  it  possible  that  the  round  towers  of  Ireland 
were  intended  to  serve  as  cemetery  lights  or  lan- 
terns of  the  dead  ?  In  France  these  faiuds  seem 
to  bo  confined  to  the  Celtic  districts,  and  it  is  not 
imposaible  that  the  Celtic  races  in  Ireland  may 
have  seen  and  copied  them.  They  have  the  same 
entrances  a  little  above  ordinary  reach,  the  same 
windows  at  top,  and  the  same  conical  caps.  Could 
any  amonjr  the  French  antiquaries  who  peruae 
"  N.  &  Q."  favour  us  with  some  further  informa- 
tion with  reward  to  these  curious  towers  ?  It  is 
not  impossible  after  nil  that  they  may  be  the  means 
of  dispellin;j  the  mystery  which  has  hung  so  long 
over  the  far-fumed  round  towers  of  Ireland. 

A.  A. 

Lktgh  Family  or  Slaidbcjbx,  co.  York. —  I 
wish  to  obtain  information  relative  to  the  ancestry 
of  Richard  Leigh,  of  Birkitt,  in  Bolland,  in  the 
county  of  York.  He  wa.s  buried  at  Slaidburn, 
March  1,  1676,  His  wife's  name  was  J.ine  ;  I  do 
not  know  her  surniime,  They  had  issue  Leonard, 
of  whom  presently  ;  William,  who  married  and 
left  issue;  .Tiunes,  nlsu  married  and  left  i«5ue ; 
Ellin,  married  tn  Nicholas  Parkinson,  and  had 
issue  five  sons  and  one  daujihler. 

Leonard  Leigh  married  (May  9,  1657,)  Eliza- 
beth Bri|;<T ;  and  had  issue  Richard,  who  was 
father  of  Leonard  Leigh  of  Harrop  Hall,  who  left 
issue  a  daughter  Anne,  married  to  Samuel  Har- 
rison of  Cranage  Hall,  in  the  county  of  Cheater. 

The  arms  borne  by  this  family  were :  A  cross 
in<rrailed  ;  and  in  the  first  quarter,  a  mascle. 

To  any  of  your  correspondents  who  will  favour 
me  with  a  reply,  I  shall  be  happy  to  give  further 
infornmtinn  as  to  the  descendants  of  the  first- 
mentioned  Richard  Leigh- 

Geosgb  W.  Makshaix. 

LiTBKAn  or  Berltn.  — 

"  Xotliing  could  Iwi  tnorv  •ccond-rate  and  «>ronil-hiiml 
than  the  fitltmtmrt  r<f  the  rnuft  of  HerUii,     Voltaire  was 

the  only  Mv  ever  persuaded  to 

join  thf  m  :  he  :  i  inuxtcr  ai  noon  as 

flattery  ceased  i          ,.  rii>i«  was  a  small 

Httronomer ;  Boyer,  a  pe  :  k  and  Latin, 

which  hd  could  not  con»t  !i'i  tran^lAl^d 

Dante  into  iiiirr '<'o 

veriioti  of  thf 

Yet  Frederick  ^..-  :. .  .-.    :-.^ -I> 

ocrltle*,  that  ho  pu  kloKuc  oi  them  in  throe 

targ*  viilariitk." — A  ■  ■■.  XorlA  Germany,  p.  172, 
London,  t77ii, 

I  ahall  be  glad  to  know  ibe  full  title  nf  th* 
Catalogue  in  three  v«tliime«,  and  any'  r 

Clairfons  or  Horstcd*  of  whom  I  cantx 
mceooat,  1:;.  i.  U. 


HABmvG  or  Baddlss,  etc.  —  In  nr 

ment,  of  a.b.  1570,  relatinir  to  the  1 
forest  and  the  rights  ol'  certain  owi.^  .  .  .  1^ 
ther<;i^,  it  is  mentioned  that  "  The  serv.tnta  ofl 
A.  B.  did,  in  the  fence-month,  mark  fadd 
wayues,  and  carts,  at  certain  gates  ar»d  otbcr 
places  ;"  and  that  "  the  said  marking  was  farmed 
out  at  so  much  per  annum."  Can  any  render  pro- 
duce notices  of  a  similar  custom  in  explAURtiito  t 

J. 

Ttiii  Empbess  Maud.  —  I  have  read  that  •  LiHi 
of  the  Erapresj?  Maud,  daughter  of  Henry  FIm  ww 
written  by  Amulpbus,  Bi.shop  of  Liscux :  and  that 
it  is  now  in  the  library  of  the  College  of  Navarre 
at  Paris.  Has  this  life  ever  been  translated  or 
published  ?  G.  P. 

New  York. 

MoDBL  or  Edtmbcbgh.  —  Abotit  twetjty  yean 
ago  there  was  exhibited,  first  in  Edinburgh,  and 
afterwards  in  Glasgow,  London,  and  other  plBefN» 
a  beautiful  model  in  wood  of  the  city  of  FMia- 
burgh  showing  the  Castle,  the  public  buiUitofi, 
and  each  individual  house  in  the  ditTerent  »tre«l* 
and  si^uares  with  much  accuracy  and  distinctnett. 
It  was,  according  to  my  recollection,  about  twelve 
feet  in  length  and  eight  in  breadth;  was  very 
elaborate,  and  must  have  taken  long  to  constrtict, 
being  in  every  respect  most  creditable  to  Uw 
framer.  It  attracted  considerable  notice  at  Che 
time,  and  a  friend  told  me  that^  being  in  the  roooi 
at  Piccadilly  where  it  was  shown,  the  laic  Duke 
of  Wellington  was  among  the  visitors ;  and  be 
heard  his  grace  say,  that  his  seeinr;  this  model  wooU 
induce  him  to  visit  the  original,  which,  however,  be 
never  did. 

Can  any  of  your  readers  state  whether  tins 
piece  of  work  is  still  in  existence,  where  it  i^  Bful 
who  was  the  artist  ?  J.  R.  B. 

MoTTOBS  Waktkd.  —  A  company  is  established 
to  supply  Burton-upon-Trent  with  water  from 
Lichfield  and  the  tributaries  of  the  riv>^r  above 
that  city :  the  object  is  not  to  supersede  the  use 
of  the  present  Burton  water  in  brewing,  but  to 
economise  itby  bringin'/  "■.<■•>•  t"i.,(ii  another  v., ■■►.a 
{ur  domestic  and  n>.Ti.  imd  othc; 

poses,  and  also  for  all  t- -,1         ^^  '"g  purpoiiw, 
cept  that  of  making  ale.     Mottoes,  convej" 
following  ideas  in  Greek  or  Latin,  esjieeial 
(  classic  authors,  are  requoited  :  — 

\.  To  succour,  not  to  supersede. 
2.  We  bring  silver  to  save  gold. 
The  latter  means  that  the  Burton  springi   l>etn|( 
valuable  as  gold,  we  bring  silver  to  e 
use.  T.  .1 

Licbaeld. 

Newwavkk    m    Frahcr.  —  DtiL'rfaV,    tn 
Baronetage,  under  "  .Stourton,"  >":>  - 
Lord  Stuurton,  died  ^.v.  154(i, 
ii^neral  of  Newbaven,  in  Fraocv,  aaii  Ui<:  JUjuchie^ 


3'<»  S,  V.  Fbb.  6,  'i 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


thereof."  Lord  Stourton  waa  in  command  of  one 
of  Hen,  VIII/s  fortifieationd,  neor  Houlopne.  la 
there  any  pluoe  at  or  near  that  town  bearincj,  or 
known  to  have  borne,  the  Engliah  name  of  i^ew- 
haven  P  J. 

Oboeb  or  THB  CocKXB  IK  Frakck.  —  In  the 
Peerage  of  1 720,  whiuh  baa  already  been  the  sub- 
ject of  a  query  (3'*  S.  ii.  67,  117),  and  which  the 
jciodncsa  of  your  correspondent  G.  enabled  me  to 
identify  as  the  third  edition  of  Francis  Nichol'a 
Britiiih  Compendium,  the  famous  Sir  James  HamlU 
ton,  Kiirl  i)i  Arran,  and  Recent  of  Scotland 
during  the  minority  of  King  James  "V.,  is  said  to 
have  been  "  Knijjht  of  the  Cockle  in  France." 
This  m  doubtless  "  L'O/dre  de  Chevalerie  du  Ntt' 
vire,  ou  <le  la  Coquille  de  Mer,  institue  en  1269,  par 
S.  Louis,"  in  commemoration  of  a  hazardous  naval 
expedition. 

The  collar  of  the  Order  was  composed  of 
escallop  shells  alternately  with  double  crescents, 
and  their  badge  was  a  ship-rijiged  urjr.  floating 
upon  waves  of  the  same.  What  were  the  circum- 
stances of  the  hazardous  naval  expedition,  in  com- 
memoration of  which  it  was  Instituted  ? 

Udttb. 

Cape  Town,  S.  A. 

Frovxbb  Wasted.  —  Can  you  tell  me  where  I 
may  find  the  first  mention  of  the  following,  find 
which  is  the  earlier  form  ?  —  "  We  praise  the  food 
as  we  find  it " ;  ai»d  "  We  praise  the  fool  as  we 
find  him."     An  early  reply  will  much  oblige. 

AitqBA. 

ROMAM  HrSTOBTAK. 

"  Th4)  I^otnin  historian  describes  a  supposed  lunatic 
tnuliUtcil  and  contined  lo  long  in  a  narrow  cell,  si  so 
nearly  to  bax'o  lost  the  human  form,  that,  oa  his  libera- 
tion, he  was  too  offensive  to  be  pitieil — dtformitaie  miteri- 
enrd'iiim  ami  til." — A  Letter  In  Sir  IV.  Uitrroic,  A.G.,  bv 
Charles  Darlon,  M.D.,  I>onclon,  1813,  pp.  04. 

Tiie  letter  is  on  the  bad  management  of  lunatic 
asylums. 

Who  is  the  Roman  historian  bo  vi^uely  quoted, 
and  where  can  I  fiii<]  the  passage?  M.  M. 

SEAt^s. — Will  any  collector  of  seals,  &c.,  kindly 
famish  me  with  an  impression  or  cast  of  a  seal 
or  gp/n  representing  a  man  approaching  a  house, 
and  carr)iing  on  his  back  what  appears  to  be  a 
sheaf  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. 

Citmbemr«1L 

Shakespeabk  Pobtbatts.  —  What  works  are 
there  tronting  especially  on  this  subject,  besides 
those  by  Rfr.  B<>a<lcn  and  Mr.  Wevill  ?      G.  W. 

Translators  of  Tkkicmce. — I.  Can  you  give 
me  any  account  of  this  Charles  Hennebert  ?     He 

Subl'ished    Terrnce   (volume  i,),   translated   into 
'nrucb,  Cambridy:e  Uin"ver»Jty  Tresfi,  J  726,  8vo. 


3.  Who  is  translator  of  the  Andria  of  Terence, 
Cambridge  and  London,  Hamilton,  1659? 

3.  The  comedies  of  Terence,  translated  by  S. 
Patrick,  1745,  revised  and  materially  improved  by 
James  Prendeville,  Dublin,  1829,  8vo.  Wanted 
any  information  regarding  the  editor.  R.  I. 

VicHT.  —  Tr\Tiere  can  information  as  to  Vichy 
and  its  minertd  springs  be  procured  ?  These  aqmn 
calidie  uppear  to  have  been  known  to  the  Romans. 

S.  P.  Q.  R. 

Wbits  of  Summons. — William  De  Rythre, 
Lord  of  Rythre  in  the  county  of  York,  had  sum- 
mons to  parltametit  from  the  28tb  Etl.  I.  to  the 
6lh  Ed.  II.  inclusive.  In  the  26th  Ed.  I.  he  had 
summons  to  Carlisle  equiit  el  armis,  in  which  writ 
he  is  designated  as  a  baron  ;  the  earls  and  barons 
then  summoned  bein<r  respectively  distinguished 
by  their  rank.  Is  it  therefore  to  be  inferred  that, 
although  in  this  case,  no  record  of  a  summons  to 
parliament  earlier  than  that  of  the  28th  £d.  I.  is 
extant,  yet  that  a  previous  summons  bad  been 
addressed  either  to  hinuelf  or  nn  ancestor  ? 

HiPPBUS. 

Situation  or  Zoab.  —  The  exact  Hituation  of 
this  ancient  city  is,  I  am  aware,  still  a  matter  of 
discussion  amongst  biblical  critics,  but  I  was  not 
prepared  for  such  exactly  opposite  statementa  re- 
specting it  as  appear  in  the  articles  on  "  Moab " 
and  "  Zoar "  in  Dr.  Smith's  Dictionary  of  the 
Bible,  both  by  an  author  to  whom  students  of  the 
Bible  are  deeply  indebted — Mr.  Grove  of  Syden- 
ham. 

Under  the  article  "Zoar,"  vol.  iii.  p.  1834,  we 
find  the  following  remarks :  — 

"The  definite  position  of  Sodoni  is,  and  probably  will 
always  be,  a  mystery,  bat  there  un  be  little  doubl  titat 
the  p'lain  of  Jordan  was  at  the  north  of  the  Dead  Sea ;  and 
that  the  cities  of  the  plain  most  therefore  bare  been 
aitaated  there  instead  of  at  the  southern  end  of  the  Uko, 
as  it  is  generally  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 
liighly  probable  that  the  Zoar  of  the  Penlttench  um*  to 
the  Hiinh  of  the  Dead  Sea,  not  fur  from  its  northern  end, 
in  the  general  parallel  of  Jericho." 

Let  us  now  turn  to  the  article  •*  Moab,"  vol.  ii. 
p,  391,  also  written  by  Mr.  Grore,  and  what  do 
we  find  — 

•'  Zoar  was  the  cradle  of  the  race  of  Lot.  Although  the 
axact  piiaition  of  this  town  lias  not  been  determined, 
THKliE  IS  no  DO  CUT  that  it  ««M  titnated  on  the  »vuth- 
eatttn  bordtr  of  the  Dead  Sea." 

Can  these  two  statements  be  reconciled?    If 
not,  which,  in  Mr.  Grove's  q^vuIq\\^  ^ya^viv^"*' '^sa. 
most  T)To\ia.Ue  aatovMiX.  ol  <!oi'i  %\V«\va«o.  cS.  -waR^tvX 


ZoatV 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tHBLT.  Feb.  6,  •64. 


tEiuniti  toitlt  ffnllDrrit. 

CoLiTTTO   AiTD  A.  S.  —  In  MiItOTi's  Stmnfttt 
there  are  nome  obscure  nlluKionii.    Thus,  in  the 
6th  [lull],  who  is  mennt  when  hn  says  :  — 
"  Why  in  it  tisnipr,  Sin,  than  Gnrdim, 
CotkiUo,  or  MacilonncI,  or  Gulup  ?  '* 

The  last  two  were  chicAi  in  Ireland  in  the  war 
of  1506  ;  but  who  arc  the  first  two,  Gordon  an<I 
Colkittof    A<;ain,   in    his  lines   "On    the  New 
Forcers  of  Conscience,"  we  have  — 
"  ....  A  clasnio  kierarrhr 
Taught  ye  by  mere  A.  S.  and  Itulberford." 

The  latter  is  the  well-known  Scottish  divine, 
Samuel  Kutherford  ;  but  who  ii  "  A.  S." 

Philomath  B8. 

Glaagow. 

[VVarton  has  the  following  note  on  tbe  first  pasiiage: 
"  Milton  is  here  rollecling,  from  his  hatred  to  the  Scots, 
what  he  thinks  Hcottl)^h  names  of  an  ill  sonnd.  Colkitto 
and  MHrdonntl  are  one  and  the  asme  person;  a  brave 
ofllcor  on  the  royal  aide,  an  Irishman  of  the  Antrim 
family,  who  servnl  itnd^r  Montrose.  The  M.icdonalds 
of  that  family  nn*  fityle<l,  by  way  of  distinction,  Mae 
Collcittnck,  i.  r.  the  deacendants  of  the  lame  Colin. 
Gnlatp  \*  a,  Scottish  writer  af^ainst  the  Independents. 
He  in  Georgn  Gillespie,  one  of  the  Scotch  mombera  of  the 
Assembly  of  Divines,  as  his  name  is  subscribed  to  their 
Letter  to  the  Uelffick,  French,  and  Helvetian  churches, 
doted  lG-13:  in  which  tbcy  pray  'that  thefe  three  na- 
tions may  be  joined  as  one  stick  in  the  hands  of  the 
Lord :  that  all  mountains  may  become  plains  before  them 
and  us :  that  then  nil  who  now  see  the  plummet  in  our 
hands,  may  also  behold  the  top-stone  set  upon  the  head 
of  the  Lord's  house  amonf(  us,  and  may  help  ns  with 
shoutinR  to  cry,  Gracf.,  Gruee,  to  it.'  (Kushwortli,  p. 
871.)  Such  was  the  rhetorick  of  these  reformers  of  re- 
formation ! " 

A.  8.  noticed  In  "  The  New  Forcers  of  Conscience,"  is 
Dr.  Adam  Stenart,  a  minister  of  the  flcottish  Kirk,  and 
a  douf;hty  champion  ho  apjtcars  to  have  been  in  the 
polemics  of  that  time;  witness  his  effasion  entitled, 
"  ZiTubbabel  to  Ranballat  and  Tobiali,"  Imprim.  Mar. 
17,  Ifill,  4to.  Consult  Watt's  Sibliothiea  for  his  other 
works.] 

TuK  NiLB.— I  have  noticed  in  The  Timet  and 
other  puperH,  recently,  the  question  mooted  as  to 
whether  Captain  Spekc  did  really  discover  the 
source  of  the  Nile.  It  has  occurred  to  mo  that 
he  may  have  done  so  in  part,  by  tracing  one  of  its 
sources.  Some  of  your  readers  are,  no  doubt, 
well  ncqnaintod  with  the  moorland  districts  of 
this  kin^'doin  ;  and  if  those  rofrions  are  visited  in 
the  suiiniicr  jjeason,  thpy  will  leave  with  the  impres- 
lion  of  havinrr  discovered  the  rise  of  one  of  the 
many  rivers  flowing  from  that  district;  but  visit 
that  place  again  the  following  spring,  and  that 
sune  spring,  which  they  thought  was  the  riTsr 


head,  will  in  vumj  CMM  be  tnead  for  a  mile  or. 
more  in  some  other  direction.  May  not  this  be 
the  case  with  Captain  Speke*a  dimrery  T 

I  had  recently  a  parcel  from  a  hoiikteller'fl  ahop. 
wrapped  up  in  an  old  map.  On  examination.  I 
found  it  to  be  an  old  map  of  Afriea,  having  the 
Nile  to  the  lakes  Zairt  and  Zaoton.  Th«  nap  is 
curious,  and  apparently  about  two  handnd  years 
old.  It  was  once,  I  should  think,  puirt  of  a  book. 
On  the  back  is  printed  a  deeeription  of  Afnca, 
eommencing  thus :  **  Africa  M  it  lay  neomt  tbe 
first  people."  It  is  engraved  by  Abraham  Ow.^. 
I  shall  bo  glad  to  know  from  what  folio  work  it 
is  taken,  and  if  of  any  real  value  P  G.  P- 

[Abraham  Goos  published  warions  maps  at  Amsterdim 
In  the  esrly  part  of  the  seventeenth  century.  Dr.  0. 
D.nppera's  Beiehreibunyvon  AfHca  (Description  of  AfrifiX 
fol.  Amsterdam,  1C70,  has  a  large  map  of  Africa;  bat 
this  map  does  not  bear  the  name  of  Ooos. — The  qnesiioa 
rcspcctlnR  Captain  Speke  and  the  Nile  will  probably  girf 
occasion  ere  long  to  sharp  discu^siona.  but  on  a  scale  fir 
beyond  the  dlspos.ible  space  in  "  N.  &  Q."] 

Major  RiciiAaosoTf  Pack. — I  should  be  jW 
to  know  something  respecting  the  author  nf  a 
small  volume,  entitled  MincelUtni^t  in  Prott  and 
Verm,  the  second  edition :  London,  printeil  for 
E.  Curll,  in  Fleet  Street,  m.dcc.xix.  The  volume 
is  dedicated  to  the  Honourable  Colonel  Wtlliam 
Stanhn|ie,  His  Majesty's  Ehvoy  Extranrdinsrf 
and  Plenipotentiary  at  the  court  of  Madri<l.  Thii 
dedication  is  signed  "  Richardson  Pack,"  who  w 
styled  Major  Puck  in  an  eulogistic  poem  by  (i. 
Stiwell,  prefixed  to  the  work.  The  author  ip- 
peara  to  have  served  in  Spain,  and  to  have  pM- 
sessed  an  elegant  literary  taste;  although  hu 
poems  are  disfigured  by  the  licentious  freedom  in 
vogue  in  his  day.  Among  the  prose  articles  in 
the  volume,  is  a  Life  of  Wycherley,  the  poet 

John  Pavik  PuiLLirt- 

Haverfordwest. 

[Richardson  Pack  was  educated  at  the  Merchant  Tar- 
lors*  School,  and  was  for  two  year«  at  St.  John's  Collejrf, 
Oxford.  His  father  Intending  him  for  the  legal  profri- 
sion  entered  him  at  the  Middle  Temple ;  but  the  stttdT  of 
the  law  not  agreeing  either  with  his  health  or  inclinaiion, 
he  joined  the  army,  and  served  abroad  under  Gen.  Stan- 
hope and  the  Duke  of  Argyle.  The  Major  died  at  Abn- 
deen  in  Sept.  1728.  The  various  editions  of  his  Porfies' 
SrisetUanut,  all  published  by  E.  Curll,  may  be  seen  ia 
Bohn's  Lowndes.  For  other  particulars  of  him  coniah 
Gibber's  Li'cea  of  the  Poett,  and  the  biographical  dic- 
tionaries.] 

Spehser's  '*  Calerdae." — I  have  recently  net 
with  an  old  translation  into  Latin  lu-xamelen 
of  Spenser's  Calendar.  As  the  title-pago  of  my 
copy  is  missing,  I  should  feel  obliged  if  any  eoi 
would  inform  me  of  the  authw'a  nemo  aM  Ai 
date  of  the  pnblicaUon.     Lot  ■•  iaqoifik  IMk 


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NOTES  AND  QUlftllES. 


whether  there  is  any  version  extant  of  the  other 
poems  of  Mpenfier,  und  ol"  the  "  Faerie  Queene"  in 
pariicul  ir?  X.  1. 

[The  following  it  the  title: — "  Calendarinm  Putorale, 
«!t«!  .f!gIop«i  <l«iodccim,  toiiVlem  Annf  3Icnsibu«  uccotn- 
IDO<}«r»,  An^lit-i)  aUm  scripts,  nunc,  nutem  elegAiUi  La- 
^USao  Cnnninc  ilonaw  «  Tb«o«loro  Uathurtt.  L«nd.  1653, 
'^ftro."  Jt  Is  dedicated  by  th«  editor.  William  Dillingham, 
to  Francij)  L«n«.  Some  ropic«  hava  no  d&l«.  It  wai  re- 
pal>U4l)eil  br  John  lialU  i^ith  a  Latin  DisHrtation,  "  De 
Vkft  8i>iT!>«-|  et  Script)*,*'  and  an  aTijrmeotftd  glossary. 
LonJ.  1732,  9yo,  wliJj  cuts  by  Foudrini«r.] 

Qdot4TIOms. — Where  are  the  following  quota- 
tioQti  to  h«  found  f — 

• Athlqf 

O'er  which  the  r«T«n  flap*  her  fhneriU  wing." 
[Byron's  Conaif,  canto  il  itanzii  xvi.] 

"  Perhups  it  vtm  ripht  to  di««emlile  yimr  lovf. 
But  why  did  rou  kick  me  dr>wn«takri?  " 

rTbese  lines  first  uppe&red  in  tlie  Axulum  for  FutiUiit 
Pitrts,  17SR;  and  agiiin  in  Tht  Punrf,  hy  ,\.'V.  Keinhle, 
17WS  (Act  I.  Sc  1).  It  has  been  conjectured  that  Mr. 
Kemble  was  the  nathor  of  then.  6m  *•  N.  &  Q.,"  2"0  S. 
Vii.  liC;  Tili.  37.] 

"  'Tts  Bwect  In  know  there  is  an  eye  vill  mark 
Onr  cominj;,  and  look  brighter  when  we  come." 
[Byron'a  Ikm  Juan,  cauto  i.  stanza  123.] 

G.  F.  B. 

Who  Is  the  author  of  the  following  stpecimen  of 
grandiloquence?  — 

"  Britanjiianim  mi^jetitas  ad  orlom  eolis  ab  heiperio 
cablli  porrccla." 

J.  L. 
Dublin. 

[Thi»  qimUlJon,  wherever  it  occurs,  Is  altered  from  tha 
following  paMttge  m  Horace.  OJ.  lib.  iv.  carm.  xv. : — 

"  Fuma/jua  et  ini^iert 
Porrecta  maiefUtB  aJ  ortum 
Solis  ab  He«perlo  cubill."] 

)pmnias.>'Wbat  is  the  meaning  of  the  word 
**  springs  "  in  the  following  poasai^e  f  — 

♦*!fanc''^  '-'■—• '""  ..'<.»-'"-.i  .ong, 

Miiy  i  .  modwteari 

I 

CollirtD,  Odt  to  Etemng,  1—4. 
B. 
[Springs  aa  oaad  in  Ihia  paaaaga,  la  a  Scotch  word,  and 
lifle*  a  qaick  and  che«H'ul  mno  on  a  inusienl  inttru- 
It.     Thn  wordocMur*  in  DoaqUrs  K<Vjft/,  rlxrii.  6 : — 

•\  I  zt»; 

rn\\  iii«  HUMtt  atriTifris 

■  •■>  I  i.>»o  iM»plr««nd  »prinp!i" 

Vide  Jamiviun'a  ScoUith  Dietionarg.^ 

certain  tima  during  the  day  at 

turns    out     unlJ^T   nrtn»,    tiio 

ctetl,  at)d  thi   blind  or  drum« 

and  fifea  play  for  aboal  t«n  minntea.     "Rrtrcixt" 


ii  in  some  way  affected  by  the  time  of  the  year; 
the  hour  at  which  it  comes  off  being  regulated  by 
the  time  of  aiinaet.  ^Vhtlt  is  the  reoAoii  lor  the 
name  retreat  being  Applied  to  this  purlicular  pa- 
rade, if  it  may  be  so  lemiuil  f     Joun  David«on. 

[The  niili(ary  term  rttrtat  has  various  aigniflcaiioas; 
bat  whenever  it  is  applied  to  a  parade  or  muster  of  the 
troops,  we  think  the  expreasioa  must  hava  origitiAlly 
referred  to  the  men's  rsilrini;  lo  their  qttartara  when  the 
muster  was  over,  not  to  the  muster  itself.] 

DoBOoouBiTiB.  —  Can  you  direct  me  to  any 
book,  where  conjecturt-s  are  hazarded  on  the  site 
of  the  Roman  town  Durocobriva,  besides  those 
Ciintjuncd  in  the  works  of  Camden,  Chainicv,  and 
Clutterbuck,  which  are  within  my  reach  j*  In 
modern  atlases  thia  town  ia  represented  at  occu- 

Eving^  the  present  site  of  Mniden  Bower,   near 
iunstnble.     Are  there  suflicicnt  reasons  for  this 
decision  ?  •  C.  D. 

[Tho  l«nmed  William  Baxter  ia  of  opinion  that  the 
alto  in  question  was  Wtibum,  in  Bedfordshire.  He  also 
maintaina  that  tho  proper  orthogrnpliy  was  DurocobrivU. 
S««  liJa  Glt*miriHn  AtUiquitatum  BrUannieurum,  edit. 
1719,  p.  118.] 

AirowTMor?^. — -Who  wns  the  author  of  — 
"AnAutii''       .     ■      .r.  Rhino;  or  Skelches  of  Conrta, 
Society,  and  ;  .  in  some  of  the  German  States 

bonlering  on  in--  ivIimi',  With  ■  Map  of  the  Casiem 
Part  of  Oarmany  aa  stttlad  at  tha  Congress  of  Vienna. 
LoitdOD.  mi"i 

T.  H. 
[By  Cbarlci  Edward  Dodd.  Eaq.,  Barrister  of   tfao 
Middlo  Temple,  who  died  very  soon  alter  the  publication 
of  hia  work.] 


HrpUeM. 

CROMWELL'S  HEAD. 
(3"  S.  It,  175.) 
Mr.  Frank  Buckliiml,  In  bis  letter  to  The  Queen 
newspaper  of  the  16tt«  inst ,  which  no  doubt  some 
of  your  readers  have  also  seen,  has  thrown  ft  new 
lijiht  tipim  CromwelTa  bead.  Visiting;  a  ftiend 
li\t«ly  in  llamiishire,  who  poasenses  some  interest- 
ing relii^s  of  Charles  I.,  he  was  informed  by  him — 

"  ('•  '.nnU  the  cnrions  •tories  about  the  existence 

v.  iitwcM's  horul,  hu  ili^mgM  ho  knew  of  the 

tx.  !  ..  heaii,  which  till  evuienre  neemi  to  print  to  bt 

l/m  vrnj  head  of  t/ilt  ffreat  man.  rTlicse  italiciked  words 
1  do  not  know  wlipiher  Mr.  Hnciklaiid's,  or  his  fHend'a.] 
Tl  ,.!«  fiillows:—' Oliver  Croiimell  Wfi»  liurisd 

in  r  Ablier.    I  well  r«iullect  my  fsthcr.  the 

D' „  .  imi,  of  course],   )ir>iiiti!)ji  out  the  place  to 

bin  Oieiuis.  The  prave  wan  »ituj*red  m  the  very  ccntro 
of  tho  centre  chapeCaithe  east  cud  of  Hen.  VI  I, '«  Chapel; 
but  there  is  no  nUmti  to  mark  the  place.'  "  [Thase  Italics 
are  Mr.  Biitklaiid'a.] 

Mr.  Buckla-TvA  IWti  ixa'^jVe^  ^<t  \3>«vxA\i-*vs«\«8i^ 


i^ii 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


at  Westminster  (which  is  still  a  disputed  point, 
however)  ;  and  that  it  was  diRinterred  by  the 
Royalists,  huntr  at  Tyburn,  and  cast  into  a  bole 
beneath  the  gallows. 

He  then  continues,  what  I  presnme  to  be  his 
friend's  story  (for  he  is  rnther  involved  in  his 
mode  of  statinnr  it),  thus  :  — - 

"  'Hie  hpjid  was  subscqupntly  separated  from  the  body, 
and  placed  on  an  iron  Bpikn  over  the  gale  at  Temple 
liar.  Here  it  remained  till  it  yra*  blown  down  by  the 
wind.  It  wns.  at  that  moment  picked  up  by  a  soldier, 
•who  immediately  secreted  it.  It  remained  in  this  soldier's 
family  for  several  generations ;  till  at  last,  ncit  many 
years  ap;o.  it  was  given  by  the  last  survivor  of  his  family 
to  Mr.  Wilkinson,  a  surgeon  of  Sandgate,  near  Folke- 
stone, and  is  at  this  moment  in  the  possession  of  that 
({^entleman's  son.  The  skin  coverin^c  the  skull  is  quite 
dry  and  hard,  but  in  e.Tcellent  pre>ervatirin.  The  hair  of 
the  mustache  gtill  remains;  and  the  wart  alto,  which  we 
see  representoil  in  his  portraits,  i^  plainly  to  be  seen;  and 
the  tle.'ih  hnt  Iteen  rmbalmed,  which  would  not  have  been 
the  case  with  the  remains  of  an  ordinar>'  person,  I  re- 
gret to  say  I  have  not  seen  it  invielf.  [1  presume,  Mr. 
Buckland  means  ho  has  not?]  With  the  head  are  prc- 
scrvml  the  actual  documents,  in  which  nn  offered  large 
rewanis  for  the  restoration  to  the  authorities  of  the  bend, 
after  it  was  blown  down  ;  and  severe  threats  upon  th(vsc 
trho  retained  it  knowingly,  after  these  noUces  were 
published." 

I  will  not  now  enter  upon  the  vexed  question 
aa  t(i  the  i)!ace  of  burial  of  Oliver  Cromwell ;  but 
if  the  above  facta  are  correct,  and  there  appears 
reason  to  doubt,  surely  some  means  ought  to 
taken  to  have  the  heaid  and  doi^umenta  ex- 
'amined,  by  Mr.  Wilkinson's  permission,  by  some 
per*on  ct>mpetent  to  judge  of  their  hii^torical 
value.  H.  W. 


COLONKL  ROBERT  VENABLES. 

(S*^  S.  V.  99.) 

He  favoured  the  rising  in  Cheshire* under  Sir 
George  Booth  on  behalf  of  Charles  II.  in  Au^si, 
1659,  but  lay  concealed,  dc.si^rning  to  surprise 
Chester  had  JBooth  succeeded  in  his  bold  en- 
terprise. In  March  following.  General  Monk 
gave  Colonel  Venablcs  the  government  of  Chester 
Castle,  at>d  he  aided  the  Restoration.  What  re- 
ward he  received  we  cannot  statr,  but  hii»  friend 
Dr.  Peter  Barwick  potitioneii  Charles  II.  that 
Colonel  Venables  might  be  honoured  with  some 
eminent  mark  of  the  rovnl  favour,  since  it  was 
sullicicntly  known  that  fjc  formerly  both  could 
have  restored  his  majesty  to  his  throne,  and  would 
have  done  it-,  if  he  hud  not  been  hindered  by  the 
peilulionsnfssof  sonic  to  whom  the  king's  business 
was  trusted. 

Colonel  ViMiables  was  an  Independant  in   re- 
ligion, and  ill  1664  wns  denouui"«^il  tn  ilic  .r.iv.rn- 
nient  aa  one  who  had  secretly  p' 
in  Yorkshire,  known  as  Uie  Fan 
T&c/v  WMf  probuhly  Uiiln  truth  in  the  »ccaH.« 


Apf 


71. 


tion.  He  seems  thenceforward  to  have  fi 
rt'tirement  at  his  seat  in  Cheshire.  He  d 
1687,  being  buried  on  July  26. 

As  respects  him,  we  have  references  to 
Dr.  Peter  Baru^tck,  162,  184—186.  190.  ' 
26-2,  277,  431,  451,  436,  471.  521,  522; 
Insh  ReheUton,  277,  282,  283.  314; 
CarapbeU's  ChanccUors,  4th  ed.  vL  2;  C 
Cromwell,  ii.  65.66;  iii.  81,97, 144,  14o; 
don,  Cromwelliuna,  55,  58,  65,  70, 
Green's  Cal,  Dotn.  Stuie  Pnp.  Car.  JT^  i 
Leon.  Howard's  Letterg^  1 ;  Hunter's  Li/e 
ver  Heyu'ftnd,  179  :  Lancashire  Civil  War 
63,  354;  Life  of  Adam  MnrtindnU,  210, 
Autohioff.  of  Hen.  Neitcnme,  207  ;  A'—*'-  ' 
19;  Orn\eiod' a  Cheshire,  \4S7  ;  Gr 
Memoriali  of  Sir  Wm.  Perm:  Sai. 
Col.  State  Pnp.',  Thomas's  ffitt,  AV'  >  CjTT 
Thurloe's  Slate  Papers;  Whitelock's  ."^iLUturu^; 
Zouch's  Life  uf  Wullun,  ed.  1823,  33,  34. 

Lord  Campbell  wtt.s  evidently  under  the  imprH* 
sion  that  Colonel  Vcnables  was  a  mere  oounti; 
squire ;  and  a  more  recent  writer,  having 
sion  incidentally  to  mention  the  en' 
to  have  been  equally  unaware  of  \>, 
literary  fame.  C.  H.  &  Thompsok  Co' 


WORKS  OF  FRANXIS  BARIIA] 


(3""  S.  V.  36.) 
I  observe  with  soruc  surprise  in 


N. 


note  of  inquiry  respecting  my  published  w 
to  which  note  is  appended  an  account  of  a 
them.  I  do  not  know,  nor  even  gucs*.  th« 
of  those  correspondents  who  have  thus  famitTcd 
me  with  their  notice  ;  nor  do  I  complain  of  their 
remarks,  which  are  written  with  that  gentlemanlj 
courtesy  which  disticguisbea  the  pag<-4  of  vunr 
periodical.  But,  as  the  titles  of  my  books  kafc 
been  thus  publicly  rcauestcd,  it  seems  fair  that  1 
should  be  allowed  to  give  a  completer  list  oflliMi 
than  that  which  appears  in  your  pages^. 
abound  in  bibliographic  information.  I 
such  an  esteem  for  your  journal  as  a  penni 
record  of  the  curiosities  of  literature  and 
that  I  take  the  pains  to  correct  your  list 
following  additions :  — 

Besides  my  English  versions  of  Cicero's 
public  and  Lawa,   I  translated  for  the  firat 
into  English   Cicero's  Divination  muf  Fate, 
lished  in  Bohn's  Classical  Series.     Somi«  o 
my  publications   are  version*  of  the  E«: 
niid  CanticIcH  of  Solomon,  and  iIih  IVo| 
Micah  from   the  Hebrew.     An   iinprov 
/.•cmm,;»,   ,ir  Harmony   of  the  Gonpfu,  in 
published     by     Messrs.     K 
„ /rf  to  God'n  WoriU  from  the  Frcjich 
tr«a.t\w  of  M..  tiauidher  ;  TA«  PUaimrtt  of 


Bf] 


itiier  I 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


1 


poem.  A  Kfij  to  AU»m  and  the  Highest  Tnitia- 
tiona;  bein^  a  treatise  on  the  syst^'m  of  universnl 
theology,  theosophy,  ami  philosophy.  A  Life  of 
James  Pierrejwnt  Greaves,  an  eminent  mvstic, 
noticed  at  Inrpe  tn  Mr.  Miirell's  History  of  PhUn- 
tophy,  A  Life  of  Ci'lilon,  \\\G  1\t[sU)\  philanthro- 
pist. The  Ne^v  Brixtol  Quide,  HiC.  Of  course  I 
do  not  mention  a  multitude  of  compilations  to  lead- 
ing  journals  and  periodicals. 

As  to  the  Adamus  Exvl,  to  which  the  inquiry  of 
your  correflpoDdent  b  e«pecially  directed,  1  would 
mention  that  the  only  original  copies  of  the  Latin 
I  ever  saw  were  two  contained  in  the  library  of  that 

freat  book  collector,  Mr.  Heber.  Long  before 
is  death,  he  told  mc  he  possessed  them,  and  his 
words  were  verified ;  for  after  bis  death  they  were 
sold  among  the  books  of  his  library.  One  copy 
of  tifese  scarce  literary  curiosities  passe*!  into  the 
bands  of  Mr.  Lilly,  the  London  bookseller;  and  I 
persuaded  my  friend  Mr.  Uollam,  the  historian,  to 
have  it  purchased  for  the  British  Museum,  Whe- 
ther it  was  so  or  not  I  cannot  tell.  The  otiier 
came  into  the  possession  of  a  private  gentleman. 
Both  of  these  copies  were  kindly  lent  to  me,  and 
I  collated  them  with  Lauder's  edition  of  the  Ada- 
mwt  Exxdy  Dr.  Pnrr's  copy  of  which  I  still  possess. 
I  found  th;it  it  faithfully  agreed  ivilb  the  Latin 
original  of  Grotius,  with  the  exception  of  a  very 
few  words.  My  English  version  of  tliia  wonderfully- 
rare  and  grand  tr.igedy  is  sometimes  very  literal, 
and  sometimes  merely  paraphrastic,  especially  in 
the  choruses.  But  The  Times,  ond  other  leading 
orsjans  of  criticism,  seemed  to  grant  in  their  re- 
views that  I  had  established  this  fact — that  Milton 
lU  more  indebted  to  the  A'Utmu.f  End  than  to 
way  poem  in  existence.  It  is  desirable  that  the 
Latin   original    should   be  reprinted.      Bnt    the 

fiublic  taste  for  truly  Miltonic  poetry  is  at  a  very 
ow-  condition.  I  fear  that  if  new  Miltous  were  now 
to  arise  they  woul'l  suffer  as  much  from  neglect  as 
be  who  received  five  pounds  for  the  copyright  of 
the  noblest  epic  in  the  universe^ 

.  Frakcis  Basham. 
Bath. 


MR.  WISE, 


J**  S.  V.  100.) 
As  Will  run  \u   the  Life  of  sir  Thomas  Pope, 

{jublished  in  1772,  re«?ord3  his  obligations  to  "  the 
ate  learned  Air.  Francis  Wise,  .keeper  of  the 
archives,"  for  transcripts  of  some  curious  papers 
from  the  collections  of  Strype  ami  Charlett,  I 
cannot  but  conclude  that  he  is  the  Mr.  Wisr  said 
to  bo  .nlluded  to  bv  Wiirlon  in  1790;  hut  I  do 
not  fintl  any  of  Lis  letters  of  thot  date  in  Mant, 
or  Wooll,  or  in  the  Garriek  Correspandmce. 

Froncis  ^Vise  was  educated  at  Oxi'ord,  and 
obuined  a  fellowship  in  Trinity  College,  M.A. 
1717;  B.D.  1727.      At  an   earJ/ period   of  his 


career  he  was  a  sub-librarian  in  the  Bodleian  :  in 
1726  wii.s  elected  keeper  of  the  archives;  and  in 
1750  KadclitTw  librarian.  He  retained  the  two 
latter  offices  till  his  death  in  1767,  aged  72.  Hiu 
edition  of  the  Annales  renun  gestarian  jfilfredi 
magni  seems  to  have  been  carefully  prepared, 
and  the  list  of  340  subscribers  proves  the  esti- 
mation in  which  he  was  held. 

For  his  other  works,  I  must  refer  to  the  four 
noble  folios,  compiled  by  the  reverend  Bulkeley 
Bandinel  and  his  associates,  which  exhibit  to  the 
students  of  uU  countries,  at  all  boars,  and  at  a 
very  moderate  expense,  the  incomparable  treasures 
of  the  Bodleian  Library.  Bolton  Corkut. 

The  Mr.  Wise  about  whom  Mr.  J.  O.  Hai.u- 
wBix  makes  inquiry  was  Radcliffe  Librariiiii  at 
Oxford.  There  is  a  good  deal  said  of  him  in 
BoswetCs  Johnson  under  the  year  1754,  in  which 
year  Johnson  and  Boswell  visited  him  at  Elsfield, 
He  t«()k  a  great  interest  in  the  gift  of  the  M.A. 
degree  which  Jghnson  received  from  the  Univer- 
sity, by  diploma,  in  February  1755.  A  short 
account  of  him  is  given  in  a  book  nut  quite  so 
commonlv  seen  as  Bogu'elfs  Johnson — the  Livet 
of  Lelandy  Heame,  and  Anthony  a  Wood,  edited 
by  War  ton  und  tl  udde^tfurd,  Oxford,  1772.  The 
Life  of  Anthony  d  Wood  was  republished  by  the 
late  Dr.  Bliss  in  1848.  I  do  not  know  of  any 
second  issue  of  the  Lives  of  Lelaud  and  Hearne, 
which  are  contained  in  the  first  of  the  two  volumes 
of  Warton  and  lluddesford.  I  therefore  tran- 
scribe the  passage.  It  is  a  note,  at  p.  26  of  the 
Life  of  Ilcarnc :  — 

"  Francis  Wht:,  B.D.  was  son  of  Francis  Wise,  Mer- 
cer ia  Oxford,  auJ  was  entered  of  Trinity  College  in  the 
year  one  thousand  siiven  liandrod  and  eleven,  ulectcd 
Scliolur,  and  nfierwards  Fellow  of  that  Society.  In  1719 
lie  was  appointed  Under  Keeper  of  tbe  Bodleian  Library, 
and  In  1727  was  elected  Gustos  Archivoruin  by  the  Uni- 
versitj'.  At  this  time  he  was  doraeatic  chaplain  to  tbe 
Right  Ilonourublu  tite  Earl  of  Uaiiford,  then  Lord 
North,  in  whose  family  he  frequeotly  resided  at  Wroxton 
in  Oxfordshire:  bv  that  Nobleman' he  was  presented  to 
the  Donative  or  Curacy  of  Kl  a  field  near  Oxford,  under 
whom  also  he  bold  a  stnall  Estate  in  that  Place  oa  a  long 
LeaM,  upon  which  be  built  a  commodious  little  Hou^ 
where  be  resided  daring  the  last  Years  of  his  life ;  and 
spent  bi^Tiine  ia  literary  pursuits,  and  as  an  Amusement 
in  forming  on  elegant  Garden,  which,  though  a  small 
piece  of  Ground,  was  diversiified  with  every  object  in 
Miniature  that  con  be  found  in  a  larger  Scale  in  the  most 
admired  Plaices  in  lhi«  Kingdom.  In  1750  ho  was  «p- 
poinu>d  Radcliffe  Librarian  bv  tiie  Otficors  of  SUte,  and 
died  Ckrlober  6,  1767.     He  published  — 

'  Asser's  Life  of  AIfre<l.' 

'  Account  of  the  Vale  of  White  liorw,  Berks,  1786.' 

*  Of  White  Leal  Cnw-s  Bucks.' 

*  Red  Horse,  Warwick.* 

'An  Ecqiiirj-  concerning  the  first  Inhabitants,  &c^, 
I7bn: 

*  History  aiiA  C\i.wvv»i\o^  <A  ^^\«.'%^!^i^^^^xi^  KigdOrv's^V 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[«"«S.  V.  Smm.C.'U 


Tn 


hud 


iT*.  Oxford,  nn 
.  more  pun: 
such  exiiiih.< 


a  longer  li'e   been   alinwed  liiui,  tlie  uulilic  never 
would  have  rMp«il  any  advanuce  fVom  hf«  Siudiea. 


He 


U 


died   in   I'M.     Thin  note  is  *ubjotned  to  preserve   the 
Memory  ol  a  worthy  Man  wiiich  otbcrwiio  will  be  lost." 

To  tins  exiract  I  will  only  add  that  many  Oxford 
men,  nil  who  were  fonJ  of  thnt  beautiful  walk  to 
Elefield,  will  recollect  Mr.  ^Vise'i  Riirden,  in 
vhich  some  nt  lenet  of  the  "objects"  tnentioned 
by  Warton  and  HudUesford  were  visible  when  I 
was  iMt  in  Elsfield.  I  am  sorry  that  I  can  give 
no  aocouat  of  "  the  destination  of  liia  papers." 

D.  P. 
Stuaru  Lodge,  M&tvem  WeUa. 


"One  Swallow  uoks  sot  mask  a.  StrMwism'* 
(3'*  S.  T.  53.)  —  All  poeliciil  references  which  I 
have  seen  speak  of  the  appearance  of  swallows  as 
harbingers  of  flummer  only.  The  readers  of 
"  N.  &  Q."  may  possibly  remember  an  impromptu 
attributed  to  Sheri'ldn  when  George  iV.  was 
Prince  of  Wales.  One  very  cold  diiy  the  prince 
came  ititu  a  coffee-house  where  Shericfan  happened 
to  be,  and  culled  for  something  to  drink  to  warm 
him.  He  wus  so  pleased  with  the  first  gloss  that 
he  cidled  for  a  aecond.  and  then  a  third,  and  then 
declared  himself  comfortable.  Sheridan  imme- 
diiilely  wrote  on  a  alip  of  paper  the  following 
liaea,  and  handed  them  to  George ;  — 
"  The  Prince  came  in,  and  said  'twaa  cold, 

Then  nut  to  his  mouth  the  rummer, 
Till  swaiinw  after  tteallour  c»nie. 

When  he  pronounced  it  fwniMr." 

J.  OB. 
Doblio. 

1  would  add  to  example  from  Horace,  for 
R.  C.  Heath's  information,  a  citation  fh)m  Cow- 
Uy,  exactly  what  that  corre»pondent  desires. 
("  Amicremiticxi.  The  Swallow.")  Our  poet  re^ 
proaclte6  tins  vivacious  ond  active,  but  tuneleaa 
bird,  fur  breaking  his  re^i  and  robbiufj;  him  of  a 
duliyhtful  drcatn.     It  commences  :  — 

"  Fi)o1i*h  prater;  what  d<nt  thou 
.So  f«rli'  at  roy  window  do 

With  thy  tunel«M  Ber«tiad«?  " 

;ttd  concludes  thus,  which  is  to  the  puriMM  of 
H,  C.  H.  :  —  *"    *^ 

"  Tb-M 
Noi' 

Notiiu  ,;  DJI.J  .-.I  (jf.Mi.!  i.in  -l  Ijiill^, 

Thiitufh  mtn  tuy  ihom  Iting'tt  thtt  Sftring," 

J.  A.  G. 

BitaMftiA  (S**  S.  iv.  S«)7")  —  Ynn  Tn?-ht  add  to 
your  om)tai Ions,  in  fh-  r- 

lity  01  opiniuu  upon  <1  .;v 

in^  fiorn  two  worki  of  j;tMnl  rcj'mv  .  — 

**  It  it  anlrersatty  a^p^d  thiSt  tho  naUira  of  U>«  B«r. 
aada  lolaads  hu  ludaqrOM  a  vuvMag  altaratloiK  for 


the  worte  sine*  they  were  fir-f  ■'■—-•"—"  -  •'•• 
much  more  inclement,  and  tl 
than  formerly     ....     In 

are  now  far  from  b«tng  desiraljlc  apiit»  ....  T^ 
wat«r  on  the  i*land«,  exoept  thut  wbieli  (til*  from  t^ 
clouds  i*  bracki.sb,  anil  at  proMnt  tha  same  ibaaas 
reign  there  as  }ii  the  CanbL-u  Islanda  ....  T¥l 
north  or  iiorih-eiiit  wind  renders  the  air  very  eoJA.*— 
Dobson'a  Encyctapadin,  1798. 

•<  The  islands  are  healthy,  the  cUaiaU  i*  iS^%lit/aL*  — 
New  American  CyclitpcEtiia,  i8o8. 

If  Sblbabk's  object  is  a  UtcrarT  one,  this  aoot 
from  Pin kerton's  ww^T^/>A;/ niay  hel     "' 

"In  tlic  JVWm  Orhin  of  De  Laet  (pp.. 
some  intercatiDg  Informalion  con'-erning  th. -.u  i 

Also  the  description  in  Raynal's  HitL  of 

and  West  Indict^  iii-  524.  J 

From  my  own  knowledge  I  ottW   »<al^  fwfcal  \ 
everybody  knows  perhaps),  that  it  i- 
for  invalids  to  spend  the  autumn  and 
until  about  the  middiu  of  February,   m  1 
ponerally  leave  for  Santa  Cruz  (also  cal 
unhealthy  by  some  wriljcrs),  the  Havana, 
where,  the  prevailing  winds  of  the  "  vex 
mooihes"  beginning  at    that  season  to    Lie   rorr 
unpleasant.      With    the   exception    of    Um  Hartf 
spring  months  (he  climate  is  delicious. 

I  observe  tht>  variety  of  spellin];  SanoMT, 
Summer*,  Sommera,  and  Somora.  The  aaniv  «• 
curs  in  the  name  of  Sir  George  Sotn«rs^  team 
whom  the  name  of  the  grou|i  is  said  to  ooonr.  1£ 
age  (fives  authority,  see  Smith's  Oenerai  Uiwkim 
of  Virginia,  New  England,  ami tht  Sunnner  TJiv; 
but  the  title  is  all  I  know  of  the  tf 

never  seen  it.     But,  again,  ^  Piawr  rsim 

of  the  Barmudas,  how  culled  Sommer  Isiatuitu  wA 
Ike  manner  of  their  Ducoveric%  anoo  1609.  Bf 
W.  C,  London,  1C13. 

Since  writing  the  ubovCt  I  have  mad<?  it  Brt*  of 
Lftttrs  from  the  Wot  /m/«>*,  by  \\  >  »d, 

M  D.,  London,  1838;  An  Hitto'rical 
Cal  AccifUttt  of  Ihf  Brrmiuiaa  fmm  tfirir 
to  the  jtre»efU  Tunc,  by  Win,  F.  WiUiama, 
1848 ;  Bermvdoj  by  a  FidU  Ojfficer,  Lond 


"Pig  ahd  WntsTLa"  (3'*  S.  iv.  101.)  — 
bably  many  of  your  readers  arc  familiar  with 
name  at  Cambridge.     I  believe  it  existed  once  40 
the  signboard  of  an  inn  in   Trinity  SticvI,  m 
called  the  Uluc  Boar;  but,  however  b% 

a  fe»v  years  back  it  wns  the  popnlar  <  Ust 

a  ne\r  hostel  built  opposite  the  Gate  lif  Ti>ni 
(.Vill»';.'e.     Tho  nr'_'nnii*nt   for  tho  name  being 
t:  .  rather  a  droll  one. 

\  mid  war  between  a( 

Jl    f.!i.;ll     1  ■        ■        ' 

:.   in  rivu 

ither   whl.i/<(j    1  ririiijni  iim  ij 


tuin  • 
fjetv 

"  PlJJ3,        nil 

said  to  be  uapronuuuceablti  wilLoui  a  "  whist^ 


S<A8.Y.  ffJu.<^'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUKaiES. 


123 


St.  Willtbrobd:  Fbimc  Litkbaturb  (3''*  S- 
ii.  388.)  —  TLij  bookjeller  Hugo  Suringar,  of 
I«eeuwiinl^n  wriUfs  to  me  :  — 

••  Tf  vou  have  not  rt?t  replied  to  iho  •ccond  p«rt  of 
W.  C.'i  qa*ry   in   ili'  'irr,  you  uiight  icll  him, 

there  exists  a  I'riivi  l^v  iJo'k,  roviwd  by  De 

Ilann  Ilftlenm  in  1  ...  ,,..  .  fl.  1  80,  or  3i.)-,  lUat, 
bfsidi:*.  in  18G^.  a  vcrv  condsc  I'Yisic  Gntntmar  was  pub- 
linbet)  by  Colmjin  (I'of  about  fl.  1,  of  If.  Hd.);  and 
thkC  th«  Fnsic  Voc«bnlari«a  arc,  thnt  on  the  Pr>ema  of 
Gytbert  J«pix,  bjr  Epktai*,  in  4to,  lH2i  (militiuarian 
price  fl  &.  or  8«.  -id.)  an  exceliont  book ;  hicbthofcn, 
AHfritt'uehet  WoHtrbuck,  in  4to,  IMO  (d.  7  a  li.  10. 
11<.  8(/.  to  \^*.  Sd.,  antiquarian  price):  I  thirk  out  of 

i^rint ;  do  Uaan  Hettema,  Fmn  van  ttn  Frittth  Ntdet' 
andtch  WnortienrxMH,  in  8vo,  1832  (fl.  1.  Is.  8d.) 

"  I  X.  <  [.liiii.'  Ricbthofen,  I  have  these  all  for  Hie.  I 
»hi  ible  to  suit  your  querist,  and  further  ac- 

coiii  I  with  any  production  of  Frisio  literature 

be  niigMt  >i«tire,  aa  I  try  to  keep  theee  in  stock  ua  com- 
pletely as  poesible. 

"  Furgive  me,  that  I.  thoui;h  totally  unacqoalnted  with 
yoD,  yet  make  free  to  forwanl  you  the  obovc:  the  pur- 
poae  of  the  jVaoorfcA«r  will,  I  hope,  be  promoted  by  iL" 
JOBH   H.   TAB   LuiKXr. 

Zejrst,  near  UtncbU 

GSAVB  or  POCAHOKTAS  (*2»*  S.  vii.  403.) — 
*'  Iftlfi,  June — Geo.  Lord  Carew.  Extractafrom  letter 
to  8lr  Thoa.  Roe;  in  I  he  form  of  n  journal ; — 

•*  Sir  Thomas  Ditie  roturnr<l  from  VirRiniaand  brtmght 
diver*  men  and  wofij' I  ,   educated  in 

Englanil.     One  Roir  I'ocahunlaa, 

the  (iaughler  of  ['iM  .   PriiKc."— 

P.  i  8.     (  Qtiandur  of  6ia4*  i'aptr$,  tjolonial  ^)vne%,  1674- 

"  '  ■     '       '  '*'     '  I  Poca- 

Itome, 
r'iipert, 
,  ItjiJ— l(ii8.; 

lAfch,  London.  — Thf  Virginian  woman 
I  ^ .. ..e.id  on  ber  return." — P.  4ri4.    {Calendar  of 
State  Fitptn,  Uomcitic  tkriea,  16U— 1618.) 

Should  not  the  <late  of  ber  burial  be  March  21, 
le^f,  mstead  of  3%  21,  1616.  The  thiircb  of 
St-  George  at  Gravcsi-nd  wus  destroyed  hy  fire 
in  Mil,  where  she  waa  buried.  I  inclose  you  a 
tran^i.Tipt  (roin  the  parish  register  tbut  wau  6eut 
to  m.;  in  1859:  — 

"  1610,  Mv  2j,  Rebocca  Wrothe.  wyffofThomaa  Wroth, 
eenL, «  Virginia  Lady  boron,  waa  boned  in  the  Chaunu- 

G.  J.  Hat. 

FtitnBBs  or  Hwboo  Gods  (:»'•»  S.  v.  73.)  —  In 
Hipgins's  Anacalypsit  H.  0,  will  find  some  curious 
speculations  and  theories  an  this  Mubject.  Mow- 
ever,  I  have  not  the  bookvriihin  reach,  and  there- 
fore tinnnot  give  particular  references.  Ennc 
moser,  in  his  Hi»t  »f  Magic  {  Hnwiti'«  tranRlutioii, 
BohtiV   Scientilio   Library,    vol.  i.  pp.  ijl-'i?!),  I 

fivM  lo  this    lyinlxil    n   magnetic   inri;rpri.<l»tion.  ' 
low  fur  ih  8  an-L-alled  ma^ctxc  harul  i«  eoniiftted 
with  the  fthalitc  hand  of  the  Komnns  sceiua  doubt- 
ful.    Oil  the  latter  see  a  Dole  of  Douce  on  a  pas-  I 
Mg^inHnry  V.  Jobh  As>bu, 


hui' 

POP* 

dicil 


LowGsyiTT  or  Clbbotmbn  (3"*  S.  v.  22,  44  ) — 
The  llev.  Jamea  Powdl,  clobe  upon  eighty  year* 
of  age,  has  heen  over  filt.y  years  curate  of  Uill-* 
wjn,  in  Herefordshire,  and  i3  so  still.      R.  C  L. 

I  send  you  an  extract  from  the  Pretton  Chroni* 
cle  of  January  23,  1864  :  — 

"On  Friday  last  (Jan.  10th).  tb»  ▼enerable  rector  of 
(-'roJton,  the  Reverend  Streyoshan)  Matter,  MA.,  died  at 
iher«cti.r     •'  t  the  patriarchal  apo  of  97.    The  de- 

ceased, I  ■■■  and  in  length  of  nuut»terial  servici^ 

was  thu  i  ;  man  in  Lancasliiro,  having  been  in  Ihn 

ministry  hoove  btventy-flve  years.  He  was  also  the  oldest 
beneficed  clergj'man,  liavinpbecn  inducted  to  the  rectory 
of  Oroflton,  on  the  deaih  of  his  father,  in  1798,  and  had 
tbuB  bftcn  in  the  enjoyment  of  that  valuable  b»nefio« 
above  sixty -five  years.  Hi^  father,  the  Kev.  PLvbert 
Master,  D  D.  was  the  rector  from  3Iay,  1759,  to  Sep- 
tember, 179H,  so  that  the  incumbency  of  father  ami  »on 
extended  over  the  long  period  of  nearly  li)o  years,  a  rare 
initancu  of  prolonged  enjoyment  of  ait  e«.'«;lcsiastical  bn- 
nefice." 

Pbmtoikiiwsis. 

'^  AoTUOB  or  GOOD  TO  Theb  I  tdbm"  (3''  S.  iv 
353.)  —  Some  C^w  weeks  afro  a  correspondent  in- 
quired who  wrote  the  hyniQ,  commencing  "  Author 
of  good  we  rest  on  Thee."  He  will  tind  it  in 
Marlineau'ii  IJymnt  far  the  Chrithan  Church  and 
Hume,  attributed  to  Merrick  ;  but,  a»  that  version 
seems  to  ditTer  in  a  few  pluces  from  the  one  priuled 
ia  '•  N.  &  Q.,"  I  uppend  a  copy  ;  — 

"Author  of  good  I  (0  Thee  I  turn;  

Thy  ever  wakeful  eye 
Alone  can  all  my  wanis  discero, 
'ITiy  hand  alone  supply. 
"0  l*t  Thy  fear  within  ine  dwell. 
Thy  love  my  footiteps  guide; 
That  love  shall  vainer  loves  expel, 
'1  hat  fear  alt  fears  betide. 
"And  since,  by  passion's  force  subdued, 
Too  oft,  with  dtabborn  will 
We  blindly  shao  tli«  latent  Rood, 
And  t^rasp  the  specious  ill; 
"Not  to  my  wi»h,  but  to  my  want, 
iio  Tbou  thy  gifts  supply 
The  good  unasked  iit  mercy  grant 
The  ill,  though  asked,  deny." 

£'.  T.  HsiNEKKir. 

RiCHAKusoN  Family  (3'*  S,  v.  72.)  —  Though 
I  cannot  offer  a  satisfactory  reply  to  your  corre- 
spondent, or  trace  out  the  various  branches  of  the 
liichardson  family,  I  may  point  out  some  inac- 
curacies in  his  fjuery.     No  person  of  the  name  uf 
Conon   Richardson  is  recortled  as  Abbot  of  Pcr- 
shorc,  either  in  Uugdalt?,  Stevens,  or  Stvles's  bi|«^ 
tory  of  the  Abbey ;  but  to  a  person  of  this  namfl 
the     Sheldon    family,    who    received    the    grar 
at  (be  dis8iilution  of  monasteries,   conveyed  tbej 
innnors    of   Fershore.     His    son    married    AnnOit 
daughter   of  Leonard   Mcysey   (not   Maxey)    of 
Shechenhurst.  near  Bewdley. 

At  the  close  of  the  seventeenth  century,  thera 
existed  ia  the  Abbt^  gWcmNx  <sl  '\.«s«V%3S!w«'^  ^^ 
montunent  to  Cowou  'SJu^tutt^vsc^ — ^^''^  ws^aa^v 


KOTES  ANB  QUERIES. 


t»«  8.  V.  Fjm.  I 


ikmiliS  de  Pershor  oriimdo;^  who  died  aged 
eighty-six.  The  tomb  wns  erected  by  his  only 
son  Edwani.  und  iiuiy  possibly  be  now  in  the 
church.  The  anns — Argt.  on  a  chief  sable,  three 
lions*  headfl  erased  of  [the  first],  langued  gules  — 
we  drawn  on  my  MS. 

The  Richardson  family  have  so  long  been  ex- 
tinct in  the  county  of  Worcester,  that  we  have 
loaf  all  trace  of  their  descendants :  but  the  stately 
Abbey  of  Pershore,  whose  property  they  once 
held — a  small  part  indeed  of  its  ancient  magni- 
ficence— is  under  restoration  by  Mr.  Gilbert 
Scott ;  who,  I  understand,  thinks  its  great  lantern 
tower  was  erected  by  the  same  architect,  or  by  a 
c1o<<e  imitator  of  him,  who  built  the  steeple  of 
Salisbury  Cathedral.     Thomas  £.  Wirkisoton. 

An  account  of  the  parentage  and  descendants  of 
Sir  Thomns  Richardson  will  be  found  in  the  sixth 
volume  of  Fos&'aJudges  of  England,  p.  359.  He  was 
created  a  Serjeant-at-Law  in  Michaelmas  Term, 
1614,  and  King's  Serjeant  in  February,  16".?5  ; 
was  chosen  Speaker  of  the  Parliament  that  mot 
in  January,  1620-1  ;  appointed  Chief  Justice  of 
the  Common  Plens  in  November,  1626  ;  and  pro- 
mi>ti;d  to  the  Presidency  of  the  Court  of  King^s 
Bench  in  October.  1631. 

The  two  reprcsontationH  of  arms  in  Dugdale's 
Origineg  Jwidkiales  are  of  the  tame  person.  One 
in  p.  240,  in  the  ch.ipel  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  of  which 
society  he  was  a  member,  put  up  when  he  was 
Speuker  in  1620-1;  and  the  other,  in  p.  238,  in 
Lmcoln's  Inn  Hall,  when  he  became  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  the  Common  Pleas. 

There  was  no  other  serjeant  of  the  name  during 
the  reigns  of  James  I.  or  Charles  I.        E.  A.  O. 

Tub  Lapwiko  (.3"*  S.  v.  10,  77.) —Notwith- 
standing the  lexicographers,  I  cannot  think  It 
likely  th.at  the  same  word  would  have  been  used 
to  designate  two  such  very  diftsiniiUr  birds  as  thu 
lapwing  or  peewit,  and  the  hoopoe  ;  and  there  can 
be  but  little  doubt,  I  should  suppose,  that  Jfiroi^. 
upuftu,  pufju,  huppe,  or,  m  given  in  the  Petit  Ap- 
parat  Rot/td,  hupc,  are  only  various  forms  of  tiie 
latter  name. 

rbai  the  common  name  for  the  lapwing  in 
former  days  was  perwit  would  appear  from  whnt 
Me.  Macxenxis  Waixtot  calls  "the  Burtsnr's 
Rebus."  in  one  of  the  windows  of  the  Bursary  Mt 
New  College,  Oxford,  vix.  a  lapwing  with  the 
motto  "Reddc  quod  debis;"  i.  e.  pay  il,  or  pay 
weitr/it,  which  haa  long  been  its  traditional  ren- 

doi  ing. 

In  the  west  country  I  cannot  find  that  it  b<?!irs 
any  other  name  than  prewit;  and  il  certainly 
aecms  to  n»e  exceedingly  injyin>brtble  that  its  niitiie 
•hould  have  been  idtogcthiT  chanijcd,  and  lU 
former  dc*i(;naiinn  ult«rly  last,  during  the  com- 
paratively short  pcrifid  of  IJO  years,  in  the  uctgh- 
Dounng  counties  of  Dorset  and  Somerset. 


The  question,  then.  Still   rauins 
these    u<opes,   or  popot,    or  popt,  or  pott/H 
whose  unhappy  heads  a  price  was  set  hr  ot 
forefathers   in    vestry    assembled?      If   ] 
hazard  a  conjecture,  I  shorild  be  in'-li>"^il 
gest,  though  with  some  diffidence,  ti 
have  been  bullfinches,  which  birds,  in 
of  mopes,  or  mwoapi,  are  still  but  too  juatly  r 
in  the  west  with  the  fiercest  animosity,  on 
of  tlieir  bud-destroying  propensities.    The 
interchange  of  the  letters  M.  and  P.  in  th 
names  Molly  and  Polly.  Matty  and  Pattr,  M 
Peg,  rather  helps  my  fiupposilion. 

C.  W.  BisiGi 

We  need  not,  I  think,  go  to  Old  French 
word  pope,  as  applied  to  a  bird.     The  buU/ 
so-named  in  some  parts  of  England,  an<I 
always  had  u  bad  repute  as  a  miscbief-mttker 
gardens  and  orchards.  J  at  DBS. 

I  think  that  I  con  elucidate  the  mystery 
at  present  hangs  over  the  parochial  accounts ; 
ferred  to  by  your  correspondent  W.  W.  S,  Poj 
Nope,  Alp,  Red-IIoop,  and  Tony-M 
provincial  appellations  of  that  he.n 
tcre-sting,  but  very  destructive  bird,  ...v  , 
Bulitincu.  To  its  mischievous  propensiti 
thologists,  from  Willughby  downwards,  hat 
fortunately  been  compelled  to  testify. 

"  Libcntissimo  ve»euntur  primis   ilUs   p-muib 
boribun  ante  folia  el  florea  erutn|iriiltbnii,  prRcipm  1 
Mali,    Pyri.    PrMicic,   ■liaruIuqu(^    borttuisiuio.  » 
Qon   leva  damnam   hortalanis   infcxunt,   qutbos 
mBximfe  invistt  sunt  ct  odiosae." 

Thus  writes  Willughby.   I  could  give  ( 

to  the  same  effect  from  Montugu,  Selbj 

and  many  others ;  but  I  have  cited  quite 
to  show  "  why  a  price  should  have  beeu  put' 
popes'   or  woopes'  or  hoops'  headi^    by    obi 
wardens  at  the  commencement  of  the  cighu 
century.  Yf. 

Worte«ter. 

William  Mitchxi.l,  tuk  (Jre.vt  Tithc-lai 
Doctor  (3"*  S.  v.  74.) — For  information  rsMf 
ing   this   oddest  of  characters,  J.  O.   c. 
better  than  consult  the  very  valuable  u 
interesting  Domettic  Annabt  of  Scotlnmi,  wi 
by  Robert  Chamber«,  LL.I>..  &c..  vol.  iii. 
See  also.  Traditions  of  Edinburgh  (p.  42), 
same  author.  William  Pixxjm 

Elma,  a  Ckristiax  Nam*  (3"*  S.  v.  ©".J 
answer  lo  the  qm-ry  of  J,  (».  N.,   I  hn-vn 
that  KIma  wa^  the  name  by  which  r 
£l;:in  was  fumiliariy  called,  a*  he  > 
tho  first  tyllables   of  hrr    two   Cli: 
Her  daughter  wa«  »o   chri^tunrd ;  1 
his  diRtress  at    hrr  niothrrV  dealb,   ocin 
to  thiuk  of  any  other  uamo. 

OiiB  or  luua  xjuuuwt  Kuu^' 


S«»  S.  V.  Fm.  6.  "640 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Natter  (3""  S.  v.  64.)  —  One  qaery  begets 
many.  Yoiir  cnrregpondent  B.  L.  ol  Colchester, 
^liile  searcliin<;  for  the  origin  of  ihe  simile  "  Mad 
■a  a  batter,"  has  dug  up  some  etymological  re- 
mains, which  leud  my  thoughts  in  another  direc- 
tion. When,  at  Cainbridire,  we  used  to  make 
botanical  excursions  under  the  delight(^l  guidance 
of  the  late  Professor  Uenslow,  we  used  to  be 
shown  at  Gamlingay  a  species  of  toad  found  in 
that  neighbourhood,  and  known  to  the  villagers 
as  tlie  natOtr'juck.  Whnt  is  nutter  in  this  word  ? 
Is  it  the  German  word  for  adder,  or  is  it  merely 
a  corruption  of  the  English  word  adder  —  as  thus, 
un  adder-jack,  a  natter-Jnck,  and  so  called  from  the 
fact  tbat  the  animal  in  question  crawls  instead  of 
topping  like  cotumon  toocis  ?  Does  the  word 
occur  in  any  other  compounds  lunong  obsolete  or 
merely  local  names  of  reptiles  ? 

Alfksd  Ainge&. 

Alrewu,  Lichfield. 

Gaspab  db  Xavabke  :  Spbnole  (3'*  S.  ir.  88.)— 
It  would  seem,  from  the  notice  in  the  Bibiiotheca 
JUapana  Novil,  that  there  was  a  Latin  version  of 
Gaspar  de  Navarre's  work  ;  but  perhaps  Antonio 
translated  part  of  the  title  only.  I  believe  the 
Spanish  book  is  very  scarce,  but  there  is  a  copj 
in  the  British  Museum :  — 

"  Tribunal  da  Superslicion  Ladina,  Jirigido  a  Josu 
Nttsamnfi,  por  p1  Doctor  Caspar  Navarro,  c«uonigo  de  la 
•atita  igksiii  du  Jeflu<)  2Jazarexio  de  Montara^on,  iiaturel 
<le  la  VitU  d«  Arnnda  de  Moacago,  liuesca,  1631."  4to, 
pp.  241. 

The  passage,  corresponding  with  that  quoted, 
lis:  — 

Mnlcllcio  tacito  lUmnn  los  magos  a  aquel  (|a«  S6  d&  a 
1n^  1tniT:t^,  pur.i  que  no  aieatao  lus  torinnntoa  que  lea  da 
ealo  ae  suele  dar  por  comida  o  por  bevido  oa 
cl  Demonio  en  laa  espaldu,  o  lea  pone  y  ab- 
i(>  la  came  y  «I  p«ll«jo,  para  que  no  digan  la 
,  aunquc  mat  lea  alormenten:  como  lo  dizea  loa 
lidorea  de  Gertnania,  in  JJaJJto,  part.  i.  quie^t.  14. 
t^tos  hechixoB  eilaa  se  estan  burlando,  y  ri«udo  de 
entos;  y  para  que  cstas  no  aientan,  sucIh  cl  De- 
apliror  reniedios  rrigidisrimos.  Y  viendu  eato  la 
^  nte  barbara  sa  ejspantan  muc-ho,  yiareciendolej  que  es 
coaa  milBsrrH'tBj  y  ts  cierto  quo  no  lo  es;  porque  eato  lo 
Jiaa<>    '  i  .  ol  quel,  conio  tengo  provado  en  las  dis- 

Iutii  I)  puede  faazer  raiiagroa.    Pero  hajse  el 

>*>u.'  .  ,  <niendo  eiertos  medicaroentoa,  que  quie- 

ten o  «ul«rpr£iuin  el  aentiilo,  o  detergan  el  iittiuxo  de  la 
fdicultail  miiinal  a  lo3  orgonos  en  ol  lal  peraona,  que  cau- 
i"       '    "  -OS,  y  gruesos  que  iinpicden  la  ria,  pa- 

II  TiLaies  DO  passeii  a  Ian  partes  exteri- 
<  ten  el  sent] mientoy  dolor.    Otras  veoea 

el  »■  lo  se  apodcra  <ic  loa  aentidos  exteriores 

por  '  ira  que  nn  ^sjentar;  otraa  veaes  de  cosaa 

natiii  ■   ■'  '  'r>!  que  turban  loa 

bum  I )  los  tonneiitos, 

tut  1<  I   nl   puciento,  y 

,sliviau.>uli<  dvl  iuimuuui,  ifciittjiiUo  loa  conlelca  Hoxoa, 
y   auiique  niticiio  lej  opriclcn,  ca  de  poca  iniportancia, 

r-- ■  '    ■'  inoniu  luriic  8U|i«horidad  subre  las  cows 

':f»9  In  da  liotncia)   haze  lo  que  quiere 

SpefiffU  u  an  error  of  the  press  for  "  Sprenger," 


author  of  MaUeus  Malfjicorum,  which  is  often 
cited  by  Gaspnr  de  Navarre.  Fitzuoprins. 

Garrick  Club. 

Epit\pH  :  "  Hoc  BST  Nbbciiib"  (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  suggest  Boethius  (Anicius)  or 
Lactantius,  as  the  author,  rather  than  the  cele- 
brated Bishop  of  mppo.  J.  L. 

Dublia. 

Aao.  A  Saltirk  kz.  (S'*  S.  iv.  325.)— This 
coat  of  arms,  mentioned  by  your  correspondent, 
appertains  to  the  family  of  Yorke,  of  Bewerley, 
Yorkshire.  See  Burke's  UUtory  of  the  Com' 
moneri  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  (edit.  1838), 
vol.  «»•  p-  744.  Cajulfoso, 

Cape  Town. 


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WoBtod  by  Hr.  /*.  yorgaU,  l«,  BenHetU  BtT««l.  Cov^iit  Oartak 


WBLiT'f  CnnnmAK  Liiminv.    Vol.  XXXL    tO-TOl.  fdlllon.cal/. 

Omm'i  CmeLi  op  nw  Scmncn.  Fart  XV.  (llarch.  I»M),  and  aU  an«r 
Part  XXX  VI.  _ 

D&<rr>'>  Pmacipuji  AMP  FaAcnca  or  OwRvraK'  MmtuctuM.  ParU  XI. 
XIU.  and  XV.    4lo.  _        , 

Tatua'i  (I«a*i1,  AMeiiirr  CanunAtrrrr ;  and  the  Doetriaci  of  Iba Ox- 
ford TraeU.    Vol.  II.  In  FafW. 

KmuiiT't  Xaikduh.    VoU.  I.  and  VT..  clotlu 

Pc«COCK*l   AL'iKUHA.      Vol.    II. 

Twi«'.  LiYr.    VoJ».  L  and  IL.  cloth- 

Waotad  br  Mr.  J.  Kauman.  »,  Cbapel  Strael,  1 


Wt  an  M'  vcrit  rvntptllad  i"  omit  otar  Note*  oa  Boolu. 
JmO»t  othtr  aitieUM  nfimitrttl  vaOitvJor  l0uertio^  mn  — 

Bead  Wimod  :  Law  of  I^aanrOH. 

Doha  UAaiA  o«  Fadiua. 

TJiirfAinani  Pubma  ht  Uiuji  D'Aker  CuMitmm. 

BocKATAt'  Oath. 

CiiAjLLn  Fox  ako  Mat.  Oaiava. 

P.  W.  TamroLrcM.    Tha.  Oontmk  proMrt*  iMniiil  Ic  very  oeeqptaMi. 

Taa  Bit.  F.  PaitxoTT.    ir«>ter  Ma<  Af  orMefa*  M  lAa  J»nian2a4 
Coiuxptiim  ami  lUt cukuHtly  M  SoHtiatuWOmld  ptwvkiea  ( 
inuftiUtt  Uj  our  cofamuM. 

SaiiATOJ<.~xnia.  V.  p.  101,eoL  li.IlMU, /ir<*lb.  AldlaWtlght" 
ratuf  **  Bar.  W .  UouchloQ." 

E.  H.  (TwInkMiham.)  Tttt  JacobUt  toiul  it  by  tht  ctkimttd  JoS* 
Burom  <if  MamrJtaUr,  a  Uurtiu  SoKjuror.  St*  "N.  fc  U."  !•«  8-  v.  17t| 
oMflodS.  li.  itse. 

C.  W.  Ontht  Farm  of  PfOitr/or  ihf  Grtat  Firt  »f  iMtdoH  amnttt 
our  Srd  8. 1. 9»,  ami  U.  •». 

Jtmn  TamummKo  tNaw  York.)  Ehht  articles  o»  M<  orvm  q/  «*• 
vortl  ttumlnif  apptand  in  our  IM  9.  tuU.  i  \\.  atul  vUl. 

•»•  CWd /or  Marfiiw  lAr  votamr*  o/'-N.aQ."  may  U  had  <»f  th» 
Jhibluiter, and »f  mllAiokttlkn  ami  Atwtmcn. 

"K'rrn  akb  Qi'Bam"  M  puhtisfied  at  noon  a«  Fridar>  oad  w  o^i 
t..ii«/  in  MnKTULT  Part^     Jh  SitbteripUnfor  BrAitraa  *.or,«,  fym  ^ 
>ur    .If..../',.  ,-.,,. .„rrlctt  flirert  frvat  Iht  l-^MiAtr  (n<ifiMt>e  tiuHM 
i  i«.  ♦£/..  trhieh  mat  ht  i<ai<i  bv  fott  Ofiee  OnMf^j 
Off  7*0^  QlN^  it  /amtmr  of  William  it.  Smith. 
.  Staahii,  W.O..  to  «i*om  all  ij.atxy.*vu,3MM^ i 
....  ; ,  ,„-:^<«**r««i«a.  -v--.-sr" 


MB^^ll 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


HAYDFS    DATES.  — ELEVEITTH  EDITION. 

D»t«s  and  FActerpJattng  to  the  History  of  M.inkin'i  from  lh«  mixti  au(li<?ntic  ami  recent 
MpeciAli/ intereitinp;  ti>  the  HUluriun,  Membtrt  o/iAt  Leurned  Pro/euions, 
Literary  Iiulitute*,  Mitrchantt,  and  Oentral  Wtadert. 


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and  Religioua  InaLitutions,  and  particniarly  of 

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CONTENTS.— No.  111. 

JIOTVa «..l,l.,.„-,ol-  rV,..      Tl.., v.,       ,«.   ^^      "Witty 

A  ii  —  An 

f'  rary  In- 

dt  i.  ..> .,  ....  !..,.,>,:■  '■  ..1-  i  ..V,  —  .,  ,,, .  i  ir  -  I'riniula: 
the  l*nntrt«w«  —  Caoicl  bom  in  Knttland  —  Sir  Frnncii 
WkUingbun  — Neotofi^y  — Lyuch  Law  i:j  the  Twelfth  Vva- 
tury,  13.'. 

QUERIES:— ThaniiM  Jenny,  Robi.l  and  Foot.  1J2  — ijncri- 

CHtiisiiiB  —  AiiMUviiU'Us  -    .\iii'.  rv   nn.l   Da   Vnl  —  Gn-at 

T-::.  " -"i,,. 

)  -h 

1  -;,  Esa.  —  Po*. 

I  •Oo<U  — Tho 

'  ■  .    Locke — Lord 

y  u    tlic  First  — Tlie  Oath 

!iu!tiot!  of  phyiae  Igr  Wil- 

-i  ~  8toDo  Bndgc  —  LTick, 

Wtiito  il^u  —  Lifeof  Edwtnl.Sooond 

•  cr,  133. 

Qi  ^i— Hilton  drest:  "Hoomout"— 

f  1 V er  —  Bishop  Andrawea*  WUl  — 

1  Ui:hous«,  IStt. 

£1  re  of  Pope.  IW  —  Socrates' Oath 

i  f  Stone  in  UulkliniM.  7?j.  — Bo- 

'  I  raniily,  IM  — Stsubn  Duty  on 

1  rZcMT  — TbeOld  BridM&t 

^  Rye  House  Plot  Ckrdii  — 

>  Morrto  — Twelfth  Ni«Jit: 

t  .1)  — Su-  Ltiward  May  —  Quotation — Tuad- 

•  .r»udino  —  Tho  Owl  —  Horaidic  —  Ptuago  in 

T  .             ■:..  Ul, 

Notes  on  Bookii  Ac. 


8Clf  LESWICK :  THB  DAJINE-WERKE. 

The  wiir  now  disturbing  Denmark  bas  recalled 
attention  to  the  very  ancient  fortification  which 
fonns  a  ileftnce  for  Jutland  from  attacks  on  the 
routhern  fmniier.  Torfseus  says  the  name  is  not 
Dana'Vrrk  '*  Danorum  opus,"  but  Dana-virki, 
"  Danorum  vullum,"  or  the  "  Danish  entrench- 
ment;" and  the  narratives  of  various  ftssault^ 
which  it  has  withstood,  and  of  h»  vicissitudes  of 
destruction  and  restoration,  are  tu  be  found  lii  the 
collections  of  Lanprebek.  VVormius,  and  Suhm, 
a«  well  aji  in  tlnj  iiuga  of  Olaf  Tryggveson  and 
others  of  tlie  Norse  cliro nicies. 

Tljf-n'  is  -,mii>  confusion  oa  to  the  time  of  its 
t'  lion.     Mr.  Lning,  in  his  version 

oi  -//?,  says  in  a  note  at  p.  390,  vol.i. 

that  it  was  raisi'd  by  Harald  Blaatand  to  resist 
the  incursions  of  Churlemagne ;  and  the  Archas- 
ologieul  Sdcicty  of  Copenhiipen,  in  their  Index 
to  tlje  Sctipla  lJn,lonca  hhmdorumy  vol.  xii. 
p.  118,  de^icribc  it  as  "viillum  vel  nmnimentum 
illustre,  ?n  6n»hii9  Danite  meridionalibua  poei- 
turn;  II  [  hyiift  filioque  namldo  oog- 

noniin  turn  esse  fertur." 

-^     '    --n, 

t'^  :>.n 

lUiii  'iiHiciif,  III  I  In-  I  mil'  iw  nn'  tMiJ^  yniA  i  r^  l"j:  ve- 

ton,  who  rc«g»)ed  m  JSonray  between  a.d.  995  nnd 


1000 ;  and  his  Saga  recounts  the  two  expeditions 
conducted  by  the  Emperor  Otbo,  to  compel  the 
Danca  by  force  of  arms  to  conform  to  Christinnity. 
In  the  second  of  these,  when  Otho,  a.d.  998,  led 
an  army  to  the  Daueverk,  i\n  condition  is  thuB 
deacribed  in^the  Saga :  — 

"  Do  mcridie  Ottbo  Imperator  veniens,  .Danavirkum 
accessitf  munimcntoruni  ialius  voUi  ''"-'•- r-  .-tini  suis 
Qokooo  Jarlo.   Danevirki  autetn  ea  •  iMO.utab 

utroqne  mari  (Ido  sinua  longius  in  coK'  |><TietreDt, 

inter  intimos  quorum  reccMos  rttLctiiiu  Itttm  spatium 
maoiernxit  Dani,  ducto  ex  lapide,  ceapite,  atque  arboriboa 
vollo,  es.tra  quod  fo^a  lata  atque  profunda  in  altum  erat 
dcpreaao,  sed  ad  portAa  di^pcisitn  castello." —  Sngrri  Stui' 
leson,  Hnmsiringla^  voL  L  p.  317, 

Another  version  of  the  same  Saga,  edited  by 
Svieobjom  Egilsson,  in  the  collection  of  thehl8to<- 
rians  of  Iceland,  published  by  the  Royal  Society 
of  Copenbacen,  gives  some  minuter  particulars, 
deacrlbing  the  nature  of  the  country  between  the 
Eider  and  the  Schlei :  — 

"Duo  sinus  hinc  illine  in  t«tram  insinaant;  inter  io- 
tima  voro  sinuum  brochiu  Dani  agg«rea>  altum  et  tirmam 
extnicranl,  etc. — Centcni  quique  pa.<sus  portiuu  habcbant 
cui  superstractam  erut  cnstcllam  ad  tlefensionem  ntuai- 
mcnti ;  nnm  pro  singulis  portis  pons  fossie  erat  impoaitaa." 
—  Scrip.  Hint.  Mandiit,  t.  i.  144:  see  also  ib.,  t.  x.  2S8, 
etc. ;  xi,  23. 

History  it  is  said  repeats  it-wlf ;  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  otJ  the  Danne-vcrke,  turned  the 
flank  of  tbe  defenders  by  a  movement  across  the 
Schlei,  by  which  they  succeeded  in  landinnj  their 
troops  in  tho  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  the  enemy, 
that  Oiho  fell  back  towards  the  south  ;  collected 
his  ships  of  war  at  the  mouth  of  the  Schlei, 
landed  them  to  the  north  of  the  Danne-verke, 
and  eventually  achieved  a  victory.  The  cata- 
strophe is  thtis  narrated  in  the  Saga  of  Olof  Trygg- 
veson :  — 

"Ceciderc-  ibi  ex  Irapcratoris  acle  plurimi,  nallo  ad 
vallnm  copicndi  emolumento;  quore  Imperator  (re  non 
MBpias  tentata!)  inde  decewit  ....  turn  flexo  mox 
Slesricum  versum  itinere,  cum  totam  iliac  clasaem  aoci- 
vorot,  exercilum  inde  in  Jutlandinm  trAnaportavlt." — 
Hdmnhriugla,  torn.  L  p.  218. 

This  battle  is  celebrated,  in  the  VelleUa,  in  a 

Enaaage     thus    rendered    into    English    by    Mr. 
lOing :  — 

••  Enrl  Hakon  drove,  bv  daring  deeds, 

Til.         ■■    -     "■  '      " ^-^ 'rn<\n 

Ail  i>^^<- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[«»-  S.  V.  Fen: 


A  WITTY  ARCHBISHOP. 

An  industrioua  student,  a  deep  thinker,  an  acute 
reasoncr,  u  learned  mind,  a  corrects,  and  at  timea, 
elegant  writer  —  these  are  titles  of  honour  which 
the  mere  outside-world,  travelling  in  its  flying 
nulwny-carrtaffc,  will  gladly  award  to  the  late 
Archbishop  oi  Dublin.  Not  so  familiar  nrc  cer- 
tain minor  and  more  curious  gifts,  which  he  kept 
by  him  for  his  own  and  bis  friends'  entertainment, 
which  broke  out  at  times  on  more  public  occa- 
sions. He  delighteil  in  tbe  oddities  of  thought, 
in  queer  quaint  distinctions  ;  and  if  an  object  bad 
by  any  possibility  some  strange  distorted  side  or 
corner,  or  even  point,  which  was  undermost,  he 
would  glfidly  stoop  down  his  mind  to  get  that 

firecise  view  of  it,  nay,  would  draw  It  in  that  odd 
ight  for  the  amusement  of  the  company. 

Thus  he  struck  Guizot,  who  described  him  as 
*!  itartling  and  ingenious,  strangely  abscMit,  fami- 
liar, confused,  eccentric,  amiable,  and  engaging, 
no  matter  what  unpoliteness  he  might  commit,  or 
what  propriety   he  might  forget."      In  short,  a 
mind  with  a  little  of  the  Sydney  Smith's  leaven, 
whose  brilliancy  lay  in  precisely  these  odd  analo- 
gies.    It  was  his  recreation  to  take  up  some  in- 
tellectual hobby,  and  make  a  toy  of  it.     Just  as, 
years  ago,  he  was  said  to  have  taken  up  that  slrange 
instrument  the  boomerang,  and  was  lu  be  seen  on 
the  sands  casting  it   from  him,  and  watching  it  i 
return.      It  was  said,  too,  that  at  the  dull  intervala  { 
of  a  visitation,  when  ecclesiastical  business  Ian-  i 
giusbed,  he  would  cut  out  little  miniature  boome- 
rangs of  card,  and  amuse  himself  by  illu.slrating 
the  principle  of  the  larger  toy,  by  snooting  them  , 
from  his  finger. 

The  even,  and  sometimes  drowsy,  current  of 
Dublin  society  was  almost  always  enlivened  by  some  ' 
little  witty  boomerang  of  his,  fluttering  from  mouth  I 
to  mouth,  and  from  club  to  club.  The  archbishop's 
lost  was  eagerly  looked  for.  Some  were  indif- 
ferent, some  were  trilling ;  but  it  was  conceded 
tliat  all  bad  an  odd  extravagance,  which  marked 
them  as  original,  quaint,  queer.  In  this  respect  he 
was  the  Sydney  Smith  of  tbe  Irish  capital,  with  thia 
diflerencc  —  that  Sydney  Snuth'n  king  announced 
that  he  would  never  muke  the  lively  Canon  of  St. 
Pttul's  a  Bishop. 

Ilomceopaiby  was  a  medical  paradox,  and  was 
therefore  welcome.  Yet  in  this  he  travelled  out 
of  the  realm*  of  mere  fanciful  speculation,  and 
clung  to  it  with  a  stem  and  consistent  earnestness, 
faithliill^  adhered  to  through  his  last  illnean. 
Mesmeriiiitn,  (oo,  he  delighted  to  play  with.  He 
had,  in  fact,  innuucrable  dados,  an  the  French  call 
Umid.  or  hobby-horses,  upon  which  h«  was  coo- 
tioutll/  astride. 

Thia  led  him  into  a  plca«ant  afTectation  of  being 
able  to  discourse  dc  ommbiu  rebut,  ^-c,  and  the 
mare  recondite  or  leas  Jc  no  wn  tho  subject,  the 


v-uE^H 


more  eager  was  he  to  speak.  It  has  been  sup- 
posed thot  the  figure  of  the  "  Dean,"  in  Mr.  Le- 
ver's pleasant  novel  of  Rolantl  Cathei,  was  skeidied 
from  nim.  Indeed  there  can  be  no  question  but 
that  it  is  an  unacknowledged  portrait. 


"  What  is  tbe  diflercnce,"  he  asked  of  a 
clergyman  he  was  examining,  *'  between  a  fo: 
I  a   ceremony  ?     Tbe   meaning   seems   nearl 
I  some  ;  yet  there  is  a  very  nice  distinction.' 
I  riouB  answers  were  given.     "  Well,"  he  sai 
lies  in  this :  you  sit  upon  a  form,  but  you 
upon  ceremony." 


"  Morrow's  Library  "  is  the  Mudie  of  DabKR ; 
and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Day,  a  popular  preacher.  **  How 
inconsistent," said  the  archbishop,  "is  tbe  piety  of 
certain  ladies  here.  They  go  to  day  for  a  scmHio, 
and  to  tnorrow  for  a  novel ! ' 


At  a  dinner  party  he  called  out  suddenly  to  tfce 

host,  "  Mr. !  "  There  was  silence.  "  Mr. , 

what  is  the  proper  female  companion  of  this  John 
Dory  ?  "  After  the  usu.il  number  of  guesses  in 
answer  came,  "Anne  Cbovy." 


Another  Riddle.  —  "The   laziest   letter 
alphabet?     The  letlher  G  V  (lethargy.) 


The  Wichluu)  Line. — The  most  unmusical  ia  Ike 
world — having  a  Dun-Drum,  Still-Organ,  aad  a 
Bray  for  stations. 


Doctor  Greg^. — The  new  bishop  and 
dinner.    Archbishop:    "Come,  though 


Im  It 


you  ant 

John  Cork,  you  mustn't  stop  the  bottle  hers* 
The  answer  was  not  inapt :  '*  I  see  your  lorddnp 
is  determined  to  draw  me  out." 


r>n  Doctor  K x's  promotion  to  the  bishopne 

of  Down,  an  appointment  in  some  quarters  Wtr 
popular  :  "  The  Irish  government  will  not  be  abb 
to  stand  many  more  such  Knocks  Down  aa  tbtal" 


The  merits  of  the  same  bishop  being  can 
before  him,  and  it  being  mentioned  that 
compiled  a  most  useful  Ecclesiastical  Dirci 
with  the  Values  of  Livings,  &c.,  "If  that 
said  the  archbishop,  "  I  boiH-  next  time  tlm 
of   our    tritod   Thom    will  not   be   ovrfrl 
(Thom,  tho  author  of  the  well-known  Aim 


A  clergyman,  who  had  to  prcocii 
begged  to'b'-  !■«'  ■■'•'  ^nv;r.„  »  i  iw.r... 
will  excuse  • 
tainly,"  wiid  lu .  ' 
and  the  nrcbbisb"; 
what  became  of  )>> 
tixiay."    **  Oh,  your  (jraci*  said  yoa 


8^S.Y.  F»B.  18,'64.3 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


129 


my  preathing  to-day."     "  Exactly  ;  but  I  did  not 
say  I  would  excuse  you /roj»  preaching." 

At  a  lord  lieutenant's  bannuet  a  jrrnce  was 
given  of  unusual  length.  *'My  lord,"  s.aid  the 
archbishop,  "  did  you  ever  hear  the  story  of  Lord 
Mulgrave's  chaplain  ?  "  "  No,"  siiid  the  lord  lieu- 
tenant. "  A  younw  chupkin  had  preached  a  ser- 
mon of  great  length,  '  Sir,"  saiid  Lord  Mulgrave, 
bowinpj  to  him,  '  there  were  some  things  in  your 
sermon  of  to-day  I  never  heard  before.  '  O,  my 
lord,'  said  the  dattcred  chaplain,  '  it  is  a  common 
test,  and  I  could  not  have  hoped  to  have  said  any- 
thing new  on  the  subject.'  '  /  heard  the  clock 
strike  twice,'  said  Lord  Mulgrave." 


At  some  religious  ceremony  at  which  be  was  to 
officiate  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- 
op,  "  I  can  only  say  to  you  what  the  criminal 
\g  to  be  hanged  said  to  those  around,  who  were 
ying  him.  '  Let  us  tsdce  our  time ;  they  can't 
begin  without  us.'  "  Yorick  Jujtiob. 


■■fni 
^■brr 


THE  INFANT  PRINCE  OF  WALES. 

I  have  met  with  the  curious  fact,  that  the 
infant  Prince  of  Wales,  whoso  birth  is  now  the 
subject  of  universal  rejoicing,  is  descended  from 
King  Henry  VII.  in  eight  diflercnt  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, 

L  1.  Princess  Margaret ;  2,  Jamea  V.  King  of 
Scotland ;  3.  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots ;  4.  James  I. 
King  of  England  ;  5.  Princess  Elizabeth  of  Eng- 
land ;  6.  Princess  Sophia  of  Bohemia ;  7.  George  1. 
Ein^  of  England ;  8.  George  IL  King  of  Eng- 
land; 9.  Frederick  Lewis,  Prince  of  Wales;  10. 
George.IlI.  King  of  England;  11.  Edward,  Duke 
of  Kent;  12.  Queen  Victoria;  13.  'Albert-Ed- 
ward, Prince  of  Wales. 

II.  1.  Princew  Margaret;  2.  Lady  Margaret 
Douglas;  3.  lienry  Earl  of  Darnley  ;  4.  James  I. 
King  of  England  ;  6.  Princess  Elizabeth  of  Eng- 
land ;  0.  Prince-is  Sopliiii  of  Duheniia  j  7.  George  I, 
King  of  Enj,'l[i»d  ;  h.  Grur'H^  II.  King  of  Eng- 
land;  }>.  r..  ..  oi>Valc9;  10, 
George  III  i ;  II.  Edward, 
Duke  of  Kent;  1.'  <4uceii  Victoria ;  13.  Albert- 
Edward,  Prince  of  Wal««. 

Maier,  i^. 

III.  1  to  8,  as  -V 
of  England;    IC 


Cassel;  11.  Louisa-Caroline  of  II esse  Cassel;  12. 
Christian  IX.,  King  of  Denmark;  13.  Alexandra, 
Princess  of  Wales. 

I  v.  1  to  8,  as  Descent  I  ;  9,  Princess  Louisa 
of  England ;  10.  Princess  Louise  of  Denmark ; 
11.  Louisa-Caroline  of  Hesse  Ca.<i9el ;  12.  Chris- 
tiun  IX.  King  of  Denmark;  13.  Alexandra, 
Princess  of  Wales. 

V.  1  to  3,  as  Descent  11. ;  4  to  13,  ns  Descent 
III. 

VI.  1  to  3,  asDescentll. ;  4  to  13,  as  Descent 
IV. 

VIL  1  to  9  as  Descent  III. ;  10.  Frederick, 
Prince  of  Hesse  Cassel ;  11.  William,  Prince  of 
Uesse  Cassel ;  12.  Queen  of  Denmark;  13.  Alex- 
andra, Princess  of  Wales. 

VIII.  1  to  3  as  Descent  II. ;  4  to  13  as  De- 
scent VIL  CUARLES   BbI1>0EB. 


AN  OLD  LONDON  RUBDISII  HliAP. 

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  can't  get 
any  foundation  at  all.  Even  as  far  back  as  Thames 
Street  this  is  the  case^ — very  unsatisfactory  to 
contractors !  but  the  old  rule  holds  good  here  as 
elsewhere  —  the  ill  wind  to  tlie  bridgcmakers  is  all 
in  favour  of  the  antiquaries.  For  why  is  all  this 
land  on  the  Thames  bank  up  to  Thames  Street  ao 
rotten  and  unstable?  Simply  because  it  is  a  vast 
rubbish  heap.  At  the  top  we  have  the  debris  pf 
former  buildings,  the  ruins  of  the  Great  Fire. 
Let  us  watch  awhile  the  navvies  as  they  pick 
away  and  cart  off  the  rubbish  ;  first  a  few  coins 
of  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  Steelyard.  What 
arc  those  black  bits  of  leather  the  men  are  shak- 
ing and  knocking  the  dirt  off?  Look  closely  at 
one,  and  you  will  see  it  once  covered  the  damty 
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  Bess,  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  pfittery,  broken,  but  still  in 
other  respect  the  same  as  when  it  was  thrown 
nwuy  ;  jugs  of  common  unglazed  stoneware,  orna- 
mented round  the  bottom  with  the  g^rect.  V.W«&» 
of  vhe  -hcM.lexs..    \\«^  tixv^  "Owttsi  ^\i\v  '^'^'^^^'^ 


Here  a  good  bit  of  fine  glazed  black  ware  —  surely 
perfect;  no,  its  Landle  haa  gone.  Next  comes  a 
glorious  old  Bellarmine  jug,  with  the  three  lions 
of  Eneland  on  either  side.  The  pick  has  unfor- 
tunately tnadc  a  srnull .  bole  in  one  side,  but  no 
great  consequence,  fur,  on  nearer  obeervation,  you 
you  see  it  is  like  the  rest,  thrown  away  because 
cracked. 

Dig  n  little  further,  and  up  turn  relics  of 
knightly  deeds  mixed  with  the  thrown-away  tools 
of  the  craftsman  —  spurs  without  rowels;  jorae 
irith  long  spikes  instead;  some  with  rowels  an 
inch  and  a  half  in  diameter,  having  a  terribly 
fierce  look.  IIow  did  the  horses  fare,  you  wonder. 
Up  turns  a  great  horseshoe ;  and  you  reniember 
that  the  beasts  in  question  were  the  ^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-flay,  with  the  names  of  the 
makers  stamped  on  the  edges  ?  Are  they  tobacco- 
stoppers  ?  Let  us  trv.  Here'are  a  lot  of  old  pipes, 
but  what  tiny  bowls.  It  will  not  do,  the  ihuigs 
will  not  go  into  them  at  all ;  and  still  there  are 
ao  many,  they  must  have  been  for  some  use. 
They  served  our  ancestors  for  curl  papers  to  keep 
their  wigs  in  order,  tjust  look  at  those  pins  — 
some  three  inches  long ;  some  with  leaden  heod^, 
no  doubt  considered  highly  ornamental.  What 
a  curious  collection  of  old  knives  and  forks,  and 
bow  strancely  time  has  affected  them.  This  fork 
— see  I  might  l>e  pullshcd  again  it  is  so  nearly 
perfect,  even  Uic  ivorr  handle  with  silver  studs  la 
ludccaycd,  thoiigh  discoloured.  Its  partner,  the 
knife,  is  quite  gone — nought  but  the  shape  re- 
remains — 'uandle  all  powder,  and  blade  not  much 
better. 

Shall  we  never  get  down  to  terra  firma?  Surely 
wc  most  now  be  over  twenty  iVct  bdow  the  sur- 
ikce,  and  how  dark  ihc-  soil  Is  getting.  It  looks 
as  if  we  were  on  tlie  banks  of  a  great  rivei\ 
And  so  you  are;  in  a  few  feet  more  you  will  be  on 
the  old  Roman  river  bank,  and  then  the  rubbieh 
heap  will  be  still  more  InUTv^tinL'  ilnm  In-'hcr  up. 
Even  here,  however,  w  things 

not  unlike  those  iu  use 

*'  Would  you  like  to  buy  some  of  the»e  things 
we've  found,'*  snys  a  simple  lookiiif!:  nnvry  ?  "  Let 
us  sec  V  i;ive.**     "I'vcf:  t  stuff 

this  tint  ,  but  the  man  J  cm 

wants  tt  tith  la.     Here  la    >  -axe; 

I  sec  it  took  out  of  that  th<  v  own 

eyea." 
If  you  are  a  colkctor  b  ^^  i         That 


meooea 


dofie  ta  he  Jturk^  can  iupply  jou  with  an  un- 


limited store  of  false  relics  of  all  ages  —  all  fbonl 
on  the  spot  of  cours^e.  If  you  are  not  a  sood 
judge  of  such  things  leave  them  alone  altogelJia* 
or  you  will  lose  your  money,  and  be  well  Iiivigkci 
at  by  friends  and  foes, 

"It  caligatus  iu  ugros.'*  So  it  seems  by  tboM  bod 
soles  which  have  just  been  once  more  brought  tn 
light.  Surely  these  must  be  the  horrible  military 
nailed  boots  so  harassing  to  the  corns  of  the  ciri* 
iian ;  there  is  not  a  space  without  a  great  naiL 
Look  here,  too,  on  this  one  is  a  bit  of  Bomon  pottetj 
sticking !  Military  boota  ! — no  such  thtti^  ;  why 
they  would  only  fit  a  hidy  ;  and  here  is  a  lioy  oo^ 
just  80  armed,  which  must  have  belonged  to  qvHe 
a  child.  No  doubt  this  bill  side  wa.s  then  rxwgjk 
and  muddy  enough,  and  so  they  re<}Qired  stoat 
under  leathers.  Why  here  is  a  sandal,  beaiiti* 
fully  cut  out  of  one  sheet  of  leather — no  naila  hoe. 
It  was  well  worn,  however,  before  the  wearer  cait 
it  off;  the  bolea  in  the  bottom  are  still  visiUe. 
Here  one  is  struck  by  the  enormoaa  quantity  at 
broken  red  pottery.  How  perfectly  iudeatnicti- 
ble  it  is,  but  all  broken ;  much  had  been  meodel 
and  rivvtted  by  the  Romans  themselves, 
drills  must  have  been  as  good  as  ours,  so 
and  smooth  are  the  holes  for  the  rivets. 
too,  wc  have  A  and  B  ecratched  on  the  auHaoeto 
show  how  the  bits  fitted.  Broken  to  fragment* 
as  it  is,  all  the  pottery  and  glass  is  well  worth 
examination.  Though  not  one  t..i  i^^f,  or  nearly 
perfect,  bowl  be  found,  from  V--.  nts  yoa 

may  moke  a  regular  Roman  p  K. 

very  excellent  patterns  too;  consistm 
lions  of  all  sorts  of    English    and   < 
beautifully  cooventionalijced.     Here  and  there 
fine  geometrical  ornaments;  but,  above 
excellent   are   the  animals  —  lions  figh 
boars,  wolves,  dogs,  leopards,  tigers  just 
spring.     On  one  bowl  are  unny  illustral 
toe  gladiator's  labours ;  eurdy  that  man  is 
with  a  bull ;  here  the  sccutor  i.-  i 
tiarius.     There  arc  wild  beast.^  r 

is  lying  flat  on  his  back,  dead;  ilu'  :iuiji<i 
death  is  missing.     Mixed  with  this  redwajra 
have    ladie.V   ornamentji,    some    very    odd  ; 
bracelet  is  fonned  out  of  a  bit  of  iron  wire,  and 
is  all ;  another  is  m.ide  of  iron,  bronz'V  •"  '  '-■^ 
wire  twisted  together,  ohowitig  bow 
ments  wore  fashiotinble  among  the   I 
then   as  now.    Among  them  mu8t  i  'j« 

claas«d  those  great  bono  »kcwer.s  of  >  ■<:• 

so  many  lying  about,   if  indeed  soxar    of    tiicm 
were  not  tools.     Do  tou  want  to  know  what 
Roraant  had  for  needles  and  pins  ?  hero  you 
sallflfy  your  curicfity.      I'ins    there  are  of 
and  ivory;  needle*  also  of  the  sanio.     Some 
bronxe  very  well  mud",  but  ratht/r  coarse, 
an  inch  to  six  inches  in  Icngtli.     Sec,  too, 
a  good  and  perfect  gimlet ;  look  at  the 
the  top  to  put  a  cro«  piece  of  wood 


V  S.  V.  T»B.  IS.  '64,] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


instead  of  over  as  wkh  tu.  Those  two  long 
fpikes  ore  no  doultt  the  tope  of  pila.  Now  turns 
op  ■  meat  hook,  a  email  beU,  and  nn  iron  fin;;cr- 
nng;  some  soldier' .1  rx-rliaps.  Her**  arc  «  quan- 
tity of  writing  per:  rp  pninln  »t  one  end  to 
write  with,  and  a  11  tljc  other  to  erase  with. 
To  make  us  sure  thut  tbe  bank  of  the  Thoinea 
in  Roman  trmcH  extended  thus  fur,  we  now  nc- 
tualtj  come  upon  their  cmbankininit ;  pfreat  piles 
driyen  in  with  transverse  tinibeiN  all  oloni;  tbe 
old  water  line.  Hut  now  we  must  bid  good  bye 
to  uur  rubbish  heap,  fur  down  comes  the  concrete, 
in  a  dav  or  two  tbe  hole  will  bo  closed  for 
!  J.  C.  J. 


W 


GENERAL  LITERARY  INDEX; 
SUBJECTS. 


IJn>EX  OF 


ac!.;: 
ove  .:  ■ 
n>- 

t)l«--       !■  1'     I. 

Or/A,.:'        .,,   , 

r; 
s.- 
4. 

trn 

unrlii  I  Lj  ur  i . 
tliffuMiil  hr  IT' 
tb«t  thi-  '■" 


nooATios  vxn:  oMirrrn  n*  watt's  "  biduotuccv 

BKlTXJCSirJi," 

"  Daring  three  yeari  (458 — KO)  Amvfi/ne  uml  Dau- 
phintf  were  conmlscd  by  violent  airl  •  olcanic 

craption*  ....  altmded  bv  cnrthqi  1  a^  ii«  it 

wer«   Iho  fmjn!-*' "-      -r-  roUed 

through  tho  >■  re  the 

coiicuiAioas  II'  ^  of  the 

foreat,  driren  IVlxh  lUvir  hiiuiiu,  .sought  icfuj^'c  iu  tho 
abodes  of  mankind. 

"  An  imfiendin^  1...0.:  n  ,.r  ^^^Q  Goths  added  to  tbe 
terror  of  the  threatc ;  in!.    loatnicted,  and  pro- 

fiting   by   Uic  exni  Xiuevitea,    Mamertus, 

Biihop  of  Ytcnne,  ><  1^  people  in  prayer  and 

bumluation.    To  «v  !ie  iiutituted  the  aalenm 

X^itnni-*  oi-  i?ngaii(,;,^  ^,,.  ,,,^  ;ljrt«  days  preceding  tho 
F^!^'  ^cenaion.  becaoae  they  were  the  oniy  days 

o(  r)  ncCQolly  sot  apart  fur  the  purpooe  of  such 

B"  '  These  form«  of  prayer,  rendenid 

n>  he  awful  ehiiracter  of  the  calamities 

an  1  ,    :-  ; had  fuf^gcstcd  Uietn,  correspondini^ 

so  nearly  with  ihe  signs  and  judgments  of  Scripture, 
wore  spoedily  sdoptetl  thronijhfuit  Gaul  ttnd  Knf^Land. 
Here  they  were  com  til 

UnaltT  establiabed  >:■  n 

the  Oonndl  held  lu    .  .:  ^y- 

poiatod  that   three  days  'or  tlio 

luauaer  of  fortoer  tim^ ;  to  ob- 

sarvvb  that  tbe  Ko(r  -  !  Lu  tbe 

Bobric  of  Ibe  Cli uri  :  i v. 

**  A  nsniafkabie  v;.'  .  iiiihop 

of  Clormaat  .  .  .  addresseii  to  1  .  .  .  . 

prsawrviMi  n  t»\\  notice  nf  th"  ^dcaoic 

onr  "  -  .inertui, 


, .  and  in 

<:,  hv  ro«.Bii"  to  their  memory  the 

it   portion  of  ih(>in  must  have  wit- 

'    for  the  deliverance 

llogat.   V.   lirynxi 

hiiii,  it/,i.  ii.  J60-7; 
501-2; 

'-'run,  i, 

cxan)|iIo9  at  tli. 
,    ii«4    inci  rly  wti'  I 

.   hut   wIh'Ii  Ainplv 

■1,  wo  inav  roiDnrlc 

.11   i.rM  i;ii.'   iimt  AvituK  lia»  been 

'5  cither  fWdonius,  or  Grrgotv   of 


Tours — the  latter  of  whom  also  notices  tbe  evaati^  though 
with  mocc  brevity."  —  Quurterfy  BevUm,  voL  Ixxir. 
'294,  «97. 

This  is  a  strange  statement,  inasmuch  as  in  the 
edition  of  Sidonius  by  Sirmondus,  referred  to  b/ 
this  writer,  as  in  that  by  Savaro,  these  two  au- 
thors— Sidonius  and  Avitus — are  illustrated  by 
each  other ;  and  Sirmondus  expressly  remarks : 
*'  Cum  hac  autem  epUtolu  [lib.  vil.  cp.  1]  cuinp»- 
randa  eat  Aicimi  Aviti  Homilia  de  ltiH(atiotttbii4 
.  .  .  sunt  cnim  ut  arfrumento,  sic  tota  nuvrationis 
serie  BimiUimae."  The  spiriluni  weapons  with 
which  the  Arverni  were  instructed  by  Pope  Ma- 
mertus  succeeded,   observes   Sidonius,    "  si   uon 

elTectu  pari,  sfiectu  certe  non  imparl 

Dooes  denuntiatffi  solitudinis  minas  orationum 
freqaentia  esse  amoliendas :  mones  assiduitatoia 
iurentis  ioceudii  aqua  potius  oculorum  qucjit 
flumiuum  posse  restingui :  mones  niinocctn  tcrrte 
motunm  conilictationem  6dei  stab'titale  ftrman- 
dam."  Cf.  Baronii  Anmd.  Ecd.  ad  a.c.  475  ; 
Bejerlinck,  Theairum  Ilunmna:  Vita,  vi.  336. 

'*  The  title  of  Pojie  is  j^ivcu  t<»  Mamertus  by  the 
early  writtTS,  and  j)erhaps  the  style  of  Pope  was 
assumed  liy  or  given  to  the  see  of  Vienne — so 
venerable  lor  its  antiquity." 

The  trcnrise,  De  Statu  Aluma,  inserted  in  Gry- 
nu '  "  "  ■ixographa  (pp.  1248 — 1306),  and  in 
7>  i.rjma,  vi.,  i?  by  a  brother  of  the  bishop. 

See  liijiiei  s  ZtD«s  of  the  Saint*,  May  11. 

'*  Quid  plura,"  writes  Gregory  of  Tours,  refer- 
ring to  th«*  same  terrors  {Uut.  Frtmc.^  lib,  ii. 
6.  34;  in  Bouquet,  Gailicarum  R,  S^  ii.  553; 
Acta  Sitnctorum,  Maii  xi.)  "  penetravit  cxcelsa 
noli  oratiu  PontiGcis  inclyti,  re>itinxitque  dotnus 
lui.'eudiuiu  flumen  proilucntium  lacrymarum."  Cf. 
Adonis  Chronicon,  ad  annum  4''2  (in  Bihl.  Pair.,, 
1618,  ix. ;  Bihl.  Maxima,  xv.  796);  "Binii  Notos* 
ad  Ililari  Pnpo;  Epistolas,'*  in  Labbe,  iv,  1047; 
and  "Concil.  Arelulense,"  ibifl.  p.  1040,  'y?. ; 
Rupertus  lib.  i.x.  c.  5,  (In  llittorpii  SuppL  de 
Divinif  Officiijt,  i.  1028).  Liiurgia  Oallicana, 
Mabillonii,  p.  152.  Baronlus  {ubi  suprti,  vi.  310.) 
adds:  '^At  de  his  (Rogutionibus)  consule  n  nobis 
dicta  in  Nutntionibus  ad  Jiumannm  Martyrologium 
(ad  25  Aprili.i)  locupleliun."  Other  authorities 
ore  given  m  Ducange's  Glottsarium. 

"  W''  Invo  tivo  snrmnns  r.f  ^f.  M'lmmt'rtti'',  otte  on  the 
Tl.      ■  '      ,u-n, 

111  iS- 


[Thew  arc  printed 
pp.  .')i't8-9.  "--alinrirr 


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lie 
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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8*<*  &  V.  Fbk. 


I 


CoKORBVE  THE  PoET. — In  a  foot  iiotc  to  p.  213, 
vol.  ii^  Cunningham's  edition  of  Johnson's  Lives 
of  the  Poets,  it  is  stated  on  the  authority  of  Leigh 
Hunt,  that  Conpreve's  mother  was  Anne  Fitzher- 
bert,  dnuf^hter  of  Sir  Thomas  Fitzherbert.  This 
sJatement  ia  erroneous.  The  mother  of  the  poet 
was  A  Mi.19  Browning;  his  grandmother  was  the 
Anne  Fitzherbert  spoken  of.  Congreve's  father 
was  Colonel  William  Congrevc,  who  was  the  son 
of  Richard  Con^eve,  a  cnrftlier  named  for  the 
Order  of  the  Royal  Oak.  Richard  Conjrreve  was 
descended  from  Richard  Conpreve,  temp.  Henry 
VI,  whose  ancestor  was  Galfrid  de  Con^eve  of 
Stretlim  and  Congreve,  tevtp.  Edward  II.  He 
WHS  descended  from  another  Galfrid  de  Conp'eve 
and  a  daughter  of  the  house  of  Drawbridgecourt 
of  Hants,  temp.  Richard  I.  The  family  was  settled 
at  Conpi'eve,  in  Staflbrdshire,  long  before  the  Con- 
quest. The  best  portrait  of  Conpreve  is  undoubt- 
edly that  by  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller,  now  in  the 
possession  of  the  junior  branch  of  the  family. 

H.  C. 

A  Heroine,  —  The  following,  which  I  ha\'e 
extracted  from  a  New  York  paper,  seems  to  me 
worthy  of  preservation  :  — 

"Mrs.  Catherine  Shepherd  has  jasC  died  at  Hndsoti, 
Now  Jcner,  upwards  of  100  years  of  nge.  Her  father 
WM  Jacob  Van  Winkle,  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  oriei- 
n»l  Dutch  seitlcra  there.  Her  husband  was  a  soldier  of  the 
revolution.  From  a  steeple  at  ScmJh  Bergpfn  she  9»w  the 
Brilt.ih  fltfcl  take  possession  of  New  York,  and  the  British 
army  marching  to  Philadelphia.  The  British  soldiers 
hun(;  her  father  becaose  he  would  not  eive  them  up  his 
inotioy,  and  after  leaving  him  for  dead.  »ne  cut  hitti  down, 
and  roaturvd  him  to  lifo.  She  ri:«ked  licr  life  in  i-itrrving  a 
mMMAO  to  the  American  commander  at  Belleville,  to 
warn  bim  of  a  night  attack  from  the  British  furcen,  by 
which  abe  saved  th«  American  troops  from  destruction." 

T.B. 

Fbikvla  :  ntfi  Primioab.  — 

"'Cur'-        ••■•M        ',  <de  tc  mibi  pnmi«/a  venit, 
I'l  '■re  gravata  comas?' 

Scilt  -^i-et  gsudia  curiii, 

Ai<|ue  iuter  nu'iltati  Apes  quo<iue  pallet  omor." 

I  forget  where  I  met  with  these  lines,  but  sua* 
pect  I  hey  are  of  Etonian  oripin.  I  do  not  think 
tboy  have  ever  appeared  in  print. 

Prrmtda  here  undoubt^idly  means  the  primrose  j 
b«»t  the  London  gardeners  give  to  a  different  plant 
of  the  same  species,  which  bears  a  crimson  flower, 
the  name  of  primula.  See  in  the  conservatory  ftt 
the  Pantheon,  Oxford  Street,  Jan.  1864. 

W.  D. 

Camel  boek  ih  Ejuglawp.  —  On  Thurmlny  the 
7th  January  last,  a  young  camel  wa*  ^torn  at  Hack- 
ney, during  the  st4»y  of  \Vomliwcirs  Menagerie 
there.  As  this  is  said  to  be  the  firxt  instance  of 
one  being  bom  in  this  country,  it  is  worth  noting. 

By-the-byc,  what  is  the  proper  name  for  a 
joung  auael?  ImUm  atlff  J.  C.  J. 


E.fl^^H 

be  mvm 


Sr»  Fbahcis  WAtflisGHAM. — It  may  be  m< 
while  to  record  in  "  N.  &  Q."  that  Lodge  in  bk 
memoir  of  this  statesman  gives  him  the  title  of 
K.  G.  But  on  reference  to  Beltz's  Hi»tory  of  tk* 
Order  of  the  Garter,  I  do  not  find  his  name,  nor 
docs  it  appear  in  the  Catalogue  of  thesu  Kni|rbu 
contained  in  Sir  Harris  Nicolas's  Synn^ 
Peeratie,  Sir  Francis  seems  to  have 
very  little  recompense  from  Queen  £Uz«l 
his  services.  S 

Neoloot.  —  A  few  days  ago,  I  was  ot  a  pvty 
of  literary  people,  where  the  question  was  askeii  : 
"  What  is  neology  ?"  The  answer  that  was  given, 
whatever  might  be  its  merits  in  other  re^p«cta, 
appeared  to  me  to  have  so  much  wit  in  it  an  tc 
deserve  being  made  a  Note  of, 

"Neology" — said  the  gentleman  who  iitk 
took  to  solve  the  question  —  "Neology  » 
visible  horizon  that  Ujunds  the  out-look  of] 
popular  mind  ;  and,  as  such,  it  recedes 
popular  mind  advances.  In  the  time  of  Qr\ 
the  revolution  of  the  earth  round  its  axis  vas 
neology.  Half  a  century  ago,  neology  wa«  barely 
distinguishable  from  «ology.  In  the  present  day, 
neology  consists  in  tiie  application — or,  as  aooia 
deem  it,  the  misapplication — of  learning  and  coii»> 
mon  sense  to  the  records  of  revelation.  Who  om 
say  what  will  be  the  horizon  of  the  popular  iiiia4 
ten  years  hence  ^  "  MsurtM, 

LrscH  Law  is  the  Twelfth  Centcbt.  —  I 

have  lately  stumbled  upon  the  following  iu 
MS.  S875,  fo.  288.     The  scribe,   in  a  side 
naively  remarks  that  it  is  "  a  shaqie  reckonii 
and  in  this  most  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  & 
will  I  think  agree  :  — 

**  TetticnK    prftbilfri  aiitcud Alexander    archl 

(Ebor*)  salutom,  fic.  Noverit  nniverst^as  vro,  quo4| 
den!i  ui  nostram  f 


i 


po-iiiit,  quo<l  ipM!    ■ 
rapctluinini,  rum   .) 
uxore  Auh,  ftoliim  ruin  miI.i  wi  >. 
turpiter  iuvenit.  o*>i  di<lorc(n  li 
tf  -' ■-■    »-    '■■  --    ' 


^  de  CUfiham.  nobia_ 
rn  iriium    Jo'hem 

l,M.1,MUri     ,V>    <?WiC 


viniu4  in  :uriJiu  juri*,  ct  cidcui  |iru  p  tmiiUA  pi 
juDximiu  salutareui.     Dsi'  apud  Cawoode,  20'  I)« 
1377." 

Joint  ShMumT 


Outritf. 


THOMAS  JKNNV,  REBEL  AND  POET. 

Thomo-s  .Ii'>"» 1)1.,  was  one  of  the 

attjiinted  In  <it  in  rctpect  of  the  grosf 

northern  rii-  jG9, 

From   an    abstract  uf  his  nxtmination  In 
Cuthbcrt   Sharp's   Mrmoriala  {27\,   272)   it 
pears   that   he  had   bren   trained   up   tjnd«r 
ilcnry    Norris    and    Thomas   Randolph    in 
queea's  aen'ice  in  Fnuice  aoti  Sootlana. 


|H  a  V.  Feb.  is.  %*."] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


133 


Tlieae  circumstances  render  it  almost  certain 
that  he  was  the  author  of  llie  following  poems  :  — 

Poem  by  Thomas  Jenre,  entitled  "  Maiater  Rnnilolphe's 
Phanluy,  a  brief  calculation  of  the  proceedings  in  Scot- 
Und,  from  Ihe  first  of  Juh-  to  Ihe  last  of  Deccniljcr." 
[This  poem  extends  to  about  800  Hnea,  and  is  ilcdiistcd 
to  Thomas  Randolpbe,  in  an  epistle  dated  by  tlie  author 
"At  his  Chanit>cr  in  Edinburgh,"  31  July,  16G5.  It 
profcasea  to  give  an  account  of  the  proceedings  and 
tronblea  in  Scotland,  consexiuent  on  the  marriage  of  the 
queen  with  Lord  Damlev.  and  ia  sttppOMd  to  be  narrated 
bv  Thomas  Randolphe.']  (Thorpe's  Cat.  Seottith  StuU 
Paptri,  227.) 

"  A  DiscovTs  of  tbe  present  troobles  in  Frannce,  and 
miseries  of  this  lyme,  coropyled  by  Peter  Konsard,  gen- 
tilman  of  Tandome,  and  dedicated  onto  the  Quaene 
Mother.  Translated  by  Thomas  Jeney,  gentilman.  Ant- 
werp, 4to,  1668.  Dedicated  to  Sir  Henry  Norriea,  Knight, 
L.  ambassadoor  resident  in  Frsunce."  (Ritson's  BihL 
Poetica,  267.) 

Randolph,  in  a  letter  to  Cecil,  dated  Berwick, 
May  26,  1566,  sHude-s  to  an  untrue  accusation 
s<rainst  him  of  writinp  a  book  arrainst  the  Queen 
of  Scots  called  RaruLilphcs  Phantasy,  and  Queen 
Ellznbetli,  by  a  letter  dated  fireenwicb,  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,  233.) 
Jenny,  after  his  attainder,  fle<l  from  England,  and 
was  at  Brussels  in  June  1570.  (Thorpe,  293.) 
He  was  living  there  in  1576,  and  bad  a  pension 
from  the  king  of  Spain. 

He  is  sometimes  called  Genynges  or  Jennings. 

In  Wright's  Qtteeii  EUstiheth  and  her  Times 
(i.  255)  is  a  letter  from  Mr.  Jenye  to  Cecil,  dated 
Rye,  13  July  [1567],  whereby  it  appears  that  the 
writer  had  come  from  Dieppe  to  llye  in  order  to 
provide  an  English  barque  for  the  escape  of  the 
JEarl  of  Murray  from  France.  The  allusion  to 
*'  my  Lorde  my  master "  is  apparently  to  Sir 
Hi-nry  Norris,  and  there  can  be  no  reasonable 
doubt  that  this  Thomas  Jenny  is  the  writer  of 
the  letter  reierred  to. 

I  desire  specially  to  ascertain,  (1.)  Whether 
Maister  Randolphcs  Phantasy  was  printed,  and 
if  go,  where  ?  {'!,)  Whether  Thomas  Jenny  can 
be  identified  with  Thomas  Brookesby,  olias  Jen- 
oings,  who  figures  in  the  investigations  relative 
to  the  Gunpowder  Plot?'  (See Green's  Cul,  T>om. 
State  Papers,  Jn».  I.  i,  250,  292,  293,  297,  303  ) 
And  generally  I  shall  be  glad  to  receive  any  other 
information  respecting  Thomas  Jenny  and  his 
Works.  S.Y.  R. 


Amebic AniBMs. — Are  the  words,  "conjure"  and 
"conjurations,"  unknown  in  England?  So  it 
would  seem  fk-ouj  a  note  on  the  passage,  '•  I  do 
defy  thy  conjurations"  (Jtomeo  and  Juliet,  Act  V, 
8c.  3),  in  Tiycbb  Foe  Ndteif  (p.  115),  where  the 
commentator  cites  a  passage  from  an  early  drama 
to  prove  that  conjuration  means  earnest  entreaty. 


The  word,  in  this  sense,  is  in  every-day  use  in 
the  United  States. 

I  find,  in  the  London  Spy  for  April,  1699  (p.  15.), 
the  expression :  "  When  we  had  liquored  our 
throata,"  &c.  Perhaps  this  may  be  regarded  as 
the  origin  of  our  cant  phrase,  "  to  liquor,"  or  "  t»i 
liquor  up"  —  meaning,  to  take  a  dram.  It  is,  of 
course,  confined  to  the  vulgar. 

Mr.  Trullope,  in  his  North  America,  uses  the 
verb  "  be  little,"  which  bis  always  been  considereil 
a  gros3  Americanism.  The  Greeks  used  the  verb 
fUKpiwtu,  tlie  Germans  verhleinen,  and  the  French 
rapettitser,  in  the  same  way.  J.  C.  Likpsat. 

St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

Akowtmous.  — 

"  The  ITonour  of  Christ  vindicated ;  or,  a  Hue  and  Cry 
after  the  Bully  who  ussanlted  J.icob  in  his  Solitiid«. 
Printed  for,  and  sold  by  tbe  Booksellers  of  London  nn«l 
Westminster,     m.d.ccxxxii." 

Who  wrote  this  tract,  which  is  dedicated  "  To 
the  Reverend  Dr.  J.  T."  Who  was  the  Doctor!'  * 
It  advocates  the  view  that  an  emissary  of  Es:m 
Invaded  the  quiet  of  Jacob,  and  tried  to  ns!>assi- 
nate  him.  It  is  certainly  not  a  reverent  pmduu- 
tion ;  but  it  is  bard  to  say  what  was  consideretl 
irreverent  in  days  when  Swift  could  write  as  he 
wrote  on  the  subject  of  the  Spirit.  Would  the 
date  admit  of  the  tract  having  been  written  by 
that  bookseller,  named  Annett,  who  was  prose- 
cuted some  time  or  other  for  blasphemy  ?  C. 

AuBOT  AND  Dv  Val.  —  Can  you  refer  me  to 
any  information  respecting  Mons.  Aubt-ry  and 
Mons.  Du  Val,  who  came  to  England  as  Commis- 
sioners of  France  in  the  reign  of  King  Edward 
VI.  ?  They  are  mentioned  in  a  letter  from  Tho- 
mas Barnabe  to  Sir  William  Cecil,  Secretary  of 
Stnte,  to  be  found  in  Strype's  Ecclesiaxtical  Afc' 
moriaU  (edition  of  1822,  vol.  iv.  part  ii.,  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  tbe  story  uiade  a 
strange  impression  on  my  miud.  1  find  it  in  an 
old  note-book  of  my  own,  from  which  I  wish  to 
transfer  it  to  a  lasting  niche  in  "  N.  &  Q.  " 

The  narrator,  was  a  Kilkenny  gentleman,  and 
the  scene  of  the  allf  ged  conflict  was  laid  on  a  plain 
Dear  that  ancient  city.  The  time  mi|^ht  have  been 
some  forty  years  before  the  tale  "  as  it  was  told  to 
me  :"  so  that,  calculating  up  to  the  present  time, 
the  hella  horrida  hella  would  be  about  seventy-five 
or  eighty  years  ago.  My  informant  stated  that 
he  knew  persons,  then  alive,  who  actually  in- 
spected the  "  field,  after  the  battle." 

One  night,  in  the  summer  time,  all  the  cata  ia 


\^«  Yto\>t^>\^^^!k*^JeH-"^^.^««^'^^*■V4- 


— -^^i^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[BM  &  V.  Suu  i$,{ 


ihe  city  and  county  of  Kilkenny,  were  absent  from 
their  "  local  habitiitions  ;"  and  next  raoniing,  the 

{)Iain  alluded  to  (I  rejrret  I  have  not  the  name)  was 
bund  covered  with  tbousnnils  uf  slain  tabbiea  ;  and 
the  report  was,  that  nlmost  all  the  cats  in  Ireland 
bad  joined  in  the  content ;  as  many  of  the  slain 
bad  collars  on  their  ncc^k^,  wliich  dbovred  that 
they  had  cotlectcd  from  ull  quarters  of  the  island. 

The  cause  of  the  quarrel,  however,  wit    •  ■•    1 ; 

but  it  seemed  to  have  been  a  sort  ■  ■! 

faction    fight   between    the   cats    of   i  , mi 

Leinfiter — probably  the  quadrupeds  look  up  the 
qunrrels  of  their  masters,  as  at  that  period  there 
was  very  ill  feeling  between  the  people  oi'  both 
provinces.  I  have  no  doubt,  that  this  Note  will 
elicit  something  further'  on  t)iia  curious  story,  of 
vbich  the  above  is  a  skeleton. 

This  has  nothing  to  do  with  the  story  of  the 
two  famous  Kilkenny  cats.  S.  Kedmoivd. 

Liverpool. 

B&CKBT.  —  Can  any  reader  give  me  a  clue  to 
the  history  of  a  *'  Captain  Becket,"  who  perished 
fighting  under  Marlborou;;h  (where,  I  cannot 
»ay)  ?  He  raarried  Elenor  Percy.  The  tradition 
is,  that  she  was  n  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. 

RuBERT  CAt.i.18  was  Butbor  of  77ie  Reading  upon 
the  Slatute  23  Hen.  VIII.  cap.  5,  */  Sewers,  2nd 
edit.  1685,  4to.  I  ihall  be  glad  of  any  inforuia- 
lion  concerning^  him  or  hia  family. 

Edward  Fbacock. 

Bottttiford  tlnaor,  Drigg. 

PorrtttiTT  or  the  Em  pesos  CnAKLsstAOKE. — 
It  Would  appear  by  Burke's  Peerage,  and  indeed 
by  other  publications  of  a  kindred  character,  that 
Lord  Kingsalc  derives  his  descent  from  John, 
only  son  of  William  De  Courci,  Baron  of  Stoke- 
Courci,  CO.  Somerset^  and  Lord  of  Hnrcwood. 

An  inquisition  held  on  the  death  of  this  Wil- 
liam De  Courci,  who  was  Justice  of  Normandy, 
and  who  died  a.d.  118G,  represents  that  he  had 
but  one  son  WiUiiim,  and  a  daughter  Alice,  who 
BMuried   Waryn    Fiiz-Gcrold,    Chamberlain     to 

Ki»--T..l.n 

-'   to  the  testimony  of  deeds,  the  au' 

•1.  „r 

w„ .  .      _.,t 

iMiMt,  ^  Kic.  1.,  «  t'ir  Alice  became 

hk  to\e  heir,  tn  -■  -be  had  livery  of 

all  hia  estates.  In  lurihcr  conHrmntion  td'  this 
f4<?t,  Waryn  Fifr-Ocrold,  only  too  tuiU  heir  of  bis 
n>'  \  A.D.  1203,  •  charter  of 

fi  't.  of  the  mnnor  of  Uare- 

wood.  'Ihat  W  i!  ,  .;.i  .!<•  ('(.iM'.-i  w„->  ili43  Init 
Unoal  descendant  i'<  tl  i  .il  ILu  u:  i:.  impcrt^ir 
CbarivmjfgBf.    i'iiw  bcwg  the  cusc,  perhaps  from 


some  of  your  numerous  oxirrespondents  info 
tion  tu;iy  be  obtained  as  to  the  origin  of  the  ' 
ofKliigaale.  Ilirri 

Favilt  or   Db   Scabtii. — Can  your 
apondent  P.  inform  me  whereabouts  in  lie 
standi   the  stone  marking  the  plaoe   wl 
Skai'lha,   the  friend  and  companion   of 
This  Swein,  or  Swevne,    must    be  the 
Dcninnrk  who,  in  the  year  1003,  establi 
sell"  in  England  ;  if  so,  he  probably  best* 
lands  in  Orkney,  bearlnj;  the  najne  of  Sk: 
his  descendants  (after  whom  they  would 
named)  to  be  held  by  udal  tenure,  which  it  s( 
is  peculiar  to  Orkney,  though  your  other  c( 
spondent,  Shoi.to  Macocff,  says  that  in 
aalt«  wme  lands  were  granted  under  a  i 
similar  title  l-y  Bruco,  the  Lord  of  Anni 
his  inheriting  the  throne,  to  the  garriso 

castle.     I  merely  throw  out  this  sug'ge ,_ 

the  soke  ol'  u  rc))ly  from  those  better  inlurae<l 
than  myself,  and  1  should  be  glad  to  bear 
on  the  subject.  J.  & 

Tub  Danish  Kiout  or  Siccbssion.  —  CanifiJ 
of  your  numerous  Sluiluiperiati   ivaders 
for,  or  explain  why,  the  right  of  ^utwessioi 
on  the  death  of  the  kinj;   should    hatf 
liamlet  on   the  throne   of   Denmark,   ia 
alluded  to  by  any  one  in  the  whole  course  ofl 
play  ?     And  I  should  also  be  dad  to  know  if  i 
of  the  commentators  have  matte  any  obscrri 
on  the  subject?  G.] 

EKGOAvisa  ow  Gold  athj  SiLrsB.- 
to  inquire,  how  lonj?  has  the  art  i 
articles  of  gold  ond  silver  boen  p; 
have  lookc<l  into  Herbert's  IJistory  of  the  Gotd* 
tmiOts"  Company,  but  he  is  not  definite  on  thi* 
bead.  I  should  like  to  know  the  first  cnCTavcd 
arm.s.  This  was  probably  on  a  salt.  wIiJuL  nx' 
formerly  fJaced  in  the  centre  of  a  ' 
which,   sat  the  lord  ami  bis  family  p  • 

hijiher  servants  of  the  household,    liciici: 
word,  to  "sit  below  the  salt."  Ixqi 

Dkacckdaitts  or  Fitzjauks. — tn  what 

E:    '"  '         '■      ■  uj  I  find  an  Air 

(!'  ■•sent  tiiue,  of 

jiUiivr,  jyuKi;  «'i    i>i  i  »  ick,  tlutursd  S0»  i»i  .Jiiiiic 

CoAni.cs  F.  S.  Wasj 

Tbomas  Gii-itnaT,   Esq.  —  A   volume,] 
Potnu  I'll   Scleral  Occ.a.nou.\  ^  Iv  TlmiiiitM 
Esq.,   !  of  IVtor 

was  pi:  1  London, 

The  dcnlicaliuii  of  the  work  ia  to  J.  Hall 
son,    V.-f]  ,    of    SkoltoTi    Cnrtlr,    and    tlntt 


tJ 


Ilortou  UidL 


PnsTBRiTT  oT  Haeold,  Ki!»o  or  Emoland. — 
A  genealogical  work,  cntiiled,  Recherckea  mr 
rOn'gine  de  plusieurs  Mtrisons  SouBerainei  (T Eu- 
rope, compik'd  at  St.  Petewburch  by  the  Baron 
de  Koehne,  and  printed  ut  Berlin  by  Ferdinand 
Schneider  in  1863,  states  tliat  Wladimlr,  Grand 
Duke  of  Kiew,  seventh  in  descent  from  Rurick, 
and  ancestor  of  the  Kooianof  Emperors  ofRussuL, 
married  Gida,  daughter  of  Flarold  11^  King  of 
Enf^lond. 

Can  any  genetdogist  say  whether  Harold  had  a 
daughter  named  Gida,  or  whether  he  left  any 
posterity  at  all  ?  Hippkus. 

Hindoo  Gods.  —  Is  there  any  book  with  a  list 
of  most  of  the  Hindu  gods  and  illnstrations  of 
their  images?  Having  a  number  of  idols  in  bronze 
^nd  stone,  I  am  desirous  of  naming  them  :  and  the 
ounl  given  in  The  Wajuierings  of  a  Pilgrim  in 
of  the  Piciwesfjue  b  the  only  book  I  have 
subject. 
jLlio,  I  should  be  obliped  if  I  could  be  in- 
formed wbat  constitutes  tbc  diiTerence  between 
the  images  of  Bodha  and  Gauda. 

JoHB  Davidson. 

The  laos  Mask. — Among  the  arms  brought 
from  Paris  to  this  country,  after  the  defeat  of 
Napoleon,  and  now  displaye*!  as  a  trophy  in  the 
Rotunda  at  Woolwich,  may  be  seen  the  armour 
of  the  renowne«J  Chevalier  de  Bayard,  and  a 
curious  helmet,  or  mm  mask,  which  1  have  beard 
fome  persons  affirm  to  be  the  iron  mask  which 
fibres  so  conspicuously  in  the  romance  of  French 
hiatory.  Can  you,  or  any  of  your  readers  decide, 
whetbicr  it  is  that  famous  headpiece  ?  H.  C. 

Lbiqhtos  Family.  —  A  daughter  of  the  Hon. 
Mr.  Cumpton,  one  of  the  younger  sons  of  the  Earl 
^f  Northampton,  married  Mr.  Leighton,  whose 
~  n,  Wm.  Leiyhtoii,  married  Miss  Diliy,  of  the 
mily  of  the  publisher  DiUy,  of  the  Poultry,  Lon- 
don. I  wish  to  ascertain  the  true  speUing  of 
Leighton.     Has  the  family  ever  spelt  it  Layton  ? 

Caxiutojid. 
C«p«towti. 

Matthew  Lockje. — I  am  an.xious  to  find  out 
whether  Matthew  Lock,  the  composer  of  the 
music  in  Mucbeth^  married  Alice  Smyth. 

Edmund  Smyth,  of  Aunables,  Herts,  had  ten 
children,  of  whom  Alice  was  probably  the  youngest. 
I  do  not  know  the  exact  date  of  her  b'u-tli,  but  her 
father's  seventh  child  was  born  in  1648.  Alice 
was  married  to  Matthew  Lock,  whose  arms  were: 
1,  3,  3,  aturc;  2,  4,  6,  or ;  a  falcon,  with  wings 
expnndiii],  or. 

Were  theftc  the  nrros  of  the  musician  ?  And  if 
he  was  not  ihe  husband  of  Alice  Smjrth,  was  he 
any  relation  ?  F.  L. 

Lojin  Month's  Hsxtn,  1677.— Li  a  MS.  letter 
beture  in«,  writtuii  to  Locke  in  October,  1677,  it 


is  mentioned:  " My  Lord  Mohun  haUi  lately  de- 
ceased of  his  wound,  to  the  great  afHiction  of  all 
his  friends."  This  was  the  fourth  Lord  Mohun, 
who  was  an  active  politician  in  Charleti  IL's  reiffn 
in  opposition  to  the  court,  and  had  made  a  cele- 
brated motion  in  1(575  for  the  dissolution  of  the 
Parliament,  Can  any  of  your  readers  help  me  to 
any  particulars  about  Lord  Mohun's  death  ? 

c.u. 

NAPotKox  THE  FiasT. — Is  there  any  published 
work  in  which  I  con  find  the  actual  number  of 
men  raised  by  Napoleon  :  the  details,  manner, 
and  times  of  the  several  levies,  whether  by  en- 
rolment, enlistment,  or  otherwise  ?  The  histories 
to  which  I  have  accei>s  j^imply  say  that  be  took 
the  field  with  so  many  men :  that  he  now  en- 
larged his  army  by  such  and  such  n  number,  &c. 
The  information  which  I  seek  is  such  as  might  be 
valuable  to  a  general  recruiting- officer,  or  a 
provost- marshal  St.  T. 

Thb  Oath  Hx-orncio.  —  Can  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  to  confess  or  accuse  himself  of  any  criminal 
matter.  It  was  abolished  by  the  13th  Car.  II. 
cap.  12.  John  S.  Bdrk. 

Henley. 

Pope's  Pobtbait.  —  Can  any  one  explain  the 
allusion  to  Pope's  portrait  in  the  follow inj;  pas- 
sage of  Tristram  Shatidy,  vol.  viii.  chap.  ii.  ?  — 

"Pope  and  hu  portrait  are  fools  to  me  — no  martyr  is 
ever  so  fail  of  £futb  or  fire  —  I  wiah  1  could  ny  of  good 
works  too." 

Sterne  has  added  a  note  to  the  parsage,  *'  Vide 
Pope's  Portrait.'*  J.  B,  Greening. 

P«ACTicB  or  Phtsic  at  William  Dkagb.  — 
I  possess  a  curious  old  book  with  the  title:  — 

•*  The  Practice  of  Ph^Trick ;  or,  the  Law  of  God  (called 
Nature)  in  the  Body  of  Man,  &c.  &c.  To  which  is  ftdJsd 
A  Treatise  of  Diseases  frooi  ^Vitchc^afc.  By  William 
Drage,  Med.  and  Philoa.  at  IJitchin,  in  Ilarlfordsbir*. 
Loudon:  Printed  for  George  Calvert,  at  the  Half- Moon 
in  SL  Paul's  Cborcbyard,  1666." 

A  second  title  describes  the  latter  work :  — 
*  "  Dttimomimacfein ;  a  Small  Treati«e  of  Sickseues  and 
Disease  from  Witchcraft  and  Supemataral  Cansea.  Never 
before,   at   least  in   this  comprised  Order   and    gL-ncral 
manner,  wai  the  like  published." 

This  appears  to  have  been  printed  by  J.  Dover, 
living  in  St.  Bartholomew's  Close,  1665,  and  is 
separately  paged. 

I  have  before  seen  a  copy  of  this  work,  but 
without  the  "  Treatise  on  Witchcraft ; "  but  I 
6nd  no  mention  of  the  author  in  Bahn's  LounuJea. 
Can  you  give  me  information  respecting  hira.^  and 
whether  he  ia  tii<i  ia.u\.Wsc  ^1  «3k^  -^^i**,  wsl  ^^'^^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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Pnoveruiai>  Satinos. — Two  common  sayings 
we,  "  One  half  of  tl»e  world  knowa  not  how  tLe 
Olber  lives,"  nud  "  Needs  must  when  the  Devil 
drives."  Tliey  ure  (the  ltttt<?r  Blightly  varied)  in 
Biahop  Hall's  Holtf  Obtervationg,  Nos.  xvii.  and 
XXX.  (Works,  cd  1837,  101,  103.)  Is  this  their 
original  Hourcc  't  Ltttklton. 

Stomk  Drioob.  —  In  a  document  bearing;  date 
1599,  an  event  is  recorded  as  having  occurred  at 
"Stone  Bridge^  in  the  Parish  of  St.  Martin's-in- 
the-Fields."     VVhore  was  Stone  Bridge  ? 

F.  S.  MSRBTWSATIIEB. 

Ulick,  a  CnBTSTiAN  Name. — What  may  have 

been  (he  origin  of  this  name,  which  at  first  was 

culiur  to  members  of  the  family  of  De  Burgh, 

ut  was  subsequently  used  bjr  many  others  in 

[reland?  Abhba. 


White  Hats. — When  did  the  fashion  of  wear- 
ing a  white  hat  commence?  Had  the  colour  in 
tjuestion  any  political  significance  ?  Whence,  also, 
Its  continued  unpnpularity  ?  for,  twenty  years 
since,  the  wearer  of  one  was  booted  at  by  boys 
in  the  streets,  uud  termed  a  "Radical;"  and,  even 
now,  bo  is  frequently  questioned  by  them  as  to 
his  aflSnity  to  the  "  Man  who  stole  the  Donkey." 

White  hats  are  evidently  of  old  date  (whatever 
their  shape  mipht  have  been),  as  can  be  shown 
by  the  ftillowiiig  extract  from  one  of  the  letters 
carried  by  Lord  Macguire  to  his  execution  (a.  d. 
1644):  — 

"  Most  loving  Sir. — My  master  his  coach  shall  wait  for 
vouinfalliblv, — That  day  your  friend  WilliAm  shall  go 
by  coach  all  the  way,  upon  a  red  horse,  with  •  white  hat, 
■nd  in  a  jfray  jacket,  and  then,"  Ac.  Ac— Hde  Rush- 
lOrth's  CoUoetions,  vol.  v.  pt.  iii.  p.  737. 

Artuor  Uoulton. 

Life  or  Edward,  Second  Marquis  or  Wor- 
CB8TBR.  —  Having  been  some  years  collecting  ma- 
terials for  a  Life  of  E<lward,  second  Mar«|uLs  of 
Worcester,  nutlior  of  the  Century  of  Tuntnlton*,  I 

ve   consulted    the    British    Museum    Library, 

:ate  Paper  Officei   Bodleian  Library,   and   the 

L'aufort  M8S.,  &c. 

The  work  aflbrds  an  excellent  opportunitT  for 
the  introduction  of  any  information,  particiJarly 
arising  from  stnty  MS.  documents,  however  aji- 
parently  uninteresting.  I  have  reason  to  believe 
that  manj  of  his  letters  lie  BOattcrcd,  one  here, 
another  for  distant ;  also,  receipts  fur  the  loans  of 
money  during  tlie  Commonwialib,  and  between 
■6«0  ond  1666. 

Infunnation  respecting  his  "honoured  friend," 

>liinil  riiristopber  Copplcy,  would  likewise  be 
He  was  under  FRirfox's   command 

My  work  ia  written  In  order  of  date,  and  will 
(tend  to  fhtm  400  to  AGO  pages  octJivo,     H,  D. 


IKMAt. 

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sdiatalS 

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1 


Oturirtf  tDttt)  ^ttitHtrnf. 

HitToif  Crkst  :  "  HouMOUT."— 1.  Why  An  the 
Hiltons  of  Hilton  Hall,  Durham,  bear  as  their 
crest  the  singular  device  of  a  Moses'  head  ? 

2.  The  entire  motto  of  Edward  the  Black 
Prince  is  staled  to  have  been,  "  De  par  houmout 
ich  dien."  To  what  language  does '^  faoumout'* 
belong,  and  what  is  its  signification  ?     DE.iiKitAt. 

[The  Hilloa  crest,  as  given  by  Surtees  (  Pm  k»m, 
20),  ia  "  on  a  close  helmet,  Moees'a  head  in  proGIa^  i 
rich  diapered  mantle,  the  bortis  not  in  the  IcAst.  ra< 
bat  exactly  resembling  two  poking- ttickt."  This  ia 
bably  one  of  the  earliest  exemplars  of  this  singular  bear- 
ing,  which  Dr.  Bara  (^Hittotynf  H'ettmnrclanti,  L  441). 
colls  "  the  crest  of  cuckoldom."  He  say^,  '*  Horn*  upoR 
the  creat  (according  to  that  of  Stlios  1 1 aliens. 'CaaUi 

cornigera  dcpendcns  inAiIa ')  were  erected  in 

And  after  the  husband  had  been  absent  for  thrM  or 
years,  and  came  home  in  his  r^gtmcntal  accoutRfarat% 
might  be  no  impossible  sappo&ition,  (hat  the  man 
wore  the  horas  was  a  cuckold.  And  tfais  oecounta 
why  no  author  of  that  time,  when  this  droll  notiop 
started,  hath  ventured  to  explain  the  cnnnection.  For 
woe  be  to  the  man  in  those  days  that  should  have  mmdt  a 
joke  of  the  holy  war;  which,  indeed,  in  considenUM«  tl 
the  expenro  of  blood  and  Ueoaure  attending  it,  was  a 
very  serious  offair." 

Several  attempts  hare  been  made  to  ascertain  tba«ri(ia 
and  the  meaning  of  Houmoat,  one  of  the  mottoea  of  i 
the  Black  Prince.  (Sec  two  papers  in  the  Arck 
xxxi.  and  xxxii. ;  the  Grsl  by  Sir  Nicholas  llarria 
las,  and  the  second  by  J.  R.  Pianchtf,  Esq.)     Accqi^gl' 
to  the  former, "  the  motto  is  probably  formed  of  the 
old  German  words,  Hoogh  motd,  hoo  vioed,  or 
i.  e.   msgaantmouB,    high-spirited,   and    wu    probably 
adopted  to  express  the  predominant  quality  of  the  Pruwv' 
mind."    Mr.  Plancbi^  on  the  other  hand,  tonceivw  tb. 
*'  noumoat  U  strictly  speaking  Flemish  ;  and,  in«i«i4 
considering  'Houmout'  and 'Ich  Dicn'  as  two 
mottoes,  is  inclined  to  look  upon  them  as  forming  om 
complete  motto." 

Dr.  Bell,  however,  by  dividing  ••  Houmout "  iitio  two 
words,  ia  of  opinion  that  "the  entire  rendering  H<ft!  avtf 
iCH  DiEX  ia  almost  vernacular,  and  plain  Kntclish  How 
MOST  I  SKRVE."     Tide  bls  recent  work  yne 
for  the  MaUo  of  tht  Primct  of  Walt*.  Part  J.  8vo.  I  Ml.] 

Trodsbbs.  —  When  did  the  word  "  traua«n 
come  into  the  language  ?     It  is  never  u«ed  in  Uih 
country  except  among  Engltsboicn,  "pantalodaa** 
being  the  sub»titule.  J.  C.  Limd«aT< 

St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

[This  word  (variously  spelt  trossM^  IrouMT*,  and  tr»v» 
lers)  frequently  occurs  in  the  old  dramatic  writ«ra  la 
Act  I.  Sc.  1,  of  Deii  Jon  ion's  SlajtU  af  ytttrt,  Ptnikagr, 
junior,  "wolks  In  Lis  govvnc.  waistcuat<>.  and  trommat"  t».* 
peeling  hit  tviilor.  A  man  In  Th*  Cajromh  of  BaaoONiat 
and  Fletcher,  speaking  to  au  Irish  sitrvanl,  aayx  "PI 
hare  tbc«  dead,  and  Irtuair*  mado  of  iby  skin  to 
In."     Troasen  apipoar  to  havt  baea  tight 


abablj 
ruwv'h^l 
s  tbj«S 
oadfll^l 
panto  I 

o  l«« 
Uoir 

lintliiiV 
ilodoa**  ■ 


S'*  S.  V.  Fm.  13,  'M.3 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


^^S] 


"  Trow84ss  (uvB  the  explanttoiy  lodez  to  Cox'*  HiUory 
oflr^and)  are  breeches  and  stockings  made  to  sit  as  close 
to  the  body  as  c^n  be."  See  the  Commentaton  on  Shak* 
spcare.  King  Htnry  K,  Act  III.  Sc.  7.] 

Dr.  George  Olives. —  What  relation  is  the 
Dr.  George  Oliver,  the  author  of  The  Religwus 
Hoiues  of  Lincolnshire  and  other  works  on  Free- 
masonry, to  the  late  Dr.  Georpe  Oliver,  the  His- 
torian of  Devon,  and  author  of  several  works  of 
a  kindred  nature  ?  They  appear  to  have  been 
ritten  nbout  the  same  period.  As  the  names 
e  similar,  can  a  distinct  list  of  each  author's 
itiag  be  procured,  as  it  appears  very  difficult 
t9 ttve  it  from  the  Publishers  Cataheue  f 

A  Dbvohiak. 
[Pii(ura  biographers  and  bibliographers,  it  is  to  be 
feared,  will  be  sonaly  pnscled  in  assigning  to  each  of  the 
above  authors  bis  own  special  prodactions.  Their  Chris- 
tian and  Bumames  are  not  only  the  same ;  but  both  were 
contemporaries,  and  both  divines,  Doctors  in  Divinity,  as 
well  as  eccleaiastica]  antiquaries.  For  lists  of  tboir  re- 
spective works  consult  Bohu's  new  edition  of  I^owndcs. 
We  cannot  trace  any  relationship  between  the  late  Dr. 
George  Oliver,  D  D.  of  St.  Nicholas  Priory,  Exeter,  and 
the  present  Kector  of  South  Hykeham,  Lincolnshire.] 

Bishop  ANdbewks'  Witi,. — In  a  list  of  printed 
ill?,  niven  by  AJb.  C.  H.  Cooper  (3'*  S.  iii.  30), 

tliat  of  Bisliof*  Andrewcs.    May  I  ask  your  cor- 

pondent  whvre  I  can  find  a  copy?  An  outline 
of  the  will  is  published  in  Gutcb'a  Collectanea 
Curiota  (vol.  ii.),  and  an  extract  in  "The  Life 
of  Andrews,"  No.  iii.  of  Tlie  Englishman  s  Li- 
brary ;  but  I  do  not  think  the  will  has  ever  been 
printed  in  its' integrity.     I  possess  a  MS.  copy. 

Jdxta  Turrim. 

[Bishop  Andrewes's  Will,  with  three  Codicils,  is  printed 
im  ejrtento  from  the  original  in  the  Rc^stry  of  the  Pre- 
rogative r«nift  of  Canterburj',  in  his  TVvj  AuiurerM  to 
Cardinal  Perron,  pnblisbcd  in  the  Library  of  Anglo-Ca- 
tholic  Theology,  «ro,  185'l.] 

Tot*  of  nis  Bekt.  —  How  a  this  expression  de- 
rived ?  St.  T. 

[  From  Bmd,  to  make  crooked ;  to  inflect ;  as  in  Hamltl, 
Axi  IV.  St.  2. :  "  They  fcwl  rne  to  iho  top  of  my  bent ;  " 
to  which  Mr.  Douce  has  added  the  following  note:  "  Per- 
hapii  a  term  in  archery ;  i.  e.  as  far  as  the  bow  wilt  admit 
of  being  bent  without  breaking.*'] 

Blimd  Albiiopse.  —  What  is  the  mettninp  of 
this  ?  I  find  it  in  the  Life  of  Nich.  Ferrar, 
WordBworth's  Eceleg.  Biog.  y.  183,  edit.  1818. 

St.  T. 

[The  phrase  "  Bliud -alehouse  "  occurs  also  in  Etberege's 
Comical  Btvenge,  1690 ;  "  I*  the  fidler  at  hand  that  ns'd  to 
ply  «t  the  tiliud-aUhmut  f  "  We  also  read  of  a  blind  paih. 
The  meaning  of  both  phmses  is  clearly  that  of  noseen ; 
ontof  public  view;  not  eaty  to  be  found ;  private,  tjosson, 
in  bis  S'fHolt  of  Alnue,  11)79,  mentions  Chenas,  "  a  Wind 
vilUge  iu  comparison  of  Athens."] 


Urpttrri. 
A  FIi?E  PICTURE  OF  POPE. 


(3'*  S.  V.  72.) 

IncKSDDLUB  having  appealed  to  a  Gloucester" 
correspondent  to  clear  up  tlie  mystery  of  the 
"  Curious  Discovery  at  Gloucester "  H>f  "  a  One 
picture  of  Pope,"  and  of  "  The  Temptation,"  by 
Guido,  I  gladly  embrace  the  opportunity  of  placing 
your  readers  in  possession  ol  what  information  J 
nave  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  master  found  under  hid  very  nose,  and 
he  not  aware  of  it ! 

The  paragraph  in  TTie  Builder  has  but  a  very 
aligbt  substratum  of  truth.  In  the  &rst  place,  the 
"  discovery,"  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  wa^,  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  recently  than  the  other  partt  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  am  inclined  to  think  it  roerita  a3  little  con- 
sideration as  The  BuiUcrs  Italian  master.  It 
was  surmounted  by  a  bust,  which  certainly  bears 
a  resemblance  to  Pope,  judging  from  the  most 
authentic  portraits  of  him.  The  old  housekeeper 
at  the  School  (an  illiterate  woman)  believed  it 
to  be  a  portrait,  not  of  Pope,  but  of  a  Pope  (of 
Rome),  and  on  that  ground  had  a  great  aversion 
to  it,  and  regarded  it  with  a  painful  degree  of 
awe.  She  used  to  say  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 
her  satisfaction  on  its  removal. 

The  house  in  which  the  alleged  discovery  was 
made  once  belonged  to  the  Guises,  as  is  evidenced 
by  the  arms  of  that  family  being  carved  iu  several 
of  the  roams.  The  moilern  owner  was  Miss  Cother, 
from  whom  Mr.  Baylis  probubly  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  bo  hapoy  to  f urt\.v&^  vk^  ^i^lcksct'%s^'5it>s«^- 


^.^-^. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


SOCRATES'  OATH  DY  THE  DOG. 
(3'*  S.  IT.  475,  527  ;  t.  85.) 

Your  correppondents  who  have  remarked  upon 
the  above  wcU-known  oath  of  Socrates,  have  not 
noticed  the  iVict  that  the  f>hilo9opher  is  uUuding  to 
the  worship  paid  to  the  Egyjttian  divinity,  An  ibis. 
Soa-ates  expressly  refers  to  this  deity  in  the  words, 
1)  «i  T«vTtt  iiiTttt  h^Xeym-oy,  nja  rhv  Kvya,  rhy  AJyuirrtuv 
9tit>^  o6  aoi  &it.o\oyiitr(i  KoAAikAi^t,  k.t.\.  TLc  USe  of 
this  fonn  of  oath  has  its  origin  in  the  religious 
scruples  of  the  mind  of  the  devout  Greek.  Ac- 
coriling  to  tradition  Rbadamanthus  iaai  imposed 
upon  the  Cretans  the  law  "  that  men  should  not 
swear  by  lbs  Gods,  but  by  the  dog',  the  ram,  the 
ffoose,  or  the  plane  tree."  Your  correspondent, 
Ha.  J.  Eastwood  (O'"  S.  iv.  527),  very  perti- 
nently refers  to  Potter's  Greeimi  Antiquities  for 
Information  on  the  subject.  The  passage  in  <iuc8- 
tion  is  80  interesting  tlutt  I  will  briefly  quote  »ome 
of  its  parta :  — 

"  Somedmes  cither  ont  of  haste,  or  asaurdDce  of  their 
toeing  in  tJiu  ri(jht,  thi-y  swore  iudcfinitely  by  c»y  of  the 
Gods.  .  ,  .  Uthor^  thinking  it  unlawful  to  ute  tbu 
name  of  God  upon  every  stigbt  occaaion,  laid  no  more 
than  Nol  am  t^k,  or  "  By"  &c,  by  a  religtoos  ellipsis 
omitting  the  name.  Suidaa  also  meationa  the  aamu  caa- 
totn,  which,  saith  be  QvG^d^ti  vfibi  tiffiSttan),  iouns 
in«n  to  a  piona  regard  fur  tlie  name  of  God>  Isocrates,  in 
Stobaraa,  forbids  to  swear  by  any  of  the  Gods  in  any  suit 
oflawsboat  monej',  and  only  allows  it  on  two  accounts, 
either  to  riodicau  yoarielf  from  the  iinpat:ition  of  iomc 
wickedness,  or  to  deliver  your  friemU  from  some  great 
danger.     .  .      I'ythagoras,  a<  Hierodca  informs  uii, 

.  ■  .  rarely  aworc  by  the  Gods  himself,  or  allowed  hia 
schctlars  to  do  so ;  instead  of  the  Go<is,  he  advised  them  to 
sircar  by  tV  TtrpaKriv^  "  the  numhtr  fimr,"  ...  as 
thinkingtbe  perfection  oftheaoul  consi«ted  inthisnamber. 
there  being  in  every  soul  a  miod,Bcionc<?,  r>pinion,  and  sense. 
.  .  .  By  which  instances  it  a]tp«ttrs  that  tlioogti  the 
coslom  of  swearing  upon  lii^ht  and  frivoloua  occagiom  was 
very  common  anumg  the  Greeks     .  yet  the  more 

wi»e  and  coDjidcratc  sort  untertaincd  a  mo^t  religious  re- 
gard fiiroath%."—Anliiiuiti*i  o/Grt«c(,  1.  pp.  293,  I'M. 

Porfjhyry's  words,  to  which  Bryant  {AncieiU 
Mtfthology,  i.  p. 345)  refers,  are  a«  follows:  — 

Sfucof. — Dr  Atutimtnl.  iii.  286. 

The  Efryptian  Anfibis  was  identifieil  by  tbo 
Greeks  with  llcrmes,  the  son  of  Jupiter  and 
Ifaia.  (See  on  this  subject  Jnblonitki,  Pantheon 
JBgypturwn,  lib.  ii.  cap.  i.)  Ilonoc,  if  Porphyry  is 
correct,  it  would  scera  that  the  pious  and  reverent 
Sorrates,  instead  f>i  invoking  the  »aorcd  name  of 
!('  which  implies  th« same 

II'  i?  more  probable,  he  IS 

ni  i  ui  in  accordance 

*'  :hu9,  without  re- 

fcnnct!  to  .  uo.j.      I   may  state  that 

your  con*-;  (.i;  CiievAUKa   l)r  Cio?ir 

(i^B.  V.  W/,  ijji.-trijirc^enta  Bryant's  (>pimon  with 


regard  to  the  terms  "  by  the  dog  and  the  pooae." 
The  whole  of  the  ar^raent  employed  by  3rjtM 
in  the  chapter  from  which  your  corres  '  ^ 
quotation  is  taken,  is  meant  to  ebow^ 
Greek  words,  idof  and  x'*'.  '""c  a  .-mn  ■'••'' 
term  "Calien,  the  Cohen,  in3  (, 
brews."  The  Greeks,  says  hr^a 
racteristic  mode  of  ejcplaining  ruyiba,  *•  ootiI«ll 
help  imaginuig  from  the  aound  of  the  word,^  wl 
approached  nearly  to  that  of  iciW  and  canta,  tbtt 
U  l»ad  some  reference  to  that  animal,  and  id 
sequence  of  this  unlucky  resemblance  they 
tinually  miacouatrued  it  a  liog."  (i.  p.  339.) 

W.  HOOOBTOJ- 


DECAf  OF  STONE  LS  BUlLDINOBb 

(3'^  S.  T.  68.) 

W.  appears  to  be  unaware  that  this 
lily  in  moat  kinds  of  ireestone  may  be  axre 
or  averted  by  means  of  a  solution  of  ail' 
calcium ;  by  which  Mr.  Frederick  Rans 
sand   into  an  artificial  freestone,  sur 
strenjrtb  and  (so  far  as  chemical  tests 
show  the  effects  of  time  and  weather  ei 
in  durability,  uny  kind  of  building-stone 
Frecston''  "^'  (i>nri.l  in  quarries,  consi 
of  sand  CO  into  a  mass  by  i 

substances   >:  -i  amongst  it  in  the 

tions  of  nature ;  and  in  more  or  less  duml 
cording  to  their  composition,  and  to  their  hiMtO' 
bility  in  the  water  and  the  acids  to  which  they 
may  be  exposed  under  the  influences  of  the  at- 
mosphere. Even  in  different  parts  of  the  aam* 
quarry,  the  strength  of  these  cementing  substAnco 
seems  to  differ :  so  that,  in  selecting  the  atone  fur 
a  building',  it  is  Impossible  to  make  sure  of  ha 
indestruc  tibility. 

Boiled  linseed-oil  has  long  been  a  meana  r»* 
sorted  to,  in  this  part  of  the  country,  to  anvt 
the  disintegration  of  building-stone ;  uiui,  no 
doubt,  it  is  found  to  otfect  its  purpose  fa 
jean,  that  is,  so  long  as  it  remains  suffic' 
the  stone  to  bar  the  entrance  of  moiatu 
ultimately,  the  oil  itself  becomes  decomj 
washed  out  by  the  action  of  the  weather,] 
parta  of  the  stone  that  had  been  saturate 
crumbli;  more  readily  than  those  that 
been  anointed  with  it. 

By   a  judii'i'Hjs  application  of  Mr. 

'  solutions,  t!  !ly  defective  natural 

I  Uuitheld  ti  -^andy  particlefi  of  r 

j  and  the  ^r>uiuui  dccoi" 

I  it  crumble  into  mui<1, 
on    the   murfaoe   mcrclj. 

I  within  the  subatanue  of  tl 

I  cate  of  lime,  bsoluble  in  -^ 

j  tare :    a  cement  which  t 

I  bardeoa,  aad  the  atreaglb  m  wu>cu,  na  wi 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


SIOI 

■Kit; 


in  the  concrete  remains  of  our  buildin;L'54  of  Ujc 
early  oges,  is  proTerbially  known.  Atniospljeric 
intiuenccs  have  no  edect  upon  it.  I  bare  cxperi- 
nienU'illy  applied  these  solutions  to  the  purpose 
I  mention  ;  and,  although  it  is  only  the  lupsc  of 
many  years  that  can  affWnl  the  ab:?olutc  test  of 
thi'ir  tllicacy,  tin  n'ous  an-est  of  the  de- 

C-ay  that  was  ni]  "ig  the  building,  and 

which  h.ia  not  reappearcU  durJDjf  weather  of  the 
most  tryinjj  kind,  convince*  me  that  time  will 
prove  die  remwly  to  have  been  most  effectually 
applied. 

Mr.  Ransome'a  discovery  is  one  of  the  most 
remarkable  instances  in  our  time  of  the  practical 
re«nlt  of  scientific  induction.     Expbbto  Casojs. 

MoQttoae. 

The  communication  of  W.  on  this  subject,  and 
his  suggestion  that  stone  should  be  kept  some 
time  before  it  is  used,  reminded  me  that  there  is 
great  authority  for  the  antiquity  of  the  practiee. 
We  find,  in  the  Holy  Scripture^  (1  Chron.  xxii.), 
that  King  David  "  set  masons  to  hew  wrought 
stonej,"  and  prepared  '*  timber  also  and  stone  " 
for  the  building  of  the  temple  by  Solomon  after 
his  death.  M,  E.  F. 

^  The  icmorks  of  TV.  are  worthy  of  note,  espe- 
cially OS  to  the  use  of  linseed  oil.  I  can  speak  of 
its  virtue  from  experience  of  forty  years  and 
more ;  but  when  it  is  applied,  the  stone  should 
not  be  in  a  green  state. 

In  the  quotation  from  the  recent  Camden  vo- 
lume, In  a  letter  in  which  the  writer  speaks  of 
"Lynsede  oyle  to  bed  hit,"  the  editor  of  that 
volume  pat  a  query  whether  it  means  ba/he.  I 
must  diner  from  him,  becaufte  to  Iwd  a  stone  is  a 
phrase  in  common  use  amonnj  masons  for  .setting  ii 
stone  in  its  place  ;  and  insetting  freestone  (indeed 
'  believe  ail  stone),  it  is   usual  to  souse  the  beds 

"th  water,  Andd  would  suggest,  that  instead  of 
usinff  with  water,  the  clerk  of  the  works  had 
proviiled  linseed  oil  to  be  used  in  bedding  the 
Stoitcs  instead  of  using  water ;  and  as  the  king  was 
to  pay,  the  cost  was  not  heeded.  By  such  a  pro- 
cess evviv  .tmn.  would  be  thoroughly  saturated 
with  I  loh  would  no  doubt  be  a  greater 

prosci  \  !.  than  merely  brushing  oil  over 

the  Burfacc.  H.  T.  £li.acomb£,  M.A. 


BOMAX  GAMES. 

(3'«S,lii.  490;  iv.  19,  &c.) 

Will  you  allow  me  to  innrer  that  part  of  my 
«»ttn  query,  niuler  tli'«  \w.u\.  wVwh  refers  to  the 
K6irrQ^  Koirropoy,  ni  .ospoBain;;  so 

licrf;ely  upon  Cm  ■  .•,  as  wdl  as 

upon  your  space :  for  i  iioij  that  olmoflt  all  the 


information  I  required  is  given  by  Strutt,  in  his 
Sports  and  Pastitnet  of  the  Peo/ile  of  EngUmd 
(London,  1801,  4t!0,  p.  92) ;  where,  speaking  of 
the  derivation  of  the  eicrcise  of  the  Quintain,  he 
refers  to  this  very  code  of  Justinian's  {De  Alea- 
tnril/tit),  and  identifies  the  Kivra^  covtcb'iJ*',  "  vibra- 
lio  Quintnna,*'  therein  mentioned,  with  the  pot  or 
post  Quintain  of  later  times ;  a«liling  that  the 
worths,  x«p1t  Ttj^  ■•(ipinjj,  **  Hino  fihui V'  provided 
that  it  should  be  performed,  aa  I  suggested,  with 
pointless  spears,  contrary  to  the  ancient  usage, 
which  required,  or  at  least  permitted,  them  to 
have  headi^  or  points. 

This  exercise,  as  in  common  use  among  the 
the  Romans,  is  spoken  of  at  large  by  VegetJus 
(^Epitome  histituiorvm  Ret  Mihturin,  Paris,  176*2, 
lib.  i.  cap.  xi.  et  .\iv.)  ;  and  also  it  wotdd  appear 
by  Johannes  Meursiua  (ZJe  Lvdis  Oracorum^  in 
tit.  irwTttj  Korrariv^  Florence,  1741),  who  i.«,  I  be- 
lieve. Van  Leeuwen's  authority  for  the  statement, 
that  "  a  Quincto  auctore  nomen  babcbat ;"  and  Du 
Fresnoy  Du  Cange,  in  \\\n  Gloasarittm  ad  Scrip- 
tares  Medite  et  Infanee  Latinitatis  (Paris,  1733»86, 
fob,  in  voce  "Quint ana "^. 

I  regret  that  I  have  not  access  to  the  works  of 
the  two  last-mentioued  authors,  and  would  feel 
very  grateful  to  any  of  your  correspondents,  who 
are  more  fortunate  in  this  respect  than  I  am,  for 
un  account  of  the  Quintain  as  given  by  them. 

I  would  also  ask,  if  the  words  x«*P**  ''^^  vipiryis, 
"  sine  fibula,"  do  not  refer  more  to  the  point 
(cvsni«,  acie»,  aixM'li  ffTo^io,)  of  the  weapon,  than 
to  the  head  ?  if,  that  is,  it  were  not  a  spear 
having  a  blunt  or  pointleaa  head — "  bedded  with 
the  morne  " — so  that  it  could  do  no  hurt  ? 

Scidiger's  definition  of  the  word  "fibula,"  as 
used  by  Ctesar  {De  B.  G.,  iv.  xiv.),  is  "  Corpus 
durum,  oblongum  quod  ingreditur  in  foramen 
aliquod,  quasi  findat,  dlud  qaod  pcrforat"  {Camr. 
Commeti.,  1661,  Amstelodami,  ex  nflScini  El«e- 
viriaoA,  p.  139,  cur4  Arnoldi  Montani), 

Strutt  also  tells  us,  on  the  authority  of  Julius 
Pollux  (Onamtuticoiu  lib.  ix.  cap.  7),  that  the 
Greeks  had  a  pastime  called  "  Hippas "'  ('imuli)  ; 
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  centurv,  firom  MSS.  in  the  Hoyal 
(2,  B.  vii.)  and  Bodleian  (2464,  Bod.  2fi4,  dated 
1844,)  Libraries.  May  this  not  be  the  '*  hippie* " 
('IinrdtV/)  of  Justinian's  code  ?  ^  If  so.  It  was  a 
modification  of  the  Ludus  Trojw ;  for  the  per- 
formance of  which,  a  single  solidus  must  have 
been  an  ample  reward.  As  before,  I  reserve  my 
"  etymological  sagacity"  f  Uuttb. 

Capetown,  S.  A. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L*^s.v. 


BURTON  FAMILY. 
(2°*  S.  17.  22,124;  ix.  19  ;  3""  S.  v.  73.) 

The  following  memoranda,  as  showing  some- 
thing of  the  origin  of  the  Burtons  of  Weaton- 
under-Wood,  the  ultimate  ownership  of  their 
knded  estates,  the  precise  way  in  which  those 
estates  passed,  and  other  facts  destructive  of  state- 
ments hitherto  adopted,  may  be  considered  rele- 
vant by  your  correspondent  E.  H.  A. 

Francis  Burton  of  Weston-under-Wood,  parish 
of  Mugn:inton,  co.  Derby,  yeoman,  was  livine  13 
Jac.  I.,  l«ing  then  56  years  of  aje  (Add.  MS. 
6692.  p.  261,  British  Museum.)  William  Burton 
was  buried  at  St.  Alkmund'^  Derby,  April  7,  1680. 
(Parish  Rejiister.) 

Francis  Burton  of  Weston-under-Wood,  gent., 
was  father  of  one  son  and  two  daughters,  viz. : — 

I.  Francis  Burton  of  Weston-under-Wood,  Esq., 
whose  descendanta,  by  his  first  wife,  appear  to  have 
been — Francis  Burton  of  Ednasfflc,  gent.,  died 
Oct.  9.  1742,  aped  70;  Richard,  his  son,  <licHl  June 
3,  1745,  uffed  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  buried  at  Brailsford  in  1779. 

Francis  Burton  married  (setKindly  ?)  Mary  Good- 
win at  St.  Alkmund's,  March  18,  1682.  He  was 
High  Sheriffof  Derbyshire  in  1706,  and  died  July 
6,  1709,  leaving,  by  Mary  his  wife,  one  son  :  — 

I.  Samuel  Burton  of  Derby,  Esq.,  High  SherilT 
of  the  county  in  1719,  buried  at  St  Alkmund's. 
Uis  monumental  inscription  (according  to  Glover) 
reading,  in  brief,  thus :  — 

"  Underneath  this  plice  Viea  interred  the  body  of  Samoel 
Burton,  Esq  ,  who  died  October  '24lb,  1751,  aged  C7.  His 
deccAso  having^  rendered  ejctinct,  in  the  malo  line,  a 
family  which  had  been  veiy  andenlly  sealed  in  ihig 
county,  Jcweph  Sikcs,  Esq.,  of  Newark,  Notts,  as  only 
surviving  issue  of  Mr.  BurtonV  first  wu«in  in  the  fcraalo 
line,  tfecame  bcir-pcneral  of  the  family  and  estntes." 

II.  Margaret  Burton  married  William  Cham- 
bers of  Derby,  gent.  She  died  Nov.  26,  1685, 
and  was  buried  at  All  Saints,  Derby.  Their  only 
child  (to  survive)  Hannah  Cbambera,  mnrricnl 
Joseph  Sikes  of  Derby,  gent.,  at  St.  Alkmund's, 
April  1722.  She  was  buried  at  St.  Michael's, 
Derby.  May  3,  1751  ;  and  ho  at  the  same  place, 
MuY  23,  1752,  havii»g  made  his  will  April  11  pre- 
ceding. They  had — 1.  Samuel  Sikes,  baptised 
at  Alkmund's  June  18,  1723;  said  to  have  mar- 
ried Sarah  Webber  ;  predeceased  his  father,  «.  p. 
2.  Joseph  Sike-s  of  the  Chuuntry,  Newark,  heir- 
reneral  of  iho  Burtons,  baptined  at  St.  Alkmund's 
Jjov.  14,  1724;  married  Jane  Heron,  who  died 
I.  p. ;  and  2.  Mury  Uurton,  by  whom  he  left  at 
bis  decease,  March  10,  17^18,  Joseph  Sikcii,  LL.B. 
(of  w)wm  /ircscntiv)  ;  llannah-Muria  Sikes,  uar- 


OAfl   l» 


ried  George  Kirk,  Esq. ;  Sophia-Jo5epha 
married  Rev.  Hugh-Wade  Grey,  M.A.     3 
jamin  Sikes,  baptised  at  St.  Michael's  Aug, 
1726,  predeceased  his  father,  *.  p. 

III.  Mary  Burton,  married  EbeneJEer  Cre«  of 
Derby,  gent ,  who  died  March  5,  1691,  and  wh 
burieil  at  All  Sainta'.  Joseph  Sikes,  LL.B.of  the 
Chauntry,  Newark,  thus  inherited  the  e»i»tea  of 
the  Burtons,  situated  in  the  parishes  of  Sl  Alk- 
mund,  Derby,  Brailsford,  and  other  diapencd 
parti  of  the  coutity,  the  vailue  of  which  estates  is 
considerable,  This  gentleman  had  a  fancy  for 
adding  initials  to  his  name  other  than  tbosa  Ift 
which""  he  was  really  entitled.  Thus,  in  one 
lion  of  Burke's  Commoner.i,  the  letters  *'F. 
are  so  attached. 

Your  correspondent  has  asked,  "  Who  was  Sir 
Francis  Cavendish  Burton  ?  "  The  answer  is  an 
imaginary  person,  who  existed  only  in  the  br«u 
of  Mr.  Sikes,  who,  instead  of  ascertaining  the  real 
parentage  of  his  graidfathcr  (if  he  did  not  know 
It),  made  a  "  short  cut,"  and  attached  his  uam«  H 
once  to  the  pedigree  of  Sykes  of  Leeds,  by  coo- 
cocting  the  marriage  of  ilartha  ni?"^""  with 
Richard  Sikes,  thus  imposing  up(»n  1 '  in 

his  Antiquities  of  NotLi,  Bnrke  in  his   ■!  )% 

and  Hunter  in  his  Familiw  Minorum  Chntam- 
The  latter  is  in  the  British  Jluseum,  Add.  MS- 
24,438,  the  learned  compiler  of  which,  when  \u 
found  out  the  hoax,  wrote  against  this  pArlicuIar 
statement — But  this  is  alia  miatakf. 

As  a  Rpi^cimen  of  what  Mr.  Sikea  could  do  in 
the  way  of  "  mistakes,"  allow  mo  to  append  ikc 
following  from  the  ClericalJoitrnal  DireetOTjf d[ 
1855,  tlie  italics  being  mine  :  — 

••  Sikes,  Joseph.  F.S.A.,  Author  of  Strictorea  aad 
mentur)'  on  tho  ntuch-apiircciaJcd  Life  nf  the  n 
Dr.  Anthtmy  Aihley  S»keis  iw  ap|ilieil  to  til* 
*  Charncteriilics  '  i>f  U\»  imet  colcbrateil  namttoM 
Aahler,  lecond  Earl  of  ShBftesi>ury." 

That  the  "  Strictures  and  Commentary  " 
have  been  a  literary  curiosity  had  tlu-y  kx. 
the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  will  be  prepari 
admit. 

Joseph  Sikea,  LL.B.,  died  April  21.  1^57 
ing  his  property  to  Mr.  Francis  !■ 
daughter  Mr.  Sikea  had  previously  ■"     . 
who  h   the  present  owner  of  the  e^taicx    ( 
Burton*!,  wlmsc  heraldic  honnuni  he  hiw  not  a^ 
priuted,  though  he  has  assumed   Uie  nam* 
arms  of  Sikeji. 

The  arms  of  Cavendish  (!)  were  quart^^ 
the  late  Mr.  SiVcs,  the  imaginary  mnrrtag« 
fcrred  to   in  this  letter   being  the  sole 
tion  for  i«»ich  an  absurdity.     Rightly  or 
Burtons  of  Weston- under- W<>'  '    i     M 
of  tliose  of  their  name  «l  Dr 
Mr.  Sikes  quartered  with 
but  their  consanguinity  <  ■ 
very  remot«.    It  is  a  cuit",. ■  ,.- 


Jrt  S.  V.  Feb.  13.  'B*.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


family  named  Sykes  was  contemporaneous  with 
that  of  Burton,  at  Dronfieid  —  members  of  it 
servin;:;  as  chuichwardens,  kc,  in  the  sixteenth 
andyeventeenth  centuries.  It  also  teruiinated  in 
a  beir-peneral  in  1799,  the  estates  now  vesting  in 
Mr.  Robert  Syke.s  Ward.  Query:  Could  there 
possibly  be  a  common  aiiccstry  between  Sykes  of 
I)ronfidd  and  Sikes  of  Derby  and  Newark  ?  In 
the  endeavour  to  solve  thio  question,  the  informa- 
tion concerning  the  Burtons  of  Weston-under- 
Wood  was  acquired.  Jambs  Stkbs. 


STAMr  DcTT  on  Paihtkbs'  Canvass  (S**  S.  v. 
99.)  —  The  query  of  L.  V.  N.  may  be  thus  an- 
swered. The  excise  duty  on  painters'  canvass  was 
levied  in  July,  1803,  under  the  Printed  I^inens  Act, 
43  Geo.  m.  capp.  08— 69.  It  was  one  of  Pitt's 
schemes  for  the  maintenance  of  the  war  againet 
France.  The  duty,  paid  by  the  colourmen  or 
vendors  of  the  strnined  canvasses  for  artists,  was 
threepence -halfpenny  the  square  yard,  and  the 
excise  officer  used  to  visit  their  workshojiS  three 
times  In  each  week,  measure  the  strained  can- 
vasses for  the  amount  of  duty  to  which  they  were 
liable,  and  stamp  tbeni  on  the  back.  The  order 
from  the  excise  Olfice,  for  the  non-gathering  of 
the  duty,  was  ijisued  on  March  17,  1831  ;  stating 
the  duty  had  ceased  on  the  first  of  that  month. 
It  is  idle,  therefore,  to  suppose  that  any  asserted 
picture  by  Gainsborough,  or  Reynolds,  having 
the  excise  brand  on  the  bock,  could  be  painted 
by  artists  who  were  deceased  long  before :  the 
former  In  1788,  and  the  latter  in  179*2.  Several  of 
the  supposititious  paintings  by  Sir  Joshua,  painted 
during  the  infliction  of  llie  war  tax,  were  doubt- 
Jes.<!  painted  by  Christopher  Pack ;  of  whom  some 
notice  will  be  found  in  the  1857  volume  of  Wil- 
lis's Current  Notes,  while  under  the  writer's  edi- 
torial management.  J,  H.  Buhn, 

London  Tn$tittitioD. 

SiTDATiow  or  ZoAR  (3"*  S.  V.  117.)  —  I  am 
very  grateful  to  A.  E.  L.  for  the  good-natured 
way  in  which  he  has  noticed  my  misdeeds.  The 
artiel.>  under  the  head  of  "  Zoar"  (Dictiimary  of 
/A*  J3iWe,  vol.  iii.  p.  ISflfi,  &c.)  contains  my  own 
concluMons  as  to  the  fiosiiion  of  the  place  —  if 
conclusions  they  can  be  called  on  evidence  so  im- 
perfect. When  I  wrote  the  nrtlcle  on  "  Moab,"  I 
Lad  not  looked  into  the  question  for  myself;  but 
accepted  without  hesitation  the  positive  state- 
■nents  of  Robinson  and  others.  I  discovered  the 
error  some  lime  since,  and  it  will  be  corrected  in 
the  second  edition.  G.  Grove. 

The  Oij>  BstPGH  at  NawniGTow  (2°*  S.  xii. 
923.)  —  Allow  we  ajrnin  to  cull  attention  to  the 
stone  iuscrijition,  threatened  with  ex- 

linfltion.     After  i     it  in  "  N.  &  Q."  the 

ne  mu  replaced  utwilj'  upon  the  same  site,  and 


^^■ne  wa 


screened  by  wooden  palings ;  but  now  new  build- 
ings are  being  erected  on  the  grounds  once  occu- 
pied by  the  Fishmongers'  Almshon8e^  and  I  sadly 
fear  the  relic  of  civic  jurisdiction  will  be  totally 
martyred  unless  some  one  in  authoritv  flies  to 
the  rescue.     To  those  who  saved  it  in  its  former 

Eeril  I  address  this,  and  I  hope  they  will  assist  in  its 
eiog  restored  upon  as  near  its  former  site  as  pos- 
sible. Our  landmarks  are  being  torn  down,  but 
this  one  should  remain  to  tell  of  olden  times  in 
South  London.  T*  C.  N. 

Matobn  Castle  (3"*  S.  v.  101.)  — The  de- 
rivation of  Maiden  from  the  Celtic  Mad,  cannot 
be  satisfactorily  established,  since  the  word  in  its 

f)rimitive  form  existed  in  the  Teutonic  tongues 
ong  before  the  Saxon  had  come  into  contact  with 
the  Cymry.  It  is  found  in  the  A.  S.  magd,  maid, 
daughter;  maga,  son,  male  relative;  Goth.,  magut, 
the  equivalent  of  iraTj,  riKrw,  viagaths,  irapOtvot , 
Old  High  Ger.,  m(^ad;  Mod.  Ger.,  inngd;  Old 
Frisian,  maged.  Sec.    These  may  all  be  traced  to 

Sanskrit,  1PSE( ,  madhya,  unmarried  woman,  vir- 
gin ;  but  the  connection  is  more  apparent  than 
real.     Madhya  is  doubtless  derived  from  J{V  , 

madhu,  sweetness,  honey;  Gr.,  fi^lu;  Lat.,  tnel; 
A.  S.,  Tnedu ;  Eng.,  mead,  ikv.    Mcegd,  maga,  and 

their  congeners,  may  be  traced  to  Sanskrit,  T^  ' 

mah^  the  primary  idea  of  which  is  "power,"  but 
which  is  also  applied  in  the  sense  ofgtgnere,  par- 
ticularly in  the  Teutonic  derivatives.  (See  Bopp, 
Sans.  Gloit.,  253;  Grimm,  Detdn'h.  Gram.,  ii.  27; 
iii.  320.)  Originally,  then,  Maiden^  with  its  male 
equivalent  (now  lost),  Bigni6ed  blood  relations. 
Grimm  derives  the  Scottish  Mae  (filius)  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.  PiCTOS. 
Wavcrtrce. 

Rte-Hocse  Plot  Cabps  (3'*  S.  v.  9.)— Alder- 
man Masters  lent  me  a  pack  of  these  cards  to 
exhibit  at  the  soiree  given  by  Dean  Alford  at  Can- 
terbury, on  the  occa-sion  of  the  Kent  Archaeologi- 
cal Association  holding  their  annual  meeting  in 
the  metropolitical  city. 

ALraEv  JoHH  Dokxim. 
Dartford. 

Newhavex  m  Feascb  (3'"  S.  v.  IIG.)  — In 
answer  to  your  correspondent  J.,  I  beg  to  state 
that  Newhaven  in  France,  so  called  in  English  in 
1548,  is  identical  with  the  ^nlajys.w'aN*  ^rAVsA^^wH-t*.- 

I 


142 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3rt  Sb  V.  VnaA 


Lbwh  Monars  (3""  S.  v.  12.)  —  In  the  Intro- 
daction  to  tLe  Welsh  Poemi  of  Garonwy  Owain 
(LLuirwst,  1860),  pp.  lx.xxv.  Ixxxvl.,  there  is 
given  some  littlci  account  of  Lewis  Morrs  amongst 
othen  who  were  at  all  connected  with  that  highly 
gifted,  but  unhappy,  AVelsh  writer.  As  thia  ac- 
count of  Lewis  Morys  wfis  drawn  up  by  Dafydd 
Ddu  Eryri,  it  must  have  been  written  a  jrood  while 
ago,  probably  fifty  yearn.  I  think  that  it  first  ap- 
peared in  some  earlier  edition  of  Garonwy  Owain. 
Prom  it  we  learn  thot  Lewis  Jlorys  wa»  born 
March  12,  1700,  in  the  parish  of  Llanfihnngel 
Tre'r  Bcirdd,  in  Anglesey,  as  shown  by  the  re- 
giater.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Morya  ap  Rhi- 
siart  Morys  and  Margaret  his  wife,  who  was  the 
daughter  of  Morys  Owen,  of  Bodafcn  y  Glyn,  in 
the  same  parish.  Lewis  Morys,  in  his  early  days, 
followed  his  father's  employment  of  "cowperiaeth." 
He  afterwards  boeaiue  a  land-surveyor,  and  sub- 
sequently obtained  a  situation  in  the  custom-house 
at  Holyhead;  he  afterwards  was  collector  at 
Aberdyfi,  in  I^Ierioneth.  lie  was  long  connected 
with  various  Welsh  literary  undertakings,  and  he 
bad  a  reputation  amongst  his  countrymen  as  an 
antiquary  and  scholar.     He  died  April  11,  1765, 

Dafydd  Ddu  Eryri  does  not  mention  Lewis 
Morys's  troubles,  especially  his  impriaonraent  on 
account  of  supposed  deficiencies  in  bis  accounts. 
He  also  passes  by  his  quarrels  with  other  literary 
men.  Some  curious  statements  ott  these  subjects  I 
lure  seen  in  Welsh  Alagazines.  As  he  died  ninety, 
nme  j&m  ago,  a  son  of  hist  can  hardly  h.tre  been 
reami^  living  at  Gwaelodf  aa  Mb.  jomi  FArin 
PBUtUn  seemB  to  rappose.  Lxkuv^. 

TheCambrian  Renter,  vol.  ii.  1796,  conlauM  » 
Memoir  of  Morri;*,  adorne«l  with  a  portrait,  taken 
from  A  mezzotinto  print,  after  a  drawing  by  Morris 
himself.  Thokas  Pobxbu.. 

TwBLrTK  Night;  thbwoest  Pun  (8^  8.  r.  98.) 
The  fletur  pej'orr.,  not  for  the  worst  "  pun,"  but  for 
the  wor«t  cvnunflram,  an  our  grand  master  itali- 
cises the  distinction  between  the  two  perpetrations, 
is  minv :  I  pj^teat  myself  the  Senior  Peasinte, 
In  1«  15,  when  the  Byronic  mu.sc  vinn  njystifyinij; 
and  trislifying  the  world.  I  indited  a  ballad,  which 
my  old  friend,  John  Tiiykir,  "'  'f'^"-  **""  •^■•'  -■  'ht 
oi,  un<i  inserted  therein.     II 

Um  bilaurtue  bellow  no  leu  It:  ^ul 

than  Snug  the  Joiuer'a  ieosine  roar  hod  beea  in 
Athens : — 

*'  VVhen  my  lord  he  came  wooing:  to  MitH  Anne  Throp*. 

rio  was  thrfi  »  <Chilite*  fn-tri  iicliool : 


joke  in   his  . 
ascription  to 


1  .<....     >«  ,.      I  ...I    .:  ..- 


....  u. 


Being  too  Conscientious  to  descend  from  my  **bad 
eminence,"  I  declared  to  him  its  paternity,  vUdk 
he  promised  to  record  in  a  fortlicomino  editiaaL 
Wliether  this  ever  forthcame  I  know  not :  bui  if 
the  saddle  be  put  on  the  rij^ht  hor*c  by  "K.4k  Q," 
I  shall  rest  contented  with  the  tidi(  alter  kamoret. 
The  conundrum  has  long  been  unjustly  discredited. 
Johnson  etymologised  it  "  a  cant  word,**  attd  «!•• 
fined  it  *'  a  low  jest,  a  quibble,  a  mean  eoaeeil,* 
like  the  dislocated  Hj>  and  supernumerary  Rf 
which  have  possessed  themselves  of  our 
Better  justice  has,  however,  been  done  to 
used  term  (2°'*  S.  vii.  30),  distinguishing 
play  of  sentiment,  whereas  a  pun  is  bnt 
play  ;  and,  referring  it  to  the  classical 
Kowhf  Svaif,  comaiuae  duorum. 

ElDvcud  Lkktuax.  Swiitx. 

Sia  Edward  Mat  (3"«  S.  v.  35,  65.  S4,)—Ste 
Burke's  Extinct  Peei'a^ei,  p.  Gil,  "M^*-  of  'May- 
field,"  commencing  with  Ldwanl  Mn  iho 
first  settler  in  Ireland,  from  whom  .-  .ird 
May  appears  to  have  been  in  the  fit'th  ciese^^ 
Numerous  references  to  pcdigreej,  in  tba  UmA 
MSS.,  of  the  Mays  of  Kent«  may  he  found  in  Sixns'i 
Index  to  those  and  other  Mi>S.  in  Uie  BriiaA 
Museum.                                                           R.  W. 

QuoTATion(l'*  S.  xii.  204). — 
*  Death  bath  a  tbou&iuid  ways  to  let  out 

The  only  reply  which  seems  to  !iai 
offered  respecting  this  quotation  Is  In  i** 
177,  and  that  Is   unsatisfactory.       These  _ 

slightly  varied,  are  jjlarrcil  in  the  mouth  of  Z«tto> 
cia,  in  Beaumont  and  Fletchcr'a  play,  TJkt  t 
of  the  Country,  Act  II.  Sc,  1 ;  — 

''  Death  baiU  to  iiMoy  domrt  to  let  oat  lUa^ 
I  will  not  loogsurvivti  Ikeui." 

Blair,  iu  The  Grace,  r.  Sdi,  luu  IIum 
(in  connection  with  suicide)  :  — 

*'  Death's  thoujand  doom  atand  open— wlio  «ot 

The  ill-plea«'d  truest  u>  sit  oat  liii  full  tine. 

Or  blame  him  if  lie  goes?  " 

C£.  Virgil's  expression, .^Eu.  ii.  061  :  — 
"...  patet  Isti  janiMt  l«'i'.."" 

\( 

TOAP-BATEE    (2°*   S.    Ji.    4^4)  I;;,    I. 
Dutch  flMMl-cter  ( Heart' eatfr),  fora.  ri. 
person,  who,  to  borrow  un'i  * 
•*  cats  one's  clotlif*   olf  v 
ears  oil"  one's  head."    In    \ 
dead  in  composite  wordii, 

of  '*  hop(ilo«^ne«9 '*   o>-  "-  ii-,    f^g 

in»tance,   **  n  doud  bv  ■alesiDMtK 

a  *'  dcad-wimU"  o  '*  U...  .  w... 

Jom  U.  VAX  LnnaM>v 

Zeyst,  OKar  L'ttadu. 

CftArArmNB  (S'*  S.  it.  423.  443.K 
of  K.  S.  Chakikki.  and  W.  L  R.  nomu^  an 


*«8.T.  Psa-lS.^ 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


subject  very  much  iotcrcatcd  me,  and  I  buve  been 
trjiDg  to  finil  out  something  more  of  its  physical 
propextieii  than  was  contained  in  the  replies  of 
those  gentlemen^  but  without  saccess.  One  Ends 
in  French  dlctionnries  the  word  crapaudine  trans- 
lated "  toadatone,"  but  what  i>  exactly  meant  by 
the  word  I  cannot  say  :  for  the  toadstone  is  an 
i^eoua  rock  (almost  a  porphyry),  found  in 
Derbyahire,  oeor  Matlock,  and  derives  its  name 
firom  the  Gennao  todstein  (deuth-atone),  because 
where  it  occurs  the  lead  lode  dies  or  ceases ; 
therefore,  it  is  plain  that,  in  the  sense  in  which  it 
is  now  used,  it  has  no  connection  with  crapaud. 

Mentioning  the  subject  to  a  friend,  I  find  the 
word  has  a  great  number  of  meoniogs.  My  friend 
writes  to  me :  — 

"  D'ftborU  eo  cs  qui  rerarde  Tarticla  des  '  Notes  and 
QBBtiw'  ft  croisqu*  lar^onse  a  dte  coacluante:  il  est 
^ident  que  I'expression  'Crapaud  Rin^;'  8ig;Qitie  une 
bague  avec  one  Crnpaudine  montc^a  en  chaton:  c'eat-i- 
dircvune  »ardonie  ociltc'o  qu'on  croyait  jadls  exister  dans 
la  tfite  de  certfiins  crnpauds,  Mais  ce  mot  Crapandinc 
(et  c'est  cc  que  jc  voua  ai  dit)  n'a  pas  rien  que  ce  sens  en 
Francais. 

**  1*  Dans  on  aeos  mccaniqae  ce  mot  p'BppIiqne  k  unc 
sort9  da  sabot  en  m<ftal  (fcr  on  bronze)  cr'jus*^  pour  ns- 
oir  le  piTot  d'nne  porte,  oa  I'arbre  d'uno  tnacliiae;  U  a 
r  sTnonyme  k  mot  Grenoanie 
2°-  Dons  an  sens  hydraaliqne,  on  appellc  Crapau- 
dine one  sorte  de  soupape  qni  sert  Ik  vider  les  eanx  d^nn 
biuf  in  pt  doDt  la  forme  recaemble  aaaez  ji  la  crapaadine 
d'ano  porte. 

"  3°.  En  architectore  mflitaire  il  a  i\i  employi^  dans  le 
rooycn  opt?  poor  signifier  on  angin  gnerrtsr,  poecedant  la 
forr  rcaau  de  fer  creax,quej'ai  puappelerasaez 

li '  le  nom  de  '  canon'  {Dictionnairt  O'Arehitee- 

lar.  ...    I  u  Ledue)," 

Spiers,  in  hia  Dictionary,  saya  it  also  means 
(Bot.)  iroii'wort. 

The  DerbrBhtre  toadstone  is  a  rather  coarsely- 
grained  diirk  green  rock,  amygdaloidal  in  parts, 
and  sonietinies  contutninc  sinali  pieces  of  a  white 
crystalline  mineral  (calcite?)  —  it  could  not  pos- 
sibly be  used  for  a  ring.     An  account  of  it  will 
be  found,  1  believe,  in  Beete  Jukes's  Geology. 
Although  the  name  is  ta^en  fi-om  (odntein,  I  find  i 
no  rock   mentioned  as  todstein  in  Blum's  Litho-  ' 
^o^iC'     I  should  imagine  the  stone  to  be  a  chryso-  j 
lite  variety,  peridot  (a  dirty  green  one,  peculiarly 
marked). '  Joan  Davidsoh.     ' 

I 
'*"•*  S,  V.  71.) — Time  was  when  this 
*  when  it  made  its  appearance, 
'  'iirs  consulting.     It  certainly  I 
i'>r  much  mischief  in  ihis  ' 
lit    rLiTuse,    a   meditative  j 
idar   faculty    of 
V  gifted  mortals 
'!!>w  the  owl 
imte  of  the 
try  quoted 
it  had  not 
wipetl  away  iLj  reproach  iu  the  jiiventeenth  cen- 


tury. Perhaps  the  Beverley  sexton  was  only  in- 
dulging a  classical  prejudice,  when  he  charged 
iu  the  churchwardens'  accounts  for  killing  his 
*'oule;"  thinking  that  a  bird  of  ill  omen,  that 
presaged  calamity  or  death  in  the  place  where  it 
appeared,  was  not  fit  to  enjoy  life  —  and  tliat 
"  ignavua,"  "  profanus,"  "  fuuereus,"  were  epithets 
too  good  for  it. 

Tbis  bird  met  with  very  rough  treatment  at 
the  hands  of  rustics.  It  was  a  custom  in  some 
parts  to  hunt  and  kill  owls  on  Chrii^tmas  Day. 
A  barn-owl,  "  screeching "  its  invocation  to  Mi- 
nerva behind  a  clap-net,  could  hardly  hope  for 
quarter  from  her  villao;e  votaries.  An  allusion 
to  this  pastime  appears  m  some  Christmas  carols. 

The  prophet  bos  made  this  bird  the  symbol  of 
desolation ;  "  The  screech-owl*  shall  rest  there." 
Isaiah  xxxiv.  14.  F.  PntLLOTX. 

I  fear  that  many  benighted  farmers  still  con- 
tinue to  slay  this,  one  of  their  best  friends,  though 
I  know  of  many  honourable  exceptions.  In  tbe 
days  of  Apuleius,  poor  "  Billy  Wix"  had  a  worse 
fate  to  encounter  tban  being  shot  first,  and  then 
nailed  to  tbe  barn  gable — the  polished  Greeks  cru- 
cified him  alive !  Hear  what  Apuleius  says  io 
the  third  book  of  the  Qotdeu  Ass :  — 

"  Quid?  quod  el  igtas  noctornas  aves,  cnm  penttrave- 
rint  Larem  quempiam,  sotlicito  prchensas  foribas  videmus 
ndfigi ;  at,  qaod  infaagtis  vofatibas  frimilio;  minantur 
Qxitiiun,  auis  iuant  cruciatibos." 

W.  J.  BisBHntUlo  S.MrrH. 

Temple. 

I{erau>ic  (3'*  S.  v.  73.) — Tlie  arms  inquired 
for  by  J.  B.,  Dublin,  are  those  of  tlie  family  De 
la  Barc.%  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  crest,  now  changed  into  a  "  blackamoor," 
was  originally  a  Aloor  of  Spain.  This  is,  of  course, 
attributable  to  the  skill  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  assumption. 
I  suppose  "chevron  inverted"  is  a  misprint  for 
invected;  and  the  punctuation  of  the  query  is 
somewhat  astounding.  LATaawe. 

Passage  tw  Tknntsoi*  (3'*  S.  v.  75, 105.}— The 
poet  laureate  elegantly  alludes  to  t/tat  Ktde  on 
which  we  generally  sleep.  The  right  ear  is  thus 
distinguished  from  that  wliich  is  turned  heaven- 
tvard.  It  is,  antithetically,  of  the  earth  earthy. 
No  poetry  conld  stand  such  materialistic  probing 
as  has  been  applied  to  the  lines  in  question.  Wc 
should  never  thiidc  of  asking  n  chemist  for  a  scien- 
tifit*  explanation  of  Gray's  beautiful  line,— 
'  "  E'en  iu  our  aj*ei  Itet  their  wonted  Jfrer" 


'iiarelkui^  TW>^\^\j^*  uvsgcA.  m«sw^i\ 


^144 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[JM  8.  V.  P«i. 


tf 


Witliouf.  a  perception  of  the  immateriality  of  the 
!ea,  even  Shnkspeare's 
'  Pilf ,  like  a  nukod  new-born  babe,  striding  tho  blast," 

rould  seiitn  a  phjsicol  iinpossihility,  and  highly 
"jsurd.     The  very  explanation  is  injurious.      B. 

*'Adt  to  Mosos  k8,"  etc.  (3'*S.v.  84.) — In  my 
)mmunication  on  this  subject,  the  date  of  Eras- 
lus'a  sojourn  at  Oxford  was  printed  1479  in- 
lead  of  1497.  VV.J.  D. 

Eleixor  d'Olbheuse  (S**  S.  v.  11.) — She  was 
the  daughter  of  Alexander  IL,  Baron  d'Olbreuse, 
y  Jacquotte,  daughter  of  Joachim  do  Pouasart, 
"laron  de  Wondre,  Charles  Brioger. 


Aldise  Volume  (3"*  S.  v,  96.)  —  There  is  in 
Stafford  library  a  copy  of  Pouiponius  Mela,  Solj- 

Iu9,  &c.,  from  the  Aldine  Press,  Venice,  1518. 
\  is  printed  in  italic  type,  with  large  square 
laces  left  for  onamentol  letters  at  the  beginning 
r  each  chapter,  as  described  by  your  correspon- 
ent.  Renouard,  as  regards  this  copy,  is  not 
quite  literally  correct. 

The  title-page  states  the  contents  as  glren  in 
his  Annalet  tie  rimprimerie,  but  with  the  anchor, 
and  witiiout  the  date  and  place  of  publication. 
Then  follows  the  preface  of  F.  A.  Grolanus,  and 
the  233  "  feuillet:), '  but  only  one  additional  page, 

rnt«inin]^  the  register,  publisher  s  name,  and  date. 
Renouard's  account,  to  which  I  have  referred, 
18,  however,  a  substantial,  though  perhaps  not  pre- 
cisely literal,  account  of  this  curious  volume. 

ThOS.  E,  WlSHlSOTOK. 

Stanford  Court,  Worcester. 

GAiiranoHouGn  Prater-Book  (3"*  S.  v.  97.) — 
possess  a  Prayer-Boolc  not  unlike  the  Gains- 
trough  copy  of  your  correspondent,  printed  by 
Gower  and  rennell,  Kidderminster,  without  date, 
nut  probably  published  about  the  close  of  the  last 
entury.    The  Litany  and  Occasional  Prayers  are 
iscrted  in  tho  Morning  Prayer,  as  they  are  read 
in  churches,  not   in  separate  services  as  in  the 

(authorised  Version. 
It  is  an  8vo  vol.  containing  the  Common  Prayer, 
'•alms.  Collects,  Stc,  but  no  metricid  version  of 
ke  psalter.     It  has  one  coppcr*plate  of  the  Nali- 
ity  as  A  frontispiece. 
Thos.  E.  Wihrikotow. 
Slanfonl  Court,  Worcester. 

RoMAK  Consistoht:  Hbnbt  VIII.  aho  Qursr 

^ATiiKRiMi:  (3'*  S.  iv.  270.)  —  A  thin  volume  of 

falind  or  130  pages,  8^  inclies  high  by  5 J  broad, 

3  thick  paper  with  narrow  margins.     Evidently 

rintud   in  a  hurry,  the  type  employed  varying, 

sheets  being  alternately  in  small  and  large 

rpc.     It  was  no  doubt  y>rinted  for  the  exclusive 

of  the  members  of  the  papal  consistory.     A 

smftll  round  baa  been  cut  out  of  the  first  folio 


^Dor 
Go 


k 


aboul  ihe  sixo  of  »  half-crown  piece,  thereby  re- 
^"riag  the  ttMtap  of  the  particular  cardinal's 


arms  to  whom  this  copy  belonged,  nn^' 
injuring  the  text  of  the  verso  of  the  i. 
Otherwise  this  volume,  of  which  no  other  copy  a 
known  to  exist,  is  in  excellent  preservation. 
The  title  is  a^i  follows :  — 

"Divtjfo  ittPLORATo  rn.iesiDio. 
De  licentia  ac  cOccsaione  Sanctissimt  D.  X..  &  ad  ioitt- 
tiam  precUri  D.  excusatorts  tlltutrissimi  ac  inaictissiiBi 
Regis  AngliiB,  Nos  Sigismondus  Dondolas  de  Pistem 
aduocatos  CfisiBlorialis  ininimus,  St  Michael  <le  ConmUt 
Tuderto  utriosq;  iuris  Doctor,  pnescripti  itlostrusiat  Be* 
git  Sc  D.  excuMtoris  Adnocati  in  sacro  publico  PootiSda 
consistdrio.  prmid«Dte  luinmo  PontiGce  cum  suo  aacia- 
sancto  Seoaio,  infraacriplos  Coaclusionea  pro  teaoi  yatm 
nostro  sigillatim,  ac  singulariter  defensare  coambamm. 
Die  aOL  xvi.  pnosentis  Mensis,  prima  ex  iafira^crlpiis 
coucluaioaibna  disputabitar  &  swicesaine  aliis  ililspi 
buntur." 

On  the  verso  of  the  title,  the  pleading 
mence : — 

"  Facti  Coi^tinjfentui  TaiU  Proponitur. 

CUM  ad  aurcs clarissinti  Domini  Odoanii  Kame.  IL 
toris  Anglicani  perl  '       "    P.  D.  P< 

deCtpisacchu  saeri  Ai.  •ha  auri« 

tiulmi,  in  caoaa   matn  im    n^tm 

Aaqlix,  Sc  Catberiaam  illuniriAaitnain  Ktgina  uert«nla.it 
a^seritur,  delegati  Apostolici,  pncscripto  iUoatrisainiaia 
Regem  ad  instantiam  memoratic  iUustriasimfle  rc^in*  per 
edicta  citatum  extitiaae,  ut  comparere  deb^tet  in  Cnia 
coram  eo  per  ee  oel  per  procaratorvm,  iiieni  D.  Odoojdas 
taoS.  excosator  &  excosatorio  nomine  dicti  R«gis  coraa 
priedicto  D.  Paulo  comparuit,  quoadctn  tnatenaa  c-xev- 
satorias  exbibens,"  &c  ccc. 

The  conclusions  are  twenty-five  in  number,  nd 
occupy  two  pages.  The  six  next  pagea  ara  occ»> 
pied  by  — 

*■  Tenor  Materiarum  pro  parte  Domini  exooaalotia  St* 
renissinii  sc  inuicliBsimi  Regis  Angllm  ProposUoniflu'* 

The  heading  of  page  nine  is  as  follows:  — 

"  Deatisaimo  Pater  ex  articnlla  coiil«ulis  in  tnaUns 

alias  datis,  S.   V.   cUciuntur    Conclutioncs    inffMcftfM 

coram  S.    V.  &  suo  Sacrosaocto  S«nuiu  in   ampKanoM 

COsiatorio  penultima  Februarii  pri'p'.^irn  A   h'spntrtft.** 

(P.  12.)  "  Reaponaa  data  fH  rtbe. 

(P.  2«.)  "RespoDsadata  >>  -^tte 

S.I>.  N.  In  COsistorio  ad  alU>;;..a  ■.,.,  ..—  •■.;...„...  £}««• 

niaaima  R«g{ne  doductaa  contra  tre*  cOclusionet  iOa  Urn 

disputatas. 

(P.  i'i.'i  "  Responaa  data  xiii.  Martii,"  tkc 
(P.  (II.)  "  Reaponsa  datii  xx.  Martii,"  && 

The  volume  ends  thus  :  — 
"  Etex  predictis  remOet  iajtilicata  predieta  altimai 
diuio,  &  responsum  eat  adveruriorum  obiertioni." 

W.  U.  J.  w. 

Private  Soldier  (3'^  S.  iv.  501.)  — I  fror  yoiy 
will   have  some  difficultv  in  arriving  at   a 
derivation  of  this  title.    1  apprehond  it  is  sc^ld 

?t.iiiL'.     Tho  word  is  not  reci'irni-n' )  \>y 
ikrmy  thcr 
<  (thai  in, 
pitrii  •     If.  by  ci<url-ui*fl 

non -•  is   roluced,    tbo   ^ 

I  isUkv^v\;  i&  lUvi&  VKocdi^d :  in  tha  cavalry,  "  to 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


145 


rank  and  pay  of  a  dragoon;"  in  the  artillerj,  to 
II  "cTfwner,  or  driver" — as  the  case  may  be;  in 
infantry,  to  a  *'■  sentiTiel."  You  will  observe,  that 
in  no  case  is  *' private  BoIilJer"  admitted.  1  will 
give  your  readers  another  query  :  Why  do  soldiers 
call  tue  dark  clothes  of  the  civilia,n,  which  tbey 
occasionally  wear  when  putting  off  their  scarlet 
tunics,  "coloured  clothes"?  dot  a  Incut  a  non 
lucendo,  I  am  at  a  loss  to  conceive.     Ebobacum. 

Thc  First  Book  printbi}  a  Birmikobam 
(3"*  S.  iv.  888,  520.)  — Possibly  A  Loyal  Oration 
(1717)  may  be  the  first  tract  printed  in  Binning- 
bam,  but  the  earliest  hook  printed  there  that  I 
have  met  with,  is  — 

"  A  HELP  against  SIN  in  our  ordinary  Discourse.  Aa 
abo  aj^Aintt  prophane  Swearing,  Cursing,  evil  Wishing, 
and  taking  (>od  «  Holy  Name  iu  vain:  And  also  agAinst 
Triming  on  the  Lord'd  Day — Shewing  that  it  is  neither  a 
Work  nf  Mercy,  nor  Casb  of  Necessity;  and,  therefort, 
ought  not  to  l>e  done  on  that  Day. 

'*  RtmtitJter  the  Salibatk  Day  to  keep  it  Holy.  —  Exodos 
20,  15  (tic). 

'*  5i.r  />«vj  may  Work  he  done,  but  tkt  Srvtttth  it  a 
SaUtath  of  litat .  .  Holy  to  tht  Lord ;  whoioetfer  doth  any 
Work  thereon,  thall  nrely  be  put  to  D«atU,  see  EroduM 
31,  IS. 

*•  Publisli'd  by  the  Author,  R.  H[amcrBlw],  Chvrar- 

PlOn    In      Tf'al»rin.     Stafforcbhtre,    1719.       Birmingham  i 
rinted  by  H.  B.  in  New  Street." 

It  is  a  12mo  (pp.  64),  and  my  copy  is  in  the 
original  leather  binding.  At  p.  27,  Ilnmersley 
jpajrs:- 

••  Some  years  post  I  put  oat  a  little  Ijook  .  . .  called 
Advice  tn  Sunday  Barber*,  but  there  were  but  a  few  of 
thoM  books  printed." 

If  the  Advice  was  printed  in  Birmingham,  it 
would  be  before  A  Loyal  Oration. 

Information  respecting  llamerslcy,  or  "H.  B." 
the  publisher,  will  be  thankfully  received. 

Chaj.  H.  Bati^t. 

Westbromwich. 

Holt  House  or  Loeetto  (3"*  S.  v.  73.)— The 
Hol^  House  of  Loretto  has  certainly  not  been 
carried  to  Milan,  or  anywhere  else ;  its  removal 
from  beneath  the  dome  of  the  church,  where  it 
has  stood  for  ages,  is  impossible  except  stone  by 
stone. 

The  hirttory  nf  the  Santa  Cata  is  one  of  the 
most  wiliUy  imagiimlive  legends  which  yet  hold 
amy  place  in  the  world's  beUef.  It  probably  grew 
up  around  a  cottage,  built  in  imitation  of  the 
dwelling  nt  Nazareth  by  some  pious  Italian  pil- 
grim; who,  on  his  return  from  the  Holy  Laud, 
wifihcd  to  revive  in  the  neighbourhood  of  his 
home  the  religious  emotions  he  had  felt  when 
oontemplating  what  he  believed  to  be  the  scene  of 
the  Annunciation.  Al  n  time  when  historic  criti- 
oisxn  was  unknown,  the  legends  of  Palestine  be- 
came nitachcd  tu  the  Italian  building  ;  and  that 
which  had  onc.a  been  poetry,  hardened  into 
dognm. 


Dean  Stanley's  Simi  and  Palextine  contains  au 
interesting  account  of  the  Santa  Casa,  and  the 
house  at  Nazareth.  A  far  more  curious  bonk 
has,  however,  recently  been  published  by  a  de- 
vout believer  in  the  legenuory  history  of  the 
building:  — 

"  Loretto  and  Nazareth :  Two  Lectures  containing  the 
Results  of  Personal  luvestigalion  of  the  Two  Sanctitariea. 
By  WiHiam  Antony  Uutchinson,  Priest  of  the  Oratorv. 
8vo.     1863." 

The  author  died  on  the  12th  of  last  July,  while 
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 :  — 

"  LoRKTTo. —  Philippon  (A.),  ni»toiro  de  la  Sainte 
Maison  de  Lorette.     Paris,  lG41t.     Oblong  4ta." 

A  Lord  of  a  AIatior. 

Tedding  Hat  in  Scotland  and  Yorksbibk 
(S**  S.  iv.  430,  524.)  —  This  term  is  used  to  this 
day,  meaning  to  spread  hay ;  and  the  patent  im- 
plement., for  that  purpose,  is  called  a  "  tedding 
machine."  Eboracck. 

Folk  Lore  (3'*  S.  iv.  514.)— Might  I  suggest 
that,  when  the  whitethorn  bears  an  abundant 
crop,  it  arises  from  a  warm  summer,  that  gives 
plenty  of  blossoms  to  ripen  into  fruit.  This  was 
80  in  1851-2;  and  in  Warwickshire,  at  least-,  we 
had  the  mildest  winter  I  ever  remember. 

Kboracum. 

ErnoMA  (3'*  S.  v.  55, 103.)— Is  it  not  a  kiss  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  BtXavca  k'ov  6i\ou<Ta;  even 
when  there  is  resistance  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  effort  to  do  so.         Nufeb  Ii>oeted8. 

Cftrlfon  Club, 

Both  E.  V.  and  F.  C.  H.  are  wrong  as  to  the 
enlutions  of  the  Earl  of  Surrey'.^  qunint  enigma. 
The  answer,  1  take  it,  .".nd  and  also  give  it,  is  evi- 
dently —  a  kiss.  II. 

Cheiuuford. 

"A  SHorri,"  (2»'' S.  x.  410.)  —  As  I  do  not 
think  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.  says,— "The  other  day,  a  witness,  giving 
evidence  at  a  police  office,  was  asked  what  his  oc- 
cupation might  be  ?  He  answered  that  *  he  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  ;j<>tMkK*yo\ 
thrown  o^teti,  xktt%  *.'Kw<\\\\^  w\.  ev\*Cvte^  x\<s.>n,_»« 
"show  tuVV"  o«  vV<i  vww»x^»!CCw^^^,"^xv^ioft^«£»«^*- 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Thus,  "There  goes  a  show  full,"  laij^ht  easily  be- 
come current  slan^.  Jouk  Pavis  Puhixps. 
Havcrfbrdwcst. 

EiRt  or  Lbicksthb  (S"*  S.  v.  109.)— The  epi- 
tapli  on  ihe  Enrl  of  Leicester  which  Mr.  Patnb 
CoiUER  intiuirea  after  will  be  found  (with  the  last 
two  lines  soraewliut  varied!)  in  the  CoUectton  of 
WUlittiu  Dnjmmoud  of  Hawthornden. 

C.  F.  S.  WiUiBES. 

OlilTKB   DB   DUBDBH    (3"*  S.  V.   115.)  — It  SCCIUS 

probable  that  "Oliver  dc  Durden,  whom  AwTi- 
quART  inquires  after,  is  identical  with  "  Oliver, 
a  milttarj  man/'  mentioned  as  a  natural  son  of 
King  Joim  by  Rapin,  Anderaon,  aud  Sandford. 
He  would  then  be  half  brother  to  King  Henry  III. 

C.  F,  S.  V7AKBJBK. 


BOtns  few  yean  ginoe  Mr.  Snger  rrariiited  •  wvj  lUatM 
imprcHioa.  Of  the  "  Handred  May  Tales."  onlr  <ni 
oopy.  aod  that  formed  of  porti<HU  «f  two  cc^Wi  aod  fs 
imperfect,  is  known  to  exiiL  It  was  printed  by  Jriu 
Rastell  aboat  1525,  and  aflerwards  by  WjiHi-a-  .vun<w 
and  Ciiarlwood;  but  not  a  fragment  of  ti  .  h 

known  to  exiirt.     The  ••  Merjr  Tales   as  ..      JkA> 

•weirQi,"  origiraHy  printed   by  Ben' 
waa  reprinted  by  Wykea,  with  the  u  : 
new  storied,  in'loti7.     Mr.  Ilazlitt 
latter,  wltich  is  of  extreme  rarity.     The  cditiir  hi 
ouflly  bestowed  grcAt  care  and  attention  on  tita  work,  aal 
hla  ulastraiiona  arc  parlincnt  antl  aatiafoctovy. 


NOTES  ON  BOOK-S,  ETC. 

AUmmler  HamiUon  and  hi*  ContempantrUt ;  or  tht  Sut 
of  Iht  Ameriean  Conttittition.  B^  Christopher  Jamea 
rviethiaoUer.     (Bell  Jc  DiiUiy.) 

We  bare  in  this  well-timed  volume  a  brief  account  of 
the  rise  of  the  American  Constitution,  in  connection  with 
the  life  and  opiniona  of  the  remarkable  man  "  who  did 
the  moat  to  c«ll  it  into  existence  and  bring  it  into  work- 
ing order,  while  be  foresaw  ita  dangers  fh>m  the  t>eginninf, 
and  labonred  incesaantly  to  guard  againat  tbem."  The 
atory  of  UamilloD's  varied  life^  hi»laboura  in  the  field 
and  in  the  council ;  hia  influence  and  his  diaiuterested- 
nen,  are  interwoven  with  the  hiatory  of  the  Republic  and 
the  ri«e  of  the  ConatitutJon ;  and  arc  narrated  by  Mr. 
RiethrouUcr  in  a  pleasing  and  graceful  atyle,  which  will 
satisfy  the  English  reader,  and  with  a  feeling  for  the 
diffiruldea  and  straggles  in  which  the  countrymen  of 
Hamilton  are  now  anhappily  engaged,  which  will,  we 
should  think,  serve  to  convince  thifm  that  ibe  people  of 
JilDglaud  view  with  emotions  of  deep  sympathy  and  re* 
ttnt  the  calamitiea  which  has  befallen  their  Idndied  in 
blood,  in  language,  anil  in  religion. 

An  Et*oy  toward*  the  Jnlfrprttntion  of  the  Apooalfptt, 
By  (A*  Rev.  B.  Htac-ey  Cbu-ke.    (Ri^ngtona.) 


The  Boob  of  Dayt ;  a  Murrnaiiy  of  Papuli 
in  eoHneetitm   leith   tke    Calriuiar,    inclmdimg  Jl% 
Biography,  and  Iliitorp,    Curiojitte*  of  IMtrmtHMk,  uM 
Odditiu  of  Human  Life  nnd  CJiararUr.      QPartt  XXU. 
to  XX rl.)    (W.  &  &.  Chambers.) 
We  coDgratolate  Messrs.  Chambcn  "'ti  hirlajf 


to  a  iticceaaful  conclusion  the  ver}-  i  \xmgaa^  la 

the  Calendar,  which,  tinder  it^  ap>  ••of  7h 

Book  of  Dayt,  is  ,'..•.."   -■     '  -■      ,,,,  ,j,,u.i,  (or  aan 
years  to  take  it^  \\  ^  of  all  lQ%-«fa  ef  mk 

times  and  old  coAt-  r  vrri-raMA hiAi^ 

ways  amusing  Ev<t  ,  r...   ;>     .    r  i%%.    As 

BookofDaya    is  n^l      ilv     i    \"- ■'.-.  ''mI   vIMB 

information  connecitd  v,nh  Da^s  u,.^k  ^.^..^.^u^ia  l*ha 
sought  for,  but  it  mav  be  taken  up  at  odd  momeBlaiiki 
a  volume  of  the  French  Ana,  and  will  be  floauul  qaila  m 
amusing,  while  ita  utility  ia  doubled  by  an  Index 
ia  a  model  for  all  similar  MiaoellBniaa. 


Ai>MiKAi.Tr  DoMEanar  Book.  — We  l«Mni,  fitaai  1h 
Naeat  Chronicle  of  the  month.  Uiat  Mr.  C  If.  BMpA 
barrister-at-law,  has  been  appr^'--'' ''  '  ■■  •^•.f  AflwiflBl^T  > 
compile  a  Domesday  Uook  or  I  ill  tb*'  ~ 

belonging  to  or  under  the  cu;. 
miroltv. 


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->  own  private  judgment,  is 

ith  the  Christian  Church. 

■  h,  we  think,  which  will  hinder 

.  kt''*  work  i  and  it  is  ihie — that 

.ii>ru  otmcure  Uian  tlte  original  Uo 


A  new  ^   " 
higlicr  : 
hardly  1, 
But  then    14 
the  u<ce[)t;i[ii 
Ibe  lati.'r|ireiii'j"> 
aeeka  to  explain. 

Skakufmart't  Jt»t  Bopk4i  Btprimis  €f  Ut*  iaffy'titd  t*rp 
ran  Jett  Booit,  mapotid  to  ham  msh  mmd  ty  SktiJhi- 
•poUT.  /.  A  Uundrfd  Mrry  Tnln.fmm  tkt  0Mtf  iillOWIi 
Copy.     If,  May  ;  rfrtMfffvm  Uui 

rtirt  Rdttitm  of  xidltrMm  amd 

Notn,  byVl.Cu  ..  Aitbww.) 

AnK«g  the  book.-  -  -•*  which  with  all  their 

'MQaaloaal  ciiari«inr  ,  ni  (Iiiln<-^i,  «r<-,"  jji  T\!r. 

Ilaxlilt 

nitutmt 

none  at. 

Jttt  Bo 

form  tLi- 

tiijui  tlm  twa  liJiuecnelv 


WAMTBD   TO  rUBCHJUB. 

rartleetart  of  FrUe,  ao..  of  Iha  fttlknrinc  Books  M  b« 
Iha  rantliunvn  bj  whom  th«r  nn  rc<)ul/pil^  uid  viUMo  di 
dreaaian  a^Toa  Itethat  pufwae:  — 

Tm  I.tr»-nn«Tt  a*.  Jutiajaii.  or  ma  Lip»-Ba*«  Tt  oim  !■■■     TMa 
I.  tl.  LU.  uidrv.    Sli>glr,Mpw*lclr.arliill» 
Wanted  \>j  J.S.J,  cmn  of  Ui.  BMsln. !», 
London.  £.& 

Mwiuw'a  Xxraofrma  una  aaa   lao^  Boon 
lUhod  bi  tuUa,  IIW.  . 

VaoiMl  br  Mr.  A.  Macttv.n,  Oentca  Stnm.  ITiilfa 


.  a.'I«tS,l.tl\   >br  «  avMw'^M  9 

i.'^iaitt.ri.aa.na.    "-    itfi.ijLnii% 


■  ■.••  or   Ji 


imx  a»«)j  ■I1I..I1*      ta  m  ^ 


•  >•■  •»«■!>  tnm  battawil^  ' MMi 
roi.  T.  vu  M.oat.  COae  t^ 
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NOTKS  AND  QUERtES. 


147 


LONDOy,  SATURDAY,  FSS&nASY  SO,  1891. 


CONTENTS— y«.  112. 

NOTES:  —  Untmbltsbcd   Poania  by  HekM)  O'Arcy  Onin- 
itoon.  Ac,  147  —  Tom  or  JohB  I>niin'«  Butcrtniiiment,  i  W 

—  Doa»  Mttfi*  d»  PftdUU.  149  —  Bcku  \^ 

rittoii,  UO— Bowjrcr  ilovue,  Ckmb  i  ' 

Mvpeiansof  Sxypt  — Kictuuid  CbMiill  ir- 

li»m«ntary  Dcnotm  —  Lrjrd   U»U  of  Baj;&liui  —  Coouuoa 

QUERIES:  —  Thomoa  JMOen  CapUin  Tobte  Hold**,  isa 

—  Atliw^d  Plncrivicm  — Oonra  Ffeld— Ouatoma  lu  Scot- 
iBriil  —  Uiicb;  Motto  ^-  BbiCB*  —  Gaelic  Uaniuchpt  ^ 

UnMk.  CiultMm  ■»  to  Hum*—  "'—-''>'•> inch^w: 

Buflbieift  —  InqDinUont  e.  Vfeir  ^-twa  — 

Htttlti  —  Moore  —A  1^  Q»«rs'  wanted 

—  II0MU7— TheSaaor<71aj«~b..  ,;.,i,,..  ...i- ,  ,  ii^.mbamt 
the  Bkltcr*'  Cofopmy— A  Secret  Sociely— ShBridvi  ami 
P«|«r  Mfor  -  TrSu  of  AninaUa  —  Buck  WhaUv,  M.P.  — 

—  Wonderful  Cbaract«n  — MBit|<iia  ot  Wottesters  "Cen- 
titrr  of  Invmtioaa.'*  ISA. 

QrrnTur  witit  AjrewrrE*  —  Bf trinnld  Fitzorae — WLUiam 

r    ■         ■'  •    •  •.tiiatti  --om- 

'  Ythp  JnUgca 


XBPUL- 

■  f 

Bepnlcl 

— 

Fulm  ii.  .'  .  .'■ 

p, 

1«1— On  Wit,  ii,.—  Han*  Men. 

nocenta  "  —  Col.  Hobert  Vnnablf 

.) 

8;^„u..  -    -  Thomson    the    Po< ; 

— 

'                      I'TVorBook  — M 

.  —  Cold 

'•S'anntbaitCbroiii 

lu'aDay 

i...  I>i»— <ni*rlea  Hen:.  .- . 

—  Bicbimiaon  PamUri  ^  KB- 

1  Arrow 

Not«a  on  BookiL  AcL 

UNPUBLISHED   POEMS  BY   HELEN   lyARCY 
CRANSTOUN.* 

SECOSD  WITB  OF  PHOrESftntl   DliOALO  STKWAnx. 

{Earfy  rtference  (o  Sir  Wrdtrr  Seott.) 
Mlsft  Cranstoun  is  known  to  tho  lovers  of  Scot- 
tish minstrelsy  as  the  .1  :  fag — "  The 
tears  I  shed  must  ever  bert  Burns 
denominated  "a  song  oi  ^:(■nlufi ,  jind  to  which, 
in  order  to  suit  it  for  the  music  to  which  it  was 
set  in  .fohnson'a  Scotith  Musical  Museum,  he  did 
not  disdaiti  to  add  a  vene.     Among  the  addilioual 

"tit  UMnbert  of  the  Oacstoun 

'.  ndanenV  Seouitk  Ifatwn^  pab- 

Thu  Bdndrabte  Btograabical 

'  tint  4«cini  toatt«nd  booksumed 

-3.1?  "Number  PaWiabwa*— 

)>e9t  qaolifiod  to  enjoy  ita 

der  ooe  alphabet,  and  in 


far 

Ih 

V 

h 
d'l 

th 


Mr.  AliilirHjIi  liuil  i'Ti  \  i(>u;lv  julil;ili 


notes  to  the  last  edition  of  the  Musfum  (Edin- 
burgh, 1S39),  there  appeured  for  the  first  time  a 
copy  of  Terses  by  Miss  Cranstoun,  beoinoiug — 
"  Jveturning  Spring,  with  gladsome  ray.'  These, 
BO  fur  as  I  am  aware,  are  the  only  productions  of 
her  pen  which  have  been  pubiiabed. 

In  an  lUbnm  which  belonged  to  the  family  of 
A  baronet  in  the  Carse  of  Gowrie,  and  which 
came  into  my  possession  lately  when  hi»  library 
was  dispersed,  I  find — amid  a  melange  of  original 
▼erses  which  passed  between  various  members  or 
connections  of  the  family,  with  dates  appended 
ranging  from  1771  to  1792  —  eight  pieces  "By  a 
younglady  ;"  who  is  identihed,  apart  from  inter- 
nal evidence,  with  Miss  Cranstouu  by  the  occur- 
rence among  them  of  both  the  poems  above  men* 
tioned.  The  titles  of  the  other  six  are  as  fbllow : 
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 
by  a  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  Walter  Scatt  can  ever 
forget  his  intimacy  with  the  Cranstoun  family; 
nor  the  influence  of  Jane  Anne,  the  second  of  its 
three  daughters,  in  promoting  his  earliest  at- 
tempts in  verse.  There  is  something  very  inter- 
esting and  suggestive  in  the  kind  of  reference  to 
Scott  in  the  tbird  of  the  poems,  now  printed.  It 
seem.4  to  mark  him  out  from  all  the  other  gentle- 
men named,  as  of  a  more  thoughtful  cast  of  mind. 
"  Boyle,"  I  should  think  there  is  little  room  to 
doubt,  must  have  been  David  Boyle,  Esq.,  ulti- 
mately Lord- Justice-General  of  Scotland;  and  as 
little  that  "Gray'^  was  Francis,  fifteenUi  Lord 
Gray,  born  in  1765. 

The  other  allusions  I  must  leave  it  to  J.  M.,  of 
this  city,  whose  contributions  to  "N.  &  Q."  are 
so  valuable  and  interesting,  to  explain. 

1.  "  vow   FOB  WtAiTl!. 

"  Far,  Ikr  remote  from  bosjr  Itte, 
From  g^ddy  mirth,  or  hateful  atrife, 
ITow  sKreot,  in  pensive  mood,  to  muae 
Whilo  Botilj  fail  tbc  eveuinc  dews  t 
ilow  sweet,  while  all  aromul  ia  calm, 
To  poor  on  oare  oblivion's  balm ; 
To  htiah  (be  throbbing  heart  to  rcat. 
And  court  fond  hope  to  till  the  brejut ! 
Sav, — in  this  «nft  rnmiirlic  tcene, 

W'  "  .  ■■        .  ■  ■■ICO, 

\  rioga 


II  11  Dili.   t'llutl«l.tili[ 

Thntikx  (n  kiml  II 

!r  •        ■  '      .      • 
1 


.,i(l  h  mine. 

.ins, 


—  \VV-.|i.!! 


L*mjW  hju\i>\  "wW-v  •  ^v^i'^  \\wy».v^i.i»k  t ; 


K  Though  riches  ncrer  con  butow 

^L  Such  jors  as  pear«  ami  rirtue  koow, 

^^^B   Yet,  cannot  porwiy  UucIom 
^^^m  Ad  awfiil  train  of  btackest  woes  ? 
^^^m   Genius  denran'd,  end  worth  obscar't}. 
^         Pleasure  forbid,  and  care  ensured  5 
^L         And  mean  dependence,  painful  state^ 
^^^H   Obliged  perhapa  to  those  wc  hate ; 
^^^ft  While  those  we  lore,  around  as  sigh 
^^^B  In  unaaaist«d  miser}-. 
^^^1  Think  on  the  helpleas,  wretched  maid. 
^^^B  Unblost  by  fortune's  pow'rful  aid ; 

I 


Pexhaps,  the  youth  whom  she  approvijs 
" '  lo< 


I 


With  virtue  glows,  witli  fervour  loves: 
Jn  vain — for  honour  bids  her  fly, 
'^"or  ^ve  herself— and  poverty! 
lOr  L'rant  ihat  Heaven's  less  barsh  decree 
Still  (rracious,  gives  a  heart  that's  free ; 
Yet,  ahould  some  sordid,  wejilthy  fool, 
t)r  pnsaion's  slave,  or  vice's  tool. 
But  decked  in  fortune's  gay  pande. 
Admire,  and  iroo  the  luckless  maid- 
Think  on  the  pangs  her  bosom  tear, 
lier  Jigitation,  doubt,  despair. 
While  parenta,  brotliers,  sisters,  wait, 
Her  choice  may  fix  their  futare  fate. 
And  shall  she  de«oi  the  task  severe. 

That  rescues  all  her  heart  holds  dear! 
Tis  not  the  frown  of  stern  control. 

That  deepeat  vound^  the  feeling  soul : 
The  faalt'ring  voice,  tho  speaking  eye. 
The  sigh  of  fond  anxiety : 

These — these,  in  mercy,  Heav'a  avert. 

And  snatch  from  woe  a  bursting  heart. 

All-pow'rfull  wealth,  my  prayer  regard* 

And  deign  thy  vot'ry  to  reward. 

Yet,  Iho  thy  influence  I  adore. 

Small  is  the  bountj*  I  implore. 

Unheeded  aliall  thy  treasure  shine. 

Oh  I  make  but  independence  mine. 

Enough  in  ease  my  days  to  spend, 

Or.  sweeter  still,  to  bless  a  fhend. 

'Tia  all  I  ask,  for  all  thy  store 

Can  nevtr  add  a  blessing  more. 

But  may  it  never  be  the  price 

Of  slav'ry,  meanness,  or  of  vice. 

Nor  e'er  my  soul  the  anguish  moom. 

To  owe  it  to  a  hand  I  scorn." 

2.  "o.t  h — K— N- 
'  OhI  say,  thon  blcft  abode  of  calm  content. 
Where  my  first  happiest  years  of  life  were  spent. 
Where  joy,  unmixt  with  care,  my  bosom  knew, 
And  winf'd  with  innocence  my  moments  flew ; 
Wbsrs  all  my  little  scenes  of  bliaa  were  laid. 
And  all  my  youthful  fondeat  friendships  made: 
Oh !  say,  when  I  those  happy  boor«  review. 
Can  I,  unwov'd,  pronounce  a  last  adieu  .^ 
Can  I  for  ever  from  thy  shades  depart. 
Nor  feel  deep  anguish  r«nil  my  hUedlpg  heart .' 
Whiit,  ttiu'  nor  Art  nor  Nature  ddgna  to  smile, 
Uteiik  arvr  thy  hilts,  and  barren  Is  toy  soil ; 
Wbiit,  tlio'  no  ancient  grandeur  charms  tli«  kigbt, 
Nor  soft  romantic  vale  -  -    'light  j 

Yet  sweet  aimplioi^  I- 

An-1  stroTif^  Btiachrn.'i                     ■  all  divine. 
^"'  ■                                          .we  must  ob«y, 
Ao'l                                             'itwav; 
Siii.  . 


Not  on  the  place  depends  our  joy  or  rest. 
Our  happiness  must  flow  from  our  own  ttrcML 
Guilt  and  disquiet  make  the  palace  ssd* 
Content  and  innocence  the  eottag*  |dsd. 
But  yet,  whene'er  before  mv  ftithAu  eyas. 
Fancy  shall  make  thy  much  lov'd  imacv  ri 
The  well-known  sight  must  to  my  soul  be  1 
Come  with  a  sigh,  norpart  without  a  tear. 
And  when  propitiotta  Heaven  the  bliaa  bestows. 
To  see  again  this  seat  of  calm  repose. 
Charmed  with  the  view  my  soul  in  joy  wiD  laell,  ] 
Recall  each  scene  of  bliss  1  saw,  and  felt,  | 

And  bail  the  spot  where  peace  and  1  hav*  dwelt" J 

3.  "  A  PRATkn. 
"  I  ask  not  titiee,  wealth,  or  pow'r. 

A  Gascoigne's  fsce,  or  Fultney's  dow'r; 

1  ask  not  wit,  nor  even  sense, 

I  itcorn  content,  and  innocence. 

The  gift  I  oak  can  these  forestall — 

It  adds,  improves,  impliea  tliem  all. 

Then  good  or  bad,  or,  right  or  wrong. 

Grant  me,  ye  Gods,  to  be  the  tun. 

My  Fleavens !  what  joy<i  would  then  1>«  tnioal 

liow  bright,  how  charming,  would  I  shioe '. 

How  chanp'd  from  all  I  was  before  ; 

With  friends  and  lovers  by  the  score! 

No  more  tlic  object  of  disdain, 

Ev'n  Clara  then  would  grace  my  train. 

Hang  on  my  arm  from  mom  to  night. 

Her  dearest  friend,  her  sole  delight. 

Torphichen  at  my  feet  might  *igh, 

Scott  might  approve,  and  MoJ^well  die  ; 

Wliile  I  degagi^  cool,  and  gay, 

Whisper  with  Bovle,  and  dance  with  Gray. 
Tell  not  to  me,  when  age  draws  nigh. 
That  frolic,  feathers,  irnims,  sfaonld  fly. 
Poor  vulg^  wretches  I  not  to  know. 
That  ev'ry  year  we  younger  grow ; 
Or,  what  is  much  upon  a  par, 
Wc  dance  and  frisk  as  if  we  were ; 
Of  true  philosophy  possess'd. 
No  care,  no  pity,  breaks  our  rest } 
Thoughtless  we  flutter  life  along. 
And  die  content — if  it's  the  tm/' 

Edinburgh. 


TOM  OR  JOHN  DRUM'S  ENTERTAIXMKXT. 

"A  kind  of  proverbial  expression  fbr  ill  , 
nrobabi}'  alluding  originally  to  some  particuUr 
Mo.tt  of  the  allusions  »cem  to  point  to  the  rlidinitastliu  *' 
somo  unwelcome  guest  wittt  more  or  less  of  ijnioaklsiy  •■( 
insult"     (Xarea's  Glottary.) 

In  all  probability  the  phrase  origmated  in  a 
reference  to  that  military  piinisbittent  Car  d«> 
graceful   crimes   and   incorrigible   ofI«tiditra   «lilt 


be 

tMI.ll 


commonly  knnwn  as  "  dm 
vice,"  and,  like  various  ot!i 
probably  became  current  i 
Low  Co  UD  t  ry  W  n  r<.      Th  c  < ; 

Mony,  AH  given  in   (.iroso'b  

Agrees  in  all  ettnentittls   with   that  now  or  mA 
ftrj  lately  pnicliKeU  :  — 

**  71*  corparat  punisftHttnt  tvmmotjf  aretimptimfxMM  tkk 
ttmttntt  htlng  over,  and  Iho  regiment  turned  out  with  «r 
without  arms  [\l  Imviog  also  wltnesMd  the  flogigtaf  *)» 


.j.^faUkt. 


I 


tli0  priBoner  is  broug^ht  to  the  right  of  it  uniler  &ii  eacort 
of  ft  corporal  ond  six  men  witb  hnyonet*  fixed  [and  the 
rogitncntal  facings  ami  Im'  ');lc  been  cut  olT  his 

coat,  and  the  coat  it.^olf  ti  i>Bt],  the  halter  is 

then  jjut  ronnd  hi*  neck, .  ..    ,.-;jtlya  label  on  his 

back  signiA'ing  his  crime  [tbongU  this  last  practice  haa 
now  fjilien  into  distuo];  a  drummer  [gcn«ralty  the 
amallest  in  tb«  regiment  J.  then  takes  hol<l  of  the  end  of 
the  rope,  and  lejids  him  along  the  front,  the  drums  fol- 
lowing and  beating  the  Rogue's  Alarch.  When  they 
hftve  passed  to  the  leri,  the  proce&sion  moves  to  the  rear^ 
If  in  camp,  or  if  in  qiuurlers.  to  the  end  of  iho  town  [or  if 
in  encloaed  quarters  or  barrack«,  to  tJie.  ;:ate],  where  [he 
ia  thnut  oat  and/]  tlie  drutniDer,  giving  him  a  kick  on 
the  br««c]>,  dismuses  him  with  the  halter  tor  his  per- 
quisite."    CVol.  ii.  p.  1 10,  eil.  1801.) 

At  an  earlier  period  (the  halter  being  a  relic  of 
this),  the  flogginji  and  dismissal  were  performed 
'by  the  hangman  instead  of  by  a  drummer;  but 
though  I  have  not  found  nnj  earlier  description 
than  Grose's,  the  fonii  was  probably  in  other 
respects  very  simitar,  since  it  explains  several  of 
the  old  allusions.  Thus  the  re<jipient,  whether 
Parolles  or  any  otlirr,  was  called  Tom  Drutu, 
because,  like  the  drum  that  formed  so  noisy  and 
tlemonstrative  a  part  m  the  entertainment,  be 
was  well  beaten.  So  also  the  flogging  fleems  to 
be  alluded  to  inKarea'a  quotation — "it  shall  have 
Tom  Drum's  entertunment,  aflap  with  a  foxtail," 
Again,  in  the  quotation  from  Holinsbed,  where 
the  entcrtiiinmcnt  given  is  said  to  be,  ^'  to  hale  a 
man  in  by  the  bead  and  thrust  him  out  by  both 
the  shoulders," — we  have  allusions  both  to  the 
halter  and  the  expulsion.  As  usu-il,  Shake- 
itpeare's  uses  of  the  phrase  in  Air»  Wrll  is  both 
quibbling  and  pertinent  to  man  and  matter. 
Parolles  was  drtunxned  out  for  cowardice  and  dis- 
graceful conduct,  and  with  poetical  justice,  the 
drum  which  he  so  loudly  boasted  he  would  re- 
cover, called  the  world  to  witness  his  disgrace, 
and  was  remembered  in  his  nickname. 

BbINSLRT    NiCHOLSOlf. 

P.S.  I  am  aware  of  the  quotation  from  Florio, 
"»  flap  with  a  fox-taile,  ajeat,"  but  in  the  pas- 
sage from  "  Apollo  Shroving,"  there  ia  probably 
a  double  allusion,  in  part  to  the  flogging  and  in 
part  to  the  jestA  bo  freely  broken  upon  the  drum* 
tncr's  victim. 


DOSa  MARIA  DE  PADILLA. 
In  the  war  of  the  Comuntros,  in  the  early  part 
of  tlid  reign  of  Charles  V.,  the  two  most  remark- 
Abie  Mraonages —  who  were  the  .«oul  and  life  of 
the  ItelK'llion  —  were  certainlr  Juan  du  FadUla 
and  hid  wif«,  Maria  do  Padilla,  whoae  maiden 
^^njune  was  Facheco. 
^^^Hcspccting  the  husband,  wc  know  sufficient  to 
^^^Mble  ufl  to  form  u  lii.'h  idea  of  his  courage  and 
^^H|ftl,  and  of  the   i  .'nation  with  which  he 

■■k  death  on  til  at  Tordcsillas,  immc- 

P     dSat<ly  after  the  defeat  of  his  forces  on  the  plains 


ofVillalar,  by  the  Conde  de  ETaro.*  The  insur- 
rection bad  certainly  some  just  grounds  of  com- 
f>laint  against  Chiirles  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  anothor  prisoner  named 
Don  Juan  Bravo,  the  latter  requested  the  execu- 
tioner to  decapitate  him  firxt,  *'  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  euch  a  trifle; 
yesterday  it  became  us  to  fight  like  gentlemen ; 
but  to-day  it  is  our  duty  to  die  like  Christians." 
(Robertson's  Hist,  of  the  Emperor  Charles  V. 
vol.  ii.  p.  256,  ei3.  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  nave 
been  3  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  had  secured 
the  "Liberties"  for  which  her  husband  fought 
and  died.  She  also  sent  numerous  letterti  to  the 
Commons  of  Castile,  exhorting  them  "  to  take  up 
their  arms  which  they  had  so  dishonourably  laid 
down ;  and  moreover,  that  if  they  did  not  take  ad- 
vantage of  this  favourable  opportunity,  it  would 
bring  upon  them  eternal  infamy,  and  that  they 
would  remtun  slaves  for  ever,"  &c. 

As  Toledo  was  almost  impregnable,  and  its 
citizen.^  —  animated  by  the  example  of  Padilla  — 
were  determined  to  hold  out  to  the  very  last 
extremity,  the  Marquis  of  Villena  endeavoured 
to  succeed  by  negotiation :  accordingly,  he  sent 
Pndilla'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  liberties  of  her 
country,  so,  had  she  a  thou.sand  lives,  she  would 
rather  lose  them  all,  than  receive  any  favours 
from  the  ti-aitors  of  her  country." 

When  the  news,  however,  came  that  William 
de  Croy,  the  young  Flembh  Archbishop  of  Toledo, 
was  dead,  and  that  Don  Antonio  de  Fonseca,  a 
Caatiliun,  was  nominated  by  Charles  to  jucceed 
him,  the  people  then  turned  against  her,  having 
been  porsuoued  to  do  so  (it  is  said)  by  the  clergy 
of  the  city,  who  spread  the  following  rcpwrta 
about  her,  viz.  "  That  she  was  a  witch  ;  that  she 
was  attended  by  a  familiar  demon  in  the  form  of 
a  nt-jg-ro-Huiirf,  who  regulated  all  her  movements; 
others,  again,  asserted  "  that  the  maid  was  not  a 
woman,  but  on  imp  of  bell,  who  furnished  her 


•  The  BiAbop  of  Zanrnr.*,  Don  Antonio  Ac  Acuiia,  wMt_ 
executed  at  bvtnaTic%»,  \yj  <jt4i<«  ^  <C»»:f«fc  ""^  .^>p.*!WSaB« 
been  coTiT\ecX«&.  m\.Vv  x\v%  w3twN&.^so., 


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[8**  8.  V.  l^B«.a^1n 


with  eharma  to  fascinate  people  into  a  voneration 
for  Ler." 

Antonio  Guevara,  In  one  of  his  "  Familuup  Let- 
ters," thus  addresses  her  :  — 

"  People  likewise  eay  of  you.  Madam,  that  you  have 
about  vou  a  /a«i'»y  an  J  frantic  slave  — a  female  who  is  u 
great   Sort  cress;  '"*" 

within  a  few  dm  '*}' 

Lody.'&c."    idv  "'' 

AecomiU  of  tht  Gy/Mten  of  Spam,   vvl.  i.  p.  Ub,  Loudon, 
184L) 

This  writer,  in  the  work  quoted  above  (p.  100), 
thus  speaks  of  Maria  de  Fadilla :  — 

She  lived  in  Gyp«y  fliuos,  and  we  have  littlo  hesi  la- 
ion  in  believiop  that  she  was  connected  iriUi  this  rnc*.', 
fuolly  for  herself:  hernlave  I— 'iora  y /oca,'  tawny  and 
gantic — what  epitheta  con  he  found  moru  applicable  to  » 
Gypsy,  more  descriptive  of  her  personal  appearance  oiid 
occasional  demeanour,  than  these  two? — And  then  a^^in, 
the  last  scene  in  the  life  of  Padilla  is  so  mysterious,  so 
BDOccoantable,  unless  the  Gitanos  were  concerned',  and 
they  wereunqueslionablv  Hitiint^'  about  theeTeatfulflto^ 

at  that  period Perceiving  that  it  waa  necesaory. 

■ "  tr  to  sorrender  or  to  see  Toloio  razed  to  the  grooad, 
diagaised  herself  in  the  dress  of  a  female  peasant,  or 

laps  that  of  a  Gvpsy ;  and  leotling  her  son  by  the 

^ond,  Mospsd  from  'Toledo  one  storniy  night,  and  from 
tbat^BOment  nothing  niare  is  known  of  her.    The  •ur- 

der  of  the  town  followed  immadiately  after  bar  dis- 

ipearance."     (P.  101,  tt^  tH/va.) 

I  believe  that  Mr.  Borrow  is  quite  mifttaken 
about  the  negro-maid  having  been  a  ''  Gypsy." 
He  quotes  no  authority  for  his  assertion,  but 
leems  very  glad  to  have  such  a  good  opportunity 
of  trying  to  connect  his  favourite  Zmcali  with  the 
heroic  Maria  de  Padilla.  There  are  two  authori- 
ties quoted  by  Robertson,  viz.  the  I/Ott'Crs  of 
Peter  Martyr,  and  the  Hint,  of  ChnrUg  \\  by 
JSandoval*:  these  writers  tnny  contain  somr 
ther  particulars,  but   unfurtutiately   I  cannot 

nsult  them.     The  tawny  frantic   slave,  ejdied  a 

rcercss  by  AnU^nio  Guevara  in  one  of  his  let- 
tern  addressed  to  Padilla  {Epittolet  Famitiaret, 
Salamanca,  1576),  does  not  by  any  means  imply 
that  she  was  a  Gypsy  ;  besides,  he  merely  refers  to 
a  report^"  Peti'ple  likewise  say  of  you.  Madam," 
&c.  The  fact  seems  to  be,  that  as  Padilta  was  a 
ter  &o  extraordinary,  and  had  such  won- 
inftuence  over  the  people  of  Toledo,  it  was 
litral  that  they  should  ascribe  this  iuilueiice 
c  occult  power,  or  believe  that  she  was 
f  a  witch,  or  that  a  demon  under  the  form 
,_.  a  black  slave  regulated  all  litr  .lotions.  Such 
icings  were  said  ol  the  Maid  of  Orleans,  of  Friar 
Baeon,  and  othera,  in  an  age  when  mun  were 
pbeed  in  a  state  of  society  so  diQercnt  from  our 
own. 

When  Padilla  eacapcd  from  Toledo,  aho  fled  to 
Portug^ttl,  where  ahc  remained  the  rest  of  her  life, 

•   Ue  w«?   "    '  •   ' '  ■  ■       '■■    '■-  ■    •-•*    ■'■  hU 

ILatory  wa  it»l 

the  aecond  {'  i  in 
JtamabtBa. 


Wt" 

■ion 
Irten 


with  her  relations  of  the  noble  family  of 
Paehecoa.  She  never  aftcrwartU  applied  to 
Emperor,  or  ariy  of  his  miiusters,  Tor  a  por 
(See  a  curiouw  tract  on  this  aubicci  by 
Geddes  in  his  Miscdlnnevitf  T--"' 
London,  1730.)  Amongst  the  1 
Britiish  Museum  (No.  liOA)  i! 
entitled  "  Relacion  de  las  ^ 
another  MS.  (No.  310),  enti:  ._ 
las  Communidndes."  A  Spanish  writer,  ^  ^^ 
Martinez  de  la  Rosa,  has  also  published  *  "Bl^ 
of  the  war  of  the  Castllian  Common*  nnOn^B 
title  of  "  Bosquejo  de  la  Guerra  de  l»  Comrti- 
dades."  Don  Vicente  de  la  Fnente,  m  hia  Ba- 
toria  Eclesiattica  de  Etpnfii  ftnwi  iii.  P-  ^^  *^ 
Barcelona,  1855), makes  f  njrfew  reoani 

on  the  character  of  tho  ,  in  tbeir  us 

against  the  Emperor's  foreit^ucra :  — 

"  No  tuvo  la  Igleua  de  Eiponu  que  agnuUew  I 
los  Comnn^roa ;  y  antes  aIi;anos  M  cllos  ae  la  mr 
horto  dcsafectos,  apodenlndose  de  bus  biena,  y 
riondo  sua  preceptos." 

The   spot  where  the  Bishop  of 
executed   is  atill   pointed   out  to 
Simanoas.*      The   Emperor  was   > 
ceive  absolution  from  the  Pope,  on  i 
dM^of  the  Biahop  which  be  bad  ordered. 

J.  ~ 

Korwicb. 


BEAU  WILSON;  LAW  OF  LAI 

In  the  recent  romance  on  the  subject  of  •*  I 
of  Lauriston."   publishin 

Mi*ceUany^  although  the  ^t* 

with  bis  hero  in  any  wnv  uu  <  iiv..r.-.  -,  .  „.u  »«t 
much  inclined  to  think  that,  in  what  is  iAteodM 
to  be  a  hisloricHl  tictiou,  it  wouhl  hare  Imm 
better  io  have  kept  nearer  the  real  facto  lliM 
the  author  h«a  done.  Law  himself  waa  not  tke 
beauty  hii  is  dcfiictcd  ;  and  the  conversion  «f  ll» 
young,  handsome,  and  aocomplishcd  bM^dv* 
i)eaii  Wilson,  into  an  old  roaiTiod  raui,  la  tat 
from  satisfactory:  for  all  readers, ox crp ting 
whose  historical  knowledge  is  con  lined 
literature  of  circulating  libraries,  must  he 
at  once  by  the  extraordinary  meiMinor|.l»o*«. 

WUson's  eingubr  riao  in  fashionaldc  life  las 
never  b««n  explain«^d,  And  perhaps  never  will  be. 
The  account  oi  him  in  Nichols's  Zitiutflupalfrl 
(vol.  iii.),  is  only  ;i'  i  part.     Tliera  ba 

most   extraordinary  iu    ortaro,   p«^ 

liahed  afU'r  hi*  dcmix  .  ^vllll.[|  pwa  a  very  dtflir* 
ent  r«pr«*)eittation   ul  the  souroca  from 
hb  taeooe  wm  dcrivMl.    It  ia  of  vary  twng 
owTwie*,  md  b  ttnltlM  :  — 


m 


•  Thank*  to  i' 
there  ia  b*w  evwi  \ 
eownlt  tkt  daeameBta  j^reaervwi  at  aioii 


lb  Govonia 
art  who  wirft 


FkB.S0,'64O 


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151 


>  Some  Letters  between  a  CertaJn  Intc  N'obleman  and  tbt- 
_teno(U  Mr.  WiUon  *,  discovering  the  True  History  anil 
rising  Gnindeur  of  tb»t  celebrated  Deau." 

It  is  printed  for  A,  Woore,  iieiir  St.  Paurs. 
The  DoblenuLD  in  said,  in  a.u  ^LS.  note  ou  the  title, 
to  indicate  the  Earl  of  Sundt;rland. 

The  reputation  of  Aloore  Is  nu  g:uarantee  for 
the  truth  of  what  he  published  :  for  be  was  a 
dealer  in  scandal,  and  made  some  money,  it  is 
understood,  by  bis  dealing:]  in  that  line.  The 
irhule  tbiiti;  perhaps  aroi)e  out  of  some  passing 
rumour^  whieb  bad  no  real  fuundatiun* 

In   the    '^'  '      '  '    for   May,    1694, 

there  is  an  >  md  Killingwortb, 

on  the  deuiij  ui  ^t  uxm,  utu^ient  iu  anything 
like  poi3try.  Ii\  a.  commentary  un  a  passage  in 
one  of  Horace's  Odes,  in  the  same  work,  trans- 
lated  by  J.  rhiillpi,  there  ia  this  remark  :  — 

We  bave  had  a  late  instance  of  this  in  Mr.  Wilson. 

Iio,  witliout  any  visible  estate,  on  a  auddcii  maUe  »o 
a  ]Juure,  ntul  vvtio  prulmbly  lia<l  held  ou  to  thU 
■J,  bad  be  not  bcoTi  unfortanatcl^'  killed." 

Of  Law's  bejiuty,  some  idea  may  be  formed 
from  the  advertisement  for  his  apprehension  in 
the  London  Gazette,  January,  1694-5.  lie  is 
jjBcftcribed  as  "  diplain  J,  Law,  aged  twenty-six : 
Scotsman,  lately  a  prisoner  in  the  Queen's 
Bench  for  murder.  A  black  lean  man,  about  six 
feet  high,  large  pocks  in  his  faee,  big  high  nose, 
and  speecii  broad  and  loud."  Fifty  pounds  was 
ofTered  fur  his  apprehension.  J.  M. 


BOWYBR  HOCSE,  CAMUKItWEIX. — In  "N.  &  Q." 
(2*^  S.  xii.  183),  I  tolil  iif  the  demolition  of  thta 
old  mansion  house ;  and  I  have  now  only  to  add, 
after  a  lapse  of  two  years  and  a  half,  that  since 
that  TierirMi  the  site  ol"  it  ha»  been  made  n  depot 
for  all  kind*  of  buJldpri'  rubbish.  The  old  red 
bricks  (reserved  .it  the  aiiction)  still  remain  on 
the  ground,  a  broken-down  wall  surrounds  the 
site  ;  no  entrance  gate,  but  a  patched-up  wooden 
erection,  gives'  entrance  for  carts;  and  on  the 
yl^..^<.  ii..  ..,.,.  upon  which  the  renowned  IJow- 
}  of  the   Manor   of  Camberwell, 

.^;uuries,  presents  one  of  the  most 
lured  which  our  modern  improvements 
at.  T.  C.  N. 

Tiut  icoDESH  Magiciass  of  Egtpt.  — Every 

accounts  given  by  Lane 

_'vpt,  of  the  magicians, 

'  -   *fil,  who  when  tJM?y 

I  ire  of  any  person 

.,  .i  young  boy,  in  the 

|>aur  ink,  to  aerve  aa  a 

V   jg   to  see  the  images 

i;    .111*  lately  in  St.  Ire- 

•  tiin!  iit«^ntion  of  the  same 

practice  of  limpiqying  Ingra,  ju  oUBlomary  azaong 


the  heretics  of  his  time,  wiio  attempted  to  work 
miracles :  — 

"  Sed  et  si  nliquid  faciunt,  per  mog^icam  operab',  fnindu- 
lenter  seducere  nitantur  iniietuatog:  fructam  quidem  el 
ulilttatcTn  nullain  prsitantes,  iu  qnos  virtntce  perficerc  te 
dic'uut ;  tidducentts  autem  pueros  invettei  ' ,  et  omlot  dtlu- 
Jtnten  et  phuntiitmuta  oaUtuitntts  statiiu  cc&santia,  el  nt 
quideni  sliliicidio  temporis  persevcianlia,  noa  Jean  Do- 
mino no§tro,  sed  Simoui  nugo  similca  ostcnduntur." 
(Adc,  Hares.  lib.  ii.  cap.  57.) 

F-  C.  H. 

KiCIIAaP  ClIAXlilvKK,  COMPILER  OF  PaRUAJHEK- 

TABY  DnuATKS,  —  Watt  bite  the  fallowing  article 
in  bi^  Bihl.  Brit, :  ^ 

"  Chaxblek. — JkbatM  la  «4e  Honte  of  Lordt  from 
16C0  to  1741,  hond.  1752.  H  vol*.  40#.  DtbaU*  in  the 
JJuuit  or  ConmoHifrom  lC60»<o  1741,  Load.  1752,  14 
Y0i».  126*." 

The  Bodleian  Catalogue  (iii.  48)  states  the 
compiler's  Christian  name  ti:>  have  been  Richard. 

His  sad  fate  is  thus  related  in  the  Life  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Gent,  Printer  of  York,  written  by  him- 
self {l^,  192):  — 

"  About  the  13th  of  January,  1738,  Mr.  Alwtander  Su- 
ples  was  quite  broken  up  by  Dr.  Burton,  and  not  long 
after  the  Messrs.  Cnsar  Ward  and  Richard  Chandler  be- 
came poeaessors  of  his  printing  niaterinls  ;  besides,  they 
carried  on  abundance  of  basiaeas  in  the  l>ookselliiig  way, 
having  had  shops  at  London,  York,  and  Scarboroogh. 
The  Utter  collected  divers  volumes  on  Parliamentary 
rtfr«ir».  and  bv  the  run  they  spemed  to  take,  one  would 
have  iniaginell  that  he  v.  '  "  ii>«eeoded  to  the  apex 
of  his  desires;  but,  alii  hts  eoared  too  high, 

and  sunk  his  fo^tane8^  : lue  debts  tje  bad  con- 
tracted, that  rather  than  tieconie  a  despicable  object  to 
the  world,  or  bear  the  miseries  of  a  prison,  he  put  a 
period  to  his  life  bv  discharging  a  pistol  into  his  head, 
as  he  lay  rrclined  on  his  bed.  As  I  knew  the  man  for- 
mer! v.  I  wus  very  sorry  to  hear  of  hft  tragical  suicide  — 
an  aVtion  that  "for  a  while  seemed  to  obunibrate  the 
^'lories  of  Cojsar,  who  found  such  a  deficiency  in  his  part- 
ners* accoants,  so  great  a  want  of  money,  and  such  a 
wtjfid  sight  of  flowing  creditors,  that  made  him  succumb 
under  the  obligation  to  a  statute  of  bankruptcy;  daring 
which  time  be  has  been  much  reflected  on  by  a  .Scot,  who 
had  been  bis  servant,  and  obnoxious  for  a  while  to  many 
per.>on.s,  who  were  not  thoroughly  acquainted  with  hiro. 
Bm.  he  now  brightly  appwars  again,  amidst  the  dissipat- 
ing rlou<l8  of  distress,  in  the  publication  of  a  paper,  that 
iranscouds  those  of  his  contemporaries  as  much  as  the 
rising  sun  does  the  falling  stars." 

It  appears  from  Mr,  Timperley's  Enajcl.  of 
Printing  that  Ciusar  \V ard  of  York,  was  a  bank- 
rupt in  1745;  and  it  was,  therefore,  probably  in 
that  year  that  his  partner  Richard  Chanller  de- 
stroyed himself.  S.  Y.  R. 
*  LoB»  Ball  or  Bagsuot.  — Reading  Coryat's 
Crudities,  161 1, 1  come  upon  the  following  curious 
allusion  ;  which,  if  unknown,  may  be  interesting 
to  the  Hampshire  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  :  — 

"  This  customo  doth  carry  .^ome  kindo  of  afEnitv  with 
ccrtaiiie  xociable  ceremonies  that  weo  hane  in  a  place  Of 
Lngland,  which  are   performed  by  that  mnv*.  xvi^xviA 


•  \A  tat,  ■unpoU»toa,«^J»¥«»«- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CS^&T.  Fbb.20.*64. 


f^rtl  Ball  of  Bagshot,  In  IlatnpUliirc ;  wlio  doth  with 
inanv,  and  ind<>ed  more  solenino  ritea  inticst  his  Brothers 
of  his  %'nhallowcd  Chappell  of  BaninKXtonc  (as  all  our 
men  of  the  wcsteme  parla  of  FIngland  do  know  by  deare 
experience  to  the  smart  of  their  piinies')  tlien  tliesc  merry 
Burgomaisters  of  i>aint  Getcert  vse  to  doe." 

J.  O.  JIalmwell. 

CoMMO!f  Law. — The  term  "  Common  Law  '*  has 
lost  the  one  simple  and  grand  »gniiication  which 
it  formerly  had.  Its  use  is  rendered  ambi;;uous 
in  consequence  nf  the  variou.4  wnys  in  wliii'h  it 
ma^'  be  employed  according  to  the  objects  with 
which  it  is  contrasted.  It  is  found  in  the  follow- 
ing senses :  — 

1.  As  the  Ux  mmteripta  (i.  Black.  ^^1)  ;  '2.  As 
the  antithesis  of  equity  (Step.  Comtn.  i.  81,  et 
jffffir.),  and  according  to  Wharton  {Law  Diet.  art. 
"Common  Law"),  as  the  antithesis  :).  of  tlic 
civil  and  canon  law,  and,  4.  of  the  lex  merca- 
toria. 

The  reason  assigned  by  Coke  (Co.  Lift.  142,  a.) 
for  the  firtit  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, 
his  bodr,  fame,  and  life  also." 

Stepncn  says  {Comm.  i.  82),  that  the  wonls  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- 
]>arcd  with  that  which  is  of  immemorial  antiquity, 
and  equity  being  of  considerable  later  birth  than 
some  of  the  earhcr  parts  of  the  statute  law. 

May  not  the  term  in  its  primary  signification 
rather  derive  its  force  from  tlie  fact  that  it  repre- 
sents the  general  customs  or  maxims  commonly 
employed  in  the  administration  of  justice  through- 
out  the  nation  ?  What,  lastly,  is  the  connection 
between  the  term,  and  my  2nd,'  3rd,  and  4th  mean- 
ings ?  Wynne  K.  Baxter. 


<Skntxixi. 
THOM.VS  IIOLDEII:  CAFrAlX  TOHIK  ilOLDEI!. 
Thomns  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  ndiiercnts, 
Anne  Lady  Savile  and  Sir  Alarmaduke  Lang- 
dale  (afterwardh  Lord  Langdale).  On  the  very 
<lay  the  latter  was  overtlirown  in  Lancashire  by 
Cromwell  (Aug.  17,  1648),  Thomas  Holder  was 
seized  by  some  of  Skipiion's  soldiers  near  the 
£xch:in^^e  in  London.  lie  was  fur  some  time  con- 
fined in  Petre  House  in  Aldcrsgatc.  In  October, 
Windsor  Castle  is  named  as  the  place  of  his  cap- 
tivity. Subsequently  he  was  imprisoned  in  or 
near  Whitehall,  and  made  his  escape  from  a 
house  of  office  near  the  riyer  on  the  day  fol- 
\ow'mg  tlie  king's  decqiitation. 


At  a  later  date,  Prince  Rupert  hid  a  secretary, 
whme  name  was  Holder,  and  who  appears  to 
have  been  a  Roman  Catholic,  but  it  ii  uncertain 
whether  Thomas  Holder  were  the  man.  The 
compiler  of  the  Index  to  the  third  yoloine  of  the 
Claretulon  State  Papers,  calls  Rupert's  lecrctary 
WiUiam  Holder,  although  I  can  find  no  uitttority 
whatever  for  so  designating  him. 

Thomas  Holder  and  Benjamin  Johnson  gave  a 
certificate,  dated  St.  Sebastian,  April  4, 1660.  a» 
to  the  services  at  sea  of  one  John  Synnott,  and 
on  May  II,  1661,  Thomas  Holder  certified  as  to 
the  assistance  he  had  received  from  Sir  TIinin3> 
Prestwich  and  Clement  Spelman  in  nt^otiatinv 
the  late  king's  transactions  in  1648  with  Lord 
Langdale  to  bring  in  the  English  of  the  kings 
jMirty  to  join  with  the  Scotch.  In  1661  he  also 
occurs  as  governor  of  the  African  company,  and 
in  1663  as  its  treasurer.  In  or  about  lD7I,'vhen 
he  is  termed  auditor-general  to  the  Duke  of  York, 
he  made  a  communication  on  the  aubject  of  his 
negotiations  with  Charles  I.,  Lady  Savile,  Sir 
Marmnduke  Lsngdale,  and  John  Barwick,  to  t\w 
brother  and  biographer  of  the  latter. 

The  late  Mr.  Eliot  Warburton,  in  that  un- 
methodical and  almost  useless  compilation  which 
he  was  ])leased  to  term  "  Index  and  Abstract  of 
Correspondence  "  appended  to  the  first  voiume  of 
his  Memoirs  of  Prince  Rupert  and  the  Ceraliert 
(pp.  536,  537),  abstracts  ei^ht  letters  to  Priace 
Kufiort  from  Job  Holder,  in  1650.  Iliey  are 
<lated  Heidelberg,  July  25 ;  Aug.  1, 8,S6;  S^t.  I, 
Oct.  7, 14 ;  and  Paris,  Dec.  3. 

In  Mr.  Warburton's"ChronoIofficalCataloguc" 
(which  is  even  more  absurd  and  nnaiAisfartory 
than  his  Index  and  Abstract),  1  find  mentum  of 
the  following  letters  to  Prince  Rupert  from  Holder 
(no  Christian  name  given) :  Paris,  Dec.  S,  I6JS  : 
Heidelberg,  July  25;  August  1,  8,  26  ;  Sept.  1, 
Oct.  7, 14;  Nov.  20,  1654. 

Mrs.  Grecu  thus  abstracts  tiro  documents  in 
the  State  Paper  Oflice :  — 

"IGGO.  July  14.  [WhitchalLl  Petition  of  Tohie  Holder 
to  the  King,  fur  tlie  Itogistrarship  in  Causea  of  Instance 
and  Ex  OlHcio  under  the  ChancoUor  of  the  Archbnhop 
of  York,  or  for  some  other  place.  Has  served  thnxigh 
I  the  War,  in  I.<ird  Langdalc's  affair,  at  Brest,  under  Prum 
I  Itupert,  &c.,  and  has  now  only  debts  Itlt.  With  kAt. 
ence  thereon  to  tho  Biithops  'of  ¥.\y  and  Salisbury-."— 
Cat.  J)om.  Stair  Papers,  C.  II.  i.  119. 

**  KiCU  ?  Account  of  the  services  done  by  CapC  Tub. 
Holder  during  the  Civil  Wars,  as  an  officer,  as  seentair 
to  Lord  I^ngiiale  in  iicotland,  as  serving  under  Priia 
Kupcrt,  and  then  as  messenger,  for  which  iBa  King  pio* 
miscd  him  a  kindnesH  when  he  was  reatwcd." — Ibiii,  458L 

Now,  I  8us{iect  tluit  Capt.  Tobie  Holder  ii  the 
person  whom  Warburton  calls  Jah  Holder,  fbr 
Tttb.  might  bo  easily  misread  as  JSsA,  and  in  ooe 
of  the  letters  which  Mr.  Warburton  hm  ■hUraoldl 
is  an  allusion  to  a  letter  wkk^  tha  wHtm  M 
received  fnna  l^r  MamMdnkt  X 


20,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Additional  inforaiation  about  either   Thomas 
Holder  or  Capt.  Tobie  Holder  is  much  desireij. 

s.  y.  R. 


AiXBOBD  PxuGiABiSM. — TIieBeT.  Richard  Ja;;n, 
M.  A.,  published  a  volume  of  pleasing  poems,  cfaivtly 
written  about  the  middle  of  the  last  ci.-nturr, 
which  Chalmers  has  reproduced  in  his  Works  of 
the  English  PoeU,  vol.  svii.  Mr.  Jugo,  in  the 
work  uluded  to,  has  an  elegy  entitled  "The 
Blackbirds,"  which  no  sooner  appeared  than  the 
manager  of  the  Bath  Theatre  claimed  it  as  baring 
been  writfen  bj  him.  This  impertinent  assump- 
tion gave  rise  to  a  controversj  with  much  excite- 
ment in  fiatb.  Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  «o 
ftr  enlighten  me  as  to  ^iive  me  a  reference  to  par- 
ticulars of  this  dispute  ?  Z. 

Cbowe  Field.  —  In  a  paper  dated  June,  1642, 
mention  is  mode  of  a  "  conduit  near  Crowe 
Field,"  in  the  parish  of  St.  Martin's-in-the-Fields. 
In  what  part  of  the  parish  was  Crowe  Field  ? 

F.  S.  Merbtwbjltiieb. 

Customs  m  Scotlahd.  —  In  the  Memoirt  of 
Lord  Longdate,  Bentley,  1852, 1  find  the  following 
passage  (vol.  i.  p.  55)  :  — 

*'  Being  in  Scotlaod,  I  ought  to  tell  yoa  of  Scotch 
customs;  sod  reallv  thoy  bare  a  chtrmiog  one  on  this 
occasion,  u  you  will  say  (he'is  writing  of  the  first  day 
of  tti«  New  Year).  Whether  it  is  meant  as  a  furewdl 
cwenioay  to  tbe  old  one,  or  an  intrtxliiction  to  the  New 
Year,  I  can't  tell ;  but  on  tbe  31st  of  December,  tlniost 
everyboily  liave  either  parties  to  dine  or  sup.  The  com- 
pany, almost  entirely  consisting  of  young  people,  wait 
together  till  twelve  o'clock  strikes,  at  which  time  every 
one  begins  to  move,  and  they  all  fall  to  work— at  what? 
Why,  kiaaing.  Each  male  ia  successively  locked  in  pure 
Flatonic  embrace  with  each  female;  and  after  this  grand 
ceremony,  which,  of  coarse,  creates  infinite  fun,  they 
separate  and  go  home.  This  matter  is  not  at  all  cnnfined 
to  these,  bat  wherever  man  meets  woman,  it  is  the  par- 
ticular privilege  of  this  hoar.  Tbe  common  people  think 
it  necessary  to  drink  what  they  call  hot  pint,  which  ton- 
t^a  of  itroDg  beer,  whiskey,  eggs,  &c^ — a  most  horrid 
cofDpoaition ;  as  bad,  or  worse,  as  that  infamous  mixture 
called  fy'Oiu,  which  the  English  people  drink  on  Good 
Friday. 
"  Give  a  conjecture  aboat  the  origin  of  this  folly." 

The  letter  from  which  this  (s  an  extract  is 
(igncd  Uenry  Bickersteth,  and  dated  Edinburgh, 
Jan,  Ist,  1802. 

I  >lo  not  know  that  the  question  he  asks  as  to 
•*  the  origin  of  this  folly  "  has  ever  been  answered  ; 
and  I  havL'  doubts,  knowing  something  of  Scot- 
land, whether  this  custom  was  universal  or  even 
'^neral.  I  am  curious  to  ascertain  whether  it 
has  prevailed,  ami  also  what  is  the  composition  of 
Jig-one,  and  among  what  portion  of  the  English 
jMfOpIo  it  may  have  been  u«ed.  It  is  entirely  new 
to   me.      Was   it  af    •  j   term   for  some 

ah'  liim  in  sed  alcoholic  li- 

1  nwn  idents  of  the  law, 


when  Lord  Luti^dale  was  himself  a  student,  and 
entitled  to  subscribe  himself,  ns.  in  the  letter  fi-om 
which  I  have  quuled^  Henry  Bickersteth  f 

T.  B. 

DiuBT  Morro.  —  On  the  tomb  cf  Kenelm 
Digby  at  Stoke  Dry  Church,  Rutland,  is  his  coat 
of  arm?,  and  this  tnottn  (1591)  —  "None  bt*t 
one  {nnl  que  mil)."  Can  you  suggest  any  solu- 
tion, as  I  have  never  heard  it  explained? 

PaiLir  AuoBET  Audzjey. 

EniaMA. — Are  there  any  naturalis-ts  among  the 
readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  that  can  solve  the  following 
enigma?  — 

"  Qoinqno  sumns  fratres,  sub  eodem  tempore  nati, 
Itini  liarbati,  sine  crine  creati, 
Quintus  habet  barbam,  sed  tameo  diroidiatam." 

A  Wykehamist. 

Gaelic  MixuscatPT.  —  Can  any  reader  of 
"  N.  &  Q."  furnish  infurination  as  to  the  present 
place  of  deposit  of  the  MS.  here  described?  I 
quote  from  the  Dean  nf  Lismorp's  book  edited  by 
Rev.  ThnnjBS  Jf'Lauchlan  and  William  F.  Skene, 
Esq.,  p.  xlii. ;  — 

"  Mr.  Doiiald  Mnciotosh,  the  Keeper  of  the  Highland 
Society's  MSS.,  in  bis  Itat  of  MSS.  then  existinc  in  Scot- 
laud  in  1806,  mentions  that  '  Atr.  Matheeon,  of  Fcmaig, 
had  a  paper  MS.  written  in  the  fioman  character,  and  in 
an  ortboigrapby  like  that  of  tbe  Dean  of  Lismore,  con- 
taining songN  and  hymns,  torn*  by  Dishop  Careswdl.' 
This  MS  has  not  been  recovered." 

K.  P.  D.  E. 

Gbeek  Custom  as  to  IIobseb,  —  In  the  early 
part  of  the  (Clouds  of  Aristophanes  (line  32},  tbe 
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,  first  letting  him  roU  on  the  aatid„"  This 
custom  is  kept  up  in  Italy  to  the  present  day. 
I  have  often  seen  the  vetturini  take  the  hamau 
off  after  a  long  journey,  and  the  horses  would 
directly  walk  down  to  the  seaside  and  roll 
in  the  sand  tor  a  (oiig  time,  and  seem  to  enjoy 
it  thoroughly.  The  practice  was  said  to  be 
most  healthy  for  thera,  particulnrly  to  keep  off 
renal  diseases.  I  mention  this,  tirst,  as  some 
doubt  lias  been  thrown  on  the  meaning  of  the  pas- 
sage, which  docs  not  certainly  commend  itself  to 
English  horsekeepers  at  first  hight ;  and  next,  to 
aak  if  it  be  in  use  anywhere  else  than  in  Southern 
Europe?  A.  A, 

Poets'  Corner. 

Hkbodotus. — In  nn  article  on  tbe  Pyramids,  in 
the  September  number  of  Blackwood's  (p.  348,  b.), 
the  writer,  who  is  speaking  of  the  history  of 
IlerOilotu.",  says  :  "those  same  travels  were  hon- 
oured through  all  Greece  with  the  names  of  the 
Nine  Muses.*' 


iSlkBUiAa 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3»*&T< 


Tt  seems  to  me  that  this  is  spetikinjr  too  poin- 
tively  of  a  matter  which  is.  at  leapt,  doubtful.  It 
is  ceriainly  not  ia  nccordftnoe  with  the  views  of 
the  best  scIioIms.     Kenrick  says  :  — 

"  Tt  i«  not  probnble  tb«t  it  (the  hiatorv)  had  oripin»lly 
tiillier  a  ii^rncral  title,  or  diviitian  iutii  books;  the  present 
orruiigement,  which  in  ptrhapa  the  work  of  the  Alexao- 
ilridii  grammarians,  !K)metimes  interniptitig  the  coD- 
aexion  of  the  particles.  .S«e  the  close  of  Iho  Mvcnth 
book,  and  the  commencement  of  the  eighth,  sod  th« 
cloae  of  thtt  eighth  and  commencement  of  the  ninth: 
where  t^ir  and  it  are  sepamled  from  «ach  other  .... 
From  Lucian  ("IIerod»tua  s,  Aelion"  4,  117,  «xi.  Bfjv.) 
it  h  evident  that  the  name  of  tho  Mttavs  witn  commonly 
applied  to  the  books  of  the  hiMory  in  his  time  (A.n.  160) 
....  The  ancient  critics  and  srholiaals  cite  them  hy 
the  nnmber."  —  The  Enpt  of  Htndotutt  London^  1*41, 
p.  1-2. 

I  send  tJiis,  i;ot  in  any  spirit  of  fault -finding, 
but  with  the  hope  of  L-liuitinj;  further  discussion 
of  this  interesting  question.  Duhlniann,  I  believe, 
does  not  mention  it,  except  to  pnsttione  its  con- 
sideration (p,  27  of  Cox's  translation). 

J.  C.  LlNDSAT. 

St  Paul.  Minnesota. 

Ikcuoaw  :  RcrrobCiA.  —  1.  By  what  name  is 
RuiTolcia,  a  castle  of  the  Braces,  mentioned  in 
Byraer' s  Faedtra,  now  known  ? 

2.  I  lately  observed  the  name  of  "  Incbgatv** 
given  to  a  barony  in  Fife  —  "The  Barony  and 
tower  of  Inchfjaw."  Should  not  the  name  be 
InchgBrtw,  or  Game.'  (a  small  island  in  the  Frith 
of  Forth).  If  80,  how  came  that  island  to  be 
styled  a  barony  P  S. 

IjtQvisinoiia   VBBSDS    Visit ATtoss.  —  Robert 

Lord  de  Lisle  of  Rougemont,  only  surviving  son 
of  John  fjord  de  Lisle,  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Or«ler  of  the  Garter,  and  his  wife  Elirabelh  de 
Ferr^rn,  is  representee!  by  an  inquisition  as  having 
died  unmarried,  his  sister  Elixabetli,  wife  nf  Wil- 
liam Lord  Aldeburgh  of  Harewood,  co.  York, 
bein^  his  sole  heir. 

According,  however,  to  a  pedigree  which  tx!- 
cnrs  in  the  Visitation  Book  of  Somersetahire, 
anno  1623,  he  had  a  son  William  seated  nt  Water- 
ferry,  CO.  Oxon,  from  whom  a  lineal  descent  is 
given  down  to  George  Lisle  of  Oonrpton  Dom- 
▼ille,  in  the  former  county.  I^ord  de  Li»le  «lic«i 
in  the  year  1399  ;  hia  siller  Klizabeth  inktnfed  all 
hisestarefiwith  the  exception  of  ei^'hly-eix  kni^rhta' 
fees,  of  which  the  crown  wmj  in  poeseasion  m  tha 
time  of  his  death,  and  whtvh  it  was  safiered  to  re- 
tain afterwards. 

The^c  circiirr-f "Tr.ul<l  seem  to  tndrcate 

Accuracy  as  to  iL.  ii,  and  error  in  respect 

of  the  entry  in  tin:  <  i-naDon  Book.  Is  the  dis- 
CnpUtCj  SUJcepliblc  uf  any  other  intcrprctntioti  ? 

llii'rKva* 

Maiit  MattTKM  publiafaed  a  volame  of  poetry 
rntder  the  tillif.  Forms  tm  Sioertd  Ocmntmt,  Om, 


London,  1733.    Who  was  this  lady  ?    And 

did  :ihe  reside  ?  Eowako  ILut.ataaftr 

Martih. — Can  you  refer  me  to  anv  infonni 
respecting  the  family  of  Martin  of  Alrcaford  ' 
in  the  county  of  Eatex  ?  F.  S. 

MooxE. — Arroa  :  Arg.  6  linns  rampairt  rerl,  1^ 
2,  and  1.  These  arms  arc  upon  old  plate,  whiieh 
formerly  belon^jed  to  Dr.  Mordccai  Moore,  iHhs 
married  Debor.ih,  daujibter  of  Tbomaa  Llojrd,  tkm 
6rst  Governor  of  Pennsylvania.  Ciin  the  fomSj 
of  Dr.  Moore  be  identified  ?  St.  T. 


A  rBW  QOSBIBS  WITH  QtlOTATIOKS 

L  Where  can  I  get  an  acm^unt  of  tho  ongta  of 
kissing  the  Pope's  toe  or  slipper? 

2.  Which  of  the  Latins  is  it  who  spoke  <£**am* 
dying  often  in  the  death  of  our  fticnda  IhI 
children  "  ? 

3.  Who  is  the  cardinal  referred  to  in  the  lU- 
lowing?  "As  that  proud  curdinAl  in  GenoSOT 
said,  '1  confess  the$ic  things  that  Luther  find*  fmm 
with  are  naughty ;  but  shall  I  yield  to  a  hatt 
monk  ? ' " 

4.  Who  i.<!  the  bishop  spoken  of  here  ?  "It  w 
a  worthy  work  of  that  reverend  Usbop  that  Mi  oat 
in  a  treatise  all  the  de'lvurances  that  bavo  boaa 
frtim  popish  conspiracies  from  the  beginniac  of 
Queen  Elizabeth's  time  to  this  present'*  (163^? 

5.  Where  do  these  paaaages  occur  in  XofJUr 
tine  ?  ( 1 )  Qituftu*  domtu  stM,  $%.,  evrrv  mxn  is  a 
stranger  in  his  own  house.  (2)  "Wlje-a  tbere 
is  contention  between  brethren,  witae«us  are 
brought,  but  in  the  end  the  words  of  tbe  will  of 
the  dead  man  is  brought  forth,  and  tbeoe  dotv> 
mine ;  so    .     .     .     ." 

6.  Who  is  "  the  chief  papist "  of  this  nfarammt 
"  One  of  them,  the  chief  of  them,  a  great  aclnlai 
wilt  have  the  water  itself  [of  baptism]  to  be  tkh 
vnled  above  its  own  nature  to  confer  graco.**  If 
BelUrr-"-    -»  -re? 

7.  ^'  (then  "  is  it  who  says^Tba  prai^ 
ing  of i.ll'  is  burdensome  hearing"? 

8.  Is  it  Bernard  who  says  **  There  is  a  cbikl  of 
anger,  nnd  a  child  under  anger  "  ?     >\Ticrft? 

9.  Cyprian  saith,  ''Non  potest  seculiuB.**  Ac>, 
the  world  c^annnt  htirt  him  who  in  the  world  faaih 
God  for  hi«  protector.     Whore? 

10.  "  Y'ou  know  whose  ensign  it  is,  wl 
DeuM   nobincum    Is  better  than  5*011010  Xt 
Whoae? 

I L  "  Nihil  tam  certum^  ^'c,  nothing  is  ao 
as  that  that  i»  certain  afWr  doubting — ".    Whera  il 
this  to  be  found  ? 

£Urly  answers  wIU  very  mach  uhlige 

A  SrvDmr. 
RnaAar.^Thn  IniitlifttiAn  of  tha  Rosarr  i*  gf(^ 

(b.  1170).    .SoiBC 


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155 


early  as  the  time  of  St.  Benedict  (b.  480).  I  wish 
to  inquires  tbrough  the  mediuin  of  "  N-  &  Q.," 
whether  tbere  is  evidence  to  shuw  that  the  rcigiiry 
was  in  use  previoa<ilj  to  the  time  of  St.  Dominic? 
1  have  often  thought  that  the  beod^,  which  are 
foond  in  large  numbers  in  Anglo-Saxon  tumuli 
in  Kent  and  other  parta  of  England,  may  have 
been  used  for  rcligiouii  purposes,  and  perhaps  for 
rosaries;  if  so,  it  would  help  to  decide  the  much- 
disputed  question  an  to  whether  the  tntermeata 
were  Christian  or  Pagan. 

Alo£Bnon  Brbnt. 

Tax  Sba  op  Glass. — I  send  the  following 
beautiful  pavage  from  the  Lifra  ApotloUca  (l'2th 
edition,  p.  62),  and  should  much  like  to  know 
whether  the  idea  of  the  sea  before  tlie  throne  re- 
Jletting  evtnt$  on  earth  is  based  upon  Scripture, 
or  la&en  from  any  ancient  Father  ?  — 

I"  A  sea  before 
The  throne  ia  spread :  its  pare  stiH  glass 
Piclurtt  atttoHh  teemn  as  ihey  f  tta. 
W*ooitsshoi*, 
SbsNi.  in  lb*  boMun  of  aor  rest, 
Gud'i  kno«leUgp— mod  are  bleat  I  *' 
The  account  of  '"  the  sea  of  glaa*,"  is  of  course 
taken  from  the  Apocalypse,  and  is  a  part  of  the 
portion  of  Scripture  appointed  to  be  read  for  the 
Epistle  on  'IViniiy  Sunday  :  — 

"  And  before  the  throoe  there  was  a  tea  of  gtatt  like 
unto  cryjtal." — Kcv.  iv.  6. 

OxovfassTS. 

Sis  Jobk  Salthr's  Tomb  ard  titb  SAx.TBBa' 
CoMrAiTT.  —  The  followinj;  curious  custom  de- 
serves  enshrining  in  "  N.  &  Q."  :  — 

"  The  beadles  and  wrTaota  of  the  worsbiplul  Companr 

oTSsUera  are  •■■  - -^  EHvine  Service  at  .St.  Magnna'a 

Cbnrch.   Lor  pnrBsant    tu   the  will  of  Sir 

John  Salter,  ».  ,  th»  ywir  1605,  and  wq»  a  grod 

baoafartw  to  the  uut  Gunpanj ;  and  ordered  that  the 
baidlas  aad  servonU  ahoold  bo  to  the  caid  churcli  in  the 
fint  Wtak  in  October,  tnd  knock  apon  bis  grareatona 
with  sticks  or  staves  three  times  each  person,  and  Bay : 
*  How  do  voo  do  brother  Salter?  I  hope  voo  are  well.' " — 
AMmtal  Ay.,  Oct-  1769,  vol.  xtL  p.  187. ' 

Is  this  ceremony  still  observed?  If  not,  n  it 
known  when  it  ceased  ?  S.  J. 

A  Sbcbbt  SociHTT.  —  r  am  deairoui  of  obtain- 
ing information  reapecting  a  secret  society  that 
waB  anppraaaed  some  thirty-five  or  forty  years  ago 
m  consequence  of  prosecutions  being  instituted 
■fr&inst  its  membere.     At  the  meetings  of  this 
soviety,  the  churman  would  ring  a  bell,  at  the 
same  time  coiling  upon  the  Evil  One  ;  the  mem- 
bers th«rcapon,  m  turn,    endeavoured  to  outdo 
O06  •Bttiitt'  in  cursing  and  swearing,   and  the 
yjr*'^  V  •'  '  ^Tcas  received  u  token  of  ap' 

P'  lows.     I  underitand  that  m 

S"  > ,..  .11  Mill    '  •--  "-  i:n:ount  is  given  of 

til  :t  ion,  and  i  of  the  soiricty  i 

„     ..i;  of  your  o... -......-(8  will  be  abbf  to 

9ttr  me  with  the  name  of  the  periodical  con- 


tainin.u  the  information.     I  believe  the  members 
met  at  a  house  in  or  near  the  Strand.      C.  S.  H. 

SHBUfDAir  AiTD  Pbtss  Moorb.  —  Sheridan'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  was  the  number  of  Mr.  Peter 
Moore's  house  ?  Is  it  still  in  existence  as  in  1816, 
and  who  now  inhabits  it  ?  W.  T.  H. 

Trials  or  Akimat.s.  —  Ten  years  eince  I  read 
in  the  Journnl  des  Dibala  an  article  on  Snail- 
picking  in  the  Vineyards  in  France,  which  gare 
curious  instances  of  many  criminal  trials  in  the 
Middle  Ai/es  in  France,  with  all  the  usual  for- 
malities,  both  in  civil  and  ecclesiastical  ooarts, 
against  animals  and  insecta  which  had  done 
damage  to  man.  And,  in  a  pamphlet  published 
in  1858  by  Dumoulin  of  Paris,  and  written  by 
Mons.  Emile  Agnel,  entitled  Cvriot%ies  JudiciairtM 
et  Hiftoriqttes  du  Mnyen.  Age,  "  Proces  coatrt  let 
Anitmpu"  the  subject  is  treated  more  at  large. 

I  should  be  obliged  to  any  of  your  corre- 
sfMindciits  who  can  supply  information  on  this 
subject,  especially  if  they  can  say  if  such  trials 
ever  took  place  in  England,  and  cite  any  instances 
of  them. 

The  origin  of  the  proceedings  against  large 
animals  may  be  traced  to  the  Pentateuch.  The 
pecuniary  advantage  and  superstitious  influence 
they  plained  by  it  probably  induced  the  clergy  to 
proceed  against  snails,  locusts,  and  other  ioaecta 
in  their  ecclesiastical  Jurisdictions. 

JoHK    P.   B0XI.BA.V. 
Eetteriogham  Park,  VVymondbom*  Norfolk. 

Bdck  WHAtLBY,  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  ? 
ZACHAaiAH  Cadwaxladbr  SMrrn:. 

WoiiDBHmi,  Charactbbs. — Can  any  of  your 

renders  inform  me  where  I  can  find  a  liirt  of  all 
the  books  and  periodicals  that  have  been  publiahed 
from  the  earliest  period  to  the  present  time,  on  a 
.  History  of  the  Lives  of  Eccentric  and  Wonderftil 
Characters  ?  Also,  where  I  can  inspect  collections 
for  a  history  of  the  Eccentric  and  W^onderful 
Charncters  of  the  present  century  ?  I  should  also 
be  glad  to  know  if  any  of  your  readers  are  aware 
if  it  is  the  intention  of  any  one  to  jpublish  a  his- 
tory of  the  remarkable  characters  of  the  present 
day.  J-  H- 

Marquis  or  Wobcestbb's  "Cbwtcbt  op  In- 
vBWTioNs." — There  was  an  edition  printed  in  1748, 
and  another  in  1763.  But  where,  and  by  whom 
pritifeil,  I  cannot  ascertain.  Nor  do  I  find  any 
eililion  noticed  later  than  1825^  ollVvoiVi^^W-sc**. 
been  infonweOi  \.W\.  "^Aaasp^.  VL\mA^^  '^^xvcMs^^ 
1  about  \R50-5^. 


: 


'A 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[J»«S.y.   P«II.»r* 


Cftueririt  iott^  ^ntftncril. 

Rbgi;(ai.d  FiTzoRflB.  —  I  have  a  picture  in- 
flcrtbed  "Reginald  Fitziirae's  Cbapet."  Query 
tiie  parish  and  county  ?  A.  J.  Dumkjm. 

[Sir  Repaid  Fitzursc^  "  aoa  of  the  Bear,"  waa  one  of 
the  four  murderers  of  Tbonius  Becket.  His  father,  Richard 
Fitaurse,  become  poiaeaaed  in  the  reign  of  Stephen  of  the 
manor  of  WiUetonin  Somerxetabirp,  which  bad  deaceodod 
to  Reginald  a  few  years  before  the  murder  of  the  Arch- 
biabop  of  Canterbury.  He  waa  also  a  tenant  in  chief  in 
Nortbamptorubire,  in  tail  in  Leicestershire  {later  Nigri 
Scaccarii,  216-288),  and  waa  also  poaseasor  of  the  manor  of 
Barham  Court  in  Kent.  ( Haated'a  Kent,  iii.  755.)  The 
medjasval  tradition  is,  that  the  four  miirdexers,  atrock  with 
mnoTBe,  went  to  Borne  to  receive  the  sentence  of  Pope 
Alexander  111.,  and  by  him  were  sent  to  expiate  their 
sins  in  the  Holy  Land.  Dean  Stanley  i^Uiitorical  Mtmo- 
riait  of  CoHia-bury,  8to,  1855),  has,  however,  carefully 
traced  the  facta  of  their  lubaequent  history,  from  wbicb 
it  appears,  that  Fiteurse  ia  said  to  liave  g^e  over  to  Ire- 
land, and  there  to  have  become  the  ancestor  of  the 
M^Mabon  family  in  the  nortli  of  Ireland  — M'Mahon 
being  the  Celtic  translation  of  Bettr's  son.  On  his  flight) 
the  estate  which  be  held  in  the  Island  of  Thaoet,  Barham 
or  Berham  Court,  lapsed  to  his  kinitraan  Robert  of  Berham 
— Berham being^asit  would  seem,  the  English,  as  M'Mahon 
waa  the  Irish  vertioo,  of  the  name  Fitzurse.  His  estates  of 
WilletoD,  in  Somenetabire,  be  made  over,  half  to  the 
Knights  of  St.  John  the  year  after  the  murder,  probably 
in  expiation —  Iho  other  half  to  his  brother  Robert,  who 
built  tlio  chapel  of  WUleton.  This  probably  is  the  chapel 
of  which  our  correspondent  poasesaea  a  picture.  The  de- 
scendanU  of  the  family  lingered  for  a  long  time  in  the 
neighbourhood  under  the  same  namev  successively  c«r- 
ruptcd  into  Fitzour,  Fisboar.  and  Fisher.  lltU  Collin- 
toa^s  Somertelfkire,  iiL  487.] 

WiLUAM  DcRBAB. — Some  of  your  readers  may 
be  glad  to  reail  the  enclosed  gem  of  poetry.    Why 
is  such  a  writer  forgotten  P 
"  lite  Nychiingall  said.  Bird,  c^uhr  doltt  thou  ratf ? 
Man  may  tak  in  hit  lady  sic  lielyt. 
Him  to  fori-rt  that  hir  tic  vertcw  caif. 
And  for  lii«  hcvin  rasiaif  her  culiour  qubyt; 
lltr  goldiii  IrcHsit  hairis  redomyt, 
Uketo  Apollniei  b«Diiii  tliocht  tbiiy  sohone, 

Suid  DOcUt  him  blind  tVo  lufu  that  ia  periyt ; 
All  Lave  is  lost  bot  vponn  G<k1  allone." 

Tht  Twa  Lhw,  St.  X,  ed.  I78*i,  by 
W.  Dunbar,  circa  1&05. 

EowABD  II.  Kkowub. 
WilliAni    Duubar,    "the  darling   of   the 
y  -,"  as  be  has  bwn  termwl  by  Sir  Walter 

Sicoii.  !  '  '  .  'us  tlie  homage  due 

to  the  .  il<itr$,  h (a  name  and 

fawif  't  >"    1  \<iiai  r.' 'I ijmi:,  (luring  thn  period 

from   1  Mr    luvid    I.yn<laay   mentions    him 

mm^ttg  ■■'•  '''''ea*e«l)  to  lh«  year  1724,  when 

*omt  9f  I'tiblishctl  by  Allan  RanuMy  ^n 


Tht  Everyrten.  A  considerable  part  of  the  vn1ui 
titled  Antitnt  ScoUUh  Potmr,  published  by  Lonl 
in  1770,  Is  occnpied  with  poems  by  Dunbar, 
complete  collection  of  bis  Poems  waa  publiabed  b; 
David  Laing,  2  vola.  Edinburgh.  1834,  with  NoUa 
Memoir  of  bis  Life.  "  If  any  misfortune,"  remar 
Laing,  "  bad  befallen  the  two  nearly  coeval  raanoaofpl 
collections  of  Scottish  poetry  by  Bunnatyne  and  Mail- 
land,  the  great  chance  is,  that  it  might  have  been  vtmre^j 
known  to  posterity  that  such  a  poet  as  Dunbar  bail  evrr 
existed."  (Vol  i.  p.  5.)  In  Mr.  Laing's  edition  the  pom 
quoted  by  our  correspondent,  "  The  Twa  Luvca,"  is  en- 
tilled  "  The  Merle  and  the  NychlingailL"  It  ia  writUw 
as  an  apologue,  between  two  binls,  the  Merle  or  Black- 
bird, and  the  Nightingale.] 

Pope  asd  CBB8TEBruu.D.  —  In  Coxtonsoaf,  L 

136,  it  is  written  :  — 

"Pope,  in  the  graceful  epigram  which   comitlioMMi 
Chesterfield,  had  said  — 

"  Accept  a  miracle ;  instead  of  wit. 
See  two  dull  lines  by  Sunbope's  pencil  wiJt." 

Am  I  right  in  doubting  whether  this  epigrmm  ii 
correctly  ascribed  to  Pope  ?  and  if  I  am  so,  will 
some  one  kindly  say  where  eLie  it  is  to  be  ioaodf 
Hail  it  not  its  origin  at  a  meeting  of  the  Kit-CiC 
Club,  and  what  is  the  story  ?  H.  W.  TL  . 

United  Arts  Clnb. 

[This  epigram  ia  attributed  to  Pope  by  John 
in  his  amusing  work,  Rtenrds  of  mn  Li/a,  16SS«  i. 
He  says :  "  Pope  roanifuled  his  ofiinion  of  Lord 
field  by  the  following  couplet  on  using  hia  lorUUf'« 
pencil,  which  ougbt  to  hare  been  included  in  the  poal'a 
works :  — 

'  Accept  a  miracle ;  instead  of  wit,    , 
See  two  dull  linej  by  Stanhope's  pencil  writ,* ' 

In  T7te  Art  of  Fottry  on  a  Nno  Plan,  edited  by 
Goldsmith.  1762,  vol.  i  p.  57,  the  couplet  i=  't'  '  ■ 
bean  wriiten  by  Pope  on  a  glass  with  tins  i 
field**  diamond  pencil,  "For  my  part,"  s*s  -  w... 
«*  I  am  at  a  loaa  to  determine  whrthor  it  does  mora 
to  the  poet  who  wrota  it«  or  to  the  uoblemau  for  wtti 
compliment  is  deaigmd***^ 

St.  Isbmaxi.. — In  the  county   of  Cai^v 
there  is  a  pariah  <>f  Si.  Ituhinad.     Can  you  gW« 
me  any  information  about  this  saint? 

Ckcixi  Bj.sir«. 

f  St.  Ishmaet,  or  more  correctly  Ismael,  waa  Ui*  aoa  if 
Budlc,  a  native  of  Ck>mugBllia,  ibc  wnstem  dirjaiiai  tf 
Brittany,  Ilia  mother  was  the  (ittrr  of  St.  TeUow  ax^- 
bisbop  oC  Llandatf.  St.  UhmncI  bad  two  younger  brMb«(\ 
Tyfcl,  accldwitally  slain  when  a  DhJi'  '    " 

PiMialy>  and  Oudoceus,  aflerwardi  a, 
A         '        '  •   tlie    Tjihti     ' 
.1'  ise  of  St.  I 

Ihivi'i  r,  iiii'iL-r  his  unclr  .-^t.  i.-.j-j, 
Liandaif.    St.  IihmacI  wiu  the  foin 
near  Kidwally,  (^roartbooablre,  ii>. :   ■  ■   <•  - 


Srt  a.  V.  Fib.  20,  '643 


NOTES 


>TTERTES. 


157 


Pembrokethire.  Omsult  Ric«  Rees's  Essay  nn  the  Welik 
Saihtt,  p.  252,  and  W.  J.  Rew's  Liva  of  the  Cambro- 
British  Sai)it$,  p.  406.] 

"  OmciSA  GENTicM."  —  In  what  &utIior  does 
the  phr.-ise  occur,  '*  officina  gentium,"  uppliol,  I 
believe,  to  the  numbers  of  the  northern  nations, 
whose  irruptions  orerwholraed  the  south  of  Eu- 
rope on  the  decline  of  the  Roman  Empire  ?      A. 

[Tha  phrase  occurs  in  tho  treatue  by  Bishop  Jor- 
iiAndes  Dt  Gftarum,  sine  Gotkorum,  Orient  ei  retmt  getttM, 
It  will  b«  (band  in  the  edition  of  1697,  Lugd.  Bat.  p.  11. 
(see  first  senteace  of  cap.  iv.),  and  is  employed  in  the 
sense  which  our  correspondeot  mentions:  —  "Ex  hac 
igitur  Sranjua  in«ula,  quo&i  affieina  gaUium,  ant  certb 
velut  vagina  nationum,  cum  rege  auo,"  Ac  Scanzia,  or 
the  Scandinavian  peoinsu]*,  was  formerly  deemed  an 
isJaod. 

Any  difficulty  that  has  ariaen  in  the  search  for  this 
expraaion  may  have  been  occasioned  by  its  too  frequent 
misquotation;  the  phrase^  both  remarkable,  "officina 
gebtioni "  and  "  vagina  nationum,"  having  been  jumbled 
together,  and  cited  as  "  vagina  gentium."] 

J.  Hoi.i^RD,  Opticiam.  —  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  feel  obliged  to  any  of  your 
aatronomical  readers  who  could  give  me  some  in- 
formation respecting  this  artist,  and  when  he  died. 
Was  be  the  inventor  of  a  microscopic  object- 
gliiM  which  bears  his  name  ? 

JoHH  Patik  Philltts. 

[We  have  not  been  able  to  trace  any  optician  of  the 
name  of  Holland.  May  it  not  be  one  of  tlie  telescopes  of 
the  old- established  firm  of  Doliond,  of  St.  Paul's  church- 
yard?] 

Oath   of   thb  Josobs  o?(   noMiNATma  thb 
SiLEKiFFs. — Where  is  a  copy  of  this  oath  to  be 
found  ?     It    is  adminibteix-d  in   Norman-French, 
d   Coke,   in  hia  InslittitcSy  gives  many  official 
s,  but  not  this  one.  T.  F. 

[In  the  Aw* o/  Oallu,  Loodoa,  1689,  will  be  found,  at 
V-  H,  "The  Oath  of  a  SberitT  of  a  County:  "  at  p.  123,  ! 
"  Tbe  Oath  cf  a  SherifT,"  which  appears  to  have  been  i 
Ukeit  by  the  Sheriff  of  Be<.lford  and  Berks;  and  at  p.  126, 
'*  The  Uxtli  of  the  Sheriff  of  Oxon  and  Berks,  Cambridge  | 
und  Iluntingilon."    All  three  onlbs  are  in  English.] 

MaijiT.— In  Moore'a  poem,  "The  Ring,  a  Tale,"  I 
Workt,  vol  ii.  p.  45   (ed.  1840),  stauza  43  reads 
thus:  — 

"  Now  Auatin  was  a  reverend  man 
Who  actod  wondera  trntiMt  — 
Whom  all  the  country  round  believ'd 
A  devil  or  a  saint !" 

What  is  the  meaning  of  the  word  italicised  ? 
Httlliwell  {Arch,  Diet.)  has  only  maynt=muin- 
toined.  E.  V. 

[Bailey  gives  maini  la  the  sa&ao  of  many.  Moore,  how- 
ever, very  likely  took  a  Ftcnch  adjective  fur  the  sake  of 
the  rhvmp.J 


lOUU 

■Kth 


Hrjilicif. 

PORTRAIT  OF  OUR  SAVlODR. 

(3"^  S.  V.  74.) 

I  luive  an  **  old  picture  painted  on  oak  on  a 
gold  ground,"  whicn  answers  so  exactly  to  the 
description  quoted  by  Alton,  that  at  first  It 
seemed  to  be  no  other  than  the  portrait  inquired 
for.  On  comparing  it  with  the  engraving  in  the 
Antiquarian  Repertory,  I  find  that,  although  the 
words  of  the  inscription  are  exactly  similar,  are 
written  in  gold  capital  letters  on  a  black  ground, 
and  are  set  out  in  the  .same  number  of  lines — in 
all  these  points  resembling  the  painting  deline- 
ated: tbe  division  of  the  words,  and  the  spelling, 
are  here  and  there  different.  There  is  agreement 
also  in  the  handling  of  the  subject,  and  in  the 
outline  of  tbe  features ;  but  it  is  obviously  difficult 
to  judge  of  a  likenesia  which  bos  filtered  tlirough 
•'  a  drawing  taken  by  a  young  lady  of  this  city 
(Canterbury),"  and  nn  engraving,  probably  re- 
duced in  size  from  the  original  in  order  to  suit 
the  page  of  tlie  work  in  which  it  appeared. 

I  am  assuming  that  (he  painting  in  my  posses- 
sion is  old.  Of  course,  it  may  not  be  ;  although 
1  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  the  luxury  of  paying  a 
guinea  fee  to  a  high  professional  authority  for  nis 
opinion  as  to  its  genuine  »ge.  Since  there  is  a 
possibility  that  two  paintings,  po  nearly  alike, 
may  be  of  the  same  date,  I  append  a  description 
of  mine  for  the  purpose  of  comp.irison  with  that 
from  which  the  (Irawing  was  made. 

The  panel  is  1]|  inches  high,  by9|  inches  wide. 
The  upper  space,  t>  inches  in  depth,  has  the  por- 
trait in  profile,  issuing,  os  it  were,  out  of  a  ijolden 
chief.  The  head  has  brown  hair,  thickly  Uowing 
to  the  shoulders  ;  the  no^e  and  forehead  nearly  a 
straight  line ;  the  mouth  and  dun  conspicuous, 
though  wearing  a  full  beard.  The  upper  part  of 
the  ^>dy  (shown  to  about  three  inches  below  tbe 
shoulder)  covered  by  a  red  ;^arment,  which  leaves 
the  throat  bare ;  and  has  a  hem,  ur  border,  on 
each  edge  of  which  is  ik  dotting  of  white  beadf. 
The  lower  portion  of  the  panel  is  taken  up  with 
the  legend,  contained  in  ten  lines,  as  follows  :  — 

"THIS   PIlESfcST   Fir.CliK   19   TUB 

EtMiuTi:iiK  OX  ofK  i,oni»  mv 

OUa    liAVIOVH  1>II'HINTED   IX 

AutUALM  Bv  THE  rnr.ofokBssoits ;  ov 

THB  QBBAT  TURK;  AMU  SCXT  TO  TUT. 

Fore;  imiocEJiT  the  viii  at 

THE   COST  UP  TUB  ORKAT 
TUBK   rOR  A  TOKEN    FOU  TVllS 


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NOTES  A2n>  QUERIES. 


[S">  a.  V.  PsA.  30l  -u. 


Tn  connection  with  this  gubject,  I  may  »dvert 
to  the  existence  of  (wiiat  w  described  to  me  as) 
an  excellent  old  oBgraring,  which  aIso  gives  the 
head  of  our  Saviour  La  profiJe,  with  the  followiog 
words  beneath :  — 

"  Vera  SalTalorie  nostri  effifiw  id  imiUtioncm  iiwi- 
ginia  smiiragilo  inctMP  iuwv  Tiberti  CiB*iins  qoo  anuragdo 
Postca  ox  tb«««uro  constantinopolilano  turcarvtn  im- 
peniuir  Innotrentivni  VIII  Pont-  Max:  Rom:  Domrit 
pro  Reilitnendo  rntro  chriatifliiis  Captive." 

Will  your  correspondent  pardon  me  for  saying;, 
that  one  or  two  words  in  his  extract  from  the 
ioetcription,  as  given  in  the  Repertory,  are  not 
precisely  exact ;  and  that  the  name  of  the  writer 
19  LoUity  not  "^  Lottie "  ?  I  believe  be  will,  for 
literftl  accnracy  is  one  of  the  many  uaeful  aims  of 
"  N.  &  Q."  JoHs  A.  C.  VmcMTT. 

I  have  a  picture  in  my  possession  that  I  believe 
to  be  the  one  Ano»  inquires  about.  The  portrait 
is  on  a  gold  ground,  painted  on  oak  ;  and  under- 
neath is  the  following  ioscriptioD,  in  capital 
letters :  — 

**  Thia  praaent  flffTia  is  the  similitrde  of  our  Lord 

iirr  ovre  Savior  impriated  in  amlriild  br  tlie  pradeaea* 
son  of  T-fi  great  Tvrke^  and  cent  to  the  Pom  [nnoaent 
tbe  VI 1 1,  at  the  cost  of  the  Grete  Tvrka  fat  a  tokao 
§u  thia  cawae  to  rederae  hia  brothsr  that  waa  takyn 
prasDBor." 

The  picture  baa  been  in  my  poweswon  some- 
where  about  twenty  years.  I  purcbued  it  at  tbe 
sale  of  tbe  effects  of  the  late  Mr  Isherwood  of 
Marple  Hall,  near  Stockport,  in  Cheshire,  Marple 
Hall  was  the  residence  of  the  celebrateil  President 
Bradshav,  aod  I  believe  Mr.  Isherwood  came 
into  possession  of  the  estate  through  having  mar- 
ried a  descendant  of  tbe  judge.         T.  Topbjlm. 

Gilftttaa 


T  httely  purchased,  at  an  old  print  shop,  a  print 
of  no  treat  merit  as  an  enin^Tine  ;  evidently  cut 
oot  of  a  book  or  periodical,  and  apparently  not 
more  than  thirty  or  forty  years  old,  perhaps  less. 
It  bears  the  following  inscription  :  — 

"  Tbs  only  true  lUceness  of  oar  Saviour,  taken  from 
OM  worfcad  00  a  pieca  of  tapestry  by  comniaiirt  of  Tib«- 
tvm  Caaar;  and  waa  givtn  from  (be  Trvaniry  of  Uoa- 
itaiBthM  by  ttaa  Emperor  of  tho  Turlu  to  Popa  Innocent 
VIIL,  for  the  radmapckm  of  his  braihor.  then  a  raptirc 
of  the  Chrittiana.  J,  Rokcm.  te." 

It  is  an  ovalf  set  in  a  square  frame  of  elaborate 
needlework-pattern,  9  inrh«»a  by  7.  I  have  occa- 
^i"     "  1     '      '  '  in  modem  cheap 

p'  i'>  have  met  witn 

01  iiH-    mm  in.      The   Penny 

C  -tates(5ec  VI H."  nnd  *' Ba- 

yu^...  ;,  ,uiit  the  naiJi'-  a-,  m.-  rurkiah  monarch 
wft*  Hnjazet  II. ;  and  that  of  his  brother,  Jem,  or 
7Agim.    Poor  Jem,  however,  doc«  not  appear  to 


have  been  liberated  through  this  tempting  bait  of 
tbe  holy  tapestry  ;  but  after  varied  viciasitudca,  a 
suppused  to  have  been  poisoned,  in  1495,  by  onSer 
of  Alexander  VJ.  Pwrroaia. 


batl 


MUTILATION  OF  SEPmXJHRAL  UOKUMSHia. 
(y  8.  iv.  101.) 

The  letters  in  "  N.  &  Q."  on  this  subject  han 
doubtless  impressed  yoar  readers  with  it*  tmpar^ 
ance ;  the  last  communication  from  Mb.  Pvbssv 
is  especially  interesting.  In  two  churches  tfaatl 
could  mention  every  monument  was  taken 
the  walls,  and  thrown  together,  pell-naelL 
many  of  these  were  restored  ? 

Ttiat  the  compartment  or  tablet  oootlli 
tbe  inscription  should  be  carefully  preserT«<l 
reBxed,  whilst  the  absurd  deeorationa  tfcat  ••- 
quenJiy  surround  it  should  be  abstrwsted,  I  hmm 
myself  strongly  recommended.  With  overr  fi«i» 
ing  of  respect  for  the  dead,  we  may  mreijr  Ai> 
card,  without  hesitation,  the  lamps  and  iinM»  th> 
hour-glaaaes,  weeping  cherubs,  and  other 
device*.  In  one  instance  a  monument  of  i 
able  siz.e,  and  of  surpassing  uglinaM, 
nearly  the  whole  of  a  wall  ia  a  small 
chapel,  but  notwitlMtanding  remonstrsQoe*^ 
it  hu  been  f^uffered  to  remain. 

The  Abbey  Church  of  Bath,  perhaps,  eauUim 
a  larger  number  of  tablets  and  gcaYCsCoiia  MMH^ 
tions  than  any  church  of  the  same  size  in  Sitf' 
land.  "  Snug  lying  in  the  abbey  "  seems  to  hM 
been  desired  both  before  and  since  the  daw  ot  Bah 
Acres.  A  grave  was  prepared  In  thia  church  fo 
the  distinguished  political  economist^  MaJlhua,  1W 
coffins  on  each  side  the  grave  presented  a  fcB^bl 
picture,  and  tbe  resting-place  for  this  ctn^wl 
man  could  not  have  been  obtained  but  by  tbe  ejt» 
pulsion  of  remains  that  ought  never  to  Imve  htm 
disturbed.  The  introduction  of  walled  gT«*«i; 
now  so  common  in  cemeteries,  will  do  mach  tP 
promote  decency  in  our  interments. 

The  more  correct  taste  of  the  piesaaC  daj  ii 
shown  in  T'lrKivin-r  ?Tionuments,  !»omelim««  VMt 
fabrics,  froi  =.  which  tli  T«y«r«» 

have  occuj  !_  ,  lAces  morr  tbeM. 

This  has  recently  been  done  in  some  ^♦« 

drals,  and  several  years  ago  the  tjii  th* 

pillars  in  the  nave  of  Bath  Abbey  were  r  iinnwi 
to  the  adjoining  wallt.  Two  monnmenta  to  iiiail^ 
bers  of  my  own  family,  of  the  dates  of  1706  Mid 
1707. — u  durk  period  in  the  history  of 
mental  8<?n'ptnrc, — originally  hi-'  '  *i| 

aliona  in  Coi'stcr  cathedral,  wh 
have  been  Iiackcd  and  hewn  to  r«'i-iivi>  i 
my  laat  visit  to  thnt  cathedral  I  found 
had  been  removed  to  i   '  -^lu  ait 

an  act  of  propriety  vi 
family  in  almutr  caaea  •  xu  .   >><i-'"'» 


8««^&T.  Fta.  Mytti 


NOTES  AJ^D  QTJERIE& 


159 


I  am  AiiJiious  to  pgmnrc  in  "  X.  8t  Q,"  the 
snggestictaa  of  so  emiiicni  aa  tfcbitcct  ua.  Mr.  G. 
G.  Scott,  R.At  on  a  subject  connected  witli  this 
paper.  Extensive  restorations  and  improvements 
are  contemplated  in  the  abbey  of  Bath  by  the  Rov- 
th«  Rect<ir,  and  in  Mr.  Scott's  letter  to  that  gen- 
tleman oecura  the  following  passage :  — 

"  In  ilealinj;  with  tin  floor  of  tixa  tukTe,  much  eonu'der- 
ation  will  have  to  be  girtn  to  the  existing  gravel  and 
moauuienlal  stones  which  occupy  ulincwt  ita  entire  atul 
]  should  recotnniend  a  slroitf;  stratum  of  concrete  to  be 
laid  between  the  graves  and  the  floor  throu(;houl,  an^l  all 
proper  ni'in*  fo  t>e  Isken  for  rendering  the  support  of  the 
floor  Mr"  well  as  for  preTenting  the 

poMribiii  i\i  from  the  graves.     As 

the  woti-i   ic'i'ia  11  '■■■of  the  monamcnlol 

atonei,  I  would  rci-  :  plan  of  their  posi- 

tions to  be  made;  t."[  ■  J)  the  inecriptions, 

■od>  wher<>  deaind.  bjui  plai^^  to  be  put  on  the  walls, 
coBtaininjc  the  auMiaMriptione." 

This  last  recommendation  of  Mr.  Scott's  irould 
be  impracticable,  as  there  would  be  little  if  any 
space  on  the  walls  for  brass  plates,  but  copies  of 
the  inscriptions,  with  reference  to  the  exact  spot* 
where  littft,  might  be  preserved  in  a  volume  of 
vellum  or  parchment,  protected  by  an  impregnable 
bindincr,  indexes  to  be  appended.  There  is  no 
saying  how  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.  il.  MAasxAiiD. 


WHITMOBE  FAMILY. 
(3'*  S.  iii.  509.) 

Three  pitces  in  Stafifordshire  may  have  origin- 
ated thli  US  a  family  name,  vir.  Whitmore,  near 
Newcastle- uader-Ly me;  VVetmore,  in  the  narisb 
of  Burt  on -on- Trent;  and  Wildraoor,  in  that  of 
Bobbington,  the  last  running  into  Shropshire. 
These  places,  though  distinguishable  enough  in 
modem  writing,  are  not  so  in  old  MSS.,  where 
they  are  spelt  very  nearly  alike.  There  is  no 
doubt,  however,  that  Ercleswick  was  correct  in 
hia  assertion,  quoted  by  jrour  correspondent,  that 
a  race  of  gentry,  springing  from  one  Raufe,  took 
their  name  from  the  manor  and  pariah  ol"  Whit- 
more  (iha  Witcmore  of  DoniiMuluv),  now  a  sta- 
tion 00  Uia  N.  W.  Railway.  Radulph  de  Boterel 
is  Btylwi  Gustos  de  Novo  Casteflo,  StatTord, 
15  lien.  II.,  an  office  subsequently  belil  by  Henry 
the  first  Lord  Audley.  Will,  de  Boterel,  28 
Hen.  II.,  grtmdiOQ  of  tlrulnlr.!.  marr'.o,!  Avlso  do 
Witmorf,    which   t:aBi<  n,  and 

gave  its  nrtiiir  til  liis  L'l  Mtmore, 

Dns.  deVVv  John— 2t»  Hen.  ill.     The 

two  next  gfi  i;em  tn  have  increa^ied  their 

Eopttrty   en  de   Wbvimore, 

OS  de  \Vh  s  m.,  son  and  heir 

of  the  Isat,  huidiai;  iu  i  i^u  \ii'  his  wife,  Ada  d« 


WalleshuU  "  in  vasta  forcsta  de  WalWshull,"  the 
manor  and  vill  of  Brocton  sup  Wvieinor  (the 
modern  Wildmoor),  and  his  son  Williuus  de  Wyt« 
more,  surnamed  Forcstarius,  Dns  de  Wytmore, 
45  Hen.  IH.  — 10  Edw.  I.,  holding  (I  presume  in 
right  of  his  wifu  Agnes  de  Haselwali,  who  was 
possessed  of  an  estate  in  the  neighbourhood)  land 
in  the  same  Wytimore  and  in  Burchton,  both 
being  within  the  manor  of  Claverley,  Salop.  He 
bad  likewise,  hy  yift  from  the  kinjj  (in  rt^ward,  I 
suppose,  for  his  services  in  the  WelMl*  wars)  the 
church  of  Claverley  and  its  members  Burciiton  and 
Bobiton.  It  must  be  this  Will.  (iL  Rob.  de  Whit- 
more,  with  whom  Ormerod  commences  his  pedi- 
gree of  the  Whitmoresuf  Hunstanton  in  Cbesbirft. 
The  history  of  the  Manor  near  Newcastle  be- 
come3  af\cr  this  let^s  easy  to  follow.  There  waa  a 
John,  Lord  of  Wytemore,  22, 27,  and  29  Edw,  L, 
and  Rad.  fil.  Joins  de  Whitemore,  aUa  lord,  7 
Edw.  IL  The  former  of  these  should  be  son  of 
Williatn,  according  to  Ormerod;  but  this  author 
makes  no  alIuf*ion  to  either  William  or  Joha 
being  lords  of  Whitmore,  though  he  could  hardly 
fail  to  meet  with  the  designation  in  the  public  re- 
cords. The  la)il  of  the  name  in  poasession  of  the 
manor  was  another  John  de  Whitmore,  15^-41 
Edw.  m.,  who  appears  to  have  been  a  witness 
to  the  deed  quoted  by  Erdeswick  (Uarwood's  ed. 
p.  112).  He  married  Joan,  sister,  (not  daughter, 
05  stated  by  Shaw  and  by  Harwood  from  Degge) 
of  Sir  John  Verdon,  Kt.  They  had  a  daughter 
Joan,  wife  (8—12  Rich.  H.)  of  Henry  Clerk  of 
Ruyton,  once  mayor  of  CJoventrjr ;  and  perhaps 
a  second  da<)ghter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  .James  de 
Boghay  (47  Edw.  I  IL— 16  Rich.  IL).  who  be- 
came lord  of  Whitmore,  purchasing  one  moiety 
from  the  Clerks.  In  the  Brit.  Mus.  (llarL  RuUs. 
No.  21)  there  is  a  pedigree  of  W^hitmoro  ofCaun- 
ton,  CO.  Notts,  be^iinning  with  John  de  Whitmore 
in  Com.  StoiTord,  tfmp.  Edw.  I.  and  his  son  Wm. 
de  WIuLmore,  Arm.,  and  ending  in  the  reign  of 
Elizabeth ;  but  there  is  nothing  to  show  from 
what  Staffordshire  family  they  proceeded.  They 
acquired  this  property  by  marriaue  with  the 
heiress  of  Blyton  de  Caunton,  temp,  Henry  VL 
For  particulars  of  the  localities  in  Burton  and 
Bobinzton  parishe.^,  respectively,  I  may  refer 
to  Shaw,  vol.  i.  p.  20,  and  Eyton's  Antiquitie*, 
vol.  iii.  p.  166,  171.  Blakeway  remarks  of  the 
Whitraores  of  Apley,  that  they  do  not  appear  to 
have  had  any  connection  with  the  Cheshire  family, 
"  though  the  heralds  have  given  them  similar 
arms,  with  a  crest  allusive  to  the  springing  of  a 
young  !>hoot  out  of  an  old  stock."  The  grant 
raay  be  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  the  Shrop- 
shire family  is  by  some  derived  from  Thos.  WTiit- 
tnore  of  Madeley,  near  Newcastle-under-Lyme, 
where  the  Whitmores  of  Whitmore  had  land  as 
early  as  56  Hen.  UL    Tbai*  -«'«ii  "a^  Ts.\w>.^Ni*«- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'4  8,  V,  Ft».»,' 


as  fuiling  to  bring  proof  of  his  gentilitjr,  who  rany 
have  been  the  same  person  far  advanced  in  years. 
(Harl.  MSS.  1396  and  1370;  Morant's  Essex, 
vol.  i.  p.  492.)  The  family  at  Apley  are  said  at 
this  day  to  quarter  the  differenced  coat  granted 
in  1593  to  their  ani^estor  William  Whitraore  of 
London.  The  Harl.  MS.  1457,  fol.  U%b,  as- 
cribes to  the  name  of  Whitmore,  Vert  a  fret  or, 
and  this  coat  (not  the  frctty)  I  understand  is  ac- 
knowledged by  the  College  of  Arms.  The  earliest 
recorded  coat  that  I  am  aware  of  is  on  a  seal  to  a 
deed  of  John  de  AV'hitmore,  Lord  of  Whitmore 
29  Edw.  I.  (Harl.  MS.  306) ;  and  the  same  coat 
is  ftai<l  in  the  Visitations  to  have  been  borne  by 
John  de  Whitmore  de  Tburstanton,  2.5  Hen.  VI., 
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  bis  memory  an  old  monument  in  the  church  of 
the  Holy  Trinity,  Cheater.  Orraerod  ascribes 
the  plain  coat  with  a  chief  to  Ilaselwall  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 
Butitlers,  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  dc  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,  ii;  a  small  shield  of  four 
quarters,  the  Ist  and  4ih  a  fret  gold,  the  2nd  a 
bend  sinister  charged  with  three  trefoils  slipped 
or  (for  Coyney  ?),  and  the  3rd  three  stag's  heads 
caboihcd  sa.  The  field-tinctures  are  not  dis- 
cernible, but  the  2nd  and  3rd  quarters  are  pro- 
bably lire ,  and  there  is  in  both  of  these  a  slijgbt 
branch-like  ornamentation  or  diapering.  Against 
the  dexter  side  of  the  shield  there  is  the  initial 
letter  M,  und  a^^ainst  tlie  sinister  A.  The  histury 
of  this  shit-Id  I  believe  is  unknown.  If  it  could 
be  ascribed  with  any  pri)babiiity  to  Whitmore  of 
Whitmore^  its  date  would  be  antecedent  to  the 
commencement  of  the  fillei.'nth  century,  whereas 
the  shape  (the  top  and  bottom  convex  and  pointed, 
the  sides  concave  outwards)  indicates  a  more  re* 
cent  period.  The  Whitmorcs  of  Caunton  bare 
Vert  fretty  arg.  The  Whitmore  fret  may  possibly 
have  been  borrowed  from  the  Vcrdon,  for  Theo- 
bald, the  first  Baron,  was  suwrior  lord  of  the 
manor  24  Kelw.  I.,9uccecdin}^  Nicholas  le  Uutiller. 
Your  c(irre«iHinilenl  will  find  thai  Enlcswiek  de- 
rives the  Au<lley  fret  frotn  the  Vtrdon.  And  if 
lioc8i«,  the  heiresi  of  Al vcton  (Er«lc«wick,  p.  500), 
sad  fecond   trtfc  nf  Berlraoi  de  Vcrdon,  who 


founded  Croxden  Abbey  in  1176,  was  »  Vemwn 
(as  state)]  in  Harl.  MS.  1570),  alt  the***  c-ats 
would  be  traceable  to  a  common  origin,  the  frrt 
undoubtedly  having  pertained  to  \  ertioti  froni 
the  earliest  times.  According  to  a  seal  of  " 
den  Abbey,  in  the  Augmentation  Office,  Ibis 
tram  de  Verdon  used  the  fretty  coat,  as^ 
own  descendants,  and  those  of  his  younger' 
Robert,  in  Warwickshire  and  J,,-  ■•--■ 
charpred  it  upon  a  cross.     But  tn  "4» 

of  the  family,  foundwi  by  Wm.  «..,  .  ...^^..,  Lu*- 
tram"^  uncle,  bare  a  lion  rampant;  and  tlM:i«  ii 
some  reason  to  think  that  this  was  tlie  uataao. 
bearing  of  Verdon.  Where  it  is  not  otbenriie 
sUted,  the  rolls  of  Stafford,  Salop,  Chediini, 
and  Wales  have  furnished  the  greater  porlioo  «f 
the  dates  and  other  particulars  in  these  liotaa 
The  bfjrder  luu^ls  of  West  Staffordshire  and  tW 
adjoining  counties  were  evidently  for  tLe  miMl 
part  forest  in  those  days,  and  the  local  jurisdictioa 
uncertain.  Tbc  subject  is  not  exhausted,  and  I 
should  have  added  more,  but  from  unwillingncM 
to  trespass  too  largely  upon  your  space.      SluuL. 


PSALM  XC>  0  (VULGATE  LXXXIX.  10). 

(3**  S.  v.  57,  1020 

Has  not  a  great  deal   of  linguistic  \ott 
wasted,  not  to  say  paraded,  upon  a  very 
matter  ?     Your  correspondents   have    pi 


upon  the  erroneous  tissumption  that  the  Septua* 
gint  translators  mistook  the  meaning  of  a  Hebrew 
word  meaning  tMiUtation,  and  tran^ated  it  tfUgr. 
One  correspondent  goes  learnedly  to  wi-rt,  lad 
overwhelms  us   with  a  train  of  autli  '.<<, 

Winer,  Geaenius,  Castell,  and  Heng.»i  .rA 

then  displajs  his  Syriac,  Arabic,  J  xjA 

Chaldec — all,  however,  by  means  of  ;  sat- 

iations— to  come,  first,  to  the  cxlraordinajy  ooo« 
elusion,  that  »pider  is  to  be  eousideretl  tlie 
correct  rendering  of  the   Hebrew  ;     : 
nullify   his   own    conclusion,   by   oli 
noli'-,  "  that  this  remark  of  course  imj.ut-;*  inai  a* 
the  Hebrew  word  doe»  nut  mean  a  spider,  toae 
other  word  was  originally  used." 

Another  correspondent  pronounces  the  GrMik 
and  Latin  versions  deciileijly  wnms  in  tranalaliag 
the  Hebrew  word  by  ajntUr ;  tutu  after  IbmKm 
us  a  hjarned  course  tbt•o^J••ll  Svr!  h.  Arshi.-.  am 
Chaldee,  comes  out  with  1  in 

interfirt'tiT  tni'tfink  the  H'.  i 
one  si  and  dictated  accordini 

lhc(ir  -. 

We  have  here,  then,  two  *pr 
Da1:.TO!C  8«rp"'""<    fhnf    fhi*   tr 
upon  the  ^ 
fore  them,  v. 
BtJCSTOTt   thmks    Lhut    tla^   inlciiJiclcr 


rdingtiB^ 

mu!-uolcSM 


Jrt  8.  V.  y«B.  20,  •64.] 


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161 


Hebrew  word  for  Syriac,  and  so  dictated  spider 
as  the  Dienning. 

But  is  not  the  remark  of  Calmet  the  most 
natural  and  probnblc  solution  of  the  difficulty, 
that  the  word  uicnning  a  spider^  fhouph  wanting 
now  in  tlie  Hebrew  text,  was  formerly  there  ?  I3 
it  not  most  unlilcelr,  indeed  nil  but  imposaibtc, 
that  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  meaniug 
a  spider,  while  they  transcribed  that  which  ex- 
pressed its  labour?  The  meunin^  of  the  author 
of  this  Psalm,  supposed ,  to  have  been  Moses,  is 
obvious  :  that  our  days  pnss  nwny  like  the  medita- 
tion, the  toil,  the  frail  structure  of  the  spider. 
St.  Jei-ome's  annotation  is  %vorth  attention  :  — 

"  Qiioniodo  arano*  qua  mitlit  fila,  ct  hue  illucque  clis- 
cnrrit,  et  texit  lota  die,  et  labor  quidcm  grandis  oat,  set! 
effcctUB  niillns  est :  sic  et  vita  hominutn  hiic  illucque  dl»- 
currit.  Po«ics»iones  qoR.'riinus-.  divitiiM  afiparatnas: 
procrcAmus  filioa:  laborainas;  in  ngnu  sualoUiDiiir,  ct 
omnia  fucinitu,  et  non  intelli^imut  quift  aninero  tehiin 
tfeximoa." 

F.  C.  H. 


ST.  MARY  MATFELON. 
(3'*  S.  iv.  5,  55,  411),  483;  v.  83.) 

I  now  think  thnt  I  may  have  cited  Pennaiit's 
worrls  Incorrectly ;  but  that  does  not  affect  the 
point  under  discussion,  for  my  intention  was,  not 
to  dii«pute  Pennant's  accuracy  in  reporting  the 
traditionary  version  of  the  word  "  Matfelon"  — 
which  version  I  could  not  reconcile  witli  the 
Hebrew  or  Arabic  —  but  to  suggest  another  ver- 
sion, which  I  could  so  reconcile. 

Pennant's  autbority  is  evidently  Stow  {Surrey, 
vol.  ii.).  After  aJliiJinp  to  some  conjectures  re- 
specting; the  origin  of  tin;  word,  he  says  :  "  It  wns 
a  more  probable  account  which  I  once  heard  jrivcn 
ft^^  a  reverend  minister  in  Essex  (Mr.  'VVells, 
^^Kmctime  vicar  of  Hornchurch),  that  the  word 
waa  of  a  Hebrew  or  Syrinc  extraction,  Matfil,  or 
Matfilon,  I,  e.  ohsb  nuper  enixa  est."  Stow  gives 
tLe  Hebrew  enaracters,  ami  from  them  I  per- 
ceive that  the  word  is  derived,  not  (as  I  inia- 
cined)  from  raladu,  but  from  ta/ala,  I  do  not 
find  thiit  the  word  in  the  sense  mentioned  by  Stow 
survives  in  Hebrew ;  but  in  Arabic  the  root  im- 
plies '^to  boar  aninfmii"  whereas  I  had  supposed 
It  to  mean  "■  ■  '■-  'Id  or  a  ton."  Mutjil, 
Mntjil,  or  jV  s  either  secum  habent 

injuuteiiiy  or/.. ,,.,.^ i„a,  which  may,  1  sup- 
pose, be  rentlert'd  near  tit  roncfptinn,  one  who  will 
»ooH  cotifeirt.  fJe«ide*,  ns  the  root  {tafalt)  ha- 
gin9  with  the  letter  /,  the  difTcront.  although 
[  aunilar  letter  /  which  form.s  the  filth  conjugation, 
^Eb^  coalesce  with  it,  and  the  ttnrd  may  belong  to 
HBm  conjugation;  and  the  leading  idea  of  the 
W  fifth  C0Djug«tion  i«,  afftctaiion  0/  the  action  im* 


plied  hy  the  root.  This  may  include  the  idea  of 
bein^  promised,  proposed,  or  set  forth  as  one  who 
woum  fulfil  the  object  of  the  root,  and  therefore 
thia  conjufration  very  nearly  resembles  the  inde- 
finite Latin  future  in  rut.  There  is  another 
meaning  of  the  root  which  seems  to  support  my 
conjecture.  It  sigitifics  the  later  evening,  the  time 
immediately  before  suuset;  and  St.  Mary's  is 
fitly  symbolized  by  the  eve  which  precedes  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  Chartrcs)  a  dedication  "  Vir- 
gini  PariturtB  "  would  be  unknown,  and  not  easily 
expressed  in  English.  Jas.  H£t?ioi.ds. 

St.  Mary's  Hospital. 

In  reply  to  J.  R.'s  retjuest  to  be  supplied  with 
examples  of  the  softening  or  omission  of  the 
letter  d  (and  without  reference  to  previous  com- 
munications under  this  head,  which  I  have  not 
seen),  I  would  mention  Moladah  (rTip'^t^),  a  city 
of  Eouthcra  Palestine  (Josh.  xv.  26),  which  was 
softened  by  the  Greeks  into  ViJ^KaBa,  was  further 
modified  by  the  Romans  into  Moleathia  and  Mo- 
leaha,  and  m  the  modern  Arabic  nomenclature  of 
the  country  appears  as  Milh.  K.  W. 

Hutton  (vol.  ii.  p.  406)  very  prudently  says: — 
•*  Why  the  won!  Matfellon  was  added  is  unccr- 
t-ain  ;  but  the  church  was  called  Whitech.ipel  as 
being  formerly  a  chapel  of  case  to  Stebunheath." 
The  derivation  of  the  word  from  the  Hebrew  is 
too  fnr-fetchod  a  solecism  to  carry  any  weight. 
The  word  Mntfelton  is  old  English,  and  the  name 
ol'  the  black  knapweed,  the  heads  of  which  are 
still  used  :i9  a  tonic.  Lovell  spells  it  Matcriilon, 
otherwise  Matrefillon ;  and  the  monks  of  Bury- 
St.-Edmunds  used  Vedervoy,  Matfelon,  and  Mog- 
worte  (feverfew,  knapweed,  and  wormwood)  as 
ingredients  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  Grove,  or  Briers,  is  the  name  of  a  church  at 
Halifax.  Hinton-in-thc-Hedges  is  a  pariish  in 
Northnnts;  Thistleton,  in  Rutland;  Nettlebed, 
Oxon ;  Flax  Bourton,  Somerset ;  Mychurch, 
Kent;&c. 

Mackekzik  E.  C.  Walcott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 


Oy  WIT. 

(y*  S.  v.  30,  82.) 

In  addition  to  the  illustrations   of  tbi»  word 
already  published,  perhaps  the  following  more  ex- 
tended etymological  vtv<\\vvt^  ■«»a.'>j  ■R^avNaw.^'E' <».$*. 'sS. 
iutereal ; — 


16S 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[SM&V.  Fbii.20.  "C^. 


The  ultimate  radical  to  which  the  word  can  be 
traced  is  the  Sansk.  vid^  2nd  conj.  Parasmai.  In 
inflexion  it  becomes  gunatcd,  as  "vedmi,  retsi, 
Tetti."  According  to  Bopp,  its  primitive  signifi- 
cation  is  "yidero,"  indc  1,  percipure,  sentire; 
2,  cognoicere,  comperire ;  8,  scire ;  4,  nossc,  no- 
tioncm  habere ;  5,  putorc,  arbitrari.  Causative : 
'facere  ut  quis  sciat ;  certiorem  fncere ;  nuntiare — 
mdicare.  The  Ved-aa  were  the  sacred  bookH  of 
knowledge. 

In  Greek  it  becomes  1B-w,  Mm,  having  lost  the 
digamma.  Here  it  signifies  to  sec,  discern,  per- 
ceive, fiSor,  that  which  is  seen,  shape,  form,  image, 
flSwAov,  idol. 

In  Ijatin  we  have  the  original  root  in  vid-'eo, 
with  the  same  meaning,  branching  out  into  nu- 
merous dcrivatires  :  in  Lithuanian,  weizd-mi,  toeid- 
at;  Slavonian,  ^Ve{-fiit,  vid-jati;  Erse,/)^,  science, 
knowledge. 

In  the  Teutonic  tongues  it  is  very  prominent 
and  prolific. 

Gothic,  vit-an,  or  veit-an^  to  know,  be  conscious 
of;  vit'Othj  the  law;  Old  Low  Ger.,  vit'tif  vit-m; 
Old  Frisian,  wit-tL,  wut-a ;  Swedish,  vet-a,  vit-ne ; 
Danish,  vid-e,  vidne ;  IIolL,  wet-en. 

In  High  German  the  tenuis  "  t "  of  the  Low 
German,  and  the  medial  "  d  "  of  the  classical  is 
chanffed,  according  to  Grimm's  law,  into  "  s,"  which 
itands  for  the  aspirate,  and  the  root  becomes  wis : 
ww«en,  to  know;  weis-en,  to  duraonstratc;  weiss, 
certain,  true,  ge-wiaa.  Anglo-Saxon,  lot'^un,  to 
know;  wit^  Icnowludgc;  wit-ig,  skilful  (witty); 
wU-ga,  a  seer ;  witena-getwt,  the  assembly  of  wise 
men;  a-wiht,  aught;  wtA/,  or  hwit  (whit),  any 
thine  that  can  be  seen,  however  small. 

Ine  correlation  of  seeing  iukI  knowing  is  shown 
in  the  various  translations  of  the  following  pas- 
sage, Slatt.  ix.  4:—  Greek,  iSiiy  ris  Muniiatts 
mnmy;  Latin,  "et  cum  vidisaei  cngitationes  eo- 
rum ; "  Gothic, "  vitanda  thos  mitonins  izc ; "  Ang.- 
Sax.,  ^^geaeah  heore  cethanc ; "  German,  "ihre  ge- 
danken  «jAe;"  Wicliffe,  "whanuc  he  had  aeen 
their  thougtcs;"  Authorised  Y.,  ^*  knowing  their 
thoughts." 

Another  class  of  words,  there  is  every  reason  to 
believe,  has  sprung  from  the  some  radical  idea. 
Weiaa  in  German  meant  originally  both  "certain" 
and  '♦  true,"  and  white  or  bright  colour,  a  relation 
which  is  equally  found  in  all  the  Teutonic  tongues. 
A.8.,hieite;  Franc,  wiz;  OldGcr.,  Aww;  Gothic, 
weit;  Belg.,  iotV;  O.  L.  G.,  hvitr;  O.  Sax,  Aai^- 
Swed.,  hwitt;  Dan.,  hviid;  IIoll,  wit.  Wuchter 
says,  sub  voc,  "  sapi(  originem  a  wiasen  '  vidcre,' 
quia  alba  sunt  maxime  cunspicua."  Again,  "  Pro- 
prie  autem  est  perspicuua  a  wiaaen  '  cernere,'  ct 
dicitur  de  certo,  quia  prisci  mortulus  ea  certa  ct 
vera  putabant,  qua  in  ocolos  incurrerent."  Com- 
pne  Greek,  Ametft,  from  xi^mn*,  to  we ;  Lat., 
Mr«M,  from  esrao,  to  pexonve. 

WavartTM^  near  Liverpool.  J.  A.  Fktcm. 


On  un  inscription  in  Stanford  Church,  Worcci»- 
tershire,  to  the  Right  lion.  Thomas  Winnington, 
written  by  Sir  Charles  ilanbury  Williams  about 
1747,  the  word*' witty"  is  plawd  i^parently  in 
opposition  to  *'  wise"  : — 

"  Near  hLi  paternal  seat  here  buried  lies 
Tho  grave,  the  g«y,  the  witty,  and  the  wiae." 

TaOHAS  E.  WlSVlSQTOK. 


Having  read  witli  much  interest  Mr.  Pktkr 
Cumnisoham's  treatise  on  *'  Wit,"  in  "  N.  &  Q." 
(3'*  S.  V.  30),  I  venture  to  send  you  the  following 
on  the  same  subject.  When  Davenant  [lublished 
his  heroic  poem,  Oondihert,  he  prefixed  a  lorgc 
epistle  "  to  his  much  honoured  friend  Mr.  Uobbes." 
In  this  preface  he  has  favoured  us  with  a  defini- 
tion of  "  wit."  The  passage  is  very  long ;  but  as 
i  some  of  your  readers  may  not  possess  the  book,  I 
\  will  transcribe  the  more  remarkable  sentences, 
and  refer  the  curious  to  the  work  itself:  — 

**  Wit  ia  tho  laborious  and  tho  luckv  reaultancea  ut 
tliouKht,  tiavini^  tuwanls  its  excellence  (as  we  tay  of  tho 

strokeii  of  painting)  aa  well  a  happiness  as  care. 

It  \s,  iu  divines,  humility',  cxamplariness,  and  modera- 
tion; in  statesmen,  gravity,  vigilance,  benign  compla- 
cency, secrecy,  patience,  and  dispatch;  in  leaders  of 
armies,  valonr,  painftilneas,  temperance,  bounty,  dex- 
terity in  punishing  and  rewarding,  and  a  sacred  certitude 
of  promise.  It  is,  in  poots,  a  fUil  romiirehen.sion  of  all 
recited  in  all  these :  and  an  ability  to  bring  those  com- 
prehensions into  action  ....  That  whidi  is  not,  y«t  is 
accounted  wit,  I  will  but  slightly  rtfrnember:  whicli 
j  SMma  very  incident  to  impcrt^t  youth  and  sickly  ag« ; 
young  men  (as  if  they  were  not  (luite  delivered  from 
childhood,  whose  first 'exorcise  is  language,)  iinagiue  [it 
consists  in  the  music  of  words,  and  believe  they  are  made 
wise  by  refining  their  spet^h  above  tho  vulgar  dialect. 
....  Old  men  that  have  forgot  their  childhood,  and  are 
returning  to  their  second,  think  it  lies  in  a  kind  of  tink- 
ling of  words ;  or  else  in  u  grave  telling  of  wonderful 
things,  or  iu  comparing  of  times  without  a  discovered 
partiality." 

Dryden,  in  whose  preiaces  are  to  be  found 
many  instances  tending  to  show  that  **  wit"  was  u 
synonym  for  genius  (as  "  Sir  Geoige  Maokenzie, 
that  noble  wit  of  Scotland  "),  defirtes  it  to  be  *'  a 
propriety  of  thoughts  and  words ;  or,  in  other 
words,  thoughts  and  words  ol^antly  adapted  to 
the  subject."  Very  similar  to  this  is  the  defini- 
tion given  by  Poi)e,  iu  his  JSaaay  <m  Criticism: — 

**  True  Wit  is  Nature  to  advantage  dress'd ; 
What  oft.  was  thought,  bat  ne'er  so  well  exprMa'd." 

P.  H.  TBEPoimi. 


Among  the  thousand  examples  that  may  be 
brought  fur  the  use  of  this  word  in  the  Moae  of 
wisdom,  intellect,  vene,  &c,  Cowley  bea  one 
of  TCCuiiardiatinction  between  Wiadtmt  and  WU^ 
Buiktiig  the  latter  to  be,  aa  I  lappeae,  an  «dgad 
tool  tdben  out  of  the  anMMU7  of  WttdMB :  •— 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


■  ird— 

L  for  sword." 
AMUTtomtic  III. 

J.  A,G. 


'Hm  tnmsition  from  one  meaning  of  the  wcn-d 
to  the  other  may  be  exemplified  from  sik-cl-s- 
i&  verses  of  George  Herbert's  admirable  Church 
'Porch :  — 

"  When  tboa  dost  tell  a&other's  JMt,  thendn 
Omit  Lbe  oatkes,  which  tme  wit  caimot  uocL" 

(Vem  II.) 
«T'  "  ')"«>'u<'*tanuiiu»t dearly  punttbt  tat; 
<huB  tbem  also  is  m>  dieap : 
o  KxY  to  mark  thctn,  and  to  spare." 

(Verse  12.) 
A^in  — 
"T  he  irtft/f  man  laughs  lensl: 

'  ignorance." — (Vcree  89.) 
"  i  j.j<i:>5t-,  abusiTcnoase — 

'i :  inne,  with  wbic&  coarse  u-tU  abound." 

'*.'\fl  th  ^  with  Jest:  notliliig  that's  plain 

But  mav  lie  iMite,  if  thou  haat  Che  vaia." 

(Terse  40.) 
**  WU^t  an  oantlj  angine,  wildly  striking 
Somettmes  a  fkiead,  sometimes  the  eogineer.'* 

(Verse  41.) 
"TTsefhlnaas  comes  bv  labour,  mit  by  ease." 

(Verse  49A 
Job  J.  Bassweu.  Wobkabd,  M.A 


iLans  Mncusc :  "  Mabsacke  or  thx  Irko- 
rawTs"  (3*^*  S.  V.  74.) — •  There  is  no  such  picture 
now  at  Bruges.  If  il.  Ward's  work  contains 
notes  of  any  other  paintings  by  this  great  master, 
or  by  Ilnjjer  of  Bruges,  or  Roger  de  la  Paature 
(won  dtr  Weyif&t),  your  correspondent  would 
greatly  oblige  ne  by  oominuuicating  to  me  ex- 
tracts of  Buch  passages. 

For  several  years  past  I  have  been  engaged  in 
oollectinij  mnterinls  for  a  complete  history  of  the 
School  of  Bruges.  With  this  view  I  have  ex- 
amined a  c«tii»iiJerable  portion  of  the  archives  of 
the  town,  and  of  its  diflerent  churches  and  corpo- 
rations. I  hare  copied  a  great  many  documents 
coneeming  paintin^rs,  some  of  which  disappeared 
from  Bruges  in  1578 — 84,  and  many  more  since 
179S.  Tli^re  is  reason  to  believe  that  a  consider- 
•ble  proportion  of  these  are  in  the  possession  of 
privtttt       "  in  FIngland.     Brief  notices  of 

wy   p;i  {ipo8«d   to  huve  been  imported 

from  tilts  lowii  would  be  extremely  ust:ful,  muny 
could  bo  rwjogtiiacd  at  once  by  the  armorial  bear- 
of  the  donorN. 

'crmit  me  in  concluding  to  correct  a  popular 

or  concerning;  At...niir,M  reproduced  in  your 
notice  of  the  Arui  .'s  publications.  There 

U  no  proof  wh.ii,  _.  .„^t  the  figure  looking 
ihrough  the  window  in  the  **  Adoration  of  the 
Magi,"  is  a  porlr«t  of  l^lemlinc.  Indeed,  the 
wholo  legend  of  liis  poverty  and  sojourn  at  St. 


John's  hospital  oppoura  to  be  a  fiction  invented  iu 
the  latter  half  of  the  last,  century.  Documents 
diaoovered  by  me  in  the  archives  here  prove  that 
bewu  married  and  settled  here  in  1479,  and  pos- 
sibly still  earlier.  ]n  14t:i0  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  wile,  whose  name  was  Anne, 
and  who  bore  him  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  died 
before  September  10,  1487.  The  painter  hiros^ 
died  before  December  10,  1495.  (See  AthenMaHy 
Oct.  1'2.  1 861 .)  W.  H.  JASUta  WBAXJt. 

Brugo6. 

Coi..  RoijEST  Yenabus  (8'*  S.  v.  99,  120.)  — 
The  reprint  of  the  Exvrncnced  Aneler  wus  edited 
by  tlic  writer,  chiefly  Induced  by  llie  beinj!  in  tlie 
pussei&ion  of  the  manuscript  of  the  Alemoir  pre- 
fixed to  that  reprint.  It  was  a  timall  quarto,  in  a 
very  old  hand,  apparently  a  transcript  from  the 
oriyinsj^  by  Col.  Venablos,  or  by  one  who  knew 
his  history.  What  became  of  the  mimusoript 
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.  BuRU. 

LoodoD  lustitutiou. 

Allow  us  to  correct  two  errors  which  we  inad- 
vertently made.  For  "his  friend  Dr.  Peter  Bar- 
wick,"  should  be  reatl  "  his  friend  Dr.  John  Bar- 
wick  ; '"  and  for  *'  Life  of  Dr.  Peter  Barwick," 
should  be  read  "Life  of  Dr.  John  Barwick," 

C.  H.  &  THowreoN  Coopkb. 

Cambrid^a 

Who  whitb  ocb  N«aBO  Sokgb ?  (3""  S. iv. 392.) 
To  complete  the  record  begun  by  A.,  it  may  be 
well  to  add  to  his  ikote,  that  Stephen  C.  Faster 
was  buried  at  Pittsburg  on  January  21, 1664,  and 
that  over  his  grave  were  played  some  of  his  well- 
known  airs,  including  his  "  Old  Folks  at  Home." 

St.  T. 

Philadelphk. 

Thomsos  the  Fobt's  Hoose  akd  Ckxajo.  (1* 

S.  xi.  201.)  —  Having  a  copy  of  the  catalogue  of 
the  effects  of  Thomson,  referred  to  by  Ms.  Cab- 
BtJTunts,  allow  me  to  corrrcct  some  mistakes  into 
which  Mb.  Cabrutbebs  appesrs  to  have  fallen. 
In  the  first  place,  the  catalogue  consists  of  twenlj/ 
pages,  instead  of  "  eight  pages  octavo  ;"  and  the 
library  confiists  of  386  lot*,  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  II  Decameron  di  Boccaccio^ 
Venice,  1585.  So  far  as  I  notice,  there  are  no 
picturen  properly  so-called  ;  but  there  are  wgbty- 
three  engravings,  including  /en,  bstead  of  "  nine," 
utitique  drawing;:  by  Clastclli ;  and  the  eugraving|s 
embrace^  apart  froui.  iWu^  ^0P3  >ia!t  -vskmoMec^  ■»» 


t 


164 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8"»  &  V.  ¥xm.  I 


I 


works  of  Audenaerde,  Audran,  Cesi,  Jeaarat,  Le 
Bas,  Scotin,  W,  Chateau,  Lepicii-,  Koullet,  Sam. 
Bernard,  Desploces,  Procaccini,  G.  and  J.  Ede- 
linck,  Teresa  {?),  Crozei  (?),  P.  P.  RtUJtensde- 
tin  (?).  The  engravings  must  Lave  l>ccn  a  choice 
lot,  ein(;e  the  subjects  named  are  some  of  the  more 
celebrated  works  of  these  eminent  artists  ;  whose 
names,  by-the-bye,  are  not  iilwoys  correctly  given 
in  the  catalogue.  It  is  somewliat  curious  that  I 
should  have  procuied  my  copy  of  tliis  catalo)iue 
at  Inverness  in  1862  ;  but  whether  it  be  the  copy 
from  which  AJr.  Cabbuthbrs  compiled  hia  in- 
teresting paper  to  "  N.  &  Q."  in  1855,  I  am  not 
aware.     It  is  bound  up  with  several  other  pam- 

?hletB.  The  first  in  the  volume  is  Tfie  Art  of 
*olitichii^  in  Imitation  of  Horaces  Art  of  Poetry^ 
with  a  curious  frontispiece,  inscribed  "  Risum 
teneatis  amici,"  and  which  is  thus  described  in 
the  opening  lines  of  the  poem  :  — 

"  If  to  ft  Human  Fncc-  Sir  Jtune$  should  draw 
A  Gel<linf;>  Maae,  an<l  Feathers  of  Macctw, 
A  Lady's  Bosom,  and  a  Tail  of  Cod, 
Who conld  help  laughing  at  » Sight  so  odd? " 

The  "Sir  Jame$"  alluded  to  in  these  lines  is 
Sir  James  Thornhill.  Can  any  of  your  corre- 
spondents inform  me  who  wrote  The  Art  of  Poli- 
tich  ,'  It  consist*  of  thirty-six  pages  12mo,  and 
has  this  imprint :  — 

"  London:  Printed  for  Lawtox  Gillivku,  at  Sunur'$ 
Iltad,   against    St.  Dunttan's   Church,  in    Fieet-ttrvt, 

AUXXIXtX." 

A.  J. 

GAiNSttoRoi'GH  Prater  Boor  (S"*  S.  v.  27.) — 
Gurnill,  the  enj^nver  of  the  plates  of  the  Gains- 
borough Prayer-Bo<jk,  was  a  self-taught  artbt, 
who  dwelt  at  that  place  during  the  latter  years  of 
the  eighteenth  cejitury.  He  was,  I  believe,  n 
brazier  by  trade.  My  father,  the  late  Edward 
Shaw  Peacock  of  Bottesford  Moor*,  knew  bim 
when  he  was  a  boy,  and  more  than  once  bought 
engravings  of  him.  One  is  now  before  me,  of 
which  I  never  saw  or  beard  of  another  copy.  It  is 
called  *' A  Draft  of  the  two  remarkable  Rounds  in 
the  River  Trent,  near  Bole  and  Burton,  Notting- 
hamahirc  :  Gurnill.  Sculpt.,  Gainsbro',  1705." 
Size,  I3(  by  8;}  inches.  Gurnill  was  alsw)  a  seal 
engraver  J  but  his  works  in  this  line  of  art  were, 
if  I  may  judge  from  the  only  specimen  I  ever  saw, 
and  which  I  use  i««  closing  this  letter,  of  a  very 
rudo  description.  I  think  he  died  about  the  year 
ISIO.  Howard  Pr.Acncs. 

Bottcsford  Manor,  Brigg. 

Mebchirrs  (3'*  S.  iv.  401.)— If  Randulph  de 
^Tc*chines,  Earl  of  Chester,  was  grandson  nf 
Walter  de  Espognc,  I  presume  that  it  was  through 
his  father,  who  hud  l!ie  samt*  name  as  himself;  as 
his  mother  Maud  was  .lister  of  llii::li  l,iitJii><, 
whose  parentage    i«  well  kniiwn.     I  ml 

anj  account  of  tho  dofccnt  of  Randk      >         nes 


the  elder  in  Dugdale,  Ormerod,  or  other  woric  to 
which  I  have  access.  Can  you  refer  me  to  the 
authority  for  the  statement  of  your  correspoodenl! 
I  shall  be  obliged  to  any  one  who  will  do  so,  m 
his  concise  note  sa^s  enough  to  tantalixe,  but 
to  satisfy.  Si 

Spbesos  (3"*  S.  V.  1 10.)  —  It  is  submitted 
reference  to  the  explanation  given  of  this  word 
that,  by  *'■  solemn  springs,"  Collins  can  hnrdly  faa 
intended  "  yiucA  and  cheerful  tunes."  And  doeaj 
the  context,  and  especially  the  expression  "d) 
gales"  point  rather  to  some  natural  sound  thf 
tunes  "  on  u  musical  instrument"? 

Cold  ra  June  and  Warmth  at  Chrktmas  (S** 

S,  iv.  159,295.)  —  Archbishop  Laud,  in  his  Diary, 
remarks,  that  June,  1632,  "  was  the  coldest  Jun* 
clean  through  that  ever  was  f»?lt  in  my  nn 
The  previous  January  was  "  the  extrcm 
and  warm  January  that  ever  wa.«  known  in 
mory."     The  Christmas   of  1632  was   a    *^ 
opeu"  one.     In  1635,  "the  extrcam  hot  and 
October  and  November,  save  three  days* 
the  dry  est  nnd  fairest  time.     The  leave*  m 
off  the  trees  at  the  beginning  of  December  ; 
w.<iters  so  low  that   the  barges  could  not 
God  bless  us   in   the  spring,   ttftcr    tbia    gntm 
winter." 

Tlie  following  December  he  notices  the  leara 
being  still  on  the  elm  trees:  "Dec-  10:  tktf 
night  the  frost  began  ;  the  Thames  almoU  (rocca 
over."  W.  P. 

Saist  Swituin's  Day  (I"  S.  xil.  187.253;  «^ 
S.  xii.  188,239.)  — 

"  1623,  July  15.  St.  Swythin:  A  very  fair  A»r  tBI  to- 
wards fiv«!  at  night.  Then  great  extremity  df  ih*etm 
and  Itghtniug;  much  hurt  done.  The  KiDlhom  ml  tL 
Jamtts'a  Houto  blasted-,  the  vooc  bearing  the  priaoi'^ 
arms  beaten  to  pieces. 

"leS^.  July  Id.  St.  Swithin's,  and  tiic  with  w."~ 
Archbishop  I.aud'f  Diary," 

ToRSSPiT  Doo9  (9,^*  S.  ii.  219.)  —  About  t^     _, 
years  ago  I  dined  off  a  leg  of  Iamb  at  one  «>f  dlir ' 
hotels  at  Cacrleon,  which  I  bad  seen  cooking  bj 
tlie  .lid  of  a  turnspit  dog.     The  dog  was  perrats 
in  a  box  near  the  ceiling,  on  the  left  hatul  nde  of  | 
the  £rc.     I  afterwards  had  the  dog  brou|;bt  tattt  i 
the  room,  an<l  gave  him  some  of  the  lainb  he  T 
roasted.  Alfrbd  Josk 

Dartford. 

CBARI.RS  Henhebert  (3'*  S,  T.  117.)— H« 

assistant  for  tho  French  langnaga  to  t' 
i>f  Modern   History   in  this   Univcr 
French    noems    in  the   University  (,. 
the  marriage  of  the  Prioi'e  of  Oranec.  1| 
the  marriage  of  Frederick  Prince  of  Wale 

C.  II.  &  Tu0MFtO9  CtM 
Cambridge. 


8^  &  T.  Fkb.  S0»  "(I.] 


NOTES  AND  QDERIE& 


The  Bboao  Anaow  (a«*  S.  x"u.  346.)  —  Per- 
oeiving  that  you  have  not  yet  obtained  any  Balis- 
factory  replies  as  to  the  origin  and  first  use  of 
this  national  mark,  I  beg  to  furward  the  accom- 
panying cutting,  which  may  reopen  the  inquiry : — 

"The  bow  and  the  arrow  were  so  nationalised  in  the 
affectiona  of  the  EdkUsIi  by  contribating  to  tbeir  ufety, 
and  miniatoing  to  tbeir  pleasures,  that  these  weapoiu 
uuensiblj  b«c«me  emblems  of  the  power  and  sovereignty 
of  the  klDEi  wbo  wu  the  legitimate  repre«eatati%-e  of  the 
might  and  majesty  of  the  peopla.  SVliat,  then,  more 
natnral  than  that  the  emblem  of  a  nation's  power  and 
•overcignty  should  be  used  to  identify  th«  properly*  of 
that  nation?  And  this,  we  believe,  was  the  reason,  com- 
bined with  its  simplicity  of  form,  why  the  '  broad  arrow  ' 
waa  selected  in  preference  to  other  symbols  for  the  mark- 
ing of  our  national  propertv."  —  Untied  Sfrviet  Magiuinie, 
1863, 

w.  p. 

RiCHABCSON  Famijlv  (S'^  S.  V,  72, 123.)  —  I  ob- 
served in  the  Calendar  of  Inquests  for  the  County 
of  Worcester,  one  taken  at  the  death  of  "Conan 
Richardson,  gent,  13  Eliz,"  It  will  be  found 
among  the  comfwtuses  of  the  Exchequer  at  the 
Public  Record  Office,  where  also  are  the  inquests 
of  William  Messy,  5  Heu.  VIII. ;  Ilumfry  Mey- 
aye,  Esq.,  33  Hen.  VIII.;  and  Thomaa  Meysie, 
Esq.,  9  Eliz.  Probably  these  documenta  would 
supply  your  correspondent  with  some  informa- 
tion. 

There  is  no  record  of  a  grant  of  any  abbey  lands 
to  the  Richardsons ;  but  the  brothers,  William 
and  Francis  Sheldon,  were  large  purchasers  of  the 
Fershore  manors.  C.  J.  R. 

Sejuj  (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 
iigure  in  the  sheaf  of  com,  and  the  seal  bore  the 
eoggestive  motto,  itt  Norman-French,  of  "Food 
for  the  convent."  C.  J.  R. 

LsioB  or  YoBRSHiBB  (3'^  S.  r.  116.}— A  Wil- 
liam Legh  was  un  escheator  in  Yorkshire,  12  &  IG 
Hen.  VIII.,  and  in  the  latter  year  an  inquest  was 
held  before  him  on  the  death  of  a  Thomas  Legh, 
Esq.  C.  J.  R. 

Vichy  (S""  S.  v.  117.)  —  S.  P.  Q.  R.  can  ob- 
tain all  the  information  wanted  by  referring  to 
my  cousiu^s  book  — 

"  Vichy  et  sea  etivinuu  par  Louis  Pieaae.  Auteur  dc 
I'lUn^raire  de  rAlgiSrie.  Paris :  Librairie  de  L.  Hacbelle 
•t  Cie,  Boulevard  8U  Oeniutin,  77." 

CnABt.KS  PlLSSE. 

Ddbocobbivis  (3'*  S.  V.  119.)  —  Sec  Stukcley's 
Itinerarium  Curiomm,  fol.  ed.  1724,  p.  100.  The 
Doctor  says :  — 

"From  Dunstable  the  lUocnu-y  (Iter  Hunmnuui  V.) 
leadt  us  out  of  the  rood  going  straight  to  VeruUm,  anil 
takes  in  another  station  by  the  way,  Dunwobrivis.  About 


this  station  antiqunriea  have  J>«en  much  divided,  when  it 
certainly  ou^ht  to  be  placeil  at  Bcrghamslcd  (Berkhamp- 
stead)  in  Hertfordshire,  which  well  suits  tfac  assigned 
distances  from  Magiovinium  (DuiutsMe),  and  the  sub- 
sequent Yerolanium,  and  has  evidently  been  «  Roman 
town,  as  its  name  imports;  and  probably  the  Castle  there 
stands  upon  a  Komau  foundation,  lis  certain  Roman 
coins  ore  frequently  found  there." 

Here  follows  a  description  of  the  castle  :  — 

"  Tliis  town  fully  answer:}  the  distance  in  the  Itinerary, 
and  remarkably  the  import  of  the  name,  according  to  Mr-, 
Baxter's  derivation,  though  he  crroneousl)'  places  it  at 
Woburn,  civitat  paludmi  prnfiuentu.  For  here  is  a  large 
marsh  or  bog,  wherein  the  ancient  British  oppidum  was 
placfd." 

Stukoley  considers  Maiden  Bower  undoubtedly 
a  British  work.  J.  D.  M.  K. 

Bbitisu  TssTiTiiTiox  (3"*  S.  V.  95.)  —  The 
British  Institution  was  founded  on  June  4,  1805, 
and  the  first  Exhibition  opened  January  18,  1806. 
It  was  established  for  the  exhibition  and  sale  of 
the  Work.s  of  Living  British  Artists,  and  still 
continues  on  the  some  principles.  I  am  noing  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  Summer  Exhibitions,  consist- 
ing of  the  works  of  deceased  artists;  the  first  two 
of  which  contained  the  works  of  English  painters. 
The  Jlrtt,  those  of  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds  only ;  the 
second,  those  of  Hogarth,  ZoiTany,  Gainsborough, 
and  Wilson.  Subsequently,  and  up  to  that  of  last 
year  inclusive,  they  have  contained  the  best  works 
by  deceased  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  summer  one 
on  the  second  Monday  in  June. 

Wm.  Smith. 

Eleamob   D'OLBBsrsB  (3'*  S.  T.  11.)  —  Hcr 

parentage  and  the  descent  of  her  family  (the  Des- 
micrs,  Seigneurs  d'Olbreusu)  Is  given  in  Diction' 
naire  de  la  Noblttse,  par  dc  la  Vheiiaife  det  Bois, 
vol.  V.  pp.  581-2,  4to,  Paris,  1782.        FABNfiiAM. 

Resobbbctiox  Gate  (3""  S.  v.  08.)—  Dn.  Rim- 
BAULT  usks  for  the  meaning  of  the  inscnplioii 
"  A,  P.  3°  "  in  the  carving  unon  the  ResuiTCClion 
Gate,  St.  Giles's-in-the-l'ulds.  It  is  agreed  that 
this  carving  wa5  executed  in  the  year  1687,  which 
was  the  third  year  of  James  II.  I  think,  there- 
fore, we  may  reasonably  conclude  that  the  pre- 
sent P.  was  originally  «n  11 ,  which  ha.s  had  the 
misfortune  to  be  decaudnled;  anil  we  may  then 
rend  "  Anno  Regis  tertio."  E.  V. 

Nbwiiaves  in  Fbakce    (3'**  S.   v.   116.)  — In 
former  times  C^^e.  \sv  V\t>'j>4^  -s^-aa  <Av«iA\  <i."^«S^'^«*- 
httvcn  b?  t\v%  ¥*T\^\\A\.  t^^  x^w v>«srt . 


NOraS  AND 


^i 


m 


166 


(^UEBUQS. 


IiaM8.Y.  Fn.3^ 


NOTES  ox  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Worts  of  TViUiitm  ShaJktpenrt^     Tha  Ttxl  nrviatd  by 

tin  Rev.  AlexBndor  Dyce,     /«  /^ij?^  V'niumr:    Vol.  II. 

Second  Edition.     (Owpnuui  &  Hull.) 

This  SM!«nd  volnrao  of  Mr  Dyce's  re?^i»eil  nditioo  of 

5V~'  ....;.,.     7"/,-  t "'•Mttdij  nj' Ermr* i  MHch  Ado 

■  'i    Loit ;    A   Jfidsuinmer^s 

'.   --chant   of    Venirt ;   and  is 

l-^act*  of  sound  MhoUrthip 

iLif^s  of  the  cotttemporarie* 

g,.,..  ,,.-,. .1  wo  have  nlnrady  ootioed« 

guijhing  Mr.  L>yc<f'.i  labours  as  nn  editor.    We 

p  voHiin*  bcfi)n>  IIS  t'iirni«h<?s  unmistakcable  Bvi- 

rk.  Mr.  Dyce  is  d»- 

in  reaogniaing  end 

^  :fn^      ,^-1--  _.:  obscure  p«sa»g9».  let 

.c*^oripnutor!i  of  sucQ  auggestiona  be  who  thej  inxj. 
il  he  ii  right  ia  so  doing.  Bat  we  wish  that  in  cor- 
ting  iho  errors,  or  what  be  coniiilers  the  errors  of 
ens  he  would  consider  what  is  rlne  to  his  own  posi- 
in  the  world  of  ShakspeArian  chticiam;  and  not 
we  regret  to  find  he  i»  too  frequently  dis|ioeed 
do,  to  speak  slightingly,  and  sometimes  conteniptu- 
of  the  labours  of  tnoae  who  are  engaged  like  him* 
"  e  endeaYooT  to  make  as  perftet  as  poeaible  a  text 
wrHtnRS  of  Shakspeare.  The  day  when  we  shall 
SQch  a  text  is  not,  we  think,  far  distant ;  and  to  no>o« 
the  many  who  have  devoted  themselves  to  the  attain- 
'  this  great  result  will  the  thanks  of  the  admirers 
bard  be  more  jui>tly  due,  than  to  the  accom- 
edltor  of  the  volume  \rhich  has  called  forth  these 

««,  tFortevnninji,  and  Starcra/i  of  Early  Entf 
lattd :  being  a  Coliection  of  Dix-nmenta,  for  the  matt  part 
luver  btfiv*  printttL  illHstratinQ  the  Histon/  r>f  Seitnee  in 
Ikii  r  ■■-"■■  '—■  -':  V  :  .■  ..,  -  "Utnittdand 
tdii  (Vol.  1.) 

/*!..'..  nr  of   Uu 

RitlU.     (Loiigmou.) 

While  thn  in«j<irity  of  the  books  whirh  hn^'G  iw  yet 
I'-'-'    '■     ;tieaalhorityoflhi    ■'  '   uuler 

10  Master  of  tho  '  u-ts 

•  people  of  £np;lrt!  icrs, 

•iume  is  aJtogeUier  of  a  dillvreut  cluu-iictor, 
Itributlon  —  and  n  mo«t  valuable  one — to  cur 
^it  the  people  thoueht  and  beiie\-ed  in 
<  of  oiur  history.    We  hava  hen  most 
resting  spedroeas  of  the  botanical  and 
iluAi  li.Jiowii.vdge  of  u>c  Anglo-Saxons;  their  belief  in 
larmn  nml   atnulcta:  their  macical  and  mystical  pr^c- 
"  ~       -    '    -     '   IVeface  by  which  the 
irium,  Leachdonu,  and 


IIiTc:-1lv,Mtr 


tl.iW    I'lir 

imls 
uirrd 


Aj  to  «U  tbi 
.i.^  these 

meuLi  of  tb'i  j-'itly  uad  akill  of  oui  fonefathee*  Tfc*  iw 
calhedralis  deecribed  in  the  present  ▼tdwne  )iav»  aB  OB- 
dergooe  extensive  reatorstioa  and  r»r«ir  ilnrinfj  ilia  ImI 
five  years  -,  and  the  editor  of  the  w  ■*  baa  had 

the  advantage,  not  only  of  the  recen  t 
WilHs,  Mr.  Gotlwin,  and  Mr.  Bloxam  ou  .^ubj«e4i 
nected  with  it.  bat  tho  book  haa  received  rvnakm 
the  various  distingnisbe''  r.rnr.-^qionnl  men,  who  bsT* 
engagetl  in  restoring  '•'  rah  lo  their 

beauty.     The  work  t«  with  some 

wood-cats,  and  ('■■  ;-pensahle  ha&d*book  tvsK 

tiqnariee,  and  art  ut  to  visit  and  ♦tmbHw  tit 

western  catheilrul;.  -.  i...^.^:vL 

JMhttt't  inuMtraUd  Ptett^  and  Batvmttgt  tf  dm  Ommt 
Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  amd  Jrtlamd»  USM^    <B»- 

worth  &  lYarrison.) 

This  is  indeed  an  old  fHend  with  a  new  fart  ;  Cor  tMn» 
was  lor  years  the,  if  not  tha  only,  Peerage  the  fuluooaM* 
world  coniulted.  The  prefcntis,  we  believe,  the 
and  most  compact  Poerafpa  wbioh  coataina  the 
Anna  of  the  Peers. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WAirrSIl    TO  FUKCRA5B. 
Pwtleolanof  Pr<«,Jkc.,af  thcftaUowtu  Bonto  to  tM  mmHliftU 
tlMaMU««Bit  by  wtom  iW  w*  nqauw,  aa4  wtioM  auna  •■<.  ■«• 
Artmm  are  dvan  for  that  pnrpoiM  — 
N««M  rmoH  Powua,  fee.   One  •bcat-qavto.    ISM. 
WmM  br  Jfr.  JBaW*  JTorr*,  Wehraend  Beota. 
Chntcf. 


DMMav'i   Oao   Ptan.    V<>k.  n.  tad   III. 

rrovstt,  iStS-7.  bl  IS  vob. 

WutIM  bf  Or.  X>fl«A>bU,  it,  Tsrtton  Btrmi, 

Baaai'*  Ks»f  FcMoAnt.    Folio. 
'WMltaA  br  Mr.  J.  J.  If'.Hmnl,  t,  A^hbunih&cn  Terrmoe,  Qr 

iimtmi^^  ttaAwmjt.    Tol.  mt.    r«rkiBi'(  sto  «UUfSlK 

WealWI  ^  Mr.  0«»  aft,  Imaan  BiwH.  Iliwwliih 


^aiiai  to  Cnrrr^yonlrrttU. 


rJ8^ 


Ta»  Mi«um«  Bavos.    Tktr»  ar»  mmut   trtfUemt,  tai 
iv^onrrv  9«4  on  tt»  iwlfcif.  nmiOar  to  Mat  am  mttttt  tSSi 

O.  M.  C.  lCtafaMigirf.1    Cfimr  Piwf 
(MM-  PMmMr,  U  9/9  prjfulSk  l»  aMi  *» 
ami  /mitmf. 

A.  %.»aijtmtm»mt~ 

■■  WfcMi  amk  Jataa  QMk,  ttaa  aHOMi  Ih*  Saa  a(  wu  ' 

in  .Vn'.  r^r'^r  jilrts«T)«r  Iht  Qreit 

/  lA*«aMi  *•  aflsw  WA: 
'>0ntmHmt,tmmmr\mm 
riemBMHi  «A  D«'>  »■ 

-  loOr.Mp 


n 


Wir- 


vit'fin  :  Ji 
fitUL  U 
This  iii-u 


.,v.......-..>..i.,  ..j.,.o  »..jva"-.>;.Mi,-,.'. 

wo  may  odd  aJao.  upon  ihi«  laa- 

'ybadL     Wsterw  Din- 
rnrrt,    JFortt^tr,  Lich- 


Si*  HomtSt 


are  Sk^P- '"*"■*' **■ 


8«*  S.  V.  Feb.  27,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


167 


LOUDON,  SATURDAY,  FSBRUARYSl,  1864. 


CONTESTSu— N».  118. 


NOTB8 : — Thf)  AYord  **  PMnphlst."  its  Btjrmologj  uid  Sig- 
niflcktion,  107  — Sir  John  Moore'B  Moaument,  160  — Fu- 
tiocio  Operas.  lb.— Tba  Puaing  Bell  ot  St.  B^olchra's  — 
Suicides  —  A  Oonuine  OnteiwriMi  —  Colbonie :  Lords 
Seston  and  Colbome—  Bels :  **  Quea^."  170. 

QTJBBIES :  —  Ptctare  of  tbe  Battle  of  Agincoort  —  "  Albn- 
muar,"  by  Tomkia  — Ancient  Bell-founders  —  Booth  of 
CHldresome  —  Bronse  Statues  at  Grantham  —  Oomio  Songs 
Translated — "  DicCiooaiv  of  Coins  "  —  William  Dudgeon 

—  "  An  Eastern  Kind's  Device  "  —  Fletcher's  Arithmetic 
— JohnGkxxlyor— Ueming  of  Worcester— The  Homilies 

—  Horace,  Ode  xiiL  —  Invention  of  Iron  Defences  —  Jere- 
miah Horrocks,  the  Astronomer  — MediiBval  Churches 
within  the  Boundaries  of  Roman  Camps  —  Milbome  Fa- 
mily-HuuuUi  More's  Dramas,  <kc.,  171. 

QrnuBS  wrriT  Akswebs:  — Ivanboe:  Warerkgr— Lord 
Glenbervie  —  "  OfBcina  Gentium  " — "  In  the  Midst  of  Life 
we  are  in  Death,"  Ac.-  Endymion  Fbrter,  17». 

BEPLIES :  —Cromwell's  Head.  178  —  "Tbe  Danish  Bight  of 
Succession,  ISl  —  Situation  of  Zoar  — Architects  of  Pcr- 
shore  and  Salisbury  —  Stamp  Duty  on  Painters'  Canvass 

—  Poor  Cock  Robin's  Death  —  Longevity  of  Clergymen  — 
Fowls  with  Human  Remains  —  AUtred  Bunn  —  Mievius 

—  Hyla  Holden  —  Quotations  wanted  — Sidesmen  — Col- 
Jdtto  —  Twefth  Day :  Song  of  the  Wren — Natter — Lines 
attributed  to  Kemblo  — Order  of  the  Cockle  in  France  — 
Baptismal  Names  —  The  Sydney  Postage  Stamp  —  Sir 
Walter  Baleigh  —  John  Predoick  Lampe  —  Curious  Essex 
Sajing  —  Private  Soldier  —  An  early  Stamford  Seal  — 
S^t^ph  on  the  Earlof  Leioester,  181. 

Notes  on  Books.  Ac. 


THE  WORD  "PAMPHLET,"  ITS  ETYMOLOGY 
AND  SIGNIFICATION. 

A  good  deal  bag  been  already  said  in  tbese 
pages  as  to  tbe  origin  of  tbis  word ;  but  it  bas 
not  struck  me  tbat  any  improvement  bas  been 
made  upon  tbe  conjectural  derivations  of  Minsheu, 
Myles  Davies,  Oldys,  and  otber  etymologists.  I 
bave  no  suggestion  myself  to  make  upon  tbe  point, 
and  purpose  to  conQnc  my  illustrations  to  tbe 
former  and  present  signification  of  tbe  word.  I 
cannot,  bowevcr,  refrain  from  availing  myself  of 
tbe  opportunity  to  enter  my  protest  agamst  tbe 
"par  un  filet"  tbeory, — tbe  last,  I  tbink,  pro- 
pounded. Notbing  indeed  appears  to  me  more 
improbable  tban  tbat  a  printed  sbeet,  or  sbeets, 
however  attacbed  togetber,  sbould  be  so  termed 
in  Frencb :  except  tbat  we  sbould  bave  adopted 
and  corrupted  tbe  term,  wbile  tbe  original  inven- 
tors sbould  bave  so  forgotten  it  as  to  style  it 
*•  mot  Anglais,"  from  the  Manuel  Lexique,  1765, 
to  tbe  last  edition  of  tbe  Did.  de  V Academic. 

If  I  am  compelled  to  adopt  a  foreign  etymolc^, 
I  sbould  certamly  prefer  to  derive  it  from  tbe  old 
Frencb  word  palme,  a  palm,  or  band's  breadtb ; 
and  ftmSlet,  a  little  sbeet :  tbis  beinc  tbe  deriva- 
tion assigned  by  tbe  careful  Fegge,  wnose  remarks 
upon  tbe  subject  {Arumynaana^  cent.  1,  xxvi.) 
may  be  well  referred  to,  as  valuable  in  tbemselves 
and  illustrating  the  art  of  saying  mnch  in  a  few 
words. 


Perhaps  an  earlier  instance  of  tbe  use  of  tbe 
word  cannot  be  adduced  tban  tbat  in  tbe  Phtfo- 
hihlon  of  Richard  de  Bury,  written  in  the  four- 
teenth century.  Describing  in  eloquent  terms 
bis  ardour  as  a  book-collector,  and  bis  intense 
love  for  -the  objects  of  bis  darling  pursuit,  be 
exclaims :  — 

"  Sed  rerera  libros  non  libras  malnimus,  (}odieesqne 
plnsqnam  florenos,  ae  pampleioa  exiguos  incrussatis  prie- 
tnlimus  palafndis."  —  Jl/S.  ifur/.,  fol.  86  a:  MS.  CatL, 
foL  111  a. 

Here  tbe  learned  Bishop  of  Durham  probably 
Latinised  a  word  already  in  colloquial  use  ;  for  I 
do  not  recollect  another  instance  of  its  occurrence 
in  mediseval  Latin,  and  it  will  be  sought  for  in 
vain  in  tbe  Lexicoius  of  Ducange  and  Charpen- 
tier.  A  century  and  a  half  later,  the  word  is 
used  in  Its  EngUsb  form  by  Caxton  in  bis  Boke 
of  Eneydos,  compyled  by  Vyrgile  .  .  .  translated 
oute  of  Latine  into  Frenshe,  and  oute  of  Frenthe 
redticed  into  Englysshe,  SfC,  folio,  1490  :  — 

"  After  dyverse  Werkes  made,  translated,  and  achieved, 
having  noo  werke  in  hande ;  I,  sittyng  in  my  Studye, 
whereas  layc  many  dyverse  Pamflttlit  and  Bookis,"  &e. 

It  is  evident  tbat  in  tbese  cases  tbe  word  is 
used  in  contradbtinction  to  hook,  as  denoting 
simply  the  comparative  size  of  tbe  document, 
without  any  reference  to  its  kind.  The  word, 
indeed,  was  necessary,  as  the  term  '*  tract,"  which 
we  now  use  in  a  similar  sense,  though  especially 
with  a  religious  signification,  was  then  applied  to  a 
treatise  of  whatever  size  or  character  it  might  be. 
Thus  Wooldridge,  in  tbe  preface  to  bis  Systema 
Agriadtura,  1681  (a  folio  volume  of  more  than  400 
pages),  speaks  of  tbe  "  succeeding  tract^ — just  as 
a  posthumous  volume  of  Dr.  Thomas  Brown  is 
entitled  by  its  editor,  "Certain  Miscellany  Tracts.^* 
For  tbis  simple  signification  of  tbe  word  pamphlet^ 
Oldys  contends,  in  the  curious  "  Dissertation  on 
Pamphlets,"  which  be  contributed  to  Moi^an's 
Phcmix  Britanmcus :  — 

"  And  thus  the  word  Pamplilet,,  or  little  paper  book,  im- 
ports DO  reproachful  character,  any  more  than  tbe  word 
Great  Book;  signifies  a  Pasquil,  as  little  as  it  does  a 
Panegyric,  of  itself.  Is  neither  Good  nor  Bad,  Learned 
nor  lUitoratp,  True  nor  False,  Serious  nor  Jocular,  of  its 
own  naked  Meaning  or  Construction;  but  is  either  of 
them,  according  as  the  Subject  makes  the  Distinction. 
Thus  of  scurrilous  and  abusive  Pamphlets,  to  be  burned 
in  1G47,  we  read  in  Ruthworth;  and  by  the  name  of 
Pamphlet  is  the  Encomium  of  Queen  JSmma  called  in 
UoUmshed."  (P.  554.) 

But  Oldys,  when  thus  contending  for  the  simple 
meaning  of  tbe  word,  must  have  been  aware  of  its 
tendency  to  acquire  a  more  complex  signification, 
and  tbat  it  bad  come  to  denote  tbe  kind,  as  well 
as  the  size  of  tbe  work ;  or  perhaps,  indeed,  tbe 
first  without  regard  to  the  latter.  Thus,  as  Dr. 
Nott  bas  remarked  in  bis  notes  to  Dekker,  tbis 
wordf  now  applied  alcantt^  ««isMiv»'Sc^N»  *.  "S*wi 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^&V.  Fn.27.^B4. 


poetical  one.  Thus,  BiBhop  Hall,  in  his  Satires 
(1597),  has :  — 

*<  Tet  when  he  hath  mj  crabbed  Pamphlet  read, 
As  oftentimes  as  Philip  hath  been  dead." 

Vh^demiantm,  Sat  L  book  ir. 

And  Manton :  — 

"  ThMe  notes  were  better  snng  'mong  better  sort. 
Bat  to  my  pamphkt  few,  save  fools,  resort." 

Scourge  of  ViUany,  Sat  iv.  book  L 

While  Robert  Armin,  in  the  "Address  to  the 
Reader,"  prefixed  to  his  curious  poem,  The  Ibd'.an 
Taylor  and  his  Boy  (1609),  says :  — 

**  I  have  to  thy  pleasure,  and  my  no  great  profitc, 
written  this  Pamphlet,  onely  my  adventure  in  presuming 
into  the  hands  of  so  noble  a  Patron,"  &c. 

But,  a  century  and  a  half  later,  the  word  seems 
to  have  become  significant  of  political  treatises 
especially,  in  a  much  more  definite  sense  than  it  is 
at  present  used.  Thus,  Dr.  Johnson  says  of 
Swift:  — 

"  He  entered  upon  the  clerical  state  with  hopes  to  ex- 
cel in  preaching ;  but  complained  that,  from  the  time 
of  his  political  controversies,  'he  could  only  preach 
pampUeU*  "—Lives  of  the  Poett  (Swiit). 

While  Harris,  giving  the  word  an  unfavourable 
sense,  warns  the  young  against  — 

<*  That  fdngous  growth  of  novels  and  pamjMels,  where, 
it  is  to  be  feared,  they  rarely  find  any  rational  pleasure ; 
and,  more  rarely  still,  any  solid  improvement." — Hermes, 
bookiiL 

By  the  way.  Swift  himself  had  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  Scotos, 
Aquinas,  and  Bellarmine ;  of  mighty  Bulk  and  Stature, 
but  without  either  Arms,  Courage,  or  Discipline.  In  the 
last  Place  came  infinite  swarms  of  Cahnes,  a  disorderly 
Boot,  led  by  Lestrange :  Rogues  and  Kaggamnifins,  that 
follow  the  Camp  for  nothing  but  the  Plunder,  all  without 
Coats  to  cover  thtm:'-~Battd  of  the  Boohs. 

So  much  for  the  word  in  English.  As  to  French, 
although  your  correspondents  would  attribute  to 
it  a  French  origin,  I  am  not  able  to  call  to  mind 
an  early  instance  of  the  use  of  the  word  in  that 
langui^e.  Voltaire,  in  his  Examen  Important  tie 
MuoraBoUngbroke,  informs  us  that  — 

"  Grub-Street  est  la  rue  oil  I'on  imprime  la  plupart  des 
mauvais/NuiipA/ets  qu'on  fait  joumellement  k  Londres." 

And  in  the  more  modern  edition  (12mo,  L'An 
viii.)  of  La  Dunciade,  by  Palissot — not  in  the 
older  one  (1771,  2  vols.  8vo),  where  the  couplet 
stands  altogether  different — ire  have  : 

"...  Morellet,  distillant  le  poison 
D'un  tmir  pamphlet,  pense  ^ala  Bufibn." 

I  merely,  however,  cite  these  passages  to  show 
that  the  word  is  generally  used  m  an  un&vour- 
mMb  aenge  in  French  i  where,  indeed,  it  is  oftea  \ 


employed  to  designate  a  libellous  or  personal  at- 
tack :  "  C'est  une  libelle  atroce, — un  pamBkkt 
meme,'*  will  be  said  of  such  a  production,  witJioat 
any  reference  to  the  size  of  the  work.  So  the  aathots 
of  La  Minerve  Franqaise  (4  vols.  8vo,  Paris,  1818), 
say,  in  their  address  to  the  public : — 

"  Les  personnalit^  les  movens  de  scandals,  noos  senot 
Strangers ;  d^fenseurs  xAii  des  prindpes,  nous  n'aapiroas 
(^u'ii  d'honorable  succte ;  en  un  mot,  nous  compoaoos  ao 
hvre,  et  nous  n'^rivons  point  onpamphhi" 

With  regard  to  the  derivative  pamphleteer, 
which  we  find  written  "pampheleter"  in  Nadu 
who  has  the  phrase  "to  pamphlet  on  a  person :" 
and  Greene,  who,  in  his  Pierce's  Supererogatkn, 
or  New  Praise  of  the  Old  Asse  (1593),  a^ks 
Delone,  Stubs,  and  Armin,  "  the  cooamon  pom- 
pJdeteers  of  London,  even  the  painfuUest  chrow- 
clers  too,"  &c. ;  and  says  of  his  antagonist  Nasb, 
that  — 

"  He  weeneth  himself  a  special  penman,  aa  h«  wen  the 
head  man  of  the  pamphleting  creyr. 

And  of  his  manner  of  writing  — 

"  I  have  seldom  read  a  more  garish  and  piebald  stjie 
in  any  scribbling  inkhomist ;  or  tasted  a  more  imsavaaiT 
slaump-paump  of  words  and  sentences  in  any  slattisn 
pamfMeteer,  tnat  denounceth  not  defiance  against  the 
rules  of  oratory,  and  the  direction  of  the  Engudi  Seen- 
tary." 

On  the  other  hand,  the  word  is  of  companttivdy 
recent  introduction  into  the  French  umgaj^: 
and  probably  first  came  into  use,  ex  neeetsitate  rei, 
in  the  truly  pamphleteering  times  of  the  first  Revo- 
lution. It  is  found  in  the  Lexicographia'Neologiea- 
GaUica  of  William  Dupre  (London,  8vo,  1801), 
who  says  that  it  is 

"  A  word  which  the  French  have  borrowed  firoflfi  the 
English,  and  now  apply  to  the  authors  of  fugitive  piaee*. 
and  obnoxious  ^mpn/ete  and  brochures." 

This  was  the  word,  it  will  be  remembered,  so 
terrible  to  the  Gallic  ear,  with  which,  on  the  trial 
of  Paul  Louis  Courier,  the  advocate  for  the  (ffo- 
secution  indignantly  apostrophised  the  unfbrta- 
nate  vigneron.  The  enect  of  this  rhetorical  etmp 
upon  the  court  is  described  in  a  fine  strain  of 
banter  by  that  able  writer  :  — 

"  11  m'apostroplia  de  la  sorte ;  Ft/  paaaiihlHaire  J  dc 
coup  de  fondre,  non,  de  mas»ae,  tu  le  style  de  rocatear, 
dont  il  m'assomraa  saos  rem6de.  Cc  mot,  soulevant  oon- 
tre  moi  les  juges,  les  t<Smoins,  les  jur^s,  I'assenabMs  (omi 
avocat  lui-mcme  eo  parut  (^brunM),  ce  mot  d^dda  toat 
Je  fus  condamntf  dis  I'heure,  dans  I'esprit  dea  Maarieors. 
diss  que  l*homme  du  roi  m'eut  appeld  pamphUtair*,  k  qaoi 
je  ne  sus  que  r^pondre ;  car  il  me  semblait  bien  en  man 
&me  avoir  fait  ce  qn'on  uommc  ua pamphlet;  je  ne  I'easse 
os^  nier.  JVtais  rlonc  pamphlitaire  h,  mon  propre  jnga- 
ment,  et  vorant  I'horreur  qn'un  tcl  nom  inspirait  4  toot 
Tauditoire,  je  demeurai  confus."— PompA/iflr  dm  Pmmpkkti. 

Another  passage,  from  the  same  powerful  writer, 
will  lead  us  to  the  French  definition  of  the  now 
mucVi*'<i«s.ed  word : — 


a^  S.  V.  Fk*.  27,  •64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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"  Je  ne  I'ai  point  lu,  me  dit-il ;  mais  c'efit  uii  patnpfilet, 

cela  iiie  audita    Alors  je  lui  demonilai  ce  que  cVUiiL  fju'im 

' 'i  i',  et  le  sens  de  ce  mot, '^    ',      "'  ••'•-■  nouvcjiu, 

-:oiii   pour  raoi  de  que  C"eat, 

t-il,   nn  A;rit  de  pen    i     ;  le  votre, 

il'uiie  luuille,  ou  deux  seuleintut.     Uu  icAn  t'cuilles.  re- 

pris-je,   serait-ce   encore   un  pnt«p/tlH  f     Pent-etri?,    nit 

dit-ii,  dan^  I'acccption  commuoe:  mail  propremcDt  par- 

Unt,  le  piunphlet  n'a  qo'une  f«aille  $culei  dcax  ou  plua 

font  uno  brochure.     L.t  dix   feuilloi?   quinze  feuille^? 

viui;t  feuilles?    Poot  an  rolume,  dit-il,  un  ouTrage."  — 

Ibid, 

So  uiucli  for  this  wor-d,  about  which  I  hnve  said 
t((i  much,  that  I  shall  be  held  to  hnve  almost 
achieved  the  thing, — if,  indeed,  my  illustrntions 
escape  comparison  with  Gnitiano's  reasons,  which 
were  *'  as  two  grain3  of  wheal  hid  in  two  busheb 
ol'cbaS*;  you  shall  seek  all  day  ere  you  find  them, 
and  when  you  have  tbeui  they  are  not  worth  the 
search."    (Merchant  of  Venice.) 


Kdgbaston. 


William  Dates. 


In  the  Athenmum  for  November  28,  18G3,  the 
origin  of  this  word  is  ascribed  to  an  entirely  new 
source,  of  which  you  may  think  it  worth  while  to 
make  a  note.    Pamphlet  is  there  said  to  be  — 

"  Tho  name  of  a  lody,  sligiul.v  modified,  who  first  pm- 
ployi^l  herself  in  writinj;:  pamphlets,  wbc*  conip09e<l  a 
hJ»tory  of  the  then  known  world,  in  thirty-five  little 
hooksi  iu  Greek,  and  made  the  public  all  the  wiser  by  her 
Ayin^  lenveg.  The  lady  was  none  other  iban  tho  sage 
Fanipbyla,  whote  works,  written  in  the  reign  of  Nero, 
ore  now  loetf" 

J.   DOBAM. 


StR  JOHN  MOORE'S  MONCMEXT. 

*  l^KftA  Clyde,  almost  the  last  of  the  Peninsular 
hlrrti^  has  recently  been  laid  in  his  well-earned 
tooib  ra  Westminster  Abbey,  and  a  national  mo- 
nument is  ubout  to  be  raised  to  hii  honour. 

Sir  Juhn  Moore,  Prolctiilaua  among  the  chief- 
tains of  thiit  great  war,  rests  on  the  ramparts  of 
Coriinn.i;  and   this   cuuntry   is   indebted  to   the 

ierosity  of  a  foreigner  for  the  stone  that  marks 
Ks  rtisting  yilace. 

But  it  is  strange  that,  for  more  than  half  a 
cenUiry.  our  gratitude  for  this  noble  deed  has 
been  directed  to  one  who  bad  do  hand  or  part 
in  it. 

Napier,'  usually  en  nccurate«  is  here  at  fault. 
He  writer  (vol.  i.  p.  500)  ;  — 

*'  The  guns  of  the  enetny  p»M  his  funeral  hononrs; 
and  Sotilt,  with  n  noble  feeling  of  respect  for  his  valour, 
rai»cd  1  to  hia  mctnory." 

Briii.  lows   suit  to  Napier,  and   says 

(vol  L  p.  -JifiJ  :  — 

"  SI  arshal  Soatt  caaaed  a  tn«iiimi<*nt  to  b«  erected  over 
Uie  place  whrre  tho  hero  faa<l  fall«a." 

Then,  in  the  Life  of  Moort-,  written  by  hia  own 
brother,  while  no  reference  whatever  ifl  made  to 


SouU,  a  long  and  somewhat  turbid  epitaph,  writ> 
ten  by  Dr.  Parr,  is  given  in  lull  (Appendix, 
p.  238),  as  ''  Inscribed  on  a  marble  monument, 
erected  at  Corunna." 

Alnxwell,  in  his  Life  of  Wellingtiin  (i.  4G6), 
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  he  tells  us  "^  Marshal 
Soult  ordere<l  to  be  engraved  upon  a  rock,  near 
the  spot  where  Sir  John  ilooro  fell." 

And  now,  if  we  turn  to  the  Life  of  Sir  Howard 
Douglas,  recently  published.  It  appears  (p.  98) 
that  not  one  of  these  conflicting  statements  are 
true.  The  monument  was  not  erected  by  Soult, 
but  by  the  Alarquis  de  Ilomana.  The  Spanish 
inscription,  which  was  really  written  by  the  Mar- 
quis himself,  is  quite  different  from  tliat  given  in 
itlaxwell's  account;  while  the  Latin  epitaph, 
written  certainly  by  Dr.  Parr,  at  the  instance  of 
the  Prince  Regent,  never  wiis  inscribed  upon  the 
monument  at  all.     Sir  H.  Douglas,  with  great 

5;uod  judgment,  prevented  the  obliteration  of  what 
lomanahad  orijjinally  written. 

Froui  the  ofiicial  connection  of  Sir  H.  Douglas 
with  this  matter,  there  can  be  no  reasonable  doubt 
us  to  the  correctness  of  hia  account.  The  course 
of  error  in  this  case  is  easily  to  be  traced.  Na- 
pier's partiality  for  Soult  niaile  him  too  facile  in 
accepting  for  truth  what  would  have  told  so  much 
to  his  credit.  Brialmont  took  upon  trust  what 
Napier  had  voucheil  for.  It  is  far  from  impro- 
bable that  a  copy  of  the  epitaph,  which  was 
acttxally  written  by  Dr.  Parr,  might  have  been 
sent  to  the  family  of  Sir  J.  Moore ;  and  so  bis 
brother  would  naturally  conclude  that  its  in- 
tendeil  transfer  to  tiic  monument  at  Corunnti  was 
carried  into  effect.  Maxwell's  book  is  an  amusing 
collection  of  sketchy  narratives,  but  it  is  not 
history. 

And  so  it  has  come  to  pass  that  a  fact,  notorioua 
in  1810,  has  been  hidden  in  a  mist  till  1N63. 

Erricr. 


PASTICCIO  OPER.\S. 

Several  years  ago  (see  "N.  &  Q."  S"""  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  sign  put  to  the  individual 

Jiicccs  of  music,  by  which  to  distinguish  the  «- 
ectcd  from  the  ortginal  compositions,  u  defect,  bjr» 
the-way,  not  unfiequent  in  the  old  Pasticcio 
0[>eras,  I  then  gave  the  authority  which  seemed 
to  tthow  that  *'Ere  around  the  huge  oak,"  usually 
attribute<l  to  Mr.  Shield,  was  really  the  work  of 
Alichael  Arne.  I  have  since  chanced,  amongst 
tho  si  tigle- sheet  son^g  in.  ^^  \ix\<v^  '^■^i^vc^ 


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[Srt&Y.  fka.S7,'«l 


Frog  (written  by  D'Urfey),  of  which  it  u  said 
tltat  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  Fanner.  I  accordinely  found  that  it  was 
the  music  of  one  of  Mr.  Edwin's  songs  (in  the 
character  of  Jemmy  Jumps),  beginning  "  Look, 
dear  Ma'am." 

The  opera  of  Mahmoud,  by  Stephen  Storace, 
ma  pnbbshed  by  his  widow  without  a  reservation 
as  to  any  of  the  pieces  being  by  other  composers. 
Looking  over  Salieri's  opera,  La  Orotta  di  Tro- 
fonio,  I  found  that  a  spirited  base  song  in  it,  "  Da 
nn  Fonte  istesso,"  had  been  transferred  with  some 
abbreviations  to  Mahmoud,  where  it  appears  as 
tiie  base  song,  "  Revenge,  revenge,  her  fires  dis- 
plays," sung  by  Mr.  Sedgwick. 

There  is  a  song  in  the  Pasticcio  opera  of  The 
Maid  of  the  Mill  (in  the  part  of  Giles),  beginning 
Til  be  bound  to  fly  the  nation,"  which  song,  some 
five  or  six-and-thirty-years  ago,  I  heard  Mr. 
Bedford  sing  so  effectively  as  to  gain  an  unani- 
mous encore.  Both  in  the  table  of  the  8on«  pre- 
fixed to  the  opera,  and  on  the  song  itself,  the 
composition  is  attributed  to  Rinaldo  di  Capua. 
Now,  in  Dr.  Burney's  account  of  II  Filoaofo  di 
Campagna,  an  opera  by  Galuppi  (see  vol.  iv.  of 
the  Dr.'s  Hiitoty)^  he  informs  us  that  — 

"  The  base  aong,  <  Ho  per  lui  in  mezzo  al  core,'  was 
always  heard  with  pleasure,  tbongh  song  by  Paganini, 
ahnoat  without  a  voice." 

This  song  will  be  found  to  be  the  original  of 
the  one  in  The  Maid  of  Vie  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  H  Filoeofo  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  Binaldo  di  Capua. 

Having  made  these  notes,  I  wish  to  conclude 
with  a  query  respecting  a  certain  song  in  the 
Pacticcio  opera  of  Orpheut  tmd  £urydice,  said  on 
the  title-page  to  be  composed  by  Gluck,  Handel, 
Bach,  Sacchini,  and  Weicbsel,  with  additional  new 
music  by  William  Reeve.  No  separate  piece  has 
ita  composer's  name  affixed  to  it,  except  one  song  by 
WeichaeL  I  would  ask,  who  was  the  composer  of 
the  base  song,  "  Let  hideous  moans,**  tang  by  Mr. 
Darley  in  the  character  of  Pluto  ? 

On  the  title-page  of  the  opera  of  Mmhmoud  ia  a 
portrait  of  Stephen  Storace,  without  sd  eograver'a 
juuBA     Jd  the  Mutobiognpbj  (jmsttelf  prm^ 


1843)  of  the  eminent  line-eDgraver,  Abraham 
Riumbadi,  he  tell  us  that  he  was  the  eagnrtx  of 
this  portrait,  which  was  from  a  miniature  by  Ar- 
land  (a  Swiss),  of  whom  Mr.  Baimbach  writes, 
that— 

"BQs  likenesses  were  generally  very  good;  Aat  wf 
SttfJiem  Storace  being  a  total  failure  may  be  eaaly  ae- 
eoonted  for,  when  it  is  considered  that  it  waa  eaacatai 
abnost  entirely  firom  description  "  (p.  28). 

I  have  subjoined  these  facts  as  being  interalr 
ing  both  to  the  collector  of  Mr.  Raimbaidi's  works, 
and  to  the  collector  of  musicians'  portraits. 

Ai.rmnp  SoFFB. 

Somers  Town. 


Tbb  Passing  Beu.  op  St.  ScrurcinuV  — 
The  following  extract  from  a  letter  addressed  to 
the  City  Press  seems  to  me  worthy  of  preserra* 
tion  in  the  columns  of  "  N.  &  Q."  It  was  inserted 
Feb.  20:  — 

''When  the  great  bell  of  St.  Sepulchre  tolls  cot  a 
solemn  warning  before  the  public  execution  of  criminals, 
few  who  hear  it  are  moved  to  pray  for  those  poor  abnaa 
going  to  execution ;  but  yet  .that  waa  the  lataUiwi  «£ 
good  Mr.  Bobert  Dowe,  Avho,  on  the  8th  of  May,  IfiOS^  by 
deed  of  gift,  gave  50/.,  on  condition  that  the  paxidi  of 
St  Sepmcfare  should  appoint  some  one  to  go  to  Newgate^ 
about  ten  o'clock  on  the  night  previous  to  the  ezecatiaa, 
'  there  to  stand  as  near  the  window  as  he  caa,  whan  tta 
condemned  prisoners  do  Ije  in  the  dungeon,  with  a  1 
bell,  given  to  the  parishioners  by  the  said  Mr.  Dowi^ 
abaU  give  there  twelve  solemn  towles,  with  doobla  i 
and  then,  after  a  good  pause,  to  deliver  with  a  loai  gti. 
audible  voice,  with  his  face  towards  the  prison  wiadov, 
to  the  end  the  poor  condemned  persons  may  civa  good 
ear,  and  be  the  better  stirred  up  to  watchfuneas  and 
prayer.'  Then  follows  a  long  exhortation  to  mfeatMaat, 
at  the  end  of  which  be  was  to  toll  the  bell  again. 

"  This  was  at  a  time  when  executions  were  held  at 
Tyburn,  and  there  are  further  instructions  for  the  mc 
when '  the  cart  shall  stay  a  small  while  against  the « 
wall,  to  hear  a  short  exhortation  pronounced  by  tm» 
standing  bare-headed,'  with  the  band-bell,  asbefim.  The 
great  bell,  which  is,  properly  speaking,  the  pasaing-hsB, 
was  also  tolled.  I  have  merely  auotod  that  part  of  As 
deed  which  relates  to  a  costom  long  since  mmrn.  ial* 
disuse.— I  am,  &c  W.  H.  W." 

T.  & 

Suicn>B8.  — 

**  At  the  funeral  of  a  suidde  at  Scoae,  N.  B.,  sons  faty 
women  endeavoured,  by  persnasion  and  threats,  to  eaass 
the  body  to  be  lifted  over  the  graveyard  wall  instead  of 
being  carried  through  the  gate.  The  reason  for  this  is 
supposed  to  be,  that  in  the  event  of  the  body  baiag 
allowed  to  pass  through  the  gate,  the  first  bride  *  kMna^ 
thereafter  will  commit  suicide  within  a  very  short  period 
after  her  marriage ;  and  that  the  firat  child  carried  to<»Bch 
to  be  christened,  will  commit  suicide  before  it  raachaa  tba 
age  of  eight  years."— 7%e  G*ardian,  Jan.  20,  18$i. 

K.P.IXE. 

A  GnroiHE  Cektbhasiax. — Beading  ^'N.  ft  Q.," 
I  find  remarks  made  on  "  Longevity ;"  and  m  I 
am  personally  acquainted  with  the  following  awst 
intorcsting  <ud  man,  I  venture  to  send  jou  •  ftnr 


particulars  of  bis  case ;  and  should  it  in  any  way 
interest  jau,  and  yoa  like  lo  insert  it  in  ynur 
magazine^  I  hope  you  wiJl  do  so.  I  -'  '  '  l>o 
very  happy  to  present  you  with  his  j  ■'■^:. 

likeness  on  gluss.  His  name  isRiclmiu  IiiUsCt; 
born,  in  1756,  on  July  14, — so  he  will  be  108  next 
July-  He  is  residing  at  Cheltenham,  and  has 
6«.  6<i.  a-week  allowed  him:  43.  Gd.  from  the 
parish,  and  2*.  a-woek  from  the  51.  sent  annually 
by  the  Queen  to  the  clergyman  of  the  place  ;  he 
having  natisfied  her  Majesty  as  to  the  correctness 
of  the  slatomcnt,  and  discovered  the  register.  He 
is  a  very  j^txHi  old  man,  attending  his  church 
regularly  every  Sunday,  and  sacrament  once  a 
month ;  and  was  a  regular  attendant  on  the 
ires  up  to  the  last  two  years,  when  he 
J  to  discontinue  some  of  his  habits,  lie 
n  liaJe  uikd  hearty,  and  has  all  his  faculties  about 
him ;    and  is,  in   every  way,  a  most  interesting 

£erann.  I  vi>it  Cheltenham  every  spring,  axid  see 
ini  almoftt  daily  for  two  months,  and  Imve  a  chat 
with  him.  Last  spring  his  legs  were  bctit,  and 
his  knees  touched,  with  hia  two  feet  bowed  out- 
wards ;  but  he  mauagod  to  get  about  for  his  daily 
%trf>ll8  with  two  strong  crutches.  Ho  has  the 
nnst  charming  countenance,  and  always  looks  on 
the  bright  side  of  everything. 

Wm,  Edwabd  Bbix. 

_    Colborxb;  LoBDji  Sbatos  axd  Colborvx. — 

(though  two  familiejj  bearing  the  name  of  Col- 
_  >nie  have  been  during  the  present  century  en- 
nobled, the  I  iford  little  or  no  information 
resnecllng  t ,                 y  of  cither  of  them. 

Lord  Sealon,  taUcc  j,  was,  I  believe,  the  founder 
of  his  line,  and,  in  u  geneulogioal  point  of  view,  a 
noma  homo.  But  Lord  Colborne  (if  the  arms 
borne  by  him  are  a  trustwortliv  Indication  of  de- 
sci'nl)  woul<l  ?cem  to  havi    '    '  '   '      i^      '^ V 

born  CM  of*  Wiltshire,  an  anci 

in  the  Visitations  of  the  couum,  awn  t.-iiiiii'.a  lu 
wear  coat-armour. 

I  should  be  glad  to  have  some  definite  informa- 
tion on  this  point,  as  well  as  corrections  and  ad- 
ditions to  the  subjoined  particulars  of  the  faiully, 
which  are  oil  I  have  hitherto  bocn  able  to  col- 
lect :  — 

A  Mr.  Colbomc  of  Chippenham  was,  I  hove 
understood,  the  father  of  three  sons ;  vir.  — 

William  of  Norfolk,  who  died  without  isjue. 

Benjamin  of  IJ«th,  whose  daughter  and  heir 
married  Sir  M.  W.  KiiUcy.  and  was  mother  of 
Nicholas  Ridlt^y  CollHnue,  who  was  nhed  lo  the 
rie-rngi'  in  |A.1»  as  Baron  Colborne,  of  West  Har- 
llriir,  1111(1  dic-d  li'nvin<x  no  male  issue. 

Jos(>ph,  ,  '  •  *  1  House,  Wilts,  whose 
dnughtcr   .  'lawkins,  second  son  of 

Sir  Caesar  nmniiM,  jiart.  Tljcre  was  also  a 
ihkughter  Emma,  who  mnrricd  ihu  Rev.  Samuel 
Towers. 


Mr.  William  Colborne  was,  I  believe,  a  gentle- 
man  of  large  fortune,  but  whether  derived  from 
liereditary  sources,  or  acquired  in  professioa  or 
cijijimercc,  1  know  not ;  and  I  am  equally  Ignorant 
of  the  reason  fur  the  elevation  to  the  peerage  of 
his  great«nephew,  Nicholas  Ilidlcy.  I  have  some 
reason  to  think  that  a  connection  existed  between 
the  Colbornes  and  the  Branthwayta  of  Norfolk  ; 
but  here  again  my  iitformation  is  extremelv  vague, 
and  I  can  cite  no  reliahle  *  authority.        ^Yu,Ts. 

Eels:  "Qceast."  —  An  article  on  "Eels"  in 
the  Quarterly  Itcview  for  January  Ini^t,  contains 
an  extract  from  Juliana  Bcmers,  wherein  the 
reviewer  interpolates  a  query  thus  :  "The  ele  b  a 
(;■  '    tNvii  f)  fysshe."     The  lady's  "quaysy" 

i  .-  the  old  Shaksperian  word  *'  (jueasy," 

!<>■•  '1  ii:  ,uiich  A'lo,  Act  IL  S.  I  1  — 

"  I,  with  your  two  it^liiit,  will  m  practise  on  Denodick, 
that,  in  dc«pit«  of  liii  nnirk  vrit  and  his  qntatjf  BtOUMOb* 
he  shall  foil  in  luve  with  BoAttice." 

In  Antony  and  Clconntra,  Act  IH.  Sc.  6:- 
"  Who,  oHttuy  witli  alr«adtr. 

Will  taoir  good  ;ii  .  (rom  him," 

And  in  Lear,  Act  U.  8c.  1 :  — 

"And  I  have  on«  thing,  of  a  qucatjf  qoesttoa, 
Which  I  must  act." 

Many  years  ago  I  frequently  heard  the  word 
applied  in  Yorkshire  to  a  greasy-stomached  man, 
who  was  called  "  a  queasi/  fellow."  The  words 
tichluk  and  qualmish  seem  to  come  near  it  In  mean- 
ing. 

The  reviewer  notices  the  strong  aversion  with 
which  the  Scotch  regard  eels.  In  corroboration, 
I  may  observe,  that  when  travelling  along  the 
Caledonian  Canal,  I  once  fell  into  conversation 
with  a  half-starved,  bare-legged  Highlondman, 
who  complained  of  the  dearness  of  provisions.  I 
irked  that  food  must  surely  be  scarce  when 
opie  of  the  district  were  driven  to  eat  "hill- 
kuiud  *  and  "bra.xy"  mutton;  adding  that  there 
must  be  abundance  of  eels  in  the  canal.  My 
"  bag  "-less  friend  assured  me  that  the  mutton  was 
not  60  bad  as  it  seemed  to  a  Southron  ;  but  as  to 
eating  eels,  "  Na,  na,"  said  he  —  '*  svaaks  /" 

*  G.  HLofS. 


tilttcrtaf* 


PiCTUaB  or  TItB  BATTI.B  OP  AcrxcoOBT, — 
Some  years  ago  wa*  i  '  '  ■<  Guildhall  a  large 
picture  of  "  The  B:.;  .i court,"  which  had 

been  painted  by  Sir  ;>....,  Ker  Porter  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 

•  I  venture  to  employ  this  mucb-abuMd  word,  abeltcr- 
ing  myself  from  ^M\ftleti\u«njw«vtttNxsjBiSiat.*s^'«s»»^B***' 


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[8»<aV.  Fkb.S7,<64. 


found  in  one  of  tlie  vaulted  chambers    under 
Guildhall.    It  was  then  supposed  to  be  a  picture 
of  great    antiquity,  and  to  have  remained  con- 
cealed ever  since  the  jn^at  fire  of  London. 
What  has  become  of  this  picture  ? 

A.  CHAPrEBS. 
Bedford  Row. 

"  Albumazar,"  bt  Tomkis.  —  There  is  an  edi- 
tion of  this  old  play  published  in  1634,  "newly 
revised  and  corrected  by  a  special  hand."  Is  it 
known  who  was  the  editor  of  this  edition  ?    B.  L 

Ancient  Bbix-fotindebs.  —  Having  made  a 
collection  of  inscriptions  from  church  bells  in  the 
different  parts  of  Scotland,  and  being  desirous  to 
learn  something  of  some  of  the  makers  of  them, 
I  shall  feel  obliged  by  any  of  your  correspondents 
informing  me  where  I  can  obtun  information  re- 
garding the  following  makers,  viz.  Peter  lansen, 
1643  ;  0ns  Heeren,  1526  ;  P.  Ostend,  Rotterdam, 
1684;  C.  Ouderocci,  Rotterdam,  1655;  Jacob 
Ser,  1565 ;  Ian  Burgerhuys  (1609) ;  Michael  Bur- 
gerhuys  (1624) ;  and  tfohn  Bui^erhuys,  1662, 
possibly  all  three  of  Rotterdam;  and  Gerot 
Meyer,  1656.  The  dates  annexed  to  the  respec- 
tive names  appear  upon  the  bells.  A.  J. 

Booth  op  Git^dbrsome.  —  Jones,  in  his  Views 
of  Getitlemen'a  Seats,  has  the  following  under  the 
heading  of  "  Glendon  Hall " :  — 

"  John  Booth,  Esq.,  of  Glatton  Hall,  in  Huntingdon- 
shire, purchased  Glendon  Hall,  1758.  The  immediate 
ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  family  of  Booth,  and  father 
of  the  first  purchaser  of  Glendon  Hall,  was  settled  at 
Gildresome,  near  Leeds,  Yorkshire;  and  was  descended 
from  a  younger  branch  of  the  Booths,  of  Dunham  Massey, 
who  were  of  great  repute  in  Lancashire  and  Cheshire, 
long  before  it  arrived  to  the  rank  of  peerage,  as  Earls  of 
Warrington  and  Lords  Delamere." 

Could  any  correspondent  of  "  N.  &  Q,"  give 
any  information  if  there  are  any  descendants  of 
that  family  of  Booth  left  at  Gildresome,  or  in  that 
part  of  Yorkshire  ?  H.  N.  S. 

Bbomze  Statubs  at  Gbantuam.  —  On  the 
west  front  of  Grantham  church  are  twelve  niches ; 
it  is  said  that  these,  before  the  Reformation,  con- 
tained bronze  statues  of  the  Apostles,  and  that 
at  the  change  of  religion  they  were  removed  and 
buried  under  the  floor  of  the  crypt.  Is  there 
any  truth  in  the  legend,  or  is  it  but  the  vain 
imagination  of  some  ancient  sexton  ? 

In  the  crypt  of  the  same  church  is  a  stone  altar 
with  raised  foot  path,  apparently  in  its  original 
condition.  The  slab,  however,  has  no  consecra- 
tion crosses  on  it.  Have  they  been  worn  away  ? 
The  stone  is  white  and  by  no  means  hard.  Or  is 
this  an  altar  erected  in  the  reign  of  Mary  I., 
which  had  not  been  dedicated  at  the  time  of  her 
death  ?  Gbiue. 

Comic  Sohgs  Tbanslatbd.  —  Seeing  in 
**  27.  &  Q."  of  Jan.  23,  an  excellent  traodation 


into  Latin  by  Dr.  Glasse  of  the  well-known  comic 
song  of  "  Miss  Bailey,"  I  was  renunded  of  some 
translations  into  Latin  of  other  comic  aongt, 
amongst  which  there  was  one  of  **  Billy  Taylor." 
This,  if  I  mistake  not,  was  by  the  late  Rev.  C 
Bigge,  with  two  additional  verses  by  Lord  Vernon. 
They  were  translated  by  the  Rev.  C.  Harcourt  or 
by  Lord  Ravensworth  (perhaps  by  both),  and  were 
printed,  I  believe,  at  Oxford. 

Can  any  of  your  correspondents  inform  me  if 
the  same  were  ever  published,  or  where  to  find 
other  translations  of  comic  pieces  ?  Tu. 

"DicrroKABT  op  Coins."  —  On  Erick  XIV.  of 
Sweden  killing  the  husband  of — 

'*  Martha  Lejonhufred  [she]  received  a  thousand  marks 
of  pure  silver  as  blood-money  for  the  massacre  of  her 
husband  and  her  two  sons— disgusting  woman!  So  I 
thought  and  wrote,  till  by  chance  one  day,  stmck  by  tha 
beauty  of  a  diamond-shaped  coin  bearing'a  crowned  waaa, 
and  the  fraternal  cipher  J.  C.  twined  gracefully  together, 
I  looked  in  the  Dietionary  of  Coim,  and  there  found  how 
the  Ladv  Martha,  object  of  my  wrath,  had  given  these 
thousand  marks,  price  of  her  lord's  and  sons*  blood,  to 
aid  the  rebel  cause.  From  this  silver  was  stmck,  in  1568; 
a  coin  still  called  Blod-klipping." 

So  says  Horace  Marry  at  in  his  work  Ome  Tear 
in  Sweden,  including  a  Visit  to  the  Isle  of  OSUami, 
London :  Murray,  1862,  2  vols.  8vo,  plates,  pp. 
160-161. 

What  is  the  Dictionary  of  Coins  f  Where  pub- 
lished, and  by  whom,  size,  and  price  ? 

William  Dudgeon  (a  gentleman  in  Berwick- 
shire.)—In  the  Memoirs  of  the  Life  and  Wrilhigt 
of  the  Bev.  John  Jackson,  Master  of  Wtfttom's 
Hospital  in  Leicester  (Lond.  Svo,  1764),  I  find 
mention,  pp.  139,  140,  of  the  following  work  :  — 

"Several  Letters  to  the  Kevcrend  Mr.  Jackaoo  firaa 
William  Dudgeon,  a  Gentleman  in  Berwickshire,  with 
Mr.  Jackson's  Answers  to  them,  concerning  the  Imiaea- 
sity  and  Unity  of  God,  the  Existence  of  Matter  and  Spi- 
ritual Substance,  God's  Moral  Government  of  the  Wond; 
the  Nature  of  Necessity  and  Fate,  and  of  Libcotj  or  Ac- 
tion ;  and  the  Foundation,  Distinction,  and  C4)ii.>equenoe* 
of  Virtue  and  Vice,  Good  and  Evil.  Written  in  the 
Years  1785  and  1736,  and  occasioned  by  two  Books  wri- 
ten  by  Mr.  Jackson,  one  entitnled.  The  Existene*  mrf 
Unitff  of  God  proved  from  hi*  Nature  and  Attribmtea,  tht 
the  other  being  Tlu  Dtfence  of  it.    I.ond.  8vo,  1737." 

This  book  is  also  briefly  noticed  by  Watt. 

It  appears  that  there  is  m  Dr.  Williams's  library, 
Red  CroHS  Street,  another  work  which  has  escaped 
the  attention  of  both  Mr.  Jackson's  biograpther 
and  Watt.  It  is  thus  described  in  the  published 
catalogue :  — 

"Some  Additional  Letters  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ja^aoa 
from  William  Dudgeon,  with  Mr.  Jackson's  Answers  to 
them.  •  Lond.  8vo,  1787." 

I  shall  be  glad  to  know  more  of  William  Dad> 
geon.*  S.  Y.  R. 

r  *  William  Dudgeon  was  inouired  after  In  Tttt  MomMg 
JUagaxine  of  Sept.  1801  fxii.  95.)  It  appears  that  he  cor- 
responded with  Bishop  Hoadly.— Ed.] 


S^  8.  V.  r*3i.  27,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


173 


"  An  Eastesw  Kihg's  Detice."  —  Who  is 
alluded  to  in  the  followinj!;  ?  It  is  an  erased  pas- 
su<:e  in  the  MS.  of  Addisoo's  £*tay  on  the  Jma- 
gination :  — 

**  I  believe  most  reader*  ore  pleased  with  the  Eastern 
King'i  device,  y«  made  bis  Garden  y*  Map  of  his  Empire; 
where  y*  great  Koad<  were  repre«ented  by  v"  enncioua 
walks  and  allies,  7*  woods  and  forests  by  little  Lnickcts 
and  tnfls  of  Bashes.  A  crooked  rill  discovered  v*  wind- 
ings of  a  mighty  River,  and  a  Snnimer-housM)  or  Turret  y 
sitnation  of  a  huge  City  or  Mctroj>oli«." 

J.  D.  Caupbsix. 

Flbtchbb's  Abithmetic— Is  nnj  one  of  the 
corresj:>ondcnts  to  "  N.  &  Q."  in  possession  of  a 
copy  of  the  following  work  ?  If  so,  he  will  confer 
an  obligation  by  perinitling  me  to  inspect  it ;  — 

"  TAe  7)rad0tPuin'ii  Arithmrtlc,  in  which  is  shown  tJie 
mica  of  common  Arithmetic,  so  plain  and  easy,  that  a 
boy  of  any  tolerallc  capacity  maj- learn  them  in  a.  wcek'a 
time,  without  the  help  of  a  Master.  Halifax,  printed 
by  P.  Darby,  1761." 

The  above  does  not  appear  In  PsorBssox  Ds 
Morgan's  "  Chronological  List."  The  author 
was  "  Nathaniel  Fletcher,  a  schoolmaster  in 
Ovenden,  who  also  wrote  a  pamphlet  entitled, 
A  Methodist  Dissected;  or,  a  Description  of  their 
Errors.  T.  T.  Wu.KJU{80l». 

Bamley,  Lancashire. 

JoHK  GooPTEB,  of  Maplcdurham,  in  Oxford- 
shire, is  mentioned  as  having  an  extensive  and 
critical  knowledge  of  botany.  He  appears  to 
liave  been  living  tn  162C.  Additional  particulars 
respecting  him  are  much  desired.  S.  Y.  R. 

Il£Mi>G  OK  WoBCBsrEB.  —  Edward  Villiers, 
nd  son  of  Robert  Wright,  alias  Danvers,  and 
nger  brother  of  Robert  Villiers,  third  Viscount 
rbeck,  and  Earl  of  Buckinjihnm,  married  July 
14,  1685.  Joan,  daughter  of  William  Heming,  a 
brewer  of  Worcester,  This  Mr.  llemlog  is  stated 
to  have  been  related  to  Dr.  Thomas,  iBisbop  of 
Worcester.  I  should  be  glad  to  know  the  precise 
degree  of  relationship,  and  also  to  obtain  some 
further  information  respecting  the  ilemings.  Ed- 
ward Villiers  waa  born  at  Knighton,  co.  Radnor, 
March  28,  1661,  and  died  at  Canterbury,  1691. 

C.  J.  R. 

TiU!  Homilies. — Tjiking  up  a  volume  contain- 
ing the  two  books  with  the  Ecclesiusticul  Canons, 
it  occurs  to  inc  to  inquire  why  the  Homiltca  are  now 
not  leAil  yearly  in  churches,  as  ordered?  Several 
of  them  are  utill  very  pertinent ;  and  if  more 
read,  and  bolter  known,  we  could  not  have  our 
churches  decorated  in  that  extravagant  manner 
diiipl»ye<l  in  some  l&te  examples,  rerhupd  some 
one  of  your  rererend  readers  will  aflord  an  ex- 

Elanation.     Very  few  lay  persons  appear  ever  to 
ave  read  them. 

This  query   w:i  Ic,  but  meeting  with 

the  following  ver.  :  ijuery  in  the  "Arti- 

cle? to  be  inquired  oflti  the  Visitation  of  the  Rev. 


^orl 


Knightly  Chetwood,  D.D.,  Archdeacon  of  York," 
in  1705, 1  forward  it,  and  wait  a  reply :  — 

••And  doth  your  minister  (to  the  end  the  poople  may 
the  belter  understand,  and  be  the  more  thorooghly  ac- 
quainted wilt.  '  rhie  and  discipline  of  the  Church 
of  England)  :  t  over  unto  the  people,  the  Book 
of  Canons  u:  .— „.  .j..i.,  and  the  Thirty-nine  Articles 
twice  every  year  ?  " 

W.  P. 

IIoBACE,  Odb  xui.  — Is  it  known  who  was  the 
translator  of  the  passage  quoted  in  The  Spectator^ 
No.  171?  J.  D.  Campsbix. 

Ikvkntjom  or  Iboh  Defbitcbs.  —  I  have  re- 
cently perused,  in  the  Madras  Artillery  Records, 
Cublished  at  St.  Thomas's  Mount,  some  papers 
eaded  "  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  os  the  sides  of  vessels  of  war. 
Is  Sir  Wm.  Congreve  entitled  to  the  credit  of 
this  invention,  or  is  there  any  earlier  record  of  itf 

H.  C. 

JSBSMtail    HOBBOCKS,    TUB    ASTBOBTOMBB. — In 

I^Ir.  Whatton's  memoir  of  this  great  precursor  of 
Newton,  I  find  the  following  copy  of  the  register 
at  Emmanuel  College,  Cambridge  :  —  "  Jeremiah 
Horrox.  Born  at  Toxtetb,  Lancashire.  Entered 
Sizar,  Alay  18, 1632."  In  an  earlier  portion  of  the 
snxafi  work,  Mr.  Horrox  is  said  to  have  been 
"  bom  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,  coupled  with  the  many 
works  he  had  wrillcn  before  his  death,  00  Jan.  3, 
1641,  leads  me  to  inquire  whether  any  register  of 
his  birrh,  or  baptism,  is  known  to  exist?  As  there 
was  only  about  one  church  in  Liverpool  at  that 
time,  the  point  might  perha{>8  be  settled  by  an 
examination  of  the  registers  there.  May  I  request 
some  of  your  correspondents  to  make  the  search? 

T.  T.  WiuciasoK. 
Burnley,  Lancasbire. 

Medieval  Chvbches  witutn  thb  BointDa- 
»iES  OF  Rom  AX  Camps. — At  Caistor  and  at  An- 
casler,  in  Lincolnshire,  at  Great  Casterton  and 
at  Market  Overton,  in  Rutland,  and  at  Castor,  in 
Xorthumptonsbire,  the  remains  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  mediaeval  church. 
Do  these  churches  occupy  sites  of  Roman  tem- 
ples Y  And  has  this  peculiarity  been  noticed  in 
the  sites  of  other  Roman  camps  that  lire  to  be 
found  at  the  present  day  in  Britain  f 

Stamfobdiemsis. 

Mti^BoaiiE.  Fk>sw.\. —  ivJovs.  \>it^^ti«r&s.  '^'^^  "^^ 


174 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ttMS.y.  In.S7.<M> 


descended  from  the  ancient  family  of  Milborne  of 
Milbome  Port,  and  Dunkerton,  co.  Somerset, 
the  ddest  son  of  Greorge  Milborne  of  Wonastow, 
00.  Monmouth,  Esq.,  by  Christian  his  wife,  the 
daughter  of  Henry  Herbert  of  Wcmastoir,  and 
grand-daughter  of  William,  third  Earl  of  Wor^ 
cester,  appears  to  have  married  three  times.  I 
shall  feel  oblicred  for  any  information  respecting 
name  and  family  of  bis  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- 
nn."  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 
tiie  names  of  the  several  children. 

Thomas  Milboubh. 
1,  BMiai^iall  Street,  KC 

Hahitah  MomE's  Dkamas.— There  is  a  Grerman 
translation  of  Hannah  Morels  Sacred  Dramas. 
Can  you  give  me  date  and  name  of  translator  ?  Is 
the  name  of  translator  given  in  Fembach's  Thea- 
terfrnmd  in  3  vob.  4to,  1849  ?  R.  L 

The  Pbatts,  Baboitets  or  Coubshill,  Co. 
OF  Bekes. — Henry  Pratt  was  an  alderman  and 
sheriff  of  London,  and  received  the  honour  of  a 
knighthood,  and  afterwards  a  baronetage  from 
Charles  I.  in  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,  Bichard, 
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  male  issue, 
then  to  his  daughter  and  her  male  issue.  To  his 
son  Bichard  Pratt  he  leaves  the  sum  of  5/.,  and 
fhrther  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 
iasue.  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  Bichard  Pratt,  say  from  1648  to  1700. 

I  have  in  my  possession  a  Urge  China  jug 
bearing  the  arms  of  Sir  Henry  Pratt  of  Coleshill, 
and  this  has  descended  to  me  through  several 
generations.  Mv  great-grandfather,  Joseph  Pratt, 
was  grandson  of  Richu^  Pratt,  and  consequently 
great-grandson  of  Sir  Henry.  He  died  at  Cla- 
▼erdon,  in  the  county  of  Warwick,  August  8, 
1786,  aged  eighty-eight  years.  He  came  to  re- 
side at  Claverdon  about  1728.  The  family  had 
lived  at  or  near  Southam,  in  the  same  county. 
Asty  Jn/omuition  will  be  thankfully  received  re- 


lating to  this  Bichard  Pratt  and  hia  immediate 
iaroe.  Gbobgk  P»att. 

John's  Town,  Carmarthen,  Soath  Wales. 

Pabuambnt  House  at  MAcamix.BTH. — In 
Welsh  Sketches,  Srd  series  p.  74, 18fi4, 1  read  the 
following :  — 

"  The  graat  event  of  the  closing  year  Q402)  "^  **« 
Welsh  Parliament,  which  assembled  at  Machynlletn,  in 
HontgooMrysbiiv,  in  which  the  claim  of  Owen  Gljndwi 
to  the  princedom  was  solemnly  confirmed.  A  MTt  of  that 
moat  interestiiur  relic,  the  old  Parliament  House,  snll 
exists.  It  should  be  preserved  with  reverential  care  1^ 
a  nation  to  whom  are  joatly  dear  the  recallectiona  of  thdr 
brave  ancestors,  contending  for  ancient  liberty.** 

May  I  ask  if  it  has  been  "  prasenrcd,"  and  what 
condition  it  is  in  at  present?  Whrtin  it«  lice, 
and  are  there  any  eng^vinga  extant  of  itf 

Chab.  WiTTif  ana 

Patbiciah  Famiubs  or  Bbtjsbbxa.  —  I  bsfc 
only  been  able  to  discover  the  names  of  five  oat 
of  the  *'  seven  patrician  families  of  Brussels."  Can 
any  correspondent  of  "  N.  &  Q."  oblige  me  with 
the  oUier  two  ?  Those  which  I  know  are,  Con- 
denberg,  Serhuygs,  Sleews,  Steenweghe,  and 
Sweerta.  J.  Woodwabb. 

QuoTATioHS  WAKTED. — Can  any  of  your  readers 
give  me  the  reference  for  a  paasi^  (which  I  tUnk 
IS  either  in  Fuller  or  Baxter),  running  BOBanthiny 
like  this  — 

"Neither  should  men  turn  [preackefs?!  aa  IQai^ 
aaith  Herodotna,  breeds  frogs,  whereof  t&a  oae  hslf 
moveth  while  the  rest  is  but  jMia.  mod." 

I  would  be  glad  to  have  the  reference  to  BEero- 
dotus  as  well.  J.  D.  Cabctbodx. 

**  God  of  a  beantifol  neceaiuty  is  love  in  all  he  doeth.* 

iGHOnAaCOB. 

I  have  seen  the  following  lines  qvoted  as 
Dr.  W.  King's.  Thev  are  not  in  Tk«  Art  ^ 
Cookery.  Can  any  oi  your  corresptmdentB  ml 
me  whose  they  are,  and  what  is  the  "—•■»«■§  of 
"Evander's  order"? 

**  The  Scotsman's  faith  and  practice  please  m«  not; 
He  serves  his  meat  half-cold,  hia  doctrine  hot ; 
A  chnrchman's  atomach  very  hardly  bears 
Scant  mutton  curdling  'neatli  redundant  prayers ; 
My  zeal  'gainat  puritanic  ha^^gis  glows. 
And  cock^eekie  makea  me  hold  my  noae ; 
Evamder'g  order  suits  me  when  I  dine. 
So  say  a  common  grace  and  bring  the  wine.** 

A.  B. 
"  A  name  that  posterity  will  not  willingly  let  die.** 
"  Come  to  my  arms,  and  be  thy  Ilarty's  anseL** 

CD. 

In  a  iudgment  pronounced  by  the  late  Lord 
Campbell,  he  quoted  the  following  lines :  — > 
"  Her  did  von  freely  from  your  sool  forgive  ?— 
Sure,  as  1  hope  before  roy  Judge  to  live; 
Sare,  as  the  Saviour  died  upon  the  tree 
For  aD  who  sin,  for  that  poor  wretdi,  and ; 
Whom  never  more  on  earth  will  I  fiusakeb  or  i 


S>«9.T^Fn.l7.«M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEKTES. 


His  Lortlship  sniJ  tLey  were  by  "  a  poetj  who 
more  than  mo»t  otiicr  men  Usui  sounded  the  depths 
of  huomn  feeling."  WJier«  ia  the  panage  to  be 
foand  ?  K.  C.  H. 

"  The  wretched  ins  tlie  faiiliful.    Tia  their  fate 
To  have  «U  beling  save  tiio  one  docay,"  Ac, 

B.A. 

Who  waa  Uie  object  of  the  followiof  fond  eulo* 
gium?  — 

"  Evi^'  ider  Uejiven 

To  :  sjiint  wai  given ; 

ERjiiica ........  L^iili,  she  DOW  dolh  ahow 
^  Virtue,  never  known  below, 

I  Which,  in  Christ,  by  Go*),  i*  given 

L  To  the  eitdeu  aaint  in  Uoavtn." 

M. 
"Then.  O  ve  godal  what  reAdn»— one  and  all ! 
From    ifigh  Church  gabble    down    to  Low  Chnrcb 
drawl." 
I  B.C. 

I  "  A  human  heart  abould  beat  for  two, 

I  WTIialeTcr  aay  your  single  scomerSi 

\  And  .n!l  tho  h«>sr(!is  1  ever  knew 


And 

II 

Sec. 


Tv  lofscnndal — 

111  born  what  only  bringr«  regret: 
Go,  Betty,  fctdi  a  lighted  candle." 

T.  LXBLIX. 

JoHX  SoTToir,  WLD. — I  have  before  me  a  copy 
of  Memoirt  of  the  Life  of  the  late  Reverend  Mr. 
John  Jachtnn,  Mtuter  of  Wigxtori'*  Honpital,  in 
Leicetter,  4-c.  (Lond.  8vo,  1704.)  On  the  fly- 
leaf is  this  note  in  pencil :  "  These  Memoira 
were  publixhed  by  Dr.  Sutton  of  Leicester. 
(Lempriere.)*'  Mr.  Nichols  (itf.  Anee.  n.  528 ; 
Hist,  of  Leit-eiitirrshire,  1.  500)  also  attributes  the 
antborahin  to  Dr.  Sutton,  of  Leicester.  Dr. 
Munk  (HoU  of  Coll  of  Phyx.  ii.  133)  adds  to  this 
scanty  and  unsatisfactory  information  the  facts 
that  Dr.  Sutton  was  a  doctor  of  medicine ;  that 
his  Christian  name  waa  .John,  and  that  he  was 
admitted  an  Extra  Licentiate  of  the  College  of 
Physicians  December  10,  174'2.  I  hope  through 
your  calumnts  to  ascertain  his  parentage  and  uui- 
venity,  also  the  date  of  his  death.  8.  Y.  R. 

Tea   Statistics.  —  From  an   able   article  on 
'The  Progress  of  India,**  in  The  Edinburgh  Ite- 

!(.,..„•<.,..  I,. i-i-i     I   rjather  the  following: 

•  '  (  are  estimated  to  yield 

1  .   ..  ;o!j   in  Cachar  are  esti- 

ii  1)0  llis. ;  8.762  acres  in  Dar- 

j'  ■  to  yield  7S,244  lbs. 

^  According  to  tiieae  lijfureji,  one  .icre  in  Assam 
yields  over  one  hundred  and  thirlu-fivf  pounds  of 
e&;  and  one  acre  in  Cuchar.  ov  >•  pounds 

tea;  while  one  arrr  in  Darj  U  under 

nine  pinatds  often,     ^'  .  h  id  required 

per  acre  to  repay  the  .  .  >!  cultivation? 

DotTBT. 


.ToHw  Williams,  aiitu  Anthojtt  Pasqtjih.  — 
This  person  is  justly  characterised  by  Watt  as  a 
literary  character  of  the  lowest  description 

The  latest  of  his  works  which  Watt  enumerates 
is  7'he  Dramatic  Censor,  to  be  continued  monthly, 
8vo,  1811. 

Under  date  June  4,  1821,  the  poet  Moore  re- 
cords: "  Kenny  said  that  Anthony  Pasquin  (who 
was  a  very  dirty  fellow)  died  of  a  cold  caught  by 
washing  his  face." 

The  date  of  this  event  will  oblige. 

8.  T.K. 

Thomas  Williams. —  Sir  George  Hutchins,  a 
Sergeant-at-Law,  was  knighted,  1689.  lie  was 
subsequently  Lord  Commissiouer  of  the  Great 
Seal  to  Willinm  and  Mary.  He  had  two  daugh- 
ters coheiresses;  the  younger  married  William 
Pierre  Williams,  Esq.,  of  Denton,  co.  Lincoln ;  his 
eldest  son,  Hutchins,  wa.H  made  a  baronet,  1747. 
Qy.  "Who  married  the  other  daughter  ?  Was  her 
name  Mary? 

Richard  Williams,  by  his  coot  of  arms,  handed 
down  on  his  seal  —  viz.  crest:  a  Saracen's  head 
erased;  the  arms ;  gules*  a  chevron  ermine,  between 
three  Saxons*  [Saracens'?]  heads  couped;  quarterly, 
with  gules,  a  chevron  argent  between  three  stags' 
heads  cabossed;  motto:  "  Ileb  Dduw  heb  ddim, 
Duw  a  digon,"  shows  him  to  have  been  of  the 
ancient  family  of  Williams  of  Fenrhyn,  Cochwilljui, 
and  Meillionydd,  co.  Carnarvon.    He  was  bom,co. 

Carnarvon,  July  17,  1719;  man-ied  Mary (P), 

bom  Feb.  18,  1713,  and  e-ettled  at  Leighton-Buz- 
zard,  CO.  Bedford,  where  his  eldest  son  Hutchins 
was  bom  Dec.  8,  1740. 

Was  Mary  the  elder  daughter  of  Su:  George 
Hutchins,  Knight?  Whose  son  was  Richard 
Williams  ?  Was  he  youngest  son  of  Arthur  Wil- 
liamcs  of  Meillionydd,  who  died  Oct.  1723?  By 
a  pedigree  sent  me,  the  children  of  Arthur  and 
Meriel  his  wife,  heiress  of  Lumley  Williams,  were 
—  Lumlev,  born  Oct.  1704;  Meriell,  Nov.  1705; 
Lumley,  June,  1707;  Edward,  Oct.  1708;  John, 
1712  ;  no  others  are  mentioned. 

Was  Richard  born  July,  1719,  aforesaid,  as  I 
have  heard,  is  slated  in  Kandulph  Holmes's  He- 
raldic MS.  of  North  Wales,  Arthur's  youngest 
son  ?  All  Arthur  \Villiames's  children  appear  to 
have  been  minors  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

B.  P.  W. 

LoKD  Wwton's  Escape  from  the  Towitm.— 
In  the  report  of  the  trial,  in  1716,  of  George, 
Earl  of  WintoD,  for  accession  to  the  rebellion  of 
the  previous  year,  it  is  stated  (see  Howell's  Staie 
Trials,  vol.  xv.)  that  aJter  sentence  of  death  had 
been  given,  "  he  was  carried  back  to  the  Tower, 
whence  he  afterwards  made  his  escape."  In 
Wood's  edition  of  Douglass  Scotch  Peerage,  it  is 
sUted  (vol.  ii.  ^.  G4»^  X.'naX  "•  ^vi.  ^e»Nvw5s.xsx'KM»N» 
1  eaca.pe  ou\.  o^  \!u^Tc»^«x  ^'v.Y.wA«o->  K^iSKa*.  ^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


[»*  S.  V.  Fn,  J7,  'M- 


1716,  and  died  unmarried  at  Borne,  December  19, 
1749,  aged  upwai'ds  of  70." 

Smollett,  in  his  Hislury,  makes  no  mention  of 
the  trial ;  nor  is  any  explanation  jriven  by  Wood 
why  the  Earl  had  remained  so  long  under  the 
sentence  without  it  baring  been  carried  into  exe- 
cution ;  for  the  date  of  the  escape,  aa  I  have  just 
quoted,  was  in  Au;;u9t,  and  the  sentence  was 
{ironounced  on  March  19  previous. 

Can  any  of  your  correspondents  refer  me  to  a 
detailed  account  of  the  means  by  which  the  escape 
was  efiectcd  f  or  an  explanation  of  the  reason  of 
the  long  delay  which  I  have  noticed  ?  G. 

Edinburgh. 

tSLutrisi  io(t|)  'Snifotti* 

Ivarhoe:  Waveblby. — In  what  counties  of 
Enj^Iand  lie  the  villages  of  Ivanhoe  and  Wavcrley, 
which  perhaps  furnished  the  names  of  two  of  Scott's 
best  novels?  I  once  saw  them  in  looking  over 
the  maps  in  old  Camden,  bat  cannot  light  upon 
them  asnin.  Is  Ivanhoe  Celtic,  Saxon,  or  Nor- 
man ?  What  is  the  meaning  of  hoe,  or  hoo,  which 
terminates  the  names  of  many  English  villages 
and  hamlets  ?  Ivan  is  the  same  as  John  or  Juan, 
which  seemH  to  be  derived  from  the  Asiatic  word 
Judn^  meaning  a  youth.  Many  European  names 
have  their  etymons  and  analogues  in  India:  for 
example,  Jane  is  Sanscrit  for  a  woman  ;  Amino  is 
Tamtl  for  a  mother,  and  is  a  common  name  among 
Hiiiduu  women  ;  Finctta  is  the  Sanscrit  Vanita^ 
a  woman ;  Pamela  is  Indian  (Tamil)  for  a  woman  ; 
Emma  is  Indian  (Tamil)  for  a  mother ;  /no, 
■Emif^t  Ella,  Anna.  Elsety  are  names  of  Hindoo 
women  as  well  as  of  European.  H.  C. 

[Tho  OAme  of  Ivanhoe  waa  saggcsted«  as  the  story 
goes,  by  itii  old  rbrniu  reconling  three  names  of  the 
numors  forfeited  by  the  ancestor  of  the  celebrated  Uatnp- 
den,  for  Rtrikiog  tho  Black  I'rince  a  blow  with  his  racket, 
when  they  quarrelled  at  tennis:  — 

**  Trin^t  Win?,  ■jhI  tvAnboA, 
For  stfii.'         '     ''ow, 

And  gl;>  :  •^icapesOi" 

Tlie  word  sailed  Scoit'i  pitr{>oM ;  but,  as  th«  Mean. 
Lysons  remark,  "  thb  traJUioa,  tike  many  others,  will 
not  bear  the  tent  of  examination ;  for  ii  appears  by  re- 
cord, that  nalthcr  tbo  roanon  of  Tring,  Win^,  or  Ivanhoe, 
«vcr  were  in  the  Hampden  fimkly."  {Uuek$,  vol.  i.  pt.  ilL  j 
f.  67U) 

As  to  tho  title  of  hti  work  tfavfrlry,  Rcott  informs  us 
that  ho*' had  only  to  srise  upon  ih«  ino«t  sounding  am!  i 
•aphonic  «umanie  that  Englioh  history  or  tojiog^nipby  ' 
tSariA,  and  vlert  It  at  onco  m  the  tiilo  at  my  work.  And  ' 
the  name  of  my  h<?ro,"    Tlta  ancient  »hb«"y  of  W.iv  > '  !•  • 
Ui*  fir»t  «rf  ibfiCintirrinTi  order  ia  tbU  country,  Wii-.  ' 
rallM  from  Famhdm,  In  the  county  of  Sarrey,  »■■ 
delightful  tituatlon  hat  been  often  adrertnl  to  by  I  > 
AvK    fe  wMtgnated,  with  ail  th«  c»tat«s  bdoDging  to  it,  ^ 


to  Sit  WilUam  FJta-WillUra,  Earl  of  »oath«inp«aa.  ia 
1M7.  Moore  Park,  the  »«at  of  Sir  William  TflOfh. 
beaulifally  ailnstcd  on  the  bank  of  the  Wey,  may  b«  aid 
to  adjoin  Waverley  Abbey ;  and  there  are  adllMi  will 
legends  connected  with  the  locality  which  woold  CSfiti- 
vata  the  fancy  of  Scott  as  a  novelist,  e>l>ecially  the  < 
atill  popularly  called  "  &I  other  Ludlaoi's  Hole,**  th«  ( 
posed  dwelhng-place  of  a  hag  or  witch ;  who» 
beinga  of  her  daaa,  is  said  to  have  been  very  kiad^f  ^U*- 
posed  towards  her  neighbours. 

Hasted,  in  his  Kent,  says,  *•  Hoo  comes  from  Xhm  Sasaa 
Aoii,  a  hilL"  Ihra  derive*  the  word  from  ho€^  ki|^ 
Spelman,  voc.  Hoffo,  observes  that  ho,  how,  ai^nifics  i 
coUis.] 

LoBD  Glbkbbbytb.  —  The  other  day 
repeated  the  following  lines,  and  asken 
could  supply  the  remainder.  Ue  attnbttt 
to  Sheridan :  — 


«  Glenbervic  Glenbervie, 

So  clever  in  acurvj*. 
Has  the  Peer  quite  the  E»octor  forgot? 

For  ibine  armi  thoa  ahalt  quarter 

A  pestio  and  mortar; 
Thy  crcat  be  thine  own  gallipot." 

The  lines  were  new  to  me,  and  I  have  Al«sy> 
been  under  the  impression  thut  the  anlecedeals  of 
Sylvester  Douglas  had  been  le^al,  nnd  not  niciii* 
cal.  Still,  he  may  have  embarked  in  physic  be* 
fore  he  took  to  the  law. 

Can  any  of  your  readers  supply  tbe  Unea,  «r 
enlighten  me  as  to  Mr.  Douglas's  origijial  prD- 
fesslon  ?  Or  can  they  fix  the  loau  m  «puf  Of  hh 
marriage  with  the  daughter  of  Lord  North  ? 

DomsKT. 

[Sylvester  DougUs,  Lord  Glenbervic,  waa  bom  ai 
Ellon,  CO.  Aberdeen,  on  May  24,  1T43 ;  and  com|iSeUl  Hi 
oducatioa  at  the  University  of  Aberdeen,  irhere  ho  wie 
distlngatahed  both  as  a  ecientitic  and  clavsical  aiAottt. 
He  alndierl  niMlicine  at  Arat,  but  afterwarxU  foraonk  II 
for  the  profeasion  of  the  bar.  On  !>««til  26,  1789,  b«  «■ 
married,  by  special  license,  at  LonI  Korlh'a  houM^  to  lb* 
Hon.  Miss  E^iharine  Anne  North,  his  lordablp^ 
daughter.  In  1800,  Mr.  Douglas  was  appointed  gm 
of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope;  and  was  on  that 
advanced  to  the  dignity  of  a  (i«er  of  Ireland,  by 
of  Barea  Glenbervic  of  Kincardine. 

Towards  tlie  cl<>»e  uf  thi>  last,  and  the  comtnenc 
of  Ui«  preaont  c«nliirv.  a]i|K<arcd  a  atring  of  peeqaloadai^ 
principHlly  by  Sheridan,  bu;  a  iVtt  atanus  wvrs  ooatil> 
buled  by  Tickell  und  Lord  John  Townaheml.  Ai  HMili^ 
to  Uoore'a  Diary.  U.  li\2,  tboao  on  Loni  Ulenbcrria 
wore  by  Sheriilaii,  and  were  almost  written  off»ban4  bjr 
him '. — 


For  t 


And  J'uur  croal  Ini  a  •!<> 
ToftT  CT«at  ha  a  e^nw"  p.*'  >iv 


I»*8.V.  F«a.2r, 


rr^9^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


177 


•*  Glenbenrie,  Glenb«rrie, 
The  world's  U>p«y-tiinry, 
Of  this  troth  you're  the  fittest  Rttester ; 
For  who  can  deny 
That  the  Low  become  High, 
When  the  King  nuk«*  a  Lord  of  Silrester? 

Glenberrie, 
Whea  the  King  makes  a  Lord  of  SUrester  ?  " 

Ai  Lord  Glenberrie  (ucribed  bU  ri»e  to  the  reputation 
he  had  acquired  by  repoTting  Lord  Mansfield's  decisions, 
he  wisely  took  for  bia  tnotlo,  "  Per  varies  casub."  ''This 
U  rather  better,"  remarks  Ixrd  Campbell,  "  than  that 
adopted  by  a  learned  aequaintance  of  mine  on  setting  up 
his  carriage,  *  Causes  produce  EfTecta,'  which  is  pretty 
much  in  the  style  of  *  Quid  ridta,'  for  the  tobacconist ;  or 
'Quack,  Qoack,'  for  the  doctor  whose  crest  was  a  duck." 

For  the  rematninf;  pasquinade»^eleven  in  all — consult 
Mooro's  MemoirM  of  8/un'daH,  edit  1826,  4to,  pp.  440 — 
448;  and  SheridoMiana,  8vo,  1826,  pp.  109—118.] 

"Officika  Gestidm"  (3*^  S.  v.  157.) — I  use 
the  freedom  to  notice  that  it  docs  not  seem  cer- 
tain that  Bishop  Jornondes  was  the  author  of  this 
phrase.  On  the  contrary,  Sir  Thomas  Craig 
ascribes  it  to  Pliny  :  — 

"  Poetes  factcun  est  cum  'a  8epten(riane,  qnam  Plinins 
oMeiiuim  oeutium  verissime  dixit,"  &G^  &C.  —  Craig's 
Jm  FeMiile,  edition  1732,  p.  26,  a.  4. 

G. 

Edinborgh. 

[Oar  reply  to  the  inquiry  of  a  (ante,  p.  157)  was 
penned  under  the  full  persuasion  that  the  phrase  "Offiuina 
Gentium"  not  only  occurs  in  Jomand«,  but  was  to 
be  found  in  no  ejtrlier  writer ;  and  we  aro  bound  to  con- 
fess that  we  still  retain  the  same  impreasion,  though  with 
all  due  deference  to  so  respectable  an  authority  as  Sir 
Thomas  Craig.  Our  present  conespondent  G.  appears  to 
have  felt  satisfied  with  the  sUCement  of  that  learned 
writer ;  at  least,  so  far  as  this,  that  he  does  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  ciu- 
tion,  by  Ajrr  author,  is  trustworthy,  without  reference  to 
the  author  litcd. 

Brfore  writing  our  previous  orticle  we  bad  taken  proper 
means  to  ascertain  whether  the  phrase  in  question  occurs 
in  Pliny,  or  in  any  writer  of  classical  Borne.  So  far  as 
Pliny  is  n.tucrn.ii  we  hare  now  with  greater  care  re- 
peatt-d  c.  ,  ,n.  The  result  is,  not  only  a  decided 

inipresKio;  ]^o  pages  of  Pliny  oo  such  phrase  as 

"  OfllcJtu  irtntium  "  i*  to  be  (bund,  but  a  slight  suspicion 
that  Pliny,  hving  in  the  first  eenturj-,  was  a  very  tmlihtly 
p«rson  (bus  to  designate  Scandinavia,  which  ho  speaks 
of  as  an  immense  island  only  partially  known,  and,  so 
far  OS  known,  iiibaliitetl  by  o»t<>  race,  the  Hilleviones 
(It.  ?r).  JomoniJ«»,  «in  the  cimtrun-,  Uving  in  tlie  sixth 
canlury,  knowing  full  wtll  what  the  Empire  had  sutfered 
from  nations  of  nortlitrrn  oripn  in  the  interval  between 
Pliny's  day  and  !ii»  own,  and  believing  that  many  of 
those  nations  cAinc  in  (he  flrat  instance  from  Scandinavia, 

Id  Tory  iMturally  natn*  that  ooontfy  tha  ••  Officioa 


Crentinm,"  or  "  Vogfna  Nationum."  Of  course,  to  speak 
with  full  authority-  on  this  question,  we  ought  to  re- 
peruse  our  old  friend  Pliny  from  end  to  end.  This  our 
avocations  forbid.  At  present  then  we  can  only  say. 
with  thanks  (o  our  correipondent,  that  if  he  will  show  ua 
the  passage  where  Pliny  applies  to  Scandinavia  the 
phrase  "Officina  Gentium,"  we  will  renefw  our  acknow- 
ledgments, and  own  ourselves  corrected.] 

"  Ih  the  Midst  or  Life  we  are  tw  Dbath," 
KTC.  —  Thia  beautiful  passage  in  the  Burial  Ser- 
vice of  the  Book  of  Comnaon  Prayer,  I  observe 
by  a  note  in  The  Cily  Press  for  Feb.  13,  1864, 
is  "  taken  from  Martin  Luther."  In  which  of 
Luther's  writings  do  the  words  occur?  They 
have  been  often  quoted  in  sermons  as  a  verse 
from  the  Bible ;  and  the  same  storj  is  told  of 
two  celebrated  nonconformist  divines,  Robert 
Hall  and  Dr.  Leifchild,  viz.,  that  when  called 
upon  to  preach  a  funenJ  sermon,  one,  or  both, 
of  these  popular  preachers  selected  this  passage 
for  the  text,  at  tbe  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  Tubrim. 

[This  passage  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  Martinsbruck,  in 
peril  of  their  lives.  It  occurs  in  the  Canlarium  Sti,  GnlU, 
or  Choir  Book  of  the  monks  of  St.  Gall,  published  in  1 845, 
with,  however,  a  slight  deviation  from  the  text.  Hoff- 
mann says  that  thia  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.II.  I31G)  that  no  one  should  sing  the  Mtdia  vita  withuut 
tbe  leave  of  his  bishop.  The  pasaaga  also  occurs  in  the 
Salisbury  Use  drawn  up  by  Bishop  Osmund  in  the 
eleventh  century  (^Bm.  Sarith.  P*alt.  fol.  65): — "Me(U& 
viti  in  morto  sumus;  quern  qnicrimus  adjutorcm  nisi  te, 
Dominel  qui  pro  peccalis  nostris  juste  iroscaris."  It 
forms  the  ground  work  of  a  long  hymn  by  Martin  Lu- 
ther:— 

"  Mitten  wir  in  lebea  sind 
Mil  dem  tod  umbfangweu  (amfongeu)." 

That  is,  "In  the  midst  of  life  we  are  witli  deatli  sur- 
rounded."— Luther's  Gtystlichc  Lieder  (Spiritual  Songs), 
Hymn  xxxv.,  NUmbcrg,  1058,  I'ide  "X.  &  Q-,"  l"  8. 
viii.  177,  and  Tht  Paritk  Choir,  Ui.  140.] 

Enutmion  Porter. —Was  Endymion  Porter, 
Groom  of  the  Bedcbainber  to  Charles  I.,  and  an 
officer  of  tbe  Court  of  Star  CLanibcr,  a  member  of 
the  family  of  Porter  of  Beltou,  co.  Lincoln  ? 

Gattus. 

[We  cannot  tTiua  tst^  <f)KSMcSixiBi  t&  >Jo»,        _^ 
Endymioa  Pon«  ^^>ci  \\iaX  ^  YiiMi*(fc»«ft.\ifl»**i 


o«Mjrate<i  courtier  wu  •  deiCfladimt  of  Willi«ni  Porter 
ot  Mickleloa,  uo.  GloooMtcr*  Soieatit-stHUins  to  nenr^" 
VTL,  ob.  iiJlS.  Edmund,  the  £tther  of  Endjnuoxi,  miir> 
Tied  AageiicA,  dAoghter  of  his  coasia  Giles  Porter,  of 
Mickletofu  It  IB  traditlonollj  stated  that  Endymion  waa 
bom  in  the  manor-house  of  Aston -sub-Edg«,  co.  Glouces- 
ter, lo  Barkers  Commoners,  ed.  1836,  iii.  577,  the  Walah- 
Portera  of  Alfarthing,  in  the  parish  of  Waadaworlh,  oo. 
Surrey,  are  traced  to  this  family,  of  whom  a  pretty  full 
account  is  given.  In  Collectanea  Topog.  et  Gentalog.,  vii. 
279,  are  many  extract*  from  the  register  of  W*slon- 
nnder^Edge,  inclnding  several  Porters  and  Overbnryi. 
For  the  pedigree  of  the  Cunily  of  EadjmioB,  see  HatL  MSv 
IMS,  p.  69  6.] 

CROMWELL'S  U£AD. 
(S-^S.  V.  119.) 
The  qiiotfttion  from  The  Queen  newspaper,  given 
by  H.  W.,  U  exceedingly  cariou.s  and  interesting; 
Ks  it  fairly  exhibits  the  unount  ajid  kind  of  in- 
formation pOKses^ed  by  believers  in  spurious  relics, 
as  well  a?  their  generally  "  rather  involved  "— as 
H.  W.  mildly  terms  it — style  of  compoaitioOf  and 
their  utter  deficiency  in  anything  approaching  to 
logical  aeomon. 

'The    head,"  says  oar    author,  "was    subsequently 
•rated  fhnn  the  body,  and  placed  on  a  spike  over  the 
gate  at  Temple  Bar.** 

Here  is  an  instanoc  of  the  manner  in  which 
mnny  an  important  historical  question  is  com- 
plicuted  by  sheer  ignorance,  and  want  of  the 
alighlest  research  or  inquiry.  The  heads  said  to 
be  those  of  Cromwell,  Ireton,  and  Bradr^haw,  were 
put  on  Westminstex  HaIL,  not  on  Temple  Bar  :  — 

"  Brad^bsw's  being  placed  in  the  midiile,  iramsdiately 
ever  that  part  of  Die  Ilall  where  he  sat  as  Prcaidcot  at 
the  trial  of  Cbailea  1. ;  the  other  beads  placad  on  either 
aide." 

With  the  "Wilkinson  head  of  Cromwell  (to  my 
cijrtain  '  -  -  '  '  -  *'  -  ir.>  many  others)  we  arc 
told  i'  rved  the  Jictual   docu- 

WWils, ,....;   .,.,   ,,.,.,.,(1  lorfje  rewards  for  the 

restoration  to  the  rtutliorities  of  the  head,  after  it 
waa  blown  down ;  and  severe  threats  upon  lh<j»e 
who  rctaine<l  it  knowingly,  after  these  notices 
were  publifthed."  Of  course,  these  "  actual  docu- 
ments "  would  state  the  pbce  from  whence  the 
^bead  was  blown;  and  as,  m  the  same  paraffrapb, 
arc  told  that  it  was  Temple  Bar,  the  viJuv  of 
irli  doounients  may  be  easily  putssed.  But, 
^'  rit  such  notices,  oflerin^  reward,  and 

t  '    ptinishment,   are   in   existonre,   und 

I''  ■  i'lo  character  is  indis|  •■y 

J'  A.  the  Wilkinson  heu  ad 

01  tromwiMi,  nor  do  they  throw  the  ^li^^Ltest 
U^bl  on  the  mystcriouji  qucstioa  of  the  great 
Ei^ihhtnun's.  bttr'ud  place. 


The  writer  in  The  <  ■--  evidently  as  «> 

argument  for  the  autl  the  he»d  ;  "tSs 

flesh  hat  been  emlxdmed^  wiju.'u  would  OOt  mtHt 
been  the  c^ise  with  the  remains  of  an  onfiasy 
person." 

But  the  embalming,  though  tlio  wonK  "k* 
been  embalmed,"  are  italicised,  does  not  prwt 
that  the  head  was  Cromwell's.  Tliia  mrgnmot 
was  much  better  put  in  the  Itut  cenlurr,  vha 
the  American  and  rrench  revolutions  hao  nial 
a  republican  mania  in  England ;  aiid,^  oaai» 
quenlly,  almost  every  penny  show  b&d  its  xtA, 
actual,  old,  original,  identical  CromwdTa  hoA 
Then  an  ombakned  bead  was  valuable,  lor  lb 
Sbownum  could  say :  *•  Observe,  ladie*  sad  f^ 
tlemen,  this  head  h&s  been  embalmed,  aod  in  * 
is  the  spike  upon  which  it  was  placed  ;  now,  OM 
you  mention  any  other  historical  charaotOT  whOK 
head  was  embalmed,  either  before  or  MtVet  it  BM 
been  cut  off  and  spiked  ?  "  This,  of  conrse,  voaU 
be  convincing  to  some  of  a  certain  calibre  aa^f 
the  spectators ;  but  certainly  not  to  otbexs,  *fc» 
had  common  sense  enough  to  consider  tiiat  an 
balmed  head  might  have  quietly  rested 
to  iu  body  in  its  coffin  for  many  jeam;  SBi  •• 
might  have  been  cut  oflT,  and  placed  on  •  'P^^ 
some  sacrilegious  scoundrel,  and  sold  or  exbibital 
for  filthy  lucre. 

In  a  periodical  {T7te  Phrenological  JbmnJf, 
that  once  assumed  a  sort  of  scmi-scientifie  dhi* 
racter,  but  has  long  since  fallen  into  welloiacriMl 
obscurity,  thtTC  is  a  paper  (vol.  xvii.  p.  9810^ 
a  Mr.  O  bonovan  on  the  Wilkinson  head.  Thm 
gentleman,  begging  the  question  by  o  ^ 
the  obvious  absurdness  of  the  cmbalmiac  a , 
ment,  lays  great  stress,  with  plenty  of  ica&^* 
it  thus :  — 

"  Bnt  tlie  rapiial  fact,  on  who«e  •videoce  ih»  dltasif 
V.  '    '  lie  nst,  is  one  to  which  tbore  *••• 

It  h  thiif— the  head  raoaC  Ikava 
i  .       ,     list  have  been  eo  bcA)ra  ita 

Tlu  ttim  condUwnay  it  it  Mitvtdt  eonhot  im 
any  known  head  in  tht  world." 

The  Wilkinson   head,  we  arc  told,  faaa 

bOLin  publicly  exhibited  for  money.  And 
iH  no  allusion  to  exhibition  in  the  qilOtatiiA 
The  Queen,  which  merely  states  ;  — 

"  It  nmiaiued  io  thU  soldieHi  fntnily  fbr 
rations  ;  till  at  la«»,  nmt  tnanv  yean  ago,  it  waa 
thit  last  titrvivor  ot  his  familr  to  Mr.  WUkdaaa 
geon  Oif   Sandgst*.  naar    Folkestone;    anil    ia, 
mooieui,  In  the  posMaaion  of  tlwt  gnntlemaa'a  ae 

Again  »•  read  in  ^'N.  &  a"  0*  8-  »»»•  7«>-- 

"  Tliti  heati  iu  '•  bena  tJie  pmaaity  af 

tamily  to  wbieh  i:  r  aisny  yam  oaduaad  I 

cMiaii!  >      '  '     '  *  < '  a  r«ile  of  ipraal  vakMi 

ban  •t .  rrcd  by  liffaey  to  4iflkM 


•  ItAiK-t,  in  wrii 
to  oaths  in  coa\< 


>*8.T.  Itai.W,'*!] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


179 


hH>ff<>tnw  td  tlio  rimily.  and  iua  Ut«Iy.  it  i*  Bai4,  been  in- 
horilMl  by  a  young  liuly." 

One  more  notice  of  tbia  wonderful  head :  — 

';     i*  r6(iiin«d  in   great  secresy, 
r    a,   III  rem,   iiUmiMed  in    the 
-it  if  mad"  pulilif,  it  woald  be 
jp  tit,  ■«  the  only  party  to  which  it 

«<,,  -."    («N.&Q.,"1'»S.  V.276.) 

Now,  as  ftn  embalmed  bead  of  Cromwell  bos 
been  puUlicly  exhibitcJ,  it  is  clear  that  there  are 
two  ombdluK'd  heads ;  »iiil  consequently  the  argu- 
ment about  the  fuilijdnmient, previously  tiUudcd  to, 
worthiest  ns  It  b,  falls  to  the  ground.  This  fact 
is  proved  by  the  following  exhibition  advertise- 
ment from  tLe  Mandng  Chronicle  of  March  18tb, 
1799: 

«*  Tlic  Rc«l  Embalm«!il  Head  of  the  Powerfid  and  Ke- 
Downed  Usarper,  Oliver  Croniw<;ll,"  ic,  &c. 

I  need  not  quote  the  whole  of  the  advertise- 
ment, OS  it  lias  already  appeared  in  "N.  &  Q." 
(1**  S.  xi.  496) ;  but  it  ends  with  the  following 
words :  — 

*A  graoino  Xn-  Siting  to  the  Acqaisition, 

Concealment,  nnd    :  ■  of  those  Articiea,  to  be 

had  at  the  place  of  L 

We  all  know  what  showmen's  genuine  narra- 
tires  are  worth ;  still  there  seems  to  be  a  rather 
suspicious  rchilionabip  between  the  "  genuine  nar- 
rative," and  the  "actual  documents"  akeady 
noticed. 

I  must  apologise  foro<'(tii>vin7  i^o  much  spmce  and 

tcotion  with  this  cm  I'irument,  oa  used 

Jthe  proprutors  ai>  rs  of  Cromwella 

merely  dul  so,  to  show  the  mental  caUbrc 
:e  of  anatomical  rclic-mungers.  For  I  could 
have  disposed  of  the  question  at  once,  by  proving 
that  Cromwell's  head  wa«  not  embalmed ;  nor  can 
it  be  siaid  even  that  liis  bo<ly  was,  in  the  sense  in 
which  the-  word  embalmed  is  used  now,  tuid  at  the 
period  ol'the  Protector's  death.   Dr.  George  Bate, 
who   was    successively   physician    to   Churlcs  I^ 
Cromwell,  and   ("      '      "  '' r   ♦mtopsy  of 

the  usurper  to  tl.  1  part  of  his 

F'-     '     1^  '-    :     :\i,j„r,.;n,^,  iu  y,uL:uu,  |mblished 
ju  IT  Cromwc'll's  deatli,  wlien  there 

m>.ow  ......    ..  ..  i.  plenty  alive  to  contradict  him  if 

he  dared  to  state  thiit  which  was  in  any  form  in- 
correct; and  thus  he  tells  what  was  done  with 
Cromwell's  body  :  — - 

"r'luiiii.  os.l  ,  vrriicrdiiiii  nrotii.'iiu  repletotn,  ceratisquo 
s  «imn  plumb**),  devn 

i.L  uIa  lAftitin  uuircrsA 

icriii'.Tit",  Uitur  [H'Miavit  *<ics  adeo  tttra 
U  ltd  MleuttM  ttxeiiuiiis  term!  mandari  nece^i- 

1    .  ■  " 

So  we  learn  that  the  intestines  were  removed, 

id  their  place  h"'"'-  <'■):<•■'  "i'li  -<■'"■' -^   •  In:  body 

wrapped  in  into  a. 

iden  coihn,  sii.  I   '.'..-       .      ^  wooden 

one.    Tet  the  ooomptioo  buni  through  all ;  and 


the  foul  smell  pervading  the  whole  house,  it  was 
necessary  to  inter  the  body  before  the  solemnities 
of  the  funeral.  Not  a  word  is  said  about  the 
head:  so  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  we  shall  hear  no 
more  of  the  Wilkinson  embalmed  cranixini,  and 
that  H,  W.  will  acknowledge  that  the  magnificent 
burial  of  the  Protector  is  not  "still  a  disputed 
point"  For  if  the  preceding  quotation  from  the 
Elenchi  Motuum  be  not  history,  it  is  the  material 
from  which  history  is  formed,  and  would  be  re- 
ceived as  good  and  lawful  evidence  in  any  English 
court  of  justice  ut  the  present  day.  6ate  does 
not  tell  us  what  was  done  with  the  body  ;  very 

Erobably,  he  did  not  know-  But  it  was  well  known 
y  the  populace,  at  the  magnificent  lying  in  »t*te 
and  public  funeral,  that  the  body  was  not  there, 
that  its  place  was  supplied  by  a  waxen  figure : 
and,  while  the  better  uiformed  understood  that 
Cromwell's  friends — to  use  the  words  of  Claa- 
diu3 — *'  in  hugger-mugger"  did  inter  him,  the 
more  Ignorant  and  vulgar  confidently  believed 
that  the  Devil  had  aaved  all  posthumous  trouble, 
by  flying  away  with  the  Protector  wholly  and 
corporeaJly.  So  general,  and  so  strong  was  this 
belief,  that  even  the  grave  and  learned  royal 
physician,  Dr.  Bate,  absolutely  condescends  to 
contradict  it,  before  he  proceeds  to  describ<^  the 
state  of  Cromwell's  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  lecture,  not 
long  since  delivered  in  a  suburban  locality,  where 
the  head  itself  was  exhibited.  I  may  presume,  that 
whatever  the  public  paid  for  admittance  v?aa  re- 
ceived for  hearing  the  lecture,  and  not  for  seeing  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  "  ! ! 

The  subject  is,  indeed,  quite  beneath  criticisiB; 
but  any  allusion  to  the  heads  of  deceased  notabili- 
ties has  a  very  peculiar  import  at  the  present  time, 
when  a  swarm  of  efihemera  are  only  noticeable  by 
tlieir  basking  and  buzzing  in  the  reflected  rays  of 
a  great  name :  when,  on  all  sides,  there  re-echoes 
the  jubilant  chorus — "  How  delightfully  we  Shak- 
spcarian  apples  swim!"  In  the  church  at  Strat- 
ford-upon-Avon, there  are  the  following  well- 
known  lines;  little  better  than  doggrel,  it  is  true, 
jet  of  serious  if  not  solemu  signification  :  — 

"  OOOO    PRRSn    FOB  JESUft  SAKE   VORBEAJia, 
TO   DIC«   TUK    UfST   KX«'LO.\-SltD    HEAKK ; 
tU.IiSTE    UK    r»    MAS    Y^   WAUES   TKKS  STORKS, 
AND   CTII&T    BK   HE  V   MOVES   MT  BOXES. " 

And  it  is  to  be  hoped,  that  if  any  sacrileglow 
wretches  dare  to  disturb  the  honoured  remains  of 


1 


our  great  bard,  wv\d&t  '«xi  V«=^*^^ '"^^'^x^..:^^ 


■vpf 


180 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^8.  V.  FSJUS?."*! 


ipore  nor  respect  the  bones  of  auch  jfrave-prrub- 
bing  gboules ;  who,  being  destitute  of  mornl  feeling 
and  intelligence,  can  be  only  impressed  by  the 
argumentum  baeutintun^  freely  administered  under 
the  dicttan  of  Judge  Lynch. 

WlIXlAM  PiVKCRTOK. 


Attention  haa  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- 
eon.  I  have  the  pleasure  of  knowing  that  gentle- 
man ;  and  although  I  have  not  spoken  to  him  on 
the  subject,  I  feel  aasured  that  he  would  most 
cheerfully  aflbrd  every  facility  for  a  proper  ex- 
amination, and  I  agree  with  your  corres|H)ndent 
H.  W,  that  such  is  desirable.  I  have  seen  the 
head  several  time* ;  and,  as  I  stated  in  a  former 
communication,  it  is  diflicult  to  resist  the  evi- 
dence in  favour  of  this  being  the  head  of  the 
Protector.  Mr.  Wilkinson  treasures  the  relic ; 
but  offers  lo  those  who  view  it,  the  evidence  in 
hb  own  poiiscfision,  leaving  each  observer  to  draw 
his  own  conclusions.  Mb.  Bdckland  is  in  error 
in  some  not  unimportant  particulars ;  and  I  will 
eive  the  true  version  of  the  history  so  far  aa  it 
has  descended  to  Mr,  Wilkinson,  and  this  version 
is  sustained  by  documentary  proof  in  his  pos- 
session. 

The  head  was  not  placed  upon  Temple  Bar,  but 
upon  the  top  of  Westminster  Hall,  .ilong  with  the 
heads  of  Ireton  and  Bradshnw.  About  the  latter 
end  of  the  reign  of  James  11.,  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  bad  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  mu8<;um  in  Spring  Gardens.  This  was 
ID  1787.  Mr.  Cox,  however,  did  not  exhibit  it ; 
but,  St  the  sale  of  this  mumcuui,  sold  it  for  320/. 
to  tliree  joint  purchasers.  These  i". «.>-'-  ..^. 
hibited   the  head   about    1790,  chniL  n- 

erown  for  atlmissiou.  The  account  t 
to  state,  that  the  last  of  these  persons  died  of 
apoplexy,  and  the  head  became  the  property  of 
hia  dmighter;  and  she  sold  it  to  Mr.  Wilkinson, 
the  father  of  its  presoTit  prnfiriotor  There  is  a 
nvmoraiiduui  in  the  I  Mr.  Wilkin- 

fonvEod  U»e  iuUowini;  >?n  if  • — 

••  Jtn»«  2:>.  I«27,  This  hud  ba«  uc 
soaion  fbr  a  partod  of  fiftMm  yean.  'm 

baadndt  of  ptof^  cui  tuAf  «m  faAkiatuau  U^ug^ 


forward  an  objection  to  any  part  of  the  eridaawt,  Bt 
was  a  Member  of  Parliament,  and  a  dmccmlaail  liy  a 
collateral  branch  from  Oliver  Cromv.  '  '^-  '^IJ  ncia 
contradiction  to  mv  remorka,  that  .abr  BOT* 

tamed  grey;  that  be  bad  a  lock  or  i  ;ii  WMUifai 

houM,  which  was  cut  from  the  Protectotr'a  Lend  en  n 
death-bed,  and  had  been  carefuliy  passed  down  thlingfc 
his  family  to  his  pouosaion,  which  lock  of  hair  waa  t"** 
iectly  grey.  This  gentlaman  baa  aiac«  expMMsd  Ms 
opinion  that  tlie  long  ezpoaore  was  soflidaitt  to  havt 
changed  the  coloor  of  the  hair." 

I  think  it  has  been  stated,  that  when  tbe  eoffa 
of  Charles  I.  was  opened,  the  hair  was  fouod  to 
be  of  a  light  brown  colour ;  while  it  is  knows 
that,  at  the  period  of  his  execution,  the  hair  w« 
a  grizzly  black.  The  change  in  this  case  wai 
attributed  to  the  process  of  embalming.  TV 
head,  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  \Vilktnjoo,  ktt 
been  cmbalmeri. 

The  memorandum  from  which  I  have  qiMftai 
goes  on  to  say,  that  the  late  Oliver  Crooawell, 
Esq.  (a  descendant  of  the  Protector),  coocpwrcd 
this  head  with  an  original  cast  in  bis  posMaiai, 
and  was  perfectly  satisfied  of  the  genaineoeas  <i 
the  skull.  Dr.  Southgatc,  the  librarima  of  iW 
British  Museum,  after  comparing  it  with  tevanl 
models  and  coins,  expressed  himself  to  the  JoiBt 
proprietors :  "  Gentlemen,  you  may  be  amrvd 
that  this  is  really  the  head  of  Oliver  CromwelL'* 

Mr.  King,  the  medallist,  has  also  lef\  an  opiaiM 
in  writing.     He  says ;  — 

"  The  head  shown  to  me  for  Oliver  CronwafTl  I 
verily  believe  to  be  his  real  head,  hi  I  haT*  emfb% 
examined  it  with  the  coin;  and  tbink  the  outtlo*  of  lit 
face  oxActly  corresponds  with  it,  so  far  a*  re«naim.  TVi 
Doelrit,  which  ia  still  to  be  seen,  incliues  dowmnurfa.* 
it  does  in  the  coin :  the  cheek  bone  se«m«  lo  b«  as  t> 
was  engraved;  and  the  colour  of  the  hair  is  the  ••flasa 
in  one  well  copied  from  an  oriinnal  paintinfr  tii  Ceopv,  A 
bis  time,  by  Jchn.  Kirk,  Bedford  8tre«t,  Cor'aai  Quimm 
1776." 

The  eminent  sculptor,  Flaxman,  proaoanai 
in  its  favour ;  and  pointed  nut  one  rvBiaHfcablt 
feature,  which  he  said  waa  peculiar  to  the  Gfva* 
well  family,  and  strongly  mnrked  ia  Qlmr 
himself —  that  of  a  particularly  straight  la«v 
jawbone. 

The  head  is  still  upon  the  spiko  to  which  it  wn 
attached  originally,  and  there  i-i  .vii-v  '^-t^eaLraliee 
of  the  whole  having  grown  in  >gvther, 

viz  ,  (he  iron  spike,  the  shaft  lu  ';»» 

attiielied,  luul  the  head, 

I  will,  in  n  ^^crnud  Arfirlf.  ijlvp  a  r<:-c.jtHt\ii 


S*^  8.  y.  Fn*.  S7, 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


181 


THE  DAXISH  RIonT  OP  SUCCESSION. 

(3'*  S.  V.  1S4.) 

In  the  time  of  Hamlet,  the  throne  of  Den- 
nnrk  was  elective  ?n  the  reljrning  house.  (Koch, 
T\lbleau  rte$  Berolution*,  I.  272,  n,  2.)  Acconrinp 
to  Sazo  Grammaticus,  Ilnnilet  "  counterfeited  the 
madman  to  escape  the  tyranny  of  bis  uncle,  and 
was  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  uindness, 
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  Shakspeare 
disposes  of  him,  but,  on  his  return  from  England 
to  Denmark,  he  slays  his  uncle,  burns  hU  palace, 
makes  an  oration  to  the  Danes  (a  most  eloquent 
one  as  j|?iven  by  Saxo)  and  m  elected  kivg.  fie 
goes  hack  to  England,  kills  the  king  of  that 
country,  returns  to  Denmark  with  two  Enfrllsh 
wives,  and,  finally,  falls  himself  thrfmjrh  (be 
treachery  of  one  of  these  ladies.  (Knighl'.t  Studies 
of  Shuhperr,  cb.  iii.  p.  07.)  OthiT  instances  of 
election  are  on  record.  Denmark  since  16G1 
has  been  an  absolute  and  hereditary  tnonnrchy, 
and  was  so  confirmed  by  the  whole  nation.  Fre- 
derick VII.,  the  last  kin^,  on  July  31,  JJ<53,  pub- 
lished a  new  law  of  succession,  to  the  exclusion 
of  female?,  and  appointini;  the  present  kin<.',  then 
Prince  Chn'.-itian  of  Schleswiai-Hnlsteln-Sonder- 
bourp-Glucksburp,  his  successor,  and  after  him, 
the  mtde  dejcendanta  of  his  present  wife  Louise. 
Wilhelmine  -  Frederique-Aupuste-Carolinc- Julie, 
born  Priticcss  of  Hesse,  "  dauKhter  of  the  sinter 
of  the  former  king.  Christian  VIII."  He  thereby 
directs  that  the  order  of  succes&ion  shall  then  be 
exclu-sively  "  a;inatique;"  and  should  a  failure  in 
male  descent  he  likely  to  occur,  ho  further  di- 
rects (?)  that  the  successor  to  the  Danish  throne 
shall  take  cure  to  regulate  the  succession  so  ns  to 
preserve  the  independence  and  integrity  of  the 
monarchy,  and  the  riphts  of  the  crowti,  conform- 
ably to  the  itecond  article  of  the  treaty  of  London 
of  May  8,  1852,  and  to  obtain  for  such  arrange- 
ment the  a».'>ent  of  the  European  powers.  {An- 
ftfiain  de  Deux  Momhi,  1 853-4,  p.  424.) 

T.  J.  fioCKTOS. 


Among  the  en 

tPnt,  .not.   furth  ill 

be 


■n  of  Hamlet's  discon- 
>  of  the  drama  which 
lone  tu  himself  in  the 
,  ;  whirli  Sliiikspt-.ire's 
■vva  to  have 
til  the  com- 
mndu 
His 


"Popped  in  between  iht  election  and  my  hopes." 
And  when,  in  his  own  last  moments,  the  throne 
being  again  vacant,  its  occupant  and  its  expectant 
each  "  bloodily  stricken,"  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  un  elected 
soTcreijin;  conciliating  his  nephew  as  "the  most 
immediate  to  our  throne;"  and  talks  of  the  yiu 
dicinum  an  confidently  as  if  he  had  a  dynasty  of  a 
thousand  years  to  reckon  back  upon ;  the  arg[u- 
ment.,  however,  goes  for  little :  it  is  a  trick  of 
custom  with  usurpers  to  prate  as  glibly  of  their 
legitimacy  as  usurers  do  of  their  conscience. 

E.  L.  S. 


SiTtJATIOK   OF   ZOAB  (3"*  S.  V.  117,   141.)— Oo 

a  journey  some  years  since  from  Jerusalem  to 
Petra  and  back,  I  struck  the  Dead  Sea  on  my 
return  towards  the  IIolv  City  at  its  southern* 
most  point,  and  coasted  along  the  beach  for  some 
dl&tance  between  the  sea  and  that  very  remark- 
able salt  ridge,  Khasm-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  foun<laf  ions  of  a  circu* 
lar  tower  than  anything  else.  My  Arab  guides 
unasked  called  it  by  that  name,  or  rather  by  its 
present  Arabic  representative,  Zogheir.  The  ex- 
presjion  was  familar  to  me,  though  no  Arabic 
or  Hebrew  scholar,  from  the  fact  that  my  guides 
always  spoke  of  my  companion  by  that  tiUe,  i7 
Zogheir,  the  lesser,  as  distinguished  from  myself 
{El  Kehir)  as  being  rather  lofty  of  stature.  This 
site  must  not  be  confounded  with  another  in  the 
rieighbourhood  where  I  afterwards  passed  the 
night.  Zuueirah  El  Fohah  and  El  Tatlah,  the 
Upper  and  Lower,  which  has  a  different  etymolo- 
gical root  alogethcr  I  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  island  in 
the  sea,  which,  owing  no  doubt  to  the  shallownesa 
of  its  waters  after  two  seasons'  draught,  had 
emerged  from  its  depths,  and  on  it  I  could  make  out 
distinctly  roughly-squared  stones,  and  columnsof 
the  simplest  form.  Whether  this  be  nny  vestige 
of  Sodom  or  Gomorrah,  Admah  or  Zebolm,  I  do 
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  be  happy  to  give  C.  Ghove  q\'  iL.^.^ 
any  furtXvcv  w\totTOft.V«ivv,\w  xsx's  -^-"NCt .         ^ 


^.\V- 


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NOTES  AISTD  QUERIES. 


[8^S.V.  Fra.W.'M. 


AicmrscTs  op  F£kshohe  ahu  Saubbukt 
(y*  8,  T.  72.)  — Tonr  CDrrespondent,  writing 
upon  the  subject  of  the  Rtcbardson  Faioilf,  ob- 
aenes  in  reference  to  wliat  remains  or  the  once 
atfltcly  Abbey  of  Penbore,  which  is  now  being 
restored,  *'■  that  Mr,  Gilbert  Scott  tbinks  ita  presA 
lantern  tower  was  erected  by  the  flnnie  »rchitect, 
or  by  a  cIobb  imitator  of  him,  who  built  the 
Bteeple  of  SaliAbuTj." 

A  few  years  fltoce,  when  making  sketchci  of 
this  building,  I  waa  also  struck  with  the  elfwe  re- 
aemblancci  mentioned,  and  being^  now  engaged  in 
writing  n  pnpcr  to  ehow  some  remarkable  aimi- 
kriticis  in  the  acoretlited  works  of  sotne  of  onr 
grent  mediieviil  architects,  such  m  Lunfrancj 
Giuidulph,  Flamhnril,  WilliHin  of  Sens,  and  others, 
I  sought  in  the  His^ry  n/  Pershore  Ablfeij^  for  llie 
name  of  the  abbot  under  whose  rule  it  waa  pro- 
bable that  the  tower  and  choir  of  Perahora  were 
built,  but  could  find  no  information  on  the  sub- 
ject. Upon  seaichinjT,  however,  the  Prntlington 
Manuflcripta  in  the  Library  of  the  Society  of 
Anttquari{!9,  I  found  a  full  account  of  the  abbots 
of  the  oDce  fHinous  monastery  of  EveahHm,  near 
Perahore,  and  sinpularly  enough,  1  dtscoTcred 
that,  in  the  year  1282,  '*  William  de  Wytechurch 
or  Marlboro  u«;h,  a  monk  of  F(>rshore,  wa^  clei^ted 
Abbot  of  EY^haui,"'  and  that  by  bim  and  his  suc- 
cessors extensile  addlttous  were  made  to  the 
abbey  church. 

Nothiner  can,  therefore,  be  more  probable  than 
tliat  this  ^Tillmm  de  Wytechurch  (not  many  miles 
from  Salisbury),  either  brousht  with  him  into 
Worcestershire  the  taa^ter  maaona  from  Siilisbury, 
or  such  working  dmwinf;s  as  enable!  Wm  to  erect 
tbe  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.  Bsirj.  FxasET. 

&TJJIF  DUTT   Oir  PAI^TEHi''  CaRVASS  (ji'^  S.  V. 

dBf  141.) — Your  correspondent^  J.  H.  Busn,  is 
correct  as  to  the  year  (1831)  he  assi|Tna  for  the 
total  repeal  of  the  exme  duty  on  linens,  can- 
Tasses,  &c. ;  but  he  Is  Incorrect  &i  to  the  date  he 
cites  as  that  on  which  the  above  duty  was  Jirtt 
charged. 

The  excise  duty  on  "silks,  calicoes,  linena,  or 
atufis,  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  pubaequently 
made  ptrpetmli  Ai^d  undtjr  various  Acta  making 
regulations  for  lecurinj;  the  duties^  &c.,  continued, 
till  finally  repealed  by  1  Will.  lY,  cap.  17  (1S31.} 

"  Linena,"  &c.,  protluced  to  the  officer  of  excise 
to  be  charged  with  duty  for  printing,  paiiUing^ 
&C.,  had  a  mark  impressed  by  him  on  each  trtd  of 
the  piece,  ttj  denote  that  an  account  of  it  was 
token.  This  mark  was  techaieally  termed  %.  frame 
nmrki  and  the  ciphers  thereon,  when  expluned, 
iBcoBtestiblf  point  oat  the  gmr  in  whicU  Aii 


mark  had  been  used  on  ibe  fabric  foxnid  ^aoped 
with  it.  The  writer  has  cognisance  odhe/rame 
jnarkx  used  in  178T. 

A  seal,  or  duty  charge  stamp,  was  also  used. 
The  statement,  therefore,  that  pictures  paintedW 
Gainsborough  (who  died  in  1798),  or  by  SS; 
Joshua  Reynolds  (who  died  in  1792),  could  urt 
by  possibility  bear  the  excise  mark,  li  thus  slunra 
to  be  erroneous.  J-  K-  8. 

PooaCociL  EoBiar's  Death  (3^''  S.  v,  98.)  — 
In  cts&  this  query  should  not  catch  tlie  eje  of 
any  one  ntore  accurately  informed,  I  veature  to 
reply  that  1  believe  the  coloured  glas«,  repre*eot- 
ing  Cock  Kobin'a  death,  is  to  be  found  in  the 
church  of  Clipslmm,  in  Eutlanilshire,  near  Stna* 
ford;  ^ough  1  saw  two  or  tbree  fine  churches oo 
the  same  day  last  summer,  and  negleictfid  to  znakc 
a  note  of  it,  bo  that  I  cannot  be  quite  certain. 
Mj  impreofflon  is,  ihM.%  it  was  neither  very  oU 
nor  English  glass  ;  but  a  Low- Country  glaaSt  of  * 
late  date.  C.  W.  Biv^aam. 

LoMGEvrTT  OF  Clekgtmew  (3**  S.  V.  22,  H 
123.) — The  Rev.  James  Fishwiok  was  lieeosed  to 
the  Chapelry  of  Padllsam,  Lancashire^  Apri]  i^ 
1740,  and  was  buried  at  Padtham,  April  M,  179S, 
aged  eighty- two,  and  having  held  the  incnAbenq 
for  fifty-three  years.  H.  FtflXWiCK. 

Let  me  add  to  your  list  the  Bev.  John  Haysfli, 
rector  of  Cathtstock,  Dorset,  who  enjoyed  that 
living  from  169S  to  175S,  a  period  of  sixty  yean. 
Hi^j  age  was  ninety  when  be  died,  and  bts  leogth- 
ened  tenure  must  have  been  rather  annoying  to 
the  patron,  for  be  was  presented  by  the  btsbop  oa 
a  lapse.  His  predeccBJor  in  the  living  was  OK 
Michael  Checke,  who  i^uccecded  his  father,  Hobeit 
Cheeke,  The  latter  died  in  1C77.  Caa  any  of 
your  readers  give  rac  information  about  either? 

Fowls  with  Huxait  Remains  (3"'  S.  ▼.  SSjy- 
In  reply  to  Captain  MiLCiLENziB'a  auet7  wfaeibsr 
the  bon^  of  fowls  have  ever  been  uiscorered  m- 
sociated  with  human  remains,  I  inform  bim  that 
during  the  excavations  at  Warka,  in  Chaldeai 
carried  on  by  Mr.  Loftua  between  1848  and  18£Si 
bones  of  fowls  were  frequently  found  depovtcA 
upon  the  coffin  lids  disinterred  there,  and  in  one 
cuse  the  bones  of  a  Hmall  bird  were  found  inside  a 
coffin.  Flints  and  steel,  plo^ss  bottles,  bead^  terra- 
cotta lamps,  dishes,  6iC.  &c.,  were  e.xhumed  at  tkA 
same  time.  H.  C. 

Altbes  BmfW  {A'*  S.  v.  55.)  —  Probably  A« 
Rev.  H.  T.  Bunn,  of  Abergavenny,  who,  1  faavt 
been  informed,  was  a  brother  of  the  abov«,  waoU 
supply  the  information  required.  IL  & 

M^vms  C3'J  S.  iv.  IGS,  238.) —The  MatrnNof 
Virsii  aitd  Horace   (Brtc.  iii.  90,  Epod,  x.)  "** 
probably  a  real  person  who  bore  that  namta, 
\  ^TaVtK«  CloH.  Dicfionarg^  u  478«  tit  "Btt 


P»EB.27,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


163 


As  Horuce  died  forty-nine  years  and  Virgil  sixty- 
two  before  M&rttal  w»9  bom,  we  nmj  infer  that, 
their  McviuB  was  not  his.  De  Mtevio,  lib.  x.  ep.  7G, 
does  not  reiute  to  the  same  person  an  In  Mavium, 
Ub.xi.ep.  4<.>.    Tl     '"    '  •    — 

"  JucundoA.  ]■  n«,  amicus 

liin^A  (ii>ciu„ ^.. .,  >'u!im  uitum  est, 

Sed  magnam  vitium,  r|ao(l  «ist  poeto.** 

it  is  belter  to  refer  to  th.in  to  cite  what  is  said 
the  other.  On  I  he  first  Le  M:iirc  (junteiis  from 
Itnmi^ntator  whose  name  he  docs  not  give,  — 
"  Querela  b«e  et  inilicnatio  ipsiuj  AUrtialia  vjd«tur.  sod 
p«r  niodectuun  «bi  ad-tciscit  naoicn  Mwvii  mali  scilicet 
p*etis : "  and  aiUU.  ••  Xon  hoc  cretto :  M^^ni  Tioem  doJet 
pocta,  et  jNwtanun  omninm,  et  suitm,  at  non  mam  nb 
petaona  MmviL" 

In  the  examples  of  the  civil  law  Mscvius  beora  the 
some  relation  to  Titius  as  Hoc  to  Doe  in  the  Eng- 
lish. Aulus  Agcrius  is  one  of  the  stune  fumily. 
Btf  name  occurs  iu  the  form  called  StipiiiiUio 
ftofxi,  given  in  luat.  iiL   t.  SO,  and  D.  xlvl. 

luiilqiiiil  to  mihi  ex  qmuaoKjue  cautta  dare  facere 
li'(.  iijinriijUit,  pmw^nii  in  clifiir.v;,  ;iiit    ^iili  conditione, 
im  inilii  Irciini  «'  '  '-juo  vcl  nd- 

>,  ybI  ailversus   I  ■  est,  crilvp, 

■jiii;  ui  im-uin  halrts,  teties,  pun.7111'  ^  ■  ■   '     "  - 

quo  minua  poandeaa,  quaali  qnup  i 

rit,  t*ijf.arri  pocunifim  daro  itipolatu 
•pop'  ■■'',     QuikI  Hiianiiia*  i^i' 

At:'  iberetoe  a  re  acceptuin, 

Bro»  :^.^....u-  /iin..  .,-.11..  rogavit,  Aulus  Agerius 
Numerio  >JgTdio  accoptutn  fecit." 

I  cannot  find  any  "  Cuius  Sigwas,"  and  suspect 
that  **  Sigicus  "  is  a  fault  of  the  pen  or  press  for 
Siffiiu,  which  would  connect  the  hi£t  name  with  the 
rest.    Plutarch  notice*  the  form  :  — 

Ownv   eri)   riiat,   #yi    T^ia ;    Ti&r*pov,  ^Tyrtp  iwl  fftfroh 

rh  fiiy  Sr]Xo6(iti>i'v  0<nty '  "Oirou  ir\>  xvptot  Kid  d<\ftS<- 
ffvomt,  teal  iyii  Kvpia  ical^  ouer>Zi(Tirowa  '  roTr  S*  aFtJ/icuTi 
10^041  tWun  ff(;y^KTtii  Motfolr  outriy,  Surmp  ol  vofUKol 
TmOV,  l^lof,  Ka\  AovHtof,  TiTU>i>,  teal  at  ^iKdvoipoi  Aittva 
Ko}  Wmva  rapaKofiSd.fovirty ;  —  Qiuuttiofu*  Ramama, 
Q-  XXX..  tiJ.  WytfeulMich,  iii.  HI.   Oxon  ,  1796. 

1 '  in   The  Eiufuirer  m«mt   have  been 

imj"  .,  or  have  thought  any  names  good 

enough  fnr  his  readers.  H.  B.  C. 

C.  U.  Qnfa. 

Htla  IIouriKN  (S"  S.  V.  115.)  — In  answer  to 
the  <]U'f  y  cf  IT.  P.  n  .  I  Thl'  (.1  irive  the  following 
pai'  D,  ofWednes- 

Dut  \  iit-great-great- 

iu    1719,  and  married  in 
'■elh.  AS  H.  S.  G.  states), 
^  Derltend,  co.  War- 
t.     He  died  in  17CG 
'1   in  1S04.     I  have 
,  Uyla,  who  died  in 
Be  jiniuc  ut    HI'  i'roii;  iiic  effects  of  a  broken 


nefiLcvv.  lit 
1745,  Rebec* 
daughter  of  J 
tridc   Cnot  \V 


thif^h,  and  left  several  children,  his  eldeat  son  be- 
ing the  Rev.  Ilyla  Holden,  who,  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  held  the  perpetual  eurncy  of  Erdington, 
near  Birmingham.  Two  sons  of  his  are  now  living, 
viz.,  the  Rev.  H.  A.  Uolden,  LL.D.,  head  master 
of  Ipswich  School,  and  H.  A.  Hold-m,  Esq.,  so- 
licitor of  Birmingham.  0.  M.  Holdsk. 
Corpus  Christi  CoUegB,  Oxford. 

QUOTATIONS  WASTED  (3^*  S.  iv.  288.) — The 
lines  oommcndng  with  — 

"  O  mark  agaia  the  ooanen  of  Uie  sua ! " 

will,  I  believe,  be  found  in  Rogers's  '■*■  Epi«tte  to  a 
Friend."  W.  J.  Tux. 

Croydon. 

SiDESME.T  {y*  S.  V.  34,  65,  81.)— With  refer- 
ence to  the  censorial  duties'  of  Sidesmen,  the  fol- 
lowing extracts  may  be  interesting.  They  are 
from  one  of  the  old  parish  books  of  St.  Mary 
Matfelon,  ^yhitechapel.  There  were  altorjether 
notices  of  twenty-two  such  presentments  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  presentraents  be  mftde 
for  the  wyfe  of  Thomas  Lownsvy,  soBpectcd  to  be  a  aor- 

Bandall  Kidgvwaie  for  railiiiffe  nppoa  the  choreh^ 
wardens  when  v'  went  to  str.iincTdi.strain.] 

Richard  Tailor  for  absenting^  nimsclf  ooe  Sondaie  y* 
25  of  Aug-ust  from  church,  and  for  working. 

Itm.  the  jamo  Rychard  and  hia  wyfe  for  skolding, 
fighting,  and  other  dif=-iirders. 

Thewyfo  of  John  Woods  for  nkolduig  and  rayliag. 

Oct.  1,"  1583.  A  presentment  Against  Ralpbe  DudfiT'  for 
harboringeof  sosspeclcd  pardons  as  Jane  Troeae  and  soch 
like. 

Agrniri't  y«  Tfjfe  of  WlUm.  Bridg«  a»  a  notorioos  skold. 

\  '"      [iiaa  Whitackere  for  plainga  at  cardes  nnd 

111'  -  ibbath  daie  ut  y  time  of  comon  prayers. 

i..„.  .,  .„,-L  Robert  Banister  for  a  railer  anJ  dis- 
qaieier  of  the  neighboarB.  W"*  Collins  for  harbouringe 
the  same  Bobert." 

A.  D.  T. 

Merton  CoUcgT'. 

CotKiTTO  (3"*  S.  V.  118.)  — It  may  interest 
your  correspondent  Puux)mathe8  to  cite  the  foU 
lowing  passages,  from  the  Legend  of  Moidroae,  by 
Sir  Walter  Scott,  whom  nothing  escaped,  in  which 
mention  is  made  of  Colhitto :  — 

"'  Oar  deer-stalkers,'  said  Angas  M'Aalsy,  'who  were 
abroad  to  bring  in  vcni«ou  for  this  honourable  party, 
have  beard  of  a  band  of  alranKers,  8p<^ulviiiii  neither 
Saxon  nor  pure  (Jaelic,  and  with  difficulty  making  ibem- 
selves  utideratooJ  by  the  people  of  the  country,  who  are 
marching  Uiis  wav  in  arms,  under  the  leading,  it  is  mid, 
of  Altulrr  M'Donald,  who  is  cojnmoaly  called  Tm^mg 
Colkitto.'  "    lidilion  1830.  p.  107. 

And  again :  — 

•'  Behind  these  charging  columns  marched  in  line  thft 
Iri?b,  under  Gt/him,  intended  to  form  tba  rsBcrve."  — 
Chapter  xix.  p.  277. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8*-8.V.  Fsa.Sr.*M. 


TwKurrn  Dat  :  Soro  or  the  Wbbw  (3"*  S.  v. 
109.)  —  In  verses  about  the  *'  Wren,"  occurs  this 
line :  — 

'  Where  ore  you  going?  '  «J*«  the  mUlder  to  the  naUer." 
The  meuning  of  the  two  words  in  italics  Is  en- 
quired for.  SureljK  we  need  not  go  far  in  search 
of  it;  they  must  mean  the  miller  and  the  matter 
(maltster).  F.  C.  H. 

Nattkb  (3"*  S.  V.  1-25.)  —  iVbtf^r  Is  the  Ger- 
man for  an  adder;  but  why  a  species  of  toad 
should  be  called  natter-jack  ia  by  no  means  clear. 
The  Bu/o  culamita  \i  called  uattcr-jack,  and  there  is 
a  species  nearly  resemblinfj  this,  culled  the  Running 
Toad.  They  are  usually  confounded  together, 
but  from  having  kept  scvenU  of  the  latter  iis  [K'ts, 
I  am  well  acquainted  with  the  distinctions  be- 
tween it  and  the  natter-jack.  For  the  present 
purpose  the&o  are  immaterial ;  as  both  sort<t  walk 
and  run,  but  never  bop  or  jump,  as  the  commoa 
toa«.l  does  occasionally,  though  it  usually  crawls. 
Yet  tho  movement  of  these  toads  in  no  way  re- 
sembles the  wrigfiling  motion  of  the  adder,  and 
they  have  le;i3,  while  the  adder  has  none.  Nor 
con  the  nanie  natter  have  been  given  from  any 
resemblance  to  the  adder  in  colour,  for  this  is  less 
like  in  them  than  in  the  common  tond.  I  own  I 
amjat  a  loss  to  account  satisfactorily  for  the  name 
natter-jack.  F.  C  H. 

LlITEa    ATTRTDDTED    TO  KeMDL£  (3'*  S.  V.  119.) 

I  remember  an  amusing  caricature  by  Rowlandson, 
which  came  nut  more  than  fifty  years  ago,  repre- 
senting the  complainant,  with  one  eye  bound  up, 
and  one  arm  in  a  slin;j,  addressing  a  very  repul- 
sive looking  woman  in  the  linos  alluded  to;  but  as 
I  remember  them,  they  ran  thus  •  — 

"O  why  will  you  stilUo  in»'i'  ? 

Why  Jeat'to  niy  v(.'W«i  n-  r*? 

Perhaps  it  was  riglit  to  (lii.t....j.c     ...ii  lore. 
But  whv  did  you  kick  wc  down  stairs?  " 

F.  C.  II. 

Order  or  the  Cockli!  in  Framcb  (S'*  S.  v. 
117.) — I  imagine  that  the  French  order  of  knight- 
hood, of  wliich  ihe  Karl  of  Arran  (Uegent  of 
Scotland  during  the  minority  of  James  V.),  was 
a  member  was  that  of  St,  Michael.  The  collar  of 
this  onler  wnu  composerl  of  escallop  shells  (fo- 
quiile*)y  connected  by  golden  knots;  its  badge 
was  St.  ^lichael  benting  d"wn  the  drngoti. 

The  Order  of  the  Ship,  otherwise  known  by  the 
natuc  of  the  Order  of  ihe  Double  Crescents,  be- 
came extinct  in  France  a  short  time  alYer  its 
institution  by  St.  Louis;  hut  in  NapU^  and 
Sicily  it  appears  to  have  flourished  un<lcr  the 
House  of  Anjnu  for  about  three  centuries.  It 
instituted  by  St.  Louii  in  1269,  as  an  induce- 
to  his  nobles  to  engage  in  the  uiiforlunate 
iition  to  AlVica.  Clark  (Or Jrrs  nf  Knight- 
hooil,  vol.  i.  p.  'JiS^I),  addi  that  il  was  ul»o  intended 
to  indoce  the  nobility  to  aasisl  the  king  in  fur- 


warding  the  works  at  his  newly-built  nailluut 
town  of  Aiques-Mortes  in  the  Pyrenees. 

J.  WoODVABItw 

Baptismal  Names    (S'*  S.   t.   ii.)  —  In   the 

case  of  Sir  Thomas  Dick  Lauder,  ti  i  uiiac 

is  a  surname,  and  not  an  abbrevin:  barl. 

In  the  family  of  the  Needh.am?,  Ear  .>  or  rviiimarey, 
Jack  is  a  very  usual  Christian  name. 

J.  WOOPWAUK 

The  Stdhet  Postage  Stamf  (3'«  S.  i».  M4.) 

You  cursorily  notice  this  earliest  of  Australiia 
stamps  by  explaining  to  a  Bristol  querist  tftt 
exact  motto,  "  Sic  fortis  Etruria  crevit."  It  k 
said  to  be  a  quotation  from  a  Latin  poet.  If  ^ 
I  should  be  glad  to  know  where  it  ia  to  be  ft(>«a4.* 
Having  made  a  6ne  collection  of  foreign  and  onlo> 
nial  postage  stamps,  I  have  been  lucky  enottgb  • 
secure  an  almost  new  specimen  of  this  ^enetJkf 
dirty  stamp.  The  landscape,  motto,  and  IcgMi 
are  quite  perfect;  the  former  is  said  (I  belieireM 
the  authority  of  the  present  local  postmortcr)  Is 
be  a  view  of  Sydney,  but  on  comparing  il  tnt& 
the  various  engravings  of  that  town  in  CiTrfT«*i 
Accoiuit  of  New  South  Wales,  4lo,  17' 
not  the  slightest  resemblance  between  t  I 

am  aware  that  is  only  within  the  lost  t«n  ywanwt 
thereabouts  that  our  Australiiin  mlr.nia  karp 
used  postage  laljels,  but  as  the  K..  •    •  j  'fci' 

it  represents  the  great  seal  of  the  >  T^r  I 

be   interesting   to   aaeertain    when    Uj; 
settlement  first   felt  of  suf^cicnt    iiu; 
adopt  a  national  seal,  and  why  thf 
enterprise  recurred  to  cla.^sic  LnlJ 
who  probably  knew  no  language  but  iiien 

Fssmi 


Sitt  Waltkb  Rai^bioh  (3"*  S.  v.  1(W.)  —  ITi 
Sir  Humphrey  Gilbert  a  brother  of  Sir  Ji 
Gilbert,  whose  letter  is  inserted?  Did  they 
marry  sisters  of  Sir  Walter?  ^\^^er^^  can  a  hift- 
graphy  of  them  be  found  ?  Was  Dr.  W.  GtBicsV 
physician  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  of  the  same  fam3jt? 

jAr4KS  G 

2.  Deronshira  Grove,  Old  Kcat  Ron<l.  i^.  C. 

John  FasosaicK  Lampk  (3''  S.  v.  :' 
Ucas.  has  raised  an  interesting  quest! 
to  this  able  musician,  and,  on  the 
having  so  done,   I  could  wish  to  n 
ries  respecting  Mr.  Lauipo's  opera  m     ; 
its   extraordinary  tc<trciff/.      Of  the    : 
tneniioned  by  int.  Hcisk,  the  "        - 
and  Pyramm  and  Thttlti',  th 
be  very  common,  and  tlie  ?■ 
sible.     It  is  in  both  the  Brit 
and  that  of  iln*   Sucred  llii 
also  oci  ours  lik  < 

On  the  (li  ■  (Ik.'  n\>,T:. 

that  it  baa  bt-. 

L*    i="-    »"^ ....y.  ...-.-.  . 


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library  or  Collection  that  I  know  of,  and  I  never 
savr  it  entered  in  any  Catalogue.  The  only  trace 
of  its  existence  that  I  can  find,  is  in  the  Sale 
Catal(^e  of  Mr.  Bartleman,  the  eminent  singer, 
who  had  the  opera  in  MS.  My  queries  are,  can 
anyone  say  where  a  printed  copy  of  the  music  in 
Amelia  is  to  be  found,  and  is  it  known  what  be- 
came of  Mr.  Bartleman's  MS.  of  the  opera  ? 

Alfred  Roffs. 

The  son  of  this  eentleman  was  Charles  J.  F. 
Liampe,  organist  of  Allhallows  Barking,  from  1758 
to  1769.  Was  not  Mr.  Lampe,  senr.,  son-in-law 
to  Mr.  Charles  Young,  referred  to  in  "  N.  &  Q." 
(S"*  S.  iv.  417),  who  was  the  younger  Lampe's 
predecessor  in  this  office  ?  Juzta  Tcrrim. 

You  will  find  a  notice  of  J.  F.  Lampe's  death 
in  the  GeiU.  Mag.  for  1751,  p.  380. 

Wm.  Smith. 

CoEioDS  Essex  Sating  (3"*  S.  v.  97.)  — As  I 
am  not  an  Essex  man,  I  have  never  heard  the 
addition  to  "  Every  dog  has  his  day  "  of  "  and  a 
cat  has  two  Sundays ; "  but  I  presume  it  refers  to 
the  common  saying  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  heard  another  addition  to  the  common 
proverb,  "  Every  dog  has  his  day,"  of  **  but  the 
dog-days  do  not  last  all  the  year;" — a  serious 
consideration  fur  the  puppy !  ZZ. 

Pbitate  Soldier  (S^  S.  v.  144.) — Eboracdm 
must  allow  me  to  correct  him.  The  word  in 
question  is  fully  recognised  by  military  authority, 
as  well  as  by  Act  of  Parliament.  In  the  Mutiny 
Act  (1862),  for  example,  at  par.  39,  p.  86,  occurs 
*'  Reduction  to  .  .  .  the  rank  of  a  private  soldier," 
&c.  In  the  Articles  of  War  (1862),  par.  130,  p. 
61,  "  rank  of  private  soldier,"  &c. 

In  Endle's  edition  of  D'Aguilar's  Praetice  of 
Courts  Martial,  1858,  p.  134,  "^private  soldiers," 
&c.     War  Office  Regulations  (154S,  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  Exerci-ses,  where  the  stifle  of  private  is 
constantly  repeated.  Moreover,  a  X.  C.  officer  is 
reduced  to  the  "  rank  and  pay  of  a  private  sen- 
tind." 

Your  correspondent  puts  the  query  — Why 
loldiers  call  the  dark  clothes  ot  civilian*,  in 
eontntdistinction  to  their  own  red,  *•  coloured 
dothes?"  They  call  them  -plain  cbtlies"an'i 
"mufti,"  but  never  to  my  kn>jwled^  **coIoar«d  ' 
dothes;"  and  in  saying  so  I  am  certain  that  I 
t  by  ali  who  have  mixed  with 


lar's  Courts  Martial^  edited  by  Mr.  Endle,  of  the 
Adjutant-General's  Office,  one  of  the  text-books 
on  that  subject,  Eboracum  will  find  private  used 
as  a  technical  designation  at  pp.  109,  156,  201, 
203,  216.  It  is  also  used  in  the  Queen's  Regula- 
tions for  the  Army,  and  will  be  found  in  Johnson's 
Dictionary.  S.  1\  V. 

An  barlt  Stamford  Seal  (3**  S.  v.  113.)  — 
The  matrix  of  the  seal  alluded  to  was  exhibited  at 
Peterborough  when  the  ntcnibers  of  the  ArchoB- 
ological  Institute  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland 
held  their  annual  congress  tlicrc.  It  is  of  the 
time  of  Edward  III.,  and  is  a  beautiful  specimen 
of  art-work  of  the  period,  every  detail  having  been 
exquisitely  wrougnt.  An  impression  of  it,  pro- 
duced in  gutta  pcrcha  by  Mr.  liobt.  Ready,  of 
the  British  Museum,  is  in  my  possession.  Ihcre 
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 
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  cliequy  or  ana  azure. 
The  following  letter-press  accompanies  it : — *•  The 
arms  of  the  town  or  borough  or  Stamford  as  an- 
ciently carved  upon  the  south  and  nortli  ffates  of 
the  town,  from  a  book  in  tlic  Heralds  Office 
touching  the  visitation  of  Lincolnshire.     Anno 

1634."  SXAMFORDIEirsiS. 

Epitaph  om  tue  Earl  of  Leicbster  (3"  S.  v. 
109.) — The  accompanying  quotation  from  the 
final  note  to  Sir  Walter  Scott's  Kenilworth 
(Abbotsford  edit.,  vol.  vi.  p.  312),  answers  Mr.  J. 
Patne  Coluer's  query :  — 

"  The  followiog  aatirical  epitaph  ocean  in  Drutnmoud's 
CoBeeiUm,  but  is  evidently  not  of  hia  c//(np<Mitioo :  — 

"•epitaph  ox  tiik  eblk  or  t.y.tmtr.ti. 

*  Here  lies  a  valiant  warriour. 

Who  never  drew  a  tword ; 
Here  lies  «  noUe  cxirtier. 

Who  nerer  ktpt  hi«  word ; 
Here  lies  the  Krte  «f  IjMt^r, 

Who  fforem'd  the  e4t«te% 
Whom  the  earth  eoold  aever  livine  love. 

And  the  jut  Heaves  baw  bates.  " 

K.  P.  I>.  K. 


shall  be  borne  out 
loUUm. 


Si. 


Whatever  may  be  the  ori^  of  Ife  ten*  nrOTrte^ 
iiit  Oflrtainlj  now  reoogniscd.  ImSkG.  Irlfw- 


Sf/TES  ox  hfJfjKJi,  fc7C 

TU  Cma  «^  rte  Amti^Mt  BritumM  swramm4  mmd  itarrHieA, 
km  J«ha  ETUta.  Jl^.\^  tt>d  nfnutdkf  V,  ¥f,  VaihfM, 
fSJL    (i.  BaMeU  SmIL.) 
U  b  a  cnat  gsia  tA  fcoilml*  ta  cnfj  iMMh  if  inMW- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L8»*  S.  V.  Fbb.  27,  '64. 


branch,  in  induced  to  commit  to  the  pren  the  resulta  of 
hia  inqnirics,  and  the  fruits  of  his  persistent  studies. 
Britirih  iircliteolo^tts  will  henceforward  be  deeply  indebted 
to  Mr.  Evans  for  this  vsluublo  summary  of  all  that  is 
known,  all  that  has  hitherto  been  discovered  upon  the 
subject  of  the  coinage  of  the  ancient  Britons.  Mr.  Evans's 
thorou|;h  familiarity  with  this  interesting  division  of  nn- 
mi»matic9  is  well  known ;  and  how  much  of  gross  error 
and  .ibsurd  theory  exist  upon  the  subjef-t,  and  how  widely 
scattered  are  the  known  facts,  mny  readily  ba  ascertained 
from  the  introductory  chapter,  in  which  Mr.  Evans  re-  , 
views  all  that  has  up  to  this  time,  been  published  re- 
specting ancient  Hritish  coins,  from  glorious  old  Camden 
to  the  late  worthy  Secretary  of  the  Society  of  Antiqua- 
ries. John  Yonge  Akerman.'  The  book  is  the  work  of  an 
intelligent,  pains-taking,  and  eminently  careful  and  sen- 
sible antiquary ;  and.  great  as  its  value  is  on  that  ac- 
count, that  value  Is  immensely  increased  b}'  the  beauty 
and  scrupulous  accnracy  of  Air.  Fairholt's  engravings  of 
the  coins,  to  which  Mr.'lilvans — ^himself  the  best  judge — 
bears  the  liighcst  testimony. 

AuUihiogrcqihy  of  Thomas  Wright,  of  Blrkrusluuc,  in.  the 
County  of  I'ork,  173C-1797.  Edited  by  his  Grandson, 
Thomas  Wright,  M.A.,  F.S. A.    (J.  Kussell  Smith.) 

The  present  little  volume  is  well  and  fairly  described 
by  its  editor  as  furnishing  "a  curious  and  striking  pic- 
ture— one  perhaps  almost  uniqne — of  domestic  life  among 
a  vcrj'  important  class  of  English  societ}-  during  the 
lotterhnlf  of  the  last  century  in  what  has  since  become 
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 
jnst  alluded  to,  under  the  influence  of  the  strong  religi- 
ous movement  then  rising  up  through  the  length  and 
breadth  of  the  ].ind,  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  lifi;  and  that  of  his  family, 
there  will  be  foun<l  m.iny  ourious  .ind  interesting  aneciiotes. 
We  think  Mr.  Thomas  Wright  hjis  done  wisely  in  giving 
the  book  to  the  wt>rld. 

Ten  Monthi  in  Ihf  Fiji  Isluuds,  by  Mm.  Sinvtho ;  with  an 
Intnuiurlion  owl  Aj<jufidi.i-  l.i;  y'o\.  W.  .J.  Sniytho,  IJ.A., 
Inte  II.M.  Commihaiuiier  tu  Fiji.  (O.M'onl  aiid  Lomlon: 
Parker.) 

(juite  a  book  for  a  drawing-room  table.  Th"  subject.  i<> 
tfira  inciifiiiilii  exi'i'pt  to  thiiso  versied  in  Wcsleyan  mis- 
!<ions,  aiiil  it  is  :<k>'t(:hc'l  by  Mrs.  .Sniythe  in  th(>  most 
lively  and  :i:jrioaMe  manner.  Col.  Smythe  adds  his  ap- 
T>jopri:ifr»  '|uiita  tif  si.-lid  matter.  A  fvinpathising  iirirra- 
tive  of  rii>li<>|i  I'atti-Non's  Mi-lane$ian'n>i!i«iun  is  thrown 
into  on  aiip-!!iilix:  aiiil  ihf  whole,  i.-.  bri^htenrd  u]>  by 
views  of  Fiji  -'.vucr.v   in  i-hninio-liihugraph. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED    TO   FUBCIIASE. 

Priri«t"T  (O.',  I.ivKr«  Divii*«(!c/«  »r  mr.    S  V"li.  *vo,  \'«  i. 
Hwift'i  I'orjii.    Aldinc  Ctlitiou.    Vuli.  1.  auil  II. 

•  ••  TAlt'.-rii  ^tatiiii!  ptrticulan  Mid  lowi-it  prirc,  rnrrma--  I'ne,  t<i  !>« 
i»-niM  M».  VV.  (i.  !«Miiii.I*uMMier  ufAMTia  ft  (iCKKIEtf," 
.V,  Wcl.iuirton  Street. Suanil,  W.C. 

1'>rtK'iiUr<  of  PriiT.  tr.,  of  the  tnlluwiiii:  Book  (<>  he  •ml  dircctto  the 
eriitlriiiaii  l>y  wliuiii  it  U  ri-|iiiKil,  wIkmc  name  mad  ■■l<lre>i  at«  kIwu 
fur  that  i-uriiojc :  — 

R*r»i  Lr.cTii<<i>  «.p   THC  I.irv   iir  mii   R»v.  A.  J.  iitorT.  I).D.,  Loud 
HCtauM  iLllAPtAIR.     Loudoii.  IHI*. 

Wonted  It  /t.  Fv-krv,  j.  Ap^m  War.  Upper  Lccmb  Strcel. 


Among  many  nthtr  nrtielr*  nffnlertal,  wAiek  an  in  twpr,  mi  unif.mt 
fitr  ouertfea.  art.  — Charlen  t'ox  ard  Mn.  Uricna.  Lord  ButhTeB.  Cit- 
ric FamilT,  Folk  Lore  in  the  South  of  Ireland,  Pariah  Reclater*.  Kiicftik 
Folk  Lore,  Proper  Ue&nitlvn  o<  Team,  Modem  Folk  Ballada,  *e. 

BaiKipuaa.  TTr  thall  tlvirtlji  jmbtUh,  in  a  rpeeial  .VntAer  uf 
"V.  *  tl-."  n  lamt  collation  nf  t'uptrt  illmUratin:  of  Ou  Lift  <a,'. 
Writingn  ef  Shaifptnrr.. 

OaoHoi  Llotd  will  JintI  "  A  t*id^*  among  ireti  toh'a*  natm,"  • 
Itumt'*"  Line*  on  Cdptaiii  (VruM." 

ApTiMRAPai.  Owr  Dahlin  Cormpim'ienl  wiiulJjpmiatla  higt  tfif^ 
(tflhr  aatonmplu  ihr  tiaerib--*.  bii  r-iwultiMj  Mr.  Waller  iff  Fleet  ^tnt 
or  « jmf  otmr  rt*iitr.tahlt  il-  uIit  in  attUigraplu. 

Tid'i  Etc,  \n  St.  Tib'i  Etk,  prnMUH  a  corruntiom  qfS^  Ufce'iEir 
or  St.  Tiieobild'i  Eve,  Jiee"  N.  *  Q,."  Snd  S.  zi.  sb*. 

OnsBK  ViBtioKt  or  Ghat'*  Eimt.  .Vr*f>r  will ^-l  all  tkr  «'." 
malion.  ht  it  m  ttuvk  of  in  Ike  Fimt  Srrict  c(^  **  M.  a  Q."  i.  19S.  ISI,  ac 

.&.    F^^r  the  oritiia  «f  llontt  dr.  i*iVfe'  we  "N.  k  U."  let  8.  IIL  371,  Ui. 

B.  II.  C.  The  Itaok t^/' i'-mmoH  I'mwr  u-ilh  the  ImfTii^l  af  P.  ZHia 
.?•■».  l3ino.  ITUl.  u  chnrlyfrum  Ihf  I'aririaa  prt  f.n^  rA>-  mmnll  cnpitai  <  * 
Ufrdfinr  irhat  ■'<  trthnicuUll  filli  (I  tit'-  loitrr  rate  k.  tehieJk  irc  Ijare  um 
met  u-il^  in  nm/  EiuiUfh  jirtHti::! '•■'••t.  Onr  OnTttpt-ndrtil  iciti  oJiSv^ 
ferre,  that  the  omiti  fK-caiiiiMnl  UlH-'e  rrprintfJ  in  IhU  edttian  it  Ma!  i! 
" The  Form  ofSolemnisaliun  it/ M-.ilrimona" 

Mark  Axtoxv  T,owaa.  SomA*partirH.1an  of  thr  Rte.  Jnmta  Bnm^ 
ffun,  authnr  of  The  Art  of  Politic*,  or*  in  t^pt,  und  vHt  appear  in  w 
ryxt  nvmlfr. 

KRaATi;>i.— 3rd  S.  v.  p.  103,  col.  U.  Unc  10  fzum  bottom, >!/r  "JM' 
rtcnt  "til." 

•■•  Ca>M  />r  bimlini  the  rulHMf'  nf  "  X.  le  Q."  nay  be  had  if  'it 
Publither,  and  of  all  Iloukttlkr*  and  Xrtrnutn. 

"Nam  AHo  Qcbbim"  it  pu'difli'd  at  noon  an  Friday,  and  it  a!r 
imued  in  UrarrnvT  Pamtii.  The  .f'ulviriptiim  for  SrAMraa  Gurn*  nr 
Sir  Uanlhf  furiear^lnl  tlirtri  fniia  Ike  l'v.bli*her  iinduMng  tht  llmi' 
Utarlif  Inowx)  u  lln.  Id.,  mhi^h  man  It  paiilhg  Pott  Oper  Kfiir. 
wivoNcar  the  Strand  Foil  Ojfict.in  I'aruur  of  Wluiam  O.  BMn>.<ll 
WKLLixoTun  Sthrbt,  8t«amo.  W.C,  to  trkoin  all  Ciauieiuc&suOT  rt 
TUB  Editi.r  *hiuU  bt  adttrtftcl. 

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X. B.-OKtae  to  till  Heat npuU  In wblch t|ij« lok  &  bdd fcr<^il' 
otitfllton.  ki:..  Ln&t4i»hnllalluoa an  otlcii  taidtitt  Ui»  Vmtiia,  «kM  1^ 
not  pi>r»m  anr  of  ty  <el<bnli((l  qaRlitUi,  PmtiliiitTai  lAmtt  *i»- 
fttre  t»  enxuttii  ia  ob*em  tta  addrctt  vn  \h»  Mi*^,  M.  BJUIGVMIaS- 
STKEET  WITIIUI,  S.C.  wlthuut.  *hieh  tbit  bik  ia  Mt  I 
Said  br  All  ivpcBCahW  etiamiriit  ■iattaMnj  KO.,  la  lkaT~ 
duiBt.  Iirltn  If.  act  \n.ii.Uc:  HO  id.  tiiit  tnTivMOt, 
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i^t  quod  non  or- 


un  — Chiractent  in  tbe  "  Eol- 


E.I-..    ,: 

of  !   ;     I         -  -Dr.  G.-rK-'  «Jiivrr  —  The  Iron  Mii^k — 
On  v.  ,1       I;  ireAi  —  I^riinula,  *4".,  200. 


THE  PROPEB  DEHNITION  OF  "TEAM." 

On  Thurvdav,  Feb.  1 1,  the  leArned  Judges  of 
the  Courl  of  Queen's  Bench  were  enjjaged  in  a 
subtle  inquiry  into  the  meaning  of  this  worJ,  the 
dctcrminutiun  of  which  involved  serious  i-oiise- 
quencw.  A  lessee  of  the  Duke  of  i^Jailboi ough 
WM  required  by  the  terms  of  hia  lco»e,  *'  to  per- 
form each  year  one  dny'a  team  work  with  two 
horses  and  one  proper  person,  when  required." 

The  tenant  rvfuved  to  send  a  cart  to  carry  couls 
when  required,  though  he  oflered  to  send  the 
horses  nnd  nmn,  and  (hereupon  issue  was  joined. 
The  case  was  tried  at  the  Oxford  Asssizfs,  and  a 
'Verdict  found  for  the   Duke ;  but  the  point  was 

reserved,  and  came  on  for   decision   before  the 

J^  '  1'.^  in  Banco. 

ion  was  argued  very  inecnioualy  by 

the  luuiisci  <»n  both  sides,  and  illu"     '    '   '       .  ,  •- 

tAliona  from  various  sources,     i 

I> 

ynu 

th 


\,..       .     r...... 


'•■  in  Caaar, /)<•  ixi-.   o.....  ;..  ...t, 
kC  ancient  Britons  leaping  from 
..;■-;«.,  "  percurrere  per  temourm." 
lu)  here  mentioned  undoubtedly  sig- 
nif  .rn  ur   rmlc  to  wliuli    the  horsf.s  were 

harncA.  too  u>uoh,  if  it 

prorea  ly  that  the  tram 

Ru>ant  borses.    Ou  the 

'  ■  i-y  — 

Id  aid  Ui^  drive  ibmitam  ■  field," 


was  held  to  imply  both  horses  and  cart.  TIub  is 
certainly  not  tenable,  as  the  poet's  reference 
would  be  quite  as  appropriate  to  horses  or  oxen 
golu^  to  plough,  as  to  a  cart  or  wnpgon. 

On  the  part  of  tlie  defendant,  the  tliustratioxis 
were  mucn  more  numerous  und  pertinent,  de- 
rived from  Dryden,  Roeconimon,  S|>en9cr,  and 
^ili.ikespcare,  snowing  that  the  term  was  usually 
applied  to  the  uniinols  drawing  rather  than  to  the 
carriage  drawn. 

Ultimately  this  reasoning  prevailed,  and  the 
Court  decided  Viy  a  mnjnrity,  Mr.  ,rnt>tice  Mellor 
dissenting,  that  the  tenant  bad  fulfilled  his  con- 
tract in  tendering  horsea  and  man  without  the 
cart. 

Several  of  the  authorities  referred  to  present 
some  curious  points  of  interest  connected  with 
the  history  of  our  language. 

Those  who  have  occupied  themselves  with  phi- 
lolo^iical  inquiries  are  aware  that  one  great  cause 
of  confusion  and  misundei'standing  is  the  fact  that 
wonls  originating  from  diverse  sources,  owing  to 
the  unsettled  condition  of  ortho<;rapliy  in  tbrmer 
times,  are  frequently  mixed  up  and  niistakeu  for 
each  other.     So  it  has  been  in  the  present  case. 

For  instance  (I  quote  from  the  report  in  The 
Times) :  —  * 

"  T1i«  leurned  Counsel  cited  Bosworth's  An^tt'Sasim 
Dktioiuiry,  '  Team;  issue,  ofispring,  progeny,  a  socceo- 
sion  of  i:liililreQ;  anything  following  in  a  Une  ' 

"  Mr.  Justice  Crompton:  '  Sorely  the  word  there  must 
be  spdt  tttm  f  *  ( LoQgbter.) 

'*  The  learned  Counsel  cited  Ricbard«on's  Dtetionary. 
■Team;  a  team  or  yoke  of  working  catilo*;  adding, 
'  Soiaoer  applies  it  to  a  litter  of  pitr*-'    (Laoghler.) 

••  Mr.  Justice  Crotnpton:  *  What,  is  the  word  applied 
to  a  string;  of  little  pigs? '  (Great  laughrer.) 

"  The  learned  Counsel  obiwrved  that  it  was  even  ap- 
plieil  to  a  Uao  of  ducks ;  in  fact  to  a  line  uf  aoy  sort  of 
aiiiiQals." 

Now  here  are  two  words  of  entirety  different 
origin  and  signification,  owinf:  to  the  carelessnesa 
of  our  lexicographers,  classed  together  as  one,  and 
leading  to  uncertainty  and  obscurity  as  to  the 
joeaiuttg  of  either  or  both.  The  A.-S.  substan- 
tives tcma,  tern.,  learn,  ty^e,  gC'tem^  and  the  verbs 
teinan,  temian,  teaman,  tinman,  ge-temian,  ge-temofi, 
are  employed  interchangeably  to  represent  very 
different  ideas.  Let  lu  eiideavour  to  unravel  the 
mystery. 

The  Gothic  verb  lamjan  and  its  primitive,  tinuai, 
ore  identical  with  tl»e  A.-S.  tamian,  Eng.  tame. 
Along  with  the  Gr.  lofiAm,  and  Lutin  doin-o,  they 
are  derived  from  Sansk.  daw,  to  set  in  order,  regu> 
luto,  and  applied  to  animals,  to  t,nme.  In  the  con- 
crete sense,  us  tcma,  it  was  upplicd  to  the  trained 
cattle  yoked  together,  in  tbc  same  way  that  in 
German  und  Dutuh  a  team  is  called  u  tpann,  (rom 
gp,,i,„,-„  n  hturnos,  and  In  English  a  **jioke"  of 
V  .en  of.     The  first  iiistai'Ce  of  the  uusti 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»*  S.  V. 


I 


at.  Jufialijt  is  translaU^J  l>y  ii^c-tema,  wbert?  it 
as  precisely  the  meuninjz  <«f  ^^^  modern  "  team." 
la  Pier*  Ptoughmcm  s  VisioH  we  read  — 
"  Grace  gof  Piers  a  trtme 
Of  foore  grete  oxea." 

And  BO  the  term  has  continued  to  be  emplojed 
down  to  the  present  time. 

The  other  nppiicatiou  of  the  word  to  a  litter  of 
pigs  issue,  otF3prin<T,  a  succession  of  children,  &c., 
is  really  derived  from  the  verb  teem,  which  is 
descended  from  the  Norse  tuma,  originally  to  pour 
out,  empty,  aud  luetapboricolly,  to  bring  forth ; 
then  applied  in  the  concrete  to  what  is  Drought 
forth.  The  A.-S.  form  of  teem  Is  written  indif- 
ferently tymaji,  temtin,  &c.,  and  is  nattirally  con- 
founded witb  the  derivatives  from  tantian,  witli 
which  it  has  no  connection.  On  the  Wear  and 
Tyne,  the  teem  of  coals  sigjiifies  the  cjmintity 
supped,  the  coals  being  teemed,  or  poured  into 
the  bold  of  the  vessel.  The  word  is  most  in  use 
in  those  parts  of  the  couutry  where  the  Daaish 


element  prevails.     The  Scotliah  loom,  empty,  b  b. 
derivative  from  the  same  stock. 

The  word  team  or  theatn,  with   the  Mune  ii! 
of  ofispring,  was  used  also  in  another  tease  in 
Middle  Ages.     When  the  Baron  of  Bradwardli 
enumeral»l  to  Waverley  his  long  list  oi  fou 
jurisdictions,  sac  and  soc,  infan^beof  ami  out- 
fangtbcof,  &c.,  amongst  the  rc«t,  toll  and  cAm* 
are  mentioned.     Spelman  gives  the  following 
planation  in  the  words  of  an  old  charter  :  '— 

"  '  Theam,'  hoc  eat,  *  quoil  1.  nam  gcneraiii 

villanonim  veatrorum,  cum  ^  «t  ctalUi  «h»>< 

canqae  iaventi  fuerint  io  A:.„ 't-i   otn.^ 

nativus  qui«tiu  per  annum  anam  et  aou 

villa  privile^^ata  manserit,  ita  qaod  it; 

ntam  sire  giHam  tanqaaoa  civia  r«ceptu&  ruertT, 

k  villenagio  lib«ratiu  est.' " 

Thenm  was  in  fact  the  fugitive-slave  1*w  of  Old 
England,  with  the  saving  claosu  of  a  citj  of  rc< 
fuge. 

J.  A.  PfCTM. 

Wavertrec. 


a 


RELATIONSHIP  OF  TUK  PRINCK  AND  PRINCESS  OP  WALES. 

I  inclose  a  table  showing  the  fourfold  relationship  between  the  Prince  and  Pnnccss  of 

through  the  House  of  Saxe  Coburg.  FjU»«jm.  , 

Cavan. 

I.  Fn«.  Joalu.  Dak*  of  Sur:>AfiD*  SophU.  nt  fchnrUb. 
Cobury.ob.  I7».  I     R<«4ol«bUll..ol>.  I77K. 


:.  Erncil  Ftnlk.,  DuWr  of=SopMa  AnlninrlW.  of 
Sut  CoboiK,  ois  I40a  I    Mruniwick.ob,  tatn. 


X.  CIuuliHM  8ophitKL<ouM.  Prini.'*  of 


Fnt.  Ficd- . 
9«s*  Cot>ui«.  ob.  IMS. 


Bl)«ndaiir, 


i.  Loote  OhwIoMcnAiwoJlB*,  D«k«  of 


s.  iophkrritdtri«a-|'ntek«i>rHMr4 
ob.  i;h.        I    mark.  06.  IM*. 


1.  Mwtc 
gb.  IKI. 


L«uuc 


rieturwwEdwBR!,  Dvke  of 
I     Kent.ub.  IBW. 


i.  Era.  Aot.  Chu.  L<mi<='t.  LouiM  of  8<n  Ikitiui, 
Duke  uf  Su*  Colturc  |        bcir. 


of 


&.  iJeamBdiina  rw/»r«i=a.  aiticrt, 
QnMktfKDgluA.  I        ab.ia 


Vtittat 


CooMrt. 


S.  LpBbe.ofH— Oij|iU«ulX>,Kto<of 
'  I     OBunaHu 


OimtA. 


t.  aibaH  WwudaC  Akexaiidra,  of 
Fitaot  of  WalM.  I       J>eMMric  . 


I  BrniVEN,  EARL  OF  FORD  AND  BRENTFORD. 

In  the  preceding  series  of  *'  N.  &  Q."  ih^re 
scura  an  article  relative  to  Patrick  Ruthven,  the 
ricnd  of  Oustarus  Adolphus,  who  recommended 
in  the  most  urgent  manner  possible  to 
Jharles  I.  (2"*  S.  ii.  100).  It  may  not  be  out  of 
to  say  a  few  words  relative  to  the  ancestors 
person,  who  sabsequently  distlngiiiMhcd 
as  a  warrior  In  Britain,  aud  fully  justified 
comlutnd  bestowed  upon  Lim  by  the  Lion  of 
forth. 

The  friend  of  Ciustavu;*  wa»  not  descended  from 
\e  KaiU  of  (fowrie.  He  was  a  male  descendant  of 
YiUiam  Hutbven  of  fiallindeoe,  a  voutigcr  son  of 


the  first  Loid  lluthven ;   and  uuon  bia   rei 
to  the  land  of  hi^i  forefathers,  Charles  at  onoa  took 
bim  into  Lis  favour,  and  made  bim.   In  1(>39,  a 
Scotch  Baron,  by  the  title  of  Lord  Katfavco  of 


ipon  bim 
Sub»e': 


Ettrick,  1!  ' 

ship  of  I' 

olevaU.'il  f  (.:  .  .1...  ' 

E.-irl  of  r. 

the  bcirs  i:  ......  ...  . 

he  obtain  earldom 

with  a  6im  i-.  . He  dic<i 

January,  1031,  wbc-u  brs  oarldom  I 

fur  want  of  heir  male  of  bis  bodr 


a^  8.  y.  Mab.  5.  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


189 


two  of  whom  married,  and  bad  issue ;  but  the 
thrills  of  the  patent  arc  not  known.  The  second 
dautrhter,  Lady  Jean,  married  Lord  Forrester 
of  Corgtnrpbine,  and  Lad  by  him  five  sons,  who 
OMumed  the  name  of  Ruthven. 

William,  (te  facto  fourth  Earl  of  Ciowrie,  fled 
to  the  continent,  And  i^  said  to  buve  ''  been  fjunoua 
hia  knowledge  of  chemistry."    He  escaped  ap- 

rently  the  clutches  of  King  "  Jemmie  the  Su- 
it and  Saxt*;"  who  got  hold  »f  his  brother 

fctrick,  and  popped  him  m  the  Tower  :  where  he 

'married,  and  hail  one  child,  u  daughter — who  be- 
came Lady  Vandyke.  In  her  issue,  the  direct 
representation  of  the  £arU  of  Gowrie  remains, 
43  well  as  that  of  the  Hulhvens  of  Ruthven  ;  and 
of  the  more  ancient  Halyburtons  of  Dirleton — 
a  barony  which  civme  to  the  third  Lord  Ruthven 
through  his  mother,  Jean,  or  Janet,  Ladj  Huly- 
burton  of  Dirleton. 

As  Earl  William  is  said  to  have  been  learned 
in  chemistry,  it  was  conjectured  that  be  might  be 
the  Lord  Ruthven  alluded  to  in  the  prcfj\ce  to  the 
Ladies'  Cabinet.  Assuredly  it  could  not  have  been 
Patrick,  Earl  of  Forth  and  Brentford;  who,  if  all 
stories  are  true,  was  equally  powerful  in  wine  as 
war  :  forGustavus  availed  himself  not  only  of  his 
services  as  a  warrior,  but  as  a  toper,  who  could 
drink  {>otations  *'  deep  and  long,"  and  never  be  a 
bit  the  worse;  a  man  who,  as  "field-marshal  of 
the  bottles  and  glasses,"  enabled  his  master  to 
extract  the  secrets  of  those  he  thought  politic  to 
invite  to  his  table. 

In  the  Catalogue  of  the  valuable  library  of  Sir 
Andrew  Balfour,  M.D.,  which  was  exposed  to 
sale  at  Edinburgh  In  1695,  several  MSS.  were 
included;  amongst  olhors,  is  the  following  in  4to — 
"  Georgius  Ruthven,  Liber  Miscellanius  Medi- 
clna*."  Who  was  this  George  Ruthven  ?  Was  he 
one  of  the  grandohlldren  of  the  Earl  of  Forth,  who 
adopted  his  name  in  preference  to  their  own?  J.JL 


For  long  continaanco  it  is  vain  to  trie ; 
Xothing  morti  sure  than  DeAtb,  for  all  must  Die. 


U\\  in  the  Hart; 
V  are  unstable ; 
us,  yet  such  tfriends  must 


A  DIVINE  MEDITATIOX  ON  DEATH. 

The  following  verses,  dated  1696,  are  from  a 
MS.  of  contemporary  date,  or  nearly  so.  As  they 
.^rc  possibly  hitherto  unpublished,  I  send  them  to 

"  A  niVWl  HBDtTATTON    MAftE   UPON    DEATH    IX  THESE 
RIXK  WOKDKS   FOLLOWISG,   TI2'» :  — 
"  iV<i|A{n<r  mart  ntre  than  Deat/t,  firr  all  mutt  Die. 
lolliiiiff  more  wish't  llian  Wealth,  yet  y'  will  leave  us ; 
_  Nothing  more  dear  th»n  Love,  that  fists  not  ever-, 
fjfothini;  more  rare  than  Frif.ntlt*'*,  yet  they  deceive  ua; 
Nothiiit:  more  f««t  then  H'edlotk,  yet  they  sever. 
1  tiling*  awa3' mast  flie; 
DeAth,  for  all  must  Die. 
'ii  iMiM,  bat  'twill  decay; 
lit  'twill  not  last; 
liut  'twill  nway; 
.  KOtneof  iheir's  are  pajt.* 


Muru  lif/auty  n 

Xti)re  f  l<^Miatir  niii  i 

More  Joyj  may  i 

•  This,  lineappea 
from  another  copy? 


Qo.  Can  it  be  corrected 
J.  G.  N. 


"  Sure  Lore  must  I*--  " 
Sure  'tia  y*  all  i 
Sure  tfrienda  arv 
part; 

Sure  *tia  y'  all  things  here  are  variable 
Not  two,  nor  one  may  'icapc,  nor  you  nor  1 ; 
Nothing  more  sure  than  Death,  for  all  must  Die. 

••  Then  let  y*  Rich  no  longer  covet  Wealth, 

Then  let  y*  Proud  vaile  his  Ambiiious  thought. 

Then  let  y'  Strong  not  glorv  in  their  ntrength. 
Then  let  all  yield,  since  all  must  come  to  nought  — 

The  Elikr  Aish,  and  then  the  Younger  fl'rie ; 

Nothing  more  sure  than  Death,  for  all  maat  Die. 

"  Death  tooke  away  King  Herod  in  his  pride ; 

Death  spared  not  Hcrculeg.for  all  his  strength ; 
Dpalh  thooke  great  Alexander,  till  he  dy'd ; 

Death  spared  Adam,  yet  be  dy'd  at  length  : 
The  Beggar  end  y"  Ring  together  Vm ; 
Nothing  more  sure  tlian  Death,  for  all  mnst  Die. 

"  For  Scoptors,  Crowns,  Imperiolla,  Diadems, 
For  all  y«  Glory  tliat  y'"  World  can  give ; 
For  Plca*ure3,  Treasures,  .lewell.s,  costly  .Tcintns, 

For  all  y*  Beauties  y*  on  Karth  do  live. 
He  will  not  spare  his  Dart,  but  still  replie. 
Nothing  more  sure  than  Death,  for  all  must  Die. 

"  All  from  y*  highest  to  y  lowest  Degree ; 

All  People,  Nations,  Countrvea,  Kingdomea,  Lands ; 
AU  that  in  Elarth  or  Aire,  or  ^a  that  bee ; 

All  most  yield  up  to  his  all  Conqueriiig  Hands : 
He  wounds  thetn  all  with  his  Impcriall  Eye ; 
Nothing  more  sore  than  Death,  for  all  must  Die. 

"  Must  all  then  Die?  then  all  must  think  on  Death  ; 

Must  all  then  vani.sh — the  Sun,  Moon,  and  Starrs ?i 
Must  every  .lingle  Creature  yoild  his  Breath? 

Must  all  then  cease — our  Joyes,  Delights,  and  Cares  ? 
Yes :  All,  with  one  united  voioe  do  Cry, 
Nothing  more  sure  than  Death,  lor  nil  miut  Die. 

"  Die  let  us  then,  but  let  as  Die  in  Peace ; 

Die  to  y°  world,  that  dyjnge  wee  may  live; 
Die  to  our  Sinns,  y*  grncc  moy  more  increaae; 

Die  here,  to  live  ivith  Him  that  Life  doth  give: 
Die,  Die  wee  must,  let  Wealths  and  Pleasures  lie; 
Nothing  more  sure  than  Death,  for  all  mast  Die. 


AB.SOLUTE  MONARCHY'  OF  DENMARK. 

At  the  present  crisis  in  the  affairs  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 
Molemortk,  who  resided  in  1660  as  envoy  of  the 
King  of  England  at  the  court  of  Copenhagen 
(ch.  vii.)  ;  but  the  following  is  extracted  from 
The  World  Displayed  (xx.  65)  :  — 

"  Denmark  was,  till  lately,  governed  bv  a  king  chosen 
by  the  people  of  all  rank«;  but  in  their  choice,  they  paid 
a  due  regard  to  thn  fumily  of  the  preceding  prince,  and, 
if  the\'  foiiml  one  of  hia  line  qualified  for  that  high  honour, 
thev  thought  it  just  to  prefer  him  before  any  other,  and 
were  plcaatid  when  thev  had.  x«.ufeiv>.  \k>  ^tsw^^o*--  *^*«^ 
«oa  ol  Vhw  t«mw  VxTii-.  XjmVSJL  ^>^wb:  v*.Sii%^«i'^^'»^^- 


MK 


"  1«0 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8r»aV.  «a!lS.^ 


yum    II          ,    ! 
^aild    Atj:: ..     I V     

Frequent  uiottiiiKs  of  ihn  btatM  wm  a  In 
the  eoMtitutmn  :  in  those  mwtinps  * •^ 
Bg  to  the  Rovrn  led ;  ! 

[anacted,  and  all  pc^<^' 


:ltftm»dve8 
r  peraoB, 

lii^nity. 
ii:irt 
,    Ut- 
i.iw-i  were 
and  'XTAT,  the 


joa 

w 


sposal  of  gTwit  t-i., is  of  marriage  for  the 

3'al  family,  were  tiubated.     Tho  imposing  of  Laxea  was 

relv  occidcnini ;  no  money  hfinfj  Ifvif^ti  on  the  people 

cept  to  mdtnloin  a  nwess.ir  "     "         '    '      md 

naent  of  the  nalton  ;  nr  jUi'  *ree 

i,  to  add  tit  .1  iliiiL'-litfr'*  por  ,.^  inary 

iQg  coil  .''  in  the  rtiita  of  hta   landa  and 

^emesties,  '"  '^f  faitlr-,  hiai  fi>r«^t«,  scmcea  of 

tenants  in  <  *  :  '         istoma  on 

merchamli*'  rt  «jf  the 

world;  «o  ili.i     ■  men,  upon 

the  revenues  oi  hm  catoiti.     ll  vnta  UU  Uuaiaea*  to  ace 

juatico  itnpartially  alniiniatercd;  to  "Wtttth  overtUewel- 

e  of  bis  people ;  to  command  their  armies  in  person ; 

encoorage  industry,  artA,  and  loaroing:  and  it  was 

nally  h)»  duty  and  interest  to  keep  &ir  with  the  oo- 

ity  and  (Jfentrv,  nnd  to  bo  carefbl  of  the  plenty  and 

iroBperity  of  the  commons." 

Molesworth  then  proceeds  to  show  that  — 

In  1660,  the  th—  "  ■'  -  '.'■•  ■-.  t'  ■  •■ -lii:'-  <i~"'v 
ll   Cftminonally. 

fiband  till-  Jr.-  ! 

wc<len.  tlu- 

en  oik  th?  < 

licir  countn ,    -  -.     ;    -       ,    .: .......    .:.  : ^, 

with  tho  utmost  bravery,  insisted  that  the  nobles,  who 
enjoyed  all  tho  land^.  fhonld  pay  their  abare  of  the 
taxes;  since  Ihviy  suaer«d  I«a3  in  the  ootnmon  calami^, 
aod  had  done  less  to  prevent  ila  progreaa." 

Theconimons  were  then  officially  informed  tbat 
they  were  siliiTt'S  fo  the  nobility ;  but  the  wt»r<l 
'ivca  ont  l»eing  rcli«lie<l  by  the  clergy  and  bur- 
hers,  tliey.  on  onn«ultali<in,  determined  as  the 
most  effeciual  wny  to  bring  the  nobility  to  their 
senses,  and  to  remedy  the  disorders  of  the  state, 
"  to  add  to  the  power  of  the  king,  and  render  bis 
crown  herodiuiry,"  The  nobles  were  in  a  general 
st&to  of  conslernntion  at  the  siiddcnuees  of  this 
proposal;  but  the  two  other  states — the  clcrgA- 
d  oommon*  —  were  not  to  be  wrought  upon  by 
ooth  speeches,  explanations,  and  appeals  for 
and  delay :  — 


"The  bishop  mado   a  long  speech 


iinhloff, 


him   faithfully   its  became   hrrr^- 
One  Gersdorf,  ft  principid   ^' 
wish  tlirtt  bin  mnjcsly*.'^  sucecs 
the  example  his  iniijosty  wuu 
them,  and  make  use  of  that 


praise  of  bis 

,     j,n    h.yrciilitr,! 


"filled  with  thi?  npprcbeniions  of 
'  were  now  in  a  great  hurry 


g  would 


u  of  the  two  other  t<i'\\fr 

allow  of  such  CONV 

atid,  conftequenrly,  with  nil  <! 
'    '    Oct.,   1600."  the  V 
bilitv,   ehrffv.  atid 


bnt 


IIUi-'IOHl      III     .III 


all   the 
wflji  n?- 

liolr 

.14? 

liiiijgH,  HMu  IV  s«rv% 


.-mbjecta." 

[ircaaml  a 
»*  fallow 
t«dlj  Mt 
_  power  iar 
the  good,  and  not  the  prejudice  of  bia  Bobjeeta." 
••  The  noVjlcn  were  called  over  \>j  ••-••'•   ""'1  onUnd  la 
snbscribe  the  onth  they  had  faker  y  »n  ***.• 

.  .  .  .    "Thus,"   pontinaca  Molraw  lijair  dajtP 

time  the  kingdom  of  Penraark  wm  chuugetl  from  a  aUU^ 
but  little  ditTerent  fVom  that  of  aristocmajr,  t»  that  rf  a* 
unlirnited  njonarchy." 

I  may  add,  as  an  illustration  uf  ShalOMin; 
that  "the  kettledrums  and  trumpeta  wbiw  «t 
ranged  before  the  palace,  proclaim  vAtnA  tha  TWjr 
mitiute  when  the  king  aits  down  to.tabJc."     "■*"* 

one   of  the   greatest  of  blessings  rouBt    not 
omitted :  — • 

"  What  ii  mMt  admirable  with  rcspeet  t»  0«ni 
are  its  lawa;  which  are  jonndcd  on  equitv.aad  s/«i»> 
ntarkable  fbr   tb^  ^uitice,  pertpicuity,    ud    U«-f$ty. 
Theae  are  contained  in  one  fpifirtn  vnlume 


:3 


language  of  the 
msQ  who  can  n- 


Lichlleld. 


'•r  an  attorney  or  nt 

Jut.    Gml.    Aeml , 

ftiat3-Htui-  Itfirht  ■  '  * 

;    118:  nnd  MuM. 


wrota  in  thk 
meaait  tkat  crary 

-■■^    wttlvotit   iW 

-am 


>UCKT<m. 


any 
"5f. 


BiBIIJOGBilFHT  or  UjSBaiDKT  AN: 

I  have  nearly  completed,  to  be  put  <■ 
soon  as  the  names  of  a  sufficient  numb 
fcribers   are  received,  a  new  Cm  ' 
published   and  privately  jfirinted    1 
raldry,  GanoalofryT  and  kindred  su 
no  work  of  the  kind  eouM  be  avctu. 

degree   of    accuracy,    av:' 

&  Q.,"  I  hope  I  mtiv  ho 
the  subject  of  my  rr       "'  ■ 
Brielly  I  wotild  sn\ 
classified  one,  "'''  ' 
found  in  the  I.^ 

be  noteii  in  thi: 

in    his  Jiihliothcqur 

illfiif.'il  tin;  work,')  wl 

To  my  work  will 

!.;rii'   l*i^il)'jri'<"8  in  lln-  '  ' 
Otbl-T    to] 

thai  Mr.  •" 
nn  index    to  li 
acripljj  and  new 
tions,  which  lie  n 
iic  has  waived  Ma 
work  now  ttni»' 
ration  of  the  t 
unity  of  purposo, 

I  beg  tbi«n,  thronph  "  N. 
favour  of  information  relatinp  t 


'^tt^l 


^ 


H.      it  is  kouwo 

nrHttinn  of  «tieli 

'  'XVI' 


-it*. 


8t«  S.  V.  Uab.  J,  '6i.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


191 


3.  Privately  printed  genealofcies  and  sheet  pedi- 
grees; 3.  Topuerapbical  pamphlets,  &c.,  con- 
r&inin;.'  line  pedigrees.  CHAai.BS  Bbidger. 

Wiile}',  Burrey. 

IlABOtKO  AKD  T  .X.  —  It  has  ofien 

been  asserted  wit;  -e.  by  ndvocates 

for  the  abolition  01  <.»jiiini  -t,  tlmtnien 

would  be  as  offocturilly  ilt't  <>  vr'itoQ  by 

the  fear  oft  buinp  transport-;*!  ,»-  r<>  tlie  dretid  of 
being  banged.  The  following  curious  fact,  re- 
cently met  with  in  the  Sroh  Magazine  for  1789 
(p.  481),  does  not,  howover,  Ijcar  out.  that  «tAt^> 
ment.  At  the  close  of  the  Session  at  the  Old 
Bailey,  in  September,  1 TSU,  there  were  so  large  a 
number  of  prisoners  under  sentence  of  death,  but 
whose  executions  had  been  delayed  in  conse- 
quence of  the  state  of  the  King's  health,  that  the 
autlioritic-;  were  unwilling  to  curry  out  the  ex- 
treme penalty  of  the  law  ufKm  them,  for  there 
were,  it  would  ftcem,  no  lc»«  than  eighty-two  ;  and, 
consequently,  they  were  broujrbt  to  the  bar  on 
September  19,  and  asked  whether  they  would  ac- 
cept Hie  Mujcsty'si  mercy  on  condition  of  being 
transported  for  life  to  New  Sooth  Wales.  A  rast 
majority  nccep»c<l  this  rnnditional  pardon,  but 
many  with  jrreat  hesitation.  Eij^ht,  however,  re- 
fosed ;  and  though  wnmed  by  the  court,  that  if 
thejr  persisted  in  such  refu.<al  they  should  be 
ordered  for  execution,  they  still  persisted,  and 
were  removed  to  their  cells.  In  three  hours  after, 
Hve  of  these  eutrcJiterl  that  they  might  be  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  last  of  these  poor  wretches,  he  begged  and 
received  His  Majesty's  mercy  on  the  terras  first 
oflered  to  him.  H.  A.  T. 

SiK  JoHK  CovKNTttT,  KB.  —  This  gentleman, 
the  son  of  John  Coventry,  Esq.  Celdest  son,  by  hi-* 
second  wife,  ofTlinmas  LordCovontry),  by  Eliza- 

'  .daughter  of  John  Aldersey,  E«q., and  widow 

William  lr'it(rhford,  Esq.,  wjia  of  Pitminster  in 
county  cf  Sonioreet,  and  Mere  in  Wiltshire, 
and  represented  Weymouth  in  all  the  parliaments 
ofCharlr-air. 

A  violent  !ind  •  dly  assault  on  him  in 

consequence  of  {I  -  -nrry  jest  of  his  in  the 

Huui«o  of  Commons,  ciiUbed  imuiense  excit*"Dient, 
and  l«*d  t/>  th?  net  ajraiiist  cutting  nnd  mainiini;, 
d' ;  Coventry  Act.     Although  in  his 

li-  lor   a    !itnun"h    Protestant   and 

^^  " -d  his  soul  to  the 

,  dc-sired  that  his 


-L     r-ut,'   i>v 


■  to  have  p;iSMod  tu  hii 


Sir  John  Coventry  probably  died  between  1681 
and  16S6.  The  txact  date  of  that  event  will  be 
very  acceptable. 

He  founded  a  hospital  for  twelve  poor  men  at 
Wivcliscomb  in  Son>ersetshirc,  but  I  have  not 
s«ccee<led  in  discovering  any  notice  of  this  Insti- 
iQtion  in  the  Reports  of  the  Charity  Commis- 
sioners. 8.  Y.  R. 

Mounds  of  Human  Rbkains. — I  am  not  aware 
that  any  vestiges  remain  of  llm  mounds  of  human 
heada  said  to  nave  been  raised  by  Zenphis  Khan, 
or  Tamerlane,  during  their  devastating  wars  in 
the  West  of  Asia;  but  in  the  peninsula  of  India, 
in  the  cede<l  districts  of  the  Madra^i  Presidency, 
is  to  be  seen  at  the  present  day  a  very  large 
mound,  conais  ling  of  bum  torganic  matter  and  ashes, 
which  the  voice  of  native  tradition  aihrms  to  have 
been  formed  of  the  remains  of  a  multitude  of  Budd- 
hists or  Jainas,  who  were  here  burnt  alive  in  a  vast 
pile  by  their  Brahmin  conqueror?.  The  south  of 
India,  especially  that  part  of  it  which  formed  the 
old  Cbera  kingdom,  now  the  province  of  Colm- 
batore,  was  fonnerly  inhabited  by  Jainas,  who 
were  conquered  by  Brahmin  Hindoos.  One  of 
these  invaders  was  the  king  of  Chula-mundalum 
or  Coromandcl,  and  I  have  trcqucntly  seen  in  that 
part  of  the  country  "  vern-culf,"  or  heroic  stones, 
raised  to  warriors  distinguished  under  him,  and 
who  are  represented  in  suits  of  armour  much  rcsem- 
]>ling  those  worn  in  England  in  the  middle  of  the 
fourteenth  century,  though  less  substantia].  Maha- 
ruUipoor,  or  the  Seven  Pagoda.<s  on  the  same 
coast,  the  suppojed  capital  of  the  Chola  kings,  is 
celebrated  for  its  monolithic  temples,  rock  sculp- 
tures, and  other  interesting  antiquities.        H.  C. 

Records  or  EriTAPas.  — From  curiosity  partly, 
I  lately  looked  at  :i  work  by  P.  Fisher  — 

"Cnl  '  ■'  iblo  Tom b«>s.  Grave- 

stones, 1  or  extant  Churches 

of  LoTiil ,.       .  yond  tho  Tower  to 

Tcinplu  iiarre^"  &&     4lo,  Lundon,  1068. 

It  is  indeed  nothing  more  than  a  "catalogue," 
for  none  of  the  inscriptions  are  given,  and  only 
in  a  very  few  instances  does  he  state  in  what 
church  the  memorial  w;i3  placed.  Two  or  three 
nanjes  r)C<Tur  which  I  should  be  glad  to  trace  so 
as  to  obtain  the  epitaph,  bat  am  completely  foiled. 
Is  it  known  how  the  author  compiled  the  list? 
Whether  from  a  series  of  publication!!,  or  from  his 
own  notes  ?  The  British  Museum  hu^  two  copies, 
perhaps  a  first  and  second  edition,  both  imper- 
fect ;  one  having  fifty-two  pages,  and  the  other 
only  forty-four."  Quaritch  lately  advertised  a 
ropy  fur  twenty- five  shillinps,  also  "  imperfect  at 
Ay     Acomplet  '  '       'v 'J  some  such 

lation  as  I  hav> 

.■>mce  writing  the  an  n.-  <ju -i  v  i  had  occasion 
to  look  into  Stow's  Snrney  of  Lotuhu^  and  Uw*vj.'«,k 
not  nbVe  Vo  comY'M'i.  "Cav*  v«n\iw^5.'s\i.'»'j^i"^'«0»-^'*'^ 


192 


NOTE»S  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^8cV.  lfAIK.«.^M. 


convinced  that  Fisber's  wort  is  merely  an  abstract 
of  the  epitaphs  given  in  Stow.  Seymour's  London 
also  appears  to  contain  the  same  epitaphs — being 
an  cnlargenient  of  Stow.  In  these  works  I  foana 
the  three  epitaphs  I  wanted.  W.  P. 

•*  Cci  BOKO?  " — Not  a  dttv  passes  but  some  wri- 
ter in  a  newspaper,  or  speaker  at  a  county  meet- 
ing, wishes  to  express  the  simple  idea  —  "What's 
the  good  of  it?  "  and  thinking  it  finer  to  say  it  in 
Lntin^  he  uses  the  words  "  cui  bono?"  Those  who 
know  the  meaning  of  "cui  bono"  shrug  their 
shoulders,  and  let  it  pass.  But  when  a  publication 
like  the  Saturday  Review,  conducted  by  able 
scholars,  has  a  long  nrticle  headed  *'  Cui  bono  ?  " 
the  whole  tenor  of  which  proves  that  the  writer 
>60  understands  these  two  words,  it  is  lime  that 
you  should  explain  to  those  who  are  daily  using 
the  phrase,  that  they  entirely  misconceive  the 
meaning  and  force  of  this  pitliy  idiom,  which 
Cicero*  calls  "illud  Casaianum." 

A  very  logical  argument  is  contained  in  these 
two  little  words.  Il  we  were  to  inquire  who  wjjs 
the  author  of  the  murder  of  Darnley,  Cicero  would 
hiive  asked  "Cui  bonofuerit?"  i/'Ao  was  to  gain 
by  the  death  of  Darnley  ?  And  the  question  sug- 
gests the  answer  —  undoubtedly  Uothwell  and  the 
Queen.  AJl  this  is  conveyed  by  "cui  bono"  when 
jiroperly  used,  which  is  very  rarelv  Its  fiite. 

J.  C  M. 

Old  Paistikg  at  Easteii  Fowijs.  —  Some 
years  ago  I  was  favoured  with  a  view  of  a  unique 
pointing,  which  I  think  so  curious  that  it  deserves 
to  be  noted  in  "  N.  &  Q."  At  a  place  called 
Daster  Fowlis,  a  few  miles  from  Dundee,  there 
is,  in  tolerable  preservation,  on  old  Roman  Ca- 
tholic chapel  which  is  now  used  as  a  Protestant 
church,  in  and  about  which  are  several  very  in- 
teresting relics  of  b^e-gone  times  ;  altogether  the 
place  is  well  worth  a  visit.  The  painting  I  refer 
to  is  in  the  church,  and  is  of  considerable  sixe.  It 
is  executed  on  wood,  and  occupies  almost  the  en- 
tire wall  at  one  end  of  the  small  building.  If  I 
was  informed  of  the  subject  of  it  I  have  forgotten 

j  it,  but  what  uak<>ii  the  work  remarkable  is  that 

[among  t»i     '  sented  arc  to  be   found 

two  of  ev  ;i-»cler;  one  is  the  devil, 

[and  the  oiu.i  mm-  -.om  of  a  man  leaving  his  body. 
The  artist  has  evidently  not   been  aware  of  the 

Imodcrn  notions  of  SatonV  appearnn'-  -  ''  n,  he 
has  departed  widely  from  it.     lie  the 

larch-enemy  as  something  in  siee  .i. ..  ...^,.^  be- 

[twecn  a  pair  of  large  shears,  and  a  bljtck  lobster. 

I  The  soul  is  represented  very  much  like  one  of 
those  embryu  'lolls  to  be  found  in  tlio  toy-shops, 

^having  neither  arms  nor  legs,  but  of  a  wedge 
It  apptfars  to  be  coTnirig  out  of  the  dying 
sor's  modth,  and  the  lobstor-iikc  devil  is 
kvidenily  on  the  alort  to  uatch  it. 

•  8*t  Cicero  ptw  Mnctit. 


I  .scarcely  think  such  another  pi.- -•  .-f  •<<M 
tieol  painting  is  to  lie  seen  any wb-  ScaC- 

tand,  at  least  ndoriiing  the  walU  •  i«  oaif 

a  rural  Protestant  church.  I  have  no  ide»  of  da 
ejtact  age  of  the  work  or  its  artist's  name,  but  il 
must  be  of  consideroble  antiquity.  The  aclioiiuBg 
churchyard  also  contains  some  old  tombstooei 
worth  notice.  G.  G.  M. 

F.dinbiugh. 


iSlMtrici. 


and  tad's- 


Hknbt  Cbadtrek. — In  a  History  oftke 
and  Puritk  of  Halifax,  printe<l  by  E.  r'^ 
J.  Milner,  Bookseller,  in  the  Corn  M.i 
I  find  the  followin<;  notice  of  '*  Crabtre t-.  « 
sometimes  wrote   Krabiree."      He   was 
some  have  thought,  in   Norland;  '.—  ■''•■^ 
village  of  Sowerby,    where  he    « 
school  learning  with  Archbishop    ....... 

has    left  behind   him  the  character  of 

f;ood  mathematician   and  astronomer.      Wi 
ished  ^'^Merlinm  Bmtiau,  or,  a  Ccuntry  A< 
yet   treating   of  courtly   matters,   .'ind    the 
sublime  affairs  now  in  agitation  '  it 

whole  world,     1 .  Showing  the  begt  i 
and   continuance    of   the   Turkish,    cr    0\ 
Empire.     2.  Predicting  the  fate  and  fttalo 
Romnii    and   Turkish    Em|iire^.     3.     Fo 
what  success  tlic  Grand    Seignior   akall 
this  his  war,  in  which  lie  is  now  engaged 
the  German  Entperor.    All  these  are 
to  be  proved  from  the  most    :      ' 
bitable  arguments  of  history, 
together  with   the   ordinary    imi 
Almanacks.     By  Henry  Krabtrev,  '  i 

murden,  in  Lancashire.     London,  ,..,;...  ^  it^  U£ 
Company  of  Stationers,  1685." 

I  may  now  a^k  if  anything  further  is  kaons 
of  this  Henry  Crabtree,  and  whether  a  cony  af 
this  Almanac  is  still  in  existoncc?  "  John  Cral^ 
tree,  Gent,  author  of  a  Coturise  Hitd^rg  iff  ll« 
Parith  and  Vicarage  of  Holifaz"  publiihii 
"  Hartley  and  Walker,  183(»,"  evid 
this  Henry  Crabtree  with  the  fri. 
spondent  of  Hon'ocks  ond  Gaacoignu.     Mr 

tree  adds,  that   "  he  married Pilling,  ' 

ofStansfield  llali.  near  Tmlioorden. 

T.  T.  WiLCTnov^ 
Bnmlcy.  I^ancashirr. 

VouTKirnv  Kbta  r 
tell  me  wher«  I  > 
estiit«8  in  Scotland, 
in  1715  or  174»^.  ?     I 
ticulars  of  the  '•••tif.^ 
•on,  and  the  di  (     -  • 
they  were  seized. 


I. Ilium.;  t..  ..  V I .  I    .  <■   ix-r- 
the  procrfx  undc;  vikicJi 
A.  l\  IX. 


8'«8.T.  liAn.8.*H] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


**  Hb  dioged  a  Fit." — Cun  any  of  your  contri- 
butors Inform  mo  wLo  was  the  author  of  the  follow - 
tpg  slonza,  and  in  what  book  it  may  be  found  ? 
"  lie  f)ijJ!ge<l  b  pit, 
He  iligt^ed  it  lieefx. 
He  (lig^Lti  it  for  hia  brother; 
But  through  his  iia 
He  (iiil  tali  in 
Th«  pit  he  digg'd  for  t'otber." 

TuOMAS  CrA0G8. 
West  Cramlicgton. 

JUDICIAI.   Co.MMITTBa    OF   THK   FhIVT  CoOKCIL. 

The  Chttrch  Times  for  Feb.  13,  1864,  p.  52,  col.  2, 
says  that  — 

••  The  Members  of  the  Privy  Conndl  have  aII  a  theore- 
tical right  to  be  present  nt  nil  meeting*  oi  tliat  bo<Iy. 
Practically  none  ever  are  present  «ave  those  who  are  fur- 
mally  inmnioned,  nominally  by  the  Lord  rresideiic,  but 
acloiJIy  by  a  «ubor<IinaC«,  wbocitii,  without  any  iliiQculty 
or  any  apparent  breach  of  propriety,  select  the  judgcj 
almost  as  he  will.  Therefore,  if  persona  to  b«  tried  by  Uie 
Judicial  Committeo  have,"  Sec.  ace. 

What  follows  may  l>e  true,  but  may  be  also 
paiiifuUv  libellous,  and  is  therefore  omitted.  It 
will  perhaps  serve  future  history  to  ask,  (1)  What 
ia  the  actual  custom  to  which  members  submit  ? 

(2)  WTjat  is  the  title  of  the  Bummoning  officer  ? 

(3)  To  whom  is  he  responsible? 

S.  F.  CS£SW£LI.. 

The  Cfttbodrnl  School.  Durham. 

lEADiKO  Apes  iw  Hei.l,  —  Can  any  of  your 
en  inform  mo  of  the  origin,  or  earliest  men- 
Bon  of,  a  jocular  Huperstition  as  to  the  ultimate 
fate  of  ancient  maiden  ladies  ? 

We  find  Huncamuncfl,  on  being  promised  Tom 
Thumb  for  a  busbnnd,  exclaiming  :  — 

■•  Ob  !  happy  fate '.  henceforth  let  Jio  cne  tell. 
That  Hmu-anmnca  sitnil  lead  upea  in  hcIL" 

Again,  in  Loce  in  u  VUhge,  a  girl  sifigs  :  — 

"  T'wnv  better  on  earth, 

Uftva  tiv«i  brut*  at  a  birth, 
Than  in  hell  be  a  leader  of  apes." 

While,  in  the  LtgohUhy  Legend  of  "  Bloiidie 
Jackc  of  Shrcwsburje,"  we  are  tuld  that  "  the 
jouug  Mary  Anne,"  who*aflerw.ir(l.s  died  an  4)ld 
innid,  ii  not  only  now  :i  lefulcr  of  apci,  but  also 
'*  mends  bachelor»'  small  clotltea  betuw." 

I  shall  be  glad  of  aiiv  information  on  thif 
subjCLt.  '  T.  D.  II. 

MoKAkJLHjc  LiTVRGT. — Can  utty  of  your  clerical 
readers vt'rify  the  statement  made  in  lord's  Iland- 
Booh  of'  SfHiui,  that  muny  of  the  collect*  of  the 
Mozarabic  T   ■  '  '  rraiisferred  to  the 

English  B< '  i  ?     Further,  are 

these  eoIlciU:'  ..■juun  i,,  i.,  i,,.^  .udliciau  and  Aloi- 
arabic  Liturgi^^s,  nr  peculinr  to  the  lutter  ?  If  we 
owe  anything  to  the  Mozarabic  Liturgy,  Ly  what 
ubannel  has  the  benefit  come  to  us  ? 

Frbh.  E.  Totke. 

Chapeltowo,  Leeda. 


PAOJiT  .*M»  Milton's  Tuird  Wife. — What  re- 
lation was  Dr.  rugct  to  Milton's  third  wife  Eliza- 
beth MinshuU?  lie  is  often  quoted  as  the  friend  of 
both,  and  cousin  to  Mrs.  Milton.  In  the  Rev.  John 
Booker's  work  on  ilie  AncieiU  Chapel  of  Blachley 
in  Manchester  Parish^  p.  6G,  after  stating  that  the 
family  of  Paget  are  descended  from  the  ragets  of 
Rothley,  in  the  ci>unty  of  Leicester,  where  one  of 
its  members  was  vicar  in  1564,  he  "ocs  on  to  shv. 
that  Mr.  Paf;et  was  appointed  minister  of  Black- 
ley  about  1600;  he  afterwards  became  rector  of 
Stockport,  and  die<l  in  1660.  By  his  will  dated 
May  23,  1650,  he  leaves  his  properly  to  his  two 
sons — Nathan,  a  physician  ;  and  Tbi,unas,  in  Holy 
Orders.  He  alludes  also  to  his  three  daughtei-s 
Uornihy,  Eli/.abetli,  and  Mary,  and  entreats  his 
cousin  Minshull,  apothecary  of  Manchester,  to  be 
superviaor  of  his  will.  Dr.  Nathan  Paget  was  an 
intimate  friend  of  Milton,  and  cousin  to  the  poet'fr 
third  wife,  Elizabeth  MinshuU.  By  will  dated 
January  7,  1678,  ha  leaves  bequests  to  his  cousin 
John  Goldsukith,  of  the  Middle  Temple,  gentle- 
man, and  his  cousin  Elizabeth  Milton. 

The  mother  of  Minshull,  the  apothecary,  was 
Ellen  Goldsmith,  daughter  of  Richard  Goldsmith 
of  Nantwich,  and  this  Thomas  Minshull  was  uncle 
to  Mrs.  Milton. 

I  shall  esteem  it  a  fiivour  if  any  of  the  readers 
of  "N.  &  Q."  can  give  me  the  connecting  link 
between  the  families  of  Paget  and  Minshull.  1 
have  two  hundred  peili";ree3  of  the  Minshull 
family  by  inc,  toiretber  with  the  families  they  are 
allied  ti>,  but  cun  only  find  the  following  concern- 
ing them,  which  I  extracted  from  Warmincham 
registry  in  Cheshire  :  — 

» Ituricd,  Oct.  8,  1586,  Margaret  Minshnll,  alia^  Png*» ; 
Married  Oct.  28,  1.5l»3,  Kondle  Minshull  to  Jaiie  Pagtt" 
John  B.  Missut'Li.. 
21,  Beaumont  Si|ttarc 

Pas.sage  in  "Tom  ,To\es."  —  The  meaning  of 
the  following  pU'*sa;;e  is  perhaps  apparent  on  the 
face  of  it;  but  cnii  any  of  your  readers  throw 
light  upon  the  particular  "wondrous  wit  of  the 
place,"  to  which  it  alludes  ?  — 

"  Or  a<i  when  two  j^cutlemcn,  strangers  to  the  won- 
Cii'oiis  wit  of  the  place,  are  ^Tafkinjj  a  bottle  together  al 
Bonif  inn  or  tavern  ut  Salisburv,  if  the  great  Dowdj',  who 
ticti  the  p^rt  of  a  niudnian  as  well  as  some  of  hi?  sette^*- 
on  do  tlint  gf  n  fool,  should  rattle  his  chains,  and  dreB4- 
fiillv  hum  forth  the  grumbling  c.itch  along  the  gallerv: 
the"  frightened  sfrangc-rs  stand  agha.'st,  e^ared  at  the 
horrid  sound,  they  st'tk  .some  place  of  shelter  from  thi? 
apj.rodohing  danger;  and  if  the  well-barred  windows  did 
iidiiiit  their  iixit,  would  venture  their  netka  to  escape  tli" 
Ihnuilening  furv  now  coming  upon  them."—  Tom  Jimrf. 
book  vi.  cap.  9. 

J.  b. 

Private  PaATEBS  fob  the  Laitt.  —  In  a  re- 
cent notice  of  vn  y^^V^^^  \iwit.  «jR.  ^'asdScj  ^<^^'5.v«»^>-J 


M 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8M&  V.  fttAS.5, '64. 


ground  that  the  Church  has  provided  an  autho- 
rised form  for  Christian  families.  1  do  not  see 
how  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  Fruyer  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  chapels  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  ?  Li.wtd. 


Mr.  Hannay,  the  editor  -of  these  poems,  here 
adduces  a  passage,  which  he  says  is  from  "  an  old 
English  tale":  — 

"  The  verie  essence  and,  as  it  were,  springeheade  an: 
origine  of  all  masicke,  is  the  verie  pleasaonte  sooo-jt 
which  the  trees  of  the  forest  do  nu^e  wnen  they  growc;'' 

The  satne  fanciful  idea  of  this  sound  is  intro- 
duced in  the  iVocte*  AmbroMtatue,  No.  £xx.  Tbt 
Shepherd  saying :  — 

"  My  ears,  in  comparison  with  what  they  were  when  i 
was  a  mere  child;  are  as  if  they  were  stuffeid  wi*  eottoc— 
then  they  cou'd  hear  the  gerss  growin'  by  moonii;sht— 
or  a  drap  o'  dew  slipping  awa'  into  nsething  fne  tif 
primrose  leaf." 

To  this  note  I  would  append  a  query,  for  the 
i  name    of  the  book    from   which    Mr.    Haonsr 

I  quotes  ?  E.  J.  NOKMAH. 

I  Tafft,  Paddy,  akd  Sandt. — We  «11  know 
I  that  Taffy  is  the  ideal  of  a  Welshman,  and  Aat 
the  word  is  a  corruption  of  the  name  of  David, 


RuxDALE  Tehurk. — Can  any  of  the  readers  of  |  the  famous  bishop  and  saint.  Paddj  is  iraoertlly 
"N.  &  Q."  explain  the  origin  of  the  term  "Kun-  .  believed  to  be  a  variation  of  Patrick,  or  Fat;  but 
dale,"  as  applied  to  the  tenure  of  land  in  the  north  |  the  writer  of  the  article  "  Pallade,"  in  IMdot'i 
of  Ireland  ?  "  Rundale  tenure  "  is  thus  described  i  Nmivelle  Biograpkie  Giairale,  says,  PaddT  is  from 
in  the  Report  of  the  Irish  Society,  1836  :  —  St.  Palladius,  the  precursor  of  St.  Patrio.    This 

"iJumfofc,  which  is  a  most  mischievous  way  of  occupy-  •  »"thor  writes  the  word  "  Padie."  Is  he  ri^t? 
ing  land,  was,  till  of  late  years,  the  common  practice  of  ^andy  is,  of  cour5e,  the  universal  Scotchmai— 
the  north  of  Ireland.    It  is  thus,  three  or  four  persons     properly  designated  Alexander.    But  what  Alex- 

«nder — bishop  or  king  ?  My  notion  is,  4kal  it  is 
I  one  of  the  kings.    Am  I  right  f  B.  R'C 


become  tenants  to  a  farm,  holding  it  jointly,  on  which 
there  is  land  of  different  qoalities  and  values;  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,  being  marked  in  parrels  by 
stones  or  other  land-marks;  which  each  occupies  with 
such  crops  as  his  necessities,  or  means  of  procuring  manure 
oiablo  him.  So  that  there  an-,  at  the  same  time,  several 
kinds  of  crops  in  one  field." 

J.  S.  11. 

Simon  and  the  Dauphik. — 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  luijiht  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  ?  IIisToaicrs. 

"  Thb  Sound  or  thb  Gxass  aaownfo,"  btc 

The  following  lines  occur  in  Al  Aaraaf,  a  poem 
by  E.  A.  Poe  :  — 

"  The  sound  of  the  rain. 

Winch  leaps  down  to  the  flower. 
And  dancos  again 

In  the  rhythm  of  the  shower ; 
The  murmur  that  springs. 

From  the  growing  of  gras-^ — 
Are  the  music  of  things. 
But  are  modeU'd,  «]a< !' 


Wadham  Islands'. — Are  there  any  iwoitb  ti> 
tell  at  what  time,  or  by  whom,  this  small  dast«r 
'■  of  islands,  near  Newfoundland,  latitude  49*  47'. 
and  longitude  53"  37',  were  named  ? 

Were  these  islands  discovered  and  named  b; 
any  of  the  gentry  by  the  name  of  Wadham,  who 
embarked  with  Sebastian  Cabot,  when  he  dis- 
covered Newfoundland  ? 

Or,  were  they  discovered  in  lJS83  by  Sir 
Humphry  Gilbert  when  he  went  to  take  pos- 
session of  the  newly  discovered  territoi^  in  North 
America,  by  authority  of  the  crown  of  England? 

Harris  &  Kerr,  in  flicir  Histories  ofVt^agu 
and  Discoveries,  say,  that  Sir  Humphry  was  aided 
by  the  gentry  of  Devonshire  ana  neighbouring 
counties  in  fitting  out  his  ships ;  and  we  fin«C 
moreover,  that  frentlemcn  by  the  name  of  the 
Courtneys  and  Cliffords,  who,  by  marriage,  were 
allied  to  the  family  of  >Vadliam,  acconopanied  him 
in  his  voyages.  Ilminstib. 

"Wit  without  Monkt,"  a  comedy  (with 
amendments  and  alterations  by  some  persons  of 
quality),  4to.  No  date ;  acted  at  the  Ilaymarket 
Who  were  the  persons  of  quality  referred  to? 

B.L 

Woira,  Gahdenbr  to  Hbnbt  VHI.  —  A 
FtciMi\i  vm%t»  w\«i  Wolfe,  gardener  to  H«b.  VXH, 


S»«fl.T.  tLcu.o,'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Kaid  to  bftve  imrtvluced  the  apricot  into  Eng- 
[Biog,  Brit.  24G'2n.)     Ilis  Christtiin  mime 
und  lb<>  time  ut  whicli  he  (ioiiriahed  are  desired. 
Xh-  !-'•    ^''     1'  I"   <"'"  fHULovd  AtiUrjuitits  of 
h  ■   "ITje   apricot  tree 

wu^  ...-:  "1  from  Italy  in  Uie 

year    16'i4    >  i    of  Henry    the 

£igblb."     i'  ulliority  for  this 

dale.  S.  Y.  R. 

WttMAM  Wooi^  iiutiuM  HI  .1  oia  '-^y  of  Trade^ 
tn  Pour  Parit,  wilh  Conxide.nttiuui  on  Money  mid 
Bullion^  L<"!"' -"  ^•■''\  1718,  al'terwurds  becfime 
BocretAJ7  to  n^iaioners  of"Caaloui8.    Par- 

ticuian  resiic^v.;.^  ^'"^  «re  i&ucU  dtisired-* 

S.Y.R. 

TnoMJi9  YoviCB. —  In  Campbeira  Litea  of  the 
Lard  Chatifvllurs,  vol.  v.  p.  *i,  Thomas  Yorke  is 
^id  to  have  been  thrice  High  Sheriff  of  WUuhire 
in  the  time  of  Henry  VILL  What  relation  woa 
the  sherifl'  to  Simon  Yorke,  ancestor  of  the  Earl 
of  Hitftivicke  ?  Cabilfobo. 

Ciipo  Town. 

Qtirnetf  tDitI)  'Enssatxt. 

-Sib  TaoMas  Scon. — 'Wdl  any  Kentt»h  punea- 
logiBt  girt?  any  particulars  of  the  fauiily  of  Sir 
Thomas  Scoit,  of  Scolt'ji  Hall,  in  that  county? 
lie  WM  a[)r>oinfe<l  by  Queen  Elizabeth  to  com- 
roaod  the  Kentish  force  against  the  projected 
Armada,  in  1588.  The  following  vcrae  from  an 
old  ballad,  deicribing  the  dilferent  events  of  his 
lir.  rii>aded   to  an  etchinp;  portrait  of  Sir 

T  It ;  and  it  is  desired  to  obtain  the 

Te^i  ni  iLiL-  x>'>eni :  — 

"  Hi«  Mho  and  T«QiiDia  wailod  tho  dcyc ; 
H)»  Icinn  and  cuntrie  chad ! 
Bott)  youDgw  utiJ  old  ifl  Kent  may  tnyc. 
Woe  woortb  ttic  dav«  be  i 


^^RD 


Of  the  same  family  was  Reginald  Seott,  of 
Deeth,  author  of  the  Ducooery  nf  Witchcraft, 
printed  1634 :  who  is  supposeil  to  he  the  author 
of  th«  ballad.  It  was  said  the  ballad  was  printed 
in  Peck'h  Collection  of  Hintoricnl  Dijicounex,  but 
it  tB  not  to  be  found  in  that  work.  T.  S. 

[Sir  Thomu  Scott,  KnL,  of  Scotl'g  Hall  in  Kent,  was 
•heriffof  i!..it  ...urf^  ;,,  it„.  imi,  rineen  ElizaUlfi, and 
'°  ^he  1  ire  ID  parliament.  In 

I'le  loci  Arinnda.  nnno  1588. 

he  was  ajipomtcd  cuiumanilcr-in-chicf  of  the  Kentish 
rorc««  t<i  upj-n>.«  tint  furiiiinni  1.-  inv.usion.  The  day  after 
h«  fW">'  ,  much  WAS  he 

b«lore<l  f(,  ..oUect  imd 

•md  to  i»ov.  ttedfor 

hii  llboral  bo;.  :'.>r  uhuut 

[•  Wm.  Wood  died  oa  lUreh  26,  1705,  Afivd  dgrhtv- 
nix.  —  0*ni.  Muj.,  Kxxt.  Uli  and  »  .N,  h  Q"  5»<>"&. 
viU.  WI8.-FJ..7 


lUO  persons  for  thirty-tight  yMta  at  Scott's  Hall.  Mo 
tnaa'd  death  could  be  more  lamented,  or  memory  more 
beloved.  He  died  on  the  30th  Doc«<ml>cr,  151)4,  and  was 
buried  with  his  ancestors  in  Brabomc  church.  In  Thorpe'i 
Catalogue  of  li?47,  art.  2304,  fheru  nppcnrs  an  Hpitaph  on 
Sir  Thomas  Scott,  printed  on  a  folio  leaf,  which  hu  been 
rejiriutcd  by  Francis  Peck  in  A  Cotteethn  of  CWrioiw 
UiMoriccd  Pieces,  4to,  1740,  No.  V.,  at  the  und  of  fats 
Jfemoirtof  OHver  OramuxlL  This  ballad  consUt^i  of  Mven- 
tecn  verses,  with  annotations,  and  Ja  too  loitg  for  iiuota- 
tiou.  Hticfinald  Scott,  the  author  of  that  remarkable 
work  Tin:  Ditcovery  of  Witchcrafi,  4to,  1584,  was  Sir 
Thomas's  half-brother.  Vide  Haated**  Kent,  iij.  292.  and 
for  other  notic«^  of  Sir  Thomaa,  ih^^CaltHdar  of  State 
Pi^m*,  Domestic,  1547—1580.] 

SoKTEs  ViBGiuAs.*. — ^  What  is  the  origin  of 
Sorte.K  Vtr^(Htui(?y  and  are  there  any  other  in- 
stiinoci  ol"  the  tra<lition  besiilts  the  well-known 
one  relating  to  Charles  L  Of  this,  by-the-way, 
there  are  two  very  different  accounts — by  the  one 
of  which  it  is  the  future  Charles  H.,  who,  in  oooi- 
pany  with  the  poet  Cowley,  makes  trial  of  the 
"Virf,'ilian  Oracles"  at  Paris  in  1648;  while,  by 
the  other,  Charles  I.  himself  consults  a  Virjtil  in 
the  Bodleian  Library  at  Oxford,  when  Lord  Falk- 
land, who  was  with  biro,  is  said  to  have  found  an 
equally  startling  prophecy  of  hia  own  fate  in  the 
lines  where  Evandcr  laments  the  death  of  hiB  son 
Pallas.  The  tradition  is  a  very  curious  one,  And 
I  shall  be  glad  to  have  any  intbrtnation  on  the  sub- 
ject. W.  G.B. 

[Bibliontanc}-.  or  Divination  by  Books,  was  known  to 
the  anoieats  aadw  the  appellation  of  Sortes  Iloma-itWf 
and  Stifiu  VfrgOitum,  The  practice  wai,  to  take  up  the 
warks  of  llomer  and  Virgil,  and  to  consider  the  first 
verse  that  presented  itself  as  a  proguostication  of  future 
events.  Thus  Sevems  entertainod  omLnoofl  hopes  of  the 
empire  iVom  that  verse  in  "Virgil — "  Tu  regere  impario 
populoe,  Komane,  memento ;"  and  Gordianna,  who  reigned 
b\it  few  days,  was  discouraged  by  another,  that  is,  "  Of 
tondunt  tcrris  hunc  tanthm  fata,  nee  ultra  eue  ainnnL" 
From  paganism,  this  mode  of  penetrating  into  futurity, 
was  introduced  into  Christianity  in  the  foarth  centory, 
under  the  name  of  Sorit*  Saoietttntm ;  and  the  Chriatiaos 
consulted  tho  Bible  for  the  same  parpo4e.  Whatever 
text  presented  it.ielf,  on  dipping  into  the  Old  or  New 
Testament,  was  deemed  to  be  the  onrwcr  of  God  hioiaelf. 
The  practice,  however,  was  laudably  condemned  by  several 
councils.  Consult  Gataker,  Of  du  Naivre  and  Uie  of 
LoU,  ItJlfi ;  an  able  article  on  Biblioinancy  in  the  Eacf- 
.■J..r„.,L..  ^hlropo^itana,  xv.  .'>40  .  l-..^ln.'kc'»  Encyctopx' 
tities,  Ho,  edit.  1-  "d  SirTboma*i 

Li  :  ,ir/cj,  by  WiJkin,  •  iff.     In  a  note 

of  the  latter  in  Welwood's  account  of  ilie  i'ortti  Vir(pHa»a, 
OS  tried  by  Charles  I.  and  Lord  Falkland  at  Oxford.] 

Gbsbb  Epiobam.  —  It  is  a  "^t^v^.^  Qrtt.sJt  <k«v- 

v»cvt  xi\i\W  ^e  ^W  ^Tu\\^^  tjfe^ws.  ^^^^  «*«^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[s^^av.  >L4ii.ft,^ 


to  smile  anon  your  death-bed  when  others 
•epinff."     Whence  is  this  taken  ?    Esuqh. 


live  as 
are  weepin] 

[The  epigram,  rcspectiog  which  our  correspondeot 
inquires,  will  be  found  in  au  Engtixh  furto  mi  p.  211  of  the 
Subriiue  CoroUa  (ecL  altera,  1*^9),  where  it  ia  attributed 
to  Sir  W.  Jonea,  and  runs  tUns :  — 

**  On  parent  kne«9,  a  naked  new-bora  child^ 
Woepin^  thou  salst,  while  all  around  thee  smiled : 
So  live,  thnt  «inking  to  tby  life's  last  sleep. 
Calm  thou  mayst  smile,  while  all  around  thee  weep.*' 
On  the  opposite  page  is  a  Lntin  translation,  with  a 

Greek  heading:  — 

"  Farrulos  in  gremio  tnatris,  mnlo  natns  inopsque, 
'fa  lacrimas,  at  sunt  omnia  Inta  tuis. 
Sic  viras,  puer,  ul,  placida  cum  mortc  recambas, 
Ooinia  Inta  tibi  sint,  lacrini:cque  tuis." 

To  these  Latin  lines  are  ap  pen  Jed  the  initials  ■*  T.  W.  P.," 
which  stand,  as  we  are  informed,  liir  T.  W.  Peile,  editor 
of  the  Outephorue  (1640). 

W«  hare  nev«r  met  with  this  epigram  in  a  Greek  form  ; 
bat  if  any  snch  exists,  we  should  bo  very  glad  to  see  it ; 
and  ao,  oo  doabt,  wonld  many  of  our  readora.] 

Bi.a.ib's  "Gbave."  —  To  the  earlier  cditloos  of 
this  poem  —  a  alemler  pamphlet  in  a  coloured 
wrapper — is  prefixed  a  frontispiece;  cIrctJar,  I 
think,  in  shape,  and  representing  a  schoolboy 
"  whistling  aloud  to  keen  his  courage  up,"  as, 
satchel  on  back,  he  walks  with  fearful  aspect 
through  a  graveyard  by  moonlight.  The  portal 
of  the  church  appears  on  one  side;  on  the  other. 
In  the  distance,  a  pyramidal  monument  !»  seen, 
and  gravestones  are  scattered  about.  In  the  more 
modem  editions.  I  Lave  seen  the  same  design  re- 
produced, but  without  the  name  of  the  artict. 
This,  possessing  the  oridnal  drawing,  which  is  in 
the  style  and  of  the  period  of  Corbould,  I  am  de- 
sirous to  learn ;  and  .shoald  be  obliged  if  anyone 
who  may  possess  the  book  would  kindly  refer  to 
it,  Hnd  atl'ord  rac  the  information. 

WUJ.IAM  BaTKS. 

KdgbJUtOO. 

[No  froatispi«ce  to  Blair's  Crare  i«;to  be  found  in  tba 
oditions  of  1748,  1749,  1753,  MM,  or  17(31.  In  that  of 
ni%,  l2ino,  is  a  circular  ou«  by  "Barron,  del*.  Macky, 
icalpV  a  day-light  scene,  ix  two  grnve-iliggrrs  are  at 
work;  a  girl  is  rcadiug  a  bonk,  willa  bi^ranns  riMtiug  on 
atorob;  and  a  boy  with  satdutl  on  back.  'rben<  sUnda 
Um  charcb,  but  nu  pyrnniidiitl  mouutncut  is  tu  be  aoeu. J 

Oisuoi* 
Catalog^< 
Barntt, 

unto  th- 
in my  p 

to   (he    ,' 

vn  this.     I, 


RiciiAjtD   Babsk!<.  —  Godwin, 
'  '"     '    •  ;•    •         asserts  ll"  '  ' 
>  itn,   WAS 

.-j.   u,      uurkr      1.1    .u, 

ir  is  «aiil  to  be  hsiI'.  i   ..'i 
A,.-.-..,;..       wiw,  !     '■'-    , 


jogcar  of 


1366 ;  and  was  afterwards  Bishop  of  CwUile  ■b4 
Durham.  W.  H.  Bcb»v 

[In  Wharton's  list  of  the  Suffragan  Bishops  in  EngUai. 
copied  from  the  original  manuscripts  in  the  LambMk 
library,  Richard  Barnes  appears  as  suinsgaa  to  iho  Axf^ 
bishop  of  York.  Nottingham  being  in  the  d|gB«««_^ 
LtHcoln  may  account  for  the  error.  The  dato 
cnatioH  »»  auiTragan  of  Nottingham,  given  in  I^ 
Fiuti,  edited  by  T.  Duffus  Hardy,  edit.  1861, 
p.  241,  is  "4th  Jan.  1567;  Pat.  3  tlii-  p.  II.  ta. 
the  list  printed  by  the  Rev.  Maokekzik  W 
("  N.  «c  Q ,"  •J"''  a  iL  3).  the  date  of  Hichjtfd  BarnoTi 
consecration  at  York  is  April  5, 1507.] 

Map  or  Roman  Britain.  —Is  there  aajr  nuf 
or  atlas  which  aims  to  show  alt  the  Roman  wUle- 
ments  (camps  and  stations)  In  Britain*  witb  ot 
without  the  ancient  names  ?  If  not,  i»  liter*  any 
map  which  cxhibita  existing  traces  of  Rooaaa  «*• 
cupation  with  anything  like  minatenets  of  deteU^ 
In  any  case,  which  is  Uie  best  map  for  an  inq«ffy 
in  this  direction  ?  B.  IL  C 

[The  following  map?  may  assist  our  corrcapoad— t  te 

his  inquiries:  1.  "An  UiUorical  Map  of  Ana!r>-  Suj.^:^  •^^  • 

Romttn  Britain,  by  the  late  G.   L.  B.  Kri. 

Cuius  Collegie,  Cambridge,  published   by 

Charing  Croeis  Kast,  183J)."     It  contains  th 

modern  names  of  the  Koman   Stations  a 

well  as  the  boundaries  of  the  Roman  Prov. 

tannia  Roftutna,  by  W.  Hughes,  F.R.G.S.  ol  . . 

hers,  Paternoster  Row,  1818.      This  ntap  c«ii 

stations  mentioned  in  tli<!  Antonine  Itinenir>',  '■ 

the  N'otitia.   The  ancient  Jiamrs  arc  iiuutcl  ' 

Ciesar,  Plior,  Tacitu*,  Ammianiis,  the  Atf 

gnpher  if  Ravenna,  &c. ;    and  tho  modern 

throughout  in  smaller  characters.] 
"  The  Howl  at."  — Can  you  inform  ne 

Sir  John    [Richard  ?]   liolland's  poem    of 

Howlat  is  to  be  met  with  ?     In  Scott's 

of  the  characters  quotes  from  it  the  wc 

UncB :  — 

"  0  Douglas,  Dougl««. 
Tender  and  true." 

I  have  never  come  across  it  in  any  collect » 
old  ballads.  O 

["Thv  Howlat"  was  drst  printod  In  t: 
jtulijoiius!  to  Pinkcrton's  Colkt^ion  >•' 
Ur.,  wlit.  1702.     It  has  since  bc«n 
edlttH]  by  Mr.  Dand  Laiog  for  (be  lUiir.in  of  t 
1823.] 

Ba.vl  WoHsiiir. — I  ahall  bo  -  * 
your  rt'n>lcra  whu   will   iafurm    i 
which  IreiilA  fully  of  tlio  worship  ui   u;\a\ 
the  other  gods  of  Syria  and  tiic  Eadt, 

We  know  of  no  work  M<la»lv«ly 

.  .;!lilli  of  HmI;   hii'    -       "    -  -r-' 

1   ur.  t-   ijMt;,uit    >!• 


F    ^4.'.  U         ^14* 


Atlui  vik    -'s 


i«J. 


..(    ll.v    ll.i 


p 


«"•  &  V.  XLAit.  5,  •M.T 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


197 


Htrvdattu,  i.  i^-i);  ProfcMor  Max  Mailer's  Kuatf  on 
StmUlc  Manttthtitm  ;  and  Jacob  brt'ont'l  Analj/tit  of 
AHtUrni  .Viftiiofiipy,  pasditn.  For  farther  inronnation  on 
Baal.  «««  H  list  of  works  referred  to  at  the  end  of  the 
article  BiUuia  the  Pennp  CfctojHtdia,  ni  2S1.1 

*•  N'uiXt;M   TSTIGIT   tlVOU    WON    OR5AVIT," lo 

the  debate  «>n  the  Address  ray  Lord  Derby  is  re- 
ported to  have  snid  of  oar  Foreign  Secretary, 
'•^  Nihil  ibljictun)  roliquit,  nihil  letlpit  ([uod  Qon 
[I  must  alter  the  word]  conturbavit." 

Is  ibiji  very  passage  to  be  met  with  in  any  an- 
cient aitthnr,  or  is  it  merely  an  adaptation  from 
Goldsmith's  Epitaph  in  the  Abbey  'i  — 

*'Qui  uulluin  fere  ^ribendi  genua  oon  leligiti  DuUum 
WigA  quod  ooa  ornarit." 

D. 
[Tliia  hai  not,  w«  believe,  been  traced  to  any  cloiwical 
■oiLTcn,  Mr.  Crok^r,  in  Uts  eJitiun  of  BiuwtU,  haa  a  noU> 
on  it  to  (lie  eficct,that  the  pbra^ quoted  reeemtkles  Fene- 
lon's  eulo^  on  Civero — "H«  mluroa  whatever  Ue  at- 
tempta."  Coaault  alao  Forster's  Li/ic  of  OUvrr  GoldttniUi, 
od.  1864.  ii.  472.] 

GoaMoQ05  M£D<r.  —  What  is  the  medal  I  de- 
scribe below.  Ob,  "c  .  Q  .  Kir  .  po  .  oeccm  .  volg  . 
ou>  .  ooEMooo."  Rouixl  H  draped  biist  of  a 
Chinese,  "  e.x  .  as  .  reg  .  xxaii."     Rev.    "  u.ti- 

YEESL'S    .    JFLKXtmit,     UNtVERSA    .    OEKEVOLENTIA," 

round  a  full-fai*ed  sun  with  rays.     The  medal  is 
surmounted  with  a  dragon,  W.  Z, 

[  It  i»  one  of  the  uicial*  worn  by  the  Society jof  the  Gor- 
mogons,  a  xpedes  or  rivals  of  the  Frcemaaooi,  who  are 
mentioned  by  Pope  in  The  DuHcfad;  laugfaod  at  by 
Harry  Carey  tn  bis  Poenu  (172H);  and  caiioatiued  by 
Hogarth  in  ihe  plate  entitled  "Tho  Myetery  at  Maauary 
brought  to  LiRht  by  the  Ocrioogona.'*  8c«  NidioU*! 
Hoyarth,  ed.  1782,  p.  834.  ] 


liriirtnf. 

inXPU  GODS. 
{y*  S.  V.  135.) 

"^  'sort  will  find  much  informaiuin  upon 

t'l"  n    fbc    History    of  India    (Murray, 

***i".    •  ii^ii)  by   the  late  Hon.  Mount- 

.^tuart  J .  ,  fornjerly  Governor  of  Bombny, 

wijh  whutii  I  liu.(.l  the  honour  to  be  acquainted, 
and  whose  nnme  and  work  I  quote  wi(h  profound 
resfieef  and  admirnlion. 

The  devotion  of  the  liindds  — 


wl. 

wi(: 
anv 

nu  iii'Iiviihi.i 
the  inHiion.     '[ 


110  aic  LOiJiileJ  !>y 
liowevcr,  are  the  ] 
princrpal  oae^  u...;,  ,.,,,„,.-.,  ,.,„  ..„Jv  ones  univenally 
r9etign}mt  ms  txcnUMng  ulaUnct  and'  divine  functiona. 


I  and  therefore  entitled  to  worship:— I.  ])raUin4  the  cre- 
ating principle;  2.  Vishnti.  the  preserving  principle;  J». 
'  Siva,  the  destroyint^  jirineiple;  h  it h  their  correjtponding 
'  female  divinities,  who  are  rnvil,,..|oL'-ir-,iliy  regarded  an 
their  wives,  but,  inetaphywi-nlly,  »i  the' active  powers 
which  develope  the  pnucipie  represented  liy  each  member 
of  the  triad ;  namely, — 4.  St;rc«wuti.  £.  Lakshmi.  6. 
Parvati.  called  also  Devi,  llhavdni,  or  Dnrga.  7.  lodra. 
god  of  the  air  and  of  the  heiiveiis.  8.  Vartina,  god  of  the 
waters.  0.  Pa  vaua,  god  of  the  wind.  10.  Agni,  god  of  fire. 
11.  Yamo,  god  of  the  infernal  regions  and  judge  of  the 
dead.  12.  Oovera,  god  of  wealth.  i;J.  Cartikeia,  god  of 
wiir,  14.  Cauut,  god  of  love.  l.i.  Suryu,  the  sun.  lU. 
Soma,  the  moon.  17.  Uuiic.'<a,  who  is  thu  remover  of 
dilHcnitiea,  and,  as  such,  presides  over  the  entrances  to  all 
edifices,  and  is  invoked  at  the  coinmencement  of  alt  un- 
dertakinga.  To  these  may  be  added  the  planeta,  and 
many  sacred  rivers,  especiaily  Ganges,  which  is  personi- 
fied as  a  female  divinity,  and  bonoared  with  everv  sort 
of  worshipand  reverence.  The  three  first  of  these' goda, 
Brabni,  Visbou,  and  Siva,  form  the  celebrated  Hindu 
triad." 

Brahma  is  usually  represented  as  a  red  or 
polden-coloured  figure.,  with  four  heads.  He  Uaa 
likewise  four  anus,  in  one  of  which  he  holds  a 
apoon,  in  tbe  second  a  stringr  of  beads  in  the  Uiird 
a  water  juf^,  .and  in  tli>.>  fourth  the  Veda,  or 
sacred  writings  of  the  UindiLs :  and  he  is  fre- 
quently attended  by  hi*  vehicle,  the  goose  or 
swan.  Durga,  or  Doorga,  is  represented  with 
ten  arms.  In  one  hand  she  holds  a  spear,  with 
which  she  is  pierting  the  giant  Mubisha;  in  the 
other  a  sword ;  in  a  third  the  hair  of  the  giant, 
and  the  tail  of  the  serpent  turned  round  hiui ;  and 
in  the  others,  the  trident,  discus,  axe,  club,  and 
shield. 

The  usual  pictures  of  Siva  represent  him  as 
gloomy,  "  with  the  addition  timr  he  bus  three  eyes, 
and  bears  a  tridciit  ui  one  of  h\i  hands ;  his  hair 
is  coiled  up  like  that  of  a  religious  niendicunt : 
and  he  is  repre^ onted  seated  in  un  altitude  of  pro- 
found thought,"  A  luw  cylinder  of  stone  occu- 
pies the  place  of  an  imaze  in  all  t!tc  temples  sacred 
to  Siva.  Devi  or  BhavlLni  "  is  a  beautiful  woman, 
riding  on  a  tiger,  but  in  fierce  and  menacing  atti- 
tade  .  .  .  But  in  another  form  .  .  .  she  is  repre- 
sented with  a  black  skin,  and  n  hideous  and  terrible 
countenuace,  streaming  with  blood,  encircled  with 
sttakcs,  hung  round  with  skulls  and  human  hemk." 
Vishnu  is  represented  as  a  comely  and  placid 
young  man,  of  a  dark  aztire  colour,  and  dressed 
like  a  king  of  ancient  days.  He  i«  painted  also 
in  tlie  forms  of  his  ten  principal  incarnations. 
The  first  was  that  of  a  fi«h,  to  recover  the  Vedis, 
which  had  been  carried  away  by  a  demon  in  a 
dolugo ;  atiothtT  was  that  ot  a  boar,  who  raised  i 
on  Lis  tusks  the  world,  which  had  sunk  to  tlic  I 
bottom  of  the  ocean  :  snd  another  was  a  tortoise,  ~ 
that  9upp»rted  a  mountain.  The  fourth  w.'ut  in 
the  shape  of  ii  man,  with  the  head  and  paws  of  a 
Uoo.  The  fifth  a  Uramin  dwarf.  Tb.«.  «vT>}i>.'<R'>iflk 
Parts  B.(im,  a  Utusawv  Vvtwj.     "CNv-is.  w«tvji».  -*'»^ 


w 


198 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


a  V.  Ujm.t,'^ 


ilelivercd  the  eartli  IVom  giants.  The  ninth  w«a 
Bu(](ia,  a  teucljer  of  ftilae  religion,  whose  form 
Yishnu  ai^sumed  for  the  purpose  of  deluding  the 
enemiei  of  the  gods.  The  tenth  in  still  to  come. 
RAma  i«  rep  "    '  in  his  natural  forta.     C»jj- 

dobo,  the  {_'r  itvinity  of  the  MBrattii<i,  is 

an  incaruauuii  w,  i^.ra,  and  is  represented  as  an 
armed  horsemun.  Surja  is  represented  iu  a 
chariot  with  hia  bead  siUTOuuded  oyrajs.  Ganvaa, 
Gunesa,  or  Ganpntti,  is  n  figure  of  a  fat  man,  with 
an  clenhunl's  head.  There  are  numerous  local 
divinities,  or  village  gods,  who  bear  some  re- 
semblance to  the  penatei4  or  lares  of  tlie  Komans. 
A  regard  for  space  compelfi  me  to  condense 
Mr.  Elphinstonc's  description  of  the  Hindu  gods, 
but  perhaps  I  have  quoted  enough  to  lead  Mr. 
Davidsor  to  peruse  tbe  History  of  India.  I  shall 
be  huppy  to  lend  him  my  copy,  if  ho  will  instruct 
me  (J,  Charles  Scjunre,  N.)  how  to  forward  it  to 
him.  I  refer  him  also  to  Coleman's  Jlauloo  My- 
thola^^  in  which  he  will  probably  find  all  that  he 
requires.  Ogilvie's  Imperial  Dictionary  coataloa 
engraTings  of  some  of  the  gods  above  named. 

EuwAiLp  J.  Wood. 


Wilson's  translation  of  Vikrutncrrvafx  (Hindu 
Thfdtre.  i.  '2i«i);  Moor's  Hindu  Pantheon ;  Cole- 
""        "  '/««,  and  Ehodo  t/fAer 

*^  ..  '€  und  Philitiophie  dcr 

Himitix,  Will    -sup^ily   tU'J  iiiJbrmation  desired  by 
Ma.  Davidbos.  T.  J.  Bcckton. 


CHARACTERS  IN  THK  "  BOLLIAD." 
(2-«S.x.  45.) 

The  following  are  all  the  answers  1  can  return 
to  FiTZHOPKiRs  a  queries :  — 

1.  Lord  Mornington  was  the  father  of  the 
Marquess  Wellesley,  Duke  of  Wellington,  Lord 
Cowley,  &c.  He  was  meant  by  Achille.j.  Lord 
Graham  wus  '»  ■  ••■*•'  ■  nf  ihe  Duke  of  Mon- 
tro.e,  Marq,,  He  was  Atrides.    A 

JJ^'JY''   ■' - '^y'^dgay.  (Lodge's 

d.  Willis,  the  mnd  do.  <or  1  siii,.«.h«»;  though 
be  WH*  not  a  Member  -  :  lovr  ••  com- 

forfMblv  cnim"  h  jm'  t   from  one 

*•♦'  s  ht3dth,  if  thia  doo« 

not 

U.  liaatard  (Ji.hu  ruUexfen),  M.P.  for  Devon, 
Ha  was  one  of  the  nieeiing  at  the  St.  AJban% 
Tavitm  in  1784.  and  was  ajiirry  with  I'ijt  bt-cause 
h»  would  not  unite  witli  Fox,  except  upon  hi:» 
own  hrmi.  Otherwise,  i),q  whole  famdy  wrrc 
and  aro  (d  not  extinct),  Tories.  JIi»  »..ii,  Ed- 
mund Pollexfen,  B.,  lat  many  ycare  for  Ucvon 
Urore  the  county  wax  ditidiML  (Kitloy  Park, 
iMvooMmm.) 


An  Irish  title 
his  eldest  son. 


12.  Fauconbcrg  (BelaHv  xtexn^. 
Became  cxtiuct  in  181^.  <g  mcir^ 
(Collins's  feerageJ) 

13.  Le  Mesuiier.  No  doubt  ono  of  iha  J^Mj 
family. 

**  Aud  thini  of  iiamo  anroulh  to  Brititli  ev, 
Prom  Norman  imnggUaa  sprung.  La  MaMrrW.* 

A  good  deal  of  smugvl'"'^  n^pd 
between  France  and  J 
Lilandi).     Probably   ti 
extinct. 

14.  Lord  Westcote. 
Lytteltoo,  usuned  by 
1864.) 

\5.  Witbraham   Bootle.      Some  ooi 
the  Bootle  Wilbrahams,  Lords  Skelnsei 
large  property  in  Cheshire.     I  do  not  uAiJi 
the  allusion.     (Lodge,  1864.) 

16.  Lord  Bayham.  EUlest  son  of  Earl  CuwIk 
(now  Marquees  Camden  and  Earl  of  Breckoodk), 
Bayham  Abbey,  Sussex.     I  Icnow  nothing  aMira> 

20.  Lord  Wincbelsea  (Finch).      'Xhrn   Viadk 
family   are,   or   at  least    were,   very 
picxioned.     Sir  C.   H.   Williams,    in 

p<)litical  odea  (1742)  s- ^"     '    'i"-  "' bij 

real  Finches."    (Neic  ^Utlfor  IWit, 

vol.  iii,  p.  12,  1784.)        _ ijfe   are  |«ar- 

traits   of  Lord   Wincbelsea  cxianf..     Tl>e  fuuij 
have  added  the  name  of  Ilaitnn  to  Finrh. 

21.  Lord  Sydney,  (lion.  Thomos  Tc    . 
A  member  of  the  Whig  opposition  to  Lord 
Joined  Pitt's  Administration.      His  chin 
have   "reached    to   Hindostan."      {RoUimL\\ 
connexion   of  Marquess  Townshend. 
the  family  have  a  portrait  of  him. 


ALLEGED  PLAGIARl.SM. 

(3'<  S.  V.  153.) 

your  corresix)udent  S.  wishes  for  a 
to  the  particulars  of  tlin  dispute  relatii 
authorship   nf  the   elegy   ontitlcd   "  Tb«l 


birds."     These  \ 
are  not  to  be  t'<  < 
tropic  of  chi'     ■' 
circles  of  a  : 

This  b42au...  .i> 
in  The  AduciUur^ 

to     "Dr.     ILlwkc'tiAv:  ;  . 

njiming    tho    itullior. 
ctuim  it,  although  Dr 


I  am  inclinad 

ii)t,   but 
111'-  iii.erary  and 
wat£ring-plac0. 


r,   did  DOi 
^f^hePi%Ht, 
ed.  \%IjA,  Iii.  278)  writes  doubUully  reapeotii^ the 
antltorshtp. 

Whon  the  ale;.'  Jafo's 

name  in  th«  /bari.>  'U^itm 

of  VotmMy  cdiL  17.>J.  it  in  xgitxti 

the  Botli  Theatre,  with  ui.,  •alcnf, 


8-  a  V.  ma«.  «,  W-i 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


199 


was  the  author  of  "  The  Blackbirds  ;  "  nnd  thot 
Jn^o,  which  name  he  ki^'h:  «l.  w.:-,  Liken  I'roin  the 
chara«;t<;r  in  OthelLt.  lo  ihc  ques- 

tion put  by  your  coi       ^  ■  lio  wua  this 

manager  f  It  has  beon  conjectured  that  it  was 
John  Palmer — **Mi»5l  Coach  Tnlaier,''  Mb  he  was 
fainiliitrly  culled,  a  nianai;ei'  of  the  Bath  Theatre 
in  Onjhsird  Street  in  1767. 

1  am,  luiwcver,  more  ioolinod  to  nitribute  thia 
ru»e  to  John  Lw*  the  Jicror,  who  became  within  a 
short  time  art<T  the  publirtition  of  Dodsley's  fourth 
Tolume  (ITCfl)  a  manager  of  one  of  the  Bath 
theatre5.  Lee's  principiil  churucter,  it  will  be  re- 
meonbered,  was  logo  in  tho  trasedy  of  Othello,  in 
which  it  li   allowed   ht:    iv  'mt   unlbrlu- 

nattly,  n$  is  well  known,  I  k^I  loo  hi:ih 

an  opinion  of  hin  own  tttlciu>.  >•  ■■  u  he  had  the 
coRimand  of  the  Bath  prompt-book,  he  alti/red 
some  j)ln^8  in  so  bad  a  manner,  that  Keuibte, 
when  he  came  to  Bath,  refused  to  act  in  them  tili 
they  were  rc8tore<l  to  their  prrrper  state. 

Lee's  char;icter  is  well  described  by  Cooke  in  his 
Life  of  Macklitu     He  says :  — 

"  LeeV  Ugo  was  very  respectable,  and  showed  a  good 
jadgment  uml  thoroniili  npre'f'ntjtion  of  Iho  character. 
This  ftclOT  wn;-  iIh  pretensions,  were 

thvy  not  mor>  ly.    Ho  had  a  gocrd 

Ersoo,  a  gOoU  ..>..  m  ordiaarT  kuow- 

Igv  of  hia  prof«A9) "  ;imcs  showed  w  ilh  - 

out  f>xni,'f:pr4tion ;  i  be  placed  in  ii4e 

cli:.  inj;  to  roach  this  bo  often 

d<  r  ill.  was  for  erer, na  Fooie 

Mi  i,u.,^,..n  t,.  ^ie  fac«.'    Ha  affect«d  un- 

COI  I musM,  and  freqoently  took locb  out-of-tbo* 

w..  ith   otnphaais  and   articulation^  that  the 

QAtnr.ii  ;icior  s«ldom  appeared." 

Lee  was  banlfiheil  at  last  from  almost  erery 
thealro  but  that  of  Bath,  where  be  continued  at 
difiercnt  periods,  either  ft**  manager,  actor,  or 
lecturer,  till  his  death  in  the  year  1781. 

Amicus. 

Bariisbory. 

MOWKISn  ENIGMA. 
(3'*  Su  V.  153.) 

A  Wtrkh.wmt  will  find  an  explanation  of  the 
liuea  4|uuted  hy  him  in  :<  little  volume,  entitled 
Mrmoir*  of  ve,  Mr.  Holland 

of  Sheffield.  le  author  says  :— 

"  In  the  coiiiinon  ro^e^lnd  there  is  a  in  .1  irranpie- 
mcnt  of  the  annitture.  or  beard*  uf  the  M-yi.-  .- ,  nng  the 
calrx,  vfhJiU  \t  iluia  atsied  iu  au  adnjircd  «.«.r»p  of 
inoiikuh  Ijkiia;  — 


Tlieae  letiaini;  (rUvn 
which  follous  1  ;.v 
April.   It- 


'll (vngbsh  venioD 


rtv  1 1 


vounte  I 


piaiuue  [Ui/tHUt/,  tutti  *  ^Ui  piucatc  only  on  one 


iiilei  (lum  barbalua  vfriar/ue).     The  thre«  leavaa  then, 

ill- .-rilltd  iti  ttiH  iihovf;  I'lif-',  nro  the  two  whirh  are  pin - 
I  ;te  on  one 

I  ho  vene 

ij...-,i  ...i....^ :,      .,.L..       ...   ,..  ..i,.  die  two 

learea  omitted  m  tha  de&cnption  munt  be  tlte  two  that 
an  '*»tuiple,"  or  without  any  beard  alkali.'  The  poet 
then  gives  the  fullowiog  traiujlatioti ;  — 

'  Five  hr«thrfii  there  are, 

B  '    ir  mother; 

Tw  ■ ; 

ill  11'  nor  the  other, 

Bat  lo  each  ot  bis  brethren  Aa/f  brother.' 

'"  Ton  will  find  it  intcrestinfj  to  notice  this  botiinical 
sin^lority;  which  the  traniiator  tella  mo  he  never 
found  to  vary  in  any  apecimen  he  had  examined — a 
statement  which  is  corroborated  by  my  own  obserratioafl 
on  hundreds  of  roses  of  different  species." 

D. 


The  Latin  enigma,  given  by  A  Wtkekahmt, 
was  proposed  in  Yoiaig  England  for  December 
last  year.  It  has  never  been  answered,  aod  the 
publishers  of  that  periodical  are  cow  offering  a  prize 
of  1/.  to  any  one  who  will  ansrwer  it  and  another 
that  appeared  in  an  older  number  of  the  same 
publication.  The  following  is  a  free  tranalation 
of  the  enigmas.  The  translatioo  and  the  enigma 
appeared  together. 

"  Five  brothers  we  are, 
AU  born  at  one  birth ; 
And  brothers  more  strange, 
YuQ  will  scarce  find  on  earth. 

**  Two  of  us  beanilesi 

From  youth  to  old  age; 
And  two  with  such  beards. 
As  would  grace  e'en  a  sage. 

"  Bat  nhaLis  most  strange, 
Iu  thia  so  strange  case. 
The  fifth  has  a  beard 
On  juBt  half  of  his  fac«. 

'•  Now,  if  you  will  please 
To  tlnd  out  our  name, 
Joat  send  it  Y.  K., 
And  give  it  world-wide  fame." 

The  publication  of  the  foregoing  may  facilitate 
the  golution  of  the  etugmo.        TaoxAs  Ckagob. 
West  Cromlington. 


The    fallowing    extract,    from    Miss  Yonge'a 
Herb  of  the  Field,  will  solve  this  enigma :  — 

" '  Of  as  five  brothers  at  the  same  time  bom, 

Two,  from  our  birthday,  ever  beards  have  woni  j 
On  other  two.  nooe  ever  have  appearod, 
While  tile  lifih  brother  weacs  bat  half  a  baard.' 

**  This  Ss  a  fine  pozzlo  for  most  people ;  bnt  if  ywi  can- 

jJtc  it  out  with  N  rose  calyx  bdiore  your  eyes,  I 

■  a  must  be  rather  dall."— i/«r6  of  the  f'itld,  2ad 

S.  L, 


200 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


,  ChAnccrv  Lane.  "1^^ 


Itaucs  (3''*  S.  ▼,  178  n.)  —  There  seems  to  me 
inuuli  exa^rgernlion  in  ihe  objections  often  ntftde 
against  itolies,  and  I  wholly  demur  to  this  parallel 
between  them  and  oaths.  The  true  parallel  is 
obviouslj  between  them  and  a  strong  cmphasia  in 
speaking;  and  there  can  be  no  intrinsic  objection 
to  the  one  more  than  to  the  other.  Does  any  one 
reaUj  recommend  conversation  in  which  no  words 
are  emphasised  more  thun  others  ?  Undonbteilly 
more  than  a  lew  italics,  as,  for  instance,  in  Young's 
Night  JTioughCt,  ■•ives  a  great  look  of  weakness  to 
the  writing.  Ltttelto.v. 

Sir  HoBtax  Vernon  (3'^  S.  iv.  476 J  —  In 
answer  to  W.  B  's  nuery,  I  beg  to  say  that  Sir 
Robert  Vernon,  of  Hodnet,  was  the  son  of  John 
Vernon  by  Eliziibeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard 
Devereux,  Knight.  He  was  born  1577.  created 
K.  B.  br  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  made  coniptruller 
of  her  household ;  be  married  !Mary,  daughter  of 
Robert  Needham,  of  Shentoo,  and  sister  of  Shr 
Robert  Needham,  who,  in  1625,  was  created  first 
Viscount  Kilmorey,  Sir  Robert  Vernon,  Knight, 
died  in  1625,  leaving  a  son,  Henry  Vernon,  who 
was  bom  1606,  and  who,  in  1660,  was  created  a 
baroiH't,  for  his  services  in  the  royal  cause.  This 
Sir  Henry  Vernon,  Bart.,  married  in  1G3G,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Richard  White, 
Knight,  of  Friers,  in  Aiif^lesea  (she  was  one  of  the 
beauties  of  King  Charles's  court).  Sir  Henry 
Vernon  died  167G,  leaving  a  son.  Sir  Thomas 
Vernon,  of  Hodnet,  one  of  the  four  Tellers  of  the 
Exchequer.  In  Hoduet  Hall,  co.  Salop,  is,  vr 
was,  a  shield  carved  In  oak,  containing  the  Vernon 
arms  of  twenty-four  quartering?,  of  the  date  of 
1591),  united  with  the  Needham  arms  of  ten 
quArterings. 

It  is  quite  probable  that  Sir  Robert  Vernon  is 
the  same  person  who  was  on  the  council  of  the 
Lord  Marchers  at  Ludlow,  in  1601),  as  his  father- 
in-law,  liobert  Needhuin,  was  vice-presidcut  of 
the  Council  in  the  Marches  in  Wales. 

W.  F.  V. 

Sia  Waltek  Raleiou  (»'*  S.  v.  108,  184.)  — 
Sir  Humphrey  Gilbert  and  Sir  Walter  Raleigh 
were  ulermo  brothers,  sons  of  the  same  mother  by 
dilleront  husbands.         Charles  F.  S.  W-vrbbh. 

r/lSllIONABLE    Ql  ARTERS    ur  Lo.NOON   O'"  S.  V. 

O'i.j— As  regards  tlie  residence  of  Edward,  Lord 
Thiirlow,  »he»  Lord  Chancellor,  there  is  no 
doubt  that  he  occupied  a  house  on  the  north  side 
of  (Jrcnt  Onnond  Street,  whore  the  Urmond  Club 
met  (of  which  I  was  a  momber),  ami  our  reading 
room  at  ihu  back  was  the  one  from  which  the 
acaU  were  stolen.  Tmovas  Farmbr  Coork. 

LordChancrlhirThiirlow  lived  in  Great  George 
Street,  Wcjtuiinbter.  Wm.  Smiiii. 

^  Bai.ix>o.>8  :  TMKiR  DtMK3(sto:<8  (S*^  S.  ▼.  m.)— 

1\.  C.  L.   trouhi  ilo  i»/.n  f,,  vi-*'  fit-'  Free  I'ubWc 


Library  in  the  Patent  Office,  Chancery  Lane. 
adilition  to  the  printed  specificHtions  relsting  to 
aeronautics  (including  the  Earl  of  Aldborcugh's 
exjNinsive  follies),  that  library  contains  a  litrf^ 
number  of  treatises  on  the  subJL'Ct,  and  a  curioiu 
and  unique  collection  thus  described  in  the  Cati^ 
logue :  — 

"Aeronautieo  tllustrata.  —  A  eofri|»letc  Cul 
.\Crial  Ascents  an'l  Doaoenta,  fmtii  Ihe  earliest  ^ 
the  present  time.  Collected  and  arranged  b^ 
.lames  Norman.     Conipri&iug  — 

1.  Alt  known  ecgrared  [H>rtrsits,  and  a  few  ot^ 

drawings,  of  at'ronauts. 

2.  Autograph  letters  and  nthor  ^vrlt{ng?  at  a^'rooauti 

and  their  patrons  and  frifndti. 

3.  A  targe  collection  of  enji^nviogs  and  ■)rawiD|rt  niii». 

trating  aocient  aod  niCMlern  :>'  uavignU 

the  air,  including  comic  .ind  c  >j«ct«. 

4.  Historical  and  deMrijttivc  inft;i 

goages,  coDsistiniir  of  cuttings  frvtn  t«( 
and  othor  periodical  work»;  mnd  pamf 
r  '.lilted  to learet  and 

5.  Sj  the  silk  and  othii'' 

t!  I -bratcd  balloona  ;i 

Uuvu  been  composed. 
Collected  probably  between  1830  and  1860.     In  9' 
fulio." 

iRENiEus  Quoted  (3"'  S.  iv.  l»t>.  i 
take  upon  myself  to   ray  that  the  p  > 
in  Irenicus,   but  as  it  is  in  TertuUiiin,  i  iiuai 
not  unlikely  that  one  father  is  misremendicrMl 
the  other. 

"Qiiidereo  decieterteinKeniia.Tal  cliiim  viribusl 

^pr.;..i:.   .'^^^orem?    ph -- f  ■'■"-' -   *■-->—■■-    -t 
IT.  iiii,  «t  uavi^ :;  h>ffcam 

t.;  lilt  ;   lU    nunii  :     '.i .  •t  i 

\etua  uuu  creikTctur." — AjmUui/,  otu.  j^jlIi.  uJ  /bu 
Scmlcr,  Haliv  Magd.  1778,  l.  v.  p.  50, 

Sec  also  Maurt  et  Pratiqurs  den  Dhmmt, 
Gougenot  des  Mouaaeaux,  p.  48,  P»rt»,  1934. 

FiTziiorKi 
Garrick  Club. 

QcOT.\Tlo«   (3'"   S.  V.    1J4.)— 7.    1 
work    of  the  greatest  orator  thut  tl  . 
ever  produced  contiilns  the  id' 
'•  Heathen."     It  occurs  in  Don. 
"  De  Coronfi  "  (Reiske*  cd.  p.  2*20,  Uuc  -". 
§  4;  Whiston,  p.  402-:).)       Wturk  K.  Bail 

RsvALEMTA  Araiula  (3'*  S.  iv.  4t»(l.)  —  Xtmt 
corre«pondent  Mr.  TKiisciM  will  fm-l  (li..t  \iU 
miu-ks  tt|Hi[i  the  cum|M;sition  ot 
been  anticipate*!   by    liurton. 
Arabian  ilish,  called  *'  Adas"  0- 

"  Tlijj.  iirniil    i»    i!m':J|i<  r  tlnii    ilr 

I  f<  '  '  •bi<«i;* ' 


CA^ftniiiAL   Bbtoh   axo   Aacajiiauor 


"v.  HAU.fi, '64] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


201 


thU  title  several  things  occur  requiring  notice. 
James  Be&ton  was  not  the  famous  Cardinal,  but 
the  unde  of  that  prelate,  whose  Christian  name 
was  Dacid.  The  date  of  the  consecration  of 
archbishop  James,  altLough  unknown  tu  Keith,  \h 
given  correctly  in  Mr.  Grub's  Eccletiasticul  //m- 
tory  of  Scotljnd  (1861),  n  work  composed  witli 
that  care  and  conscientious  accuracy  which  alone 
makes  a  history  of  value  as  such.  (See  vol.  i. 
p.  411.)  James  Beaton  was  translated  to  St.  An' 
tlrew's  in  15:22,  and  Gavin  Dunbar,  Prior  of 
Whithorn  (not  Wfiilehaten),  was  consecrated  as 
h?.«  successor  on  February  S,  152^  (not  1534). 
Some  of  the  mistakes  now  pointed  out  may  have 
happened  in  transcription,  or  in  printing.  The 
remarks  about  Queen  Mnry  and  the  unworthy 
names  associated  with  hers,  imply  to  such  an  ex- 
tent moral  depravity  in  the  unfortunate  Scottish 
princess  that  1  cannot  concur  in  them.         N.  C. 

SiE  EnwASt)  Mat  (3""  S.  v.  35.)  —  Among  the 
grants  of  lands  in  Ireland,  in  the  reign  of  King 
Charles  IL,  mention  is  made  of  the  fit1lowin<; 
lands  in  the  co.  of  Waterford,  and  paiish  of  Mothel, 
as  having  been  granted  to  Sir  Algernon  ilay  :  — 
Mothel,  Kilenaspig,  Jeddins,  Clonmoyle,  Rossi, 
Old  Grnnge,  and  Ballynsivin.  Smith  in  his  Jiis- 
tOry  of  Waterford,  ed.  1746,  mentions  the  Mays 
ng  the  gentry  of  that  county.  He  also  says, — 

*'  M^3'flr]f1  is  the  pleasant  seat  of  -Tame*  Slur,  lE.m\., 
D'l'  I   on  the  banks  of  the  Sujr.  with  iwveml 

pi"  il    larce   irnpro\>ments.     Tliis  place  w«s 

(or...  ...    ,;  Rwkelt's  Castle,  from  a  cAstlu  vrected 

here  by  one  of  ihkt  name." 

Jus.  May  was  the  gentleman  created  a  baronet 
in  the  year  1763.  Kiu.o»GroRD. 

Chxistot>heb  Coplbt   (3^  S.  v.  136.)— Chris- 
topher Copley  came  of  a  great  Yorkshire  family, 
which  derives  both  its  name  and  origin  from  the 
village  of  Copley,  a  hamlet  in  the  parish  of  Ha- 
lifajc.      Hia   immediate   nnccstor.s   were   William 
Copley,  nf  Wnd worth,  who  died  May  20,  1658,  and 
Anne  daughter  of  Gervas  Cressy  of  Birkin.     He 
married   a   lady  of  good  Yorkshire  family,  and 
puritan  principles,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Oerr.ns  I 
Bosville,  of  Warnisworth.     Like  his  connections, 
the  Brookes  and  the  Bosvilles,  he  espou.ted  the 
popular  side  in  the  great  civil  war,  and  seems  to  | 
nave  been  nn  active  and  efficient  ofhcer.  Evidence  i 
exists  to  prove  that  he  spent  considerable  sums  of 
hiaown  money  in  forwarding  the  cause  he  had  at 
hich  were  repaid  to  him  when  the  struggle  ! 
a  time,  over.  On  July  8,  1648,  the  House  ; 
ommona   made   an    order   that   the   sura   of 
4324/.  f)».,  arrears  due  to  him,  was  to  be  paid  out 
of  the  Yorkshire  sequestration  monies.     He  had  I 
the  conimand  of  the  Parliamentary  lorces  at  the  | 
battle  of  Sherburij,  August  15,  1645,  where  Lord  , 
Digby  %vas  routed  and  Sir  Francis  Camabv  and  j 
Sir  Hirhard   Hutton,  high  jheriff  of  Yorkshire, 


k^&oi 


were  killed.  I  have  seen  no  record  of  his  death, 
but  it  certainly  took  place  before  1664.  His 
younger  brother,  Lionel,  married  Frizalina,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Ward,  of  Capesthorne,  co.  Chester. 
He  died  December,  1675,  and  lies*  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  Doncnster,  the  profoundly  learned 
slufbor  of  Anacalijpais,  au  Attempt  to  drawatide  the 
V«U  of  the  Sa\tic  his;  or  an  Enquiry  into  the 
Origin  of  Langvaget,  Nations^  and  Religions , 
2  vols.  4to,  1833,  who  died  August  9,  1833. 

The  arms  of  Copley  are  argent  a  cross  moline, 
sable;  tbo.<!C  of  Higgins  ermme  on  a  fees  sable., 
three  towers  argent.  I  hope  to  include  lives  of 
the  Copleys  in  my  "  Civil  War  Biographies." 
Therefore  any  unpublished  facts  relating  to  them 
will  interest  me. 

(Clarendon,  J7wr.,  1  vol.,  1843,  pp.  578,  690. 
Hunter,  South  Yorks.,  i.  252  ;  ii.  482.  Commons' 
Joum.,  iii.  431  ;  v.  627.  Metnorahle  Dat/s  and 
Works  of  God.  1G45.  The  lioi/al  Martyrs,  1660. 
Grainge's  Battles  and  Batdefields  of  Yorkshire,  1 87. 
Getdlemana  Mng,^  1833,  ii.  p.  371. 

Epwabo  Peacock. 

Bolteaford  Manor,  Brigg. 

EsQUTBE  (3'*  S.  V.  94.)  —A  curious  point  arose 
in  18.59,  in  a  law  case  reported  in  the  2{)lh  vol.  of 
the  Law  Journal,  Queen's  Bench,  p.  17.  A  per- 
son proposing  for  a  life  assurance,  in  answer  to  the 
fjuestions  put  to  him  as  to  his  B«ldress  and  occu- 

j)ation,   wrote  " Hull,   Esquire,"  naming  his 

private  residence.  It  happened  thrtf,  in  the  neigh- 
bouring town,  he  carried  on  the  trade  of  an  iron- 
monger; and  when  he  died,  the  assurance  com- 
K.iny  refused  to  pay,  on  the  ground  that  he  had 
een  guilty  of  nuvprestio  veri  in  not  disclosing 
that  he  was  in  busmess.  Of  course  the  Court  was 
against  thera,  and  it  is  hardly  necessary  to  add, 
thut  they  did  not  succeed  in  thus  evading  the 
claim.  Job  J.  B.  Wobkard. 

Elkakah  (S"*  S.  iv.  394.)  — So  Quaries,  in 
1635,  accents  the  fir^t  syllable  :  — 

"•  O  there  I'll  feed  th«c  witb  celestial  tnanoa; 
I'll  be  thy  Eikanah.'     •  And  I  thy  Hannah.* 
•  I'll  sound  my  trump  of  jo)-.'    'And  I'll  refoond  flo- 
s&nnab.' " 

Endiltms,  Book  iv.  Euib.  7. 

Job  J.  B.  Workahd, 

Bb£CU    TrKEB    RBVSB    struck    BT    LlOBTNllTG 

(3'^  S,  T.  97.)  —  I  regret  I  cannot  give  any  in- 
formation on  this  subject,  although  I  know  \jet- 
80l\5  W\i0  CW\JW\.&\W  X\ift  C^VxiVQW.      ^"h  xt%%s«:A.>c*wi 


202 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[««  8.  y.  M*«,  s.  w. 


being  a  preserrative  against  li^btninj;,  T  find  in 
Greene's  Penelipt's  Weh,  &c.,  4to,  1601, — 

"  He  wfaich  weuralb  Uie  bay-leaf  is  privileged  from  Uie 
prejudice  of  thunder." 

And,  in  Uie  old  pky  of  T/u  White  Devil,  Cor- 
nelit  aajri, — 

I'll  tic  a  garland  here  d  i  U 

Twill  keep  my  boy  fr<j;  i   ^." 

Also,  ID  A  strange  MeiaifioTj>hosi$  of  Man  traoM- 
formed  into  a  WilaemessCy  deciphered  in  Characterty 
12mo,  1634,  under  the  bay  tree,  it  is  obserred^ 
that  it  ia  — 

"ao  pririleged  by  nature,  that  even  thunder  and  light- 
ning are  here  even  taxed  of  partiality,  and  will  not  touch 
him  for  respect's  salte,  as  a  sacred  thing." 

A^ain,  cited  from  some  old  English  poet,  in 
Bodenham's  Belvedere,  or  the  Oarden  of  the  Mit$ft, 
8vo,  1600,  we  read,— 

"  Aa  Uinadflr  nor  fieroe  lightning  hannes  ttie  bay. 
So  no  extremitie  hath  power  on  fam«." 

W.  I.  S.  HOBTOK. 

Djbscbkdakts  or  Fiti-Jamm  (3'*  S.  v.  134.) 
From  various  articleH  which  huve  appeared  in 
"  N.  &  Q.,"  and  from  some  other  sources,  I  be- 
lieve that  accounts  of  the  de^ccndiints  of  the  Duke 
of  Berwick  will  be  found  In  Burke'a  Extinct  Peer 
age;  in  the  Annuaire  de  la  NoMesne  de  France,  for 
1844  and  1852;  in  Moreri's  Dictionnaive  Hi»to- 
rioue;  in  Rohrbacher's  Ilittoire  Unit^erselle  de 
tEngliie  Catholique,  tenth  ed.,  1852,  torn,  xxvii. ; 
tnd  in  the  Menujires  published  by  his  grandson 
in  1778.  Meantime  the  following  particulars  may 
be  of  some  service  to  the  inquirer :  — 

The  Duke  of  Berwick  was  created  Dae  de  Fita- 
Jamei  by  Louis  XIV.  in  1710.  He  wa.^  twice 
married.  By  his  first  wife,  Ilonora  de  B<jrieh,  he 
left  one  son,  Jamea,  who  was  Duke  of  Lijna,  in 
Spain.  His  second  irife  waa  Anne  Bulkeley,  and 
b^  her  he  had  a  numerous  family.  Hia  cliic»t  sur- 
viving son  by  this  marriage  waa  Franoia,  Duke  of 
Fitz-Jaxnea,  and  Bishop  of  Soiasons,  and  died 
about  the  year  1761.  The  next  was  Henry,  who 
also  cMt<iir..l  ;u.o  Holy  Orders.  The  third  son 
*  '  whom  is  descended  the  present 

!*•  iiie»,  in  France.     lie  bears  the 

royiU  Hrms  i>i  J^npliuul  within  a  borduro,  with  the 
motto  "  Ortu  et  houore."  F.  C.  H. 

D«.  Obokge  Ouvib  {V*  S.  v.  137.)— -Havlnp 

bad  Uie  pleasure  t'^  • nn  intimatr  fViend  and 

froqncMt  onrrespi  ilio  lite    Kcv.  (Jvoigr 

Oliver,  D.D.,  of  ;..      ,.  ...liut's  Priory,  Ex.  f.  r,  I 
can  aa«urv  A  Dbvoiviah  (hat  there  was  no  r«'la- 
tionahip  between  him   "'"1   il,--  rv,.t,.v»  ...f  w..,.*.,^ 
of  the  same  name.     1 
oonfonnded  whU  .m<  :. 
D.f).  hast4^ 
that  bt  oft. 


qiM»* 


nanesailce,  as  no  doubt  the  other  rcf-— ^ 
intended  for  him.     But,  us  fur  as   i 
were  not  even  personally  acquainted.      i  . 

Thb  Ibow  Mabc  (3**  S.  V.  1^.5  )  — The 
helmet,  or  iron  mask.  ' 
tainiy  not  that  worn  :■ 
Louis  XIV.     His  mask  was  luinle  cl  LldL 
on  a  wire  frame,  fasteneil  at  the  back  of 
but  allowing  free  liberty  to  ht»  mouth 
and  intended  only  to  coneeiil  bia  fleatureSk 

F.  C. 

I  believe  I  may  safely  ns-^prt  that  there  is 
authority  whatever  for  sup  I  -,uil  in 

tion  to  have  been  that  ot  ulier 

As  to  the  so-culled  '■'■  Iron  Mask,"  it  is  OB 

of  tilting  armour,  worn  in  the  lists  as  an  i    

protection  for  the  face-  The  real  mask,  worn  "bf 
the  mysterious  state  prisoner,  was  of  black  velvet, 
secui-cd  by  a  lock,  and  mode  to  open  and  dnit  ai 
the  mouth  by  means  of  sprinn^s. 

W.  J.  Bbrhhaba  Sirnv. 

Temple. 

Os  Wit  (S"  S.  v.  16!2.)  — In  Sni  TaoHaa 
WiRNtNGToVs  quotation  no  doubt  wittg  and  mm 
are  put  in  contrast,  as  is  shown  by  the  taxiqaeaUoA* 
able  opposition  jnst  preceding,  grave  aad  gm> 
But  in  the  church  here  ic  is  still  more  eridcftl  la 
the  epitaph  by  George,  Lord  LytteltvO,  oa  lu» 
first  wife,  Lucy,  a>]orned  by  the  vile  allitcratioB 
in  which  poetasters  deli^tht :  —  *■'  Tho'  meek,  m^ 
natiimous ;  and  tho'  witty,  wise." 

LYTTBSiWH. 

Uagley,  Stourbridgv, 

Retbbat   (3"'  S.  T,  119.)— T  have  read  jma 
answer  with  refercnee  to  the  uripn  of  the  mtUtafJ^ 
term  •* Retreat,"  but  can  luinllv  In.ik 
conclusive.     It  is  stated   ti 
"think   the  expression  Vi-> 
ferred  to  the  men's  retiring  to  their  quartcrf 
the  muster  was  over,  not  to  the  mastar 
But,  I  would  su]T|p;est>  that  if  this  be  n  troa 
tion  of  the  qne^fion.  why  !«houId  not  the 
"retreat"  !•  mc/i^  which  taktt 

place  durii  '   men   wottU,  00 

each  of  th<>  l  t<>  their  qtLarlen  oa 

the  diaouftx  >  F.  &■ 

PiUMCLA  (S'"  S.  v.  192.)  —  The  linai  qaotod 

by   ^^'-   T).  iiri-    i    Liri.l    nf  <i.iiiIii-.'.hi'<1    vernOD    Of  B 

!  dv  ililKmi 

1.    :       .     .  ,  '  ,  I 

po«una  it  stands  thus :  — 

I  "A.';  inn  'M!l^    I    ..-K.l  v<u>  li.rtr 


ic  mtUtafj^ 

rtitfil^H 
tar  ?I^H 
troaadb* 


;YwXAB.ft.'9l.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


203 


3Uj 


'-*E: 


"A«k  nw  *r*>v  '  htm 

So  yellow-pr  ■  t 

A«lc  me  whs  iu-  ^-wim  i-  tt-h;;. 
Ami,  hcTtiiin^,  ypt  it  rloth  not  bretk? 
J  will  Atifrnor;  *Th«M  di«cev«r 
Wh«t  fhintiniu  bo|ws  are  in  a  los'iST.' " 

I  add  a.  more  literal  Liitm  version,  printed 
ronny  years  ngo  ?  — 
'PoxcJ^.  our  f1hf  (|*cli««in 

im  progeniem  novi? 
t  priinulaiD 

Qbit  .-.  .  r "iflcns  odhno? 

E 
Mti--  :«iT>p«r»t/ 

**  P  '  1  priinnift 

L«n.:  i  tinllH't  f!osou]of 

Ri;..  .  J,         .      ...,„.   _ .uUl 

Pectus  nan  atit«r  ian^ida  apes  alit.' " 

A  little  closer  attention  to  botanical  nomcnclft- 
tlire  would  have  told  your  correspondent  that  tbe 
critnsun  plant  he  saw  waa  not  "  a  different  plant 
of  tbe  entnc  species/'  but  a  different  specie*  of  the 
tam^  genus.  C.  W.  Bikgham. 

Ilie  Primulacea  beings  a  fjtSAl  natural  urder, 
tJie  London  gardeners  probably  made  no  mistake. 

S. 

Rod  m  this  HfiDntE  Agsk  (S*^  S.  ir.  32.)  — 
Your  correspondent  E.  D.,  nnd  I  should  think 
moFt  of  ycnir  render!!.  Trill  be  surprised  to  hear 
that  the  sevfre  disdplfnc  «o  rividlr  described  bv 
Fr..     ■   ^'  "    ■'  ■  ■     not  obsolete, 

^"'  lay.     Hap- 

peiiiii-  iM  ii.i>K  uviT  :i  ii:c  i>:    iiw  fmniij  Jffrald,  I 

found  amongst  the  nii!<ccllaneous  ^toro8  of  infor- 
mation contained  under  the  head  of  *"  ' -    - 

dencc"  a  aeries  of  comniunieations  re 

use  of  the  rod  in  .-I.-k'  s,-lir,nl^       Ti  ,i..,  ,....,  ^ 

diseusiion  h;  oftlie 

Family  HfTi  _  ^      ^       .^  uiodc  of 

ptmi«hnient,  and,  m  answer  to  one  correspoudent, 
the  editor  says  r  — 

"From  the  numeroua  latten  that  we  nodTo,  we  tw- 

liijvo  thdt  tliii  pri.  iirn  yon  4.onil«aa  la  not  only  indulged 
i"- '  '  ao6«  *evrr«  correclion  ia 

l*!'  ifom  it  probably  'u  ao." 

No.  .,-,.,  ,,„.  .^.M.iti-r.  I..,  lfJ^t.i. 

What  18  atili  more  extrBordinary  i«,  that  tbe 
editor  approves  the  practice,  as,  in  reply  to  another 
correspondent,  be  thus  states  bis  viewa  :  — 

'<nda  lu  a  lNtl4T  in  fiivoarof  diacipline  at 
that  !»,  In  favour  of  flnfjo^ng  girls.     lie 


cru 


be 

xxi..  Jut),  oil,  i.-:i;i. } 

111!:!  fhou-   flinf 

ail 

tb.. 

'♦    »«»*f    ttleO    show 


lUtcr  luatrii: 
>  *i!,  Tbt 
tbont  tl)«  II li 


ishmeot  than 
.  there  ihould 
No.  108S.  7ol. 


ih- 


rrx!  now  la  une 

.  but 

"•rrorn. 

how  itfrtJc  one  half  of  the 


world  knows  what  the  other  half  docs ;  and  if  s 

auestion  of  the  domcstie  enstoms  of  the  present 
ay  admits  of  denial,  }u>w  inuob  more  diflicutt  it 
must  be  to  trace  the  munncrs  and  habits  of  former 
times,  ViBOA. 

PRovEsaiAL  8An«G9  (3"'  S.  V,  136.)  —  Tbe 
saying  "Needs  must  when  the  devil  ih-lve»,"  is 
probably  taken  from  AlTt  Well  that  Endx  W«IL, 
Act  r.  Sc.  3,  where  the  Clown  says :  •'  He  must 
needs  go,  tliat  the  devil  drives."  N.  M.  F. 

PoKTRAiT  or  Bishop  Hossiat  (8**  S.  v.  38.) — 
A  small  but  very  excellent  line-engraving  of  this 
admirable  champion  of  orlbodoxy  adorns  the  six 
volumes  of  Dr.  Dibden's  Hxtudny  Library.  Is  this 
included  in  the  set  in  Evans's  List  ?  May  not  The 
British  Senator  contain  another  porti"ait  ?  I  know 
it  has  several  of  contemporary  prelates,  Bishop 
Douglas  to  wit,  for  whose  portrait  a  correspon- 
dent was  inquiring  in  the  bje-goae  age  oi'  your 
First  Series.  R,  LxM. 

Oath  bt  the  Dog  (3'^  S.  v.  138.)  —  In  Hin- 
doo, Scandinavian,  and  Classical  Mytbolo^y,  **the 
dog,"  "dog  grass,"  "the  dog  star,"  and  nil  «be 
variations  of  analogous  mylhs  and  superstitions 
ore  almost  interchangeable.  (Vide  Moor's  Hittdu 
Pantheon,  ^x.) 

I  once  made  a  large  table  of  such  analogies,  in- 
cluding those  of  the  Hindoo  cosmogony,  and  the 
succession  of  geological  .ttrata,  but  unfortnnKtely 
lost  it.  Such  a  tubular  work  in  tbe  bands  of  one 
better  able  to  compile  it  might  be  made  exoeed- 
ingly  interesting.  S. 

AKOimiOTrs :  "  RBstrBBEcrion,  mot  Death,  thx 

ll.-iT.v  f)jf  inn  Bclikybr"  (3'*  S.  v.  33.) — Vicctis 

I  mcd  that  this  tract  is  by  tbe  Rev.  Heni-y 

^^e.     It  was  originally  a  paper  in  a  quarterlv 

I>eriodicBl,  callod  The  Chrittian  WV7nr*»,  which 
appeared  at  Plymouth  from  1834  to  1840,  and  of 
which  Mr.  Borlase  was  the  original  editor.  The 
paficr  in  question  was  inserted  in  the  second 
number,  April,  1834.  Air.  Borlase  was  a  native  of 
Helstone,  in  Cornwall.  He  graduated  at  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge;  and  after  his  ordination  in 
the  Church  of  England,  be  held  for  a  short  time 
tlie  curacy  of  (he  parish  of  St.  Keyne,  in  Corn- 
wall. He  withdrew  from  tbe  ministry  of  the 
Church  of  England :  nnd  he  was  from  Llmt  time 
associated  with  a  Christian  congregation  at  Ply- 
month,  to  whom  first  the  name  of  "Plymouth 
Brethren"  wa.*  given.     It  ought,  however,  to  be 

,j;,...,,-.i.. -...»  ,1   .1,-,,  a ,]j,i  not  then  hold  the 

]  1  ir  did  they  carry  out 

tl). .,   I..  ...  iliicb  cbnrttcterise  those 

who  HOMj  in  many  j>Iacc*  arc  known  as  Plymouth 
Brethren.  Thf?  doctrinal  system  now  held  by 
ibcm  is  utterly  at  vuriauce  with  the  principles 
cheriBhed  by  Mr.  BorUw, 


H^ 


J^ 


in  October,  1835.    In  the  followiog  year,  a  small 
volume  was  publiahed  — 


KOTES  AND  QUKRIES. 


[8'4  S.  Y.  MAJL  9, 


■  1  &in# 

ru, 


"  I'apcn  by  the  Iat«  U«nr>-  BoHase,  c«naected  vrith  the 
Preatint  StAte  of  the  Church."  Hamilton,  Adams,  &  Co., 
London. 

llic  tr.act  nbout  which  Vectis  inquires,  was 
induded  in  thi?  volume. 

The  "Central  Truct  Depot,  1,  Warwick  Sauare,*' 
about  the  continuance  of  which  Vectis  asks,  hni 
been  long  removed  elsewhere.  It  was  set  up  by 
Mr.  Georpe  V.  Wi;n-ani,  brother  of  the  present 
Bishop  of  Rochester — a  gentleman  who  has  taken 
a  leading  part  in  much  connected  with  the 
"  Brotbrenite"  raovement.  It  is  remarkable  that 
so  many  of  the  "  Brethren "  have  been  closely 
connected  with  ecelesiuslical  dignitaries :  for  in* 
stance.  Lord  Congleton,  a  "  Brethreoite  *'  teacher, 
and  the  present  ArcbbiBhop  of  Canterbury,  his 
brother-in-law.  Ljelics. 

EXBCUTION   OP   CflABLKS   I.    (3"*  S.  JV.    195.) 

The  following  extract  purporls  to  be  a  circum- 
stantial account  (priutea  1660)  of  the  execution  of 
Charles  I.,  and  may  throw  some  light  on  a  doubt- 
ful question : — 

" 'l>ie*dAT,  Jan'  30  (the  fjital  ilaj).  He  was  about 
10  of  ibi:  clock  brought  fram  hist  Palace  at  St.  Jumes*  to 
Whiteliall;  marfhecl  on  fool,  guarrled  with  a  regiment  of 
(hot  soldiers  t!  -       '    ■'     Park,  with  their  colours  flvin^, 

&c to  the  end  of  the  Park,  he 

aac^nd;  the  «!  lc  to  the  long  gallery  in  VVIiito- 

hall,  and  io  uuo  iht  Cubtnet  Chamber,  where' hu  formerly 
ui*«l  tw  lodpe.    There,  &c,  .   .....   .  Frooi  thence, 

atjout  If'''  '■   1  by  D'' Juxon  Bod 

Col.  Tu;>  iii*rly  appointed  to 

attend  1.  of  Partiz-ins  with 

niusket(.H.<ii  oil  cdcli  jido,  through  tU«!  Banquetiui;  Home, 
adioinini;  to  whii^h  the  scaffold  was  erected,  bf-tween 
tVliitchatl  fJate  and  tho  gute  leading  into  the  eallery 
fhJin  St.  Jamci'.  The  «cjiffi>Id  was  hnng  round  with 
blarlt,  the  Roar  covenn]  with  black  bnye*  («c),  and  the 
axe  and  block  laid  in  tho  middle  of  the  acaffold.  There 
were  divers  compaDtes  of  foot  of  Col.  Pridc'a  regiment, 

and  teveral  troops  n-  ' ■  't-ed  on  the  one  side  of  the 

scafFtdd  to^rarda  K:  And  oo  the  other  »ide 

towards  Charinar  Ci 

s.s. 

CoLMNs  TUE  Actor  asd  Poet  :  the  jk  ks 
8CAJ  Quoi  Clvb  C3"1  S.  t.  17.)— I  was  quite  pleased 
to  find  m  V  old  friend  *'  The  Chapter  of  Kings  "  re- 
suvcitBted  by  Ma.  Uatm  Trom  the  realms  of  ob- 
livion. From  the  lone  of  hi«  remarks  1  should 
suppose  he  had  seen  on/>/  the  wurds,  which  he 
considers  unique.  I  beg  to  say  that  I  possess 
theac  words  set  to  music,  and  a  very  merry  tune 
ilia  —  merry  enough  to  wcare  away  the  most  dc- 
Kirmincit  crew  of  blue  devils  that  ever  intruded 
im  a  raisiy  'Nnveinber  niorninj;.  It  was  given  mo 
by  an  ml.  ii  native  of  Birmingham,  wlio 

ceaaed  ilnre  iifter  1806;  so  that  it  mu»l 

have  Uru  {Mihiishcd  bcfon;  that  dale-  The  title 
varies  somewhat  from  that  cited  by  Ma.  Batks. 
It  runs  thus :  — 


»  The  Chapt-  -<■  K-—      *  ^~]..\^.*^.\  n., 
written  and  ^ 

Author  of  T/'i'  . 
t^Ai  quoi  ClubU" 

Was  this  club  a  Birmingham  or  Ixtndoo 
elation  ?  and  by  what  claas  of  men  waa  it  fre- 
quented ?  FsirroBia. 

Db  ScAJiTH  :  Edoak  (3'*  S.  v.  184.)  — It  wu 
on  such  a  tenure  that  many  persons  bearingr  the 
surname  Edgar  held  their  lands  near  Robr^t  the 
Bruce' ^f  castle  of  Lochmaben.  Edgars  appear  to 
have  been  amongst  the  persona]  followers  of  tW 
Bruce  family.  This  may  bo  pr^'-^-^  ^•"  a  refer- 
ence to  Rymer's  "  Fcedera,"  a  itlMDg  • 
list  of  the  witnesses  at  the  ma: .  ...^ .  «;  Robert 
the  Bruce,  in  the  \V.  S.  Lib.  Edin.,  &c.  &c. 

A  pronoSy  who  wa.s  "  James  Edgar,  Peutbi 
burges  in  Edinburj^h,"  who  died  between   Ij 
and  1739?     Was  he  related  to  the  family  of^ 
same  name  settled  at  Restalrig,  and  alw 
town  of  Leith  ? 

Robert  Caujs  (V*  S.  v.  134)  — In  lh«, 
erlllion  of  The  Refiding  (by  W.  J.  P;     ' 
author  is  alluded  to  as  a  "  gcntlcmai< 
parts  both  natural  and  acquired,"  aiwi  «■ 
Commissioner  of  Sewers  "in  his  native  < 
of  Lincolnshire,"     He  also  wrote  l^he  (.'■ 
Argument  againtt  Sir   Jgnaramus  of  C-i 
(Lond.  1648,  4to),  the  title-page  of  w' 
scribes  him  ''  of  Graies  Inne,  Esq*,  aii 
jcant-at-Law  iu  his  reading  at  Stnnli 
14  la.  R."     He  is  noticed  by  A I 
Bohn.  'Wi 


nt 


"Claka  Cbbsteb,"  etc.  (3^  S.  iii.  25.)— Thw 
poems  were  written  by  John  Chaloner,  at  oor 
lime  a  captain  in  H.M.  36th  Retriinent.  He»M 
a  native  of  Clonmel,  Ireland,  v, '  *  tru 

in  the  same  house  in  which  L:r.  ••"«• 

bom.     He  died  June  3,   '■'■  ;.i»-rwo 

years,  and  was  buried  at  1  '  'niod. 

His  poems  were,  Rome.  j.n..i.-i.<..i  ].>  i{J2l  by 
Lonsman,  Hurst,  Reej,  Orinc,  and  Bmwn,  Loa- 
donT  The  laU  of  Chufnount,  1822,  7  ->•'  War- 
ner, London;  Clara  Cktster,  1825  wl 
Boyd,  Edinburgh.                               1               ■>"«■. 

Philadelphia.  U.  &  A. 

Tna  Sto»t  ot  Lobo  Mii-obavrV 
(3'"   S.  V,  129.)  —  It  la  a  very  good 
like  all  good  atories,   it  has  seen   nuioh 
The  joke  has  been  ancribcd  to  a  Lord 
well   as  a    Lord    Alulgravc ;  and  a   mc 
guishcd   man    than  the   nameless   chapl 
famou*  Dr.  Samuel  Parr  —  boa  suiTererl' 
The  Dnc.tor  had  preached  the  SpitaJ 
Cbribt  Church  on  thf  ^  '         '  '' 

of  London  (Harvey 
coming  out  of  churcij   l'-;.'  im.    v' 


Motithttf  Magazine^  November,  1826,  that  tells  the 
story) :  — 

»  •  Well,'  says  Parr,  •  how  did  you  like  the  sermon  ? ' 

•  Why,  Doctor/  replies  hii  lordBDip,  *  there  were  four 
Ihinj^  in  it  that  I  did  not  like  to  hear.'    '  State  them.' 

•  Why,  to  speAk  frankly,  then,  they  were  the  quarters  of 
the  church  clock,  which  struck  four  times  heforc*  you  bad 
finished.* " 

J.C. 

"The  Abt  or  Pouticks"  (3"^*  S.  v.  164.)  — 
This  excellent  satirical  poem  (reprinted  in  Doda- 
ley's  Collection)  was  by  the  Rev.  James  Bram^ton, 
M.A.  He  was  bom  in  or  about  1694,  being  son 
of  Francis  Bramston  (fourth  son  of  Sir  Mounde- 
ford  Bramston,  Master  in  Chuncery,  who  was  s 
yotxnger  son  of  Sir  John  Bramston,  Chief  Justice 
of  England).  In  1708  Ue  iras  admitted  at  West* 
minster  School,  whence  in  1713,  be  was  elected 
to  a  studentship  at  Christ's  Church,  Oxford,  pro- 
ceeding B.A.  May  17,  1717,  and  M.A,  April  G, 
1720.  In  1723  tho  Univerjiity  of  Oxford  pre- 
sented him  to  the  rectory  of  Lurgarsale,  in  Sussex, 
and  in  1725  he  became  Vicar  of  liarlitig,  in  the 
same  county.  He  died  March  16,  1743-4.  He 
alio  wrote  The  Man  of  Taste  (reprinted  in  Dods- 
ley  and  in  Campbeirs  Specimens),  and  The  Crooked 
Sixpence,  and  nas  poetus  in  Carmina  Quudragcsi- 
malia  and  the  University  Collection,  on  the  death 
of  Dr.  Radclifle. 

Daltaway  and  Cartwri^ht,  in  their  account  of 
Lurgansule,  written  neai-ly  a  century  after  Mr. 
Bramston'*  death,  say  "  be  was  a  man  of  original 
humour,  the  fame  and  proofs  of  whose  colloquial 
wit  are  still  remembered  in  this  part  of  Sussex." 
{IlitL  of  Smsex,  ii.  (i.)  363.) 

In  accord%nce  with  a  slovenly  practice,  which, 
as  the  cause  of  error  and  trouble,  cannot  be  too 
generally  condemned,  Dodsley  has  suppressed  Mr. 
Bramslcn's  Christinn  name.  The  Gentlemani Ma- 
gazine^ in  announcing  bis  death,  designate<l  him 
Mr,  Bram/>ston,  vicar  of  Starting.  This  ludicrous 
misnomer  of  his  benefice  has  been  repeated  by 
Chalmers,  Campbell,  Watt,  and  Rose. 

Your  correspotident  A.  J.  has,  we  believe, 
reason  to  congnitulate  himself  on  the  possession  of 
a  copy  of  the  original  edition  of  The  Art  of  Pidi- 
tickt,  C.  U.  &  Thompson  Cooper. 

Tkx  Statistics  (3'"*  S.  v.  175.)  —  Leaving 
Doubt's  query  —  "What  yield  of  tea  h  required 
per  acre  to  repay  the  ordinary  cost  of  ciutiva- 
tion  ?"  —  unanswered,  I  can,  I  think,  remoi-e  from 
his  mind  the  difficulty  which  the  article  in  the 
Edinburgh  Reviev!  appears  to  have  produced. 

The  leaf  is  not  plucked  fi-om  the  tea  plant  for 
the  purpose  of  being  ronnufactured  into  tea  be- 
fore the  fourth  year  ;  ancl  the  plant  is  not  at  its 
Aill  i)owerof  bearing  before  the  sisth  year.  Now 
the  proportion  of  tea  plant  in  Assam  of  four 
VCars  and  upwards  is  very  much  greater  than  in 
7achar  and  I)arjeelin|r ;  Indeed,  in  the  last-named 


district,  little  or  none  of  Ihc  plant  has  come  to 
full  maturity :  hence  the  Mnall  yield  represented 
by  the  cultivation  in  that  district. 

Three  hundred  pounds  of  tea,  from  an  acre  of 
well-grown  plant,  will  be  about  a  fair  average. 
It  will  therefore  appeiir,  that  the  fijrures  in  the 
Edinhtrgh  Review  do  not  n-present  half  what  the 
present  cultivation  in  Agssiiu  will  produce  three 
or  four  years  hence.  £.  M.  D. 


B 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS*  ETC. 

'"'liieet  :  or,  KtynutlmjieaJ  fllvttraliona  e>f  Hii^ 


'■^jy,  nMt  Geography.     Bif  the  liar.  Isaac 

■  . . :,.,,  ^:..v,    (MacmilUn.) 

lliD  reader  must  not  suppose  that  th«  preseat  work 
has  been  hantily  prepared,  to  meet  the  growing  wont  of 
a  truHtworthy  work  on  this  instructive  snbject.  The 
author  Iclla  us  in  bis  Preface,  that  ten  years  h«v9  been 
devntfd  m«)re  or  IcM  to  the  collection  of  msterials  for  it; 
tind  thnt  much  of  it  has,  durini;  the  lat^t  two  yean,  been 
rewritten.  3lr.  Taylor'a  introductory  i.-hiipter,  showing 
the  vftlue  of  local  names,  which  nre  always  signiticant — 
being  cither  descriptive  of  the  country,  records  of  ethno- 
logical or  historical  facts,  or  illuntrative  of  the  state  of 
civilitiaLion  or  religion  in  past  aj^es — is  well  calculated  to 
BiimuUte  the  reader  to  a  careful  pera.^ul  of  the  eutirv 
book;  and  be  will  read  it,  amused  and  informed,  by  the 
curioas  and  instructive  fuct^  which  Mr.  Taylor's  learaing 
and  research  have  gathered  together,  and  pleased  with 
the  ingenuity  and  reasonableness  of  the  deductions  which 
he  draws  from  them.  That  we  agree  on  every  point 
with  Mr.  Taylor  can  scarcely  be  expected^  but  we  are 
greatly  indebted  to  him  for  a  capital  book^)oe  in  which 
tho  authorities  are  honestly  quoted,  and  one  which  is 
moreover  enriched  by  an  admirable  Bibliographical  List 
of  Works  upon  the  subject ;  some  useful  appendices,  and 
a  copious  Index  of  local  names;  and  another  equally 
I  copious  i>f  the  various  points  diacuMed  and  matters 
'  introduced. 
77«  Booh  of  Job,  «w  expounded  lo  hi*  Cambridne  PupUt,  bjf 

the  lat«  H.  H.  Bernard,  Un.  D..  M.A.,  &c.  &c.     Bdiled, 

with  a  TVatiWaWoM  and  Aaditi<mal  Notei,  by  F.  Chaooe, 
I      B.A.,  M.B.,  &c  &c     f'ot.  I.    (Lotidon:  Hamilton  and 

Adams.) 

Worthy  Mr.  Bernard  has  not  been  foituoate  to  his  td- 
tnirer  and  editor.  The  personal  gossip  with  which 
Mr.  Chance  filla  his  poges  <li lutes  his  autnor^s  meaning, 
wearies  hta  reader's  patience,  and  makes  one  regret  the 
old  days  when  scholars  Mrrote  in  Latin,  and  comprcsacd 
iiito  one  terse  sentence  what  Mr.  Chance,  and  mnny  like 
him,  would  spread  over  an  octavo  page. 
LucntUi.     The  Paemt  of  Richard  Lwtlact,    Etq.     NoHf 

frrt  tdiitd.  and  the  TtJtt  cartfully  revised,  with  torn* 

Account  of  the  Author,  and  a  few  .Vote*.    Bjf  W.  drew 

Hatlitt.  "(J.  R.  Smith.) 

There  are  few  of  our  r  '      do  not  know  Mine 

tlirce  or  four  of  the  choi<  "f  Lo\'«laoe's  muse; 

but  we  have  no  doubt  th   l  many  whose  know- 

ledge of  the  writings  of  the  autlior  of  Liceuta  is  limited 
to  tho-^e  well-known  lyrica.  Mr.  L'arew  Uazlitt,  who  is 
r-,  ini  as  an  active  and  intelligent  editor  ofour 

.,  has  just    issued   an   edvt\«3tiL  «^<  V«riA»f«.x 

\S ...,  .u  wort  cjQtftv\<A.<i\\i»a  ^.^^«^  '«*vv«!^**^'*^^|^^ 

yeats  Mnc«  \>y  \Yvtt\aV«  iJ^^.?iwwtt,wAV«.>>!w*»'^'*°^ 


206 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IS^  &  Y.  Mab.  6,  '64. 


effosions  of  this  gallant  Cavalier  within  the  reach  of  all. 
Ur.  Hazlitt  has  bestowed  considerable  attention  with  the 
text,  which  has  hitherto  been  very  incorrectly  printed ; 
anil  has  taken  pains  to  clear  up  some  of  the  obscure  points 
in  the  {KWt's  life ;  but  his  ellurls  in  the  latter  case  have 
not  been  attended  with  the  success  which  he  deserved. 

A  Dictimarif  of  the  Bible;  contaiHing  AtUiquifit*,  Bh- 
grupkjf,  Gtoaruphy,  and  Xaturul  Htttory.    By  Various 
Writers.     Edilat  by   William  Smith,  LL.D.      To  U 
computed  in  '2<')  Farts.     Fart  XII.     (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   couHiilered  indiMpcnsablc  to  all   biblical 
students,  wo  congratulate  those  who  find  it  convenient  to 
take  the  work  in,  in  mouthly  part^  and  who  did  in  this 
way  place  the  first  volume  on  their  shelves,  upon  the  ap- 
pearance of  this  first  monthly  issue  of  the  second  volume, 
which  o.\hibits   in  the  various   articles    the  learning, 
reMiarch,  boldness,  and  caudourfor  which  the  first  volume 
was  distinguishetl. 

Jamks  Davidson,  Esq.,  ok  AxMUfSTBiu— It  is  with 
feelings  of  deep  regret  that  we  announce  the  decease,  on 
the  29ih  ult.,  of  one  of  oar  constant  and  earliest  con- 
tributors. As  an  antiquary,  his  careful  accuracy,  com- 
bined with  deep  ri«eareh  and  learning,  renclered  his 
communications  of  more  than  ordinary  value.  His  Hia- 
tory  of  AxmiHtier  Church,  and  of  yewenham  Abbetf,  are 
both  well  known,  but  his  most  useful  work.  The  Biblio- 
theca  Ihnonienti*  (to  which  h(»  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  his  vast  stores  of 
information  to  others,  and  his  general  courtaay,  endeared 
him  to  a  large  circle  of  literary  friends. 


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cb'MMi  an  (ivan  for  that  iiurpoHi  — 

Taa  Lira  or  rma  Kbt.  Philiv  Hksltoh,  Itjr  Burdy.    Dul>IiD,  17M,  Sro. 
Oa-«KT*Tii>K>  UH  Buaor't  Lira  nr  tub  Hbt.  PuiLir  UaBLTOM.  liublill, 

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ot  mart  ttptcially  JtvoiHl  In  Shaif)intrian  Paprrr. 

Replie*  lo  Coirtntxmdenlf  next  uvrl: 

_•?,•  P**"*  /orbimUna  the  nJumrt  qf'lt.ti  Q."  may  U  Mad  qf  Ote 
J'ubbMker.  ami  of  aU  BaoktUen  caui  SemmeH. 

.  """T"  Avo  Quaaiaa"  U  fnMiihni  at  noon  on  rriday,  mi  it  eiao 
MMrrf  (s  V  iKTaLT  Paan.  Thf  Subteriptim  for  SrAHPao  Cr>na«  for 
Sit  tfaifl**  fvrwardtU  dtrtctjivm  fke  tublMer  {iiietmHma  the  Half- 
•*^f  *"f*.t.'  ?J'*%  tf"  •!»*  fW  *•  f^  *•  Po»*Ollk)t  Order, 

Wbu4  wvm  Bramn.  Ht^amd.  W.C.,  to  hAom  oO  OoMMuaicAtioM  m* 
•■■  JEMianaks«Jglita*lr«Mad. 

*•  NoTH  &  QvBBus  "  18  r^tend  Ibr  tnnnniadon  ahroad. 


i4, 


N  APPEAL  TO  TW,  PATRONS  oi  LITEBA- 

^    TUttlS.^I  bfv  lo  iLriw  iltniliiin  to  t)ie  rt^iiful  jioilttoti  iA  a 
lUrargr  Oinlletnili.  wbuH  Wurka  h^Ff  bten  lA>^iimL<1lF  rtrrWvil  tvy  thie 

public,  and  Uabty  •ulaf  ImmI  br  th«  Bfiai. and  ■mWsm  i>ii«ale  Fh«ru;t«r 

1i  eanitiimooi  A>r  RHf*!  Wottn  HO  aefenowltdl*  Jnr^-itriU.  wild  111* 
|]a«l>  lutUlanly  MMptuMd,  thtMICll  1!tll(4aMd,  BHlftaithri,  Hbd  «llllS- 
iltiEtll  hUuiy  arAUba  tJOai^BEd  (aaCfavaMO.  bf  lUlMitj,  irlu  <o  lltll>lcH 
a  eqntlLtirjn  m.t\a  oveniiitalF  lirfnnlliileTeUn  Id  ht*  liim  fiofu  ruin, 
anduaabl*9i|{Ti  to  ri-aunitf  Ijia  TirintFToni  lltiCiarai. 


1  ■LDQciilr  Ivui^  ItiAl  UuHc  vhu  liiU'rail  llv|QiM>l***  tn  the  itritnlet  of 
mm  of  Eriiliii  wJlL  tvA  luffor  thki  citruttdlram  seA^  to  vmm  unusc^cd. 
I  am  |Hfinili;0  [u  atalc,  Uiit  tlir  rrriritT  of  till'  valnhil  eaMtean  be 
jrull>  atlcpUil  \)i  n  niliilil<r  of  tlivOiurch  uf  EikitKitnil,  and  any  CHHnnna- 
tiKialMi  will  tin  tlianktblllr  ri'i'clvirij  atril  *.cliniiw|iiljttd  by  Ha,  Oca. 
t'HiLLiran*,  Mccritarr  al  SI.  Tiiumai  Charter  iiuuM,  Uotw«tl  Sbeet, 
ILund^u,  JC.U. 

I 

BOOKBINDING  — in    the   Munastic,   (iROLiKR, 
MAIOI^I  and  IL1<UMINATE»  itylei-in  the  muat  auperior 
manner,  bgr  £ngUah  and  VoiciKo  Workmen. 

JOBSFH  ZABIINKDOKF. 

BOOKBINDER  TO  THE  KINU  OK  IIAKOVBB. 

Kmliah  and  Korcliin  Bookfatiider, 

ao,  BRYDOES  BTKEiCT.  COVENT  UAKUEN.  W.C. 

HEDGES   &    BUTLER,  Wine  Merchants,   &c. 
recommend  and  GUAKANTEE  the  followinjt  WINEB:  — 
Fun  wholeaome  CJLAHET,  aa  drunk  at  Boidosux,  1S«.  and  Ma. 
per  doien. 

Whits  Bordeaoz  (4«.  and  aw.p«rdoa. 

Oood  Hock Vkt,    „     SM.        n 

Siarkiinc  Bpientay  Champacne Ma..  4  m.    „     mm.      „ 
ood  Dinner  Bherry Ha.   n    >nt.      „ 

Port sa.,anii.  „    ata.      ,. 

They  Invite  Um  attcntioo  ofCONNOfMEUKS  to  their  varied  itock 
of  CHOICE  Ol>0  PORr,aon>iatinitorWiue*ollhe 

Celebrated  vintage  ISJO  at  iMw.  perdos. 

Vintage  IM4 ,  into.      „ 

VictagelSM ,.    S4<.      „ 

TiBtaMlS47 K    7S».       ,. 

all  of  Bandcmaa'a  ihlpptng.and  in  flrat-rate  condition. 

Fine  old  "bceawing"  Port.  48*.  aud  flOj.i  lupcrior  81>crT7.S«a..4ti. 
4Ri.i  Ciarata  of  ehuioe  Krowtha,  SM..4U.,  4«a.,eUf.,  ;b.,  iMa.i  Hochhel- 
nurr,  Marcobrunner,  Itudwhelmer.  Hteinhen,  l.cilifraiimilck,  SOf.! 
Jotianneabergcr  and  HlekiibcrKrr,  72*.,  Ha.,  to  IM<.t  Braunlwrger,  Orun- 
liauaen,  and  Scharsbaitf.  4tw.  to  h4a.i  anarkUiig  Jlaicllc.4ito..S0a.j,  Sm., 
7W.<  very  choice  Champagne,  W».  n*.\  line  old  Hack,  Maliiucy,  Fron- 
tignac,  Varmuta,  Cooataalia.  I<aahrym«  ChrliU.  Inipenal  Taliay.  and 
oilier  rare  winn.  Finr  old  I'ale  Cujriiac  Brandy,  SQi.  and  Tli.  per  doa.i 
very  oliotee  Oognae.  vintage  imi  iwhkdi  gained  the  Sikt  eiaaa  gold 
medal  at  the  Paria  Ezhihltiun  of  liU&),  I44«.  wr  dua.  Foreign  Liqucuri 
of  evenr  daacrlption.  On  receipt  of  a  uoat-ufflee  aider,  or  teltaciwe,  any 
quantity  vUl  be  Airvarded  Immediately,  by 

HKDUKS  &  lilJTLEK, 

LONDON  t   l&i.  KKOENT  STREET.  W. 

Brigklon  i  SO,  Klng'a  Road. 

(Oiiglaallyaatabliahed  a.».  I«a7.) 

I?AU-DE-VIE.— This  pure  PALE  BRANDY,  18*. 
!i  per  gallon,  ia  peculiarly  fkve  fNim  adilily.  and  very  auperior  to 
recent  Importatlooa  of  Cognac.  In  Frcucii  buttlca,.1af.  pardoa.|  or  in 
a  caac  ftir  the  country.  Ma.,  railway  carriage  paiil.  No  agent*,  and  to 
be  obtained  only  of  IIENUY  BUETT*  IX>.,  old  Funlvai'a  DbUllery , 
llolbom,  E.C.,  and  so,  Hraent  ^trce(,  Waterloo  Place,  d.W.,  London, 
Pziaea  Cnneat  free  on  appluiatlott. 

PIESSE    and    LUBIN'S    SWEET    SCENTS.— 

X  MAGNOLIA,  WHITE  HOSE,  FKANUII'AKNI,  QERA- 
HIUM,  FAiCUOCLY,  EVKH-SWEET,  i^EMf.MOWN  HAY.  and 
1 ,000  othera.   f  f .  id.  aadi.— «,  New  Bond  If trect,  London. 

J>ONDS  PERMANENT  MARKING  INK. — 
1  Tilt  urlf ii>al  jDVcnilun,  faiatrLlahid  \Hi,  fi>r  marking  CHESTS, 
AMtLQ,  IMlTI  Al>.  u|iua  In iiiwliuid  litt«ti,  »«arlnK  apparel,  *e. 
K,B.-~Uwiug  la  tl!«  Rr««.i  rvpuiii  liiii-liid:ii:|ii>  l>.k  It  held  by  iaiiiiUra. 
ovtiillert. fee-,  inf^lor  iniitta<tk>pA axe  uircii  aitlii  i<<  tlie  poblio.  which  do 
not  pmaeH  ADy  irf  ll*  isitbrauil  ijualuJ^if,  I'l"  haacra  ahould  tlMra- 
rofcb<i>af«rullo<iha«m>tha>dilri:uu!i  H.u  li.ui  <u.  BISIIOPSQATE- 
8Ttt£ET  WiTUUI,  K-t'..  wlthuui  crJiliiii  ii..  Ink  u  not  genuine. 
Ikildi  Vtf  all  rt^vf^abJt  chtmbia,  lUlkiutn,  KK-.,  in  Ui«  United  Ung- 
doirt,  jifk'*  It,  i»i  buttk'i  im  ^f/.  »i»*  twr  inaje, 

NOTiC:^,  —  ItKMUVEu  frum  Bi,  Lun«  \jun>  iwbete  it  has  been 
fiatalilialutlDeajrli  half  ■  i;Eiilui7).  (a 

10,  BiiiUOfSUATJii  STREET  WITHIN.  E.C. 


BROWN  AND  P0L80N1) 

ATENT     CORN      FLOUR, 


OVARANTEED 

ka  fiiviMrii* 


DFBlbrECTLT  PD&B. 


DIKT  FOB  CMLPMUr. 


3*oS.  V.  ^lAB.  12. '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


207 


LOKDOy.  SATVBDAY.  MARCH  13,  16^. 


CONTESTS.— N«.  115. 


Addltionul  Paimc  207  — 
^  Folk  BalUuls,  309— Lard 

the  Tituia  ud  Dnffon«, 

Titinwtc  Children  of  King 
-  r  Derivation  —  The  Value 
vt,  Towtur  —  ExocMtiou  of 

•in.  211 


:— 8ir  \Vu\Ur  U^Wtah 
Oamisb  Prov< 
Bafcbfvo,  21  < 
•nd  Origin  oi  > 
Gharln  II.— Lord 
of  »  DkiW  Paper  i 
Anne  Bofeyn  —  Sell  I 

QTTEBIES  r  —  Anootor  Wonhiu  —  Hof h  Bmnhiun  —  A 
Bull  of  iiurkc's  —  Cairbriilge  Villag<e8  —  James  Cumiuing, 
Y.8.A.  —  JBiqrdo^  Canxoiieta  —  Heraldic  —  Sir  John  Jacob, 
Knt.  —  L*tin  Quotation  —  Moooah  —  Oearge  Poulct  —  B«v. 
Ghrifltoober  Bichairdaon  —  Botstion  Office— Rapior  —  8»n- 
flraCk — JobnflHfnrt,  Baq.— Dr.  Jaoob  Serailiu,  ai2. 

QosKZBB  iHTH  AuBW-BBS:- Tho  Mintirt«ria)  Wooden 
flpoan— BidK>p  Bamabgr  Potter  —  WilUain  Bpeaoe  — Sir 
John  Cklf  —  fiecanoeld  or  Beooanceld  —  War  of  Invea* 
turea,  n4. 

BSPLI£8:  —  PubUcatioD  of  Diariea.  315  — TaDerrand's 
Mute,  216- Posterior  of  Harold  iL  King  of  Xa^nd. 
817— Trials  of  Animate.  «18  — Lewri*  Morria,  819  — Whit- 
more  Family  —  Trouaers  —  Ilarriot  Livermorn  —  Digby 
Motto— Vconalo  Pools  — Tho  8«a  of  01a.i8  —  Tlic  Order  of 
the  Ship  In  Pmnw  —  Of»th  "  Ri  Offlcio  "  —  Thi;  Verb  "  to 

Liquor''  -  r- '  '^       '   nil  — WiUlam  Dt-ll,  D.D.— 

Martin  — Til  in  America  —  Giants  and 

Ihrardi  —  Au  i.    Fi»e  Vowola  —  Common 

I«nr  — 64.  Hmrj  jnaueiou — <iTti]abald   Hold — Dr.  John 

tiooT- Natter,  aST^ 


R 


WALTER  RALEIGH.    ADDITIONAL  PAPERS, 

^  I  continue  the  extracts  from  my  mbcelUneoas 
papers  regarding  Sir  Wdter  Baleuh.  I  am  not 
able  to  arrange  them  with  precision  as  to  tlie 
dates,  but,  as  in  the  former  iastancea,  those  readers 
of  "  N.  &  Q."  who  arc  acquainted  with  the  main 
incidents  of  his  career  will  not  find  any  difficulty 
in  this  respect. 

[Indorwd  by  Lord  BurghleyJ  «2l  D»c«nib.  1587. 
fir  Walter  fUlegb  letter  of  2000  ioote  and  200  bone  in 
Deir.  and  Cornwall. 

Addreased  "  To  the  Right  honorablo  mv  sixigaler  good 
Li  the  L.  bigbe  Treaonier  of  logUod." 

"  My  singuler  gootl  Lorde  accordinge  to  your  Lord- 
akipa  and  tbe  rest  of  my  Lords  directiotM,  I  have  attended 
thaEarle  of  Batli,  and  conferred  with  the  deputes  of 
Devon  and  the  Citty  of  Exon  for  the  drawinge  to  getber, 
«f  2000  foote  and  2U0  borao,  and  I  flnde  great  difference 
of  oppinion  amonge  them  :  aume  arc  of  oppision  that  this 
bnrdeu  wilt*  grcvous  uuto  the  countrey,  tiaadinge  att 
this  tjnme  voyde  of  all  trofique,  tbo  snbside  not  beinge 
yet  giithered,  and  the  pa«t  innstera  having  byn  very 
chareeabie.  S»  John  Gilbert,  S*  Bichard  Grenvile,  and 
the  Earle  hyimeolf,  beinge  more  aelous  both  in  religion 
and  her  majetties  e«rvic%  who  have  always  founds  a 
reddy  disposition  in  tbeir  derisions,  and  williago«B  to 
iMare  what  so  ever  shalbe  thought  meet  for  her  majtaties 
aerrice  by  the  people,  or  of  oppinion  that  the  nutter  and 
•ervice  wilbe  very  fesible.  it  is  most  osured  tliat  the 
earefull  usage  of  the  action  by  th<  .i..r„M,,  in  theh-Bererall 
devisions  will  tasely  induce  t  sort  to  what 

socfTar  shalbe  thought  ncoeaaai-;  Kijeetiei  mattj 

and  their  own  defence :  bat  aimie  other  of  tbe  coomishion 


of  Devon  (in  my  conscience  before  the  Lordo)  beiage 
both  infected  in  religion  and  vobcniently  malcontent, 
who  by  hoir  mnch  the  more  they  are  temperot.  by  so 
much  the  more  dangerous,  are  secreatly  great  hinderance 
of  all  actions  tendinge  to  the  good  of  her  thajesty  or  eanfly 
of  the  present  state.  Tho  men  make  doabt  that  your 
honor's  instructions  alone  ar  not  sufficient  and  saoft 
warrant  for  their  discharge ;  and  that  if  any  rofiiso  to 
contribute  they  see  not  by  what  they  should  be  infoned, 
with  a  thowsand  dilatory  cavelationa.  For  myne  own 
oppinion,  under  your  L,  correction,  if  it  might  iiotwilb^ 
standing  stande  with  her  majesties  likinge  to  beare  the 
one  ha^  of  the  charge,  being  great,  it  would  be  very 
consonant  to  all  good  polUcy ;  and  the  countrey,  as  1  judge, 
will  willingly  deflray  the  rest,  which,  oales  ther  wear 
ministera  of  other  disposition  will  not  be  so  sauiflv  and 
easaly  broagbt  to  effect  I  have  sent  your  Lordslilpe  an 
estimate  of  uie  whole,  with  which  I  htimble  pray  your  L. 
to  acquaynt  her  majesty,  and  not  otherwise  to  impart  my 
letter,  biecaaae  I  am  bold  to  write  my  simple  oppinion 
playnlr  nnto  yonr  Lordshipe,  the  same  beinge,  as  the 
Lord  doth  judge,  without  respect  or  pardalUty,  bavines 
TDwed  my  tnrvaile  and  Ufo  to  her  majesties  service  ouy 
and  ftiT  ever. 

"  I  havQ  writen  to  the  deputes  of  Cornwall,  and  am 
roddy  to  lepaire  thither  with  all  dilUgence,  and  to  par- 
forme  tho  rest  of  hir  mnjesties  command  gevcn  mee  in 
charge  by  your  Lordshipe. 

**  And  yc^-en  so,  humble  cummcndTOg  my  service  onto 
yonr  Lordshipe  favorable  construction,  1  take  my  lava. 
From  Jilxon  this  xx  of  December. 

"  Your  L.  to  do  yon  all  honor  and  semce, 

"  The  Cittlaena  of  Exter  as  yet 
refuse  to  beare  such  part  as  was 
thought  meet  by  the  levetenonta 
ot  Devon  and  the  rest" 

[In  an  Account  entitled  "  Extraordinarie  raj- 
ments  out  of  the  Receipt^  from  our  Ladie  doie 
1587,  UDtH  Michas  followinge,"  occurs  this  item: 

"  18  JonJj  1587.  To  S'  Walter  Raleigh  to  be  imploied 
occordingc  to  hir  Majesties  direction        .        .    VL  H^.] 

(Indorsed  by  Raleigb),  **  Order  for  the  pattingein  red- 
dines  of  200U. footmen  accordinge  to  yotu-  honor's  dirae- 

UODS. 

rSr  R.  Orenvill  with  his  Band  of 
200fl    men    nn-    Richard  Carew  with  his      .    . 
der  captayna    8*^  John  Arruudell  witli  his     . 
to  repaire   to    M'  Bevill  with  Lis 


tbe  Court  or-{  The  provost  marshal  IJohn  Wrey 


elaewhor  with 
my  L.  direc- 
tions. 


Thomas  Lower  with  his  , 
Tristram  Arcote  with  his 
John  Trekny  with  his  , 
.John  Kesicener  with  his . 


800 
800 
SOO 
SOO 

aoc 

SOO 
200 
200 
200 


"  Wee  have  apoynted  4  waj^es  to  each  bmidred,  and 
Titles  for  fourteen  dayes,  and  wee  accompt  to  mount  the 
one  half  on  hacknes  for  expedition  -.  wee  provide  tooles 
for  200  pioners,  as  well  for  our  own  incampinga  as  to 
■are  her  majesty  in  her  camp  rcoll.  Also  woe  have 
ordayned  a  comet  of  horamen  to  be  in  reddinea,  if  yotir 
honours  shall  command  tho  same,  to  be  added  to  this 
2000  ftootmen  ;  and  if  I  shall  not  bo  commanded  doMm  my 
aealf,  T  have  thought  good  to  direct  S'  Richard  Grcnvill 
to  have  the  conduction  of  this  regcment  to  brings  them 
to  the  campe,  wher  after  your  hanoura  may  otherwise 
dispose  of  the  charge,  as  it  shall  best  like  yonr  wiadomea. 
"  Tour  booora  humble  att  cummond^ 


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[8^8.V. 


L 


lodoned  "  xiilj*  September,  1588.  81  for  stay  of  all 
ftbipping'  upon  tho  north  coastc  of  Devon  and  Corawall. 
To  S'  Rich.  Grenrill.    Entred. 

*  R.  Tr.  and  welb.  we  greU  you  wdL  Wher  we  have 
some  occasion  offred  to  ua,  by  reaaoa  of  c«rten  shippes 

Sart  of  the  Spa.  Arauida,  that  cominz  aboat  Scotland  ar 
ryreQ  to  socdry  port«8  io  tho  west  of  Ireland,  to  put  in 
miyms  Boma  foroaa  to  b«  Mnt  into  Ireland  aa  farder  oc- 
CMnn  ahall  be  gyran  as,  which  we  meam  to  be  ahipped 
in  ttie  Byver  of  Sereni,  to  pass  from  there  to  VTatenoni 
or  Cork,  we  bare  thoaght  mete  to  make  cboiss  of  3-ow  for 
thia  aervice  followvng.  We  rwjaire  yow  that  upon  the 
north  cost  of  Devon  and  Cornwall,  towardea  Severn,  yow 
make  atay  of  all  sbippyne  luete  to  transport  aoldiera  to 
Waterford,  and  to  gyve  cuard^  that  the  aainc  shippea  be 
nude  redy  with  Maaterj,  Msrynor^  and  aU  other  maritym 
provisions  nedcfolJ,  so  as  upon  the  next  warning  g^ven 
bom  ufl,  or  from  our  Counsel,  they  may  be  redy  to  re- 
eeave  oar  sayd  soldiora,  which  tball  be  lii^  out  of  Corne- 
wall  and  Devon,  and  iiij<=  out  of  GIo<:eAter  and  SomL-rsett* 
aUre.  We  have  also  some  other  further  intention  to  use 
your  aerrice  in  Ireland  with  thece  shippes  aforaayd, 
wherof  8'  Walter  Ralech.  Knight,  whom  wo  have  ac- 
quaynted  therewith,  &b^l  inform  yow,  who  also  hath  a 
diipoaition  for  our  service  to  pass  into  Ireland,  ether 
WUD  these  forces  or  be/ore  they  shall  deport. 

The  following  is  in  Raleigh's  handwriting,  and 
is  indorsed  by  Sec.  Windebank  thua  :  "  Consider- 
alioQS  concerning  Reprjsallea  "  :  — 

"  All  that  hath  or  ahalbe  taken  may  be  brMght  in 
question. 

**  The  pepper  of  the  laat  carrecke  cUyned  by  the 
Taketa. 

"  The  Italians  may  as  well  clayme  the  goods  brought 
firom  the  Indies. 

"  Jadgments  alreddy  geven  in  Ibis  case  of  late  for 
Bragg  and  others. 

"If  the  Qneene  held  her  kingdome  of  the  Venetians, 
yet  could  tbe^  not  clavrae  surb  a  preheminence. 

**  The  Italians  goods  taken  by  the  Duakerkers  in  our 
shippt  never  by  them  claymed. 

"  Tho  French  never  clayme  their  goods  taken  in 
Spanishc  botlotnen. 

"  The  Venectens  arc  not  ignorant  of  this  law,  for  be- 
irydes  that  it  it  a  lane  among  all  nations,  they  have  bad 
a  sutc  against  S'  John  Gilbert  this  two  ycare  upon  the 
same  poynt 

*'  The  Kings  of  Sweden  and  Dcnouu'ke  in  their  late 
warrs  did  not  only  confiscate  all  shipps  that  came  to  tho 
contrary  syile,  but  putt  people  to  the  sworde,  of  what 
nation  eocvcr,  tfi,it  traded  with  their  enemiea. 

"Tbt     r  n   reginiynethe  all  other   bottomea, 

and  if  ip'  .ade  of  the  Spanlahe  shipps,  the  aea 

warr  of  ou,  |,..,  l  ,-  ..u  an  end. 

"  Tho  Queejie  will  lose  ten  thowaand  pound  a  yeore 
oustome  bv  this  Jud^^ment, 

**  And  Seaidcs  the  loss  to  the  realme  of  good*  taken 
|GM)  the  enemye,  tlier  will  follow  many  incoavenieneaa, 
m  well  tb«  iropoveriahiiig  of  the  enemy,  the  not  setting 
sou  mmriners  a  works,  tue  disuse  of  our  men  from  the 
warrs,  jind  the  want  of  intelligenee  dayly  gotten. 

**  It  were  strange  to  3-cUT  io  a  case  wher  thcr  ia  « 
direct  lawe  to  warrant 

"  Th«  cLuaore  of  the  tnAnhaat  ia  not  to  be  esteemed. 

»  VTee  abaU  1cm  more  bj  lerlog  repdaall  this  by  tb* 
trade  of  VennlsL 

"  The  TencUena  can  not  healp  us  nor  hamie  ua. 

"  It  is  matter  of  great  conaeqaeoco  to  be  ydlded  unto. 
U'ee  eugbl  to  be  curious  io  such  a  caae  where  boiiort 


priviledge,  and  graataes  of  states  nnd  priooM  mb  la  qass* 

tion. 

"  It  were  strange  that  the  Queen  should  doobt  to  fsOi 
that  the  IngUahe  should  not  serch  French  bottooas  eai 
now  doubt  to  stow  good  taken  in  Spantahe  shipps  Aoa 
Venetieos," 

J.   FaTHB   COLISMM, 


CORNISIt  PROVERBS. 

Whilst  the  study  of  the  provincial  dialects  bai 
ffreatly  increased  during  the  past  half  cent 
that  of  local  proverbs  still  remains  almost  tot 
neglected.     In  the  hope  of  calling  attention 
this  comparatively  new  pursuit,  and  showing  " 
large   a  number  can  be  gleaned  even  from 
county,  I  send  you  this,  the  first  part  of  a  col- 
lection, and  with  your  permisuon  others  ahall  fol 
low:  — 


I  has 

^ 

OOt     1^ 


U  CORHI91I    PROVKRBtAL  BHTS 

1.  He  that  hurts  robin  or  wren. 
Will  never  prosper  boy  nor  man. 

In  the  vulzar  pronunciation,  the  rfaytne  b  at- 
tained by  a  long  d,  man.  See  also  the  OCXt 
example  :  — 

2.  By  Tro,  Pol,  and  Pen, 
ttoa,  Caer  and  Lan, 
You  shall  know  all  Cornish  meo. 

The  second  line  of  this  old  saw  is  frequc 
omitted,  and  certainly  the  prefixes  mentiooed  I 
it  are  not  so  common  as  those  containe<i  in  ' 
preceding  line.  The  antiquity  of  this  eaying  mff 
DC  gathered  from  the  fact  that,  in  Andrew  wrdva 
Book  o/KnowUdge  (1542)  occur  these  line*— 

"My  bedavtr  wyl  to  London  to  try  the  law, 
To  sue  Tre,  Pol,  and  Pen  for  wagging  of  a  stnw." 

3.  Better  a  clont  than  a  hole  ouL 

4.  More  rain,  more  rest ;  more  water  will  suit  the 

ducks  best. 

The  following  distich  refers  to  magpies :  — 

5.  One  fur  sorrow,  two  for  mirth, 
Three  for  a  wedding,  four  for  a  birth. 

Ma.  Couch,  in  his  Fitlk  Lore  of  a  Consisl 
lage  C"N  &  Q."  l'»  S.  xii.  87).  has  ■ 
strange  substitution  of  death  for  birth. 

C  Cornwall  wiU  bear  a  shower  every  day. 
And  two  on  Sund.ty. 

7.  A  Scjily  ling  is  a  disb  for  a  king. 

8.  Cross  a  8til<s  and  a  gate  hard  bv, 
Yottll  bo  •  Widow  befon  you  du. 

9.  Tho  mistress  of  the  mUl 
Hay  say  and  do  what  Ae  wflL 

10.  One  is  a  play,  aad  two  is  a  gay  [a  toy}. 

Mr.  rralliwell,  in  his  Dlctionaty    of 
Wordt,  quotes  tho  following  poasogi: :  — 

*  As  If  a  thief)  aboiUd  b«  proud  of  bi«  halter,  a  hSMar 
of  his  clontea,  a  child  of  his  gay.  or  a  fool  of  his  twble.  — 
Dent's  fvUutay,  p.  40.  ' 


^j^^^lgl 


U.  A  Satnrdsy  or  a  Sanday  moon 
Cornea  onc«  in  aerenyeon  too  pooo. 

This  proT<*rb,  slightly  varied,  appears  to  be  cur- 
rent in  several  counties  of  England  as  well  oa  in 
the  Lowlands.  Cf.  *»N.  &  Q."  2"*  S,  ii.  S16; 
ill.  58. 

12.  With  OM  child  yon  may  walk,  with  two  yoa  may 
ride; 
Whoi  yoa  hare  three  at  home  you  miut  bide. 
13.  Like  a  ribbon  double -dye<I, 

[^L  Never  worn  and  never  tried. 

^m  14.  Baia,  rain,  go  to  Spain, 

H  And  come  a^ain  another  day ; 

H  When  I  brew,  when  I  bake, 

^  You  ihall  have  a  figgy  cak^ 

And  a  gUsa  of  brandy. 
With  the  lower  classes  of  the  Comiah,  a  "  plum 
pudding"  flnd  a  "plum  coke"  are  cbanj^ed  into 
"  ^SSy  pudding  and  cake."  Those,  however,  who 
wish  to  be  more  correct,  alter  the  fourth  line  into 
"  Yoa  shall  have  a  piece  of  cake." 
P.  W.  Tbepolpek. 


IfODEBN  FOLK  BALLADS. 


In  former  days  almost  every  event  that  at- 
tracted popular  attention  was  versified  in  rude 
fashion  oy  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  hear  instead  snatches  of  negro 
melodies,  or  songs  from  farces  or  comic  enter- 
tainments, wherever  you  so,  but  rarely  anything 
like  the  old  "  folk  poetry. 

A  short  time  ago,  takmg  a  long  run  oat  to  sea 
with  some  of  the  boatmen  from  Kamsgatc — who 
I  should  si«Y,  par  parentheae,  are  generally  very 
civil  and  intelligent  men — several  of  the  usual 
tales  about  smucrtrling  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  copy  was  procured  ;  and  as  it  is  pro- 
bably very  nearly  the  last  of  that  class  of  poetry, 
it  is  enclosed  exactly  as  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 
beach,  not  far  southward  of  Margate.  The  pre- 
ventive men  got  scent  of  the  matter,  and  opposed 
the  landing  ;  nnd  at  last  one  of  them  fired  on  the 
smugglera,  and  wounded  one  of  them  in  the  thigh 
n  little  above  the  knee.  This  man  was  a  fine 
strong  fellow,  called  Dick  Churchman  :  a  first- 
^Kte  seaman,  and  a  great  favourite  all  along  the 

ist.  So  slight  dill  the  wound  seem  to  him,  that 
took  no  notice  of  it  at  all,  but  kept  on  rowing, 
and  aAer  nx  hours  they  landed  at  BroadstairB, 


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  tJie  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  floor  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  obliged  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  arc  the  lines  that  record  his  fate. 
They  are  at  once  so  simple  and  genuine,  I  make 
no  apology  for  them,  rude  as  they  may  be.  At  anj 
rate  it  was  some  satisfaction  to  find  that  the  spint 
which  had  listened  to  the  popular  lay  of  the  bard, 
the  glee-man,  the  minstrel,  and  the  ballad-singer, 
was  not  wholly  extinct  in  England. 

**  MKES  0»  THE  DEATH  OF  mCHABt)    CBCnOBVAV. 

"  Good  people  give  attention 
To  what  I  wJU  imfold. 
And.  when  this  song  ia  sang  to  you, 
'Twill  make  your  blood  run  cold : 

"  For  Richard  Churchman  was  that  man 
Was  shot  upon  hia  poat. 
By  one  of  thoao  preventive  men, 
That  guard  along  our  coaat. 

"  It  waa  two  o'clock  one  morning. 
As  I've  heard  many  say, 
Like  a  lion  bold  be  took  bis  oar. 
For  to  get  under  weigh : 

"  For  aix  loug  hours  he  laboured, 
AH  in  his  bleeding  gore, 
Till  at  eitrht  o'clock  this  man  did  faint— 
Aloa  \  DO  vroa  no  more ! 

"  And  then  this  bold  preventive  man 
Was  fonred  to  run  away, 
For  on  the  New  Gate  station 
He  could  no  longer  Btaj*. 
"  There  waa  hopes  they'd  bring  him  back  again. 
And  tie  him  to  a  post; 
As  a  warning  to  all  preventive  men, 
That  guard  along  our  coast. 
"  Then  they  took  him  to  St.  Laurence  chnrcb, 
And  he  ties  burial  there; 
All  with  a  heartie  and  mourning  coach, 
And  all  hia  Trienda  were  there : 

"  And  sixty  couple  of  blue-jacket*, 

With  tears  nil  in  their  eyes. 

All  for  thft  lo%*  «i<  0\>w<!b.'«»ms„ 

ViuVO  VWvt  ^«k.\.  «tt^T«R. 


i^-J^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


l»*a.Y,MAn.li,'OL 


"  For  be  wu  Moved  bj  all  bit  friendf, 
LUcewiae  by  lieb  and  poor; 
Let's  hope  the  man  that  murdered  blm 
Will  never  rest  no  more !" 

Enclosed  i»  the  original,  in  the  boatnumV 
writing ;  both  which,  and  the  spelling,  are  much 
better  than  might  be  expected  from  one  of  his 
class.  A.  A. 

Poets'  Comer. 


LOBD  KUTHVEN. 

In  Park's  edition  of  Lord  Orford'i  Bogtd  and 
NoNt  Author;  a  long  notice  is  given  of  Patrick, 
third  Lord  Ruthven,  who  was  a  marked  man  of 
the  time,  for  his  participation  in  the  slaughter  of 
Bizsio  —  an  act  which  was  a  rear  aftefwards  re- 
Tenged  hy  the  asBassination  of  Ilenrj  Lord  Darnley 
at  the  Kirk  of  Field.  In  a  foot-note,  the  accom- 
plished editor  has  taken  notice  of  a  ciirious  little 
work  entitled  the  Zadiea  Cabinet  EnJta^ed  and 
Opened^  a  portion  of  which  is  said,  in  the  pre- 
face  dated  in  1666,  to  have  been  derived  from 
the  learned  and  scientific  observations  of  a  "  Lord 
Buthven."  Mr.  Park,  who  had  before  him  only 
the  fourth  edition,  dated  1667,  has  made  a  mis- 
take  as  to  the  authorship,  which,  strange  to  sav, 
is  shown  by  evidence  furnished  by  himself.  In 
the  preface,  the  portion  of  the  volume  previously 
mentioned  is  represented  as  token  from  the  papers 
of  the  late  llight  Honourable  and  learned  Chymist, 
the  Lord  Ruthven."  Now  Lord  Ruthven  of 
Freeland,  the  party  supposed  to  be  ihe  author, 
was  alive  in  1672;  his  son  David,  the  second 
Lord,  having  been  served  heir  of  his  father  May 
10,  1673.  The  date  of  the  peerage  was  Feb.  7, 
1650.  From  this  it  follows  that  the  late  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  the  writer 
u  to  whether  the  preface  partially  quoted  by  Mr. 
Park,  occurs  in  any  one  of  them,  and  especially 
what  are  the  dates  of  the  first  editions  ;*  because 
it  is  possible  that  the  Lord  Ruthven  referred  to 
may  have  been  the  immediate  surviving  younger 
brother  of  the  murdered  Earl  of  Gowrie,  and 
who,  dejure,  was  entitled  to  be  so  called,  as  the 
moment  the  breath  had  passed  from  his  lord- 
ship's body,  the  title  Jure  sanguime  came  to  him, 
and  he  never  was  lawfully  attunted  as  Earl  of 
Gowrie. 

It  is  an  historical  fact  that  William,  by  right 
foiu^  Earl,  was  addicted  to  scientific  pursuits, 
and  had  great  knowledge  in  chemistry,  whereas 

the  flnt  edition.— £d.] 


the  Ruthvcns  of  Freeland  were  not  in  the  slightest 
d^[ree  given  to  such  investigations.  EarlWU- 
liam  might  have  safely  oome  back  any  time  after 
the  demise  of  the  family  perseoutor,  for  King 
Charles  does  not  seem  to  nave  entertained  the 
same  detestation  of  the  Ruthvens  as  his  father 
had,  for  he  rwsed  one  of  the  family  to  the  high 
rank  of  an  earl  both  in  England  and  Scotland. 
This  nobleman  having  left  only  two  daughters, 
the  Earldoms  of  Forth  and  Brentford  ezpir^  with 
himsel£  J.  M. 


DESTRUCTION  OF  THE  TITANS  AND  DRAGONS, 
AND  ORIGIN  OF  THE  VINE. 

"  Androcydaa,  sapientia  dams,  ad  Alexandmm  magnnm 
•eripsit,  Intemperantiam  ejos  cohibens :  '  Yinnm  potunu, 
Rex,  memento  bibere  to  sangoinem  Temc."*— Pliny, 
Nat.  HiiL  1.  zhr.  c.  6. 

In  the  astral  myths,  the  giants  symbolised  the 
terrene  energy ;  and  this  sage  admonition  of  the 
renowned  Androcydes  suggested  to  me  the  fol- 
lowing mythol(>gical  fancy :  — 

Great  Terra  trembled  —  surging  with  afiright 
Did  Keptune  in  his  deep  recesses  cower ; 

Till  the  swifl  Hours,  sphere-circling,  waked  each 
Star.* 
In  darkeniiu;  twilight  of  the  west  afiir 

Then  flashed  Orion's  splendent  sword,  and  bright 
Arcturus  beaconed  from  his  zenith  tower 

To  Cepheus,  Sagittarius,  Sirius — all 

Heaven's  mighty  host  to  mount  ihe  flaming  walLf 

Startled  from  slumber,  Noz  beheld  the  stream 
Of  their  dread  darts,  a  meteor  tempest,^  hurled, 

Freauent  and  tbick,  against  the  rebel  Giant, 
Who,  with  his  sons,  and  Dragon  brood,  defiant, 

(Unnatural  league)  would  vannuish  Jove  supreme. 
And  mar  the  orbed  order  or  the  World. — 

Dubious  the  war,  till  Lucifer's  pale  crest 

Signalled  Apollo  from  the  kindling  east. 

Scarce  had  Aurora  cleft  the  veil  of  clonds 
That  wrapped  Olympus,  when  the  Sun-God 
rose. — 
Struck  by  the  dreadful  lightning  of  his  eye, 
O'erthrown,  transfixed,  the  monster  Saurians  die, 
(Memorialled  hideous  in  their  stony  shrouds ;) 


*  ^Avrpolas  M  ^dKayyas  ierap$4ts  ivKt(riv*Qptu 

*tipUfy  ^l^  cIXk(. — Nonnos,  Dmijfdaca,  L  L 
The  anblime  thongb  incongmons  imagmy  of  Milton's 
paradisaical  poems  is  borrowed  wkolmak  fkom  the  de- 
scriptions in  the  J)mmysiaea  of  the  Titanian  War,  and 
Oliatim  vt  tka  stany  genii ;  althongh  fbw  aeholait  will 
feel  disposed  to  hont  out  these  plagiHians  in  the  crabbed 
Greek  w  that  atOted  and  eniions  epic. 
*  «]IiHil«  flmtmantia  Mondi.**— LwrrtiM. 
I  »  Twinstas  tdonun."— ObML 


8»*  8.  V.  Mar.  1«,  '64,] 


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211 


Wliile  'neath  the'his*ingfaolt8'  redoubled  blows 
Typhcuus'  life-blood  o'er  the  dark  soil  flows  : 
Thence  sprang  the  saiuruine  fruitage  of  the  A^ine, 
Yielduig  for  gods  ana  men  the  glorious  purple 
wine. 

J.L. 
Dnblin. 


iLLBGITUtATE  CoiUtaKR  OF  KiSG  ChASI^S  IT. 

I  enclose  a  cutting  from  a  newspaper,  purporting 
to  give  as  correct  a  list  of  these  as  can  be  ascer- 
tained, or  I  should  rather  say,  those  whom  King 
Charles  acknowledged  as  his  own.  Perhaps  some 
correspwndent  of  "  N.  &  Q."  con  point  out  inac- 
curacies in  the  statement ;  at  any  rate  there  is 
one  In  calling  tlie  Duchess  of  Cleveland  Barbara 
VUiiers  instead  of  Pidmer :  — 

**  The  illc^timate  children  of  Eia^  Charles  11.  were 
populju-ly  believed  to  be  legion,  bat  he  acknowledj^ed 
only  CI)  James  Staart,  son  of  a  young  ladv  in  Jersey, 
who  took  holy  orden,  and  died  a  Catbolic'priati  (2) 
James,  Duke  of  Moninouth,  ion  of  Lucy  \Valtcrs,  exe- 
cuted for  treason  by  his  uncle's  commaud ;  (.3)  Mary, 
dangbter  of  the  same  lady,  married  first  to  William  Sars- 
fleld,  an  Irish  trentleman,  and  afterwards  to  WilHam 
Fanshaw ;  (4 )  Charlea  Tiizroy,  Duke  of  SoutbamptOD, 
(6)  Henry  Fitzroy,  Duke  of  Grafton.  (6^  George  Fitz- 
ray,  Duke  of  NorthnnDberland,  and  (7)  Anne,  CoHntflB 
of  Susaex  — nil  children  of  Barbara  Villiers.  tho  fierce 
DocliesB  of  Clfvel.iiiil;  (8)  Cliarles  Beauclerk,  Duke  of 
St.  Alban'is  and  (tO  «Tanies  Bcauclerk,  sons  of  Nell 
Owynrte;  (ID)  Cli«rlcs  Lennox,  Duke  of  Richmond,  son 
of  Louise  QuerouaiJlti,  Duchess  of  Portamouth;  (11) 
Uary  Tudor,  mnrrird  tn  tho  hnir  of  Lnnl  Drnvpnt-svntcr, 
daughtn  nd 

(13)  a,  J 

and  (Hi    .; ,,  .   :.  ,..;.   „.    Sir 

Robert   Paston,   Bart,,    i.  i    Vannoutb, 

dan?htflT  of  F.liz»Soth,  \  um.     'iliree  of 

til-  .    v.ln.li    sliU    exist  —  Graftuo, 

K'  itia  —  and  other    fiimiiies  trace 

thi  I Lu  with  the  children  of  the   last 

popoiar  btuarL" 

Oxosussu. 

LoATt,  LaDT  :  THBTB  Debtvatios.  —  "  My 
Lord,"  as  a  style  of  address,  is  of  frequent  occur- 
rence in  the  Bible,  while  the  use  of  "Sir"  is 
fompurotively  rare,  the  eiirliost  passage  in  which 
we  meot  with  it  being  Gcnc5is  xliit.  20,  "  OSir, 
we  came  down,"  &c.  See  John  iv.  II;  xx.  15; 
Acta  xiT.  15;  Rev.  vii.  14,  and  elsewhere.  It 
was  \\*i^\,  lis  now,  to  strangers,  or  to  elders,  ini- 
r'  i^t,  as  instanced  above. 

1^1"  seems  to  have  been  universally 
adojitPd.  Kings  and  prophet*  were  so  addressed. 
"  Sara  obeyed  Abraham,  callinr»  him  Lord."  (See 
Gun.  xviii-  12.)    r     '  .f  her  father. 

Ewiu    is  thtw  r.  1    by  Jacob. 

»^'''   ^'      -  ■  ■  though 

.  to  his 


Bible :  "  Now  therefore  Lord  Hohfernen^'"  &c. 
Judith  V.  24. 

"  Lord"  is  said  to  be  an  abbreviaUon  of  the 
Anglo-Saxon  compound  Ulaf-ord,  and  was  for- 
merly so  written ;  =  hlaf^  raised,  and  ort/,  origin, 
of  high  birtk.  So  "  laily  "  is  the  Anglo-Saxon 
Hlafd-ig:  the  initial  letter  omitted  gives  La/d-igt 
which,  with  the  final  ig  changed  into  y,  becomes 
Lafd'y;  the /suppressed,  we  have  Zuci'y  =  lofty, 
raiseil,  exalted.  •'  Lord"  and  "  Laily"have  be^ 
otherwise  traced  from  A.-S- ;  but  the  derivation 
already  given  is  preferred  by  etTmologist*.  (See 
Richardson  On  the  Studbf  of  TiFordj,  and  D\ct.^ 
8.0V.  »  Lord,"  "Lady.")  F.  PniiLorr. 

Thb  Valdk  or  a  Daut  Papbb  is  1741. — From 
nn  indenture,  dated  Au^st  31,  1741,  between 
Dorothy  Beaumont  and  James  Myonet.,  it  appears 
that  one  Mr.  Vander  Esch  assigned  to  Mrs.  Beau- 
mont "three-twentyeth  portions,  or  shares  of,  and 
in  the  public  newspaper  commonly  called  or  known 
by  the  name  of  the  Dayly  Adnertizer,"''  as  an 
equivalent  for  the  payment  of  200Z.  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.  If  200/.  was  the 
selling  price  of  the  aforesaid  shares,  it  is  scarcely 
necessary  to  add,  that  tho' Daily  Advertiser  wu 
worth  about  1332/.     Ls  this*  likely  ?        B.  H.  C. 

TowT,  TowTBB, — These  words  are  looked  upon 
as  vulvar,  and  are  banished  from  respectable  aic> 
tionanes  acconlingly.  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  aprons — 
the  immemorial  htpters — one  would  think  sullicient 
vouchers  for  Uie  respectability  of  tho  name.  But 
further  than  this,  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  there 
would  be  an  archaism^  difficult  to  account  for  at 
the  time  of  our  translators.  Of  course,  originally 
"  I  do  you  to  wit,"  meant  "  I  make  you  to  know ;_" 
but  'Mo"  ceased  to  mean  "make,'  and  came,  it 
would  seem,  to  be  regarded  in  this  pbra-sc  as  a 
mere  auxiliarv  verb :  *'  to-wit,"  or  towt,  being  the 
principal  verb.  "  To-wit,"  or  toict,  accordingly, 
came  to  mean  "  to  inform,"  or  *'  direct ;"  and  a 
"  to-witter,"  or  towter,  one  who  informs  or  direct*. 

Some  candid  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  may  have 
something  more  correct  to  impart ;  if  not,  hit 
utatur  meaum.  B.  L. 

'^^  .  Ectrnos  OF  AxKS  BoLETS.  —  In  Iloussaie'a 
,  T  (voL  i.  p.  435)  a  little  circutnataixcft,  ve.t^t- 

luu:  i  COttCJetWa^NJoSi  ii«i«SMJvV4.V*s'<\^"v-  i^».Xs'i.''C!*^'*sV>', 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


19HS.Y.  HAn..l%%L 


: 


which  illustrutea  an  observation  of  Ilame.  Our 
historian  notices  thut  the  person  ivho  executed 
her  was  born  in  Calais;  and  tha  following  story 
concernini^  her  is  said  to  have  been  handed  down 
b^  tradition  from  an  account  of  the  executioner 
fatmself :  — 

"Anne  Boleyn,  beiiiff  pn  the  scaffold,  would  not  con> 
sent  to  have  her  eyes  bancUged,  saying  that  she  had  do 
fear  of  death;  but.  Us  she  was  openin^^  them  every  mo- 
ment, he  could  not  bear  their  tender  and  beauLiful 
glances-,  he.  to  take  her  attention  from  him,  took  off  his 
aboM,  and  approached  ber  silently  while  another  persoo 
adronced  to  her,  who  made  a  great  noise.  This  circum* 
stance  u  said  to  have  attracted  the  erei  of  Anne  Boleyn 
to  him,  whereupon  be  struck  the  fatal'blow." 

Thomas  Firmtkgek. 

ScKLESwio-HoUTEni. — The  followin^i  his- 
torical fact«  may  assist  in  removing  the  Gordian 
knot  of  red  tape  with  which  diplomacy  has  en- 
veloped  the  question  of  right  to  the  donjinion  of 
these  duchies  :  — • 

1.  Schleswig  la  admitted  universally  to  be  an 
appanage  of  the  Daniah  crown  ;  its  government 
or  constitution  varies  from  that  of  Denmark,  in 
retaining  raoro  of  the  representative  clement. 
The  Gottorp  portion  of  Scbleswig  was  formally 
ceded  to  the   King  of  Denmark  in  1773.     The 

Eopulation  of  Schleawi^   in   1848  consisted  of  — 
>anes,  185,000;  Frisians,  25,000 ;  and  Germans, 
120,000.     Total,  330,000. 

2.  Holstein,  aft^r  various  conquests  and  revo- 
lutions, wa.<f,  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,  Ilolstein  was  incorporated  with 
Schleswig  and  Denmark  as  one  monarchy. 

4.  In  1815,  the  Kin-^  of  Denmark,  coufonnably 
with  the  treaty  of  Vienna,  joined  the  German 
Confederation  as  Duke  of  Holstcin,  with  one 
vote  in  seventeen,  and  three  votes  out  of  the  total 
of  sixty-six,  according  to  the  subject-matter  db- 
cuMscd  in  the  Diet. 

5.  Tlie  Kin^  of  Denmark,  Ferdinand  VII.,  in 
1815,  proposed  lo  give  a  constitution  to  Holstein, 
which  was  disallowed  by  the  German  Confedera- 
don. 

6.  On  July  4,  1850,  the  London  protocol,  signet! 
by  Great  Britain,  France,  I'ru.iaia,  ond  Sweden, 
guaranteed  the  integrity  of  Denmark,  and  ap- 
proved the  steps  taken  hj  the  Kiny;  relative  to 
the  M'ttlcment  of  the  Danish  ^nccession. 

r  7.  The  protocol  of  August  23,  ]«50,  was  agreed 
to  at  London  relative  to  Denmark,  Schleswig 
ond  Il«iUtetn,  by  Austria,  Denmark,  France, 
Great  Brituin,  Russia,  Sweden,  atid  Norway. 

8.  The  last  important  treaty  of  Lontlon  by  the 
above  European  rower*,  on  Muy  8,  1852,  regu- 
lated the  settlement  of  the  Danish  Crown,  and 
■et  aside  tli«  claim  of  the  bouse  nf  Augustunhurg 

T.  J,   BOCKTOW 


AxcBSTOB  WoasHip. — Will  any  of  your  readen 
inform  me,  for  the  benefit  of  a  clergyman  en- 
gaged in  missionary  work  in  South  Africa,  of 
any  English  or  French  works  which  treat  of  an- 
cestor wonship,  and  ancestral  worshipping  nations? 
If  of  sidereal  worship  and  sidereal  worsbippjog 
peoples  or  tribes  also,  oU  the  better.  H. 

HncH  Bbakham.  —  In  Hakluyt's  CoUectu 
Voi/ajre»  (about  p.  590  of  the  edition  I  us 
the  British  Museum),  there  occurs  in  an  aci 
of  Iceland,  mention  of  a  letter  sent  to  the  B 
of  Holar  (Gudbrand  Thorliac)  by  the  reverea 
and  vertuoua  blaster  Hugh  Brauham,  minister  of 
the  church  of  Harwich  in  England,  in  a.i>.  1592 
or  thereabouts.     The  letter  ofParson  Branl 
not  given,  only  the  Icelandic  bishop's  reply, 
anyone  tell  me  where  I  can  find  Branbam  a 
or  anything  about  Branhani  ?  E.  S.  ML 

A  Buix  or  Biteke's.  — Burke,  in  his  *♦  Speech 

on  the  Petition  of  the  Unitarians"  (I7&2),a8ys : — 

"  la  a  Christian  Common  we  Altb,  the  Church  'vud. 
State  arc  one  and  the  u.me  thing ;  being  difTereot  to 
parts  of  the  same  whole." 

Can  any  one  help  me  to  a  logical  in 
of  this  passage,  and  explain  how  two  different 
of  the  same  thing  can  be  identical  f     Are  w 
account  for  Burke's  language  in  this  instan 
recollecting  his  nationality  ?  C  G. 

Cambridob  Yillaqes. — Two  villtges,  errone* 
ously  called  sometimes  Papworth  St.  Agnes,  and 
Papworth  St.  Everavd  —  as  Papworth  Agnea  ia 
dedicated  to  St.  John  the  Baptist,  and  Papvocth 
Everard  to  St  Peter —  exist  in  Cambridgeakir*. 
Can  any  of  your  readers  explain  the  peculiar 
"  agnomen*^  of  Agnes  and  Everard  ?  I  never  yet 
beard  this  explained.  P.  AcnasT  Acpiat. 

Jaj<es  Cummuio,  F.S.A.  (son  of  Alexander 
Gumming,  F.R.S.)  was  one  of  the  chief  clerks  of 
the  Board  of  Control,  and  edited  Fclthani'*  ^*- 
tolcei,  ]  806.  He  also  drew  up  so  much  of  the 
East  India  Report  of  1813  as  relates  U>  Madras. 
Mr.  M'Culloch  {Lit.  PU.  Econ.  lOti)  aayt  he  wia 
"remarkable  for  his  minute  and  extenaive  know* 
ledgc  of  Indian  afiairs."  The  date  of  hin  death  it 
requested.*  S.  Y.  li. 

Hatdb's  Camzosiets. — May  I  troii 
another  query  respecting  linydn  ?  "W 


Jlu<,H  T 


I  A.  wcri:  wrivn-ii  U>  W( 


[*  Our  correepoodent  will  find  \uat\v  oarliculan  <.4  Mr. 
Cunimiug's /Mi6A«  Hft  in 


paniphlet.  a  cof^  of  wli 
*•  Brd-f  Notice  or  the  Service 


M 


e3  i»i   .!( r.  v^mnmiiiir.   i«to 

of  the  Kevenno  aod  Judicial  Depaitmcnto  io  U*»  OtAm^ 
the  KJgbt  Hon.  tha  Board  ot  OwiniisaSoaars  for  the  Af- 
fain  oAndia^  dated  Jely  M.  19S4.] 


8»*a.y.  Mar.  12. '04.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


213 


supplied  by  Anre  Home,  the  wife  of  the  celebrated 
John  Hunter.  Which  of  these  six  were  orifjinals, 
and  which  translations  P  Juxta  Tcriiu. 

Hebalpic. — I  should  be  grateful  to  any  of  your 
heraldic  contributor!}  who  could  furnish  me  with 
the  blazon  of  the  differences  (marks  of  cadency) 
borne  by  the  following  members  of  the  royaJ 
house  of  Plantagenet :  — 

1.  LioucI  of  Antwerp,  Duke  of  Clarence. 

2.  John  of  Gaunt,  Duke  of  Lancaster.  (Balnes's 
LaneasMre  gives  him  '*  a  label  of  three  points, 
ennine."     Is  this  correct?) 

3.  Richard.  Earl  of  Cambridge  (son  of  Edmund 
of  Lan^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  butt," 

6.  His  daughter  Marnfnret,  Countess  of  Salis- 
Dury,  wife  of  Sir  Richard  Pole,  K.G. 

FiTZ  JOHW. 

Sia  John  Jacor,  Kut. — Sir  John  Jacob,  Knt<^ 
of  Bromley,  Kent,  was  living  in  1653.  Can  any 
of  your  correspondents  kindly  inform  ine  as  to 
hifl  parentage ;  on  what  occaision  and  by  whom  he 
was  knighted;  whom  he  married,  und  whether  any 
of  hia  descendants  are  still  living  ?  H.  C.  F. 

Latik  Quota tion. — Can  any  reader  of  "N.&  Q." 
reduce  to  iente  the  following  bit  of  Latinity  in  an 
old  Concio  ? — 

"  nine  illcitur  spiritn  corritatia  quam  obsipnat  indiim 
dibua  Dostha ;  non  cre<lencit  a  ergo  est  spintu  qai  ab- 
doom  depoiilo  od  hamana  conimenta." 

Good  Latin  and  English  of  this  specimen  of 
type,  printed  off  af^r  being  driven  into  "pie," 
will  be  acceptable.  A  Stcdbst. 

Meccah.— The  elder  Niebubr  (Desc.  de  F Ara- 
bic, p.  310)  mentions  Jean  Wilde  as  having  visited 
Mccoah.  Where  can  I  find  an  account  of  his 
travels  ? 

It  seems,  by-the-bye,  to  be  a  net  uncommon 
belief  that  Burton  was  the  first  Christian  who 
visited  the  shrines  of  El  Islam.  Tiiere  wore  cer- 
tainly eij^ht  who  preceded  him,  to  wit,  Ludovico 
Bartema  (L-iOS),  Jean  Wilde,  Joseph  Pitts,  All 
Bey  (»807),  Giovanni  .Hnati  (1814),  Burckhardt 
0815),  Bertolucci,  and  Dr.  George  A.  W alien 
(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  enlarge 
this  list  ?  p.  VV.  S. 

New  York. 

GsoBCB  PotriET. — In  CoUins's  Pseroge  (1812), 
in  the  enumeration  of  the  issue  of  William  Poulet, 


first  Marquis  of  Winchester,  I  find  the  following 
passage :  — 

"  Lord  Thomru  Poulet,  of  Cogsinglon.  in  the  cnnnly  of 
Somerset,  tecond  iwi].  married  Man-,  daughter  and  hoir 
of  Thomas  Moore  of  Melpash,  in  Dorseuhire,  and  had  by 
her,  first,  George  Poiilel,  who  bv  Alict  his  wiftj,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Pacv  (or  Pleaey)  of  Hollierry  in  Hants,  wu 
fathor  of  Itachel,  married  to  Philip  de  Carteret,  Lord  of 
St.  Owen's  and  Snrk,  ancestor  to  the  Ule  Earl  Granville, 
ic"— Vol.  ii.  p.  373. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  author  of  Let  Chro- 
niques  de  Tile  de  Jernetj,  written  in  or  about  the 
year  1585,  and  published  in  Guernsey  in  1832, 
says  that  the  George  PowleL,  whose  daughter 
Rachel  was  married  in  January,  1581,  to  Philip 
de  Carteret,  was  the  brother  of  Sir  Amias  Powlet, 
at  that  time  Gov^-nor  of  Jersey,  better  known  in 
history  as  one  of  the  jailors  of  Mary  Queen  of 
Scots,  and  ancestor  of  the  Earls  Poulett. 

I  am  fully  persuaded  that  the  Chronicler  is 
right,  and  that  Collins  is  wrong.  I  should,  how- 
ever, be  glad  to  receive  any  confirmation  on  the 
point.  P.  S.  Cabbt. 

Rev.  CiiRiSTOPUKR  Richardson.  —  Can  any  of 
your  readers  give  me  any  information  respecting 
the  birth-place  and  parenlaye  of  the  Rev.  Chris- 
topher Richardson,  ejected  from  the  parish  of 
Kirkheaton,  near  Iluddersfield,  in  1G(>2  ?  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  Presbyteri-in 
orders.  No  trace  can  be  found  of  him,  as  far  .is  I 
can  learn,  .it  Cambrlilge  or  Oxford.  I  have  been 
told  that  the  correspondence  of  Cromwell's  Com- 
missioners, respecting  the  fittiess  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. 

RoTATioR  OrncB.  —  What  is  the  meaning  of 
this?  I  understand  it  to  be  some  office  where 
justices  of  the  peace  met.  Query,  for  what  pur- 
pose ?  W. 

RAPtEK. — This  family  was  settled  near  Thorsk, 
Yorkshire,  about  1630.  I  should  be  glad  to  find 
a  pedigree.  St.  T. 

Sakcboft.  —  As  my  Query  (3'*  S.  iv.  147)  has 
received  no  reply,  may  I  be  permitted  to  repeat  it 
in  a  form  more  likely  perhaps  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  Messrs.  Bogue  and 
Lambert — who  could  probably  have  answered  the 
question ;  and  it  is  just  possible  that  this  may 
meet  the  eye  of  their  sacceaton,  va.  \avis.\s«aik>  >S. 


214 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a»"«s.v.  jujuij,*! 


John  Sakgemt,  Esq. — Where  can  1  obtain  the 
best  account  of  John  Sargent,  Esq.,  M.P.  for 
Scaford  and  for  Quecuboroupb,  soiuctlme  Secre- 
tary to  the  Trejisury,  nntl  author  of  The  Mine  and 
other  poems  ?    He  died  in  1830."  M.  A.  Lowku. 

Db.  Jacob  Ssbekius.  —  Can  any  of  your 
readers  tell  me  where  I  can  get  Bif»ht  of  the  fol- 
lowino;  book  by  Dr,  Jacob  Serenius,  who  was 
Swedisli  chapluin  in  London,  1723-1734,  and  who 
died  Bishop  of  Strenpnaes  in  Sweden,  1776  ? 
Examen  llarmonirr  Religiouis  Luthertam  et  An^li- 
cutue,  Leydtfn,  1726,  bvo.  E.  S.  M. 


Tmjs  MiMigTEHuu,  Wooden  Spoon.  — There  is 
a  note  in  "  The  Inner  Life  of  the  House  of  Cona- 
moQs,'*  in  the  lilttstralrd  Times  of  March  5,  under 
the  above  heading,  and  the  writer  suggests  a  re- 
ference to  the  Editor  of  "  N.  &  Q."  for  explana- 
tion. Jt  is  stated  that  a  rigorous  account  is  kept 
of  every  vote  of  every  member  of  the  government. 
At  the  annual  dinner  of  the  ministers,  held  at  the 
close  of  each  session,  the  chief  whin  reads  this 
list,  and  it  is  said  that  the  man  to  whoee  liame  is 
appended  the  smallest  number  of  votes,  is  pre- 
sented with  a  wooden  spoon.  It  will  no  doubt  be 
interesting  to  many  readers  to  ascertain  the  origin 
of  tluB  strange  custom.  T.  B. 

[It  is,  w«  believe  quite  true  that  a  list  of  the  votes  of 
thoae  membwB  of  the  goventment  teho  are  in  the  Haute 
of  Oammont  is  prodnced  at  the  Whitebait  Dinner,  aud  he 
who  is  lowest  on  the  list  is  probably  ragardcd,  by  his 
Cambridgv  frieniU  at  least,  as'tlu  woodaa  spoon.  During 
the  adininiiinitiaa  of  Sir  Bobort  PmI,  wh«u  the  taiiii»- 
terial  party  was  storting  for  Grwawicb,  oug  of  them,  in 
psBsing  through  Hongerftrd  Mnrket,  bought  a  child's 
penny  mug  and  a  wooden  spoun.  AA«r  dinoer,  when  the 
list  of  votes  bAd  been  read  out,  th«  penny  mag,  oo  which 
was  painted  either  •'  James,"  or  "  For  a  good  boy,"  was 
presented,  with  all  due  solcninlty.  to  Sir  James  Graham, 
and  the  wooden  spoon  to  Sir  W'illlain  FoUett.  This  is 
probably  the  origio  of  the  sUleiuent  <iaoted  by  our  cor- 
iwpoadent.] 

fiisnor  DuufAitT  Pottbb.  — Can  any  of  your 
narth*country  readers  inform  me  whether  there 

was  ever  a  Bishop  of  (K.ii-i.    i i>-  R^,., 

ntby  Potter  ?     Ur.  Pfn  n^r- 

rick,  the  |x»et,  in  the  liv  u  „    .  . .Joron- 

d»irc;  but  what  bis  subsequent  carei>r  wx<»  1 
osDRot  ascertain.  >V,  E.  D. 

[Bamaby  Potter  wm  bom  at  or  near  Kendal  in  1578. 
Be  was  ^dut•atJ'd  Itj  Quwm'i  Collogo,  Oxfurd,  where  be 
waa  aftcErwards  mad*  Provost.    Un  held  ihid  post  (br  ten 

[•  John  SatRent.  Eki,.  diml  at  Lnrjngton.  In  Susiex, 
on  S«pt.  B.  luJJl.  o«i»d  atghty-out.— O'ctiI.  Mag.  for  Sept. 


years,  when  he  was  chosoa  chaplain  to  King  Jaam  I, 
and  by  his  intereit,  his  nephew,  Christopher  Pattsc, 
Sttoeeedad  to  the  Provostship.  From  the  Univvnity  k 
ruortad  to  the  court,  where  he  at  first  attended  on  PHas 
Charles.  When  Charles  ascended  the  thraci*  O^^ 
Potter  was  made  Bishop  of  Curlisle,  **  notwittaatooAv 
there  were  other saitors  for  it,  and  he  oeW  soaghl  fait' 
He  WAS  consecrated  at  Ely  llouae,  iu  lIoltMni, 
on  15th  March,  1628-9,  and  wna  comtnunly  eailad 
puritanical  bishop."  Fuller  remarks,  Uiat  "  it  twai 
ofhim,  in  the  time  of  BUng  James  I.,  that  organs  woald  Uav 
him  out  of  the  church,  which  I  do  not  believe^  til 
because  he  was  loving  of,  and  skilful  in,  vocal 
and  could  bosr  his  part  therein.  lie  was  of  a  w«ak  ea^ 
stitutioD,  melancholy,  lean*  and  a  hard  atadeet.''  Bt 
died  in  London  in  Jan.  1641-2,  and  was  burial  ia  Sl 
Pool's,  Covout  Garden.  Vide  Nicholson's  fwHi  ff 
Keadal,  eacoad  edition,  1861,  p.  338 ;  and  Wool's  <Sfc<— , 
by  Bliss,  iii.  21.] 

WiLu^ji    Spencb  (Political    Wrrter.'J — Hm 

gentleman,  who  lived  at  Hull,  was  aatlKir  of  a 
remarkable  pamphlet,  entitled  BriUdn  ImJKff^ 
devt  of  Commerce,  first  published  in  1 8(17.  Tnere 
were  several  subsequent  editions,  and  it  WM  !»©• 
noured  by  answers  irom  Jamca  Mill  ondCoLXor- 
rens.  He  also  nublished  other  worka,  UM 
18 Id.  His  disciples,  who  were  called  Smbm 
created  much  alarm  in  or  about  1818.  The  dal« 
of  Mr.  Spence's  death  will  oblige  &  T.  R. 

[Well  may  we  exclaim  *<Tcn)pora  mittaaliu* 
mutamor  in  illis !  "    William  Spenoe  the  politifil 
mist  is  now  clean  forgotten ;    while  WiOiaai 
F.L.S.,  the  entomologiat  (the  same  gilM 
will  be  long  remembered  for  his  assidaoua  Ubaoti  In 
taral  history.    Mr.  Spence  was  i  •■  ■  • ' ■  -  ■'"  TtisbA^j 
near  Beverley,  and  on  the  c.  t  of 

Roekinr^httm  became  the  first  c'.i.  .  ...  ...At 

nal.  Uii  reputation  as  a  poUtical  eooaomiat  nm 
established  by  the  pablication  of  the  work 
coPHspoodsnt  Fonr  of  Mr.  Spenco's  curly 
were  republished  by  Iiinuvlf  in  one  volume  ^vo 
enCitlad  7>uct«  on  Ptttitical  Eatmumy,  vix.  L 
dependent  of  Commerce.  "2.  Agriculture  the  So» 
Wealth.  8.  The  Objections  against  the  Com  Law 
Refbted.  4.  Speech  on  the  E»t  India  Tratltf.  In  tkt 
Dedication  to  John  Sjamoni^  Esq.  be  ays.  "  I  haw  ta 
thank  Entomolof/f  fbr  pnworing  m«  the  acquaintane*  d 
my  excellent  and  learned  Aasodale  in  caothaf  Viunsj 
undortakinR,  whore  fHendabtp  haa,  for  flttwn  y«ar«,  fana*! 
one  of  tl  '  ct^oyments  of  life," — alluding  t*  tka 

Kev.W].  .  his  oollaagoo  on  that  valoabl*  work. 

An  IntroilmlUn*  to  Entomology, 

.Mr.  Sixince  iliird  at  his  boose  In  Lowcr  8ayMluw  BUWJ 
on  Jnn.  r»,  18C0,  agwl  seventy- mtod.  In  th«  dbltaaij 
merDorials  of  liim  nt  that  t4m».  not  the  Ivint  r)f><i«4y !»«. 
ever,  woa  tokr:: 

Oar  eorraat-u 
th«    antOBU>log)<,    mUj    i'^jtmu    >f«n^^    t^g    /| 


«'dg.Y.  Mac  12. '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


of  the  Spencean  Scheme.  This  visionary  writer  at 
ons  time  kept  a  stall  at  No.  8,  Little  TuroBtile,  High 
Ilolbom,  which  he  called  "The  Hive  of  Liberty,"  vhero 
he  not  only  retailed  aalonp^  but  his  notable  production 
*  Piga'  Meat ;  or  Lessons  for  the  People,  alLu  (according  to 
Burke)  the  Swini«h  Multitude,  pubUabed  in  Penny  Num- 
bers, weekly  collected  by  the  Poor  Mao's  Advocate  (an  old 
peraecnted  Yeteran  in  the  Canue  of  Fnedom)  in  the  course 
of  his  Reading  for  Twenty  Tears,  *c"  To  attract  public 
attention  to  hU  Scheme,  Spence  struck  a  variety  of  me- 
daletaor  seditions  tokeasisome  of  which  are  politically 
Mtirifial  and  extrrawly  carious.  On  one  was  hi^  bust 
aarroimded  with  the  words,  "T.  Bpeac^  a  State  Pri- 
Mmer  in  1794.*'  On  the  obverse  is  a  representatioa  of 
George  IIL  riding  upon  John  Boll,  having  an  ass's  bead, 
and  axclainiiiig  snbmisaively,  "  Am  I  not  thine  aaa  ?  " 
See  Balaam  («  N.  &  Q."  2>"i  S.  vi.  348).  After  his  chival- 
rous labours  for  the  **  swinish  maltitade,"  poor  6ptnce 
closed  his  earthly  career  on  Sept.  8,  1814,  aged  fifty- 
■evto.  At  his  funeral  appropriate  mcdaUions  were  dlslri- 
bated,  and  a  pair  of  scales,  indicative  of  the  jnatice  of  his 
views,  preceded  his  body  to  the  grave.] 

Sir  Joini  Caxf.  —  In  a  Bible  in  the  po«9eMion 
of  Mr.  Bourne  of  BoxhuUe,  near  Battle  in  Stissex, 
u  the  following  copy  of  a  singular  epitaph.  It  is 
inscribed  on  the  blank  page  between  the  Old  and 
New  Testaments.  The  Bible  is,  I  think,  the 
first  edition  of  the  Authorised  Version,  and  the 
handwriting  appears  to  be  of  about  tiie  time  of 
Charles  L  :  -- 

"heare  lies  Sir  John  Calf 

Ihrise  mayor  of  londun  with 

hoauer  hoooer  bonner 

0(Woe  worth  subtil  dualh  more 

subtil  then  a  fox  |  would  not  l«t 

Sir  John  Calf  live  til  he  had 

beenf,  i  hit  be  mipLi 

have  f.  !ig  a  moagst 

liriers  aiu. „  |  anil   dun   as 

his  fore-olai;!rs  ilirl  were 

homes  boniea  horoeeL" 

The  book  appeArs  to  have  been  in'the  posseanoa 
of  a  fiwnily  ot  Gilpin  of  London  about  the  time 
when  this  %-leaf  scribbling  was  made. 

Query.  Was  Sir  John  Calf  a  real  personage ; 
and,  if  go,  when  did  he  serve  his  tnajorahy  ?  I 
I  have  no  Ibt  of  Lord  Mayors  by  me. 

M.iBK  AifTOHv  Lowm. 
(Another  vetrioa  of  this  singnUr  epitajih  appeared  In 
«.  «e  Q.-  tM  a  Tli.  1 47.    The  Mayoralty  of  London  has 
>ly  Dwer  been  ornamented  with  a  "real"  Sir  Jolm 
'"''      '  *  "ikl  Hues,  in ,  which  there  is  no 

iidon,  may  have  been  satirically 
/isdrate.  The  epiUph  oconn  in 
pabliahod  In  IfiQl.     Wo  quota 


C. 

ffwi..    ., 

-A  . 
he,  will: 
John  CaU : — 

*0  Ltaus  onndpoena  Tmru  niaeren  Joavirts, 
Quern  nun  prwv«ai«at  oohiii  casa  tnmB.* 


w,  wa3 

this  for 


'  Which  in  our  time  (says  Camden)  was  tllu  potaphroaed 
by  the  traiulator ; — 
'  All  Christina  men  in  my  behalf^ 
Pray  for  the  soul  of  Sir  John  Calf. 
O  cruel  death,  aj  subtle  as  a  Fox, 
Who  would  not  let  this  Calf  live  till  ho  had  been  an 

0x0, 
That  he  might  have  eaten  both  brambles  and  thoflis. 
And  when  he  came  to  his  fathar's  years,  might  have 

worn  horns.' " 
The  Latin   couplet  is  given  by  Franciscos  Swertiaa, 
EpUiqihia  Joeo- Stria,  ed.  1C45,  p.  87,  where  it  is  entitled 
"  Magistri  loonnis  le  Teau."    Camden's  version  is  alao 
printed  in  Pettigrew's  Chnnidet  of  the  Tambh,  p.  121.] 

Bbcanceld  OB  Baccahceu).  —  Two  cooncUa 
were  held  here.  Are  we  to  understand  Beckea- 
ham  or  Bapchild,  both  in  Kent  ?  B.  H.  C. 

[Bapchild  in  Kent  is  considered  to  have  been  the  plane 
by  some  of  our  moat  learned  antiquaries,  namely,  Camden, 
Dr.  Plot.  Johnson  of  Cnabtooka,  J.  M .  Eamble,  and  by  tha 
editors  of  the  MomanuOA  Mitloiiea  BrUmnica,  foL  184S> 
"Some  few,"  saiyi  Hosted,  "taava  snpposod  it,  from  tho 
aimlUtiideof  the  nam<^  to  have  been  held  at  Beckenhom,  a 
place  at  tha  weetom  extremity  of  Keott  bat  Bapchild 
has  full  OS  much  similitude  of  namo^  eapodally  as  ana 
copy  writes  it  Bachanchild ;  and  its  being  situated  in  the 
midst  of  tho  county,  doso  to  the  liigb  road,  and  so  near 
to  CanterboTy,  makes  it  much  more  probabloto  have  been 
held  hen,"— History  of  Kent,  ii.  GOO.] 

War  or  IjnrESTmTKSB. — What  wo-i  the  origin  of 
the  War  of  Investiturea,  and  when  did  it  take 
place  ?  T.  O.  S. 

[The  war  between  the  Emperor  Hemy  IV-  and  Pope 
Gregory  TIL,  1075-1085.  arising  oot  of  the  endeavour  of 
the  pope  to  deprive  sovereigns  of  the  rights  of  nominating 
bishops  and  abbota,  and  invoaUog  them  with  tho  aosa 
and  liiig,  was  called  the  War  of  Investitures.] 


1 


ttcplict. 

PUBLICATION  OF  DIARIES. 

(3'*  S.  V.  107.) 

When  I  communioated  three  articles  on  ** 
tliemntioa  and  Mathematicians"  to  the  Philmo- 
phical  Magazi-M  for  March,  Jtine,  and  September, 
1853,  I  had  no  idea  that,  after  the  lapse  of  elcten 
years,  I  should  be  compelled  to  "  take  up  the 
other  battledore  "  in  defence  of  my  extracts  from 
the  MS.  journals  of  the  late  Mr.  Reuben  Burrow. 
Kor  BhoiUd  I  have  deemed  it  neceaaary,  even  now, 
to  have  added  anjthinpr  to  what  is  there  stated, 
had  Pbotessob  De  Moboati  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  doe  to  supposed  irrelevances  <« 


I 


216 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»*8lV.  HAit.  12. 


longer  silent,  I  wish  empliaticully  to  assert,  that 
8ucn  is  not  the  case.  If  In  iiny  extract  I  have 
included  a  senteuce  or  two  which  inuy  appear 
immaterial  to  my  subject,  it  must  be  put  down  to 
inadvertence  ouly,  and  not  to  design  ;  maamuch  as 
a  sense  of  impropriety,  and  '*  supposed  irrele- 
vancy," were  the  only  motives  wfaicii  led  me  to 
omit  all  tlie  other  passages  which  may  be  found 
in  the  MS.  joumal(<,  now  belonging  to  the  Royal 
Astronomical  Society.  The  omitted  portions  had 
nothing  whatever  to  do  either  with  mathematics  or 
mathemultcians,  and  hence  their  nonappearance  in 
my  published  papers. 

VVhen  those  articles  were  written,  I  knew 
nothing  of  the  abuse  of  Wales  and  Green,  con- 
tained on  the  fly-leaf  of  Fbofbssor  De  MoRGAit^s 
copy  of  the  Miscellanea  Cttriosa ;  and  when  he 
forwarded  roe  a  transcript  of  these  scriLblinf;9, 
with  a  remiest  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 
perpetuating  private  slander  and  obscenity,  whe- 
ther it  concerned  '*  the  highly  accompliabed  Dr. 
Halley,"  or  the  "very  low-minded"  and  ill-fated 
Mr.  Reuben  Burrow. 

Those  who  read  pBorBssoB  Ds  Mobgan's  re- 
marks, without  referring  to  my  original  papers  in 
the  Phil.  Magazine,  will  naturally  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  I  have  omitted  everything  "which 
may  show  (Mr.  Burrow)  unfavourably."  Such 
persons,  however,  will  hold  a  very  diiTerent  opinion 
on  the  subject  after  due  examination  ;  since  allu- 
sions to  bis  irregular  habits— his  irritable  disposi- 
tion— bis  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  bis 
words,  whenever  it  sc-omed  to  me  to  be  required. 
I  bold  all  these  characteristics  to  be  sufScieot  to 
portray  the  general  "character  of  this  accuser  of 
the  brethren,"  without  includlng|  those  objection- 
able items  upon  which  sucii  qualified  opinions 
and  cautions  are  founded.  It  is  indeed  matter  of 
gratification  to  me,  that  the  task  of  laying  on  the 
darkest  tints  has  passed  into  other  and  abler 
hands.  My  opinion  respecting  Mr.  Barrow's 
general  trustworthiness,  so  far  as  mathematica  and 
mathemaiicionK  are  concerned,  rcmaios  onohanged. 
No  court  of  law,  with  which  I  am  acquainted, 
would  reject  his  testimony  on  the  grounds  nl- 
le^ed ;  for  I  know  of  no  syllogism  in  formal  logic 
which  will  suffice  to  prove  that,  because  a  roan  is 
occasionally  coarse  in  his  language,  and  brutal  in 
his  oonduct,  be  is  therefore  not  to  be  credited  on 
nuitters  of  mathematical  liistury  or  biography, 
which  have  been  ditliberalely  communicated  to 
biin  by  a  librarian  uf  the  Royal  Society,  who  wa5 
iaUtaatcJj  acquainted  with  most  of  the  persons 
BAined.  T.  T.  Wosuraoir. 


TALLETR.\-ND'S  MAXt^f. 
(3'«  S,  V.  34.) 

I  have  already  furnished  an  earlier  autbi 
than  Talleyrand,  Goldsmith,  South,  Dr.  Yoi 
Voltaire,  and  Fontenelle,  see  "  N.  &  Q.,"  2** 
xi.  41G.     I  now  propose  to  ascend  through 
disval  times  up  to  the  remotest  antiquity. 

Erasmus,  Lingua^  site  de  lingua  tuu  et 
(0pp.  iii.  par.  2)  :  — 

"ExsibiUtar  in  Eihnicoram  Iheatrii  im|>ia 
yXctrr    ifuitiox,  ^  9i  PP*)"  i^ttfivTos.      Id  est,  Ji 
lingaa  eat,  animus  iujuratus  est.    Quin  potius  oxpl 
e  vita  Cbjistlanoram?    Cfc.  Cicero,  De  OffieiU,  I 
c  29." 

The  Jesuit,  Joanncs-Eudscmon,  or  L'lleu 
took  Casaubon  to  task  for  saying  that  he  knew 
not  what  authorities  Garnet  could  have  for  his 
doctrine  of  equivocation  : — 

**  If  thoa  hadit  read  AugBstin,  Gregorr,  and  the  other 
Fathers,  thon  wouldst  have  found  that*  the  Patriarchs, 
the  Prophet*,  and  God  himself  are  thp  i-.thcritiM  of  Oar- 
net's  equivocation."  —  Eudicn)on-J<'  it-mmo  orf 
Epist.  It,  CasauA.  c  viii.  p.  IG4,  cdii  [<^k  IGlt, 
quoted  by  Steinmelx,  HitL  of  the  Je-n^.^i,  .i..  .v.:. 

Abbot,  in  his  Anttlogia,  denies  that  th«se  etv 
sions  are  any  where  justified  either  in  Scripl 
or  in  the  works  of  the  Fathers :  — 

"  Neqne  calluit  banc  doctrinam  Augustinuj,  inii 
ilia  tractntiono  (de  Mendacio)  ubi  c>ccasici  taata, 
quam  art  ista  ad  vitaoda  otrinque  tanta  dlicrij 
necessario,  in  tnentem  venit  ....  Da  mihf 
fer  ex  omni  hominum  antiquitate,  loquor  iadij 
et  lEger,  da  ex  omni  antiquitate,  Kthnica,  Jodnicav 
liana,  da  vel  unam  cui  r«9cr\'ationes  isto;  tutr>  probaLai 
BUJil,  nisi  aiqai  forte  in  infiuniam  notali  suat,  et  auauutt 
generis  in  pestam  habitL" — P.  26. 

He  might  have  added  these  severe  expreaBOO* 
from  the  same  Father,  Augustine  (De  witoo  A^ 
Htmo) :  — 

"  O  qtum  detestandus  eat  error  hominum  qoi  daranai 
virorum  qtusdam  non  recte  facta  laudabiliter  m  imttael 
pulant,  a  quorum  virtutibus  alieni  sunt.  SA»  miai  si 
nonnulli  Petro  apostolo  coroparari  se  volunt,  d  ClUlatBA 
negaverint.'' — 0pp.  ed.  Benedict  ix.  587.  , 

Although  primitive  Christianity  exhibits  in  dk« 
pages  of  Tertullian  and  Justin  Martyr's  Apota* 
gies,  the  same  love  of  truth,  "  the  fountam  uf 
gooilness,"  which  is  expressed  by  Moral  Ituloeo* 
phy  (Ariat.  Eth.  lib.  iL  and  iv. ;  Drexelis  """ 
Spiritaalia,  iL   311),   religion   was  sacril 

sacerdotal  ambition  for  purposes  of  pi 

From  the  maxim  "  Vult  populu*  .i,^,.!p5 

f>iatur,"  sprung  the  tnbunal  of  i  J 

ibility,   and  the   verdict   of    |). _.    .uteni 

The  laws  of  Casuintry,  afterwords  developed  bj 
tlio  JeHuIti*.  vsore  founded  on  the  theology  uf  \be 
y..  [scan  and  Dominicaa  Sctnolnicn. 

'"  -  'jiienti.'* 

U  is  U)  bo  (^marked  that  i  that  doedi 

is  justifiable  in  mallera  o  i  exlenajTdjr 

pr«vailed  in  the  Heethen  worl«L    Tho  opjalooe  m 


Bfa 


Cicero  {De  Legihts,  u.  and  viii.)  were  probably 
derived  from  Plato,  the  foundation  of  whose  roa- 
soninj;  consists  in  the  expediency  of  deceit  in 
certain  cases,  for  the  purposes  of  government, 
JDe  Rf publico,  lib.  iii.  (0pp.  vi.  446.)  The  same 
maxiiu  was  adopted  even  by  the  most  estimable  of 
the  Fathers ;  by  some  during  the  third,  and  by 
many  during  the  fourth  and  fifth  centuries ;  e.  g. 
Origen^  Ambrose,  Hilary,  Augustine,  Gregory 
Nazianzen,  Jerome,  Chryaostom,  &c.  It  appears 
in  common  with  the  rest  of  the  political  philo- 
sophy of  Plato  in  the  Stromata  of  Clemens  Alex- 
andrinus,  ed.  Potter,  i.  xxiv.  p.  417,  Newman,  in 
hia  History  of  the  Ariana  of  the  Foitrth  Century, 
refers  to  Clement  of  Alexandria  as  accurately 
deaeribtng  the  rules  which  should  guide  the  Chris- 
tian in  speaking  and  writing  economically  :  — 

"The  whole  subject  opened  by  him  deserve*  a  fuller 

cooiideration  than  it  on  Lbo  present  occ&sion  possible,  but 

....    there  is  cause  for  much  hesitation  before  it  can 

be  granted  that  the  lan^oge  of  the  Fathers  expr«s*e«the 

ining  of  tnodem  Divines.     It  would  setm  to  bo  under 

influence  of  thi«  reosoaable  hcaitation  that  the  Bishop 

Lincoln  (pp.  398-403  of  hia  Account  of  the  Writiw  of 
Ctemtnt)  hoj  furnished  a.  long  list  of  passages  in  which 
otitoyoftla  nnd  its  conjugates  occnr,  for  the  sake  of  show- 
ing ttjjt  the  authority  of  that  Father  in  particular  has 
been  erroneoaaly  quoted  in  support  of  a  mode  of  interpret- 
ation, Kar  tlKoyofiiw.'*  —  (Ogilvie's  Bampton  Lteturu, 
1636,  pp.  233-4. 

Synesius,  who  lived  in  the  fifth  century,  has 
been  cited  in  "  N.  &  Q."  aa  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,  xU  supra,  is  Euri- 
pides, Hippol.  V.  612 :  — 

"  Huoc  locum  ita  Ovidius  in  Cydippae  Epi$tola  expres- 
ait,  Quse  jurat  Mens  eat^  nil  conjuraviniuB  ilia,"  &c 
Barnes  I'n  loe. 

Other  examples  may  be  given  from  the  same 

Soet,  e,  g.  Anaromachc,  445,  sqq.      In  p.  147  of 
lerio  Casaubon'a  treatise,  De*\'erbontm  Usv,  are 
the  following  pertinent  remarks :  — 

"  Porro  id  genus  hotninum  (Maltb.  xx.  6  •  2  Petri,  i.  8 ; 
S.  Jacob!  iii.  7-14)  apu<l  omnes  cordatos  et  probos  qoam 
male  semper  audivrint,  liqueat  vel  ex  celebratissimo  Ulo 
Poetamm  principis  disticho : 

'Oi  X*  ^«poc  M^^  M<v0p  iyt  pfiiai¥,  LkKo  81  cfiq;. 

[Cf.  Cooanbon's  Epittlt  to  Fronto  Dwatu,  p.  412.]  Ho- 
merum  imitaioi  cat,  qui  vuigo  Pbocyiides : 

Lingua  mentata  ptroteto,  occnUain  antem  in  animo  ser- 
_      moaem  viiato    ....    Id«m  panlo  post. 

^^^k  K^^S*  Irtpof  M«^t  Kpai!p  Vvof,  ix\^  iyapfvuv  ' 


POSTERITY  OF  HAROLD  H ,  KING  OF  ENGLAND. 

C3'«  S.  V.  135.) 

The  following  extract  from  Rapin's  Hitlorjf  of 
England  (vol.  i.  '2nd  ed.  1732,  p.  142),  shown  that 
Harold  left  sons  and  daughters,  but  doea  not  give 
the  name  of  the  daughter  who  married  into  the 
Russian  royal  family :  — 

"HnroKI  was  twice  married.  By  hia  first  wife,  whose 
nsme  is  unknown,  he  had  three  sons,  Edmund,  Goodwin, 
and  Magim-s  who  retired  into  Ireland  after  the  death 
rtf  their  father.  By  his  second  wife,  Algitho,  sister  of 
&{orcard  and  Edwin,  be  had  a  son  called  Wolf,  who  was 
but  a  child  at  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Hastings,  and  was 
afterwards  knighted  by  William  Hufus.  By  this  second 
marriage  he  had  also  two  daughters,  of  whom  Gunilda,  the 
eldest,  falling  blind,  passed  her  days  ia  a  nuunery.  The 
youngest  was  married  to  Waldemar,  King  of  Ruasia,  by 
whom  she  had  a  daughter,  who  was  wife  to  Waldemar, 
King  of  Denmark  (6)." 

In  thu  foot-note  (6)  it  is  stated  — 

"  Tvrrel  aavs  (from  Speed)  she  wos  mother  to  Walde- 
mor  the  first  king  of  Denmark  of  that  name,  from  whom 
the  Danish  kings  for  many  ngcs  after  succeeded." 

Does  the  genealogical  work  which  Hipp«d« 
mentions  refer  to  the  armorial  bearings  (if  any) 
which  Waldemar  (or  Wladimir),  the  husband  of 
Harold's  younger  daughter,  assumed  in  her  right? 

Nisbet,  in  his  Heraldry  (vol.  ii.  part  m,  p.  88), 
after  mentioning  that  after  Edward  the  Confes- 
sor's death,  Harold,  the  son  of  [GoodwinJ,  Earl 
of  Kent,  usurped  the  crown,  states  "his  arma 
were,  as  by  the  English  books,  argent  a  bar  be- 
twixt three  leopards'  heads  sable." 

But  Edmondson  (vol.  i.  p.  183)  mentions  that 
Harold  bore  for  his  arms  "  Gu.  cruBsIIIy(?),  two 
bars  between  six  leopards'  heads  or,  three,  two, 
and  one,"  and  refers  also  to  Nisbet's  statement ; 
but  says  he  did  not  know  upon  what  authority  it 
was  made. 

Some  think  the  Saxon  arms,  such  as  these,  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  his  father,  it  m,iy  be 
remarked,  that  there  still  are,  or  lately  were, 
extant  families  of  the  names  of  GoodwtjA  or  God' 
wyn,  who  bear  the  charges  of  three  leopards'  heads 
upon  their  coat  armour — viz.  Goodwyn^  Wella,  co. 
Somerset,  and  Godtoyn,  Dorsetshire,  *'  gu.  a  che- 
vron erm.  between  three  leoparda'  heads  or ; "  and 
Godwin  "aa.  a  chevron  erm,  between  three  leo- 
pards' heads  or." 

Do  any  of  these  families  claim  descent  frem 
Earl  Goodwin,  or  his  son  Harold  ? 

MoSBtS  C.  JoiTES. 
Liverpool. 

HipPKns  inquires  for  the  posterity  of  King 
Harold  II.  It  was  as  follows  :  He  married  (I)  a 
lady  unknown,  by  whom  he  had  issue  —  1.  Good- 
win;; 2.  Edmund,  bolK  4\^vo.  Vt«fe\»sA.\*Sk.>»'— 


I 


218 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


[fiLY.  iiAit.is;^N. 


He  married  (2)  Al^itlu,  daughter  of  Algar, 
Earl  of  Mercia,  and  widow  of  Grilfith,  Prince  of 
of  Wales,  by  whom  be  bad  issue — 4.  Wolf,  who 
survived  the  death  of  the  Conqueror,  and  was 
knichtcd  by  William  Rufus;  5.  Gunilda,  a  nun; 
6.  Gida,  married  Vladimir,  Grand  Duke  of  Kiew, 
as  the  author  of  the  work  referred  to  correctly 
says.  Chasxxs  F.  S.  Wammkk. 

10,  GrG«n  Street,  Ccmbridgie. 


TRIALS  OF  ANIMALS. 
(3"»  S.  V.  155.) 

By  the  Mosaic  law,  the  ox  that  bad  slain  num  or 
woman  by  bis  horns  was  condemned  to  die,  and  bis 
flesh  was  prohibited  as  food,  ^lian  notices  the 
bringing  of  oxen  before  the  altar,  their  general 
condemnation  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- 
aniples  are  numerous,  from  the  twelfth  to  the 
middle  of  the  last  century.  M.  Berriat  St.  Prix 
(^Mem.  de  la  Socieie  des  Antiquaires)  enumerates 
ninety-two  cases:  the  first  ol  the  trial  of  lield- 
mice  and  caterpillars,  at  Laon,  a.d.  1120;  the 
last,  of  a  cow  at  Poitou.  in  1741.  The  accused 
»nlmab  consist  of  those  just  named,  and  flies,  pigs, 
bulls,  oxen,  sows,  horses,  marea,  contbarides,  ral«, 
leeches,  cocks,  moles,  snails,  mites,  granboppers, 
dogs,  bitches^  male  and  female  asses,  goata,  sheep, 
mules,  worms,  and,  towards  the  end  of  the  ax- 
teenth  century,  of  tortoises  in  Canada.  At  Lau- 
sanno,  in  the  beginning  of  the  thirteenth  century, 
the  bishop,  William  of  Embleus,  condemned  the 
eels  of  the  lake  to  be  confined  in  one  certain  part 
of  the  water,  the  cause  is  not  named.  Fulix  Ilmn- 
merlein  records  that,  in  the  diocese  of  Constance, 
contharidcs,  and  the  larvae  of  various  insects,  were 
sentenoed  to  confine  themselves  witliin  specified 
remote  and  wild  districts.  Ants  seem  to  have 
frequently  troubled  the  religious  law  courts  of 
Southern  France.  In  1587,  there  was  a  cele- 
brated trial  of  the  vine  proprietors  of  SL  JuUicn 
«wwj  the  weevils.  The  vines  had  suflfered  by  a 
TWiiation  of  the  latter.  The  proprietors  appealed 
to  the  bishop,  who  recommended  the  complain- 
aoto  to  pay  their  tithes.  This  having  been  tlone. 
Mid  the  remedy  failing,  the  matter  was  carried  to 
the  regular  courts,  wh«Te  li-ii-  pleadings  took 
place;  and    '  ],   they  got  a  ver- 

♦^'•^^  were  c.  I  able  place  when? 

the  defendaiiM  cmhi  juc,  i.-.-.t,  and  liourish  in 
peace.  Some  of  fhe  birgor  animals  were  brought 
to  death  for  having  bt-en  the  itistnuneut4  of  namc> 
tau  crimes?  others,  for  "murder." 

».'*.'***^'  '"  '■•^^'  '''"^'^  ""'J  devoured  a  child  at 
Meulan.  All  the  forms  of  trial  followed,  and 
bore  IS  tbe  bill  of  cosu :  — 


**  Expenses  of  tb«  sow  within  gaol,  six  tola. 
Da  ths  execDtioaer,  who  came  from  Paris  by  ordiar^ 

onr  matter  the  Bulli,  and  the  "procoreor  dv 

fifty- four  aols- 
Do.  for  carnage  of  sow  to  execatioD,  six  sola. 
Do.  for  cord  tu  bind  and  drag  her,  two  sola^aiglit 
Do.  for  '  gant '  {nc),  two  deoien." 

I  remember  nothing  corresponding  to  thix  m 
England ;  but,  in  one  sense,  animals  here  wene 
jarocceded  agiunst  in  cases  of  their  killing,  a 
oentally  or  otherwise,  a  human  being.     Aj, 
instance,  if  a  horse  should  strike  his  keeper, 
so  kill  him,  the  horse  was  to  be  a  deotm^ 
was  to  be  sold,  and  his  price  given  to  the 
expiation  of  the  calamity,  and  for  the  appetaiQc 
of  the  divine  wrath. 


am 
.D 


Proceedings  against  animals,  with  all  legal  for- 
malities, did  occasionally  take  place  in  Fmoe. 
Pigs  were  tried  and  burnt  for  assaulting,  or  kill* 
ing  children,  and  horses  also  for  tiilllni'  nenple ;  ■• 
one  was  at  Dijon,  in  138'J.  for  mwter. 

Bertrand  Chaasanee,  Presideut  <  rl  lament 

of  Provence,  defended  the  rats  who  were  indicted, 
even  so  late  as  the  beginning  of  tiie  Binteealt 
centurf.  In  a  work  which  he  published  in  '  *^" 
he  decides  that  itnimAl^  ^j^  amenable  to 
and  gives  accounts  of  indictments  against 
bugs  and  snails  at  Autun  and  Lyons,  and  of  { 
celebrated  "Cause  des  liats,"  in  which  he 
counsel  for  the  defendants.  A  treatise  was 
lished,  even  so  late  as  16Q8,  by  Gaspwrd  BaiDV*^ 
lawyer  at  Chambery,  on  le^  proceedinsi  againat 
animals  ;  with  forms  of  indjctment8«  ana  mouw  of 
pleading. 

Such  trials  have  taken  place  in  England  alaa 
An  account  of  one  of  these  trials,  of  a  dog,  ww 
published  in  a  pamphlet;  from  which  it  appeaa 
that  the  trial  took  place  near  Chichester  in  1771, 
and  that  the  chief  aotom  in  it  were  four  coantrr 
gentlemen  named  Butler,  Aldridge,  CbaUen,  IM 
firidger.  A  clcv^  burlesque  of  this  trial  WM 
written  by  Kdward  Long,  Ksfj.,  Judge  of  tb«  Ad* 
miralty  Court  in  Jamaica;  but  it  was  founiled  oa 
&ot«  Saoh  pirooeedings  appear  strange  to  aa,  md 
ma7  wem  tuiaocoan tabic ;  but  they  were,  aflcr  ail, 
but  a  grave  and  formal  mode  of  nroccedinji,  for 
the  end  which  b  attained  in  our  finyt  by  «  more 
summary  process, — the  do»<i  .rfio 

hare  been  the  cauas  of  dcji  to 

"I  ""  '  -■■  occasion   tu  trirow   .mt.  ibe 

r  II,  that  the  clergy  invtiiiilird 

iIh.m:  iri,ii«  Koiii  pecuniary  or  «up<^stiliouj  ai»> 
tivi^s,  1  had  bop«d  that  we  shoula  not  be  fiaioed 
with  such  insinuations  in   the   liberal   pafles  of 

"N.&Q.-  F.  c.  n. 


Mail  12,  '«4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


LEVMS  MORRIS. 
(3""  S.  V.  12,  85,  142.) 

My  attention  has  just  been  culled  to  a  Query, 
r  H.  H.,  in  one  of  your  January  numbers  ;  and 
BO  to  what  purports  to  be  an  answer  thereto,  by 
gentleman  signinp  himself  L-Suus. 
As  U.  ll.'a  Queriea  are  really  unanswered,  you 
will  allow  me  to  say  in  reply  t^j  the  first,  that,  to 
the  best  of  my  belief,  nothing  is  now  known  of 
the  existence  of  such  a  pe<liB:ree  as  is  spoken  of 
bv  Lewis  Morris  in  Lord  Teignmouth's  Life  of 
Jonts.  However,  on  looking  through  the  collec- 
tion of  Lewis  Morris's  manuscript  works  in  the 
Library  of  the  British  Museum,  I  find  several 
apparently  authentic  pedigrees  of  various  ances- 
tors of  his,  written  by  bis  own  hand ;  one  by  the 
mother's  side,  tracing  descent  from  a  prince,  or 
chieftain,  named  l^Ituloc  Goch.  Perhaps  one  of 
these  may  show  the  alleged  connection  between 
Lewis  MorriB  and  Sir  William  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  1 855, 
or  1856;  and  who  is  now,  I  believe,  practising 
either  at  the  Common  Law  or  Equity  Bar. 

With  regard  to  Ljelics.  I  am  alraid  some 
patriotic  Welshmen  will  be  a  little  shocked  at 
finding  their  idol,  the  patron  of  '*  CJoronwy  "—the 
Msccenas  of  contemporary  literature  —  described 
as  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  very  important  and  lucra- 
tive post  of  Government  Inspector  and  Surveyor 
of  Mines  in  Wales ;  and  his  reports  as  a  public 
servant  are  still,  as  I  have  reason  to  know,  con- 
sidered by  the  crown  officials  as  authorities  on 
the  subjects  to  which  they  relate.  Moreover,  he 
was  twice  married — on  both  occasions  prudently ; 
and  by  the  latter]  marriage  he  obtained,  through 
his  wife,  the  estate  of  Penbryn,  in  Cardiganshire, 
where  be  resided  till  his  death.  Nor  perhaps  is 
it  a  sutficient  account  of  his  intellectual  position 
to  say,  that  he  was  connected  with  literarv  pur- 
suits in  Wales.  The  fact  is,  that  he  is  still  con- 
sidered in  Wales  to  have  been  a  man  of  extraor- 
dinary inti'llt'clual  power.  As  an  antiquary  he 
was  »r)  distinguished  a  scholar,  that  his  unpub* 
lifthed  work,  "Celtic  Remains,"  is  supposed  to 
have  created  n>ore  than  one  reputation.  His 
Welsh  j>oi«iry  is  thought  to  have  the  true  poetic 
ring,  and  is  quoted  to-day  by  many  a  homely 
fireaidu  in  Wales.  And  his  accomplishments  in 
languages  and  music  were  consider«u  wonderful  in 
•  self-tnught  man,  whose  time  was  always  taken 
1^  by  hard  practical  work.  As  to  his  qnarrcls 
With  other  literary  men,  I  dare  say  human  nature 
has  not  much  chnngeij  within  the  last  century, 
hut  I  have  never  heard  of  them.     As  to  troubles, 


with  reference  to  irregularities  in  his  accounts,  of 
which  LiEUUS  finds  no  account  in  any  recognised 
writer — but  with  regard  to  which  he  has  seen,  in 
some  ^*  Welsh  magazine,"  '^curious"  statemejats— 
I  can  only  say  that,  with  some  knowledge  of 
Welsh  literature,  they  would  be  to  me  extremely 
•'  curious  "  if  thejr  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,  WiH  Wtdes,  His  picture  is  now  at  the 
Welsh  School  at  Ashford,  of  which  he  was  a 
benefactor.  Many  of  his  works,  and  of  those  of 
his  brothers  Richard  and  William  —  both  distin- 
guished scholars — are  to  be  found  under  the  bead 
"  Morriaiau  Manuscripts  "  at  the  British  Museum. 

CAaCB&IAH. 


There  is  a  discrepancy  as  to  time  and  place  of 
birth  between  the  memoir  of  Lewis  Morris  quoted 
by  Lf.Ln;s,  and  that  given  in  the  Cambriaik 
Regiiler  for  1796.  hxnm  says,  that  his  ac- 
count of  Morris  was  drawn  up  by  Dafydd  Ddu 
Eryri ;  and  by  it  we  are  informed,  that  Lewis 
Morris  was  born,  on  March  12,  1700,  in  the 
pariah  of  Llanfihangel  Tre'r  Beirdd,  in  the  Isle  of 
Anglesey.  According  to  the  Cambrian  Reginter^ 
he  was  bom  in  the  aforesaid  island,  at  a  village 
called  "Pentrew  Eiriancll,'"  in  the  parish  of  Pen- 
ros  Llugwy,  on  the  first  day  of  March,  1702.  He 
was  married  twice :  first,  on  the  29th  of  March, 
1729,  to  Elizabeth  Griffiths,  heiress  of  Ty  Wrayn, 
near  Holyhead ;  of  which  marriage  were  bom  a 
son  and  two  daughters.  His  second  wife  was 
Ann  Lloyd,  heiress  of  Penbryn,  in  Cardiganshire; 
at  which  place  he  died  in  1765,  and  was  buried  at 
Llanbadarn  Vawr,  in  the  aforesaid  county.  Nine 
children  were  the  offspring  of  this  second  mar- 
riage, viz.  five  sons  and  four  daughters.  At  the 
date  of  tlie  memoir,  there  was  only  one  son  living, 
the  third  of  the  second  marriage :  "  William,  now 
livinu;  (1796)  in  Cardiganshire.  He  is  engaged  in 
republishing  his  father's  Survey  of  the  Coatt  of 
WaleSj  with  additions ;  and  \&  also  bringing  out 
his  own  Map  of  Anglesey." 

This  is  the  "William  Morris  of  Gwaelod,  near 
Aberystwith,"  who  gave  my  copy  of  Cambria 
Triumphant  to  the  Hon.  Robert  Fulke  GrevHle. 
Colonel  Greville  was  born  either  in  1800  or  1801 ; 
and  as  he  was,  doubtless,  of  full  age  when  Mr. 
Morris  gave  him  the  book,  it  would  show  that  the 
latter  was  alive  a  good  way  on  in  the  present 
century.  A  son  of  his  may  be  now  livmg.  1 
made  a  mistake  when  I  stated  that  Lewis  Morris 
became  the  owner  of  my  copy  of  Cambria  Trium- 
phaiu  one  hundred  and  two  years  after  its  publi- 
cation. I  should  have  said  ninety-two  years :  the 
book  having  been  published  in  1661. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'<«  a.  V.  Mar.  i 


Whitmobe  Faxiilt  (3''  S.  v.  159  )— Yoar  cor- 
respondent says,  that  "  three  plates  in  Staffoni- 
ehire  may  have  originated  this  as  a  iamily  name, 
viz.,  Whitmore,  near  NewcMtle-undi/r-Lyme ; 
Wetmore,  in  the  parish  of  Burton-on-Trent ;  nncl 
Wildraore,  in  that  of  Bobbington,  the  last  running 
into  Shropshire."  Bur,  as  regrards  this  last  plnce, 
your  correspondent  13  not  quite  correct ;  and,  ns 
the  correction  of  hia  mistake  (such  m  it  i»)  may 
tend  to  strengthen  his  surmise,  I  here  note  it. 
Wildraoor  is  a  spot  on  the  Staffordshire  side  of 
the  high  range  of  ground,  called  Abbots  Castle 
Hill,  between  Claverley  and  Seisdon,  and  is  about 
a  mile  and  a  half  from  the  boundary  of  the  parish 
of  Bobbington,  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 

S Irish  of  Bobbington,  adjacent  to  the  parish  of 
lavcrley,  that  we  come  upon  one  of  those  better 
class  of  farm-bouses  which  may,  at  some  previous 
time,  not  improbably  have  formed  the  residence 
of  a  squire's  younger  son,  if  not  of  a  squire  him- 
self. Ibis  substantial  bouse,  with  its  Darns  and 
stables,  and  outlying  buildiujc^s,  its  four  cottages  for 
workmen,  and  its  well-stocked  farm,  is  that  same 
"  Wytimore  within  the  manor  of  Claverley,  .Salop," 
to  which  your  correspondent  refiirs  as  having  been 
held  by  the  Whitraores  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  in  which  Wbitimore  is  situated. 

CtrTKBZBT  BbDE. 

Tkoosebb  (3'*  S.  V.  136.)— I  believe  the  word 
Trousers,  in  its  present  {signification,  is  not  more 
than  eighty  or  ninety  years  old.  The  following 
nuotation  from  "  The  True  Anti' Pamela;  or. 
Memoirs  of  Mr.  James  Parry ^  nf  Ross,  in  Here- 
fordshire, in  which  are  insert-cd  His  Amours  with 

the  celebrate*!  Miss of  iMonmouthsblre.  12rao, 

1741,"  —  a  disgiistinj!  memoir  of  the  Inst  century, 
seenia  to  show  thut  in  1741  an  article  of  dress, 
entirely  different  fn)m  that  now  in  use,  wa«  in- 
dicated by  this  word  :  — 

•*  I  Blipi  down  the  Garden  Suln  with  my  Trowxers  • 
at  my  beeb,"  p.  18*1. 

The  word  Trowzers  has  a  star  attacbcd,  and 
this  note  at  the  bottom  of  the  page  :  — 

"  •  Trowxers  arc  onmmonly  w«irti  by  tboM  that  title 
post  ilown  into  the  Xorth,  nnd  uro  vtry  warn ;  «l  llie 
Hme  time  they  kcop  the  Co«l,  Bre«ch««,  &c.  very  clejin 
by  Wing  worn  over  thorn." 

In  later  days  the  articles  of  allire  Mr.  James 
Parry  h«re  describes  were  called  overalls. 

Toifl  book  contains  a  few  other  sentences  worth 
extracting,  e.  /p.:  — 

"  This  woman  .  -  .  ,  ,  bated  rae  woim  than  a  Quaker 
does  a  ParroL**— P.  10. 

"  In  the  Spring  ,.r  th«  y«ar  I7W-8,  iha  Stnall  Pox 
Anfk0  oat  tt  Rosa,  aod  pror'd  very  fhul.  w  that  MSsa 


and  her  mother  honllv  ever  stirr'd  out  of  doors. 
The   old    Lady   fctulTd   all    lh«  wimlnw*    With    To! 
Duiit,  in  order  to  keep  out  the  infecUoiu  air 
rarried  daily  a  large  Bundle  of  Kue  tn  mv 
P.  81  82. 

"  Ue  told   mo  he  had  been  buying  a  sait  of 
triiiint'd  wilii  Frosted  Buttons,  at  Nicholas  Fithtrr's 
KtchotiiB  advi«eil  him  ....  to  hare  ihv  duil  lie 
white  Shagreen." — P.  129. 

**  Well,   inv   dear,  sold  J,  It  is  needless  crying  afUr 
shod  milk."— P.  131. 

'■•  Tlie  house  that  Mrs.  P.  hv'd  in  was  built  of  w««d« 
and  plaiater'd  over,  then  painted  in  imitation  of  Br 
—P.  134. 

"  A  fiercer  look  than  any  of  the  Tancoloured 
winch  arc  painted  npon  the'Giurch  Windows  of  Fait 
in  Gloure«terjhire."  —  P.  204- 

"  Well,  thinkii  I,  if  I  mujt  go  over  the  Herring- 
there  i»  no  avoiding  it." — P.  246. 

'^  Mrt.  J — s,  whom  I  hate  worse  than  a  Mogpye  does  a 
Toad." 

Grikk. 

Harbtet  LiVBBMOBR  {Z'^  S.  V-  35.)— This  lady 
is  now  (January,  1S64)  living  in  Philadelphia. 

St.  T, 

DiGBT  Motto  (V^  S.  v.  153.)  —  There  oan  be 
little  doubt,  I  think,  that  the  motto  *'  Nul  qnc 
unt,"  refers  to  the  Supreme  Being.  Compare  the 
fciUowinj.'  ideas  :  — **  None  other  God  bat  one" 
(1  Cor.  viii.  4)  ;  "  None  good  but  one,  that  ta 
God"  (^att.  xix.  17)^;  and  many  .Mmilar  pasanffM. 
Wtkne  E.  Baztsb. 

FsHALB  Fools  (S'^  S.  iv.  453,  523.)  —  I  Uiiak 
that  the  earliest  female  jester  was  lambc,  v^om 
Queen  Metanira  consigned  as  a  merry  companion 
to  Ceres,  when  the  latter  was  looking  for  rrtwer* 
pine.     The  Uarpaste  of  Sencca'n  wife's  household 
was  a  poor  idiot,  who  took  the  darkness  of  blind' 
ness  for  that  of  night,     Theo«lora,  before  she  be- 
came tbe  wife  of  Justinian,  was  famous  fur  th« 
way  in  which  she  acted  buffoon  characterfc.     Ni- 
cola la  Jardiniere,  who  was  with  Mary  Stuart,  had 
been    the  folic  <'   ' '•••^  --ne  do   Medici.     In  the 
"  Diversorift"   (i  of  Erasmus)  wc  find 

that,  female  jest^j.'^.:,  ......  »t)it  in  tlie  inns  at  Li 

to  bandy  jests  with  the  t>oiourners  there. 
Grand-Duchess  Catherine  of  Kimsi:!  had  aT 
girl  for  her  jester.  The  mole  i 
out  in  that  country.  The  Du' 
Boltin  (natural  daughter  of  tli- 
mouth,  by  Eleanor  Neodham),  u 
the  jester  t<»  George  I.,  whom  sIk 
amused  by  her  affected  blunders  and  capit 
Lady  Britfget  Lane  Fox,  daughter  of  the  «wc 
Chancellor  Northington,  did  the  »am»'  oiBoB  til 
George  HI.  and  Queen  Charloltv.  Tlic  oCBcial 
female  fool  still  exist*.  Mrs.  Edmund  liuruby 
found  a  vcf  T  cffi  '  "'       n  the  liareroa 

of  Rixa  Posba,  n:  tv  diis  jeaKt 

kept  the  barccm  m  ii  hy  \ict  hoiA. 

wit,  A.J.  M.  may  Ikhj  Mrs.  Horn* 

by'a  iMJok,  In  and  aboi 


db^ 


8"*  8.  V.  Mab.  12,  •64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Readers  of  tbe  French  debates  will  perceive 
that  the  Emperor  there  retains  an  ofBcial  jester, 
in  tbe  person  of  bis  lUeg^itimate  brother,  M.  de 
Morny.  When  an  opposition  speaker  becomes 
troublesome,  M.  de  Morny  interrupts  hini  by 
quips  and  jokes,  or  simulated  angry  words,  either 
of  which  produce  those  riret  prolongis  duly  re- 
corded by  the  Moniieur,  which  show  that  the 
office  has  been  happily  executed.         J.  Dohar. 

Tub  Sba  op  GtAM  (S**  S.  y.  155.)—!  find,  in 
Pole's  Syjiopjiu,  extracts  from  the  writings  of 
Grotius,  Ilibera,  and  Gomarus ;  suggesting  tbe 
same  idea  so  beautifully  rendered  in  the  lines 
quoted  by  Oxosiensis  :  — 

"  Hew:  ni«re  vitmuti  dicit — quia  Deos  et  actiones  ct 
co^tAtd  populi  perspicit,  iit  rect&  iadioet  el  re<)dat  unj- 
cuiqne  secunduin  opera  ejus." — This  fh>in  Grotiut  and 
Itibva, 

"  Solum  et  quasi  pavimentmn  cmll  bcAtorum,  per  quod, 
qnaai  per  mare  ritreom  et  crystal liniim,  Deua  omnia  qtue 
in  terra  soot  conspidt,"  && — From  Gomanu. 

S.  L. 
The  idea  of  the  "  sea  of  glass"  (Rev.  iy.  6)  re- 
iting  the  scenes  on  earth,  seems  to  be  merely  a 
iticttl  fancy,  based  neither  on  Scripture  nor  on 
ancient  exposition.  The  Fathers  regiirded  tbe 
crystal  sea  as  a  type  of  baptism,  shadowed  forth 
by  tbe  molten  sea  in  tbe  Jewish  Temple.  One 
Protestant  commentator,  Gomar  {Ap.  Pali  Su- 
nops.  Crit.),  speaks  of  it  as  being,  as  it  were,  the 
pavement  of  ceaven,  through  which  men's  lives 
on  earth  were  watched.  Thia  is  the  nearest  ap- 
proach to  the  thought  in  the  poem  which  I  can 
discover.  W.  J.  D. 

Thb  Obder  of  thb  Shjp  ih  Fbauce  (3'*  S.  v. 
117.)  —  A  long  account  of  the  foundation  of  this 
Order  will  be  found  inFavine's  Theaier  of  UoJtmr 
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  H  port  and  haven  in  Languedoc,  so 
that  he  might  depart  on  a  second  voyage  from  a 
port  in  his  own  territories  :  — 

"  For  Uie  greater  animatirij^  and  encoaraging  the  Xo- 
biliiie  of  France,  in  attempting  thia  Voyage  over  tbe 
Seaa  with  him,  as  a  new  Becom pence  and  Prize  of 
lioaomr  (beald«»  tbe  two  Orders  of  France,  then  in  fUll 
P'ide  and  request,  of  U>o  Slarrt  and  of  the  Bnomt- 
rVmrt),  he  inaiitiitpd  u  third,  p«r(irqlarly  for  this  last 
'^■'"""'   "         '■    '    ;    !  '  iiices  whereof  were 

'•^^1  ,  called  of  the  SAi>, 

aud     .  .  ;  1  ■      ,  ..  ,    ,,/'  ' 

Job  J.  B.  WoKKAJti). 
Oath  "£x  Omcio"  (S"*  S.  v.  135.)  — The 
nature  of  this  oath  is  more  fully  set  forth  in  a 
^previous  Act  (16  Car.  I.,  c.  11,  ».  4),  whereby  it 
"    enacted  — 

—   '  That  no  Archbishop,  Bishop,  nor  Vicar  OeDeml,  nor 
■ny  Cbancellor,  Official  nor  ConunlMory  of  any  Arch* 


bishop,  Bishop,  or  Vicar  General,  oor  any  Ordinary  what- 
soe%'er,  nor  any  other  Spiritual  or  Eccleaiaatical'  Judge, 
Officer,  or  Minister  of  Jastice,  nor  any  other  penoo  or 
pcr.^on9  whatsoever,  exercising  Spirjtoal  or  Ecclesiastical 
Power,  .Authority,  &c.  .  .  .  shall  award,  impose,  or 
inflict  any  pain,  penalty,  fine,  &c.,  upon  any  of  the  King's 
subjects  for  any  contempt,  misdemeanor,  crime,  &&,  be- 
longing to  Spiritual  or  Ecclesiastical  cogniaance  or  iuria- 
diction,  or  ihall  ex  officio,  at  the  insianct  or  promotion  of 
any  other  Parion  whatsoever,  urge,  enforce,  Umder,  give, 
or  rainiHter  unto  any  Churchwarden,  Sideman,  or  other 
[leraon  whatsoever,  any  Corporal  oaiK,  whertby  he  or  the 
shall  or  may  bo  charged,  or  obliytd  to  maie  any  prttent- 
ment  nf  any  crime  or  offence,  or  to  tanfei*,  or  to  accutc 
himtelf  or  herself  of  any  Crimtf  offeoee,  delinquency  or 
misdemeanor,  or  any  neglect,  matter,  or  thing,  whereby, 
or  by  reason  whereof,  be  or  she  may  be  liable  or  exposed 
to  any  censure,  pain,  penalty,  or  puniabment  whatever." 

As  to  tbe  oath  ex  officio,  see  Gibson's  Codex, 
tit.  44,  c.  4,  p.  1010,  of  the  2nd  edition,  1761  ' 
and  12^  Lord  Coke's  Reports,  26. 

Job  J.  B.  WOBKARD. 

Thb  "Vbbb  «*  to  Liqcob"  (3^^  S.  v.  133.)  — 
Your  correspondent  J.  C.  Likdsat  seems  to  claaa 
this  word  among  "  Americanisms,"  adding,  "  It  is, 
of  course,  confined  to  the  vulgar." 

Nevertheless,  we  find  old  Anthony  Wood  telling 
us,  nearly  200  years  ago,  in  his  Athena  Oxunieruetp 
tbat^  on  the  occasion  of  a  Mr.  James  Quin,  an 
Irishman,  who  sanz  a  fine  bass,  being  presented 
to  Oliver  Cromwell  at  Oxford,  that  he  might  pro- 
cure the  Chancellor's  pardon  for  some  college 
irregularity  — 

"  Oliver,  who  loved  a  good  voice  and  instramental 
music  well,  heard  him  with  great  delight,  and  Uqttortd 
him  with  sack,  saying.  *  Mr.  Quin,  you  have  done  vary 
well,  what  shall  1  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.  Bbookb,  D.D. 

Customs  or  ScoTi.AitD  (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.  Tbe  custom  of  eatine 
this  on  Good  Friday  is  still  prevalent  in  North 
Lancashire,  but  the  mixture  is  there  known  aa 
'*  fig-sue,"  the  origin  of  which  term  I  urn  unable 
to  make  out.    The  dish  is  a  very  palatable  one. 

W.  P.  W. 

WiLUAM  Dell,  D.D.  (3"»  S.  v.  75.)— I  happen 
to  have  access,  at  this  moment,  to  the  register 
book  of  the  parish  of  Dr.  Dell,  Yelden  (not  Tel- 
don),  sometimes  written,  and  still  pronounced 
Yeildcn,  an  abbreviation  of  its  old  form  Yevel,  or 
Gevel-dpan.  The  following  excerpta  therefrom, 
relating  to  members  of  tbe  Dell  family,  may  prove 
not  unserviceable  to  your  correspondent,  and  an 
aid  of  your  editorial  note :  — 

"The  RcKister  for  the  Births  of  Children  in  \hb 
Toune  of  Velden  "  has,  for  its  fir^t  \t«^a.^^.Vx<s.  ^tw- 


NOTES  A2JD  QUERIES. 


LS'«&T.  11*R.12,^M» 


until  after  the  Restoration)  of  one  of  thia  rector's 
children :  — 

-Aa:  16ji3,  Decerob:  IC,  Anim  DcII,  tbe  dAnghtet  of 
Vnilum  DeU  and  Jlvtiia  his  wife  was  borce." 

It  tl»o  records  — 

"Anno  Dotnioi  1655,  Maye  the  IGth,  Nathnniel  Dell, 
Sonne  of  Willim  Dell,  rector,  and  Martha  his  wife  wm 
borne, 

"Anno  Domini  1656,  ffebniaiy  the  ICth,  Maiy  DeH, 
dAughter  of  Williiun  Dell  and  Matthew  (n'c  /)  bis  wife  was 
borna." 

From  "  The  Register  for  Burialls  in  the  Toune 
of  Yelden,"  we  have  these  further  statistics  Dd- 
liann:  — 

"  Auoo  Doniini,  1656,  July  the  6th,  Nathanad  Ddl, 
•onne  of  Willim  Dell,  rector,*  and  Martha  his  wife  waa 
bu^ed. 

"  1656,  Janoarv  the  12th.  Sataodl  Dell,  aonne  of  Wil- 
liam Dell,  and  &Iatthew(iW((m)  his  vrife  was  bnrjed." 

I  should  be  glad  to  be  inforraed  whether  the 
puritanical  doctors  tomb  in  the  spinney  at  Wcs- 
toning  be  an  extant  memorial.  No  note  of  it 
occurs  in  Tymm's  useful  Topographj/,  and  I  Laye 
not  Cookers  to  refer  to.  R.  Lxm. 

Mabtsx  (S**  S.  ▼.  154.) — Amon^  the  numerous 
posaeasors  of  Alresford  Manor  and  inhabitants  of 
Alreaford  Hall  were  Matthew  Martin,  who  died 
July  20,  1749,  and  Samuel  Martin  his  son,  on 
whose  death  the  property  fell  into  the  bands  of 
his  brother  Thomas,  a  barrister.  (Morant's  Hitt. 
of  Essex,  i.  453.)  The  vocition,  arms,  family, 
and  other  useful  and  interesting  information  are 
given  in  Moranl's  Et$ei,  vol.  ii.  1 88,  etseij. 

Wtwrb  E.  Bajctcb. 

TaE  FiBsT  Papbr  Miix  m  Ambbica  (S**  8. 
It.  105.)  —  The  statement  that  the  first  paper 
mill  in  America  wo*  at  Elizabeth  Town,  in  New 
Jersey,  and  that  the  second  was  at  Alilton,  near 
Boston,  liaas.,  is  an  egregious  error  that  has  been 
perpetuated  in  nearly  every  standard  work  on  the 
subject  of  paper-making.  The  first  was  situate 
in  lioiburgh  towtwhip,  Philadelphia  county,  Pa., 
and  was  at  tbe  commencement  owned  by  a  com- 
pany or  partnership,  among  the  members  of 
which  were  William  Bradford,  William  Ritting- 
bousen  [Rittenhouae],  Robert  Turner,  Thomas 
T^easc,  and  other  prominent  citizens  of  Pcria«yl- 
vania.  William  Kittenhotue  and  his  son  Claus, 
or  Nicholas,  were  the  practical  paper" makers. 
They  were  Hollanders,  and  were  Dutch  Baptists 
or  Meunouists  in  their  religious  faith.  Claus  was 
ft  preacher  at  the  German  Town  MennODiat 
church. 

This  paper-mill  wm  buQt  in  the  year  161)0, 
and  wa*  in   oih  i    '  '     r,tr^  years  before 

the  Eiizabotli  \<  mulawcre  b«gun. 

I  hare  latdf  fvna  ui-ium-  .  '  -;-'al  Society  of 

Pennsj^lvanu  an  essay,  ci.  >ri(vi/  Sketch 


*  £nmd  by  maoc  retribatlva  hand. 


of  the  Rittfithotai  Puner  MiU,  thefirtt  in  Amgrioa, 
erected  A.n.  1G90.  My  e^lsay  14  written  entirely 
on  paptr  m.ide  at  this  first  paper-mill  by  the  first 
paper- maker  ^ind  his  son,  prior  to  the  year  1^8, 

William  Bradford,  the  first  printer  of  "  "" 

▼ania,  and  the  otlier  middle  colonies,  waa 
with  paper  from  this  mill ;  and  Dr.  Fran 
procured  his  paper  from  the  same  source 
second  paper-mill  was  erected  in  the  year 
by  anotuer  liollandcr  named  AVilliam  De 
Ebth  were  situate  near  the  Wissahickon  Ci 
tributary  of  tbe  River  Schoylkill. 

I  have  a  great  variety  of  American 
mark? ; "  and  T  propose  to  prepare  an  eaaay  all 
Pennsylvania  paper  marks.  Further  ioforinatiaa 
about  the  first  paper-mill  in  America  mnj  lie 
found  in  The  Historical  Magazitie,  ^'C.  voh  i.  pp. 
123-4  (Boston):  and  also  in  Bishop's  Uittorjf  of 
American  Manu/uchires :  to  both  of  which  I  com- 
municated the  facts.  This  communication  is  writ- 
ten on  !»orae  of  the  paper  made,  at  the  first  mill 
prior  to  1699,  by  Rittcnhou.se  and  his  sou. 

HoBATio  Garaa  Josbb. 

Pbfladelpbla.  Feb  1,  18C4. 

Giants  .v»d  Dwahfs  (3'*'  S,  t.  84.)— AI  Bir- 
nnm's  Museum  in  New  York  are  now,  Feb.  I. 
exhibiting  four  giants,  which,  or  who,  apcm  the 
authority  of  the  advertisement,  are  *'  each  over 
eight  feet  hich,  and  weigh  "  altogctlicr  "over  fif- 
teen hundred  pounds."  Also,  *^  The  LiJHpotian 
King,  fourteen  years  old,  only  twentr-two  tnches 
high,  and  weighs  but  seventeen  pounds."   St.  T. 

Acbtbias  Motto:  tkk  T'rvr  V(t«ii.4  r.T*  S. 
iv.  304.)— In  the /l/fa.f  C  nd, 

in  a  description  of  the  Im;.  :  :iaa, 

that  — 

••  Over  tbe  gate  of  tho  puln 
A,  E,  1, 0,  U,  in  r 
hare  given  thia 

WIIIP«r*n;    i,  C,    ''ii5    iiii'     \im\    uj     .xwirui 

whole  world  : '  but  'tis  not  certain  that 

meaning  of  the  ari'liitcei."  ^^J 

A  little  further  on,  in  the  same  book,  H^^| 
nccount  of  Neuatati,  or  Nea[}olt8  Austxiir,  iJ|U 
following:  — 

"  Over  the   chief  Oit«,  •»!'•-  » "">  ^-m  GhflMl 

Vowels,  as  over  tb«  Palaea  III  ^ywy  Ixltiri 

Tnwtthus,  AiftUa  tlwtm  jtate  ■  :  ITia 
bctag^ehoaan  joatly^owroamci  all. ' 

W.  I.  8.  Ho 

Cosmow    Law   (3"   8.  v.  162.)  — The 

"  '  ■  n   law"  has  a  general   '■"'    '   pnr<, 

.1.     In   its  fjeneral  U 

..„..  •    -lii-   '■>' 1^   - 

in  c 
are  < 
In  1 1 
r«»liu 

I  (ib«  term  WM  VTObtkblf  uri^naily  a^iplicd  t« 


there  tim  tbe  flv*  Vowria, 
to  whlA  «9a» 


to  i;u«aiB 
thia  was 


a^&v.  jiAR-i 


i^^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


223 


OO  to  all  tii«  realm  ;  that  is,  the  jiu  com- 
V  or  folcright  eatabli^hed  hy  King  Edward 
the  Elder,  alter  he  bad  abolished  various  pro- 
Tincikl  ciiatotUB  and  piulkular  laws.  {Bla.  Cam. 
by  Coleridge,  i.  67.) 

In  it«  particular  sigiiiGcatioD,  the  common  law 
comprises,  1.  General  customs,  or  unwritten  Uws 
which  extend  over  the  country  generally;  2.  Par- 
ticular customs,  or  those  which  arc  confined  to 
particular  districts  aod  persons;  3.  Particular 
laws,  or  those  which  are  administered  In  par- 
ticular courts. 

1,  The  common  law  is  de6aed  as  Ux  ncm  tcripta 
in  opposition  to  lex  srripta.  This  is  a  particular 
signmcation  of  the  common  law. 

2.  It  is  opposed  to  such  part  of  the  civil  and 
canon  law  as  it  does  not  recognise,  because  foreign 
laws,  08  such,  have  no  force  itivthis  kingdom. 

9.  It  is  opposed  to  equity  in  a  particular  sense. 
Equity  is  n  suppletory  system,  which  was  es- 
taolisaed  in  Inter  ages  to  enforce  rights  which  the 
common  law  did  not,  and  does  not  now,  recognise. 
Bnt  equity  is  not  altogether  opposed  to  the 
common  law,  for  in  many  cases  the  maxim  JEqvi- 
taa  seqvitur  legem  holds  good. 

4-  The  lex  mereatoria,  or  law  merchant,  though 
it  may  be  distinguished  from  the  common  law  in 
the  general  sense  of  tlje  term,  is  part  of  the 
common  law  of  England,  in  the  some  way  that 
other  particular  customs  and  laws  ore  parts  of  it. 

The  coQtiectioa  between  the  gcneial  and  par- 
ticular senac  of  the  term  couimou  law  is  now 
rather  remote.  The  intrwluction  of  equity,  and 
the  incorporation  into  the  old  common  law  of 
particular  customs,  the  lex  mercatoria,  and  parts 
of  the  civil  and  canon  law,  necessarily  intrench 
upon  the  terra  "  common."  But  I  should  think 
that  the  common  law  of  England  may  at  the  pre- 
sent day  be  defined  with  moderate  correct nt^g,  as 
that  system  of  unwritten  law  (as  opposed  to  equity 
^^  statute  law)  which  is  administered  in  courts 

ostice,  and  pirevaiU  through  the  kingdom. 

^  W.  J.  Tux. 

Croydon. 

St.  ]\i  TT%lo^^  (3"  S.  v.  161.)  —Will 

f^^  »''  ."  note  on  this  vexed  question  ? 

am  n.it  iiuuilior  enough  with  Arabic  to  gay  that 
it  nowhere  contains  a  form  from  which  Matfelon, 
"'^•i  sense  of  paritura,  can  be  derived  :  but  what 
I^  know  of  most  of  the  cognate  languages  con- 
vinces me  lUot  it  is  not  derived  from  any  oflihoot 
of  the  root  yatad^  -^, :  it  mi^ht  come  from  the 
root  vaphal,  ^jjj,  and  in  fact  we  have  a  word 
from  tliut  rorn  nt  Syriac.  signifying  an  untimely 
burlli,  an  aliortiou.  1  have  far  more  sympathy 
with  Ma.  \VAi.coTT's  view,  and  had  copied  out  a 

curious  pliSMyL't'   bftiliriL'  Mr.r.r.    i(    (r,.„.  r)i\R.  C.  A. 

J*"<^[''   '  "tt,  p.  \A7. 

wbo  can  leier  to  it  to  do  SO,  to  see  what  vagaries 


.--!»     :m^ 


this  word  Matfelon  has  played.  And  yet,  I  do 
not  tliink  the  church  of  St.  Mary  ISlatfclon  owed 
its  name  to  the  pbnt  except  indirectly.  The 
case  I  take  to  be  this :  In  the  middle  ages,  the 
plant  Matfelon  was  believed  to  be  useful  for 
softening  and  hastening  the  removal  of  hoUt : 
hence  it  Is  a  compound  of  the  old  verb  nuder, 
to  macerate,  and  felon,  a  boil.  Probably  a  St. 
Mary  (which  I  know  not)  was  famous  for  occu- 
pying the  same  province  of  "  Lccchdom ; "  and 
what  more  natural  than  that  some  one,  who  as- 
cribed the  removal  of  a  terrible yefcn  to  her  kind 
offices,  should  found  the  WTiitechapel  of  St.  Mary 
Matfelon  V  The  old  explanation  of  "  felon-slayer 
is  doubtless  verbally  correct,  but  its  sense  haa 
been  lost  sight  of.  B.  H.  C 

Gkcmbau)  Hold  (5'*  S.  v.  115.)  —  Is  not  this 
connected  with  the  old  Saxon  (?)  name  of  Grim- 
bold?  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 

Db.  Johk  WiGAR  (3"»  S.  V.  37.)— Dr.  John 
Wigan  and  my  maternal  great-grandfather  were 
two  of  the  sons  of  Dr.  William  AVigan,  Vicar  of 
Kensington,  who  is  mentioned  as  such  in  Bishop 
Kennett's  Reeiitter.  I  have  an  admirable  portrait 
of  Dr.  John  Wigan,  kit-cat  size,  painted  possibly 
by  Hogarth,  and  by  his  side,  on  a  bookstand,  Is  a 
volume  lettered  "  Friend's  Opera."  I  possess  also 
bis  diploma,  signed  by  Sir  Hans  Sloane,  as  Pre- 
sident of  the  College  of  Physicians,  and  a  few  of 
his  letters,  written  in  a  more  or  less  humorous 
vein,  from  Jamaica-  Dr.  John  Wigan  went  out 
as  physician  in  ordinary  with  his  college  friend, 
Mr.,  afterwards  Sir  Edward  Trelawny,  when  he 
was  appointed  Governor  of  .Jamaica.  Sir  Edward 
was  son  of  Sir  Jonathan,  one  of  the  seven  bishop*. 
The  two  friends  married  two  sisters,  dattfjhters 
of  the  principal  planter  in  the  island,  and  Dr. 
A\'igan  appears  to  have  died  mancipih  loeuples,  as 
shown  hy  the  inventory  of  his  efilects,  taken  for 
the  purpose  of  administration. 

If  OxuKiENSis  wishes  for  any  further  inform- 
ation, may  I  refer  him  to  you  for  my  name  and 
addresa?  W.  Wigah  H . 

COJUC    SoBOfl   TBAIfSLATED    (3'*    S.  V.    172.)— 

T^tiii  translations  of  "Billy  Tajlor"  and  of 
"  One  night  it  blew  a  hurricane,"  are  appended 
to  the  second  edition  of  Johanitis  Gilpini  Iter, 
Latiuf  redditiim,  which  was  publit-hcd  by  Vincent 
at  0,\ford,  in  1841. 

If  this  be  the  tronslation  of  "  Biilj  Taylor," 
after  which  your  correspondent  Tis  jnquires,  I 
have  the  best  re«6on  fi)r  knowing  that  it  was  not 
made  by  the  Rtv.  C.  Bigge,  though,  curiously 
enough,  the  original  of  the  two  additional  verses 
WIS  given  to  the  tranelatot  ti'j  A&K.Vs\K:"S«»ses''i5«. 


■ 


For  tbe  name  of  the  translator  I  beg  to  refer 

Sour  readers  to  two  Replies  on  "  Oxford  Jeux 
'Esprit,"  at  vol.  X.  431 »  and  vol.  xi.  416,  of  your 
First  Series.  C.  W.  Biroham. 

Several  translations  of  comic  pieces  maj  be 
found  in  tbe  Arundines  Cami. 

C.  F.  S.  Wabeen. 

Ti9  may  see  troiulattons  of  several  comic  songs 
among  the  Reliques  of  Father  Prout.      X.  Y.  Z. 

Mr.  Kelly,  publisher,  Grafton  Street,  Dublin, 
has  printed  for  a  student  of  Trinity  College,  Latin 
and  Greek  versions  of  "Tbe  Ratcatcher's  Daugh- 
ter," and  "Wilikins  and  bis  Dinah."  They  are 
very  clever  and  amusing,  far  in  atlvanceof"Stak- 
kos  Morphides  of  0*firiillnghan."  A.  B. 

InQcismoNS  V,  Visitations  (3'"*  S.  v.  154.)  — 
The  Inauisition  represented  Robert,  Lord  de 
riale  of  Rougemont  (1357— 18<)9),  as  having  died 
unmarried.  Tbe  Visitation  Book  of  1623,  named 
a  son  of  his,  William.  Hiprirs  seems  to  trust  the 
Inquisition  rather  than  the  Visitation.  Nicolas, 
quoting  Dugdnle,  says  that  Robert  was  sunuuoned 
to  Parfiament  in  1357  and  1360;  but  never  after- 
wards, nor  any  of  his  poaterity^ — "  therefore  («ays 
Dugdale),  I  shall  not  need  to  pursue  the  story  of 
them  any  further;"  but  (adds  Nicolas)  "the 
Barony  must  be  deemed  to  be  still  vested  in  his 
dacevdantf  and  representatives."  The  words  I 
have  put  in  italics  would  seem,  perhaps,  to  justify 
the  record  of  Visitation,  rather  than  that  of  In- 
quisition. Tbe  barony  of  Aldeburgh,  of  Hare- 
wood,  the  possessor  of  which  was  the  husband  of 
Robert's  sister  Elizabeth,  had  the  same  fate  as 
that  of  Robert  de  Insul&  de  Rubeo  Monte.  Wil- 
limm  de  Aldeburgh  left  a  legitimate  son,  aged 
thirty,  at  his  father's  death,  in  1388  ;  but  the  son 
was  never  summoned  during  the  three  remaining 
yciri  of  his  life.  Both  baronies  are  now  in 
abeyance.  J.  Dobam. 

P.S.  I  observe  that,  in  making  out  a  census  of 
the  peers,  some  doubt  is  expressed  as  to  whether 
**  Auokland  "  should  be  reckoned  as  a  bishop  or  an 
eaxL  Here  is  a  precedent.  John,  Baron  de 
Grandison,  succeeded  his  brother  Peter  in  1358. 
John  had  been  Bishop  of  Exeter  since  1327  ;  he 
■at  in  Parliament  in  right  of  his  episcopal  dignity, 
and  was,  consequently,  never  summoned  in  hia 
barony.  He  left  a  nephew  as  hia  next  heir  ;  but 
tie  was  never  summoiiod,  and  this  barony  is  also 
in  abeyance. 

Natter  (S'*  8.  v.  125,  1 84.)  —  Though,  very 
prt)bably,  the  Anglo-Saxon  name  of  Nitdrt, 
whence  the  German  Natter,  and  our  Adier,  waa 
first  given  to  the  make-family  with  reference  to 
thfM,  '.'  position,  IVom  the  word  *'  Nfth^r, 

«r  -'  wn,  rlownward,  below"  (Boaworth), 

0itI4  uje  iiMim  ooce  given,  hoir  euj  would  bd  its 


transference  to  other  qualities  of  the  hateful  tribe, 
so  as  to  be  associated  with  tbe  idea  of  Xfeiurm,  &b 
Thus  Natter'jack  might  represent  PoifON-^/aici,  nd 
express  a  part  of  his  character,  which  ia  not,  I 
believe,  quite  attributable  to  tbe  malice  of  his 
enemies.  C.  W.  Bikghaj*. 


fSixiteViSttttt\ȣ. 
BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUME 

WAnTSB   TO  PORCHABB. 

Fcitiealui  of  friMtftn.  of  tht  follavloff  Booki  to  b«  a 
Ui«  ccnUaraaa  by  vhotb  they  are  r«<iairfl4,trboM  i 
arc  ilTca  tot  ihat  porpoM  i  — 

BautAsn  oa  Dimiia«nu  rocvx  IIuauo^aoM.    IM7— U> 

bwc- 
Pi-AiTTAaiTtn.  TaauvBin  Srsosnioi  IluaAicu^^i 

eo*.    IM^.faL 
OaMxio*,  liaaaoniima  oaa  HaaaArtcaaw  SraAcaa. 
aaaaniD,.  IJaaft«iicaji  Sra^cxa  dip  SsuuvT. 
lipaldinc  Qnb  Book*:  —       •* 

Vol.  XXVI.    ScvLTTuaab  SrcNa*  o»  Secynjurai. 

Vol.XJUl.    Tovoeiukrar  o>  Aaaaaaafr  aw  KtMrt. 

VOL  XXXIZ.   DiaaiM  ov  Baaaia  av  Baaan. 
SurtiW  BoJWy'i  PablteaUooa.  A  oomplaia  Sit. 
9*m  lo«i«ty'»  P«d>llcalia«ii  I— 

Vol  I.  Sc.  i.   Ou>  Bai-i^m. 

No.  •■    HttrnaicAi.  Soaai  c*  latLAsw. 
No.  7.    8o>*>  aoo  BAixasa  aaumra  va 
Ttru, 
▼ol.  IL  No.  4.    aai.amai»  raoM  raa  MiMoa  Foam  < 
Nu- 1.    £*nLT  XtTAi.  Baxlam  or  Enai.&jia. 
Ta>  Co«in.Aiirr  ur  ^evn^nit.    Lcyden'tedldaD. 
Wasted  by  Mr.  J»t.  MviOthtm. «.  St  Vlaocst 


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^oticrtf  ttt  Carrttfpantttntf. 


T.  B.    Th» 
'JaanauM  m  mtrrt 


Mac.  Jte.  IMO,  p.  Bit.  ami  muck  b^firmuuitm  im^tumg  UtH^mLf^ 
tuT.  rift  L  p». «.  U«,  «Ml  MA 


Dtuttmlifi  at  thf  qdiof  a* 

-jraaakMOI^atfOa 
iiiia«i««i'  "^       "'       

riftLp».ie.u«, 

p.  W.  8.    W«  Hart  «M  yat 

Curlettxt  or.  Note*  and  lt«cria«  rrancalie,  6«tf  dmOg 
ArouuK  Mivrt,  Wittmnu  aid  JVorgitM. 


"    .......   Noihiw  la  hJ*  Ulk 

Baoame  him  like  tiu  Uariac  U."    Uarlmlh,  Ad  L  la.  «. 

Boaxart  Qeaaia*.    TUm  tXaO  b*  (iMar««rf  V  iV  QwrMj**  a*!^ 
Uon  wAcrtMa  OMtvariara  ta  »a  wnf.    JM  uwtrtm  rH)<»IW>  ^>— ' 

iniimduak  muM  t».fium*  gt»*  Ma  ^kftirmmUom, 

R.  B.  T.  "  Tk»  Latt  ^ RkhnioiA  Bm 
UjiUm,  aitd  mmt  fnt  prodaetd  ai  a  iww 
Tm  Lot*,  nodembt,  mi*  a  totofly 
Xnd  a.  U.  «|  xL  M7. 

Oiia  HaavAurr.    La  Strt't  MooumcfiU  Anf  IkMM 
/bw  Par*   amd  a  AanUtmtml,  arx,  i;i;-l7lt,  '  ^ 
monmtnUfivm».ihttU-l7it.    ;/••  I  Kv.  i.f  ih« 
EosUBit.m  7Vo  Part*. Mart  ya6/'-'    '   -i '-~'  •it 

U.  C.    Dr.  Tiomat  Mrtk  «  l/W-  I  nauir]^  lata 

wbidbKlneCkM^lwLhBdtiittM  rdkf 

no.  Load.  I7i7. tr*.  aarfiviSlhU 

Caaoi.   Tki  Mrl^mt  — 


laoa  WI0  f^o^t^tta  ar  vai 
oatf  Atfwttiaaava'  raaal 


■  WlM*  Qw  Udv  aula  Is  Ow  t«rd'*  Vw. 
Tkaa,  tntiama,lmm%n  ot  mlahapi  "— 


BaaATV».-»4  I.  *.  p.  lAxri.U.  Uw  1; /fer  *  Ils«lt>Wa4aaMr.' 
nW^nca  Wa4*>0«y." 

•  ••  Own  ^w  <>««<*«  Ma  nJwM*  V  IT.  a  ^'*  mm  H  »mt  «f ' 

/^Ui»lmr,amd»faa  Jimbrflwa  gad  iftmtmm 


19, '64.] 


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225 


LOttDOV,  SATVnOAY.  M4RCU  19.  1864. 


CONTENTS. —N».  UG. 


rEB:  — Wbcn  wfts  Sliakspero  Born  f  22i  — An  attempt 
^uccrtftin  the  Kinrf  of  Hulk  in  which  l*ri»t>oro,  Duke  of 
nfllati,  w»«  s«f  Ailrin,  220  — Tiie  Stnvtford  Kust  of  8h»k- 
tkn>»r«,  2S7  —  .SIiaV»p«»rijina,  £5»  —  Tbo So<(..iul  Sh>kspe»r« 

fc.Ti:iIio,  KSl-.'iTv;  —  i'lL--^  uc  ill  "Ci  !!il";lii,i  ."  -l')  •:  —  Jloririintic 


Ciofg'^i  —  TticiuuM  AlUu»,  alia*  WcU 

'       "   M      •        'r -tod  — Sir 

vicod"  — 

■liprM»  — 


itii'iiAni    Mmid  — M,    .|-iiiii    (  |iirpl|i[Ui-.  — ^-ilii-':       IS    II    to 

ai«  P "  —  Sophoc'iea  —  Theocritui  —  \l'ill»  nt  LlaoiUfl*. 

ires    yiTTH    Akswers: — Miltou'i  "ini're  A.  S.  aud 
jijlutlicrrord"  —  Sir  Richard  Ford  — An    Epitaph— Gut- 


).tt!rid)n;,  I  he  >'oet,  «  Native  ofShore^'tch  —  "  Chough  and 
~  "lampak 

L**  Toung  Lovcir*  Brido,"  iit. 


'— Champak  Odours  —  Bialiop  Pridcani'!*  Poi 


IPLIES:  —Pariah  Refiaters,  241  —  Grv' 
lanes,  ax.,  244  — The  Newton  Stoms  Ji 
r«moTi  —  Sortr^  VlTeiHnntp  ~  WtnTi  nnrt 


It"- All  Kaaierri  iM'ig  »  |)>'M'>r  -  lin  liv:nv  —  Kpi- 
attribttted  to  Fapc— Ji'i-emiob  UorrockA,  the  Astro- 
ner— Torrington  Flunily,  Ac,  06. 

Kofcea  on  Book*.  Ac. 


WHEN  WAS  SHAKSPERE  BOUN? 

(From  An  Aryumtnt  oh  iht  Auumeti  Birthday  of 
SkoAxfiert.'i 

I  mu»t  now,  in  order  to  refresh  the  memory  of 
the  render,  give  a  rotrospecttve  summary  of  (acts 
and  ficiinnn,  with  cotniuents  —  the  uubjects  being 
Sii  ,    William   Oldys,    esquire,    Norroy- 

ki  iH,  tlic  rev.  Josuph  Greene,  B.A.,  and 

Kuiii'-iKi  Maloiie,  esTjuLre. 

William,  son  of  John  Shakspere,  was  baptised 
at  Stratford-upon-Avon  on  the  26  April  1564, 
and  died  on  the  23  April  1616  In  the  li Ay-third 
7«Br  of  his  age.  He  van  buried  at  Stratford  on 
tb«  25  April,  and  is  described  in  the  register  as  a 
gcntletuau.  —  I  rely  on  Mtilone,  and  have  said  no 
more  on  Sh^kspere  than  the  ar);uinent  requires, 
but  I'annot  avoiii  retLctin];;  on  the  proceedings  of 
this  year.  With  the  utmost  respect  for  the  Lon- 
don committee,  I  must  crave  leave  to  record  my 
OT  •  eijuity  and  congruity  are  rather  more 

Cv'.  in  Wanvirkshire. 

()l.Jys  1j.u1  niu  '  raphic  com- 

position, but  he  .  I  e  was  born 

un  thu  23  A|irii  loijo,  iiml  Lluit  in:  dud  iit  the  ugo 
of  fl.'J,  A  ».  16115. — He  convtjitA  the  day  and  month 
"f  '  '   '  '    "      ere   into   the   day   and 

"  l.ctsthe  parish  register 

■  ;,    11  II   iii_<  unm;  and  contradicts  the 


uKli  anu 
■Ttrait  — 


monumental  inscription  na  to  his  age  at  the  time 
of  decea.se.  The  assertions  of  Oldys,  testified  by 
his  handwriting,  have  no  other  baais  than  bis  own 
misconceptions. 

Greene  Was  for  many  years  master  of  the  gram- 
mar-school  at  Stratford,  und  therefore  b^  the 
means  of  verifying  current  reports,  but  ha  aa 
much  as  asserts  that  Shakspere  was  boru  in  1563, 
for  he  statey  that  he  *'  died  at  the  age  of  53." 
This  statement  was  printed  in  17o9.  At  a  later 
date,  he  added  this  note  to  the  baptismal  item  of 
William  Shukspere,  in  some  extracts  from  the 
Stratford  register,  which  were  published  by 
Stcevcns  in  1773  —  "  Born  April  23,  1564."  This 
diite  was  adopted  by  Malone  in  1778,  and  baa 
boen  repeated  by  numerous  authors,  native  and 
foreign,  to  the  present  time.  Even  those  who  do 
not  adopt  it,  condescend  to  notice  it  as  tradition 
or  reported  tradition.  —  The  assertions  of  Greene 
are  almost  identic  with  those  of  Oldys,  a  circum- 
stance which  I  cannot  cxpltiin.  But  this  I  can 
nflirni :  He  was  a  reader  at  the  British  Museum 
before  1772 ;  transcribed  the  will  of  Shakspere  for 
his  patron,  Mr.  West;  and  may  have  consulted 
the  annotated  Lnvghaine  He  names  the  birthday 
of  Shak.spere  without  one  word  of  evidence;  con- 
tradicts the  pariah  regisfer  as  to  the  year  of  his 
birth ;  and  contradicts  the  inscription  as  to  his 
age  at  the  time  of  deccose. 

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 
posthumous  Life  of  William  Shahspcare,  1821,  8°. 
He  therein  states  that  Shakspere  was  born  pro- 
bably on  the  23  April  1564,  and  admits  that  "  we 
have  no  direct  evi<lence  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  born  three  days  before,  April  23, 
1664.  —  I  have  said  this  on  the  failh  of  Greene, 
who,  I  find,  made  the  exlract  from  the  register 
which  Mr.  West  gave  Mr.  Stcevcns  ;  but  gucere, 
how  did  Mr.  Greene  aacerttnn  thit  factf"  He 
also  says,  "for  this,  ns  I  conceive,  his  tmly  autfau- 
ritv  was  the  inscription  " — which  affords  no  such 
evidence!  The  sum  of  the  above  remarks  is 
surely  equivalent  to  recantation,  and  1  nm  justi- 
fied in  asserting  that  Malrme^  on  due  reflection, 
renounced  the  authority  of  Greene.  Now,  it  was 
OH  the  faith  of  Mr.  Greene  that  Malone  had  pro- 
claimed in  positive  terms,  and  m  his  own  con- 
tribution to  the  life  of  Shakspere — *'  He  was  bom 
on  the  23  of  April  1564."—  I  need  not  point  out 
the  inevitable  conclusion :  the  stream  cannot  be 
more  pure  than  its  source.     In  plain  terms,  Thb 

AMOXXD  BIBTHDAT  OF  SuAKSrEllE  IS  A  riCTIOW.. 

In  a  short  note,  published  on  the  23  April  1859, 
I  declared  my  persuasion,  on  the  evidence  of  the 


S^^^^J 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3-*  S.  V,  hUm.' 


the  2S  April  1564."  I  must  now  declare,  8(Vr 
tracing  the  question  through  the  printed  evidence 
of  two  centuries,  that  there  is  no  pubstnnliHl  evi- 
derce  of  a  contrary  tendency  —  but,  as  Johnson 
remarks,  "  Every  man  adheres  as  long  at  he  cmt  to 
his  otpn  pre-conceptiong." 

^  As  the  eulogist  of  Oldys,  some  twenty-five  years 
since,  and  also,  at  a  later  dnte,  of  Malonc,  I 
must  not  be  taxed  with  prejudice  or  critical  harsh- 
ness on  this  occusion.  In  fact,  the  discoveries 
now  announced  have  been  a  source  of  vexation  to 
ine — but  which,  once  made,  it  would  not  become 
me  to  suppress.  BoLTon  Cobket. 


AX  ATTEMPT  TO  ASCKRTAIX  THE  KIND  OF 
HULK  IN  WHICH  PROSPERO.  DUKE  OF  MILAN, 
WAS  SET  ADRIFT. 

That  the  rotten  carcass  of  a  butt  was  an  old 
wine  cftsV,  is  a  supposition  too  ridiculous  to  be 
entertained  by  any  one  who  has  seen  s»It  water. 
Had  Shakspcare  said  this,  it  would  have  been  a 
sore  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  sleepiest,  and  the  mention  of  the  wanting 
tackle,  sails,  mast,  and  rats  shows  that  he  did  not. 
But  this  bcin§  set  aside  —  and  it  has  been  suffi- 
ciently set  aside  by  Mr.  Dycc  —  there  remains 
the  question  wheth<»r  the  word  is  a  misprint,  or 
an  unknown  nautical  term.  For  my  own  part,  I 
had  for  long  held  the  latter  opinion,  and  for  this 
reason,  that  we  find  Othello  saying  : 

"  Here  it  my  journey's  end,  here  is  my  butt, 
And  TcryseA'RiArk  of  my  atmost  bjiI." 

Act  V.  So,  2. 
Now  there  is  no  reason  of  circumstance  why 
Othello  the  soldier  should   use  or  go  off  into  a 
aea-simile,  unless  this,  that  the  sound  of  the  word 
butt,  by  the  laws  of  association,  brought  vsguely 
before  his  mind  (that  is  to  Shaksj^are's  fruitful 
and  versatile  imagination)  the  idea  of  the  sea, 
and  BO  led  him  to  speak  no  longer  of  a  land  butt, 
but  of  a  sea  beacon.     And  this  argument  will,  I 
tli  in  It,  appear  the  stronger  to  those  who  have  at- 
tended to  bhnkspearc's  lan^^uagr.  becuusc  I  think 
it  can  bare  escaped  none  su,  I,  that  he  has  made 
wordauggest  word  (of  course  in  «ub«rdinati(.n  to 
the  leading  thoughts  or   emotions),  and    phra^L' 
ftuggeet  phrase  according  to  the  law  of  association 
of  ideas,  and  this  not  m*'rely  because  he  wrote 
hastily,  or  because   the  abihty  to  see  an  object 
simultaneously  in  all  ita  aspects  and  resemblances 
was  a  leading  peculinrily  oflij*  mind,  hut  bocause 
he  wittingly  and  of  purpose  made  use  of  this  law 
Knowing  It  10  be  a  main  law  of  extemi>orc  and 
unpremeditated  speech.* 

i  jJn  ?'^"'^'  "f^T^'"*  '"  "^'"S  ^''  •*'"«  '^  ''"'if  I'  •'■" 

lAwsff  //ofArJ  Mid  tomt  not,  ars  wotiilcrful  oaampUa  a» 


My  only  doubt  wnp,  whether  the  word 
English  sea-term,  or  one  borrowed  by 
spearc  from  the  Italian  original,  and  used  as 
words  are  used  in  other  playa  to  give  a 
colouring  to  the  tale.  It  may  yet  be  founi 
hare  been  English,  but  at  present  I  hare  only 
found  it  in  Italian.  Looking  in  Vauzon's  Dit^ 
Univ.  (I.  L.  Italiona  for  another  word,  I  came  acrors 
what  I  ought  to  have  seen  long  ago,  viz. :  — 

"  BoTTo,  n  nautical  term.  A  kind  of  gatliot,  Datdi 
or  Flemish,  the  after  part  of  which  is  built  like  a  *floyt* 
(la  cui  poppa  ha  la  forma  d*unc  Sauto)." 

Turning  thence  to"  Galea,"  I  found  under  it: 

**  GALK-A-orTA.  Olandene.  Basticnento  di  caricodit 
ha  Buir  estrcmild  delta  poppa  una  mezznnetta  cmi  ao 
gfaisso  cbe  inaieme  col  snn  torn  rimane  AlT»tto  fliori  dd 
bordo ;  un.i  macslra  a  pi^Tero  con  una  raudaed  unaipaMna 
niolta  allunjita;  anostraf^lio  di  prna  all' all>erodi  nucaini, 
che  U  le  veci  di  nn  trincLttto,  e  de'  flocci  sovra  II  booi- 
presso." 

That  is  to  say,  a  Diilcb  galliot  is  a  merefuuil 
vessel  with  a  small  mizenmast  slept  far  aft,  ao 
that  the  boom  and  gaiF  of  the  small  spanker  pro- 
ject in  great  part  over  the  bulwarks  &  square 
mainsail  with  a  main  topsail,  a  topsail,  a  foreatav 
to  the  mainmast  (there  being  no  forentaat),  with 
forestaysail  and  jibs.  A  rig,  in  fact,  similar  to 
that  of  the  old  \^'clsh  sloops.  Now  as  to  tbe 
shape  of  the  hull,  Vauzon  has  snid  (hat  the  after 
part  is  built  like  a  tluyt,  and  he  describe*  a  lluyt 
as  a  large  Dutch  cargo  vessel  with  very  roundrd 
riba,  very  little  run  and  ilattish  boti^tm  tli,-  riha 
joining  the  keel  almost  horizontally,  <ib 

of  a  thing;  and  this  agrees  with  the  i\<        ^         of 
a  Dutch  galliot  just  given  me  by  a  seaman  irbo 
knows  them,  they  being  round-sleroeil  and  clu 
in  build,  though  good  pea  boats.     Witli  this, 
agrees   the  wonl   Botto,   the  root  UM    both 
Italian  and  in  our  own  boat,  butt,  vat,  &c.,  and 
the  Portuguese  bota,  along  boat,  signifying  ftomc 
thing    rounded,  and    as    it  were,   barrel-aha 
Lastly,  the  word  "  bustle,"   an   article  of  fi 
attire,  and  the  old  '*  buzrled,"  will  oxL*mpItfy 
change  of  the  Italian  o  into  the  Eti;.'liHh  u 

There  being,  therefore,  in  the  I  tali 
or  possibly  lying  on  the  l>eaoh,   soni 
hulk  of  this  kind,  too  rotten  to  be  tak 
to  be  even  worth  the  trouble  of  brcal. 
nobleman  in  charge  of  Frospcro  wa> 
take  it   in  tow,  into  uiid-yca  and  well 
of  lanvl,  and  then  lum  it  idlrlh  «l(fi  i 
it.     Luckily  for  us,  he  wa*  > 
dusa.  liu        : 

In  tha  Meditrrranean,  off  Alipers. 


well  at  proofa  of  (hi*,  the  MMx-iation  of  i<trM  Itaiari 
M  would  oiTur  not  lo  a  sane,  but  to  a  crAced  aod  J 
man. 


§»*  &  V.  Mar.  19,  '64.3 


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227 


THE  STRATFORD  BUST  OF  SHAKSPEARE. 

Of  the  value  and  itaporUincc  of  the  Stratford 
monumentnl  bust,  and  of  the  Droeshout  engrav- 
ing—  not  as  works  of  art,  but  as  trustworthy 
representations  of  Shakspeare  in  hia  habit  as  he 
lived,  there  caii  scarcely  be  two  opinions.  That 
the  monumental  et6<!;ie9  erected  to  the  memory  of 
the  illustrious  dead  were,  in  the  majority  of  ca^es, 
faithful  likenesses,  few  can  doubt.  Few  can  have 
j<tepped  from  the  soutli  aisle  of  Henry  VIL.'a 
cha[>el,  after  eazing  uj)on  the  beautiful  efligy  of 
the  unhappy  Queen  of  Scots,  and  then  cast  his 
ejres  upon  the  steincr  features  of  her  successful 
rival,  the  grent  Elizabeth,  without  feeling  con- 
vinced that  he  had  looked  upon  faithful  likenefises 
of  those  remarkable  women. 

To  the  truthfulness  of  the  likeness  in  the  Strat- 
ford monument  we  have  the  best  evidence,  as  Mk. 
Dtcb  has  well  observed,  in  the  fact  that  it  was 
raised  at  the  cliarge  of  Shakspeare's  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  expect  of  a  certaiit  "'  bonhommie  and  goo<l 
nature,"  as  Mr.  Friswell  declares  it  does — and  if 
he  is  right  in  his  assertion,  that  "  the  cheeks  are 
fat  and  sensual"  —  it  must  be  remembered  that 
Shakspeare  was  not  only  the  mighty  genius  to 
whom  we  owe  works  almost  divine,  hut  that  he 
was  foremost  "  in  the  things  done  at  the  Mcr- 
niaid,"  as  if  he  ha'l  "  meant  to  put  his  whole  wit 
in  a  jest ;"  that  Aubrey  describes  him  as  a  "  band- 
some  and  well-shaped  man,  very  good  company, 
and  of  a  very  ready,  and  pleasant,  and  smooth 
wit;"  that  tradition  asserts  he  took  part  in  the 
drinking  bout  with  "piping  Pebworth  and  drunken 
Bidford;"  while  ^ard,  in  his  Diary,  gays  his 
death  was  haftened  by  a  merry  meeting  with 
Drayton  and  Ben  Jonson.  It  sliould  be  added, 
tliat  the  photograph  of  the  bust,  just  published  in 
Mr,  FrifiweH's  Life  Portraits  of  William  Shake- 
tpeore,  while  it  must  be  unqucstionablv  n  faithful 
copy  of  the  original,  exhibits  this  joviality  of  tem- 
perament ill  a  peculiarly  marked  manner. 

The  bust,  as  we  now  know,  was  the  work  of 
Oeraid  Johnson ;  and  as  it  is  clenr,  from  the 
verses  of  Leonard  Digges,  that  it  must  have  been 
put  up  before  16'23,  there  can  be  little  doubt  that 
It  was  placed  in  its  present  position  as  soon  as 
possible  after  the  p<K'l'8  death.  Sir  Fiancis  Chan- 
trey  had  no  doubt,  and  his  opinion  deserves  the 
highest  consideration,  that  it  was  taken  from  a 
cait  after  death;  but  thought  that  the  artist,  in 
chiselling  the  lower  part  of  the  face,  had  not  made 
sufBoient  allowance  for  the  rigidity  of  the  dead 
muscles  about  the  mouth,  and  attributed  to  this 
error  on  his  part  the  extraordinary  length  of  the 
up|icr  lip.  lint  whether  it  was  executed  from  a 
cast  token  xtltr  death  or  not,  there  caii  be  liule 


doubt,  OS  I  have  said  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  interest  is  felt  in  every- 
thing connected  with  Shakspeaie  and  his  writings, 
I  have  tliought  it  right  to  record  a  tradition  on 
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  friond,  Mr. 
Amyot,  introiluced  me  to  that  .iccomphshed  enti- 

Juary  and  diligent  illustrator  of  Shakspeare, 
'rancis  Douce.  When  we  entered  iVospero's  cell, 
in  Gower  Street,  we  found  there  Sir  Anthony  Car* 
lisle.  After  some  time,  the  conversation  turned 
on  the  recently  published  Life,  Diary,  and  Cor- 
reupowhncc  of  Sir  William  Dtigdute,  by  which, 
it  will  be  remembered,  the  name  of  the  artist  who 
executed  the  bjst  was  first  made  known,  and 
thence  very  naturally  to  the  bust  itself.  In  the 
course  of  conversation,  Sir  Anthony  Carlisle 
stated  —  and  my  impression  is,  that  he  then  men- 
tioned the  source  from  which  it  had  reached  him— 
that  he  had  heard  a  tradition  that  the  Stratford 
bufft  wos  not  taken  from  any  portrait  of  Shak- 
speare, or  from  Shakspeare  himself,  but  from  a 
blacksmith  of  Stratt'ord-upon-Avon,  who  borc  a 
remarkable  resemblance  to  the  bard. 

Mr.  Douce  shook  his  ht^ad  very  doubtfully  nt 
the  ttory,  which  he  said  he  had  then  heurd  for  the 
first  time;  and,  in  the  course  of  some  after  re- 
marks, expressed  an  opinion  that  it  luight  have 
originated  in  some  hoax  played  by  that  Puck  of 
commenLntors,  George  Steevens.  But  it  is  a  curious 
circumstance,  that  a  similar  tradition  with  respect 
to  the  portraits  of  Shakspeare  was  in  existence  a« 
long  ogo  as  1759,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  following 
extract  from  the  Oentletnana  Magazine,  p.  380. 
It  is  contained  in  a  letter,  signed  "J.  S ,"  and 
dated  from  Crane  Court :  — 

"  That  there  is  no  genuine  picture  of  Siiakspeare  ex- 
isting, nor  ever  was;  that  called  bis  liaving  been  taken 
long  after  bis  death  from  a  person  suppoMd  extremely 
like  him,  at  the  direction  of  Sir  Thomas  Clargcs ;  and  thi« 
I  take  upon  roe  to  aflirtn  »s  an  absolute  fnct." 

Since  the  foregoing  was  written,  I  have  had  an 
opportunity  (thanks  to  the  kindness  of  Professor 
Owen)  of  seeing  the  curious  cast,  siiid  to  be  that 
of  Shakspourc  taken  after  death  ;  and  from  which 
Genvrd  Johnson  is  supposed  to  have  execuUd  the 
bust  at  Stratford.  That  it  is  a  ciwt  taken  after 
death,  there  is  painful  and  unmislakeable  evidence. 
That  anybody  looking  at  it,  without  having  been 
told  that  it  was  Shakspeare,  wonhl  at  all  recog- 
nise it  as  the  face  of  the  poet,  I  cannot  for  one 
moment  believe.     But  I  have  been  aisaied-  t-^-iJ^ 


dissimllurit  V  between  such  a  cast  nnd  the  ordinarj 
lik«.'ne5se!s  ol'  an  individual,  is  very  cotnmon  ;  and 
as  »  proof,  it  was  added,  that  the  cast  i'rom  the  face 
of  Napoleon  is  so  unlike  any  of  the  existinpj  por- 
traits of  him,  that  it  is  difficult  to  recognise  in  it 
hlfi  wclKkuown  features.  Judging  from  the  cast 
itself,  I  should  not  be  disposed  lo  regard  it  as  a 
meiuoriid  of  Shakspeore :  for,  as  Mr.  Hain  Fris- 
welt  hits  well  pointed  out  in  hi«  recently  published 
volume  (Xi/c  Portraits  of  ShrikeKpeare)^  '^itdill'ers 
very  witlely  from  the  bust  said  to  have  been 
taken  from  it."  The  forehead  is  delicate  and  fine, 
fully  developed,  and,  though  capacious,  by  uo  means 
et^ual  in  size  to  the  forehead  of  the  bust.  The 
maak  has  a  short  upper  lip,  the  bust  a  very  lonrr  one. 
In  the  cast,  the  nose  is  fine,  thin,  and  aquiline  ,* 
in  the  buiit  it  is  short  and  fleshy.  In  the  east 
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  square,  and  the  checks  full,  fat, 
and  almost  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 
Droeahout  engraving  than  to  the  bust. 

Still,  the  cost  is  an  object  of  great  interest. 
It  was  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- 
terestinji;  memorial  of  Sbakspeare,  except  hit  teorksy 
vrhicb  the  ravages  of  time  have  spared  to  us.     It 
is  said  to  have  been  originally  procured  in  this 
country  by  an  ancestor  of  Count  KesseUtadt,  who 
was  attached  to  one  of  the  ambassadors  accreililcd 
to  the  Court  of  JAmes  I. ;  and  who,  being  n  great 
admirer  of  the  poet,  it  is  supposed,  bought  the  cast 
aia  memorial  of  him  front  Gerard  Johns^ju.    in  the 
year  1843  his  descendant,  Count  and  Canon  Francis 
von  Ke^seli^lii'lt,  died  at  Mayence,  and  in  the  same 
year  his  collections  were  disposed  of  by  auction. 
Among  the  objects  sold  was  a  small  painting  of  a 
corp»o  crowned  with  laurel  (dated  1637),  which 
Dr.   Ut.ckcr  purchased  in   1847;  and  then,  hav- 
ing learned  (he  exmleuce  of  the  plaster  of  P«ri» 
cast,  after  two  yi^ara'  inquiry,  he  succeeded  in  dis- 
covering the  broker  in  whose  poKscssion  it  was, 
and  became  the  jMissessor  o(  thut  also ;  and  wan  at 
once  Mtinfied  that  the  piclnre  had  been  painted 
from  such  cajl.     On   the  back  of  the  cnat  is  in-  I 
scribed:  *•  +  A"  Di'ii.  IfilO." 
^^        Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  who  is  acqunintcd 
^^K   with  our  records  furnish  evidence  of  any  mtMubi*r 
^^f  (if  tli«  K^MfUtadt  family  having  bc«n  nttitclied  to 
P        a  <llplumotic  minion  to  this  country  in  the  time 

■  of  James  1.  f 

■  Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  furnish  datio- 
m         factfiry  evidence  of  the  existenno  of  such  an  ad- 

■  witMJoo  of  ahHkspearu  in  Germany  ti  »o  osLtly  \ 


: 


a  period  as  would  be  likely  to  load  a  GerinAO  tn 
vrifh  to  possess  n  memorial  of  him  ? 

And  may  I  be  p«rmittefl  to  apnend  a  third 
query  upon  a  somewhat  cognnt'i  subject  Y  Tieck 
I  tells  us  that  Gryphius'  AiisHrdn  Comica  odrr  Uttr 
'  Peter  Snuetiz,  in  which  •'  Petor  Sijtjpny  "  ttid 
"  Bulla  Bottom  "  delighted  the  Germ: 
loving  jmblic  as  Peter  Quince  and 
torn  had  amui»ed  English  audiences,  t^ 
proved  form  of  the  same  crmiedy,  trartslated 
Daniel  Schweuler  from  the  Droll  puliliat 
Kirkuian  ond  R.  Cox,  Was  Schwenter's 
ever  published,  and  if  so,  where?  Anil 
not  an  earlier  Dro4l  on  the  same  Fubji 
found  in  the  literature  of  tite  Low  Count 
have  a  strong  impression  of  having  ouctt' 
reference  to  this  Dutch  version,  before  " 
Cuttle  enunciate^!  his  great  "Canon"  for 
readers.  Ferba|»s  M.  Dkjli-iebrk,  or  some  c*tl 
gentleman  well  versed  in  the  literature  of 
Netherlands,  will  kindly  solve  a  queftion  of 
sidcrable  interest  with  respect  lo  the  sourct  ~ 
portion  of  the  Midsummer  Night's  Drram  i| 
the  mock  tragedy  of  Pyramu.t  and  Tbisbe  i» 
duced.  '  WujJAJi  J.  Tbomi 

P.S.  Can  the  cost  be,  after  all,  not  of  Shi 
speare,  but  of  Cervaittes,  who  died  in  Madi 
on  ilie  sAme  ilay,  it  will  be  remembered,  whi 
robbed  us  of  Shakspeure  P  The  dare  oit  the  ri 
would  suit  equally  well,  while  tli 
Uiiok,  more  Ccrvuutes'like  than  >i     . 


Pasbacb  iM  "  Thk  TuNvicaT." — Pray  find 
in  your  8liakspoare  Number  to  recnlt  attcntioa  i 
the  Old  Corrector's  admirable  eiuendatioD  of 
vexed  paaaiige  in  Thu  Tempest :  — 

**  Uttt  tbcM  owMt  Uioiights  do  over  roArcali  my  I 
Moat  busy,  leojt  when  I  do  iu" 

The  Old  Corrector  substitutes  "  Busy-Wr*/  for 
'*  busy, /rujt/;"  and  though  Mr.  Sinjier,  who  hod 
BUggestetl  "most  bvstest"  pronoonces  ** 
iilcst"  the  very  worst  und  most  imprfitiabfe 
ing  of  .'dl  that  liuve  bt-en  sii:.' 
tirely  dissent  from  him.    Tin  , 

^'  Dui  itii'Ac  sweet  ibougliti  do  t>v«t  rvtrraU  utjf 
Mo4i  Imxv  hU»l  wUeij  1  do  it"  — 

convoys  to  my  uiiud  a  clour  and  si^ 

one  wlui   fiml*  tliai  tJie  bibmir  he 

sicH 

tb. 

of*'  ul'lii  '  lor   •'  ucbki 

"  k«It«r  "  fur  *'  h4iat«"  in  Ti 

Id  th«  Athmteum  of  January  9,  1964,  b  • 
vi«w  of  Mr.  Dycc's  usw  edttioo  of  tUtaki 


NOTES  ANV  QUERIESu 


id  Uiere  is  given  the  different  ruarjiniza  of  the 
ttmiiu  Itne  (tis  it  is  called)  frDm   Tht:   Tempest, 

Act  III.  Sc.  2^  spoken  by  Fcnlinand  as  in  the 

First  Folio  :  — 
"^Hnt  tliMC  sweet  Ihou^rhU  do  even  refr^U  my  labours 
Most  ucrtiK  vesv,  wUon  I  do  it." 

lesc  different  readings  arc  — 

*'lMost  hnnant  when  I  do  it."  (fJiUt  ffhile.) 

'  Most  hui^  ln.r»t  when  I  dg  it"  {Cnlli»r''M  Folio,') 
••  f^a$t  bunj  wbcii  I  <lo  ii."  {Pope.) 

'Mont  hmy  Uu  Yfhm   I   do  it."  (^Chartea  Kniifht  and 

'  Most  butyfM  when  f  do  it."  (  Stantiton.) 
With  all  these  reading!?,  I  beg  to  su^^gest  another, 
rhich  appears  to  me  the  correct  one  :  — 

"  M08T  Itutufl  when  I  thi  it." 

aftt  is,  Ferdinand's  ewect  thoughts  of  his  sweet 
niistros:!,  which  refreshed  his  labours  were  ntosl 
btuied  when  he  luboured  for  her  sake  ;  nnd  for 
this  rendinp  we  have  the  authority  of  ShAkspcuro 
himself  \uliomeo  and  Juliet,  Act  I.  Sc.  1,  in  the 
following  lines  :  — 

I.    "  I  measuring  his  nffections  by  my  own, 
I      That  most  are  bumtd  when  they  are  tnost  alone." 
I  SlDHET   BeISLY. 

I  Lswrie  Park,  S^ danham. 
K  "  AAer  sunset  merrily." 

f  Theobald's  reading  was  approved  of  by  Hunter, 
And  I  find  JViacaulay  of  the  8»me  opinion.  Thus 
write*  the  poet -hist  or  ran  :  —  "  Who  does  not  sym- 
pnthi5e  with  the  rnpfure  of  Ariel,  flying  Bfter 
siinsct  on  the  wings  of  the  bat?" — "  Ariel  riding 
throtigh  the  twilight  on  th<s  bnt." — MiaeeUanemu 
Wrilivgx,  vol.  i.  pp.  64,221.  C. 

"  TwKtrrtt  NmnT."  — 

CJW>»,  ••  I  did  impeticoi  thy  prntillitr." 

Tunl/lh  yiiM  Act  II.  Sc.  3. 

With  the  change  of  one,  or  at  most  two  letters, 
[would  read  impiticoa  or  impUkose.  In  Floi  lo's 
l^een  Anua^K  New  World  of  Words,  we  find  the 
allowing :  — 

"  PItoecare,  to  iMg  up  and  down  (br  broken  pieces  of 
B*at  or  scrap*.    Also  to  dodge  and  pntter. 
"  Pitucca,  an  old  crafty  beggar,  u  inithcr,  a  patcht* 
>at  lx<gt;ar,  a  dodger,  a  pattcrcr,  a  wrangler." 
Now,  one  distinctive  char. ict eristic  of  Feste  i«, 
int  he  is  a  beggar  over  any  other  of  Shakspenre'a 
IKiwns,  and  &  pittcco,  a  cra/ty  uud  patcbt-coat  one. 
Would  not  two  of  these  have  bred,  Sir?*'  says 
le,  "and  then  the  bells  of  St.  Bcnnet,  Sir,  mitjlil 
lut  you  in  mind — one,  two,  three;  and  though  it 
lease  you,  Sir,  to  be  one  of  my  friends,"  &c.  &c. 
lie,  therefore,  havitKT  oli'^crv.-.i  what  a  mine  Sir 
Tohy  had  in  Sir  An^!  1  to  try  to  ex- 

it sum-.'  of  titc  ff.'  I  ciin<lL'8eend- 

I,  Of  gurtrdiiin 

by  Buch  gi,b- 

M  liiHl  ol  tli«  Vftpiitoa  piutoiiig  tUe  eqiunoo* 


lials  of  Quenbuii,  and  the  like.  But  what  got  he 
for  his  pains?  A  paltry  sixpence  ;  just  wliat  Sir 
Toby,  tnc  improvident  younger  brother,  was  ao* 
customed  to  give  him  when  he  was  in  funds.  Yes, 
and  ho  got  also  what  Sir  Toby  never  gave,  an 
ostentatious  reminder  of  it  next  morning.  With  a 
covert  sneer,  therefore,  he  coins  a  diminutive  to 
ex'iircsn  the  ^mallness  of  the  gift,  and  acknow- 
ledges the  gmtiltityy  and  in  the  same  vein  coins 
impiticote  (.f  being  the  usual  causative,  and  im  the 
usual  intensitive  augment)  ;  and  snys,  I  did  make 
a  great  "begging  up  nnd  down,"  and  after  ninch 
ado  and  importunity,  I  received  "a  scrnp"  of 
your  bounty,  a  crumb  from  Dives — I  did  impiti- 
cose  ihy  gratilUtii. 

There  might  also  havt  been  an  intemled  quib- 
ble in  the  phrase,  if  Shokspeare  had  been  aware  of 
another  and  oppnrently  primary  meaning  ol'pHocco, 
not  given  by  Florio,  but  which  probably  gave 
rise  to  his  cxplonation  of  patcht-coat  beggar. 
Vatizon  gives  '■'■  pitocco,  also  a  part^  in  oM  times,  of 
vtale  Attire,  perhaps  a  species  of  mantle  ;"  and  in 
this  senso  the  Clown  would  mran  I  did  impouch, 
or,  us  some  editors,  by  a  happy  coiTuption  of  th« 
word,  make  him  say — I  did  impetticoat  thy  botanty. 
BBtTOLGT  Nicholson. 


"  Measdbe  ron  Measure."  — 
*'  Die,  perish  !  might  but  my  bending  down  — " 

.\ct  III.  So.  1. 

As  Isabel,  in  her  disgust  and  Indignation,  ex- 
claims :  — 

"  0  yon  beast ! 
O  faithless  coward  !  O  dishonest  wretch  !  " 

we  may  with  some  confidence  read  :  — 

"  Die,  perish,  wretcii !   might  but  my  bt^nding  down 
Kcpriove  lliee  (roni  tiiy  fiite,  it  should  proceed." 

"  Wherein  have  1  so  deacrv'd  of  you, 
Thftt  you  extol  me  thus?  "—Act  V.  Sc.  J. 

I  venture  to  propose  the  following  cmen<!a(ion| 
as  natural  and  consonant  with  the  feelings  of  tbo' 
Duke.     Having  addressed  Anj^elo  in  a  friendly 
spirit,  he  then  turns  angrily  (o  Lucio:  — 

^  Ycit,  sirrsh,  that  knew  me  for  a  fool,  a  coward, 
(Dne  all  of  luxury,  an  ass,  a  madman; 
Wliercin  have  I,  sir,  so  deserv'd  of  yoa, 
That  you  extol  nie  thus?  " 

Lucio  replies,  and  the  Duke  answers  :  — 
"  WiiippM  linrt,  sir,  and  h.ing'd  after." 

Pope's   emendation,  in  each  instance,   is  sin- 
gularly foeble :  — 

"  Wherein  have  I  deterved  $0  of  yon.** 

C. 


I 


"  Xips  youth  in  the  head,  and  follies  doth  emmtw.'^ 

If  "tfMew"  be,  as  Mb.  Keiobtley  says,  a  "cer- 
tain"   ememlnlion    An-    "ea«afe«" — >J&ss,>^s^«v  nIjc** 


"head"  be  a  likely  misprint  for  bud T  "Nip  in 
the  bud,"  U  proverbial :  which  "Nip  in  the  head" 
is  not,  nor  very  apposite  to  the  particular  caae 
in  view. 
••  How  might  she  tonguo  me  I  Bat  reason  darw  her 
no,"  &c. 

I,  for  one,  gladly  accent  Mb.  KEiGHTr.Er*8 
"says  "  for  "  dares,"  in  the  line  ns  it  stands.  But 
might  not  the  error  lie  in  the  transposition,  rather 
than  substitution  of  the  words?  and  the  line 
originally  have  run  : — 

•♦Uovr  might  she  tongue  roe?     But  her  reason  dares 
not." 

QuiTIS. 


"The  CoMEDr  or  Ehbobs":  Antipholdb  ob 
Autiphilds.  —  Some  d.iya  since,  a  critique  ap- 
peared in  The  Tmen  on  Shakspeare's  Comedy  of 
Error*y  occasioned  by  the  pro<luction  of  that  play 
at  the  Princess's  Theatre.  The  writer  of  the 
notice  in  question,  when  speaking  of  the  brothers 
Antiphohia,  used  these  words  :  "  It  ought  to  have 
been  Antinhilus  though."  Now,  it  appears  to 
roe,  that  this  observation  is  more  indicative  of 
etymological  skill  than  philologicjd  sagacity ;  and 
argues  ft  belter  aiquaiutanec  with  the  text  of 
Terence,  than  with  the  rules  and  practice  of 
draiuntic  composition.  The  suggestion  as  to  the 
change  of  name  is  one  which  carries  with  it  no 
weight  whatever :  for,  supposing  thul  Antipholus 
were  changed  to  "  Antinhilus,"  what  benefit  would 
result  ?  Why,  none  wnatever  ;  but,  on  the  con- 
trary, an  erroneoufi  idea  would  be  conveyed,  and 
the  meaning  expressed  by  the  name  wouUl  be  at 
variance  with  the  circumstances  in  which  the  two 
men  are  placed.  Undoubtedly,  Shakspeare  de- 
liberately chose  the  name  Antipholus,  not  for  its 
etymological  force,  but  because  it  sounds  well 
when  decluimcd,  and,  moreover,  has  a  Greek 
look.  "Antiphilus"  would  have  a  thin  sound, 
which  would  necessarily  be  less  effective  fur  stage 
purposcH  than  the  more  full  one  of  Antipholus. 

We  cannot  imagine  that  Shakspcnie's  ncqunint- 
ancc  with  the  de^d  languages  was  suiricienl  to 
enable  liim  to  ninnufucturc  a  name  having  a  fine 
sound  tmd  un  anpropriut^!  significKtion  ;  nor  can 
we  think  that  Sliukspearo  would  have  taken  the 
trouble  to  constiltthc  scholars  of  the  day  on  so 
trivisil  a  subject  If  wc  adopt  the  wuni  "  Anti- 
philus," we  imply  that  the  two  brothers  were 
uiuttinl  friends;  wheroas  they  were  imknown  to 
each  other,  throughout  almost  the  whole  play. 

Terence,  in  his  Ifeuulontimorumenoi,  tiai  An* 
tiphila,  but  there  the  n.nmc  in  applicable :  havitig 
ft  moaning,  coguntc  with  that  of  irrt^la.  I 
eninl  that  Anlinholu*  has  a  peculiar  sense,  if  it 
nwt  «nv  at  all ;  but  if  we  eould  Iwlicve  in  Shnk- 
fpoftres  scholiirship,  we  might  conjecture  that  he 
/fJoJt  ibe  word  from  iiflwaXtt,  in  coiuv<\ucnc«  o( 


the  respective  places  in  which  the  brothers  dwelt. 
But  s|)eculation3  in  tie  matter  arc  useless  and 
absurd.  Perhaps  some  of  your  learned  _  corre- 
spondents will  favour  me  with  their  opinions 
tail  subject.  J.  C.  H. 


• 


"  TiiK  Mekbt  Wives   or  WniiwoB,"  Acr 

Sc.  3.  — 

"  A  word,  Monsieur  Mockwater."— Act  IL  Sc  I. 
This  is  literally  a  stale  jest,  and  partly,  u 
Johnson  supposed,  an  allu.sion  to  the  physician's 
inspection  of  the  urine.  The  Host  li»d  previ^ 
ously  called  the  worthy  doctor,  "  Bully  Siftle,*" 
and  "  King  Urinal,"  and  here  we  may  read :  — 

••  Ho»t.  A  word,  Monsieur  Makewater. 

OiiuM.  MackvAter!  VAtbdat? 

Ho$t.  Makewaler,  in  oar  Knglish   tongue,  is 
bully." 

Every  child  knows  it  means  cowardice,  ani 
has  just  before  culled  him,  "  heart  of  elder." 


"  Hamlet."— In  the  Sahtrdny  Rfvietc,  Mi 
12,  a  writer  on  "  The  Novel  and  the  Ura 
says,  "  Shakspeare  never  mentions  Hamlet." 
observati<m  reminded  me  that  once,  and  undrr 
singular  circumstances,  we  .seem  to  get  a  ulimpM: 
of  Shakspeare's  idea  of  that  play.  In  his  will, 
in  an  interlineation,  while  bequeathing  2<}/8  "  lo 
buy  him  a  ring,"  he  wrote  his  friend's  nftiae, 
probably  the  godfather  of  his  f^''-  '■•♦  Hamtttt, 
mstead  of  Hamnct  Sadler.     So  ly  doe* 

bis  Hamlet  seeni  to  have  posses^L  i      luory  »s 

to  have   been  written  off  unconsciously   by   hi* 
sickneas-wasted  hand.     Ought  Sonnet  lOS   t 
read  as  having  reference  to  his  son  — 

S*»ii-    '    - 


nn 

1 


New    Rbadihc  :     "  Love's    Laoous'i    Ikwt," 
Act  III,  for  — 

•*  A  whilely  wanton  with  a  velvet  beow," 
where   Porson   suggests    Whiffle**,   I   tliiok   w» 
should  read  wide**.  Samvci.  Nnu 


"  MERcnAST  or  VaMiCR,"   Aun  "Ti 
CaitssinA"  (3'*  S-  iv.  121.')  — JIk.  '^ 
note,  <»n  the  MerchaJit  of  Venicr,  is  ccrin-niT 
valuable ;  his  improved  readings  are,  in  th« 
more   thnn  hnppy  conjectures.      '   ^"  * 
however,  my    surjiH'se    thai   h<.' 

to  be  contente<l  with  the  remni;. , 

ememlation,   by    the  corrertorji   of  the  Fc 
1(>32,  o(  the  celebrated  paisnge  :  — 

>*  Thus  ornament  la  but  the  gildMl  »liors^*  ht 

The  mere  chni  '  "*  Unm 

comma  in  the  }n^  vi 

warity,  and  maile  tUc  pa^^jj^e  one  o 


r*  S.  V.  Mah.  19,  '64.] 


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231 


beauty.  Rarely  has  so  much  been  done  bj  a 
commtL. 

I  am  sorry  to  have  my  faith  in  this  ctncndution 
shaken  by  an  implied  disbelief  in  it,  by  so  able  a 
Sbakspeanun  as  Mr.  Keightlet. 

Bc(<>re  leaving  the  great  poet,  permit  ine  to 
ask  Mb.  Keiuhtlet,  or  any  other  equally  cupable 
critic,  to  point  out  the  connexion  of  tde  fine  line 
in  Troilut  and  Cressitla  — 

**  One  touch  of  nnture  m&kcs  the  whole  world  kin," 

with  those  that  precede  and  follow  it. 

The  idea  expressed  in  this  line,  seems  to  me  to 
be  complete  in  itself,  nnd  not  suggested  by  tbe 
main  thought  or  sentiment  of  the  pass.ige. 

H.N. 

New  York. 


8nA.KaPCARE       AND      UIS     CoMMCSTATORS,      OB 

EHENtvATORs :  Paxm.— In  l\\Q  Athenttvm  of  Janu- 
ary, 1864,  is  the  following  passage  :  — 

•*  8hiiluipe«re  w«*  thoag^ht  to  have  committed  a  slip  of 
the  pen  when,  in  At  low  Like  It,  he  allowed  KofUtlinU  to 
find  ■  palm,  in  the  forest  of  Anlen.  Commentators  have 
be«n  sadly  pnzuled  about  it,  and  auggcsled  every  po«sible 
explanation  mto  the  most  natural  one.  The  country 
people  still  call  the  gnat  wiUow,  just  when  the  young  cat- 
kins  make  their  appearance,  palm." 

This  is  certainly  a  new  version  of  the  reading 
of  palm-tree,  but  1  think  the  writer  will  not  find 
many  persons  willing  to  accept  it.  In  the  first 
place,  there  is  nothing  in  A»  You  Like  It  to  show 
that  the  forest  in  which  Rusalind  found  the  palm- 
tree  was  the  forest  of  Arden  in  Warwickshire. 
If  so,  tt  would  be  strange  to  find  any  one  of  the 
palm  species  growing  there,  and  equally  strange 
to  find  a  tufc  of  olives  near  Kos.tlind  s  house  ;  and 
more  strange  still,  to  find  n  lioness  couching  in 
that  forest  —  unless  it  had  escaped  from  some 
travelling  menagerie,  exhibiting  such  beasts  in 
the  neighbourhood.  If  it  is  admitted  that,  byprtlm- 
tree,  STiakspeare  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  Salix,  or  willow,  when 
gathered  for  Palm  Sunday  celebration,  are  com- 
monly culk'd  palm,  the  willow  itself  is  not  called 
palm-frrf  by  the  writers  of  Slmkspeare's  time. 

llie  fact,  I  believe,  is,  that  the  forest  in  which 
Rosalind  found  tbt"  paliu-tn-e  and  the  olive-trees 
wax  a  southern  one — in  which  the  lioness  might 
naturally  find  a  hiding  place.  AVIiat  will  Dr. 
Prior  say  to  thi  Sidmet  Ueislt. 


Act  II. 
moelf, 


"  I  om  known  to  be  a  humnrous  patririan.  tnri  one 
that  lovea  a  cup  of  hot  wine  with  not  a  drop  of  allaying 
Tiber  in't :  saia  to  be  something  imperfect  in  favotiring 
the  Jir$t  complaint." 

It  has  been  proposed  to  read  thl.^,  "the  Mi>«f  com- 
plaint"; but  is  not  the  passage  better  as  it  stands? 
JMenenius  says  he  hss  two  faults,  or  cuniplaints. 
The  Jirst  that  he  is  *'  humorous,"  i.  e.  bot-headed 
and  crotchetty  ;  the  »ecoua,  (hat  he  is  too  fond 
of  a  cup  of  wine :  and  thnt  this  aecoud  com- 
plaint lias  rather  a  tendency  to  aggravate  tiiejirtt. 
I  dii  not  remember  such  a  phrase  as  "  the  thirst 
coinplaiitt"  in  any  author.  A.  A. 

Poets'  Comer. 


Trustt:  Trcbt:  as  used  by  Shakspeabe. — 
Shaksjjeare  has  been  cited  as  using  the  word 
tnut  and  trnsti/  in  the  sense  of  the  modern  words 
reliance  and  reliable.  It  will  not  be  uninteresting 
to  examine  his  use  of  these  words,  which  were 
favourites  of  his.  Tnuty  he  uses  seventeen  times ; 
fifteen  times  directly  of  persons.  Once  in  AW$ 
Well  that  Ends  Well  (Act  III.  Sc.  6)  indirectly 
to  persons,  when  he  speaks  of  a  trusty  business, 
I.  e,  requiring  agents  who  cotiM  be  trusted;  and 
once  of  a  sword.  Here  also  ho  really,  as  it  were, 
applies  the  word  to  an  ageiit,  swords  and  other 
weapons  having  a  sort  of  personol  existence  attri- 
buted to  them, — sometimes  being  actually  named. 
He  trustt  his  sword  to  help  him. 

He  uses  the  word  trvst  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 
ns  would  be  exactly  synonymous  to  our  "  rely 
on."  Frequently  it  is  in  these  places  followed  by 
"  on,"  "  in,^'  or  **  to." 

Thus  wc  have— jud™cnt,  nge,  word,  honesty, 
heels,  the  mockery  of  unquiet  thought?,  condi- 
tions, oaths,  honour,  virtue,  speeches.  In  most 
of  these,  there  is  not  that  absolute  rcliflnce  upon 
the  thing  itself  implied  in  the  word  reliable.  It 
would  hardly  be  good  nineteenth-century  Eng- 
lish to  say,  that  "your  honesty  is  reliable." 
Though  it  was  good  Elirabetbnu  to  bid  a  man 
''  trust  his  honesty."  At  any  rate,  Shakspeare  is 
entirely  with  me  in  the  word  trtisttj ;  and  evi- 
dently prefers  my  use  of  the  word  trust,  if  he 
very  occasionally  disregards  it.  t  r*  ,t 


I 


J.  C.  J. 


"  Incokt." — This  word  is  used  twice  by  Shak- 
speare in  the  same  play,  Love'x  Labour's  Lo*t; 
and  by  the  same  speaker.  Costard.  When  Ar- 
mado  gives  hiui  money  (Act  III.  Sc.  1),  he  calls 
him  "my  incony  Jew;"  and  after  1  he  by  no 
means  delicate  jests  between  himself  and  Bovet, 
l>a  nnW    ilw    mnvcrsation   "  most  inconv    vulffor 


he  call    the   conversotion 

v»U."      M^Biw^  N't^^  '"^'Jtfi  <asv\^«'Vi« 


most  incony    vulgar 


232 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  a  y.  mab. 


made  a-s  to  the  origin  of  tHe  word.  Is  it  not  pro* 
bulily  uierely  a  corruption  of  tbe  Old  French 
iuconuu,  unkaowu,  unheard  of:  a  pljraj3c  nneirer- 
inp  very  much,  also,  to  our  own  verracalnr,  "  no- 
end-of*'?  The  passages  would  then  mean,  "such 
a  Jew  as  never  was  heard  of" — "  no-end-of  valg&r 
wit."  A.  A. 

Poets'  Comer. 


"  Veby  Pk acock"  :  "  IIamlkt,"  Act  III.  Sc.  2. 
(2"'' S.  xii.  451.)  —  It  seems  very  |.rol)able  thiil 
this  passage  ia  corrupt.  There  scons  no  reason, 
fi'om  the  King's  character  and  bearing,  to  com- 
pare him  with  a  peacock.  He  rather  artects  a 
grave  and  condescending  manner.  The  crime  of 
which  he  is  guilty,  and  which  Hamlet  is  so  anx- 
ioiiB  to  brin;;  to  snrae  certain  to3t,  is  not  pride, 
conceit,  ov  un'cctaiton,  but  pipmnnitg.  Is  it  not 
likely  the  word  ought  to  be  read  pttJflock,  i.  e.  a 
toad?  The  "venomous"  and  "jioisunous"  trmil, 
is  mentioned  in  As  Yuu  Like  It ;  Muchelh  ;  Ileuri/ 
VI. ;  liichanl  III, ;  and  in  many  other  places, 
by  Sh>iksp«are,  and,  in  Aft/W/rfA,  it  is  called  hj 
ihii  yery  name— jMuUloch.     If  we  read  — 

" .        .        .        .        now  nigna  here 
A  very,  vcry—padihck," — 

it  would  secin  to  be  quite  in  consonance  with  what 
Hamlet  auye  next : 
"  Dhlai  perceive  ?    Upon  tho  talk  of  the  poitonUg—" 

A.  A. 

Poets"  Comer. 


SiUKsrKAjts  (•'  N.  &  Q.,"  ptusim.)  —  While 
comniillues  and  Bub-conunittecs  arc  arguing  upon 
the  methods,  and  mearks,  uud  meiisurea  of  its  cele- 
bration, the  doy  of  (jur  household  p«)ct'8  orient 
and  Occident  will,  I  fear,  pais  by,  leaving  us  to 
console  ourselvcd  with  Milton's  solution  of  its 
ditliculfy —  finding  in  his  own  works,  and  in  tlie 
everliving  lieart  of  England,  his  already  erected 
monument,  Tlie  birlh-and-dcalh-day  of  Shak- 
apeurc,  iicvcrthijleas,  will  hurdly  miss  of  its  due 
hcraliling  in  "  N.  &  Q," — 

"  With  one  *ua|>ici0ua  anii  one  droufiing  aye," — 
enriched,  »»  iliinugh  fourteen  yeai*  it  has  beon, 
by  the  successive  cumnieninrit;*;  which,  of  tbam- 
sttlvvs,  i'orm  a   valtiable  addition  to   uar  8hiik> 
spcrian  library, 

Among  the  many  tributon  piiid  to  our  "great 
Hi»n  of  memory" — unconfkiiout)lv  paid,  I  might 
say  —  is  the  question,  so  varit)U!.U  debated,  of  his 
espec.iul  pri\fe»»i(tn  and  its  ]»r«eederit  rluiltr?.  Wa^ 
be  a  lawyer* — inquired  the  lute  LonJ  ' 
Campbell.  A  W</rrr .'  — was  the  no  K 
able  hrgumoni  of  Mn.  TnoM*  ('i"^  .S,  vn.  Ms, 
320,  351).  I  knuw  not  which  of  Ihine,  or  what 
other,  was  our  KnKli»h  nuAurpoiwi ;  but,  ..hiiuld  » 
pootica]  cairn  Ik;  reso|»e»l  upon,  I  bog  to  ca»l  mv 
Mnd'graitt  Into  tbe  bmpi  which,  if  rendering  t<> 


him   his  due  hooatira,  will  ^^make  Ossn   Uke  • 

wart." 

Men  ask — what  8hak>ipeare  wm? — A  Lawyer^ 

skilled  . 
In  form  and  phiaife  ? — A  Sottiier,  in  the  Field 
Well  theorised  ami  ]>raclised? — Or.  was  he 
A  Soilor  on  the  wiUl  and  wandering  sea  ? — 
A  Traveller,  who  roamed  the  earth  to  trac« 
The  homes  and  habits  of  the  human  race  f — 
A  SlwUnt,  on  his  cloistered  (:>-V  intont 
Of  mystic  theme  or  subtile  •  — 

A  CAMrcAwan  erudite  ? — A  tAJsc.*' — 

A  Cuurtier,  apt  in  shows  nn'i  levuiiica?  — 
A  sage  P/ij/gician,  who  I'rom  plant  and  Aawer 
Won  the  deep  secrets  of  their  various  power  ^ 
A  Teacher,  whose  kind  spirit  loved  lo  liring 
"^  Sermons  from  stones,    and  good  from   <ii 

thing"  ? — 

Not  one  of  these,  but  all. — Dispute  not  what 

Our  Shaksjieare  iwu, — but  aay.  What  wat  k»  motf 

Edmitrd  Lekthal  Swim. 


8uakm>eabe's  Arm&  —  In  Kaijcht's  Pictorial 
Skaktpere  ("  Biographj,"  vols.  i.  I'u'),  th«  vaa 
are  blazoned  — 

"  Uoulii,  ou  a  b«inl  sabli*  unit  a  speare  oi  ;1if-  iTnL 
point  fttcded,  proper;    and   Li*  cre>l  or  ' 
UUilcon,    liiii    winga    lUsplaveil,    argrut,   sU: 
wrelhv  of  his  coallors,  aup{K>rtiug  a  epeare  gi>ii[<i,  < 
OS  Afureiiaiil,  sutl  u[K)U  a  tielcnel  will)   niiuitend  and 
sella." 

In  BimteU's  Heraldry,  p.  410,  2nd  tdJt^ 

bluzon  is  — 

"Or  on  a  beutl  tabic,  a  apcar  coM.    C'nat,  a 
displayiMl  argent,  Loliling  ia  its  txMk  a  spear  ia  p«l«  < 

I  have  seen  the  crest  depicted  as  a  faicca 
played,    holding  in   each   claw   a  §penr 
which  of  these  is  the  true  blazon?     Di 
speare  use  any  motto?  CaBIJ 

Capa  To»vn. 

[Tho  following  extract,  from  tt)n  Oraut  of  .\i 
served    in  tho   IleraJda'  <.' 
Nichols  in  The  Heruid  u»:'- 
tha  l>««t  roply  to  tliii  ijucrv  :  — 

"  •JuUlit.  On  ii    III  'I  1    >i,»1iliis  J  i>|M*itr<i    iif   till'  fif 

aiL- 


»>'  lid  tSJiMliM^ 

ho  iMjrBoty 

piiUtl  utt  lltu  luufgeiU." 

Mr.  Nichola  aildm  "In  tlio  inorgln  urn 
u  yon  Ilia  anna  niid  rrrat,  and  abova  ibeoi  thi* 
'  MO*  •A»l;4  buviitn.'"'] 


Statistics  or  ^^TiAKsrpARtAtf  LtrrnATrM 

The  fttUowin 

piNjportlon  (w 

^mblifihed  in  each  ;» -nod  uf  tcu  y«jiu%  triiia  1^ 


8"»&  V.  JiU».ia,'M.J 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


233 


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to  1830  inclusive,  is  derived  from  a  very  Jnterest- 
iiiv  pH[>er  iipuii  the  subject  by  Mr.  W.  S.  Jevons, 
or  Owvu's  College,  Mandicftej",  which  appeared  in 
the  ACkeiuntm  of  Saturday  la«t ;  — 

Numher  ofShnltfpearian  Booki  pvbltsked  in  €€teh  Period  of 
7>A  Ytart  from  1691  fb  1830  ineltam. 


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Sharspsakk's  Epitaph  (a""  S.  v.  179.) — I  am 
ry  to  observe  your  correspondent,  Mr.  FimLSB- 
ijr,  spenk  of  this  m  "  little  bettor  than  doggrel," 
tbon^h  he  iifterwords  qualifies  the  description. 
Still,  1  cannot  tliink  that  he  is  «wnre  of  the  cause 
of  the  lines  being  written,  which  is  supposed  to 
have  been  this.  A  little  beyond  Shakspearc*» 
tomb  towards  the  east  ia  a  gotiiio  doorway,  now 
widli'il  iii>.  Tins  fiiii>(i  led,  not  to  a  vestry,  but  a 
tl  'ierable  size,  ftbuve  pruund, 

b  i\  by  certain  loop-holes,  in 

wiiifh  a  large  r|uantity  of  human  bones  was  de- 
positeil.  This,  in  the  progress  of  inipfoveoient  or 
renturatioH  {>\»  ihcy  now  cidl  it),  hai  been  re- 
moved—I  know  not  at  wliat  perioil ;  but  when 
very  young  I  h«vc  bt-en,  more  than  once,  in  the 
charnel-house,  whieli  ^ppenrs  to  have  been  so  far 
an  object  of  terror  to  the  poet  that  he  wrote  the 
lines  now  jnecribcd  on  his  monument  to  prevent 
his  bonefl  b<  '  vbed,  and  added  lo  the  heap. 

8urh,  at  leti  aceount  civen  ;  and  lucky 

MTiis  it  for  I  1    -   .     .ft  the  direc- 

tion, or,  in  I  -M'Q  crantolo- 

or  phr«i.ui..-.M  TT.^iiiii  .4:m;  iin>i  liiiD  up  again 


to  measure  the  length  and  breadth  of  his  skull,  or 
or  perhaps  make  an  exhibition  of  it  at  the  tercen- 
tenary. I. 


SRAK8PRARB  PORTRAITS  (3*^  S.  V.  117.)— Thcfe 

are  the  following  works  on  the  portraits  of  Shak* 
spenre,  besides  those  by  Boaden  and  by  Wivell 
(not"  Weviir*):  — 

Mfrridew,  John  —  "A  Cdtnlog^uc  of  enf^averl  PortrnJU 
of  Ponon*  connected  with  llio  Couniy  of  Wurwick." 
C3orentr>',    4  to.     18-15>. 

Oollier,  J.  P, — "  Diucrtation  on  the  imputed  Portraits 
sf  Sbakej«pi!ara."     London,    ^vo.     1851. 

There  is  idso  Mr.  Friawell's  new  work,  entitled 
Lift  Purtraiit  of  Shahjtprare,  B.  A. 


THE  SECOND  SHAKSPEARE  POUO.  1682. 

Nothing  definite  ia  known  regarding  the  sources 
from  which  the  new  readings  m  the  Shakapcnre 
folio,  1632>  were  derived.  Tne  prevailing  opinion, 
so  far  as  our  researches  show,  is,  that  they  are 
conjectural  emendations  of  some  now  unknown 
editor.  Ben  Jonson  has,  in  .some  instances,  been 
guessed  at.  As  an  examination  of  the  folio  de- 
monstrates that  some  editorial  revision  and  over- 
sight were  e.\erciscd  upon  considerable  portions 
of  it,  and  ns  many  of  the  changes  introduced  into 
it  have  been  adopted  into  the  subsequent  reprints, 
it  becomes  a  Icoitlmate  subject  for  curiosity,  and 
a  proper  topic  for  having  "  N.  &  Q."  about  it. 
Let  me,  on  the  condition  that  Ben  Jonson  is 
supervisor  is  abandoned,  suggest  John  Milton ; 
and  in  support  of  my  hyix)thesis,  lay  down  the 
following  statements  airtl  arguments  :  —  l.tt.  Mil- 
ton was  a  diligent  and  admiring  student  of  Shak- 
spcare's  works  —  of  which  the  proofs  are,  the 
special  Shakspenriunisms  in  his  poems ;  his  mak- 
ing both  L' Allegro  and  II  Pensero  find  enjoyment 
from  the  "stage";  his  early  inclinntion  for  the 
drama,  as  exhibited  in  ArcadeJ!  and  Comitx,  m 
well  as  in  his  design  to  compose  a  Tragedy  on 
Adam's  Fall,  from  which  he  was  probably  dissuaded 
by  a  perusal  of  the  Adamm  Kxid  of  Grotius. 
This  love  for  dramatic  forms  of  composition  re- 
mained with  him  like  a  "  ruling  passion  "  to  the 
lost,  as  Siinuion  AgoniftteM,  published  in  1671, 
.^howii  plainly.  The  nil-prevailing  proof  of  this 
thesis  is,  however,  the  epitaph  on  Shakapeare, 
written  in  1(J.30,  and  prefixed  in  the  place  of 
honour  to  the  Second  lolio  just  after  Ben  Jon- 
wm's  lines  "  Upon  thi-  Effigies  of  my  worthy 
Friend,  the  Author,  Master  William  Shak- 
speure  and  his  Works"  on  p.  7  of  the  book, 
counting  the  title.  This  poem  —  issued  anony- 
mously, and  only  acknowledged  in  lfi4.^»  —  eoiilil 
only  have  been  written  regnrdlng  the  fir-l  I'ulio, 
and  as  it  was  unpublished,  the  proprietor  of 
tho  folio  mu«t  \\v.N*  <^<a\.  VwwVwfMs?.  ^''^  "^^^  S.T:s^'«5a>" 


I 


I 


234 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ISr''  S.  y.  MaB,  19,  \ 


some  privnte  source.  Our  supposition  is,  that 
the  lint's  were  written  in  Milton's  copy  of  the 
first  folio,  which  while  reading  he  had  conjectur- 
ally  revised,  and  that  the  publishers  had  asked 
him  for  permiasion  to  print  the  lines  and  use  his 
emendations.     This  leadti  me  to  point  — • 

2nd.  Milton  was  a  fastidious  and  habitual  cor- 
rector and  annotator  of  the  books  he  read.  Of 
this,  amonj;  other  proofs,  >vc  may  note  his  ela- 
borate emendations  of  Euripides,  many  of  which 
secured  the  approval  of  Porson. 

3nl.  The  time  of  life  at  which  Milton  hail  ar- 
riyed  when  the  poem  wos  written.  He,  a  diligent 
student,  was  just  at  the  nge  when  such  an  exercise 
wouhl  he  a  "  labour  of  love."  Perhaps  some  other 
Shnkspeiire  student  and  admirer  of  Milton  may 
be  ablii  to  clour  up  this  matter  further. 

I  may  furtlier  add  that  the  poem  in  the  same 
folio  signed  I.  M.  S.,  if  certainly  the  work  of  John 
Millon,  Studcvt^  would  strengthen  my  hypothesis  ; 
but  I  incline  to  consider  these  latter  lines  as  the 
product  of  tlic  author  of  Esaayea  of  a  Prentice  in 
the  Divine  Art  vf  Poesie^  1584;  and  if  my  guess 
were  correct,  ir  would  add  interest  to  Jonson's 
praise  of — 

"  Those  fliglits  upon  tlic  banks  orThani«s, 
That  80  diij  take  Kliza  ond  our  J  a  M  e  8." 

Samukl  Nmi. 

MofTaltf  N.  B. 


PASSAGE  IS  "CTMDELINE." 

"  13iit  alack 
YoD  snatch  some  hence  for  little  faults;  that's  lore 
To  liQve  them  wn  no  more;  you  »onic  permit 
To  leicirid  ills  with  ills,  each' elder  worse. 
And  make  tbcin  dread  it,  to  the  do«r'»  thriji." 

CymMiHf,  Act  V.  Sc.  1.  Fo«th. 

Here  (he  printer  may  hove  put  in  type  trift, 
and  then  amended  if,  as  he  thought,  by  inserting 
h  ;  but  without  insisting  on  the  partiouhr  steps  by 
which  tbe  mistake  arose,  the  word  trist  will,  I 
think,  approve  itself  to  all  as  that  used  by  Shak- 
speare,  for  while  its  unusual  form  gi\'e9  a  reason 
for  the  unlearned  firinter's  mistake,  it  clears  up 
the  ordy  real  obseurity  in  the  passuj^e.  I  am  not 
indeed  aware  of  its  occurrence  eUewhere  as  a  sub- 
stantive, but  it  was  u*ed  as  an  adjective,  and  the 
omploymeni  of  a  word  as  a  part  of  speech  other 
than  that  in  which  it  was  ordinarily  used,  was  a 
licence  commonly  allowed  in  Elizabethan  limes. 
Moreover,  trist  would  be  the  substantive  form  or 
root  of  UT\  acUeclivc  twice  used  by  ShiUcspcnrc. 
In  the  First  Part  w/  Kuif^  Henry  IV. — where,  by 
the  way,  the  pi  inter  mistook  it  for  the  commoner 
trustful— when  PaUintrwould  reproach  the  prime 
for  his  mode  of  life,  he  speaks,  nut  of  the  Bor. 
rowful,  or  sorrowitv  ••  •  .rfnl,  but  of  the  trist- 
ful queen,  ond  jo  i  habitual  and  »ellled 
U)eJ«j»chol/,  irbich  j,  „  ^_..t  that  the  mere  sight 


] 


pa  oil 

"  far    , 

i 

lit  t^^ 


of  her  son,  on  his  rare  return  to  the  palace,  nu>y« 
her  fo  tears.  In  like  manner,  Hamlet,  epeaking 
of  the  settled  sadness  of  the  earth  at  his  mother's 
act,  talks  of,  "  The  tristful  visage  that,  as  agaitut 
the  doom,  is  thought-sick." 

So  is  the  sense  here,  while  it  may  be  also  noted 
as  to  50  Latinate  a  word,  that  Shakspeare  »  rather 
fond  of  occasionally  introducing  a  word    which 
will  recal  the  hearer's  mind  to  the  time  and  scene 
of  tbe  action.    Posthumus  is  gazing  on  that  which 
alone  remains  to  htni  of  Imogen,  her  handkerchief 
dyed  in  her  blood,  and  he  is  full  of  remorse  for 
her  murder.     In  his  self-accusings  he  extenuates 
her  supposed  fault,  and  his  revenge  seems  to  him 
a  hideous  unpardonable  crime.    Naturally  deniriag 
death,    in   his  bitter  despair  he  classes  his   own 
among  the  examples  of  a  doctrine  as  to  the  govern- 
ance of  human  affairs  by  the  gods,  which  helps  on 
his   desire  to  leave  life.     "  You,"  says  he,  "  far 
though  we  evilly  do  the  ill,  you  overrule  it 
the  victim's  good,  you  for  slight  faults  lake 
hence,  and  Imogen  atnong  them,  and  this  in 
that  they  should  sin  no  more.     Other  eotne 
do  ill   (and  among  them  mvself)  yon  permit    _ 
live,  and  withdrawing  your  love  from  them,  this 
is  their  punishment,  that  to  every  one  an  incxor« 
■ble  necessity  arising  from  the  first  crime  follows 
like  an  avenging  fury,  and  compels  them  to  odd 
gl^ater  crime  to  greater  crime  continually,  uid 
while   thus  driven  on  they  yet,  before  the  OOOH 
mission  of  each  crime,  dread  it,  and  aAer  its  COOH 
mission  suffer  still  more  from  the  stings  of  remO! 
and  from  that  overhanging  dread   which,  while 
fears  them,  goads  them  on,  goails  me  on,  to  furti  _ 
ill  to  my  lasting  and  abiding  sorrow."     Such  I 
take  to  be  his  thoughts  expressed  more  at  length ; 
and  if  it  be  asked  how  he  had  as  yet  added  crime 
to  crime,  I  answer  that  to  his  remorseful  imai^oa- 
tion  tortured  by  love  of  her  he  had  In- 
crime  was  doubt,  his  second,  lending  li^ 
accomplice  to  tempt  her,  and   facilitnte    i. 
dishonour,  and  his  third  her  death.     I  wou! 
too,  that  though  his  reasoning  is  greatly  : 
inasmuch  as,  though  not  doubting  a  future 
he  neither  here  nor  elsewhere  shows  the  po^.^ 
of  any  sure  Lope  or  fear,  but  would  ja«" 
after  enquiry,  vaguely  trusting  to  the  n>i 
the  gods;  vet  the  doctrine  that  ill   j 
and  generally  a  greater  ill,  \*  a  favouri 
Shakspeare,  and  is,  fur  itislance,  one  of  the 
the  whole  story  of  la  go,  DeMleinon:!.  nml  O 

But  to  return  to  our  i»a«s.. 
makeisdearly  "vcgod#,"  an.. 
are  the  "  some'  who  arc  peiujittoil 
grammarians  have  been  puzzled  as  to 
frtim  the  iilurnl  "  th'-m '   to  the  sintri 


K  r    I 


ill,  anil 
though 
into  "  c 
UoQ  is 


ah 


gulur 
so  of  criiUL's  to  the  winffular  "  it," 


•  iiv    luniie,   anu   licre, 


w. 


$r«  8.  T.  Ma8.  Id.  'M.3 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Jonson  bdM,  Shakspeare  struck  the  second  beat 
upon  the  Muses*  nnvil ;  turned  the  Bame  and 
himself  with  it  to  write  these  livinj?  lines.  The 
despair  of  Posthuinus  leads  him  to  n  general  re- 
flection, which  showd  a  passing;  bitternes4  ncainat 
providence,  afterwards  atoned  for  bj  "  your  blessed 
wills  be  done/'  but  his  remorse  is  so  great  that  he 
cannot  continue  in  generalities ;  but  when  he 
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, 
my,  last  crime ;  and  then  pressing  the  handker^ 
chief  to  his  lips  and  biding  his  face  in  his  bands, 
aye  to  my  sorrow  —  for  ever.  It  is  only  such  an 
outbreak  that  can  redeem  the  scene  from  tame- 
ncss,  and  Posthumus  from  the  imputation  of  a 
b-uUenness  and  mere  dopged  resolution  to  die, 
which  is  foreign  to  his  whole  character.  And  it 
is  only  such  an  outbreak  of  passion,  and  the  ex- 
haustion consequent  on  it,  tnat  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  phra.*e,  though  they  may  find  a  difficulty  in 
explaining  it.  To  the  bystander,  e.nch  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  stcflm-engino  is 
older  than  that  of  fire,  so  to  Posthumus  himself, 
wbo  viewed  his  deeds  as  existent  as  much  in 
thought  OS  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.  Bbihslet  Nicholson. 


" 


MORGANATIC  AND  EBENBURTIG. 

Both  these  words,  though  of  considerable  im< 
rtance  at  the  present  day,  are  so  totally  mis- 
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 i«  mocked  by  the  optical  illusions  of  run- 
ning streams  nnd  green  meadows,  these  the  Italians 
call  Fata  Morgana,  the  delusions  of  the  Fee 
Morgana.  Something  thus  delusive  is  a  Mor- 
ganatic Marriage.  For  though  ii  involves  no 
immorality,  and  has 'always  the  full  sanction  of 
the  church,  it  is,  as  regards  the  wife  and  children, 
ao  illusion  and  a  make-bt'lieve :  they  do  not  enjoy 
the  rights  of  the  husband,  if  a  sovereign  prince, 
nor  take  his  title  ;  and  it  is  only  amongst  sovcreigu 

Erinces  that  the  practice  obtains.     The  children 
ave  onljr  the  righta  of  the  mother,  unless  she  is 


ebenhi'trtig,  or,  as  is  expressed  in  the  closing  act  of 
the  Treaty  of  Vienna,  1815,  ctune  naisaance  egale 
avec  Ira  princes  souveraiiu,  or  those  in  succession 
to  become  so. 

It  was,  therefore,  a  prudent  arrangement  for 
princes  who  preferred  the  claims  of  natural  af- 
fection 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  hi»  first  wife,  the 
Princess  of  Mecklenburg-Strelitz,  Frederic  Wil- 
liam III.,  father  of  the  present  and  previous  king 
of  Prussia,  was  enabled  to  follow  the  dictates  of 
bis  afiectiou  for  the  Countess  of  Liegnitz,  who 
was  received  by  all  his  family  os  a  true  wife,  and 
still  continues  to  enjoy  their  respect.  In  a  similar 
manner,  the  last  King  of  Denmark  associated  to 
himself  and  ennobled  the  Countess  Danncr ;  nor 
would,  in  our  country,  the  union  of  the  late 
Duke  of  Sussex  with  the  Duchess  of  Inverness 
be  dissimilar.  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  marriage,  or  the  civil  state  nf 
their  husbands,  because  they  were  not  ebenbiirtig 
or  rfe  naissnnce  egale. 

In  the  Golden  Bull  of  the  Empire,  promulgated 
in  the  fourteenth  century,  legitimacy  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  bouses  of  Graflon  and  St. 
Albnns  have  every  rio;ht  of  their  high  rank,  but  in 
their  royal  quarterings  the  bar  sinister  is  in- 
delible. 

This  would  entirely  preclude  their  ebenbiirtig' 
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  Scbleswig  and  Hohstein.  In  lineal  suc- 
cession there  is  no  duubt  but  that  the  elder  Duke 
of  Augustenburg  has  a  prior  claim,  but  his 
marriage  with  the  Countess  Danskioid-Sumsoe, 
a  family  which  has  its  origin  in  an  illegitimate 
scion  of  a  Danish  king,  is  as  much  unebenbiirtig  as 
the  families  of  the  ducal  houses  of  Grafton  or  St. 
Albans  ;  and  her  son,  therefore,  the  present  claim- 
ant, the  youno;er  Duke  of  Augustenberg,  now  at 
Kiel,  is  entirely  precluded,  being,  like  his  mother, 
unebenbiirtig,  and  more  especially  whilst  his  lather, 
who  Has  been  bought  on  by  the  Danish  Crown, 
is  still  alive. 

I  may  be  here  allowed  to  stale  that,  when  in  a  let- 
ter published  in  the  Timet  on  Feb.  29, 1  confirmed 
this  fact  by  an  exact  translation  from  Wegener's 
ActeHmilssige  Zuaainmen^telUmg  (a  ilocumentary 
collection  of  acts  in  the  history  of  Denmark),  I 
was  contradicted  the  following  morning  in  a  letter 
signed   "  Hamlet,"  ascribing  to  me  an  idtiaoC  ib-e. 


236 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIEa 


[S'-i&V.  Mab.IB,W 


which  I  am  astonuhed  neither  the  writer  nor  the 
editor  did  not  perceWe  wan  entirely  beside  ihe 
issue  I  had  raised.  The  ladies  of  the  fnmUy  of 
Danskiold-Samsoe,  like  those  of  our  own  ducal 
families  abovenamed,  are  undoubtedly  fully  pre- 
sentable boih  at  the  Danish  and  every  other 
Court ;  bat  the  question  is,  arc  they  not  uMben- 
bUrtig  f  evinced  by  their  not  having  the  haut  pat, 
and  being  refused  the  entrance  by  the  grand 
portal  of  the  palace.  Hamlet  may,  like  hig  name- 
Bake,  be  willing  "  to  take  the  Ghost's  word  for  n 
thousand  pounds,"  but  he  roust  excuse  me  if  I  am 
not  equally  credulous,  and  decline  to  admit  the 
mere  ip*<?  dixit  of  a  sub  umbra  controversialist. 
WuxiAM  Bell.  Phil.  Dr. 
4,  Crescent  Place,  Baiton  Crescent. 


NORFOLK  FOLK  LORE. 

I  send  you  a  few  little  bits  of  "  folk  lore,"  picked 

up  at  S ,   an  out-of-the-way  corner   on   the 

Norfolk  coaat,  to  be  added  — should  you  thiuk 
them  worth  the  honour  —  to  the  collection  already 
aafely  stowed  away  in  "  N.  &  Q."  As  the  super- 
stitions to  be  fottnd  in  any  particular  di&trict 
always  take  their  tone  to  a  great  degree  from  the 
character  of  the  tcenery  and  people  about,  and 
can  only  be  properly  understood  when  considered 
in  connection  with  them,  I  may  as  well  begin  bysuy- 
ing  that  the  parish  consists  of  two  distinct  villages 
and  popututiuDj — Ujujer  and  Lowei*  S  ■  ■  .  The 
former  is  a  pretty,  clean-looking,  agricultural 
place,  with  a  nniunilioent  old  church,  and  tiled 
cottages  of  blue  shinjjlc.  It  atantls  at  the  foot  of 
TOi^b  heathy  hilU,  with  thick  woods  abova,  and 

the  open  sea  b«Iow.     Lower  S is  a  mile  and 

a  ludl  off  in  a  valley  between  what  were  once  two 
high  round  eitnd  hilU,  which  the  »eu  has  broken 
hwf  away,  and  changed  into  abrupt  cliffs.  It  con- 
tains a  church-cbnpel,  till  lately  a  boat-house; 
Air  specimens  of  [irobably  every  filthy  smell  in 
the  county;  ami  for  inhabitant*  a  remarkably 
handsotnc  kcI  of  fishi'iiuen,  who  marry,  ohuost 
before  they  iiav«  don^.'  growing,  girls  of  their  own 
village  (a  wcttding  wilh  an  outsider  is  a  very  rare 
event),  and  rear  rough  and  ready  familiea  in  n 
ttate  of  chronic  stotvation.  They  are  insolently 
todependent,  and  in  their   own   calling   fonrlc^s 

enough  ;  but  in  Lower  S there  ia  hardly  a 

uum  to  be  found  who  would  at  any  price  venture 
half  a  mile  inland  uluno  in  the  dark.  The  coast 
i*  dani^erous,  and  drowning  almo<st  the  conkaK>notit 
•bapo  in  which  'leath  visits  the  village.  It  would 
not,  I  bvli<.»vi\  bo  hnrd  to  find  women  who  have 
losi  '■  ■'  ■  '       •        ' 

per 

tLt>   .„■■    w,.,..u-,     ^^  V, 

wards  an«l   forwai 


their  eyes  out  to  sea.  as  the  wind  is  getting  up, 
when  the  boats  are  out.     It  i«  no  wonder  that 
when  the  minds  of  all  are  continually 
with  the  one  great  fear,  stories  get  abo 
for  such  as  can  read  them,  there  is  manjr 
ing  of  the  coming  of  the  dreaded  storms. 

A  litQe  way  out  to  sea  tliere  is  a  spot,  they  say, 
just  opposite  a  particular  cliff,  where  the  captain  of 
some  old  ship  was  drowned,  and  there  more  than 
once  fiiibemieu  have  heard  tiounds  like  a  human 
voice  coming  up  from  the  water :  whichever  way 
they  pull,  the  voice  is  in  the  other  du  U 

at  last,  on  a  sudden,  it  changes,  and  t 

beneath  their  boat  like  the  last  wild  cry  c.{  .a  man 
sinking  hopelessly.     Then,  if  they  are  wise,  they 
settle  down  to  their   oars,  and   row    f 
shore;  for  life  it  is  — for  they  are  In ■ 
reach  home  in  time  to  escape  the  squuu  wuivi 
sure  to  follow. 

On  the  boundary  of  the  parish,  at  a  gap  m 
cliffs,  if  the  story  an  old  man  gravely  told  ou 
true,  is  a  place  where  a  hundred  Tean  ago  lw« 
drowned  sailors,  who  were  washed  up  after  a 
great  gale,  were  thrown  one  on  the  top  of  another 
into  a  ditch  without  Christian  burial,  and  covered 
wilh  a  honp  of  stones ;  and  still,  if  anyone  nboU 
enoii<:h  to  venture  there  by  night  in  bad  wl 
he  mar  distinctly  hear  an  iU-omened  sound^ 
my  old  friend  illustrated  by  taking  a  handful 
shingle,  and  dropping  them  slowly  one  by  one 
to  a  big  stone. 

1   asked   him   whether  he  bad  ever   neard 
himself.     "  No,"  he  said ;  but  once,  a  Ioa(f 
ago,  when  he  was  a  boy,  he  remembered 
afoug  the  road  a  quarter  of  a  mile  off»  ana 
Ihou^ht  (but  he  could  not  be  quite  »uic)  that 
saw  a  light  there  1 

Tho  old  women  are  apt  to  feel  uncorafortable  U 

a  cat  shoulii  begin  to  play  with   ihcir  gowns  or 

aprons,  for  that  is  a  sign  of  a  gale.     But  |iariM|W 

the  most   respectable  of  all    the  prcmouil«n  «/ 

I  9«orniiii  the  huge  dog  •'Shock"  {Shock,  wASkttA 

i  with   us),  who  comes  out  of  the  »ca,  and  p*** 

I  along  "  Shock's  Lane,"  and  up  on  to  some  liiUa, 

after  which  his  course  Is  uncertain.     His  anaMiarf 

1  generally  is  somewhat  anoroalou*.  for  be  m  "heno- 

I  lew,"  b"'  ''•'>'  "  L'leat  saucer  cyt's."    Tho  poor  Smf 

low  «cii  i:s  of  snnic  dHurmily^  for  he  hai 

I  been    ni   ;  -white  handkcrcher  "  lied  OW 

I  the  place  whc:..  ;i.-:  UrvA    ii.iil  !  hi\ 

I      The  ''shri -I-  ;      •■.-._,,■,  -  •-  :-,,v,thBr.  and  «n«  of 

I  the  worst.   \N  'I  times  an!  roa> 

I  ing  irde<?d,  t  for  a  lung  tbaa 

I  till  liuaa,  when   sk'j   ihruw  several  govd 

I  (M-.  'lerS  into  great  alarm  willl  Ul" 


oomx 


nuu    vuvrupcB  1  aui 


A 


Mau.  19.  *64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


melodions  it  seems  just  posMble  thiit  in  tliim  in- 
stance tliere  may  hare  been  sr»me  slight  mistake  ; 
especially  aa  the  storm,  which,  oceordinir  to  pre- 
cedent, should  have  followed  the  old  liogV  nhrieks, 
did  not  come.  Poor  nervous  wives  as  they  sit 
anxiously  at  home  mcndinir  the  net»,  hear  their 
husbands  YoiceB  talking  or  shoutini^  nbovo  the 
wild  noise  of  the  wind,  thour^h  (heir  boats  may  be 
mile^away  at  wen. 

Only  a  very  few  years  ago,  the  old  clergyman, 
who  for  a  gj-^at  uiany  years  had  been  vicar  of  the 
parish,  ns  he  was  walking  home  one  Sunday  even- 
ing aiVer  service  at  Lower  S chapel,  fell  down 

in  the  middle  of  ihe  road,  and  woe  taJcen  up  dead. 
Hia  congrejiation,  who  not  an  hour  before  had 
seen  him  apparently  in  his  usual  health,  could  not 
fail,  in  their  own  way,  to  be  much  impressed  by 
the  awful  suddenness  of  the  good  old  genlleman  s 
deatli ;  and  there  waa  no  lack  of  ready  believers 
when,  a  little  while  afterwards,  &  boy  driving  a 
iish-cart  came  into  the  village  in  a  ^tate  of  wild 
alarm,  declaring  positively  that  he  paased  him  sitting 
silent  and  motionless,  leaning  forward  on  his  stieic 
on  the  heap  of  stones  beside  the  road  where  first 
tbey  laid  him. 

Faith  in  the  power  of  tlie  Evil  Eye^  and  the  effi- 
cacy of  the  old  plan  of  secrurinff  exemption  frou)  its 
hurtful  influences  by  "  blooding  the  witch,"  is 
still  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  so  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  }j;athcr,  as  they  do  in  thousands,  before  they 
leave  us  for  the  yeor,  and  sit  in  long  rows  along 
the  loads  of  the  church,  they  are  settling  who  is  to 
die  before  they  come  again. 

I  beard  a  quaint  prescription  in  S  the  other 

day,  earnestly  recotnmendcd  by  an  old  woman  to 
a  young  lady  suflerin;r  from  a  weakness  in  one  of 
her  ankles  —  viz.  some  "jrrcy  dodmen  "  (hobby 
snails)  off  the  church  walls,  prepared  in  a  parti- 
cular way  (I  think  boiled  in  a  brass  pot),  and 
sioaahed  into  n  snlve. 

While  on  the  subject  I  may  nieDtion  n  remedy 
for  ague,  which  was  (old  mc  last  year  by  u  fiir- 
mei's  wife  not  far  from  Aylesbury,  which  I  do  not 
rcmeinhcr  having  ever  hcai-d  elsewhere.  It  was  to 
take  a  black  kettle,  and  draw  a  line  on  it  with  a 

Ciccc  of  chalk,  and  put  it  on  the  Cwg.  As  ihe  line 
ecomes  block  like  the  rest  of  the  kettle,  the  ague 
should  disappear.  "  Dut  lor.  Sir  ? "  as  my  good  in- 
formant *aiu  at  the  en<l  of  her  explanation,  "  1 
don't  know  as  that  do  do  any  good."  I  have  heard 
of  the  i)eople  in  Piuqcr,  near  Harrow,  curing  the 
ague  by  getting  up  at  twelve  in  the  night,  and 
going  out  in  their  night-gowns  to  cut  a  stick  from 
a  thorn  bueb.  It  diK-a  not  sound  comfortable  in  a 
clay  country. 


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  executed,  was  the  possession  of  "imps," 
shaped  usualljr  like  some  of  the  lower  animals, 
which  were  said  to  be  in  constant  attendance  upon 
them,  and  to  urge  them  on  to  iniquities  of  all 
90Tt4.  The  belief  appears  geuerolly  to  have  died 
out  at  the  "witch-finder-general's"  deaths  but 
the  following  story,  given  ns  nearly  as  I  can  recol- 
lect in  the  words  in  which  I  received  it  direct  from 
the  clergyman  to  whom  it  was  originally  told, 
seeu]s  to  show  that  remnants  of  that,  as  well  as 
almost  every  other  superstition,  still  linger  among 
us  at  S .     Some    years  ago,   Joe   Smith,   a 

Enrishioner,  who  had  once  been  very  regular  in 
is  attendance  at  church,  was  asked  how  it  was 
that  of  late  he  had  never  been  there?  "It's  no 
use  my  coming,  Sir,"  he  said ;  "  Tm  in  bad  hands  I 
Fm  in  bud  hands  !  I  had  a  iilly,  and  she  hanged 
herself,  and  my  pigs  take  to  foaming  at  the 
mouth ! " 

Some  little  time  before,  bo  bad  been  to  do  aome 
harvest  work  for  on  old  woman  occupying  a  small 
farm  in  the  ne.\t  parisli.  The  wheat  was  Dearly 
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  his 
companion,  who  was  lying  down  half  asleep  on 
liis  back  with  his  arms  pprc.id  out,  and  his  eyes 
shut,  saw  a  largo  toad  crawling'  quietly  along  his 
chest  towards  his  open  mouth.  He  called  out  to 
him,  and  he  jumped  up  and  shook  the  beast  off, 
and  Joe  stuck  hts  fork  into  the  poor  thing,  and 
"hulled  him  away."  Before  long  the  load  made 
his  appearance  again,  and,  this  time  with  hb  "in- 
nards nanging  out,"  made  bis  way  straight  towards 
the  game  man.  Feeling  somewhat  uncomfortable 
at  this,  the  two  took  it  into  the  wiisli-house,  and 
threw  it  into  the  fire  under  the  boiler ;  but  the 
old  lady  rescued  it,  and,  scolding  Uiem  for  their 
cruelty,  "  pitched  it  into  the  horacfjond.'^ 

One  might  have  supposed  tliat  this  would  have 
been  enough  for  it ;  but,  ur) !  Sor.n  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  was,  that  the  seeming 
tood  was  in  reality  the  "imp"  of  the  old  woman, 
who  died  shortly  afterwards  I  believe;  and  that, 
knowing  her  death  to  be  near,  it  was  leaving  her, 
and  attaching  i(self  to  her  son  and  heir. 

Whether  by  his  conduct  Joe  had  incurred  the 
displeasure  ot'  the  "  imp,"  or  why  it  was,  1  cannot 
tell,  but  ever  after  that  he  had  been  an  unlucky 
fellow,  and  the  conviction  that  he  was  in  "bad 
hands  "  bad  so  completely  taken  possession  of  him, 
that  be  believed  it  quit£  useless  to  go  to  church 
like  au^  oidLVttiKrs  CVaSaNlvixv.  'V."^  -'^  • 


n 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[i^  i  V.  Mjut  m, 


Htmms  bt  the  Doke  of  Roxbdbgh.  —  Some 
time  a^o  I  fell  in  with  a  very  nice  copy  of  a  book 
enriiled,  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Sovga  on  Hfvsrnl 
Subjects,  to  which  is  added  the  Marriage  Supper  of 
the  Lamh,  a  Poem,  8vo,  pp.  144.  Bdin.,  yn'iuteU 
by  II.  Galbraith,  and  sold  by  W.  Gray,  and  by 
JoUn  Hoy,  at  Gattonside,  1777.  Lettered  on  the 
back  "Hymns,  &c.,  by  the  Duke  of  Roxburgh," 
the  authority  for  which  bein;;,  apparently,  the 
orirrinal  blue  paper  cover  of  the  book,  whereon  is 
written,  *'  Spiritual  Hymns,  by  his  Grace  the 
Duke  of  Roxburgh,"  preserved  in  the  volume. 

The  book  has  a  preface,  id  which  it  is  expressly 
stated  that  — 

"  the  Author  is  a  man  of  low  estate,  and  Uvea  in  a  lonely 
nllage,  where  he  labours  for  his  own  and  family's  bread, 
lliAt  hM  niav  not  be  thargeable  to  any  man.  *  Another 
branch  of  his  employment,  he  says,  is  to  water  and  feed 
a  little  flock  of  Christians,  -nho  have  called  him  to  take 
the  ovorstght  of  them,  at  whose  desire  these  Ilymnt  have 
made  their  appearance.." 

There  is  certainly  nothing  here  to  warrant  the 
ascription  of  these  spiritual  songs  to  the  duke,  or 
to  entitle  them  to  (igurc  in  the  Cat.  of  Royal  and 
Noble  Authors,  The  book  in  its  blue-paper-cover 
state,  has  passed  through  the  hands  of  George 
Clialiners,  who  marks  it  No.  685  in  his  missing 
Bibliogrophia  Scotica  Poelica;  and  there  is  little 
«loubt  that  Dr.  Bliss  is  chargeable  with  the  bind- 
ing and  lettering ;  yet  neither  of  these  book-men 
note  the  manifest  absurdity,  in  the  face  of  the 
prelace,  of  fathering  the  volume  upon  the  duke. 
lily  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 
a  posthumous  volume  of  poems,  printed  in  1781, 
but  be  died  early,  and  could  not  have  been  a  man 
of  the  matured  responsibilities  of  my  subject, 
whom  I  shall  designate  the  cider ;  nor  is  there  the 
slightest  allusion  in  the  junior's  book  to  the  father, 
beyond  the  fact  that  he  calls  himself  the  son  of  s 
small  farmer,  which  the  author  of  the  spiritual 
songs  was.  Finally,  from  the  old  man's  aescrip- 
tion  of  himself,  we  may  infer  that  he  was  tlie  pa- 
triarch of  the  village  of  Gattonside,  and  a  type  of 
the  old  covenanting  layman,  so  well  drawn  by 
Bums  in  his  Cottar's  Saturday  Night.  A.  G. 

AlCO?lTMOU«   CoKTUmUTlOTtS    TO   "  N.   &   Q." 

Mr.  Cob<len,  a  gladiator  daring  the  dangers  o(  the 
nrcna  in  defence  of  another's  political  integrity, 
has  compelled  the  editor  of  The  Times  to  lay  aside 
the  garb  of "  airv  nothing,"  and  to  assume,  like 
other  folk,  "  a  local  habiution  and  a  name." 
ihuugh  the  struggle  has  been  unseemly  in  the 
extreme,  though  the  scheme  proposed  "by  that 
gentleman  has  been  condemned  by  the  'fourth 
wCate  of  the  realm,  and  though  it  would,  if  carrie<l 
out,  inevitably  destroy  the  freedom  and  beneficial 
influence  of  the  EngHBh  prew,  it  may  yet  lead  to 
aouae  suggestions  with  regard  lo  the  anonymous 


!*t1?f. 


It  (Uarl.   MS.  G804),   ',.ut  ,,, 
interest  relating  to  the  ' 
others,  a  list  of  such  !■- 
aiU'cted  to  tbe"Kinge'i  M'^y 
of  Gloucester." 
•«  ffor  M.  Walksr,  S^cwtaiy  cf 

lh«s«:  — 

"  S'.— I  know  yott  bar*  •«  ^ 
not  thinks  nif  st^xmUT*^'^ 
tioo,  and  tliat  dil 


nature  of  many  contributions  to  "  N.  &  Q,^  and 
other  publications  purely  literary.  A  rericw 
would  be  read  with  greater  avidity  if  it  were 
known  that  a  Macaulay  or  a  JeflVeys  had  jKrnned 
it.  In  a  similar  manner  tlie  value  d"  'I'"  •^'•rk 
would,  I  submit,  be  increased  a  him  if 

all  subscribed  their  names  lo  tWir  i.  i- 

tions.     It  is  only  after  an  experience  of  the  uauaj 
justness  of  a  writer's  deductions  that  any  Wolcht 
can  be  attached  to  aSHEM,  a  HKByENTSti' 
F.  C.  U.     Nor  would  the  same  attention  i- 
to  the  ideas  or  suggestions  of  a  PaoFsaeoa  L>ii 

MOBOAH,  B  LoKn  LtTTELTON,  Or  8  HAl.LtWXl.L,  tf 

the  authorship  of  their  artiulea  remained  a  secret. 
WrxMi  E.  Baxtxa. 

Herauis'  VisiTATioss. — Permit  me  to  reaiBHc 
In  your  columns,  that  it  would  be  a  xerj  great 
convenience   to   genealogists   and    historical    in- 
quirers if  some  one  would  compile  an  index  to  ibg^ 
printed  Heralds'  Visitations  and  County  Histor' 
similar  to  Mr.  Sims'a  valuable  Index  to  tkt 
raids   Visitations  in  the  Britith  Museum. 

A  Genkai 

VlSHMU  THE  PROTOTYrB    or    THE    Me>MAJ1>.< 

The  prototype  of  the  fabulous  mermaid  exist*  | 
the  Fish  Incarnation  of  Vishnu,  the  second  | 
of  the   Hindoo  Triad.    Vishnu  therein    is 
sented  as  a  comely  youth ;  his  hair  fallii 
his  shoulders  in  curling  locks,  holding  in  ~ 
hand  a  ehukram  or  wheel  by  a  handle  faster 

it.     In   his  left  he  holds  a  conch  shell  faa«    

many  well-defined  convolutcs.     If  the  spokes  aie 
taken  from  the  wheel,  we  have  the  circular  look- 
ing-glasj  of  the  mermaid  ;  and  little  fancy  is 
quired  to  change  the  convolutes  of  tbe  shell 
the  left  hand  into  the  teeth  of  a  comb.   The  upj 
part  of  the  god  is  that  of  a  man,  the  lower  ben 
that  of  a  fish.    This  Incarnation  of  Vishnu  is  idi 
tical  with  the  Chaldec  fish  god  Anu,  and  in 
tlie  memory  of  Nu  or  Nuah  l»  preserved.    Vi 
is  sometimes  represented  floating  in  a  shell 

Clarobs.  —  Perhaps  the  enclosed   !elt<?r 
staunch    cavalier    may   interest    the    i 
"N.&  Q."    Who  the  writer  is,  that  hi- 
consists  of  his  surname  only,  I  cannot  My.    in. 
Extinct  liarnnetagt  givinjj  a  ban  met  only,  of  I 
name  of  Cinrges,  na  nourishing  during  those  iL.-^ 
tiraos.     The  volume  in  which  I  met  witli 


a'«8.  V.  Mab.  19/64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


WDOei  anjr  biusinea,  y**^  makes  moe  trouble  yon  w<*>  the 
importunity  of  my  bcv  to  intrcate  that  you  would  be 
plMsed  to  obleigo  Go<{  Allmighty,  your  s'cn'ant,  and  a 
thonund  poore  Lazarea  w<<>  your  xeale  in  this  bpssines 
will  certaincly  doe.  The  laat  troableaoine  letter  you  aaw 
of  myne  liaa'  all  our  wants  in  it  except  a  Chirurgien, 
ythh-ix  wme  course  moat  apeediiy  oblejne;  for  we  want 
much  Ilia  Assistance,  and  bury  more  toes  and  Sogers  then 
wee  iloe  men.  I  am  now,  by  a  subtle  Philosophy,  be- 
come a  D*^  of  Phi»ick,  two  Apotfaecariea,  three  overseers, 
And  tv ch-e  attendance;  and  I'll  assure  you  this  service 
Ja  as  dun^crons  (though  not  so  bonerable)  as  the  leadtn(;e 
on  of  Infants  perdues.  I  hupe  this  will  be  enough  to 
intreate  vou  to  lut  this  day  cnde  all  our  ncoeasities;  for  I 
nm  so  great  a  Zc'lot  in  this  cause.,  that  I  beginne  to  thinke 
myselfe  in  a  better  condition  to  serve  these  poore  misers 
heerc  Ibcn  the  GaUbntry  at  Court ;  and  from  this  pursuit 
neitber  the  ringeinge  of  b«lls  yesterday,  the  bonQros,  or 
the  joy  of  the  Kinge,  and  blessed  intertainmcnt  of  my 
Roynll  mi.itris,  could  tempt  mee.  And  to  adde  to  this 
mirafje,  I  never  had  a  better  constitution  of  health,  w*"* 
J  am  very  proude  to  preserve,  to  serve  the  Kinge  And 
live  to  acknowledge  how  much  vou  have  ingaged 
"  y''  S«nrw»t, 

"Claboe*." 

JoBii  Slbigh. 
[Thombridge,  fiakewell. 

TnoMAs  Adam,  aliat  Welhowse.  —  On  an  an- 
cient stone  slab  in  the  beautiful  but  neglected 
church  of  Longbam,  co.  Kutland,  is  an  inscription 
now  being  fust  obtiterateti  by  the  feet  of  "the 
rude  forefathers  of  the  hamlet,"  and  I  am  desir- 
ous of  storing  it  up  in  the  sanctum  of  "N.  &  Q.," 
as  it  is  curious  and  fast  approaching  illegibiUhf, 
In  fact  many  persona  liAve  in  vain  tried  to  deci- 
pher it :  — 

( In  txtento.) 

"Hio  jacel  Thomas  Adam  alios  Welbowse  Senior  et 
Helena  uxor  ejus  mcrcotordcStapell  C&lesie,  anno  doniini 
in'ccLclxxxiii,  oliiit  xxvii  die  meusis  Aprilis.  Thomas 
Adam  junior.  Alius  ante  vocAti,  ctiam  morcator  Stapell 
do  Calesie  anno  doinini  Mcocccxxxii,  quanim  propicielur 
DcuB."    Amen. 

Piour  AtjBBBt  AirDi.£r. 


<Buenttf. 


♦'Ad  bukdem"  Hoods.  — Much  hos  been  in- 
serted  in  «  N.  &  Q."  on  the  subject  of  University 
hoods  and  degrees;  and,  probably,  my  question 
has  been  anticipated,  althouch  1  cannot  find  a 
reply  to  it.  Tlie  query  is  —  Has  a  M. A.  of  Cara- 
l.ridyc  >  Ti  i  1  ,  any  right  to  wear  the  Oxford 
M.A.  li  ly  liecau«45  admitted  ad  eundem 

gra'r:  ;i  ;    ,     .-ver  ^^^ie  by  Cttntab}«, 

^'j  ire  as  proud  of  their 

ng  an 

I    the 


I  iKjsaession  are  the  following  arms  :  Vert,  two  bil- 
lets rnguled  and  truiikcd  placed  saltircwise,  the 
dexter  surmounted  of  ihe  KinistiT,  or.  Crest:  An 
arm  embowed,  in  nrmour,  holdinfj  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  T 
have  met  with  is  for  tlie  name  of  Shurstab,  "a 
Dutch  coat,"  says  Gwlllim.  The  one  I  have  given 
above  is  probably  a  foreign  one  also.  Can  any 
one  inform  nio  to  what  family  it  pertains? 

C.  J. 

Sib  William  Bkresfobd.  —  I  enclose  an  ac- 
count of  an  old  portrait  in  the  possession  of  n 
friend.  The  date  is  quite  irreconcilable  with  the 
date  of  any  English  portrait,  and  the  English 
style,  "  Sir  William,"  is  equally  irreconcilable 
with  a  painting  of  the  alleged  age.  I  shall 
be  glad  if  any  of  your  readers  can  suggest  who 
the  Sir  William  Beresford  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 
county :  — 
DEscnimow  or  A   iialk-lesgth  poktkait  or  sib 

WItXXAX  nSKESFOHD,   KNIGHT,    1345.* 

The  picture  is  painted  on  a  panel  of  oak  ver^-  roughly 
dressed,  thin  at  the  edges,  and  witli  two  longitudinal 
cracks,  as  if  composed  uf  three  boanis  like  some  of  the 
curly  Flemish  pictures.  On  this  uneven  bark  surface,  the 
following  inscription  occurs  in  large  old  lettering,  *'Sir 
W*"  Beresford.  kni. ;  "  and  bdow  it  written  in  the  band 
of  the  last  century,  "  Pinxt.  1345."  Oa  the  frame  the 
name  and  date  are  repealed,  showing  the  anxiety  of  tbe 
former  owners  to  preserve  what  is  now  scaling  cff  from 
the  face  of  the  jncture,  vir.  the  artist's  date  of  execution. 
In  the  left-hand  corner  of  the  front  of  tbe  picture  occur 
these  letters  and  figures  "  AO  13  5."  Tbe  third  figure 
"  4  "  has  disappeared  altogether.  In  the  right-band  cor- 
ner is  painted  "vETATIS  To."  Were  it  not  for  the 
rather  beavy  outline  there  would  be  difficulty  in  making 
ont  the  exact  shape  of  Sir  Wro.'s  cap  from  the  black  bufk- 
ground.  Thouab  this  cap  be^rs  some  reseoiblaiice  to  ibcM 
worn  in  Edw.  Vlth's  reign,  yet  caps  of  many  Bhapes  were 
worn  in  Edw.  lllrd's  time  with  a  single  feather  upright 
in  front  of  the  bonnet.  The  face  of  Sir  Wm.  is  tolerably 
limned,  and  he  looks  out  upon  you  stern  and  resolute. 
The  eyes  have  life  and  charncler,  though  they  appear  too 
small.  Tbe  f  esb-colour  of  (he  cheeks  is  Hcll  preserved, 
and  the  nose  is  nicely  proportioned,  and  iu  good  relief. 
Immediately  beneath  it  falls  a  noble  brown  monatacbe, 
twisted  in  on  each  side  to  show  the  8malle.<)t  bit  of  mouth. 
The  beard  is  heavy,  and  long  enough  to  cover  the  whole 
chest ;  it  falls  naturally,  and  divides  near  the  end  into  two 
thick  points.  Sir  VVm.  wears  a  black  sable-trimmed  gar- 
ment, the  fur  wide  on  the  shoulders,  narrowing  in  its 
descent  in  front  like  a  Iad3''8  boa.  In  Kdw.  lllrd's  reign 
we  nre  told  that  furs  of  ermine  and  lettico  were  strictly 
forbidden  to  any  but  the  royal  family,  though  nobles  pos- 
sctxin^  a  thousand  pounds 'per  annum  might  spnrt  Ihcm. 
Pitping  from  under  the  right  whisker,  and  resting  flat 
upon  the  shoulder  fur.  is  a  fragment  of  bee  with  a  tnsscl. 
A  ugbt-fitting  black  sleeve  covers  tbe  left  arm,  and  tbe 
-^ntt  it  encircled  with  lace  of  the  Nunv  pattern  as  tbe 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


(.»"  8.  V.  Mak. 


cottar,  Auitlod.  The  rfghthMf  gcam  a  pni'-  '  -'-t", 
evitiKiiJv  int«n<io<l  for  dvoos^laamin:  Ui' 

t«g«,  anil  ODu  clove  hM  a  Mtloa   Mt  it  c 
IttAther.    Viiraish  Las  been  sparingly  ustid ou  lite  ^iciurc, 
and  the  blistering  iipj>cars  to  have  been  cjiuy/d  Uy  llie 
alirinkin^;  of  the  librc  of  the  wood.    The  hnn da  are.  fairly 
painted,  bat  displar  no  riiiga  upon  tlic  fincers. 

W.  B. 

Campolongo'3  "  LiTHOi,BXicos."  —  I  have-  iu 
my  jposiiession  a  curious  biTok,  published  in  Naples 
in  the  veai-  ITSi,  called  Litholejcicon.  It  consists 
principally  of  inscriptions,  coiitaininj;  unusual 
words  collected  Irom  bnissi-s  ami  marbles  in  vnri- 
oos  parts  of  Italy,  The  nutbor,  Kmnmnuel  Cam- 
polougo,  gives  ft  not  very  iittellijiible  account  in 
a  lonj^  preface  of  the  manner  in  which  the  inonu' 
script  copies  of  these  inscriptions  camo  »nti»  his 
hands.  Much  mention  is  uinde  in  lliu  preface, 
and  in  several  inscriptions,  of  a  sect  called  A<Iei, 
about  whom  1  i<hould  be  glad  to  receivu  more 
particular  information.  The  following  h  the  ac- 
count the  author  gives  of  them  :  — 

"  Adei,  sccta  qaiedani  Deos  «!iminnn»,  arcliaica,  ct 
uaqao  perdurnns  .saceulis  poeterioribuR,  fundata  su|)«rtii«e, 
ira-,  luxuri  ■  " ■•■  '  -i;  per  totum  terrariim  orbera  dis- 
aeminatji.  ■■  sic,  at  nulla  Magisiratu*  v'l  cobi- 

beri  pni":'  ]inqnnvcrsiini ;  de  qua  altum  ferine 

sflcir  iiiiiii.im  uniisquiiwiuc  inetiiebul 

crni  r;-;    nifi   quod   de   en    L'«lius 

BiXj.^.---,- ; >>>■.  Adeu«  citatiis  eum  Deiata 

ante  tenim  diaUoluDi.  hi  Adealiim,  furore  cor* 

r«{j(ua  dc-dit  aUpam  ..  .     .  tjcqua. — C«liua  Rudijji- 

ntia,  Libro  Gcoinantiu',  <  uui  idttcrliusio." 

From  many  cipudly  strange  inscriplioos  re- 
lating to  this  sect  I  transcribe  the  followtng : — 

**  Iciliua,  Adcus,  Aotnio.  Dedit,  Alapcktn,  Vesuvine, 
Adco.  MMiiig^raveni.  I't,  I»wliiiicerit,  Adeis  Par*,  Ala- 
pas  Aaliutift,  Calcibii^  Aaini.  Di|{iia«.  A.  l}onjug«, 
Atniaaa.  GeRi«nti»." 

I  shall  be  ublipod  for  any  inrormation  reapecting 
thoe  A/iei,  and  the  authority  of  the  LithoUxicon 
of  Emmanuel  Campylo ngo.* 

B.  L. 
Colcbmler. 

JoHJi  Dahibl,  ayd  orafev  t.\HL-r  I'i.avkxs. — 
BMiir«en  the  years  1GI9  nnd  1033,  Turinus  pay^ 
ments  were  made  by  the  corporation  of  this  town 
to  the  leiileri  an<l  Juanajjers  of  several  couipanies 
of  player*  vifiiting  the  plate.  The  following 
Duxttts  occur  in  ilieBi!  entries :  Kilis  (jcst,  or 
Guest;  Thomas  Swtnnertoii ;  Arthuret  Grimes; 

John    Daniel ;   Terry ;    Slater ;  

Townscnd  ; Kni^bl  ;    Kite ;     

Moore ;  and  Perrie.     A  few 

of  ihrm  ai'e  i..  in  Mr.  J,  P.  Collier's  Ah- 

naU  of  the  Stu^f.  i  sIihII  feel  grntrful  fur  an 
tarly  communicaiion  of  any  additional  parliimlars 
re»pecting  any  uf  them.  Wiuuam  Kkxxs. 

I««iceBtcr. 


DiGBT  Pbtwokeb.  -^  Wo  are  informed  by  An- 
Ihony  Woofl,  in  his  Life  of  Sir  Kenelm  Difrbj,  that 
a  book  was  compiled  by  order  of  the  latter,  cwi- 
taining  a  history  of  the  Digby  family.  It  leeflM 
tluit  the  Tower,  ain!  lII  nther  similar  dep<»MU>nea 
in  London,  were  senrched  for  reonnl 

evidence  as  to  this  ^-  family;  andthit  the 

volume  contained  drawings  of  all  the  ti,  _' 

sepulchral  moDumenti  of  that  race,  an  r 

the  then  recently  erected  louib  of  Ven 
wife  of  Sir  Kenelm.     Where  i«  tliis  {)>•  _ 

A  LoB.D  or  A  iklanui 

"Tub  fii-EAREB,"  ETC.  —  In  January, 
weekly  periodical,  entitled  Tfie  Oltantr^or. 
and  GirntUmoHt  Magazmr,  was  i^larted  ia  D 
and  I  have  a  copy  of  the  firat  number.     Can 
tell  me  whether  any  other  numbers  »pp«?»r«d  ' 

Am 

Family  or  Goodeich. — The  inquirer  wants 
history  and  pedigree  of  a  family  of  this  ni 
Any  information  will  be  a  favour.  He  ui«i 
stands  that  the  English  locality  of  the  bead 

family  was  at  one  time  at  Lymptr  r-   lij 

but  they  had  ft  o>nQcxion,  u>eri  1 1 

with  Aiuijrica,  at  Kew  York  and  a.  .  ..,,•"*< 
at  the  HevolutioD,  took  the  Kuyalisl  aide* 
and  in  England,  they  were  much   cuuiK 
business,  and    by  marriu^e,    with    the 
Sbedden.     About  iil'ty  years  a^jo,  there 
have  been  five  or  six  brothers  Gooilrichcs. 
believed  the  ol'lcbt.  lived  at  Ever|:lyn,  near  Cb 

f (hilly,  Glani  Uis  e!.le-t  .son  was  Ul 

iam,   of  Glo  .  re;  his  youngesl  tbtt  It<   _ 

Barlet,   Vicar  «f  Great  Sating',  Eisrx.     WlUiadB 
of  Gloucestemhire  bad  several  snn-  nnd  dmi)B*»t*fiu 
The  sons,  as  far  as  known,  Wi 
James;  the  Rcr.   Octavtus,   Vi' 
near  Leominster;  and  Arthur.     1  ttu  t.iin.i 
lately,  if  not  now,  in  Glouce*ter»hirc,  at 
House,  and  at  Malsemore  Court,  botli  i 
cesler.     Of  the  five  or  six  brother? 
another,  Barllet,    once    lived    nt    ' 
Salop  ;  and  had  a  hou>e  in  Quaen 
lie  removed  from  Lutwich  to  b........  .j... 

sex.     He    had   eiehl    daughlern ;    one    of 
Margaret,  married  ber  cousin  IJfidgcr  f»i»u.... 

of  Lenboroujrb,  l5uok»,  son  i  if  anoth«-r  of  tlte 
or  six  brothers;    and  aiMdlitT  of  the  daii 
married  another  cousin,  the  U«'v.  Hartlcl 
rich,    already  jn«ntio»ed.      iJurtlet  Gooi! 
Saliiig   Grove,  was  certainly  oj»o   of  tha 
who  hxl   h«l  A  connexion  with   Amerk 
wife  WM  Marjr  Wilson,  bellaved  of  Now 


in 


•t  arruunl  ■ 

kd.  I'ODlUtl 


i'. lit.  I 


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NOTES  JLND  QUERIES. 


Informatinn,  sent  eitlier  tbrou^li  "  N.  &  Q.."  or 
under  cover  addre8s<.'d  "  Box,  No.  G2,  rest  Office, 
D«rby,"  wilJ,  as  edii,  be  a  favotir.  M.  A.  J. 

Ahp.  Hamilton.  —  In  the  Cathedral  of  Upsal, 
in  Sweden,  Iic8  buried  (in  the  same  grave  as 
Lattrentiiis  Petri  Nericiua,  the  first  Protestant 
Archbishop  of  Upsal),  Archibahl  Hamilton,  Arch- 
bishop of  Casbel,  who  died  at  Upsal,  1650.  Can 
anyone  give  me  any  information  as  to  thii^  Irish- 
man's doings  in  Sweden  ?  When  did  he  fly  thiiher  ? 

E.  S.  M. 

Ubb*u>ic  Qubrt. — A.  belongs  to  a  family  who 
have  never  been  armigcri,  and  obtuin:i  for  liiuiself 
•  grant  of  arms.  He  dies  witboat  issue.  Have 
A.s  brothers,  nr  other  relatives,  any  claim  what- 
ever to  bear  the  arms  granted  lo  A,  ? 

it  appears  to  me  they  can  have  uo  such  ri^ht, 
but  I  should  wish  to  have  tnv  opinion  sanctioned 
by  the  authority  of  "  N.  &  Q.''  J. 

Bev.  James  KEN>fii>T. — In  the  year  1818,  the 
Rev.  James  Kennedy,  A.B.,  published  a  12fno 
pamphlet,  entitled  — 

"  Lachn-ma  Ac.iil«mu'iD;  comprutng  Stanzas  ia  Eog- 
liah  and  Ure«k,  n(l<lre»»c*l  to  ttie  Memorv  of  the  Priaceas 
Charlotte."     Dublin,  pp.  94. 

The  author,  I  think,  is  dead ;  and  I  wish  to 
know  where  I  may  find  any  particulars  respect- 
ing him.  Abu  DA. 

WiLUAU  LtixixoTOM  Lswis,  of  Pembroke  Col- 
lege, Oxfonl,  l>eeame  B.A.  June  26,  1764.  lie 
occurs,  in  1765,  [k  first  usher  of  Rcpton  Grammar 
School,  Derhynliire.  lie  publibheil,  by  subscrip- 
tion, the  Thehnui  of  Swiius,  tranulated  into 
English  ver»e,  Oxfird,  2  vols.  Svo,  17G7,  It  is 
dedicated  to  Hwiry,  Duke  of  Beaufort ;  and, 
amongst  the  Mul^scribers,  are  many  inhabitants  of 
Glouceaterahirc  and  the  adjoining  counties.  A 
secon<l  and  improved  edition  of  the  work  ap- 
peared at  Oxford  in  1773.  This  translation  is 
comprised  in  the  poetical  cuUections  of  Anderson 
and  Chalmers.  Mure  about  the  translator  is 
desired.  S.  Y.  R. 

JoMtPH  Masstr,  a  celebrated  political  writer, 
who  died  Nov.  1,  17S4,  is  mentioned  in  M'Cul- 
loch's  Ltterndire  of  Potiticul  Economy,  251,  .330. 
831.  It  is  observttble  that  Wall  culls  him  y«/jn. 
He  IB  als<)  called  John  in  the  published  Catalogue 
of  the  Printed  Books  in  the  Biilish  MuKeum.  In 
the  HodleiHH  C;4iiili>i;n<>  he  a[)|>eAi'H  ae  J,  Mii««ie. 
I  8U|ipo:ie  (liat,  like  too  m.anv  i)\'  the  authors  of  the 
present  day,  he  gave  only  tLe  initials  of  his  Chris- 
tian name  on  the  titles  of  hi*  books.         S.  Y.  It. 

Rehcs  wanted.— I  should  feel  obliged  lo  any 
cori'cspondent  who  may  be  able  to  give  nie  a 
description  of  any  rebus,  or  punning  motto,  borne 
for  tlie  name  of  Ford,  CARiLroai>. 

Cap*  Town. 


RicHARii  Smith. — Born  at  Rramham,  York- 
shire, in  1R26  ;  died  there  in  1R88.  A  MS  journal 
aavs  tliat  he  "  was  educated  for  the  g>'wn,  but  y* 
troubles  in  England  at  that  time  prevented  his 
proeeeding,"  Is  his  name  upon  the  records  of  any 
of  the  Inns  of  Court?  Does  the  word  "gown 
apply  to  all  of  the  three  learned  profesaions  ? 

St.T. 

St.  John  Climachus. — I  have  a  copy  of  the 
Clitnax  o)  this  father  (the  great  work  from  which 
he  derived  his  surname)  in  Latin,  which  very 
closely  resembles  the  ParL»  edition  of  1511,  de« 
pcribe«l  by  Paiiior  (vol.  x.  p.  6,  art.  469),  a  copy 
of  which  is  in  the  British  Mii^euai. 

Mine  dilTers  irom  that  editiou  in  the  following 
particitlais :  — 

1.  It  bears  no  imprint  of  place  or  date. 

2.  Each  folio  is  numbered. 

3.  The  type  is  somewhat  neater,  and  the  initial 
letters  more  ornamental. 

4.  The  title  is  simply  "Doctor  spualis  cly- 
macus." 

3.  Tlie  printer's  mark  is  that  of  Denis  Roche, 
who  flourished  in  Paris,  1501-1516. 

My  copy  was  formerly  in  the  Library  of  the 
late  Mr.  f*eter  Hardy,  F.R.S ,  a  distinguished 
actuary,  and  a  very  excellent  and  learned  man. 
I  do  not  find  Roche's  edition  mentitMie«l  either 
in  Panzer,  or  in  the  prefatory  Renvirks  to  the 
Reprint  of  the  CHtnax  in  Migne's  Pofrolngim 
Curm$  Completm,  Series  Graica,  vol.  Ixxxyiii. 
This  famous  work  of  St.  John  of  Mount  Sinai 
was  translated  into  English  for  the  first  time  as 
ronently  as  1857,  by  a  priest  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church,  wluae  name  escapes  mc  nt  this 
moment.'  An  account  of  the  saint  is  given  in 
Albun  Butler,  under  March  30. 

Possibly  your  learned  correspondent  Canon 
DaLTON,  who  takes  so  much  interest  in  the  labours 
of  Ximenee,  mav  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 reprint  of  it. 

Jon  J.  B.  WoarAao. 

Song  :  "  Is  it  to  trt  me?" — Can  any  of  your 
correspondent.-*  tell  me  where  to  find  the  words  of 
a  song  (said  lo  have  been  sung  by  the  late  Ed- 
mund Kean),  of  which  the  first  verse  is  as  fol- 
lows :  — 

"  Ts  it  to  try  tnc 
That  you  "tliui  rtjr  inc?  — 
Can  Ton  doay  me 
Day  aAor  day  ?  " 


F.  F.  C. 


<'\tf 


1;. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[B"»  8.  V.  Mak.  1^ 


SoPBocLES. — Who  Brc  authors  of  1.  (Edipiu 
Tj/ranntu,  literally  transltitetl  hy  a  Graduate, 
Dublin,  1840,  12mo?  2.  (Edimt  Tyrannm  of 
Sophocles,  literally  translateu,  London,  Bell, 
1847?  3.  Sophodex,  Greek  and  Lalin,  cum 
Schulils.  Cantab.  J.  Field,  small  8vo,  1G63.  Re- 
printed 1668,  9,  73.  Who  is  the  nulhor  ofthU 
Latin  version  ?  R.  I. 

TnEocttiTDS. —  1.  Theocritus.  Six  Eclogues 
translated  by  E.D.  Oxford,  1588.— 2.  TheocriU 
qutfdam  ielecliora  Kidyllia^  Greek  and  Latin,  by 
David  Whiterbrd,  London,  4to,  1659,  la  the 
I4lh  idyll'of  Theocritus,  "  Tbc  Syrncusan  Gosaips," 
included  in  these  Latin  and  English  translations? 
Is  anything  known  of  the  translators  ?         R.  L 

Wills  at  Li.ATiSArr. — Can  any  of  your  readers 
inform  nie  of  the  fate  of  the  earlier  portion  of  the 
wills  that  have  been  prove<l  at  LlandatT?  The 
existing  documents,  prcserTed  in  that  diminutive 
city  do  not  go  back  so  fur  as  1700;  and  a  tradl* 
tion  reports  that  the  more  ancient  records  were 
destroyed  by  fire.  If  any  of  your  correspondenta 
can  enlighten  me  on  this  subject,  or  can  iuforui 
ine  whether  the  wills  In  question  have  been  trans- 
ferred to  any  other  diocese,  they  will  much  oblige 

Aktiqcitas. 

OunCtif  taitti  <Bintiotxi. 

Milton's  **mekk  A^  S.  ijid  Ruthbrtord" 
(3*^  S.  v.  118.)— In  your  editorial  reply  to  the 
above  query,  you  affirm  that  "  A,  S."  denotes 
Dr.  Adam  Steuart ;  but  I  believe  that  this  is  a 
mistake,  and  that  the  riiflit  name  is  indicate<l  by 
Dr.  L-ving  iu  hi*  Lives  of  Scoliah  IKrj/<rr*,  EUinb. 
1839 :  — 

"  W'srton  remarks  of  A.  S.  that '  bis  nmns  was  never 
known.'  Bnl  we  learn  from  Corbet's  vituperative  EpittU 
that  his  name  was  Alexander  Scmplc.  (^EpiitU  Ctm- 
j/ratulalnry  of  L^timachut  Xieanor,  p.  G9.  edit.  Oxford, 
1G84,  -Ito.)  Among  other  worka,  ho  published  a  Ballad 
called  TMt  BU/u^'s  Bridttt."—yol  iL  p.  123. 

£U101IRACU. 

[The  Rev.  H.  J,  Todd  {FMtical  Works  of  John  Milton, 
vii.  04,  clit.  I80y),  After  quoting  Warton'a  rote,  remarks 
thst  "  The  name  of  A.  S.  was  well  known,  anil  a  doughty 
chonipion  he  .npfiear*  to  have  been  in  the  poJomios  of 
that  tioic:  wilnem  his  efl'ustons,  enUlleU  '  Zerubbabel  to 
SaubalUl  andTobiah  :  or.  Tlic  flrat  part  of  the  Duply  to 
M.  S.  alias  Two  Brethren,  {ly  Adam  Steuart,  &c.  Itnprini. 
Mar.  17,  1644.'  4to.  Again,  •  The  second  part  of  the 
Dttply  to  M.  S.  alias  Two  Brethren.  With  a  brief  Epi- 
tome  and  Rr>ftiution  of  all  the  whole  IndepenJeni  Go- 
vemraent :  Mou  Immbly  submitted  to  the  Kind's  tnom 
cxc-elloni  M.jrMi*.  v,  il,e  most  Honorable  Houses  of 
I'srllameiit,  the  mo^t  Reverend  and  Learned  Divines  of 
the  Awcmlly,  and  «U  th«  I'roteitant  fhurchen  In  lli« 
Uland  and  abroad,  bj  A>Ltm  Si*uart.  Irapriin.  OcL  8, 
/«!?/<  /to'   la  thU  ttcood  part  the  ottstrvationt  of  Um 


7W<o  Brethren  arc  stated,  and  the  replies  all  tcmmatce 
with  A.  S.  prefixoil.  Possibly  Milton  ridicalea  tliia  mi- 
nuteness, in  here  writing  only  '  mere  A.  S.'  However 
the  Trauts  above  5tttted  contain  in  their  t!tle-pag«»  \ht 
name  at  large.  See  also,  *  An  .'^Dswer  to  a  Lib«ll  intitJ«i 
A  Coole  Cnnfercoce  betweene  the  cleeied  R«fom»atioa 
and  the  Apofag^icaU  Narration,  brought  together  by  • 
\Vell-\Viller  to  both,  &c.  By  Adam  Steuart.  hnaL 
16-14.'  4to.  I  have  found  him  called,  in  other  IracU  «r 
the  time.  Doctor  A.  Steuart,  a  Divine  of  the  Church  of 
Scotland-"] 

Sia  RicHAKD  FoED.  —  In  Strype's  edilton 
Stow's  5urF«>i^,  vol.  ii.  p.  148  (edit.  1720),  I  fin.l 
on  engraving  of  the  arms  of  Sir  Richard  For " 
Mercer,  Mayor  of  London.     What  are  the  ti« 
tures  of  this  coat,  and  what  crest  and  motto 
Sir  Richard  bear  ?    I  should  also  be  glad  of  i 
further  information  respecting  the  raayur  or 
family.  Cabiltdi 

Cape  Town. 

[Sir  Richard  Ford  (of  the  Fords  of  Hadleigh  in  S«fi~ 
folk)  was  knighted  by  Charles  II.  at  (he  Hngao  in  M^y, 
1660 1  Sheriff  of  London,  1663;  Lord  Mayor,  iCI, 
M.P.  for  Southampton  in  the  first  seaaion  of  the  tl 
parlinnicnt  of  Charles  II.  A.i>.  1678.    Sir  Richanl 
town  residence  was  in  Hart  Street,  Crutched  Friars,  wl 
he  had  our  amusing  Diarist,  Samuel  I'epy.s  for  a  nc 
boar  and  an  acquaintance.     "  I  do  find,"  says 
"  Sir  Richard  Ford  a  very  able  man  of  his 
tongue,  and  a  scholar."    When  Pepys  »tarl«d  a  i 
of  his  own,  ho  tells  us  that  "  This  evening  {So 
1CC6),  to  my  great  content.  I  got  Sir  Richard  For>l 
give  me  leave  to  set  my  coach  in  his  yard."    Again,  i 
days  after,  he  says,  "  All  the  morning  at  the  [Nat 
Oflice,  where,  while  I  was  sitting,  on*  cornea  and  tad*  i 
that  my  coach  is  come.    So  I  was  forced  to  go  oat. 
to  Sir  Richard  Ford's,  whers  I  spoke  to  him, 
very  wiUing  to  have  it  brought  in,  and  stand  thi 
so  1  order«d   ir,  to  my  great  rotiteot,  H  being 
pretty,  only  the  horses  do  not  ploaae  m*,  and 
resolve  to  have  better." 

Sir  Richard  Ford's  coanlry  raaidMicc  was  at  Oomtl'' 
wins  [Baldwins],  a  manor  dtoated  at  the  soiatfa'WatC 
comer  of  Dartfurd  Heath,  in  Kent.  lie  died  on  AugaMtt, 
IC78,  and  was  buried  in  Bexley  Church,  (a  Kaait, 
there  is  a  long  Latin  inscrtptiun  on  his  grav 
printed  in  Lo  Xove's  Monnme^ftn  AnpHcamm, 
p.  187.  Ilia  arma,  aa  giver 
two  benda  vairtf.  on  a  cam 
of  the  naval  coronet . . .  u 


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8»-«  3.  V.  Mau.  19,  '04.] 


■  Anii  hoped  to  »liiire  in  Art'itraiy  Sway: 

fc         In  Tinutl's  and  in  Hoailk-y'3  Paths  slie  trod, 

^^H  An  Hypocrite  in  all — but  £)isl>elicf  in  God. 

^^^K  Promoted  I.uxurr,  encouraged  Vice, 

^^^B  Hcr^elfa  Slave  to  sordid  Avarice. 

^^HTnio  Friendship,  tender  I>ove,  ne'er  touch'd  licr  Heiirt; 

^^^■fiilachood  appeared,  in  vain  diseruised  bf  Art; 

^^■^Vawning  and  Haughty— when  Fainiliar,  Kud«, 

^^^AAnd  newr  Gndous  seeoi'd,  hut  to  delude; 

^^Hlnqnisitive  in  (riding  mean  atruira, 

^^H  Henllesa  of  Public  Good  or  Orphatia'  Tears; 

^^^  To  her  own  Olbpring  mercy  she  denied, 

^^^And  uaforgiring,  unforgire'n  died." 

[This  lampoon  was  drawn  up  in  Answer  to  nu  Epitaph 
on  Queen  Caroline,  Consort  of  George  IJ.,  commenc- 
ing— 

"  J  lore  lies,  lamented  by  the  Poor  and  Great, 
Prop  of  the  Church,  and  Glorj'  of  the  Stale,"  Stc 
I'rinted  in  Verttt  on  iht  Death  of  that  Queen,  fol.  1788. 
The  copy  of  the  Lampoon  in  the  British  ^tuseam  i.s  so 
cleverly   written   os  scarcely  to   be  distinguished  from 
typography.    The  author  is  unknown  to  us.] 

GrTTBBlPGE,  THE    PoET,    A   NaTIVK  OP  ShORX- 

DiTCH.  —  Wanted,   particulArs    of   Lim   and  bie 
works.  'W, 

r  Nothing  appears  to  be  known  of  Thomas  GuttcnMge, 
who  Ayaa  simply  a  doggrel  rhymist  of  Elegies,  which  bo 
printed  vn  folio  sheets,  much  in  the  style  of  those  by 
Master  James  Cnlnacb,  residing  in  that  Bohemian  locality, 
Monmouth  Court,  Seven  Dials.  Six  of  Gutteridge's  Ele- 
gies are  preserved  in  the  British  Museum.  In  a  postscript 
to  Ihiit  on  the  Memory  of  the  Rev.  John  Hubbard,  who 
died  July  13,  1743,  Gulteridgc  has  the  following  note 
respecting  himself:  «  The  Author  of  this  teacheth  Short 
Hand  from  schemes  of  his  own,  intirely  new,  and  will 
wait  upon  any  person  at  their  own  house."  In  1760,  he 
was  residing  st  No.  47,  New  Inn  Yard,  Shoreditch.  The 
lost  Elegy  we  have  met  with  was  on  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Hall,  who  died  June  3,  i7C2.] 

"CiiooGB  AWD  Crow."  —  Who  wrote  this  well- 
known  poem,  best  known  through  Bishop's  ad> 
niirable  glee  ?  A.  Aingcb. 

[Tlik  beautiful  poem  is  by  Joanna  Baillie,  and  ought  to 
have  nppeareii  in  the  collected  edition  of  her  Dramalie 
and  Poetical  Worka,  8vo,  1851.  It  is  entitled  *  Tlie  Gip- 
sej"  <;iee  and  Chorus,"  and  Is  printed  in  Dauicl  Terry's 
Musical  riay  of  Guy  Mtinnrring ;  nr,  the  Gipty't  Pro- 
phrn/,  «vo.  J«!C.  p.  12.  Mr.  Terry  adds  in  a  nolo,  "  To 
Mr  '  '  1  friendly  permission,  t  fei'l  proud  in 
«* '  irindebted  for  the  use  of  this  beau- 
t'^'  '  liy  the  music   of  Bishop,  the 

■       uwrrM  and  characteristic."] 

the  meaning  of 
III  lUe  fulloffing 


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243 


The  uightingle's  complaint  it  dies  npoo  her  heart, 
As  I  mast  on  thine,  beloved  as  thou  art." 

c.  s. 

[The  following  notice  of  the  charming  and  celebrated 
plant  Charopac  occurs  in  Sir  William  Jones's  "  BotAnicai 
Oljscrv.itions  on  Select  Indian  Plants,"  ^^^orA$,  vol.  v.  p. 
129,  edit.  1807:  —  "The  strong  aromatick  scent  of  the 
gold-coloured  Champac  u  thought  otTenaire  to  the  bees, 
who  ore  never  seen  on  its  blossoms;  but  their  elegant 
appearjince  on  the  black  hair  of  the  Indian  women  is  men- 
tioned byRumphius;  and  both  facts  have  supplied  the 
Sanscrit  poets  with  elegant  atlustonB."] 

BiBHOt  Frideaux's  Pobtbait.  —  I  recently 
met  with  a  portrait  of  John  Frideaux,  Bishop  of 
Worcester,  and  underneatlt  the  portrait  a  view 
of  the  rectory  of  Brtdon,  where  be  died.  I  wish 
to  know  from  what  work  this  folio  plate  is  ex- 
tracted, and  where  the  urigiiiul  oii-paiutiiig  of 
the  bishop  is  now  to  be  seen  ?  Is  it  at  E.xeter 
College,  Oxford  ?  G.  P. 

[Thefolio  plate  of  Biahop  Prideaux  ajid  the  Rectory- 
house  at  Bredon  is  taken  from  Nash's  Hittorif  of  Wontt- 
eerjAire,  i.  132,  edit.  1782.  Vukat^i  Handbook  for  Vititort 
to  Oxford,  ed.  1858,  p.  182,  notices  a  portrait  of  Dr.  Pri- 
deaux (moat  probably  the  Bishop),  at  present  in  Exeter 
Halt.  Oxford.] 

"  Yoowa  LovEtL's  Bride."— Is  the  incident  of 
the  death  of  "  young  Lovell's  bride,"  related  in 
the  ballad,  *'The  Mistletoe  Bough,"  founded  on 
fact  ?     And  if  so,  where  is  the  fact  stated  ?      H. 

[Mr.  Rogers  in  his  Italy,  ed.  1840,  p.  110,  has  a  story 
head»l  "  Ginevra,"  and  which  ho  lays  the  scene  of  at 
Modeno.  In  a  note  be  says,  "  I  believe  this  story  to  be 
founded  on  fact,  though  I  cannot  tell  when  and  where  it 
happened ;"  and  adds,  **  many  old  houses  in  lhi$  country  lay 
claim  to  it."  Two  versions  of  the  dramatic  narrative  of 
"Ginevra,  the  Lady  buried  alive,"  are  given  by  Collet  in 
his  Rtliet  of  Lit€raturt,  p.  18G.  Vide  "  N.  &  Q."  1"  S. 
V,  129,  209,  338,] 


PARISH  REGISTERS. 

(3'*  S.  V.  78,  et  pntiim.) 

The  registers  of  the  parish  of  Wilby,  Northamp- 
tonshire, deserve  to  be  noticed  as  presenting  a 
bappy  exL-eption  to  that  injury  and  destruction 
which  similar  records  have  too  often  experienced 
through  the  neglect  of  their  legally  constituted 
guardians,  assisted  by  the  ravn^ies  of  the  general 
enemy  Time  and  damp.  But  tliese  happened  most 
fortunately,  it  appears,  to  fall  under  the  care  of 
one  whose  well-known  appreciation  of  ancient  do» 
cumenta  secured  for  them  the  privilege  of  a  longer 
existence.  We  may  not,  it  is  true,  expect  to  find 
inat\y  COUWVt'^   cVct^'^tsv^'W  ■w>>isv  "^^  vwaa.'Sj\tiX«rA 


244 


NOTES  A2sD  QUERIEa 


[8»<  ti.  V.  Mar  19, 


and  Antiquarian  tastes  aa  Thomas  Percy,  the  rec- 
tor of  this  sioall  country  village;  but  we  niay,  at 
all  events,  hold  up  his  example  as  worthy  of  their 
imitation.  It  doea  honour  to  the  memory  of  the 
author  of  Reltques  of  Enfflith  Poetrif  to  find  hira 
thuB  usefully  employed  in  prosorving  the  humble 
annals  of  his  parish  for  the  benefit  nf  those  that 
■bould  come  after  him. 

The  title-page  to  the  registers  bears  the  follow^ 
ing  inscription  in  his  own  hand  :  — 

•<  Tbaae  old  Regialere  wert  r«»cued  from  Deatraotton. 
and  for  their  fiuther  Proaervatioa  gathered  into  this 
volume  la  17G7. 

"  Thomas  Pkrct,  fllwtor." 

"  Thomas  Percy,  A  M.  (Vicar  t>(  Kaatoii  Mamlit),  In- 
•titnted  Aug.  14,  1756,  Appointed  ChauUin  iu  Ordinary 
to  K.  Gc^  S""  in  17C9,  and  DeHn  of  Carlisle  in  1778  [and 
Bishop  of  Dnjinoro  in  Irelanii  in  1782.*] 

"At  lliB  end  aftLii  Volume  is  a  Fragment  of  an  an- 
cient Dook  of  TCatcs,  which  was  tliou^'ht  to  be  'i  curioiity 
that  daserved  to  h^  preserved. 

"  Memorandum. 

"PabT  ao'N  1767.  Thi*  day  I  tr^ '  -'   ■ '    ''     •'  '  o 

follrwiug  L«a7M  of  Piirchmtinl  ^ 
Baptisma.  and  IKtriitIs  'luring  (,h<' 
17o9.  17C0,  I;G1,  17G2.  1703.  ITC-i.  J. 
foand  entere<l   in  a  Pap*r  Register  o\ 
Burials  of  this  Parish  of  Wilbye,  viz.  hh  l..;.i 
pened  since  I  have  been  Kector  of  this  P.'irish ;  and  aftar 
a  verv  exact  Collation  of  thia  Copy  with  tho  laij  Origi- 
nals, 1  hareby  declare  it  to  be  vcrj'carrect  and  perfect. 
" TiiouAa  PaacY,  JUdorof  WUbft" 

The  "fragment"  of  the  "ancient  book  ofrale*'" 
contains  many  curious  and  interesting  entries  In 
reference  t"  the  period  wiien  the  court  of  Charles 
1.  took  up  it«  abode  at  Wi-llingborough,  in  order 
that  the  ([ueon  nu^ht  drink  the  chalybeate  water 
of  the  "  r«d  well."  And  it  appears  from  them 
that  the  adjoining  ptu-ish  of  Wilby  was  laid 
under  contribution  lor  the  supplies  of  her  ma- 
jeHty's  houiuhold.  Spucituvna  of  the  entries  ad 
follows :  — 

"A  Levy  uudti  the  IC**'  of  Joly.  1627,  for  harVakstica 
houBcholi),  lit  xij**  a  yard  Innit.t 

Siito  tot',  xxxiij*  xl*', 
•*  IC27.  I^iy'ing%  nutjitr  ktr  Muietlit*  hoMte.X 
St  Paj-il  fi't  i;irr\iritr  -ix  <'l\ii'kon  and  a 


Kh  I 
!«  and 
bap- 


I*.  Pay 

t..  .  ■ 
1«.  Payd  for 
l«.  Payd   fn  I 

n 
t«.  Pav 

l\  ra>».- .. 


1  of  wheat 

iind  a  raiKin     • 

■  ■\v  for    Irivinu 


ilU'i 


vj'  viii* 

ilO* 


*  This  it  written  by  anollier  hand,  eridantlv  that  of 
hia  snwosBor  tn  the  lltinK,  the  Rev.  Palmar  Whalley, 


I*.  Payd  to  the  ringer  when  her  Maicatic 
went  thorough  the  tonne  to  North- 
ton      ..-.-- 

P.  Payd  to  six    women  for  gathtringa 

rii8hea(?i      -  .         -         -  - 

I>.    Pnv'   '-■'■  '■■■•'  ■•■.^".-.■■-■'-■-.^'.lyg       . 

1«  I'lis  tho  C-ourte 

Tom  ..nudgoinge 

tu  Wellijigborroinjh  w"'  it    - 

Sum  tot' 

"  A  Levy  made  the  xxx*  Day  of  Jaly  of  twelvK 
a  yard  liind  for  provision  for  the  iinfun  ai  Walling 
row,  and  for  the  Gooto  and  .Mar^titklaia  Hou^e  of  Cor 
tioti.* 

*•  A  I.*vy  made  the  5  Day  of  ffobru«rj*  nf  P."  a  varJ 
hind  for  the  carria<;e  of  a  lotle  of  C«nle#  for  hei  Ma",  oall- 
peeter  man  from  Voxlcy  to  Kiiigstead." 

Enough  has  been  here  cito<I  to  iliow  that  tltk 
'^  fragment "   is  highly  illustrative  of  A  P*^  0^ 
history  extending  beyond  the  Hraila  of  the  fuiria' 
bountiartes,  and  the  general  as  well  na  the  !<: 
annalist  will  be  gratutul  to  the  worthy  rector 
the  care  bestowea  on  its  preservation. 

W.W. 


f»m,i 


r. p<:«>tci  tl 
mm,   I 


GREEK  AND  ROMAN  GAMES  i^^  S.  lii.  iwt  iv 
63);  GREEK  PROVERBS  (i v.  28<»  v.  104) 

In  r:oninliancc  with  yoar  corros; 
request,  1  here  supplr  the  cxlr 
illustrat*  the  subject  of  his  ■ 

In  order  that  they  niity 
have  only  occasionally  given  iIil-  '< 

1.    M("Mrsin«.    Df    T.t'lii    (Jr/rmrum 

"O  : 
hit 

lie  .\ .  -.  . 

Ion,  C'-ontoniouotiukon,  (luiniuna'n  *■■ 
Itenm  tti  I.  Al'viriim  "  iM<!  !>!■ 
qir 

Cdl. 

jB.:u....,     .    .:._. 

Quiuclo   aucture  un,  | 

Nomflcan.  »lf,   xiii  t 

fibttlam.  i      ' 

qn^am 

btrtas  M  i 

p.dl.] 

taotur; 

fnenisti' 

(Jhlami 

ad  sadiB', 

"  Oonlimiflii 
vprbw.     tral  v 

iiuem  jam  ntuit:  luuJjvi.    UuiiLwui.iiiuiioivu,  »*li» 
hid. 

As  an  illustration  of  t!i 
(OiMHUutieon,  lib.  ix.  7),  <l 


iin^'U 


I'eiry  ;  ••  8c  when  she  was  dowii  at  W«l- 
.ink  iho  watari'* 


I .  Peivy : 
i«JL» 


tho  walci  I 

t    "   KU4UI 

Uudli)  balirlu 


r*S.V.  Mab.19,'64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ed  "  Hippfts,"  I  subjoin  another  extract  from 

ursius,  ibid,  s.  t*.  AytcorijAi} :  — 
"  lit  liuua  aliquifl  Inditur,  dictus  in  void  <  tr  wt^Aji)  ; 
prnrM^it  atitpm  $ic:  Cinrutiiditotins  i^tiiduui  Klro  manui 
9011!  tv'is  ttiAnuutii 

^u  jttollcna   se, 

poj'  ."  &c. 

The  words,  'Ki*  iforvAp  ^if^t^,  ileficribing  this  ve* 
hJculur  or  equestrian  sport,  cotiie  tu  be  used  lu  a 
proYerbiftl  ^a^ing. 

**  Lttdi  hoc  gTDOS  puerilii  HVTv\7ts  ««pioM  explicit 
Jultiis  Follux,  lib.  ix.  [122];  Atheociut,  libro  xi.  [{>, 
479  A")  t  FtHtflthiii?*  in  Hf>iiieriiiti  [//.  t.p.  550.]  Dictuni 
Ti'i  litotc:    quale 

ill  .<<]  ProvcrlHa 

z.., ....  ■         .  ,    .  ■. 

"ii.  l»u  Ciui^i)  I'u  Fruainf,  iilunnrium  JUtttut  rt  In/tmit 
Latinitatit,  Quintnnn,  Qnintenii,  Decunio  efjowtn*  lu- 
jKcro,  &<u  Vxie  FtoiKsurtum,  \  vol.  cap.  03,  p.  lt)7,  el 
Ue  hoc  ludicro  congrMtmus  iu  DtBMrt.  7,  sd  Joiu> 

iluffl." 

"  Tha  last  of  all  tli«fle  tnilititrv  exercises  wluch  I  men- 
tioi)e<l  is  that  of  '  tbe  Quirtlain,  wliicti  is  a  Ivslf  dgure  of 
•  ninn  plaeirj  on  a  ptist,  and  turning  on  a  pivoi,  «o  that 
if  tUe  awHilatit  does  not  with  hi«  lance  hit  him  ripht  on 
the  middle  ol' tlic  bre*»l,l) ''  vtretnilioi,  he  makes 

(lie  Qfjure  turn  round,  wl.  i  stnff  or  sword  in 

his  right  hnnd.  and  a  Lu  .  i-  other,  strikes  the 

person  who  shall  have  given  him  an  ill-aimed  blotr. 
This  exercise  seems  to  have  been  invented  to  teach  those 
who  iised  the  lance  to  point  it  well ;  for  in  tilts  they  were 
bonnd  to  give  their  thrusts  between  the  four  members, 
or  they  were  blaitied  for  their  awkwardness  " — Memoirt 
of  John  Lard  de  JoiiivUle,  To  which  are  added  the  Nolea 
and  Dissertations  of  M.  Du  Cange,  on  the  above,  Ac 
Translated  by  Thomas  John^i,  Em(.  VoL  ii.  pp.  103,  4. 
BiuuoTiiccAii.  Cbbtham. 


TflE  NEWTON  STONE. 
(3"»a  v.UO.) 

If  Dr.  Moorb  is  right,  the  man  who  carved 
the  Newton  Hlone  must  havu  been  one  of  no  or- 
(iinarv  attainments.  He  was  familiar  with  the 
alphaoets  called  Flurnioiuti,  Oaclriun,  and  Lat, 
and  ho  was  m  ijuaintcd  with  the  liebrew  ond 
Chaldee  buguu;ze?.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say, 
Ibftt  Dr.  M.  connidera  Jinc  hinstiageB  to  be  repre- 
sented ujH'O  Ibis  j-tone  by  tlli»  one  inscription  ; 
if  we  include  the  O^diatn  line,  (here  ore  3ix.  Now 
it  is  not  easy  to  conceive  the  motive  for  emplovinp 
Ave  hmguagcs  in  recording  ihe  vapid  iQemorinl  of 
forly-lwo  letter*,  as  Dr.  M.  e.xplains  it;  and  in 
truth  1  belit^v*?  ihtttcxplunution  utterly  uufuuiided. 
To  an ;  -ve  have  to  suppose  olher  u>ar- 

vdlour  .itK,     I   mention   one  or  two  of 

tb'  '  iiu  the  sloue  cun  be- 

d"  upon  paper:  that 


Amuii*  of  Scotland,  ii.  214);  the  letters  upon 
the  atone  rtin  from  left  to  rip^ht,  but  Dr.  Moorb 
has  been  compelled  to  make  them  read  from  right 
Ui  left^  to  »uit  his  theory,  which  requires  us  to 
believe  that  the  author  of  this  inscription  wrote 
Hebrew  in  a  style  iind  idiom  unknown  to  the 
literature  of  the  langunf^.  I  defy  any  scholar  to 
show  that  the  translation  of  Dr.  M.  can  be  ex- 
torted out  of  his  Hebrew,  or  that  the  Hebrew  letters 
you  have  printed  riecurutely  represent  either  their 
supposed  Engligh  equivalentsi,  or  what  is  offered 
aa  a  translation.  3333  is  not  Hebrew  at  all ;  cer- 
tainly no  such  noun  occurs  in  the  Lexicons,  and 
if  it  did,  it  would  nut  be  represented  by  begahaba^ 
but  by  begabeb,  or  hegalmb.  The  Doctor's  word 
is  found  in  Chaldee,  where  it  means  1,  stubble; 
2,  a  Aeeoe  of  wool.  Another  word  with  similar 
consonants  has  the  meaning  of  ^'  a  hill."  For  the 
real  Hebrew  word  3i  in  the  sense  of"  vault,"  see 
the  lexicons.  'D'tyr  (domiti,  as  the  word  is  given 
**  in  English  letters  ")  can  only  be  derived  from 
nOl,  and  is  the  let  person  sing,  preter  kal,-  it 
means  either  to  reserable,  or  to  come  to  an  end, 
to  destroy.  The  very  form  occurs  in  Hos.  iv.  S, 
and  Jer.  vi.  2,  where  it  is  translated  "  lay  waste  " 
and  "  destroy "  by  Geuenius,  but  in  our  Bibloi 
"  liken  "  and  "  destroy."  In  Pa.  cii.  6,  it  is  "I  am 
like."  Not  one  eximiple  can  be  found  where  the 
word  means  ''  silently  I  rest,"  as  Dr.  M,  translates 
it.  n33,  bitbethy  is  rendere<l  •*  in  the  house  ;  but 
in  Hebrew  the  form  n3  means  "  daughter,"  and 
not  "  home,"  or  "  hnuse,"  which  is  never  go 
written.  The  next  word  niT,  or  zuth,  is  a  pure 
invention  of  your  correspondent's,  so  far  as  He- 
brew is  ciincerned.  What  follows  refuaefl  to  obe^ 
even  the  "  open  sesame "  of  the  magician,  and  it 
is  left  as  a  mosUeccentric  proper  name, — Ab'hani' 
hotrha,  of  which  the  suggested  sense  is,  "  father 
of  a  wrong-doin«r,  or  perverse  jieople;"  very  per- 
verse, no  doubt,  if  they  do  not  believe  pij?  to  Iw  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  come  to  the  fourth  line :  win  phi  nether,  and 
here  I  (>hould  like  to  see  a  j^enuine  speuimenof  such 
a  combination  as  yuiu-phi.  When  1  learned  Hebrew, 
1  was  taught  that  mtn,  as  a  prepe«ition,  dropped 
its  n  before  oortain  letter:?,  of  wnich  pe  was  one. 
This  is  not  all.  Dr.  M.  jfives  us  new  spelling 
as  well  OS  new  grammar  and  lexicon,  and  writes 
the  word  po  for  JD,  or  rather  "O.  And  what  of 
pkif  Fie  I  It  should  be  written  pi,  and  only 
means  "doctrine"  in  the  vocabulary  of  your 
amiable  correspondent.  The  next  word,  Neahtr 
(eagle)  is  correctly  written  and  trnmJaUid;  but 
that  it  was  the  name  of  an  eminent  Buddhist 
tesoher  is  only  revealed  in  the  pnges  of  "  N.  k  Q." 
The  fifth  line,  chii  cumnn,  is  translated  "  my  life 
was  as  an  overflowing  vessel !  "  A  Iwautiful  and 
t\uilft  OTWvV^V  \VMk%ft-     OujBSWX  Vcv^-^  iAs^jv&.^s.'-^  xss^ 


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[8'*  &  V.  Mah.  ; 


life;"  and  man  is  a  Chaldee  word  for  vessel; 
but  it  would  be  very  hard  to  show  that  it  means 
a  vessel  in  the  Bense  put  upou  it  by  the  new 
translator  of  the  Newton  stone.  Both  in  Chaldee 
and  in  Syrinc  the  word  lias  a  significance  as  ex- 
tensive as  the  Greek  mc«w»j,  or  the  Hebrew  <t^3, 
and  would  include  ibc  arms,  armour,  and  baggage 
of  an  army,  tljc  clothes  they  wear,  or  ihe  ships 
they  sail  in.  It  would  therefore  include  a  vessel 
or  vaaculum,  but  only  ns  our  own  word  thing  \  in 
fact  Dr.  M.'s  fifth  Hebrseo-Cbaldee  line  is  non- 
sense.  His  sixth,  tKphajoati  hodhi,  is  no  better. 
"My  wisdom  was  my  glory,"  is  a  sense  which  lies 
not  in  the  Hebrew  letters,  and  certainly  not  in 
their  fancied  English  equivalents.  In  this  line 
we  get  eleven  Hebrew  characters  for  nine  in  the 
inscriptioQ,  as  in  the  preceding  line  we  get  nine 
for  seven.  But  for  my  knowledge  of  Da.  Moobe's 
choracter  and  previous  achievements,  I  own  I 
should  have  suspected  a  hoax  in  his  reading,  or  at 
least  an  experiment,  and  especially  in  tbis  last 
line.  Sh'p'ha  is  taken  as  an  adjective  (participial), 
meaning  *'  overflowing !  "  The  word  is  found  but 
once  (Deut.  xxxiii.  19),  and  then  as  a  noun.  The 
next  word,  Joati,  translated  "  my  wisdom,**  occurs 
but  twice  (Ezr.  vii.  14,  15),  is  properly  rendered 
"  oounsellors,"  and  is  a  Chaldee  word.  Of  the 
last  word,  I  only  aay  that  it  refers  to  personal  or 
external  beauty  or  splendour.  That  your  cor- 
respondent has  lost  a  tine  opportunity  of  showing 
that  he  could  say  *'  My  wisdom  was  my  glory," 
is,  I  think,  now  apparent.  I  am  sorry,  and  I  am  aa- 
tonishcd,  that  after  the  experience  he  has  had  since 
the  publication  of  The  Lost  Tribes  and  the  Saxona 
of  (he  Eatt  ami  Wetf,  Db.  Moobe  should  still 
ding  to  a  shadow,  and  endeavour  (o  propagate  a 
theory  which  no  scholar  in  the  world  will  adopt. 
I  bad  a  strong  reluctance  to  reply  to  the  article 
in  your  pages,  und  now  I  only  touch  upon  a  por- 
tion of  It ;  and  this  I  do  for  the  sake  of  tliose 
whose  studies  have  not  lain  in  this  direction,  and 
who  are  likely  to  be  led  astray.  The  Newton 
Sphinx  has  not  found  an  Gildipus  in  your  cor- 
respondent, and  he  bos  not  proved  that  Hebrew 
Buddhi»t  missionaries  of  the  tribe  of  Dan  preached 
in  either  Ireland  or  Scotland.  Although  allusion 
it  made  to  another  like  experiment,  upon  a  passage 
glYcn  b^  Rev.  E.  Davie«,  I  do  not  touch  that 
here; — is  it  not  recorded  in  The  I^i»t  Tribes, 
pp.  172, 173  ?  But  even  of  this,  I  should  like  to  sec 
a  copy  in  the  original  form.  1  respect  Da.  Moobb, 
but  when  he  ventttres  to  put  forth  such  strange 
spcculaiiong  as  those  above  discussed,  my  spirit 
pr'  (o  reply.     As  I  have  had  direct  cor- 

r*  with  him  upon  the  subject  of  bin 

bouK  ^  /  nc  LoMt  Thbft),  where  he  turns  Sanscrit 
into  Hebrew,  I  shall  append  my  name  to  theae 
romarks  upon  what  seems  to  me  a  turning  of  some 
Celtic  inscription  iitto  what  Db.  Moore  confieaaca 
to  be  a  medle/  coiu;M»ition  of  five  languages. 

B.  H.  Cowrea. 


Sib  Robbbt  Vb««o!i  (S'*  S.  t.  47« ;  ▼.  200.)- 

In   the  Warrington   Register  of    Sept.    13,  1643, 
there  occurs  the  burial  of  Sir  Robert  Vemoo,  and 
on  April  27,  1667,  the  same  register  records  iLc 
burial  of  Lady  Mary  Vernon,  widow.     It  (ceenif 
probable  that  these  entries  relate  to  the  Sir  Robert 
Vernon  who,  in  1609,  was  on  the  council  «f  the 
Lords  Marchers  at  Ludlow,  and  to  his  wife,  '^ 
the  daughter  of  Robert  Needham.      Will 
correspondent   \V.  F.  V.,  who   has  so  obli^^   . 
noticed  this  query,  say  on  what  grounds  be  ?i    ;^ 
Sir  Robert  to  have  died  in  1623  ?  W .  i^ 

SOBTBS  VlBGILlAX^    (3"«  S.  V.  195.)  —  BiTfiiC 

Homer  and  Virgil,  it  was  common  among 
ancients  to  practise  divination  by  consulting 
works  of  the  Greek  poet  Musaeus.  This  is  n.i< 
tioned  by  Herodotus  (lib.  vii.  in  Polyb.).  Wl 
this  pagan  practice  was  superseded  by  the  use  of 
the  Sorteg  Apoitolorum,  and  Sortes  Sanetantm 
among  the  Christians,  these  practices  were  cen- 
sured by  St.  Augustin  in  these  terms :  — 

"  Hi  qui  de  paginis  Evangelici*  sortes  leguot,  «l*i  i 
tandum  eat  ut  hoc  poLiaa  fAciant  quam  ut  Ad  dmoa 
consulunda  concurrant,  tameti  etiam  isla  milii  duplic 
constietudo,  act  negolia  sifnuUria  et  ad  vilar.   huju«  V«nJ^ 
tatem  propter  aUam  vitwn  loquenlia  oracuUi  diviu*  '  "~ 
converters." — Ep.  119,  ad  Jaauar.  o.  20.) 

F.C. 

SiMOM  AjiD  TUB  Dauphin  (3'*  S.  v.  194.] 
Though  unable  to  answer  all  the  inquiries 
HisTOBicvs  respecting  Simon  the  shoemakl 
whose  infamous  charge  was  to  corrupt  the  inor^ 
and  debilitate  the  body  of  the  unfortunate  cb 
Louis  XVII.,  I  can  give  the  following  iiifor  ,^ 
alion: — Simon's  Christian  name  was  Anthony  ;  be 
was  involved  in  the  fall  of  Robespierre,  and  wm 
guillotined  the  day  after  him,  which  was  July  89, 
1794.  He  was  fifty -eight  years  of  age,  and  was  » 
native  of  Troycs,  i^-  C-  H- 

PoBTEKiTT  OF  Habold,  Kikg  ot  Erclajid  (T* 
S.  v.  135,)— Tlicre  is,  I  believe,  no  dotabi  tW 
Harold  lell  issue,  though  the  t'lu-r  n.u.ira 
number  of  his  children  nave  bc>  1- 

tirst  wife   was  Gyda,  whose  clu^ 
Goodwin;  2.  Edmund;  3.  Magnus;  4.  Gyda.] 

His   second  wife,   Edith,   Algitha,  or 
daughter  of  Lcofric  ami  Godiva,  appear 
identical  with  the  Edith  s<i   generally  ca  _ 
mistress.      Her  children  were  'Wolfe  and  Gl 
marrieil  to  the  Emjwror  Henry  III. 

Another  daughter,  named  by  .""■ 
identical  with  Gyda;  and  HarnI 
as  a  son  of  this  monut< 
personage;  perhaps  ui 

The     • 


many  < 
by  Rc 
Kcm  Uj 


Padl  Bowes  (1"  S.  vii.  547.)— The  editor  of 
Sir  Simonds  D'Rvres't  Jour»aU  vraa  a.  son  of  Sir 
TbomHS  Bowes^  by  Mary,  daughter  of  Pnul 
D'Kwes,  Esq.,  ami  sister  of  Sir  Simonds  D'Ewes. 

He  was  born  at  Great  Bromley,  Essex ;  and 
after  being  educated  in  the  school  at  Moulton, 
Norfolk,  was  admitted  a  pensioner  of  St.  John's 
Colle}»e,  Cambridge.  Dec.  21,  1650.  He  took  no 
(leirree :  indeed,  he  does  not  appear  to  have  been 
nmtriculaled. 

He  occurs,  in  1700,  as  owner  of  the  manors  of 
Rushton,  Sfockford,  an«l  Binnegar,  in  East  Stoke, 
Dorset,  ^^'e  hope  this  information  may  elicit 
more.  C.  H.  &  Thompsow  Coofeb. 

Harvsy  Familt  (S"*  S.  v.42.)— I,  like  Mb. 
Sage,  am  interested  in  cnlleciing  notes  about  this 
family,  and  find  his  notes  very  useful.  If  he  lias 
not  already  the  information,  I  beg  to  supply  the 
following  addenda. 

Sir  James  Hanrey,  Alderman,  Sheriff  1573,  and 
Lord  Mayor  1581,  was  a  "Citizen  and  Iron* 
monger"  of  London;  and,  to  judge  from  Sir  Har- 
ris N  icolas's  Memoirs  af  Sir  Christopher  Mat/on, 
had  little  reverence  for  clergy  or  the  bishops  of 
that  day,  which  drew  from  Aylmcr,  the  Bishop 
of  London,  a  scalding  letter,  dared  March  I, 
1381-2  —  A  very  model  of  u  letter  of  sneers  and 
aarcasms.  In  some  notes  on  funerals,  supplied  by 
John  NichoH,  E»<j.,  F.S.A.  (the  respected  Master 
of  the  Company  in  18.59),  to  Mr.  ><iehols  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  Maslcrt  and  Hurry  Page  were  appointed 
stewards,  to  see  to  the  management  for  too  livery 
funeral  feast  at  the  Hall.  Alderman  Harvey, 
who  died  in  1583,  was  a  "benefactor"  to  his 
Coin(>any  in  the  year  1573,  and  by  bequests,  which 
came  to  the  guild  by  their  books,  1590. 

His  son,  Sir  Sebastian  Harvey,  Alderman, 
Sheriff  1609,  and  Lord  Mayor  1618,  was  also  of 
the  fame  Company  ;  and  it  is  worthy  of  note  that, 
on  November  12  that  year,  "Izonc  Walton,  late 
apprentice  to  Thomas  Grinsell,"  was  "admitted 
and  sworne  a  free  brother "  of  the  same  guild ; 
"paying  for  admission  13^/.,  and  \Qd.  for  enroll- 
ment." Alderman  Harvey's  funeral  feast  is  thus 
dcscribeti :  — 

"  1620,  A  Conrt  the  12ih  Murch,  whereas,  the  Udy 
Harvey  h«th  pal.t  to  »h«  Wnrdens  xxi "  for  a  dynner 
for  the  <'omp!^nv^  ^h^  21  of  Ihis  moneth,  being  the 
f.i"  '  ■■'    '-    ■■•■-■.•-,     li  .  .     .i.     Ii  is 

*i  VVil»on 

Li  I-  -     :-.   L...,   , c.^i.  of  that 

•  iKwband  tli*  Hnit  to  tb«  Company's  bcil 

T.  C.  N. 
•"  <y*  s. 


appeared  in  the  year  1 836,  may  be  seen  in  the 
Gwladgarwr  (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  Montgomeryshire  borou<rb8. 

X,  Y.  Z. 

There  is  a  small  engraving  of  the  above  in 
the  Youth's  Instructor  and  Guardian  for  August, 
1845,  accompanied  by  three  or  four  pages  of 
letterpress  respecting  it  and  Owain  Glvudwr. 

G.  J*.  COOPSB. 

Woodhouso.  Leeds. 

QooTATioNS  Wawtbd  (S""  S,  v.  62<  83,  105.)  — 
I  have  lately  seen  another  form  of  the  verse  en- 
quired for.  It  occurs  in  the  parish  register  of 
Laston-Maudit,  Northamptonshire ;  and  is  theaco 
copied  into  the  Mirror,  vol,  xxvi.  p.  338  :  — 

"  Si  Cbristura  diKis,  nihil  est  si  cntera  nescio; 
Si  Christum  nescii,  nihil  est  si  ctetcra  discia." 

F.  C.  H. 

Gbbat  Battlb  of  Cats  (3'*  S.  y.  133.)— The 
Catui  domeaticus  has  not  ceased,  I  seCr  to  be  a 
myth  and  a  mystery.  Successively  an  idol,  an 
imp,  and  an  inmate,  Tybalt  or  Maudlin,  Tom  or 
Tabby,  the  hie  et  hac  puss  has  finally  achieved  a 
niche  in  "  N.  &  Q." 

Ireland  is  the  especial  field  of  feline  celebrity. 
Well  for  her  that  the  witch-finding  "  reign  of 
terror "  has  passed  away :  when  any  one  of  the 
numberless  cat-9t<irics  which  I  have  heard  right 
seriously  narrated  would  have  brought  its  nar- 
rator to  the  stake !  Among  them,  not  one  has  re- 
tained a  longer  or  a  stronger  hold  on  my  memory 
than  has  Mb.  Redmokd's  Bellum  Cafilitian'tim. 
In  my  ears  it  is  more  than  septungenarial,  first 
and  frequently  heard  when  I  was  quite  old  enough 
to  estimate  (I  detest  the  verb  "  appreciate ")  its 
.ictual  worth  ;  not  from  the  unread  cottiers  only, 
but  in  my  own  circle  of  society,  with  some  of 
whom  it  was  not  altof;ether  so  opocryphal  as  the 
caudal  relics  of  the  Kilkenny  combatants.  In  the 
nineteenth  century,  were  it  not  for  the  pleasure 
of  Mb.  Redmond's  reminiscences,  I  might  be 
tempted  to  exclaim — Quousque  tandem,  Catilinaf' 

E.  L.  S. 

RosAKT  {2**  S.  T.  154.)  — Though  the  inslitu- 
tion  of  the  devotion  of  the  Rosory  has  been  attri- 
buted to  various  peraons  who  lived  before  St. 
Dominic,  such  as  the  Abbot  Paul,  contemporary 
with  St.  Anthony,  St.  Benedict,  Venerable  Bcde 
(if  this  ia  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  1208.  It  is  cei-tain  that  the  an- 
cient hermits  had  various  methods  of  counting 
their  pr.ayets.  Some  used  small  pebbles,  and 
others  had  studs  in  their  girdltR,iMV5i^'«^"«>^'^*5 
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the  tombs  of  St.  Gertrude  of  Nivelles,  who  died 
in  667,  and  of  St  NorbcrU  whose  death  occurred 
in  1134,  there  were  found  certain  beads  atrun^r 
togetlier,  which  may  have  been  used  in  a  (imilnr 
manner  to  our  Rott»rie« ;  but  the  devotion,  aa  we 
have  it  now,  was  undoubtedly  instituted  by  St. 
DomLoic.  F.  C.  H. 

"  RBTatAT"  (3"'  S.  V.  1 19,  20*2.) — It  is  ordered 
in  Her  Majesty's  Regulations  for  the  Army, 
p.  253,  that  "  I'he  Retreat  is  to  sound  or  beat  at. 
suQset;  after  which  no  Crutupet  is  to  sound,  or 
drum  to  beat,  in  the  garrison,  except  at  Watch- 
settings  and  Tattoo,  and  In  case  of  fire  or  other 
alarm." 

The  word  is  only  the  French  retratte^  sigTii- 
iVing  the  retirement  of  the  men  from  their  daily 
duties,  or,  perhaps  origitially,  to  their  qunrtpra  j 
as  the  ItineiUe  is  nned  for  the  morrnn«T  alarm  ot 
sunrise.  This  is  the  only  signification  of  the 
word  in  military  piirlaoec,  the  word  retire  beinp 
always  used  to  express  a  backward  moveraunt. 

J.  D.  MK. 

Ah  Eastess  Kino's  Devicb  (3'*  S,  v.  5, 
173.)  —  I  have  met  with  other  instonces  of  gar- 
dens In  ihe  form  of  maps.  The  following  exlrnct, 
from  the  IltiU  Adeertiser  newspaper,  March  26, 
1796,  describes  a  most  interesting  one ;  — 

"  The  g.irJon  of  the  TUuik'rk'A,  at  Ptri.s  once  plAntcd 

with  powtoPK,  when  the  wnnts  o*  the  fw  t,i..  r.-r,iiiT..  t  ti,^ 
sacriticc,  offers  now  a  henntifol  nml  roi ! 
Il  cotnpriB&4  Jemnpfx",  Savor,  ■tnrt  f  hf  a 

which  have  hir 

llli«  illofl,  will 

vanity  old  ■  i 
path  inttj 
tain  i«  rei 

evti 

wh',l-_  •  _  _■      1  •  . 


moruiiig  \. 
,  and  of  be. 


Uotteiford  Manor. 


Jl.MS 

W   ll4C 

EuwAUD  F^acocK. 


Imciioaw  (H"  S.  v.  1J4.) — This  is  not  Inch- 
gtrvie.,  09  your  rorrespomlcnt  conjecture*.  lie 
will  find  varinu"  r"(«.r<.'nce»  tr»  the  name  in  the 
Index  to  Scofcfi  Rettmrx  (cwr<r  "  Pile"),  from  which 
it  appears  to  be  near  to  Loch  Gellv,  in  that 
eunnty ;  and  it  will  be  seen  from  'riioinson's 
Map  of  File  (1S27)  that  ludifjaw  Mill  is  In  the 
parish  of  Abbotshal],  close  on  tlie  border*  of  that 
of  Kinghorn,  in  the  same  sliire.  G. 

ErioRAM  AtTarBCTSti  TO  Porr.  (fi''^  S  V   l.'.r.  \ — 
1  am  much  obliged  by  your 
to  my   query  ;  whirh,   howcA 
my  doubts,  and  my   incredulity   has   since    hcen 
rewarded  by  the  discovery  of  the  genuine  hiktirry 
of  thi«  wittVi.im.     It  is  to  lie  fonml  at  p.  287  of 
Singer's 
tLu« ;  — 


■dition  tif  SpenftM  AnM^ten,  and  runs 


••  Tbwa  was  a  CluS,  Iwhl  at  th«  •  King's  H««il '  ia  Pal! 
M0//,  t/ae  mnoKaatly  eaUmi  itsei/  •Tfi«  World.'    Lati 


iu»e     wctr 


Dr.  \oung  was  in%'ifca  ttutber,  Itit-  ^il 

ileclineil  writing,   because   he  had    i  •  I. 

Stanhopo  lant  him  ht*.  aad  ha  wrote  iaimixlijCnljr  :■- 
'  Accept  a  miracle  instead  <tf  wit  ;  — 
See  two  (tnll  Udw  wiUi  Staiihupe's  pencil  writ." 

When  Spence  ascribes  tho  epi^am  to  an« 
than  Pope^  there  can,  I  think,  be  no  donbt  at 
the  mutter. 

The  punctuation  shnuhl  be  as  aborn.  not 
the  senncolon  after  the  word  "miracle." 

n.  vr. 

Ualtfed  Art9  Cltib. 

Jkrbmiaii  Hosbocks,  tux  Astroxomkb  (i' 
v.  173.)— Doctor  Olrasteil,  in  his  Mrchamitm  «./ 
the  Heavens,  states  that  Ilorrocks  "  died  in  the 
twenCy-tbird  year  of  hts  a^c."  He  waa  ntilj 
twenty  when  the  transit  appeared"  (IG39).  Ha 
must  therefore  have  been  born  in  161J>.  The 
register  of  hb  birth,  if  it  still  '-■-'-  "-'A]  ftv- 
bably  be  found  at  the  church  <"  >0'tba- 

Hill,  to  which,  until  the   year    1    .;.,    ....  oUesI 
church   in  Livcrponl  (St.  Niciutlas)  was  a 
of  ease ;   and    Lower   Lodge,    the    h 
Horrcicks  waa  born,   is  situate  in   tl. 
Walton.  II. 

TottBiNGTox  FAMtt.r  ("3'*  S.  V.  56.) — Cbamidy, 
Ilijit.  of  Htrtt,  t).  5"?!  •  1— :'••-*  the  mooa- 
mcnl  <it'  Richard  To  Ijirptret  bifl 

wife,  in  the  church  of  i.. .,,,,.  1  St.  P«t«ni, 

^ays :  — 

■-  I  horo  Is  a  tradition  that  tMs  T.  was  tin  Ibondar  of 
.rvh,  a  man  of  especial  favour  wiUl  EAmuad 

'jof,  ! htk"  of  r*>mwnl1.  ■nh'v  w»»  »on  «tf  Blehas^ 

V\  .........  ,,^(3j„. 

>v  f«0  of 

hoi .     .     ,   , .  _.  ttlie  of 

fWkiianiiistc.id,  hut  wa«  hiinvil  at  hit  Abt/ey  oi  }f 

His  wife  Margaret  was  probably  of  tbc  i.....>y 
of  tItQ  ItKrenis,  who  t'orincrly  resided  at  B«llt" 
hara|iatcAd,  and  are  iiit<'  "  <1  >><  that  part  af  ifcfl 
church    called   St.  Jol  Ono  nMsabcr 

of  this  family,  John  Ii^  ;i^(    of  T.awr«  xml 

Dean  of  St.  Paul's,  foundcit  tiie  « 
in  his  native  town  in  the  12tli  yi 
The  arms  of  Torrington  (a  St.   ' 
with  thostf  of  Incenf  (a  bend  ch  M 
roses)  arc  cngravi'd  on  the  mutiuiu<.i 
tion,  and  bear  a  great  Mmilnrltr  t'»  r  ,   . 

-*  on  the  corbels  which  sn- 
ot' the  ceiling;  of  the  n:i 
iniii-,i;ince  «tretif;f' 
hided   to,    that   tli 
church,  or  rebuilt  imjh  ^mi  i'<ui,i:  pom 


.'  -r«>w  {3"»  S.  v,  97,)— The 

ye  i  )Od«ol  S.  Y-  K.   involves  a 

cxaui^u  ot  the  prt>gr«ia  of  vrror  by 


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which,  with  3"our  pcrntStiinoii,  I  will  relnte  in  de- 
tai!.  Ue  hsRb  for  iiit'oriuulion  re[;arding  John 
Brlatow's  sup[)0!ie(l  Surrey  of  the  Lahe;s.  audgivc* 
an  extraut  iVoin  Tvniu>8's  Family  Tapiigrapher, 
Tymma,  no  doubt,  has  been  mittleii  \>y  t?ie  faulty 
construction  of  a  »ent«:nce  Ht  p.  476,  vol,  j.  of 
]lutchinson'«  CuinberLmd^  where  S.  Y-  R.  will 
bill}  tbee«?  wotNJt. :  — 

'    '  I '    ■  ■     i-iMow,  a 

I'  ^vbo,  at 

til*;      ••■■ •"-■. K,      ...-.    ^-.c.y     .y      ^.,     o..^.*,  WM     94 

^•■rs  of  ng^"  &c. 

The  pronoun  ki»,  in  the  foregoinjj  sentence, 
liiii^  for  its  antecedent,  Clarke,  not  BnsU*w  ;  and 
Clttrk«'s  Survey  of  tfie  Lakes  is  not  au  uneotnmun 
bitok.  I  have  seen  a  copy  in  the  j>ossea.':i<in  of 
a  ik'sceuJant  through  feniules  of  the  said  John 
BriMtow,  who  lives  on  his  ancestor's  property,  "  a 
prosperous  (rcntluinan/'  and  points  with  pride  to 
the  parat^raph  respecting  his  nonagenarian  ance^- 
tor;  indeed,  he  aSda  tliatan  ancient  cat,  wbicii  had 
scalped  many  generations  of  her  natural  enemies, 
and  an  elderly  cock  that  had  grown  grey  in  the 
service  of  thin  itenile  household,  are  improperly 
omitted  from  the  grand  summary.  J. 

The  P«att8,  BA^RONRTSor  CoLBeHiLL,  Coontt 
OP  BsBKs  (3'<  S.  V.  1 74  )  —  From  a  pedigree  I 
possess  of  this  family,  copied  about  the  year 
1818-9,  out  of  a  MS.  Visitation  in  the  British 
Museum,  maile  in  1665,  I  find  that  Richard, 
secnd  son  of  Sir  Henry  Pratt,  the  first  boronet, 
bod  an  only  child  Margaret,  Your  querist  must, 
therefore,  be  under  a  mistake  in  claiming  to  be 
deiceaded  from  him.  He  may,  however,  find  a 
clew  to  the  inquiry  at.  to  how  the  "china  jug" 
desf'cnded  to  him,  in  the  fact  recorded  in  the  same 
p«^digree  r  tbat  Elizabeth,  the  sister  of  the  said 
Richard,  married — 1.  Edward  Baker  of  Tew,  in 
S<tnter!«etshiie  ;  '2.  Henry  Pratt,  of  Weldon,  in 
Northaitts;  3.  £dmund  Beale  of  Loudon;  and 
4.  Francis  Phillips^  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London, 
Esq.  D.  B. 

fiAiKT*'  Namks  wasted  (S**  8.  V,  166.)  — I 
observe,  in  the  "Notices  to  Corr  -  -  '  nts"  at 
this  reference,  that  the  editor  ca  iver  in 

any  ILtt  of  saints  the  names  of  b  ?.  ii.jui.ji*!,  Re- 
migio,  and  Raccu,  The  first  is  St.  Ronnitus,  a 
utH'tvr;  \v\,i.<,'  i. .,,,.,.  Hppeurs  in  a  Laiin  book, 
w  I  _THved  by  Herman  Weyen, 

ut"     .  The  saint  is  represented 

there  in  a  cope,  nud  wearing  a  mitre;  and  an 
arrow,  broken  in  hts  breast,  denotes  the  n^fde  of 
his  martyrdom.  It  uppears  however,  from  Fleury, 
timt  be  WAS  only  a  sub-deac<<n ;  that  he  lived  at 
Dioiipotis,  and  was  beheaded  by  Uibimis,  the 
governor  of  PalctJtine  in  304.  (//m/.  EccL  i., 
ix.  n.  8.) 

The  next  ia  St.  Betubius,  or  Remi,  ilua  well- 
known  Frenvh  bishop  who  baptised  Ring  Clovis, 


and  died  in  533.  His  feast  is  October  1.  Baoo* 
is  St.  Bacchus,  who  is  commemorated  with  Si. 
Sergiua  on  the  7th  of  Oclolier.  They  were  mar- 
tyred in  Syria,  under  Maximian.  F.  C.  H- 

Fjuiauj  Fools  (3""  S.  Iv.  453,  523,)— Allow 
me  to  add  tiic  following  extract  to  my  last  com- 
munication on  this  subject :  — 

"La  Czariiie,  qoi  parlott  tr^a-mnl  alletnand  ct  qui  n'en- 
teudoit  puD  biea  o«  que  U  Eeioa  lui  di»ott,  fit  approclier 
sa  foUe,  ti  fl'cntretint  avec  c1l«  en  Rdsm.  Cette  pauvre 
creatnr*  e'toit  une  I'rinceau  Galitain.  et  nvoii  et^  n^tdte 
k  Cure  ce  nieiier-l&  poor  sauver  la  vies.  AyaDt  4ti  m&^ 
dans  une  couspiratiou  cootre  le  Csar,  on  lui  avoit  doun^ 
deux  foi»  le  knouti.  Je  ne  aais  ca  qu'etle  disoil  k  la 
Czarinc,  ma.\a  cette  I'rincesse  faiaoit  de  graods  ^lata  de 
rir«."  —  Mimoirt*  dt  la  Margrac*  dt  BartUk,  vol.  i.  p.  48, 
Brunswick,  ad.  1846. 

This  Czarine  was  Catherine  I. 

HieBMBMrsoDB. 

OuaxH  OP  NAMBtn  (3'*  S.  y.  71.)  —  The  follow- 
ing  extract  frotn  an  old  book  belonging  to  tbe 
parish  of  Keel,  Statfordshire,  on  tiiis  subject,  is 
worth  recording :  — 

"  Sarah  Legacy,  wbo  was  lefl  as  such  to  the  town  by 
some  lurrv  person  or  other  on  the  5^  of  Novembar  last, 
baptized  J^obmarj'  20''',  1737," 

W.  I.  S.  HOSTOH. 

LoBi>  Subbbt's  Ekigm^  (3'*'  S.  v.  55.) — J.  L. 
haa,  I  think,  deceived  himself  in  the  author.  I 
imagined  »o,  and  carefully  lor4ed  through  two 
editions  of  Surrey  to  no  purpose,  and  bethought 
me  it  might  be  Wyatt's  ;  and  there,  in  Bell's  edi- 
tion (Parker,  1854),  I  found  it,  with  slight  difier- 
ence  from  J.  L.'d  text.  I  incline  to  the  opinion 
of  those  wbo  hold  it  answered  best  by  a  kiM, 
although,  like  the  oonceitit  of  those  daya,  leaving 
muoh  obscure. 

Mr.  Bell  gives  a  note,  which  I  subjoin,  for  the 
sake  of  the  poem  added  to  it  of  another  and  much 
more  elegant  poet. 

"Of  the  numerous  riddles  on  the  same  suggestive  sub- 
ject, this  may  probably  claim  to  bo  the  earliest.     It  has 
been  frequently  imitated,  bat  in  no  instance  so  closely  as 
is  the  foUowiot;  dextrous  lines  by  tiascoigne:  — 
**  •  A  \a<\)  '  '  ">=*k  of  me 

This  I  in  privity: 

Goo'1  '  ■•iie,  fain  would  I  crave 

One  thing  »hii:h  you  your»e]f  not  have ; 
Nor  never  had  yet  in  time.i  pa.st. 
Nor  nover  ahall  while  life  doth  last; 
And  if  you  seek  to  iind  it  out, 
Tou  loM  your  labour  out  of  doubL 
Yet,  if  you  love  nie  as  yon  say. 
Then  givo  it  me,  for  sure  you  may.' " 
The  last  two  lines  nf  Wyntt  seem  to  me  conrlu- 
sive  of  the  meaning,  carrying  out  the  sidaye,  itever 
hiu  and  t^.    The  writer  i»  bound  by  it,  and  be 
who  gueasea  it  %eiU  be.  J.  A.  G. 

Sodtkbt's  Biarn-piacB  (8'*  S.  ▼.  89.)  —  Al- 
tbough  Robert   Soulhey  waa  born  at  Istcv,  VV., 


250 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S-'a  V.  Mar.  1»,' 


divided  into  three  separate  dwellings ;  and  I  find 
that  ttie  nciual  room  in  which  he  first  drew  breath 
is  situated  under  the  roof  of  No.  9,  now  in  the 
occupation  of  Mr.  Trcnerry,  boot  and  shoemaker, 
and  not  in  the  bouse  No.  II  as  it  now  stands  in 
the  street.  Gborge  Prtce. 


fSliitcTlaxuaui. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETG 

The  Workt  nf  William  Shakegpeare.  Edited  by  William 
G«orge  CInrk,  M.A.,  Fellow  and  Tutor  of  Trinitv  Col- 
lege, and  Public  Orator;  and  William  Aldis  Wright, 
M.A.,  Librarian  of  Trinity  College,  CAmbridge.  I  oli. 
II.  and  III.    (Macraillan.) 

T  hcse  two  new  Tolumes  of  The  CamLridpe  Shakesprare 
contain  Much  Ado  about  Nothing;  Lovt't  Labovr'*  Lost ; 
JUidsummer  Xlght'i  Dream ;  Merchant  of  Venice ;  A$ 
You  Liht  it ;  Taming  of  the  Shrew  ;  Alt*  ff 'ell  that  Enda 
Well;  Twelfth  Kight  I  tnA  The  Winter*  Tale.  When 
noticing  tbe  first  volaroe  of  this  editiou,  we  entered  so 
fidly  into  the  particulars  of  tbe  well-considered  and  use- 
ful plan  which  the  Editors  had  proposed  to  follow,  and 
showed  so  clearly  the  great  pains  with  which  they  had 
endeavoured  to  carry  out  such  plan,  that  we  may  well,  on 
the  (*reaent  occasion,  content  ourselves  with  saying  that, 
although  Mr.  Glover,  the  Librarian  of  Trinily  College, 
has  been  compelled,  in  consequonco  of  his  ronioval  from 
Catnbridge,  to  resign  his  share  of  the  work,  his  place  has 
been  v«ry  efficiently  supplied  by  his  saccessor  In  the 
librarianship,  ^f^.  Wright,  who  has  already  given  good 
proof  of  bis  capabilities  nil  nn  editor  by  'the  care  with 
which  he  recently  put  forth  Bacon't  Euayt.  The  pains 
with  which  all  the'  different  readings  adopted  into  the  text 
Ity  other  editors,  and  all  the  variouj'  emendations  suggested 
by  the  Commentators,  have  been  recorded,  will  go  far  to 
make  tbe  Cambridge  Shaktapeare  a  satisfactory  substitnte 
for  the  21  volnmes  of  1821,  the  Variomm  Sliiikspeare.  as 
it  is  called,  aud  which  has  hitherto  been  rcf^arded  as  in- 
dispensable in  the  librarj'  of  everj*  student  of  the  great 
DraniatiKt.  While  the  absence  of  those  biting  alluBions 
to  the  shortcomings  of  tbeir  fellow-editors,  Messrs.  C&  D, 
in  which  Messrs.  A  &  It  so  frequently  indulge,  to  the 
iletrimenl  of  their  own  reputation,  and  the  disgust  of  all 
right- minded  readers,  will  ^ivc  thr  Cambridge  Ivdition 
favuar  in  the  eyes  of  tliosi:  who  think  that  tbe  writings 
of  .*Nhokspcarc  should  he  edited  In  the  noble  Catholic 
spirit  in  whiirh  they  were  produced. 
Lift  PoriniitMof  niUiitm  SKakip*ati,  A  /lutor^ofthe 
rttnotu  lieprtteHtationt  of  the  Pott,  with  an  Examima- 
turn  into  Iheir  Aulhentieity.  By  3.  Main  Friiwcll.  Illui- 
trattd  by  Fhotnyrui*f$M  of  the  moit  aHthfntit  Fortraiti, 
ami  with  Vuvt  ice.  By  Cundall,  Downes  &  Co.  (Samp- 
ton  (.rf>w.) 

Addison  w«a  doubtless  right  when  he  spoke  of  a 
reader's  desire  to  know  whether  the  author  whoM  work 
be  is  perusing  was  "  a  black  or  a  fair  man,  of  a  raild  or 
cholcrick  di!»[iosition."  And  if  this  b«  tne  of  oxUaary 
authorN  huw  true  most  it  be  of  8haksi)«ar«!  For  the 
soluiiuu  of  this  natural  curiofity,  Mr.  Haui  Friswell  has 
cotn|iile4  a  pleasant,  chatty,  anil  instructive  volume,  in 
which  we  have  the  various  claims  of  the  Stratford  bust, 
th«   KcaMlstn.l'  )!ie    Uroeshoul   eiigraying,    the 

Ohaodot.  Fcl'-  (Tjd  other  paintings,  to  be  con- 

MttttAvk  Ifu  i>reaenlatlonsof  the  great  poet, 

rarefnilr  w«igh>.<d,  and  ihrir  origin  and  history  tnice<l  as 
far  as  it  u  possible  to  do  w.  WhTl«  not  the  least  ama«in« 
fiertioo  9f  tbe  book  is  iht  npticv  gf  the  miny  cleyar  and 


ing«nioas  foi^geriw  by  which  unscrupulous  manufactorcrs 
of  "  genuine  portraits"  have  from  lime  to  time  ro1>li<d 
their  credulous  customers.  As  Shakspeare  portraits  ore, 
we  believe,  still  in  process  of  manufiacture,  we  espeeiaHr 
commend  this  portion  of  )Ir.  Friswell'a  rolunia  ta  taisi 
attention  of  our  readers.  One  word  more,  and 
wont  of  praise  to  Mr.  Cundall  for  the  capital  photoj 
by  which  the  book  is  illuitnttcd. 

The  Rtftrtnee  Skakspere ;  A  Memorial  Edition  pf 
tprre't  Flays,  eontaining  J  I, COO  Reference*.    0>»r| 
.John  B.  Marsh.     (Simpkin,  Marshall,  it  Co.) 
It  would  seem  at  first  sight  somewhat  difficult  tO_ 
upon  a  novel  treatment  of  Sliakspeare's  Works 
purposes  of  publication.     Yet  this  is  what   Mr. 
bns  accomplished  in  this  Memorial  EdStion,  in  whi 
object  has  been  to  make  Shakspeare  stif-interpret 
and  to  enable  the  readers  of  bis  Playa  to  jodge^' 
himself  by  means   of  some  11,600  reference* 
different  subjects.     How  much  pains  it  bos  coaij 
be  surmised  fVom  tbe  fact  that  he  has  devoted 
of  four  rears  to  its  accomplishment,  and  that 
subject  of  Lo%'K  alone,  there  are  more  than  700 
references. 

Shaktpere't  Song*  and  Sonnet t.  lUumvttd  by  Joha 
bert.  (Sampson  Low.) 
An  elegant  little  book,  which  cannot  be  bcttar  de- 
scribed than  in  the  words  of  the  Publishen^  who  eXMoa 
a  hope  "  that  in  bringing  togelher  in  an  ncceaalblai— 
tiiG  whole  of  Shakspeare'!*  Songs  and  tba  bact  pail  id 
his  Sonnets,  in  enriching  them  with  the  grxctfal  tAuHt' 
ments  of  Mr.  Gilbert's  pencil,  and  in  presenting  ihca 
with  all  the  advantages  of  choice  type  and  papar,  thcf 
arc  doing  becoming  homage  to  tbe  Great  Poift,  wmI  at 
acceptable  service  to  his  world-spread  readers," 

Another  Blow  for  Life.     By  George  Godwin,  F.RS. 

Few  men  are  better  able  to  strike  -   '■'— '  ••■  " lusc 

of  life  and  health  against  disease   n  Mr, 

Godwin,  who  hns  long  done  the  Sta^  -i  a 

champion  orsAnitar3'  reform.  His  prc^^nt  W(>rk,  tbi/Ufh 
i-vidently  prompted  *bv  a  most  eameat  porpoat»  ia  Ttif 
wisely  writlep  in  a  popular  »!>''■  "■i''  •''•■roa«  ftfiqiMBI 
glimpMis  of  n  quaint  humour  t  refniadl  «•  of 

Thomas  Hood.    Those  who  v<.  tow  aomUlUflC 

of  their  poorer  neigh bonrs  —  how  ilxcy  lire  and  wbjr  IkvT 
die  —  yet  have  no  Ntomicli  for  such  exploratlooj  as  Mr. 
Godwin  hoK  desc^ibe^  cannot  do  b«tl»r  than  raid  hia 
book. 

The  Uw 

Richard  , 

Sandmen,     Dy  Izaak  Wsttor 

A  new  c<lition  of  Walt  i    •    '■  ■ ' 

volumi-s  which  our  late  ^^  '!■  r>  li.n 

in  their  braatifu!  Seriei  ii  i  -^^  «,■  v  .  ..lumv'*, 

Karlt  ENOt.i»ii  Jy.xT  S<ki kit.— Under  thU  titJa  a 
Society  i*  in   the  course 
object  the   printing  an   ' 
Texts,  gorrip  fnr  fhf  ftrxt 

MSS.  n 
earlier 

of  the  A 

producctl.     J 
Srit^i,"   fl    fi 

/"■  '    ' 

I 

n  _  ...-...._. 

BOtWd  wrv  rcccutly.— and  tour  Kariv  KufUali  , 
10  ha  iKlit«(l  by  R.  blorris,  Esq.,  the  editor  d  Tkt 
of  CIms«miim,   Una  of  these  poania  U  **  8ir  Uawayw^'^ 


of  Dr.  John  Donne,  Sir 
f{<u)lter,  Mr,  George  Hn 


JlrKIU     H'.^t.,4 


w 


«•*  8.  V.  Maiu  19,  "64.] 


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first  of  the  EngH«h  Artliar  •eriec  Th«  iwcond  work  of 
the  Arthur  Seriea  will  probably  b«  the  pros«  Merlin,  or 
••  The  Early  History  of  Arlhor,"  of  the  middle  of  the  fif- 
teentli  century,  which  has  hitherto  lain  in  tbeCflmbrid^e 
University  Library,  unnoticed  by  bibliogr«phers  and  e(ii- 
tors  of  Arthur  Komancca.  This  will  be  edited  by  F.  J. 
FurnivaU,  E»q.  The  Snbacriptton  i«  One  Guinea,  which 
may  be  forwarded  to  Henry  B.  Whentley,  Esq.,  the  Hon. 
Sec,  63,  Berner**  Street,  W, 


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WAITED   TO  F0BCHA8B. 

Partl«Dlu«  of  Frio*,  ac.  of  the  followlojt  Book*  to  bo  lent  dltwi  to 
ttwKcnticiiMn  by  vh««n  wkj  m  rcijiiirea, aiul  iriuitu  nkni«*  u><l  ta* 
dnwn  we  fifcn  for  that  purpoM :  — 

()i7s*«  Euuura'f  GduLt  Pa^tiuJit    Editlaa.  Pooreopri"  tarrCi 

woold  do. 
C&fciriii'i  TtorinKvT.    RjrKn.  1577. 
Bootbia4lin— flood  ipednieni  of  tuotrd  or  ttamptd  iidcc 

Wuicd  \n  Arr.  J.  C.  Jacl-m,  i,  Cliotbam  FUec  £ait, 
Uackncr,  K.K. 

Binii*  FnTr«tnrTA,  Walto.*,  kt  Lixicoii  C&traixt.    ■  Tola. 

Binf-    •' ■   .TT..e<L  L««. 

y*l   -  •1.  8'>r>»T»'t  Vvn-KATIciwt, 

B>.  .tAt.by  UimUoji. 

CoiL  ■  <•«.    »  VoU. 

WcLLii,  !$ua«>i  or  BjLMacm  C*TUKoa4i_ 

WaaUd  br  Mr.  R.  Simjmm..  10,  Klna  WUIIam  Strtwt, 
Ctiariog  Croaa,  WX. 


fiaXxiti  to  CarrritpoiitrcnU. 

Our  ntji  XviHlirr,  trAtcA  tciU  be  iuu»d  urn  T\immlat,  wiK  cooMua, 
o(A<r  Paprrt  i(/mUrnit  — 
Kthjo  nr  Tilt  Caraca. 
Mas.  Wit^icm'  MacaALaaiat. 
Ca«wru.',  I{a4t>. 
TaooAi  <Jri.aaar. 
Paaodta  Corn**. 
Till  Ulna*  Yovno.^c. 

Tna  LAT*  Sia  Ittiaaar  Paai  iMU  ol  0:ffor4,w>t  at  Camtt  ttft,  aad 
MUA  a  iA»<U<  I'Vm  CUw. 

Vr.  Wi«*M  H..  aarf  T.  8.  ir<  AoM  blMrt  /ur  rArM  0>rra'paH(f'ni<*. 
IfAtf*  ran  ir<  fonntrri  (Ataif 

y.  tt.  K.  I  Bath.)  "N.  a  Q."ii  rtt/isUnd/or  tratutmimirm  abrtiail. 
A  a  Mii>4aauMii  co^  laaif  <A<f-^r«  6e  tit  ta  tnJia  rlA  Simthamplan  /ur 
$mitHamp»S  fca'  M  e<A<r  paper  or  lenttiiir  «<n<<  6«  trb-Ziwrd  icirA  fl. 

a<,  2V  fniry  4h  Iht  ehapttr  Kkrary  nf  alovettttr  rirpteUMg  BOhop 
a*mdmmm  bptitUtd  m  "  H.  a  Q."  tnd  «.  a.  M». 

BMc  uOlJbid  muck  AiUon'ral  matlar  irlartag  a»  At  Onkr  e/St.  John 
fjtrmal  ...-...-  . 

tMtrdX 

K.  r.  D.  EL  yit%e  artirUt  im  tKt  oriqtn  <if  iXe  Ometnt  at  a  ilandard 
apfenrni  i»  our  IM  Srritt.    St*  tiencni  llkdu, 

J.  HDrcHiid.    /t  ha*  itm  eon}fCtHrtfl  that  Uc 
"  ClMMlmrw  u  not  to  QixUmar  "  it  in  Hekr^m  a. 
Irt8.lr.«!)l    AwfilMr  rtoiltaff," Ctftnlinedu  it  mezi  u  (OodUiteat,' 
tntn  wyurttlvt  im  our  Srd  S.  ir.  119. 

luTA.    1.  Tiif  fitv.  Thomai  Ombtr,  Stetar  <y 
jtdd.  7,tKuir;<!n«.  Mag.^ie^.  uas,p.aM.)  /'.>> 


lajtrmalem,  ttnttiallu  i\f  iht  Em^Utk  Umtttt^ia  Ut  trd  and  itk  volt.  </ 


«>iV'K<Mrfrf  (Aal  Uc  orjara  <l/  fA<  (aWnii 
fMt"itimHebr*»etM..lC  VMa •* K. a  O.'^ 
, "  Ciom'ifMM  it  Htxt  U  coodUaei*."  Juu 


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OBWS&AX    ZSrSEX    TO   BSCOirS    SBBZBB. 

"  Contaiaa  about  SO.OflO  rfferpncM  lo  »Tticl«  wriltrn  by  *oin«  of  oor 
btat  •cholar*  ui>c«n  every  cooociTable  fubjfci,  "  from  [•t<.-<i«*tinaliua  lo 
•lea  (ilk. "  for  in  the  pacd  of  thit  Ev^ryfufli,',  rVirtiinnji/iirf /fr«t,  no 
•ubicci  come*  amiat.  ...  It  )•  a  IwhiV  wJilcli  viU  be  (tiumi  moat 
utcrul  to  IhoH  vho  poian*  Xotrt  ami  Qacrut,  Bn<l  iixiltiicnjablr  to  the 
tcart:ben  after  lhe"ctuioaltic«of  littntare."— riflir«,8lii  Mov.  IMl. 


C   TO    rZSST    8SSXB8. 

Price  S<.  etoth  lioard*. 

■•The  atllitr  nfioch  a  folume.  not  onlj  I'-imn-n  of  letter*.  t>nl  tovell- 
InfomvKl  t*»oer<  lencrally,  U  too  abTl<ii>  |.>  ri«f|ulre  iirool,  ituiiVMpe. 
ctaltrvhrn  It  if  remcmbtrcil  tiiat  mmiy  of  (hoc  nftnat^t  ibetvt«n 
SO.ooo  and  to.nijn)  are  to  artiulei  wlikli  tlicmtflvci  point  out  tli«  Iwat 
•ourcca  of  information  upon  U»«ir  reapecliT*  nibjecti.'' 

ji'mer.  28tliJuIy,  )gK. 
WIM.IAM  GRF.IO  SJHITII,  32,  Wel1io<taa  Street,  Strand. 
And  all  BooluKJlcn  and  Jfcwnncn. 


Rare  and  Inlcreftinji  Aatom^h  Tetter*  _  Paptr*  rclatinc  to  Cotintr 
and  I  amlljr  llUiorr,  Shakeipeaiiana,  ac 

ESSRS.  PUTTICK    &  SlMPSn\.  AnclIoneiTs 

_^    OfUterary  Priii<eTtr,"lll  Sf.LI.  by  AT  •lrlliiu«e. 

47, Telceater  Squarr,  W.C.  1  Weit  Sidft.on  W  I  M«ivh  n. 

and  followinf 'lav,  an  intererting  L'.iUtKtijii  lI'U  LET- 

TEHS,  •elected  from  Ihc  iKirtfolioa  of  aeveral 1. .,.,;;. — -,  .Vmatcurt, 

and  eompriiini  mnie  exoecdincly  cbolee  SpccintviiA,  letter*,  in  aome 
ca>«>  fevcral  "f  eaph.of 


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narraa  Ai,*s.  For* 

IIiruD  aaoTIDi  J.  J,  Knv^iiAD 

Jotiru    It* IRK  Sta  WALTaa  Bcarx 

DatIO   IIl.MK  KcllllXtR 

Dh.  I^.  Ji'M-iuiM  DaAM  Sirirr 

Tjoao  Nac^SK  VoLtaiaa 

WA»>M.«»<>r  I.  fjro.  Wainn'OTO* 

NAroL^a.i  Iir.  GaMaKAi.  Wai.r( 

An'HocAcoN  Palit 
I.«ttenor  ftoyalty,  EnclUh  and  roreUn,  lamllr  nf  Oeortc  tlir  Third, 
Dunteroo*  I.ctteri  of  BU^om  and  Oivine*.  Artbu,  iacnotnpanied  in 
BiaBy  caJM  with  orialnal  lirsvlnj;!!,  IV>«u  and  LU«rary  Men.  Mu- 
■iciana.  and  Oramatitt*  i  many  curiuiu  and  taluabit  IJiiicumcttU  it- 
lu«tr»U*v  of  Coantr  and  I'amilr  llialoryi  aomo  rartona  Shaluapearlan 
Papeni  Letter*  of  Oxford,  Cainbrid(t,and  WylECham  Seholan,  ae.  ao. 

Catatfltuiw  atat  on  receipt  of  Two  Stamps. 


Bitaor  Bi'Hwn 
R<>a>«T  DuHM^ 
I^iKo  I]>noM 
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8.  'I'.  CiiLtauut 
W.  CuvrKH 
FaaoBMira  ma  Qbcat 
Datid  G*aaicK 


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A  CATALOGUE  of  Rark  and  Valuable  Books 
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AlaothtFUItiFartorMa 

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[«^  a.  V.  Mar.  19,  '64. 


BAGSTEE'S    BIBLES,    in  cuperior  flixiblc 
BliidlDfi.       ' 

Pa<:bt£H's  presentation  bibles. 

i>  lUitatnUd  Calslnsut.  now  revly. 

BAUSTER'S     BIBLICAL     WORKS. 

Loodm :  SAMUEL  BAGSTEB  *  HOSTS,  IS.  rktcrnortcr  How. 
n ir*  l».  O*  .  're«  by  Port, 

PITMAir'S  KAirVAL  OF  PHONOOBAFHT. 

iModtiai  F.  PITMAX.  M,  l>BteniotUr  Row.  £.C. 

vrrWAVW  PHnWOORAPIIY  TAUQIIT  br  MR.  F.  7ITMAK. 
i/um.7«.M    Privalclr.  IM>. 

Apiiiir  Bt  W,  PalcriMtter  Row. 

H~KDOES   &    HUTLER,  Wine  Merchants,   &c. 
m-<Hninrnil and  (IL'AKANTEb:  the followiiiK  WINKSi- 
Pure  wliulraoinc  CI<AUKT,  u  drunk  at  Bordevux,  it*,  and  !i4i. 
I«  r  dou-n. 

Whitr  BiirdMus **■■  and  xihiicrdei. 

OikmI  n,K;k mt,  ,.    Ml.      ., 

Itpirklliiii  biwrnay  UhainiwKiic Xf..  41*.    ,.     4M(.       ^ 

Clowl  IMnucrtUnrry tU.    „     :0t.       „ 

Fvrt  »«.,»■.    H     a«i.       « 

They  Invite  the  attantlon  of  CONNOIKHRUKH  to  their  Tarlcd klook 
ofCIlOlCli  Oi.l)  roKr.nniirtinsuf  WIncaolthe 

CrlchratrU  vinl|w«  lUO  al  \ica.  iwrdui. 

Vlntane  I>a4 IM*.       „ 

Vli.tMKv  iHlii Ml.       „ 

VlnUtfr  IMI7 „     7««.       „ 

all  ofSandcman't  •hliiiiiiiic.  and  In  tt>«t*ratc  raindltlon. 

Fine  old  "hiv««ln«"  I'cirt,  4<u.  and  Vt.i  iiiprrliiT  Rhnry,  M«..'ll«. 
VK.i  CUii'li  (11  i;h<'ie«  icniwihii.  Am.,*''-.  I'*<..imi«.,  'i1>.,  Mt.i  lloi'hh«i- 
mir.  Mull- <l>runnrr,  KiiiIc-IiHuht.  Hteinlwrir,  l^llifraiiinlinh,  MIj.i 
Johaiiiii'aix'ivcr  and  Mcliilieriirr,  71:,  Ht:,  lo  IWr.  i  BrauubrrRcr,  Urun- 
hauwii,  ami  S:liarxli«iB.  tia.  to  >»'-\  tpaiklliiK  Muwilr,  ««.,•«.,  Hm., 
run  I  n-ry  rholi-r  imami««iia.  (ia<.  7)«ii.i  fliir  old  (•■(■k,  MalniMMr,  rnm- 
tliciiac.  Vi  >iiiulli.C<in>li>nilii,  Ijaetiryma  t^liriati.  Iiiiiirrlal  Tiifiajr.  and 
Olhtr  larvwliin.  Kinruld  fair  Cuiinaa  Uraiicly.ana.  ainl  74«.  per  doi.i 
viiy  eliiik-e  Citciiic,  vliiUire  Iwvi  iwhiuli  (aliicil  the  flr>t  eiaw  Ruld 
medal  al  llir  Pail*  KxliliiHttMi  of  lUM,  M4«.  Mr  due.  ITureliin  I.lqiieun 
ofivrry  ikx-riiiilun.  <)ti  n-ot-ipt iifa niMi>i>mvconlcr,ori«tafciMie,aa|r 
quantity  Mill  Im  Ibnranlcd  Iminadiately, by 

IIKlXiKS  «r   IMTLKR, 

1X)NIK)N  ■   MA.  RKOENT  HTKBBT.  W. 

Krtehiitn  ;  M,  KInii'a  Kuad. 

(drfarliiallyeiUltllahwl  a.».  IhW.I 

17Ali-I>[-:-VIK.-This|>ure  PALE  BRANDY.  ISn. 

Xj  |irriBU<in.  h  iirrullaily  fnv  t'ruln  adillly.  and  Trry  luticrior  lo 
rrevMt  iiii|ni.intl»ii>uf  C-iii  lae  In  Fmich  buttle*,  M*.  icr  lioi.i  or  Ik 
a  carl'  lor  till' ■■•iuiilr« .  .Wi.nulway  rairluite  lial'l.  N»  uviii«,  anil  to 
be  Ktitainx  -III)  ur  IIKMiY  IIKKTl'*  C'l)..iild  Kiiriiivar,  IH.llllery, 
]i<illh>r  .  i:.i.'.,  anil  m.  Hi',:ciit  -trret,  Walerlwu  i'ia<-«,  h.W.,  i.iiiidoii, 
Prkia  Cui  rent  tr««  uii  atipliratiuii. 


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Ueerpopli  IS.  Market  btrcct.  Mancliceteri  aad  Uonalcy  Field*. 
W«l*eriiaaploa. 

pIESSE   Bnd    LUBIN'S    SWEET   SCENTS.— 

X..    MAGNOLIA.   WHITE    RUSE.    FRAVOIPANiri,  OBBA- 

I  ^Mattel.  If.  ed:aaeh.-t.  New  BomtSbtet,  London. 


tS.V.  Maii.2C.'G4.]- 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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LOflDO\»  SATDHOdV,  MARCH  30,  ISM. 


CONTENTS.— K».  117. 

I 
< 

I  nata  —  LofiK 

■1'  ,    -  ■       -  , 

QTRUIKS:  —  Br-iwii   of   Cuiileton  —  A  Centrnarian  ami 


M 


■\h 


Qi 


trmr,  Sfl?  —  1 1 


llif  l:ilM  iir.  ):jitll.  \  —  i;{lwrn-(I 
I  s  — Trmlo  Wind*—  WUcIkj  in 

^t  —  Dr.  Jaivi\)  0»ti  --  **Th« 
u  —  Fly-lcaJ"  8oribUlin|f«—  Qao- 

.'ffl  —  Situation  of 

'^Ti^*l^»  Younic, 

ifpf  or  Privy 


NoU*  Oil  liuukii,  &U, 


HYMNS   OP  THR  CHrRCIT. 

Mativ  tii1;i    firi   interest  in  the  bymtiB  in  use  in 
llic  viH  of  llic  Catholic   Cliurcli.     As 

far  tt»  i  .ire  lias  been  no  list  printed  of 

the  author*  of  these  hvnms.  In  niiUiY  cases  the 
authorship  is  well  estAbli^heU ;  but  in  others  it  is 
doubtful :  some  oven  ore  uttribittcil  to  several 
different  «iilhors.  "Without  goinjr  into  the  proofs 
of  authorship,  I  have  thoiijt;ht  that  '•  N.  &  Q." 
would  be  a  very  proper  Museum,  where  u.  liat 
might  bo  deposited  of  a  nutiiber  of  hyuins,  with 
llie  names  of  the  itiMhors  ulluohed.  The  follnwin"^ 
li»t  hiiH  Ih'en  carefully  conipile<l  from  a  variety  of 
Bources,  nod  will,  I  trutit,  be  found  useful  for 
reference :  — 


A  lolU  orlui  cnri^inn 


:iin«(«r 


Anirn  iIpAcrtl  fr-ncrli  *!i!i  nniii< 
Au> 


Bcsta  uob{«  (;«udiA 


SMMtHi>. 

'^ '      '    >-r<m. 

,  .  Ji/ry. 
I'rudenliui. 
Pctrr  of  Cffmpo$t«Ifa — 

H'-rinantiHi  Coutnic 

til' 
r.r.i!  ihf  fttaeon. 

front. 


'  -  Xi'lfifr 

:.   f/Httfj/. 


n«atG  pjutor  Petre  . 
Christe  Kedemptor  omnium 
Coaltstia  urln  JeruBHlem 
CrfW  l>cM'«  iwnctisiime 
I  lie  tidcrum 
-nii  luminia 
usterniitttis 
i'euB  tui>iam  militum 
Dies  itm,  dies  ills     . 


r>i>;imrp  cordis  impetus 

am  noctis 

'.ia  doctor  Panic 
I  ..\  1 1!  ore  docJi  nijidtifri 
I'orteni  virili  pec'toro 
Glut  ill,  louK,  lioniir   . 
Ilymr.uiTi  cuiininui  gtorio! 
Jam  lucia  ortu  siJcru 

Jam  CbrUtU5  oatr*  MCenderat 

Jam  mcDiita  qiiicsce  querela     . 
■Te^u  dttlcrix  iticnioriti 
Jeju  cnrona  c-vlsior  .        . 
Jc:iU  corona  rirgiuum 

Lauda  Sion  Salvatorem    .        . 
Lads  Creator  optimg 

Lnatria  aex  qui  jam  peregit 

Lnx  ecr.c  t<urj;it  aureu 
Muirtifl}  fJcus  potcjiLioj     .        . 
^'  -'■  '('bti 

•  iites 
rtji'iaris  .         .         . 
NuA  aUa  ri'i  :]<!!  .  '  :ir<^it 
Nox  i't  tttiu  .'T  "ila 

Nunc  Sancii:  hkIh-  .^ijuitua 
O  lux  beata  Trinitaa 
O  nimia  felix   .... 
Opes,  dwtijqoc  regium    . 
Orate  mine  oinnfls    . 
O  Mia  magnarum  nrbium 
Pangro  Un^a. . .  corporu  mys- 

tfrium 

Pnnge  lingua. . .  laareain  cer- 

taminia  .        .         .        . 

Paler  inpenii  luminia 
Quria  terra,  poalus,  aidera 

Rector  potena,  vorax  Deus 

Kerum  Creator  optima 

hex  Cliriiti*  Factor  omnium    . 

KoX4florici»c  uiartyrura   . 

Sacria  ralemaiis 

Sulve  Kegina  ... 


Hubflt  Mact-r  . 

Summw  Partns'  I'lnmnw 
Tftl>eum  IniKlaiiiua  . 


Elpi*. 

St.  AwhroM. 

St.  Ambnit.  ' 

St.  Ainlimm. 

St.  Ambfiut. 

St.  Atnbndt 

Elj-is. 

St.  Ambrotr. 

Thrmviu  Celamo  — 

HnmlM-rl  —  Urniui — 

I-'riimpfmmi. 
Pofx  lU.un   Vlll. 
St.  Grmforjf, 
Elpia. 

SI.  Ambront, 
Si/h'iui. 
Tlirmiulphut, 
St.  Belie. 
SI.  AmhroM—St  Ber- 

nar/i. 
St.  Ambi-otf — St.Grt- 

FrHnmttviL. 

St.  BeniatfL 

St.  ^■imbniie. 

St.  Ainbraae—St.Grf 
ijnrff. 

St.  Thnmeuof  Aquin. 

St.  Grrtjortf— St.  Ber- 
nard. 

St  Ambt^H  —  fbrlH- 
nofiM. 

Prudmtiui. 

St.  Ambrote, 

P.  UrtxiH  VIII. 

St.  Grtqoiy. 

P.  Urbitn  VIIL 

St.  Audfnttt. 

Prudtntiut. 

St.  Amhrnne. 

St.  Gregory — Ahntn, 

Paul  the  dJeacim. 

P.  Urban  VIII. 

Nothtr. 

PrwIeutiuM, 

St  Thotnoi  ofAqHin. 
Fortunatut  Mammer- 

tHB. 

Bttbirmint. 

St.  Grrynry  —  Forin- 

itotu*. 
St.  AmbroH. 
St.  AmbroK. 
St.  Grtyonf. 

St.  drrv'ry. 


nuM    Contnictnt  ■^ 

Xi'wp  Bobert, 
Prudmtiiu. 
SL  AmbroM, 
St  Amimte. 
Jacoixmi — Popt  Innft' 

cAt  HI. 
St.  Amhr<\»*. 
SS.  Amlimte  and  Au- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3^&V.  Mai».2«,'«. 


Tclloris  incQiit  Conditor . 
Tristes  erant  Aposloli 
Tu  nat«le  solum 
Tu  TriniUUs  anitaa 
Ut  (^iteant  laxM 
Vein  CreAtor  Spiritus 

.     St  AnAntt. 
.     St.  Ambrom. 

.       P.    fhlMtH    VIII. 
St,  Amitrntf. 

.    H.< 

,     St                         Ritlttt 

-Char 

Umngue. 

Hemutnmt     Cimtrae 

(,.-     '"       "  ficrt. 

.     Si                      >f-  77iii 

T«iii  Sancte  SpirHus 
VerUam  aopernum  prodiens 

VexilU  Regis  prodeual  . 
VicUtne  PaaduU  Inuiits 

.  51.  ^«jAr.i«  —  TAoi 
duljthtu  —  Fortuna 
tu» — Stduliut. 

.     yntker. 

L. 

F.  C.  H. 

HAWISIA  DOMIXA  DE  KKVEOLOC. 

A  word  upon  her  seal,  described  (!'•  S.  vii.  292) 
by  John  ap  Willinm  no  John,  in  bis  learnt-d  «lij«- 
nertutlon  upon  Owen  (jlyn^lwr's  arms,  und  there 
a^crilieil  by  him  to  Huwise  (Gailiim),  heiress  of 
tlie  Wvnwytiwyn  line,  nnd  vrH'n  of  Sir  John  lie 
CbufK-ton.  From  »  noii^  of  John  ap  WiiUmii  np 
John's,  in  ArchaioUtgut  Cawb'renxis  (New  Series, 
iv,  200)  upon  this  st-iil,  he  appear:;  to  have  agree*! 
ia  opinion  with  the  l»»te  eminent  Shropshire  gene- 
nlojjist,  Mr.  Joseph  Morris,  bo  fnr  lu  re^qrds  the 
Msrribing  of  it  to  this  Indy ;  thour^h  (in  "  N.  &  Q.") 
tliflVritig  from  Mr.  Morris  in  reference  lo  the 
shiehi  in  the  left  hun-i  of  the  tisnire  on  the  seal. 
In  tlie  Archni'tJogicalJoitrn.  (x.  143)  there  is  an 
account  of  this  seal,  in  which,  with  unquestionable 
eorrecUiess,  il  is  asHig^neil  not  to  Ilawise  (Ciadarn), 
but  to  her  firunilmother,  ITawise,  daughter  of  one 
of  the  Johns  ie  Slmnge,  of  Knockyn,  nnd  wife  of 
(iiiffin  HP  Wcnwynwyu  (who  has  been  styled  as 
de  Krvroloc),ap  (Jwen  de  Keveoloc.  Acmrdinjr  to 
this  accounf,  the  lady  on  thf  seal  holds  in  bcr 
light  hand  her  husband's  shield,  the  lion  rainp«ni 
of  Pipiry^,  and  in  hrr  left  her  father's,  thf  two 
liuiw  i,,,..,,,r  ..(  \K.,,„„-  ,1..,-  ■.^Vordintr  an  inter- 
**'  the  united  «lis- 

\"'.  — . — .  .  .iruis,  event  uatly 

resuUuip  in  tb«»  more  nutderu  etupalemeut.  In  th^^ 
Arch.  Joum.  it  in  surmiied  ihi^i  Iluwiae,  the 
grimdniotbiT.  may  have  held  Keveoloc  (an  iiu- 
portant  cenirul  district  of  WaU.-?)  for  life,  by  »ome 
fatnily  nrran^cnienl,  aAer  her  huiib:ind'ff  deccK6e 
(khe  does  nm  iipt)e*r  to  have  obtained  it  in  dow«'r). 
I  would  rather,  however,  conjecture,  that  the  *•  de 
Kevi'oloc"  on  the  seal  itiny  not  refer  to  nnv  «<'mnj 
ownership  of  that  part  of  her  deceasr<l  • 
territory,  but  rather,    that   a»    he,    fni 

f«''l  '  '■       '        ■  '  ■.    Ulliy    l,„vr 

V^'"  '<i  name,  ao 

oi>  .iiM'    m.iv  iri\i!  thus   re 

to    her   rcime,   though  «t 
J.'n^'Jwh  recorile,  '*  tie  la  _ . 
Pclv  or  IVelifbpcM}!  hciag  the  family  TC».id«t\ce, 


to  the  origin  of  the  additional  designation  **  de 
Keveoloc,"  or  simply  *'  Keveoloc,"  as  appUe«l  fin* 
to  Griffin's  grandfather,  Owen,  it  is  to  be  obserred, 
this  Owen  and  Oxven  Gwynedd  w----  "r.t^.rr^r,.,r^ltJ 
j)rmce5,  and  each  Oweti  dp  G\  to 

prevent  confusion,  these  jes|>ecii  -  .-. 
signations   may    have    been    appended    to 
names,  Gwynedd  being  North  N\  uli. ".     Ttefe 
the  seal  to  Hawise,  the  gran<i:  '   « 

clearly  belong  to  her  period  of  v  i, 

her  husbnnd'^i  to  her  oxvn  dceeaae,  I'ib^  to  I 
about,  uud  the  dress  of  the  figure  may  be 
posed  to  be  that  of  a  widow  of  those  days. 
gravings  of  the  seal  are  in  both  .rlrcA.  Jotxrn. 
Arch.  Cambretini*.     I  would  add,  the  pe^lip 
which   some  of  the  foregoing   nameii    appcMj 
"  N.  &  g,"  (2-'  S.  .\i.  77),  is  a  i 
and  fiction ;  the  family  of  Pole,  ! 
was  not  derived  (rom  the  Lonls  ot  u  ei-n 

K'.  K. 


MRS.  WILLIAMS'S  M1SCELL.OIIE8. 
Since  I  wrote  the  article  on  "  Mrr. 
Williams,"  which  appeared  in  "  N.  &  Q-"  (3** 
421).  I  have  procured  the  volume  of  jVm 
the  publication  of  which,  and  the  literary 
nnce  receiv^-d  by  Mrs,  Williams,  is  allndeu  to  bf 
Boswell  in  his  Life  n/  Juhnton.  The  bingrafArr 
ytates  that  JohnAon  furnished  "  the  preface,  aa 
"Epitaph  on  Phillips,"  Translation  of  t  I.tthi 
Epitaph  on  Sir  Thoma*  Ilannier ;  "  f  p*, 

an  Ode";  and  "  The  Ant,  a  paruphrj'  !•_• 

Proverbs."  Johnson  also  wrote  '*  Tht'  I'liuutatoa, 
a  Fairy  Tale,  in  prose,"  and  Mt-s.  Thmlc  em». 
tributed  that  aihnirabic  poem,  "The  T*  '*'  n- 
inga : "  |»erh.ip.s  the   bc3t   rememberer  .: 

contents  of  the  volume-     Tfi 
on  persons  of  the   name   v  » 

uiusici.in  called  Claudy   PhtmiJ^,  nu:' 
cxprcx^od  ihoii^dit :  — 

-rill!!"-  "•    ■  — >•  '■■• "■ 


The  other  Uin  memory  of  Sir] 
portions  of  wboxc  Diary  have  i 
t**   time   in  the  pages  of  "  N. 
thus:  - 
-  f)w   the   O^ih  "f  Sir  EratmrnM  II 

i/n)ieiteii  i»  th$   Rtvrr  Arum,  mt 

■'«*  i 

WidtrriiJr 


NOTES  A2^T>  QUERIES. 


255 


i^biit  now  remains?   It  yt-t  remnins  to  trj* 
^hftt  hope,  wlut  ponce.  f«Iiginn.-(in  sin>[ily: 
'^It  yet  rrmniti*  to  catch  the  par; 
To  note  hi*  worth  ere  oiem'ry 
To  niork  liow  vnrioua  excellen  — 

Recount  hU  virtue!),  and  tranncnUc  hit  tuind : 
It  yet  remains  with  holy  rites  to  Uy 
The  breathless  reliques  in  their  kindred  cluy. 

Te  wise,  yc  good,  the  holy  rices  attend ; 
Here  lies  the  wise  man's  pjide,  tlie  gotxi  man's  frieiid ; 
'^\wbile  let  faith  exalt  th'  adorln»?  eyo. 
^nd  meditatioD  deep  stispenil  the  sigh  ; 

I  close  the  grave,  and  fioand  the  ttin'ral  knell,       1 

>:h  drop  a  tear,  and  take  a  last  farewell ;  > 

In  [jeace  retire,  and  wiiih  to  live  as  welL"  J 

Although  it  would  give  me  much  pleasure  in 
think  that  tbe  foregoing  eulogj  on  a  member  of 
the  family  from  which  1  sprung  should  have  been 
penned  by  such  a  man  as  Samuel  Johnson,  I 
thinJc  the  first  epitaph  bears  the  stron^st  im- 
press of  the  "  tine  old  Koman  hand."  Besides, 
Mrs,  Williams  had  been  upon  terms  of  the  most 
familiar  intimacy  with  the  family  of  Sir  John 
Fhilipps  I'roin  her  childhood ;  ami  if  any  thing 
could  give  an  impulse  to  the  chords  of  her  lyre, 
it  would  be  the  untimely  fate  of  u  friend  and  a 
benefactor.  It  may,  however,  be  like  the  poem 
"  On  the  Death  of  Stephen  (}rey,  the  Electrician," 
contained  in  the  AfiKceilaiiie,^.  BoBweil,  on  reading 
it,  maintained  the  poem  tube  Johnson's,  and  asked 
Mrs.  Williams  if  it  were  not  his.  "  Sir,"  said  she 
with  somR  warmth,  '*  I  wrote  that  poem  before  I 
had  the  honour  of  Dr.  Johnson's  acquaintance." 
Boswell,  however,  was  so  much  impressed  by  bis 
first  notion,  that  he  mentioned  it  to  Johnson, 
repealing  at  the  same  time  what  Mrs.  Williams 
bad  said.  His  answer  wa.s,  "  It  is  true,  Sir,  that 
wrote  it  before  she  was  acquainted  with  me; 

it  she  hns  not  told  you  that  I  wrote  it  all  over 

fain,  except  two  lines." 

JoBK  Paviw  Pauaars. 

IIiTerfordwNt. 


PUNISHMENT:   "PEINE  FORT  ET  DURE." 

It  ha.<i  generally  been  supposed  that  Mr.  Wiiiter 
Calverley,  who  was  arraigned  at  York  for  mur- 
der and  refused  to  plead,  was  one  of  the  last 
jrersons  who  suflTi-red  the  horrible  punishment, 
•nd  that,  aUhough  the  law  remained,  it  was  never 
ptit  in  execution. 

In  an  old  4to  newspaper  oalled  the  Nottingham 
Mercury  of  Thursday,  January  19,  1721.  The 
following  paragraph  is  given  as  part  of  the  Lon- 
don new;",  from  which  it  ujipcars  ihnt  ns  late  as 
thiit  year  the  law  was  prncticully  put  in  force:  — 


Y,->i.,.l, 


111'-    Fv--i 


"  •  You  that  are  prisoners  at  the  bar,  sball  be  sent  from 
hence  to  prison  from  wlienre  ynu  came,  and  yjut  into  a 
mean  bouse  stopped  from  light,  and  there  shall  be  laid 
npnn  the  bare  ground  without  any  litter,  ntraw,  or  other 
covering,  and  without  any  garment  about  you  saving 
something  to  cover  your  privy  member*,  and  that  you 
■ball  lie  upon  your  backs,  and  your  beads  shall  be  cnvered, 
and  your  feet  bare,  an<l  that  one  of  your  arms  ihall  be 
drawn  with  a  cord  to  one  side  of  the,  house,  and  tbe  other 
arm  to  the  other  aide,  and  that  your  legs  ahall  be  usod  in 
the  same  manner,  and  that  upon  your  bodies  thall  be  laid 
so  much  iron  and  stoue  as  you  can  bear,  luid  no  more; 
and  the  first  da^  after  you  'ihall  have  three  morfwls  of 
barley  bread,  without  any  drink;  and  the  second  day 
you  shall  drink  so  much  as  you  can  three  ttnies  of  the 
water  which  is  next  the  prison  door,  saving  running 
water,  without  any  bread,  and  this  shall  be  your  diet 
until  you  die.' 

"'liie  former,  on  sight  of  the  terrible  machine,  desired 
to  be  cArrieti  bock  to  the  Sessions  Ilouse,  where  he 
pleaded  Not  Guilty;  but  the  other,  who  behaved  him.self 
very  insolently  to  the  ordinary  who  was  ordered  to  attend 
htm,  seetoingiV'  resolved  to  undergo  the  torture.  Accord- 
ingly, when  they  brought  cords,  as  usual,  to  tye  him,  he 
broke  them  tbree  several  times  like  twine  thread,  and  told 
them  if  tbey  broui;ht  cables  he  would  serve  them  after 
tbe  same  manner;  but,  however,  they  found  means  to 
tye  him,  and  chain  him  to  the  ground,  having  his  limbs 
extended ;  but  after  enduring  the  punishment  an  hour, 
and  having  3U0  or  4IK)  weight  put  on  him,  he  at  last  snb- 
Riitted  to  pleat),  and  was  carried  back  again,  when  he 
pleaded  also  Notiiuiity." 

The  form  of  the  judgment  is  the  same  as  given 
by  Cowel  and  BJount  in  their  works.  The  law 
was  not  repeated  until  a  much  more  recent  date 
than  above-named.  Kowarb  Hailstont?. 

Horton  Hall. 


Philips,  niMl 
plead,  tl»«  C<i- 
upon  tbem ;  — 


at  the    Old   Baileyt 

to  the  bar  for  the 

Ajtynipn  Inlr.ly  t.lken 

ualng  to 
,  ^euleoce 


PEE-DEATH  COFFINS  AND  MONUMENTS. 

Having  occasion,  in  1857,  to  visit  the  coast  town 
of  Wester-Anstruther,  in  Fifeshire,  Scotland,  I 
was  induced  to  step  into  a  dwelling-house  of  two 
etories  or  floors,  which  stands  on  the  east  aide  of 
the  burgh,  in  consequence  of  noticing  this  curious 
invitation  painted  on  each  side  of  tbe  entrance 
door : — 

"  Here  is  the  splendid  Grotto-room, 

The  like's  not  seen  in  any  town  ; 

Those  that  it  do  wish  to  see — 

It's  only  Threepence  oskod  as  fee." 

The  "grotto-room,"  which  Is  ufKin  the  second 
floor,  is  an  apartment  of  ubout  seven  or  eight  feet 
Hquure.  The  ceiling  and  walls  are  covered  wiih 
iiiiirine-sliells  of  great  variety,  disposed  in  many 
curious  and  ingenious  devices.  A  mirror  and 
Bc'veral  prints  are  set  In  frames  ornnmented  by 
the  fuime  interesting  object.s.  But  the  most  ex- 
traonlin.iry  fiiece  of  furniture  (if  it  may  be  so 
vailed)  is  a  coffiu  or  chest  for  a  dead  body,  the 
top.  siilcs,  and  ends  of  whit-h  are  also  closely 
covered  with  sea-shella,  and  painted  Mack,  except 
that  the  masonic  signs  of  the  sun,  moon,  and  seven 
et«r»,  the  figure  of  a  human  heart,  jwvAvWvwcvlv^a. 
of  the  ortixte.,  >ii\\QW&\«i'\'^  SJ^<ft  «y5,'5B5vvb\s*fcvS«^.^ 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[S'^av.  uas.  Si^ 


I 


contain  some  day,  are  in  goltl-gHt  upon  the  top  or 
lid.  The  coffin  lies  upon  two  black  paitited  stools, 
aad  stands  before  a  bed — the  "  grotto-room  "  be- 
ing  used  as  a  sleeping  npiirtment. 

in  the  same  room,  enclosed  in  a  shell-covered 
frame,  was  the  following  curious  notice  written  in 
a  neat  ornamental  style :  — 

"  This  room  wiia  done  by  tny  own  linnd ; 

I'he  aheWi  1  ^ot  from  many  a  strand ; 

For  all  the  lubor  that  you  ace, 

Seren  white  shillbga  was  my  fee. 
The  out  side  work.  AcroftC  the  Bridge, 

both  rich  and  ^ood,  a  gable  nice: 

WHS  seven  shilbnga  for  such  a  job 

for  each  rood.  £2  the  nrice. 

The  work  I'm  atiro  was  almost  lost. 

When,  as  above,  waa  alt  th«  cost. 
Aastroiher  Wester.  183C.         Aucx.  BactuijOB,  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. 
lie  had  been  twice  at  the  hymeneal  altar;  and  the 
Btrangely-ornanientetl  coffin  of  his  own  workman- 
Bhip  was  "shown  olT"  by  his  second  wife,  to  whom 
he  had  been  married  only  a  (qw  weeks  before  the 
time  of  my  visit.  Whether  "  Baethlor  "  is  still 
alive  I  am  not  nware ;  but,  as  abo^e  seen,  he  was 
a  slater  by  trade,  and  he  contrived  to  eke  out  a. 
Hiring  by  ornamentino:  houses  in  the  way  above 
noticed,  of  which  there  were  several  examples 
both  in  Easter  and  Wester  Anstruther. 

Although  the  idea  of  bavin;;  one's  cofHn  made 
during  life  is  not  uncommon,  I  have  never  before 
heard  of  it  being  made  for  public  exhibition.  Not 
many  ycaTS  ago  an  eccentric  cart  and  plough - 
Wright  on  the  north-eajtt  coast  of  Scotland  made 
bis  own  cofBu,  and  used  it  for  a  considerable  length 
of  time  da  a  press  fur  holding  working  tools  ;  it 
being  6tred  up  with  sUp'shelvee,  and  the  Ud  or 
tup  of  it  went  upon  hin;;es. 

ill  the  old  burial  (ground  at  Montrose,  a  tomb- 
stone erected  to  William  Fettes,  a  wripht  or  cjir- 
p«>ntor,  who  died  in  1809,  thus  records  the  part 
whicli  he  t<>ok  in  providing  a  chest  for  his  inani- 
mate frame :  — 

"Tlw  handicraft  that  H-fh  hrrp— 
'"'     ■  n  the  d«ad  tv  r.- — 

rhbbl«rb. 
.',1    III  tbesaaa  In. 

In  the  neighbouring  burial-ground  of  St. 
Braoch,  the  Inscription  oi  a  tombstone,  dated  1>^02, 
after  the  usual  record  of  tlie  tn^rioil  of  the  death, 
&c.,  of  a  »toncmasoD  hiuned  Turnbjill,  concludes 
by  stating  that  — 

••Thit  hutiiliU  int'mriHat  of  Jamea  Tumhull  wu  tlie 
work  of  ilia  own  bnitdA  during  his  laiaurc  bouri." 

AhhoueK,  unknown  to  mo,   facta  niay  be  rc- 

eonh'd  a/x)ii  ^ravcniouen  m  other  parts  of  thu 

country  timilat  and   cquoJI/  curious   Ip  those 


above  ouoted,  as  well  as  instance^ 
people  having  their  coflin*  made  <1 
lifetime. 


"  LA  LAXGUE  UOHAKE.' 

In  an  interestlnp:  Memoir  on  LaLawj^v*  Jh'nU 
(Trans.  R.  S.  of  Lit),  M,  le  Due  du  Rousjill..^-. 
is  of  opinion  that  the  Latin,  us  well  a»  <.ib.-f 
languages,  is  largely  in<lebted  to  that  in  qu**- 
tion,  and  he  illustrates  the       '•     '   ^-  :••• 

fienious  refereocea ;  and  k.  a 

that  the  latter  should  be  re.  r.-  <? 

original   tongues,  if  it   be  not  i<? 

Pelfugtc  tfee//",  modified   by  loc^i    ^- -d 

and  the  lapse  of  ages  through  which,  so  to  spcmk, 
it  has  been  percolated. 

The  paper  referred  to  has  another  atgnlftetlM^ 
in  connection  with  the  much-vexe<l  quealMMi  sf 
the  gipiies,  and  possibly  it  may  tend  to  ttnrav^ 
the  mystery  that  gurnmnds  that  ancient  &ad  pt« 
culiar  race;  an«l  there  are  man^r  reaembliacw 
between  words  in  this  and  the  gip«y  lasfSiMfflb 
which  will  readily  be  recognised  hj  even  A  cmqiI 
reader :  blill  this  is  rather  u  secoudiiry  ooBnikr- 
ation. 

The  Peksgic  rafle,  it  is  known,  dispQt«d 
deuce   in    antiquity   with    the    I* 
Herodotus  seems  to  leave  the  (in 
withstanding  his  leaning  toward- 

According  to  M.  le  Due  du  K 
tyUabic  names,  as  being  less  exl."^^' 
tiooFi,  are  the  sources  from  which  we 

our  knowledge  of  those  on?-' '-"■ 

cords   have  perished;    if  1 
susceptible  of  preservation.  .  ^. 
ditions  of  the  remotest  period  o(  ' 

In  a  study  of  the  present  on 
including  those  of  China  uiid  .T«pan,  t 
laid  down  would  in  nil  likelihood  be  p: 
results   the   most    satiiifnrtory.      We    ■ 
perhtjps  determine  the  relative  unti' 
two    lust-nuined   races   more  ar' 
present :    and  gradually  we  miL' 
pjtsciiig  from  the  Old  to  the  New 
the  problem  of  the  origin  of  tbt 
Mexico,   Peru,  and  thojo  who  uic   mnv 
cognisable  in   the    ruins  of  their   noc 
which   1;  1    in    the    tji! 

almost  I 

r<M 

liuiiiv      M-llll     I'l    1    "1 

litiU'l-in-liand  will 

di*-ttlf  pV'  -^■'  'i  T" 

human 

tiler  iLi^,.   ..^... 

laujpiage. 


jgmh 


J»<«  8.  V.  Mab.  26,  "fl*.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


PrnucATioN  or  WtLU.  —  It  has  often  struck 
lue  that  ihe  publication  in  the  papura  of  the  wills 
of  persons  recently  deccnsed  is  a  very  indecent 
proceeding,  and  a  proas  misuse  of  the  facilities 
afforded  by  (be  Probate  Court  ibr  inspection  of 
wills.  On  referring  to  an  old  law  book  (1  Bar- 
nordiston,  "240,  anno  1729),  I  observe  that  thiH  la 
no  new  grievance.     It  is  there  recorded,  that  — 


mr 


might  teuil  to  grcot  contusion  br  difpovcring  mca'a  pri- 
vate Affairs  in  tbvir  fiimilit'3:  and,  therefore,  he  made 
this  motion  in  behalf  of  the  widovr.  Oit  Juno  81, 
1721.  Ibe  Uou»e  of  Feer5  made  na  order  Ihut  no  tienon 
should  tal(o  upon  him  lo  print  the  wiU  of  one  of  their 
Members." 

The  Court  did  not  see  tholr  way  to  granting 
the  rtlitf  requested  ;  but  1  cunnot  help  thinking 
that  the  present  practice  is  a  very  uowarranUiblc 
violation  of  the  sunutity  of  private  life. 

Job  J.  B.  WoBKABO. 

The  "  NiSLS  .Ttrtx."— This  name  has  been  lately 
before  the  public  tis  that  of  the  Danish  frigate 
cruisin<»  off  our  coast.     The  origin  of  the  name, 

opplicd  to  A  ship,  may  be  interesting  to  some 

y<t\ir  rf:;i<ler». 

Kiels  Juul,  or  .futil,  was  descended  from  an  old 
Danish  family,  and  was  distinguished  as  an  Ad- 
miral in  the  seventeenth  century  :  for  his  services 
ho  was  ennobled,  and  the  beautiful  island  of 
TaiKnge,  south  of  Fiibnen,  was  awarded  to  bim 
by  his  country.  The  name  is  as  familiar  in  Den- 
mark as  that  of  Nelson  in  England. 

Mcdala  were  struck  in  honour  of  one  of  bis 
victories.  The  largest  of  gold,  of  the  value  of 
CO/. ;  and  two  other  sites  of  silver.  I  saw  a  copy 
of  the  largest,  made  of  copper,  nt  the  Exhibition 
last  year.  On  one  side,  fleets  were  represented 
iu  action.     It  is  a  very  beautiiul  work  of  art. 

I  may  add  that,  in  the  comprehensive  collection 
of  i>ortrnits  at  Evans's  in  the  Strand,  I  obtained 
a  grouji  of  the  Jucl  family.  Sassbkacu. 

A)«ciH»T  Gbkek  Paragram. — The  foUow^iag 

?irBgiaTn  (iru^vpaouu,  ealemhmir)^  mentioned  by 
heMsui!,  the  Grecitui  sophist,  is  worthy  of  bting 
uotiood:-— 

M\ffrpii  ttaovaa  farw  iriiioaiii, 

which,  difTerently  pronounced,  has  also  the  two 
following  iQoanings :  — 

AvKrftplt  traU  olro  toTtt  8i}fto<rfa,  and  Ai\ii  rph  «• 
iror-fftt  ttrrm  iyttuuria,  RhobocawAKJS. 

Chpbch  Music  — 1  transcribe   the  following 
for    the    luuusement  of  (he   musical    readers   of 
*'  N.  k  Q."     If  the  Stat  -ini'iit  is  coriect,  it  is  clear 
«.    that  a  wonderful  chn  better  has  taken 

pUco  in  the  last  twem,  ^        .  mdone  scarcely  to 
DC  crotUtod :  — 


"  The  present  poverty  of  oar  choirs  is  moamfuUy  ap- 
parent by  a  rtjfer«nce  to  some  of  the  noblest  cum^xisitioTU 
of  Lha  churcli.  lake  one  of  thu  enrliL-st,  for  example,  the 
Service  of  Tdllia:  theprtcet  and  responses  of  this  Service 
are  of  unequalled  propriety  of  cxpiession,  innjesty  of 
^tyle:,  and  grandeur  of  harmony.  They  have  never  heen 
reset,  and  probably  never  will ;  but  they  demand  the  aid 
of  a  Minor  Canon  educated  as  all  such  were  in  Tul- 
lia's  time:  he  intones  the  prayers  to  a  prescribed  form 
of  rotes;  he  leads  the  choir  from  key  to  key;  ho  is  the 
>r)irit  who  g^uidcs  the  movetncnts  of  a  tinely-rnn- 
'  machine.  The  power  of  peHV)rining  lliis  noble 
^^. .  .-^  ia  aow  approachmg  its  period  of  txtinction  :  one 
priest-vicar  alone  in  the  metropolis  is  able  to  fulfil  bis 
duty  aa  its  conductor,  and  when  Mr.  Luptou  is  gathered 
to  hia  fathers,  Tallis's  Service  wit!  be  beard  no  more. 
The  public  seem  to  be  aware  of  this  fact,  for  whenever 
the  'Tullis  Day '  occurs,  Westminster  Abbey  is  throni^ed 
with  hearers."— Article  on  "iingli«hCathe<Jr«l  Music  "io 
TKe  Britiih  and  Forei^  Review,  vol.  xvli.  pp.  1 13  sod  114, 
published  in  lSi4. 

OXOKIENSIS. 

P.S.  Lont'  indeed  may  Mr.  Lupton  live,  whose 
beautiful  voice  must  be  familiar  to  many  fre- 
quenters of  Westminster  Abbey ;  but  still  let  ua 
hope  that  he  is  not  ultimna  Ronittuorum. 

.Xnigmata. — In  one  of  your  January  numbers 
(p.  93),  1  met  with  the  Latin  xnigroata  of  Bisschop, 
of  which  "  N.  &  Q."  docs  not  express  a  very  high 
opinion.  I  was  tempted  to  try  my  hand  at  tne 
three  which  follow,  and  which  you  may  perhaps 
be  disposed  to  subiult  to  the  judgment  of  t4iose 
among  your  readers  who  fancy  such  trifles.  The 
first  two  were  suggested  by  those  quoted  from 
Bisschop :  — 

1. 
Si  titulo  di^us  tali  mea  prima  vocaris, 

ProximfiDm  (hominem  te  memor esse)  feras. 
Inde  ubi  prima  pent,  post  funus  tola  vigebit, 

Ut  ntbilo  Spirent  suave  seamda  magis. 

2, 

Hei  mihi,  demonstret  quod  te  para  prima  fuisse  f 
Qoanquam  homines  {Jotvm  est)  nomen  inane 
ferunt. 
Res   nihili   est  —  minima  est — Titft  sed  proxima 
gaudet, 
Dum  tibi  facondo  pulvis  in  ore  jacet. 

3. 
Rhctoribus  mea  prima  subcst,  et  grande  poetis 

Auxilium  :  laudat,  convocat,  orat,  umat. 
Hanc  voeites,  vexet  si  sub  cute  proxima  vulnus  : 
Quae  sint,  scire  tibi  totian^  ut  ojiinor,  crit. 

C.  G.  Pbowett. 

Lo.sa  TesVbe  of  Vicakaoe  ako  Cubact.  — 
The  present  vicar  of  Basingstoke,  Hants,  who  is 
now,  I  believe,  in  his  ninetieth  year,  has  held  hia 
vicarage  for  fifty  years;  and  the  present  curate 
of  Basingstoke  has  held  hb  curacy  for  forty  years. 
Can  any  of  your  readers  mention  a  more  remart- 
able  inBtan<x  oi  lQwiyi.V\\.^  vmss^^  i^c^js^  ^'^ 
long  aervvctt.  osaou^  oj:t^\M»"*.  ^^ 


;^!wii 


258 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


;V.  Mak. 


eQumctf. 

Brown  of  Coawton.  — -  Wher<?  oin  I  obtain 
full  parliculsrs  of  the  ancient  family  of  Brown  of 
CoaUton,  ill  Haildinpionshire  ?  I  am  aware  that 
the  pediLTee  in  Burke'a  Baronetage  is  incorrect ; 
and  I  am  seeking  information  for  a  literary  pur- 
pose, and  wish  to  know  if  a  genealogical  tree,  or 
ne<lij;ree,  with  all  the  familr  alliances,  ia  in  ex- 
istence at  the  ancient  seatof  Coalstoa  or  elsewhere ; 
and  also,  if  a  view  of  it  can  be  obtained,  or  a  copj  ? 

Gkorgb  Lek. 

A  Cehtenariah  ajtd  somethtng  mobs.  —  The 
Stamford  Mercury  of  Feb.  26,  1864,  says  :  — 

"  There  has  really  been  founil  an  authentic  casa  of 
'ageii  1 12,'  rertiticti  by  biiptUmul  register  book  of  Prcscot 
church,  ptAting  that  tlic  old  lady  was  bom  on  the  24th  of 
May,  \lf,\:' 

Can  this  be  true  P  It  would  be  very  interest- 
ing to  see  the  evidence  on  which  so  extraordinary 
an  assertion  is  baaed  perpetuated  in  "  N.  &  Q." 

K.  P.  D.  E. 

Cincr^  Squaring,  —  In  the  Life  uf  Thomas 
Oent,  Printer,  York,  under  the  date  a.d.  1732,  I 
find  the  following  entry  :  — 

"  I  printed  a  book  for  Mr.  Tlionias  Baxter,  school* 
ninster,  Crathom,  Yorkshire,  intitled  The  Circle  SqnatnU 
hot  it  has  never  provml  of  any  ertecl;  it  was  converted  to 
waste  paper,  to  the  great  mortiAcatiou  of  the  author." 

I«  anything  known  of  this  work,  or  of  the  me- 
thod employed  by  the  squarer?  T.  T.  W. 
Burnley. 

Joseph  Fobsteb,  of  Queen's  Collej^e,  Cam- 
bridjte,  B.A.  1732-3,  M.A.  1736,  was  author  of 
two  essays:  the  one  on  the  origin  of  evil,  the 
other  on  the  foundation  of  morality  ;  to  which  is 
■nncrxed,  "  A  short  Dissertation  on  the  Imtnate- 
rialily  of  the  Soul."  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  8vo, 
1734.  ^Ve  much  desire  tc»  know  more  respecting 
liim.  C.  H.  &  TuoMPsoN  Coopbb. 

Cambridge. 

MoTHBR  Goons.  —  Clin  rlny  one  tell  me  who 
MoihtT  Guose  was,  and  where  the  original  legend 
coiiccTMing  her  is  to  bi*  found?  Sh«  must  belong 
to  the  mythology  of  Gertuan  legend,  but  I  find 
no  allusion  t<>  her  in  Grimm's  lales,  and,  oddly 
enough,  the  first  eilition  of  IVrauit's  Fniry  Tales 
is  Clititli'd  CinUe*  tU  mu  Mt-re  COye,  ^^l^»  nh«  a 
Freuih  witch?  A.  R. 

Harrison  and  Fahr.  —  My  great  tinHe,  John 
Farr,  upntrnrs  to  have  married  u  Xorf<tlk  hid^, 
named  llnrrison.  This  I  gather  from  a  book  in 
njy  po«C).si<»i  (tljo  firft  vulumt*  of  Afathu,  or  the 
Cotmnthruriu  Putvilit,  Londoti  4to,  1 705),  on  the 
rover  uf  which  is  written,  in  an  old  hand,  "  A 
Norfolk  lurgedi  fntm  Tims.  Harrison,  uf  riuiu- 
atcad  Alagna,  to  John  Ffurr,  of  Loudim,  gent.,  on 
///"  marrying  llmuah  iiBrnion  —  '  Virtus  In  W- 


duis.'"  Beneath  is  a  quartered  coat  of  arau. 
Wantijil  any  information  concemirg  ihe  fAniily 
and  descendants  of  this  'Thomas  Harrison.  W* 
was  the  relationship  between  him  an<i  Hanni 
Perhap.H  Hoine  Norfolk  correspondent  will  fun 
copies  of  monumental  inscription,  or  other 
cords  extant,  of  the  Harrisons  and  Farrs  of  Gi 
Plumstead.  P-  S.  Faj 

Hatpn's  Symphonies:  "Thu  Sitbprisic," 
Is  anything  known  to  account  for  the  titles 
fixed  to  many  of  Haydn's  symphonies  ?     There^ 
but  one  biography  of  this  composer  iu  the  Kn« 
language,  Bombet'a  Lettert  on  Haydn,  which 
very  meagre  in  many  parts.    1  should  be  thankAtI 
to  be  made  acquainted  with  the  history  ot 
curious  titles  as  "  The  Surprise ;"  "The  Pe' 
"The  Shipwreck  "    "The  Fair  Cin 
Haydn  is  great  in  descriptive  music  :  but 
of  these  fine  compositions,  the  connexion  * 
music  and  title  is  very  obscure,  and  i; 
existed  only  in  the  acute  brain  of  the 
Certainly,  it  ia   rarely  discoverable    by 
auditor,  however  well  educated  in  nuisic- 

JUXTA  TcfcRtl*. 

"  Hbrk  lies  Frkd,"  etc. — Professor  SmvL  in 
his  Lrcturex  on  Modem  Hittory,  used  f- 
th«?  well-known  epitaph  on  the  Prince  of  . 
'•  Here  lies  Fred,"  &c.,"  and  call  it  a  gomi  vtimiii/a 
of  a  French  epigram,  which  he  read.  Tbta,  and 
many  other  matters  too  good  to  be  foiTeo***^.  »"» 
omitted  from  the  printed  cony.  Can  any  of  your 
readers  oblige  me  with  the  French  verves  P 

C.  E.  P. 

"Tub  Keepsakb,"  1828.  — Con  the  autbor  of 
Dream/t  on  the  Border-land  of  Poeh->i  in  tb**  nbnvp 
be  identified  ?  I  acquired  the  M  ^- 
son  Turner's  sale,  and  there  a  [ 
bules  the  authorship  to  Charles  Laiul'.  ih*; 
writing  is  certainly  not  his,  but  ia  v«ry  ltk«  tkaft 
of  Leigh  Hunt.  J.  D.  CAKPaxiuu 

LoMioN  Smokb  anp  LoKnoN   Light. — %{moy 
vcars  ago,  while  residing  on  high  ground  at  Cray- 
ford,  near  Dartford,  in  Kent.  I  was  ocfiiBMsnaJly 
able,  when  the  wind  Wi 
of  London  tmoke,  ext<. 
Essex,   north  of  the    ' 
down  u«  th«?  Nore.     < 
orological  Ohnercutumx,  »in<-s  imi^  . — 

**  ^^^*l  eolM  Lfintion    Smoit.  —  This  is  a  bloa    aiat, 

v,-!,:  •    •  ,-,'--'-    -,-  "  --     --i— -1--  ttndasit 

III  :    '  :  ta  «•!»• 

poafil   111  iH  tvueiuU  Mi^llU.       WLkJt  auth  UilUt,  «{i|;C«r  tliv 

ai«  usually  fpllowtxl  by  dry  wwtbrf." —  IforAa,  mL  IMVJ 
p.  2fl2. 

R<feently  I  have  been  told  that  tb«  liffht\ 
London,  r«flf>cted  in  tlio  tky,  'm  undw  cm 


C*8« 


«  V  *  I  >  "  '♦"*  c  ■»   "  ^■'"- 


*iM  S.  V.  Maju  2G,  'frLj 


NOTES  AXD  QUERIES. 


25ft 


ppircunistances   observeil    by   night   at   Hertford. 

'erinil  MILS  without  wishing  to  excite  a  tuelcor- 

[ologicftl   discussion,  so   fur   to   trespass   on  yo>ir 

ye»  ns  to  .«eek,  bcinj;»  in  that  quftrler  most  likely 

get  it,  tbe  infomiution  tliAt  I  want,  nainelj, 

[vbere  to  find  any  satixfActory  particulars  as  to  the 

ctent  of  the  aren  within  which  our  jjretit  over- 

)wn  metropolis  makes  itself  pi?re<'plil)Ie,  whether 

bjr  nightly  splendour  or  by  daily  yinoke?' 

Tub  Ciakk  of  tkb  Wbatitrb. 

Joim  Meach^m. — In  the  Oentlemanx  MogO' 
isine,  Junp^  1813,  there  is  a  poem  on  "  Stratford- 
lon-Avon  "  by  John  Meachani,  who  is  said  to  have 
jdied  June  1,  1784^  a^ed  nineteen.  This  juvenile 
rpoet  w«s  a  native  of  the  town  of  Strntford  or  its 
^neiphbonrhood.  Is  he  known  to  have  written 
[anything  eUe  ?  R.  I. 

MiTLBT.  —  I  should  be  much  obliged  to  tny 
iXorkshire  genealo^st  who  would  communicate 
ly  notices  of  a  family  named  Miflcy,  of  Little 
[prefiton,  in  the  parish  of  Ktppnx,  and  possessing 
[property  in  that  parish  about  the  middle  of  the 
icventeenth  century.  The  name  is  of  such  rnre 
Toccurrence,  that  all  possessors  of  it  may  probably 
[^  referred  to  the  same  original  stock. 

Cl.BRJCt;8. 

Thk  late  Dr.  RArriJs.  — The  following  ex* 
i^r.act  is  from  a  number  of  the  New  York  Indepen- 
fdenl  of  this  year,  and  from  a  correspondent  to 
^tbnt  journal  :  — 

"  On  landing  at  Liverpool  T  r.-tlled,  with  a  bundle  of 

intoijraph*,  on  the  late  I)r.  R«ffle«,  who,  next  to  AngeH 

rjamct.wasthemofitintlacntial  Independent  divinoinGrent 

jritafn.     An  jiuto(;raph  was  a  Vcy  to  Dr.  UnffleV  heart, 

\'»M  it  is  now  to  onr  friend  Dr.  Sfirngue's.     His  collection 

tmta  immente.      He  lud   the  oricinnl    MSS:^.   of  Scott's 

^•Konilworth,' of  Montgomery**  '  Pe(ic«n  latand,' and  of 

Laeveral  of  Burns's  songn.     He  had  also  Melanehthon's  He- 

[lirew  Bible  —  tbe  niargini  covered  with  notea  in  tbe  neat 

[land  of  that 'beloved  dicciple.'    The  greatest  curiosity 

n  tbe  collection  was  a  rough  draft  of  a  rhallenpe  fmin 

Syron  to  Lord  Dn»ughani;  it  was  written  at  M  isaolnnehl, 

Inrt  before  the  poet's,  death,  and  endorsed, 'To  be  for- 

ftrarflw!  iminediau'ly  on   my  retom  to   England.'    'I'he 

I  Jetter  ran  !;all  unil  viiriol.  charged  Brougham  with  sInn- 

derinj;  him,  and  breathoil  revenge  in  every  line,    llio 

'  Itnml  that  wrote  the  challetige  was  eoon  laid  in  tb«  vatilt 

k^beneath   Huclcnnll  church.     I>et  me  Mr,  al«(s  that  Dr. 

I'"'  '  *ome  of  bin  Acrmons  on  the  table   on 

'  ti!  the  '  Childe  Harold ; '  it  wab  portable 

n  led  up  on  hinges  in  tbo  shape  of  a  huge 

bunk." 

Can  any  of  the  friends  of  Dr.  Raffles,  or  mem- 
bers of  his  eonfyri-jiiiiion,  way  what  >>ecame  of  these 
ftutograpb»  and  relics  at  the  death  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  ?  1  very  mnoh  iloubt  whether  tl>e  cnrre- 
8(K>ndeul  of  the  New  York  paper  is  not  under  a 
iniatake  as  U)  some  portion  of  the  articles  named. 

T.B. 

EuwABP  Hampdbk  Rove,  n  native  of  Dublin, 
who  was  u  purser's  »tewMrd  in  the  navy,  died  at 
tbe  Naval  Uo»piU]»  Stonehouse,  Aug.  1810.    He 


wrote  the  S^a  Devil,  (a  novel  ?)  and  is  said 
to  have  written  also  MS.  poiims.  Is  anylhinjr 
further  known  about  his  poetical  or  other  works  Y 

R.  I. 

Swallows. — A  correspondent  informs  me  that 
in  Norfolk  there  exists  a  tradition  with  respect  to 
swallows,  vix.  that  these  birds  "  always  conjrre- 
gute  about  a  bouse  in  which  a  death  is  expected, 
and  that  the  departing  spirit  goes  away  with 
them."  Can  you  give  any  further  ioformation  on 
this  subject  ? 

Can  vou  refer  to  any  passage,  ancient  or  mo> 
dern,  where  tbe  departure  of  the  soul  is  associated 
with  the  migration  of  swallows?  G.  S.  C. 

Tbadb  Winds.  —  Can  any  of  your  readers  in- 
form me  whether  Halley  is  the  author  of  the 
mndein  theory  of  the  Trade  Winds?  nnd  if  not, 
wli.it  was  the  proposition  that  he  maintained  on 
this  point?  W.  H. 

Witches  in  Lakcastee  Castlk. — In  the  ^rtr- 
ratipc  of  the  Life  of  Mr.  Heitry  Burton,  written 
by  himself,  and  printed  in  1643,  in  the  dejctiption 
that  he  gives  of  his  confinement  in  the  castle  nf 
Lancaster,  in  tbe  autumn  of  1637,  there  occurs 
the  following  passage :  — 

"—  (0  add  to  their  cruelties,  there  was  a  darke  roome 
under  mine,  where  they  put  five  witches  with  one  of  their 
ebildreii,  which  made  such  a  helHxh  noise  night  and  d*y, 
that  I  seemed  then  to  be  in  bell,  or  ut  least  in  eomo 
pupixh  purgatory,  the  region  next  above  bell,  as  tbo 
papisl.4  tell  us." 

It  is  instructive  to  observe  that  in  the  eyes  of 
Mr,  Henry  Burton,  the  cruelty  of  tbe  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  wltcbca,  and  what  became 
of  them  and  the  child?  P.  S.  Cabkt. 


tStuttitS  iutti)  'RniiatTti. 

Dh.  Jacob  Cati.  —  I  take  .advantage  of  the 
great  variety  of  knowledge  exhibited  by  your 
correspondents  to  inquire,  if  any  one  of  them  ean 
inform  me  of  a  Dutch  nnd  English  Dictionary 
adapted  to  the  language  of  the  famous  emblenifi- 
tist,  Jacob  Calz  ?  Any  information  which  would 
tend  to  the  understanding  of  this  excellent  author  J 
would  be  most  acceptable. 

Is  there  any  fidl  account  of  the  Life  of  Father 
Catz,  or  of  his  embassy  to  England  in  Cromw-ell's 
time  ?     I*  there  any  good  literary  notice  of  him  ? 

G.  S.  C. 

[Dr.  Jacob  Catz,  the  dictinguisbed  Dutch  civiliun  and] 
poet,  was  lK>ni  nl  Brouwersbikven,  province  of  Zeeland^l 
Nov.  10,  lb'7.     After  itudying  ian*^T^>Mi*.<osLv^-%.'p*Sv-\^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8"  &  v.  Ma&  as.  <9I. 


of  which  he  took  the  degreo  of  LL.D.):  and  secondly, 
under  the  celebrated  Corneliiu  Van  der  Pol— be  settled 
At  Middleburg',  where  he  acqaired  great  reputatloa  u  r 
pleader.  Some  time  afterwords,  Cnti  practised  with 
equal  distinction  at  Zieuwreckzee,  and  at  hii  native  place. 
At  titia  period  be  applied  himself  no  leu  assiduoiuly  to 
poetry;  and  not  only  became  distinguished  among  the 
literati  of  Holland  for  the  purity  and  elegance  of  his  Latin 
verses,  bat  soon  took,  rank  as  one  of  her  first  lyrists  in 
his  native  tongue.  Becoming  nerionsly  iU  by  oTer*appll- 
cation  to  study,  he  was  advised  to  travel,  and  thereupon 
repaired  to  this  country.  Whilst  her^  he  visited  Cam- 
bridge and  Oxford,  bnt  faOed  to  recruit  his  health,  fie 
was  eventually  cured  in  his  own  country  by  aa  old 
alchemist.  In  1G34,  he  was  nominated  Pensionary  of 
Holland  and  West  Priesiand;  and  in  1648,  was  elected 
Keeper  of  the  Seal  of  the  same  atJite,  and  btadtliolder  nf 
the  Fiefs;  but,  after  filling  these  important  oiSces  for 
eighteen  yeari,  he  reqaeste^l  penoisaioD,  on  ai-oount  of  his 
adranced  age  (seventy -two),  to  retire  into  private  lifb, 
which  waa  reluctantly  granted  by  tho  Stat«s.  As  I  be 
post  of  Grand  Pensionary  hod  been  fatal  to  almost  ail 
those  who  hod  held  it,  from  the  beginning  of  the  Republic 
to  that  time,  Catz  delivered  up  his  charge  upon  bu  knees 
lieTure  the  whole  A:»ombly  of  the  Statoi:  weeping  for 
jo\%  and  thanking  tiod  for  having  prc6erved  him  from 
the  doogoiv  whidk  Mamed  attached  to  the  duties  of  that 
oifico.  At  the  eanuMt  Mlicitation  of  the  States,  he  con- 
seated  to  go  on  an  etnbassy  to  England  at  the  delicate 
conjanctore  when  the  Republic  found  itself  compromised, 
daring  the  Protectorate  of  Cromwell.  lie  arranged  a 
treaty  of  commerce  between  the  two  countries.  That 
was  his  last  pablic  service.  Tie  devoted  bis  few  remoiu- 
ing  years  to  the  Muses,  and  died  at  Sorgvliet,  irhitbor 
he  had  retired,  in  16G0,  aged  eighty-thre«u  The  most 
popular  of  the  works  of  «  Father  C-ata,"  a«  be  wta,  and 
stUI  is,  aflecttonately  called  by  his  admiring  countrymen, 
is  his  Mor<d  Emlfems,  recently  translated  into  F.ng]ish 
by  Mr.  Rich.  Pigot  (Longmana,  I860) ;  to  which  is  pre- 
fixed a  brief  Memoir  of  the  indcfatigablo  author.  See 
also,  AbucrUf  Bwg.  Oi^.,  vol.  ix.  333 ;  and  Ilallam's  Lit. 
of  EurofM,  vol.  iii.  26  (edit  1854).  A  spurious  acrouni 
of  Cats  appears  In  tb«  0«nt'$  M(uj.,  vol.  txxvii.  1099, 
1100,  P«rhap«  one  of  our  correspondents  will  kin<ily 
oblige  O.  S.  C.  with  a  rcfer«oce  to  a  Dutch  and  English 
Dictionary  adapted  to  the  langnoge  of  the  old  cntbloma- 
tilt :  we  know  of  none.] 

"The  TuBKira  Spt."  — ^'  -  -  -  '  nn  roe 
who  wrote  a  work  named  T  which 

appuurcd  in  the  beginning  ol  .,..  ,,.,.  v.  .,c..iy  f 

£vi.«  EvAHs,  M.D.,  Lond. 
B«ech  Street,  Barbkaa. 

[Tha  authorship  of  Tfct  Twki^  Spf,  by  the  myatari- 
oaa  Mahmut,  has  been  f^ncntly  discussed  by  prtrsons  of 
cooaidorabla  laaroiog  and  ocuteocas.  Wo  can  pmoiis<j 
our  corrwpmident  a  few  hours'  plaaaant  mad  ing  oo  thi» 
ooutrovarted  subject  if  be  will  only  commit  HiillntH't  /»- 
UoAietk»»  to  At  iMvaUirt  of  Xwrcpn,  vdit.   1864,  ill, 


^  of  Cotk. 

H 


flii 


<le»J\ 


M9-573:  D'lsraeli's  Curtontiea  of  IMertUun,  adit.  IM>. 

I.  41B-421:  the  papers  by  F.  R.  A..  3.  Ro£h^  of  Ccak. 

Mr.  Rolton  Comey.  and  Joseph  Hunter,  iii  tli 

moa'*  Maf/azine  fur  ISiO  and  1841.    The  point 

is,  whether  Jkax  Paul  Maxaxa,  a  native 

was  the  author  of  the  whole  or  merely  a  portid 

celebrated  work.    Jlr.  Uallam  attributes  to  him 

thirty  letters  published  in  1CS4,  and  of  twenty  more  fit 

1690,  which  have  been  literidly  traoslated  into  Ctigliik, 

and  form  about  half  the  first  volume  in  English  of  oar 

Turkiih  Spff.     Mr.  Bolton  Comcy,  on  the  othpT   haad, 

ascribes  tho  tntire  work  to  Mnrano.     He  ea;  s.  **  If  Ma^ 

roiia  composed  the  entire  Tttrkith  Sp^f,  what  boftam*  «( 

the  manuscript?     IIo  was  scarcely  above  wanL 

not  inseuaible  to  the  profits  of  authorsLi;).     (1e 

with  obstacles  tu  publication  lit  France ;  and  ia 

to  the  press  of  whi<rh  state  ho  had  ny.ourw,  the 

was  not  cherished.      Was   thoro  no  allernatiTe! 

might  with  reason  expect  a  parchasor  in  Engl«a4. 

bad  done  him  the  honour  of  translation.    Mr.  Rhr<l 

publi»her  of  the  volume,  wos  in  constant  conununirs 

with  Holland;  mv\  from  JloHtmd,  I  hat*  no  cimM, 

lained  llu  inedited  manitsrrijit.    lie  was  the  aoU  p( 

of  tho  subsequent  volumes.     Dr.  Mi  i   ' 

vanccd  the  purchase  money,  and  so 

right.    He  may  have  employed  B^aa■^Il'ilv,  wuo 

his  debt,  to  traosUtc  the  manuscript;  and  hern 

deny  himself  an  Imprimatur!    All  tho  undoi 

of  tho  case  t«nd  to  estabtlsh  the  main  [>cint  of 

ment ;  and  m  do«a  thu  «Krf  wiy  ertdiUe  tale  of 

marsh,  which  uilfodae«s  the   second    and    mbaeiiiNit 

Tolumet,  if  properly  interpreted.     T'  -    -—-I 

forvca  to  explain  trhy  the  reported 

nerer  been  produced;  and  why  the  I  iii...  •.-*...>r 

was  cODteot  to  follow  the  English  text     It  ite 

account  for  the  mystery  which  was  thrown  ow  th* 

action  on  this  side  the  channel.     It  la  the  eolotioo  of  tn 

enigma;  a  solution  which   has  eonp'^d  ihe   irrUen  sC 

literary  history — Italian,  French,  an  -fux  M* 

hundrml  and  City  years." — Gmt,  Mu<j.  ^  .  ft 

ooasuU  also  G^nt.  May.  March,  VM,  ppc  se6>t7t.J 

Qi;oTATiox. — Can  any  of  your  reader*  it 
me  in  what  clnsaicnl  author  (lie  words,  *•  " 
quuin  imctus  es,  om.'j,"  are  to  ho  found  ? 

[We  doubt  whethrr  these  wonJ%  in  Latin,  a«  ts  be 
found  in  any  cloaaical  author,  in  the  Greek  for*  they 
arc  cited  by  Cii-ero,  in  his  E/iUtUi  hAttieui:  "Bcli^wui 
est,  iwdpray  f\ax*ft  ravray  Ki'«r^«i.  Kon  ttelicfaila 
puaaura."  (i  v.  6.)  Erasmus,  in  his  Aiiagin  {1643,  (k  6t9<9)k 
commenting  upun  the  pliraiM,  mvs  that  it  ia  flnaa  eama 
trac«4y  t — *"  Quod  h  Ciuarone  refertur  rarmeA  «■  •Bap«»- 
ti'^uni,  ft  tragtiulia  iiuspiara.  Sp«rt<r 
uaorna."  Yet,  prtuMnliy  after,  Erasui 
tarch  attributes  this  saying  to  fiVuu,  -In  .t-l«:m  L- 
Ifelirt  "  (/>  Atul'mnq,)  "  monet  hoc  dictum  it  Kiilitne  ftn- 
ditniu."    Yi't  '"  -»wnU  of 

Plutarch,  at  niu  ff 

fer%  will  bear  uuj  luicumujuun  ;  — 


»^  8.  V.  Mab.  2«,  •61] 


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261 


••  TpJr    vtnvv    irriMjpirrv    tal    x^poivif    :Srdprtar 
IXax«t,  TwJroy   tc6fftMi.  trod  7^  0  li\iet>'  'AAA'    i)fuis 
mnois  ov,  K.  T.  ^. 

Merfl  Solon  dcemi  to  bo  citod  as  (he  xuthor  raUifir  of 
raootber  i»ii»»iaRp,  than  of  that  now  Jr  ,-•..■■.«;,-...        ^ 

It  is  remnrkabk*  alsBj,  that  Fr.i-'  something 

llmoet  jdenlicjil  vrUh  thi*  Utlvr,  ...     .....  iruin  Furi- 

nV/rt** :—  "  Citatur  rtiU«m  «x  Euripitlc,  l,irdi>rriv  (Aaxti, 
^Ktiiiiiv  niitfxu  .  .  ,  Vidcnlur  verba  ewe  Agamomnoiu«  ud 

\Vc  should  be  thankAil  to  any  of  oar  learned  readeri 
^■who  could  nipfvlv'  us  wUh  a  reference  to  the  words 

"oitcil,"  in  Ktirlpidti ;  or  who  coald  point  out  any  pas- 
laagc.  overlooked  by  u«.  In  tvhJch  Pbitorrh  altribttte«  tlio 

Gr^'ok  saying  adopted  by  Cicero  to  6'ofon.] 

FtTLH-iF  ScBiBBT.oiGs.  —  In  a  blttck-lcttcr  edi- 
[%\*>n  of  Fox's  Bcok  of  Martym^  I  have  ftmnd  the 
l/ollowlng.     It  is  writterj  in  ink,  and  dated  1702. 
^.aa  any  of  your  renders  interpret  it  Y 

"  When  u  ud  i  together  tnoet, 
We  MiakF  np  six  in  house  or  street; 
But  i  and  u  &hn1l  me«t  one«  more, 
And  then  we  two  can  make  bat  four; 
,  Hnt  when  thnt  a  /him  i  are  i^one. 
Then  my  poor  i  con  make  bnt  one." 

Tbrtarb, 
[The  Roman  nameral  letters,  VI.,  IV.,  and  1.] 

QtioTATiosi  WA.KTED. — A.  K.  H.  B.  in  B  Bcrmon 
rjate  puhijuhed,  says :  — 

'  Sarely  in  a  higher  sense  than  even  that  of  the  lublimest 
PjpMts,  Ihe  believer  may  take  np  his  words  — 
•  I  foH  the  stirrings  of  n  gift  divine: 
Within  try  bosom  rIows  unearthly  fire, 
Lit  by  no  skill  of  mine.'  " 

I  premiroe  tbat  liy  the  "  Bubliraest  of  poets  "  is 
►inrntit  Milton,  but  1  do  i\pt  remember  the  parage. 
Will  •cuno  one  supply  the  reference  ? 
'  A.  AntOBa. 

[The»c  lines  are  by  Mira  Eliisabeth  Lloyd,  of  Philadel- 
rptiio.  The  poem,  of  which  they  arc  the  concluding  lines, 
'  b  printed  in  "  N.  &  Q."  2"*  &  V.  114.] 


lirurir^. 


PUBLICATION   OF  DIARIKS. 
{^'*  a  V.  107,  215.) 

1  lia«J  quite  Ibrgotten  tbat  I  ever  proposed  to 

la.  Wti.KiHt>oN  to  be  hiuieelf  the  comiimntcatnr 

!i>l  what  I  ftficrwunli  gave  (1"  S.  xii.  142),     No 

l^oubt  I  wished  tbit  iJie  (quotation  which  would 

Je  eotne  tuuenda  for   his  uwn  deficiency  should 

Cunic  front  himself. 

I    hove   "churjred"    Ma.  WiLKrwsON — if   so 

f ■■■*    ■•■■•'    '^■"  used  —  wirh  the  "error 

'  lii?  has  printed  Burrow's 

1*  •  ■ •  '•■■'••■■■'  men  of  whom 

Jittle  is  known,  ,   those  which 

'TcUte    to  lUL'U  ._.;..   ...      j.....Uc   can  butler 


judge.  For  instance,  it  *w  omitted  that  Burrow < 
declares  the  '^scoundrel"  Howe  to  be  either  aj 
cowfird  or  traitor,  which  opinion  would  have  been ' 
good  means  of  estimating  the  value  of  what  he  had 
said  about  others.     Mu.  WitKiNsoN  replies  — 

First,  that  the  omitted  portions  had  nothing  to»l 
do  with  luulhcmatiaa  or  mathematicians.  This  iaf 
part  oC  the  "  charge,"  whieh  is,  that  by  owittinor j 
the  slanders  on  non-raathetuatici.ans  who  were  well] 
known,  ^la.  Wii,kjwso.n  deprived  his  readers  of] 
their  best  means  of  judging  what  the  aspersions  j 
on  th«  mathematicians  are  worth. 

Secondly,  that  "  allusions  "  to  Burrow'j  defects.] 
occur  in  almost  every  page.  This  means  either  ^ 
that  Mb.  \Vils.i>'90n  alludes  to  these  defects  in 
every  page ;  or  that  manifejitations  of  these  de- 
fects occur  in  the  quotations  from  Burrow  him- 
self. I  am  forced  upon  the  iimbiguity  by  the 
rarity  of  Mb.  Wilkinson's  own  remarks  on  Bur- 
row'n  "cxceoirieitiea  of  geuius,"  If  Burrow  be 
tlie  alluder  to  himself,  then  I  sny  that  he  in  not 
made  to  allude  to  all  th.'it  he  ou^ht  to  have  al- 
luded to.  But  if  Mb.  W11.KIK6UN  refer  to  him- 
self, then  I  say  tbat  not  only  is  nearly  every  pu^e 
deitiiute  of  any  allusion  from  him,  but  that  what 
alUiBions  there  are  {live  no  idea  of  the  slanderer 
of  Wales  and  Lord  Howe.  For  instance,  In  the 
last  pfl{»e  of  all.  Burrow  is  only  a  "  somewhat 
exccntric  but  able  Tnatbematician."  Should  Mb. 
Wilkinson  deny  what  I  have  hero  said,  I  will 
reprint  all  I  can  find  of  allusion  from  himself — 
little  apace  will  do  it  —  and  leave  him  to  find 
more  if  be  can. 

In  the  last  paragraph,  Mr.  Wilk.isson  makes  a 
comparistm  and  an  allusion,  both  unfortunate.  He 
says  that  no  court  of  law  he  knows  of  would  re- 
ject Burrow's  (cstimony  on  the  ground  alleged. 
The  jury  decides  on  testimony :  and  nothing  is 
more  common  than  to  hear  a  witness  croi«-ex- 
amined  ns  to  what  he  said  about  B,  that  the  jury 
may  judge  of  what  he  said  about  A.  And  why? 
because  counsel  know  that  it  will  weifjh  with 
the  jury.  A  man  who  swears  that  Private  Smith 
rnn  away  in  the  Crimea,  would  not  gain  much 
credence  if  it  turned  up  in  cross>examinatiun  that 
he  had  said  Wellington  ran  away  at  Waterloo. 
Next,  Mb.  WiLBiseow  knows  of  "  no  syllogism  in 
formal  logic  "  which  will  "  suffice  to  prove  "  that 
because  a  man  is  occasionally  coarse,  &c.,  he  is 
not  to  be  credited  in  matters  of  mathematical 
biography.  To  understand  this  allusion,  the  reader 
must  be  informed  that  I  have  written  a  book  on 
formal  logic,  stuck  full  of  syllofiisms.  Reference 
to  a  man's  own  specialty  is  a  figure  of  smartness 
which  often  succeeds,  jest  or  earnest.  *'  Much 
use  your  syllotii.sma  are  of!  "  said  a  friend  to  me, 
n«  we  roji  [iiist  each  other  in  a  most  categorical 
shower,  without  a  halfpenny-worth  of  umbrella 
between  us.  But  the  smartness  must  be  of  a 
kind  which  will  stimd  the  aft^vvaL  «.VC  •B«R.v«s*e.  «a^. , 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


K 


aceiiracj,  or  it  does  not  tell  at  all.  No  syllogisra 
of  formal  logic  "suffices"  to  prove  nnytbing,  any 
more  than  a  spinnin;^  inncliiiic  suffices  to  make 
thread.  Bolli  syllni^ism  aiul  jenny  must  be  sup- 
]>liei1  >TitIi  mntter,  on  the  goodness  of  which  it 
doptMuI*  whether  the  conolusion  nod  the  ihread 
will  >)c  sound.  Mr.  Wilkinson  feeds  a  (brin  with 
niiittcT  whii-'h  I  hud  rejected  in  express  terms, 
nnd  presents  the  result  m  havin'j:  been  implied  by 
nie.  I  will  extract  his  uniterinl  and  put  in  my 
own.  The  form  is —  Every  Y  is  Z,  X  is  Y,  there- 
fore X  ia  Z.  Mtt.  Wilkikson'b  compound,  im- 
plied to  be  mine,  is  —  Every  eonrse.  &c.  person 
IB  unworthy  of  crt'dit  in  biography  ;  Reuben  was 
a  ooarse  |)cr8on,  therefore,  &c.  My  syllogism  is — 
Every  |ier*on  who  deliberftiely  writes  what  we 
know  to  be  slnnder  is  without  uuthonty  in  mat- 
ters of  which  we  cannot  have  knowledge  ;  Reuben 
wus  such  li  person,  therefore,  &r.  Burrow  calls 
Lord  Howe  a  scoundrel,  and  either  coward  or 
traitor.  We,  therefore,  pause  when  we  find  him 
applyinsr  Bad  Words  to  a  lady  of  rank,  or.im- 
putiiti<ms  of  paltry  conduct  to  men  of  whom  he  is 
tlie  only  accuser.  I  say  that  the  publisher  of  the 
«J(traet«  ought  to  have  enabled  bis  readers  to 
make  ibia  pause.  A.  Dr  Morgan. 


SITirATIOiV  OF  ZOAR. 
(3'-»S.  V.  117,  141,  181.) 

In  my  communication  on  the  site  of  Zoar,  I 
atnfed  my  opinion  that  the  salt  ridpe  (Kbasm  Us- 
dum)  was  Lot**  wife ;  and  I  now  trust  you  will 
afford  me  space  to  ju.*tify  that  opinion. 

That  the  immediafe  neighb<iiirhoo«l  was  the 
scene  of  the  catastrophe  dt'tailed  in  Generis 
x'lx.  17 — "26,  there  can  exist  little,  if  any  doubt; 
opinions  can  ditTer  only  as  to  the  actual  locality. 

The  statement  in  the  chapter  ihove  alluded  to, 
is,  not  thnt  she  was  transformed  into  somcthintr 
hftring  the  appearance  of  a  pillar  of  salt,  nor  that 
she  became  incrusted  with  .saline  pnrticIe•^,  more 
or  leas  dense  ;  btit  the  broad  and  simple  fact  is 
enunciated  (ver,  *26) :  "  She  became  a  pillar  of 

WTi^n  I  returned  to  Enp^land,  after  my  Syrian 
journey,  I  was  introduced  during  «  visit  to  ('am- 
brldze  to  several  of  the  Professors ;  amoii^  others 
the  Professor  of  Hebrew  ;  and  I  took  Bdvanui;.'e 
of  the  opportunity  to  ask  hi>n  what  were  tlie 
distinct  and  separate  «ignificationj«  of  the  word 
iu  Hebrew,  which  in  our  ordinary  version  is  trans- 
lated "pillar."  His  reply  was:  "A  pillar,  a 
moHumeiit,  a  mound  or  ritlne."  The  lft»t  is  prt?« 
ciaely  and  literally  what  Kha<m  Usduin  in, — it 
akn  aoarecly  be  cnlle<l  a  bill,  though  it  mijzbt  hv 
(enned  hillock  ;  but  it  exactly  iil«  the  cxpre*oiit)n, 
•♦ridce." 

life  Icarncti  ProfcsKin  aaked  inu  how  I  could 


reconcile  my  belief  that  Kin---  tt--«—-  — - 

wife,  with  tho  fact  which  i 

own    roojrh    estimate    of     ..... 

was  one  and  a  half  to  two  niiU 

south,    as    I   estimated   fr-^""    " 

and   [   thoun;ht  an   hundr. 

Exact  ucctiracy  of  Icnjrtli  <■! 

is  not  of  vital  importance;  tor,  if  only 

long  and  fifty  feet  high,  it  would  not  tutti 

the  arj^tiiiient. 

To  this  rather  staggering  cross-exJtTninatifl 

replied:  "That  the  purpose  of  the    ' 

far  as  our  finite  judirments  would 

reasoninff  and  prejiumin^  on,  was  to  ci.;j:L'i;  to 
aires  a  moHumtnl — an  exatitple  made  of  a  wilful 
disobedience   to    His   direct    and   jj' 
mands ;  while,  if  we  take  her  body  : 
covered  merely  with  an  incrustation  i>}  »: 
days',  nay.  hours'  rain — when,  to  jmljre 
ravines  and  boulders  in  all  directions,  the 
are  very  heavy — would  have  immediately 
it  awjiy." 

My  powers  of  lo«jic  will  not  admit  any  alt 
live  between  a  ridge,  to  all  intents  and  pui 
ptirpctual  in  ita  character,  or,  a  yearly  renews 
the  inirnde — I  hud  almost  written  daily.    **^ 
hurum  mavis  accipe." 

Nor  do  I  reply  on  my  own  erring  jud; 
Josephus  is,  I  presume,  to  be  adinitted  ns  tntxt* 
worthy.      He  amplifies   the   hi»tori«:al  detail*  «^ 
Scripture:    but   it   has   never   been   laid    tU| 
charjfe  that  he  fnUities  them. 

He  says    {^Anliumtieii,    book  i.    chap. 
(;ra(ih  4),  recounting  what  took  place  11 
before  the  Christian  Era :    "  It  retnaim 
day,  and  I  have  seen  it" 

It  is  also  attested  by  Clement  of  Ro«iMi 
contemporary  ;  and  in  the  next  century, 
Ironieufi. 

One  more  quotation  of  chapter  and  rcraa,  and 
be  it  remembered  who  is  speaking :    f  jtike  ; 
32,  33.  E. 


HINDU  GODS. 
(3"  S.  V.  197.) 

I  am  tempted  to  ofier  a  few  remarks  oci 

reply  referred  to. 

Brahm  is  the  Unity  of  the  Hindu  Triad,  Bralii 
Vishnu,  and  Siva.     Saraxwathi.  and  not  Durt 
a  cur^iiry  reader  mi;;hl  ^u[^pow,  is   the 
peculiar"  enerj-y  "  of  Brahma,*  a5  Luckil 
Vishnu,  and  V>iiT]'u,  under  her  THriutu  nai 
thut  of  Siva. 

There  is  an  ancient  wi'll  in  th»<  fort  of  AIM 
b:..t  '   .  •■■••-;•■ 


■  "tneuifrtcr   tlipfu   »Tr    no    triii|i|c 

1"  awttfc,  d«ilicat«(l  ta  tb«  jir^t 

of  tliii   J  nil  i>i    I  rituli'. 


a"«  R.  \'.  Map-  Vfi,  'ftl]* 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


263 


Hiid  a  Gommuntpaj^Hini  w  said  to  exist  between  it 
ami  (lie  confluent  river.s  Jumna  and  Ganges  : 
henrc  llie  peculiar  sanctity  of  this  locality,  and  ita 
mystic  nntne  Tnbt'iii,  or  tho  throe  braids,  in  allu- 
T-inn  to  Parvuti  (the  enertjy  of  Siva),  represented 
by  the  GuDjjes  ;  Lucksluni,  the  sacti  of  Vishnu,  as 
llje  Jumna  and  Sarjiawathi  as  above. 

The  coloiirfi  of  the  ^od.s  themselves  arc  not  iiu- 
wnrihy  of  note,  ■»  indicating  the  origin  of  these 
iityths  in  the  nutural  feature^!  of  the  country  and 
its  rivers.  T<i  eall  thcaw  divinities  gnrldef^et  is 
scarcely  correct,  for  they  are  in  a  great  measure 
identical  with  the  deities,  of  whom  they  are  rather 
tho  active  principle  than  the  teparate  agents. 

Is  it  not  an  error  to  represent  Siva  as  having 
Uir^e  eye?,  and  i«  not  the  central  eye  simply  the 
Bnihminical  mark? 

Tlie  worship  of  Siva,  the  white  god,  whose  spirit 
(Narayan)  is  described  as  having  "moved  on  the 
face  of  the  primaeval  waters,"  is  at  present,  I  lie- 
lie  ve,  paramount  in  India;  although  the  I'/wfrw^er 
he  is  likewise  the  regcneratttr,  destroying  only  to 
repr<><luce.  Ilis  «atV«,  or  energy,  has  many  names 
according  to  her  attribiite».  As  Bhawani,  she 
seeios  l(>  correspond  with  the  classical  Cybelc. 
Parvati,  Devi,  the  warlike  Durgn,  iind  blood- 
stained Kali,*  arc  one  and  the  same  ns  regards 
their  origin. 

Vishnu  ip  a  peculiar  god  in  this  respect,  that, 
when  conNiilcreil  with  reference  to  Siva,  one  per- 
ceives a  trace  of  the  idea  whicli  [produced,  in  the 
Christian  world,  the  Gnostic  heresy. 

Care  shouhl  be  taken  to  de»cril)e  in  their  exact 
Drder  the  Visbnaiva  incamntions,  as,  in  Ma/ system 
of  cosmogony,  a  derancement  of  the  progreasive 
development  would  injure  tlie  occult  meaning  of 
its  inventors,  and  probably  ita  only  |iraetical  value 
at  the  present  day.  There  is  something  geologi- 
cally suggestive  in  the  succ^ession  of  incarnations  : 
(1)  a  tisb,  (2)  a  tortoise,  (3)  a  boar,  (4)  a  hybrid, 
(5)  a  man,  Ika. 

Krishn.i  or  Krishen,  the  most  important  alitra 
(or  uiratar),  has  been  overlooked  in  the  observa- 
tions under  iliscussion.  His  worship  seems  to 
hare  originated  in  some  garbled  version  of  the 
New  Te:«tttment,  as,  so  far  u«  I  have  read,  the 
attempts  to  give  it  a  higher  antiquity  have  utterly 
fuiletl. 

Tlie  tetah,  or  coming  incarnation,  of  Kalka  is  re- 
mark able,  first  08  regards  its  number;  and  secondly, 
as  combining  it  seemingly  Apocalyptic  fragment, 
with  the  myth  of  the  Hhodiaii  Geniusi,  ho  pleas- 
ingly expliiincd  by  Humboldt. 

Jndra  is  the  Jupiter  Tonans  of  Hindu  inylbo- 
logy.  ond  to  him  is  sdcred  the  bennlil'nl  .Samn  or 
moon-nlnnt,  from  which  the  <*v*\n  disljl  their 
favourite  drink.     Kiunn,  the  boy-god  of  love,  it, 

'  '  ' 

*  Thfl  BfAiv»  of  tiut  Tbiin,  and  whose  rilcM  rta«mbla  I 
Iba  wont  featoros  of  tha  ancicfit  tatumolia. 


like  bis  classical  con/ri:re,  represented  with  bow 
and  arrow ;  and  to  him  is  sacred  the  elegant 
Ipomttn  qtuiinoclit,  or  lahhpecha,  with  its  scarlet 
stars,  and  delicate  spi<ler-like  leaves.* 

Ganesha  is  an  inferior  deity,  worshipped  ehielly 
by  the  commercial  classes,  and  his  images,  distin- 
guished by  elephant's  head,  are  to  be  found 
altvnys  about  banking  establishments  and  shops. 
He  IS  the  god  of  prudence  an<l  wisdom,  and  in 
some  other  re»pect«  represents  the  clussical  Janus. 
A*  we  say  ironically  that  Kuch  an  one  is  like  an 
owl,  in  allusion  to  the  bird  of  wisdom,  so  probably 
has  originate<i  the  Hindu  expression  with  refer- 
ence to  a  foolish  boaster  —  "  His  throat  is  like  an 
elephant's." 

It  would  be  tedious  perhaps  to  continue  these 
rcnmrks.  and  therefore  I  shall  conclude  by  ven- 
turing the  suggestion  that,  profitably  to  study 
Hindu  mythology,  one  ou^ht  not  to  confine  him* 
self  to  compilutionx  on  this  subject,  but  should 
proceed  to  a  study  of  the  ancient  languages  of 
Iniliii,  or  at  any  rate  have  at  hand  dictionaries 
of  them,  if,  as  I  take  it,  the  study  of  mythology 
be  considered  the  pioneer  of  ethnology.        Spal. 


Mb.  Davidson  will  probably  find  much,  if  not  all, 
of  the  information  he  ileslres  in  the  late  Major 
Moor's  Hindu  Pantheon  (4to,  1810).  This  work  has 
been  for  many  years  very  scarce,  and  copies  which 
have  from  time  to  time  occurred  for  sale,  havo 
fetched  high  prices.  A  short  lime  since  the  ori- 
gin:d  copper.plates,  104  in  number,  came  into  the 
possession  of  Messrs.  Williams  &  Norgate^  of 
Henrietta  Street,  Covent  Garden,  who  have  pub- 
lished a  new  edition,  with  a  descrifitive  inde.x.  by 
the  author's  nephew,  the  Rev.  A.  P.  Moor,  sub- 
wnnlen  of  St.  Augustine's  College,  Canterbury, 

Q. 


THOMAS  GILBERT.  ESQ. 
(3"'  S.  V.  134.) 

He  was  B,A.  of  Trinity  College,  Oxford,  May 
25,  1733  ;  and  commenced  M.A.  in  this  Univer- 
sity 1737,  being  then  Fellow  of  Peterbouse. 

There  are  two  letters  to  the  Earl  of  Bute  in 
MS.  Addit.  57-26  D,  ff.  222,  223,  which  are  stated 
to  be  from  I'homaa  Gilbert ;  but  from  eiich  of 
them  the  signature  has  been  cut  off*. 

*  I  have  noticetl  these  flowen  m«re1y  to  touch  on  tfae 
subject  of  the  uae  of  peculiar  plants  in  he;itben  worship. 
The  chmnheli  and  perpvl,  tec.,  of  India,  the  toe  fa  of  China, 
thu  tliHf  TTujji  of  the  ancient  Cariuni,  the  rnte  of  Uin,  so 
proiniriviit  in  the  ruinauice  of  Apuleius —  these,  aod  tnitny 
nChon  more  ur  letu  familiAr,  might  tbnn  lubject^  for  iu- 
t«rfi)i.in^  discussion. 

Qacrr.  Is  it  not  utatetl  by  Uugh  Miller  Ihnt  nu  remains 
of  Iba  Jtnmcta  hftVi;  ever  been  fouuil  aniuugsL  (ossila  of  • 
period  ontcrior  to  man  ? 


264 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


[S^a  v.  Max.  26, 'M. 


The  first  letter,  indorsed  with  the  date  of  May 
22,  1759,  is  in  these  terms :  — 

"  Uy  Lord, 
« Having  lately  met  with  an  opportunity  of  paying 
ray  Respects  to  your  Lordship,  after  so  long  an  interval, 
1  preiiumo  to  trouble  you  witli  this  letter,  which  I  should 
scarce  have  ventured  to  have  done,  had  I  not  been  En- 
couraged by  the  generous  protection  given  to  the  *  Orphan 
of  China ;'  which  inclines  me,  as  well  as  the  rest  of  the 
world,  to  look  upon  your  Lordship  as  the  patron  of  polite 
literature — a  noble  example  much  wanted  in  the  pre><ent 
age,  tho'  likely  to  find  but  few  followers.  Therefore,  beg 
the  favour  of  vour  Lordship  to  give  me  leave  to  send  you 
a  Tragedy  called  '  Jugurtha,'  which  you  may  take  into  the 
country  with  yon  to  peruse  at  your  leisure:  and  even 
tho'  it  should  not  be  so  fortunate  to  meet  with  your 
Lordship's  approbation,  it  will  afford  some  pleasure  to 
the  Author  to  have  the  real  opinion  of  an  impartial 
Judge.  The  place  of  my  residence  this  summer  being 
very  uncertain,  as  I  probably  mav  have  occasion  to  visit 
my' Estate  in  the  North,  if  your  Lordship  gives  me  leave 
to  send  the  manuscripts;  at  my  return,  I  will  either  do 
myself  tho  pleasure  of  waiting  on  you,  or  take  the  liberty 
of  sending  you  a  letter  in  expectation  of  an  answer, 
which  will  be  esteemed  as  a  favour 

"  by  your  Lordship's 

In  the  second  letter,  endorsed  with  the  date, 
Oct.  8,  17G'2,  the  writer  expresses  his  rapture  at 
being  permitted  to  lay  his  book  at  his  l^Iajesty's 
feet ;  and  says  tliat,  if  his  Lordship  approved  of 
the  work,  the  author  might  venture  to  print  it. 

Each  of  these  letters  is  marked  "  Ignotus,"  pro- 
bably in  the  handwriting  of  the  Earl  of  Bute. 

The  allusion  in  the  first  of  these  letters  to  the 
writer's  estate  in  the  north,  seems  to  indicate 
Thomm  Gilbert,  of  Skinningrave  to  have  been 
the  author. 

One  Thomas  Gilbert,  Esq.,  died  at  Kingsland, 
near  London,  Oct.  13, 1771  {Gent.  Mae.,  xli.  475). 
This  may  have  been  the  gentleman  who  had  been 
Fellow  of  Peterhouse. 

There  was  another  Thomas  Gilbert,  Esq.,  who 
was  M.P.  for  Newcastle- under-Lyne,  and  I..ichfield, 
chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means, 
and  for  some  time  Comptroller  of  the  Great  Ward- 
robe. He  acquired  honourable  distinction  by  his 
efforts  to  amend  the  poor  laws,  and  even  yet  some 
of  his  legislative  measures  are  cited  by  his  name, 
lie  died  Dec.  1«,  1798,  let.  seventy-nine.  (As  to 
him,  see  Gent.  Mng.,xx\\.  603;  xxxii.  45  ;  xxxiii. 
203;  Ixviii.  1090,  1140.  Nichols's  ZiY.  i4n-?cA>/««, 
ix.  203 ;  and  Watt'.s  Dihl.  Brit.,  where,  however, 
he  ia  confounded  with  a  naval  captain  of  the  same 
name.) 

It  may  here  be  noted,  that  Dr.  Gloucester  Rid- 
ley was  author  of  an  unpublished  tragedy,  entitled 
'Jugurtha'  {Gent.  Mag.,  xliv.  555). 

C.  II.  &  TiioiirsoN  CoopEB. 
Cambridge. 


CROMWELL'S  HEAD. 
(S'^S.  V.  119,178.) 
I  promised  to  supply  some  further  particulars 
respecting  the  heajj  supposed  to  be  that  of  Crom- 
well, now  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Wilkinson,  bat 
am  diverted  from  the  course  I  intended  to  pursue 
by  the  remarks  of  William  Pixkebton.  I  can- 
not but  think  that  if  your  correspondent  had 
looked  carefully  over  the  several  articles  which 
have  appeared  in  "N.  &  Q."  ho  would  have 
adopted  a  tone  more  respectful  to  those  who, 
after  much  examination  of  the  head,  and  of  the 
documents  relating  to  it,  have  arrived  at  the  con- 
clusion that  there  is  strong,  if  not  conclusive  evi- 
dence, that  the  head  is  genuine.  Mk.  Piskebtox 
reproves  the  loose  method  of  statement  adopted 
by  some  writers,  and  immediately  falls  into  the 
same  error  himself;  and  after  occupying  above 
three  columns  of  your  valuable  space,  he  tells  us 
that  the  subject  is  "  beneath  criticiam."  I  sub- 
mit, on  the  contrary,  that  the  subject  is  one  not 
unworthy  of  candid  and  patient  investigation. 

It  is  anything  but  good  taste  to  employ  the 
designation  "  the  Wilkinson  head."  Mr.  \\  ilkin- 
son  is  a  high-minded  and  honourable  gentleman. 
who  does  not  ostentatiously  display  the  head,  nor 

r)refer  any  claim  respecting  it ;  nor  to^  my  know- 
edge  has  he  ever  expressed  an  opinion  as  to  ia 
genuineness.     He  gives  the  history  very  much  k 
I  have  given  it  (3""  S.  v.  ISO),  and  just  as  freely 
reports  the  opinions  of  one  side  as  he  does  those 
of  the  other.   He  has  no  interest  in  it  beyood  that 
of  arriving  at  the  truth  in  a  naatter  which  has 
excited  much  curiosity ;  and  no  living  person  can 
have  any  other  motive  but  the  very  laudable  one 
of  settling  a  point  of  dispute  which  unquestion- 
ably has  an  historical  value.     In  fact,  no  one  with 
whom  I  am  acquainted  has  written  or  opoken  in 
reference   to  it  in  so  dogmatic  a  spirit  as  Mb. 
PiNKERTON  himself.     I  must  trouble  you  with  a 
few  remarks  on  his  article. 
j      Me.  Pinkeeton  confounds  the  misstatements 
1  of  the  writer  in  The  Queen  new!«paner  with  the 
j  statements  of  those  who  have  carefully  examined 
I  the    documentary   evidence.     This    is    not   very 
I  logical,  to  say  the  least  of  it.     Whatever  may  b« 
I  the  defects  of  the  testimony  offered,  it  has  been 
I  consistent  throughout.     Temple  Bar  b  an  error 
I  of  Mr.  Buckland's,  as  I  have  shown ;  and  I  have 
I  never  heard  any  other  place  named  than  West- 
I  minster  Hall  until  I  saw  the  extract  in  "  N.  &  Q." 
(3"»  S.  V.  119).     The  value  of  the  documentji  in 
the  possession  of  Mr.  Wilkinson  arc  not  impaire<l 
because  Mr.  Buckland,  along  with  other  error*, 
has  substituted  Temple  Bar  for  Westminster  Hall. 
Mb.  Pimkketon,  al'ter  making  much  of  this  mis- 
\  take,  then  tells  us  that  to  his  certain  knowledge, 
there  are  "  many  others  "  i.  e.  heuds  of  CromweD. 
I  I  should  have  expected  from  so  keen  a  critk 


Bri  B,  y.  IUb.  16.  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


265 


more  precision  in  language.  Many  may  mean 
any  number  from  »ui  to  a'  tliousand.  Without 
asking  him  for  numerical  exactness,  perhaps  he 
will  tell  us  somowliere  about  f.lie  number.  Ho 
Bajs  also  that,  "  almost  every  penuy  sliowr  h.iJ 
its  real,  actual,  oM,  c»ri^inftl,  idenlioal  Cromwell's 
head."  As  penny  shotra  have  always  been  very 
numerous,  iho  heads  must  of  course  have  been 
very  numerous  also,  I  object  to  such  stuteutents 
as  gross  exu;T|tr,;rntiona.  I  do  not  think  that 
Mb.  Pixkbbton  cau  show  more  than  two  or  three 
cases  where  heads  of  Cromwell  have  been  ex- 
hibited in  what  he  would  cull  penny  shows.  But 
isuppose  he  could  show  that  a  hundre-l  heads  h.ad 
been  exhibited,  what  tlien  ?  It  would  prove  ihut 
ninety-nine  must  be  spuriou:?,  but  it  docj  not 
prove  that  one  out  of  the  hundred  might  not  be 
the  genuine  head ;  much  less  does  it  prove  that 
flie  lioad  in  i[uestion  may  not  be  the  head  of  the 
I'rot^clor. 

Mb.  risKEBToa  then  says,  "  The  Wilkinson 
bead,  we  ure  told,  has  never  been  publicly  ex- 
hibited fur  money."  "Who  has  tolil  us  so?  Every 
BUthcnlic  account  of  it  has  stated  the  contrary. 
The  history,  of  which  I  have  given  an  nlwlract, 
distinctly  states  thnt   it  wii.s  twice  exhibited  for 

,oney  ;  first  by  ilr.  Samuel  Ru.sscll,  and  after- 

ards  by  the  persons  who  purchiised  it  of  Mr. 
Cox.  The  head  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  >Vilkin- 
lon  18  evidently  that  which  wa.s  advertised  In  the 
IHarniiiff  Chronicle,  March  ISth,  1790;  so  that  it 
is  not  clear  "  thnt  there  are  two  embtilmed  beads." 

The  writer  in  the  Phrenological  Jowital  was 
Donovan,  not  O'Douovan.  It  is  necessary  to  be 
correct  In  names. 

The  only  point  of  value  in  Mb.  Pxiikbbton's 
Brlicle  is  in  relation  to  the  cmbalminfr.  The  head 
in  question  baa  been  embalmed,  uud  no  doubt 
embiiJraed  belong  death.  If,  thercfitre,  Mb.  Pts- 
ki:kti>5!,  con  show  that  the  hcsid  of  Cromwell  was 
not  cmbulmed,  it  is  at  once  disposed  of.  I  con- 
fess that  it  is  strange  that  Dr.  Bate  iloes  not  men- 
lifUi  it;  but  is  thot  so  concluisive  M  Mb.  Pinksb- 
TOM  supposes  ?  I  tun  imperfectly  acquainted  with 

thi-  tn <<--  of  embalming,  but  believe  that  it  was 

tl  to  commenec  with  the  hca<l ;  if  so, 

1 '  ght  not  refer  to  what  was  a  matter  of 

course,  but  confine  himself  to  a  description  of 
that  portion  of  thft  embalming  which  created  the 
dillicuUy,  and  which  he  was  obliged  partially  to 
abandon.  The  question  raised  is,  however,  of 
much  importance,  and  may  help  our  inquiry. 

In  relation  to  the  illustrative  anecdote,  I  be- 
lieve thnt  no  such  lecture  hiis  bi-en  delivered  as 
that  referred  to  by  Ma.  PiNiiunTo.s,  nor  luu  the 
head  been  used  for  any  such  purpose  while  in  the 
poaiession  of  Mr.  Willijrmon.  it  would  bo  a  pity 
to  drag  the  name  oT  Ruch  u  r,  as  the  lec- 

turer before  the  publJC|  if  visted  ;  an<l 

1  roepctitfully  suggest  tuat  ^\h.  i  ixk^bton  might 


have  spared  us  the  repetition  of  such  a  piece  of 
puerility.  Mb.  Pinkkrton  has  gone  into  the 
whole  subject  in  a  spirit  of  trilling,  and  one  not 
calculated  to  lead  to  any  i)rofit.«4ble  result. 

What  are  the  facts?  A  head  is  in  existence, 
which  has  become  the  pro]>erty  ol"  Mr  Wilkinson, 
by  a  series  of  circumstances  perfectly  clear,  c<)n- 
nected,  and  intelligible,  accompanied  by  docu- 
ments which  tend  to  prove  that  it  is  the  head  of 
Cromwell.  It  is  not  yfTered  to  us  by  a  shovrmon 
to  make  money,  nor  by  any  enthusiastic  antiquary. 
It  comes  to  us  without  any  llourish  ff  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  ptermitted  to  examine 
it.  AH  the  facts  in  relation  to  it  ajree,  and  agree 
with  the  first  loss  of  the  head  from  the  top  of 
Westmiustcr  Hall.  Very  many  have  arrived  at 
the  conclusion  that  the  evidence  j^rually  prepon- 
derates in  favour  of  its  ^euuIncMexs.  It  Is  no 
answer  to  all  this  to  say  that  there  have  been 
"  many "  hcids  put  forth  as  those  of  Cromwell, 
nor  that  various  and  varying;  stafementi  have  been 
made  by  those  who  have  seen  it  or  heard  of  it. 
The  lo;j;ical  inquirer  will  {;o  back  to  the  original 
documents  themselves  —  lo  the  first  link  In  the 
chain  of  evidence  —  and  by  separating  the  true 
from  the  false,  and  eliminating  the  irrelevant,  form 
Lis  own  conclusions  upon  the  whole. 

I  have  some  other  facts  to  supply,  if  the  sub- 
ject be  not  already  wearisome  to  your  readers. 

T,  B, 


I  am  reminded  of  a  passage  in  the  ReliUiom 
JiUtorit)ue»  et  Curiemes  de  Voyage*  of  Charles 
Fatin  (Lyons,  1674).    This  writer  says  :  — 

"  London  Br'nlge  has  nothing  extraordiuan'-  but  its 
spectacle,  which  is  aafn^btrut  aa  hu  «ver  been  reared  to 
the  memory  of  crime.  Too  see  there  impaled  upon  a 
tower  the  heaiUof  thoac  execrable  i)arricjde»  ol'  Majoaty. 

If    ■ "    "nt   horror   animates   them,  .iii'l   that    IhcJr 

I  ,  which  still  iioujouri)  continue,  force  ihein 

(•  y)entancc.     Tboso  of  their  chiefs,  CVowmt//, 

Irvtuu.  hin  i>on-inl:tw,  atid  Bradshaw,  are  upon  the  great 
edifico  railed  tho  Parliament,  in  sight  of  the  whole  city, 
Yoa  cannot  Xoak  at  them  wiihoot  turning  pale,  and  willi- 
out  itiiiifiiiini?  tb.it  tliev  are  going  to  utter  these  tcr- 
rlblo  word5,"&c.— P.  l«8,"iu  Letter  3,  dated  <^ct.  l€7L 

B.  U.  C. 


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,  tx'inj^  in  Ked  Lion 
Square,  ho  »av  the  mob  drag)r>"t7  about  the  head 
of  the  late  Protector,  and  that  It  was  rescued  from 
the  uiob  by  a  surgeon  who  lived  there. 

1  wish  to  add  that  a  Puritan  surj^con,  named 
Ileathcole,  lived  in  Red  Lion  S<ju;ire,  or  Kings- 
eato  Street,  at  the  time,  and  that  he  hud  a  lirother 
in  thu  service  of  Ireton.  This  surgeon  left  an 
only  daughiei^  wUq  w.«xt\vA  vn.  ^mkxsjikv  's«Si>sst  hs. 


«Vi9 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


iS^9,V,  IfAik! 


Sheffield,  named  Fletcher.  The  late  Mr.  James 
Montgomery,  of  SheffiehJ,  on  one  ocoa»ion  asked 
his  friend  Mr.  Ilnlland  "  ^\'bnt  has  become  of 
Oliver  CroraweU's  head  ?  "  and  rclBted  that,  when 
he  first  came  to  Sheffield,  a  bend  so  described 
was  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Wilson  in  Pond 
Street.     This  was  about  1788. 

Imapinntion  can  easiljr  fors^e  u  cbiiin  of  history 
out  of  thojio  facts ;  so  easily,  that  I  need  say  no  more 
except  that  the  stxtry  is  related  Bomewhere  in 
Mr.  Hunter's  MBS.  now  in  the  British  Museum. 

H.  I.  H- 


RELIABLE. 

(8'*  S.  V.  58,  85,  &c.) 

That  there  are  forcible  objections  to  this  word 
appears  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  progrrni,  which  most  persons  who  are  care- 
ful as  to  their  style  nvoid.  But  the  true  reason 
why  it  is  not  a  word  of  just  English  formation.  I 
have  not  seen  fully  and  clearly  jriven.  I  would 
state  my  objection  to  it  thvis :  When  the  passive 
voice  of  a  verb  can  be  Ufied  without  a  preposition 
attached  tu  it,  it  is  practicable,  ^t  rolet  utut,  to 
form  from  it  na  a<ljective  ending  in  abie  or  ihle  ; 
but  if  a  preposition  necessarily  adheres  to  the 
verb  in  the  passive  voice,  the  formation  of  such 
adjectives  is  n<it  allowable.  Thus  from  the  active 
"  people  credit  the  story,"  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 
ctinnot  form  the  adjective  "dependable";  nor 
from  "  to  trust  in,"  "  to  be  trusted  in,"  can  we 
form  "  tnistoble."  If  we  would  form  words  in 
ablt  and  ible  from  such  verbs,  we  must  take  in 
the  preposition,  as  in  the  odd  words,  sometimes 
jostinjriy  xi«ed  in  ct»tnmon  conver»ati<m,  comf'tit' 
able,  get-at'obU.  Sinulsrlv,  from  *'  to  Im;  relied 
on,"  "  to  be  dcpcndeil  on,''  we  should  say  relion^ 
abie,  depfndUinahUr.  Als<i,  if  we  want  an  adjective 
from  "  to  get  on,"  with  reference  to  »  horse,  wo 
must  say  "  the' horse  is  f(et-on-ahU ;"  and  if  an 
adjective  from  "  to  put  on,"  with  reference  to  » 
man's  hat^  wu  must  say  "the  hat  is  pttf-nn-abit ; 
not  the  horse  is  getabU,  or  the  hnt  is  puinlde. 

All  this  being  nn  evldfnt,  I  ?incerely  liopr*  that 
ibe  word  "relinhb""  will  be  at  length  exclndi'd 
fWini  th*  pajfCR  of  our  newspapers  and  mngozincs, 
imd  especiallv  fnim  all  books  that  wish  to  take  an 
honourable  placi^  in  En^dinh  literature. 

"  Disposable^"  which  icis  been  adduced  to  sup- 
port "  reliable,"  ha><  been  tolerated   because  we 
the  verb  "to  dispose"  with  or  without 


a  preposition  after  it.    We  say  "  thing*^ 
posed   in  order,"  and   consequently.  **  thlnpa  are 
dixpnsable  in   order";    ami   hence    '^  dtspq||||£ 
has  been  applied  by  attorneys,  auction*! 
others,  to  property  tehich  may  be  diMpoMrfti 
use  of  the   word    is,  as   I  say,  tolerafc 
certainly  not  to  be  approved.  Put 


TDE  MISSES  YOUNG. 
(S-*  S.  ir.  417.) 

A  strong  ray  of  light  is  shed  upon  the  ^MfltfM 
of  the  parentage  of  these  ladies  by  the  atatMHWl 
contained  in  a  Memoir  of  Barthelemon.  the  tm> 
linist,  compiled  by  his  daughter  (with  tJie  aid  d 
Dr.  Busby),  and  prefixed  to  some  selectiocia  fro* 
her  father's  orjitorio  Je/le  in  Matfa,  which  shr 
published  in  1827. 

Burtbclemon,  it  is  stated,  was  married  tn  ITVi 
to  Mary  Young,  the  vocalist,  who  i^    '  'Its 

the   "great-granddaughter  of  AntI'  ;* 

(for  whom  the  composition  of  the  pcpuiar  luac, 
"  God  save  the  King  "  is  claimed),  and  also  ss  tte 
niece  of  Mrs.  Arne  and  Mrs,  Lampe. 
(her  described  as  "  a  daughter  of  Chorl 
Esq.,  a  senior  clerk  in  the  Treonurv,  an 
Isabella  Young,  who  was  married  to  the 
John  Scott,  brother  of  the  fourth  und  last  E 
Dclorainc."  We  are  further  inform«*d  that  )liv 
Bartheiemon  was  brought  up  bv  her  auet,  Mr*. 
Arne  (Cecilia  Young),  who,  in  l»er  latUr  7e9a^^ 
became  an  inmate  of  Barthelemon's  hoaae,  mad  to 
continued  until  her  death.  These  ciremntaaoea 
must  have  afforded  the  memoir-writer  ofipnrtsas- 
ties  of  becoming  well  acquainted  with  the  &nBy 
pe<ligree,  and  her  statements  arc,  on  that  MCOiUrt) 
I  think,  entitled  to  consideration. 

The  mvsttficotion  as  to  the  Younjr  famSy  has 

mitficil 

r^iMa  at 

tiflg  at 

•  .  .  u  "tha 
•unp,  daiuh-' 
-e  dtttrefcTa 
tJDctioa  h*> 
ia  parfeetfy 


extende<l  to  other  writers  I 

historians.     Lysons,  recot' 

the  Hon.  Mrs.   Scott  at   i 

Gloucester  in  1763  (//«/< 

thr.    Three    Choir »,  198),    • 

Hon,  Mrs.  Scott,  formerly 

ter  of  flie  organist  of  C:' 

luezzo-snprano   voice."      ^ 

tween  the  two  Misses  Isnl- 

clear.      The  first,   probably  soon   atter  'Orlobcr, 

1737,   but  certainly  in   the   following   year, 

married  to  Lampe  the  compascr.  and  always 

wards  oppcared  under  her  timrried  naiMs. 

was  left  a  widow  in   July.   1751.     Thu 

came  "ut  in    1751  nt  n  cAncrrt  giw»n   nn 

18th,  "at   the  New     I 

"  at  the  Dfsire  ol  in<>  t 

the  Benefit  of  Miss  1-:iIm.ii  >   ^ 

Mr,  Waltz,  who  ncvtr  ajujeari 

lick." 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


267 


I  think,  under  all  the  circumstances,  it  is  war- 
rant.'iMe  lo  assume  that  the  pedigree  of  the  Youtip; 
family  stands  thus :  —  Anthony  Younjr,  succt-s- 
sively  orpanist  of  St.  Clement  Danc^  ami  St.  Ca- 
thcrinc-Crce  church,  was  father  of  Charles  Ytmiig, 
organist  of  Allhallows  Barking,  who  was  father 
of  the  tliree  Misses  Young — Cecilia  (Mrs.  Arne), 
Isabella  (Mrs.  Lampe),  and  Esther  (Mrs.  Jones); — 
and  also  of  Charles  Young,  the  clerk  in  the  Trejw 
mrj,  who  was  the  father  of  Isabella  (&Irs.  Scolt) 
and  Mary  (Mrs.  Barthelomon). 

Should  this  be  so,  Sir  John  Hawkins's  account 
is  correct ;  and  there  is  one  thing  in  Dr.  Burney's 
account  which  seems  confimutory  of  it — viz. 
his  description  of  St-  Catheriuii-Crec  church  as 
situated  "near  the  Tower."  Now,  that  church 
i«  really  situated  on  the  north  side  of  Leadvnball 
Street,  nt  some  distance  from  the  Tower,  whilst 
the  church  of  Allhallows  Barking,  is  situated  in 
Tower  Street,  alniost  contia;uoua  to  Tower  Hill. 
Burney  bns  evidently  contounded  Anthony  with 
Charles  Young. 

The  fact  of  John  Frederick  Lampe'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  correspwndent  furnish  evidence  on  the 
point  which  1  «ui  compelled  to  rest  on  conjec- 
ture—  the  relationship  between  the  two  organists 
Anthony  und  Charles  Young?         W.  U.  Husk. 


A  Bcix  or  Bukkk's  (S"»  S.  v.  212)— The 
passage  b<^re  quoted  is  plainly  what  Carlyle  calls 
"  clotted  nonsense,"  taken  by  itselt,  and  as  it  has 
been  handed  down  to  u»  :  anil  it  would  be  so  no 
less,  even  if  the  word  "different"  was  omitted. 
It  is  evident  that  "  nart«  of  the  same  whdle  "  are 
the  parts  which  make  up  that  whole;  and  they 
cannot  possibly  bo  iilnitical,  either  with  each 
other  or  with  the  whole.  Two  joints  may  make 
up  a  tail,  and  they  may  be  so  exactly  alike  as  to 
be  undistinguishnble,  l>iit  they  are  not  identical. 

At  first  sight  it  ix  dithcult  not  to  suppose  that 
Burke  was  lUluding  to  llnoker's  well-known 
theory,  and  that  the  second  vlauine  is  a  confused 
and  inuccurnte  way  of  saying  that  the  Church  and 
the  Slnlu  are  "  the  same  whole  looked  at  in  two 
dilFereiit  asipect-s."  But  this  is  perhaps  made,  not 
more,  but  less  clear,  if  we  take  the  whole  passage 
together :  — 

"Au  nlliaiice  1>etw««n  Vhv-  ^  —  •  "^t  -r  i  -  -  f"  ---'-rtn 
Commonwrnllh  is,  in  my  I 

■pet-ulAtiiin.     Ari  iiIlmiK-t)  :  i^ 

in  their  '  '  r't  jinil  uM«!k>eiL<U la,  uucii  ^  Iftiwccu 

two  >uvi'  Uut  ia  a  Ctiriniriin  ('ntiitnoiiwenlth 

Uir  (■'  •  '-•■-• :■•.  '     •' •'    -  :r_ 

(Ih,     ,  .  ,  ,    ,         .-,1 

into  twu  (Muli,  tliii  (Jiurgy  lutd  tiiu  Lutly  :  uf  whicli  tiio 


Laitv  is  as  much  an  essential  intop-al  part,  and  haa  as 
much  ilj  duties  and  its  privileges,  as  the  Clerical  member." 

The  whole  seems  to  me  inconsequent,  especially 
the  last  sentence  as  connected  with  what  precedes. 
1  leave  it,  however,  to  the  consideration  of  your 
readers  :  only  suggesting  the  jirobabilif  v  that  it  is 
not  what  Burke  really  said,  or  deliberately  wrote. 

It  is  at  p.  44  of  the  10th  vol.  of  the  edition  of 
1818':  of  which  the  editor  (Bishop  King  of  Ro- 
chester) says  (Introd.  to  vol.  x.,  np,  vi.  vii.  and 
note  before  p.  2),  that  the  notes  frotn  which  the 
speeches  were  printed  were  detached  fragments, 
and  in  a  very  confused  and  illegible  state. 

•  LtTTBLTOM. 

JlTDICIAL   CoMMtTTEB   OT   PrIVT    0»OKCtt,    (3^* 

S.  V.  193.)  — The  Act  of  3  &  4  Will.  IV.  c.41, 
added  to  the  Privy  Council  a  body  entitled  "  The 
Judicial  Conimittce  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  Kxchequer.  the 
Judges  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury 
and  of  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty,  the  Chi^' 
Judge  of  the  Bankruptcy  Court,  and  all  members 
of  the  PVivy  Council  who  have  been  presidents  of 
it,  or  have  held  the  office  of  chancellor,  or  any  of 
the  before-named  offices.  Power  is  also  given  to 
the  king  by  his  sign  manual  to  appoint  any  two 
other  ]>er8on8  who  are  privy  councillors  to  be 
members  of  this  committee.  {Penny  Cyclo.  x\x. 
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. (Memoin  of  Biihop  Blomfield,  il.  114.) 
The  unsuccessful  efforts  made  in  1848  to  1850  by 
the  Bishop  of  London  to  amend  the  Act  of  1833, 
quoad  "  questions  of  d(H:trine  and  points  of  faith," 
ore  recorded  in  Bithop  Blom/kiWg  Memoirt.  (Vol. 
il.  ch.  vi.). 

There  is  a  registrar  attached  to  this  Judicial 
Committee,  to  whom  matters  may  be  referred,  as 
in  clinncery  to  a  master.  As  to  the  summoning 
officer,  he  ntust  be  under  sufficient  ctmtrol  to 
prevent  him,  for  example,  selecting  Mr.  Glad- 
atone  or  Mr.  D'lsraeli,  in  the  (jorham  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.  BocKton, 

Thk  I^Iozabadic  LiTURor  (3'*  S.  v.  193.) — 
The  following  is  the  passage  in  Ford's  Baadbook 
for  Spain,  referred  to  by  your  correspondent, 
Fii£D.  E.  ToTNJS :  —  "  The  prayers  and  collects 
are  so  beautiful,  that  many  nave  been  adopted  in 
our  Prayer  Book."   (J«a\v.v'\'^\,«5k^AjR!oS»!«»^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8««  a.  V.  Mar.  26,  '64. 


18/55,)  In  answer  to  Mr.  Tothb's  in(|uiry,  I 
believe  that  Mr.  Ford  is  not  correct  in  Iim  stute- 
inent.  I  liuvo  cxaniintid  the  Alozarabic  Liturgy, 
such  OS  it  18  (riven  in  Rubles  and  in  Dr.  llefele*8 
Life  of  Cardinal  Xitiunez,  but  I  can  observe  no 
similarity  between  tlie  collects  of  the  Book  of 
Common  Pruycr  and  the  Mozarabic  Liturgy.  It 
18,  however,  true,  that  some  of  the  collects  and 

firayers  in  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  seem  to 
lave  been  taken  from  the  Roman  Missal.  Though 
the  ancient  Liturgy  of  the  Spanish  church  agrees, 
in  all  essential  poiiitin,  with  the  Roman  Liturgy, 
yet  there  is  a  considerable  difference  In  the  prayers 
and  collects.  Robles  is  the  great  authority  on  the 
Mozarabic  Rite ;  his  work  is  entitled,  Compcnilio 
tie  ia  Villa  y  Huzanas  del  Curdamd  Don  Fray 
FrawiiCo  Ximenez  dc  Citneros;  y  del  Oficio  y 
Misaa  Muzarabe  (Toledo,  1604).  I  possess  a 
copy  of  this  scarce  volume.  The  original  edition 
of  the  Mozarubic  Liturgy  tras  published  by  Car- 
dinal Ximunes  in  1500.  A  reprint  appeared  at 
Rome,  edited  by  the  lenrne<l  Jesuit,  F.  Lesley,  in 
1755 ;  and  another  edition  was  published  in  1770,  in 
Mexico,  by  the  Archbishop  Lorenzana,  who  after- 
words became  Archbishop  of  Toledo,  in  Spain. 

J.  Daltox 

Norwich. 

The  resemblance  or  identity  of  the  English, 
French,  and  Spanish  Collects  in  their  several 
litur<ries  docs  not  arise  from  any  one  of  them 
copying  the  other,  but  from  all  of  them  being 
derived  from  a  comiuon  source. 

"  Many  belicvo,"  says  Whwitlv,  "  that  the  collects 
were  flwt  fniiiii!il  hy  St.  .Terome.  ft  is  cerliiin  that  Oela- 
sius,  who  was  bishop  of  Home,  A.ii.  492,  ranged  i\w  col- 
leclH,  which  wcro  thi-n  used,  into  ordor,  and  added  aoino 
new  oucM  of  liis  own  (Comber,  Hitt.  Liturg.  part  ii. 
§  14,  p.  6«) ;  which  oflico  was  oKaiii  corn'oted  by  Pops 
(jrcjj'ory  the  Great  in  the  your  COO,  whose  Sacramentary 
(■ontuins  most  of  the  collects  wo  now  use.  But  our  re- 
formers obsenr-ing  that  some  of  thcs»!  collects  were  after- 
wards  corrupteil  by  sujiorstitious  alterations  and  additions, 
and  th.it  others  were  quite  left  out  of  tlio  Koinan  Missals 
and  eiitiro  new  ones,  relating;  to  tiicir  present  iuuora- 
tionn,  added  in  their  room,  tliey  tlierefore  examined  every 
collect  strictly,  and  wliorc  they  found  any  of  thorn  cor- 
rupted, there  ihev  corrected  them;  where  any  new  ones 
had  been  inserted,  they  restored  the  ol.l  ones ;  and  lastly, 
at  the  Restoration,  every  collect  was  uvain  revieweil, 
when  whatsoever  was  delicient  was  suppliod,  and  all  tliat 
was  but  improperly  expressed,  rectiliod."  (Whcatly's 
Book  of  Common  J'rayer,  ch.  y.  7.  §  2.) 

T.  J.  BucKTort. 
There  is  not  a  single  collect  of   Alozarabic 
origin  in  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer.  Dr.  Nealo 
has  pointed  out  the  ho^)eIcss  error  and  confusion 
of  the  passage  concerning  the  Mozarabio  rite  in 
Ford's  Handbook  of  Spain.    For  the  fullest  in- 
formation concerning  the   Spanish  collects  and 
their  relation  to  those  of  other  Western  offices, 
pr.  Neah'n  Sstatft  on  Zitmvioimy  may  profitably 
be  ooaaUted.  A  Lomdok  P»tot. 


NiCAAR  Babks  (3'*  S.  iii.  8,  '287.)  —  I  think 
the  conjecture  of  your  correspondent  D^nlTA^s 
extremely  probable;  but,  this  being  granted,  I 
must  observe  that  these  boats  conveyed  Alexan- 
der himself,  with  the  main  body  of  his  army,  down 
the  Indus  to  its  mouth ;  whence  they  accoinpatiied 
him,  along  the  sea-coast  of  Mekkran  and  liernmus, 
to  the  Persian  Gulf,  where  he  ctmsidered  himself 
at  home.  The  division  under  Craterus,  with  the 
heavy  baggage,  elephants,  and  women  (I  beg  the 
ladies'  pardons),  was  sent  by  a  more  inland  route, 
through  Buloocbistan  and  Seistan;  and  did  not 
rejoin  Alexander  till  he  hud  nearly,  (»r  (}uito, 
reached  tlie  Gulf.  See  Arrian's  Fxpeditio  Alex- 
andria and  Vincent  (Dean),  On  the  Commerce  and 
Navigation  of  the  Ancients,  where  the  line  of  march, 
supposed  to  have  been  pursued  by  Craterus,  is 
traced  on  the  second  map  (vol.  i.  edit.  1807).  My 
copy  of  Arrion  (Venice,  1535,)  is  not  paged.  It 
was  an  arduous  undertaking,  before  the  invention 
of  the  compass,  to  traverse  those  wild  and  desert 
countries  ;  which,  even  now,  arc  almost  unknown 
to  Europeans.  But  Craterus  was  considered  the 
most  intelligent  of  Alexander's  generals. 

As  for  the  navigation  of  the  Heet,  from  the 
mouth  of  the  Indus  to  the  Persian  Gulf,  our 
sailors  are  at  a  loss  to  explain  how  it  could  be 
performed  during  the  south-west  monsoon. 

It  is  plain  that  Craterus  did  not  embark  at  all ; 
excepting  once  to  cross  the  Indus,  and  afterwards 
to  recross  it.    Sec  Vincent,  vol.  i.  p.  141,  &c. 

W.  D. 

Fitz-James  (3"*  S.  v.  202.)— The  motto  of  the 
Due  do  Fitz-Juincs,  according  to  the  Annnaire  dc 
la  Noblesse  for  1843,  is  "1689  semper  ct  uliifjiic 
fidelis  1789."  IL  S.  G. 

Uemimo  or  WuscESTKR  (3""  S.  V.  1 73.)  —  Al- 
though I  cannot  exactly  identify  the  Brewer 
mentioned  by  C.  J.  R.,  I  think  it  is  probable  that 
he  was  a  member  of  a  civic  family  of  that  name, 
who  bore  for  orms— "  Or  on  a  chev.  between  three 
lions'  heads  sa.  as  many  pheons  .  .  ."  'I'hc-ic 
arms  are  assigned  bv  Edmondson  to  Hefting  of 
London,  '^descendecl  from  Worcestershire,"  ami 
were  borne  by  John  Heming,  mayor  of  ^Vorce8ter, 
in  1677.  The  surname  is  not  uncommon  in  this 
courtty.  One  of  the  name,  Richard  Hemming, 
of  Bentley  Manor,  was  high  sherilf  in  the  ]Mist 
year;  and  Walter  Chamberlain  Hemming,  his 
brother,  was  also  sherilT  in  1859.  To  the  late 
father  of  these  gentlemen,  William  Hemming  of 
Fox  Lydiate  House,  was  granted,  in  184(>  (the 
year  of  his  shrievalty),  a  coat  of  anus  founded  on 
the  one  I  have  just  described,  viz.  Arg.  on  a  chev. 
engrailed,  azure,  between  three  lions*  heads  erased 
gD.,  an  ostrich  with  wings  endorsed  of  the  first, 
in  the  beak  a  key,  between  two  pheons  or.  And 
for  crest,  An  eagle  arg.  charged  on  breast  with  a 
I  ^^mcni^  vai^iigQ!t\kt%  ^  \Viv(Ml^  «sibu\  thereon  a  pale 


f*  S.  V.  Mar.  96.  '64.] 


NOTES  A^D  QUERIES. 


2G9 


ftzure,  charged  ^fJtb  three  leoparda'  facea  or; 
B^ing  ibe  nrms  of  Chamberlain,  of  which  family 
also  the  oxtrich  and  key  is  the  crest. :  so  th:it  tlii9 
cuat  is  n  combination  of  the  two  coats  of  Ueming 
and  Chttinberlin.  11.  S.  G. 

Wolfs.  GAKO£KiiB  to  Hburt  VIII,  (S'*  S.  v. 
194.) — The  following  occurs  amongst  the  month's 
wogi^  in  (October,  2  Edw.  VI.,  jjuid  by  Sir  WiU 
liatn  Caveudi«b,  Knt^  Treasurer  of  llic  King's 
Cbaihber :  — 

"  Item,  to  sir  John  Wulfe,  preist,  maker  and  deviser  of 
the  Kinge'a  herbors  and  plontca  of  grafts,  xx*  viij""." — 
Trecelyan.  Papert,  u.  15. 

My  attention  woa  drawn  to  this  entry  shortly 
after  I  had  dispatched  my  query,  which  it  seems 
completely  to  answer  except  as  regards  the  date, 
1524,  named  by  Cole.  S.  Y.  R. 

AuMs  OF  WuxtA^JKS  (S**  S.  V.  175.)  —  I  do  not 
think  R.  P.  W.  is  correct  in  placing  a  query  to 
these  bearings.  Saxons'  or  JEnglvshmen's  bemls  is 
right.  There  is  some  legend  connected  with  the 
arni9,  which  I  cannot  exattly  cull  to  min<l. 

H.  S.  G. 

EpiQBJiM  ON  Imfamct  (3'*  S.  y.  193.)  —  Tlie 
translation  of  the  beautiful  epigram  firom  the 
Arabic,  by  Sir  William  Jones,  is  cited  by  Whatuly, 
in  his  Rhetoric,  as  an  example  of  perfect  iinti- 
tbesis  (part  ui.  chap.  ii.  §  14).  There  is  another 
version  of  it,  but  not  nearly  so  good,  in  the  An- 
thologia  0T07iutuis,  attributed  to  Carlyle,  which 
I  transcribe :  — 

"  When  bom,  in  tears  we  saw  theo  drowned, 
Whilst  thy  assembled  friends  around 

With  smilM  iheir  joy  confest; 
So  lire  that  in  ihy  Ltost  hour 
W«  may  the  fluo<.U  of  sorrow  pour, 
Anil  Uiou  in  anides  be  drost." 

From  Ike  Arabic,  p.  18. 

The  following  translation  into  Latin  verse,  from 
the  peti  of  Lord  Grcnvillc,  accompanies  it :  — 

"iJCFASa. 

"Dnrn  tibi  vix  nnlo  Ittti  r    -    7 ^'^ 

V'ajjitu  tmp!«bas  tu  la  ■iium: 

Sir  viv5«  ut  »uminn  tibi  t  ■  hora, 

Sit  ridere  tnam,  ait  lacrymiU'e  lui*." 

"  G." 
The  version,  as  given  in  " N.  &  Q"  is  again  to 
be  found  in  the  Antndines  Cami,  editio  qiiarta, 
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  :  — 


ita. 


IL  ).  T.  D." 
OxoRiKsau. 


Tljis,  according  to  a  note  in  Ilolden's  FoUorum 
Silrulii,  part  i.  p.  5'21,  third  ed.,  IS62,  is  a  trans* 
liititm  from  tlnr  Araljic.  Reference  is  there  made 
to  Carlyle  (J.  D.),  Specimens  of  Arabian  I'oetry, 
p.  80.  Carlyle  was  Professor  of  Arabic  at  Cam- 
bridge from  1795  to  1804. 

P.  J.  F,  GAMT1J.LOH. 

T&AiTStAToas  OF  Tebekce  :  Jamcs  Pbende- 
viLLE  (3**  S.  V.  117.) — James  Prendevi He  supplied 
a  part  of  the  descriptions  and  illustrations  to  Mr. 
Tyrrell's  Catalc^ue  of  the  PouuUowski  Gems., 
London,  1841,  4to.  JosEru  Rtx,  M.D. 

St.  Ncot'B. 

Motto  foe  Burton- upon -Tbent  Water 
CoMPAsr.  —  As  no  one  has  replied  to  this  query 
(3"*  S-  V,  116),  let  me  suggest  from  Horace,  Epitt. 
i.  1,  52  :   *'  Argentum  auro  vilius." 

P.  J.  F.  Gastoxok. 

The  following  mottoes  appear  to  me  appro- 
priate, though  they  do  not  convey  the  precise 
ideas  suggested  in  the  above  communication  :  — 

"  Opitulutii  nlitTir  sp«B." — Anon. 

"  FomtidiitLa  auxiliatiir  oquia."  —  Ovid,  Ep.  ex  Ponlo, 
lib.  i.  ep.  3. 

"  Succurrere  salutl  forluniaque  communibiu."  —  Cic. 
Pro  Rob.,  cap.  L 

"  Parcitali  benefidum  nunistrat  loxuria." — Palludiut, 
lib.  L  cap.  xxvi. 

Should  any  one  of  these  be  adopted,  1  hope  the 
fact  will  be  notified  in  "  If.  k  Q."  F.  C.  H. 

SlB  JOHS  ^I00JIB*«  MoSUMRST  (3'*  S.  V.  1C9.) 

.  Borrow,  speaking  evidently  from  aotual  observa- 
tion, says : — 

"  There  is  a  small  battery  of  tlie  old  town  which  fronts 
the  east,  aud  whoae  wall  is  waahed  by  tht-  wntcn  of  the 
bay.  It  is  a  sweet  spot,  and  tbu  prospect  which  opens 
from  it  ia  cxtenaive.  The  battery  itaelf  may  be  nbont 
eighty  yards  square  ;  some  young  trees  are  Borinj^inj.,'  up 
about  it,  and  it  is  a  rather  lavounte  rc«ort  of  the  pt-ople 
of  Corona. 

"*  In  the  centre  of  this  battery  stands  the  tamh  of  Moon, 
built  by  the  chivalrous  French,  in  coinnieuiurntion  of  the 
Tail  of  their  heroic  sntagonlsL  It  ia  obJung,  aud  sur* 
mounti-d  by  a  aiab;  and  on  either  aiile  bears  one  of  the 
simple  and  ttubliino  epitaphs  for  which  onr  rivals  are 
cetcbnited,  and  which  stand  in  such  powerful  conimal 
vrith  the  bloated  and  bombutic  Inscriptions  whkb  de- 
fonu  the  waUs  of  Weatminstar  Abbey :  — 

•jOHjr  MOORE, 

i.KAi>ua  OP  Tint  ExoiJsii  abjus% 

BULOr  131   BATn.B, 

1608.' 
**  Tlie  tomb  itself  is  of  marble,  aud  around  it  ia  a  quad- 
ranj^lar  wall,  br».'Jiat  hi^jh,  of  mugh  Galle^^nn  marble ; 
clow  to  vwh  comer  ri*(M  from  ihe  Mfth  the  breech  of  an 
imnieuae  brase  cirni  '  '  ■  V  ■'  :ii- 
pact  and  clow,    'll  * 

the  work  of  the  Iri!  " 

Borrow  may  have  b«cn  tuiKvtvCQtuued  «»  ^  <^<i. 


^ 


^Uta 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[»»*  &  V, 


but  the  above  ia  evidently  a  circunislantial  di;- 
Hcriprion  bv  an  eje-mtnest.  Hia  version  of  the 
inscription,  I  lisfiuiiie  to  be  n  translation  ;  lie  does 
not  say  what  i*  the  language  of  tbc  ori>;inal. 

David  0\m. 
Family  or  Db  Scaktb,  ob  De  Scarr  (S"*  S.  v. 
I'M.) — J.  S.  D.  will  find  an  account  of  tl»e  dis- 
covery of  the  munuinental  stone  of  Skartha,  the 
•friend  of  Swein,  with  an  engroving  of  the  stone, 
in  one  of  the  numbers  of  the  lUwttrated  LoTtdon 
News  for  April  or  May,  1858.  1  am  sorry  I  cannot 
refer  hiui  to  the  exact  number,  but  I  onj  aliuost 
certain  the  date  is  somewhere  about  the  tirae 
I  mention.  K.  S.  T. 

POSTBRITV     or     THE    EhPEBOB    CuABLkMAGnE 

(3'«  S.  V.  134.J— The  descent  of  the  House  of 
Kingsale  is  commonly  said  to  be  as  follows:  — 
Charles,  Duke  of  Lorraine,  lust  male  ilcscendant 
of  the  Carlovingian  Kings  of  France.  His  son, 
Wigeriua;  his  eon,  Baldwin  Teutonicut ;  his  sons — 
1.  jlicholas,  from  whom  the  Houses  of  Warrenue 
and  Mortimer. 

5.  Robert  de  Courcey. 

John,  Baron  of  Kingfde,  was  fourth  in  descent 
from  Robert,  son  of  the  Robert  de  Ck>ureey  aboTe- 
lueuiioncd. 

But  Ibis  Charles,  or  Hugh,  is  not  named  by  An- 
derson (lioynl  Gtrvenlogies)  nmon};  the  children  of 
ChurlcK,  Duke  of  Lorraine.  MOzcray  siiys,  vpe&k- 
ing  of  the  latter  — 

"  II  eut,  h,  CO  qu'iis  racont«nl,  deux  femmes  ...  la 
Mconde  lot  Agnes  lllle  de  Uebert  Cotate  d«  Troye,  dont 
prouindrent  deux  fils  durant  qu'll  ftjt  en  prison  a  Or- 
leans,  Ho^es  el  Louya,  qui  m  retir*rent  vers  I'Empereur. 
C«demierful  Landgrsue  de  Hesae  .  .  .  mai*  d  vra^ 
dirm,  u  douttjort  dt*  tn/ans  de  et  ttcond  lict."—Hi»lotre  de 
rranct,  folio,  vol.  j.  p.  371. 

HcRkfEMTRUDR. 

If  HippBus  will:  refer  to  the  pedigree  of  the 
Lords  of  Harewood  in  Wbitakcr's  LoitUs  and  Et' 
mete,  or  that  of  Dixon  of  Seaton-Csrew,  in  Burke's 
Royal  Deacentt,  he  will  find  that  the  Barons  Kinjj- 
■ftle  derive  from  Robert  de  Courcey,  the  unrle  of 
the  Williiun,  who  died  *.  p.  The  former  f^dif^rve 
wdl  uUo  dhow  him  that  there  were  two  con- 
tetufjorary  Robena,  Lords  de  Rou^mont  (first 
couwns)  — VIZ.  Robert,  the  son  of  John,  and 
Robert  the  son  of  John's  brother  (ieoige,  and 
that  the  latter  had  a  wm  WiUuw,  and  other  in^ue. 
This  Willinm  may  have  been  the  projtenitor  of 
Georpe  Lisle  of  Compton  Domvillc.  John  Lord 
de  llougvinont's  wife  was  Matilda  (not  Elijsa. 
betb)  ihi  Ferrcm,  R.  W.  Dixok. 

RoniciT  Diux>N  BROwarii,  M.P.  (.3'*  S.  iii.  3G9, 
*79.)  —  I  am  iitfonned  by  a  ft-irnd  (an  Irish  C«- 
iholit),  thiit  the  fnu<:  whirh  this  g'-ntl.-nian  iis.'d 
to  be  fond  of  repcfttiii^  i.i  ict  to  the  tunc  of  a 
trench  hymn  to  the  Virgin  Mary,  which  is  sung  , 
iii  bar  boDour,  oij  a  coriain  day  in  o«oh  year,  in 


the  chiirclies  of  Franre  uml  Ireland.  He  • 
me  thut  the  song,  as  well  as  the  hytno,  am* 
mnnly  known  in   Ireland,  and  seema  diai 


wonder  that  any  quL'stion  should  have 
on  the  subject.     However,  I,  as  an  £ngli»' 
testant,  must  confess,  that  before  the  present 
OHfiion  I  never  henrd  of  either  the  hymn  ni 
song.     Robert  Dillon  Browne  died  at  the 
thirty-nine,  Just  as  he  had  obtained  an  apf 
ment  to  a  post  in  one  of  the  colonies, 
living  he  was,,   as  is  well  known,  an   imt 
joint  in  O'Connell's  "flexible  tail."  W.  D. 

RtiTHVBx,  Eabl  of  Forth  and  RRKBiTroftD. — 
Your  correspondent  ,7.  M.  seems  to  have  rttti 
the  luriicles  respecting  Patrick  Ruthven  {^T*  8L 
ij.  101,  261)  through  the  wrong  spectoclea.  He 
writes  as  if  the  letter  of  Gustavua  Adolpliua, 
printed  in  the  first  of  thoae  articles,  had  been  pre- 
sumed to  apply  to  the  Earl  of  Forth  and  firvnt- 
ford.  Upon  referetice  a  second  time  to  Ui«  vtieie 
in  question,  he  will  find  that  this  was  not  to.  T>>r 
letter  was  treated,  and  I  think  rightlj  treftlcd,  as 
relating  to  Patrick  Ruthven,  son  of  John,  tk« 
third  Earl  of  Gowrie. 

Again,  with  reference  to  the  second  »rticl«— 
thai  contributed  by  myself  on  the  Laditt  Cdi- 
net — J.  M.  is  mistaken  in  supposing  that  *'  it  «■ 
conjectured"  in  that  article  that  the  '*  L<ird  Kotlb- 
ven,"  of  the  Ladies'  Cabinet^  was  "  Earl  Williaa," 
the  *'  de  facto  fourth  Earl  of  Gowrie."  It  w» 
held,  throughout  that  article,  that  b» 
same  Patrick  Ruthven,  son  of  the  tl 
Gowrie — the  person  who  was  long  cd^ 
Tower,  and  whose  daughter  mamefl  \  ,; 

If  J.  M.  thinks  that  he  has  any  r<M- 
fttult  with  the  attribution  of  tli 
Gustavus  Adolphus,  or  the  C(  i 
Ladiex'   Cabinet,   to  that    Patrick    jvunivea,  any 
facta   upon  the  subject  »vill  be   very  (fladly  '*' 

ceived;  but  if,  before  he  iv„- '  ' 

will   be  good  enough   to  : 
which  he  has  alluded,  he  vriu  ,, 
first  of  them  there  b  no  ullusi' 
Forth  ;  nor  in  the  second  t<i  "  \  i 
i'ourih  Earl  of  Gowrie."  Joimr  Ubi 

5,  tpper  (iluuc«at(!r  Strcrt. 

PatVATB  Praterb  roR  rnr.  Laity  (^* 
193  )—B.  H.  C.  will  find  in   Dr.  ll<K>k'i 
Dictioiiari/,  under  the  heud  "  Primer,"  tc 
ticulurs  about  forms   ot'   pniyer  for  fami 
private  individuals,  as  set  forth  by  BUlbc 
IS,   inter  alia,   there  stated  tljut  the  lasi 
which  Hp|M.'Hred  wa*  Dr.  (afterward*  Hp.)  j 
**  Collection  of  Private  Deviition*  :   iri    tNi 
tice  of  the  Ancient  Church,  cal! 
Prayer,  as  they  were  alter  ilii-«  > 
by  outhorit^  of  Qureu  Elu< 
want  publiiilied   in    tt>'i7    " 
Charles  I."     In  tlie  Preface  t%Hi:.d  by   Gf« 


wn«  tW 

■!  of 

:)» 

t     find 

'Oce  of 

itkl^ 

S"S.y.  HAR.kG, '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


271 


M[oultrie]  to  *'  the  Primer  set  forth  at  large  for 
the  use  of  the  Members  of  the  Anglican  Cbun^h 
in  Faiuily  niici  I'rivate  Prayer,  in  the  Rei^in  uf 
Queen  Pilizabeth,"  piiblishetl  in  18(j3by  Masters, 
it  19  VatL'd  that  "  the  Primer  is  tiie  authdriiied 
Book  of  Family  and  Private  Prayer  for  the  Laitj 
of  the  English  Church."  And  the  Kilitor  adds: — 
"  Earlier  in  tlt«  time  of  its  fir»t  ptiblication  than  the 
Book  of  OomiMon  Pntyer,  its  subsequent  edilions  and 
jrcvisioiit  run  parallel  v^tth  that  Book.  The  liivoc«tion« 
of  tbo  Niuits  tlie  'Ave  Maria/  and  other  feature*  uf  the 
Primer  of  Henry  VIII.,  disopiiear  from  the  revised  edi- 
tioiiA  of  Eiiwoni  VI.  and  of  Klisalieth-  In  the  rei^n  of 
Edward  a.  rival  Primer  of  very  inferior  merit,  with  fixed 
lc»»ons  for  every  day  i n  the  week,  and  fixed  F'salms  }ii 
order,  stnip^jled  into  life,  and  after  maintaining  a  brief 
and  preL-arioua  cvistence  aloni^side  of  tlie  orijs;inul  Primer, 
finally  die<l  ool  in  Elisabeth's  reign,  leavinij  the  ground 
unoccupied  to  the  nobler  Book  which  continued  to  throw 
out  it*  edition*  lill   aufierseded  by   the  altered  (unhnp- 

fdly  .'ihi      ■  iiH  of  I'llor  und  more  private  hands. 

ilMiop  >  1  of  Prayer,  which   are  based  upiin 

the  Pnrn  ;  Ivnnwn  nt  the  present  day.    Perhap* 

^devotional  Mttuufil  which  claims  to  he  not  the  work  of 
A  nci|i[le  divine,  nor  of  a  single  year,  nor  of  a  single  edi- 
tion, hut  ihi'  i-jircfully  matured  V'ft  of  the  Fathers  of  the 
Knuli^h  liefonniitioi*,  jierfw-ted  by  the  beat  of  all  Ke- 
vlsionists  —  «*•,  ilirouijh  many  editions  in  an  eirnesl  and 
learned  ape,  may  be  wuldmie  to  the  Faithful  of  tin;  Enj;- , 
lish  (,'ommunion.  Its  inirinfiii;  value  has  t«sen  reco(.'ni»ii| ' 
by  the  c^liiiir-*  of  the  Parker  Sofiety,  v  '  ■'•  ■     ■   -'n. 

edition  of  l.^.'lit,  together  with  other  a 

view  to  milking,' known  the  true  |)rinti|  ,-ii 

Reformation." 

C.  W. 
The  only  **  Family  Prayer.s"   which  now  liave 
any  authority  in  the  En<4lish  Church  .-»i-e  those  in 
Queen  Elizabeths   Piim'^r,  whii:h  is  drawn  from 
the  Sarum  £uchiritlw7i  of  pre-Uelorntation  times. 

A    LoNUOS    PaiEtyT. 

Latiw  Qdotatiok  (3'*  S.  v.  213.)  — The  foU 
lowinfr  ntay  be  the  proper  reading  und  transla- 
tion of  the  passage  proposed :  — 

'*  Uinc^icitur  Spiritus  cariliitis  quam  obsi^at  in  cot> 
dibuN  nostris:  tidii  rre<leits  est  ergo  a  spirttu  qui  abducit 
dnpoi«ita  ad  hotnana  commeuto," 

lU'nce  he  is  called  the  Spirit  of  charity,  which 
hi!  iiiipreBses  upon  our  liearls :  an  unbeliever, 
ihiTt-fiifr,  i»  of  the  spirit  which  eorriea  away  the 
deposit  (of  faiib)  to  the  devices  of  men. 

F.  C.  H. 

WiM.iAM  Diii>GBo:(  (3**  S.  V.  172.)— This  very 
Hingulur  and  learned  jjerson  was  a  larmer  in  East 
Lolhinn,  Haddington  shire.  There  was  published, 
ill  1765,  a  12mo  volume  of  his,  which  was  en- 
titled :  — 

••  Philosophical  Works,  via.— Tho  Statu  of  the  Moral 
Wnrlil  .  ..ii-iilcrtd — A  Cateehiiiui  founded  u|>on  Cxperi- 
•*>"  -o— .K  View  of  th»  Necessitarian  or  IJest 

S« !  "<phici»l  Letter*  coiicarniag  Itie  Being  and 

Atlll"UlCI  III   l,u<i,** 

Copies  of  this  arc  now  rarely  to  be  accn. 

T.  G.  S. 
Ediabnrgh. 


Qdotatioss  Wantkd  (3'*  S.  v.  174,  175.)  — 
T.  Leslie  will  find  the  lines — • 

"  A  huinun  heart  should  beat  for  two,"  &Cr~ 
in  a  book  of  poemH  cjtUed  London  Li/rirx,  piib- 
lisbed  a  few  years  since.  H.  W.  H. 

This  quotation  is  from  the  IiigoltUhy  Legetuli. 
C.  F.  S.  Wabbrs. 
"  God /toot  a  beautiful  necessity  is  love  in  all  he  doeth," 
Tupper's  Procerbiat  Philoxoplty :  Of  fmmortal!/y. 

E.  J.  Norman. 
"  AtrrnoB  or  Good,  to  Thks  I  turji  "  (.V*  8. 
iv.  353  ;  v.  123.) — In  addition  to  whut  ha.s  already 
been  communicated,  in  reference  Ui  the  above 
hymn,  allow  me  to  say  that  the  four  stanzas 
qnoterl  by  your  last  correspondent  form,  with  a 
few  verbal  alterations.,  the  la-^t  half  of  a  hymn  on 
the  "  Ignorance  of  Man,"  by  Morrick.  It  begins 
thus  ;  — 

"  Behold  yon  new-born  irfsnt,  grieveil 
With  hunger,  tidrst,  and  pnin  ; 
That  asks  to  have  the  wants  relieved 
It  knows  not  to  explain.*' 

The  composition  consists  of  ei;;ht  stanza^,  and 
may  be  found  in  James  Montgomery's  Chrixtian 
Psalmist,  ilyran  333,  edit.  1828.  X.  A.  X. 

Hugh  Bbambam,  M.A.  (JV^  S.  v.  212),  was 
instituted  to  Dovercourt,  with  the  cliapel  of  Har- 
wich, Oct,  7,  1574 ;  and  to  the  rectory  of  Little 
Oakley,  Essex,  Nov.  20,  1579.  He  also  held  the 
rectory  of  Peldoti,  in  the  suine  county.  He  died 
in  1615  (Newcourt's  Rrpcrtoriuin^  ii.  220,  446, 
467).  C.  H.  &  TuoMFSoM  Coopbb. 

Cambridge. 

Rkv.  Christophrb  RicHA,Bi>80ir  (3"*  S.  V.  213) 
was  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge  ;  B.A.  1636-7, 
M.A.  1640,  and  it  is  j>rob;ibIe  that  he  had  epi- 
scopal ordiiiutioti.     C.  11.  Sc  Thompbon  Cooi'KB. 

Cambridge. 

CAMnBiDQE  Villages  (3^*  S.  v-  212.)  —  In 
7  Edw.  I.  the  Papworths  are  called  Papworth 
Everard  and  Papworth  Ann^yo  (Hofuli  Uumlre' 
domm,  ii.  472,  473).  They  were,  very  probably, 
so  denominated  nfter  the  principal  owners  at  a 
former  period.  The  prefix  of  Saint  is  a  >illy 
innovation,  certainly  introduced  since  Me*sr8. 
LyKons  published  their  uccoutii  of  Cainljrid;;e- 
sbire.  Indeed  the  iormer  parish  is  called  Pap- 
worth Everard  in  the  Act  for  its  enclosure 
passed  in  181$.  C.  H.  &  Thompson  Coofeb. 

'•  Exposition  op  Ecclehiastjss,  1680"  (2'"'  S. 
iii.  330.) — George  Sykea  (Sikea),  a  myxtical  Cal- 
vinist,  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  author  of  the 
biKik  in  question.  He  also  wrote  Eraiigehcai 
Etsoyt  hvcardt  the  Dttcnnery  of  a  Gvfpel  State, 
1666.  He  ceenis  to  have  been  connected  in  re- 
lijjious  oiiiniuns  wUU  ^w  W,  \  wwvi.,  Vivwiv  -*V«»i. 
wriutjg%  W  i\vi<aVea.  '^  *^  * 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


NOTES  OX  BOOKS.  ETa 
Diary  of  Mnry^  Comtien  Cawptr,  Ladi/  nfihe  Bcdchnmlfr 
to  the  I*nnttti  of  U'aJct,  1711  — 17;i<l.  '  (JlutTAy.) 
Tlttn  is  ODK  of  tile  iiiii<it  valuMlilu  contributions  to  con- 
teni[>'>rJiry  hintory  wbich  thu  curiosity  of  the  present  (tav 
has  vet  unearthed.  The  jierknl  of  our  annaia  to  which 
it  reUlc*  i«  <iri<<  siiicriitarlv  ilpfiripnt  in  siniilnr  malTiiiN  ; 
»r.J    ■■■•■.■■'      ,  ■■    •  ■  v  ■     ■■   f-  ■    . 

01  . 

in/ortiiBliiiit  »ii(i  Aiiiu^eiiietii.  The  ituiluirusit,  Xlury  Ciu- 
vering,  th»  wife  of  Lord  Chnnceltor  Cowper,  was  not  only 
an     '  ■.  but  ulso  an  accoraplished  womnn:   o«  is 

■)i  fact  that  slur  wns  in  tlte  habit   of  Irans- 

Ini  •■!'  Ii  li'T  tiusband's  memorials,  thnt  ttioy 

iiii  <  sovon:igti.     And  m  it  i«  plsiu 

g|v  10  be,  in  tbe  full  caiiiidenre  of 

01  1 

V   ■  ■       .  ..  -  ;     i; 

anil  lliB  fitnihal  ni  llie  |in'a*^"t  lriigui.^ia,  li>r  we  regret  to 
»oy  it  i>  but  a  fragment,  awakens  a  fueling  of  deep  regret 
that  there  eeems  little  hupu  of  recovuriug  tbe  miuing 
portions  of  this  most  intereslin;;  narnitivc. 

Mt—     »■•'•     ^      " ■-     '■•■--■        r  ....;..:.,..  .        f^„ 

'I ltd   the 
/  James 

1',  Diijiocl..  ll..\-     J'uJjiiJud  uihUi  the  Lhrution  (</*  tht 
Aftitifrofth*Hi>/lt.    (LongmAa.) 

'f      ■     ■■  "    -»■  "    ',-     ■'  '■--   '-     •■"  'TT-uif^  j„ 

tl:  ive  won 

lli  ■':]*  '•la- 

b.M  !  T 

.1.  St, 

hni    ■  :v 

t>i'  r 

nil        ■  ,  u,l 

Iiavi:  Uutlt  Litjcolii  CtiLbcMiiitl — lli.tv  "  tt'ii)(iUi(ii  glui'ioaiis- 
timnm,"  a.*  bin  biographer  terms  it,  is  en<Hitrb  to  rei-om- 

mond  his  niemor>'  to  our  arclii*  ■  ■ '  ■>       '        But  iio 

hail  far  liitflier  claims  tbao  t'  of  hit 

mefiil   life   is  wr!l    !■■!<!   i-i    tl  ::~,   tlm 

wo»k  of  ont!  A  i 

has  rnrefiiHv 

arv  ■■■■   ■■■  •- 

.s 

tt. 


K 


(Jifncai  ami  1  'arnchiat  li- . 


I'li  him, 


l^nl- Lieutenant,  and  Vicor  oC  Clonfort  Cioyo*.  i  V< 


dergryof  Ireliinil  from  the  p 
the  prp^f-nt  time,  or  to  rxtri'" 
li-  i.i>  Oliurvh. 

t.  .  ond  KiMj 

I,,  '    •      .111.1       AI. 


-ut&,  fat!'  inn 
fii  mill'."!, 


iroflt  tbM  tadlj 
.ill    tr.Mt    vit^ 


y.  Ton  ^ArniuK^ti.     7>icail«M 

I,.,  .j,-,,,^..  I  ,  .J    I  MUMi  .Ml.,  Eirikur  M«giiawa.     Ifi# 

tuvtUy-tiijtit  Jllttjitrttlhn*,     (Ilcnttey.) 

Jfu  one  who  has  paid  llic  ^;i-llU-t  aiIi  niJi;^  t*  tl« 
irbarjctnr  of  Icelumlii:  literft|ii>  i^ 

tlint  the  ]'>rtrn«"l  librarian  of  l;  ..•x»» 

'■'■\,  &X  ill     li;i  .{,■  .ln^ 

I:  lot  in  grr  OB  alMit 

iiuljr  I.i-i.'  I  I  ■  Til  1, 


t'ir>   .1,1  v.-    . 
'divided  iiit'j 

(;b..ni    :nii! 


1 


HiKuiry  11    I  oruiiir  r  i<  t)Cin.       X  u.'  IIIW!ir.'iI  lont  tiT* 

and  cbaractenstic. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOI-UME5 

WANTKJ)    TO    riTBCnAAB. 

'he  tnllovtnr  Bnn*a  (•  MoMil  ikM|*» 


0*nTfm*»'*  M.*>.*<>*«  fritni  •siinmencrmfnt.  vilh  I 
Wanted  by  Jfr.  JTurrt.  f.  /»«♦,  TJ,  stww  Su«^, 


■».    Tha  tOitiulaat  a««(kl«r.  »  rat..  oOmA^  <fr«*  UM  • 


T     n.  ,>  ..„ /.,J  l/inJ  (Very 


I-  w   n    ^MMa»«Mi«4M  '.^ 


r.f.  II.  i..>». 


jitfd  thoM  lew  very  «jiiHjjK>rtiu)t,  ta  U*w.  tU*  f«rac\aW  \  »*1*cm»*i<^'QiaB«*"Vat 


idi 


«M  s.  V.  Anui.  %  '64] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


\ 


LOVDOy,  SATZnUiAY,  JPBIL  9,  1M«. 


CONTENTS. —N».  118. 

XrOTBS:  — GiDM:   Leffends  »nd  Tr«dltion«,  273  — Comi»U 

Pi '-     -^  — Tho  Llbrs— ' '  "•■'' '  "■ '-^  - 

t  uf  taking  ar 

<  nirf's  Hom^ 

U'-ni       ,...,..,•«>    Word  —  M-U.M  .1     ..uul 

in  1»«  —  Tho  Golden  Drop»¥  —  :  ■  Arm* 

of  llic  S<;(>  of  CUirhe»ter  — Mil.;:  .  T«iil  — 

Title*  of  Itooks  — TnuMiJorUlivn  "^M   uuir,  „,^. 

QUBaiES:  — Author*  of  Ilrmns—  R«;v.  Edward  Bottrchicr 

—  Chnwron  — Sir  .T"!.!'   .i-^  r,.,o,,>-,i,.- -i  •,,». —  .i..|.,i 

CraiiidJtt.  M.A.— T' 

Don?  —  ThooiJU  ¥:.  r 

of  Victorm  an-l     ^ 

"Bob  Ruj" 

vMo  tikt,  n- 

"JJiftoellMiea  L  „,,.„„  ._.„„.   ^  .,.^.,,  „«  ^..„.  i...  - 

—  Profvairor  Wilsoiia  ir'athcr,  ;a)0. 


.TiJ.ii  I. mid  of  Pantcft«ct.  ft 

'  !'^  —  Goose  liitent08 

4S  Poem  —  Ursui*. 


Hiunoroiu  P< 
—  Cbvles  li 
lAdjr  Attbuii  - 

KBPLIE8:— Beau  Wilson,  284  — Sir  Jobn  Vcrdon  and  hi» 

U«irR.  :«.'.-  Tl;>:  Fnrtri  n  tivin?  frr-atiir.'.  ?<<'■.      r.-,||;itto 

and  (■;  ^  - 

i 

1,  ,    , 


Notes  on  Booki.  Aa 


■  II,-  L-ikI- 
■  •rship  — Vpri- 
iiraila  of  Uur 


DINAN:  LEGENDS  AND  TRADITIONS. 

To  one  who  hiu  passed  seventeen  years  in 
Lomiim  —  in  the  very  heart  .ind  centre  of  life, 
.jC  politics,  commerce,  science,  literature,  and  the 
ne  arts,  and  who  has  now  been  vegetating  for 
IODIC  time  in  the  remote,  torpid,  and  mediaeval 
vilie  of  Dinan,  it  is  alike  curious  and  amusin**  to 
observe  whnt  semblance  there  is  in  the  facta  that 
are  about  the  same  jieriod  agitating  the  metro- 
polis of  the  universe  nnd  this  decayed  fortress  of 
the  Planlufjenets.  Whilst  the  Londoners  are 
aj^hasiat  tlie  invasion  of  their  parks,  stjuares,  and 
river  by  multitudinous  railways,  the  Dumnese  are 
making  a  desperttte  struggle  to  baffle  an  enter- 
prising  Mmrv,  who  aeeks  to  light  their  mansions 
with  giw,  to  make  smooth  their  streets  wiHi  d,. -./,.,[ 
pathways,   to    pull    down    tottering  i.> 

contcmp<irariej  of  Duguesclin,  and— v  ull 

innovations  —  to  connect  their  town  with  the 
only  rail»av  that  has  yet  passed  uvcr  the  border* 
of  anci' ■  iir. 

The  i  Londoners  have  Tlie  Tivus  to 

protect  (iieiu  iroin  the  assaults  of  those  modern 
Gothn  —  the  railway  navigators  ;  but  the  adhe- 
rents to  ancient  times  and  by-pone  manners 
have  no  hope  of  finding  an  advocute,  unless  it  be 
In  the  columns  oC  Aotei  and  Q»rrtt». 

The  pinaneso  desire  to  prewrve  their  ancient 
totro,  with  all  Its  quaint  old  tuildtag»— to  keep  it 


OS  a  gem  of  antic^uity  In  a  land  that  is  strewed 
over  with  ontiquities.  They  believe  that  so  long 
as  it  is  left  undisturbed  in  its  antiquated  form,  so 
long  will  it  be  peculiarly  attraL-tive  to  those  who 
find  charms  in  whnt  is  old,  and  beauties  in  what 
is  picturesque.  Whether  or  not  you  can  fully 
sympathise  with  the  Dinanese  in  their  desire  to 
repel  the  first  advances  towards  modernising  their 
town,  yet  your  readers  will,  I  am  sure,  feel  an 
interest  whilst  glancing  over  a  brief  recapitulation 
of  the  various  legends  and  traditions  that  are 
connected  with  Dinan,  and  the  orroodiasement  to 
wliii'li  it  ptvr«  ii^  name. 

Of  t '  ;  warriors  who  took  part  in  the 

battle  >  ,  and  were  richly  rewarded  by  the 

Conquerur  were  the  Counts  of  Leon  and  Pornuet, 
the  Sires  of  Dinan,  Gael,  Fougeres,  and  Chateau* 
giron  ;  and,  amongst  those  attracted  to  the  Court 
of  William  by  the  fume  of  his  munificence,  and 
who  believed  that  "  lands  in  England  were  to 
V>c  had  for  the  asking,"  mention  is  made  by  the 
Chroniclers  of  a  certain  Seigneur  William  dc 
Cognisby  (not  Coningsby),  who  came  all  the  way 
frouj  the  lowest  end  of  Lower  Brittany,  and 
brought  with  him  (as  helps  to  the  Norman  army), 
his  old  wife  "  Tifanie,''  his  servant  girl  "  Manfa," 
and  his  dog  "  Hardi-gras  " !  Connected  with  the 
annals  of  Dinan  are  the  namesof  somcof  the  moat 
illustrious  kings  of  England  —  as  well  as  that  of 
the  most  unfortunate  of  them  —  the  luckless 
James  II.  Parsing  from  the  town,  its  historj, 
encircled  walls,  gates,  tower,  and  ancient  tourna- 
ment-place, wc  come  first  to  Pleudihen,  in  which 
there  is  a  Druidical  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  <rf 
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  parish  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  Ranee  in  the  reign  of  King 
Clovis,  and  edified  the  whole  country  by  their 
piety  and  miracles.  Of  the  commune  of  Aucan- 
leuc  the  most  remarkable  thing  to  be  told  is  that 
it  originated  a  species  of  doggrell,  far  more  in- 
dicative of  a  "  Feenian"  pasaion  for  fighting  with 
a  shillelagh  than  of  poetical  talent.  Here  is  a 
specimen  of  what  are  called  "  The  Vespers  of 
AucaiUeuc  " :  — 

**  Premierr  voix.  Va  biton,  deux  batons,  troii  batons; 
Si  j'avais  crieuns  uii  bSton,  cela  fer.iil  quntre  h&toQs! 
Dtujcieme  voir.  L>imlie  tintuiis,  cinq  batons,  six  bUons  ( 

Si  j'avai^  'V:  r        •  '  '  ■        ' 

Trmsiitae  i  ; 

Si  j*av•i^  ■  ,i  -    ■• 

The  commune  of  St.  Carod  is  called  after  a 
Breton  salat^  vthft  N<<^  imA.  Na  Xst  ^"t  ■vavK>A.  ^"^^t- 


m^w 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^S.V. 


Patrick,  and  who,  after  helping  to  convert  the 
Irish,  went  to  England,  and  settled  on  the  banks 
of  the  Severn,  where  he  killed  a  monstrous  ser- 
pent that  was  desolating  the  entire  country.  He 
then  returned  to  Ireluid,  where  he  died  in  the 
vear  506.  The  commune  of  Lamelasis  so  called 
because  it  is  "  the  church  of  those  who  were 
aUuphtered "  by  the  Romans,  when  that  all-con* 
quering  people  were  fighting  for  possession  of 
viis  country.  In  the  commune  of  Lamelas  is  a 
rock  called  "  La  Roclie-au-jjcant,"  on  which 
hutn.in  sacrifices  were  oSeretl  up  to  Hv-ar-Bras, 
or  Dian&fl*,  the  vanquisher  of  giants.  It  is  pierced 
with  a  deep  hole,  in  which,  as  tradition  tells,  was 
received  the  blood  of  those  immolated  bjr  the 
Druids.  In  the  commune  of  Flouame  is  the 
Castle  ofCaradeuc  —  a  bard  who  was  the  con- 
temporary  of  the  enchanter  Merlin. 

The  commune  of  St.  Jurat  aflbrds  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  bo  thus  briefly  told  : — 

at.  Jurat,  priest  and  taartyr,  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  by 
60,000  vi^ins,  tlie  daughters  of  low-born  indi- 
viduals. The  fleet  of  virgins  lell  Great  Britain 
for  the  purpose  of  repairing  to  Armorica  (Brit-. 
Ijiny),  where  they  were  expected  by  Ck>nan- 
Mcrinder,  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- 
fal  tempest  forced,  as  sontc  of  the  legendaries 
maintain,  the  fleet  of  maidens  to  enter  tbc  mouth 
of  the  Rhine,  where  the  11,000  virgins,  with  the 
Prfncew  Ursuln,  were  martyred  by  pagan  Ficts 
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  tlie 
Loire  Inferieure ;  whilst  the  other  ]x)or  maidens 
met  with  a  similar  fate,  at  the  mouth,  not  of  the 
Rhine,  but  of  the  Raiice  {Iiiuetttm)\  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  the  dishonour  of  becoming  the 
aponaoB  of  infldul  barbarians.  • 


*  A  certain  Fatti 

roniiiim  to  n^soflVy 

I. 


.  m  op- 

>iu,  and 

ojionly 

f    iiaiuc   «.n  '    L  iiueciliiMja"  —  that 


Not  le^s  remarkable  than  the  commune  of  St. 
Jurat  is  that  of  Fleduliac,  and  its  Castle  of  Ha- 
nandayc,  the  ruin3  of  which  reek  with  legetub  of 
incrembic  horrors  perpetrated  within  its  walk. 
These  legends  nre  preserved  both  to  prose  lad 
rhyme,  and  should  they  ever  meet  with  •  poet, 
mfled  like  Mrs.  Norton,  then  the  fame  of  Hiuia»- 
daye  may  equal,  if  it  cannot  surpass,  the  renown 
recently  conferred  upon  "  La  Garnye,"  which  » 
also  in  this  arrondiasemont.  In  the  commanc  ti 
FliSnec-Jugon,  there  h  to  be  seen  the  Abbev  of 
Bosquen,  well  deserving  of  honourable  montMiB. 
because  its  former  possessors  had  taken  auch  eve 
of  the  interests  of  their  community,  tlmt  DOiaBMer 
from  what  quarter  the  wind  blew,  it  wa»  >arc  to 
pass  over  lands  that  had  to  pay  them  rest —  a  ftflt 
that  is  perpetuated  in  a  species  of  rhjihaial 
proverb :  — 

**  De  toue  cOt^  que  U  vent  ventait 
Bosqucn  rentait," 

A  certain  Abbe  du  Coedic  has  given  celebrity 
to  the  commune  of  lluca,  where  he  redded  mt 
some  time.  Of  this  Abbe  it  is  said  th*i  he  Wl 
so  wonderfnl  a  memory,  he  could  repeat  witboat 
book  the  four  volumes  of  his  Breviary,  with  aD 
the  oiBces  of  the  church);  and  having,  at  tbe  tim 
of  the  Revolution,  to  emigrate  to  Germany,  ail 
flnding  it  necessary  to  speak  the  Tan^ooee,  k 
began  his  studies  with  learning  the  wholie  oft 
German  dictionury  from  the  first  word  to  fh* 
last.  This  Abbe  was,  however,  nothing  bet  a 
modem  marvel,  and  scarcely  worthy  of  cotapatiM* 
with  the  saint  —  Lonuel  — who  has  bestowed  Ve 
name  upon  another  Dinau  commune.  Thte  latter 
phenomenon,  it  amiears,  was  the  eon  of  Bod- 
I  thc-Great,  and  of  nis  wife  St.  Pompea.  He  wm 
I  born  in  669,  in  Wales,  where  his  parenta  had  tar 
j  a  time  to  take  refuge.  When  he  wolS  fiw  yeefi 
old,  he  was  committed  to  the  care  of  St  Doed  ea 
his  teacher ;  and  the  first  day  the  alpbdiel  «•■ 
put  into  his  hand  he  learned  all  the  letter*;  tbe 
second  day  he  was  able  to  spell  and  to  reed  ;  and 
before  the  third  day's  lessons  were  quite  fiwiA^it, 
he  knew  how  to  write !  Tiiese  are  not  tlie  tmlv 
remarkable  statements  made  in  connection  wila 
tbe  patron  of  tbc  commune  of  St.  Lormel ;  for  kt 
was  the  brother  of  the  wicked  Prince  of  Canao; 
and  upon  the  misdeeds  of  Canao  is  foitadcd  iW 
weil-kno%tn  nursery  tale  of  "  BIul-  B^flnL" 

In  the   commune  of  Crcbcn 
Guildo,  the  scene  of  a  very  rem 
Breton   history  —  the  arrest  of  tuf 
Gillc$,  bv  order  of  his  brr)fh<»r,   Fra- 
it  is  still  more  interciit; 
British  history,  as  ro  ' 
rise  to  the  tradition  respecting  the  d 


the  mistake  arose  ftcom  somi* 
eontaialBf  the  word*  "  8H.  tTr- 
anil  tbeee  wen  aoppoaad  to 
Virgloon  Uartyrom. ' 


8»*  8.  V.  Ami  2,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


"  Vortigern,"  Near  to  tliis  costte  is  a  tumulus, 
which  was  found  to  be  fille<l  with  cnlcined  bones ; 
and  tlieftc  bones  are  believed  to  be  the  remains  of 
Chramnus  (the  rebel  son  of  Clotaire),  who,  with 
his  family,  was  burned  in  a  cabin,  where  tbejr 
bad  taken  refu<^e,  after  being  defeated  in  battle. 
The  flimple-minded  inhabitants  of  Crehen  have 
for  ^es  believed,  and  still  bcliere,  that  on  cer- 
tain evenings,  a  female  figure,  all  clothed  in 
white,  i«  to  be  seen  creeping  out  of  the  tumulus, 
and  bearing  in  its  bands  a  bundle  of  linen  satu- 
rated with  blood,  which  it  b  seen  to  wash  in  the 
clear  waters  of  the  river  Arguenon. 

The  commune  of  St.  Madcn  ia  called  after  a 
saint  who  was,  in  his  life-time,  a  servant  —  the 
name  Ma  den  in  Breton  signifying  literally  *'  my 
man."  This  pious  domestic  enjoyed  the  singular 
advantage  of  being  valet  to  another  saint — St. 
Goulven  —  and  of  the  two  saints  is  told  an  anec- 
dote worth  preserving.  One  day  St.  Goulven 
despatched  Maden  to  a  rich  individual  living  at 
Plouneur-Triez,  with  a  request  that  he  would 
send  whatever  he  might  have  in  his  hand  at  the 
moment  Maden  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  the  great  weight  of  the  burden  be 
was  carrying  home.  Upon  presenting  it  to  St 
Goulven,  Maden  was  amazed  at  seeing  that  the 
earth  had  been  changed  into  a  yellow  metal ;  but 
he  was  not  at  all  surprised  to  find  his  master,  who 
was,  like  many  a  monk,  a  very  skilful  mechanic, 
make  out  of  the  bucket  of  earth  a  chalice,  three 
crosses,  and  three  square  bells,  all  of  the  purest 
virgin  gold ! 

r  pass  over  other  legends  connected  with  the 
arrondisseroent  of  Dinan  to  mention  Corsent, 
within  two  hours*  walk  of  this  place.  At  Corsent 
is  undoubtedly  to  be  found  the  capital  of  the 
Ancient  Gauls  —  the  "  Curiosolitns  of  Casar 
{Belt.  Gall.  ii.  34)  —  and  a  chief  place  of  abode 
for  the  Romans  during  their  occupation  of  Brit- 
tany. Numberless  antiquities  have  been  dis- 
covered, and  are  daily  discovered  in  this  locality. 
More  than  2,000  coins — dating  from  the  time  of 
Cwsar  to  Constantine  —  have  been  found,  with 
statues,  vnses,  and  medals  of  various  kind^.  So 
abundant  archils  antiquities  that  it  has  been 
designated  ''  a  second  Herculaneum."  Forlu- 
itely  many  of  the  antique  remains  are  now  pre- 
Brved  ut  Dinan,  where  they  are  arranged  by  an 
ccomplishid  scholar,  Siguor  Luigi  Odorici,  the 
/Onscrvator  of  the  Museum.  An«l  these  vene- 
ible  mementos  of  men  atid  times  passed  awny  for 
Vtfer  it  is  now  nrop^wnl  to  have  illuminated  with 
flaring  gas,  or  the  still  more  modem  camphine  ! 

If  "  N.  &  Q."  cannot  aid,  it  may  at  least  syni- 
patliise  with  a  quiescent  population,  who  hate  all 


motlem  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  Hides  with  iron;  who  seek  for  no  other 
favour  but  that  they  may  be  let  atone,  and  that  to 
the  town  in  which  they  dwell,  as  to  a  "  Sleepy 
Llollow  "  or  the  palace  of  Somnu^,  these  lines  may 
be  completely  applicable :  — 

"  \on  t'cr&,  non  pecatles,  non  nioti  flamiiie  rami, 
Ilumaniev'e  aonum  reddunt  ronvitlk  lingue : 
Tuto  qoica  habitat." 

W.  B.  Mac  Cabe. 
Diaan,  Cotes  da  NonI,  France. 


COKNISH  PROVERBS. 

II.   PROVKttaS   KELATIWO  TO    FI.ACE3. 

1.  Yoo  must  go  to  Marazion  to  learn  laannars. 

This  proverb  is  probably  a  relic  of  the  time 
when  Marazion  was  relatively  a  more  considerable 
town  than  it  is  at  present. 

2.  In  your  own  light,  like  the  Mayor  of  Market- 

Jew. 

The  pew  of  the  Mayor  of  Marnzion  (or  Market- 
Jew)  was  50  placed,  that  he  was  in  his  own  light. 
A  reference  to  this  was  made  in  *^N.  &  QV'  2"* 
S.  ix.  51. 

3.  Not  a  word  of  FenKanco. 

The  cowardice  of  the  inhabitants  of  this  town 
during  the  invasion  of  Cornwall  by  the  Spanish, 
in  1595,  was  so  glaring,  *'  that  they  added,"  as  old 
Ueath,  in  his  work  on  Scilly.  quaintly  says,  "  one 
proverb  more  to  this  county." 

4  Likfl  Moroah  downs,  hard  nnd  never  ploughed. 
5.  Always  a  feast  or  a  fast  in  Scilly. 
The  prodigality  of  the  Scillonians  in  old  times 
was  proverbial. 

R.  All  Cumish  gentlemen  are  cousins. 
Forraeily,  when  the  Cornish  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  pood  fellowahip  of  Padstow:  Pride  of  Trnro: 

GaJlutts  of  Foy. 
By-worda  invented  by  the  neighbouring  and 
envious  towns  ;  or,  according  to  Carew,  •'  by  some 
of  the  idle-disposed  Cornish  men." 

8.  There  are  more  Saints  in  Cornwall  than  in  Heaven. 
The  process  of  creation  i»  continueil  even  at 

the  present  day  :  I  lately,  in  a  Cornish  paper,  mot 
with  Saint  Newl^n, 

D.  All  of  a  tnotioo,  like  a  Mulfra  toad  on  a  hot 
ahowl  (=  above! ). 

10.  Blown  about  like  a  Mulfra  toad  in  a  gale  of  wind. 

1 1.  Wheo  Kame  Head  and  Dodman  meet. 

Two  iwfiO\x%  ^T<«BSjTw\aXV»^X«»:Jv^'«*«M'«!^ 

I 


^  ^ 


apart.     The  destruction  of  the  -nrorld  will  occur  at 
tBe  time  of  their  union. 

12.  Backwards  anil  forwards  like  BoacaaUci  Fair. 

13.  All  play  and  no  jilav",  like  Rospastle  Fair,  wliieh 

begins  at  12  o'clock  ai)d  ends  at  noon. 

Highly  parallel  to  this  saying  is  the  proverb: 
"  'Twill  take  place  on  St.  Tib  9  Kve."  Thut  is, 
never,  for  "St.  Tib's  Eve"  is  neither  before  nor 
after  Christmn.s  Eve.  Some  account  of  this  saint 
will  be  found  in  "  N.  &  Q.,"  2"''  S.  ii.  269. 

Id.  The  Devil  won't  come  into  Cornwall  for  feur  of 
being  put  into  a  pie. 

In  Cornwftll  every  article  of  food  ia  dressed 
into  a  pic.  In  a  time  of  great  scarcity,  the  at- 
torneys of  the  county,  at  Quarter  Sessions,  de- 
termined to  abstain  from  every  kind  of  pastry ;  an 
allusion  to  the  proverb  was  introduced  into  an 
epigram  preserved  for  us  in  Dr.  Paris's  Guide  to 
the  Mounts  Bay,  p.  77  :  — 

"  If  the  proverb  be  trac,  titat  the  fame  of  oar  pies^ 
Prevents  oi  from  falling  to  Satan  a  prey, 
It  1b  clear  that  hi$  friendi— the  attorneys— are  wise, 
In  moring  luch  obstacle*  out  of  the  way," 

16.  Tliere  are  more  placea  than  the  parish  church. 

17.  To  be  presented  in  Halgaver  Court. 

An  allusion  to  a  carnival  formerly  held  on 
Halgaver  Moor,  when  those  who  had  in  any  way 
offended  "the  youtJiher  sort  of  Bodmin  towns- 
men "  were  tried  and  condemned  for  some  ludi- 
crooa  offence.     (Carew's  Survty^  126  a,) 

18.  Kingston  down,  well  wrought. 

Is  worth  London  Town,  dear  bouf^ht. 
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  unlucky  to  begin  a  voyage  on  ChiUerma* 
Day. 

Carew  (p.  32  a)  raenlions  that,  '•  talk  of  Hares, 
or  such  uncouth  things,  proves  as  ominous  to  the 
fisherman  as  the  beginning  a  voyape  on  Chililor- 
mas  Day  to  the  Maiiner."  In  the' play  of  Sir  John 
Oldcattle  (Act  II.  Sc.  2),  ftlluaion  is  made  to  this 
bekef: — 

"  Friday,  qnoiha.  a  ditmol  day:  ChlWtrmas  Day  this 
yrnr  w»«  Friday." 

P.  W.  TrnzrohPtm. 


THE  UBRABT  OF  THE  ESCOiaAL,  SPAIN. 

I  h.ive  often  thought  thai  ihc  mnnusicnpts  and 
nrinlod  works,  in  the  library  of  the  K^corinl, 
navf!  never  been  properly  examined  by  English 
Bcholars.  Though  llu-y  may  not  be  so  vnluabl<!> 
IS  thote  at  SimflncA>^  ' 
Icdged  to  bo,  rvcn  m> 


"^»»- 


loo. 

lui  y  ia 


said  to  have  contained  30,000 

and  4300  manuscripts ;    accof 

ment  of  Townsend  {Jowrney  throng '■ 

YeuTH    1/86  and  17S7,    vol.  iL  p. 

1791).     Mr.  Inglis,  who   visited   Ib..- 

1830,  mentions  that,  in  spite  of  the  havoc  aut 

pilfering  committed  by  the  French,  and  tlw  de« 

struction    cuui^cd    by  the    conflagration    at  the 

Escoriol  in  1671  — 

"  The  nomber  of  moniucript.s  vet  piveeivwl  tbi 
ceetla  4000 :  nearly  one  half  of  the  whole  beias 
and  the  rest  in  Latin,  Greek,  Hebrew,  and  th«  vnl 
tongues.    I  shall  name  a  veir  few  of  the  mod 
able.     There  are  two  copies  of  the  Itiad  of  tlM  tcOiCh 
twelfth  centuries.     There  ore  many  fiiM  ai»d 
Bibles,  particularly  iu  Greek,  and  one  Latia  oo^  «f 
Gospels,  of  the  eleventh  century.    There  are  two  * 
of  Ancient  Council*,  in  Gothic  charoctera,  am!  SI 
ated:    the  one  belonging  to  *'      •— •»-    ccntvrr. 
•  El  Codi^o  Vigilano,'  becaui'  a  mank 

Vigilia;  the  other  of  the  year  ;   byaprriattf 

thename  of  Velasco.  Avery  B'  )ai>aWMli 

ami  a  work  of  considerabtc   v  six.  loofl 

V-  ~  ■'  '-  ••- •  "  ■•n^aya. 

-a  Lia|p 

buiiliu:  ii  lUtea  as  U(  '  cuUdT^    ul 

Arabic  M.SS.  are  also  n>  '  &«. — &alk 

•It  Spain,  '2ud  edit,,  Lonuuu,  ioi>i.  !■-  -<■■. 

Mr.  Ford  states  in  his  Handbook  Jar  ^*a» 
(Part  It.  p.  760,  edit.  1855)  — 

"  that  Kinc  ■Tr^rpb  romnvM  aP  thf  TnTcimM  la 
bnl  Ff:  iW  MHH 

and  ni)  tria 

cionsly   ,,„...,,....      ...„,,        ,    ..,:.    will    BMV  t* 

known,  and  will  never  bo  miM«U,"  &c. 

A  cfltalogtie  of  the  Arabic  MSS.  xraa  pqlithfad 
by  Miguel  Casiri  at  iVIurlrid,  in  two  vtila.  UBo, 
witii  the  title,  Bibliotheca  Aralnco-Bunima  JBMa- 
rifilrnsis,  I76O-70.  But,  I  believe,  tlks  wnrk  » 
full  of  inaccuracies. 

There  is  an  account,  in  Spanish,  of  tlttfteanal 
and  its  library,  written  by  one  of  tlia  VtAttu 
named  Francisco  dc  loa  Soiiton ;  the  work  it  wOr 
titled : 

"  Descripcion  del  Real  Manmtvrio  «!«  San  tmmuo4d 
Escorial,  L'nicA  MaraviUa  del  Mundo."    ]lairi<t>  MtL 

At  p.  84,  &c.  (Dificursoxvi.),  cornea  an 

of   llii-   iii'itii'iii'il   lilir-ifv         lint    i!    I'd    11    Vi'Tnf 


th 

rous  and  complete.     The  authr: 
hibliomumac.     He  certainly  im  : 
curiosities  :  such  as  the  ui . 
Gospt'ls,"  iiauie<l  *"  El  CoJ 
is  *'  un  1.ibri»  en  que  cstati 
simo  y   rejplttnd(N"iente,    1 
onfcros,   con   lus   Prrfiicio^   \X\- 
Has    this   Codex    cvrr    been    » 
■•     '      '       '    ■   I  •'      Is  it  :<  ■■ 
are  (iu> 
lent  Diblfx,  m 


luc^ta 

aa 
he 

•\sr 
it 


a**  B.  V.  Arnn.  f,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


277 


OTQ  also  mcntinned ;  but  be  does  not  state  tbe 
dates,  nor  particular  editions.  A  Greek  Bible  is 
referred  to  in  tliese  words  :  "  Y  una  Griega  del 
Etnperador  Catacuzeno  (?),  de  muc ha  correspon- 
dencin  con  la  de  los  Setenta,  que  «e  imprioiib  en 
RomA."     No  dnte  i«  given. 

A  treatise  of  St.  Augustine,  entitled  *'  De  Bnn- 
tismo  Purvulorum,"  is  mentioned  as  written  in 
the  saint's  own  bandwriting;  and  another  MS. : 

"  Que  conliene  los  Erangclios  que  an  cantan  en  la 
IgteiiB,  por  el  ductino  del  aoo,  en  U  l«tra  Grioga  aa- 
tiqaiasima." 

There  is  nI.»o  preserved  the  manuscript  Life  of 
St,  Teresa,  written  by  herself,  besides  oilier  trea- 
tises of  the  saint ;  which  are  now  allowed  to  be 
seen  by  Tisitors,  thoujrh  other  manuscripts  are 
not,  without  special  permission.  The  books  used 
in  the  choir  —  Lot  libros  del  Coro  —  are  splen- 
didly illuminated  :  moat  of  them  are  of  gigantic 
parchment,  and  were  originally  218  in  number 
according  to  Ford.  Philip  IL,  Arias  Montanus, 
and  Philip  IV.,  were  the  principal  benefactors  to 
the  library.  The  bonks  have  their  edges,  not 
the  backs,  turned  towards  the  spectator :  the 
reason  seems  to  be,  hecouse  they  were  thus  ar- 
ranged by  RIontanu?  nccordinjr  to  the  plan  ob- 
served in  his  own  library.  I  am  not  certain, 
whether  a  correct  and  complete  catalogue  of  the 
books  and  MSS.  bos  been  published  within  the 
last  few  years.  Permission  may,  however,  be  easily 
obtained  to  examine  or  copy  from  any  work  or 
manosenpt.  J.  Daltos. 

Norwich. 


I 


CURIOUS  MODE  OF  TAKING  AN  OATD  IN 
INDIA. 


A  friend  of  mine,  who  spent  several  years  in 
odia  as  an  officer  in  the  European  and  native  forces, 
told  me  the  following  curious  anecdote ;  and,  os 
he  vouches  for  its  accuracy,  I  think  it  worth  re- 
cording in  a  corner  of  "  N.  &  Q."  The  transac- 
tion took  place  j^  Secundrabad  in  1824,  where 
ray  friend  was  stationed  at  the  time  with  his  regi- 
ment. An  English  serjeant-mnjor,  who  was  very 
much  respected  by  the  officers  and  men  of  tbe 
regiment,  happened  by  accident  to  wound,  but 
not  dnnaeroualy,  by  a  random  shot,  a  coloured  n.a- 
tive,  who  was  a  person  of  some  conHequence  in  the 
locality. 

Although  It  was  well  known  that  the  affair  was 
purely  Rccidenlal,  the  wounded  man  and  his 
friends  raiseil  considendil:  iK-Lus»ion  about  it,  and 
insisted  on  having  rl>  brought  to  trial 

for  it,  on  a  charge  of  s.  mpted  to  murder 

the  native.  The  coloiii^l  wlu>  cumninnded  the  re- 
giment at  last  conwnled.  ond  the  accused  was 
brought  to  trial.  A  padra  (a  native),  an  indivi- 
dual who  combined  the  ciiuructer  of  lawyer,  priest, 
and  interpreter,  undertook  to  have  the  priaonec 


acquitted,  and  he  was  gladly  engaged  for  that 
purpose. 

The  whole  case  rested  on  the  single  evidence  of 
the  injured  man,  and  on  the  mode  of  swearing 
him  the  padra  rested  his  defence.  The  manner 
in  which  tbe  natives  of  India  are  sworn  is  as 
follows:  —  A  piece  oi  chunam  (lime)  about  the 
size  of  pen,  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  tbe  truth  after  swallowing  the  above, 
tbe  first  time  be  e.xpectorates  afterw^irds  his 
heart's  blood  would  come  up.  The  padra  knew 
that  the  natives  were  stnmgly  impressed  with  this 
notion,  in  fact  it  is  a  dogma  of  their  religious 
belief;  but  they  are  quite  ignorant  that  the  antal- 
gation  by  mastication  of  the  leaf  and  tbe  chunam 
with  the  gastric  juice,  produces  a  substance  roach 
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  <lid,  when  a  loud  cry  was  raised  in  the 
court  that  he  was  a  false  witness  as  the  substance 
resembled  blood,  and  the  witness  himself  became 
so  alarmed  that  he  refused  to  procectd  further  in 
the  case,  and  the  sergeant-major  was  acquitted. 
My  friend  at  the  time  was  rather  startled,  but  on 
a  subsequent  interview  with  the  padra,  the  latter 
explained  the  whole  aS*air,  which  15,  to  say  the 
least  of  it,  very  curious. 

I  have  BBcertained  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  C4isc8  where 
the  nativca  arc  sworn,  in  criminal  or  civil  cases. 

S.  Redmohd. 

Liverpool. 

WHAT  BECAME  OF  TOLTAIRE'S    REMAINS  ? 

Some  of  the  French  papers  arc  now  discuaalog 
this  question.  Tlie  Figaro  (this  resume  of  the 
stLitnmont  is  taken  from  an  English  daily  news- 
paper), status  — 

"  That  a  rumoar,  for  .wmc  time  past  in  circulation,  to 
the  elfcct  that  tbe  remains  of  Voltairi;  are  no  longer  at  the 
rantheot),  has  now  been  confirmed.  The  tomb  i«  empty, 
arnl  nothiog  is  known  as  to  what  has  become  of  ita  con- 
tent,*. This  fJisporery  was  msdo.  it  declarer,  tlirouj;li  the 
fultowing  incitlt^nt :—" The  heart  of  Voltaire,  as  isppiterally 
known,  was  left  by  will  to  the  Villette  frnnilv,  and  had 
t>ecn  ddpoftiled  in  their  chatejtii ;  the  present  Marqiiia  de 
Villette,  a  desconilnrt  of  Volt-iire,  lifivini;  ro«olved  to  acU 
tlio  estate,  ofrered  r.i  " '•'      "  i  peror;  it 

wo*  accented  by  ti  be  name 

of  Mi  Majesty,  nf  to  what 

shouUl  t)o  donu  with  it.     ib«  luoit  UHtural  idea  woa  to 

rlac«  ii  with  the  bo^ly  in  the  tomb  of  the  Pnnth^on; 
i"  "e  arose:  the  Pantheon  had  n-         '  »'  a 

i^iian  worship,  and  If  the  toi  "re 

■»».;  t  lie  vaults,  the  reaaoti  vta* t%vV  ' '5<v- 

8i^lt«a\A«u  v\vaX,  "wVsX  ^ta  ^w^fc  saji!*^  ■as.N.  ^»«-  lisAj^vvs.'*^'**- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^*  F.  V.  Arittt 


from  anr  other;  «t  all  events,  no  fresh  c«remotir  relixtive 
to  Voluire  could  take  place  in  that  bnildine  williout  the 
authorination  of  the  Archbishop  of  Paris.  Mgr.  Darboy, 
on  being  consul terl,  Wfore  making  a  reply,  fimt  hinted 
that  there  was  n  l^elief  that,  since  1814,  the  Pantheon 
poeaeaaed  nothing  belon^in^;  to  Voltaire  but  an  empty 
tomb.  Id  consequence,  it  was  determined  to  verify  the 
tmth  of  the  report.  A  ftw  days  back  the  stone  was  raised, 
ami.  as  the  archbishop  hnd  stated,  the  tomb  ^as  foand  to 
be  empty.  A  strict  inquiry  into  the  subject  has  been 
ordered,  and  the  Emperor  has  given  iustrucUons  that  the 
heart  shall  be  enclosed  in  a  silver  vase,  and  deposited 
either  in  the  great  hall  of  the  Imperial  Library,  or  at  the 
Institute  of  France." 

In  a  subsequent  paper  I  find  the  following :  — 
"  The  removal  of  the   remains  of  Voltaire  from    the 
Vaults  of  the  Pantheon  is  related  in  the  following'  terms 
in  one  of  the  numbers  of  the  Jntemidiar^  which  ivas 
directed  by  the  bibliophilist  Jacob.    It  will  be  seen  that 
the  mortal  remains  of  Kousseau  ^Ycre  carried  away  ut  the 
latne  time: — *  One  niRht  in  May,  1814,  the  bonej'ofVol. 
laire  and  of  Rousseau  were  taken  out   of  the  leaden  cof- 
fins in  which  they  had  been  encloted,  put  into  a  canvas 
bag,  and  carried  to  a  hackney-coach,  which  was  in  waiting 
at  the  back  of  the  church.    The  vehicle  drove  oflf  slowly, 
accompanied  by  five  or  six  persons,  among  whom  were 
the  brothers  Puj'morin,     They  arrived  at  about  two  in 
the  morning,  by  deserted  streets,  at  the  Barrifere  de  la 
Gare-,  opponite  Bercy.    At  that  pbicc  was  a  Inr^je  piece  of 
ground,  intended  as  the  site  for  an  entrepot  of  the  com- 
merco  of  the  Seine,  but  which  project  was  never  carried 
into  execution.     Thi*  ground,  surrounded  by  a  wooden 
fence,  belonged  at  that  time  to  the  city  of  Parie,  and  had 
not  yet  received  any  other  destination;  the  neighbourhood 
was  full  of  low  wine  shops  and  eating-houses.     \  deep 
pit  bad  been   dug  in  the  midft  of  this  waste  ground, 
whore  other  persona,  besides  those  who  accompanied  the 
carriage,  were  in  waiting.    The  bag  containing  the  bones 
was  emptied  on  a  bed  of  hot  lime.     The  pit  was  then 
tilled  up  with  earth,  and  trampled  on  in  silence  by  the 
authors  of  this  last  inhumation  of  Vnltaire.     Tlien  they 
drove  off;  satisfied  with  themselves  at  having  fulfilled.  In 
ihdr  opinion,  a  sacred  duty  as  Royalists  and  Christiana." 
Is  it  correct  that  the  remnin.i  of  Voltaire  were 
pliccd  in  the  P.inlheon  ?  It  is  related  by  one  of 
his   bioCTapbers,  F.  II.   Standish,  that  his  body 
was  embalmed  and  carried  at  night  out  of  Pans 
to  tiie  convent  of  Sellibre,  of  which  Ids  nephew 
Mignot  was  nbbot;  bis   heart   was  sent   to    his 
friend  the  Marquise*  de'Villette,  enclosed  in  a 
saroonhftp-na,    &c.      The  same  writer  states  pre* 
viously,  that  the  Curate  of  St.  Sulpice  had  declared 
that  he  would  not  bury  him.  nnd  that   if  the  cotn. 
monds  of  his  superior  oblinri'«]  him  to  perform  the 
oflicf,  be  would  hnve  the  body  dug  up  during  the 
night.     Mr,  StHtidish  treats  this  as  on  improbable 
rumour,   but   meiiliuns  it  as  ouc  that  hud  been 
publicly  made. 

In  Gorton's  Biographicnl  Dietionary  it  is  stated 
that  by  a  decree  of  the  Convontion  in  1791  the 
boily  waa  brought  to  the  chutsh  of  St.  Cienevitve, 
which  rhuroh  during  ihe  revolution  was  consti* 
tut^'il  the  Pantheon.  The  «ame  authority  snyi^ 
thai  he  waB  interred  secretlr  in  the  drat  place  at 
SdJifere,  — 


*  Qoery  Marquit. 


"  In  conse'^uence  of  the  r«fu»al   of  the 

Paris  to  allow  liim  Christian  burial.     It 

ceired  that  the  bo<ly  was  exhumed  and  depiMiii^jj  m  tk* 

Pantheon,  and  thtJ  is  staled  by  Allwm  in  his  ffUmg^ 

Eumpe.  The  bodies  of  Roasseau  and  Deacar1«i. 

moved  and  deposited  there  also,  and  no  d 

decree  was  made  by  the  Convention ;  bat  it 

to  qoestion  whether  the  fact  of  tti 

being  now  found  empty  is  not  evi 

had  not  been  removetl  from  its  lin<t  i 

than  that  a  second  exhumation  had  Lakea  plac* 

the  circumstances  named  by  the  InUrmfdiare.'' 

It  might  be  the  removal  was  ov\j  made   m 
form.  T.  B 


his  AUofy^ 

n 


Swirr   AJ«D  UiKJHES.  —  When   the 
Hu<;be8,  the  prolSf^i  of  Cowper  and  M*cclea6cil^ 
died  in  1720.  almost  witiiin  hearing   of  the  fiiat 
night's  applause  which  crowned  his  Siege  ofD^ 
rruuau,  his  friends  begun  to  collect  bis 
pieces,  and,  though  they  were  long  about  it, 
published  them  in  two  v<»U.   in  173J.     A 
was  sent  to  Swift,  who,  acknowledging  the  r^ 
ceipt  of  it  to  Pope,  writes  :  "  1  never  neard  of  tbe 
man  in  my  life,  yet  I  iind  your  name  as  a  m^ 
scriber."     Swift  does  not  add,  what  ia  tbe 
that  his  own  name  is  down  as  a  subscriber 
says  of-  the  smnll  bard  who  wrote  a  tr*;; 
show  the  inexiiedioncy  of  spreading  reli] 
the  Bword,  nnd  |)vnnc-il  lines  on  Molinda 
peacocks  out  of  paper,  and  Lucinda  making 
"He  is  too  grave  a  \toet  for  nte,  and  I  tUok 
among  tbe   mediocristji    ia  pro$e   aa   -well    as  is 
verse.'     Pope  thought  that  what  IIu^Kes  lackel 
in  genius  was  compensated  for  by  bis  honesty  m 
a  man, —  which  was  Pope's  way  of  agreeing  with 
Swift.  J.  Doa^v. 

Latest  Yankee  Word, — I  see  from  the  Anr* 
rican  papers  for  February  that  the  people  oT  !&• 
Federal  Republic  have  coined  for  themoclvea  % 
new  word.  If  it  be  worth  "  making  «  no|«  of" 
here  it  is :  Miscfgenatiun,  the  net  of  amalgaai^ 
tion,  of  mixing  races;  more  especially  of  ftwd 
nciH'oes  nnd  whites.  It  is  made  up  of  ■aaatra 
and  gtnui. 

Aa  the  result  is  so  ugly,  one  may  be  allowed  to 
hope  that  it  will  never  becoup-  "  a  hnanebold 
word  "  on  this  side  of  the  Atl atili  ' '    ' " 


Mbaxing  op  Hoo. —  Sei'ing  a  i 
cent  number  of"  N-  &  Q."  r«>spi 
of  certain   local  names  with   t.h< 
hoo,  I  venture  to  put  forth  a  sul' 
of  extracting  some   further  infi' 
subject.     In  Tbomtoti's  Ilialoni 
ham  is  stated  to  have  been  calh' 
and  the  author  romarks  that  it 
account  of  the  pix'nl  turnt*  or  i 
Koad,  about  nmil«^  from  tliv 
court  lectswcro  held, and  b«ir 
\  tA\<cA\  YucK  tucetinip  being  convrncd  ibctv 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


279 


AS  late  as  the  days  of  the  Jnnieses,  though  the 
luenibers  usually  aiijaurned  to  n  neiglibouring 
villn^je  for  the  transat-tion  of  buainc.-'s.  This  pit 
fitill  remains,  and  though  much  eQ'aced  by  lung 
ploughing,  is  yet  a  remarkable  spot.  It  is  on 
very  high  ground,  sunk  to  a  depth  of  about  twelve 
or  fourteen  feet  deep,  aad  forms  a  complete  aia« 
phithcotre  of  about  eighty  yards  across.  It  goes 
by  the  name  of  the  Moot  House  Pit ;  a  phrase  that 
points  to  the  original  meaning  of  the  expression 
6till  in  use,  to  moot  or  debate  a  point.  It  would 
be  interesting  U\  iind  out  whether  the  ancient 
synod  caller!  Cloviitbou  was  held  in  some  such  pit, 
and  [leibaps  there  may  be  yet  a  legendarj  trace 
of  it  ill  the  neighbourhooil  which  might  elucidate 
the  matter  and  support  wj  theorj,  that  hou  simply 
uican.s  hole.  M.  £.  M. 

E^OLisH  Wool  ih  1682.  —  Subjoined  is  an 
earlier  leslimony  to  the  excellence  of  English 
wool  and  cloth  :  — 

"I    "  :*  niulti,  nullis  aiUoriUus  consili,  neque 

aqujj  -  irriKui,   qui  herbum  tcnuis^iniam  atque 

brev;  'liucunt,  quiE  latnon  ovibus  nbundC  j)abu- 

luiit  isu[»|M:iliiiL;  per  eon  oviuni  gT<^gcs  candiJissiuii  va- 
guntur,  quic  sive  cccli,  acu  bonitato  terric,  moltia,  et  lungt 
ointiiiim  ttb'arum  regioiiuni  teuuissinia  furunt  yoIIitu. 
lloi-  vutlti!^  verii  aarum  c^t,  in  quo  potissimum  insula- 
noruiu  divitiit'  consisttint ;  nam  maf;n:i  et  atiri  ct  arj'enti 
~  kk  ae^ociatoiibui ejiumodi  iinprimisco£mend«i nieixis 
'  in  losulam  quocaitnis  iinport&tur." 

Again :  — 

••  Nofi<>«imnm  est  et  illad,  pannos  AngUcos  ob  materiit! 
boni:  r  ..ommendflri.  et  in  omnia  Europaj  re^no 

et   [■  i;iort«ri." — Frora  the  Itinerary  of  I'uul 

Iletiu  -  ,  :   .,.   (Sco"N.  &Q.''3f'«  S.  iv.  428.) 

Job  J.  B.  Wobkard. 

The  Goldek  Dropst,  —  This  was,  perhaps,  a 
•well-worn  phrase  when  Arthur  Dent  wrote  of 
some,  "These  men  are  sick  of  the  golden  dropat/, 
the  more  they  have  the  more  they  desire."  A 
very  good  illustration  hereof  is  supplied  by  Garth 
hi  The  Diapenaary  :  — 

"Tl<en  Hydrops  next  Appears  amongst  the  throDc; 
Kloated  ami  big  she  slowly  sails  along: 
but,  iike  a  niiser,  in  exccais  she's  poor. 
And  pines  for  thint  amidst  ber  watery  store." 

B.  H.  C. 

PaR»TER'Jons  i«  THK  Arms  or  the  See  or 
CtiicnK:$Ten.  —  Mr.  Boulell,  in  his  book  on 
Jferutdrij,  gays  (p,  43f5),  that  he  has  never  seen  a 
saLislactory  blaznn  of  these  arms,  and  suggests 
that  IVsler-John  is  intended  to  represent  St. 
John  tlie  Kvangelist. 

I  saw,  some  time  ago,  an  instance  of  the  figure 
being  drawn  rather  Uiflercntly  from  the  usual 
manner :  the  aword  being  represented,  not  as 
^niercing  the  mouth,  hut  as  proceeding  from  it  (the 
hilt,  and  not  the  blade,  being  between  the  lips), 
nnd  the  blnde  extendetl  t<iwards  the  sinibter.  To 
,  luy  uiind  it  is  perfectly  clear  that  tlie  figure  re- 


presents neither  Prester-Juhn  nor  the  Evanjxelist,' 
but  our  lileiised  Lord  Himself,  seated,  and  in  thi~ 
act  of  benediction.     The  reason  of  His  being  n 
presented   with   a    sword   proceeding   from    Hi 
mouth  will  be  clear  to  any  ore  who  refers  to 
Book  of  Revelation,  i.  16  ;  ii.  12  ;  xix.  15. 

JOUN   WOODWAKD. 
NewShoreham. 

[Mr.  Dallaway's  remarks  on  the  arms  of  the  dioc< 
of  Chichester  and  its  ancient  «ea1,  npon  which  was  e, 
graven  the  figure  of  Christ,  may  be  found  iu  our  1**  S. 
186.] 

MiSAPPBEHENSiON  OF  A  Text.  —  A  curious  in 
stance  of  a  mistaken  reference  to  Scripture  is 
found  in  Gcaner's  edition  of  Horace.  Comment- 
ing on  the  words,  "sagittos  et  celerem  fugam 
Parthi "  (Oin/i.,  ii.  13,  18),  Gesner  refers  to 
Psalm  btxvii.  9  — "  FilH  Ephrem  intenderites  et 
mittentes  arcum  conversi  sunt  in  <lic  belli " — us 
proof  of  the  Parthian  mode  of  fighting  being  pra 
ti.sed  by  the  Jews.  The  passage,  as  every  on 
knows,  has  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  this 
matter.  W.  J.  D. 

Titles  of  Books.  —  Xot  less  curious,  perhaps, 
than  the  derivation  of  the  titles  of  serials  froiu 
poets,  would  be  titles  of  celebrated  books!,  havin;^ 
a  similar  origin;  e.g.  Gibbon's  great  work   evi 
dently  owes  its  title,  perhaps  its  suggestion, 
Thomson's  lines :  — 
** .        .        .        .        The  sage  historic  muse 
Should  next  conduct  us  through  the  deeps  of  Time, 
Shi^w-  us  how  Empire  grew,  declined,  and/yt" 

As  docs  the  scarcely  less  famous  work,  in  its  own 
line,  of  Adam  Smith  appear  indebted  to  Dryden, 
who  saya:  — 
"  The  winds  were  liashed,  llic  waves  in  ranks  were  cast 

As  awfully  as  when  Uod'»  people  passed  ; 

Those,  yet  uncertiiin  on  wliose  sails  to  blow; 

Thest',  where  the  WtfUth  of  Xatirms  ought  to  flow."'' 

Such  an  instance  as  Douglas  Jcrrold'a  taking 
title  from  Shakspeare's  words  — 

"  Dost  thou  think  becauftc  thou  art  virtuous  thei 
aball  be  no  more  dJiet  and  Ale  f  " — 

is  not  much  in  point  ;  but  I  should  think  tha  ^ 
when  Prof.  G.  L.  Craik  wanted  a  title  for  his  boolc 
CiUled  The  English  of  Shukxpeare,  he  muat  have! 
bad  some  latent  memory  of  W  ords worth's  words-— 3 
"  We  must  be  free  or  ilie  who  speak  the  lonfftie 
Tltat  Shnktpeare  ijmke. 

By-tbe-bye,  may  not  Leigh  Hunt's  volumes  — 
iVfw,  Wimietiy  and  Books  —  Se  somewhat  indebted 
to  the  same  writer's 

*•  But  equally  a  wont  of  bookt  and  men  '*  f 

Samuel  Neil, 

Moffat. 

Trahspgktation  of  Muib.  —  Perhaps  you  may 
regard  the  following  extract,  from  the  Diary  and 
Correspondence  of  Lord  JOoUhetter,  as  meriting 
the  g;cttA,\*it  ^\^\vfc\V^>  ^voSs^  '-^  -^^  x«33e«t.Ns\ 


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[i*^  a.  V,  Arno. '. 


being  copied  into  your  widely-circulnted  columns. 
The  subject  to  which  it  relates  is  now  nn  old  one, 
viz.  the  trials  which  took  plact:  in  Scotland  in 
1793  and  1794,  of  Thomas  Muir  and  others,  on 
the  charge  of  sedition;  but  though  old,  it  ha*  not 
yet  entirelj  lost  itsi  interest,  and  public  attention 
has  been  recalled  to  it  in  the  Memoirs  of  Lord 
Cocklmrn.  The  sentence  of  transportation  for 
fonrteen  years,  "which  followed  on  the  convictions, 
has  generally  been  thought  very  serer e^^ren  »<\er 
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.  4C,  for  removing  offcaders 
in  Scotland  to  plac«9  of  temporary  conllncment,  was 
vaSend  to  expire  In  1788.  \vhcn  the  Act  24  Geo.  III. 
cap.  56,  f»r  the  removal  of  offenders  in  EDgltnd,  wu  con- 
tinuad  by  Stat.  28  G<«.  III.  cap.  2i.  And  Ihiji  accidental 
expiration  of  tbo  Scotch  Act  was  so  much  unnoticed,  that 
Muir  ond  Palmer  were  actually  removed  from  Scotland, 
and  transported  to  Bot.-<ny  Bar;  though  there  was  no 
Matute  then  in  force  to  warrant  it." — Vol.  i.  p.  60. 

That  this  outrage  on  the  law  (for  it  deserves  no 
milder  term)  should  have  been  permittetl,  seems 
equally  discreditable  to  the  court,  the  public  pro- 
secutor, and  the  legal  advisers  of  the  accused. 

J.  K.  B. 

Kdinbnrgh. 


€knnwi. 

ACTHOKS  OF  ITymxjh.  —  I    should    feci   preatly 
obliged  if  any  reader  of  "  N,  &  Q."  could  stat!; 
who  composed  any  of  the  following  hymns:   — 
"  Kre  another  Sabbath's  close." 

Sichtriteth't  Con.  1833. 
*•  God  of  mercy,  Ibron'd  on  high." 

BirkerttHh'*  Coll.  1833. 
'*  Hoaanna!  raise  the  pealing  hymn." 

Carun  WUioh'i  OttL  1838. 
*la  mtnetyof  the  Saviour'fi  love." 

Whitlv>gfum*9  CbO.  188& 
"  iestta  Cbriit  is  nsen  to-day." 
.   -  Prayv  Book. 

Joruaalem,  toy  happy  home." 

*•  Lord  of  my  Ufc,  wboM  tender  care." 

SaeUtg  M^mn  Bpok,  I8£8. 
•*  Lunl.  when  Uftw*  Thy  tliroM  we  rooet" 

Socittjf  U,mm  Book,  1853. 
••  O  God,  Thy  grace  and  WcMlnR  give." 

Si>ci,ly  Htjmm  Bank,  1853, 

"  Kfjoice,  tiiough  storms  asiall  ihne." 

BuTftf't  Chn.  1838. 
"  Saviour  who  Thy  flock  art  fr«Ung.« 

••  Thoa  God  of  love,  benfaili  i  -'i^  winjfit," 

6W.  Jyi,  i«65. 

DjufiMX.  Skdowick. 
Bud  Street,  City. 

Rnv.  Edwakd  fiov^onrsit.— TnformafJon  as  to 
tie  parentage  «ad  Ancestry  of  ilic  Ruv.  Klswud 


H. 


Bourchier,  M.A.,  is  much  desired.     He  irai 

t»)r   of  Rramtield,   llert8»   fioia    1740    to 

Vtcar  of  All  Saint«,  and  St.  .Iobn*!«, 

Justice  of  the  Teacc   for  Herts;     . 

175S,  aged  siity-eight,  and  w.as  bun 

field  church.     The  arms  on  bis   tuonutnetit  t^0r 

are  those  of  the  old  Earls  of  Ewe   and  £«acs: 

from  which  it  may  be  inferred  that  be  w«»  of  tka 

same  stock.     Can  any  reader  of  "  N.   &  Q."  my 

how  he  derived  from  them  ?    His  br  -rtoi 

Bourchier.  "went  to  Ireland  after  ri  'w 

with  the  Hon.  Gen.  Villiers,  hi^  • 

uncle;"  was  M.P.  lor  Armagh 

death,  in  1716;  and  father  nt  Cliarles  UuonJuec, 

sometime  Governor  of  Bombay. 

KnwTK  Ar  QSOM. 

Chapbboh. — Will  some  of  your  Frea*^ 
spondents,  with  an  authority  which  I 
tend  to,  inform  the  British  public  that 
does  not  assume  a  feminine  form,  -when 
a  matron  protecting  nn  unmarried  ^irl  ? 

It  sionifies  "a  hood;"  and,  v." 
phorically,  means,  that  the  ex] 
woman  shelters  the  youthful  dtuutamc  as  a  hood 
shelters  the  face.  But  almi:>st  all  otzr  autlicis 
especially  our  novelists,  write  ibe  Murd  ^eltlfi^ 
rone,"  when  used  raetnpboricullv. 

Onv  i»  reminded  of  the  Britisu  female  at  Cklaa 
who,  on  beln<;  asked  by  the  blanchutst 
a  certain  piece  of  liiten  was  not  4u  tu 
plied  with  dignity  :  "  Non,  c'est  /«  ehemtM  dc 
rnari."  8tti 

Sib  Jons  de  Cohimusbt. — I  should  fisel 
if  any  of  thenumcrom^  corro'^'i'^"'''^''--  "''  ""S. 
could  give  any  particulars  n  in( 

the  Sir  John  de  Con Inpsby, .  „.    .._in 

Barons'  Wars  at  Chesterfield,  temp,  John,  JJ0S. 

Lecda. 

CowrsR.  —  I  should  feel  ..Ilk'..!  Tf  ■snmet  oBfW* 
spondent  of  "  N.  &  Q,"  woi  oak  m 

with  a  complete  list  of  the  I  Crnvm, 

and  Sketches  of  his  Life.  -l* 

mirable  productions  of  Sou  i  ;  if* 

lor,  &c.,  I  believe  there  are  utlicr  publicaUoM 
extant  which  appeared  Bbcrtly  after  !ii«  f?rtn»o.* 
I  should  ahii  feel  thankful  fur*  a  list  c<'  'ia 

Iceturex  which  have  been  j.'iven  on   '.  ind 

genius  of  the  poet.  C".  K. 

Joii.v  Caa.»tiM2i:,  M.A. — This  irentkoMii 
lWi«d:  — 


••  A  Tklirror  of  lh« 
City  of  Itfi»tof.  in  v 
of  th«  igrmti  Bivl  t'l 
dowmeata  <Ay^' 
the  Ooiponiti 

.1. 


(}omKi<mally  ( 
to  their  view s]^ 
tiffjrtiooe  aa4 
and  Air 
-tewanla 


8M  S.  V.  Anut  2,  'Si.'] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


» 


There  is  no  data  on  the  title-page,  but  Uie 
Dedication  is  dated  Upper  Eoston  flow,  Nov.  20, 
1818,  The  work,  including  index,  contains  296 
pages.  It  would  seem  to  have  been  published  in 
numbers.  I  desire  to  knov  more  about  this 
author.  S.  T.  E. 

Dk  Fob  akd  Do.  LiviNasToite.  —  I  think  it 
nearly  cerluin,  from  a  penisol  of  De  Foe's  Life 
of  Captain  Singleton,  siod  Dr.  Livingstone's  late 
travel^  tb.it  the  former  must  have  been  acquainted 
with  some  traveller  who  bad  crossed  the  southern 
part  of  the  African  continent,  and  had  seen  the 
Victoiia  Falls.  I  remember  having  once  met 
with  an  old  map  on  which,  and  nearly  In  the  lati- 
tude of  Livingstone's  discoveries,  was  marked  the 
tiack  of  ,n  Portuguese  traveller  who  had  crossed 
;(lf6  continent,  but  I  forget  in  what  book.  Can  any 
oTyoar  rehders  remind  me?  H.  C. 

GosTAVB  DoRB. — Will  somc  French  reader  of 
**  N.  &  Q."  put  on  record  in  your  pages  a  list  of 
the  books  illustrated  by  that  wonderful  artist 
Gustave  Dorc,  who  has  gained  world-wide  fame 
by  Ilia  Dante  and  Don  Quixote  f  I  have  seen 
cheap  French  novels,  containing  woodcuts  by  him, 
which  are  unsurpassed  by  any  of  his  later  works. 
A  LoBD  OF  A  Manoh. 

Db.  Thomas  Fulleb.  —  Can  I  be  informed 
where  I  can  consult  a  copy  of  The  Lift  of  that 
Reverend  Ditine  and  learned  Huttorian,  Dr.  Thontas 
Fuller,  published  anonymously,  in  12 mo,  in  Lon- 
don, 1661  ?  Has  it  ever  been  republished?  and 
who  of  Lis  many  friends  is  supposed  to  have 
written  it?  I  have  recently  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  rea<l  most  of  it  second-hand, 
because  being  the  only  authentic  narrative  of  this 
noted  writer,  it  has  frequently  been  quoted  from 
by  the  old  authorities.  Oldys,  in  the  article  in 
the  Biographia  Britannica^  seems  to  have  quoted 
most  liberally  from  it,  and  the  articles  lu  recent 
cyclopffiditts,  Arc,  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 can  inform  me  whether  it  wan  Mr. 
Fuller  who  buried  old  Hobson,  the  University 
carrier,  who  for  the  mercy  shown  towards  his 
beasts,  still  lives  in  a  well-known  proverb,  and 
who  •' sickened  in  the  time  of  the  vacancy,  being 
forbid  to  ^o  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. 

[•  Two  copiM  of  Ibo  L{fy  •fDr.  Thomaa  FaUer  are  in 
tho  UrirUh  Aliiwiim  o.i.r.s 'fionwas  printed,  al- 
though it  npppflrs  u  •  lUepacM,  ont  dated 
"London,  JGOl;"  n  .,i,  1C62."  A  copy, 
«ltl»  tho  atitogrnph  .jf  Uuhoi.  Kuiiuitt,  wa*  sold  amoQK 


Heatbeb  Bubkihg. — In  2%<?i^iWd  newspaper  of 
April  12, 1863,  I  find,  in  a  letter  signed  "  PhoroB," 
on  the  subject  of  burning  the  heather,  or  muir- 
burn,  as  it  is  called  in  Scotch  law  phraseology,  an 
inquiry  implying  something  like  an  assertion  .  — 
"  If  there  was  not  a  convention  between  France  and 
Scotland,  sometime  befora  the  Union,  whicli  limited  tlta 
burning  of  Leather,  owing  to  the  injury  occafiioncd  by  the 
process  to  the  vineyards  of  Fronoe.*' 

"Pharos"  suggcata  some  other  curious  specula- 
tions as  to  Uie  contingent  effects  of  burning  the 
heather,  but  I  would  only  ask,  whether  there  is 
any  foundation  for  the  above,  or  whether  it  can 
be  answered  in  the  a^rmative?  J.  C.  U. 

Thb  Obdeb  or  VicTOBiA  AKD  AxBEBT.  — '  Can 

any  of  your  correspondents  oblige  me  with  in- 
formation about  this  order,  said  by  the  Court 
Neictman  to  have  been  worn  by  two  of  the  Royal 
Princesses  on  the  occa.'siou  of  the  baptism  of  the 
infant  Prince  Victor  Albert  ?  I  should  be  glad 
to  learn  the  date  of  its  institution,  the  number  of 
its  members,  and  the  character  of  the  decoration. 

j.  woodwabd. 

Pabzetikes. — 

"  We  have  many  roincs  of  such  bathes  fonnd  in  this 
island,  among  thoso  parietities  and  rubbish  of  old  Romaoa 
lownes."  — Burton,  Anat.  3fd.  2,  2,  2,  2. 

I  presume  this  means  walls.  I  do  not  find  the 
word  any  of  the  old  dictionaries  to  which  I  have 
access,  nor  in  Halliwell.  J.  D.  Campukll. 

Fabsow  CHArr. — 

"  But,  if  some  poor  scholar,  some  par$on  chaff,  will 
offer  himself;  some  trencher  chaplain,  that  will  take  to 
the  halves,  thirds,  or  accept  of  what  be  [the  patron]  will 
give,  he  is  welcome  .  .  ." — Burton,  AnaL  Mel.  1,  2,  3, 13. 

>\'hat  Is  the  exact  meaning  of  this  ?  Does  chaff 
refer  to  talk  (our  modem  slang,  litei-ally^'au',  among 
bits  of  slang),  or  to  chaffering  ^  sellmg  or  bar- 
gaining, or  what?  J.  D.  Camfbeix. 

"Ron  Ror." — What  are  the  allusions,  either 
political  or  liistorical,  in  the  following  passage  in 
Rob  Roy  ?  — 

"  •  Our  allies,*  continued  the  duke  (t.  t.  of  Alontrose'' 
'  have  deserted  us,  gentleuien,  and  have  made  a  sepfl' 
peace  with  the  enemy.'  Jita  '■ 

'  ItB  just  the  fate  of  all  alliances,'  said  Garschi^  had 
'  the  Dutch  were  ffaitn  to  wrtw  ut  the  tamt  gat'- 
not  <^yt  the  n(>\>t  of  them  at  Utrecht.'  .ilh  a  fro^^n. 

'  Yuu  are  facetious,  sir,'  said  the  dnlfawantrv ;  '  bat 
which  showed  how  Utile  he  lited  l]\Mn:"—nobBoff, 
our  biuincss  is  rather  of  a  grave  cast  i 
ii.  351,  edit.  1880.  OxoMEKSis. 

4. — A  gentleman's  signet, 
A  Gbhtlkmas's  Si«i,-.g^,^]ji^  has  recently  been 
pendent  from  a  w^^^ .  ^  ]^0rsRS  bead,  and  motto 
picked  up  here.  ,  ^gcro  A  couple  of  advertise- 
;egee  m  tbah;^  ^^  ^^'^  an  o^ner  for  it,  and  I 
'f  n1  '"!:a  if  some  correspondent  will  indicate 


"TnOU    ART    LIKE    ItKTO    LtK.E,    AS   THE    DsVIL 

SAID  TO  THK  CoLUEB." — In  a  deposition  tnade  be- 
fore the  inagistrBtea  of  this  borough,  in  the  year 
1C03,  in  a  case  of  not  respecting  the  cutting  do\m 
of  n  Moypiile,  the  orij:inai  MS.  of  which  is  now 
before  tne,  the  witness  deposed  that  one  Agnes 
Watkin,  the  wife  of  a  shoemaker,  railed  against  the 
witness  and  Mr.  Gillott  (one  of  the  magistrates 
who  was  ordering  the  removal  of  the  Maypole), 
saving,  "Thou  art  like  unto  like»  as  the  Devil 
said  to  the  collier."  I  do  not  find  this  proverb  in 
Kelly's  Provcrhs  of  nil  Nations,  or  BofanV  Hand- 
book of  Pronerhs.  The  latter  work  has,  "  Like  to 
like,  as  Nan  to  Nicholas."  Butler,  however,  in  his 
Hudibras  (canto  ii.  1.  350),  clearly  refers  to  it 
when  he  sayg, — 

"  As  like  the  devil  as  a  collier." 

Is  it  prev&lent  in  any  part  of  the  kingdom  at 
tlic  present  day  as  a  popular  saving  ? 

WiLUAM  KeJ-LT, 

Leicester. 

Tv«nkb's  MiscELLAWBA  CuBiosA. — There  have 
been  several  works  bearing  this  title,  or  with  some 
trifling  specific  addition  ;  as,  for  instance,  the  A/i'.t- 
eeUanea  Scientijlca  Citriomy  by  Wales  and  Green. 
In  Gent's  Life,  p.  183,  under  the  date  a.d.  1734, 
it  is  stated, — 

*'  I  printed  Mltctlhtnea  Curioia  for  Mr.  Thomas  Tumcr, 
a  WM-k  whirii  got  credit  both  to  th<!  anlbor  and  to  nie, 
for  the  beaaliful  performance  thereof.  It  was  published 
quarterly;  but,  for  want  of  encouragement,  tbe  work 
ceased  in  lets  than  a  year's  tiuie,  when  the  matbemitk 
types  c«as«d  to  be  of  any  use  to  me." 

'  I  have  never  seen  a  copy  of  the  work,  nor  hnvc 
I  been  able  to  find  any  other  notice  of  its  editor. 
Can  any  of  the  correspondents  to  "  N.  &  Q,"' 
supply  further  particulars  ?  T.  T.  W. 

Valob  of  Monet,  30  Edw.  III.  —  Pote,  in  his 
Hittory  of  Windsor,  p.  33,  says  that  — 

"Wlllism  de  Wyckhim  (who  afterwords  attained  to 
the  dignity  of  the  Bishop  of  \Vinrh<>«t«>r)  h«d  «  Sur- 
veyor's nUce  ermnted  to  liii  "  '  ''•'.'  j^- 
tVNi  al  WestmiDstm  the  a<> 

He  b.-id  a  Rrant  of  the  v.h  v 

allowed  to  Robert  de  Bembaiit — vi*.  out  6Lilliu|^  a  'lav 
while  he  stayed    at  \Viiid*or  in  bia  emplovmcut;   two 

shillings  a  lUV  \^'-     ' "    '       '  '-•!-' 

nesK;  and  thr<  i 

nllownnre«  had 

rtcKiliell." 

My  Query  is,  what  was  the  value  of  the  above 
wages  in  comparison  witli  the  value  of  money  at 
this  time  and  fees  nave  paid  to  architects  ? 

QiiBRier. 

PkorsssoK  WiLaon's  Fatum.  —  Mrs.  Gordon, 
in  her  Memoir  of  her  father,  says ;  — 

"  Of  Mr.  Wilson,  a«niur,  I  kiiovr  little  more  tban  that 
he  was  a  iir«altliy  man,  hnving  rraliiwd  hii  fortune  in 
ir*Ae  as  a  gauit  manufactuier.  The  Integrity  of  hit  cha- 
t-acitt  MDd  bit  ai«n-antiJe  woceHC«gav«  bim  aa  impot- 


Paisley  as  having  b«on  in  his  own  dav  OM  of  Cli* 

and  most  respected  of  its  community. 

The  lack  of  infortnation  regarding  Mr.  WUaon's 
family  exhibited  in  tbe  above  extract  is  very  «• 
markable ;  especially  when  so  many  &lluncaia  are 
made  to  his  mother's  connexions,  and  none  whrni- 
ever  to  his  father's,  excepting  to  his  brotbcr, 
through  whom  the  nephew  lost  nis  patriosony,  umI 
whose  name  is  not  even  given.  Surely  aometking 
more  might  have  been  given  to  the  world  reUtfivt 
to  the  progenitors  of  so  remarkable  »  man  M 
Christopher  North.  It  would  be  inU'veatiiie  U 
know  something  of  his  peiiigTce,  int 

for  the  remarkable  physical  p'l  lie 

man.  Can  nothing  be  IcurneJ  oi  ui- u'— <:■  m.  irom 
sources  outside  of  the  family  circle  ?  Did  the 
professor  never  say  anything  regirdin|3f  Uis  gramd- 
father,  or  any  of  his  father's  connexions?  It 
would  doubtless  be  difficult  to  get  what  might  Ik 
called  11  history  of  the  Wilson  family,  but  cer- 
tainly something  more  might  have  been  prociutd 
tban  is  to  be  found  in  the  above  extract. 

T.G.a 

Leith. 


Outrtcs;  igitb  'Sniilurr^. 


^^ 


uinfttUt 
riMticai 


at 

tiik  at 
noiiia- 


Jol1^'  LuKD  or  FoxTEra.icr,  a  Htrscoaoot 
PoKT. — In  that  inaccurate  and  most  unsatiafactaiy 
work,  Boothroyd's  History  of  Poniffraet^  b  CM 

following  passage :  — 

"The  nathor  of  the  Nfteeatlle  RH- ■  '^-i, 

merits  notice,  as  an  instance  of  nativt'  '« 

advantaga  of  a  litcrar)'  education,     i ' 
nnd  his  uccapation  thai  of  a  barliur.      ! 
filitaiii   tlic  freedom  of  the  toroiigh  I 
lAl»:iit5  into  exercise;  and  his  various 
obtained  considerable  applause,     Thr- 
colloi^ted  tO||;eiher.  :'    '    -    ''    '     ■ 
DuniaiL     ftomo  of  ! 
iie»s  uf  satire  aud  j' 
grace  the  pen  of  aOburcitiiL" — l'.  4jJ. 

The  obscurity  in  this  account,  arising  from  t!io 
want  of  a  Christian  namn  and  of  »  ilat'  ti, 

though  it  may  perhaps  be  inferred  1.-  »r 

part  of  the  b'lKik,  that  "  the  first  aileiiii>t  Ut  ob- 
tain the  freedom  of  the  l»ot  i'>u;^h  "  really  mtftiu 
17<)flor  thereabouts.     The  coll oi~ tod  poems  beiw 
called  Duniad,  induced  a  su^pi(:ion  that  **  Lan 
might  be  a  misprint  for  "  Dun." 

On  looking  at  Luwn<le6*s  Bibliographtr*'  A/ammtJ 
(ed.  Bobn,  1413).  I  discovered  tbe  foUowiac 
work :  — 

••  Lvait.  Jo.,  Original  Talea  In  Vene,  and  OASitm  \m 
I'roBc  and  Verao."  UuiicMter,  Ovo,  2  vols,  Wftnfham,  St. 

From  this  I  concluded  that  Luntl  waa  tWt  rml 
surname  of  him  whom  Boothroyd  has  called  LuB. 
•nie  "Jo"  left  III 
name  bcin:*  John, 
ferring  to  Richards 


tjuie  j'oeJtJon  ia  $od0ty,  sod  lie  is  atiU  r«nM«Db««i  m  \  \6'i\  v  touxv^V  Viw  NtvM»»iU  KiAar  ;  or,  0«dU  mJ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


2g| 


'CO*,  a  talc  by  Jobn  Lund.    Hence  I  suppose  his 

iristian  nnme  was  "John." 

Accordinj;  to  Mr.  Hotten's  Hand  Book  of  Topo- 
^grapfii/  (6115,  6116),  Ducks  and  Green  PetUy  or 
the  yewcnstie  Rider  was  first  published  at  New- 
castle, r2uio,  1782  ;  &nd  there  w(M  an  edition,  Aln- 
wick, lUuio,  1827. 

I  hope  through  your  columns  to  ascertain  wlien 
John  Lund  died,  and  when  bis  work  mentioned  hy 
Lowndes  was  printed.  It  must,  I  imagine,  be  of 
rare  occurrence,  but  it  is  probably  in  the  great 
Yorkshire  collection  of  your  correspondent  Mr. 
£»wASb  Haiijstowe.  S.  Y.  11. 

[We  have  before  ns  a  pamphlet  of  104  pages  in  paper 
coTers,  entitled  "  A  Collection  of  Original  Ttlea  in  Ver«. 
in  the  manner  of  Prior.  To  which  is  iidded,  A  Second 
Edition  of  Ducka  and  Ptcur;  »r,  the  NtvcaitU  Rider. 
Together  with  the  above  Story  in  u  Farce  of  One  Act,  as 
it  was  performed  at  the  Theatre  in  Pontefrjict  with  great 
applause,  and  several  other  Originals  never  before  pub- 
lifthed.  London:  Printed  for  the  Author,  and  sold  by 
him  and  J.  I^^iidley,  Uookseller,  in  Pontefruct,  1777, 8vo." 
Then  follows  the  Preface,  signed  John  I.uitd;  after  that 
another  title-page,  entitled  Duckt  and  Feiue;  or,  the 
Xtieeaiitle  Rider :  a  Farce  in  One  Act,  By  John  Lund, 
of  Pontefract,  1776. 

A  reprint  of  the  farce  Duekt  and  Gnen  Pta»  was  pub- 
lished at  Newcastle  without  date,  but  probably  about 
183H,  I2iuo. 

Land  was  also  the  author  of  the  followiug  work:  "A 
Collection  of  Oddities,  ia  Prose  acd  Verse,  Serious  and 
Comical.  By  a  very  Odd  Author.  Printed  for,  and  sold 
by  the  Author  (.John  Lund)  in  Pontefract.  and  by  C. 
Plummer,  in  Doncastcr."  8vo.  No  printed  date;  but 
some  one  has  added  ia  ink  1779  in  the  British  Museum 
copy.] 

Pbbface  to  the  BinLF.  — It  appears  that  both 
a  Preface  nnd  Dedication  were  written  bv  the 
trnnslators  of  our  Authorised  Version  of  the  faible. 
The  Dedication  generally  accouipunies  our  ordi- 
nary editions,  not  so  the  Preface.  Where  can  I 
find  n  copy  of  the  latter  ?  Query,  Any  whore 
except  in  the  first  or  early  editions  of  the  Au- 
thorised Version  ?  Is  it  reprinted  in  any  biblical 
work  of  modern  date  ?  G.  J.  Coopea. 

[The  inexpediency  of  poblialiing  the  Authorized  Ver- 
sion of  the  English  Bible  without  the  Translaton'  Praface 
and  Uie  marginal  readings,  has  of  lata  years  engaged  the 
attention  of  the  episcopal  bench.  This  important  matter 
was  discussed  iu  the  Upper  House  of  Convocation  on  Feb. 
18,  1860,  when  the  follnvviog  resolution  was  passed: 
•'  That  the  Most  Kevcreud  the  Provident  bo  prayed  to 
draw  the  attention  of  the  Curator  of  the  Prej«  at  Oxford 
to  the  publioitiou  of  the  Iluly  Bible  without  the  margi- 
nal readings,  and  without  tlw  TratisUtors'  Preface ;  and  to 
urgatfaat  editions  of  all  sizes  slmll  be  priutc<I  with  the 
matpiul  readings,  and  with  at  least  such  portions  of  the 
Tranilatoi**  Preface  as  an  neceiaary  to  the  tru«  nnder- 


standing  of  their  intention  in  what  thev  give  as  as  our 
Bible." 

The  Preface  makes  forty  pages  in  the  quarto  Bibles,  and 
its  great  length  is  the  reason  assigned  by  the  Oxford, 
Cambridge,  and  Queen's  printers,  why  they  do  not  re- 
print it  in  the  ordinary  Bibles,  inasmuch  as  they  would 
find  it  extremely  difficult  to  compete  with  the  Scotch 
press.  Thus,  from  a  principle  of  economy,  they  exhibit 
the  venuon  of  the  text  of  what  is  called  "  The  Bishops' 
Bible ; "  but  by  the  omission  of  the  Preface  and  the 
marginal  readings,  they  do  not  exhibit  the  Bible  in  the 
SCUM  which  the  translators  of  the  Authorised  Version  in- 
tended. 

The  Preface  is  so  seldom  reprinted,  it  is  to  bo  feared 
that  to  the  present  generation  it  is  almost  unknown.  Wo 
arc  indebted  to  the  present  Archbishop  of  Dublin  for 
bringing  this  important  document  to  the  notice  of  the 
public  iu  the  year  1859.  "  This  Preface,"  reiuarks  Dr. 
Trench,  "  ia,  on  many  grounds,  a  most  iulcresting  study, 
chietiy,  iudeed,  as  giving  at  considerable  length,  and  in 
various  aspects,  the  view  of  our  Translators  themselves  in 
regard  of  the  work  which  they  had  undertaken,  while 
every  true  kuower  of  our  language  will  acknowledge  it  as 
a  masterpiece  of  English  composition.''  On  the  Au- 
thorized Version  of  the  New  Tettament,  edit.  1859,  p.  85. 
Consult  also  an  article  on  this  important  subject  by  our 
esteemed  correspondent,  J.  H.  Makkl.\.};o,  Esq,,  in  our 
2-»  S.  \X.  194. 

The  Preface  hu  been  reprinted  in  the  Standard  Edition 
of  the  Bible,  corrected  and  edited  by  Dr.  Benjamin  BUiy- 
ney,  Oxford,  1769,  4to ;  also  in  that  printed  at  the  request 
of  King  William  IV.  at  the  Pitt  Press  at  Cambridge,  hu-go 
4to,  1837  (sec  "N.  &  Q."  3"J  S.  v.  36),  as  well  as  In  the 
Oxford  English  imperial  4to  editions  of  18^1  and  1863.] 

GoosB  Intentos.  —  In  An  Universal  Etymolo- 
giccd  English  Dictionary^  by  N.  Bailey,  London, 
1745,  I  read  ^ 

"  Goose-Intentos,  a  goose  claimed  by  custom  by  the 
husbandmen  in  Lancashire,  upon  the  16(h  Sunday  after 
Penteeoit,  when  the  old  church  prayer*  ended  thus,  ae 
bonit  ojxeribut  jugiter  prtrttat  ts*e  intentot." 

Can  anyone  tell  me  the  origin  of  this  custom, 
who  the  goose  was  claimed  of,  whether  the  custom 
still  exists,  and  what  can  posiiibiy  be  the  connection 
between  a  goose  and  the  collect  for  the  16tb  Sunday 
after  Pentecost?  It  is  curious  that  the  16th  Sunday 
after  Pentecost  should  be  named,  as  in  the  old 
Surum  books  those  Sundays  are  i^ckoned  post 
Tnnitutem  as  in  our  present  liturgy,  where  the 
collect  occurs  on  the  17ti»  Sunday  utter  Trinity. 

Aquinas. 

[Blouut,  in  his  Glcmtoprap/iia,  soy#,  that  "in  Lanca- 
shire, the  husbandmen  ■■iaim  it  as  u  due  to  hare  a  goose- 
intcntus  on  the  Ifllh  Sunday  aAcr  Pentecost:  which 
custom  took  iia  origin  from  the  Inst  word  of  the  old 
church-pmyer  of  that  day  :  *  Tiia  nos  Domine,  qunesumus, 
gratia  semper  et  prirreniat  et  sequatar;  ac  bonis  operibus 
jugiter  prmstet  es««  \nt«nlo».'  "Wti  ^<i5v.is,«x  -<^R««J«Jfe  '^'^ 
il  m  gwsA  N«\\>v  Un  tots."    "^JrtdJt.mVCa.x'o.  Vs»»  "ow" 


384 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES 


[8^  8.  V.  Aj-mt  2.  "94, 


Of  BlouQt'a  Fragmenta  Antiquitati*  (Lond-  4to,  1815,  p. 
113),  after  qaoting  th[a  passage,  remnrks  "Bat  b«sidea 
that  the  16th  Snnday  after  Pentecost,  or  after  Trinity 
mthvr,  being  movojble^  and  seldom  fulling  upon  Michael- 
maa-diiv,  which  is  an  immoveable  feast,  the  service  for  that 
day  could  very  rarely  be  used  at  Michaelmas,  tbcrp  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  for  this  custom,  bat  that  Michaelmu-day  was  a 
great  festival,  and  geese  at  that  time  most  plentiful.  In 
Denmark,  where  the  harvest  is  later,  every]  family'  hu 
a  roasted  ^oosc  for  sapper  on  St  Martin's  Eve." 

Tt  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  term  huAandman 
was  formerly  applied  to  persons  of  a  somewhat  higlier 
position  in  life  than  an  agricultural  labourer,  as  for  in- 
stoRL-e  to  the  occupier  oitd  holder  of  the  land.  In  ancient 
grants  from  lordj  of  manors  to  their  froa  tenants,  among 
other  reserved  rents  and  services,  the  landlord  frequently 
laid  claim  to  ■  good  stnbble  goose  at  Michaelmas.  After 
all,  the  connection  between  the  Goose  and  Collect  \a  not 
Apparent.] 

CoAJtLEs  Batujit.  —  From  a  communication 
made  several  years  since  by  Mr.  Ci*  IIorrsB 
("N.  &  Q."2°*  S.  viii.  267),  I  learn  tbat  thia 
person,  who  was  the  secretary  of  the  unfortunate 
Mary  Queen  of  Scol-s,  died  on  December  27,  aged 
eighty-four,  and  was  buried  in  the  churcbyard 
of  Hulpe,  near  Brussels.  Unfortunately  the 
year  of  our  Lordln  which  his  death  occurred  is 
not  given,  I  hope  it  uiuy  be  supplied.  I  am  also 
desirous  of  ascertaining  how  his  latter  years  were 
epent.  I  must  say  that  I  ara  not  favourably  im- 
pressed by  bis  conduct  as  developed  by  the  papers 
which  appear  in  Mordin's  Collection  and  elsewhere. 

S.  Y.  R. 

[Sir  Charles  Bailler  died  on  D«c.  27, 1626,  aged  eighty- 
four.  He  was  among  tho  members  of  the  household  of 
Mary  Queen  of  Scots  present  at  her  execution  on  Feb. 
18,  158".  Nothing  gccms  to  be  known  of  Ihu-  circum- 
■tanccs  which  brought  Bailler  to  doso  liis  liia  near  Bru<- 
aeU.  —  V IndiijteTuiiiucc,  (piotcd  iu  The  Cxanlian  news- 
paper of  Sept  21,  1^59,  p.  79!).] 

^Vli  i.i'«  X'lui  LRgg  Poem. — Wliat  is  the  "cele- 
br  lem  "  from  which  <jui>tatt»n  is 

«!»'  StuilenC a  Manual  of  Utt  English 

Language,  p.  407  ?  P.  J.  F.  GANTlLLOir. 

[Tlie  poem  is  by  Richard  Henry  W-" *meri«o 

pool,  bora  1769,  died  1W7.    It  is  c.i  nh  "a 

oameleaa  poem,"  hcL-nttee  It  is  simply  ti-i .:~atii." 

It  eommeneea  — 

"My  life  is  like  a  summer  roae 

That  opens  to  the  mornloi;  oky,"  &e. 
IVi  poem  i*  printed  in  Grlawold's  toeti  and  Poetry  vf 
Amtricn,  edit  1838,  p.  187,  with  a  btosrnphloal  aoeooat 
ofMr.  Wilde.] 

UlsvLA,  Laut  Altsau. — 'lliislfidr,  tin."  daugb- 

A»r  0/  Sir  liobort  MurkhMu  of  Scdgebrook,  in 

UneolnahlrHf  became,  In  Jtil/,  1697,  U»c  «coM 


wife  of  Altbam  Annesle^,  Lord  AlUtam.  He 
died  in  April,  1699,  and  in  1701  she  remarried 
Samuel  Ogle,  Esq^  M.P.,  who  died  March  10, 
1718.  She  continued  her  fathers  Diarr  (ME. 
Addj  t.  1 8,72 1 .)  When  did  she  die  ?  S.'  Y.  R. 
[Lady  Ogle  died  at  Bath  on  October  12, 17SS.  Politied 
State,  xxvl  4C2  ;  HUloncal  Regitler,  Chroo.  17*9,  p.  ♦7. 
Although  the  Christian  name  of  this  lady  is  not  giT^C, 
we  are  inclined  to  think  that  she  was  the  wife  ct  t)M 
Member  for  Berwick,  as  he  died,  at  the  same  ^lace  la 
1718.] 


BENTnccK  Famu-t.  —  Can  any  of  your 
inform  me  in  what  work  I  can  obtain  ibe  luaUicy 
and  pudlgree  of  the  Bentincic  faintly  down  to  tke 
present  day  ;  also  if  any  branch  of  Uie  familr  ttlD 
reeidus  in  Holland?  K«  B. 

[Coniult  ColUns's  J'oeragt,  by  Brydfica,  •>!  WS,  & 
2B-il ;  rUyiair'a  Bruuk  FamUif  AHtiquit^tllii | Vtrnkdw 
Patridan,  iv.  139;  aod  Burke's  Feeiagt  and  Bmnmtgfk] 


%tvMU. 


BEAU  WILSON. 
(3'"  S.  V.  150.) 

Your  correspondent  J.  M.  is  incorrect 
comments  on  Jlr.  Harrison  Ainswortb's  intcrtr.- 
ing  ronumce  oi  John  Law.  Beau  Wilson,  at  ti« 
time  Mr.  Ainsworth  introduces  him — ^ri*.  I6M* 
could  not  have  been  young,  for,  after  »enrt^g  ni 
the  wars  of  Flanders,  be  bad  been  the  fHenl  Mid 
protege  of  the  celebrated  Tiir!,>r-.  yQBam, 
Duchess  of  Cleveland,  who  inti  '.m  iota 

fashionable  life,  and  who  was  bur  i  ,.  l  j- 
about  1670,  in  the  rein^n  of  Charles  LL, 
thirty  years  prior  to  1694.  See  also  Um  ROtioa 
of  Beau  WUfon,  o  kini^man  of  lyord  Benart  bj« 
tbe-way,  in  Sir  B.  Burke's  VtcusUudet^  S«OQlld 
Series,  p.  ."J84. 

As  to  John  Law's  personal  appi?araoc«^  wbovas 
three- ond'twenty  only  in  1094,  tbcrc  is  no  doabl 
that  ho  possessed  great  beauty.  Ilis  rerf  licait* 
nation  olBtau  bears  out  that,  and  all  tbtt  portnuta 
extant  of  him  confirm  the  fact.    The  aavertiae- 


rocnt,  after  the  il  i 
J.  M.  cites,  notor; 

b^i-  -  '■•'■- 

a 
h> 

Dl 
t 


on  the  «ul»jcct :  — 

"TI.i<    lie-.' rl:ifli.ifi   filto 


•       ■  '     ^  Mc* 
H 

'iHjiiction  oC 
'  mavrMdb; 

tarf  pf 
.  —  ileaerip» 

in  179i,  be  Mf» 


.  ri;-,<iit.'ijt    la    ipw tinaVi 
"'  iiM  iMU,  ono^ 
.  liift.  oa  oflS- 
muviicjiiiuv,   >>>N    fUH^iU'ii'ii   III  irm  ]>r«.wiii   Itlr.   Lav  af 
\  1j&\\t\i\a\\,  V>\al  \\.  \\»\  Xamv  '&xv«-ik  «v  ^  taAUCate  Jaha 


V.  Amn  % 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


265 


r's  ticape.  wWeh,  it  is  uid,  wras  procured  by  the  pro- 
afrptirttion  of  raoncr,  Mr.  Tjarr  coinciited  witli    the 
«arinise.    To  inaniiest  tin  :        il 

been  tb«  cue,  be  It  ail  the  ; 

lo    lio   talien    from   nn  oi.^.    -     ,..;-..    — It, 

reckoned  an  exact  likeness,  iii  his  possession ;  and  to 
tran:»Tiut  tt^  th?i  pinjp,  wliirh,  he  assures  me,  vftia  exc- 
cof.  "        ,    The  impressions  thereof, 

pr  it  is  of  ahAndAomcman), 

wil.   ,-  ;urc  is  well  founded.     In 

Broin  ley's  Vatalfyut  nj  Kn/jraitid  BritiiJi  PortraiU,  four 
«ngrixvini;s  or  dffi^rn  of  Mr.  t„iw  aro  noticed — I,  (61.  en- 

l;^KravcLl  by  /'  {ainted  br  Jiigaud, 

Mtd  eiif,'ravcil  l'  Earl  of  Orford  buB 

in  the  library  ■■■  i  beanliful  portrait  of  Mr. 

Law,  dtiue  iii  > .  i." 

Tlma  it  is  qui'  lut  Mr.  Ainfworth  is 

right  in  iusistixij;  '  .    rsonal  beauty  of  John 

Law.  In  sustaining  also  bis  heroes  Ligh  meatal 
qualities  and  honourable  character,  I  fuel  sure  lie 
ifi  equally  correct.  A. 

SIK  JOHN  VtRDON  AND  HIS  HEIKS. 

(3**  S.  V.  159.) 

This  Chevalier,  as  he  is  called  (47  Edw.  III.), 
\ras  joint  Lord  of  Darlaston,  and  posijesscd  of 
lands  in  Buckenhall  and  Biddulph,  co.  StaO'ord. 
He  may  be  safely  identified  with  the  sheriff  of 
the  narae,  48  EAw.  III.  and  3  Rich.  11.,  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.  II., 
after  havin;;  appointed,  in  conjunction  with  Eva 
his  wife,  Ermentrude,  wife  of  Ralph  de  Ilouton, 
and  Klizubeth,  wife  of  James  de  Boghay,  his  co- 
heiri  ;  of  %vliom  the  former  succeeded  to  Darlas> 
ton,  and  the  latter  to  Buckenhall  and  Biddulph. 
And  they  in  turn  conveyed  the  property  to  their 
re8Pe<"tive  heirs,  ID  and  16  Rich.  U. ;  the  manor 
of  Whitinorc,  and  a  fifth  part  of  that  of  Kindes- 
ley  (Annesley),  being  included  iu  the  settlement 
of  Jomea  and  Elizabeth  de  Boghay.  The  clerka 
joined  with  the  Iloutons  and  Bo|;hays  in  alienat- 
ing the  ttdvowson  of  the  church  of  Biddulph  witii 
an  acre  ol'  land,  1'2  Rich.  II.  The  Verdons  of 
Darlaston  (whose  Christ  ian  names,  it  may  be  noted, 
wf  '     'T     ly  or  Vivian)  were  f        ■    '  '  v 

1  '  -t  son  of  Theobald  i  ; 

bui  *>li  ■,  iiK.  ill-  ulder  brothers,  assuni»-a  im 
tiantd  of  liis  mother  Ruesin,  the  duuglitcr 
heiress  of  Nicholas  de  Verdon,  and  grri"!.'^" 
of  Bertram,  who  had  obtained  the   ^ 


und 


estates  by  mnriKL' 
of  this  note 
Theobald,  tl 
bably  had  pood  r^ 
may  not  be  ca[i;i 
entry  in  the  Pari 
Becord  Office,  '1 


^Btere  joint 

H 


Silinw    tnv-^   that   l.j~    .    .     )..t't 

linger  brothiij  of 

.1 :  !uid  he  pro- 

I,  though  it 

tjding  to  nn 

^Vrits,  iu  MS.,  ot  the 

iij  Vivian  de  Verdon 


e  joint  Lords  ol  LucLcnliail,  and  brothers ; 


which,  if  genuine,  would  at  least  show  that  Theo- 
bald had  a  younger  brother.  But  this  particular 
entry  is  not  found  in  the  printed  edition,  though 
the  name  of  Vivian  occurs  in  131 G  as  Lord  nf 
Darlaston,  and  joint  Lord  of  Buckenhall  with 
Theobald,  the  f^econd  baron  :  an  indication  that 
Vivian  belonged  to  the  Darlaston  branch,  which 
approaches  to  certainty  on  finding  that  there  was 
a  Vivian  of  that  family  living  iit  the  time.  Erdea- 
■wicke,  too,  mentions  these  parties  as  joint  Lords  of 
Buckenhall,  9  Edw.  II. ;  but  says  nothing  of  the 
relationship  existing  between  them  (Unrwood'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.  III.,  the  year  when 
Joan,  wife  of  John  de  Whilmore,  is  described  ag 
Sir  John's  sitter — their  father,  to  all  appearance, 
being  dead.  I  conjecture  that  he  was  the  son  of 
Thomas  de  Verdon,  who  had  a  daughter  Joan, 
10  Edw.  III.  (StafTordi^hire  fines);  and  that  un- 
othcr  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  l^eon  the  heiress  alluded  to  by  Erdes- 
wicke  under  the  name  of  Kmme  (p.  8).  The 
younger  Thomas  de  Verdon,  Knt.,  just  mentioned, 
was  of  Denston,  in  the  poj'ish  of  Alveton  ;  whence 
he  dated  a  charter,  30  Edw.  III.,  and  sealed  it 
with  the  sberifl'^s  arms  (Harl.  MS,  1077).  The 
^Velah  Rolls,  from  which  two  or  three  of  these 
particulars  were  gleaned,  are  in  a  decayed  state, 
and  very  often  illegible;  othei'wise  something 
more  satisfactory  nnght  have  been  ascertained, 
A  few  words  shall  be  subjoined  respecting  the 
heirs  of  Sir  John  Verdon,  The  Houtors,  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.  Iloton  de 
llooton  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  first 
occurs  in  Staffordshire,  12  Edw.  III.  The  Bojj- 
hay  ooal  of  arms,  according  to  the  heralds,  was — 
Gu.  a  scythe,  arg.  But  there  is  extant  *  joint 
charter  of  Christina,  daughter  of  John  tie  Boghay 
de  London,  and  another  lady,  sealed  with  a  stng 
trippant,  respecting  the  sinister  (Uarl.  Charters, 
76,  c.  46) ;  which  may  have  sug»r^«ted  the  coat  of 
the  Bougheys  of  Colt'on,  co.  St*fford.  Shaw  bla- 
zons this— Arg.  three  sta^  »•• ;  but  I  see  that  it 
is  given  in  Burke's  Arni*>ry  as  identical  with  the 
third  quarter  in  the  o'J  shield  at  Whitmore,  de- 
scribed in  n>y  fnr/ucr  note.  The  arms  of  the 
Baronets  Booght^y  (^^'"S-  three  bucks'  heads  erased 
and  aflrontiie,  <^rni-)  wtre  evidently  formed  on  the 
same  mode'.  Edward,  a  younger  son  of  Mrvn- 
waring  "f  Over  Poover,   Cheshire.^  nxaviveA.  ^^^ 


286 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tS^  S.  V.  Afbii. 


:i.vn 


family  furnishes  an  instance  of  the  contlnaRnce  of 
a  Christian  name,  without  a  break,  through 
scveml  successive  n^enerations  ;  the  representjitive 
Ht  Whitmore  having  been  invariably  Edward 
Afainwuring,  and  son  of  his  predecessor,  until  the 
death  of  ihc  proprietor  m  1825.  Srui. 


THE  EARTH  A  LmNG  CREATURE. 
(3'*  S.  ii,  125,  176,  236.) 

To  the  extract  furnished  by  Mb.  Bucktow  from 
IvopIer*s  HarmonicE  Mundi,  in  which  modern 
!«cience  does  not  disdain  to  revive  the  pantheistic 
idea  of  the  Aciidemicians  ond  Stoics,  that  the  world 
is  a  great  living  creature,  Rivinus,  in  his  "  Disser- 
tatio  de  Venilia,  Sobicia,  et  Malacia"  (npud 
Groevii  Syntagma  Dissertatiomim,  Utrajectl,  1702, 
4to),  adds  a  ludicrous  conimentarj- :  — 

"  QuAoi  opiaionum  quoque  nostro  ti<iTnporQ  Matlicmn- 
ticus  ille  not>ilis4iinus  Jo.  KepUriu,  Hnrmnnia:  libro  ir. 
c.  7,  statumiaire  nl<us  et  viaoa  mt :  Terram  ingtnt  e$te 
animal,  tnAeat,  quod  immoHibtU ptthnonum  foUii/ut  marinat 
tujiiot  per  inltrvaBa  vi$crritm$  in^ret  mpiretijtit,  cui  ridi- 
rul<!  utias  ogi^erit, /or(«/aWofa)n  himc  betiuam  anna  15o0 
tuMiivigf  <]uo<jue,  cum  Oetanus  Britanmicut  ad  Tamaun 
ttovtm  liorarum  tpatia  Ur  redprocatiet." 

For  human  opinions,  like  the  waves  of  the 
ocean,  are  merely  in  a  state  of  ebb  and  flow  : 
"  there  is  nothing  new  under  the  «un."  Rivinus 
reters  for  other  authorities  to  Natalis  Comitis 
Mytholo^.,  lib.  ii.  c.  8  [Cf.  Ciceroni*  librum  i.  De 
I^'itt.  Dear,  b,  39] ;  Pbilostratus,  De  ApoUonio 
Tt/iifiao,  lib.  V.  c.  ii. :  — 

"  Uttting  ohcn  coniridered  the  caa*o  of  this  phcnomenun, 
nuinrly,  tliQ  flux  and  reflux  of  such  a  body  of  vrnters,  I 
■  nt  of  opinion  ApoUouiuj  bn«  tb'ioovcrcil  iU  true  origin. 
In  oni!  of  his  epiailcs,  wrillcn  to  the  Iiutians,  he  sjtya: 
•  Tile  ocean  mo\"«d  UDdemMth,  by  niinl*  blowing  from 
thn  many  caverns  which  the  earth  ha*  formed  on  every 
side  of  it,  put«  forth  its  waters,  and  draws  them  in,  as  is 
the.  ca»o  of  ihc  breath  in  respiration.'  This  opinion  is 
corrolwrated.  Lc  adJs  by  the  account  he  received  of  the 
<Tiii1cs.  Fur  at  Ilic  lime  of  the  tlowini;  of  the  tide 
iB  dying  man,  which  would  not 
supply  the  earth  with  a  portion 
,..  |.M.M,,,.o  this  effect.  All  the  phuse^  of 
lU^  the  iucrvase,  fulness,  and  wane,  arc  to 
>  lite  <(■  :i,  Hence  it  comes  to  pau,  tlial  the 
'  of  the  moon  liy  increosin^  and 
V  to.Qadta  abofo,  by  the  trans. 


sick 

h: 

o! 
It 
I. 


d. 

bl   1.:-,  

*♦<»  Ijttle,"  «ay 
B«tiea  Know  of  f 
rand  tl. 
the  pul 
pawen^ 


,  "did  the  inhabitants  of 
"'V  useil,  like  the  Luailani 
l4\  their  sick  relations  alnni; 
!')«,  to  have  the  advice  of  such 
■  '  it  lo  them,  and  perhapn  lliat 
ther  might  enjoy  tho  aupinwiHl  advunlAgi!  or  the  flowing 
of  ihn  tide,  as  menti^med  in  the  isaL" 

C.  Julius  SoUuus ;  in  cap.  xxf\.  if  the  foUoir- 
ing:  — 

"  I^iynici  autuoiant  muudunt  anlnul  «An,  eumque  tx 

vnnia  e}eint>uu>rtim  rorporilius  cou^Iobatiim  mvvcH  spl- 

ntv,  ivgi mtata;  i/mjh  utraijae  diH'uta  pcrmemVirt omma. 


iTorrt 


fctema;  molic  vigoreni  exerceant.  Sicut  f^<a  in  ooqioti' 
bns  nustris  commercia  sint  spiritalis,  ita  in  ptdboibk 
Oceani  naru  quasdam  mundi  eonstilulas,  per  qoaa  saiHi 
aniielltujt  vel  reducti  modo  efHent  maria,  modo  itlOtsuL 
At  hi  qui  syderum,"  &c. 

Koelcr,  in  his  Animadp.  ad  Senecee  Netmrtia 
Qtuetliones  (lib.  ii.  e.  1,  §  4),  observes,  in  ttfyf 
ence  to  this  passage  :  — 

"  Ibi  roiror  Snlmosiuni  in  Extreit.  [Plinianii'}*  p*  SM^ 
doctrinam  nou  uisi^^s  ostentaase.  Hariini  opieiomun  ffl> 
roordia  Flato  ministravcrit,  qui  in  Pb»doiM  ivtiwvc** 
tionetn  quandArn  spiritns  et  aquamm  per  tema  globoB 
sumebat,  c.  179.  rneter  illatn  taineu  caasam 
et  alia!  e-'se  qux-  banc  opioionem  jjigncrent.  t.  c 
ignis  quem  in  penetralibus  tenw  inveni. '  im- 

primis inclinaverit  Empedoclea  ....  FIui  «»»- 

bat  C4se  venig  monteaque  ossibus  similes,  ui  i;  '" 

(id  iii.  15,  §  3,  et  ad  vi.  14,  §  1,  seqq V} 

Zeuonemquo   Citticum,    Pythagora   pra!eu»tt. 

pro  animali  Labnisse,  quod  at  rcliqoa  bi: 

notum   est  ex  Phih*,  Plae.  Fluturchi,  \y 

Laert,  vli.  1,  70,  130,  »ed  non  item  eos   iutiu  -j"   i^^-» 

statuiAse.     Fuero  tanien  alii  qui  hoc  credebanC    ituifti» 

in  banc  rem  est  locus  Strabonis,  iii.  p.  262." 

If,  as  Athenodorus  nsserl«,  the  ebb  and  iuw 
resemble  the   inspiration   and   expiration    .»r  i> 
breatb,  it  is  possible  that  some  of  the  ctt> 
water,  which  naturally  have  an  eSlux    < 
surface  of  the  earth,  through  varii 
the  mouths  of  which  we  denominat*^ 
fdunt.aiiis,  are  by  other  channels  drawn 
the  depths  of  the  sea,  and  raise  it  so  lu 
duce  a  flood-tide;  when  the  expiration 
cient,  they  leave  off  the  course  in  whieb 
then  flowing,  &c.     Strabo  (Bobn's  Ci 
Iran/,  vol.  i.  p.  259.) 

"  'Ilii*  method  of  explaining  the  ebb  and  flew 
sea,  by  comparing  it  to  the  respiration  of  «ntmal<  ia 
so   exlroordniary  when   we  remember  that  it 
opinion  of  many  philosophers  that  Ihc  univorM 
an   animal.     Pomponins    Mela    (/>r    Sifn    fh-l<u,  I. 
c  1),  speaking  of  the  tide*.  r.i  'hi 

cognitum  est,  auhelitune  auo  % 

tamquc  cum  spiritu   regcrrtt  u  .  , .     y.,  at 

tiuribua  placet,  iinum  (legt  univcnuim)  animal  asfl;  a 
sint  depressi  aliqui  specus,  quo  recinrorata  maria  ntUsatr 
atque  unde  »e  rursus  exubcrantla  uttollaati  on  hna 
(■ausas  taolia  meatibus  prsbeaU'  **  —  A'ot*  by  Ui«  TnOh 
la  tor. 

The  fcubject  of  one  of  the  numcroua  macuaOTtfiti 
of  Dr.  Dee.  is,  "  The  true  Cause  aad  AccooM  (not 
vulgar)  of  Fluds  and  Ebbs,*'  1553  :  — 

"Perchanr  -  " -•  •'■■-  ■' -  -■-  ■-'  •^  --rs  (MtW 
Thamua)  to  ibb*  osA 

flow  iu,  run   '  -  •.'>wa  An* 

tasics.  tiod  hclpa,  LjoJ  iicJpc' — lh»  Vnfi'ii  imfinrf  frt» 
fact,  b.  ilij. 

He   probably   ado]'  T:  ,    lunar 

thcorr  :  or  didhccli;!:  the 

culativm  of  the  inalhcui^U-iau — 
**  apud    Fromnnduin.    qui    oiaiuara  mai*  *3i(«(ii 
M      ■    ' "     '        '   i"i»   t'rriB  r. 
/  orric   sttol' 

>  ■   infra  depri> 

Vsx«n  *\Va  i "— LiA9i0MM^  at  nt^k 


Xvmv  2.  *64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES^ 


Seeinjj  these  ottrlbiites  pvcn  to  tTie  elements, 
wc  cannot  be  surpriseil  ol  their  receiTin^  f>'onri 
the  ancient  Pagnns  the  veneration  paid  to  deities, 
as  appears  in  the  subjoined  extract  from  Aeolu- 
thua,  De  Aquig  Amaris  MaUdictionem  Inferentibu*, 
Lipfine,  1682,  4to:  — 

"  In  tanta  qaondam  apuJ  Ofntflrs  vtnerntiono  ernt 
Aqua,  ut  numinia  toco  niam  fiieriiit  venorali.  Sap.  xiii.  2. 
(\  \A.  et  B.  Dn.  M.  nofTmnnni  Vmbram  in  Luce,  can.  ii. 
§  83:  Kirchori  (Edip.  JEA/ypl.,  t.  iii.  ji.  347),  ubi  de  NUo 
nabet,  I>ivinis  honoribus  culto.  Juven.  lib.  i.  Sat.  3, 
T.  JD,  p.  CI,  edit  Varior,  a<l  qoem  locum,  ut  et  ad  v.  13, 
vide  GrnngRi  notas  p.  90,  91,  edit  Paris  et  B.  Antumni, 
p.  49f.  [v.  18.  None  sacri  fontis  nemus;  18 — 20,  Qunnto 
pneaentius  feHet  Numen  aqua;,  viridi  si  marine  clan- 
deret  undaa  HertMi,  nee  ingenuum  violartint  tnaroiora 
topbam?]  Hoombek  Dt  Convtmiont  Jndorumtt  Gentil^ 
pp.  4,  u.  Sic  de  Chaldasis  ait  Sidoriius  Apollinaris  in 
Faneg^-r.  Antbemil,  Juratur  ab  iltis  Ignis  et  Unda  Deus." 
— Cunii.  iL  84. 

This  subject  has  been  exhanaled  by  Jo.  Albert 
Fabricius  in  fiis  Thfologie  de  tEau.  See  iJemon- 
»tratu}ua  Evaneeliqiie*,  t.  ix.  To  the  aulliorities 
there  cile<1.  Miixiums  Tjrius  should  be  added, 
Dibs.  viit.  7. 

,** .        .        .        .        Among  themaelvea  all  things 
Have  order;  and  from  hence  the  form,  which  niiikca 
The  univeiw  rcaemble  God. 


>         .         .        .        .         All  nnttirrs  lean 
In  this  thctr  order,  diverselr,  some  luore, 
Sonic  IcBii,  approaching  to  their  primal  source, 
hiii  xhny  fo  different  havens  are  mov'd  on 
hroiifjii  the  vaal  «ea  of  being,  and  each  one 
'■'ith  instinct  giv'n,  that  bears  it  in  its  conrae." 

Dante's  Parodist,  by  Cary. 
or  n  curious  description  of  the  origin  of  fire- 
■worsbip,  I  would  refer  to  the  SMh  Numeh,  trans- 
lated  by  Atkinson,  p.  4.     (Oriental  Translation 


Fund.) 


BlBUOTB£CAK.  ChBTHAM. 


COLKITTO  AND  GALASP. 

(S-^S.  V.  118.) 

It  18  curious  that  Milton  ahould  have  considered 
the»e  names  as  "  harder,"  or  even  harshei*  in  sound, 
than  his  own.  He  wrote  them  both  inc«)rrectly, 
and  to  answer  his  poetical  requirements,  he  lop- 
|»€d  <itr  the  concluding  sjllable  froiu  the  latter,  not 
seeming  to  think  that  his  own  act  of  mutilation 
only  iiiade  GiUaspick  appear  barbarous  as  Gal- 
u»p.  They  were  both  Christian  names  of  frequent 
occurrence  in  the  creat  family  of  Macdonnell, 
Colla  being  originally  adopted  iVom  one  of  their 
Iri>h  nncesiors  — a  prince  named  Colla,  surnamed 
Huaish,  or  "  the  noble;"  und  Giilajpick  from  a 
Norwegian  ancestor.  The  latter  never,  I  should 
•tuppose,  took  the  form  of  Galu»p  but  in  Milton's 
line.  It  is  composed  of  the  common  Celtic  word 
OilU,  and  the  Korse  word  Unnakr,  meaning 
** fierce"  or  "unruly,"  and  was  farst  applied,  us 
a  Chrialian  name,  to  one  of  the  grandsons  of  the 


preat    Somhairle,    or  the    "  mighty    Somcrled," 
'J'hane  of  Ar^yle,  iu  the  twelfth  century.     Since 
then,  it  may  be  safely   asserted,  that  there  has 
been  almost  no  family  of  Macdonnells  without  a 
GiUaspick  nmon^  its  sons.     This  name  has  be* 
come  Archibald  in  modern   times ;   but  why,  it 
would  not  be  easy  to  determine,     bee  Ute  Chro- 
nide  of  Man,  edited  by  P.  A.  Munch,  pp.  94,  95. 
The   Scottish  chief  Colla,  or    Coll,   surnamed 
Ciotnch,  or  Kittagh,  "left-banded,"  was  a  con- 
temporary of  Milton,  and  a  cousin  once  removed 
of  tne  well-known  Marquis  of  Antrim,  married 
to  the  Duchess  of  Buckingham.     He  resided  in 
the  island  of  Colonsay,  from  which  he  was  ex- 
pelled a  short  time  before  the  commencement  of 
the  great  Civil  War.    But  previously  to  his  ex- 
pubion,  and  frequently  afterwards,  he  dealt  many 
fatal  "  left-handed  "  blows  against  the  Campbells, 
the  hereditary  enemies  of  bis  clan.     lie  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  Macdonnells  to  hold  the  fortress  of 
Dunyveg,    in    Isla,    againrt    General   Leslie,    to 
whom  he  was  induced^  to  surrender  it,  and  by 
whom  he  was  treacherously  handed  over  to  his 
deadly  foe,  the  Ear!  of  Argyle.     It  was  always 
supposed  that  Coll-Kittagh  was   hung  from  the 
mast  of  his  own  galley,  placed  for  this  purpose 
over  the  cleft  of  a  rock,  near  the  castle  of  Duu- 
staffhage,    but  the  mode    of  bis  execution   was 
somewhat  different,  .is  we   learn  from   a  manu- 
script   originally    written    by   the    Rev.   James 
Hamilton,  and  of  which  extracts  were  printed  for 
the  first  time  in  Dr.  Reid's  HisloTy  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  some  time  in  the 
castle  of  Mingarrie,  Ardnamurchan.     The  Eorl 
of  Argyle,  fearing  that  Coll  might  be  rescued  by 
the  soldiers  of  Alontrose,  sent  him  to  a  certain 
Captain  GillHspick  of  Kirkcaldie,  with  strict  in- 
junctions that  the  latter  should  keep  him  "sicker" 
(secure)  under   the    deck  of  his   ship,    until   be 
(Argyle),  and  none  but  he,  should  send  a  written 
order  for  his  re-delivery.    One  of  Argyle's  agents 
soon  appeared  with  the  fatal  order,  to  whom  Coli 
was  given  up,   and    by  whom  he  was  forthwith 
hanged  over  the  ship's  side,  between  Inncrkcith- 
ing  and  Kirkcaldie.    '*  So,"  as  Hamilton  expresses 
it,  '^was  he  both  hanged  and  drowne<i-" 

Thus  far  the  real  Coll-Kittagh.  But  the  per- 
son whom  Milton  speaks  of  as  "Colkitto,"  was  a 
ton  of  the  former,  whose  Christian  name  was  Alex- 
ander, or  Alloster,  and  who  wa.s  .ilways  named, 
in  Gaelic,  AUaster  Mac  Coll-Kittagh,  to  distinguish 
him  from  other  AU-xanders,  the  sons  of  other 
ColL^i,  his  kinsmen.  This  Allaster  Mac  Coll-Kit- 
tagh wns  notorious  in  Antrim,  during  the  mas- 
sacres of  1041.  'IS  an  able  and  ruthless  lea<ler  of  a 
murderous  band  of  Irish  and  Scottish  Highlanders. 
He  bccMine  still  more  widely  known  us  tUa  aavw- 
manner  of  Wi  «T»^<5LV\iynTi  vmv\.Ns^  '^vt  '^Jiaxvv^^N^  'sR. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


Antrim,  in  1G44,  tn  assist  Montrose  in  Scotland. 
Ilis  name  of  Ailaater  Mac  Coll-Kittngh  was  mthor 
»  lengtheiietl  appeliulion,  especiully  for  EngUsb 
writerK,  who  did  not  know  whiit  it  all  meant. 
Thej,  therefore,  dropped  bis  Cbrjslian  n&me  alto- 
^ther,  and  gave  him  his  father'^  Christian  name 
and  surname,  corruptly  spelled  "Colkitto."  jVnd, 
indeed,  in  some  of  thoir  pages  he  actually  figures 
as  "Colonel  Kitto!" 

Once  for  all,  however,  his  name  was  Alexander, 
the  son  of  Coll-Kittagh ;  the  son  of  Gilla«pick ; 
the  son  of  CoWa- Duc-na-gCappuL,  or,  '*  Black  Colli* 
of  the  Horses ;"  the  son  of  Alexander  of  Ishi ; 
the  Bon  of  John,  surnamcd  Cathanach^  or  the 
"warlike  ;"  the  son  of  John  ;  the  son  of  Donnoll, 
somamed  Ballach,  or  "  freckled ;"  the  son  of 
John,  surnamcd  Mor,  or  "  large-bodied ;"  the  son 
of  the  **good  John  of  Isla,"  and  his  second  wife 
Margaret  Stewart,  a  daughter  of  Robert  II.  (See 
Donald  Gregory's  History  of  the  Highlands  and 
hlea  of  Scotland.)  Geo.  Hiu.. 

Beitaat. 


Hatdk*8  Canzonkts  (3"*  S.  t.  212.)  —  Though 
enable  to  answer  your  correspondent's  question 
with  respect  to  all  ILiydn's  canzonctvt,  I  can  give 
you  gome  infnriuRtion   coucerm'n;a;  one   of  them. 
The  Inle  Geo.  Dum-e,  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  munie 
at  the  University  of  Cambridjie,  that  Haydn  read- 
ing "She  sat  like  pasifion"  (instead  (\(  patience) 
"  on  a  njonuincnt,"  struck  a  fortissimo  choni  on  the 
pianoforte,  which  he  changed  to  the  present  ex- 
quisite chord  as  soon  as  he  learned   hiii  mutokc. 
"While  my  pen  is  in  hand,  I  will  give  you  two  other 
•necdotcB  of  the  i^reat  composer,  told  by  the  lat« 
Mr.  Salomon,  the   violin  pluyor,  who,  as  is  well 
known,  brought  him    to    Knghiml.     Among   the 
novelties  introduced  into  mu.sic  by  Mozart  were 
quintctts  with  two  vitAat.     Salomon  asked  H.aYdn 
to  write  some  quintcttii  on  this  plan  ;  but  he  re- 
fu.„..i     "- .  ;njr,    "Mozart   has  written  you  some 
T  VVhen    Haydn    had   completed    his 

•'  I  .....    .J  and  Symphonies,"  which  his  cngug:c- 

ment  with  Salomon  recjuircil,  .Swlomon  cunipli- 
mentcd  lim.  -s-ivin.'  "S.i  T  fliMilr  you  will  never 
«»rp«.-  .  '  rij,liod  Haydn, 

**  I  nc\  ^  n.s  will  know  that 

he  kept  his  wor<l,  triou^h  he  coaiinucd  to  writo 
quartetts  us  long  ns  he  lived.     SKHTtTAUK»ABiV5. 

lucnoAw  (S'^S.  V.  134.)  — Inchgaw,  or  Inch- 
gall,  was  the  Tiamc  of  a  smnll  i&lnnO,  which  was 
situated  ill  tljo  now  nearly  drained  Inko  of  Lo- 
cbore,  or  Loch  Orr,  i"  ''f  •'■"•-^'  "t  ltHiii....r  ,. 
in  Fii'e.     There  wn»  : 

cordhizto  Sibhah],  t<i 

ca/iM  JV,  C/M5— JJ(15j— otiicrs  say  Maicolm  U\. 


(1057— 1093)— Doncau,  of  Loci 
upon  the  island;  and  there  the  1. 
as  the  Valoniis  and  the  Wardlaws,  who 
ccsiively  proprietors  or  barons  of  Incl 
Locbore,  for  many  asjes  resided.     It 
that  the  ''barony  of  Inch;:aw"  had   ori|_ 
with  Duncan  of  Lochore.     "  '      '    Duke  of 
bany,  when  regent  of  Sci>'                    ited   ■ 
lirmation  charlcT  of  the   lanuj  -u      Trokevsre 
(Tr.iquair),  in  Peeblesshire,  to  "Watson  of  Cr»ny» 
sloun,  dated  "anud   T--^-    -•"'    '^•"'     "~     '*07 
{Bi'g.  JIag.  Si^il.,  f.  ■-  'ly 

will  be  found  in  Irupu ^  ,  -  -  .  to- 
iler ''Fife,"  No.  38y  (aiay  23,  1627),  U>©  aerricc 
of  one  of  the  heirs  runs  thus  :  — 

••In  terris  et   baronia  de   I  *«T  •£■ 

nancuputis   Inchegall ;   terris  i  Kboas  m 

Boirhouis  de  IncH^II,  cum  lacu  Uu  iuch^all  et  |an  f$r 
tronstutt  capellia  de  Inclig&ll/'  &c. 

"The  loch  of  Inchgaw,  with  the  ctsUe,"  if 
mentioned  in  Monlpennie's  Bn'eff  Dncriptict  pf 
Scotland.  In  an  anticiuarian  point  of  view,  Indi^al^ 
or  Lochore,  possesses  some  interestinp  fratuns. 
Some  ?ay  th',it  there  was  a  Rom  .ind  tki! 

the  Ninth  Legion  was  attacked  :  beari^ 

destroyed  by  the  C.'dedoninns,  ii  ir  j<i-n  prasikw 
that,  upon  a  careful  C-xaminatlon  of  the  rite  of  fW 
old  Inch,  traces  of  a  cranuogf  '<■"  ■-••♦«  vel  b( 
found.     It  will  be  rcmemberd  tV«Uar 

Scott's  eldest  son  m-irried  >n^'  ■  ^r^Bof 

Lochore.     "  Inchg.irvie,"  i  la 

island  in  the  Forth,  near   '^  '' 

attached  to  the  parish  of  Oalmen}  , 
gow.  Ga,  or  Gear,  is  used  us  a  em 
viJitlon  of  the  surname  of"  Gall,"  '"  ' 
of  Scotland  ;  as  also  is  hii,  for  "hall,' 

CArrAtN  Jamcs  GirronD  ari>  Ax>m: 

roBD  (y^^S.  iv.  47'2,  .^28.)  — 1.  Capt 
Gitford  of  Girton,  Cambridgeshire,  di^dJitt' 
1S14,  and  <ras  interred  in  the  church  olf  XU '" 
Cnmbridgc ;  where  his  parents  also  lie  bonvfi. 
Ili^  fither  was  one  of  the  ahlcnnen  cf  that  tO«*, 
ami  served  the  office  of  mayor  in  )7S7;  aid, 
thenceforward,  continued  in  the  CtimmtwioM  of 
the  Peace,  Tablets  to  the  memory  «f  C»pUlD 
tTifToni  and  his  panmts  arc  to  be  •ooo  io  tltti 
church. 

2.  He  waa  In  the  tinny,  and  Cttpuin  in  Hb 
14tli  Kcgimttni  of  Foot. 

3.  Ou   looking  over  munioranda  of  •oeooBli 

],......  1...  1  ;...    T  i;...i  .1.: . —  -  

Id  ftiU  Amt 

2.. , ..,£6i4«.M. 

This  ia  the  first  mention  I  find  of  publtitni 

I  account:  c--  '■ '•-    -""'i 

fi.\ed  to  a  I 


\  «.\i^t«)c«(V  Vft  wt  %J&WQX  >iwa  'i^ax  17»3.     Aa  i 


the  Letter  to  the  Archbithop  of  Canterbury,  1  fiud 
this  entry :  — 

••  ITJ^j,  October  2atli.  PaM  Rivington  for  priiiUntJ 
Arehliithnp'»  L*ttrr  in  fall,  and  iotUed  with  Dooluellcr 
Baldwin.  £3  13s." 

I  can  give  no  further  information  as  regards 
any  previous  edition  of  this  Letter,  nor  can  I  state 
when  tl»e  other  three  edltioas  of  the  Elucidation 
appeared. 

4.  The  enlarjcmcDts  and  additions  were  all  the 
author's  own.  His  son,  ilnjor-Genernl  Giffbrd, 
determined  to  print  them  in  full  on  his  father's 
death;  and  then  brought  out  the  5th  edition.  He 
knew  it  was  a  subject  entered  on  in  the  spirit  of 
(1  I.  ty,    and    had    occupied   the    writer's 

I  t-  many  years  of  hi8  life.     Capt.  Jaraes 

(jiruini  (r^en.)  wfis  alno  the  author  of  A  Short 
Essay  on  the  Belief  of  an  Unxveriwd  Providence, 
('"•'"•'  \  printed  by  J.  Archdeacon,  1781 ;  ami 
I  ■  'r!c  entitled,  Re/Iectione  on  the  NeeeJttity 

oj  ^j..,,,.,  ,nirt  tlw  Hopes  of  a  Future  Existence. 

la  thy  Chrixtian  Reformer  for  January  1854 
(No.  119,  New  Serios),  there  is  a  Memoir  of 
Rear-Arlmiral  James  Cfifford,  the  eldest  son  of 
Capt.  Gilford,  iintl  on  account  of  the  good  recep- 
tion his  Remonstrance  met  with.  He  wrote  It 
when  he  was  Captain  in  the  Navy.  In  this  Re- 
former^  we  read  lu  a  note  :  — 

*•  Se«  «  brief  notice  of  Citptain  James  Gifford,  Sen., 
accompany inj^  «  prayer  of  hia  composition  in  Oiriitian 
JUformer,  raV.  I.,  ».  s.,  n.  R21 ;  and  of  bis  work,  3fonth/>f 
Bepotitory,  vol.  xi.  p.  U-L" 

The  writer  addn,  *•  a  sixth  edition  of  the  Eiuci- 
dation  was  published  by  the  author's  son,  General 
Gifford"— but  he  should  have  taid  Jifth. 

Gko.  S.  J*  GirrovD. 

EbBO^SOUB     MoMnMEKTAL       ISSCKIPTIOTCS     IS 

Bkibtol  (3'*  S.  V.  87.)— It  may  be  as  well  to 
notice  two  inaccuracies  of  date  in  the  tablet  on 
the  west  wall  of  Bristol  Cathedral  erected  by  a 
••  devoted  friend  "  in  memory  of  the  Porter  family. 
Col.  John  Porter  is  said  to  have  died  in  the  I.-ilo 
of  Man  in  the  year  1810,  aged  38  years.  It 
should  have  been  1811,  as  appears  from  a  letter 
of  Mi»B  Jano  Porter,  now  lying  before  mc,  dated 
Nov.  18,  1811,  in  which  hhe  speaks  of  having; 
lately  hccn  Mftlictcd  with  the  news  of  the  death  of 
her  Drother  John,  who  wua  the  merchant  in  the 
West  Indies.  It  would  appeal-  from  the  Gentie- 
mans  Mugarine  that  he  died,  poor  fullow!  in 
Castle  Iluahen,  an  imprisoned  debtor,  on  the 
19tb  of  August.lenvingawidow  and  child.  (Query, 
■^ITiat  beenmo  (.f  flirm?)  The  fr.tlicr  of  "  Uiis 
*"'  ily  "  19  aaid 

*'  r  our  Lord 

17h(),  It  fliouUi  have  been  irTj.  i  a«l,J  a  copy 
of  tJie  Inscription  on  his  loiubstone  in  the  church- 
yard of  St.  Uswald'n  in  Durfaaiu :  — 


**  To  tlio  Memory 
of 

WtI.t.lAM    V ■•" 

^STio  WHS  Surged  ■,  the 

Inniikilling  Regni:  ;<>ant, 

And  departed  lli:i  life  the  &ib  of 

September,  1770,  in  the  45lh  yew 

of  his  ngp. 

Hg  was  a  tender  buMliaml,  a  kind  tkther, 

And  a  fjuthfkil  friend." 

DvttElMtSSlS. 

Wnj>.MOOH  ASfD  WmTTMOttK  (3"^  S.  V.  2*20.)  — 
Not  being  personally  acquainted  with  the  country 
in  question,  I  was  Dbli}»ed  to  depend  upon  others; 
and  while  writing  my  note,  I  had  before  mc  Fa- 
den's  lurge  map  of  Slafifordshirc  in  1799,  toffclher 
with  Cruchley  a  Maps  and  Walker  s  County  At- 
las—  the    two  last  reduced  fmm   the  Ordnance 
Survey.     It  will  be  seen,  I  think,  that  I  could 
hardly  come  to  any  other  conclusion  than  that  the 
two  names  applied  to  the  same  place.     Cruthley 
omits  Whitimore,  in  Shropshire ;  and  layn  down 
Wildmoor  farm   within  the  borders  of  Stnff'i>rd- 
shire  on  the  same  spot,  ne.ir  Abbots'  Castle,  where 
Fadcn  has  inserted  Willmor.     Walker  follows  an 
opposite  course,  noting  Whilimore  (*u),  in  Sbrop- 
fthire,  and  not  giving  either  name  in  Staffordshire. 
I  knew  that  the  parish  of  Bobbinpton  extends  into 
Salop ;  and  when  I  said  that  Wildmorc  did  so,  I 
was  of  course  alluding  to  that  portion  of  Bobbing- 
ton,  which  your  correspondent  observes  is  now 
locally  known  ns  Wittymere,     After  all,  it  may 
be  that  Willmore  was  the  originfil  appellation, 
and   that  the   property   of  the  Whitniore  family 
came  to  be  called  after  them,  one  name  easily 
passing  into  the  other;  or,  vice  versa,  Willmore 
and  Wildmoor  may  themselves  be  corruptions  of 
Whitimore,  and  instances  of  the  changes  in  no- 
menclature which  no  freijucntly  occur.     The  dis- 
similarity of  the  auciect  and  modern  names  cer- 
tainly struck  me ;  but  they  are  scarcely  greater 
thiin   those   of  the  place   near  Burton-on-Trent. 
The  authorities  quoted  by  Shaw  prove  that  Wet- 
more  was  formerly  written  >Vittmore,  Wythmcre. 
Wiphlmere,   &c,      I    will  not  conclude   without 
offering  ray  thanks  to  your  correspondent  f'»r  bis 
friendly  correotion.  Shem. 

iLLKOlTULkTB    CbIJLSBES    Or    CHAHl^Ea  II.    (3'^ 

S.  v.  211.) — In  the  list,  given  by  Oxohiensis,  of 
the  Illegitimate  children  of  Charles  II.,  there  are 
umilted  Charlotte,  Countess  of  Lich6eld,  and 
Barbara,  a  nun  at  Pontoise :  both  daughters  of 
Barbara,  Duchess  of  Cleveland.  And  I  will  tvid 
»  query :  AVhat  authority  is  there  Ibr  the  exist- 
ence of  James  Stewart,  a  Catholic  priest,  with 
whom  the  list  begins?  I  have  never  seen  him 
mentioned  in  any  list  of  Charles  II.'s  children. 
C1U81.B6  F.  S.  Wamuss. 


Lkaouvg  Am  UK  Hell  (3'*  S.  v.  193.\ —  t  «s^ 
not  a^fttfi  ot  \W  W\^T\  «il  >^«i  '^^•aaft-,*'' 


"VsswSbks 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[Sf*  9.  V.  Aruxi.  i,  '6L 


apes  in  bell/*  as  applied  to  old  niniden  ladies ;  but 
as  T.  D.  H.  Jisks  lor  earlier  mention  of  the  super- 
stition, I  would  refer  him  to  Much  Ado  About 
Nothing  (Act  II.  Sc.  1),  where  the  theme  is  en- 
lar;g;ed  upon  nt  considerable  length  by  a  young 
maiden  la<ly  of  certain  age,  but  of  uncertain  tem- 
per. Probably  ^oinc  commentator  on  thia  pas- 
Mge  may  throw  light  on  the  matter.        C.  A.  L. 

Sbenstone,  in  one  of  his  Lecities,  or  Pieces  of 
Uvmour^  entitled  "  Stanzas  to  the  Memory  of  an 
agreeable  Lady,  buried  in  Marriage  to  a  Person 
undeservin*»  of  her,"  and  which  commences  — 
"  'Twos  always  held,  and  ever  will. 
By  sage  mankind,  discrceter, 
T*  anticipate  a  Icsaer  ill 
Than  undergo  a  greater  " — 

thus,  in  the  sixth  verse,  alludes  to  the  above 
singular  superstition  :  — 

"  Poor  Gratia,  in  her  twentieth  year, 
Fonseeiiig  future  woe, 
Choae  to  atct^ud  a  monkey  here. 
Before  on  ape  below." 

MoBRis  C.  Imes. 
Uverpool. 

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 
last  happened  in  Shalu)peare''8  Fir^t  Part  of 
Htnry  VI.:  — 

"  [.    .    .    Gloster  offer*  to  put  up  <t  Bill :  Winchester 

tnalehe*  it,  tears  it, 
*'  Wiitehutcr.   Com'«t  thou  with  deep    premeditated 
lines? 
With  written  ;)ampA/(^<,  studioiuly  deviaed  ?  " 

JoHK  Addis. 

AifCKfiTOR  WoBsmp  (y*  S.  V.  -212.)  —  For  in- 
formation on  this  subject,  see  Faiths  of  the  Worl'J, 
by  Rev.  J.  Gardner,  M.A.,  published  by  Fullar- 
ton  Sc  Cu.  This  work  also  contains  notices  of 
'*  Sidereal  Worship."  H.  Fishwick. 

VBBifTiNO  Qdotatioks  :  Traditiohs,  etc. 
(S""  S.  iv.  193,  292.)— A  curious  instance  of  the 
chance  of  continuing  an  error,  unless  a  subject  be 
thoroughly  gone  into,  occurred  the  other  day  in 
editing  the  Architectural  Publication  Society's 
Dictionarif,  which  is  perhaps  worth  recording. 
On  coming  to  the  bioj^ranhy  of  Fra  Giovanni  Gio- 
oondo,  the  writer  found  there  was  an  epigram 
addressed  to  liim  '  '  '  irned  Sannazarius,  in 
which  the  former  i  il  ns  the  architect  of 

"geminum  pantevi,  \\\  i.itis.  On  osuv.  ' 
aole  French  nuthoritv,  the  editing  > 
were  told  there  wtis  no  question  tlmt  mc  itn.i.;.' 
was  the  old  Pont  am  DouIjUx,  a  biidj^u  which  led 
froin  the  front  of  Notre  Dame  to  thi?  C^uartier 
Latin  ;  and  wliicli  liai  just  been  pulled  duvrn,  in 
conscfiucncr  ufihe  imlilic  improvements— in  fnct, 
that  the  name  itself  was  sufficient  evidence  to 
rel/on.  Having,  however^  ibo  fvtr  uf  our  vi^i- 
JmoI  rccreUuj  befon  our  eyt»%  it  wo«  dclermutcA 


to  search  further.  And  after  ransacking  SautaI, 
and  a  host  of  authoritie*,  it  was  disccnrered  UmI 
the  Pont  aux  Doubles  was  not  erected  till  after 
Giocondo's  death,  and  that  it  was  so  called,  not 
because  it  was  a  '*  geminum  pontctn,**  or  ofiMrMt 
bridge,  but  because  formerly  there  was  a  ioU  of  ^ 
double,  or  double  denier  (a  small  French 
worth  the  sixth  part  of  a  penny),  payable  bi 
who  passed  over  it.  The  discovery  that  »o 
bable  a  conjecture,  an<l  one  that  appear!  to  liave 
been  so  universally  received,  was,  afler  all,  an 
error,  seems  so  curious  that  it  is,  I  hope,  worth 
recording  in  "  N.  &  Q."  A.  "  " 

Pools'  Comer. 

PoBTRAiTs  or  OuE  Lard  (S**  S,  ▼.  74,  157.1 
There  is  evidence  that  such  portraits,  or  rather 
portraits  asserted  to  be  such,  were  extant  in  the 
second  and  third  centuries  of  our  aera.  In  the 
Latin  version  of  Irenffius  (Adcersus  Htrreae*)  ta 
tbe  following  passage,  relative  to  tlie  followers  ti 
the  ber^iarch  Corpocrate.'* :  — 

"  Etiam  imafftnef  qnasdam  nuidem  depicts^  qowiai 
autem  et  do  reliqua  materia  AibricAtas  hjabent,  tliewls 
fonnaru  Cbristi  factam  a  Pilato,  illo  in  ttuiport  ^99  lant 
Jesus  cam  bominibuii.  £t  has  caronnnt,  ct  proponaitf 
eaa  cam  imaKinibus  mondi  philosophorum,  ridwlicet  nts 
imagine  Pythagoric,  ct  Platonis,  rt  Ariclotelb,"  Htc 

Hippolitus,  the  bishop  of  Portuo,  in  his  oar- 
responding  book,  Kara  iroircSi'  ou/*/?*****,  bis  a  shortrr 
passage  to  the  same  eflect :  — 


Both   passages  throw  doubt  upon    th« 
ticity  of  tbe  representations.     See  Bunsra's  Bnh 
jtohjttu  and  hi*  Age,  vol.  i.  pp.  80,  81.      U.  C,  C> 

SAHCHorr  (3""  S.  v.  213.)— Francis  SaDcroll, 
of  Fressingfield  (co.  Suffolk),  had  by  hts  wtis 
Margaret,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Tbnmaa 
Boucher  of  Wilby.  in  the  same  county,  two  soos^ 
Thomas,  and  William,  the  Archbishop  j  and  six 
daughters  —  Deborah,  Elizabeth,  Alice,  Frances, 
Mary,  and  Margaret. 

Although  I  have  been  unable  to  find  out  »Kf 
of  their  husbands'  names,  I  would  80g|»«s|  thst 
the  following  probable  sourt^'es  should  bs  trMciL 

The  Archbishop,  who  was  fond  of  obtaiaiM 
any  information  connected  with  his  familj,  bmot 
extracts  with  his  own  hand  from  tbe  regurtcr 
books,  of  the  parish  nf  Fressingfield,  of  the  bsrthi^ 
'  ■  ;ith»  of  all  tiifmbers  of  the  S«A- 
the  y»-ar  IT-'Ml.  These  were  la 
.'\i>iiiii  -iijiji  lew  year*  aj;n,  and  in  tb«  piaaei 
f.ion  nf  the  Kcv.'^Mr.  Holmes  of  Gawdy  Hill, 
Suffolk.  '  ~ 

Three  large  volumes  of  letters,  princi| 
privi!      iii:iftir<    addres»ed   to    Arehbtsim^ 
cr'  time^  are  in  tbe  Harleian 

Kr         ,  ;i— 3785), 

\t\  \>t.  {v"sv:ou^'%<lvV^\Q«^wt  (Jia^Ay  1 30), 


,  V.  Al-BIL  2,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


291 


papers  left  b;  Dr.  Bircb,  are  Bevernl  documents 
relutlng  to  the  private  bi«U>rj  of  tbe  Archbishop. 
About  the  year  IG61|  his  sister  Catherine  lived 
^itb  the  Archbishop  ,  so  that  it  is  probable  that, 
in  that  year,  that  larly  was  n  epinster. 

Wtsnk  E.  Baxteb. 

T»c»T  ATt»  TatsTT  (3'^  S.  V.  231.)  — Your 
Correirpondent  J.  C.  J.,  who  has  taken  uoder  hid 
BpeciBi  patronage  the  new  word — or  would-be 
word  —  reliable,  in  order  to  obviate  the  objection 
that  tta  use  has  been  anticipated  and  supplied  by 
tnutworthu,  advanced,  in  u  letter  to  "  N.  &  Q." 
some  weCKS  or  months  ugo,  the  ingenious  theory 
that  "trust"  and  its  derivates  are,  properly, 
susceptible  only  of  a  personal  application.  I  pro- 
tested against  the  limitation  as  novel,  arbitrary 
and  untenable,  and  I  cited  Shakspearc.  J.  C.  J. 
replies  in  an  article  headed  "  Truaty :  Trust,  as 
nsed  by  Shakspeare."  I  waive  all  discussion  of 
*'  Trusty,"  because  it  was  not  the  equivalent  sug- 
gested for  "  reliable."  Let  us  gu  to  the  root, 
"  Trust."  J.  C.  J.  says  that  Shakspeare  uses 
this  word  120  times;  that  for  more  than  one  half 
of  these  be  applies  it  to  persons,  and  frequently 
in  the  remaining  cases  to  things  which  have  refer- 
ence to  persons,  J.  C.  J.  considers  swords  and 
other  weapons  to  possess  (poetice)  a  sort  of  per- 
sonal existence;  and  from  these  premises  be  con- 
cludes that  Shakspeare,  though  "  he  occasionally 
disregards  if,"  prefers  his  (J.  C.  J.'s)  use  of  the 
word  "  trust." 

With  these  assumptions,  inferences,  and  re- 
servations it  is  not  ensy  to  deal.  Shakspeare's 
preference  of  the  jier*onal  to  the  ninterial  anpli- 
cation  of  the  word,  if  be  be  admitted  to  liave 
employed  both,  is  too  loose  and  conjectural  a 
thesis  for  argument.  In  the  mean  time,  the  word 
19  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,  ns  it  may  be  welt  or 
ill  built — his  horse,  as  it  may  be  sure-footed  or 
otherwise,  &c.  &c. ;  and  be  does  so  in  perfectly 
good  English.  The  distinction  \i  too  fine  to 
handle.  J.  C.  J.  is  much  less  nicely  discriminate 
in  matters  of  neology,  when  he  tjdks  of  "  the 
modern  words  reliance  and  reliable"  as  if  they 
were  parallel  in  date  and  authority, -^whereas  the 
one  i»  to  be  found  in  Shakspeare,  is  used  by 
Dryden,  Atterbury,  Bolingbroki?,  and  probably 
by  every  great  writer  of  the  English  language  for 
the  last  two  centuries — wbibc  the  other  is,  as  we 
all  know,  the  newspaper  spawn  of  the  lost  ten  or 
twelve  years. 

I  quite  a^ee  with  J.  C.  J.  that  it  would  be 
execrable  English,  even  for  the  nineteenth  cen- 
tury, to  say  that  •'  your  honestv  ia  reliable " 
(though  I  am  rather  surpriheil  that  he  sliould 
admit  it  to  be  so)  ;  but  to  say  "  your  honesty  is 
trustworthy,"  would  be  as  good  Victorian  as 
"  EUzabelhan."  X. 


ftiiittTitaaavii, 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC. 
Euaifi  on  the  Ad»inittratuin*  of  Great  Britain  from  I78S 
to  183U.    Rrprintedfrom  Ike  Edinburgh  Review,    By  the 
Kt.  lion.  Sir  George  Cornowall  Lewis,   Bart.     Edited 
by  Sir  Edmund  Head,  Bart.    (Longniaii.) 
Those  who  remember  the  very   interesticg  series  of 

Kpera  on  the  various  AilraiDifitratioQ!«  from  ihc  time  of 
rd  North,  Lord  Itockingham,  I>ord  ShelLume,  the 
Coalition,  and  Mr.  Pitt,  down  to  those  of  Mr.  Gaoaiog, 
Lord  Goderlcfa,  and  tb«  Dakc  of  Wellinston,  which  were 
from  time  to  tiaic  contributed  to  the  JCdinburg/t  Review 
by  that  accomplished  scholar  and  cA.ccllent  man,  the 
late  Sir  (jeorge  Lewis  owe  their  be^t  thanks  to  Lord 
Sun  hope  and  the  other  discerciag  critics  to  whose  sog- 
gestions  they  are  hidebted  for  this  republication  of  them 
in  B  collected  form.  The  articles  are  not  so  much  a  his- 
tory of  Enzlond  during  the  period  to  which  they  relate — 
a  period  of  deep  iiit«re«t,  aad  replete  with  inslrnction  — 
■9  ■  commentary  on  the  ministeriai  history  of  that  day. 
iSuch  a  commentary  by  a  man  like  Sir  (reorge  Lewis, 
who  in  addition  to  b«ing  singularly  acute  and  indua- 
triooa.  and  as  singularly  ju4t  and  impartial,  combined 
practice  statesmanAhip  witii  a  philo»opLiicaI  apprcciaUon 
of  the  acts  and  motives  of  men,  cannot  fail  to  rivet  the 
attention  uf  historical  students,  and  to  be  read  with 
ailvantage  by  atl.  In  the  prascnt  republication,  the  £«• 
oavs  are  given  with  many  pas.sages,  notes,  and  reference^ 
which,  for  want  of  apace,  wore  omitted  in  the  Edinbiu^ 
Revietc,  while  a  Certain  nir  of  completeness  is  given  to 
the  series  by  the  addition  of  au  excellent  index. 

The  Bibiiographer^M  MaKual  of  JEnglith  Literature,  by 
William  Thomas  Lowndea.  New  Edition,  revised,  co'- 
rectcd,  cmd  enlarged  bu  Henry  G.  Bahn.  Part  X, 
(Bohn.) 

The  present  Fart  concludes  Mr.  Bobn's  bibliogtaphical 
labours  on  the  nucleu*  furnished  by  Lowndes;  put,  as  he 
tells  ui,  does  not  complete  the  work,  as  it  ia  to  be  followed 
immediately  by  an  Appendix,  which  will  contain,  tn<er 
alia,  a  complete  list  of  all  the  books  printed  by  the  Lite- 
rary and  Scientific  Societies  of  Great  Britain.  This  will 
(.ertainly  be  a  most  useful  addition  to  £ohn*s  Lourudet^ 
which  if  not  perfect,  is  an  enormous  improvement  upon 
the  original  work,  and  one  for  which  all  book  lovers  ; 
under  great  obligations  to  Mr.  Bohn. 


finXxui  Xa  Corre^potiQeiiti. 

We.  Aok'c  ban  unaiwduirlii  wmptUtii  li>  oniit  tvmt  nf  ottrVStttt  Oil 


J.  n.    nv  Aall  he  plod  to  rta  ire  the  )WIj^j  oh  CumaU. 
J.  Hk-  ••■  Tahh  n/ (.'ftivrrtUti  Howhim  Our  SOd  S.  vl.  p. 

Jeel  •«  t'l.  i.  to  oai  aecuud  Suies. 

E.  K.  <.•"••'■  ."..„  .™„rnVlt/.-i  li.fr*  o»mJ*r«rfi«;»«ot»*H*«<»iM«/ 
Or-trf,  urA«  IcMi  ««  in  A«#  f  oli  — 

"iteate  m^u  MaIo  nubert  rul^ui  alU"— 
a  /mm  wAtcA  taunHLxxduH  (A«  muw  of  Jioliirvod  i*«  mormiutm/ler  ikB 
utarHaoe  itf  Mart  ">•<'  tMhutU.   titi  a  euriuuM  pajier  m  <A*  ndtf«<  ^ 
tAe  laf  Mr,  Jfimftr, "  M.  k  U.  '  >■>  B.  11.  U. 

J/aUlfS^tMirilHi    '.'■  V     y  -  ■' r.l  ,lui,;,rrr  t',,  vnl.  ir.  3ld».UIUM 

pemtemtion  letbt  a  r  »  ftjMamr 

to  On  •tflot  (if  ■  :  .-it.wkma 

I,  D.  Tatk  iln>  Ac  faHeit  on  Q<iatl  Friday  tkrte  timet  durino  M« 
prmmml  waMiy,  momitw. «  lM«,l«3,a«»/  1*^.  TMiM  wM  tujt  hapmm 
offitlm  tiO  tilt  Mtsr  Itio.  Im  mttiuxviit  nfii>Ut  rtjtn  to  hiuttr  Ik/g, 
not  to  OooU  tfrf,laii.    A« '  V.  «>  Vl"  Jrd  ».  v.  1134. 

"Vfm  k9v  qr>a<n"  u  pnblitAsii  at  tuxm  on  TM*j,  awt  ft  alM 
(Mi»--i  ■-  u... 11.1  V  I'iini.  Jh-  s.iUiY-iuuon  f</r  StTAurto  Oirtk*  fi* 
.•;.'.  ■  PuUitJur  iuietmHme  IM  Uai^ 

».  6«  jxiiii  t»  {"Oft  Otltf  Ord^^ 

W»u.l.-">'<-  ■a.«»..i,ir,..>.-.x.,  ^  ..^.yi.o  ■«>«••»,  0».V 


292 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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


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Sri  8.  y.  Atrtl  9,  '64] 


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LOtlDOlT,  SATtfRDAY.  APRIL  8.  IK*. 


CONTENTS.— N«.  119. 


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NoUst  (Ml  Buoka,  Ao. 


THE  BIRTfl-PLACE  OF  ROJtIN  nOOD. 

Thw   iiul.iwl.oiy  outjisbroplii;  at   SlicflieM   hns 
br<>";;Iii  i;  eyes  of  llic  public  the  name  of 

•  river  ;    callt?<l  tlit?  Loxlev.     On  Stieing 

tUttt  iiume  in  the  Leedit  Mrrevry  it  imrae'liately 
OociitT»>il  to  me,  has  this  river  any  connection 
with  llip  rcimtt'd  birth-iilnce  of  Robin  Hood?  I 
at  once  turned  to  tin?  (Jrdnance  Survey,  sbeet 
*ifM,  six  inch  scale,  anci  th.-re  sure  enough  I  not 
only  found  tbi>  rivtr  Luxl^y,  hut  a  very  sinmll 
hiunlvt  on  its  nortlicrn  bank  called  I^oxley  ul»<). 
If ow,  i*  thia  the  "'  Mi-rry  «weel  f.ork^ley  town  "  of 
the  hntlnd?  Hmit«'r,  in  his  Ifulitimxhirf,  utatt'n 
tliut  within  the  memory  of  ninn  the  di».frli*t  wiu* 
wholly    Uuenclo'«'<l   und    um  ;  '  1   he    >i« 

of  opinion   tlmt  it  hue  '*  tli'  ions  to 

be  the  I      '■  '        ifouroM  i  n..-  3.>muin« 

of  tt  h  H  h  it  wjiy  :  he  (Robin 

UckmI)  ..  ,  ,.,„a  rtrrr  form.  ..V  ,M„,,U3d  out  in  .1 
suinll  »roo<l  in  Loxiey,  caUed  IkrwtMid  ;  and  a 
•well  of  fiiir  i'l,.;ir  rvTf.M'  v^^-inz  ncwr  the  Vied  of  the 
river.  !  ::  Hood's  Well." 

JhL"  ^        .i^f  the  "  mythirnl  per- 

Bonu^e'are  Btiil  un(br}fotlt<n  in  thiit  district^  for 
vrltliiu  a  quiirter  of  a  mile  of  ihi*  humlet  there  is 
n  t)tjl.ltc-bou»e  ctdled  "  Robin  Hood  und  Little 
.Joliu  "  ;  whilst  upon  the  moor*  two  or  three 
inileo  to  the  northwcxt  wa  tind  "Robin  Hood's 
Spri»i(,"*  nnd  u  hinjf  pirt  of  the  moor  is  distin- 
guished from  lit.  '^ing  wilderness  by  the 
..•ss."' 


tuuoc  of  "  Jiybifj 


A  propM  of  Robin,  I  may  be  allowed  to  make 
the  folio  will'  -i ;  — 

Hunter  <  -.  and  not  without  some  de» 

l^e(!  of  pliiu-!iiiiify,  that  Sir  Richard  att«  Lee, 
whom  Robin  befricnfl?!,  was  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Lee  or  Leigh  of  Middloton,  near  Leeds. 
If  .Sir  Richard  did  go  from  Middleton  on  hie 
journey  to  meet  the  Abbot  of  St.  Mary's,  his  rood 
would  lay  j»ero«9  the  present  Leeds  and  Wake- 
field turnpike  ronJ,  jnst  about  at  a  spot  where 
the  rood  crosses  a  bank  spanned  by  a  bridge 
still  known  by  the  nnme  of  Robin  Hood's  Bridge. 
Indeed  the  whole  district,  now  the  site  of  many 
coul-pits,  is  called  by  his  name;  and  if  this  was 
the  bridge  where  "tber  was  a  wraselyng,"  is  it 
not  probable  that  the  knight  in  his  gratitude  gave 
the  district  (which  would  be  his  own  property)  ita 
present  name  "for  love  of  Robyn  Hnder" 

Is  there  any  evidence  to  warrant  us  in  stating 
that  the  hill  about  three  qiiarters  of  n  mile  north 
of  Wrenthorpe,  near  Wakefield,  now  culled  Robin 
Hood's  Hill,  was  the  ncene  of  the  battle  between 
Robin  and  the  Jolly  Finder  ?  The  hill  in  ques- 
tion is  near  the  ^^'akeflcld  and  Bradford  tariipike 
road,  and  the  pinder  in  terms  of  reproach  statof— 

••  For  yoa  liavp  forsnken  thf  king's  highway, 
And  made  a  path  over  the  corn." 

In  the  ballad  relatins  Robin's  birth,  breeding, 
valour,  and  marri/ige,  mention  in  mude  of  "Tit- 
bury  town,"  which,  from  the  line  "  Where  the 
bagpipes  baited  the  bull,"  we  are  leil  to  J»appoi>iu  is 
a  ciirical  ermr  for  '*  Tiitbiiry,"  the  place  celc- 
brni>.><l  lor  its  bull-ring ;  but  In  a  few  stanzas  fur- 
tliiT  on  we  are  told  that  Sir  Roger,  the  {larson  of 
Dubbritlge,  brought  his  inasH-book, — 

"  And  joynwl  them  in  ntnrriqgti  full  faat" 
Has  tho  baliail-Kmithier  in  hie  ignorance  changed 
Tetbury  in  Glouct-stershire  into  Titbury,  and 
then  by  a  full  us*'  of  the  poet's  "license"  assured 
us  lh»t  it  ohould  be  the  present  Tutbury  ?  Some 
seven  or  eight  miles  from  Tetbury,  there  is  a  vil- 
lage now  called  Dudbridge,  and  if  it  coultl  be 
proved  that  a  Sir  Roger  was  the  ofliclating  priest 
at  thtit  place  during  eitlier  of  ihe  periods  Robin  is 
s.iid  to  have  lived,  it  would  go  far  to  settle  which 
is  really  the  ciirreot  one. 

Robin's  ailventure  with  the  curtal  friar  in  "fair 
Fountains' dale  "  appears  to  be  comnicmoriitedby 
the  fact  that  the  wood  overhanging  Fountains 
Abbey,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Skelk,  is  still 
cidii'd  "Robin  Hood's  VV'oi.hI,  In  i(,  lowardH  the 
^  .-nd   of  the  abbey,  th'-ru  is  »  spring 

C;i  u'g  Well;  and  the  neighbourhood  around 

Ripon  comprehends  other  pljices  named  after  the 
popninr  hero.  One  of  his  band  is  colled  Will 
S  !  is  it  not  probable  that  he  was  a  native 

«.,  ,  who  joined  Robin  perha,tj»a.<-«.t*s^'«* 


U'xax'i 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ALABARCHES. 
In   Juvena]    (L    130)   this    word,    in    (lie   line 
"Nesc'io  quis  titulos  .•Etryptiua  at<jup  AralMrchex,"' 
w  tninslatcd  by  Dusaulx  chef  (f  Arabes,  umi  be  is 
quire  at  a  liiSii  in  liia  notes  to  furnish  a  plnusibte 
taefliiinjT.     But  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  word 
should  be  written  Alabarches,  the  correction  given 
in  Cicero  {Ep.  ad  Attic,  lib.  ii,  ep.  1 7).     It  is  so 
found  in  Joyephus    (^Ant.  xviii.  7,  3,  xvili.   9,  1, 
XX.  6,  3),  in   Eusebius  {Eccl.  Hitt.  ii.  5),  and  in 
the  "  Epigram.  Palludaj  Alexandrini "  (Brunck, 
AmdecL  t.  ii.  p.  413,  n.  xxx).     There  is  no  ques- 
tion  na   to   its   meaning   for  Philo  (/n  Flaccum, 
p.  975,  or  528,   Mangey.)    uses  as  its  equivnlent 
Fffipxti,  chief  of  the  people;  and  IIul'  (Tntrod. 
New   Tent.  §  149)   considers  it  as  equivalent   to 
m73  l^Kl.  Ruish  Oahathy  prince  of  the   exiles. 
So  does  Kaphull  (Hist.  Jews,  ii.  71),  but  he  is  un- 
able to  Ms'iiin  any  etymology  for  the  word  uiabur-  1 
chea;    and  Milman  doe^  not  mnke  the   atti-nipt. 
There  can  be  little  doubt  that  the  termintd  apx*]$ 
i8  Greek,  and  the   initiul,   instead  of  a\ae  would 
probably  have  been  in  the  same  language  ha«i  it 
been  iuvenlud  by  the  Jews,  as  the  equivalent  for 
nvi,  galmth,  which  in  the  New  Testament  is  re* 
presented   by    6tainropd  (I  Peter  i.   1;    John   vii. 
35),  and  moans  the  eominunity  of  Jews  settled  out 
of  Jeroiialeiii.  either  in  Asia,  of  which  Babylon  wjis 
the  cnpital:  «>r  in  Greece,  of  which  Alexandria 
was  the  inetr«>poliM.     But  the  word  is  probably  of 
Greek  formation.  an«l  instead  of  beinp  A^x^f  8jo- 
<nropaT,  or  5«i<rrop<ipxn»i    'he  Greeks  took,   I  con- 
ceive, the  Hebrew  term,  /^atpath,  yoAaff,  pronounced 
jiftiar,  and  added  Hpx^u  formintj  raXaidpxvt.     The 
Greek  >  wa?  sounded  like  g  m  the  Gorman  tape^ 
%«,  whence  our  tl,ii/,  la,/,  approximnloly  to  the 
KnglisU  y.      Thus,  yaKatapxvt   was,    1    consider, 
corrupted  into  &\aedpxvt  and  by  the  Houians  into 
arabarchra  (Cml,  JttxUn,  1.  4,  tit.  Oil,  1.  «>). 

T.  J.  BrcK.Tos. 
Lichfield. 

JOSEPH   ni'ME. 
The  gcnt'rnl  public  would  be  startled  at  finding 
this  stnunch  jmiriot  enrolli^i  atnon^  the  invtM.     It 
wKtiMi  lu  (ruo  ihftt  his  mind  w.n*  ut  one 

*•«'"<?.  »l  livated  by  the  Muse,  for  there 

lie»«  bufoi'.*  liii-  111..'  — 

••Infomo:  a  Tmtulmioo  from  n&nto    Aliffainri    into 
I«n<L(:mli.|l.  1812."  -.  — ^  .        "v. 

U  WM   Irinrj   before   I  rouM    h.-ll.- 
hfw.k  was  iHiHlly  written  by  li 
referrln-jr  lo  a  Al»Mni.it  of  Mr   ; 
Sutiou,  I  find  it  n; 
eounL    Co'iiitderin.; 

I   would  a*k  if  it  i*  ui  uli  likdy  thai  at  uStif-r 
fmrioti  he  did  u  little  bit  of  antire  in  tixj  eame 


!•  ihnt  nty 
in,  but  on 

Srntliith 
(IC- 
'int. 


Is  he,  then,  or  is  he  no 
12mo,  of  a  square  form,  en 

N -A  Built :  a  Parody  on  nn  Oid  L 

By  I.  Hume.     Neither  place,  <lat.^, 
but  having,  na  will  be  seen  at  « 
to  a  great  squander  of  money  ; 

Salace  by  George  IV.  and   hi:< 
'he  verses  are  illustrative  of  nl^ 
scriptive  of  the  palace,  and  HniU' 
calculating  propensities  of  the  n 
trose. 

For  example:  Parliainent,  it  might  mocq,  . 
supplied  the  means  for  addiuona  to  the  hoilc 
these  the  c.arioatiiri.st  represents  under  demoUl 
the  pout  singing  their  dir^^e  ;  — 
"Tbean  .are  the  win^i  which  by  estimates  round 
Arc  said  to  have  cost  Ko'-'^--'""  'ii."t^- 
And  which  not  quite  «■ 
Are  (toomM  lo  romc  du  V 

The  last  print  represents  an  over-wrmi^t  i 
dilapidated  biped,  dragging  a  hcayj  roUer, 
these  concluding  lines  :  — 
"  This  ii  the  man  whom  they  Johnny  Hail  call. 
And  who  very  reluctantly  p«ys  for  it  all. 
Who  fh>m  his  vouch  upwnrcts'  has  work'd  Uk«  «  aiav^ 

But  the  devil  a  si  i" -  ■'!"  to  oave; 

Fur  Huch  million-^  i  mortar  antj  stoaa. 

Have  drawn  corjn  m  duwn  lu   bair  akla  aai 

Iwinc ; 
And,  what  is  itill  worse,  'twcon  QrMka,  Tkl^  Mi 

Hu-'aJana, 
nu'll  #oon  be  at  war  with  Fr«Qeh«  Anstriana,  aail  P/w 

sians. 
But  h«'.<)  kindly  pprmittci!  to  (rrumblc  and  f^^m. 
Say  and  lliinkwhnt  he  v«\l\,  proviiUd  he  /Mty*.** 

But  I  can  h.^rdly  put  n»y  (pK-?tioD  serioc 
it  seems  the  .«quib  of   some  wag,  who 
founded  his  new  version  of  an  old  ditty 

grumbling  speech  of  the  senatctr,  uud  bwL 
Ini  responsible  fur  its  paraphrase  in  vcrtt. 


APPLICATION   OF   GU8TAVU8   ADOLPinm 
CHARLHS  I.  ON  BEHALF  OF  PATRICK 

VKxV. 

When  I  first  hoard  that  a  i 
addiCAsed  by  Gustavus  Adfi  ; 
behalf  of  Patrick   Uuthveu\ili. 
printed  in  your  2'"'  .S.  ii,  101  \  ! 
among  the  State  Papori,  I  !■. 
not  have  relation  lo  the  Put  r . 
a  pristoner  in  the  Tower,  but.  ti>  t 
Bnlhven,  who  »crve<i  I'or  inanv  v 
tav   -    »  1    ■    •    -        .1 

tr.ii 

wii^    :  ■  ..... ...  ■;    ....  I.    ,., 

Hrentfiiird.     But  when  ' 

fun II. i  ilr.ii   ii  madi.'  nw\. 

*'  1-  oiinour>»," 

ani  i  . ,'  iIjl*  "pl.i.  .        .   .  ,.. , 


BUTB- 


1^^ 


•»<  8.  V.  Amit  9.  •«.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


296 


family"  for  munificence  to  be  bestowed  upon 
them,  and  when  I  also  fnund  that  by  a  contem- 
porary endorsement  the  letter  was  ciinstrued  to 
be  an  application  thut  Patrick  Ruthvcri  "  might 
enjoy  the  former  honours  and  dignity  of  his  pre- 
decessors;" and,  finally,  in  addition  to  all  this, 
when  I  found  that  Mead,  the  news-letter  writer, 
mentioned  a  previous  letter  of  Gustavus  Adol- 
phus  in  162il,  as  an  application  that  *"  Mr.  Ruth- 
ven."  writing  of  him  as  if  he  were  some  person 
well  known  in  London,  "  nii^ht  be  restored  to  the 
honours  of  his  predecessors,"  I  concluded  that, 
Btran<^e  as  it  seemed  for  the  great  Swedish  hero 
thus  to  interfere^  his  interference  really  was  —  as 
it  ]isii\  alreaily  been  concluded  to  be  by  Colonel 
Covvell  Stepney  —  on  behalf  of  Patrick  Ruthven, 
4on  of  the  third  Earl  of  Gowrie.  I  was  the  more 
ipecialJy  led  to  this  conclusion  by  the  circum- 
ttance  I  hilt  the  passages  from  the  letter  which  I 
have  quoted    above,  whilst   they  fitted   in    most 

{)eculiarly  with  the  position  and  connexions  of  the 
«st  mentioned  Patrick  Ruthven,  did  not  seem 
applicable  to  what  is  to  be  found  in  English  his- 
torical booka  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  lateJy  in  "  N.  JSt  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  commuoicale 
any  facts  upon  the  subject  to  yotir  pages. 

J.  M.  has  not  yet  replied  to  my  invitation,  but 
I  have  now  to  announce  to  you  that  n  recent 
discovery  of  another  letter  of  Gustavus  Adol- 
phu8 —  probably  that  referred  to  by  Mead  —  has 
convinced  me  that  in  this  instance  second  thoughts 
were  not  beat,  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, 
ami  the  subsequent  Earl  of  Forth  and  Rreut- 
ford. 

The  new  evidence  which  hns  occasioned  this 
change  in  my  opinion,  has  turned  up,  since  I  last 
wrote  to  you,  among  the  MSS.  of  the  Marquis  of 
Balh,  imd  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 aulhentieated  by  an  impression  of  hie  seal.  It 
reads  a»  follows :  — 

"GusTAToa  AnoLrnua  ro  Chaklks  I. 
"No8  t5a«tT         «  .  .- i        -I  •  '•  ■  ■ 

thonitn,  Vuii 

di«.    I'lix    \-  ^         ;  . 

**■  '  I    nc   t>iiij   iioiniiiu 

^  '  ic  tlyl»«riii;ii  Rcyi, 

chariwuno,  Salut«ni  et  reiidtoteen. 


"  Sereaissime  Potentissimeqi  Princeps,  Frater,  Consaii- 
f^inee  ct  Amice  charissime.  Postqiiam  inteUexiunm 
Scr**  V»  non  adeo  oflen«am  esM  futnilins  SiliiiianittiiA-, 
igitur  minimi  su(M3rse<lendom  duximu;.  pro  sincer*  nolns 
dilecto  Chyliawho  nostro  Jfobili  Patrifo  I'*'  ud 

Ser'U'jn  V'ram  iiitereedero:    Et  quamviH  i  ,1- 

mam  indaxiniui  cii  refricare  quic  forsan  Ser  (  iiui 

adver&ari  autliumantur ;  tamen  cum  Chyliarclju  lio^ler  ft 
multiR  annls  iam  nobia  tidelitcr  sen'ivht,  ct  per  otnnes 
militifc  gradus  ititJindo  ita  se  geasent,  prout  virum  nobi- 
lem  et  mauortcm  dccet:  non  pcituimus  noD  intermitlere, 
quin  Sei'tem  v'ram  amice  poscjimua,  si  ila  Ser'tis  v'rio 
gratia  patiatur  ultro.  ut  in  uoatri  j:;ratiani  prajnominatum 
Ketbuin  et  bonis  avitia  et  lionori  rcatituat,  axik  elc^nven- 
tid  cundem  amplexetar.  Id  si  isuppliraiiB  assequutuii 
fdcrit,  Deo8  sibi  nunquom  magii  fuis»i!  propitioH  glarin- 
bitur.  Hisce  Ser.  Warn  Deo  Optimo  maxirod  animilua 
commendamufl.  I)abantar  h  Re^ift  noftrii  Stockholnienai 
die  xxiv**  Mcnsis  .Junij  Anno  M"  DC'  xxv. 

"  S.  V.  bonus  frater  et  consanguincui, 

"OuBTAVus  At>utJ-»ra. 
rAddressed.l 
"  sereniaaimo  et  Potenti&i«tmo  V 

Ddo  Domino  Carolo  Magi^ 

Francins  ac  Ilybemiie  Regi, .      .  l — u- 

aori.  Fratri,  CoDsanguiaeo  et  Amioo 

nostro  Chariuimo." 

I  presume  it  will  not  be  contended  that  this 
letter  can  apply  to  any  one  but  to  the  Colonel 
Rutlivcn,  who  was  knighted  by  Gustavus  Adol- 
phu?,  witli  tour  of  his  comp-inioos  in  arms,  on 
September  23,  1627,  on  the  occasion  of  the  receipt 
by  Gustavus  of  the  emblems  of  the  Order  of  tne 
Garter  (Walkley,  p.  122). 

This  new  "  find  "  compels  me  to  withdraw  that 
portion  of  my  letter  (3"*  S.  v.  270)  which  relates 
to  the  application  of  Gustavus  Adolphus,  and  to 
con5ne  it  to  the  Lord  Ruthven  of  the  Ladies' 
Cabinet.  If  J.  M.  can  show  that  that  "licht 
honorable  and  learned  chyrobt"  was  any  other 
person  than  Patrick  Ruthven,  son  of  the  third 
Earl  of  Gowrie,  I  shall  be  very  much  obliged  to 
him  if  he  will  cotimiunicatc  the  facts,  with  proper 
refLM'cnces  to  authorities,  to  your  pages.  The 
suV)ject  of  these  Patrick  Ruthvens  has  evidently 
a  Scottish,  as  well  as  an  English  side,  and  truth 
will  gain  by  bringing  together  the  results  of  in- 
quiries made  on  both  sides  of  the  Tweed. 

JoHif  Brucb. 

Hrnbt  Dennis.— On  a  monament  in  the  north 
aisle  of  Pu<'klechurch  church,  co.  Gloucester,  it 
this  inscription  :  — 

"  In  Men>oriatii  Johanii  («ic)  Dennis  Armiperi,  pri- 
mogcniti  ct  her«<lis  Hcnrici  Denni.'s  Armi^  " 'lie 

•Juiiij,  Anno  DuniinI  l'>38,  vx  bac  vila  (le«-.  itii 

ex  uxorcsua  Maniarcta,  Dni  Georyij  Sptfti    ,  „ht- 

aikingtuii  iu  comitatu  Somerwt.  E<|uitt.-)  Eulitei,  e  iiiia- 
bus  »nK,  <lnr>«  jirrrpit  fliind,   ,|ohflfin*'m    wilirHt   Pt  Tli=n- 

!  ■   ,       ••      •  •    '  '  ,  ■  .    V   ■•  :    '    1'    ;  '    ■      '  '  :;i'is 


liliaruiit    vl    culierciiitiii   uiiaui ;   ex  qua  ttva  aL'i'U|iil.  lilioa 
el  tUiam  auanii  vii.  Hcnricum,  JoluiavNW5\,^\JC%.^'«wois»^<*. 
MaTC-4LT«l»n\,  ^  _   -      « 


296 


NOTES  AND  QUEBDES. 


[8^  &  y.  Aprh.  9,  '6L 


This  inscription  has  led  Budder,  Sir  Robert 
Atkjna,  and  others,  into  numerous  errors ;  thereby 
causing  a  generation,  which  never  existed,  to  be 
inserts  in  the  Dennis  pedigree. 

The  Pucklechurch  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  JoAn,  but  of  Henry,  and  should  read 
thus:  — 

"  In  Mtmoruun  Henrid  DennU  Armigeri,  primogsniti 
et  bflifldia  Johaaiiis  Deonia,"  &c 

It  b  also  noticeable  that  the  day  of  death  is 
{pven  June  26 :  so  that  if  the  monument  is  not 
incorrect  in  this,  Henry  Dennis  was  buried  on  the 
day  on  which  he  died.  Samuel  Tuckee. 

East  Temple  Chambers,  Wfaitefriars  Street,  £.C. 

CoBFSB :  Dbfbhd. — Dr.  Trench  remarks  in  hu 
Select  Olossary^  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  tlMt  Thackeray  held  the  word  to  be  of  the 
same  value  as  did  Surrey,  Spenser,  and  Ben  Jon- 
son,  as  be  tell  tis  in  the  Four  Oeorges,  103,  that 
one  of  his  heroes  was  found  "  a  lifeless  corpse," 
wUch  he  certainly  would  not  have  done  hod  he 
looked  only  with  mo<lern  eyes  upon  corpse,  and  so 
seen  in  it  an  equivalent  of  cadaver. 

The  old  meaning  of  defend  (forbid)  still  sur- 
yives  in  Nottinghamshire.  A  few  years  ago  I 
heard  a  governess  say  to  a  round-backed  pupil, 
"  I  defend  jon  from  sitting  in  easy  chairs." 

St.  Swituik. 

Thomas  Nuqent,  Esq.,  etc.— Many  British 
subjects  have,  at  various  times,  been  honoured 
with  titles  of  nobility  and  other  dignities  by 
foreign  sovereigns;  yet,  with  the  exception  of 
such  of  theui  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,  such 
instances  as  they  may  from  time  to  time  meet 
with  ;  and  thus,  u  complete  list  may  be  eventually 
obtained.  The  subjoined  are  ofTurud  us  a  com- 
mencement :  — 

Thomas  Nugent,  Esci.,  Alaj or- General  in  the 
service  of  King  Charles  II.  of  Spain,  was  by  that 
monarch  created  Count  de  Valdcsoto,  and  killed 
when  deputy-governor  of  Gibraltar.  He  married 
Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of  Hugh  Parker  (who 
died  in  1712,  aged  thirty-nine),  eldest  son  of  Sir 
Hyde  Parker,  Bart. ;  ami  by  that  ludy,  who  was 
cousin  to  the  distinguished  Admiral  Sir  Hyde 
Parker,  had  one  son,  Edw.  II.  Nugent,  Count  de 
Valdeaoto. 

Austin  Park  Goddard,  Esq.,  was  a  Knight  of 
ibe  Military  Order  o£  St.  Stephen  in  TumkuTi  ^ 


and  married  Anne,  second  dauffhter  of  the  above- 
named  Hugh  Parker  ;  by  whom  ne  had  one  daugh- 
ter, Sophia,  the  wife  of  William  Mervyn  Dilloo, 
Esq. 

The  Chevalier  Laval  Nugent,  who  died  at  his 
"  Schlofs,"  near  Fiume,  in  Aug.  1862,  was  a  Count 
of  Uie  Holy  Roman  Empire,  Chamberlain  of  the 
Empire,  Freiherr  in  Croatia,  and  Knight  of  nearly 
all  tiie  European  Orders :  the  bare  entuneratioo 
of  whose  dignities  would  require  an  octayopage. 

y.jjor. 

BnmiAi.  Offeeiiios. — The  following  cutting, 
from  the  Chester  Courant  of  Sept.  26, 1 863,  relates 
to  a  custom  which  is,  I  imagine,  nierely  m  local 
one  at  present :  — 

"  Larceny  of  Burial  Offeringt  at  DerMgh.  —  Testffdav 
week  Evan  Davies,  an  aged  person,  was  charged  at  iJbe 
Denbigh  Police  Court  with  having  stolen  8s.  from  ikt 
commmiioa  table  of  the  parish  church,  on  Thnnday  tht 
17th  inst.,  such  money  being  the  offertory  made  upon  tlM 
burial  of  a  deceased  parishioner.    Suspicions  having  beta 
entertained  of  such  moneys  being  abstracted,  the  rertor 
of  the  parish,  the  Rev.  Lewis  Lewis,  on  this  oocasoa 
placed  himaelf  in  a  position,  unnoticed  by  the  oODgng»> 
tion,  to  watch.    It  was  the  curate,  the  Kev.  Tlunat 
Thomas,  who  officiated ;  and  after  the  funeral  processn 
had  quitted  the  church,  the  prisoner  came  inside,  ad 
called  out  the  name  of  the  sexton.  Price,  thrice.  Findi:! 
that  there  was  no  answer,  he  deliberately  walked  np  to 
the  communion  table,  and  helped  himself  out  of  the  coc- 
tributions  at  both  ends  of  the  table.    Than  he  decamped, 
but  was  quickly  brought  back  by  the   rector.     I'poa 
being  accused  of  the  theft  ho  immediately  admitted  it, 
and  prayed  for  forgiveness.    The  prisoner  pleaded  gaiitr, 
and  was  sentenced  to  three  months'  imprisonmat. 

I  should  be  glad  if  any  reader  of  **N.  &  Q." 
would  inform  us  whether  this  custom  of  burial 
ofTc'rings  exists  elsewhere  at  the  present  day.   F. 

FcNEBAL  Offehisgs.  —  Tlic  Hotcs  on  loaves 
at  funerals  which  h.ave  lately  appeared  in  your 
columns  bring  to  my  recollection  an  old  cu»tom 
that  exists  in  some  parts  of  AV ales  (and  elsewhere, 
fur  aught  I  know).  In  many  parishes  the  parson 
receives  no  burial  fee,  but  when  any  one  difs  his 
friends  and  neighbours,  as  many  us  attend  tbefune- 
rul,  lay  their  voluntary  offerings  on  the  communion- 
table for  the  clergyman.  These  being  regularly 
inserted  in  the  registers,  form  some  guide  to  the 
esteem  in  which  persons  were  held  by  their  neigh- 
bours; fur  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  nkce  assured  nic  that  hv 
once  carried  off  eighty-five  sixpenny-pieces  from 
such  an  uccasinn.  On  the  other  band,  ^lartha 
Jones  of  the  same  ])l:icc  was  jirobably  littlf  cared 
for  by  her  neighbours,  for  a  solitary  pcnnv  was 
all  the  parson  received  for  his  "  heavy  task/ 

In  connection  with  Aber,  1  may  mention  that  it 
is  one  of  those  secluded  spots  into  whidi  the  tie- 
Tvetui  custom,  of  the  parson's  changing  his  inm 


S^  S.  V.  Apbil  9,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


297 


in  the  middle  of  the  service  lias  never  reached,  for 
that  indisputable  authority  **the  oldest  inhabi- 
tant" cannot  remember  a  gown  in  church. 

Jos.  Hasokove. 
Clan  CoU.  Camb. 


OuerM. 


"Abei.,"  Obatoeio  of. — Can  J.  R.,  or  any 
other  musical  antiquary,  say  who  wrote  the  words 
of  Abel^  an  oratorio ;  to  which  Dr.  Ame  composed 
the  music  f  M.  C. 

Geobge  Augustus  Asdeelet.  —  Will  any  of 
your  readers  who  have  access  to  old  army  lists 
inform  me  of  the  rank  and  regiment  of  George 
Augustus  Adderley :  in  1792,  he  is  supposed  to 
have  been  major.  Is  this  the  case  ?  Ii  so,  what 
regiment  ?  and  when  did  he  quit  the  army,  and 
what  was  his  rank  then  ?  He  was  son-in-law  to 
the  last  £arl  of  Buckinghamshire.  T.  F. 

**  AuBEA  viMCESTi,"  ETC. — On  a  stone  formerly 
over  the  fireplace  in  one  of  the  chambers  at  Ham 
Qastle,  Worcestershire,  is  the  following  inscrip- 
tion :  — 

"  Aarea  vincenti  detur  mercede  corona ; 
Cantat  et  aeterno  carmina  digna  Deo," 

together  with  the  arms  of  JeiTerey  —  3  scaling 
ladders.  The  stone  is  now  preserved  in  the  hall 
of  that  place.  Can  any  of  your  correspondents 
explain  from  whence  such  an  inscription  is  de- 
rived? Thos.  E.  Wihhihgtob. 

Ameeoids. — 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  Times  report,  that  the  barometer,  correctea, 
showed  30*13  at  Liverpool  on  the  same  date,  and 
about  the  same  time.  A  few  hints  to  a  tyro  in 
meteorology  on  the  subject  of  this  correction 
would  oblige.  I  should  add  that  I  am  not  fifty 
miles  from  Liverpool.  L.  M. 

March  17, 1864. 

Tub  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. 

Bebch-Dboppibgs  (Epiphegus  Virginiana.)— 
Can  any  medical  man  give  any  information  re- 
specting the  medicinal  properties  of  this  curious 
parasite  ?  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  irood,  is  an  odd  looking  plant:  a  naked 
and  slender  thing,  with  stems  which  are  never  covwed 
with  leaves,  bat  bear  nothing  more  than  small  scales  in 
their  stead.  It  is  called  '  beech-drops '  (^Eptpihegiu  Fir- 
rjiniana),  and  grows  as  a  parasite  on  the  roots  of  beech 
trees.  In  October  the  plant  is  full  of  life  and  vigour :  the 
stems,  which  have  been  hard  and  brittle  the  snmmer 
through,  are  now  tender  and  succulent,  and  shoot  oat 
many  branches.  The  flowering  season  is  scarcely  over; 
but  the  flowers  being  small,  are  not  readily  found.  It 
bears  the  reputation  of  potietiing  medicindl  virtues." 

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.,"  this  note  will  attract  the 
attention  of  some  medical  men  in  England.  I 
shall  loe  only  too  happy  to  afford  any  further  in- 
formation on  this  subject,  either  through  the  post 
or  "  N.  &  Q."  J.  W.  DuNBAB  Moopie. 

Belleville,  Canada  West. 

"  The  Chubch  of  oub  Fathebs." — Who  was 
the  author  of  two  verses  of  poetry  Aat  appeared 
some  twenty  years  since  in  a  Portsmouth  paper, 
and  s^d  to  be  written  at  that  time  by  a  distin- 
guished member  of  the  House  of  Commons.  It 
w  entitled,  "  The  Church  of  our  Fathers,"  and 
commences  thus  — 

"  Half  screened  by  its  trees  in  the  Babbath's  calm  smile, 
The  Chnrch  of  our  fathers,  how  meekly  it  stands."  * 

Who  was  the  author  of  the  following,  and  how 
many  verses  does  it  consist  of.  Where  can  it  be 
seen?  — 

"the  cnUBCH. 
"  Oh !  doth  it  not  gladden  an  Englishman's  eyes. 
To  see  the  old  tower  o'er  the  elm  trees  rise?  " 

A  CnuBCSiiAB. 

Lieut.  Cot.  Cottebell  was,  in  1648,  governor 
of  Fontefract  for  the  Parliament.     He  was  subse- 

[•  "  The  Church  of  our  Fatliers  "  appeared  iu  a  peri- 
odical entitled  The  ChwchmoM,  i.  94, 12mo,  1835,  where 
it  is  signed  R.  S.,  and  was  copied  voJtA  Tk*.  <3tea^  ^1 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


[Sf^S. 


quently  employed  on  military  service  in  Scotland, 
and  sectns  to  have  been  in  that  kingdom  in  1627 
(Clarendon;  Bootlirovd's  Poiit>>/ract,  243,  261— 
263,  267  ,-  Drake's  Sieges  of  Ponte/ract,  84—90  ; 
Commmis  JoumnU,  iii.  497;  Whitelocke,  527,561, 
582 :  Baillie's  Letters  and  Juunials,  iii.  2*25 ; 
Niekolls'H  State  Papers,  130).  In  no  instance  do 
I  find  his  Chrulian  name  specified.  I  ahull  be 
thankful  to  any  correspoadent  who  can  supply  it, 
or  furaisb  any  other  information  about  bim. 

S.  Y,  K. 

*•  Fba»t  of  thb  Dbspotb." — In  what  volume 
or  collection  of  recitations  may  this  piece  be 
found  ?  It  commences  — 

"  Tbere  vvre  tliree  mooarchx  fierce  and  atronj;." 

W.  B. 

The  gbeat  Itauak  Poet. — 

"  Tlie  great  Italian  poet  who  described  Cimabu«'s 
^M>'  as  eclipsed  by  Giotto,  and  Giotto's  by  Guido,  and 
Wid  that  another  nod  greater  Guido  would  arise^  has  been 
Cillloij  a  prophet  by  those  who  wish  lo  flatter  succeeding 
painten,  and  Carlo  Dolco  and  Bamx^cbio  have  been  oora- 
plitncnted  as  accoud  Guidos.  Mere  poetry  baa  becji 
tamed  into  prophecy,  aa  the  sonthem  cross  of  Dante,  and 
the  di4cov«ry  of  America  of  Seneca." — ThoughU  on  Prxf' 
phecjf  and  Fortknowledgt,    London.  17SG. 

*•  The  groat  Italian  poet "  usually  means  DaDt«, 
but  he  could  not  have  seen  Guido's  pictures.  I 
5hnll  be  glad  to  have  the  passage  pointed  out  to 
me,  and  abo  that  in  Seneca.  C.  P. 

"  The  House  that  Jack  Bcilt." — "WTjo  wa.'j 
the  author  of  this  "  Nursery  Rhyme,"  and  if  it 
was,  OS  haa  been  said,  a  political  squib,  to  what 
circumstADCes  does  it  refer  Y  J.  C.  H. 

Tboxab  Moris  Moi.tkkux.  —  There  was  pub- 
linhed  Ht  London,  8vo,  1759,  "  Cnnjmtct  Expedi- 
tious; or.  Expeditions  that  have  been  Hurried  on 
jointltf  ft;/  the  Fleet  and  Amty,  unlh  a  CommeiUary 
on  a  Littoral  War.  By  I'horaas  More  Molyneux, 
Esq."  The  work  is  not  mentioned  by  Lowndes  or 
Watt.  The  author  was  second  son  of  Sir  More 
Molyneux,  Knt.,  by  Cassandnt,  daughter  of  Tho- 
mas ConjwaJIis,  Esq.  lie  represented  Uaslcmere 
from  1739  till  his  deatli,  Oct.  3,  1776,  »t.  fifty- 
three,  and  was  a  colonel  in  the  army. 

In  Urn^ley  &  Brittf>n*8  Hittorv  of  Surrey  (i. 
415),  he  19  called  Sir  Thomas  More  MolyneuA, 
but  in  the  pedigree  (41«)  the  prefix  of  Sir  dovi 
not  occur. 

Was  he  knighted,  and  if  so,  when  ?     8.  Y.  E. 

Mv^^Ar^p^RTT9  Sxosi;, — Where  can  I  find  a 
'I    of  the   MitsAnihusetts   stone   in    the 
I  >  tics,  which  1  nm  informed  has  ancient 

Kiiiiio  characters  iDxcribe<l  upon  it  ?  Have  any 
attempt*  Ticin  made  to  read  ihi*  characters  or 
J  '11   the  ruined  t4<mple>«  in  C<Mitrnl 

\'^^-"  \ru,  «iid  what  haa  becutbe  result  Y 

U.  C. 


XoBTBAMrTONSBTHE     I?(BABrrABTB    Of      CCI»TK 

ExiRACTioN. — Ten  fir  twelve  year?  ikizo  or  loorv', 
there  appeared  in  The  Times  ijl  v  pan* 

graph  stating  that  the  nativ<^  i  :if  the 

midland  parts  of  the  county  of  >' 
generally  dark-haired,  anil  wer 
of  ancient  British  origin.     The 
of  considerable  importance  in  .• 
and  ethnological  point  of  view,  1  sliall  Iscl  ^re-iUy 
obliged  to  any   gentleman  who  will   furuiaii  na 
with  a  transcript  of  the  parajiraph  in  questloo,  or 
the  date  of  the  paper  in  which  it  appeared,  and 
any  information  corroborative  of  such  state<ne&U 

A.M. 

Pit  and  Gau-ows,  —  When  was  the  lost  in- 
stance of  the  punishment  of  death  bein?  tnfljcti«d 
by  the   baron  m   Scotland  under  pow  '      tiil 

and  gallows  "  before  hereditary  jurist .  re 

abolished  in  1748?  o.  D. 

TiMoTur  PiAiw.— In  the  Scots'  Chronicle,  1T9T 
to    1800,  inclusive,   are  a  series  of  I  'a 

Edinburgh   Theatricals,  by  Timothy    1  J- 

lected  and  re-printed  at  Edinburgh,  li^OO,  ttvu. 

Geo.  Chalmers  says  it  was  the  futm  de  fbumt  fif 
a  writer  to  the  signet ;  perhaps  some  cormpo^ 
dent  can  name  him.  A.  G« 

Kbv.  Wilmam  KoMAnrE,  M.A.,  married  tollav 
Price  in  1755  {^QenVs  Mag.^  1795,  p.  764).  Cm 
any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  state,  and  will  obl^  bf 
stating,  the  Christian  name  of  Miss  Prior;  ootf 
giving  some  account  of  her  parents  or  fomiiy,  «• 
Mime  reference  where  to  find  any  euch  «eciMM  tif 
hor  ?  *  Gcvtuo. 

Homano-Bbittsh    Monet.  —  In    Mr.    Hvcirj 

Brandrcth's    Obsereationx    on    the     AM^h-Satam 
Stt/cas,  I  find  the  following  passage :  — 

"  Among  th«  coini  mentioned  hy  Oattclcv  oa  han«f 
been  found  at  Keculvor,  and  culled  by  h-.r.t  m»iK«i  wmv- 
titsimi,  are  aome  which  weigh  no  more  M 
part  of  a  Roman  drachm.    Tbey  b«iii 
man  emperors,  and  are  tun'         ■  -'>.<•< i  lurtai,  wr.>t_u 
haa  been  found  at  Hecalvt  '  rable  Quiiltit— | 

they  bear  no  legend,  and  %v.^  >  •■ly  etntok  by  th* 

Jlritona  and  pcrhap*  by  tbu  caxUvi  ^xona,  in  iittltatkB 
of  the  Roman  money." 

I  will  ask  such  of  the  readers  of  •*  N.  & 
who  are  acouainted  with  these  moneys,  what  i 
perors'  heads  appear  upon  them  ? 

Perhaps  the  whole   passa^'C  aft^^r  all  i»  im\r 
careleoB  ass^ertion.     Something  of  the  v  >         '     i 
has  appeared  in  prints   touching  the  1.^ 
discovery  in  Glooccjitershire.  «^, 


CiixTNi:  Rowr,  Ejiq.,  an  AtnioB.— T  flntl 
the  will  of  this  gentleman  ({]-.<' 
Essox,  August  10,  HiW9),  v\ri, 

I*  Mn,  Komoino  died  iu 


f*  S.  V.  Armi.  0,  'il] 


KOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


291 


books,  viz,,  Fire  upon  the  Altar,  and  a  volume  of 
poems  entitled  Ourania.  At  the  time  of  the  tes- 
tator's death,  these  books  were  apparently  in  the 
printer's  hand^,  tind  arc  spflken  of  as  being  "  in 
shpets."  I  ehould  be  glad  to  know  whether  they 
were  ever  published,  *nd  if  the  autliors  name 
was  attiicbecl  to  them.  There  can  be  no  doubt 
from  the  terms  of  the  will  that  Cheyne  Rowe  was 
himself  the  author,  though  it  may  seem  somewhat 
stranpe  tn  find  in  euch  a  quarter  undoubted  proof 
of  the  fart.  Cheyne  Kowe  was  third  son  of  Sir 
William  Rowe  of  Hijjham,  and  grandson  of  Wil- 
liam Rowe,  by  Anne,  daughter  of  John  Cheyne  of 
Cfaeshara,  co.  Bucks.  C.  J.  R. 

Stcm  Rod  — 

"  Like  nn  ass,  he  [■  scholar]  wears  out  his  time  for 
lirovendcr,  tind  can  shew  a,  $tum  md,  tngam  trilam  et  lace- 
ran,  sEiilh  Hwdlus,  an  oI<l  fornpown,  h«i  ensign  of  his  feli- 
city."—Burton,  Altai.  Mel.  1, '.',  3,  lu. 

What  is  this  ?  J.  D,  Campbell. 

D«.  JowATHAT*  Wagstaffe.  —  In  the  Gmtle- 
mann  Moffazine  for  February,  17;^0,  there  i.s  a 
paper  dedicated  to  the  Lord  Oen  in  Ireland,  the 
object  of  which  is  to  demonstrate  that  the  rela- 
tions in  Mr.  Gullivers  voyages  are  no  fictions. 
The  writer  signs  himself  Jonathan  Wagatuffe, 
M.D.  Who  was  this  Dr.  Wagstaffe  ?  He  dates 
from  the  Inner  Temple,  and  ho  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  himfelf  the  writer 
of  the  paper.  Was  Dr.  Jonathan  Wngstaffe  re- 
lated to  the  undoubted  Dr.  William  WagsUffe, 
whose  name  appears  in  the  List  of  the  College  of 
Physicians?  Or  was  he  the  representative  of  the 
more  mysterious  Dr.  William  Wagstaffe,  whose 
personal  identity  ban  been  discussed  in  your 
columns?  (3'"*  S.  L  SSL)  Perhaps  your  corre- 
spondent D.  8.  A.  could  throw  sorae'liffht  upon 
thin  point.  Melbtes. 

Font  at  Chblmortoj*.  —Can  you  inform  me 
of  the  meaning  of  an  inscription  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  K>\\  the  eight  side.'!  of  the  font,  in  old 
Enulish,  are  the  following  letters,  preceded  by  a 
*pnd  of  croH,  query  a  T.  No.«».  1  and  3  are  sorae- 
lliat  alike,  but  in  the  first  the  upright  is  longer, 
and  the  oro««-bar  much  lower  : 

\   a    X    t  th    i    \    w. 

W.  H.  E. 
fWff  should  hare  nincb  preftmd  a  rMhbing,  Thaating 
otir  ConMpon()«ntt  binranr,  for  rach  panicniars  u  he 
has  bwn  able  to  supply,  «•  offer  a  cotjjociofal  interpre- 
tation ;  subject  of  coutfo  Ut  «och  aniendmeota  a>  may  be 


Bttggested  to  competent  judgc4,  by  actual  inspection  and 
examiaatioQ  of  the  font  itself. 

Thii  being  an  "  all  round"  inscription,  wc  are  disposed 
to  tako  the  second  t,  barred  higher  than  the  tirat,  as  un 
initial  and  terminal  croit ;  that  it^  as  one  which  marka 
the  beginning  of  the  inscription,  and  itit  end  at  the  saute 
time.    The  inscription  will  then  slattd  thus :  — 

tf    rb    i    I    in    t    a  + 

H(?re  we  think  it  may  be  fairly  conjectured  that  the 
five  concecatire  letters  — 

i    I   m    t    a 
are  the  firamework,  or  skeleton,  of 
Cheimorton. 

which  is  the  name  of  the  Cbapclry.  The  r,  as  often  W 
old  inscriptions,  may  have  been  omitted.  Or  it  may 
have  been  represented  by  a  flourish  over  the  m  (^), 
overlooked  by  the  copyist,  perhaps  obliterated  by  time. 

How  «  should  bold  the  place  of  the  initial  Oi  of  Chel- 
morton, may  perhaps  be  explained  on  the  supposition  of 
diversities  in  spelling,  such  as  conuronly  occnr  in  the 
old  names  of  places.  Or  Sel;  by  use,  inny  have  hardened 
into  CM'. 

Granting  glmto  (or  ilitlo)  to  be  Chelmorton,  the  real 
is  easy.  Ivot  it  be  only  borne  in  mind  that  Chelmorton  is 
A  Chapelry  of  Bukewell  (in  Domesday  book  Badeqvella), 
and  the  whole  inscription  may  be  read  thus ;  — 

S\  eb\  iltkta  |  + 

^acellam  |  £<:cle8ie  de  .Sadeqrella  |  Chehnorton  |    i- . 

Thatis,  "  Chapelry  of  tha  Church  of  Bakcwell,  Chel- 
morton. +  " 

Should  it  be  objected  that  Chelmorton,  according  to 
Pilkington,  was  formerly  Chelmerdon,  which  puts  our  ( 
out  of  court,  it  maybe  sufficient  to  reply  that,  though 
-morton  may  at  some  former  period  have  been  -merdon, 
yet  still  -morton  also  may  have  been  an  old  spelling. 
Thus  another  place  in  Derbyshire,  now  called  Morton,  in 
Domesday  Book  ia  Mort\t«e,  not  Mordnne  or  Mordon; 
so  that  the  (  may  be  fairly  permitted  to  do  duty,  as  a 
constituent  part  of  Chelmorton.] 

Grammar  of  the  Gat  Sciesce.  —  The  con- 
ventional jargon  in  which  Dante,  Petrarch,  Boc- 
caccio, and  others  wrote,  must  have  ita  key  some* 
where,  and  a  Grammar  of  the  Gay  Science  ia 
most  likely  extant.  The  inquirer  is  by  no  means 
a  linguist,  but,  having  access  to  one  of  the  beat 
libraries,  be  wishes  to  know  what  early  English 
pjets,  or  writers,  were  in  the  habit  of  writing  in 
nn  exoteric  and  esoteric  manner.  lie  would  nlso 
be  glad  of  any  hints  whereby  he  ojin  be  led  to 
trace  the  Grammar  of  the  Gaj  Science, 

B.  I.  C.  E. 

[The  "Gay  Science,"  in  Fr.  "Gaie  Science,"  in  Rom- 
*' Gaya  Sclcnaa,"  "  Gaya  Scien^a,"  and  sometimes  "Gay 
Saber,"  in  its  largest  sense  meant  poetry  generally ;  more 
particularly  and  more  freq^wadx^^.^  ^NgscAsA.  'Sa*  \wdvx^ 


300 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIBS 


[8rt  a.  V.  Aran.  9,  •«. 


their  erotic  poetry.  See  Bescherelle,  ed.  ^857,  and  Sup- 
plement to  the  Eneye.  CathoUque.  The  following  are 
examples  of  the  two  phraies,  as  used  in  the  Bomance  : — 

•*  La  presens  scien^  del  gap  iober." 
(The  present  knowledge  of  the  gay  science.) 
"  La  fons  d'esta  g^^/a  Mcienta." 
(The  fountain  of  this  gay  science.) 
"  Doctor  en  la  gnt/a  icien^a." 
(Doctor  in  the  gay  science.) 

A  short  grammar  of  Romance  may  bo  found  in  vol.  i. 
of  Saynouanl's  Ijexique  Boman ;  a  longer  in  vol.  i.  of  his 
Po6neM  des  Troubadours;  but  the  most  complete  work  on 
the  subject  ia  F.  Diez's  Grammatik  der  Bamaniachen 
Spnuhen,  3  vols.  8vo ;  the  Introduction  to  which  Gram- 
mar has  been  translated  by  BIr.  Cayley,  and  published 
by  Williams  and  Norgatc,  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  Poesie  dea 
Troubadours,  8vo,  1R26 ;  and  Leben  und  Werke  des  Trou- 
badours, 8vo,  1829.  ^Bnt  our  correspondent  will  probably 
find  all  the  information  he  requires  in  the  late  Sir  George 
C.  Lewis's  Essay  on  the  Romance  Langtutge,  8vo,  18-10.] 

"  0>MBBBTi,"  &c.  —  Can  I  lie  informed  what 
species  of  vilienagc  is  indicated  bj  the  term  coZi- 
hertus*  In  tlie  Cornish  portion  of  Domesday 
Book,  I  find  that  the  canons  of  St.  Pieran  held 
Lanpiran,  and  that  dtuB  terra  had  been  taken 
from  it ;  which,  in  the  time  of  King  Edward,  re- 
turned to  the  canons  "  firmu  iv.  septimanaru." 
What  is  meant  by  "  firmam  quatuor  septimana- 
rum"?  There  is  probably  an  omission  of  the 
word  acrce  in  this  passage. 

Thomas  Q.  Couch. 

[The  learned  Dr.  Cowel,  in  his  Law  Dictlmary,  fol. 
1727,  informs  ms,  that  "  these  Coliborts  in  civil  law  were 
only  those  fteemcn,  who  at  the  same  time  bad  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  soccage,  but  yet  was  oblige<l  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  freoilom  of  tenure  under  condition  of  such 
works  and  services ;  and  were,  therefore,  the  same  land- 
holders whom  wo  meet  under  the  name  of  Cbnditionalet. 

The  «  Finna"  of  so  many  "  Septimanse"  is  supposed  by 
Du  Cange,  who  refers  to  Spolman  and  Selden,  to  signify 
so  many  weeks'  provision  or  maintenance.  "  Firma  noctis 
pro  ca<na,  ut  firma  diei  pro  prandio:  Firma  deniquej? 
septimanarum  pro  pnstu  tantidem  tcmporis  videtur  usur- 
pari."  It  mi^ht,  however,  be  commuted  for  a  payment 
in  money.  We  fitid  also  the  phrase  "  Firma  unins  noc- 
tis "  in  the  ^-wc  of  one  night's  provision  or  entertain- 
ment for  the  kin;:. 

It  nfipears  to  h:«vp  ixcaped  our  modem  lexicographers 

that  the  idea  of 'Mirmn,"  a  farm,  in  connection  with  that 

of  mamtafMiHff  or  prtttiskming,  has  not  yet  disapipfe&Kd 


made  for  the  •'finding'*  or  proridotilnif  of  •  anmlicr  of 
persons,  this  is  somstimes  called  "ftnnbig  them  oit'' 
Ccmt  the  old  English  word  "jfkrme,"  food,  a  meaL] 

Quotation. — ^Whence  are  the  following  lines? 

"  Where  is  the  man  who  has  the  power  and  akill 
To  stem  the  torrent  of  a  woman's  will  ? 
For  if  she  will,  she  will,  yon  may  depend  on't ; 
And  if  she  won't,  she  won't ;  ao  there's  an  end  on'L* 

F.  C.  B. 
[The  authorship  of  these  well-known  linee  hae  already 
occasioned  some  discussion.    In  Shakspeare  we  find  An- 
tonio thus  addresring  Proteus :  — 

**  My  will  is  something  sorted  with  his  wish  | 
Muse  not  that  I  thus  suddenlv  proceed. 
For  what  I  will.  I  will,  and  there  an  end." 

Tveo  Gentlemen  of  Verona^  Act  I.  Se.  S. 

Similar  lines  occur  in  Sir  Samuel  Tnke's  play.  The 
Adventures  of  Five  Hours,  Act  V. :  — 

"  lie  is  a  fool,  who  thinks  by  force  or  skill. 
To  turn  the  current  of  a  w'oman'a  will." 

Aaron  Ilill,  too,  claims  two  of  the  Unas  in  his  Epilogw 
to  his  play  of  Zara :  — 

"  A  woman  will,  or  won't,  depend  on*t ; 
If  she  will  do't,  she  will,  and  there's  an  end  on't ; 
But,  if  she  won't — since  saft  and  sound  joor  trust  t. 
Fear  is  affront,  and  jealousy  injustice." 

The  lines,  however,  as  quoted  by  onr  corraBpondeflt, 
occur  on  a  pillar  erected  on  the  Mount  In  the  Due-Jcftc 
Field,  formerly  called  the  Dungeon  Field,  Cantaftarr,  if 
wo  may  believe  the  Examiner  of  May  81,  1829,  Ai  sn 
act  of  gallantry,  wo  hope  some  Kentish  antiqisry  will 
tell  us  what  misogjoiist  placed  these  intmaiTB  Ban  on 
the  pillar  at  Canterbury.] 

James  VI.'s  Natcbal  Son. — \V1io  was  the 
mother  of  King  James  VI.'s  natural  son,  who  was 
the  father  of  the  forfeited  Earl  of  Bothwdl  men- 
tioned in  Old  Mortality  (edit.  Edinburgh,  1816)  ^ 

No  ScAJTOAk 

[Sir  Waltpr  Scott's  genealogy  is  at  fault.  The  father 
of  the  furfiited  Karl  of  Bothwclt  [Francis  Stewart]  was 
the  natural  son  of  James  V.  In  Douglas's  Peerage,  by 
Wood,  i.  231,  we  read  that  "John  Stewart,  prior  of  Col- 
dinghame,  natural  son  of  King  James  Y.  by  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Carmichael,  captain,  of  CiBwftnd, 
afterwards  married  to  Sir  John  Somer^'ille  of  Cambns- 
nethan,  obtained  a  legitimation  under  the  great  seal 
7th  Feb.  155U-1,  and  he  died  at  Inverness  in  1563.  He 
married,  at  Seton,  4th  Jan.  1561-2,  Lady  Jane  Hepburn, 
only  daughter  of  Fatrick,  third  Earl  of  Bothwell,  and  by 
her  had  two  sons: — 1.  Francis,  created  by  James  Tl. 
Earl  of  Bothwell.    2.  Hercules.*'] 

"ClIBONICr.E    or    THE    KlNOS    OF    EncLAXn*' 

(l»t  S.  xii.  1(J8,  Wi.)— The  name  of  the  author  of 
this  anonymous  work  was  inquired  after,  and  not 
answered.  Some  time  ago,  I  bought  a  copy  ^ 
tba  work  called  "  Trifles"  (of  which  the  Cbnm- 


VI  mmiuafMimy  or  jwvpuwHing,  nas  noi  yei  aisapip«&T«a  i\a«  wora  caiieu  "  Anues    (oi  wnica  tne  Ubran* 
mtirely  from  oar  Isagaage.    Thus,  when  a  contrwA  ta\\dft  fara»\J«s\:^^\!.l^.\>^lAsi«^^^l  %  T«Hi0«a(abIe 


8**  GL  V.  AWdli  fH 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


301 


second-honil  booksell er.  Unflemeatli  The  Chrtm- 
iclr  nf  thr  Kingn  of  Enti^mi'l  \<  (iiled  up,  in  hand- 
writing "  By  Lor  "  B_T  whom  this 
WM  written,  and  '  ity,  1  know  not ; 
my  copy  of  ibe  wurk  in  tiiited  J  745.        D.  W.  S. 

[This  work  was  uttribated  fo  Robert  Dodsley  in  our 
1"  S.  xii.  IC8;  and  is  entered  uiiiler  his  name  in  Bubn'i 
Lowndes,  p.  657,  nnd  in  the  Cntntogije  nf  the  Brilish 
Mu5Pam<  It  w  also  printed  in  Doilnley's  Mitcelt^nia,  or 
Trifla  i»  Pmtt  and  Vernt,  '2  vols.  1777.  The  Ecanamy  nf 
ffuman  Life  bos  fra|niMilly  been  attributed  to  tbe  ivarl 
of  Che^Jlcrfield.    g^e  "  N.  &  l^,'•  1"  S.  x.  8,  74,  aia^ 


mmiti. 


HBRALDIC  QUEilT. 
(3"«  S.  y.  241.) 

Certainly  *'  tbt  brothers  or  other  rt'ltttives"  of 
A  have  no  ri<;ht  to  the  arms  ;jriiiiti.*d  t'O  A  sinil 
bis  d'.'!!ic<:ndutit!i.  I  know  th<?  i:\\^e  of  two  faniilie*, 
one  member  of  cnch  of  which  obtained  :i  prant 
of  itrtui  U>  hidifelf.  The  other  niendjers  of  the 
families  nj'vcr  used  those  iimas.  Tl>e  ense  of  A 
is  illiistruted  by  the  oxampl.'s  given  by  Camden  in 
his  Jiemainra  eonceming  Britain  (London,  1657), 
p.  221,  et  arqtj,  under  *'  Armories."  These  are 
exHmpIeji  *'  touchinjj  tho  pmnling  of  arras  fri>m 
Sonu"  great  Ksu-lrt,  nnd  passing  of  coat«  from  one 
private  perxon  to  nnnther!  ....  all  before  the  re- 
duction of  the  IlfTrtlds  uniler  one  reifulation." 
That  j«  to  eay,  bcJore  tbe  Crown  interfered  with 
tbe  property  and  liberty  of  tbe  subject;  an  inter- 
ference wliicb  \v\n  ended  in  our  day  in  tbe  iidver- 
tisementA  of  "  Arniu  found,"  and  *'  lieraldic 
Offices." 

Camden's  fipjt  example  is  a  gift  from  "*  Humfry 
Count  de  StiilF.  et  de  P«rche  Seipjnetir  de  Tun- 
brigg  et  dc  Caux  "  to  Kobert  Whitxreve,  of  the 
arms  still  borne  by  that  untient  and  honourable 
bouse,  r  preserve  Camden's  spelUog.  Tbe  Earl 
•ays :  — 


ri»D&  par 
.tl,  au- 
••  Azure 
I  liiy  de 
de$eent 


This  w  dated  "  Le  xiii  jour  d'Augu^f,  I'tm  du 
reigne  le  Roy  Henry  le  Sisme  pnia  Ic  Conquest 
V  In  tiff  my." 

Xcxi,  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  Richard  IL, 
Ttiornns  fJrcndale  of  Frnton  grants  nrm»  which 
be  had  him<iiir  ;,>!,,  r!?..,!  «..  w  iHinm  Moigne,  "  a 
ces  heirviv  ,"     And  Thomas 

de  Cbmvow    .  ring  his  arms  to 

Wrlliani    Crilci'tot,  *•  ...-o  raeo,"    In  the 

devrnth  yonr  of  Umm  i*,  '•  ^i  e^o  pr:e- 

diotus  ThomaB  et  banrcdcB  mci  pricdicli,  anu^,  et 


jiiBeaf1<?m  gerendi,  prafato  Willi«lmo  hteredibus 
rt  ag^igimtui  suis,  contra  omoes  g«ntea  WlMTantix* 
abimtu  in  i»erpetuum." 

But  in  some  casen  h  grant  has  been  made  re- 
trospective. I  have  before  me  a  copy,  transcribed 
by  my  own  band,  of  a  grant  made  by  Sir  Isaac 
rieard.  Garter,  and  George  Harrison,  Claren- 
cieux.  This  asaigns  arms  to  the  petitioner  and  his 
desrenihint?,  und  authorises  him  to  place  tho80 
arms  "  on  any  monument  or  otherwise  in  memory 
of  his  said  late  father.^*  I  do  not  know  how  old 
lids  practice  is  ;  but  it  is  plainly  away  of  acceler- 
ating, by  one  de.scent,  (be  period  ut  which  a  family 
becomes  a  family  nf  "  gi-ntlemen  of  blood." 

"  At  thi»  time,"  says  C.imdt:'n,  having  men- 
tioned in  the  preceding  rlanse,  "  the  siege  of 
Caerlaveroc,  the  bat  tail  of  Sterling,  the  siege  of 
Calico,  and  <livers  Tourniuments," — "•  there  was  a 
diatlnction  of  Gentlemen  of  bloud  and  Gentlemen 
of  co«fe-:irmour,  ami  the  tfiirti  from  him  tfiul  Jir«t 
had  coutit-annimr  wns  to  all  purinises  bi-ld  a  (ien- 
tlnman  nf  bloud." 

And  such  a  grant  as  this  of  Sir  Tsiiac  Heard 
might  easily  pbme  the  whole  issue  of  the  father  in 
tlic  rank  of  armigeri.  Here  the  petitioner  was 
an  only  son.  But  siipposin;;  such  a  grant  to  be 
mu'le  when  the  deceased  father  had  left  several 
children,  the  terms  of  the  grant  might  be  so  varied 
nn  to  fjive  the  right  of  using  the  arms  to  them  nil. 
If,  however,  the  grant  only  specified  one  out  of 
several  children,  and  the  issue  and  descendants  of 
that  on-j  child,  then,  I  presume,  ihut  not  even  the 
perrai-sliin  to  place  the  nrms  "on  any  monument 
or  otherwise,"  in  memory  of  the  father  of  the 
grnntee,  would  imply  a  right  given  to  the  other 
children  to  carry  those  arms.  D.  P. 

StuartA  Lodge,  Miirem  Wella. 


In  reply  to  J.,  on  reference  to  an  old  document 
issued  from  the  Hernlds'  College,  grantinjj  and 
dopiining  the  arms  ami  crest  to  be  borne  and  used 
by  an  ancestor,  I  find  this  paragraph  :  — 

"  To  be  home  and  U5«d  for  ever  by  him  the  i«i'l  T-  B,, 
iin'i  biA   do'^cendanls,  and   the  dea<-endAnla  nf  his   late 

faibcr  de^CAAcd with  doe  and  proper  difler«Dce« 

according  to  the  laws  of  Anut,"  &c.  &c. 

If  the  foregoing  in,  and  baa  been  the  usual 
wording  of  such  patents,  I  am  inclined  to  think 
that  it  IS  so  comprehensive,  that  J.'s  brolhers  and 
their  descenJants  would  be  entitled  to  use  tbe 
arms  and  bear  the  crest  of  those  grants  to  him- 
self, "  with  due  and  proper  diflerencea." 

T.C.B. 


SITUATION  OF  ZOAfi. 
(3'«S.  V.  117,  141,  181,  2C2.) 
I  fear  that  the  hypothesis  of  E.  II.— *J«A.V6fe 


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ir3»*S.V.  Ankt*.! 


is  more  accurately  a  "  mound  or  ridge ;"  and  that 
Lot's  wife  vrns  actually  turned  into  the  ridj^c  of 
Khmbin  Usdum  —  is  not  witbuut  itjj  difficulties, 

1.  The  word  in  nucsiion,  netsiby  h  derived  from 
a  root  fulisab,  which  has  simply  the  force  of 
"fitandinp,"  "being  fixud;"  no  idea  of  height, 
length,  or  breadth,  or  any  other  quality  apper- 
taining t»  a  ridf^e  or  njnund,  is  present  in  the 
root.  (See  Geseniua's  Lexicon;  Fiirst,  Huiul- 
wdrUrtiut'ht  &c,,  &c.)  NeUih  itself,  besides  meon- 
in;»  a  pillar  or  column  (something  set  up),  has  a 
secondary  meaninp  of  an  officer  (one  set  over)  ; 
an<l  also,  though  this  is  uncertain,  of  a  j!arri»on  or 
military  post  (6ee  the  lexicons  ws  al>ove>  and 
"Garrison,"  in  Smith's  DicU  of  Bible). 

2.  It  »eems  less  suitable  to  the  biblical  narra- 
tive to  Auppo»e  that  Lot's  wife  was  turned  into  a 
ridgre,  which  is  more  than  five  miles  lonz,  a  mile 
or  so  wide,  and  300  feet  liifrh  (sec  Smith's  Diet., 
ii,  1)80),  than  into  u  column  or  statue  neiirer  the 
size  and  jtroportiotis  oi°  the  humiiii  li>;ure.  Such 
columnar  fracmeiit^  appear  to  be  in  the  habit 
of  splittin;*  off  from  the  KLashiii  Usdum ;  and  do 
actually  tiU;:gc'Ht  to  those  who  see  them,  even  in 
our  own  day,  identity  with  Lot's  wife.  (See  the 
quotations  in  the  Diet,,  u,  144;  aUo,  ii.  1180). 

.1.  Id  it  so  certain,  us  E.  IL  usiumes,  that  the 
neighliourhood  of  the  Khashm  Usdum  was  the 
Hcenc  of  this  catastrophe  ?  I  am  aware  that  such 
18  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 
observe  l-hat  the  latest  inquirer,  viz.  Mr.  Grove,  ia 
Smith's  Diet,  of  Bible,  li.  1339-41,  and  1856-7, 
brings  forward  some  reasons  which  are  not  without 
force  for  believing  that  these  cities  lay  at  the 
north,  instead  of  the  south  end  of  the  lake. 

4.  Kbaabin  Usdum  can  haj-dly  be  suid  to  be  a 
ridjrc  of  salvin  that  strict  and  literal  sense  in  which 
E  IL  n<•l»epf^  the  n.<irrftrive  of  Gen.  xix. :  since 
the  rock-feolt,  of  which  the  bulk  of  the  mount.iin 
is  formed,  is  mixed  with  other  strata,  and  has  a 
c.ipf)ing  of  A  marly  deposit  of  considerable 
thickness. 

5.  How  far  is  it  necessary  to  take  tlic  narrativB 
of  Gen.  xix.  as  a  literal  .vtatcment  of  facts?  Are 
wo  bound  to  l>elieve,  hifllnrically,  that  a  torrent 
of  burninii  sulphur  wa*  poureil  down  froni  the 
sky  at  a  temperature  guffj<ient  to  .ignite  the  walls 
and  house*  of  the  towns  ?  Or  may  not  thin  be 
merely  the  impressive  imaircry,  in  which  a  writer 
of  those  early  litncit  clothed  the  fact  of  the  final 
doom,  which  the  luxury  and  teckU'»*neii«  of  the 
inhabitant*  hud,  through  more  natund  nu 
brought  on  their  cities  ?     Such  mo«lcs  of  )-|. 

arc  i-        ^     !  ly  ut***  with  oiicntals.     Tlio  Jewr,  m 
Mn;  in  the  hut  frw  weeks,  in  language 

whi  ''    '     '    ■         '    ■'  -       ''  I  r$  of  the 

Pen:  am  which 


the  most  ordinary  means — as  "  fire  from  bean 
(See  their  letter  to  Sir  M.  Montefiorc) 

Travellers,  even  in  our  own  d»y,  vfitn  •{ 
of  the  burnt  calcined  Innk  which  perY«/le»  iht 
shores  of  the  Dead  Sea,  us  a  reuiitaal  Mkd  tokm 
of  the  catastrophe  in  wliich  the  cities  were  cc«- 
siKued.  There  is  every  reason  to  beljere  tbst 
the  appearance  in  question  is  there,  an  eUewben; 
due  to  entirely  natural  cau^e9.    It  is  »1iki  ^  ' 

recognised,   as   our  knowledge  of  the 
the  *<ubject  increases,  that  the  Bible  doea 
mund  that  the  formation  of  the  Dead  Se*  < 
any   way  connected  with  the  destruction 
cities  ;  and  that  its  formation  dates  frona 
long  anterior  to  the  historic  period.     (See 
Diet.,  ii.  1187. 1308.)     If,  even  in  our  own  iU^» 
turul  agencies  have  been  thu>i  supernaturallT  inCxr« 
pretcd,  surely  it  is  not  unreasonable  or  irrcvt 
til  ask  if  they  may  not  have  been  similariy  inl 
preted    in    an   earlier   and   less   cir; 
if  the    statuesque  column?,    whic 
nuiiiy  centuries  have  been  periiMiK^m  \ 
ofl"  from  the  Khnshni  Usdura,  may  not   faav^  *ii 
gested  to  an  early  Hebrew  poet  the   im|ii 
and  profitable  apologue  of  Lot's  wife.  O. 

Not  only  the  authorities  nlreH<ly  quotetl  to  ft 
fi^^t  and  second  centuries  of  our  cr* 
existence  in  their  time  of  "the  pillar  of  ei 
many  subsequent  historians  and  travtdlel 
up  to  the  present  day,  profets  to  have  Ul 
it  in  (some  outlying  fragment  of  the  Kk 
dum,  or  ,Jebol  Usdum.  According  to  Hal 
tradition,  the  name  of  Lot'5  wife  warn  Beuitli 
(signifying  •'witness"),  given  to  her  in  jtufiosi 
forecast  of  her  terrible  de!<tinv,  and  tl*«t  ptnaa^ 
nence  of  its  testimony.  How  it  t. 
with  all  the  member*  entire,  is  cni 
by  Irenajus  (iv-  51,  64);  but  th-  tvjiunci'  u 
nmre    than    dubious   on    thi«   point,  the  llcbmr 

word  detjoting  rnthi^r  fr  ■'• '■  •■  ^'  ■ 

is  probable  thnt  the  uni 
denly  destroyed  by  tln' 

showers  of  sulphurous  >;  J« 

the  charred  body  in  a  .., 
ruming  nn  isolated  object  up" 
Hut  the  very  nature  of  the  n 

warily  yield  to  ntmoipheric  agencies  (it  maj  bo 
j  also  to  the  dejtroying  hand  of  mnn),  except  pro- 
I  scrvc<i  by  a  miraculous  intei  .  '  which  we 

have   no   auth<-ntii'   record.  m-rnrrrvaj  1 

I  pillar wiuinLi' 
x,2),  but  the 

■oco  ('f  liic    'pillar  <A  iolu"     IJciv 
I   of  a  fiery  doom  upon   Sodom   at 
rijiii  i:iii,  the  rcfrion*  ur<iii     '        '  '       ' 

which   ii=i  the  jinit  ncn," 
frui''-'  '''■-■    xiv.)   AiKi,  ui; 
wa:  111  to  have  attain 


ttfe>lJ< 


duccd  by  1  pr^ 


-otUing   to   Stt* 


RIL  9,  '64.] 


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303 


numerous  villages  built  of  tlierock-9alt,or  volcanic 
debris,  in  the  vifinifj  of  the  Aspbnltites  then,  as 
now,  termed  hy  the  Arabs  (Edomiles)  Bahr  L6t, 
the  Sea  of  l^ot. 

The  proximate  or  physical  caufes  of  sterility 
throu^liout  the  medloeval  East  are  in  every  iii- 
stunce  the  same ;  and  the  restoration  of  primitive 
fertility  depends  on  wells  and  irrigation,  or  an 
induDtrial  appropriation  of  the  subsinital  water, 
in  the  present  day,  jusS  as  it  did  4000  years  ago 
in  the  duys  of  Abrnbam  and  Lot. 

The  infunnatinn  in  Smith's  Dictionary  is  inter- 
esting and  erudite,  yet  unsnlisfactory ;  and  I 
rather  expert^  from  a  more  cnrefvd  jjeological  re- 
search, ihat  we  shflU  discover  ill  "the  testimony 
of  the  rocks"  the  only  genuine  clue  to  the  an- 
cient sites  of  Zour  and  the  cities  of  the  plain. 

In  the  salt  mines  of  Cracow  there  is  a  rode 
ifiolsted  block,  somewhat  resembling  the  human 
figur<?,  which  the  superstitious  people  believe  to 
be  the  actual  "pillar  of  salt"  into  which  Lot's 
wife  was  metumorphotted. 

The  niorid  of  that  Atanding  mnnument  of  an  ttn- 
believing  muI  (Wisdom  of  Solomon  x,  7)  was  truly, 
thoujjh  quaintly,  drawn  by  Thomas  Jordan  two 
linndrcd  years  a^o  in  his  fancied  inscription  :  — ■ 

"la  U)i8  pi  Hat  I  do  lio 
]iur>«<J,  whore  no  mortal  eye 
Ever  could  mv  bones  dcscrv. 


L 

^^^^^^B  Vlio  the  path  to  blisa  have  cUo 
^^^^^^^  Turn  not  back,  ye  cannot  lose. 

^^^1  That  wav  let  voiir  whole  bcorts  lie ; 

■   ' ■  ■  ■" 


\\hi.u  I  saw  great  Sodom  bum, 
T'j  thu  \Mat  I  di4  turn, 
VVheri!  my  body  is  my  urn. 

Tot),  to  whom  my  corpse  I  nho^v, 
TaltQ  true  warning;  from  niy  woe  — 
L<>ok  not  buck,  when  God  cries  •  Go.' 

Tl»oy  thftt  toward  virtue  hjc. 
If  but  back  they  ca»t  an  eye, 
I  Twii  c  IB  far  do  from  it  llv. 


If  yo  let  them  backward  fly, 
They'll  quickly  grow  as  hard  as  I." 


Onblin. 


J.  L. 


PUBLICATIOS  OF  DIARIES. 

(8'*S.  V.  107,215,261.) 

Sinoc  PaoriMSOR  Pk  Morgan's  memory  fails 
him,  I  must  cow  further  state  that,  ncithcr'in  the 
communication  alluded  U»,  nor  in  any  other  with 
which  I  have  subwqiiently  been  favoured,  did  he 
ever  CJcprcM  any  "wf»h"  that  I  should  make 
"amends"  for  "my  own  deficiency."  This  is  a 
new  idi-a  which  van  only  <sivcn  to  the  world  on 
March  *2r»,  1«G4.    t  w«-  norant  of  having 

committed  any  olfencc  1  lication  of  Bur- 

row's journals,  until    the  u»<.iriang  of  Christmas 


Day  last ;  when  I  accidentally  turned  to  the  article 
"Tables"  in  a  copy  of  the  English  Ctfclopadia, 
in  the  library  of  a  friend.  The  scurrility  from 
"  N.  &  Q."  is  there  reprinted,  together  with  ihe 
implied  charge,  which  has  now  become  expanded 
into  such  large  dimensions.  I  expressed  my  sur- 
prise in  a  letter  to  Mb.  Dk  Morgan  shortly  aff«r, 
and  informed  him  where  the  journals  could  be 
inspected.  The  weapons  with  which  I  am  now 
assailed  have,  therefore,  been  furnished  from  my 
own  quiver. 

The  Howe  case,  it  appear?,  is  still  standing 
over ;  but  since  part  of  tne  charge  only  is  now 
enforced,  the  rest  ought  to  be  abandoned  on  the 
ground  that,  when  Burrow  speaks  of  Howe,  he  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 
testimony  in  the  two  cases,  therefore,  rests  upon 
very  different  foundations.  We  do  not  put  ma- 
thematicians jnto  the  witness-box  in  order  to  give 
evidence  on  questions  relating  to  the  efficiency  or 
non-efficiency  of  naval  commanders.  AVere  such 
a  thing  to  be  attempted,  "ne  sutor  ultra  crepi- 
dam  "  would  soon  be  urged  with  effect  by  some 
modern  Apclles  in  the  garb  of  an  opposing 
counsel. 

I  am  not  to  be  deterred  from  attempting  my 
own  justifjcatton  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  one  in- 
stance in  illustration  from  "  the  Inst  page  of  all." 

In  the  Philosophical  Magazine  for  March,  1853 
(p.  186).  I  stated  broadly  that  Mr.  Burrows 
"superiority  in  geometry"  did  not  unable  "him 
tn  subdue  his  natural  irritability  :  for,  at  various 
periods  of  his  career,  be  had  differences  with 
almost  every  person  of  eminence  with  whom  he 
came  in  contact."  In  the  same  page,  his  "  special 
education  "  is  stated  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" 
siune  passages  from  "his  journals  for  prcserYBlion, 
"  accompanied  by  such  remarks  as  n»ay  serve  to 
rentier  the  extracts  intelligible."  On  p.  187,  I 
place  the  expression  —  "Hutton,  by-tbe-bye,  does 
not  know  how  to  make  an  Almanack  " — in  italics, 
as  a  caution  to  the  reailer  not  to  interpret  the 
passage  literally;  and  on  np.  188  and  189,  the 
same  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  Sta- 
tioners' Cointiany."  In  a  previous  extrnct  he  had 
cliarged  ihifc  Company  with  giving  Dr.  Hutton 
this  sum,  in  order  "to  stop  his  mouth,"  —  and  this 
is  also  given  in  italics  on  p.  188.     Ri.i  wvaV-vsv*. v». 


questioned  by  me  on  the  same  page ;  and  p.  100 
contains  my  expression  of  dissent  from  wtat  Mr. 
Jone«  ic  ?tuted  lo  have  told  Mr.  Robertson,  rela- 
tlvv  to  Hfjokc's  penurious  habits, 

111  p.  515,  of  the  June  number  of  the  same 
mnn^Azitie,  1  agnin  italicise  one  of  Burrow's  me- 
moranda—  "take  the  rest  out  of  the  Ephemeriis." 
And  to  prove  that  his  practice  did  nut  accord 
with  his  profeseions,  I  remark  that  ho  "knew  how 
to  make  nu  Almnnack,  whatever  m){;ht  be  the 
defects  of  Hutton  and  Maskelyne."  On  p.  .117,  I 
slate  that  "  Mr.  Burrow's  opposition  to  Maskelyne 
doe«  not  appear  to  have  rested  on  gowl  grounds, 
and  tliere  is  Utile  doubt  that  many  of  htg  sup- 
posed injuries  were  merely  iitmginarv.  All  who 
are  acquainted  with  the  writings  and  labours  of 
tliis  a*trontiiiter-royal,  will  not  place  much  cretlit 
in  siicli  deriri.'iiutii>n.si  ot' scientific  character  !\8  are 
exhil)!ted  II)  ihim  extract;  whilst  the  fact,  thnt  the 
mutiinl  friends  of  both  parties  disapproved  of  Mr. 
Burrow's  views  nuA  i'n\n\\n:U  aJpTds  strnn;i  pre- 
sumptive evidence  tlmf  Dr.  Ma!<kelj%ie's  proceed- 
ings are  not  represented  under  their  real  charac- 
ter." P.  520  coutains  a  quotation  from  Mr. 
Swale's  memoir  to  the  eflect,  that  though  "his 
heart  was  j;ood,"  T*»t  his  habits  were  not  justi- 
fiable ;  and  I  may  here  add,  that  Mw.  Db  aIor- 
gan's  net  phrase  respecting  "cxcentricities  of 
jienius  '  is  due  to  Mr.  Swale,  and  not  to  myself. 
Wc  all  know  that  genius  i*  somciinii-s  excentric  ; 
and  llial  It  occusionnlly  iluslies  forth  in  pint*,  by 
way  of  diversifying  more  serious  discourse:  al- 
though it  must  be  admitted,  that  tlic  point  of  the 
satire  is  soiuetime^  so  excessively /inr,  tbnt  nothing; 
short  «»f  a  high  microscopical  power  can  show  it. 
On  p,  520,  1  note  an  chullilion  of  tetoper  on  the 

Eort  of  Mr.  Burrow,  and  distinctly  state  that  his 
mguoge  is  such  as  to  "  render  it  necessary  to 
suppress  a  portion  of  the  journal  at  this  point." 
The  next  page  contains  another  enution,  in  italics, 
respecting  what  is  said  of  Dr.  Hutton;  and  the 
motives  attributed  to  Dr.  Bliss  are  noticed  os 
•eemint;  "  acar<>ely  suflicient  to  account  for  his 
^^^  opposition  to  the  publicati5n  "  of  the  catiJogue  ol 
^^ft        llr.  Jones's  library. 

^^H  Tli<>  Spptember  number  of  the  PhS,  M'agoziii0 

^^1        C'  Burrow'*  account  of  the  causes  which 

^^g        h  33  of  Ihf  "  Royal  George  ;"*  but  I  pre- 

■  face  the  extracts  by  the  remark  lhat»  "  if  literally 

I  troe,  [ticy]  do  not  convey  a  very  ploastng  ira- 

I  prtTHsion  of  the  >tat<^  of  naval  discipline  at  that 

I  perio<l.''    The  "  llowo  rase"  follows  next  in  order ; 

^^m         and  it  ii  now,  p    "  '    '  '     fur  the  irrave 

^^H        ouiiAKioti,  which  towarcni  the 

■  r 

^^M         that  1  and  his  lirulber  ha  ! 

^^"         wh.tl   .i..,  ...„,... /o   in  Axuericai   au'i   ^--^ 

W  coa^equoiUy  uadcrgoing  the  oidc«l  of  twi  cxcitcA 


>  htr* 

a.    B« 

■It*  «•• 
'  zn 

-»• 

ct»?    I 


lift* 

"o!  tW 
as  kk 


public  criticism  at  the  time ;  besides,  th«^ 

fleet  was  expi»ctf"d  i"  si"1u 

therefore,  some 

expressions ;  allL     _ 

H9  beinjr  unworthy  of  the  •?! 

will  the  fact  of  his  havinp 

clusionit  as  to  what  a  navu 

done,  or  mij^bt  have  done, 

stances,   serve  to  invalidate    w 

4lividual  njay  have  written  on  < 

venture  to  think  I  am  not  roasoiun^   illo^cally 

when  I  affirm  tlie  contrary ;  for  in  tne  one  an 

he  knew  absolutely  nothing,    but   i 

he   knew  a  great  deal  n'spectintj   : 

upon  which   he  ;;ive8  his  own  opinii't>«.   "i   uj - 

of  others.      I    have   served   more    than    on   sff- 

pronticcship  on  the  juries  ut  our  Astslse  CowUt 

and  have   takon   instructions  fnnn    i?oto«    of  *c 

ublest  j»idj»es  on  the  Bench  ;  b 

dip'cted  to  reject  a  man's  cvi<l 
teouble  prouiid-s.  Wo  may  non 
tlifU  is  said  in  "the  speiial-pl- 
"  Miin  rcfsiu  Private  Smith," 
cases  are  not  parallel.  Both  i 
sense  ore  here  at  fault,  and  tli  .-r  nf  d» 

ciise  is  left  without  even  "a  halliJcnny-wuTflirf 
uiiibrella"  to  cover  his  position  Mr  la<t  aDt- 
sion  is  that  given  by  M«.  De  M  mattf  a 

hid  recent  reply,  and  need  not  i  -trmntmA 

I  have  m»w  piven  "  ali  I  can  find  '  in  tuc  titft^ 
caution  and  allusion  ;  and  «•  they  arp  ill  iiiwll 
by   myself,  I  will   leave    '  «l«id« 

whether  or  not  I  bad  atn  'mn  UuB 

threatened  exposure  in  c;  sr  it  (lemai.  1  kopt 
there  will   be   no  "  andiiffuity"   in  what  is  BO* 

stated;  but  I  will  leave  t"  "      *  '* '" 

of  explainin«i  by  what  pr 

nected   to  find  "moA*   if 

been  reprinted  !    Thi-  "; 

of  a  place  in  some  "  liu! 

as  such  I  commend  it  to 

the   ,«yl!o^islic   form,  "ev 

denyiitj;  the  major:  for  v, 

Mr.    Burrow   wa.^    a   com;  •, 

known  crcdihilily,  in  matters  rclatioif  to 

matics    and    mathcmaticianB."      All    th« 

simply  .in  attempt  to  create  t  r 

discussion.     Both  in  " N.  5c  'j 

Paoir.  Dk  i!kfo>OAJi  bas  evidcoily  bi-vti 

"jircat   gates"   lo  very    "-m-.dl  ciii-**" 

attack  upon  tne  has  been  t  ' 

special  plcddinjt;,  and  a  "  . 

1  do  not  siip(K)»e  he  will  tli n  by  ii  • 

jiiiti    him    in    my    eoudemuatian« 


f .  hni  wortb?  I 

dliXRf,"    «Bd| 
I  pSM> 


3rtg.V.  AmiL3,'Sl") 


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303 


publisher,  bookseller,  and  nafbor,  would  rspirlly 
rfimJnish.  Prohibitory  clauses  woiiM  soon  find 
th'-'ir  wfly  into  "  ihc  lait  wills  and  testnmentji " 

of  tvnincnt  poraoun,  aiuJ  the  jrr •     - -Mri 

would  wiinem  the  ta«t  itsae  of  i 

tli«  press.  T.  -L.    .  .^.v*.,- 


CBOMWKLL'8  tIEAD. 

(3'*S.v.  liy,  178,264.) 

It  may  be  '•aryiliing  but.  jjood  tasle,"  whatever 
these  words  may  imply,  for  me  to  U'^e  the  phrase 
"  wnii'i'-.n  heail  "   to  ile«igii:ito   thut  piirliculnr, 
!  of  CrnrawL'll,  still,   I  iiL'fd   *c;irt'cly 


a] 


re«pc<;t  to  Mr.  Wilkinson,  as  nil  who  h.<»vc  ever 
hciird  of  the  Chandos  Shokspeore,  Medica;an 
Venus,  Hnslings  diamuml,  or  nny  other 'like- de- 
signated and  tnuch-valueil  object  of  tiaturc  or 
•rt,  must  be  well  awnre.  Mr,  Wilkinson,  we 
are  told,  conHidorn  his  houd  of  ('rotmvell  to  be  a 
rare  and  vftluAblo  r^lic,  c-  •  '•.  he  cannot 

object  to  hav«>  bia  name  cu.  i!i  it;  if  hi* 

were  ashamed,  or  had  rcnaon  to  bu  .iihamed  of  it, 
ia  «iuite  ttootbor  afl'nir. 

One  word,  now,  tiboijt  a  subject,  interestinjCf  in 
itsvlr,  that  ha.'!  been  drusrfffd  into  this  he.'id-story ; 
I  nlludc  to  Cox  ~  '  '  lugfuni-  Cox  was  an 
emlnr'nt  jfweller,  'i,  nnd  njcchaniciun  of 

tlii^   '■  '    •  I  •■re  was  a  prospect  of 

til  iipened  to  British  en- 

tti;...  , .  ...  if  curiouu  mechanical 

toy*,  of  the  1  ,  ho])iii^  to  sell  them 

pr«)filAli|y  t<>  ,    iace«.     War  prevented 

the  sale  of  liiese  aniiMcs  in  India;  they  were 
niiito  unsuitable  for  tlie  Fumpi.iin  market^  and 
Cox,  as  a  demior  rtiunrt]  c.xl  in  in  S[»ring 

Gardens.     The  in.wctirity  ui  .■  at  the  pe- 

riod compelled  hint  to  take  (L«3  »iiictt'8t  precau- 
tions to  p^aard  bis  treasures ;  only  a  few  persons 
were  ndmitttMi  at  a  linte,  twice  in  the  day  }  lh«.' 
charge  fur  adnii8«ion  was  linlf-a-puineH ;  ho,  as 
may  be  ixna^tned,  poor  Cox  made  little  by  his 
enterprise,  in  1773.  Cox  obtained  a  private  Aet 
of  Hurt'  rmittinsr    '^  "  of  his 

museiii  ry.     The  l;od  to 

til-'    ^  '-  •  M,   iii<_*  Mini"-!.  VOX  was 

tl'  is  now  Imfor^  me,  a^ 

wl..  .;  '^iiies  of  the  contents 

of  his  is   no   mention  of  a 

CromwL.^   ._.. .  Tn   Ju>rf    r..r'<  Jly. 

Kuin,  thoii<ih  a   :  v,  was 

the   V  ei  s   \V"i"Nt,   !■  '■,  that 

tl.  r  of  a  <  couM 

jx  '    fixi'd    1,  iothinij; 

Vttlcfir  or    1  lib    it.      It 

consisted,  w  I  irrltin?^' nf 

its  period,  *•  o1  > 
of  luccLanism  ul; 


•*  Great  Exhibitions,"  a  retroepective  glance  at 
Cox's  Museum  may  have  sufficient  interest  to 
merit  a  place  here.    I  take  at  rnndoro,  on  opening; 


the  C; 

Cage 


Willi   lunikici  iiUi 
BUppoHcd  at  the ; 

I. 
1 


I,..  ,.„      .L,.,l. 


Pmcr   THK    FoftTY'BBCOKU — A 

hirdA  "  :  — 
-   1   •■  -'   sTiperb  cotrf'    '■    "'  "'Id 
of  silver  .1  of 

itest  tasir  I  If, 

.ed  designiti  iUi>  cigu  is 
rhinoceroses,  and  in  the 
'  contttinH  a  flnosetof 
inany  cnhoas  taoea. 
•  ovCT  a  grand  ew- 
(M  i  .  i.riU  water  laliiutj  Iroai  rocka:  l>e»i<le»  thin, 
tV'  N  r  in  ■  .ir«  poured  down  from  dolphins,  and  blown 
up  i.iv  Iriioiia  out  of  their  ebells;  while  a  number  of 
mirrors,  placed  in  the  cavities  of  the  nu-k,  redert  lUo 
whole,  ant  render  thi^  rfftvt  rno^t  plP3«in;;lv  nstonisliing. 
Upon 


ricitfic- 


.d 


('"•'-■■^  •'- ■• 

day  n)ti«iuil  clotk, 
two  dial*,  nn^.  .t 
motion  to  rcn 
a  tornpic  of 
on'.'"  ■■■•"  ■■' 


il    ,.■ 


iind  ^hl.  with 
ilia  dtiont   fif  »^' 
.  on  the  ri 
■ ;   tin   ttir: 


,  with  a  mil),    I 

■■  in  motion.     A>.. 

in,  id    tbe  coiUre   ■ 


.•  ilic  ciiii-k  is 
■i    sliver  und 


iii 


doubjo  verlii.-al   stnr,  tcrminaliii):;   with  j:  in 

sniral  motion,  tlinl  seems  to  extend  its  pv  'ia 

the  cas^  are  n  lulUlnch  nnd  n.  polilfiiiih,  all  of  jeweller's 
work;~ihdr  plumnp"  Hmiiu-I  <  f'^toti^x  of  voriouo  eoloufs; 
they  flutter  their  r  '  "         ve   their 

billi  to  evi'Pk-  not*.'  •  .  which 

aro  both  duets  anil  ,         _.  i.  to  the 

oniverul  aatoniithnient  of  ttie  «u(Jitur».'' 

The  fifty-six  "pieces,"  valued  at  197,CO(W., 
composing  Cox's  Museum,  were  all  of  a  siinilarly 
rich  and  rare  charnoter.  The  henil  prize  in  the 
lottery  was  a  pair  of  diamond  enr-ring*,  made  for 
tbe  Empress  of  Russia,  and  vjilued  at  ll^OOO/, 
Cox  wai  not  merely  an  ingenious  m^M-hanio  ;  he 
was  probably  the  6n>t  of  his  trade  in  England  who 
studied  nrti8ticefre<-t :  and  be  employed  Wollekens 
the  sculptor,  wid  Zoffany  the  painter,  to  make 
dcsijrnH  for  his  works.  The  preamble  of  the  Act 
of  Purliament  states  that  **the  painter,  the  <rold- 
smilh,  the  jeweller,  the  lapidary,  tbe  scnlptor, 
the  watchmaker,  in  short  all  the  liberal  arts  nave 
found  employment  in  and  worthily  cooperated  " 
to  Cox'g  Mu,<?euni.  Truly,  one  would  no  more 
expect  to  find  a  Cromwell  s  head  in  such  a  collec- 
tion, than  in  the  Summer  Palflce  of  Pekin,  where, 
(•iirinii.i1v  cnriii 'h.  there  wen"  found,  at  the  late 
J.  I  imperial  residence,  several  re- 

11  n«  of  jewellery  and  rn<.-chanism 

1.  name  of  James  Co.x,  Jeweller,  103, 

S  London,  for  in  that  tio«  ccvcksaw^- 


306 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S"»S.V.  April  0, '64. 


The  Act  cmpowerin<r  Cox  to  disipotio  of  his  mu- 
seum by  lottery  receiveil  the  royal  assent  by  com- 
miraion  on  June  21,  1773,  and  on  May  I,  1775, 
the  drawinf;  commenced  at  Guildhalf,  "  when 
No.  57,808,  drawn  a  .blank,  was,  as  first  drawn 
ticket,  entitled  to  100/."  *  Among  the  annals  of 
lotteries  this  is  a  memorable  one,  a  man  having 
suborned  one  of  the  lilue-coat  boys  to  conceal  a 
ticket,  the  fraud  wiui  detected,  and  pave  rise  to 
much  litijTation  f ;  this,  however,  is  bcyoird  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 
CromweU's  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  Mr.  Pimkertox," 
and  yet,  in  the  next  sentence,  he  says  that —  "  It 
would  be  a  pity  to  drag  the  name  of  such  a  sim- 
ftleton  as  the  lecturer  before  the  public."  I  do 
not  know  the  name  of  the  lecturer,  for  I  have  mis- 
laid the  ncwspa{)cr  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  Phrenologicul 
Journal^  whose  name — T  acknowledge  my  error — 
is  Donovan  and  not  O'Donovan,  ])artly  corrobo- 
rates my  "  piece  of  puerility  "  in  relation  to  the 
lecture,  thus :  — 

"It  was  decidedly  a  round  head;  and,  indeed,  when 
the  Cavaliers  bestowed  the  nickname  of  '  Roundheads ' 
upon  the  sourer  fanatics  of  the  ojipositc  faction,  they 
were  unconwiously  fcivint;  utterance  to  n  phrcnolo);ical 
fact — a  phihtsopliical  truth  coeval  with  the  cerebral  con- 
stitution of  man." 

Whatever  diflerence  of  opinion  there  may  exist 
between  T.  B.  and  me  as  reganls  Cromwell's  head, 
I  think  he  will  now  agree  with  me  in  considering 
that  there  are  more  simpletons  than  one  in  the 
world.  And  I  may  luld  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  following  title-page  of  a 
work  now  before  me  amply  testifies  :  — 

"  Caveats  for  Anti-Roundheads.  A  sad  Warning  to  all 
malignant  Spirits,  showing  the  fearful  JudgemenU  that 
felt  on  several  Persons  for  speaking  contemptaously  of 
Roundheads.  Five  Kxamples  of  fcarfnl  Judgements  on 
profane  and  malignant  Spirits,  who  reproachetl  true  Pro- 
testants with  the  name  of  Roundheads.    Ix>ndon :  1642." 

In  justice  to  Mr.  Donovan,  I  must  state  that 
his  account  of  the  heail  is  the  only  one  I  have 
seen  deserving  of  any  attention.  He  tells  us 
that  the  coronal  region  has  been  sawn  ofT  and 
replaced.  Of  course  it  had  been  taken  off,  in 
the  operation  of  embalming,  to  remove  the  brain. 


f  See  Gemt.'!  Mag.  aad  Ann.  BaAitBr  finr  sevoral  par- 


and  replaced  aflerwards.  But  it  is  really  strange, 
that  not  one  of  the  believers  in  the  Wilkinson 
head  has  ever  wondered  how  this  small,  loose 
piece  of  skull  has  been  preserved  during  the  many 
rude  vicissitudes  the  heail  has  parsed  through  — 
the  nusing  from  the  grave,  identification  of  the 
body,  the  dragging  from  the  cofiin,  the  hanging 
on  the  gibbet,  the  chopping  off  of  the  head,  the 
spiking,  the  long  position  over  Westminster  Hall, 
the  blowing  down,  the  hurried  grasp  of  the  soldier 
in  a  dark  night  —  wonderful,  miraculous  to  relate, 
iiftcr  all  this  contemptuous  buffeting,  the  coronal 
region  is  still  in  its  place  1  —  "  Credat  Judscus 
Apella."  The  wildest  legend  of  saintly  relic  must 
pale  its  ineffectual  fires  before  the  Wilkinson  head 
of  Cromwell. 

T.  B.,  as  a  proof  of  the  genuine  character  of 
the  head,  says,  "  it  is  not  offered  to  us  by  a  show- 
man to,  make  money,  nor  by  any  enthusi:istic 
antiquary  "  —  an  observation,  however  uncompli- 
mentary to  anticiuaries,  no  doubt  strictly  cprrect. 
The  relic-collector  is  not  an  antiquary,  in  any 
sense  of  the  word ;  the  old  race  of  miscalled  an- 
tiquaries has  utterly  disappeared,  arch8E>ology  has 
Ix'come  a  science,  and  most  of  its  darker  problems 
ran  be  solved  with  nearly  mnthematicnl  certainty. 
No  antiquary,  on  the  evidence  adduced,  could 
for  an  instant  entertain  the  idea  that  the  head 
was  Cromwell's.  Simple  common-sense  alone, 
without  any  antiquarian  acquirements,  is  quite 
sufficient  to  decide  the  question  in  this  manner. 
If  the  head  be  tbnt  of  Cromwell,  according  to  the 
showing  of  its  advocates,  it  must  have  lain  in  the 
grave  for  about  a  year  and  a  half,  it  then  hune; 
upon  a  gibbet  for  a  day,  and  next  it  remained 
upon  a  spike  over  Westminster  Hall  till  the  latter 
end  of  James  the  Second's  reign,  when  it  was 
blown  down,  through  the  wooden  pole  that  sup- 
ported the  spike  becoming  decayed.  Now,  con- 
tinues cominnn-sense,  no  head  could  have  with- 
stood the  summer's  sun  and  winter's  storms  of 
twenty-eight  *  years  in  this  variable  climate,  and 
be  ultimately  capable  of  identification.  Grant  it 
was  embalmed  —  tanne<l  even  if  you  will  —  nay, 
if  it  had  been  carved  in  the  very  stone  of  the 
great  building  now  adjoining  Westminster  Hall, 
the  distinctive  features  would,  in  twenty-eight 
^ears,  have  been  completely  obliterated.  It  really 
IS  pitiable  to  read  of  an  argument  (p.  180)  at- 
tempted to  be  founded  on  the  colour  of  hair  after 
a  bleaching  exposure  to  the  elements  of  twenty- 
eight  years.  But  the  acme  of  absurdity  is  reached 
by  T.  B.  When  I  conclusively  showed  by  Dr. 
Bate's  post  mortem  report  on  the  Protector's  body. 


*  At  the  lowest  compntntion,  for  some  accounts  state 
that  the  head  was  blown  down  in  the  great  storm  of 
1704,  thus  giving  an  exposure  of  more  than  forty  veari. 
Delbe,  however,  gives  an  exceedingly  minute  detail  of 
the  mischief  done  by  this  storm,  rad  never  meotioM 


8^  8l  V.  April  9,  '84.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


307 


that  an  embalmed  bead  could  not  be  tbatofCrom- 
■ffell,  I  receive  the  astounding  reply,  tbat  fbe 
head  was  "  no  doubt  embalmed  before  death  "  ! !  * 
This  rootle  of  netting  oaide  Dr.  Bate's  evidence  is 
tirbat  Dick  Swiveller  would  have  called  "  a  stag- 
cerer " ;  and  I  can  only  reply  in  the  words  of 
Hacbeth, — 

'* .    .    .    .     The  times  hare  heea, 

That,  when  tbe  braiaa  were  oat,  the  man  would  die, 

And  there  an  end." 
^wems  now,  tbat  the  cose  is  altered, — 
^^B   **  Tempara  mutantur,  noa  et  mutuniiir  in  illis.'' 

^o  oouciude  seriou*i]y.  I  flatter  myself  tbat  I 
have  finally  disposed  of  the  Protectoral  preten- 
sions of  the  Wilkinson  head  ;  and  I  shall  hnve  no 
more  to  any  of  it,  as  a  bead  of  Cromwell.  But  as 
it  is  by  no  means  un  ordinury  henii,  as  it  ha3  a 
Tery  curious  tragi-comicul  history  of  its  own,  I 
ihafl,  at  a  fuluie  period,  with  tbe  permission  of 
the  Editor,  lake  the  liberty  of  lettin;r  Mr.  ^Vil- 
kinson  know  whose  bead  it  really  is  that  be  pos- 

BeSSeS.  WllXlAM    PlN&EaTON. 

lluunslow. 

Aj»OWTMOU8      CONTBIBL'TIONS     TO     "  N.     Sc     Q." 

(3'«  S.  V.  238.)  — Doubtless  the  names  of  some  of 
our  contributors  give  weight  to  their  communi- 
cations.    But  in  some  instances,  such  would  not 
be  the  case,  and  the  anonymous  c"ontributors  them- 
lelves  must  be  supposed  to  be  the  best  ju<lges.     I 
rould  suggest  that  the  value  of  all  contributions, 
whether  anonymous  or  avowed,  would  be  greatly 
Increased  by  each  contributor  giving,  when  prac- 
ticable, the  authority  upon  which  his  statements 
fkxo  made,  so  tliat  any  reader  may  have  the  oppor- 
tunity of  salisfvinjj  himself  of  their  coiTectness  or 
uthenticity,  and  of  judj;ing  what  weight  is  due  to 
kliem.   An  anonymous  and  unsupported  statement 
if  facts  is  ofiitde,  if  any,  value.  J. 

This  question  has  two  sides  to  it.  The  anonymous 
Te  probably  contained,  or  nearly  contained,  in 
tf  '  1,  Those  who  have  a  feeling  —  a 

lian  areason — against  being  known. 
»5i-  «iii.  liuve  a  reason,  either  in  their  official 
tositiona,  in  their  relations  to  the  facta  they  state, 
3.  Those  who  write  with  their  names  when 
ibey  desire  to  give  the  authority  of  their  names, 
md  expressly  desire  to  avoid  giving  that  autho- 
ity  where  they  feel  thnt  their  knowledge  of  the 
ubject  cannot  juxiifv  them  in  employing  their 
>crsonal  influence.  If  it  w«.*re  a  certainty  that  all 
bene  parties  would  communicate,  in  any  case, 
[here  would  perhaps  be  no  hurm  in  pressing  pub- 
Icity  upon  them.  But  the  real  question  is  this: 
hould  an  opinion  gain  ground  that  all  communl- 
ttions  ought  to  be  *inymovi«,  would  those  who 
contribute  anonymously  add  their  names,  or 


[^*  Clcarlv  a  «lip  of  the  pen  for  "before  burial,"  and 
>bich  shoufil  have  b«f< n  rorrwctmt— Kri.^ 


would  they  cease  to  communicate?  T  suspect 
tbat  a  majority  would  choose  the  .second  alterna- 
tive, to  the  great  disadvantage  of  the  work.  The  i 
anonymous  communicator  has  no  authority  until 
he  giiins  it  by  the  value  of  bis  communications  : 
this  is  one  of  the  argumouta  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  wuat  signature  is  employed.  On  the 
whole,  let  thingii  remain  as  they  are  :  and  I  give 
this  recommendation  the  more  confidently  because 
I  am  persuaded  thin^is  will  remain  as  they  are, 
whether  or  no.  It  is  always  in  the  power  of  any 
one  who  has  a  good  reason,  to  commuuicute  that 
reason  to  the  contributor  through  tbe  editor,  and 
to  usk  tbu  contributor  to  allow  himself  to  be 
privately  named.  From  the  notices  to  corre- 
spondents, I  should  jmlge  that  the  editor  hinuelf 
does  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.  Dfi  Morgan. 

QcoTATiow  (8'^  S.  V.  260.) — I  have  a  reference 
to  the  quotation  from  Euripides,  which  runs 
thus:  "^vdpmy  ^Aox«s,  Ktii'tiv  «cij<r/ufi,"  {Tel.,  fr. 
XX.  1);  but  not  having  the  complete  works  of 
Euripides  at  hand,  I  cannot  verify  it. 

J.  Eastwood. 

[We  are  greatly  obliged  to  oar  correspondent,  and, 
availing  ourselves  of  the  clue  which  he  has  thus  aflbrded 
ns,  have  found  the  passage  from  Euripides  as  cited  by 
Stobeus,  xxxix.  10 :  — 

"  EvpiwiSou  TijKtipoT, 

Tat  3f  MfK^ras  iifitts  J5(a. 
On  this  passage  VV'aguer  temurk.'i,  in  his  Fragments 
fttrf^i'du,  "  Agamcninoiiem  loqui  liquet.  —  Primum  vm. 
qui  in  pruverbium  abiit,  pricbent  etiam  I'lut.  JJe  Traniju. 
An.  l.'t,  De  Exiit.  8,  Cic.  Ad  All.  iv.  (>,  u  eq^  et  Dioge- 
nian.  viiL  18,  sed  prieler  DiogeoJanum  rainat'  pro  Kilyfiv 
babent."  Since  writing  the  foregoing,  w«  liave  received 
the  following  commonicatious  from  Mu.  Davjiss  and 
A.G.S.  of  Oxford.] 

If  you  have  not  received  any  other  communica- 
tion, furnishing  your  readers  with  the  whereabout 
in  Euripides  of  the  above  famous  proverbial  ex- 
pression, I  may  ilirect  them  te  tlie  23rd  Fragninnt 
of  the  TeUjihitx  of  Euripides  (page  II'J  of  the 
Fragments  at  tbe  end  of  the  Pacta;  Sceuici  Gract 
of  Dindorf,  e<l.  IK.IO).  There  I  had  two  dimeter 
aunpMfltf  — 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8n»  S.  V.  Apbil  9,  ^64. 


which  may  reasonably  be  supposed  to  be  words  of 
Agamemnon  to  the  younger  Atrides,  They  are 
cited  from  Stoba;us,  37,  p.  22G,  and  occur  in  the 
Collection  of  Proverbs,  by  Diogenianus,  cent.  viii. 
18.  I  have  not  Plutarch's  MoraLicu,  but  probably 
the  passage  from  Plutarch  would  be  found  there. 
Dindorf  says  that  the  proverb  Itriprtiv  f\axn,  k.t.X. 
is  to  be  found  there,  p.  602,  6. 

Jambs  Banks  Davibs. 
Moor  Court,  March  28,  1864. 

"  iwiprcw  iXaxts'  Ktlyca>  itiafui' 
Tm  Z\  Mwtiiviu  i)fi«ts  iS/f  .  .  .  ." 

Ear.  Td^i  Fragm.  (C^.  Fragm.  Trag.  GrtK. 
Nauck,  §  722.  p.  461.  Leipsig,  1856.) 

Eranmus  (Adag.  p.  638,  ed.  Wechel,  1643)  seems 
to  think  that  they  were  the  words  of  Agamemnon 
to  Menelaua.  [Cael.  Aurel.  Tard.,  4,  9,  init.  — 
"  Cum  DuUus  cupiditati  locus,  nulla  satietatis  spes. 
est,  singulis  Sparta  non  sufficit  stia.  Loquitur  de 
viris  mollibus,  qui  propter  libidinem  uonnuUis 
corporis  partibus  obsc'i>ne  abutuntur."] 

The  proverb  seems  to  be  derived  from  a  use  of 
the  Greek  word  <nr<fpT»j,  -ijj,  which  meant  a  rope 
made  of  a  kind  uf  broom  {Funis,  sparteus).    But 

funiculua  (and  the  Hebrew  •'33)  was  used  to  sig- 
nify a  portion  of  land  measured  by  an  extended 
rope ;  and  hence  came  to  be  applied  to  land  left 
to  an  heir.  And  so  the  proverb  meanij,  that  every 
ntan  should  adorn  the  station  of  life  in  which  ho 
i»  placed,  i.  e.  be  content  with  that  station.  So 
Hieronymus  {Ep.  2,  ad  Nepotian.)  says:  "Si 
autcm  ego  pars  Domini  sum,  ct  funindua  heredi- 
tatis  ejus,  nee  accipio  partem  inter  ccteras  tribus, 
hubens  victum  et  vestituni,  his  contcntiis  cro." 

This  is  the  explanation  given  by  ihe  dictionary 
of  Facciolati  and  Forcelliiii,  s.  v.  "  "Sparta."  There 
are  many  forms  of  Uie  pmvcrb,  all  of  which  may 
be  seen  by  a  reference  to  the  pa!!sa;^e  in  Nauuk  s 
Frugm.  Trag.  Grtec.  (Cf.  Cic.  ad  Att.,  i.  20,  3  : 
"Eam  quam  mihi  dicis  obtigisse  Ixaprw,  non 
modo  nunquam  deseram,  sed  etiam,"  &c.) 

A.  G.  S. 

C.  C.  C.  0.xford. 

Elma  (U'"  S.  v.  97.)  —  Lady  Elma  dc  Eusc  is  a 
character  in  AIi.«s  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  Blomfiehi's  Norfolk.  F.  C.  B, 

huQH  BUAMIAM,  M.A.  (3"»  S.  v.  212,  271.) 
We  wish  to  add  to  our  reply  respecting  Hugh 
Branham,  that  he  was  matriculated  as  a  sizar  of 
St.  John's  College, '  Cambridge,  Nov.  12,  1567, 
proceedml  B.A.  15<;9-70,  commenced  M.A.  1573, 
and  became  B.D.  1581. 

C.  n.  &  TlIOMrSOIl  COOPBB. 

Pabish  Kbgistrrs:  Tombstoiies  and  thbib 
LtscMiFTiosa  (»"*  S.  h.  226, 317 ;  v.  78.)— It  has 


been  well  said,  by  a  writer  of  another  nation,  "  Ic 
meilleur  moyen  d'interesser  les  vivan?,  c'est  d'etre 
pieux  2l  r^ard  des  morts."  Englishmen  have 
never  been  mdifierent  to  the  memory  of  their  fore- 
fathers ;  and  the  suggestions  and  strictures  of  yonr 
correspondents  will  meet,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  with 
that  attention  which  the  subject  mooted  by  then 
so  well  deserves.  Universal  concurrence  on  the 
part  of  individuals  is  scarcely  to  be  expected: 
hut  the  good  will  shown  by  Mb.  Hutcbixsoh  will 
no  doubt  be  followed  by  many  others.  Still  the 
subject  ought  to  be  considered  a  national  one,  and 
taken  up  in  the  spirit  which  led  Sir  John  RomillT 
to  propose  the  publication  of  our  national  records, 
a  most  patriotic  proposal,  which  met  with  lo 
ready  a  response,  and  has  been  followed  by  suck 
valuable  results.  And  let  not  the  work  be  con- 
dned  to  one  part  of  the  empire,  but  embrace  Scot- 
land and  Ireland  uJso.  Surely  among  the  readen 
of  "  N.  &  Q."  there  will  be  found  some  M.P.  •!» 
will  submit  the  undertaking  to  the  wisdom  of 
the  legislature,  and  leave  no  means  untried  for  iti 
adoption.  Scorn 

Oh  Wit  (3"»  S.  v.  162.)  — Pope,  in  his  £«• 
art  Criticism,  uses  the  word  wit  upwards  of  tasJP 
times  with  the  following  <listinct  sijniificaMi 
viz.  —  1 .  Men  of  talent,  especially  poetSt  Una  Jc. 
45, 159,  517,  &c. ;  2.  Poetic  genius  and  its  resuli, 
poetry,  80,  302,  652 ;  3.  Intellectual  ability,  Jo, 
61 ;  4.  Judgment,  259;  5.  Conceits,  &c.,  29i^303; 
6.  The  imcx  peeled  and  ludicrous  associstloo  of 
ideas — the  modern  sense,  421,  447,  607,  See. 

SAaiQEi  Nui. 

James  Commiko,  F.S.A.  (S'*  8.  v.  218.)— 
"Died,  Jan.  23  [18271,  at  Lovcll  Hill  Cottage. Bcrb. 
James  Cummiiig,  K<q.,  r.&A.,  and  late  of  the  Ofice  ti 
the  Board  of  CoinniiMionera  fur  the  Affairs  of  IndiL'  — 
S>ie  GtHt.Mug.  for  182?,  Tart  1. 

'.lAtfir. 

William  Lillikgton  Lewis  (S'*  S.  v.  241.)— 
In  reply  to  S.  Y.  K.,  who  seeks  through  yuur 
columns  more  particulars  respecting  W  L 
LewiH,  translator  of  StatiuH,  and  sometime  "  &nt 
usher  "  of  Repton  school,  1  beg  to  refer  Yam  to 
p.  271-2,  of  Dr.  Robt.  Bigsby's  quarto  History  ^f 
Repton,  published  in  1854.  It  will  be  gathei«i 
thence  that  l^lr.  Lewis  quitted  Re{iton  uikiif 
somewhat  awkward  circumstances,  having,  ia 
point  of  fact,  been  bought  out  of  his  usfaenJiip 
for  50/.  Dr.  Bigsby  refers  to  a  contemporar; 
Diarist,  who  rcconls  that  Mr.  Lewis's  departure 
gave  **  great  jo^  to  all  who  were  under  him."  .\* 
to  his  translation  of  Statius,  any  one  who  viU 
take  the  pains  to  compare  it  with  the  uriginaL 
and  the  Ist  book  with  the  tnin»latiou  uf  I'ope, 
will,  I  am  sure,  be  Jitruck  with  its  {Hiorneas  and 
inferiority. 

At  the  beginning  of  this  ^ear  I  waa  led  care* 
fully  to  examine  the  translation  of  the  lat  Book 


8^  8,  V,  Al'Wt  »,  '64.] 


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Dm  LJ  nlrewJi 


Inwrnjcii 


Unlrrm 
nthorlhan 
nlrcnc. 


by  Mr.  Lewis  with  tbat  of  Pope  (wbtch  is  itself 
oft«n  loofle  anil  fuulty),  but  I  cftiriL'  to  Uib  conclu- 
sion that  he  was  nut  mori*  fitted  for  ihe  office  of  a 
poetical  tntnslator  than  he  seema  to  Lave  been  for 
tiui  of  tirttt  uaher. 

I  carirjot  just  now  lay  my  bands  on  my  notes, 
OP  T  could  juatily  these  remarks  by  passages  which 
I  transcribed.  Lowndes,  in  his  lithtivgrajihcrs 
Manual,  rightly  characterises  the  tranBlHlion  as  a 
Door  performance,  I  should  add  (hat,  as  un  old 
Heptonian,  I  could  wish  it  had  been  possible  to 
speak  otherwise  of  the  work  of  one  of  iia  Masters. 
Jambs  Ba.hks  Davies.    I 

A.  E.  I.  O.  U.  (S**  8.  V.  222.)  —  Theae  voweI« 
were  adopted  as  «  device  by  Frederick,  Emperor 
of  fTermany.  who  waa  «-l>.'4.'t«iJ  in  1424,  and  from 
the  p<?riod  of  whose  cltrt'tion  the  imperial  succee- 
■ion,  though  eonteatetl,  has  been  vnitUcrnipiedljf 
In  the  House  uf  Austria.  Frederick  waa  no  aU 
cbymiflt,  an  a«troluger,  and  a  believer  in  m«gie. 
He  died  at  the  aye  of  eighty-three,  of  a  surfeit,  of 
melon*,  after  reigning  filly-threc  years.  In  his 
retgn  the  vowela  tigured  on  government  build- 
inpu,  re'riiuental  fla-js,  oti  the  bucks  of  imperial 
books,  and  even  on  the  handles  of  the  emperor's 
spoons.  They  were,  for  a  time,  a  puzzle;  but  the 
following  triple  inturprtitation  of  them  w;w  mado 
for  the  benefit  of  tiie  perplexed :  — 

J.  Do8AX. 

Jt  was  Frederick  TTL  of  Germany  who  mysti- 
fie*l  th«-  wnrlil  liy  inscribing  "  A.  iv  I,  O,  LJ." 
U|^»<>»  *''  :*.    AlU'rliis  deiith.  thesoluri<.n 

ot  the  1  iound  tunon^ftt  hia  papers.     M». 

WooDWAuii  hut  given  us  the  Latin  and  German 
versions  of  the  iiirojfanl  legend.  it  hns  Ken 
done  inl^i  Englij^h  a*,  lollows  :  "^uftria'f  ii'mpire 
Is  Overall  t^nivcrsal."  St.  Swithjm. 

QtoTATioN  WAWTi:n  '.  EvA)»UKH*s  Obdkb  (S'* 
8.  T.  174.)— The  lines  ascribed  to  Dr.  W.  Kin^,' 
VQ  not  in  Nichots'i  edition  of  his  works.  London, 
1776,  3  v«)ls.  8v<i.     I  do  not  know  their  nuibor. 

"  Evandtir's  Order,"  I  think,  is  In  UiJe  ^neitL 
lib.  viii.  I,  'J73  :  — 

■  venRN,  tantanmi  in  lauuen*  tHuttiuii 
iiKW,  et  pocnln  pofj^ile  (l«xtria, 
f^„iuiiiui„  iii'lur  r-ocaie  flrum,  et  tLUr  vina  tttlrHtei." 

It  is  given  after  a  ratber  long  story,  but  also 
after  dinner  — 

"  Postanam  cxompu  fanu««t  amor  compreasoe  eUeodl. 
Ucx  Kvatnlnu  «it,  Jkt^ — 

and  must  h.ivo  b«eu  accvptable  to  those  who  had 
fed  "  perpctui  tergo  bnvw  vl  IttstraUbus  exti.s" — 
the  iaat  dish  bving  probably  on  nasty  as  ha"tjijj, 

ii:  B.  c. 

OtniAMs  (3'*  8.  V.  ll<\  I4fi.)  — The  first  au- 
thority  as  to  Oghua  bocriptioiu  it  Profeasor 


Graves  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin.  I  believe 
there  is  a  published  explanation  of  the  Oghamic 
alphabet.  Db.  Moobe  should  write  to  Professor 
Graves,  who  can  probably  tell  him  about  the 
Newton  stone,  and  at  the  same  time  admit  hiui  to 
the  Ojihamic  mysteries.  Such  a  keen  nutiquary 
as  the  Professor  would  no  dtmbt  feel  a  pleasure  in 
rendering  assistance.  Should  Db.  Moohe  decline 
writing  to  the  Professor,  I  will  endeavour  to  pro- 
cure an  answer  as  to  the  Ogbamiu  alph.'ibet. 

J.  Tombs. 

Ekigma  (3'"»  S.  V.  153,  199.)  —The  following 
enigma  was  proposed  for  solution  at  the  first  of 
the  above  references :  — 

"Q'l" '-'•*- -^ -':'ieodem  lempoTuaati, 

V,.  :lti, 

Q>  >  1  taiutia  dimidiatam." 

At  the  ftecood  reference  appeared  the  solution,  by 
which  it  appears  that  the  calyx  of  a  rose  was  de- 
signated by  these  lines.  But  what  I  have  to 
obj-^ct  to,  is  not  tbe  answer  to  the  enigma,  but 
the  translation  of  the  words  hint  harbati.  I  ob- 
serve that  all  the  three  translations  suppose  tbe 
second  line  to  mean  that  tico  of  the  five  brotliers 
only  had  beards.  Moreover,  all  of  them  repr^ 
sent  /wo  others  aabeordleas.  Surely  this  is  neither 
the  meaning  of  the  Latin.,  nor  tbe  proper  descrlp- 
tioo  of  the  calyx. 

**  Bint  bartnH,  tine  crint  ertati,** 

I  take  to  mean  tbat  two  and  turo,  that  \s  foxtr  In 
alt,  have  beard.^,  but  no  hair,  \i\iiui  meant  onlv 
two,  the  verse  would  contuin  no  description  at  all 
uf  the  other  two,  but  jump  at  once  to  the  descrip- 
tion of  the  fii\h,  whiuli  would  be  unusual  and 
unsatisfuclory.  Tiiux  si^'nilies  tica  andlwo^  askrni 
means  thrte  nuil  three,  'ihe  enijima  then,  as  I  un- 
derstand it,  nteatis  that  each  Uvo,  that  is,  four-  of 
tbe  brothers  bad  beanh.  Thus  Terence  says  in 
his  Phonniu:  "Ex  his  priediis  tulenta  nrgenti 
htna  statim  cupiebat,"  mewning  I  hut  from  each 
farm  he  received  two  talents,  of  course  four  in  ail. 
But  our  translntorsi  have  swsumed  wlmt  tlie  enigma 
does  not  suy,  that  two  others  of  tiiu  live  were 
smooth  and  beanllcss.  This  is  neither  the  sense 
of  the  verse,  nor  the  true  description  of  the  cnlyx 
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  dimidiatam. 

¥.  c.  n. 

Fitz-Jaubb,  Duke  or  Bjebwick,  ani>  Fjtz- 
Jambs,  btc.  (3'"  S.  V.  202.)  — The  following  are 
the  peerages  and  arms  of  the  present  family  .*  — 
Boron  BtjHworth,  Earl  of  Firimoutli,  and  Duke  of 
Berwick  in  En^lund  (March  19.  1687);  Duke  de 
FitA-Joroes  in  Fiance  (Mnjr,  1710)  ;  and  Duke  de 
Leriu  ct  de  Xerica  In  Spam. 

The  arms  are,  1  and  4,  Franco  and  Ens^land 
quarterly  \  ^.  €«iVWv\.\  ?i,  \xs>ka»!N^  ^i*.  '«>S*s«^  ^ 


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,V.  Ap«xl»,' 


bordure  gobony,  oz.  and  gu. ;  the  azure  pieces 
charged  with  a  lleur-de-lis  of  France,  the  gules 
with  M  lion  of  England.  TJie  supporters  are  a 
liou  And  a  priffoii,  both  pro(>er,  and  reguardant. 
Mottoes  ;  *' Ortu  et  bonore,"  and  '*  IGSO,  Semper 
et  ubique  fidelis,  1789."  J.  ^VooDWABX). 

New  iihoreliatii. 

WiTTT  Classicai.  Quotatioks  ("i"^  S.  ix.x.xi. 
pastim.)  — 

•'  If  the  traditionary  storj'  be  true,  there  wm  oneyoang 
•cholur,  wbofle  wit  and  rcn^iinesa  deserved  a  purse  of  gold 
bettff  than  Irtostcr  Coryatt'H  oration.  Her  Maj«ty 
(Queen  Elizabeth,  on  a  visit  to  Winchester  school  in  1A70) 
ple^^sctntly  asked  him  if  he  hud  ever  niude  acquaintance 
with  ihnt  celebrated  rod,  wlioae  fame  had  reached  eren 
her  royal  r^rs.  Both  the  question  and  the  qticsitioaer 
would  bare  embarrassed  most  schoolboys,  but  he  replied 
by  an  admirable  quotation  from  Virgil — a  familiar  line, 
which  the  Queen  wns  like  enough  to  have  understood  — 

*  Infanduttu  recina.  jubcs  rcnovare  dolorem.* 
It  '  'Vykehamifits  not  to  have 

pr'  Kwi  for  Jan.   186<,  p.  71 

(ujL-  .  ,i  '_      _£,'.;  and  Commoners.") 

E.  H.  A. 

ROTAI.  CaDKWCT  (3'^    S,  V.  2iy.)  —  FiTZ-JoKS 

will  find  the  information  be  reouirt'&  in  Boutell's 
Heraldry,  Historical  and  Popular,  whence  I  ex- 
tract the  ff>llowing  answers  to  bis  queries  :  — 

1.  Lionel  bore  various  differences,  but  that 
known  as  his  special  cognisance  appears  to  bave 
been  a  label  arg.,  on  each  point  a  caatun  gu. 
Thi:!  seems  to  bave  been  aflerwards  known  aa  the 
Label  of  Clarence. 

2.  John  of  Gaunt  bore  a  label  of  three  points 
ermine.  "  This,"  says  Mr.  Boutell,  "  may  be 
blazoned  '  of  Brittajit/,'  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  Earldom  of  Richmond 
was  conferre<l  by  Edward  III,  ou  bis  infant  son 
Prince  John." 

3.  Richard  Earl  of  Cambridge,  a  label  of  Uiree 
points  arg.,  charged  on  each  point  with  three  tor* 
tenux. 

4.  Richard  Duke  of  York,  a  Label  of  York^  as 
bis  father. 

5.  George,  Duke  of  Clarence,  a  Label  o/ Clar- 
ence, the  same  a^4  Lionel. 

6.  I  do  not  find  any  notice  of  Margaret's  label ; 
but  her  brother  Edward,  Earl  of  Warwick,  bore  a 
Label  of  Beaufort,  conipon»5e  arg,  and  nz.  She 
would  probably  u<e  the  same.      Hkrmkntbiide. 

Mkbcuikiw  (S"  S.  iv.  401;  v.  164.)  — Some 
Bccuunt  of  the  paternal  an<-eAtorn  of  Rntiniilph, 
called  by  English  antiquaries  Dc  ^trxchmen, 
Enrl  nf  <'h**ster,  is  to  be  found  in  tin'  iiitroduc- 
':  ^^loi\*  Holla  of  tltr  Exchrqtur  of  Sor- 

"  ^).     1  have  not  the  work  at  fiand  to 

r  '  note*  that  1  took  from  it  some 

t'  that  the  Rannulph,  who  married 

Maud,  the  niswr  ofliugb  LupuR^  w»r  VieTciWxar) 


Vicamte  du  Befison,  bis  father's  name  being 
nulph,   and   his  grandfather's  Ajifcbitill.      I 
anxious   to  learn  more   of  this   Anscbf 
should  be  plnd  to  ascertain  whether  I  am 
aupjMMlijj;  that  the  estates  of  th--   "       '      « 
feitcd  in  hia  time,  and  ufterwat 

son.  ^      

If  the  statement  above  given  U  correci,  it  wtD 
be  seen  that  the  connection  with  -■  •/  -■■  b  pen«a 
aa  Walter  de  Espogne  must  be  oCe  tbM 

Le  Custaueb  dm  Ctonb  suppo^i.  .-  ...  Ljc.  Aai 
while  on  this  subject  I  would  beg  to  inqairr  ii 
what  manner,  if  at  all,  Ralph  de  To«'ni  ..n-i  Wal- 
ter de  Espag^ne,  described  as  his  brot '  re- 
lated to  Robert  de  Todeni,  Lord  of  !•  ■' i» 
somewhat  singtdar  that  this  Robert's  gnuidaaOi 
William  de  Aibini,  is  by  English  aot^qnaril* 
commonly  styled  De  Mexchines.  But  t>us  doe»  not 
imply  any  relatiouship  with  the  Earl  of  Chester. 
In  lx)th  cases  the  real  appellotion  wo*  /.*  .Vit- 
chiu,  or  the  Younger  ;  and  Robert  de  ToiScttl 
prandson,  William  de  Aibini,  vrns  !>q  calkxl  lo 
aistingniish  him  from  his  father  William  de  Allitri, 
the  elder  earl.  I  believe  it  is  not  kDt>wD  ko« 
Robert  de  Todeni's  son  William  axiuc  to  aiMia* 
the  name  of  Aibini.  Nor  have  I  ever  \mkq  »Kk 
to  ascertain  how  the  Albinis  of  this  family  caat 
to  be  distinguished  by  the  appellation  of  Jirit^. 

P.  S.CAsn. 

ArCHBISUOP  nAMtI.TO!f  (3"*   S.  V.  tJ41.)— >V 

an  account  of  Archibald  Hamilton,  ArcMuifapa^ 
Cashel,  E.  S.  M.  is  referred  to  Ware's  Aif^^  •/ 
Ireland,  edited  by  Harris,  p.  486,  andCiAIMia 
.fWJ  EccleaitB  Hibemicte  (Munster,  p.  14.)   Boil* 

these  authorities  give  16.19  as  the  dntc  "f  tVri  prr- 

late's  death.     Is   1650  a  ty[K>j.' 

your  correspondent's  query  ? 

who  succeeded  Hamilton  at  Ca*Ui.l,  ^ 

from  Ardfert   by   letters   patent,    <I 

1660. 

E.  S.  M.  asks,  *'  Can  anyone  jtive  me  any 
nialion  as  to  this  Iri*knan*«  doin<*«  in  Swr  ' 
Why  does  be  call  him  an  Jruhman  f 
that  he  was  an  Irish  bishop  would  bo  tt 
tion  against  his  beinfj  lui    Irishman.      Warv 
that  he  was  ft  native  of  Scotlniirl     ""'  '■  '• 
University  of  Glasgow.     It  is 
fled  from   Ireland  to  escnf  •    '■'■ 
Irish   Rebellion  of  1641  . 
1659,  where  was  he,   ond  v 
that  limoP  and  what  bmu^ht  hiui  to  H\ 
should  b«   very  glad  to  Iiuvc  au  answn 
quc«lions. 

Would  Yj.  S.  M.  kindly  nty  w!t»-*r?  \tv  ff»i 
ficts  he  hax  rlniod,  that  A' 
buiiid  at  Upsal  in  the   y. 
Houkc  tomb  with  the  ilrtt  Prult- 
Up*al? 

T>Kn.  Colt.  Dublin. 


3»<«  s.  V.  Apbjl  9,  "ein 


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TowT,  TowTEB  (3'*  S.  V.  211.)  — The  word 
tont  OP  toot  is  probably  from  the  Dutch  torten,  to 
bl'>w  A  horn  {Uteter,  a  winder  of  a  horn,  toolhourn, 
bugI«f-horn^,  evidently  derived  by  onomalopmia, 
[  lose  it  that  originally  your  touter  wound  his 
lora  to  attruct  cu.stomers.  Again,  Tothili  may 
lean  the  place  where  the  hounds  met. 

R.  S.  Chabjiock. 

^NtOMA,    BT    TUB    EaUL   OF    SlTRftEY   (3'*  S.  V. 

05,  103,  145.)  —  Amongst  viirioiia  old  pamphlets 
And  periodicals  in  my  library,  I  chanced  to  pick 
ut  one,  now  lying  before  me,  and  bearing  the 
lolloping  title :  — 

7'                 ~  limjof  tlie  most 

InRes.  lies.    I'he  whole 

beint;  .    „ —  .....ii !..iii;  and  in  pw- 

iciilar  U)t  ilie  ex«ri:i»e.  ol  ttie  (jurious      I'u  which  is  pre- 

[xM  n  IVolAcc,  and  a  4''^<»ir'^  ^f  vEnigmas  in  genoral. 

X'ndon.  printed  for  John  Wilford,  in  Little  Briuiin. 

"25." 

Thin  work  i.s  in  three  part?;  the  first  occupies 
!0  pn;;e3  ;  ttwj  second  part,  printed  in  I7'26,  ends 
U  p.  68  ;  ami  the  third  purt,  also  printed  iu  1726, 
OC8  to  p.  105,  and  finishes  the  work. 

In  the  first  part,  p.  ^,  of  thi;*  work  ia  printed 
s  "  i£ni;.;ma  5 ;  called  the  Earl  of  Surrey's 
Rid<lle,*'  uTi  exact  copy  of  the  one  inserted  ante, 
55.  In  the  second  part  of  the  ThesauTVS 
^nigtnutirux  ig  or'ven,  or  professed  to  be  given,  a 
oiution  of  the  enigm-is  contained  in  the  first  part- 
>f  it ;  and  to  that  of  No.  5,  the  following  u  given  : 

"  No.  a.  Suine  think  it  one  ihin^,  some  another ;  for 
ny  part,  I  omi  myself  pnrtly  of  i(i«  Mntimenla  of  an 
kOTintinihle  Person,  who  Wiieves  llwt  ii  refers  much  to 
>wlcy'»  ver*ea :  — 

•  Thou  Thing  of  subtle  slippery  kind, 
Whirh  Women  loie,  nni!  yet  no  Man  can  find' 

\nf\  ni  liip  I.jjily  hud  it  not  to  give,  I  mippone  she 
trutended  nt  least  to  give  it  htm,  to  mnlii}  tbc>  blcuing 
Jie  grcjiltfr." 

Fram  this  equivocal  solution  of  the  riddle,  one 
ay  conclude  it  wiu  not  over-modeit. 

D.  W.  8. 

A«M«  \yAKTKn  (3''*  S.  V.  239.)— I  hnve  n  nolo 
of  two  sliielJ",  each  of  ivhich  bcnr.^  much  re- 
<«mbtunc<j  to  that  imjuir«d  allcr  by  C.  J.  Neitlier 
of  tlieni  corrttyiond  in  tlncturea  :  — 

"  Dh<"  tr  ,,,  in  (locii^iin  trajwtoi  nigros  iu 

irjientCA  p  i-r  uk TKrriNi.F.v  lihm.  If ' Franc. 

>"'rit.     U.  '     •                                 null  situ  in 

iinf«4  r'«rin  \ntnrtFhil. 

fac.    S/Jtric,  '• 

1  remember  «eeing  a  tray  with  armn  identical 
»ith,  or  exceedingly  lik"  those  inquirwl  after,  in 
t  shop  in  Doncnstei-  a  few  months  ngo.  Ciroim- 
lUncea  bijidor-L'd  nie  from  ex»irt5ning  it  at  the 
ame,  and  the  next  limts  i  pa»sed  it  wna  gone. 

'-'•>"  ^no  Pr ACOCK. 

Bottesford  Manor,  Brigg. 


BnowN  or  CoAiJiToir  (3'*  S.  v,  258.)  — I'he 
following  extracts  from  the  Index  to  the  Retourt 
of  the  Services  of  Hein  in  Scotland,  may  possibly 
be  of  tuc  to  Mr.  Lke. 

1.  On  April  26,  1604,  George  Broun  of  Cols- 
toun  wa«  served  heir  to  PsUrick  Brown  of  Cols- 
toun,  his  father  (observe  a  slight  difference  in  the 
8[velling  of  the  surname)  in  the  Imub  and  barony 
of  Colstoun  and  other  lands  in  tho  constabulary 
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 
cunnty  of  Etlinburgh." 

2.  Ou  October  31,  1616,  George  Broun  of 
Colstoun  was  served  heir  in  general  to  Elizabeth 
Broun  — his  sister-gerraan  —  and 

3.  On  May  6,  1658,  Tatrick  Bnmnc  (*?c), 
younger  of  Colstoun  was  served  heir  male  of 
George  Brouoe  Fiar  of  Colstoun,  his  imrai'diate 
elder  brother,  in  the  same  lands  and  burony,  aud 
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-germnn.  G. 

Trade  Wmos  (3"*  S.  v.  259.)— The  theory  of 
Galileo,  although  attempts  have  been  made  by 
Kiinitz  and  Hadloy  partially  to  revive  it,  hna 
yielded  to  that  ofHalley  (Phil.  Trans,  xvi.),  which 
lorms  the  basis  of  the  subsorjiiept  labours  of' 
Marsden,  Reid,  Maury,  Le  Vcrricr,  Fitzroy,  and 
others,  from  which  navigation  nncl  connnerce  have 
derived  incalcuhibie  bene6t.  In  the  Companion 
to  thr.  British  Almanac  {\%^\,  p.  29),  there  is  a 
summary  of  tbe  recent  practical  applications  ia 
meteorology  ;  and  more  detailed  information  on 
the  atmospheric  currents  will  be  found  in  Reid's 
Lute  of  Stormjt,  Maury's  Phynical  Geography  of 
tkeSeiif  and  in  Fitzroy's  Weather  Book. 

T.  J.  BCCKTOW. 

CnARGES  (3^^  S.  V.  238.)  —  It  is  probable  that 
the  writer  of  the  letter,  printed  in  your  last  issue, 
was  Francis  Clarges,  M.P.  for  the  borough  of  j 
Tregony  in  the  Parlioment  that  lu.'gun  April  25, 
16G0.  There  was  a  double  election.  The  iianteH 
stand  thus  in  the  list  ut'  Member.s  published  im- 
mediately atfer  the  returns  were  made  out :  — 
"  Bnrimgh  of  TrtffnHt/. 
"  Sir  John  Tumpio,  Kt.  }  ,  . ^  t_  i  _ 

Will.  Tridinhaiii,  kfq..  bv  anoth. 
Fr.  CIsrtfes,  by  another.'' 

He  was  high  in  favour  with  the  Royalists.  On 
Monday,  Feb.  27,  1659  (GO),  the  House  of  Com- 
mons cimferred  upon  him  the  Hamiper  iiffioe,  b« 
cause  he  was  a  friend  of  GetviitA  W.«<^^  C«< 


312 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tSM  a  V.  APBn.  9.  'S4. 


AuTHOKs  or  Hrmrg  (3"*  S.  v.  280.)— The  hymn 
(or  rather  stanza-i)  beginning  "Thou  Grod  of  love," 
is  in  a  book  called  The  Sheltering  Vine,  published 
some  timo  aso  by  the  Conntess  of  Sonthesk,  but  I 
have  it  not  here,  and  I  cannot  recollect  whether 
she  composed  or  onlj  edited  it.  I  think  the  latter. 

Ltttklton. 

Chapbbox  (3'*  S.  V.  280.)— Can  Sttutbs  find 
"  chaperone  "  in  any  book  published  ten,  or  ercn 
fire,  years  ago  ?  I  doubt  it  It  is  an  ignorant 
barbarism,  and  corresponds  exactly  to  the  "  che- 
mis  "  story  which  be  quotes.  Ltttkltoh. 


^Ucenattfotuf. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Hfe  of  William  Blake,  "  Pletar  Ignotus."    With  Sdeetions 
from  hit  Poems  and  other  Writings  by  the  late  Alexander 
Gilchrist,   of  tlw.  Middle    Temple,    Barri$ler-at-Ixao, 
Author  of  the  Life  of  William  Etty,  R.A.     Illustrated 
from  Blake's  ount  Works  in  Facsimile  by  W.  J.  Linton, 
and  in  Photo -lithography,  with  a  few  of  Blake's  original 
Plates.      In  two  volumes.    (Macmillan.) 
Tiiis  book  filU  up  a  void  in  Art- Biography  which  has 
existed  far  too  lon^;;  for  unfortunately  "  Pictor  Ignotus  " 
is  an  epithet  too  justly  applied  to  the  remarkable  man 
whose  life  and  labours'  form  the  .sul)jeot  of  it    "  At  the 
present  moment,  Blako  drawings  and  Blake  prints  fetch 
prices  which  would  have  solaced  a  life  of  penury,  had 
their  producer  received  them."    There  is  something  very 
melancholy  in  this  parairraph  from  the  opening  chapter 
of  the  book  before  us ;  and  when  one  reflects  that  this  is 
said  of  that  poet-painter  of  whom  Flaxman  declared  his 
poems  are  "  grand  as  his  pictures,"  it  strikes  one  m  still 
more  sad.     But  the  .story  of  Blake's  strange,  visionary, 
wayward,  .ind  mystic  liCo'iH  liere  written  liy  loving  hand's, 
and  with  a  fiilness  of  detail,  more  especially  with  regard 
to  his  wor'vs  of  poetry  and  art,  which  leave  little  to  be 
desired.    Ilis  life  is  lirst  traced  step  by  step;   then  we 
have  a  valuable  selection  from  his  published  and  unpub- 
lished writings;  nnd  these  are  followed  by  Catalogues  of 
his  Pictures,  Drawings,  and  Kngravings;  and  lastly,  in 
addition  to  many  striking  Illustrations  scattered  through 
the  two  volumes,  wo  have  twenty-one  Photo-Lithographs 
from  Blake's  marvellous  (engraved)  designs.  The  Book  of 
Job,  and  sixteen  of  the  original  plates  of  his  Slongs  of 
Innocence  i<nd  Ejrperiencv,   which  fitly  bring  to  a  close 
the  interesting  Memoir  of  this  original  and  neglected 
man  of  genius. 

An  Elementary  Tfxt-BiK>k  of  the  Microscope;  inchuSmi  a 
Description  of  the  Mrthods  nf  Preparing  and  Mounting 
Objects.  By  J.  W.  GritHths,  M.I). "  With  Twelve 
OMOured  Plates,  containing  451  Figures.    (Van  Voorst.) 

This  is  e.<sentially  a  practical  book.    The  author  pre- 
sumes the  reader  to  have  had  no  previous  acquaintance 
with  tlie  microscope,  or  with  the  study  of  natural  his- 
tory; so  that  it  fonns  an   introduction  to  both.    The 
subjects  are,  accordingly,  treated  in  scientific  onler;  com- 
mencing with  an  explanation  of  the  principles  on  which 
the  action  of  the  microscope  depenui.     Then  comet  a 
■eries  of  subjects  for  examiuatitm,  with  directions  how  to 
prepare,  mount,  and  examine  them.    When  we  add,  that 
tit)  book  i$  produced  with  the  care  which  distinguishes 
Mil  Mr.  Van  Voorst's  publications,  it  w\\\  be  tc«^  \i»w 
rMJaabh  a  contribatioa  this  is  to  beginnott  cS  m!lAO- 
Mopical  atadles. 


The  Student's  Manual  of  EngliA  Uttntsar:     A  Hista 
of  English  Literature.    By  Thomas  B.  Shaw,  H.  A. 
jvew  Edition  enlarged  and  rt-writtem.      EdUed,  v 
NoUs   and   Illmstrations,    by   William    &Bith,    LL 
(Murray.) 

This  new  edition,  revised  and  completed  in  eoDMqim 
of  Mr.  Shaw's  death  by  Dr.  Smith,  is  probably  tke  mi 
complete,  as  it  is  certainly  the  most  compact.  History 
English  Literature  which  has  yet  been  given  to  t 
public:  and  when  the  promised  accomjpaBjing  volna 
iorming  a  selection  of  choice  passages  from  the  aath< 
included  in  the  present  book,  is  published,  they  will  t 
f,^her  form  a  perfect  reaumS  of  the  subject. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WARTBD   TO  rVBOHASB. 

Parttenltnof  PrlM,JW..of  thfliMlawlHC  Beoka  to  be  Mat  OnS 

tiM  ■•nUeraen  br  whom  thar  >r«  r«|aii«a,aad  wbon  mtaam  ad  i 
rlKww  an  siven  for  that  parpote:  — 

Commn  Bkatji  Uahim.   Stmo.    Vienna,  UlS— 14. 
Any  earlr  Hobjb  B.  Vmatna  of  the  inuwat  die' 

Wanted  \>r  Xev.  J.  C.  Jactron,  a,  Chatham  Place  Eaal, 


HoMAMcB  or  m  Fubaoi.   Hunt  and  Blaekett. 

Wanted  by  Meun.  Ilautimgham  ^  HoOit,  S.  Xgtmt  Stmt, 
Oiorrtnor  Sqaana. 

The  cony  of  a  ISmo.  Tolnme.  entitled  Airrwaar.  BobUriied  ty  OTir 
Pan  Mall,  which  i*  belieTed  to  har*  beta  aoM  at  tba  ale  of  ikc  Ifer 
of  the  lau  W.  M.  Thackeray.  Eaq.  If  aoyooc  porehaacd  aoeh  a  »■ 
he  vin  confer  a  faTour  on  F.  tar  oooimnaicatiaK  ttooia  "  JT.  I  v 
or  dlieet  to  Box.  No.  6t,  Poet  OOee.  Derby. 


^aticnf  to  CnxttifavCatvM, 

J.  Vr.  In  Ttioman  Taghtr'*  Memoir  of  Bleh««p  Hebw.  IMa^  I^K  i 
i«,ilUtlatKi,tlial''ne chaplain,  Mr.  irriaht,rtad  a^jti0ran:!^» 

ftri-io'  at  lAe  funeral  of  Bi»hop  Hthtr. 

R  B.  T.    Thr  vextH  r/ufMinn  <tf  the  Collar  qfSS.  kss 
ikirty  artMa  m  ow  Fir$t  .^rrift. 

T.  B.    "  Tht  Lam  of  Rkhmmtd  ffUl "  iroji  teritSem  tg 
Vide  ••  N.  a  Q."  »nd  S.  ii.  6;  xl.  S07. 

R.  C.  JuKKim.     Thf  hnfla'l  *<»•"  hrrn  priitUtl an  a  /oVo  tnaim-*- 
u  entitlfl  "An  fj-n-lUt,!  Itnllnil  nftke  jMrU  ilohmn  ami  t>9kt  S«»i-'- 
irifA  an  r.TtKt  Antm»l  qfl'i'ir  Mtlanrholu  DratKs."    if  wmkt  •■«' 
j.iHr  t'Tui'  I'ffour  lintr  laeh. 

F.  U.  Wacoii.  a  Lift  0/  Ikr  F-tHt-taVfnt  it  afrrm  »  flaiA 
Dictionary  of  l)at*i,  e<lii.  I'W.  awi  in  Tutcwtn-F*  SlaBwal  of  Ii»« 
] Mt.    Ctnuttlt  alto  Amiin  and  Ralph  <•  Uvea  of  Um  .Pttili  I aawt  *■ 

r,  W.  (Florence.)  Thf  tuni:  fifthr  Ade<te  Fidcin  A<u  hm  (ifc*^ 
rn  tm  tliffrrmt  rompotrn,  nanw/y,  John  ReatHng.  tcho  olao  wnf  Db 
IViinum.  and  /•>  Mr.  ThorUy.an  orjanul.  Vide  "  N.  *  «i."'  Sad*' 
173;  3ri  8.  i.  \m. 

A  nnrm  to  nthrr  Com  tpondrntt  ntjrt  triet . 

•  »•  Caurr  for  hinilintj  thf  nJumfn  oftf.  Se  Q."  aiay  hr  h»l  ^' 
J'Mither,  ami  of  all  J!oi**tOtr»  ami  Xf 


"Nurai  A!<n  Qi-aair*"  u  mMuhnl  al  noam  tm  Twtdnj,  and  »« 
t>«u^'/  in  M  ivmtv  PAart.  Thr  UnbiKrtplkm  far  RraMrBD  <Wib  ' 
Mr  Mimthf  foncarded  itirrrtfram  fV  fmblUkitr  \.t,uimtim  *  * 
ytarlii  \nmx)  i*  I  If.  4i/..  Khirk  may  bt  paMtm  fW( 'O^iet  On* 
jMfaliWat  ihr  Simnd  Vol  Ogirr.in  favimr  of  Wtauaji  O.flBnB.' 
WfcLLi^oKiN  Stikit,  Stkaxd,  W.C.,  to  teham  all  CaiiMcjficatMia  •• 
*aa  Editok  $hoHld  br.  od-lrtMtd. 

"  Norn  a  Qoaarai "  Ix  ret(l<ter«d  tat  i 


n/HAT    WILL    THIS    COST     TO     PRIST 

T  T  i*  a  thonirht  often  ocRurrinK  to  literary  mtnd*.  (laltllr  c^anM* 
nnd  per*oni  of  brnrvulent  intcuiloD*.  An  Iminctiiat*  aaawcrwB 
maulry  may  beobtaineil.  A  HmriMm  Bnsa  «r  Trrai.  aad  tafeMi 
[Ion  tor  author*,  aent  on  anplieatlon  by 

RICIIARO  BARRKTT.  IS,  MARK  LAKB.  IMStSOat. 


\ 


BOOKBINDING  — in    the  Hoitastic    G 
MAIOLI  and  IIJ.UMINATKD  ilytai~la  Iks  mm  ■ 
manner,  by  Engllih  and  Foraisn  Wniiia 

JOSEPH  ZAXBKBDOar. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[Sri  s.  T.  Ajnax.1 


GiriiiK  law  to  En^cland's  statesmen, 
England  their  cow'd  viusal  making, 
LighttDg  their  riipei*  with  Englana's  Charters, 
(So  the  Holy  AUiunce  willoth  1) 
Learing  her  ouly  two  roiii  liberties: 

*  Mammon's  Mill,'  '  niy  son,  muki;  money,' 
And,  to  pay  them  boadmeo's  tribute; — 
There  we  staad,  a  granite  tinhrark. 
There  we  guard  the  British  [alunds, 
There  k«  stem  the  tide  orcon<^ue«l. 
There  our  inusquets  glint  and  glitter. 
There  onr  gun-boata  thread  the  coastway*. 
In  our  shadow  England  slumbroth. 

In  our  lee  her  sons  are  sheltered ; 
Need  she  not  be  bristling  war-camp. 
She  con  use  her  power  and  riches 
For  the  boon  of  farthest  fblkahipi. 

**  Bat  one  nail  lost  shoe — hone — hofBeman— 
Battle— victory — tbe  whole  empire  I 
Slecrig  is  no  mere  Duilsh  qaestion, 
Slesvig  is  no  mere  Scandion  qae«tion, 
'TIS  an  English,  a  Northern  question. 
Slesvig  Genu«niz'd,  loni  from  Dummark, 
Stolen  by  bandit  propagandists. 
Made  into  a  *  Slesvig-Holstein ' 
('1'  licm  •  now  the  Court-phraao), 

Si.  ..t'd— Donniark  dielh! 

81..,..^  ..  i,..^  ijate  of  Dtnniark  ; 
Denmark  gone,  ail  Scandia  falloth; 
Seondinnviu  once,  like  Poland, 
Broken,  slavc-chain'd  and  'portition'd' 
(^won  '  partition  second '  comoth  1)— 
Kngland'a  day  of  CTOce  is  over, 
England's  ann  shall  set  for  ever, 
England's  sinewy  strength  is  hamstrung, 
Eugland's  Oak  shall  quickly  wither, — 
Onr  U'hoU  A'w/A  becomes  a  booty 
Sbar'd  by  Trolls  and  Frost-gianta  loathsome; 
France  shall  sink,  like  all  li«r  sistfrs, 
Prusaioiu'  camp  once  more  in  Paris, 

"  All  alone  we  stand, — a  hondTiil 
Straggling  for  our  King  and  Country, 
For  our  Name  and  Fame  and  Freedom, 
For  our  Heorths  and  llnmca  and  Altars, 
For  our  Wives  and  little  Childnen, 
For  Old  .Scandinavia, 
For  Old  Enijland,  cur  Fonrlh  Northland, 
'Gainst  marauders  tenfold,  fiftyfuld, 
'Gainst  the  Saxoti,  'gainst  thr  Onnan, 
'Gainst  barbarian  slaves  by  mlUioDM. 

And,  unhelpt,  at  Is'T  - ■-' '  --; 

l>cninark'a  Realm,  (  i.;i!<>iii 

In  the  piiffe  of  Eur'i' 

('<!  'U  its  iiaiiiL  alirfli  vanish, 

•  >i  Mtiirk  o  ('niilun 
01    ...    ,.i VaterUiid.' 

•*  Hut  our  dealli-tliroc  Aliitll  Itc  famous 
(irnnd  jitill  '>i~  .'ur  pvf  f'nroreal ; 

AJ  ; 

Ai:  .^ 

England's  rul 

Nornt.nti  Krnn 

f!>.        ,      ,, 
Jl 


not 


111, 

icvastatc^ 


H. 
A 


juMly. 


y  fooml  ns, 


&WU9  littMd  wttb  dofwwg  torelock. 


Uurrioth  past  in  11 

Wliile  time  is,  erf- 

On  whoso  bai '  ■"* 

Sown  with  n 

^Vhilc  time  i^ 

While  time  ie,  lim 

Helm  steel  trieUi,  'p. 

Soft  steel  amn-h  uf,  .  '«  at. 

Biire  his  brotl,.i  !■  -^  i  i'  ', 

Wot;  that  fn{:^i  t  .1- 

Stand  we  not  in  L; 

Swift  in  common  t 

N;- '  ^: 

L 

Love  and  I):. 

Fortune's  U'  i 

•  )uo  good  turii  ii.j,:..  1  ..  ^  ....■■^..   .. 

King  of  Beasts  is  tbe  Lordly  Lion, 

Yet  tbe  Moose  once  gnaw'd  his  inc^hesi. 

Brother  faithUt*  is  wh  num's  Nithuag  ; 

All  is  totl,  when  Honur't  lieatll" 


THE  CHALDEE  M 


t!U\«K  >vt>tn»  9 


ACTOOIIAI'H  KKV  TO  TlIK  • 
WAIT:  K-VKLV  HISTORT  OV 
ZJMi:"  JAMKS  llOOa,   KTC. 

Half  A  century  has  now  ptuioed  nway  »loM 
oscendiincy,  social  an«l  litoiury,  in  Out 
Athens — under  tbe  presiding  influence  siT 
"  Blue  anii  Yellow  "—  was  first  startled  from  Id 
long  umiisttirbcd  drcain  ol'Hucurity,  by  tWpaliii- 
cation  of  the  rnrfnniud  "Ciialdee  AIonMnrijpc' 
Its  wit,  its  personulity,  its  porhMps  irrennaC  ap* 
pliaition  of  jtcripturnl  lau{tun;;e,  the  varj  alMor* 
dity  ami  extr»vapanco  of  the  allcigancal  ^ml 
figurative  typc3  uniler  which  its  chHraoi' 
shadowed  forth,  all  contributed  t<^  'j,ive  lit , 
terest  which  we  can  even  now  untl' 
to  account  for  tbe  full  effecl  it  pi 
make  ourselves  tkcquaiuted  with  ti 
political  character  of  the  tim^  snd 
iipi>earance.  As  Professor  I 
introductory  note  to  its 
end  of  tlie  third  volume  oi 
Worki:  — 

"  It  )>a  mirror  iti 
of  It^lT.   transliitetl 
ceivt^d,  Una  tak<:'n  tlu  .--   ,,     .. 
out  having  blunted  iho  edge  ot 
the  (••lifitv  of  if9  htnnfMir.     Il  • 
Cl.r,      ■    ■     ■  ■■   r  ,  ■         ■' 


gui. 
tury  fit 
rival  jo 

T..  ..V 


pc«M  1  .  .:     ..     .     1- 

tnn                                III 

e.\.                    ilrtti 

nl  I 

tpoUau     Vad0t  Iks 

ira  «^  a 

nttmhim 
(Uit*  m 


i>ur  i»i> 


I^UivoUuvv  VI UU  'L'Uv>iu«A   rrtttt^ic.,   attii   'LlttMi 


Clc«;horn,had  carried  out  aschemesiifrgestcdtoluin 

pripinally  by  James  Hogg,  the  Ettridc  Shepherd, 

"by  the  establishment  of  a  magazine  for  the  udvo- 

icy  of  Tory  principle*,  entitled  The  Edinburgh 

fonthhj  Magazine.     The  joint  editors  soon  ciime 

•  loggcrheada  with  their  proprietor,  and  in  spite  of 

ke  medintion  of  the  Shepherd,  who  was  summoned 

peacemaker,  wont  oyer  to  the  enemy,  Con- 

jble,  to  enable  him  to  re-suscitate  the  old  Edin- 

jh   Magaxitie.     Blackwood,  nothing  daunted, 

determined  to  a:;»oc!ate  hia  own  name  with  a  yet 

more   vigoroui  proclamation  of  Tory  doetrines; 

I  and  after  having  announced  in  the  aixth  number 
br  his  periodical,  "■  this  work  is  now  discontinued, 
kite  prciient  being  the  last  number  of  it,"  —  mean- 
In^  probably  that  an  entire  chancre  of  name  and 
fcrincipleji  was  contemytlated,  —  reopened  the  cam- 
baign  by  the  publication,  in  October,  1HI7,  of  the 
Seventh  number  under  the  title,  for  the  first  time, 
of  BiackwofHfg  Edinburgh  Alagazine,     It  was  in 

thi*  number  that  the  "  Chuldee  MS."  appeared, 

'  which,  accoi-ding  to  Professor  Ferrier,  the  ori- 
inal  conception,  and  the  first  thirty-seven  verses 
'  chap.  i.  are  to  be  ascribed  to  Hogg,  while  the 
est  of  the  composition  falls  to  be  divided  between 
Vilson  and  Lockhart,  in  proportions  which  cannot 
now  bo  determined.     Hogg  himself,  it   may   be 
larked,  in  the  autobiographic  sketch  prefixed 
the  first  volume  of  bis  AUrive   Tales,  12mo, 
11832,  claims  a  larger  portion  of  the  work,  and 
gsertti  that  in  proof  he  has  preserved  the  original 
f^proof-slips,  and  three  of  Blackwood's  letters  relat- 
ing to  the  article.     He  says :  — 

"Theae  proof*  show  exactly  what  part  wa»  mine,  which, 

■  1  remember  aright  (for  I  write  thi*  in  London),  oonsuta 

T-Of  the  t1r»t  two  chapters,  part  of  the  third,  and  part  of  the 

loat.     Tb«  real  waa  said  to  have  b«cn  made  up  conjointly 

in  full  divaiL     I  do  not  know,  bat  I  always  »u«pccted 

[^i<ockhart  of  a  heavy  raspotuibility  there." — P.  IxxvU. 

Pi-ofcssor  Ferrier,  in  his  general  preface  to  the 
'ode*,  vol.  i.,  Eieeks  to  explain  this  discrepancy 
the  assertion  that,  though  Hogg  sent  consider- 
y  more  to  Blackwood,  only  about  forty  verses 
his  contribution  were  published.     Still  Hogff's 
ent  remain?,  as  he  had  of  course,  when  ne 
Ills   aulobingrnpliy,  seen,    and   must   have 
wn  by  heart,  the  "  Chaldee  MS."  in  its  pub- 
lished form. 

Tl'.'  "«i.^i  Iff*  MS."  says  Professor  Ferrier,  fell 
on  I  iku  a  ihiiuderbolt.     It  should  have 

ln^ii  -  .  :ri.(l  l.iii.rli»(l  at  as,  wliat  it  was,  and 
was  intended  I  'rand harmless  joke.   Its 

publisher  and     i  ri<  alike  tistounded  at  the 

effect  of  their  own  work  ;  llio  latter  speaks  of  it 
as"adroU  article"  nrd  declan-H  lliut  he  "never 
once  dreamed  lybody  onVnCe,"  meaning 

it  simply  U.»  bt  tv  of  tlie  tran.saction  and 

the  great  lit-ruiy  i  was  to  be  fought" 

But  l>ufore  ln'  Mini:  urk  he  should  have 

tiiiutid  Uiut  <N»nUi(i!«Libiu  nuUt^ir  wum  not  within 


I 


reach.    The  explosion  took  place.    Author   an«I 
article  were   anathematised;    the    '* pcrsonaHtiea 
and  profanities"  of  the  Chaldee,  and  the  "veiled 
editor "  were  attacked ;  "  friends  and  foes  were 
alike  confounded,  the  Tories  were  perplexe«l,  ih<' 
Whiga  were  lurious " ;  and,  to  crown  all.  Profes- 
sor Leslie,  placing  his  wrongs  before  a  jurjf,  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  his  sheep-farm  in  Ettrick  Forest  to 
visit  the  metropolis,  and  listened  to  the  complaints 
of  his  literary  friends  over  their  whiskey  toddy 
at  "Awmrose's"  or  some  such  place  of  convivial 
resort.     He  even  contemplated  n  continuation  of 
the  "MS.,"  and  was  hardly  dissuaded  from  its 
publication    by    the    advice    of    more    prudent 
friends :  — 

"So  little  had  I  intended  giving  offence  by  what  ap- 
peared in  the  magazine,  that  I  had  written  out  a  lon^  , 
cnnliniiation  of  the  manoiicrint,  which  I  have  liv  me  toj 
this  day,  ta  which  I  go  over  the  paiwttr*.  poet*,  lawj"era» 
buokullers,  magistrales,  and  minir'.ers  of  Edioburji^h  atll 
in  the  same  stvle;  and  with  reference  to  the  first  P»rt1 
whicli  was  published,  T  might  say  of  the  latter,  as  KingJ 
Rehoboam  said  to  the  elders  of  Israel, 'My  little  fingurf 
was  thicker  than  my  father's  loins.'  It  took  all  thai 
energy  of  Mr.  Wilson  ond  his  friends,  and  some  sharp  re-l 
WOTUtrances  from  Sir  Walter  Scott,  a*  well  as  a  great 
deal  of  controversy  and  battling  with  Mr.  Grieve,  to  pre- 
vent me  from  publishing  the  whole  work  as  a  large 
pamphlet,  and  putting  my  name  to  it." — P.  Ixxix. 

In  one  sense,  truly,  mischief  enough  bad  beea  m 
done  already ;  but  in  another,  in  spite  of  the  en-  ■ 
mity  and  illwill  engendered,  it  cannot  be  doubted^ 
that  the   extraordinary  sensation  occasione*!  by 
the  article  was  of  immense  benefit  to  the  infant 
magazine,  and  secured  for  it  an  amount  of  popti- 
larity  and  interest,  which  its  intrinsic  merits,  how- 
ever great,  might  have  failed  to  obtain.    However 
this    may   be,   BlnckwowJ   felt    the   necessity  of 
withdrawing  the  obnoxious  article  in  the  secontlfl 
edition  of  his  perio<lical,  which  the  unprecedentedlB 
demand  for  the  first  called  him  to  issue,  and  pre- 
fixing  the   following  apology    to    his  November 
number :  —  J 

"NOTK   FROM  TOB  EDITOR.  ^ 

*■  The  Editor  ba-s  loonied  with  regret  that  an  Article 
in  the  first  editiou  of  lost  number,  which  was  intended 
merely  as  a  jnc  d't^rit,  has  been  confttmed  so  as  to  giva  _ 
o£^ce  to  indlviduaU  justly  entith>d  to  respect  and  re-S 
gord;  be  bason  that  account  withdrawn  it  in  the  second^ 
edition,  and  can  only  add  that,  if  what  has  happened 
could  have  been  anticipateil,  the  article  in  qnealioa  would 
certn^-'" '■■'■■■'         ■  -  -' 

<'  ^  .  ill  bi<  given  dght  pag«9 

to  Kti     .  i  by  the  omission  of  the 

article  '  XraakUti«/ii  ifuiu  «u  Ancient  Chaldee    Mana- 
acript.' " 

These  circumstflnce^i  fully  account  for  the  greai 
rarity  of  the  ylr«f  editiou  uC  <.W.  w\vw{w«  s-^^vvm 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[&•<  s,  V.  Arat.  iiw 


is  SBiil  fo  have  rcfUised.  A  good  account  of  the 
wliole  tmnsJtctkm  will  be  found  in  a  notice  of 
J:iii)e»  Hopg  in  Frascr's  Magaziwf^  vol.  xx.  p.  427, 
where  it  is  stated  Uiat  "private  copies,"  with 
IIS.  notes,  tLiit  is,  u  key  U*  tliu  names  of  the 
ofTended  parlies  (or  thofse  who  insisted  on  wearing 
the  <."ap  because  it  fitted)  were  in  immense  de- 
mand, and  looked  upon  as  a  great  prize. 

One  of  these  ''private  copies"  ia  now  befor- 
me,  and  ia  the  more  wortliy  of  notice  U8  havi: 
belonsed  to  the  grout  James  Watt,  and  contain 
ing  a  AlS.  kc'V  to  tht:  characters  in  hia  h.-vndwrit- 
idg — probably  obtained  from  some  one  of  "tJie 
Utile  baud  of  northern  literati,"  who  assembled  to 
welcome  the  illustrious  mechanic  to  the  modern 
Athens,  on  that  memorable  occuaion  so  delight- 
fully chrfrtiicled  by  Scott  in  the  preface  to  the 
Muiuuiery.  A  "  marginal  commentary  "  is  given 
by  Professor  Ferrier,  though,  as  he  informs  us 
"the  allegorical  veil  which  coTcrs  up  the  text  has 
not  been  altogetlier  removed "i  on  this  account, 
the  totnewhal  dilVering  key  I  have  alluded  to,  may 
appear  to  merit  pre!»ervation.  It  is  as  follows  :  — 
V.rfte  8.  Blackwood;  5.  Prinffle  and  CJeg- 
\v  utablc;  la  Gordon;  44.  SJr Walter  Scott; 

4'.'-  ;   54.  Brewster;   65.  Cockbura;  56.  T.  Le- 

Ter(  i ) ;  j7.  A.  Tliomson. 

"CbHp.  II.  Verso  2.  The  F<1Uor;  10.  J.  Wilson. 

"Chap.  III.   Vorso  l.'i.    "   ^  M.  Leslie;  22.  Pky- 

fllir  ;  27.  W.  Soott ;  3f!.  <  i  ell. 

"Chap.  IV.  Verse  1.  Mi  ,     i ;  8.  Neil  and  Son, 

Pnnters;  IK  Gray;  19.  Maciormick;  21.  Graham;  23. 
Principal  Bainl ;  24.  Bridges;  25.  Duncan;  28.  S.  An- 
doraon  ;  34.  Juo.  JefiVcy.'^ 

The  reference  to  Mr.  Daljell  in  the  S6th  Terse 
of  chanter  iii.,  neoessitfltM  the  tronacription  in 
this  place  nf  fuur  veraea  rappreflsed,  for  Bome 
reason,  by  Mr.  Ferrier;  those  who  possess  the 
reprint  will  be  thus  enabled  to  fill  up  the  nap  :  — 
"9C.  Now  the  othor  bea<it  was  a  beast  wliich  he  lovetl 
not.  A  bea»t  of  burden,  which  he  had  in  bis  courts  t» 
h«w  wood  n\n\  iiiirv  wiitri.  iinl  \o  ilo  nil  minrior  of  an- 
dean  il<'  '  ao  apa, 

and  he  rtt  wore 

nncomi-lv.    .^'  -n^  v>.,..j  ii...i,,and  thn 

Iiair  WHS  n«  t!  Min  raiment.     lie  skipped 


Wllhlh«     \.'...: 

until  ti>  1 
"37. 

h, 

n: 

a»' 

■'It  band,  and  he  dicwod  a 

Lil. 

Ml  BI4II.  Verily  this  beast  is  altot^ether 

■'- '  '  '  ' ■•    j:ivcn  him  todo,  that 

and  »pe«keth  abo- 

-   IM 

W'. 

ni 

i^ 

At)viU  him,  and  1  wish  not  thnl 


M  tnuj 

JLU  Luwiciuu  t'i  l.\)c  lij  tijcud:  -^ 


"It  was  in    ■ 
sftlf  deaignjit 
long  before  I. 
WWg  supporters]  but 
the  pMMKe  in  which  In 
ootrui^ 
diias. 


Lht)  occaaioa.  ' — P.  ii<t'2^ 

It  tniiv  be  rcmemberetl  that  the  "  CL&1il»«  Mft," 
i'  ition  of  which   had 

f.;  ,  in  thi:i  pi''"viou'^  C 

the  \v 
of  hi. 

trial  at  GuildUaU  beture  . 
December  18,  1817.  TIr 
address  to  the  court ; 

"It  was  rcniarknSI*  H  t  laat  • 

lar  paroilv'  was  in»"  i 
waa  published  liy  '  '■ 
ten  with  a  )j;ri-ni 
but  that  tbi 
The  parfvly    ■ 

1 1  '  rom 


aee  ytff 

ui    (MM  « 

•  liiicat 

i  hkfaU 

.^  Abhea,  m 

atk  mid  Mill 


irodjr  vaasfA- 


wd    by 

»  ChaUeii  US. 

Tiieit  w  Lit  a  k^ 


piTisce.  nasinii  aaai  ti 
praswrad  Id  ■ 

Jo  ll»»<   tw 


i    IDS  own   ^lorv  ; 

.  tiMBk  s  ftrmcr,  iind  Ma 

L>««n  eniraaed  with  liim 


of  th. 
ble;  II'.. 
kwjfh  iuvw 
of  vhkh  til- 
dayatharellv 

"  Ha  obs< 
br  a  gT»t{t  r 
ll         " 


by  eiliii^  ii,  woa  utilj  del'ituiliug  one  aflaaoa  tyF 
ilfMf't  Firtt  7W(i/,  p  18. 

The  enmity  nn 

morabl(.«  ?atirc. 


alluded  to  ;  the  cdii'  . 
thors  shot  bv  tht?  mnri 
Their 
Tcnt  1 


'^ 


IHlfl,  pp.  AS. 
•II..    .11,, 


ract  from  Uui  win 


now  >. 
werv  m 
>^inJAAuwu^M.  cNA&iu\iM.vu  cuurt  Inlam/  bvift 


~-^ = 


r<8.V.  AMn.  Kl.'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


317 


y«Kr.  or  remain  reckleM  or  bliotl  to  the  coiuequenc«3  of 
ainting  in  thtir  nmaeemly  wnrk  of  defamation  and  tic- 


Ou  the  fly-leaf  of  this  pamphlet  is  announce*!, 
thoug;h  I  do  not  know  if  it  ever  appeared  — 

*' A  L<ll>i  ','->  t?ic  Vean  anil  Faculty  of  Advocates,  on 
tli<  the  Leopard  and  the  ScoTpiom 

fr<  :  l>Ic  body." 

1  was  symbolised  Professor 

W  r  North ;  by  the  "  Scor- 

piiin,  .J.  \v.  j.i)i-i^ti;irt,  alioM  Z.,  alias  ihQ  Baron 
Von  Lnwerwinkcl.) 

JskxI  conic :  — 

"  iMeniorial*  of  an  Intendeil  Publication,  ivith  Stric- 
tures on  ilic  Choldtio  Mauiucfipt,"  8to.  Edinburgh,  1818. 

The  sutire  was  also  attacked  on  religious  grounds 
ill  two  pamphlets,  the  latter  of  which  is  en" 
litled:  — 

lioiiig  UlO  T'      '    ;    ' '■"  '    t- 

U-f  iih  and  Fn 

H  31r.Andre«  _      „      ,       :      .       J'.- 

of  1  iLely  pabtialied  in  BtacMwvd't  itttgasine^ 

»v.  .11.1817. 

Next  uj;iy  be  noticed — l)efore  alluded  to — 
"  Kc)<'>ft  of  ih».  Tri!i!   hy  Jury,  Profcasof  J<ihu  Leslie 
ap  I  lod    for   I.UmjI    in   Blackwood"* 

/:<  Edinburgh,  1822. 

(lu/iiLui  liroadsiden  m;iy  be  also  no- 
li' l;  now  probftbly  almoat  unii^uc.  One 
i»i.,  ,.i,..,-.   - 

"  Lntire  chdnge  of  PoAainiiiMt,  EoTal  Mohock 
Theutre,  conctudlug  vrilh  fbfn,  or  the  dtaUtt  A$stU' 
ting,"  Sec. 

The  second  — 

"  Tlie  Performances  at  tb«  Theatre  Royal  Pantheon ; 

Thf  ^FirliummfT  Xir/hf'K  Ih-mm,  rpcnst  by  an  eminent 
bu  V,  G.  Cranston n,  Mr. 

^  tbc  Actd  Tlu  ^'i/ft 

c;..; , 

I  have  now  exhausted  my  own  knowledge  of 
the  lu' ■  ■  'it  have  little  doubt  that  those 
better 
nii'l  " 

ti 

luiglMuiuo. 


with  the  literature  of  the  place 
'■!•*  lo  lu&ko  further  contribu- 
liy  and  history  of  the  once- 
i:rtpi.         WiLUAM  Batks. 


EPITAPUS. 


The  two  follow  ,!is  are  A'om  the  ceine* 

ry  nt  How;  ft  (  known  to  .imatcurs  of 

[Wnt'k  jobs"  ttud  lovi-to  of  the  Iriih   howl.      I 

not  quite  sure  that  the  first  uf  them  is  not  to 

I  foutul  eUewberc  also.    It  runs  thus :  — > 


"Oht  the  worm,  th>    '  '  '  ■    ■      Mo  domain, 

For  where  monnr  ind  reign ; 

1  delve  3t  my  «av  v  ; 

None  dtupnte  the  p**(>t  tiirthw  -jt  his  wajj 

TI»H  liii,'h  and  the  brit;hL  fir  oust  tail  j 

^'     ■'    '      lity,  and  tnnn'       '  ' ' 

ind  the  P<-i  Mavo, 

^t  bow  down  ;  lave." 

The  render  will  observe  a  bold  and  manterly 
change  of  persons  in  the  second  line  of  this  |>oera. 
The  first  line  Is  striking  enough  ;  but  wc  are 
thrilled  with  yet  deeper  awe  when  we  suddenly 
find  that  the  Rich  Worm  is  himself  the  soliloquist. 

The  second  epitaph,  unless  it  be  meant  lor  a 
satire  in  stone,  is  one  of  the  oddest  bits  of  hyper- 
bole that  a  graveyard  can  well  show.  The  6ub- 
ject  of  it  ia  a  boy,  who  died  some  fifteen  or  twenty 
years  ago,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  and  was  interred 
"  per  fViendship,'*  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  friena's  occupation  in 
these  remarkable  words :  — 
"To  the  blank  Moon,  the  Planeti,  and  Fixed  Stars, 

Their  Office  he  prc«cribctl;  and  taoght  their 

Inflnence  benignant  to  aliower,  when  Orb* 

OfnoxioiM  «Ricacyjoin 

In  Sxiioil  unbenign." 

This  is  all.  Unfettered  by  the  ipammelR  of  sub- 
lunary metre,  and  with  such  a  theme  iKfore  him, 
the  writer,  by  a  divine  instinct,  halts  in  mid-career, 
trusting  doubtless  to  the  effect  of  iwoffnlnnf<rts. 
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  a]>parently  here- 
tical) orbs,  by  u  judicious  application  of  moon, 
planets,  and  fixed  stars. 

The  tomb  of  this  immature  Faiistua,  which  ta 
of  considerable  size  and  of  original  (not  to  say 
eccentric)  design,  exhibited,  when  I  first  saw  it, 
not  only  the  epitaph  just  f|uoted,  but  also  a  vnat 
and  mvsterions  hieroglyphic,  after  the  manner  of 
Zmlkie'l  and  Old  Moore.  This  noble  ornament, 
however,  is  now  gone.  Perhaps  it  was  felt  that 
epitaph  and  hieroglyphic  together  might  raise  the 
admiration  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  hierOj,'lyphic, 
but  the  epitaph  and  the  monument  itsel(,  of  the 
infant  astrologer,  abtotutehj  gone,  n  commonplace 
**  upright"  being  now  all  that  marks  the  grave 
of  so  much  merit.  However,  I  send  vou  this 
not*}  after  all.  It  is  a  comfort  to  know  iliat  such 
a  tomb  did  once  exist,  and  that  for  Qot  a  few 
yeua. 


318 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a**  &  V.  Anm.  11^  • 


DENMARK  nerwr  THE  GERMANIC  COKFEDEBA- 

TION. 

fa  the  treaty  of  May  8,  1852,  the  third  article 
runs  thus: — 

"  U  w  isxpreiwly  understood  that  the  reciprocal  rig^hts 
M)d  obligations  of  Uu  Majesty  the  King  of  Denmark, 
And  of  the  Germanic  Coafederation,  concernio^  the 
Duchies  of  Holatein  and  Lauenburgh,  rights  and  oblJ^a- 
tions  established  hy^  the  Federal  Act  of  18Ift,  and  by  the 
vxixting  Federal  nghl,  >ihall  not  b«  affected  by  the  pre- 
sent Imaty," — Annual  Reyitter,  1852,  p.  4-11. 

On  June  28,  1832,  the  Germanic  Confederation 
proclaimed  as  follows  :  — 

1 .  The  German  sovereigns  are  not  only  autho- 
rised but  even  obliged  to  reject  all  propositions 
of  the  States,  which  are  contrary  to  the  funda- 
mental principle,  that  all  aovcrcif^n  power  ema- 
nates from  the  monarch,  and  that  he  is  limited  by 
the  asaent  of  the  States  only  in  the  exercise  of 
certain  rights. 

2.  Ttie  stoppage  of  supplies  by  the  States,  in 
ler  to  obtain  the  adoption  of  their  propositions, 

™9  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  I'ulfilment  of  federal 
duties  ;  and  such  laws  (ns,  lor  instance,  the  law  of 
Baden,  which  establishes  the  liberty  of  the  press) 
may  be  abolished  by  the  Diet. 

4.  A  permanent  commission  of  Federal  depu- 
ties shall  watch  over  the  legislative  assemblies  of 
the  Federal  States,  in  order  that  nothing  contrary 
to  the  Federal  Act  may  occur. 

5.  The  deputies  of  the  legislative  BBsemblies 
of  the  Federal  States  must  be  kept  by  the  regula- 
tions of  their  government  within  such  limits  that 
the  public  peace  shall  not  be  disturbed  by  any 
attaclcs  upon  the  Confederation. 

G.  The  interpretation  of  the  Federal  laws  be- 
longs exclusively  to  the  Federal  Diet. 

On  July  5,  1833,  the  Federal  Diet  proclaimed 
X  new  law  consisting  of  the  following  ten  arti- 
cles: — 

1.  All  German  works  containing  less  than 
twenty  sheets,  which  appear  in  foreign  countries, 
cannot  be  circulattnl  in  the  Federal  States  with- 
out the  authorisation  of  the  several  govern- 
menta,  2.  Every  association  having  a  politi- 
cal object  is  prohibited.  3.  PolitirAl  meetings 
and  public  solemnities,  except  such  as  have 
been  established  for  a  long  time,  un<l  arc  autho- 
rised, cannot  bo  held  without  the  permiMiun  of 
the  several  governments.  4.  All  eorts  of  colourn, 
badges  &c.,  denoting  o  i»nrly,  arc  propcribud. 
5.  The  rogidntioiix  for  the  nurveillaiicc  of  tlie 
univk'ndticK,  '1  in  18U>,  are  renewed  niul 

fenrlrrrd  ni'  Ily  the   rcraainin:;   five 

artirlca.  the  i^'Jitmiivo  Ntriles  plr' 
to  exnrviiie  a  vigilant  watch  ovn 
0abject$,  gM  wdi  M  over  foroigmi'    vrMinur   m 


their  sf ates,  in  respect  of  revolutiooiuy 

to  surrender  mntunlly  all   thnee  iDdividuida 

bail  been  guilty  of  political  .'r-n-.-   -rW), 

ueption  of  their   own   stii' 

punish'-'d  in  their  own  com 

military  assistance,  in  case 

notify  to  the  Diet  all  raeti 

fcrence  to  the  above-menti 

On  Oct.  30,  1834,  the  m)  F( 

tive  Diet  unanimously  agree<i  to  iLu  |: 

of  Austria,  to  establish  a  tribunal  of  arbtt:  

order  to  decide  differences  which  might  brrak  mti 
in  any  state  of  the  Confederation  bet»€>en  tli» 
Government  and  the  ChamV>ers  resp^ctisg  th«  Uk- 
terpretation  of  the  constitution,  or  the 
ments  on  the  rights  of  the  90vi 
Chambers,  or  their  refu.^  of  subsidies, 
bunal  consists  of  tJiirty-four  arbitrAtoi 
nated  by  the  seventeen  members  of  tUc 
council,  each  member  nominating  two  arbi 
(Penny  Cyclo.  xi.  191.) 

The  King  of  Denmark,  member  of  tbc  TW! 
as  Duke  of  Holstein  and  Lauenburuh.  if  * 
issue  with  the  German  Diet  on  the  subject  <t  t 
constitution  proclaimed  by  him,  March  30,  ItU 
On  the  iGth  of  the  following  month  tiM.*  Prcsidil 
entered  a  protest,  to  which  the  IDiet  MseaMk 
against  the  assertioa  of  the  King  of  litamtAm 
that  the  Diet  bad  no  right  to  intorfere  im  ri> 
question  of  the  Duchies. 

The  present  King  Christian  IX.  on  tl«  Ttti 
ul(.  [March],  in  his  message  to  the  Ri^«i^  jM»to 
the  point  of  controversy  in  this  !■ 

"  By  tbreat."  •■•f  empliyinfj  forc^,  ■  •  -^i  easa 

the"tlirono  W''  c-iiscarf  oi** 

stein  and  L:i<  cb«oi*an<^> 

and  the  situ  ■\%».rw  li  tarn 

styled  a  br«acii  of  trvntv  tiUm  has 

been  carried  out  in  Hol-i 
gationt,  and  Scbleswig  is  occujneu  .o  a  (iici^.-." 

T.  J.  Bc( 


Jouw  Brauam,  THB  Vor  '  •  ■- 

Cunningham's  HandbiMk  < 
suh,  tit.  **  Goodman's  Field.^  .  - 
ance  of  Broham  as  a  boy  in  1 '. 
with  the  addition   that,  "  In  lli 
calleil  '  Master  Abrahams.'  '* 
Til    iUi    :i>lvf rtini"ni>.'nt    wliicli 

fii' 

Theatre,    W 
(btvI  which 

.      :  .    :i!..Llli  ■■   u,  . 

it  re    wu«   I 
Jorn^    20,    17.S7. 
nouuoed  as  "  M 


:^t  time 


5"»  a  V.  Apbu.  16,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QTJEKIES. 


319 


Tntbbestixg  Antiquarian  Discovery,  —  I 
have  cut  out  the  following  from  tlic  Iruh  Thncs 
of  Marcli  24  :  — 

"  A  very  intorestinf;  discovery  has  be«n  ja«t  toAde  in 
continuing   the  excavatiooa  in  the  imriliex  of  tho   old 
Biuatir«  of  San  Clemento  —  a  painting,  representing^  our 
gavi  ■■•  -"■•—I  •■  I  in  tho«ctof  giving  the  l>-T'  •'•'"■  *" 
t^M  Uag  bdbre  Urn,  preMDi' 

Tti  n  of  tho  Saviour  19  pls(. 

to  '  thumb  and  third  dipt  uuiictt. 

Tl '  ri>unilc<l  by  n  deep  nimbus ;  on 

citln.  .....   .....  .....  ;.-.._...  (injures  of  St.  Clement  and  SL 

Andrew,  with  their  names,  and  a  loop  inscription,  almost 
illegible  hithertn.  nrtflfrnealb.  It  is  very  possible  Uwil  this 
fresco  m.iy  be  i  -un  other  hitherto  discovered  in 

the  narthcx  •  !ioa,  posaibly  dati»|^  from  the 

middle  of  llie  K-„  .....;..  .  .—Letter  from  Rome." 

T.  B. 

Kemcs  ok  Old  Losdon  :  the  Holbobh  Vaxlet. 
Is  not  thi.s  note,  a  cutting  from  the  Morning  Ad- 
vertiser of  March  25  uU.,  worthy  of  preservntion 
it>  your  more  pennanent  and  portable  publica- 
tioa?  — 

"This  great  work  ftho  Holbom  vioduet)  will,  it  i»  csti- 
mnted,  cost  about  575,000/.,  ond  reipiiro  seven  years  in 
coniplelion.  The  pullin^^  <iown  of  t tie  hooses  in  Skinner 
Street  hw  already  been  commenced  with  No.  41,  whcro 
WilliiiinGMwin,  atithor  o(  CuM  ^FiV/wm*,  kept  n  boi>k- 
■eller'g  .«ihop,  and  published  his  works  for  young  porsona 
under  the  name  of  Edward  Baldwin.  In  the  lunelle  over 
the  door  was  an  artificial  stone  relief  of  ..Esop  narrnlinp 
his  MAci  to  children.  Tho  curions  may  seek  in  vain  the 
lioase  of  Stnidwick,  the  grotxr,  at  the  sign  of  the  SUr,  on 
Snow  Hill,  where  hi«  friend  John  Bunyan,  author  of  the 
J*Ugrim'»  Propreu,  died.  August  12.  IfiW*.  'Iliia  house, 
we  eua^ieet,  was  removed  in  the  formation  of  Skinner 
Sired,  lu  which  there  it  no  bouse  old  enough  to  have 
h«!n  Stnidwick's.  Ita  situation  is  stated  to  be  on  Snow 
Uill  in  moat  arcounts;  but  in  the  first  volume  of  The 
LoLourt  uf  that  moit  eminent  Ser-  ■■'  "'  <"'  -i>t,  Mr.  J.ihn 
Butijian,  London,  1IJ92.  folin.  he  \  nve  died  '  at 

his  very  loving  friutd's,  Mr.  >i  a   grocer,  at 

ffttlltom  BriAje,  London,  on  August  ai."  " 

Jdxt\  Tubbim. 

uajttiDOEow.— I  see  by  the  notice  in  the  Mom' 
Post  of  0(rilvie  8  Comprehewiive  Dictionary.^ 
that  the  etymology  of  the  above  word  is  still  un- 
decided. What  objection  is  there  to  the  follow- 
ing?— 

Ceorl,  In  Saxon,  means  a  churl ;  Mod^  in  Saxon, 
18  mind ;  Mtttlif^,  the  adjective  form,  mean.t  moody ; 
Ceortwodig  is,  tberefore,  churlish-minded  and  the 
substaniive  formed  from  it  would  be  ceorlmodi- 
gun,  a  churlish-minded  one.  The  change  from 
ceorlmodigan  to  curmudgeon  is  easy  and  natural. 

J.  C.  M. 
UrARntR  Risks  is  tne  Sevektretith  Crutctbt. 

"A  ni«-v.  I.1-.I     -..Ir-..,. 1...  ,.,..,.  ,.    .. ,.  1 ,1, 

his  hsz.' 
makea  n 

J.  D.  Campbrix. 


te 


LIKUT.-COL.  IiICH.\Rl)  KLTON:  CAPT.  GEORGE 
ELTON. 

I  have  before  me  a  work  with  the  following 
title ;  — 

"  ' '■■  Compleat  Body  of  the  Art  Military:  Exactly 
I,  and  gradually  composed  for  the  Foot,  in  the 
t:ued  manner  according  to  the  practice  o(  the 
iluJtiu  Times.  Divided  into  Three  Book^:  The  tirst, 
conteininj,'  the  Postures  of  tho  Pike  and  Musket,  with 
their  Conformities,  and  the  Dignities  of  Kanks  and  Files ; 
Their  manner  of  joyning  to  the  compleaiinfi  of  a  Bo<ly : 
Their  several  Distances,  Facings,  Uoubliugs,  Counter- 
marches, Wheeling*,  and  Firings.  With  divera  Experi- 
ments upon  sinj^le  Files,  The  second,  cuniprehcnding 
twelve  Exercises. 

r Three  with    2i\ 

CThreewitb  H4) 

The  Third,  setting  forth  tho  drawing  up  and  e.^^ 
of  Repinients.  after  the  manner  of  I'rivate  Com 
with  the  forming  Brigailes,  and  Armies;  the  pip 
Cannon  and  Artillery,  according  to  the  practice  of  tevuiul 
Nations,  Armies,  and  Commanders  in  Chief.  Togettier 
with  the  duties  of  all  private  ^ouldiera  and  Officers  in  a 
Regiment,  from  a  SentinRl  to  »  Collonel.  Aa  also  the 
Duties  of  the  Military  Watches.  Lastly,  directions  for 
ordering  Kegimcnts  or  Private  Companies  to  Funeral 
Occasions.  Illustrated  with  Variety  of  Figures  of  Bat- 
tail,  very  profitable  and  delightful  for  all  Noble  and 
H,':r<iiik  Spirit*,  in  a  fuller  manner  then  hath  been  here- 
tofore publishe<l,  Tho  second  Edition  with  new  A<ldi- 
tions.  Bv  Richard  Elton,  Lievteaant  Collonel.  Load, 
fol.  1C59.' 

Prefixed  is  the  portrait  of  the  author;  W.  S., 
fecit.;  John  Droeshout,  sculp.,  Lond.  Around 
the  portrait  are  military  emblems,  and  this  in- 
scription :  — 

"Vera  et  accarata  Effigies  Richard!  Ellonl  Gcncrosi. 
Bristol,  nee  non  artis  militaris  Magialri,  Anno  1049, 
Jitatis  sum  Sit." 

At  the  top  this  coat  of  arms,  Paly  of  aix  .  .  .  • 
and  ...  on  a  bend  ....  three  mullets  .... 
a  crescent  for  difference.     Crest,  On  a  wreath  a 
dexter  arm  embowcd  in  armour  holding  in  the 
gauntlet  a  scimitar.     Motto,  "  Artibua  et  armis." 
Under  the  portrait  are  these  verses  :  — 
"If  Rome  vnto  Her  conquering  Cewrs  raise 
Rich  Obelisk^  to  crowne  thier  denthles  Praise, 
What  Monument  to  Thee  n         '  '      i  reare, 
To  shew  Thy  Motion  in  a  i  Ktre? 

Tliis  Art'»  too  tloll  to  doc'i,  '  ne 

Best  by  Thy  Selfe;  so  light's  th*^  Wurld  the  Snnna. 
Wee  may  admire  thy  Face,  the  Sculptor's  Art; 
But  Wee  ore  extasi'd  at  Ih'  inward  Part." 

There  are  three  dedications — viz.  to  '*  Thomas 
Lord  Fairfax,  to  the  Right  Hon.  the  judicious  and 
pruve  Trustees  of  the  Militia  of  the  Hon.  City  of 
London  (ntimes  jjivcn),  and  to  the  truly  valiant 
imd  expertly  nccomplished  nflicors  and  cominan- 
cKts  in  warlike  nfinirs,  his  fellow  soldiers  of  the 
liouoiirnblc  exercise  and  military  meeting  in  that 
luartiall  urea  ad^y\TvYR^Vc>VL\a\v.^\v>«v^C^'a 


390 


NOTES  AJST)  QUEEIES, 


[8M  8.  y.  Ami.  M^l 


Major  John  Ilayncs,  Captain  Henry  Potter, 
Ciipuin  William  Joliitson, Master  Richard  Hobbv, 
with  the  rest  of  those  worthy  leaders  and  soul- 
diers  of  that  our  society," 

The  iinpriniatur  of  "Sir  Nalhannel  Brent,  Aprlll 
13,  Hi49,"  is  at  the  end;  and  thou;ib  the  kingly 
^ce  was  abolished,  it  is  surrounded  by  n  collar 
roses  surmounted  by  the  crown.  There  ure 
rcfuced  commendatory  verses  wherein  the  author 
18  called  *^  Alajor  Richard  Elton/'  nnd  in  two  in- 
stances "Serjeant-Major  Richard  Elton." 

Another  edition  appeared  in  folio,  1668,  with  a 
Supplement  by  Thoniiis  Rudd,  Engineer.  There 
is  a  copy  in  Sion  College  library.  In  Heading's 
Catologue,  Elton  is  called  "Colonel." 

I  hope  some  Bristol  correspondent  may  be  able 
to  elucidate  Richard  Elton's  history.  It  will  be 
seen  that  his  anas  are  the  same  as  those  borne  by 
the  Eltons,  baronets. 

shall  also  be  glad  of  any  information  as  to  a 
}tain  George  Elton,  who  lived  sometime  at 
totterdam,  but  was  on  July  6.  1663,  committed 
on  a  charge  of  high  treason  to  the  Tower,  whence 
he  was  subscnuently  reraored  to  Newgate,  and 
nltiuntelr  to  the  Castle  of  Carlisle.  His  wife  was 
named  Elizabeth,  and  be  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  Paper 
Office.    I  suppose  he  woa  a  Fifth  Monarchy  man. 

S.  Y.  R. 

Tim  Rkv.  Joitn  Aclahu  wa«  author  of  A  Plan 
for  rendering  the  Poor  Independent  on  Public  Con- 
tributiontf  founded  ou  the  Basis  of  the  Friendly 
S(fcietita,  aminundy  ctdlrd  C/mA«,  Exeter,  8vo, 
1766.    Information  respecting  him  is  rcnue«ted. 

S.  Y.  R. 

Austrian  Peeha<:iis. — Can  any  correspondent 
refer  me  to  the  titles  of  any  Austrian  peerages, 
printed  at  the  beginning  of  the  last  century, 
which  I  should  find  at  the  British  Museum  ? 

M.  B. 

ColiONr.!.     TllIIVTlli      wlui     rl'trlnrnnalli-il 

at  the  I 

nor  of  1 

siege  of  Taunton,  1647   O'^ 

IS;  Thomas's  Htttt.  Notet,  . 

LitU,  19).     His  Christian  name  will  oblige. 

8.  Y.  R. 

iioiaPBBAUx's    "RuJKZl." — It   strikes   mo  us 
somewhut  rtMiuti'k:il>I<  lluii  Sir  E.  Rulwer-Lvft-in. 
in  his  - 
merits  . 

does  not  uncr  tjuciU!  or  mriitiuu  il 
memoir  of  his  hfrn :  I  rncau  Hi 
Riemn,  par  M.    !  -..ix.     It  nij»y   U'  out 

of  print,  or  pcrha,  ,  ard  hwl  not  heard  of 

iL    Dr.  UooerUoat  iiowcvcr»  nfcrs  to  It  lu  bla 


himself 
i^over- 
1  at  the 
:>ert,  Ji. 
-  Amiy 


Jlistory  of  Charles  V.  (vol.  i.  p.  133),  w!« 
touches  so  shortly  on  Rienzi  and  hti  care«r. 

Boisprcaux's  work  thr* 
probably,  on  the  character  t 

traordiujirv  '  aiiucM; 

tion  t'rum  na  Borooet 

consulted —  i  uu    m    i^rui    .il    •'■ — for 

Robert'^on  refers  to  them  both  me  oeca*  I 

slon.     Yet  it  would  be  intercut...^   .■-  ..imw  via 
this   unnoticed    biographer  wait;*    Mttd  whtthml 
his  facts  and  opinions  bear  out   th,^  («-■>  Jen 
and  Gibbon,  in  their  unfavour  ■  s  «f 

Roman  Tribune;  or,  on    the 
confirm  those  more  exalted  ideas  of  him 
Sir  Edward  has  conceived  and  reeori^eil. 

Possibly  6ome  of  your  f 
able  to  obL'ge  us  with  a  bti 
if  there  are  copies  still  in  exisl*.'nce, 

Rey.  Abcod.  Bbccb. — The  Rev.  A . 
Whitburn,  a  leading  man  in  the  Se< 
who  died  in  1816,  is  said  to  Lav/  '. 
many   books   and    pamphlete>,  ■ 

passing  events,  nnd  to  have  «n< 
at  the  Manse,  WhitbHrn,     Can  aujr 

complete   list  of  hLs  productions  ?     '11    

Scottith  Nation  I  have  seen,  but  It  iloes  Bot 
fess  to  be  complete.  A.  4 

Joseph  Bdrnistov.  —  Information  if  icadi 
respecting  this  gentleman  nnd  his  fuuHy.  Be 
was  an  Irish  agitator  in  IT'  ti   bcLend  fe< 

have  beeti   executed,  his   \  htiufjrcmt^ 

cated.  He  married,  6rft.  ji  laij,  :)atn9^1>3(l]r7. 
a  member  of  one  of  the  noble  hou!:e«  of  •Woobo, 
it  is  thought,  and  bad  iMue  a  !  ~  }mr%  at 
Cork  in  1773.     He  raarnod  a  ?  .•.   P». 

haps  some  of  your  Ir'  '  '  [i  Bt  to 

further   particuLirs  i.'  leaA  of 

Joseph  B.,  his  properiv,  m^  i.vru  ^iti-j,  and  ala< 
his  descendants.  '  \LK- 

D'AnRicncot'RT.  —  T   ' 
speotinff  the  family  i 
of  whien  was  one  «f  the  luuiuitrs  oi 
the  Garter. 

Dracrht  or  r 
met  with  a  cui  i 

C 

)i  Ccmdott 

•*i'. -■/  '■'■ 

from  what,  ii 

From  till'  1 
pears  t 

allows 


si»e  Ur 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


321 


Dh  LcMJXfl  PAifttY.— By  the  Doomsday  SupTey 
it  nppf *M  that  tbf  msnor  of  Gnitin'T  Powers,  in 
f'  'ly  GuneiliJ,  the  widow 

M  Cuo  you  inform  me 

wbt'  welt-   1  -?     About  a  liuixlreil 

years  flft<!r,  ^  wai  twice  slieritf  of 

ourrey  Bn<l  hu>»<'X.  iin-  name  »ub«enuenlly  np- 
pears  in  tlio  county  bittoriea  of  Warwiclcshire.  8ir 
Kiclmrd  da  Logeji  was  lord  of  the  manor  of  Ches- 
terton,  I  tbink  ia  the  nipi  of  Ucnry  V.      D.  L. 

Tb*  Fauhes'  So>-o. — WLo  is  tbe  author,  or 
trtinsltttor,  of  the  Welsh  Fairies'  Song  {Can  y 
Tylwfjth  Tfg),  coraniencing  ;^ 

"  From  frri<»y  lilrtilc'!.  nrsil  frrny  <hfld«i^ 

Auu  ...a ..-  ...'.,"  &c. 


tERit  QuBBiEB. — ].  Vrhere  was,  and  trho 
hn«,  tho  property  entailed  on  Ferrers  of  Chartler 
Mttlo?    '     "^     -^  ^ 

t.  "  Winiam  de  Ferrers,  sixtli  Baron  Ferteri,  of  Charts 
ley,  di«d  2*(  Hen.  VI.,  H50-1. 

**  Hit  l^ril«hiii'a  ^r«at  landed  poue^jaionii  paMcd,  in 
confomiity  with  the  enlail.  upon  his  only  brother,  %•  Hon. 
Edmnml  Ferrers.  Tliii  Edmund  died  t.  p." — Burke's 
Kxtinct  and  Dorvumt  Peerage*,  p.  107. 

Did  Tnplow  Court,  Bucftt,  and  Cookham,  Berks, 
form  part  of  tbe  entail  ?  Uevbd. 

FoHrKTTKn  Ebtatis  m  ScoTi^uro.  —  Can  any 

of  your  corn.v*iinriilL(ifs  iiir<irrii  ma  whether  a  com- 
plet«  list  of  V  as  ever  printod, 

which  wore  t  u -bell ions  of  1715 

•fid  1745  ?  If*o,  wlivri^  t?)  it  to  bo  found  P        A. 

Lush    Hf""  ■■     ^"  asp  MSS.  — When 

Jamea  11.  1  r   the  battle   of  the 

Borne,  he  w\.    „ .   ;.y  Sir  James  Terry,  the 

Atolonc  Pursuivant,  wIjo  took  with  lam  all  tUc 
heraldic  books  and  MSS.  in  Lis  office.  From 
these  he  compiled,  for  nrcscntation  to  the  Cheva- 
lier St.  fjcori::!^  on  hia  comin;;  of  age,  a  very 
«t|!  -c  Arm.i  of  Irish  FnTnilu-s,  anil 

oil  iy  int>?nded  to  have  attached  an 

account  nr  [leilipTfe  of  each  family  to  its  rdH>cc« 
tivo  coat  of  arm«  in  Lis  work  ;  but  either  from  want 
of  time,  or  lon^  otbor  cause,  he  did  not  carry 
tbu  out. 


Can  any  <  f 
inform  mc  ^ 
oriijinal     bri.. 
James   Tcrr\ 


T  'ih  heraldic  con 
'  is  known  ro^i 
■  -MSS.  which  Were  m  bir 
iion  ?  They  arc  probably 
■till  in  the  iVrry  ]uinily,  or  deposited  in  tome 
library  in  France.  PerLups  Mk.  D'Ai.ton  of 
Dublin  may  know.  Sap.  Do«.  As. 

"  Ttfi-  LKTTrn  Bor."  -Wlio  was  Oliver  Old- 
*'■'  liox,  a  liter-iry  pcri- 

0'-  8vo.  Edin.  IS-'a? 

A.  G. 


Maht,  QtTBKw  or8coT«.  — 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 
avail  herself. 

I  shall  be  glad  to  hare  a  reference  to  any  evi- 
dence that  her  secretary  Maitland  ever  pro- 
duced any  document  in  support  of  this  char<re,  or 
aljeged  thifi  as  a  (tat  against  the  queen.  It  is  but 
fair  to  state  that  my  reason  for  the  inquiry  ia, 
that  the  draft,  or  copy  of  a  letter  to  the  queon, 
and  to  this  effect,  ii  in  my  possession,  in  MaiUamTt 
handwriting.  Rich.  Aumack. 

Melferd,  goffolk. 

AIacrice's  "  Family  Worship."  —  lias  there 
ever  been  any  criticism  of,  or  reply  to,  a  book  of 
Prof.  Maurice's,  entitled  Family  Worthip  *  If 
there  hm  been,  where  is  it  to  be  found  ? 

E»LOW. 

"Nbcromaktia  ;  A  Dialope  of  the  Poete  Lu- 
cyen  between  Menippns  and  Philonidett,  for  his 
Fantesye  faynyd  for  a  Mcry  Pastime,  &c.  Rn»t»II 
me  fieri  fecit."  Printed  about  1530.  This  trnna- 
lation  ia  noticed  in  the  Biagmphia  Dramaliea^ 
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* 

Pbi.ham  Famtlt. — I  notice  a  great  confiision 
in  the  accounts  of  this  family  as  piven  in  Collins'* 
Peerage  in  different  editions.  Herbert  Pelham, 
Esq.,  an  early  settler  in  New  England,  returned 
to  England,  and  his  will,  dated  in  1G7'2,  mentions 
his  grandmother,  Katherine  Pelham,  sister  of 
James  Thatcher.  Berry  says  that  Katherine, 
daughter  of  John  Thatcher,  married  Herbert  Pel- 
ham ;  th«i3  we  have  the  grandfather  of  our  Her- 
bert. Collins,  however,  snya  that  Thomas  Pel- 
ham of  Baxted,  CO.  Sussex,  had  sons,  Anthony 
and  William,  the  latter  being  the  ancestor  of  the 
Duke  of  Nowcastle.  Anthony  had  Hcrl)ert,  who 
wa()  born  15G7,  and  died  lG2i>,  and  the  tatter  was 
father  of  our  Herbert.  He  also  says  that  the 
Herbert,  sen.,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
liij.  West,  the  second  Lord  Delaware;  ami 
Ii  married  Penelope,  another  daughter.  He 
al^u  y.xyi  that  ft  «econd  Klizabeth,  niece  of  these, 
and  daughter  of  the  third  lord,  married  a  Her« 
bcrt  Pelham.  To  add  to  the  confusion.  Berry 
snyn  RobtTt  Pelham  married  Elizabeth  West. 

Tf  ^. .(.,.,>.  most  pro)''!'!.'  '>'>'  ii..7-K,.rf  ion  of 
i\  irrie<l  fir, '  r,  and 

li  1  wife  Eliz.-   _  his  son 

It  ; ried  Penelope  ^  i  third 

Iti  iio  came  here,  av.  _  v-^-waa- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3«SLV.  Atwtu\%* 


The  qiteries  arc,  (1)  Were  there  three  Her- 
bert Pelhams  ?  ("2.)  Who  wen*  their  wives  V  (3.) 
Which  Elizabeth  West  tuurric«l  a  Pelham  ? 

Aa  the  fmnily  hiis  beeu  so  distiopuished,  I  pre- 
sume 9omc  of  yiiur  readers  can  oa«ly  ADSwcr 
thes«  (luestions,  and  enable  ua  to  correct  a  mani- 
fest error.  W.  H.  WaiTMOBE, 

Boston,  U.  S.  A. 

QtOTATioif.  —  Who  ia  the  author  of  the  fol- 
lowing lines,  and  where  can  I  find  them  ?  — 

"  "        ■    '      that  leaves  no  tr«co  of  acts  behind, 
body  destitute  of  mind : 

L: ..  :.■ •-  the  (tem,  and  acta  the  fruit  should  b« ; 

'Tia  simplr  fur  the  fruitage  grows  the  tre«^"  &c. 

ErLow. 

Ski'Ia. — The  ink  of  the  cuttleBsh  was.  as  Cicero 
Miys,  used  as  ink  in  his  day.  At  present  it  is  used 
as  a  pi«!ment,  under  the  names  either  of  India  or 
China  Ink,  or  the  watcr-cnlour  Sepia.  Rome  is 
tl>e  place  whither  the  <lry  ink-sacs  are  sent  for 
ffale,  nnd  whence  the  dealers  purchase  them  in 
the  crude  st^ate.  Naturalists  ^aj  that  the  molluscs 
shed  their  ink,  or  spirt  it  out,  upon  the  least  fear 
or  alnrin.  If  so,  how  are  the  animals  taken  with 
their  ink-bags  atill  charged  with  the  colour  mat- 
ter ?  F.  S, 

Shbu-by's  Soknkts  ow  tub  Ftramids.  —  In 
Thackeray's  From  CornhiU  la  Cairo,  he  says,  that 
there  is  more  of  intcre.4t  in  Shelley's  two  sonnets 
about  the  Pyramids,  than  in  the  sight  of  the 
Pyramids  themselves.  What  are  these  sonnets, 
and  where  are  they  to  be  found  ?  Not,  I  think, 
in  any  edition  of  his  works.  Poltpkag. 

"  Solouom's  Somg."  —  A  poetical  version  of 
this  was  published  in  12?uo  at  Glasgow,  1703, 
under  the  title  of  The  Wijie  irr  FooUsh  Choice, 
&c.  "  Done  in  metre  by  one  of  the  Ministers  of 
the  Gospel  in  Glasgow."  Is  it  known  which  of 
thetn  was  th<}  poet?  Jas.  Clark,  of  the  Tron 
Church,  published  about  that  lime  Merchandizing 
Spiritualized,  which  might  throw  the  suspicion  of 
opening  '*  Solomon's  Song"  upon  him.        A.  G. 

Eksioh  SuTHKBtAiin.  —  In  May,  1833,  there 
lived  in  PJtfour,  Suthcrlandshire  (on  leave  of  ab- 
sence) an  en(<ign,  W.  A.  Sutherland,  78th  High- 
land rejiiment,  son  of  Ciptnin  Hugh  Alexander 
Sutherland,  and  nephew  of  Lieutcnant-Colouel 
Alex.  SulhpTland,  93rd  Highland  regiment,  of 
Tnrbreck  and  Braegrudy,  in  the  parish  of  Rogart, 
Suthcrlandshire.  Is  anything  known  regarding 
Eniign  Sutherland  or  his  descendants,  if  he  had 


nuch  V 
Berlin. 


A.  Mackat. 


VicTOKtA  AND  A^nsKT  ORPBB.<~Ia  common 
with  Mk.  Wooowahu,  I  also  am  Hnxtous  tn  know 
the  particuiara  in  regard  to  the  biiilgc  worn  on 
tho  occasion  /illudcd  Xq.     I  hud  the  honour  of 


?i,  :      *      the  institution  of  auctiui  Onler 
!  .  >er  number  of  the  G^«i<lteiiaoii  * 

zirir,  iiLu  nnd  no  idcft  that  it  already  exMU?«i 
This  new  Order  will,  I  think,  be  fouml  to 
private  decoration  worn  ii'   ""• 
Prince  on    family  gaJher'n 
course,  to  the  immediate  i.. : 
family.     If  such  be  the  case,  i 
beautiful  one;   and   m'vjhi    I"- 
public  under  the  en! 

Albert  the  t^ood,  or  i  Crass,  a*  jtewd 

to  that  already  existing,  und  Mt  much  pnxM. 
allude,  of  course,  to  th^."  Victoria  Crow.  _j 

J.  W.  Bmi 

W1U.IAM  Vebbax,  iiiasiei    u[  the  White 
inn  at  I^wes,  was  author  of  "  A  Complete 
of  Cookery;  in  which   is  ?ct  forth   a  Ymnt 
genuine  Receipts,  collected   from   scTvral   jru* 
experience   under   the    celebrated     Mr.    d«   St 
Clouet,  sometime  Cook  to  his   Gracse  kbe  D^  rf  | 
Newcastle.     Together  with    a    true   ohanulcr^ 
Mons.    de  St.    Clouet.     Lond.    8to,    1759." 
formation  about  William  Yerral    (and 
the  date  of  fats  death)  will  oblige.  & 


Saxhaouhdi. — Who  wrotf>  .V^/mrttTwiwif. 
eellfineous  Coinbiuntion  of  * ' 

The  iirst  edition   suem- 
misdatcd  in  AVatt's  Biblio''  iut  liriittmeai,  I 

Is  it  the  same  book   wi.l    that  aldo 
Watt's  Salmagtatdi ;  or,  Whim-  Wham$ 
niomf  (1811.) 

The  word  Salmagundi  i«  used  in  the  V)ik 
itself,  p.  93.  It  is  in  .lobnson  said  I0  be  a**^ 
ruption  of  telonmon  goiit,  or  sate  a  m<m  pvit;  M* 
described  as  a  mixture  of  idmppcd  natal  aai 
pickled  herrings  with  condiment*.  Bol  be 
no  quotations.  Cmii  vonr  readers  polttt 
frequent  «f"  ^.'.v"l-rv:>  ? 

The  aut)  m  have  been  an 

(p.  77)4  O'i-.     -    jilie«i,in  the  rery 
(p.  7&),  as  a  Deacon, 

This  venerable  person   was  tmt  orer-clisrioii  • 
but  he  does  notactunllv  wi  r  ^ '.;  acaiKlakA 

and  hii»  light  productioun  dr   |i 

ades,  better,  aa  it  avi'ms  to  ui<  ■ 
Charles  Williams,  oitd   others 
might  naturally  1  5- 

As  usual  in  i.  lii        •  itirJcal   p\ 

ore  fiill  of  names  tiiitil  '..1 

oateriski.     Some  of  1 1  I 


to  it,   ends  with  *'  A 
bo  "  Becks,*'  a  cant  ua 


[In  the  edition  of  1801  the  o»nie«  are  printed :  — 
*•  John  Wilkes  he  yran  for  Midfllcsi-s:, 
They  chose  him  >  >!•: 

And  be  n»de  a  1  i'ull, 

And  call'd  Parser --;  .    :     J 

1'.  97.  Who  is  the  Bubject  of  thia  song,  who 
roimtracted  the  Pond- Head  near  Windsor  Great 
Park? 

P.  124.  WTio  was  "  Lord  A ,  of  White- 
hall, near  Oxford  "  ? 

LVVilloughby  Bertie^  fonrth  Earl  of  Abingdon.  See 
Dnnkin's  Oxfordthire,  L  117.3 

P.  132.  Scientific  niffn  are  quizzed  on  wearing 
btue  stockings;  now  confined  to  women. 

P.  1,12.  Wlo  was  "  B "  ? 

["  WHiere  Scieoce  sends  her  son*  in  stockings  bine 
To  barter  praise  for  soup  with  Montague? 
Or  point  prop.iri"  for  Bomceirx  anecdote. 
Or  aongs  inspire,  and  fit  'em  to  iiis  throat?  " 

Edit.  1801.] 

P.  136.  Doea    "  S "   mean   Major    Scott, 

Warren  Hastingft's  advocate  in  the  House  of  Coni- 
laons? 

A  few  popular  or  slang  phrases  in  this  book 
may  be  compared  or  contrasted  with  present  use. 

P.  134.  Golgotha  (see  note)  was  then,  as  now, 
used  for  the  place  occupied  by  the  Cambridge 
Headfl  of  Houses  in  St.  Mary's  Church. 

P.  145.  Tetoem,  now  spelt  Tureen. 

Omitted,  p.  94.  Sallad,  or  salad,  as  we  know, 
13  in  old  books  written  aallet.  In  this  book  per- 
haps the  turning-point  is  made ;  for  it  is  spelt 
sal/W.  but  rhymes  to  palate. 

Omitted  also,  p.  14a.     Who  was  "  B R 

G E  "  ? 

["Fame  says  (but  Fame  a  sland'ror stands  confeasM), 

Dick  his  own  «pntt»,  like  Bamf^fr  Ganroigne^  drew'd."] 

Edit,  1801. 

And  p.  144.  Wbat  was  Kian-GunpowderP 
^Cayenne  pepper.] 

Lttteltoh. 

P.S.  On  looking  again,  it  seems  doubtful  if  the 
«uthur  meant  to  describe  himself  a&  an  archdeacon, 
for  the  pjere  (]uoted  is  a  "  Free  Imitation  "  from 
W^ alter  do  Mapes,  who  was  Archdeacon  of  Ox- 
ford, and  this  designation  may  be  meant  only  for 
bjm.  See,  however,  pp.  18,  19,  which  rather 
give  the  impression  that  the  writer  was  a  clergy- 
man. 

[Tlie  etUtar  of  Suhnaipiniii,  4t^  1791,  was  the  Iter. 
George  HuJde»fwd,  MA.  of  New  College,  Oxford,  and 
Ticor  of  Ltixley,  co-  Warwick,  and  [most  of  the  articles 
jn  thiit  bumuruus  production  are  from  his  pen.  He 
is  alRO  author  of  the  following;  works:  1.  7V)p»y- 
7Vn-y,  witJi  Anecdotes  and  Obiiet-vaiioiis  iliu«tralive 
of  loading  Chnriieters  in  the  (i«verninuiit  tj'  France, 
gVO.  17P3.  2.  BubUt^mtt  Squmk,  a  Galli-THaic/Vy  of 
Briti«b  U«ef,  with  the  Cbopp'd  Cabbnue  "f  Gdllie  Phllo- 
•opby  ftiul  Radiciil  Kefbnu.  *ivo,  17'J9.  3.  Cramb*  Re- 
yttittL,  a  Second  Coarse  of  Bubble  and  Squeak,  or  BtUisb 


Beef  Galli-roawfry'd ;  wJlh  a  DevilM  liiMtiit  or  two  to 
Help  Digestion,  and  dose  the  Orifice  of  the  Stomach,  8vo, 
1799.  In  1801  he  collected  the  above  into  two  vola. 
under  the  title  of  The  Pixntt  of  Gtiorge  lluddc»f<rrri,  M.A., 
with  Corrections  and  Ori^nal  Additions.  In  this  edition 
the  articles  contributed  by  others  to  hia  Saimajfundi  are 
distinguished  with  asteritk;.  Inl804hee4lited  The  FFte- 
eamical  Ouipltt,  a  Selection  of  Original  Poetrj*,  comprising 
antaller  Poems,  serious  and  comic,  Classical  Trifles.  Son- 
nets, Inscriptions,  and  Epitaphs,  Songs  and  Ballads, 
Mock  Ileroicks,  Epigrams,  Fragments,  &c.  12mo.  He 
afterwards  published  Wood  and  •S/oNe,aDi&logoebetireca 
a  Wooden  Ouke  and  a  Stone  Lion ;  and  Let  OiaittpigiNm* 
<ia  Diuhlt ;  or,  Imperial  Muthrooms,  a  Mock  Heroic  Po«m 
in  Five  Cantos;  including  a  Conference  between  the 
Pope  aod  the  Devil  on  his  Iloline&s's  Visit  to  Paris,  illus- 
trated with  Notus,  180&.  Mr.  Huddesford's  death  occurred 
in  Tendon  in  1809,  at  Iho  age  of  fifty-flinft.  {Gent  Mofi. 
1805,  ii.  V2.i9.')—SaImtu/HHdi ;  or  the  Wlum-Wharos  and 
Upinions  of  Launcelot  Langstaffe,  Esq.  and  others,  is  by- 
Washington  Irving.  Sm  Alibona's  Diet.  ofEn^tiuit . 
aturtt  L  937.] 

Ordbb  of  the  Elkphakt.  —  Can  you  inform" 
«ne  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  hid  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  made  in  the  Histoire  de  DannC' 
marc,  by  Mallet ;  nor  in  Selden's  Titles  of  Honour, 
Bircherodias,  in  bis  Breviarium  Equestre^  or 
treatise  on  the  Order  of  the  Elephant,  aava  the 
letters  "T.  L  W.  B."  were  introduced  by  Frede- 
rick IL,  dat«  1580 ;  but  no  dog,  or  any  mention 
of  one,  is  made.  J.  J. 

[Sir  Bernard  Burke,  in  his  Book  of  Orders  ofKnufht' 
Koodj  8ro,  1858,  p.  82,  state*  that  "  the  date  of  the  origin 
of  (be  Order  of  the  Elephant  cannot  be  ascertained  with 
historical  accuracy,  since  even  the  Danish  historians 
themselves  are  not  agreed  on  the  point.  Some  would 
have  it  founded  during  the  time  of  the  first  crxtaA*, 
others  in  the  time  of  Kanut  VI.  (consequently  at  the 
end  of  the  twelfth  century),  while  others  refer  its  crea- 
tion to  the  second  half  of  the  fifteenth  centniy,  nnder 
Christian  I.  The  Danish  government,  in  its  official  docn- 
mcnta,  assnmes  the  date  of  the  foundation  to  fall  in  the 
firvt  half  of  the  fifteenth  century,  while  Christian  I.,  it 
says,  Itas  only  renewed  the  Order  in  14fi6.] 

"  ArcDitoMACBB,"  a  tragedy,  by  John  Crowne, 
4to,  1675.  This  play  is  said  to  be  a  translation 
from  Racine  by  a  youug  gentleman,  chiefly  in 
[>r«<se,  with  ulteratioas  by  Crowne.  What  ia  said 
in  the  preface  about  tliis  ?  Who  was  the  young 
gentleman  ?  lotA. 

[Crowne  has  not  ilivu1ge<l  th«  wwr* 'ait  ^3i»i  ** "^««aai^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIEa 


[a<«&V.  Ami.  16. 'M. 


to  the  Reader,**  u  an  apology,  it  not  a  nue,  for  the  pab- 
llcatiun  of  this  tragedy.  "  This  I  thought  good  to  say," 
he  tells  OS,  "  both  for  the  play,  and  also  in  my  own  be- 
half, to  clear  myself  of  the  scandal  of  this  poor  transla- 
tion, wherewith  I  was  slandered,  in  spite  of  all  that  I 
could  say  in  private,  in  spite  of  what  the  Prologue  and 
Epilogue  afllrmed  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."] 

Rowing  Match.  —  Can  you  give  me  any  infor- 
mation respecting  the  following  extract  from  The 
Weekly  Journal,  Saturday,  August  15thj  1715, 
in  my  possession  ?  — 

"  Monday  last,  six  watermen,  who  were  scullers,  rowed 
ftt>m  London  Bridge  to  Chelsea  for  a  silver  badge  and 
liverr,  which  was  won  by  one  John  Hope ;  and  this  trval 
of  skill,  which  is  Co  be  performed  yearly  on  the  Ist  of  An- 

Sttst,  caused  a  great  concourse  of  people  to  be  then  on  the 
;iver  of  Thames." 

I  think  it  has  somethbg  to  do  with  tho  water- 
men of  the  Lord  Mayor.  Bilike  Rosabu. 

[This  extract  has  reference  to  the  first  rowing  match 
founded  by  that  zealous  Whig  and  comic  actor,  Thomas 
Doggct,  to  commemorate  annually  tho  day  (August  1st) 
on  which  George  I.  ascended  the  throne.  The  competi- 
tors are  six  young  watermen, — the  prize,  a  waterman's 
ooat  and  silver  badge.  The  distance  rowed  extends  from 
tl}e  Old  Swan  at  London  Bridge,  to  the  ^Vhite  Swan  at 
Chelsea,  againat  an  adverse  tide.] 

Witch  Txiaia.  — Where  can  I  read  anything  of 
the  Witch  Trials,  conducted  by  Matthew  Hopkins 
in  the  leventeenth  century,  to  which  reference  is 
made  by  T.  D.  P.  in  his  paper  on  "  Norfolk  Folk 
Lore  "  (3^  S.  v.  237)  ?  P.  S.  C. 

[Consult  the  following  scarce  works :  1.  "  A  True  and 
Exact  Relation  of  the  several  Informations,  Examina- 
tions, and  Confessions  of  tlio  late  Witches  executed  at 
Chelmsford,  in  tho  county  of  Essex,  who  were  condemned 
by  the  Earl  of  Warwick.  Lond.  1G45,  4ta"  Bcprinted 
at  the  private  press  of  Charles  Clarke,  Esq.,  Great  Tothani, 
1887, 8vo,  with  a  portrait  of  Hopkins.  2.  -  A  True  Bela- 
tion  of  the  ^Vrraignment  of  Eighteen  Witches  at  St.  Ed- 
mondsbury.  Loud.  1G45,  4to."  Vide  Bohn's  Lmndt$t 
p.  29C0.] 

PUNISHMENT:  "PEINE  FORT  ET  DURE." 
(3"»  S.  V.  255.) 

There  seems  to  be  some  diversity  in  the  evi- 
dence as  to  the  persons  who  sufiercd  the  sentence 
of  "pressing"  in  1721. 

It  appears  from  the  Old  Bailey  Sessions  Papers 
ftat,  at  the  January  Sessions  in  1 720,  one  Phil- 
lips was  "  pressed  "  for  a  considersiblc  time,  until 
he  begged  to  stand  his  trial ;  and  at  the  December 
Beauoast  ^T^h  Vatiuuiiel  Hawei  contVxmeduDdn 


the  press  with  250  lbs.  for  seren  ninntes,  and  wta 
released  upon  his  submission.  (Praay  dyelo.  xvii. 
873.)  From  the  Nottingham  Mercury^  quoted  by 
Mb.  Haimtonb,  it  seems  that  Thomas  Spispii, 
a/iVuSpignt,  was  "  pressed  "  on  January  18,  1721, 
and  that  Phillips  did  not  undergo  the  punishmesL 

Perhaps  the  date  1720  mentioned  in  my  quott- 
tion  is  a  clerical  error  for  1721,  which  may  have 
arisen  in  extracting  the  information  from  the  OM 
Bailey  Sessions  Papers.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
report  of  the  Nottingham  Meravry  va%j  have  beea 
erroneous  as  to  the  person  who  actually  suffered. 

At  all  events,  it  seenu  that  there  were  cases 
of  "pressing"  since  December  1721.  Mr.  Bar- 
rington  says  (Barr.  ArUient  Statutes^  p.  86),  thi: 
he  had  been  furnished  with  two  instances  in  tin 
reign  of  George  II.,  one  of  which  happened  a: 
the  Sussex  Assizes  before  Baron  Thompson,  sjtl 
the  other  at  Cambridge  in  1741,  when  Mr.  Bsptb 
Carter  was  the  judge.  In  these  later  instaacs 
the  press  was  not  inflicted  until,^  by  directioc  <  i 
the  judge,  the  experiment  of  a  minor  torture  lui 
been  tried,  by  tymg  the  culprit's  thumbs  tigii'> 
together  with  string,  though  this  course  *« 
wholly  unauthorised  by  law."  (^Penny  Cfi 
xvii.  373.) 

As  to  the  language  of  the  Judgment  p^ 
against  Spigat  and  ]%illips,the  NottimghamXr' 
curjf  quotes  part  of  the  judgment  thus :  "  Ae^ 
that  upon  your  bodies  shall  be  laid  so  mneb  irva 
and  stono  as  you  can  bear,  and  no  wort,"  Thf 
italics  are  my  own.  Now  in  all  the  famofthe 
judgment  for  standing  mute,  beginning  wilh  that 
which  was  established  in  1406  (Year  JSotL  8Hcn. 
IV.  1),  and  which  substituted  the  punishment  <^f 
pressing  to  death  for  the  old  punishment  of  im- 

ftrisonment  with  scarcely  enough  food  to  sastaio 
ifc,  the  words  and  more^  instead  of  and  no  mvn. 
invariably  occur.  The  reason  of  this  is  evident 
for  the  practice  of  laying  weights  on  the  bo<lT  ii 
the  delinquent  was,  asBhickstone  remarks  (Cwk 
iv.  328)  intended  as  a  species  of  mercy  to  his, 
by  delivering  him  the  sooner  from  his  torment. 

A  form  of  the  judgment,  which  will  be  <i>nnd  b 
Hawkins'  Pleas  of  the  Croicn,  vol.  ii.  p.  466,  is  a 
follows :  — 

**  That  the  prisoner  shall  be  remanded  to  the  pLiec 
from  whence  ho  came,  and  put  in  some  low  dark  rooa. 
and  there  laid  on  his  biuk  without  any  manner  ofKirttt- 
inR,  except  for  the  privy  parts,  and  that  aa  many  wdirkt^ 
shall  be  laid  upon  him  an  he  can  bear,  and  more ;  aol 
that  he  shall  have  no  mannvr  of  sustenance,  but  of  lb* 
worst  bread  and  water,  and  that  he  shnll  not  eat  the 
same  day  on  which  he  dritlk^  nor  drink  the  name  day  ca 
which  h'e  cats,  and  that  he  shall  so  continaa  till  be  dje." 

Tho  following  words  were  added  by  14  Ed.  IT. 
8,  pi.  17;  and  2  Inst.  178,  to  the  word  "  room"  :— 

"  That  he  shall  lie  without  any  litter  or  olber  ihiaf 

under  him,  ami  that  one  ann  shall  be  drawn    to  «m 

quarter  of  the  room  with  a  cord,  and  the  other  to  anatktft 

\  sSD&^baX  b.Va  fMft  tSxalL  be  ^«ed  in  the  I 


',  Anih  Ifl,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


325 


The  tnme  antborlties  eubiUtute  for  tliat  part 
of  the  sentence  which  follows  ibu  wonl  "  wore  " 
and  Gnd«  with  '*wuteT,"  the  words:  — 

"  That  hn  aliall  only  have  three  morsels  of  barlev 
bread  n  (iny :  thai  he  ahall  knvs  the  water  aext  the 
priiLtn,  ao  that  it  bo  not  carreol." 

The  prnctice  cT ■'  -  to  death  wM  aboHsbcU 

hj  the  statute   i  I.e.  20,  which  cnact« 

that  if  a  prison' r  ,,-...  l.i»  arraignment  stands 
wilfully  mute,  or  d<HJ«  not  answer  directly  to  the 
offence,  he  sball  be  convicted  of  the  oifence,  as  if 
be  bad  been  convicted  by  verdict  or  by  confeMion 
of  the  crime.  But  now  by  the  statute  7  &  8 
Geo.  IV.  c.  28,  s,  2,  in  such  a  case,  a  pica  of  not 

fttihy  can  be  entered  for  the  prisoner,  which  ia  to 
are  the  same  oflcct  a£  if  he  bad  pleaded  it. 

\V.  J.  Tui. 
Croydon. 

PAGET  AND  MILTON'8  WIDOW. 

(S**  S.  V.  193.) 

Though  I  cannot  answer  the  inquiry  of  Miu  J. 
B.  MtNSBULi.,  I  can  do  aomcthing  towards  put* 
ting  him  on  the  right  track  for  pursuing  it.  Ilu're 
were  two  generations  of  MynsLnlh,  wlio  married 
into  fnmiliex  of  the  name  of  (rold^mith,  aa  shown 
in  the  pedigree  printed  In  "N.  &  Q."  (1"  S.  ix. 
39) ;  .ind  your  correspondent,  probably  misled 
by  a  faulty  pedigree  among  Burrett's  MS.  Gene- 
alogies in  the  Ciietbain  Library*  and  a  more  than 
faulty  one  by  ifr.  Palmer  of  Monohestcr.  has 
fallen  into  an  error  In  stotln;;  that  the  mother 
of  Thomas  Mynshull,  the  Byjothecary,  wob  Ellen 
Goldsniith,  tlic  daughter  of  Riehnrd  Goldsmith,  of 
Nantwich.  It  wns  his  praTiclmother  who  wji.h  a 
*  .lighter  of  Goldsmith  of  Nantwjoh.  Her  name 
Dorothy  ;  and  her  father's  may  have  been 
IRichard,  for  nnytliing  I  know  to  the  contrary; 
but  Iiis  Christian  name  is  left  blank  in  the 
Cheshire  Visitation  of  1'>R^.  Thomas  MynshuU's 
mother  was,  according  to  that  Visitation.  Eliza- 
beth (or,  accordinfr  to  the  f  -  '•  "«'•  •  ,1 
of  166},  family  ufMyiuhull  '  ), 

til,.    ,l,.,.,.l....r   of  NicholoS  GolMr^.u.Lr,,    ...    i  ..  ,:,  rt  uit  il, 

in  y  of  Leicester.     And  thereby  hangs  a 

clu  •-   i-n>-r,.a^/,r„\,^f\i'i   iflquify  t    for   the 

Hex*.    !  rer  of  Bluckley,  and 

tSu'Tw,!-  cport,  IS   shown    (see 

♦•  N.  &  U.,"  l»'  S.  h:ive  been  the  grand- 

■on  of  the  Rev.  \.  ;    ...-t.  Vicar  of  Rothley, 

In  the  same  county.  On  coni[t«rI?on  of  the  facts 
stated  in  th«^  h-j-qiiofnl  nrtirl.i  with  that  which 
beads  my  ji  1,  and  another  at 

I"  S.  viii.  4..  'n  Hpv.  Tlionms 

Paget    calls    'iLutu::J    .Myn^lmll,  i-H'ary. 

hitt  couHin;    and   that  Tliomas    I  1,    Dr. 

K:'  '         '■  ■■      '   ■  aa<l  Kliza- 

bt  j.iwn  in  the 

pciii^fH.r  }u-^\,  (jiiotca  liijovi-,  mm  Lutmuis  Myn- 


x«ai 

Tticl 


ahull  was  Elizabeth  Milton's  uncle.  The  stib- 
joined  scheme  of  a  pedigree  would  reconcile, 
and  something  very  like  it  is  rr  •  -  ---  "1  recon- 
cile, these  several  fttfttemeiita  of  |i.  The 
link  wbich  i-^  '  ■• '  ' '■'  :<•  mar- 
riage of  a  lib,   of 

Bosworth,  V.,...  ....  ■    i .  _,jt,  who 

was  shown  to  be  connected  with  th.j  ^iiuw.  county; 
and  if  no  notice  of  the  Goldsmith  family  is  found 
in  Nichols's  Leicestershire,  a  search  in  the  Bos- 
worth  registry  might  furni.sb  the  rerjulred  inform- 
ation. So  might  Nicholas  Goldsmith's  will.  If 
Jour  correspondent^  or  any  reader  in  the  ncigh- 
ourhowi  of  Bosworth,  should  be  induced  to  make 
the  Keao-'h,  I  hope  he  will  communicate  the  result. 
The  pedigree,  which  to  the  extent  above  ex- 
plained)  U  conjectural,  would  stand  thus :  — 

Nltiwlu  Ou)d«inllJi 


Bra  (ttiianwialo«<U< 


EUjwhMh  inr  Ellen  I, 
m.  BichiKl  MyiMhall. 


Dnnclito  i  miMrrr- 


I 

lUAilie  Wrn- 
*biiU. 


SUvKiietf) 


,»I^(ao'ti 


Ttioina*  Mjrw- 
tlmll. 


Btv-  Thnrnu 


J.  F.  Maush. 


LKWY8  M0RY8. 

(S^  S.  V.  85,  142,  2in.) 

In  referring  to  the  troubles  of  Lcwv?  i^Iorys,  in 
connection  with  irregularities  in  I  si  did 

not  suy  that  I  did  not  fmd  them  i:  i  by  any 

recognised  writer,  as  Camurian  coiicludes :  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  Cambbiak  to  the  Llunrwst  edition  of 
Owaith  Goronwtf  Owen,  p.  322,  1860,  where  he 
will  find  a  note,  oppf i)d«'d  by  the  editor,  to  a  letter 
of  Goronwy's  to  Khisinth  Morys  (the  brother  of 
Lewys)  dateil  May  20.  175G  ;  this  note  states  tbit 
Goronwy  •♦refers  to  some  trouble  which  fell  on 
Lewy^  Morys  on  the  part  of  his  official  masters; 
who  (says  a  letter  which  I  have  seen)  threw  him 
into  prison."  This  note  is  signed  "  O.  W."  On 
the  preceding  page  it  is  gald  that  it  was  at  this 
tinie  that  Goronwy  wrote  bis  Cjnovdd  »  Ddiausl 
(Couplets  to  the  Devil),  and  that  the  Ddiawl  in 
question  was  Lewys  Morys  himself.  (Joronwy'a 
forgiveness  of  Lewys  Morys  is  shown  by  the  Elegy 
on  his  death,  written  in  Virginia;  a  note  on  one 
of  the  stanztts  (p.  1 19)  says  of  sonke  allusions, 
"This,  and  much  of  what  foHows,  points  to  some 
cirvunutanceB  wbii-h  happened  to  him  a  little  be- 
fore' hi*  rl'-iith;  it  t«  not.  ueudl'ul  to  specify  them 
II.  1  t her  than  to  mention  them 

t.  ."     In  a  letter  of  Cioruivw'i 


32*J 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [s>*s.y.  A>«i.is.<i 


ro  W;:::.Ki  3f..rT*.  .ft...r  tL...  death  of  bii  broicr  3Iany  more  llTxej  «"*""  Jgjff  *?^ 
U»T=  rj  ;!v  -:i\  17«7.,  b^  memioni  tka:  Sion  ab  reffirtew.  but  they  iMnife-«tly  retote  to  '"Jo 
H-ijb, »  ^VvL-hnian  fn.ai  M-rioneth,  bad  infonned  holding  an  inferior  aocial  position  to  tbe  iMiae 
Lim  ttai  l-i-r'/rr  Lia  leavinir  Wsles  "Lcwts  M'Jtts     Hanrers.  •    v     •  i         j 

Ul  t*;:!  cait  in  law,  turned  out  of  bi«  otB<;^  Xo  record  of  Samuel  Harr^«  bimal.  nor.f 
ruine-J.  anl  thrown  into  pruon."  although  this  ..  the  burial  of  his  first  wife  ConrtMce  Uome,  »■ 
Sion  ab  Hush  bad  not  beard  of  his  desth.  (I  ,  pem  at  Dagenham.  He  died  in,  or  rtont,  ^ 
translate  ties*  various  statements  as  liteniUj  as  _  rear  1655,  and^was  most    \|*«*f^J*;j™^'\j^ 

lied  th»t 

Morjs  of  embezzlement  were,  •*•«  uv-«^<u   — -     • -.     .  ,— ,    ^, 

juftlT  be  was  imprisoned,  these  thinj!s  are  no  in-  ;  James  Hirrey  at  Su  Dionis  OmcKcUvrtA. 

ventions  ft'  mine,  they  are  both  "  curious "  and  ,  usTRirs  at  dagexhaji- 

"■  true ;"  but  that  all  who  are  familiar  with  WeUh  [  {Rtgintr  beyhu  1598.) 

literature  might  know  something  about  thematter.  i  j^^^y^  ^  d«»-ht«r  of  J*in«  Harrie.  Keccl^ 

If  fnendly  biographers   pass  such  things  by  in  \  ^^^  ^^  |^pj_  v*       daie  of  Feb. 

silence,  thev  only  do  whit  they  can  to  increase        -q,  w J,ger  IIoup,  second  son  of  Sir  Jamei  Hanp.; 

suspicions.  .         ,,  '  16v0.  John," the  lonne  of  James  HjLrvie,  g«tl«Biia.»K 

I  shall  be  greatly  surpn<^  if  any  **  patriotic  j^pt,  (],«  43  ^^pt. 

Welsibmen"  are  shocked  at  hearing  that  Lewy?  '  i&K.  Thomas,  the  soonc  of  James  Harryti,  gat,bttL 
Morys  obtaincl  a  situation  in  the  Custom-house  j  the  21  Julie.  ,  --       ,  n     •   i 

atllolyheail:  for  thoi,e  who  read  the  works  of    1«"*-  ^^^'y}^*  daughter  of  Mr.  James  H«rr.^k,;t 
S°r'?T^9'"i?  ">'  familiar  with  the  statement  of  :  ,,.^  ,_^  s«h"fi?i"  Jacobi  Haruve  .\nniger.  bapc  Bftt 
JJafydd  Ddu  Eryn :  —  '•-\fter  a  time  he  (Lewys     ^.y,,-  g^iu*!.  wnae  Jacolii  IIatiu  Armigcr  bapt  iSfA 
Morys)  wax  elerated  (dercha/iri/d  ff)  to  a  situs-  j  <-^srr:cdatCainl>«nre:i,  Jane34.1630.  lo( 


tion  belon^In;  to  the  customs  at   Ilolybeail.'*     I  '  **  dsujihier  of  Dr.  Donne,   and  widow  «f  Uwi 

remember  the  remark  frnm  almost  as  Ions  asn  as  ■  ,\11*jtl  j 

when  I  couLl  first  res'l  WeUh.  "    "  10:9.  Martha,  daughter  of  Jsmsa  Haiwvib  E*?-  4t 

For  the  last  tfairtv-three  vcars  I  have  been  an  I  S9  of  Sept.      .         .  _  _ . 

occasional  contributor  to  Welsh  magazines,  though  '  1«^~  Beb«M.^^d*ught*r  of  Jamas  HarT7i.£i5.»,i 
no  Welshman  by  birth  or  ancestry,  yet  lielongiiis  !  j^j^  j^;;^  ^^nt  of  Mr.  Jamca  Harrji^  Isfcrth 
to  a  true  Cymric  branch  of  the  Celtic  stock  :  and  I  ^  ie,\f.,  E.iw.inl.  lonsc  of  Jam«4  IlarrYc,  I^.Mf• 
wish  to  ai>surc  Cambkiax  that  I  hare  no  desire  to  |  :>0  June. 

depreciate  anything  connectefl  with  Welsh  litera-  1C5?.  ThomM.  *ocne  of  James  Harrey,  E#?.^tl>*- 
ture  or  literary  men :   that  I  highly  Talue  the  -"*•  ^'^^''  _ 

language  (one  which  I  learned  many  years  ago  :Sft.v>nd  »n  of  Samnel  and  Constance  Hrnr, 

with  enthusiasm);  but  in  mv  lonj  acquaintance  !  l'^'-  Anne,  dmughter  of  Mr.  James  Harrey.  h^»iy^ 
with  Welsh  literature,  1  am  Struck  with  the  want  ""^  ^^"^^  f'  '^^°"  "*  **'•  ^"»"  "^'  ^ 
of  appreciation  shown  to  the  living,  and  with  the  j  jfri.  winnifriih.  the  daughter  of  Mr.  ThoBisatw. 
manner  in  which  praise  is  bestowed  thickltf  on  the  :  bapt.  May  30. 

dead.     Some  discrimination  in  these  things  might  1  .  Eliiabeth,  y*  daughter  of  James.Harvy.EA.^ 

be  judicious  :  also,  it  is  not  wise  to  represent  men  '        .    ^  iKv.  1^.  

who  hare  risen  as  though  they  had  through  birth  j  ^C"^^-  ^^l^^'ll  '^"S''*"  *^  ^•'"•*  ***"^'  ^^ 
that  which  they  have  obtained  by  abilities  and  ■  jcg-  j^x.^^  »ne  of  James  Harrey,  Esq,  bayc  Axs^& 

exertions.  A  nocut  homo  »  not  elerated  by  giving  '  

him  a  supposcl  position.  L'fLlcS.     |  1615.  Edward  Osborne.  Kmi,  sad  TnwKf,  Am^^ir  i 

James  Har^-Te,  Eaq^  msrrred  4  Dif.aM*iri> 

■ I  1G24.  Roger  Thorneton,  E»q.,  wuL.   sad   Aaa  H«r\ 

sin:;.,  werv  marrred  r*  thinl  of  Ji 

iiahvp:y  of  waxgey  house.  |  i :_ 

fS**  S  ▼  247  )  '  1(*^3-  Thomas  the  s>^n!ic  of  James  Harris 

c  L  •  '         /    ,,     -      .     X,  thei'4at. 

00  much  interest  seems  to  be  felt  in  the  Har-     if/is.  Sanh.  dauirhter  to  James  Harnye*  Esqxin.  wsA 
veys  of  "Wangey  and  Aldborough  Hatch,  in  con-  j  Dec. 

sequence  I  suppose  of  their  connexion  with  Dr.     ICfi?.  Thom*«  irinive,  buried  30  Xor. 
Donne,   that   I  am   induced  to   publish   all   the  ;  ^'^''''  Mr.  W  alum  ftaraye.  genu  bmned  r  *  «** 
entries  of  the  family  to  be  found  in  the  parish  '         [Youngest  M>n  of  Mr  James   HarM^  «f  W«r 
r^5'!**_':'  of  Pf J?«!>*°?.  B'jking,  &c. ;  and  also     ,^j^  .^Zwl  «>nn  cf  Jsme.  Hamys^  TM^Vx=^'Ai 


the  very  auaint  epitaph  of  James  Harrey,  at  Da^ 
genhuBf  by  way  of  addenda  to  my  note  on  the 
Ibe  httulj  in  "  N.  &  Q^"  .I-*  S.  r.  42. 


Mareh, 

1616.  James  snd  Edwsrd,  sonnes  af 
baiyed  y  26  Sept. 


Avsxr.  16,  '84.] 


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327 


1(SS6.  Martha,  ilan^rhter  of  Jnmes  Htrrye,  Esq.,  botyed 

V"  H  fif  Mfirch. 
16-27.  J[  '     '  -   TT,  "  •     -  3  of  Aprill. 

Vcstrv. 

.  11'.         !.  „-„L...        J     _.  _-_      .   u  L,  buri'ed  y" 

4  r>t' .( nnc 
163H.  Francos  Ilan-ey,  barvod  Jiin.  iS. 
1644.  Sttwinna,  the  wyfft  of  Mr.  Samuell  Haruej,  bafvod 

April  9. 
IfibC.  John  Harver,  Eaq.,  burred  So|it.  20. 

[1  am  not  sure  if  Ihia  gentleman  ivu  elder  brother 
or  oldest  &on  of  Samuel  Harvey.] 
1668.  John,  »oa  of  Jamca  Harvoj,  1^>,  burie-J  Oct.  21. 
1670.  Ann,  daughter  of  Mr.  Il&rvey,  JCsq.,  buried  Nov.  8. 
1672.  A  Major  Dcrinf^ham,  from  Mr.  Uarvies,  Jon.  121. 

.  Ann,  wife  of  James  Harvcj-,  Esq.,  buried  Jnne  the  12. 

[J  believe  that  ahc  was  daughter  of  Thomas  Bon- 
hani,  Eaq.,  of  Valeoco :  a  curioua  old  moated  bouse, 
•till  standing,  near  Wangey  IIou«e.] 
1677-8.  Jatnes  Harrey,  Gent,  buryod  Jan.  21. 

[Seconds  on,  and  eventual  heir,  of  Samuel  Harver. 
lin  sold  the  Wangey  estate  shortly  before  his 
death.] 

UaKKIKO  IieoiSTER. 

1C32.  Thomas,  the  sonnc  of  Mr.  Samuel  Uanry,  bapt.  at 

Aubrey  Hatch,  SepL  13. 
16.^1.  ffrnnciii,  daughter  of  James  Harvte,  bapL  Jan.  2S. 
1624.  Captains  llarvye,  buried  Sept.  16. 
1630.  John  Haniii!,  buried  8enl.  -J/. 
1686.  Klizabeth  Harvey,  widdowe,  Jan.  18. 
.  Fraocea  Harvey," widdowc,  March  3. 

nOMFORD   RROISTER. 

1684.  James  Harvey,  son  of  Samuel,  at  Havering,  bapt. 

July  7. 
1648.  Agues  Uarrie,  daaght«r  of  Samnel  Harvie,  gmL, 
bapt.  Nov.  17. 
[Saroaol    Harvey  inherited    Poadmans,  and  other 
estates,  in  Romford  parish.] 

UORKCHVBCH  BBOISTCR. 

1698,  Mr.  Nicholas  Cowlrond  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Harvyc, 

married  Aug.  31. 

1699.  Sebastian  Harry,  cent.,  and  Mary  Trj-on,  of  the 

parish  of  Sl  C)imtier's»  in  I^ndou,  married 
Apr.  2S, 
[Kldestson  of  Sir  James  Harrey:  died  21  Feb.  1620.] 

SrUATFORD-I.E-nOW    ItBOIBTER. 

1622.  S'  Thomas  llrnton.  of  Chilton  Fuliot,  Knt.,  and 
the  Lady  Mary  tlarvie,  late  vrife  of  Sir  Sebos- 
tian  UaiT-ie,  Knt.,  married  Oct.  1, 
[Quoted  by  Lysona.] 

On  eaat  wail  of  the  rector's  chancel  (used  as  a 
vestry  room),  Dfigenlinm  church  : — Armi.  Or,  a 
chevron  between  three  leopards'  faces,  gules,  for 
Harvey.  Argent,  two  benda  enfjrailetl  sable,  a 
lubel  of  three  points  (query  gules  ?),  for  Radclifl'c, 
Satne,  inipatecl,  at  bottom. 

••  Were  hew  n«;  r  Monvment, 

Ti  ,ivp. 

/. 

Tlir  trrita  of  theire  ;;ood  wnrk<t*  and  hnlvtiwiv. 


Now  God  rewards  tlieire  allmea  and  Oharitye, 
Their  strict  observinge  Saboath's  pyeiip. 
Here  were  they  wont  to  spend  theii  '^  V  'lay, 

Hoi'H'  TKUA  lh«iro  tone,  their  lifo,  th  s  way 

Heere  did  they  pray,  bvt  now  thc-v  ^  _  _'^-2^ 

.^nd  God  accepts  their  Sovk-a  swectti  Urferinge. 
Unloye  thcire  bodycs  heere  remaine  in  provnd, 
Waitinge  the  svrge  of  the  lost  Trvmpet'a  sovnd. 

"  lleero  Ireth  Jamjbr  Habvy,  Esq.,  second  Sonne  of 
S'  James  Harvy,  Kot.,  some  tyme  Lord  Mayor  of  Lon- 
don. He  tooke  to  wife  Elizabeth,  second  davghter  of 
Anthony  RadcliSe,  some  tyme  Alderman  of  London;  and 
lived  with  her  in  holy  wedlocke  above  slx-and-tliirty 
ycarcs,  and  had  issve  by  her  eight  Sonnes  and  nine 
davirhters;  he  departed  this  life  the  socond  of  April, 
An""  Dni,  1627,  ntatis  svie  67:  and  the  said  Elizabeth 
Hvrviveil  him  one  yeare  and  odd  dayca,  and  departed  this 
\i(t>  the  eight  of  Ivoe,  An"  Dni.  1628,  letatis  svk  55.'  .  .  . 
whose  l)odyeB  are  both  hocre  interred,  woyting  for  the 
gloriovs  Cominge  of  ovr  Bleraed  Saviovr." 

Edwabu  J.  Sage. 

Stoke  Newington. 


A  Gkwtuimaw's  SiONKT  (3""  S.  V.  281)— I  know 
not  to  whom  the  signet  may  belonj; ;  but  as  to 
tlie  crest,  it  belongs  to  the  family  of  Horabruch, 
of  ITorsbrugh,  in  Peebieshire,  sometimes  called 
Ilorsbrugh  of  Pirn,  from  another  estate  which 
they  possess  in  the  county.  A  branch  of  the  same 
family  haa  been  long  settled  in  Fife,  and  they  also 
use  the  crest,  I'he  legend  about  the  crest,  how 
it  wa«  obtained,  and  the  meaning  of  the  nanie» 
may  be  found  in  an  old  book,  entltle«l  The  Benn/ie* 
of  Scotland,  in  the  account  of  Peebleshire.  I  have 
not  a  copy  of  the  book ;  but  so  far  as  I  rementber, 
it  coutams  a  sketch  of  Horabrugh  Castle,  now  a 
ruin.  J.  11. 

Edwabd  Hampdbm  Rose  (S""  S.  v.  259.)  — I 
well  remember  that  poor  Rose  was  an  ordiiuiry 
seaman  on  board  "L'Impetueux,"  of  eighty  puns  ; 
and  that  while  belonging  to  that  ship,  he  pub- 
lished various  small  poems  in  newspapers,  and  in 
the  old  Naval  Chronicle,  under  the  signature  of 
"  A  Foremast  Man." 

The  Sea  Devil,  to  which  R.  I.  alludes,  was  not 

Eublished  at  the  time  I  speak  of;  but  it  \a  said  to 
ave  evinced  much  knowledge  of  human  nature, 
ibouph  with  a  tendency  to  satire. 

With  a  view  of  bettering  his  condition.  Rose 
was  sent  from  "L'Impetueux"  into  the  *' Semi- 
ramis"  frigate  as  purser's  steward  !  lie  died  in 
the  Naval  Ilospitof  at  Plymouth,  in  1810,  of  a  con- 
i^umption;  alleged  to  be  ii  consequetice  of  bis 
havinir  served  on  shore  in  the  pestilent  marshes 
of  Wolchfiren.  Some  eleyiu«  verses  to  his  mc- 
iih.  I  *'N.  T.  C,"  are  to  be  seen  in  the 

tv,  f!i  volume   of  the   Naval   Chronicle, 

VV-  — .  ••-- - 

•  Hrr  Irarial  in  not  eftVwvA  V«h  >>»  twbj*»«.  A-Vik* 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES 


[8««8.V.  Awui.l6,'«4. 


GoTEBHORa  OF   GuERNSBT  (S"*    S.  iv.    456.)  — 

The  followinjj  names  are  f^lven  in  Warburton's 
Treatise  on  the  Uiittory,  Laws^  and  Cuatomt  of  the 
JsUind  of  Giurtuey  (18122)  :  — 

"  155-L  LmnanI  ChamlMrlainc,  and  Francis  Chambcr- 
laine.  The  words  of  the  patent  an : — *■  Ipaosq. 
I^n.  et    Franc.  Chnmborlaiiie,   GapitaneoR, 
Ctutodps,    Gubematortt,   et   eorum   atmniq. 
Capt.  Cult  ct  Gubern.  Iniiularuni  et  Castro- 
rum.  &c'    Pat.  1  and  2  Mariio,  p.  13.    (Jnlf 
25, 1654—24  July,  1&55.) 
«  1670.  Sir  Thomas  LeiKhton.    12  EHx.  (Nor.  17, 1569 
— Nov.  Iti,  1570.)    The  Lord  Zouchu  was  his 
Deputy  Gorernor,  and  is,  in  an  order  of  Coun- 
cil, called  his  aalntituto. 
"  The  Bailiffi  of  Guam$eif,  during  the  reign  of  Eliza- 
beth  were  — 
'•  1540—1502.  llellior  Oosselin. 
15G3 — lo71.  Thomas  Conipton. 
1571 — l')Hl.  Guillaumo  Dc  KcauToir. 
1381 — 1587.  Thnmiu  Wifonore;  who  was  deprived 
of  his  ]wsl  Kupt  IG,  1587,  by  order  of 
of  the  Qiiticn. 
1588—1000.  Louis  Dcvyck;  who  resigned,  because 

of  sickness. 
1600— 1C31.  Amice  do  Carteret." 

The  former  of  cacli  of  the  double  dates  is  tbo 
ycnr  when  "  sworn  in."  As  somewhat  fuller  than 
the  list  given  from  Berry's  Ilixtory  of  Guenuey, 
I  venture  to  send  this,  for  the  information  of  In- 
QUISITDS.  A.  S    A. 

Gbbbic  Epiobam  (3"»  S.  r.  195,  269.)  — 
N^iof  ipriOoAf}  yvtiv6v  t'  M  yoivtun  nifrp6s, 

Afupt  at  utiV^ffcw  taxpvfitvra  ^iKot  * 
*fti  ^iXi^  as  tiwuriv  tok  hripixova  7'  tiirvor  i^ipwwPf 

Seucpuotyras  Spay  (itiSidots  av  ^lAovi. 

Can  any  of  your  readers  point  out  where  the 
Arabic  text  can  bo  found  P*  The  En^rliph  version 
attributed  to  Carlyle  liy  the  Anthologia  Oxonienaia 
is  in  my  private  MS.  copy  ascribed  to  the  late 
KoT.  C.  Colton,  the  author  of  Laam,  in  which  in- 
stead of  "  So  live  that  in  thy  latest  hour,"  is  read 
"  at  thy  dyinfr  hour ;"  and  for  "  we  "  and  "  floods" 
of  the  following;  line,  "  they  "  an<I  "  flood."  Some 
trillin<T  variants  also  occur  in  the  other  £nj<;lish 
form  given  in  3'*  S.  v.  195.  Wittalp. 

Conservative  Club. 

Sack  (2"'  S.  xii.  287, 4.12, 4f)8.)— By  a  singular 
coincidence  1  called  upon  a  wine-merchant  and 
was  invited  to  tante  "  a  cup  of  oauk"  with  him  on 
the  Hame  day  that  I  chanced  to  lij;ht  ui)on  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  m.iny  years  ago  from  the  Canaries, 
and  I  Wiis  assured  that  the  only  real  thing  of  the 
kind  was,  and  is,  a  Canary  wine.  lie  added  that 
aherria  stick,  beloved  of  FalstaiT,  was  either  a  made 
wine  or  else  a  negus,  maintaining  that  aackpure  wu 

[*  The  Axabic  text  is  given  by  Mr.  Carlyle  in  Us 
ifyeOmiM  ofAnMm  Fo^t  p.  S&p-£d.] 


only  to  be  bad  from  At  CoMoriu,  It  obtuned  its 
name,  ho  said,  no  doubt,  from  the  lource  indicutcti 
by  Qckrm's  Gabdbns,  viz.,  from  Mc^*)  ♦■*»•  goat- 
skin sack  in  which  the  wine  was  originally  brought 
down  from  the  mountain-side  vineyarcl.  Some 
one  present  contended  for  aec  or  aiccaa,  but  the 
wine  was  anything  but  dry.  It  agreed  with  M.  F.'s 
description  (2°*  S.  xii.  452),  pale  amber  in  colour, 
slightly  sweet,  juxt  a  wee  bit  earthy,  and  u 
pleasant  and  seductive,  I  fear,  to  myself,  a  poor 
curate,  and  therefore,  per  force,  a  temperate  man, 
as  to  the  ft<7n  virxmt  Falstaff.  The  sum  of  "  lOi. 
a  pintc  of  sack  and  a  role,"  was,  mecording  to  fre- 
quent entries  in  the  churchwardcDS*  accounts  of 
the  parish  in  which  I  reside,  the  usual  vestry 
allowance  for  lecturers  and  preachers  in  the  seven- 
teenth century.  Sometimes  it  is  "  a  pinte  of  Ca- 
niirie."  From  the  wealth  and  importance  of  Ca- 
narie  merchants,  this  must  have  oeen  a  popular 
<lrink  in  Shakspeare's  time,  and  durinp  the  Stuart 
dynasty.  See  The  Life  of  Marmadukc  Batetbn, 
Cfamden  Society,  1863.  Juxta  Tcbbix. 

CODNT   1)K    MoSTALRMnBRT  (8'*  S.  ix.  45i.)  — 

Charles-Forbes  Comtc  dc  Montalembert,  waabm 
March  10,  1810,  in  London,  where  his  fatW, 
Miirc-Rene,  descended  from  an  ancient  familj  a 
Poitou,  was  then  residing  as  an  emigri;  Ui 
mother  *  was  Eliza,  only  daughter  of  Mr.  James 
Forbes,  F.G.S.,  F.ll.S..  F.A.S.,  &c.,  author  of 
Oriental  Memoirs  (1813),  and  of  several  other 
works.  Mr.  Forbes  was  born  in  1740,  in  London, 
of  a  Scottish  family,  and  died  Aug.  1,  1819;  he  was 
in  the  civil  .service  of  the  Fast  India  Company  at 
Bombay  from  17G5  to  1783 ;  and  being  in  France 
in  1803,  he  Wiis  among  the  numerous  ditemu  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  alliliatc  Mr.  Forbes  with 
the  Aberdeenshire  family  of  the  same  name,  eitlier 
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  us  Montalembert.  Local  inquiries  could 
surely  elucidate  the  descent,  and  Scotds  must 
have  opportunities  of  doing  so,  which  I  cannot 
possess  in  India.  A.  S.  A. 

MoBGANATic  (S''  S.  V.  235.)  —  In  attributing 
to  morganatic  marriages  any  connection  with  the 
Fata  Morgana,  I  talcc  it  for  granted  that  Db. 
Bkll  is  merely  indulging  in  a  play  of  fancj.  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  left- 
handed  or  morganatic  marriage  is  one  cimtracted 

*  Who  is  styled  "  a  Scotch  lady  of  strong  charactff, 
and  remarkable'  ability  "  (rhsrirtirisHca  inharltad  bj  har 
diatingaiahtd  son). 


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329 


li  loude  and  awifeof 

ill  I  Jo  not  succeed 

to  Uiu  tuUtei  a  (ii^iiiliuo,  itiiti  iiskte  HO  claint  upon 
any  purl  of  hia  property  boycKul  what,  to  use  ua 
£u^li&h  pbriisi*,  wus  nut  in  settlement  .it  tLu  time 
of  llje  marriage'.  'ILc  pro7M?rty  ^fttloJ  on  tlie 
aaarriaed  wus  anciently  c^i  'c,  and 

horn  tnia  word— or,  aii  Hei:  >,  from 

''. — waa  fortoed  thu  Loiv  iA\tia  mot' 
I  :t  nmrriNgfl  oootracted  on  these  terms 
Vtts  n  villi  mtJrimtmiiim  od  legem  m"  '     "n. 

Thu  nature  of  tuck  •  marrlftge  is  cleui  e> 

oiDctly  «et  fortii  by  Ueincccius,  JEUnumu  utuia 
Oermamid,  lib.  i.  §  311 ;  — 

^Natum  ac  iudole»  e.n        '  '        sktit  in 

pacta  MMT^aiMtiVo.  quo,  m  el  pro- 

QkU.  et  <Ug(ut«til  p«t«mjD  et  auconlwdi  jona  eiuortea 
atutt.*' 

MjBUIT£8. 

LoNDoit  Smokb,  etc,  (3'*  S.  V.  258.)  — A  re- 
flection from  tbe  numerous  iron  work^  in  tbe  dis- 
trict adinocnt  to  Tliirllry,  popularly  culled  the 
Ul»ck  (  visible  at  night  from 

my  re>  iiire,  twenty  miles  dis- 

tant, i'^  Uiiliiiuil  illumination  of  the  sky 

In  ihiil  1  Some  vewrs  past,  on  ascending  tha 

Brown  ClL'ii  iiill,  the  luyhest  elevation  in  Shrop- 
ahire,  I  oheerved  the  larch  pluntations  near  the suui- 
lait  covered  with  a  amokv  deposit,  similar  to  the 
trees  in  the  London  porks.  This  js  said  to  arise 
from  the  sn)oke  of  the  iron  district  above  men- 
tJoued  bt'ing  carried  by  elevated  currents  of  ftir, 
„ni;i  ,(  ,.. -;,,.fi  on  this  lofty  isolated  hill,  the  first 
I"  e  to  the  westward,  and  at  leaat  four- 

tcL  ,  1 ...  •llatant,  Has  such  a  phenomcnoa  of 
distant  smoke  been  observed  elsewhere  ? 

Th08.  JE.  WlIOflHOTOSf. 

BEI.IABLB  (S''  8.  r.  266.)  —I  kovo  a  word  to 
•ay  on  bchuU"  of  "  reliable,"  and  am  encouraged  to 
nay  it  now  by  obecrvinp,  that  the  la«t  objector  to 
the  term  who  appears  iu  "  N.  &  Q."  U*8  hud  the 
kindness  lo  slat*  his  nbjecliou  in  clear  terms.  We 
may  aay  *•  ju^ 
cannot  «ay  * 
be'  ■  I. 

oil  Ir.y. 

i ' 

on  mu<  i 

Btft'iil  '  ■ 
Hi: 


irom  "  to  justify;"  but  we 
le"  from  *' lo  dejieud  on," 
"Reliable,"  from  "to  rely 


'  •,  that"  reliable  "  rests 

''  liable  i"  both  must 
..     J. i.iolc  is  from  the  French 
ni  the  French  relier. 

!  t<.  Iiinil    i.,.m.jj  /„ti,>j>  properly 

m.  .  that 

is  ,         „«.d,  in 

law  or  i.'ii?Mty, — with  i :  -ips. 

Secondly,  from   relm  ,   thi?  sense  of  to 

bind,  as  reli,r  nn  livrc,  to  bind  a   book,)  iinuca 

_  ^reliable,"  proi)erly  " that  may  be  bound,"  and 

■Htoo  ^'  truBtwurtliy." 


So  when  the  queittion  is  about  liberating  a 
prisoner  on  biiil,  the  bail,  if  ffood  and  ifuificienC,  m 
'■'  reliable,"  and  may  be  taken ;  i.  e.  the  person 
otfering  himself  as  surety  may  be  bound  for  the 
prisoner's  appearance  In  court,  and  tbe  prisoner 
may  be  released  from  custody.  In  a  more  ex- 
tended meaning,  any  person  or  any  tiling  oa 
wbich  dependauco  can  be  placed,  may  be  colled 
"reliable." 

It  may  be  freely  granted,  that  if  '^reliable" 
bad  no  better  source  than  the  verb  "to  rely 
upon,"  the  etymology  would  be  vicious,  &s  shown 
by  your  correspondent.  But  this,  I  would  humbly 
submit,  is  not  the  whole  of  the  story.  As  "  liable" 
from  lier^  so  "reliable"  from  relier.  Scuim. 

MsnlXTAL  ChUBCBES  IK  EoMABT  CampS  (3'*  S. 

V.  173.)  — Some  years  ago,  at  Cbcster-lu- Street, 
in  Durham,  I  was  pre8«nt  at  some  excavatiuni 
w'  .  iptions  proved  that  the  second  legion  of 

t  IIS  had  once  been  quartered  there.   In- 

quiring; "ijt.re  wB»  thu.suppoied  site  of  the  station, 
1  was  shown  uii  oblong  siie,  parallel  to  the  Great 
North  Hoad,  tuid  containing  within  it  not  oidy 
the  pari&h  church  and  i^hurchyard,  but  (unless  my 
memory  fails  me)  also  the  rectory  and  (^ardena 
Considerin:^  whether  this  fact  worked  for  or  againvt 
the  traditionary  locality,  I  concluded  these  in  it* 
favour  i  reasoning  thus,  that  when  the  last  Roman 
soldier  lell  it,  the  neighbours  remalnlnjj  would  not 
permit  it  to  go  into  any  private  appropriation  utdea« 
by  arrangement,  and  therefore  it  would  remain 
common  to  them  all,  and  a  very  likely  site  to  be  de- 
voted for  all  pubbc  purposes,  and  especially  for 
those  of  worship,  on  the  introduution  of  Cbria- 
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  hoa 
the  probabililies  in  its  favour.  K.  N. 

Sir  Jons  Moork's  Mositmekt  (3'*  S.  r.  269.) — 
Your  correspondent  David  Gam  is  not  perhaps 
aware,  that  the  inscription  on  ibe  monument  of 
i^ir  John  Moore,  at  Corufia,  is  in  Latin,  and  rtua 
thus :  — 


'A  Dane  balmatis  ducto*." 

The  ppitoph  as  given  by  Borrow,  w  not,  ther©* 
fore,  quite  correct.  Indeed,  his  well-known  work, 
The  Biblf  it/  »-•  f--  not  to  be  depended  uponi 

it  is  full  of  s  and  misstatements.     Mr. 

I'Vd,  in  hi-  ■'    ^'""'*  (Piirt  II.  p.  597, 

London,  1 8->  "ry  of  the  monu* 

inrai       Ii    11  j. _   was  reslore<l  and 

CI  18'i4,   by  our  Consul   Mr.  linrlleti; 

b_)  r,  and  at  the  exiiMi^e  nl'  (Ik.   ICfi^lish 

government.     In  the  yeoi  MyL?a- 

redo,  who  bad  lived  fiuuus  tilt'  >is*«.vJk. •*. 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


CS^aV.  AruLMk^ 


the  tomh,  and  planted  about  two  acres  of  gronnd 
■8  a  public  walk,  or  AUimeda. 

It  was  not  Soult,  or  the  "  chivulrous  Fretich  " 
who  raised  the  monument,  but  the  English  go- 
vernment. Soult,  bowevei',  added  the  inscrip- 
tion ;  which  8eems  to  have  jyivcn  some  offence  to 
the  Spaniards.  The  inscription  was  originally 
cat  CD  s  rock,  adjoining  the  spot  where  the  gal- 
lant General  fell.  J.  Dalton. 

Norwich. 

Poetic Aii  Quotation  (3"  S.  ii.  9.)  —  Thepaa- 

,  iMige  beginning,  '^  As  when  they  went  for  Pales- 

*^te  "  is  from  "  The  Aristocracy  of  France,"  in  a 

volume  of  Historic  Fancies,  by  Hon.  Geo.  Sydney 

Smythe,  M.P.  London,  1844.     W.  S.  Applbtos. 

FAMitT  or  Nicholas  Batlet  (3'*  S.  iv.  351.) 
Some  account  of  the  descendants  of  Nicholas  Bay- 
ley  may  be  found  in  Burke's  History  of  the  Landed 
Gratry,  edition  of  1853,  under  the  family  of  the 
name ;  also  in  an^  genealogical  account  of  the 
Papet  family,  as  in  the  Supplement  to  Collin&'s 
Paertige.  Concerning  hi*  ancestors,  I  believe 
nothing  more  is  known  than  can  be  read  in  the 
AtheneB  Oxonienses.  The  statement  inserted  by 
Dr.  Dlias  that  Nicholas  Bayley  wa*  the  bishop's 
younger  son  is  probably  wron;^,  and  is  entirely  at 
rariance  with  the  words  of  Ant.  A' Wood  himself; 
'*erery  other  authority  with  which  I  am  fami- 
liar, makes  liim  to  be  ibe  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  Holbrook  Hall,  in  Little  Walding- 
fiehl,  Suffolk,  and  sister  of  Samuel  Appleton,  who 
emigrated  to  New  England  in  1633.  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 
hroihtT  laaac,  who  received  that  honour  in  1603. 

W.  S.  Appuctok. 

Boston,  Mass.,  U.  S.  A 

LowQKvxTT  op  Ircumbett  an»  Cdbate  (S**  S. 
T.  257.) — I  am  stirpriaed  that  Jvxtk  Ti'brim,  or 
some  other  contributor,  has  never  sent  you  the 
remarkable  instance  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Johues 
Knight,  vicar  of  Allhnllows  Brirking  for  sixty- 
nine  years,  from  178.*!  to  1852;  and  that  of  his 
tocum  tenen*  (for  the  vicar  never  resided),  the 
i£cv.  Henry  G.  White,  curate  of  the  same  pHrish 
id  to  the  same  jncumbvni,  for  forty-two  yenrs. 

E.  S.  C. 

RmAiJDic?  (»•*  9,  r,  21SI-)  —  Sandfonl,  in  his 

(^        •  ■    ":    ■           r  :'     ;n)'i,  describe.*   the 

'  itwerrn    Duke   of 

I  liir.  :<  m  Wotiiminster 

and  \^  France  and  Eng- 

I-'  ■    •     :..i 

y  vi«s 

'"  .11..    wi      ■,,., ,   ii   i.|.M-i    iM     ..   yiiimtH 


the  deMtf 


enalne,  to  distinguish  his  coat  from  hi§  bntfitf 

Lionel  The  arms  of  Richard,  EazI  of  C^UBt«d|t, 

and  Anne  .Mortimer  his  wife,  w«'r» 

window  of  Fotherin^hay  :  quai  ■ 

Encland,  a  label  of  3  points  hi* 

with  as  many  torteaux,  it: 

Burgh.     I  cannot  discovti 

Richard,  Duke  of  York,  hi.s  -    i 

Clarence  bore  a  distinctiv;    l-de. 

pent,  charged  with  a  canton  gules.     I 

Margaret,  Countess  of  Salisbury,  \'- 

arms,  together  with   those  of 

champ,  and  Warwick.      Tho#. 

AHONTMODS  CoMTRIBCTIONS  Tc>  **  >*.  &  <4-'  t*" 

S,  V.  307.)  —  As  others  are  giving  their  ll^lini■^ 
perhaps  one  who  has  been  a  contribaior  from  <W 
second  volume  of  the  First  8«rie»  may  h«  Jtomd 
a  few  lines.  I  concur  with  all  thiit  pBOffWi* 
De  Moroak  says,  except  that  the  er)ttr>r  ikaM 
"never  print  anything  without  bei"  \* 

possession  of  the  writer's  name."      I .  -<• 

the  rule,  I  should  never  have  Ixgtm  to  i:uii'..ihl 
Many  apparently  trifling  queries  have  lad  Mf^ 
correspondence,    though    prob;> '  '         * 
would  have  thought  them  too  ti 
their  cards.      An  anouyujouH  »tnn'it»i-ni   oi  w^ 
I  presume,  is  always  rejected.     Iti  cjuufic^  bm 
books  it  is  desirable  that  the  ciiaptcr,  ptiapi  a^ 
edition  should  be  given  ;  and  I  have  ofM«  dcin*l 
what  seemed  to  me  a  sutinfactory  commviieaM^ 
because  I  would  not  quot«  at  Becund->h«al  ^hu  1 
might  expect  to  do  at  first.     If  ■  vcriSouifl  • 
made  at  tne  Briti.sh  Museum,  the  book  tiekrt  is  a 
good  voucher. 

"  N.  &  Q."  has  grown  too  bi^  fi>r  lod^B^  mi 
is  obliged  to  have  a  house.  >Vith  wuek  cnten 
of  thriving,  I  should  think  a  long  tim*  bcfiircal- 
vislng  any  change.  H»  B^  ~  * 

Paul  Bowu  fl*  S.  vii.  547 :  9^  S.  y. 
His  son  Martin,  born  in  L-noiiT.    mtim  adiai 
pensioner  of  St.  John's  Ci  ubridg«t 

16,  16S6,  ffit.  sixteen,  but  t  :.-;^r«t, 

C.  H.  &  TuoMraow  C' 

"CBJTTtJSY   or   iKVRWTlOSa"  (3**  S.  v.  1 

Watt,  in  his  Bibliotheca  BritaniticOt 
the  London  edit!""  '^i  \t\H:\  T  tH.^ 
1767,  prlnleii  K  ■  the 

typo  of  that  pre-  .  ■'V 

others.  Twos.  L.  W 


1 

M,P.  for 

N.nv,     A 


Ivtait  Libr»ry.     Uo  i*  mid  to  hnva 
I     {_'  II.  U.  C.  (»  r«<ht.    \Vr  *htn  hi*  bmMt 


3^  8.  V.  April  16,  *G4.T 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


331 


Being  interested  in  the  period,  1700-30,  I  tihuuld 
be  glad  to  obtain  any  particuUi"»  n(  any  such 
poems.  I  have  evidence  that  he  was  a  pamphleteer, 
and  a  book  collector,  in  a  thit-k  octavo  volume  of 
Tracts,  dated  from  1710  to  1725.  To  this  volume 
he  has  written  a  table  of  contents,  occupying  two 
pages,  and  has  also  annotated  the  murgins.  No.  5 
is»  '*  Some  Remarks  and  Observations  relating  to 
the  Transactions  of  the  Year  1720"  (pp.  27), 
London,  1724.  In  the  contents  Mr.  Hammond  has 
written,  "  Bubble  year,  1720.  Stole  from  No.  (9)." 
Behind  the  title,  "27  March,  1725.  Ant.  Ham- 
mond,'* I  do  not  stop  to  quote  his  marginal  notes, 
which  are  chiedy  verbal,  but  turn  to  No.  9,  in  the 
Hanie  volume,  "  A  Mode.st  Apolojiy  occiwioned  by 
the  late  unhappy  Turn  of  AUairs  with  Relation  to 
Public  Credit.  By  a  Gentleman.  Infelicia  Domus 
uninu  chats."  (pp.29).  London,  1721.  In  the 
cuutentit,  afl<r  the  word  "  Cretlit,"  he  has  written 
"p.  A.  H.  Vid.  the  plaj»iari»m,  No.  (5)."  On  the 
the  title,  after  the  word  "Gentleman,"  is  writlen, 
"p.  A.  H."  Behiml  the  title,  "24  June,  1725. 
Ant.  Hammond."  The  tract  is  a  clear,  concise^ 
and  moderate  retrospect  of  the  preceding  year,  in 
which  (besides  those  covered  by  acts  of  parlia- 
ment), Mr.  Hammond  says  he  bad  made  a  lii^t  of 
one  hundred  and  seven  bubbles,  with  u  nominal 
stock  of  93,600,00(M.,  involving  a  loss  of  14,040,000^ 
No.  2  in  the  volume  isentitlcnl  "Advice  and  Con- 
siderations for  the  Kiectors  of  Great  Britain " 
(pp.  32).  London,  1722.  At  the  back  of  the  title 
sir.  Hammond  has  written,  "  This  pamphlet  was 
writ  by  Will.  Wood,  Esq.  It  contains  many  use- 
fill  calculations  relating  to  the  public  debts,  re- 
venues,  and  trade.  26  Mar.  1725.  Ant.  Ham- 
mond." I  ought  to  add  that  a  considerable  part 
of  Tract  Na  5  in  the  volume,  is  clearly  stolen 
from  that  written  by  Mr.  Hammond,  No,  9. 

W.  L«K. 

The  PASsiira  Brix  or  St.  SBPLLciots'a  (3"*  S. 
T.  170.) — In  the  letter  quoted  by  your  correspon- 
dent, T,  B.,  it  is  stated,  "  that  the  parish  of  St 
Sepulchre  should  appoint  some  one  tu  go  to  New- 

fate  on  the  night  previous  to  the  execution,"  &c. 
'rtnn  the  following  extract  from  Stowe's  London, 
1618,  p.  25,  it  would  appear  that  the  exhortation 
to  repentance  ought  to  be  repeated  by  a  clergy- 
man :  — 

«  Robert  Done,  dtiun  and  merchnnt  tavlor,  of  London, 
gave  to  the  pariah  cboich  af  St.  P  ''    the  wmmo  of 

X50.    That  after  the  saveralse»-  Ion,  when  th* 

prisoners rcinaixi  in  the  gaole,  a-  «en  to  dejith, 

expecting  «xf^-ut{on  on  the  in.  ^u^.  Win  clarkt 

(tJint    i»,  the  jHirtiyn')  of  the  c)j  mnrn  in  the 


uuu,     ._,,.,,, ,,.^     inriii     iM     ill-     |urji.-ni..i     iinr<-I-.ii'    ii-.     inev 

ought  to  b«.    Wliiin  thov  an  is  Uie  uwl,  a»<l  brooglit 

^ • 


before  the  wall  of  tbe  church,  there  bo  atandeth  ready 
with  the  saine  hell,  and,  al\cr  certain  tolefi,  rebeorteth  an 
appointed  nraier,  desiring  all  the  people  then  prewnt  to 

&ray  for  tnctn.    The  beadle  also  of  Merchant  Tavlora* 
all   hath  an  honest  Btipend  allowed  to  ace  that  this  is 
duely  dooa." 

W.  I.  S.  HOBTOK. 

Danish  Right  or  Stjccession  (3"*  S.  v.  134.) 
G.  E.  is  in  error  in  suppoaing  that  in  the  play  of 
Hamlci  the  Danish  right  of  succession  is  never 
adverted  to.  Like  other  crowns  in  early  days,  the 
crown  of  Denmark  was  (within  certain  limits) 
elective ;  and  Hamlet  expressly  compluina  of  his 
uncle  having  "  popped  in  between  the  election  and 
his  ho|>e8."  For  further  observations  on  the  sub- 
ject, G.  £.  is  referred  to  two  notes;  the  one  by 
Stecvens,  the  other  by  Blackstone,  in  Reed's  edi- 
tion ol' Shaksjfeare^  1793,  vol.  xv.  p.  33.   P.  S.  C. 

Qdotatio*.-  (3'*  S.  V.  174.)  —  R.  C.  H.  is  in- 
formed that  the  lines  he  alludes  to  as  hein^i  quoted 
by  the  late  Lord  Campbell,  and  coranicneing  — 
*"  Her  did  yon  freely  from  your  soul  forgivo? ' 
*  Sure  as  I  hope  before  my  Judge  to  live,'  "  &c„ 

arc  by  the  Rev.  G.  Crabbe,  and  arc  to  be  found  in 
hh  Tale*  qf  the  HaU,  from  the  one,  I  believe,  en- 
titled "  Sir  Owen  Dale."  R.  D.  S. 

Patbiciaw  Famiuss  opBrcssrls  (3"  S.T.  174.) 
The  Ugnagea,  or  patrician  families  of  Brussels, 
were :  — 

1.  S'Leeuw^a-geislachte :  The  race  of  the  lion. 
Arm*.  Gule«,  a  lion  rampant,  arg.  armed  and 
langued,  azure. 

2.  S  Wecrts-geslachie  :  Race  of  the  Host  {ho*- 
pUis).     Emanchc,  argent  and  gules. 

3.  S'Hvghe  Kint»-ge»lachle :  Race  of  the  sons 
of  Hugh ;  called  also  CluUngs.  Az.  three  lleur- 
de-lys  arg.  {2  and  1). 

4.  Ser  Roelofx-getlachte :  Race  of  Sire  Rodolf. 
Gules,  nine  hillets  or  (4,  3,  2), 

5.  Die  van  Cimdeuberg :  They  of  the  Conden- 
bcrg.     Gules,  three  towers  argent ;  doors  azure. 

6.  Die  itten-SUeitweghn  :  They  of  the  road. 
Gules,  five  scallop  ahelU  argent  (1,  3,  1). 

7.  Die  Dan  Rodenbeke :  They  of  tbe  red  stream. 
Anient,  a  band  ondee,  gules. 

This  list  is  from  Hentie  and  Woters  llittoire  de 
Bruxelles,  It  need  hardly  be  said  that  similar 
lignages  ('•  wel-geboorne-jjeboorlege  lieden,"  '"gode 
lieden,"  "divites,"  " fortiores,")  are  found  in  most 
of  the  Belgian  and  Gorman  cities.  E. 

MoTHBR  Goof X  (3"*  S.  v.  258.)  —  I  remember 
that,  when  I  first  went  to  Oxford,  a  woman  was 

Sointeil  out  to  me  in  the  street  as  the  ori^rinal 
lother  (roose.  She  was  stout,  post  the  middle 
age,  and  with  larye  prominent  features.  She 
usually  carried  a  iHVvkc',  such  as  were  tised  by 
laundresses  in  tlmse  d«y.i ;  but  what  her  uix'upa- 
tion  really  was,  I  havu  fpr|;otlcnt  if  I  ever  knew. 
Of  coutse,  sSac  i\&  TR«Xwwi>i  «*«A^aft  ^ggsswss^ 


332 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[Srt  9.  V.  Apkil  16,  'M 


of  a  yoang  man,  no  I  mnde  no  inqnirjr  as  to  her 
character  or  habits.  Pruhably  she  had  eccentri- 
cities, but  no  doubt  much  was  cnj^rafled  on  the 
character  that  did  nut  buli)ng  to  the  orifrinal. 
The  author  of  tlie  pantniuime  niijrht  draw  from 
German  ur  French  Koun'c.s,  bul  as  to  that  I  know 
nothing.  There  must  be  natives  of  Oxford,  still 
living,  who  could  supply  fuller  information  on 
this  not  very  interesting  subject.  W.  D. 

LoiiOEviTY  or  Clebotmen  (S^"  S.  v.  22,  44, 
12S.)  —  The  following  is  from  Uuiiics's  History  of 
Lancashire :  — 

**  Henry  I'igott,  n.D..  iuiluctctl  Vjcar  of  Kovhilalo, 
1662;  (liiti  April  10,  17*22.  aguil  U4.  lie  was  Rovtor  uf 
Brindio  nevoiity-niic  ycaris  and  Vicar  of  Rochdale  llfty- 
nine  yean  anil  seven  months." 

IL  FiiinwicK. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  IJTC. 

The  Life  of  I^wrmer  Sfrrnr.  Dv  Porry  Fitzf^nild, 
M.A.,  M-ltl^V.  lyUM  JUiMtniUoii*  frtthi  Urawing*  by 
the  Auihur  and  Othert,  Jh  7V9  K«i/miik'«.  (Chapman 
&  Hall.) 

Kir.  Fil2^r.il<l  MtcnM  to  li.nvc  boon  lod  to  liiH  preunt 
task  by  a  fvolinf^  that  injnstiro.  tiail  lw>en  done  to  Sterne 
in  'lliackcrny'a  lecture  upon  him — that  the  revolting  pic> 
turc  of  "  the  niouiitvbaiik  '*  who  '*  Miivcltiid  "  over  the 
dead  donkey  at  Nani|Mint,  and  cx]»ended  Lis  "rheap 
dribble  "  upon  •'  an  old  «"al»  "  was  (jronnly  ov«r-coloun?d 
and  exa|;(^ratcd.  In  llip.  bcliof  that  if  wi' knew  more  of 
Sterne  we  should  hesitato  at  ailoptin^  \hU  harsh  judg- 
ment, Mr.  FitxeeraM  has  applied  himself  with  diligence 
to  a  study  of  hi<i  writiiiKs  anil  an  investif^ation  into  the 
incidents  of  hi<t  life.  The  Mtory  uf  that  lift-  may  now  be  iiai<l 
to  Ik'  told  for  thu  first  tiino.'  Inili!<->1  it  is  really  the  first 
Lifi-  of  Sterne  that  ban  bc<-n  put  bpfnm  the  world.  J-'ssays, 
skotchcs,  and  artioU-H  up<in  the  tiubje<-t  abound,  but  no 
attempt  hoa,  up  to  this  time,  been  made  to  trace  his 
Rtranf;e  career  fnim  the  cradle  to  the  ^rave.  In  the  bmik 
before  us  we  have  abun<lani:e  uf  new  materials —  letters 
hithertu  unpubliKliid,  Ii-UirA  hitherto  ImricJ  in  ubscuKs 

E<'ri<Mlicals,  extract!)  fi-oin  n't^i.^tcrs  and  minute  books 
ithcrto  uusean-hoil  fur,  and  contpmpornry  illustrations 
liitherto  unregarded,  have  been  f(nthpred  tof^ether  with 
considerable  piiins,  and  the  result  is  what  Mr.  FitZK<!rald 
is  ciTtainly  justified  in  culling;  "  one  of  the  most  curiuus 
biographical  stories  in  Knglish  literature."  One  of  the 
results  of  Mr.  FitzgcraldN  Life— wliieh  will  Iw  rea<l  with 
considerable  interest  —  will  certainly  Im;  to  call  renewed 
attention  to  the  writings  of  I^wrenc'e  Sterne. 

Manwl  du  Liliraire  H  dr.  rAnuUrur  de  LirrtM,  Ait.  Par 
Jacques- Charles  Brunet.  Cinqniemr  Kdilkm.  'nriginale 
entierement  rtfondur  ei  auqmrHtfe  il'uK  Hen  par  TAultHr. 
Tome  V»>f,  '2'  Puttie,     (l)idot.) 

Wo  congratulate  all  bibliographers  and  lovers  of  books 
on  the  completion  of  the  tirst  and  largest  portion  of 
M.  Brunei's  invaluable  work,  namely,  tlio  Uibliugraphical 
Dictionary,  in  whirh  the  books  are  arranged  in  alpha- 
betical order,  and  which  occupies  Ave  volumes  out  of  the 
aix  of  which  this  enlarged  edition  of  the  Mamwd  ia  to 
Axuijt  Two  more  Parta,  which  will  consist  of  the  CUa- 
kjfiu  Bauemmif  will  completa  a  vork  iavakosbVe  to  Ma- 
deau  civnrj  branch  of  literatare}  and  indupaoadtteto 


all  whoso  boainesfl,  whether  as  scholan,  librarians, 
booksellers,  ia  with  books.  Will  U.  Brunei  and 
publishen  allow  na  to  make  one  suggestion  ?—nanx 
that  they  should  publish,  in  a  separate  and  e:uily  acetyl 
form,  the  adminible  scries  of  woodcuts  of  printer'* 
vices  which  are  scattered  through  this  new  editina 
Urunet. 

The  Mr.  VTmrd :  Short  Krlipitnu  F.uayt  wpim  f*^  Gifl 

Sptorh,  and  it*  EmjihiymrHt  in  CWarersolMM.     By  K. 

Goulbnm,  D.l).  Smmd  Edition,  emlartiedL  (Kiviogtoi 

These  Kasays,  containing  the  lubstonce    of   aevi 

Sermons  nreach«>d  by  Dr.  (loulbum,  on  the   impoR 

subjiwt  of  "  Idle  Wo'rds,"  will  be  read  with  advonb 

by  all. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD     VOLUMES 

WAKTBD   TO  POaCHAaS. 

Psitlralsn  of  Prlw.  ftt.  of  the  fUlowliiK  Bopk«  to  ba  Mfit  dl-w 
Um  gcntUmen  br  »h<iui  tW  v*  requlrsd,  mmI  whoM  Dwaat  saa  < 
diGMH  an  giTf  n  for  that  purpute:  — 
BiPiiiin  "r  CuwMiuiiiMiiiii  foii  Nathikai.  Enrr»Tn>w  'l«»li»»'.ft 

IhellUiiA.u  lsVi,taSBth(4.P.  IMi).incluiirei  or  aair  of  Uirm. 
WsDlod br  /tcr.  Aikt»  Irrimt, Flremiletown.  Anghnador. 

Th  VTAKWirBuiBi  MAaAiiKi.  for  ISWi  iBdudlnf  the  TiaiWU 
that  Cuuntjr. 

Wanlvd  dr  Srr.  V.  J.  Huhbitrm.  CrfX  Berkhamitcad,  Unit. 

Anr  Dwiki.  rani|i1il«ti,  or  AcU  of  rarllament,  ftc..  «bout  Tsaew 
tnc  I^eatlirr  Tr«l«. 

Wanted  br  JTr.  WtUtr  U.  »y,  CothUB,  DiMal. 

IIiNTi  "!•  CiiTTtii*  AKfimKiTmi.bjr  Ileiin'  ^%T-,,, 
I'aiH  MubiL  CuTTAua  Wiiamna  UakwiHoi,  b|r  T.  C.  HUM. 

Wanted  br  Mtur--.  //rimiiii/A'im  4  /l"lliii,i.  Mount  SlTNl, 
Urof  Tenur  H'lnuc. 


^vtitti  ta  Carrttpanllenti. 

BaiaipK&ai'i  Ribtbuit.— "n  Aii'Hn/ii|r  mfrl.  thr  iv|tafalawi'.'r«ii 
itf  Shal-»l'Hiri'M  WrfA,  ir.-  nfciif/  jmMiV*  Kmr  iiif<-rrtfiJiBfll«l  i|»-'ri 
artirir*.  Afumg nthrn^n  I'lii-r  t-v  Mr.f'-luiri'uH  tht  Thnc  (ciKi: 
I'lirtraiti  of  Hhakn|irar«i  i-a.  h>i  Jlr.  /'i'kIi i /mi  i>n  Shakvan  k 
Mur.  Qiwen  of  ScoUi  Note  <m  tlw  KMNbtadt  Maaki  btukvMf.! 
CrillcUni,  4 '-. 

riii>rL  trill  fiinl  mwh  mnm*  ill,i>trnti"n  •tfSlrm-'rcrh'/rHlrifnar- 
"  f.iW  UmiMn  »*r  viwl,"  i«  tkr  l»<  ritl.  ul  tti-tt  S^ritt  iif  **  K.  fct^" 

C.  W.  IIknmim  vill  fiutl  tr  ruy</f»li"l  ilrrivitUin  itf'  KuU  in  "  S.  11*. 
llid  R.  v.  PU. 

W.  K.  C.  Somr  arffuni  nf  linly  Lli.alK^h  JlolroT'l  appterfi 
"  N.  a  U."  Villi  !*.  It.  Sin. 

flr!>r*rlif<  trill  JIhiI  riohl  artifin  in  aur  t'irrt  Kfi  ie*  tm  (At  KTW 
htlk-fUn'l  •> "  t:<'ri3tr  ikimihu,  makfJ  a  riuhl  ■(/  triifi," 

Omirioiit  vill  hi  Ihiil  hit  i/ffry  "'  '"  '*''  '"•■«•"•"»  "f  •**  ''f'  ■"■" 
rrfirml  f«  ioi«ii/ i^d-n  up  a  ntrrti»mH'H'r.vr.ro»tra»fTrtt.t»niM 
our  ]iiiitrm, 

J.  II.  I>.  Au«  Mv'>rf(ii  fo  tend  Ike  Jalf  aiid'i:f  t^lhr  JDAk. 

R.  K.    Thirr  iinnriidiiimllrrliirt'iiHHilfflhff  Mr.  Tkumnt  Fai^K 

-  ■  "-         laan/.fUurWt" 

tmllMr"ri-* 

^ ....    ._    ,  ..„.  .  t.Jmmff'i.M 

\intr^nH-l  tnit  nnniualnl  by  tliie'i>rrtt.Ht  u  •  tlU  ul  Htrtiir,  Vld«  "  X. S  U 
3nl  S.  il. !». 

t<p.    IV  mwimSaQ  Unm  ••f  fhr  rniiaj*  an  KMu  af  rxtwrmtUT  ka 

Twok  T.  »p1«. « [ep-  «. c<l.  MirtwI.l    Vid.  "  K.  R  «1."  lit 


vhirt,  l>  iirtorhr.! anMWiffy  im  H'lM  /m  -lav  nl  .SI.  £rumi 
Ihrmliircl"  Ikr  HimiUrM  H'uila ul  !!•'! '-'I'nliun;"  b 
SrrmKH,"  M'llfivrf  '■»  i«r  Oirrr-jKimHi  ut.  i.«  il<  Win  i-rrf  nf  St. 


Manial.lnuk  t.  »pta. « [ep.  4 
T.  I7»,461i  vUl.SSi  >L«7,  l». 


Kbbati.— Srd  P.  T.  PilM.m>I.  I,  line  IB  from  hotlom, /Sir  "eiflki 
rmii  "Clcrkii"  p.  Ml,  col.  li.  Hue  U,  fvr  "  Willuiur"  ncirf  "Wi 
imiur." 

•■•  Cnit*  Jar  liiiiilimij  Ihi-  nJHmri  iif"  N.  fc  Q."  may  be  haJ  ^  ■< 
PtMi-tlier,  ami  ufall  lUn'l  nll>  r>  iinrl  A<  v-ommi. 

"Horn  AMD  Qraairi"  i*  pMi'luil  at  nmm  on  Fridar.  on'f  iral 
ImmhI  IB  HnBTat*  P&btv    rh:  SuhtrrivUim  far  BrAHrBii  CuPtH  I 
"  ■Ihii  fiHWvItU  iliru-t  J'noH  the  I'mbUMktr  iinrlwlimo  Itf  Um 
ImmbI  if  \l*._  Ir/.,  H-AiirA  iwiy  be  paidjir  J'tuit  (^ffef  OM 


Morb  ImmbI  U  I  In.  II/..  H-AiirA  iw 
Miiibt  at  l*«  WTBMf  Pott  <^r.  <H 
WauixoTiui  Btbbbt,  araAUB,  W.C., 
^brm  dhuaU  t*  oiUrouerf. 


to  wtaai  mtt  OoHiiaMB 


\ 


"Vviia  h  OgsBKna.'"  NaTSit*«Mft  <i>w— aaSn^^baBaJL 


NOTES  AJND  QTTERIES. 


333 


LONDOy,  SATUIIDAY,  JPJtlL  23,  XUt. 


CONTENTS.— N».  121. 


W0TR9:  — On  tho  Prindpal  Portraits  of  Sh&kspenrc. 333  — 


J'                            -iiintr  New  •■..  p 

k'  ■'  ':  -  'f  sliiik»p«»ro.  10.  ■! 
h::lU  :  ■   i.   ->. ,      I,    M   I  .-jjeWTO,  343— I' 

fnnl  f;.>:;i.  ..I  tiiui  L  Hridgn  —  Jul.-,  .,^1 
Viiioi>uiit  UkMnrocr^o  —  liitymotocy  ntvl  .Ucaiiinf  or  the 
HTftise  Moms— Buddhists  in  £rit2)a,  8M. 

Qrrr— --      '•    ;  -                ■■    -  ■,,-■...,,- 


Collc^.',    UiiDliii  -  I 

Bjmn  Querin  —  ( 
■ad  FrioM  —  Nocf — 
Hoaton«,*'315. 


,-e  W Maok» 


QiTKBrBs  iHTn  AimniBat— "Soml  Stripe*,"  Ac— "Dy" 
tDCn'a  TriampVi "  —  Tbooanrt  Oherinfton  —  PotljtliiLr  — 
The  Boblu,  &i>^ 

BEPLIFS-  (i.-innr  D'OlbTTiise.  3i8  — Circle  Sejuarlnfr— 
0<KHrr:):  n  — ThomM    Gilbert,  fisc).  — Kohl  — 

Mftrtii.  M  Sootland;  Fig*oue  — Sir  John  Coiv 

ingstaj-      -..:i„.  1,318. 

Voteaou  Books,  Ac 


ox  THE   PJIINCIPAL    PORTRAITS   <»F 
SlIAKSPEABE. 


h 


to 

Bn 


—  -  -:  '•--  potM  at  this  season,  on  tlie 
«  of  Sbakspeare,  1  propose 
to  the  three  best  known 
I  types.  These  are  (I)  ihe 
,_;  .  .it ford  monument,  and  (8) 
ChandoK  portraits ;  which  enibotlj  respectively 
enjfraving,  sculpture,  and  oil  pninling.  The  two 
fir«l,  on  account  of  the  circuni5t&nc«s  connected 
with  tbem,  and  from  the  teatimony  afforded  by 
contcmpornry  cvtilenco,  poasess  a  Bpeciol  claim 
lo  authenticity.  The  third  is  distin^ished  by 
having  a  h^n^er  history  than  any  of  the  other 
paint«d  portraits  connected  with  the  nnrac  of  the 
poet;  and  is  certainly,  in  itself,  a  genuine  and 
ourly  wdUpr^Bcrved  picture  of  the  commouce- 
ni<  '  '  '  I'uteenth   century,  painted   pro- 

'' '  '.     lis  existence  tt*«  n  rccofrnised 

Et""'^"    '"  "  111     be   readily   trnccil 

ack  to  a  1  ;  was  no  popular  df- 

tnond  for /i  '■:   I ■■^rnl   an* 

preoiation  i.  aicated 

"  tom.'ilv'  ,^  !„,, „,  „f  hi^^ 

nuoe  I  while.     1  do  not 

dO»)v<'  •     luif    -iiuriK:    i.> 

auj-'jcui. 


In  the  first  rank  I  would  place  tho  engraving 
by  Martin  Droesbout,  which  is  profesttedly  a  por- 
trait of  the  groat  dramatist ;  and  is  placed  on  the 
very  title-page  of  the  first  collected  editions  of  his 
plays,  between  the  actual  words  of  the  title  and 
the  nam':^  of  the  piiblishers  :  "  London,  printed 
by  Isa  1  •  and  Ed.  Blount,  le-iS."     Upon 

tfee  kM  liis  title-page,  are  the  well-known 

t«n  lines  addressed  to  the  render  by  "  B.  I.," 
vouching,  on  the  part  of  the  players  who  issued 
the  volume,  for  the  correctness  of  the  Ukenets. 

The  lines  — 

"  This  figure  that  thou  here  see'sl  put. 
It  was  for  gentle  ISliakespcare  cut;" 

atid  — 

•»  O  could  be  but  have  drawne  his  wit 
hi  welt  in  braiSB  as  he  hath  hit 
His  t'ac« :  the  Print  -would  then  9ur[ 
All  tliat  was  over  writ  in  brajse," — 

leave  nothine  to  be  desired  either  in  point  of 
strength,  or  directness  of  testimony. 

The  exact  date  of  the  execution  of  this  en- 
m-aving  remains  a  matter  of  uncertainty.  All  we 
know  is,  that  it  was  the  work  of  Martin  Droe- 
ehout,  probably  a  Dutchman  ;  who,  judging  from 
the  other  portraits  he  engraved,  must  have  re- 
sided some  time  in  England.  This  portrait  of 
Shakspeare  bears  the  en-n-avor's  signature  in  full ; 
but  the  only  date  on  tie  page  is  that  of  1C23, 
marking;  the  pnblicutinn  of  the  book  seven  years 
nfter  Shakspeare's  death.  In  the  third  folio  edi- 
tion, 1CG4,  the  lines  are  brought  into  still  closer 
relation  with  the  engraved  portrait.  Drocshout's 
plate  was  then  removed  from  the  title-page,  to 
make  way  for  the  enumeration  of  the  seven  addi- 
tional plays,  and  placed  over  the  ten  lines  on  the 
left-hand  page ;  so  as  to  face  the  title,  like  a 
modern  frontiupiecc.  By  this  time  the  cop|>er- 
plate  had  become  vaTj  much  worn,  and  the  print- 
ing of  it  was  conducted  with  much  less  c»re. 
>Vhcn  badly  printed,  an  engraving  of  this  kind 
degenerates  into  a  mere  caricature ;  but  those 
who  have  seen  impresaions  in  a  perfect  state, 
especially  that  of  the  fine  Grenville  copy,  now  in 
the  British  Museum,  will  admit  that  it  aftbrds  a 
very  satisfactory  indication  of  the  individual  ap- 
pearance of  the  man.  As  the  style  of  wearing  the 
hair,  and  the  smocjth  round  cheeks,  accord  with 
j  the  monumental  bust,  the  engraving  very  pro- 
bably  rcj)rcscnts  him  as  he  appeared  towards  the 
close  of  hi*  life.  His  dress,  far  from  indicating 
anything  like  the  theatrical  or  character-costume, 
la  simply  thiit  which  was  worn  by  the  opulent 
atid  noble  piTsnnuges  of  tlie  day  :  witness  nume- 
rous portraits,  especially  of  Jumea  1.,  Richard 
Sackville  (third  Karl  of  Dorset),  und  Sir  Philip 
«;i(lr.py.  Tho  ^I'f^  lilt  rullnr  whtch  he  weare 
his  neck  am  in  many  pic- 

of  this  \)v  ,^5t?i.\^ '^'^ '^^-^ 

\og\M»  W  tt.   ''  wvTcd  banAV        K  -^'onr.x^  VaficsM 


334 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  SLY.  ArmLtS^ti. 


of  Bharpnesfl  and  cotnencu  pervade  Droeshont's 
plate,  and  the  head  looka  very  large  and  promi- 
nent with  reference  to  the  sice  of  the  page  and  the 
tTpe-lettera  round  it ;  but  there  is  verj  little  to 
censure  with  respect  to  the  actual  drawing  of  the 
features.  On  the  contrary,  they  have  been  drawn 
and  expressed  with  great  care.  Droeshout  pro- 
bably worked  from  a  ^ood  original,  some  "  limn- 
ing, or  crayon-drawing,  which,  having  served 
its  purpose,  became  neglected,  and  is  now  lost 
The  disposition  of  the  lines,  and  the  general  treat- 
ment of  the  shadows,  do  not  give  me  the  impres- 
sion of  the  engraving  havingjsecn  taken  directly 
from  an  oil  painting.  The  Droeshout  head  and 
stiff  collar,  were  evidently  followed  by  William 
Marshall  in  his  sninll  oval  portrait  of  Shakspearc, 

Srefized  to  the  1640  edition  of  his  poems.  That 
larshall  worked  on  his  plate  with  an  impression 
of  the  Droeshout  engraving  before  him,  is  shown 
bv  the  head  in  his  copy  prmting  the  reverse  way. 
The  body-dress,  and  close-fitting  sleeve,  are  ouite 
similar  in  point  of  construction  to  those  or  hit 
prototype.  The  buttons  are  all  there,  even  to  the 
exact  number ;  whilst  the  embroidery  is  omitted. 
The  chief  deviations  are  a  light  back  ground, 
recessed  like  a  niche ;  the  intrckluction  of  his  left 
hand  holding  a  sprig  of  laurel ;  and  a  cloak  with  a 
cape  to  it,  covering  his  right  shoulder.  This  cloak 
has  become  a  distinctive  feature  in  some  of  the 
later  imitations  and  Shakspearian  fabrications. 
It  appears  in  the  oval  woodcut  which  Jacob  Ton- 
son,  of  the  "  Shakespear*s  Head  over  against 
Katharine  Street  in  the  Strand,"  used  as  a  device 
on  the  title-page  of  his  books  (witness  the  Spec- 
tator) as  early  as  1720.  This  little  woodcut,  a 
curious  combination  of  the  Chandos  and  other 
portraits,  with  bold  deviations  on  the  part  of  the 
artist,  originated  from  B.  Arlaud,  of  whom  more 
will  be  said  hereafter.  In  this  design  Arlaud 
seems  to  have  been  influenced  by  a  painUng  by 
Zonst,  which  Simon  afterwards  engraved  in  mez- 
zotint about  1725  (see  Wivell's  JRemarktj  p.  159); 
but  upon  this,  my  remarks  must  be  reserved  till 
speaking  of  the  Chandos  picture. 

Another  early  copy  from  the  head  by  Droe- 
shout is  to  be  found  in  the  frontiHpiece  to  a  volume 
of  Tarquin  and  Lucrece.  It  is  a  small  oval,  in- 
serted m  an  octavo  page,  above  two  figures  of 
Tarquin  and  Lucrctia  stabbing  herself.  The 
Shakspeare  head  is  turned  the  same  way  as  in 
Alarshairs  engraving ;  but  it  is  more  directly  true 
to  the  Droeshout  original.  The  lines  of  the  hair 
are  more  correct,  and  the  dress  has  all  the  em- 
broidery, and  no  cloak.  The  date  of  this  volume 
is  1655  (the  period  of  the  second  folio  edition  of 
Sbakspearc's  plnys),  and  the  workmanship  is  at- 
tributed to  Faitliorne.  The  background  to  this 
head  has  been  shaded,  like  in  MarshalFs  engrav- 
ing, to  look  as  if  it  were  placed  in  a  niche. 
3%e  second  anquestionably  authentic  \voTttt\t 


of  Shakspeare  is  to  be  found  in  his  monumental 
efSgy  at  Stratford-upon-Avon,  where  he  apentio 
Ui^  a  portion  of  h«  life,  and  where  his  fellow- 
townsmen  knew  him  so  well.  The  name  of  the 
sculptor  was  Johnson,  as  shown  hj  the  followia| 
entry  in  Dugdale's  Pocket-Book  of  1653  :  — 

"The  monament  of  John  Combe,  at  Stratlbfd-sap.' 
Avoo,  and  Shakespeare's,  were  mode  by  one  Gerard  Johfr 
son."— (H. Fruwell,  Life  Portraitt,^.  10.) 

This  monument,  Mr.  Britton  justly  nys,  is  ti 
be  regarded  as  a  family  record,  and  was  probably 
erected  under  the  superintendence  of  Shakspearei 
son-in-law,  Dr.  Hall.  It  is,  nevertheleas,  ver 
rude  ond  unsatisfactory  as  a  work  of  art.  CarvM 
in  soft  stone,  intended  to  be  viewed  at  a  diftanee 
and  moreover  destined,  in  accordance  with  tk 
prevailing  fashion  of  the  day,  to  be  fully  poute^ 
or  completed  in  colour,  it  contrasts  very  unfavMR^ 
ably  with  the  highly- finished  and  more  carefoDj 
modelled  figures,  both  in  marble  and  alabattcr, 
which  are  so  frequently  seen  recumbent  in  our 
cathedrals  and  country  churches.  AVc  find  \at 
that  many  of  the  most  important  details  of  ik 
poet's  countenance  have  been  slurred  over  or  s^ 
iected,  either  through  ignorance  or  in  dependcsee 
on  the  correcting  and  supplemental  powers  of  At 
painter's  brush  ;  yet  when  originallj  done  anlih 
factory  effect  may  have  attended  the  combinitioL 
But  it  is  manifestly  unfair  to  place  a  plaster  oi 
from  a  rough  sculpture,  wrought  at  an  ekisif 

Eosition,  and  a/ir(^«  iutended  to  be  looked  up  U,ik 
y  side  with  a  finished  picture  or  engraviii);Mit 
and  adapted  for  a  convenient  distance  from  tkn. 
That  is  one  great  advantage  which  the  DrocMt 
portrait  has  over  the  Stratford  bust.     The  Dm- 
shout  can  always  be  seen,  as  it  was  intended,  isi 
book,  and  at  such  a  distance  from  the  eye  u  At 
legibility  of  the  letter-press  connected   with  it, 
would  readily  determine.     The  eyebrows  (rf'lk 
bust  are  most  imperfectly  defined,  whilst  the  1^ 
are  composed  of  mere  straight  lines  without  sbj 
modelling.     The  shortness  of  the  nose  is  a  defo 
as  little  striking  when  seen  from  below  in  tk 
chancel,  as  it  is  offensive  when  the  plaster  east  i 
brought  down  to  a  level  with  the  spectator,  sai 
measured  with  the  Droeshout  or  any  other  por 
traits. 

It  may  reasonably  be  inferred  that  the  figur 

I  on  the  monument  exhibits  Shakspeare  as  he  a|> 

;  peared  towards  the  close  of  his  career,  and  in  thi 

I  respect  the  engraved  portraits  would  seem  to  b 

j  in  close  accordance  witli  it.    I  have  already  ex 

j  pressed  my  conviction  that  the  title-page  to  hi 

I  plays  does  not  represent  him  in   any  tbeatria 

costume,  nor  do  1  sec  any  reason  for  nssumii^ 

that  the  hair  seen  in  the  Droeshout  encraving  j 

otherwise  than  his  own.    There  is  too  Tittle  M  i 

on  those  parts  of  the  head  where  a  wig  would  b 

most  effective,  and  the  long  curved  lines  laid  dra 

t  by  the  en^aver  are  no  more  than  a  special  awd 


8»<  a.  V.  Afmi.  23,  "M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


335 


of  dressing  would  naturollj  produce.  In  the  bust 
tbe  hair  is  arranged  in  companttiTely  short  round 
curia.  The  full  indications  in  tbe  enjrraving  of 
stubble  on  the  check  and  chin,  and  nlso  tbe  short 
upturning  hairs  on  the  moustaches,  mark  a  period 
of  trnnsition  towards  the  smooth  full  cheek  and 
crisply  projecting  patches  of  hair  about  the  mouth, 
as  seen  at  the  last  on  his  monument.  These  quaint 
upturned  moustaches,  large  tufts  of  hair  under 
the  chin,  and  smootli  cheeks  bear  a  »in»uliir  resem- 
blance tn  the  well-known  portraits  of  Archbishop 
Laud,  the  expression  of  whosti  countenance  has 
been  so  unfortunately  distorted  by  the  adoptioa 
of  a  ridiculous  fashion. 

Much  of  the  expression  of  hilarity  which  has 
been  noticed  by  many  on  the  countenance  of  the 
Stmtford  bust,  is  produced  by  the  prominence  and 
upward  direction  of  the  moustaches.  Tbe  upper 
eyelids  in  the  Stratford  bust  are  remarkably  poor 
and  narrow,  whilst  in  the  Droeshout  engraving 
they  are  full,  and  exhibit  a  ^eat  refinement  uf 
curve.  This,  again,  is  a  point  which  \a  at  once 
lost  sight  of  when  the  monument  is  seen  from  its 
proper  position,  the  pavement  of  the  chancel,  and 
colour  may  have  onginally  played  an  important 
part,  if  tbe  eyeballs  were  faithfully  and  judiciously 
added  by  the  pencil.  The  collar  or  bond  round 
his  neck  is  quite  plain,  but  so  brought  over  the 
top  of  his  dress  as  to  give  rather  a  high-shouldered 
or  short-necked  appearance  to  the  figure.  Cam- 
den's eifi^y  in  Westminster  Abbey  wears  a  similar 
collar  and  a  ruff  above  it.  The  fulness  of  the  lower 
part  of  the  cheeks  is  a  remxu-kable  feature. 

The  picture  discovered  recently  at  Stratford, 
and  upon  which  much  stress  has  been  laid,  is  mani- 
festly an  imitation  or  lame  transcript  of  the  Strat- 
ford monument.  It  certainly  has  no  appearance 
of  having  been  done  from  the  life,  and,  excepting 
tbe  form  of  tbe  lips,  has  all  the  faults  observable 
in  the  modelling  of  the  bust.  The  moustaches  are 
ftimpiy  ridiculous.  The  picture  may  possibly  be 
two  hundrcfJ  years  old,  for  competent  judges  have 
lared  that  the  paint  employed  on  it  is  such  as 
naed  at  the  dose  uf  the  seventeenth  century. 
[t  would,  therefore,  stand  in  its  relation  to  the 
Stratford  monument  as  the  Marshall  and  Faithorne 
engravings  do  to  the  Droeshout. 

Tbe  CEandos  portrait  is  a  far  different  i>ainting, 
and  a  much  less  injured  picture  than  baa  gene- 
rally been  supposed.  During  many  years  there 
was  great  dilHculty  in  seeing  it.  Even  when  ac- 
cess was  obtAiued  to  it  at  Stowe,  the  light  and  its 
position  in  the  deep  recesses  of  a  cumbrous  frame 
-were  alike  unfavourable  to  anything  approaching 
a  critical  exauiination.  At  present  it  is  placed  in 
a  strong  light  in  the  National  Portrait  Gallery, 
and  brought  within  easy  reach  of  the  eye.  It  is 
painted  on  coarse  English  canva.^,  covered  with  a 
jtimdwark  uf  ^reenuk  fccj,  vliich  has  been 

the  coarse 


threads  of  the  canv.os  happen  most  to   project. 
Only  A  few  parts  have   been  retout^hed  with  a 
reddish  paint.     Some  portions  of  the  hair  seem  to 
have  been  darkened,  and  a  few  touches  of  deep 
madder  red  may  have  btf<in  added  to  give  point  to 
the  nostrils  and  eyelids.     The  background  is  a  rich 
dark  red ;  but  the  whole  tone  of  the  picture  has 
become  blackened,  partly  in  consequence  of  the 
gfrey  ground  protruding,  and  partly  from  the  red 
colourB  of  the  flesh  tints  having  deepened  to  a 
brownish  tone.     This  at  first  sight  gives  the  com- 
plexion n  dull  swarthy  hue.     I'he  features  are  well 
modelled,  and  the  shadows  skilfulliy  massed,  so  as 
to  produce  a  portrait  in  no  way  unworthy  of  tbe 
time  of  Van  Somer  and   Cornells  Jansscns.     It 
would  be  folly    to  speculate  upon    the    name  of 
the  artist,  but  any  one  conversant  with  pictures 
of  this  period  would,  upon  careful  examination, 
pronounce  it  remarkably  good  if  only  the  produc- 
tion of  an  amateur.     Most  of  the  historians  of  this 
picture,  it  may  be  remembered,  lay  no  superior 
claim  fur  it  than  to  have  been  the  work  of  one  of 
Sbakspeare's  brother  actorij.  Amateur  artists  have 
certainly  attained  a  very  high  degree  of  merit  in 
this  country,  and  it  is  remarkable  that  at  this  very 
period  a  gentleo)^  of  high  rank  was  occupied  in 
painting  some  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  sttll  preserved  at  Gor- 
hambury,  Redgrave,  and  Oxford.     It  is  also  ob- 
servable   that   in   the   whole-length   portrait    of 
himself  at  Gorhombury,  he   wears   a   Qat  wired 
band  round  Lis  neck,  and  a  very  similar  dress  to 
that  already  described  in  the  Droeshout  engrav- 
ing.     Tbe   Chandos  portrait  is  stated  to  have 
belonged   to  Sir   William  Davenant.     After  his 
death  in  1668,  Betterton,  who  had   industriously 
collected  information  relating  to  Shakspeare,  and 
visited    Stratford    for    that   purpose,    bought    it. 
Whilst  the  picture  was  in  bis  possession,  Bettcrton 
let  Kneller  make  a  copy  of  it  as  a  present  to  Dry- 
den,  who  acknowIe<lged  the  painter's  gift  by  the 
verses  beginning  — 

"  Shakspeare,  thy  gift,  I  place  before  my  sight; 
With  awo  1  a«k  his  blessing  ere  1  write; 
With  reverence  look  on  his  majestic  face. 
Proud  to  b«  leas,  but  of  his  godlike  race." 

These  lines  were  written  between  168-3  and  1692. 
Whilst  still  in  Betterton's  possession,  the  picture 
wasengrave<i  by  Vandergucht,  in  1709,  for  Rowe's 
edition  of  Shakspeare.  It  is  remarkable  that  the 
first  volume  of  Rowe's  Shakspeare  contains  two 
portraits  of  Shakspeare.  One  from  the  Chandos 
picture,  turned  the  same  way  as  the  original,  in  a 
small  medallion  surrounded  by  female  Bgurea; 
and  a  second,  facing  "  Some  account  of  the  life," 
&c,  by  Duchange,  from  the  drawin.  '  ,  'laud. 
This  is  the  first  appearance  of  the 
and  it  is  a  cr  ' -»e..*.-—  -# 


Marahall,  and  Droeeboot  likenesses.  The  second 
edition  of  Rowe,  12ino,  1714,  likewise  coDt&ins  two 
portrnita,  but  the  picture  in  the  oval  is  no  longer 
from  the  Chandos ;  it  is  a  reduction  of  tbu  Arlaud, 
only  tarned  a  diffarent  way.  It  con-esponda 
exactly  in  &ize  with  the  Sbakspeare  head  wood- 
cut which  Toiwon  afterwarxls  adopted  on  his  title- 
pages.*  After  Rowe's  death,  the  Chandos  portrait 
poaaed  to  Mrs.  Barry  the  actress,  who  »o[d  it  to 
Mr.  Robert  Keck,  of  the  Inner  Temple,  for  40L 
Whilst  in  his  possession  it  was  engraved  in  1719, 
by  Vertue,  for  his  series  of  poets. 

The  picture  afterwards  passed  into  the  posMS- 
sion  of  Mr.  Nicotl  of  Minchenden  House,  and  was 
engraved,  in  1747,  by  Uoubniken  for  Dr.  Birch's 
JUustrioiu  Heads.  On  the  niarria;je  of  3L\  Ni- 
coll*3  daughter  with  the  Duke  of  Chandos,  it  de- 
volved to  his  I'amily,  with  whom  it  remained  till 
the  dispersion  of  the  efiects  at  Stowe  in  1S48. 

The  engravinj»  by  Vertue  in  1719  exhibits 
seTeral  unjustifiable  modifications  and  departui-es 
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.  Il<« 
covers  the  black  satia  ilress  with  sprip;s  or  S-like 
Oiune}  of  black  velvet,  and,  by  Mtting  the  fif^ure 
in  a  large  oval,  creates  a  false  Tmpresaion  as  to 
the  aise  of  the  person.  That  Vertue  afterwards 
lost  confidence  in  this  Chandos  portrait  might 
naturally  be  inferred  from  the  circumstance  of  hia 
Laving  enj^raveil  a  totally  different  picture,  oa  the 
frontispiece  to  Pope's  4to  edition  of  Sbakspeore, 
published  by  Ton.-'on  in  1725.  But  a  curious 
example  of  his  method  of  working  occurs  in  the 


on  one  of  the 
ii'e,  a  very 

"  '•  "f  the 


very  same  volume.  U 
pages  of  an  account  of 
iQlccuratc,  but  pretcntir 

entire    monument    at    .'"  m 

which  the  original  .sculpti.  are 

in  8upplant«>d  by  a  {>oor  adaptation  idan 

picture,  retaining  all  his  faults  of  t  i.air, 

and  introducing  the  roun<l  gold  ear-rmg — a  dis- 
tinctive feature  of  the  Chondoa  portrait.  From 
these  circumstances  it  becomes  tolerably  evident 
that  Vertue  still  adhered,  in  hia  own  mind,  to  the 
Chandos  picture,  and  tluii  Ixtth  Pope  and  Vertue 

•  Wlien  Jacob  T<>n«on    i.ul>li  l,.-.l    th.-   tir,!.  ..iliti.m   ,,f 
Kowo'l  Shaitjifarf  lio  r- 
on  the  titlo-fiiijT*,  "  wii 
f         •  ••      •        . 


IfOre  ifillinif  tn  rrrntifv  T.ord  OjlluUl».aMaS 

byaelecM 

he  hud  I  Shakapeara" 

pic  I  ality 

pur.  {wriod 

Jauit's   1.,  and  ntit  eveu,  an  iOUM  kava  m 
one  of  the   monarch    hiinBelT.      The 
however,    is   admirably  execul«iL     Tksl 
w^aa  aware  of  the  history  of  the  ChaodlBB 
is  shown  by  the  following  extract 
tuken  from  one  of  his  note-book*  * 
Museum,  21,  111,  Flut.  cxcix.  U. 


.tract  «hII 
ooks  to^^l 

h-pHM 

aanreral  4H 


«•  Mr.  Bettertoa  told  Mr.  Keck 
picture  of  Sbakspcore  he  hail  ^f  aa  p«iMle«f  t^ 
lor,  a  pluyor.  wbo  acted  for  Shaktpean,  tn 
Ta.vlor  in"bia  will  laft  it  to  Sir  WilL  D» 
tcTton  bought  it,  and  at  hU  <fea.th  Ur.  K«ckbai 
whose  possession  it  now  is,  1719." 

This  was  the  date  at  which  Vertue  p 
Ids  enpraving.     The  inisrl>i««vi)ii'»  spirit 
tion   from   the  originui  ^vrttm, 

nately,  to  have  posaessc  -r:,i?Laa 

may  particularly  name  \m 

productions  have  been  :■  „m 

withstanding    these   alteratioiisi,    ibv   ph 
collar  and  style  of  dress  in  the  one,  sod 
forehead  and  ear-riug,  w  ".»  il 

of  tho   nose  toward*  tl  r,   ctfS 

that  the  Chandos  pictur< 
cipal   grDuuilwork.      In 
treatment   of   the   halr 
the  originol;  each  of  tl 
direction.      The  one    has 
curls  ;  the  other,  wavy  and  lot: 
In  Arlaud's  portrat'    ''•-  -'-"?s, 
the   cloak  derived  -  .^hal)« 

been    modified    acci. .......    „;j    thtt, 

eighteenth  century,  tor  tho  shiri 

buttoned  vc:;t  betray  a  clofle  affini 

of  Kneller's  portraits  of  Sir  Isaac 

Dryden,  and  Locke.     Tho  count* 

in    botli  these  portraits,  with  rcraDdcd 

bearin;;  oomc  resemblance  (o  Chariss  X^ 

])rc[  var  for  tbn  p^ultaritiee  a* 

in    L.  ^   «intue  and  otlipr 

bard  ubuut   the  p«ritxl  of  (Tflrri 

Strut  ford.    The  monument  in  W 

iiak«TB  in  ( 

brunrv  lT4t» 
•  ■    I 


mm,  IB  <• 
novel  uD< 
T»v^  ■• 
froii. 


II 


'■"%4 


letter 

.tl.  M:i 


S^d&T.  A«au.33/«i.2 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


Court,  Aug.  20  (page  380  of  Uie  same  volume), 
statiDg  — 

"  TbAt  tiierv  is  no  gvnoioo  pictura  of  ShakapMnt  «x- 
utiog,  uur  ever  was,  thai  called  hii  having  baen  taken 
long  afi«r  hi»  dealli  from  a  person  supp»s«il  extremely 
like  him,  at  the  direction  of  Sir  Tbonioa  CInrKCS,  and 
Ibifl  I  lake  upon  me  to  a^m  as  nn  absolute  fact," 

This  broad  assertion  was  cluilltnged,  but  never 
cxplaineil.  Booden  grafts  the  story  upon  the 
Zoust  portrait,  which  certainly  would  go  fur  to 
account  for  tlie  decidedlj  cavalieretque  character 
pervading  iu     (Boaden,  page  93.) 

I  now  proceed  to  a  comparison  of  the  three 
principal  portraits.  The  Cbandos,  on  internal 
evidence  ali>ne.  Is  a  genuine  old  picture,  and  is 
the  only  one  in  which  the  colour  of  the  eyes  and 
hair  has  remained  undisturbed-  It  hits,  more- 
over, sover.il  points  in  common  with  the  Droe- 
shout  engraving,  and  which  are  entirely  deficient 
in  the  bu:st.  This  is  especi^dly  the  case  in  the 
large  broad  eyelid  and  the  full  soft  lower  lip. 
The  growth  of  ihc  moustiiches,  descending  from 
the  centre  of  the  nose  to  the  corners  of  the 
mouth,  forms  »  triangle,  which,  in  the  Chandos 
picture,  us  the  division  of  the  lips  is  remarkably 
V-^Itaped,  almost  a^Ksumea  the  shape  of  a  lozenge. 
With  exception  of  the  neck-banJa,  the  construe' 
tion  of  the  dress  is  the  8.ime  both  in  the  engraving 
and  painting;  but  there  is  no  lear-rinsr  in  the  DrcMJ- 
shotit  portrait.  The  manner  in  which  the  white 
sparkiinfT  touches  are  introduced  in  the  eyes  are 
very  diflftiretit  in  the  picture  and  the  engraving. 
They  are  on  opposite  sides  of  the  central  part  of 
the  iris.  The  tuft  of  hair  immediately  \)elow,  or 
hanging  from,  the  lower  lip,  with  an  almost  bure 
place  on  the  cliin  under  it,  and  a  gathering  of  hair 
on  the  under  p»rt  of  the  chin,  seems  comnMm  to 
all  three.  The  form  of  the  nostril  likewiise  is  the 
same  in  all.  The  eyebrows  are  strongest  defined, 
in  fact,  quite  ropy,  in  the  Droeshout  engraving. 
They  are  less  marked  in  the  Cbandos,  and  least 
of  all  in  the  modelled  surface  of  the  bust;  but  in 
the  last  instance,  thnt  might  naturally  have  been 
reserved  for  colour  alone  to  ex  pre  as.  There  is 
but  little  depression  in  the  engraving  between  the 
eyebrows,  a  marked  r-lmrnctfri^tic  observable  in 
potb  the  oilier  portraits.  Tlie  white  falling  bands 
both  in  the  bust  and  painting  are  quite  pluin.  The 
top  of  the  head  seen  in  the  bust  und  m  the  en- 
graving, is  quite  bald,  whiKst  in  the  picture  there 
is  a  decided  growth  of  hair  along  the  top  of  the 
lofty  tbrcheud.  This  latter  point  has  led  me  to 
a  diSeieni  conclusion  from  what  I  bad  formerly 
held.  The  very  dark  tone  of  the  fle»b  and  worn 
nature  of  the  surface  of  the  Chandos  picture,  had 
nlways  given  the  impression  of  a  more  advanced 
age  than  the  really  soft  and  caretul  modelling  of 
thr  ''  •■'■■r  ■  nnd  the  plumpness  of  the  cheeks  in  the 
t"  '  liness  of  this  picture  would  warrant, 

il  a,.. ..  ..„..^r  more  favourable  circumstance.!. 


The  smooth-shaven  face,  euch  as  actors  are 
generally  compelled  to  exhibit  in  private  life, 
always  gives  a  comparative  appearance  of  youth. 
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  is  softer,  and  at  the 
same  time  more  penetrating.  The  occasional  ap- 
pearance and  disappearance  of  hair  on  the  face 
of  an  actor  would  afTord  very  little  indication  of 
his  age  at  relative  periods.  The  shaven  cheeks, 
upturned  moustaches,  and  pointed  beard  at  the 
bottom  of  the  chin,  were  very  fashionable  after 
the  middle  of  the  reign  of  James  I.  It  wm  ac- 
companie<l  with  the  flat  wired-bands. 

I  now  believe  the  Chandos  picture  to  represent 
Shakspeore  at  a  somewhat  earlli-r  jieriod  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  plays. 
"Anno  ietati!»40"  appearson  one  of  the  engravings. 
The  other  two  portraiLs  have  both  of  them 
smooth  shaven  cheeks  ;  whilst  the  moustaches  in 
the  Droeshout  engraving  show  signs  of  the  com- 
mencement of  that  traming  which  sub:jequently 
took  such  a  positive  and  Laud-like  form  at  the 
close  of  hut  career.  That  the  Chandos  would 
f)robably  be  the  earlier,  is  shown  even  by  certain 
points  of  cofltume,  as  the  falling  plain  white  band 
was  used  extensively  from  the  middle  of  the  six- 
teenth century,  whilst  the  wired  bands,  os  seen 
in  the  Droeshout  engraving,  hardly  appeared  be- 
fore the  time  of  James  I.,  but  contmued  to  be 
used  some  time  after  the  period  of  Shaksncare's 
death,  as  seen  in  a  portrait  by  My  tens  of  George 
Villiers,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  painted  on  can- 
vas, and  several  times  repeated,  A  whole-length 
miniature  of  the  Earl  of  Dorset  by  Isaac  Oli- 
ver, signed  and  doted  1616,  the  year  of  Shak- 
speare's  death,  exhibits  ti  striking  example  of  the 
flat  wired  band ;  and  the  well-known  picture  of 
Milton  OS  a  boy,  dated  1618,  and  painted  also  on 
canvas,  alTurds  a  marked  instance  of  the  same 
peculiarities.  Although  this  style  of  neck-collar 
remained  in  vogue  for  a  considerable  time,  the 
fulling  bnnd  continued  much  longer  in  use  till, 
afier  various  modifications,  it  fell  into  the  pu- 
ritanical cut,  as  seen  in  portraits  of  Milton  in 
advunced  life,  and  finally  degenerated  into  the 
snudl  strips  or  appendages  fastened  by  modem 
clergymen  under  their  chins.  The  term  "bands," 
by  which  they  arc  still  known,  haa  undergone  no 
change.  It  probably  had  its  origin  in  the  Italian 
word  bandtL,  which  was  ample  in  Us  extent  and  of 
sufficient  importance  to  have  served  as  the  bndge 
of  a  well-known  order  of  knighthood.  The  plain 
falling  bond  occurs  very  frequently  in  the  portraits 
of  noblemen  during  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth. 
Ben  Jonson  and  Spenser  are  striking  contempo- 
rary examples. 

A  very    curious   essay  might  be  written    on 


338 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


chance  resemblances,  and  tlieir  mischieroufl  in- 
fluence on  the  pursuit  of  authentic  portraitnre. 
It  would,  in  fact,  be  very  serviceable  to  work  out, 
as  a  commencement  of  this  branch  of  investipu- 
tioti,  u  list  of  all  the  contemporaries  of  Shakspeare 
who,  with  a  high  bald  forehead,  and  other  simi- 
larity of  features,  mipht,  if  their  likenesses  were 
discovered  unshackled  by  any  pedigree,  be  very 
plauaibly  invested  with  bis  name. 

GSORGK  SCKABF,  F.S.A. 


SHAKSPEABE  AND  MARY  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  Darnley,  says  :  — 

"  Among;  other  cruel  devices  pmctitcd  against  Mary 
at  this  season  by  her  cowanlty  assailants,  wa»  the  dia- 
seminalion  of  grom  personal  caricatures;  which,  like  the 
placards  charging  her  as  an  accomplicei  in  her  bnsbaad's 
murder,  were  fixed  on  the  doors  of  churches  and  other 
pablic  places  in  Edinburgh.  Rewards  were  vainly  ofTipred 
for  the  discovery  of  the  linmars  by  whom  '  tV  n- 

ablc  painted  licketa,'  as  they  were  Atyleil  i  i- 

mations,  were  designed.    Mary  was  pcculini;'  i  at 

one  of  these  productions,  called  •  The  Mcriiiaiii,'  wliich 
represented  her  in  the  character  of  a  crowned  sjTcn,  with 
a  sceptre  formed  of  a  fiah'a  tail  in  her  hand,  And  flanked 
with  the  regal  initials  '  M.  R.'  This  curiou«i  Bpecimen  of 
party  malignity  is  still   preserved  in   the  State  Paper 

This  caricature  fully  corroborateB  the  idea  first 
propounded  by  Bishop  Warburton  that,  in  the 
well-known  passage  quoted*  below  from  Mid- 
summer n  Night's  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, toaoy  years  before  the  comedy  was 
written :  — 

"  OUroM.  My  gentle  Packi  oome  hither:  tboo  remem- 
ber'at 

Sirv- ■»  '  — *  ■— , itory, 

A'  ;  liin'g  back, 

}^''-  iiioiu  breath, 

f '  vit  lit  her  «ong; 

^'  lly  from  their  ephcrcs, 

**  Piick.  I  reiiienibor. 

•  Ohfrrm.  Thitf  vrni-  time  I  saw  (but  thon  could'al  ool), 
FKi  iHnon  anil  tho  rarlh, 

('•'  i  alnt  he  took 

At 


A.> 
As 

Bu. 

(,»,„ 

III  Diaidfn  Tn<- 
Y»t  mark'ij  I  i 

Itr- 
H,, 

An.!  _:.__:_.v_,  . 


I  his  bow, 
\  hearts} 

Klft 

it'ry  moon, 

iipi-lfftll: 

vc's  wound,— 


How  Rir«i""  "r'^'lted  thii  ide»  of  ^Varlt 
in  his  usujiI  tylc — how  Bor" 

pin  advance,  u..  .;..s  on  the  r>a*«ai_ 
to  each  other,  but  quite  -  '  I'  ifctfrf 

the  Bishop— is  well  knov,  •  <i  b  At 

literature  of  the  comment:i  1  3gr«!ed,  bw- 

cvcr,  that  Elizabeth  was  ti^ 

"  The  Wr  vestal  throned  by  the  w<»t ;" 

but  the  grand  bone  of  contenttom  was,  whcUier  \^ 

'  The  mermaid  on  a  dolp>)uo*«  bttck." 

Shakspeare  denoted  Mary,  Queen  of  Scote ;  ni 
by  the  star?,  which  ''shot  madly  froca  tfaor 
spheres,"  such  persona  as  the  Duke  of  NorMknl 
the  Earls  of  Northumberland  and  Wcataxardsai 
who  fell  from  their  allegiance  out  of  regari  k 
her? 

The  late  Rev.  J.  Hunter,  io  lils  N^^  JBmtm' 
tions,  re 'Opened  the  question  :  ably  ttbowiag  All 
the  mertnaid  of  Shak«tpeare  exactly  cornapooM 
with  the  character  and  history  of  Mary,  lis 
dolphin  being  symbolical  of  ber  first  RMrrtaflto 
the  Dauphin  of  t" ranee ;  and  the  "  dulcet  aa^M» 
monious  breath,"  referring  to  her  **  ftlhtrii^  ■• 
Cf?nt,"  which,  with  the  agrceableneas  of  iiern*- 
versatiun,  fascinated  all  that  approttcbe*!  H 
subduing  even  harsh  and  uncivil  lutnda. 

"  Some,"  8»y9  Mr.  IIuDter,  "  wcr*'  tr.n.-hf-.l  toy  Ik  ■■ 
than  others.     She  had  not  been  loi  xs^  «t« 

the  two  northern  Exirls  broke  out  ini  ''ilkft  t0i 

would  have  made  her  queen.    Leonara  L>acr*. «  mmtm 
of  another  noble  house  m  tbe  north,  ventur«4  viaTlilV 
for  her ;  and  finally,  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  CtMom  k»  idt^ 
giance,  and  (•ought  to  make  her  his  bride.     Bn.«kM&. 
it  most  bo  admitted  that  we  have  wluit  aaawwinrywA 


to  the  atarii  that  'shot  madly  tmm  th^lr  9p\ 
the  sea-maid's  music' " 

In  the  other  half  of  the  alio/  '  -  Di 

is  equally  n^  pointed.     The  tim^  r.iicsti^ 

For  "that  very  lime,"  to  us«  .*>huics{.>saur«*»  9n 
words,  when  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  itbs  oudN 
shooting  from  his  sphere  by  »s{  i   ^  *     '      ' 

of  Miiry,  Elizabeth  was  strongly  - 
the  Dulce  of  Anjou.  But  the  *•  fi^  r  v  >uiu^    ■uu'-.. 
by  Cupid  against  the  Queen  of  England,  IIbII  i>* 
noxious ;  and  she  passed  on  — ' 

"  In  maidea  taedStolion  fiwey  fna." 

A  copv  of  the  caricature  in  thu  State  P«pe 

Office,  alluded  to  by  Miss  Strtcktnn**,  WT»f  shoot 

ft   J  car  ajT"   published   in   the    /  ■.'%. 

Mary  might  well  feel   a   pecub  at 

being  represented  in  the  cliaraci  Ttaaid. 

Jeremy  Collier,  alluding  to  bc^^  -«,  haX 
Wi-      '   .    '  '    "*'-',  ■■  .]}•»:  — 

.-e  u»  an  InnnloQa  4«acH|rtlsa 

of  ii-  1  .n«tiM«,  wHidi  mm  of  4fMt 

avoid  Im  I.  i    <     li^n." 

In  t:,                 ....  tin'  iii,-f-:-<  '-   rvpreaenlcd 
on  a  bi.                   ok.  as  an  •  ')Mliiy  fif  • 

cmcl  L:,._-^ — .>ty  charactc;.      a.rtirt 'bdnf 


r 


8M  &  T.  Ana  U,  *64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


3S9 


un&ble  to  represent  her  fascinating  voice  pictorial!  V, 
bos  placed  m  ber  right-band  a  bawk*8  lure,  wbich 
she  18  in  tbc  act  of  waving  round  ber  head ;  while 
her  left  graisps  a  dark  lantliorn,  no  very  dark  em- 
blem of  the  fute  of  Darnley.  Jfiss  Strickland 
misdescribes  the  caricature  bj  stating  that  it  is 
"  a  sceptre  formed  of  a  fish's  tail "  the  mermaid 
holds  in  ber  baii<l ;  while  the  writer  in  the  lUua- 
Irated  Newg,  with  equal  absurdity,  and  lees  ex- 
cuse, sajB  that  it  is  "a  flail  or  tail."  A  reference 
to  any  old  engraving  of  a  lure,  either  proper  or 
heraldic,  will  at  once  show  what  it  is  the  mermaid 
holds  in  ber  right  band.  The  arms  of  the  house 
of  Broc — argent  upon  bend  sable,  a  luer  or,  as 
engrared  in  Halstead's*  Succirict  Gencolagiex  — 
would  decide  the  question  at  once.  The  writer  in 
the  niatlrated  News,  not  contented  with  one  glar- 
ing error,  midces  another,  by  stating  that  the  Innt- 
horn  in  the  menunid'a  left-hand  represents  an 
hour-g1as!S  and  with  great  simplicity  confesses 
that  he  is  puzzled  to  understand  why  she  carries 
such  an  implement.  In  illuatrations  of  the  Gun- 
powder Plot,  that  used  to  adorn  many  of  the  old 
Common  Prayer-Hooks,  Guy  Fawkes  is  repre- 
sented as  carrying  a  lanthorn  of  an  exactly  similar 
description. 

According  to  the  article  in  the  IllmtraUd  New* 
there  is  another  rude  satirical  drawijig  in  the 
State  Paper  Office,  representing  a  hare  sur- 
rounded by  swords,  emblematical  of  the  "  cowar- 
dice and  peril "  of  Bothwell.  And  to  quote  the 
exact  words :  — 

"On  a  sheet  bound  up  with  the  original  drawing  the 
artut  hu  left  a  still   cru'icr  ^Vt'Ich  r.f  |!u-  a.imo  !l;;urcs. 

L      In  ill!*,  iKjside  tlic  i, 

I     and  J.  IL  to  nmrlt  .!■ 

r      raaid  the  word*  '  Sjk i...i.,,   ,.  c.c  ,.,..:■■  ,.,..■  ,,..irr 

rinp,  which  lurrouuiU  th*?  hnro,  wo  read  '  Foris  va.4Cabit 
te  gludins  et  iiitus  pnvor.'    And  in   tbc  centro  of  the 

»  circle  just  above  tlie  anismi,  may  be  deciphered,  'Hmor 
andique  clades.* " 

The  quotation  completely  corroborates  my  ns- 
Hertion,  that  it  is  a  lure  the  mermaid  holds  ;  for  in 
the  Syinbola  //eroica  of  Claude  Par.^din,  published 
i  at  Antwerp  in  1583,t  the  motto  appended  to  the 
representation  of  a  lure  is  "  Spe  illectat  inani." 
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  nt 
the  end  of  the  explanation  of  this  symbol  there  is 
the  following  quotation  from  the  Vulgate  (Deu- 
teronomy xxxii.  25),  "  Foris  vostabit  eoi  gladius 
et  intus  pavor." 


•  A  ficUtJons  r«me.  the  worV  h^\T\g  rr.illr  written  bv 
tbc  clover  and  ■  ,  i  Karl  of  Peter- 

burouub,  onis; 

t  The  flrit ,. Hiroinutt  tt 

Emblem*  wm  piiipin^heil  at  i'urw  in  l.i,«7  ;  the  illustra- 
tiont  bcintr  executed  by  l>u}>«liC  lienmrd  the  famouj) 
vood-CB^ruver. 


Towards  the  close  of  the  last  centary,  when 
there  prevailed  a  complete  craze  for  commentat- 
ing on  Shakspeare,  an  amiable  dereyman,  Mr. 
James  Ptun)ptre,  writing  from  the  classic  shades 
of  Clare  Hall,  Cambridge,  undertook  to  show  that 
the  character  of  Hamlet's  mother  was  founded  on 
]^Jary  Queen  of  Scots.  That  Hamlet's  father  was 
Darnley,  and  Claudius,  Bothwell.  As  a  specimen 
of  the  closeness  of  the  analogy,  I  may  give  just 
one    or    two    instances.      Hamlet's    father    was 

f>oi .toned  while  sleeping  in  an  orchard^  and  Dam- 
ey  was  blown  up  at  night  when  tulcep,  and  his 
body  found  the  next  day  in  a  garden.     Again,  in 
the  pl«y,   the  Queen  dies  by  poison,  of  wbich 
Claudius  is  the  involuntary  administerer.     In  the 
history,  Bothwell  poisons  Mary's  cup  of  happiness, 
and  it  was  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 
Shakspeare  thus  insult  the  memory  of  the  mother 
to  the  rising  sun?    ITie  reply  is,  he  made  his 
peace  by  applying  these  flattering  lines  to  James: — 
"The  courtier's,  aoldiflr's,  scholar's  eyei,  tongue,  aword; 
The  expectAocy  and  rose  of  the  fair  stale, 
The  glass  of  fashion,  and  the  mould  of  form, 
The  obseri'ed  of  all  observers." 

James  certainly  was  well  flattered,  and  well  he 
liked  to  be ;  but  i\x\»  is  too,  too  solid. 

It  mny  be  questioned  whether  the  evident  bias 
in  favour  of  the  Tudor  party,  which  Shakspeare 
shows  in  his  historical  dramas,  relating  to  the 
War?  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  Win- 
left  Tale  was  composed  as  an  indirect  apology 
for  Anne  Boleyn,  and  consequently  a  direct  com- 
pliment to  her  daughter  Elizabeths  Space,  how- 
ever, will  not  permit  me  to  do  more  than  refer  to 
Horace  Walpole's  remarks  on  the  subject  in  his 
keenly-written,  if  not  convincing,  iZMforica/Z^owfttef 
nnd  most  who  read  them  will  agree  with  their 
writer,  that  A  Winter's  Tale  is  in  reolity  a  second 
part  of  Kiitg  Henry  Vllf. 

\VlU.IAM  PjWKEaTOK, 


A  NEW  SHAKSPEARE  BONT>. 

Few  and  scanty  as  are  the  contemporary  notices 
of  Shakspeare,  which  the  industry  of  his  biogra- 
phers and  illustrators  have  yet  brought  to  light, 
many  of  the  most  valuable  of  these  have  been 
discovered  within  the  last  half  century ;  and  few 
who  know  the  aotivitv  which  now  prevails — as  in 
the  Public  Record  Office,  so  among  the  possessors 
of  family  papers — in  cataloguing  and  arranging 
such  legrtl,  historicid,  and  literary  remainB  as  are 
still  preservetl,  but  must  feel  a  somewhat  con- 
fident hope  that,  in  the  course  of  lhe»e  rtsearche*, 
some  new  facts  connected.  nh^nJsi  't!vL'%!*.%\»«ia.'e.  ^-^ 
be  brou^\i\,  vo  \\^v.  ^  ^  wt^  ^^^"^  ^^^"^  ^^'^  ""^  ""^^J 


NOTES  Amy  QUERIES. 


[8»«8.V.  A»«tt«.^ 


OTie  eti?!ige<l  in  rcsenrches  and  labonrs  among  old 
mHnuserints  but  iudulnfes  the  hope  of  beinj::  one 
day  the  fortunate  discoverer  of  some  such  docu- 
tnent. 

Our  readers  will  then  judge  with  what  feelings 
a  ;»t'ntleman,  who  has  been  for  some  time  em- 
ployed in  calendaring  a  long  series  of  jiapers, 
which  the  noble  owner  is  desirous  of  hftvinp  pro- 
perly preserved,  lately  discovered  among  (hem  a 
small  paper  endorsed  in  a  handwriting  of  the 
time  of  James  I.,  •'Shakesheaee's  Bosd,"  and 
the  haste  with  which  he  unfolded  it,  in  order  to 
_discover  whether  it  was  a  bond  which  had  been 

lecutod  by  the  Shakapeare. 

Alas!  it  was  only  the  bond  of  a  conterapomry — 

"Thomas  Shalcespoare  of  Lutt'-Tworth,  A  Shak- 
spenre  who  haa  liithcrto,  we  believe,  escaped  the 
iudiistry  of  Shakspcarian  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 
ilferworlh,  In  the  County  of  Leic.,  gent,,  doc 
by  ibeae  ffites  bind  mee,  my  heires,  executors, 
and  admiuistratora,  for  the  payment  of  twenty- 
lire  shillings  ami  cighte  punce  to  James  ^Vhttc- 
locke  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London,  esquicr, 
Hppon  the  Bixto  daye  of  ffobruary  iiexte  cnsewinge 
the  daye  of  the  date  of  these  jjhtcs.  Li  witnease 
whereof  I,  tlie  suld  Thomas  Shakespeare,  have 
hereunto  put  my  hand  and  seale  the  xxrij"  of 
November,  Atio  Dni,  lt]06, 

"  Pcrme  Tuomam 
Sa.iKiapi£AaB. 
"  Sealed  and  delyvered 
Iq  the  presence  of 
Anthony  Bulle." 

Whether  Tbotnos  Shakespeare,  of  1  - h. 

Gent.,  was  in  any  wny  related  to  his  «ii  1 

n»me«nke  of  Stmtfurd-upon-Avoo  —  untkr  wliat 
circumsiatiees   he  was  led  to  give  this  bond  for 
"  twenty-five  shillings  and  eight  nunce"  to  "James 
White li>f.'ke,    of   the   Middle    Temnle,    Lomlon, 
•squier" — we  know   nothing.     PtThaps  Home  of 
oar  rea^lera  n»ay  be  able  to  turn  to  uecount  this 
ncv         * -■'  Miun  to  Shi'    ■  -•-"  ■  \-  ,,     ^U 

of  we  are  isii  ng  ihe 

ow..^.  ...   ..tii)  curious  «i»,v^.w.^...  i...  ....-  ii.nfrality 

iu  giving  it  to  the  world. 


^^akiptnrinnn. 


.?— 


1658)  ore  to  be  fonnd,    T^  fffwrrilyla- 

licved  to  have  been  among  i  '   t«ir«a,*i 

may  therefore  dati*  about  lo^'^f  ur  -.<»  ;^ 
'■  Volci  Ha  pr*inl  Montniffnc  nn«  enl»*rti>Jf«rr{ 
Lc  ,  '•  •   ticJaiiialj 

Did  Ben  Jonson,  when  writifip  msdrr  Dxo^ 
shout's  portrait,  imitate  or  plagiarise  tbwe  linaf 
The  epigrammatic  point  seema  atritngcJjr  JOtt  h 
both  jjiecc-s. 

How  far  wonld  the  granting  •  :  • 

plaglar^^m  of  these  lines  by  .Tn:  <^ 

shout's  porifiiit  as  **the  only  e? 

Was  the  epigram  fitted   i  ▼•• 

the  portrait,  being  rea/ly,  ^ 

gram,  us  being  too  gooJ  t«  J** 

eumstances  ?  Let  me  recall  ""  a  i  istuMa 

In   1832,    FrnMer*  Ma^aTine,  !  rtKOimi 

an  engraving  from  GiJ'      '  <tiiAet9' 

Munich,  of  which   C'j  'afcr  9i 

lives  .  .  .  the  cl  nr  la  4f  la 

time N:i  JM  *• 

eiinat  likewise  b<.li..i..,  lv.  .  .-»...j  .  »  l.«j  CQp^it 
Frasfrs  MagaThic  proved  r  tot^I  ftulurr  flti 
involuntary  caricature,  res-'.i^'''-' •  ;is  was  «■!■ 
the   time,  "a  wretched  ol  i  mn,  csrrfL^ 

behind   his  back  a  hut  v.  1  emcdtnnm 

stolen."    (Carlyle's  Tl  422.) 

I  do  not    quote  J>  -  '.•»,    becsaaw  IIq 

are  known  to  every  one.  SAircac  Xaa* 

MoiTat, 


ItoBix  Gooi>p£Lix>w  Atnt  PrcK.— lAikftlfii- 
Kummer  Night'g  Dream^  printed  in  tk«  i^  ^ 
l(i23,  I  do  not  find  the  name  of  "  Pack."  mi 
abould  like  to  know  when  it  waa  «ub«t}raflaA  ttt 
that  of  "Robin  Goodfellow  " —  tbe  name  gins 
to  this  charncter  in  the  foiio.  If  tke  aaaa  d 
Flick  is  not  Shakspearu's  why  is  it  rctaitx^!* 

SunrxT  Iliw. 

[  W»  i\o  nnt  utnljq-staTt'l  whnt  tmr  C<wre»;K»ft4«Tt  ««■ 
by»a>iii  & 

Flrnt    I  -« 

Ptrto^f  _    ._  il» 

Way:  i  — 

"  My  gcDUi;  I'liciu:,  coiuc  UiLliar,"  Ack] 


CtJatom  F*CT  rx  <.'  rbr 

Iflflt   nnnib^r   i>f  •*  N.  •  »• 

much  !■'  i  prupoAcd  cauuML^Maa  \>y  l^csfw 

of  6m</  .  — 

"  N!p«  ^uulli  mi 

It  seemed  to  ; 
tnd  I  wondered  : 

1  not  <aei 


looking  into  the  MS.  of  my  own  Shaks/teare'Ex' 
pontor,  I  ft^uiul  the  line,  whiili  T  siiirmsMti  I  had 
<M>piei]  accurately  from  the  i  :  — 

•*Nips  youth  in  the  bad,  ond  l.     .     ^ .    „_w," 

without  a  single  syllable  of  remark,  the  whole  note 
being  devoted  to  emmew!  It  is  qnil€  evident 
then,  thut  nip  Imd  suggested  bud,  which  I  had 
uiiuonsctnuslj  written.  When  hitcly  printing  the 
play  it  never  recurred  to  nij  mind,  i'hts  I  think 
19  worth  iiolintf,  us  it  ia  a  key  to  many  of  the 
•errors  of  prititens. 

When  my  edition  of  The  Tempest  appears,  the 
reader  will  be  perhaps  *urprised  at  my  simjtle 
aolation  of  the  difliculty  in  "  Moifit  busy  lest  when 
I  do  it."  I  cannot  witli  U.  N.  receive  gilded  for 
guilgd  ihnre;  the  correclion  of  the  Second  Folio  in 
Merchant  /»/  Venice,  Act  III.  Sc.  1,  for  a  gilded 
thore  is  nonsense  ;  and  guiled,  in  the  grammar  of 
(he  time,  was  equivalent  to  gw'ling,  gmlc/id. 

As  to  H.  N.'s  question  respecting  the  connexion 
<»f  "  One  touch  of  Nature  makes  the  whole  world 
kin"  (TV.  uud  Cr.y  Act  III.  So.  3),  I  would  reply 
that  Nature  gives  tlie  one  nnd  self-Bame  touch  to 
all  ntaiikinil,  t.  c.  afTuctH  or  dispo&es  them  all  alike  ; 

that  they  all  think  and  act  in  the  same  manner, 
the  oonnexton  with  the  following  line  is  thui^ 
ifest, 

I  would  beg  to  refer  A.  A.  to  "  N.  &  Q."  for 
1 8G I  for  the  real  ori^pn  of  ineovy. 

Thos.  Kkiohti^et. 


AMsnic.iN  SnAKsPEABE  Emenoation.  —  Is  the 
following  akmnnl  ShakBpearian  emendation,  re- 
ferred to  by  Burton^  in  The  liook-Hunter  (p.  64), 
really  Americim  ?  — 

)  near  to  this  very  tarbulent 
ism)  tvIkmu  hard  wnril<i  liHve 


'•"Without   • 
arena  (Sliak"| 
1nt«ly  been  oitM  ai/'-u,  n,ii 
justofTor  one  ameoded  nn 

pi,,. 


Th<9  paosagu  cotnuiGiUixl  upon 
re  Hamlet  rMftlvet  to  trv  tho 


'  Tho  (!evil  holh  powtr 
T*  as&uine  a  pleasant  shape:  \>a.  nnil  n«rh*pt 
Oat  of  my  weakness  and  ii!' 
Am  be  ia  very  pottinl  with  ai. 
Atnuci  nip  to  damn  mc*" 

c  amended  reading  stands  — 
**Aali'"  ,.nt  willi  loch  spirits, 

AbUM*  !!■  no!" 

II'ro,  I  nhou ..  .,«.,.  ,,,  know  in  wLat  publication  it 
first  itppi<;)red.  k  in  diilicull  to  believe  thut  such 
fctuir  could  have  been  writt«!n  except  as  a  satire. 

J.  C.  L. 


T 
^VTh 


Investouy 

pr(ili:il/l.'     iIkiT 


Canterbury,  at  Doctor's  Commons,  made  some 
mention  of  the  manuscript  plays :  for  the  fact  of 
Dr.  Hall  proving  the  will  in  thut  Court,  instead 
of  doing  so  in  the  Diocesan  Court,  demonstrates 
that  the  poet  left  personal  property  in  one  other 
diocese,  at  li>aat,  liesiden  ttiat  in  wliich  he  died; 
and  as  this  other  diocese  could  only  be  in  London, 
the  inventory  most  contain  some  detail  relative  to 
kii  managerial  interests  and  concerns.    J.  D.  D. 


Leading  Apss  ik  Hstt  (3'*  S.  v.  193.)  — 
Shakspeare  has  the  following  alluisions  to  this 
phrase : — 

In  Much  Ado  About  NotkxHg  (Act  II.  Sc.  l.)i 
Beatrice  says : 

••  I  vrill  even  tnke  sixpitice  in  earnest  of  the  bear-Iierd, 
und  lead  hi«  ages  into  bell." 

In  Taming  of  the  Shrew  (Act  II.  Sc.  1),  Katbe- 
rine  says : 

"  I  must  dance  barefcMJt  on  her  weddinj^-day. 
And,  for  your  lave  to  her,  lead  oi>es  in  hell." 

N.M.T. 


or   SoAKsrsABR's  Goods.  —  It  is 

tli.>   iTivMTiidiv    "iloned  in   the 

•tare's  will, 

ti-  J     J.  9,  and  now 

lodged  ill  the  registry  of  the  hrero^ative  CouTt  of 


THE  DESCENDANTS  OF  SHAKSPEARE'S  SISTER 
JOAX. 

In  William  Howitt's  Visit*  to  Iteinarhible  Placet, 
and  in  bis  Homes  and  Haunts  of  the  Poeli,  mention 
is  made  of  the  descendants  of  Shukspeare'a  sister 
Joan,  who  married  a  Hart ;  indeed  ullnsion  is 
made  in  the  last-named  work  to  the  remarkable 
likeness  between  the  bust  of  Sbakspearc  in  Strat- 
ford-upon-Avon church,  and  one  of  Joan's  de- 
scendants then  educating  at  Stratford.  The 
former  pedigree  of  Sbakspeare  and  his  connec- 
tions is  given  in  Skakspeare's  Home,  by  J.  C.  M. 
Bellew. 

The  descendant  of  the  Stratford-upon-Avon 
branch  of  the  Shmkspeare  Haria  is  now  in  Aua- 
trnlia. 

I  jiond  you  a  pedigree  of  the  Tewkesbury  branch, 
kindly  furnisheS  by  the  late  pnst-master  of  Tewkes- 
bury, Mr.  J  no.  Spurrier,  and  from  the  writing  of 
Mr.  W.  Potter,  an  old  inhabitant  of  Tewkesbury, 
whose  sister,  Hannah  Potter,  married  William 
Shidtfpcarc  Hart.  The  inscriptions  on  the  tomb- 
stones al&o  relate  to  the  same  subject;  and,  in 
giving  these  particulars  to  your  pageu,  u  hope 
may  be  expressed,  tliat  in  building  uumuments, 
collecting  the  scattered  pro|>eiiy,  and  founding 
museums   and  libraries  to  SlnikMpenre,  when  the 

rr- "    ri  of  these  places  is  to  be  bestowed,  the 

1 ;  ndants  of  Shakspeare's  sister  Joan  will 

tn.i.  ..    ..M^iitten. 

Pfdigree  of  Shakspeare's  sister,  Joan  Shak- 
upeare,  who  mnrricd  a  Hurt.  The  Tewkesbury 
bi-oneh  :  — 

John  .s\x«ktt««c*  Viwv  iio««».  «!^'=^^\j;;^r*- 


'4iV 


nirrvA  avd  queries. 


is.^, 


nviift-t  Hf  «>>#«««■  |f*'/|<4.«t^  «l  tiUmttt/t4,  wki/:b  Ilia 
li#M>jjr  '"M  <"«'"•   ^'f'/  'M   ftMy  ^Mfa  tx^rk.     Iff 

.ff«iM(  (il'-'ii  •*•••  *••<•  M»tiM)fc<l  WillliMH  iimrrii;'! 
lltrntmU  Vnnut  III.  tiM'l  ffi*  ijilMrnrti  IfliievtioUl 
i«HH jt--l  ^i•tu^•.U^  'IImI,  Ion  fill  ililMtnti.  Mnrjr 
(i««H  ili>.i|  lliiiiliiMli.ll  'I  l|i|«llll«  llldil  |«KviiiK  two 
i.||i|i)f  i.ii,  ••  •■•III  Mini  N  iImiiiiIiIui  I  111*  ■fill  U  IIHIIIimI 
ih'Miuk,  mill  hid  i|M»(iiili*i  i/iiiMi  /  limy  llvi>  nL  Itil- 
ii«i«i«>|iMtit  I- Ih'ii  tiiMiiluil  .liiliii  Aotifny,  i<Rl|irlili<r 
III  I  i.mUi  mIiiu  t  I  >lli-i|  Ii4t»liiu  liiiM  nulla  Nltii  urto 
i|itit(tlii>-i  fauiHlt  iitMiiluil  Willliiiii  AalilfV,  n 
« •ii|iciit>-t  "i^-  •«  tifittM  11/  />.Vi»»Aif fif ,  lina  n 
liMniit  tltiiimli  <iti*i<li>i1  l>'ilwlii  Kllliil,  Imm  wp|i> 
I.  If  )lk..riMi  |liii.aliMi,  M1141  Niillliiyhniii.     Nlii^  Ima 

Q^ulilltit  itMiilM.!  \VkUUm\Vlill0liotlilt  ilini, 
l<tiUi.i  . I  tiiutilt  .•!  •••«»>»  I'Imw  NVIiHi*Iii<iM,  IWti 
■  li<l<lt<««  4k  I  litili<>itli.ii«i  \\  lltUm  Wliili^linlil.  lit 
(kii  k,..>i.t««  t ,  i«>>'l«»>  fUlMivit  U^iMsfi  niitiT«(sl, 
t'Mt  Mi>  i)il(>\      ,tt«)«tt,  *ki«iVli«i}  ««^^»H.  i\\\x^  rlul- 

lll>.4     4»    (t««l«».>»>-  II.  MIX,    Itt^jlvt'         MttlihA    |tl»l^ 

«--'-l  \; >•   i;tMM>  ;  V..'p»   A  ivvM' Ui«ii*tii  111  lSi< 

tM..O'««>\  \«««S    Mt4lll.>.|     ll«\W««     K>*t,  jl'Attfl     >ti<>l 

(ttt«<«l<.t-  ti«  t<«,^  A>  \\  >•>.  ^.>Kk»t!>  .  votvu  «-S>!.l!t*n 
\V»  •'..,' u.v« til  >t.i.  .M  »t«,    \S;«.'«  \*t»its\''t.  l',-«V^«' 

\.    \»..-..,    ,s,    '■-.%    r;,  .    «■!>  ,  k,vi    '»•    "^  .  ".^W 


K     U.I.      «    .  1  .      .«.,.„    .. 

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...       .      .  >..   .t.. 
.»       .  i  .■     ■■\ .,., 


\  ■'. 


l^wVAl 


Ilia  Tlcllm  of  •  treacherom  ana  mim  ^ 
rhilfl  rriiii|«Mionsting  her  metanchriylMawii 
.  the  Bi'iT  of  her  character,  Upom,  lAc  ^am  Mr 
'Xtk  iUhdlu  i«  dtigu^ing.       J9'^»  »  r^  ¥> 


k  Mft  fwUkbMl  in  EaflaiM],  m 

MUM  yirwoteticm  omtM  alooe 

It  ewiUUM  Ml  tatMj  new  -rietr  rf  cwc  ofl 

n\nfvnt'%  hcranef    by   the    Irte  .  J«  Qi 

^Iwna,  11x01 1'Mident  of  the  Umted  Stata 

"  WliAtcrer  aympcthy  we  msy  *ilj***^ 
ttf  l>«a<l«fflaii«,  flows  from  the  €300«id«jtto«tt< 
Innoowil  of  ibe  p«rticiilar  crime  infwted  te  Ji^m 
aha  U  Ilia  Tlcllm  of  •  treacherom  mid  uttd  M 
Hut  whila  I 
fiirual  I 

h»f  with  Olhdlii  i«  diiguMing. 
hurt  hrr  for  aiiUr,  tIauakUr,  or  aoijk  f  She  iiaK{ 
iif  liiadi>lllv  to  her  hoiband,  but  she  forgMs  ill  tks 
linn  for  lirf  flith«r,  and  all  her  own  filial  aftdMafe 
WImi  tha  l>uko  propoaea,  on  the  departure  of  OtU 
Ilia  war,  that  alia  should  return  during  his  alaa 
liar  flilhar'a  hoa»i>,  the  father,  the  daogbtar,  ai 
huahaiiil  all  aav  •no.' she  prefera  following  OlhiBi 
Itmlmtl  l\v  iho  Turks  in  the  island  of  (^rpma. 

"  'ni«  t^Karartf  r  uf  llesJemona  is  adniirablT  tea 
fiiilhi\iny  pn>iwrr«d  ihronRhont  the  play,  /f  «  i 
4Ut,t0ttt'im  Mi.\Ky.  Iif  cowverBoliom  wiA  SmA 
tvMM  hwjrnM  pn»ei/iin^  frni  teitk  itgard  to  AtdU^ 
^'tKr  m^M.'  rW.  and  sh*  allows  Iag«».  almoat  aah 
K>  hanivr  with  h«r  x*rr  coareely  apoB  waaA 
.*^anK-lfl  ukM  A\>a  n>  ac  much  of  the  tjWf^Mi 
iTi'm:  in  hfT  ndVrtac^  that  vJkrw  CMkeOa  SBariiifc 
VwC  fW  Tv—^f  jrmi  ran  mi»»it  wmmadimtJfi^iM 
■»«.'  Ane  ickr  h«  ar-'  arMra.'—  .ViMs  mmd  Otmatif 
jir"4ri*  .*^//iai  £.-1*  Aivjr^  /'*  S^ei i/mwrw,  by  JhbI^ 

l>v  *S«-  >  zTsax  a '.«-.«■  cf  Mr.  Aim  1 

^{acl-^-;.  7  %  Ts.-».  AT^  zJi-xz  re  ^:*ea  imimt 
.xv"rv.>.-w-."f::  *  .■ciij.it*   :c   I>«»5aaHiA 

x.-»..i.-jj-i  .-k"  Tit.-."'  wiV'i   7r<rr-SE'=ed^!M| 
',  s»-^      - 


JW1  .r^'.     "U*. 


W—  -,  .— 


a^SLY.  APBa,U,'M.] 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


343 


In  the  first  place,  I  am  assored  thgt  although 
the  worthy  Canon  of  Mayence  was  of  a  very  re- 
spectable family,  it  was  not  a  family  of  sufHcient 
importance  to  have  furninhed  an  amba«sador  to 
this  country,  or  even  an  attache  to  an  embassy ; 
one  not  at  all  likely  to  have  numbered  among  its 
branchet  any  member  of  the  diplomatic  body. 

Secondly,  the  lute  canon  and  his  brother  were 
driven  to  such  distress  during  the  continental 
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  supfKtsed,  they  must  neces- 
aarily  have  parted  with  them  for  their  support. 

With  the  peace  came  better  times;  the  canonry 
was  bestowed  upon  one  of  them,  and  the  other 
contrived  to  get  together  the  means  of  living  very 
quietly ;  and  they  then  amused  themselves  by 
forming  the  collection  of  antiquities  which  was 
eventually  sold  by  auction  ;  and  I  am  assured  that 
tbe  zeitl  witU  which  they  upplied  themselves  to  its 
formation  far  fxceedcd  their  judgment  and  good 
taste. 

Thirdly,  that  collection  was  well  known  to  an 
Snglioh  gentleman  distinguished  for  his  know- 
ledge of  early  English  Literature  and  Atiti«juities. 
Mr.  De  Pearsall,  whose  raaJrigala  and  "  Hardy 
Norseman  "  have  made  his  name  familiar  to  nil 
lovers  of  sweet  aound<i,  nnd  whtue  contributions 
to  T/te  Archtsologia  on  "Tbe  Kiss  of  the  Virgin," 
*•  Duelx  in  the  Middle  -'Vges,"  &c.,  arc  justly  re- 
garded »n  among  the  most  interesting  papers  in 
that  valuable  collection,  was  well  acquainted  with 
the  brothers  Keaselstadt,  and  at  the  sale  of  the 
Golleclion  purchased  Jome  of  the  most  interesting 
HU^Ctf!  in  it,  which  are  at  this  time  in  the  pos- 
Hpwon  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Hughes. 

"When  we  consider  how  highly  a  gentleman  of 
Mr.  De  Pearsall's  taste  and  acquirements  would 
liave  prized  such  a  Shnkspearian  relic  as  the  Ives- 
seUtndt  Ma^k  if  satisfied,  ns  he  had  every  oppor- 
tunity of  snti>rving  himself,  of  its  genuineness,  we 
cannot  but  i-onsiiler  the  fuct  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  hiul  the  advantage  of  being  able  to 
investigate  its  hialory  thoroughly,  the  Kesselstadt 
mask  was  not  what  it  professed  to  be,  a  cast 
taken  from  the  face  of  Shakspeare  after  his  death. 

WUXIAU  J.  TUOMS. 


PROFESSOK  ARCffF.R  BtTLER'S  E88AT  ON 
bir  I  -        .:r. 

Amoag  the  mariN  nlans  and  works  de- 

rlied  at  this  season  tw  houuur  tbe  memory  of 
Biaktpeiire,  has  it  been  «0{rgo*ted,  or  attempted,  to 
ixrfUct  IVom  periodical  literature  and  other  out-oC- 


the-wsy  and  forgotten  sources,  such  pipers  on 
Shakspeare  as  are  really  worth  reprinting  ?  One 
such  paper  I  shall  mention, — an  Essay  written  by 
tbe  late  gifted  and  lamented  Professor  Archer 
Butler,  while  an  undergraduate  in  the  University 
of  Dublin,  between  tbe  age  of  eighteen  or  nine- 
teen. Though  written  at  such  an  early  age,  this 
Essay  has  much  of  the  vigorous  thought,  discri- 
minating criticism,  and  eloquent  diction,  which 
marked  his  inaturer  years.  It  .ippeared  in  the 
first  number  of  the  Dublin  Unitcrsiti/  Reoieir, 
January,  1833,  p.  87,  and,  I  believe,  has  never 
been  reprinted.  The  concluding  passage  is  as  fol- 
lows, but  it  cannot  give  any  notion  of  the  charra* 
ing  and  genial  Essay  from  which  it  is  taken :  — 

''Tbe  Heart  of  Man — the  same  in  every  clime  and  s^a- 
ion — wu  tho  subject  which  SttAKsfKARK  toughtto  exa- 
mine; and  be  iltsencambcred  the  mighty  problem  of 
every  term  which  did  not  tmmetlialcly  enter  into  that 
calrulation.  Scorning  to  confine  himself  to  the  superfi- 
cial varieties  of  character,  he  explored  the  quality  of  the 
Dietal  that  lies  beneath.  Others  ore  cooteut  to  coooiga 
to  vena  the  endless  moditications  of  social  man ;  it  was 
SiiaKSPEAKE's  alooe  to  grasp  the  abstract  Spirit  of  Hu- 
tnanily." 

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  University  Review,  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  life 
as  a  monthly  scriul  under  the  title  of  The  Dublin 
University  Mne^azme. 

I  have  often  wLshed  to  see  all  Dr.  Johnson's 
papers  un  Shakspeare  collected  and  published  in 
one  welUprinted  volume.  His  other  papers  would 
form  a  valuable  supplement  to  his  famous  Pre/ace. 

Perhaps  some  of  your  correspondents  would 
help  to  furnish  n  list  of  tbe  best  Shakspeare  papers 
in  periodical  literature  with  the  writers*  names 
when  known ;  also  critical  notices  of  Shakspeare 
or  illustrations  of  his  works  no',  generally  known, 
or  not  to  bo  found  in  works  professedly  devoted, 
to  Shakspeare. 

Among  those  who,  from  a  moral  and  religious  j 
point  of  view,  have  formed  a  very  unfavourabia] 
estimate  of  Shakspeore,  may  be  noted  the  writ* 
of  a  remarkable  article  in  the  Eclectic  RevieWf^i 
January,  1807,  and  also  the  excellent  Kichardl 
Cecil.  See  Cecil's  Remains^  published  by  Knight] 
(no  date  or  index),  p.  100,  This  is  a  point,  how- 
evor,  on  which  the  best  men  differ. 

ElBIORIIACH. 


'  tt  has  >ie«n  a  tnatter  of  much  tiirprig*  to  me  that  tb 

oxi^'T  I     "  it*  for  several  additional  Tolames  of  Carle- 

Ion'  Traitt  and  SloritM  of  the  Irith  Fta*tntrm^ 

wVv\qU  »pb»j  «e  acalivera^  »sA\<*fc  'bh^**.. 


344 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  8.  ▼.  AnUL  SS,'S4. 


Db  Vkkk,  Eakl  or  Oxford  :  Battlk  ot 
Kadcot  Hsinoi!.  —  The  nutlior  of  the  Marriafre 
of  Thame  and  Ixu  descrlbcH  the  manner  in  whi<rli 
Kohert  De  Verc,  the  favourite  of  Bidmrd  II., 
tiseapcd  from  the  fiehl  of  battle :  — 

"Ilic  Vcru^  notiwimns  apro, 
Dnm  ilaro  ter^-i  ne(;at  virtii«,  et  irndere  rontru 
Nun  Binit  invictii:  nxrrix  pniilenti.!  menln; 
UndK|ue  diiiii  rcflon.it  rcpetitisictibusambo, 
Tinnitiir(uu  Aini|iit  rin^iiin  snatompora  raaiia, 
Se  iledit  in  tluviuiu ;  lluviiiH  liBtutu.n  et  illo 
Iloapitn,  i«UNCV|iit  Kilvum,  Kiilviiinque  reminit." 

(Qu(ilo:l  in  Camdon'ii  Biitannia,  vol.  i.  p.  285.) 

Frolssart  rblatc-i  that,  wli<>n  Dc  Vcre  was  in- 
formed  that  thi;  army  of  the  Hsirnns  was  approach* 
in;;  from  London  to  attnrk  him.  ho  onuscd  nil  the 
bridgeti  over  the  Isi.s  to  be  broken  down,  to  pn;- 
vent  their  cro-SHiiicr ;  but  that,  owin;;  to  th-'  ex- 
treme dryness  of  the  acanon,  a  ford  was  found  by 
which  they  pa<«8cd  tliroiiiih,  horse  and  font, 
oasily  defeated  him.  (Fmiiitnrt,  vol.  iii 
translated  by  tJohni;8,  of  Ilarod.) 


otisly  aseribes  the  title  to  John  Skejghigtim  inilead 

of  John  Cliitworfhi/. 

As  a  pcneral  index  to  the  Ctfendars  of  ssttto 

Papers  may  be  i-xpected  hereafter,  it  is  «*',™« 

that  errors  which  may  be  diBCorered  in  the  indn 

to  «ny  volume  shouM  be  pointed  out. 

We  cheerfully  cmbraee  this  opportunity  of  re- 

newinpr  our  ar-knowliMljrmpnt  of  much  infonniiti..n 

of  a  valiiiible  and  vaTi.«il  ohiiracter  derived  fn»i 
1  these  Calendar*.  C.  H.  &  Tnoairsow  Coont. 
'      Cambri'lgo. 

Ettholoot  aud  Measisig  or  the  Name 
'  MosKs.  — Though  writers  ilifler  respecting  the 
i  etymolojrv  of  the  name  (Moses),  yet  the  remarks 
i  of  Kaliach  on  the  subject  are  so  8ali*frtct/»ry  that 
'  1  think  they  deserve  a  corner  in  "  N.  &  Q. 


"The  etymology-  and  meaning  of  the  name  llosw 
(who  i«  caHeil  by  the  Septnagint  Hmvcvt.  and  hj  tbf 
font,  and  .  Valtrate  JIfnyMa).  ia  naturally  much  disputed;  for  tlic 
.  p.  491.  '  explanation  given  in  tiie  text,  •  becaunc  I  drtw  huaMt 
'  I  of  the  water'  (Kxodu*.  ii.  10),  would  require  not  Hh 

Is  any  instance  recorded  in'im.dern  times,  of  ;  active  form,  ,T^.  but  the  piwiw  participle,  »1B^    Tb- 
the  riv.-r  haviu'i  sunk  so  low?    I  ii,.vcr  ascended     f""ner  would  rather  imply  the  notion  of  a  f:<?nw»l  »«• 
1.  »,  by,  .,  Kv„*a„,.  b,a  I  k„„w  .hat  „.  a.™-  I  l^^f  KStlKl'STh^g^y^^;n;7^^ 
^.ldcrablc  distuiice  above  (jodslciw  it  pre*«-nl,s  the  |  ,,avn  givcii  her  udoptnl  son  a  W-/.«ir  n.-imp.    Antiqaine 
ippearance  uf  a  devp  streani,  not  fordable  in  any     md  hintnrianfl  havr,  therefore,  justly  endcax-oured  to  tnn 


]>art. 

Dc  Verc  escipcd  to  the  Xetherlands.  whence, 
iifLer  some  time,  he  wa.>«  invited  to  the  Court  of 
France,  where  ho  was  rocM'ived  with  distin<!uiHlied 
faonour.<i.  lie  bore  u  part  in  t.h>j  great  tournti- 
ment  which  was  ;;ivcn  to  celebrate  the  rntry  of 
Isabel  of  B.ivaria  into  Taris.  His  race  lins  perished, 
but  I  believe  that  sr.>vi-ral  of  our  nobility  and 
gentry  claim  rolntion»hip  with  tlieni.  (The  'J'oiir- 
iiament  is  described  bv  Kroiaiiart,  vol.  iv.  ji.  So.) 

The  Marridf^e  nf  Thauin  awl  Iain  is  supposed 
to  be  tlie  production  of  Canuh^n  hinmtlf :  nmi  it  is 


llie  name  of  Mones  to  an  Kgyptiaii  onRin :  honj!*,  Jwt- 
plms  observe:*  {Antiq.  IL  ix.  «),  "He  received  hu  aw 
from  the  particular  circunidt.ince  of  /ii»  tHfanrj/,  wdea  k 
ha.l  U'Pn  cximscd  in  the  Nile ;  for  thrt  K};ypliani  cali  tte 
water  -Vo.  aitil  onn  who  is  rciicued  from  tl»e  warcf  mm. 
The  Septuapint,  then,  which  renders  the  word  brN«i«^(. 
lian  accuratelv  prowrvwl  the  etyraolojrj".  Similarly,  Jo- 
spphiio,  Gnttiu  ApioH.  i.  31 ;  Thilo,  JJt  Vita  Mtm,  u. 
83 ;  Kusfbiua,  Prap.  Etang.  ix.  0,  i«.  and  otlicra;  wbea« 
MowA  has  ■ometim.'S  l>ccn  called  Mo7i»^i,  •  fdins  i^" 
the  aon  of  the  -Hater.  (»«  Jablonsky,  Opu*.,  l  U.  ; 
KoHAius,  JClymohtg.  ..luiifpt.,  p.  127,  tcv.y 

This  ctvmolojiy  of  the  word  Mosca  U  the  nov. 
■'■■-•  The  remarib 


remarkable  that  he,  who  as  a  Westminster  man,  !  satisfactory  which  I  have  yot  seen  , .    v  - 

probably  thought  it  incumbent  on  him  to  have  a  I  «|;  ^^'-  '^'^''"■J,  "%';'','*S;'  f"""  f  ""!?  u"f  Jodl? 
iling  at  Eton,  should,  in  the  single  line  which  he  |  TraiaUitwH  of  the  Old  Testament,  part  '  EMdus 


ing  at  i!.toii,  blioulil,  in  tiie  sing] 
devotes  to  thai  ]>urposc,  have  cumtnitted  a  iklse 
(quantity :  — 

"QuK  fuit  OrbiliiH  nimiimi  suhjectn  plagosis."* 

The  first  syllable  in  plufrosun  is  long,  ns  most 
fourth-form  I'loys  at  Eton  know.  "  W.  D. 

John  (/Witwobtiit,  first  Viscount  Massa- 
hse:«k.— Sir  .Tohn  Clotworthy  was,  in  1  fifiO,  rrcuted 
Viscount  Mns^'arecne,  with  a  special  limitation  in 
favour  of  Sir  John  Skcfliiigton,  who  hud  married 
his  daughter,  and  who  accordingly  succeeiled  to 
the  dignity  on  the  death  of  his  father-in-law, 
which  occurred  in  Sept.  1(5(5.1. 

Mention  is  mode  of  the  iirst  Visccmnt  Maxsa- 
reone  in  tlie  first  and  second  volumes  of  Mrs. 
Green's  Calendam  of  the  Domeatic  State  Paprn  of 
CkaHet  II.,  but  tlic  index  to  each  volume  crmne- 


BrnoHisTs  IN  Bbitaix.  —  It  is  not  likely  flat 
the   Bn«l(lhists,  if  ever  they  reached  the  BritiA 
Islt!.',  came  from  the  eastern  shores  of  the  Medi- 
terranean, although  it  is  nearly  certain  that  Pali- 
I  Stan,  literally  the  country  of  the  Pali  or  Buddhists, 
I  was  at  one  period  occupied  by  that  great  race  ol 
I  shephenli!,  who  arc  kniiwn  in  Indian  history  » 
I  Pttli-pootras,  and  spoken   of  by  ancient  geogra- 
j  phers  as  Pali-bothri;  and  who,  emigrating  from 
:  India,  traversed  many  countries  of  the  West,  and 
even  con<iu(;ml  Kgyjit,  leaving  behind   them  in 
India,  Affghanistan,  Northern  Arabia,  Asia  Minor, 
and  perhaps  in  Egypt,  their  cave  dwellings  or 
temples  with  painted  walls.     It  ia  far  more  pro- 
bable   that    Buddhist  missionaries    woultl    hive 
reached  Britain  from  Scandinavia,  the  earliest  ia- 
l  babltantA  of  which  were  a  Buddhist  race,  ad 


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votariex  of  Wodim  or  Dndbun,  floe  of  whose  names 
w;i3  Gotjima,  whence  the  German  name  of  God 
Some  Buddbist  ."culplured  stones  I  once  saw  iu 
India  «re  !>in!nilariy  like  the  ancient  upripbt 
stoiies  found  in  Great  Britain,  botli  hiiving  circles 
wrought  upon  them :  for  example,  the  centre 
stone  of  the  Aherlemno  groupe  in  Scotland.  The 
right*hand  stone  of  thnt  gronpe  resembles  a  stone 
fbuitd  in  Cuttak,  imd  the  left-hand  stone  is  oc- 
tually  the  same  thim;  as  the  sacred  snake  Btone 
set  up  for  worship  in  India.  iMr.  O'Brien  and 
Mr.  Wilson  dLScribe  ancient  stonea  in  Ireland  itnd 
Scutlimd,  on  which  occur  elepbnnts  formin"^  cano- 
pies with  their  trunks,  which  is  a  very  common 
acromfi ;iiiiini?nt  to  statues  of  Buddha.  The  snake, 
rli  ;;nd  li^er    are   found   scidptured   on 

liii  -  Kcll  aa  on  nijcient  British  stone*. 

Mr.  O'Jirien's  theory  that  the  round  towers  of 
Ireland  are  Phallic,  and  of  Buddhist  orijrin,  is 
quite  untenable,  as  the  Lingam  or  Phallus  has  no 
iMOoe  whafever  in  the  Buddhist  religion.  The 
la"  vered  markinjrs   on  the  rocks  of  the 

C'l  und  elsewhere  in  the  North,  a  draw- 

ing o)  n  tiijli  appeared  in  a  late  number  of  the  lUtw 
traled  London  Nctts,  tuay  be  of  Buddhist  origin. 
These  marking  con^^ist  of  concentric  circles  sur- 
rounding a  half  moon.  The  Jainaa,  a  sect  of 
Buddhi&ts,  perform  their  fv^alirals  at  changes  of 
the  moon.  The  «.'roiitest  of  all  their  festivals  is 
the  feast  of  thti  Siddba  Circle;  the  worship  ]s 
performed  befure  nine  sacred  names  written  on 
the  earth  in  a  circle  contaioiog  nine  divisions  of 
different  colours.  H,  C. 


AueXANPEB  THE  GbKAT's  GraXT  TO  THK  ScH- 

▼OKiAas. — In  a  MS.  dated  1714,  in  my  possession, 
is  the  following  pasfiage,  the  original  of  which  is 
said  to  be  in  the  Illyrian  character,  attributed  to 
St.  Jerome,  in  the  church  at  Prague  :  — 

"  Vfty.  .\{r-in<'.fT  the  Great,  of  I'hiiip,  rounder  of  the 
Gi'  riqueror  of  the  Persians,  Me'tes,  &c.. 

ar'  •  111  <rom  east  to  west,  fri>ai  north  to 

•o'  iif  Jupiter  by,  &r.,  so  ciIImI  :  to  you 

I'l-  '  ."^  .Hvonian.%  so  cdllcd,  and  to  your 

I-  "  •'  Ti  t"  Tis  )i  help,  true  in  faith  and 

▼nil  III'.  ;  tUat  trart  of  earth  from 

aorlh   1  ■  MS  and  oar  sncne.ssors,  to 

you  ail'  ir;   and  if  there  bv  anv 

other  ii:.  Ill  be  vrtur  niaves.    D.iU-d 

«t  Alex.i  1 J  ess  Minerva.     Witn.** 

Etlira  And  ilie  I'rin'  >  ■.  \iJi.jui  wo  appoiat  our  Successors." 

1.  Con  any  one  Inform  tmi  whether  the  original 
of  this  grant  is  now  in  ■  :it  Prafiue  Y 

2.  Is  there  a  cof»y  ■  .  ^inal  to  be  found 
in  ail}'  printed  bo  >i    "  Llallawo. 

Ai<i*«a«,  Sib  Kj^^m  -ch,  Governor  of  Ma^isa- 
cbusetts,  was  from  Guernsey.  What  was  his  rojit 
of  wins  ?  W.  H.  WnmuoBE. 

Boston,  T7.S.  A. 


James  Boltot«  was  a  botanical  artist  residing 
nt  Uulifax.  His  latest  publication  appeared  in 
1794.  "When  did  he  die,  and  where  can  I  obtain 
information  respecting  him?  S.  Y.  R. 

BUKLESUDE    Pj^TNTERS.  — 

"  Paul  Voronestc  introduced  portraits  of  hii  oiutoniers 
io  pleasant  eitaatioDi;  Slichael  An^clu  painted  those 
whom  he  ilid  not  liV^  in  PMrjatitr^'  nnd  worse.  CrvypsI, 
to  p1e(i««  IJoil-  10  ^atan  al  Gm/w 

film;    and     ^  'i^    Ruinu    persooMgo 

nbH(;<sd  to  hitl  :    ! .-.    r  ..  _  jinSniek,  aii  very  liku 

to  Cardinal  Liuboie." — A  Letter  to  the  Membtrt  nf  the 
Society  of  Arlt,  p.  7.     By  aa  Engraver.     Loud.  1796." 

The  pamphlet  from  which  the  above  is  taken  is 
a  complJuientary  notice  of  Barry's  pictures,  and  a 
recommendation  that  they  should  be  engraved  on 
a  lar^e  scale.  I  bhall  be  oblifjed  by  information 
ns  to  where  the  two  pict'ires  are.  Who  was  San- 
ntol  ?  and  what  is  "  holding  the  candle  to  St. 
Dominick"  ?  J.  R. 

CooTK,  Lord  B£i.l.omo«t.  —  Richard,  Earl  of 
Bellomont,  was  Governor  of  New  York  and  Mas- 
sachusetts. I  have  his  seal  with  numerous  c{uar- 
terings.  Can  any  one  say  what  arms  i«ould  be  on 
bis  shield  ?  W.  II.  WuiTMOKs. 

Boston,  U.S,A, 

Fkixowshii's  is  TBiirmr  College,  Dimuw. — 
I  have  a  copy  of  (I  think)  a  scarce  publication, 
entirled  The  Difficulties  and  Diicuuragements 
which  attfud  the  Study  for  a  Fellowship  iu  the 
CoUege  of  Dublin  (lima,  Dublin,  17.15J.  It  is 
in  the  form  of  "  A  Letter  to  a  young  Gentleman, 
who  intotids  to  stand  Candidate  at  the  next  Elec- 
tion " ;  nnd  appeared  anonymously.  W  ho  was 
the  author  ?  AnnvA.. 

Hii.r>,  Middlesex  ant)  WomcfiSTBHsinaK.  —  I 
shall  be  obliiicd  by  references  to  pedigrees  of 
tJiis  family.     1  have  Sims's  Index.  R.  W. 

IItmn  Quebies. — I  should  feci  much  obliged  if 
you,  or  any  of  vour  readers,  would  give  mo  the 
name  of  the  author,  or  authors,  of  the  bymai,  of 
which  the  first  lines  are  as  fuUow  :  — 
•'  O  it  \i  hard  to  work  for  God," 
"  0  Faith,  thou  workest  miracles" 
"  0  how  the  thought  of  God  attracts,"— 
which  I  have  not  met  with  in  different  selections  ; 
and  — 

"  JIv  God  I  love  Tliw,  not  because 
1  hope  for  ht-avcii  thereby," — 

in  Hi/mnsy  Aucient  and  Modern.  I  should  be  glad 
also  to  know  to  whom  the  hymn,  '"  Jesu  Rcderap- 
tor  omnium,"  and  tl»at  beginning,  "  O  iilii  et  filiae,*' 
are  attributed.  These,  together  with  several  other 
Lntin  hymns,  your  corresiwrnlent  F.  C.  II.  h.-is 
n.tt  given  us  in  his  list.  Is  it  because  their  au- 
thorship n  too  iinc«rrlain?  Can  you  tell  mc 
whether  Fabcr's  Hymns  have  ever  been  published 
by  thenisclves  ?      '  M.  J.  W. 


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NOTES  AND  QUESIEa 


(SM&y.  ApucUk' 


CHAxi.n  Lamb's  Auce  W .  —  Are  there 

any  particulars  known  concemins  this  jounfr 
ladjr  f  Who  was  she?  Talfourd,  in  his  *"  Letters " 
of  the  poet,  hints  that  Lamb's  passion  for  her  was, 
on  his  own  confession,  not  very  lasting,  though 
the  supposition  seems  hardly  consistent  with  the 

fond  manner  in  which  Alice  W is  mentioned 

even  in  the  later  writings  of  Elia.    Talfourd  says : 

**  A  yoathfnl  passion,  which  lasted  only  a  few  monthi, 
and  whicli  he  afterwards  attempted  to  regard  lightly  as  a 
folly  past,  inspired  a  few  sonnets  of  very  delicate  feeling 
and  exquisite  mnsic." 

In  the  Final  Memoriaht,  however,  we  are  told 
that  Lamb's  verses  were  partly  inspired — 

"  by  an  attachment  to  a  yonn^  lady  residing  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  Islington,  who  is  commemorated  in  his 
early  verses  as  *  The  Fair-haired  Maid.'  How  hia  love 
prospered  wo  cannot  ascertain,  but  we  know  how  nobly 
that  love,  and  all  hope  of  the  earthly  blessings  attendant 
on  such  an  afiectiou,  were  resigneii  on  the  catastrophe 
which  darlcened  the  following  year." 

Lamb  was  at  this  time  twenty  years  of  age.  I 
should    be  obliged   for  any  information    about 

Alice  W ^1  if  such  is  to  be  ha<l. 

ItoBBBT  Kbmft. 

MoBKS  AND  Fbiabs. — Id  u  rcccnt  review  of 
Mr.  Froudc's  HUtory,  I  read :  — 

"  We  have  observed  another  inaccuracy,  which  makes 
one  really  doubt  whether  Mr.  Froude  hus  ever  rend  the 
ecclesiastical  hiHtory  of  the  Middle  Age.*,  not  to  say  the 
poets  and  novelists.  He  continually  siieaks  of  Domibican 
monib  and  Augustinian  monki.  The  Dominicans  and 
Augustinians  were  friar*,  not  mcmki.  B'riara  were  not 
heard  of  till  mnny  centuries  after  Kuropo  bad  been  over- 
spreatl  by  muuka,  and  there  were  no  more  bitter  enemies 
than  the  monks  and  friars.  As  well  might  the  historian 
of  the  Jews  opcak  of  the  Pharisees  and  Sodducoes  as  if 
they  were  convertible  terms." 

I  wish  to  nsk  :  I.  What  was  the  distinction  be- 
tween monks  and  friars  f  2.  Was  the  diiFurcncc 
as  great  as  the  reviewer  implies  P  F.  II.  1^1. 

Neef. — Can  any  one  give  me  the  derivation  of 
ne«/^,  the  North  Yorkshire  for  a  clcnchc<l  fist  ? 

Ebobaccm. 

"  The  Nemo,"  etc.— There  was  printed  about 
thirty  years  njjo  two  literary  periodicals  eilitcd  by 
students  of  Edinburgh  University,  having  the 
titles  of  The.  Nemo,  and  The  AtUi-Neino.  As  I 
have  been  unable  t«  get  a  sight  of  these  papers, 
would  any  reader  who  may  have  copies  oblige  ine 
with  the  titles  of  the  artiulesP  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. 

"Rbvbnobs  a  mos  Mohtobs." — What  is  the 
name  of  the  play  which  gave  rise  to  this  saying  f 
what  was  its  date,  and  who  was  its  author  P 

L  0.  S. 


ttttttifif  tM^  fbntticnf* 

"Rotal  STBircs,"  KTC.  —  On  Wednei 
March  SO,  died  Mr.  George  Daniel,  autho 
The  Modern  DuMciad^  but  perhaps  more  gene 
known  as  the  editor  of  Cnmberlomda  Bt 
neatre.  In  an  obituary  notice  in  The  Er 
April  S,  is  a  list  of  his  worka :  he  published - 

"In  1812,  /Zoyo/  Stripet;  or*  A  Kick  from  Yon 
in  Wakt,  for  the  suppression  of  which  a  lanM  saa 
ordered  to  be  paid  by  the  Prince  Regent.  Ten  p 
were  advertised  and  paid  for  a  copy.** 

I  wish  to  know  the  evidence  on  which  tlu 
very  probable  ntatement  rests.  Mr.  Danid 
pears  in  all  his  works  which  I  have  read  to 
been  a  Tory  and  a  rather  high  churchman. 

In  a  list  of  the  works  of  Peter  Pindar, 
(Thomas  Agg*),  on  sale  by  Fairburn  in  18! 
"  The  R—lSjtrain;  or,  A  Kick  from  Yanmn 
Walea^  is.  6<2."  I  once  had  one,  which,  estnn 
at  its  literary  value,  I  threw  away,  when  aele 
from  my  pamphlets  those  which  were  worth  1 
ing.  I  remember  only  two  lines,  which  nu 
viduable  if  a  copy  really  was  sold  for  lOL  :— 

"  Blacks  in  one  moment  both  his  princely  eyes, 
While  fW>m  his  noee  the  blood  in  torrents  flisa" 

The  style  is  not  like  that  of  Mr.  DaaieL 
far  as  I  can  recall  my  impression  of  the  boei 
was  one  of  mere  stupid  ribaldry,  and  sot  fi 
to  be  bought  for  suppression  while  The  Tnfs 
Pott  Bag  was  in  full  sale. 

Is  there  any  reason  to  believe  that  tkftni 
Regent  ever  paid  for  the  suptircssion  oftprini 
book  P  E  B.  < 

U.  U.  Club. 

[The  pamphlet  inquired  after  is  now  on  oar  taUe, 
as  it  appears  to  be  somewhat  scarce,  and  no  wfjd 
to  be  found  in  the  British  Museum,  we  gtvo  the  Utl 
full : — 

"  R— 3'~1  Stripes;  or,  a  Kick  from  Tor— b  to  Wi 
with  the  Particulars  of  an  Expidition  to  Oat— d^ 

tlu!  Sprained  Ancle:  a  Poem.    By   P P— — i 

Laurcat 

"  Loud  roar'd  the  P-       c,  but  roar'd  in  vaia, 

L d  Y h  brandish'd  high  his  cane. 

And  guided  er'ry  r — ^y — 1  movement ; 
Now  up,  now  down,  now  to  and  fro. 
The  R — g— t  nimbly  mov'd  bis  toe, 
Tho  L.i<Iy  much  enjoy'd  the  show. 
And  complimented  liis  improttmad. 

"  London :  Published  by  ll.  Wilson,  88,  Contbil^ 
Price  Ono  Shilling." 

The  title^iMge  of  our  copy  is  indorsed  **  By  G 
Daniel,"  in  tho  neat  handwriting  of  a  geotlenun 
has  been  personally  known  to  the  author  of  Mark 
land  ever  since  he  left  Mr.  Thomas  Hogg's  boori 
school  on  Paddington-Greon,  or  fkom  the  tioie  th 


John  Agg.     Vide  Diet\ 


'  JMn  Agg.      vide  IJtetMmarjf  iff  lAvimg  M 
1816,  and  Cotologue  of  the  British  MaaeaaB.—Ea] 


^IP 


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347 


wai  nioanted  on  A  stool  u  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  Mr. 
John  Cox,  Stock-broktr,  m  Token-Houso  TArd.  To 
8ct  the  matter  fintlly  at  lesl,  Mr.  Daniel  himself  h«a 
laid  claim  to  tl»e  authorship  of  this  Mtjrical  poem  in  tho 

*•  Memoir  of  D. G,"  vrith  his  own  portrait,  both  of 

which  are  prefixttd  to  George  Colman's  coraic  piece.  The 
Slut  DeviU,  in  Cumberland's  British  Theatre,  1838.  Mr. 
Daniel  says,  "In  1811  he  published  The  Times;  nr,  the 
I*reipkeey,  a  poem.  In  1812,  a  volume  of  MitctUaneous 
Poant }  Roijal  Stripes ;  or,  a  Kirk  from  Vannotith  to 
Wales!  (for  the  aappression  of  which  a  large  sum  wns 
^iven  by  order  of  the  Prince  Regent  —  ten  pound.i  were 
advertised  and  paid  for  a  copy !)— and  The  Adrtnturet  of 
Dick  DUtich^  a  novel  in  3  vols.,  written  befure  he  was 
eighteen." 

Allosion  is  also  made  by  Mr.  Daniel  to  this  atlflcd  pro- 
doction  in  some  of  hia  subsequent  works,  e.  g,  in  tho 
••  Sufprested  Eeidence;  or,  R — I  Intriguing,  ^x.  By 
P P ,  Poet  Laureat,  author  of  R—l  Stripea  (sup- 
pressed), 8vo,  1S13."  Again,  at  the  commeucement  of 
Ophelia  Keen .'!  a  DramtUie  Legendary  Tale,  12ino,  1829 
(printed  but  also  suppressed),  we  read  :  — 

**  Come,  listen  to  my  lay  r  1  am 

The  tuneful  Bard  —you  know  me  — 
That  sung  the  whisker'd  bold  Geramb ; 
What  lots  of  fun  you  owe  me ! 

**  I  sung  7%*  lioyal  Slripe$  —  Come,  lialen ; 
I  5ing  the  devil  to  pay; 
Your  hearts  shall  leap,  your  eyes  shall  glkten : 
Come  listen  to  my  lay ! " 

It  must  be  acknowledged,  however,  that  the  statements, 
that  "  for  the  suppression  of  the  Royal  Stripes  a  large 
nun  was  given  by  order  of  the  Prince  Regent,"  and  that 
**ten  pounds  were  advertised  and  paid  for  a  copy  " — hAV« 
always  excited  surprise  in  literary  circles.] 

"  Htmbh's  Tbitmpu."  —  Can  you  tell  me  who 
was  tbe  autlior  of  the  trajji-comedy,  called  By- 
wun't  Triumph,  wrilteu  in  bunuur  of  the  nupttala 
of  Lord  Roxbiirghe?  I  presume  thi.s  was  Hahbie 
Ker,  tbe  first  Barort  and  Earl  of  Roxburshe,  who, 
by  the  way,  wns  married  thrice;  and  the  po«tQ 
having  been  published  in  1623,  it  was  probably 
written  on  or  after  the  noble  lord's  second  raar- 
riagc,  the  date  of  which  I,  however,  don't  exactly 
know.  W.  R.  C. 

\_HymaC»  Triwmpk  ia  bj  Samuel  Daniel,  the  poot  aud 
bistohan,  termed  by  Headley  "  the  Alliens  of  his  day." 
Thia  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 
JlCajesty,  being  at  the  nupUaU  of  the  Lord  Koxborough, 
i«a  Feb.  8,  1613-14,  and  ia  dedicated  by  a  copy  of  versea 
t©  liw  Majesty.  It  is  introduced  by  a  pretty  prologue,  in 
which  Itrmen  ia  opposed  by  Avarice,  Envy,  and  Jealous}*, 
the  disturbers  of  matrimonial  happiness.  It  was  entered 
on  the  Stationers'  Ragisters  on  June  13,  liiil3-14,  and  is 
rvprhitcid  in  Nichols's  Progrtntt  of  Jamt*  I.  ii,  749.  The 
«•  Bagnificeot  entertaiumeat "  waa  tbe  marriage  of  Sir 


Robert  Ker,  I^ord  Roxburgbe,  to  his  .lecond  wife,  Jeane, 
third  daughter  of  Patrick,  third  Lord  Drummond.  She 
was  a  lady  of  diatingniahed  abilities,  preferred  before  alt 
to  the  office  of  govcmesa  of  the  children  of  King  James  L  ] 

ViscousT  Chebington  published  his  Memoirs, 
containing  a  Oenuine  Detcriptioii  of  the  OoBem- 
ment  and  MannerH  of  the  present  Portuguese.  Lond. 
2  voU.  12nio,  1782.     Who  waa  he  ?  S.  Y.  R. 

[This  work  is  fictitious,  and  is  criticised  as  a  jmhW  in 
the  Monthly  Review,  Ixvii.  389.  The  author  was  Capt- 
H.  Mullerof  the  Portuguese  service,  who,  having  commu- 
nicate<l  it  to  a  friend,  received  from  bim  the  following 
laconic  acknowledgement:  — 
"  Carissimo  Amico, 

Se  noD  i  vero,  e  ben  trovato. 

FaAxzoa 

Lisbon,  24'!' flbro,  1778." 
Which,  says  the  autiior,  when  paraphrased  into  Cngliah, 
ia  as  much  as  to  say :  — 

••  My  dear  Friend,_Thongh  all  the  cirearostances  you 
relate  may  not  have  actually  happened  or  corae  to  psas* 
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  born  in  Braxll.  His  father,  Dr.  Castle- 
ford,  ia  the  hero  of  the  tale;  ami  the  principal  informa- 
tion relating  to  this  gentleman  is,  that  he  waa  physician 
to  the  English  factory  at  Liabos,  and  waa  banished  from 
thence  to  Braxil  by  tho  vUlanotis  artifices  of  a  Jesuit  ] 

PoTiPKAR.  —  In  the  Septuagint  Version,  Poti- 
phar  ia  described  as  being  A  tipovxof  ♦opaw  (Genesis, 
xxxix.  1).  Is  thia  a  correct  translation  of  the 
Hebrew  word  ?  Meletes. 

[The  question  is  one  which  the  learned  have  not  yet 
decided.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  Hebrew  word 
sarii,  D»iD,  which  the  Septuagint  baa  hero  rendered 
tiivovxo!,  did  properly  and  primarily  siguify  an  eunuch, 
in  the  blrict  sense  of  the  word.  It  has,  however,  been 
plausibly  maintained  that  »ari»  oRen  implied  simply  an 
officer  of  the  court ;  and,  in  accordance  with  this  view,  it 
ia  rendered  by  our  tranalatora  cAamieriittt  in  Esth.  i.  10, 
and  officer  in  tlio  passage  now  before  os,  aa  well  a*  in 
Gen.  xxxvii.  36,  where  they  have  annexed  the  marginal 
note  "  Heb.  eunuch.  Eat  the  word  doth  signify  not  only 
euHueht,  but  also  chambtrlainM,  courtiers,  and  officers,  Esth. 
i.  10."    Tills,  however,  has  been  controverted. 

The  full  di-icuasion  of  the  question  ia  not  exactly  suited 
to  our  pagea.] 

Tbb  Ronm.  —  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  iu  own  father  ?  L.  G. 

[YarreU  {History  e>f  British  Birds,  I  2G1)  speaks  of 
the  robin  u  one  of  the  most  pugnacious  among  bii-da,  but 
not  as  a  parricide.  1 


T^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8n>  8.  ▼.  Apbil  tS,  tL 


GABIBA1.DI. — Can  you  find  room  for  the  fol- 
lowing reply  to  the  querr,  "  Why  do  the  English 
80  admire  Garibaldi  P    which  is  asked  abroad^  and 
may  be  thus  answered  at  home  f 
"  When  Garibaldi  ceased  his  high  command. 

And  sheathed  his  sword— that  sword  a  bright  and 
keen  one — 
Vonght  in  bis  pocket  put  he  but  his  hand ; 
A  mighty  hand — and,  nobler  still,  a  etean  one" 

AlfON. 

[We  are  very  glad  that  our  correspondent  has  glren 
us  the  opportunitr  of  thus  showing  our  admiration  of  an 
UoHBST  Mas.— £d.  "  N.  &  Q."] 


itliictlUmtowt. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC 

Tlu  Work*  of  William  Skakeqttare.  Edited  hr  Howard 
Staunton.  With  eopiout  Note$,  Glouaiy,  Life,  (fe.  In 
Four  Volumet.    (Rontledge.) 

In  the  year  1857,  when  they  determined  upon  the  pub- 
lication of  an  Illustrated  Shakspeare,  Messrs.  Kontledge, 
instead  of  contenting  themselves  with  simply  taking  up 
some  old  edition  and  adapting  their  illustrations  to  it, 
had  the  goo<l  itense  to  endeavour  to  make  their  edition 
as  perfect  as  possible  by  securing  for  it  the  services  of  a 
competent  editor.  Mr.  Howard  Staunton,  the  gentleman 
selected  by  them,  was  understood  to  have  peculiar  fitness 
for  the  task  in  hh  own  long  study  of  the  Poet,  and  to 
have  in  addition  the  advantage  of  numbering  among  his 
friends  some  able  and  zealous  Shakspcarian  scholars. 
The  result  was,  that  while  the  lllustrate<l  Shakspeoro 
exhibited  in  its  pictorial  embellishments  great  attractions 
for  the  many,  tno  labours  of  Mr.  Staunton  attracted  to 
it  the  attention  of  more  critical  students  of  the  Poet's 
writings.  The  work  now  before  us  is  a  reprint  of  that 
edition,  without  the  artistic  embellishments.  It  is  com- 
prised in  four  handsomely  printed  volumes,  and  forms 
the  moat  compact  edition  of  Shakspeare,  with  a  large 
apparatus  of  critical  nnd  illustrative  notes,  which  has 
yet  been  given  to  the  public.  We  regret  that,  owing  to 
an  unfortunate  misunderstanding  between  the  publishers, 
the  present  impression  is  necessarily  n,'verbatiin  reprint  of 
Mr.  Staunton's  firxt  edition,  for  it  contains  some  sharp 
criticisms  and  passages  which,  under  other  circumstances, 
would,  wo  cannot  doubt,  have  been  softened,  if  not  alto- 
gether omitted. 

Tlu  Works  of  William  Shaketpeare.      The  Text  revieed 
by  the  Rev.  Alexander  Dyce.  In  Eight  Volmmea.  Second 
Edition.     Vol.111.    (Chapman  &  Hall.) 
This  third  volume  of  Mr.  Dvcc's  scholarlike  edition  of 
Shakspearo  contains.  At  You  Like  It;  The  Taming  of  the 
Shrew;  AWt  WM  that  Enih  Well;  TwejphNiM;  and 
The  Winter's  Tale.    It  exhibits  the  same  tliorough  know- 
ledge of  his  subject  as  the  preceding,  but  is  characterised 
by  a  somewhat  bolder  introduction  of  amendments  of  the 
text.    Thus,  in  AWt   Well  that   End*  Well,  when  the 
Steward  tells  the  Countess  —  "  Madam,  the  care  I  have 
had  to  even  your  content "  —  which  Jolinson  hod  satis- 
factorily explained,  "to  act  up  to  your  desires,"  and 
seems  so  well  paralleled  by  the  passage  in  Cymbelinr — 
".        .        .        .        but  well  neM 
All  that  good  time  will  give  us," — 

Mr.  Dyea  woald  read, "  earn  your  content,"  "  Win  your 
content,"  Is  another  susgestion ;  but  both  ar«  alike  un- 
called for.  But  the  eduu«  is  a  valuable  one,  and  does 
ondttteMr.Dxee. 


Shakmeare ;  a  Biotrraphf.  By  Thomas  De  Qnincey,  the 
Engtuh  Opinm-ikUer.  (A.  &  &  Black.) 
At  the  present  moment,  when  the  attention  of  all 
classes  is  turned  in  so  remarkable  a  manner  to  the  life 
and  writings  of  Shakspeare,  Meters.  Black  have  shown 
considtrid>le  Judgment  in  reprinting,  in  a  very  cheap  ud 
popnUr  form,  the  Biography  of  the  Poet,  written  by  that 
subtle  reasoner  and  profound  critic,  the  Engliah  Upinm 
Eater. 

Shokmre  and  Jonton.    Dramatic  verens    Wit  OombaU. 
AvxUiary  Foreu —Beaumont  and   FUteker,    Mantem, 
Decker,  Chapman,  and  WebtUr.    (RuaseU  Bmith.) 
The  ingenuity  with  which  the  writer  bringa  his  in- 
timate knowledge  of  the  Old  DramatisU  to  bear  npon  bb 
views  of  the  literary  relations  between  Shakapeare  ami 
Ben  Jonson,  will  interest  the  reader,  though  they  may 
not  succeed  in  convincing  him. 

Shakmeare  Jett-Bookt ;  eomprinng  Merit  Taha  of  Sid- 
ton,  Jettt  ofSeogin,  Sackfull  of  Ntwea,  TaHtarit  Jeitt, 
Marie  Conceited  Jetti  of  Geor^  Peelt;  emd  Jae^of 
Dover.    Edited,  with  Introduction   and  NcUa,  *Jf  ». 
Caiew  Haslitt    (Willis  &  Sotheran.) 
This  second  volume  of  Mr.  Haslitt's  carefully  edited 
series  of  Eliaabethan  Jcst-Uooks  is  a  valuable  contribn- 
tion  to  our  knowledge  of  the  wit  and  humour  of  the 
time  when  Shakspeare  flourished,  and  well  calculated  u 
impress  us  with  a  higher  sense  of  hia  matchlesa  wit  sbJ 
humour  when  compared  with  that  which  paaaed  contot 
with  his  contemporaries. 

BOOKS   AND   ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED   TO  POSCHASB. 

Ptrtleulsnof  Pito«,ae..of  Um  fbUowlnr  Books  to  bo  awl  Jwrt 

th* fcntlsineii  br  whom  tMjrH*  nqairsd,Mul  whom  anmrn  mm- 

drtWMawatwterthatpttrpowi—  ^^ 

Brmaiiiii  on  TM  Dbui   "f  th*  Bamia  Akmt.  ae.,  brOtut 

Lnatit. 

Wanted  br  Dr.  Ftrminn,  STth  RcciDMnt,  Aldcrahott. 


M.  Himoh'i  Tmtrwu  man  Khulahd,  with  loine  aoconnt  of  I 
udlrcUnd.    I<nodon.l7l(».H«>.  ,— .«_ 

UncUXAKBovi  Obmhtaiioii*    on    TBI   T«AO«Dr     or    MMBna.  Bi 

lioiidon.  1745,  llmo. 
ItATu't  (DahiitiI  WoBBi  III  VitRti.    lywdoii.  1 7«B, Svo.  _      .__ 
BinoBArHiciL  Mbmoir*  or  Extraobpimabt  I'AtMwaat.    l^maen,K^ 

OcTAT°ijii  •  DUloKM  br  Mircui  Mlnuclni  FelU.    EdlB»«n*i'>'' 

MnUHTiaOBBB,  (linBDl  OK    TBI  DaHOBB  OF    TBB  FoUnOAI.  BaIABCB  • 

EuBors.   IhibllD.  ITBO,  Itmo  ntib, 

YlLLANDBTA  IDb.  D.  JOAttUIH  LoBlWJo),   FotUAl  EZCOSIDAA.     DlSiH. 

IMS.    ISmo. 

Waiit«l  br  Jtfv.  n.  II.  Blaelrr,  Kokeby,  Blaekrock,  DnMla. 

Cbamduh'i  IlTifxi  or  tbb  Pbimitivb  Cbobcb. 

Wuted  br  J-  Mtitter*  «  Sum;  78,  New  Bead  Street. 


jloticm  to  CorrttfpanliniM. 

RtTTBB.  TKt  Khe  **>'roBi  gran  to  gay,"  ♦c.  U  from  Tope'*  BaM  « 
Man. 

W.  B.  B.  »•  rVinbd  ;battktetrtUlenU  ^fprUlgrt  Oitmfdr*  MarHafi. 
milullal  IB  The  Tlmca.  ii  fHHleit  by  AtMt  amt  CarifU,  amd/nMh 
bgotlttr*. 

T.  n.  O.  Thf  rtpriiH  ^  The  UuU'i  I  lorn.Book  imm  piMUkti  h  "'• 
JlcMuttn,  10,  ttatttm  Stretl,  Itlington,  S. 

EBBATA_»d  8,  T.  p.  SIC  col.  U.  llue  1  .Jbr  "  Dmmb  "  rtad  "  BSi*«" 
llnaMoBiiC'csrl." 

•••  OoMaJbrbiMdmg  the  ivluma  of"  N.  k  O."  mag  be  »ad  ef<^ 
Jii>Hiftfr.  nmrrrr"  ■"*-"" —  and^fxtmat. 

"Hoiai  AKD  QoBBiBi"  U  vMUKtd  at  immi  m  fiMair,  mmt  •**; 
fMiMrf  in  MoimttT  PABTi.  TV  jMMrijMini  «br  »r*»f!™_<5CTtfi 
m»  MmOM  fbrwardmt  direet  from  Of  TfcWfcijr  l*-"-""  *^  ""^ 
p«w&  JiiaaB)  ii  lb.  td.,  wWe*  "»jr  »L^Ov."- 

WZuMMW  BniBaT.  araAmTWCH  «o  wktm  «B  OwMop 
wnmMuHfmekmMtemifmH 

"Kw*Ow«"lsmlslsiea>rl    ii  I  I     SI 


'8"*  &  V.  Apwl  80,  '6i.] 


LOSOOy,  SATURDAY.  JPIUL  30,  XKi. 


f 

■  KOTBS :  -  Sir  Walter  Raleitrh 
W  j,.i-^.  n'Atboqu*,  <>  >=  I*"" 
f  '■■■re  in  the  S. 

L  Euteru  Etln 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


CONTENT&— X\  122, 


Neir  P»rtieulafs.851  —  Don 

i:i^i.^Hi  of  LliuidiUr.  3M  — 

iJ,3S3  — JAmea  For- 

r  of  Chsrles  Ijunb 

J., . .  ...„  —An  Old  TiUc  wUh 


a  New  Title  —  Curious  fmea^tse  iu  Hi.  Augustioe,  lOk. 

QVERITiS:  —  Abroluiu*  Brook  —  Mri.  Marg»rot  Btj-mn — 
Danish  Coin  — Joseph  Dotrn«s  — Duinmerer — Hemintt  of 
WorcMter — Thomas  Hopkirk— LaiiKm^n?  used  in  the 
Courts  of  Iho  Bomiwi  Procurator  in  Pale»tini\  Ae.  —  "  The 
littnn  MMtiec."  ISM— Marrow  Bones  and  dsarer*  — 
The  UoIIyWarii-dKb— The  Christian  Nam     " 


Rev.  W.  Mloola  —  Preaobing  Miniaters  sua 

^ojpu" 
Taniar,  in  Devoiuluro  —  Zapata :  8paia,  35S. 


tion  of  PopuUtioD  —  Epiflcopal  8e(U 


Murtha — 

ipoiwlMl  —  QUOB- 

Story,  Norfolk  — 


QusiLifd  WITH  AxswKsa:  — The  Pitt  Diamond  — "Torv's 
Address  to  llaiy  " — Fardel  of  Laud  —  Cribbago — Barley. 
557. 

~      7  r   ctor.  369— r  r^r 

-.  and  Monu  — 

'■■'"miril  —  f'  '1 

—  Co.i  ;  ■ 

OhlUbva— gu 
etnm  Eod-  ; 


OriKiii'^ 
of-T'h 
Tocntal  I 

"Thuthurdi'-'I'ai, 

Notes  on  Book-t,  tc 


SIR  WALTER  RALEIGH.    NE\r  PARTICULABS.* 

I  apprehend  that  the  following  facts  and  docu> 
»ent»<  are  new  in  connexion  wiu  the  biogTaphy 
of  Raleigh :  they  begin  at  an  early _period  of  bis 
hittory ;  but  before  I  quote  them  1  wish  to  ob- 
^cnre  that,  from  information  now  lying  before  me, 
it  teems  not  unlikely  that  George  Gascoij^e,  the 
soldl&t.poet,  was  the  person  who  induced  Raleigh, 
very  soon  after  1576,  to  change  his  profesaiou 
from  the  law,  for  which  he  was  originally  des- 
tlned,  to  the  anny,  in  which  he  so  much  distin- 
guished himself.  The  two  were  certainly  intiinuLe, 
and  in  1576  Raleigh  prefixed  some  stanza^  to 
wh;  '  ;  ■  .J  has  scarcely  been  done,  to  Gfts- 
c<H  k  verse  satire  T/te  Steel  Cilaaty  which 

arc  .,  .,  .L.J,  45  nearly  every  body  is  aware,  in  the 
^Uowui-  worda  :  "  Walter  Raleigh  of  the  Aliddle 
Temple,  m  commemlation  of  the  Steel  Glass."  I 
do  not  mean  here  to  enter  into  anv  inquiry  upon 
the  queition.  but  we  know  th.it  Gnscoigne,  who 
had  been  tuinself  edti««wd  for  the  law,  and  was  a 

•'ime  a  soldier  iu 
•if  the  1^'ince  of 
en  u[>  hid  resi- 
it  1576,  became 

{'  of  Wilton,  to 
le  ijrst  of  the 


member  of  Gray's  Inn.  hn.l 

1573,  and  engaged  in  tl 

Orange :  ho  Baleicli,   ! 

dence  in  the  Mid  ' 

a  Boldier  luider  ^V 

whom  Spcoser  wui  BOMsviMtj. 


[  •  CoatinmrJ  from  8t<  g.  v.  ai»7.] 


ensuing  papers  refers  to  Raleigh's  intended  ser- 
vice in  Ireland ;  and  according  to  it,  he  and  £d« 
ward  Denny,  the  cousin  of  the  Lord- Deputy,  had 
warrants  for  a  then  considerable  sum,  to  be  applied 
to  the  raising  of  recruits  :  — 
"  13  July,   1580.    To   Edward  Deny— C"   and-J 

unto    Walter  Bawley— C"   having  tbefnnun 
chaxd^e  of  the  twoo  humlreth  souldiera  r'-~^ 
seat  from  London  into  Ireland,  in  prasto  J 

[The  date  of  the  next  document  ia  donbtful,  bot  per- 
haps anterior  to  the  above ;  nor  can  we  state  for  what 
purpose  the  fine  was  IcTled  or  paid.] 

"  Hero  ensueth  tho  names  and  sununes  of  the  fines 
severalUe  charged  nppon  such  as  are,  by  order  of  the  most 
honombell  Lordea  of  the  CouucdJ,  appointed  to  pale  the 
same  — 

Walter  n.<dcigh       ....     iij>'  liath  paid 
William  Bawdin     ....     ij''  x*  hath  paide 
John  Penwarrcn    ....    ij"  hath  paide." 

[The  following  fixes  the  date,  hitherto  not  settled,  of 
Raleigh's  return  from  Ireland,  but  it  was  probably  only 
temporary :  it  is  one  item  oat  of  a  longer  enumeration  of 
payments.] 

*'29D«c  1681.  Item,  paid  to  Walter  Rawley,  gent., 
upon  a  Warrant  ligned  by  M.  Secretorio  Wahtn^bam, 
dated  att  Whitehall  xxix»  decembr.  1581.  for  bringinge 
Letters  in  |K>sla  for  ber  Majesties  ofTairs  from  Corke  in 
Ireland,  the  some  of xx>'." 

[Thus  we  ae«  in  what  way  Raleigb  may  bare  obtained 
an  introduction  to  Elizabeth  without  supposing,  witli 
Fuller,  that  be  owed  it  to  an  act  of  gallantry  in  spread- 
ing his  cloak  to  receive  tlie  fbocoteps  of  the  queen.] 

"These  whoso  names  are  here  written  which  adven- 
tnrod  with  Sir  Humfrey  GDbert  in  bis  First  Yoiadge,  in 
mony  or  coramoditiea,  not  inhabiting  within  the  towne 
of  Southampton  aforesaid,  shall  in  like  sort  be  free  of  trade 
and  trafflck  as  aforesaid. 

The  Lord  North. 

Mr  Edmood-s  of  the  privic  diamber. 

S'  Mflthew  Arrundefl. 

S'  Edward  llDrsey. 

S'  William  Morgan. 

S'  John  Gilbert. 

^^  George  Pin:k.hani. 

Charles  Arrundeli.  Esq. 

W  Mark  William.  Eaq. 

J'"^  Walter  Raw  ley,  Ewj. 

M'  Carrowe  Rawley,  Esq. 

Adrian  Gilbert,  Es<^. 

William  Wcymoulb,  merchant,"  &c. 
[The  list  oompriscs  various  oliier  names,  bat  none  of 
them  of  note;  and  I  omitted  to  make  a  memorandorn  as 
to  the  source  of  this  information.] 

Letter  addrei«sed  "  To  the  right  Honorable  S' 
Francis  Walsingham,  Knight,  Principal!  Secre- 
tarye  to  her  Ma»","  Indorsed  "  1582,  7  Feb.  S' 
II.  Gilbert^  that  he  may  be  aufired  to  continue  bis 
voyage : " — 

"  Right  honorable.  Whereas  it  bath  pleased  your 
honor  to  let  mee  nnderstande  that  her  mn"',  of  her  espo- 
(.'iall  cure  had  of  my  well  doinge  and  proaperooa  snccessc, 
bath  wished  my  stay  ad  home  from  the  personal!  execu- 

tj.Ti    "'"  — -■  ■-■.;■■.. I  'i    i:  'r-',  .-IS  a  roan    r-""'    "''  "r>» 

j^  h  1  acknuni  i-' 

ill  I  >  '1*  I  know  H" 

serve  lUu  Jc*sU'  iuut  Uiwd  i-^  ^"-^'-^  ^"^^'i 


352 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'<«  S.  T.  Ai-niu  30,  'C*. 


continual!  prayer,  and  most  fiiythfull  and  forward  serrice  I 
dnrioi;  lyfc.  | 

**  And  now  to  excum  my  selfe  and  aatisfye  your  honor 
touching  the  objections  made  of  my  staye,  it  ma^  please 
you  to  Dee  advertised,  that  in  my  first  enterprise  I  re- 
tomcd  with  great  losse,  because  I  would  not  my  selfe,  nor 
suffer  any  of  ray  companye  to  doe  any  thinge  contrary  to 
my  wordc  given  tolicr  ma"'  and  your  selfe:  for,  yf  I  had 
not  farr  preferred  my  credit  before  my  gayne,  1  needed 
not  to  hare  retomed  so  poore  as  then  I  did. 

"And  touching  this  my  last  stay  at  Hampton, it  hath 
proceeded  by  Southwest  wyndes  of  God's  making  and 
sending,  and'thcrforc  not  my  faulte  or  negligence :  but  yf 
I  wear  giltyc  of  delnyc,  the  principall  charge  is  my  owne, 
and  noe  losse  to  any*  other;  for  my  adventures  as  I  had 
them  for  the  most 'parte  in  wares,  so  I  have  them  still 
without  any  losse  to  anye  of  them.  And  in  truthe  the 
ontrage  of  this  winter  hath  ben  a  common  h  vndrance  to 
all  men  of  this  realme  southwanlo  bounde.  Yea,  and  the 
wyndes  so  contmrye  that  it  hath  droven  sliippes  flrom  the 
yles  of  the  Asores  ui>pon  this  coste  without  spreading 
any  sayle  at  all ;  a  thinge,  I  thinke,  never  harde  of  be- 
fore. And  the  Kiuge  of  I'ortingale,  bceing  at  the  Tercera, 
coulde  not  in  all  this  tyme  recover  the  Maderaca.  How 
farr  impoKiible  then  had  it  ben  for  meo  to  have  performed 
my  jornoy  this  winter,  your  honor  can  judge,  dwelling  so 
farr  to  the  northwardes  of  the  place  intended  to  be  dis- 
covered. 

"And  uoing  the  Quponos  ma"'  is  to  have  a  fyfthe  of 
all  the  golde  and  svlver  ther  to  l>ee  gotten,  without  any 
charge  to  her  ma"',!  trust  her  hyghnea,  of  her  accustomed 
favor,  will  not  denye  mee  libertvc  to  execute  that  which 
resteth  in  hope  so  profitable  to  ber  ma"'  and  crowno. 

"The  great  desyre  I  have  to  performe  the  same  hath 
cost  mee,  first  and  fast,  the  selling  and  spending  of  a  thou* 
sand  marke  land  a  yere  of  my  owne  getting,  bosydes  the 
scorne  of  the  wwlde  for  conceaving  so  well  of  a  matter 
that  others  held  so  ridiculous,  altliough  now  by  my  meaoea 
better  thought  of. 

"  Yflf  the  dowbte  bee  my  wanto  of  skill  to  execute  the 
same,  I  will  offer  my  selfe  to  bee  apposed  by  all  the  best 
navigators  and  cosmogranhers  within  this  realms,  Yfi* 
it  bee  cowanllincs,  I  secke  no  other  purgation  therof 
then  my  former  service  don  to  her  ma"*.  Yf  it  bee  the 
ouspition  of  dayntlncs  of  dyett  or  sea  sicknes,  in  those 
both  I  will  yield  my  selfe  second  to  noe  man  lyring, 
because  that  comparison  is  rather  of  bardines  of  bodye 
then  a  boatc  of  vcrtuc.  Hut  how  little  accounto  so  ever 
ismade  ether  of  the  matter  or  of  mee,  I  truste  her  ma*'", 
with  her  favor  for  my  xxviij  yeares  service,  will  allowe 
mee  to  gett  my  livynge  as  well  as  I  may  honestly  f  which 
is  every  subjcctrs  righte),  and  not  constrayne  mee  W  my 
idle  aboadc  at  home  to  begg  my  bredd  with  my  wife  an'd 
children ;  Gspeciall}*  seeing  I  have  her  ma"'*  graant  and 
lycense  under  the  great  seale  of  Knglaude  for  my  depar- 
ture, withoute  the  which  I  would  not  have  spent  a  penny 
in  this  action,  wlicrin  I  am  mostc  bounde  to  her  ma'**  for 
her  great  favor,  which  of  all  thingcs  1  most  dusyrc ;  and 
take  comfort  in  protesting,  that  noe  man  lyvmg  shall 
serve  her  ma"'  more  faj-thfully  and  dutifully  during  my 
life  with  all  the  good  fortune  that  God  shall  bestowe  on 
inea. 

"  And  thus,  I  truste,  I  have  satisfyed  your  honor  of  all 
m^  intents  and  proceedings,  leaving  your  honor  to  the 
tuition  of  the  Almightye.  From  my  bowse  in  Bedcrosse 
etreat,  the  T'""  of  February,  1582. 

"  Your  honors  most  humble, 

"ILGlLBEBT." 

J  [Feb.  7, 1582,  wu  in  fact  1668,  as  the  year  was  then 
culated.  Sir  Hnmphrey  Gilbert  not  long  afterwards 
SMiM  to  Xewfbandland ;  and  on  his  retaro  bh  **  no  gpod 


hap  by  sea  "  pursued  him,  and  he  was  lost  with  a  book 
in  his  hand,  and  exclaiming  to  his  crew,  "  Courage,  my 
lads !  We  are  a*  near  heaven  at  sea  as  on  laDd."  Tie 
above  letter  is  of  the  highest  interest.] 

Letter  addressed  "  To  the  right  honourable  hit 
verie  good  L.  the  lordc  Threr  of  England."  In- 
dorsed bv  Lord  Burglilcj  "17  Junij,  1 5 84,  Sec. 
Walsynghani.  Lnnds,  Ardcn  Somurvilc.  Thrug. 
L.  Pagett  Charles  Pagctt: "  — 
"  My  very  good  L, 

**  Yesterdaye  I  shewed  her  Ma""  the  note  of  the  laodes 
growing  by  the  attainders  of  Arden  and  Sommervyll, 
whoe  at  that  t^'me  wylled  mo  to  prayc  your  L.  that  the 
lyko  note  might  be  sent  unto  her  of  the  landea  of  the  L. 
IPagct,  Charles  Arundells,  and  M'  Charles  Pagctteo,  as 
also  soclie  landes  as  ar  geven  unto  her  by  the  attaynler 
of  Fra.  Throgmorton. 

"Yesterdaye  I  moved  her  Ma*r-  for  the  release  of  the 
marchantes  adventurers*  shyppcs  which  by  no  meanes 
she  will  assent  unto,  othcrwyse  then  by  compoundia^ 
with  Mr.  Kauley :  when  1  shewed  her  the  great  invon- 
veniences  lyke  to  insne  thereby,  her  Ma*?**  dyd  in  a  sorte 
charge  mo  as  an  incorager  of  the  marchantes  to  staade  in 
the  matter  whereof  I  sought,  as  I  had  just  cause  to  cleen 
my  selfe  and  hen'in  dvd  grcvousiy  oifcndo  licr. 

"  I  finde  by  her  sfie  is  dctcrmyned  to  over  throwgbe 
that  compnnye  and  to  rayse  up  the  staplers,  as  also  to 
restore  them  of  the  stylyard  to  their  former  ly  bertyas.  J 
am  sorrye  to  thinke*  oiiT  the  dayngerous  inconveniencei 
lykely  to  insue  by  thcs  slraynge  courses,  but  1  see  do 
lio[ie  'of  rcdrcMse.  Uod  dyrect  her  Ma'?*-*  hurte  to  take  s& 
other  waye  of  cownscll,  to  whoa  protection  I  comntl 
your  I>.,  most  heartily  takyng  my  leave.  At  the  ooerte 
the  xvij  of  June,  1584. 

"  Your  Ij.  to  command, 

•'FitA.  Wai^ynuoul" 

[Kdward  Ardcn,  distantly  related  to  Shakeifw't 
mother,  was  executed  for  high  treason  on  Dec  2(*,  lati: 
Somerville,  who  was  to  have  been  hauRccl  with  hint. 
strangled  himself  on  the  day  preceding.  Francis  Thnek- 
morton  was  executed  for  the  same  crime  on  July  10,  liM 
Htow's  AnnalB,  pp.  117G,  1177,  edit.  1605.] 

J.  Payne  CoLUxt. 
Maidenhead. 


DON   JORGE  D'ATIIEQUA,  O.  S.  DOM.,  BISHOP 
OF  LLAXDAFF. 

This  Spanish  Dominican,  or  Preachioff  Friar, 
also  called  "  George  do  Attica,  S.  T.  PV  »«« 
Domestic  Chaplain  and  Confessor  to  Doiia  Katha- 
rine of  Aragon  ;  and  attended  that  Princess  inm 
Spain  to  England  in  1501,  when  she  arrived  to 
be  married  to  Arthur,  Prince  of  Wales.  He  was 
also,  doubtless,  present  nt  her  second,  ill-starred, 
nuptials  with  King  Henry  VI II.,  on  June  11, 
1509 ;  and  continu^  nttocLed  to  Queen  Katha- 
rine until  her  death  at  Kimbolton  Castle  on  Jac- 
uary  8,  1536;  as  we  fmd  that,  when  her  house- 
hold was  made  up,  at  Kimbolton  Castle,  in  Uunt- 
ingdcHishire,  "  with  some  difficulty,  the  housebdd 
was  made  up,  and  the  BUhop  of  Uaniafft  ui  old 
Spanish  {niest,  of  the  name  mAHeqma,  who  had 
accompanied  Katharine  from  Spain,  wai  soffend 
to  remain  with  her.**     (Striduand'a  QMCfUf  rf 


a*  8.  V.  Arou.  30,  "W-l 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


353 


EngUuuL,  iv.  134.)  And  when  Dr.  Abell,  her 
confessor,  w«s  reniDved,  the  «llHiculty  was  to  find 
one  agreeoble  both  to  Henry  and  his  divorced  t 
wife.  *'  Tlie  Bishop  of  Llmtdajf,"  writes  the  t 
king's  ayent,  "  will  do  less  harm  than  any  other  j 
to  Vitrry  and  be  her  ghostly  ftiiher."  The  reason 
was,  tliut  the  old  Spaniard  was  timid  uq<I  quiet, 
and  had  implored  the  queen  tu  yield  to  expe- 
diency. (Strickland,  iv.  135.)  It  is  not  recorded 
whether  he  held  any  previous  ecclesiastical  prefer* 
ment  in  En^^land,  till  raised  to  the  episcopate, 
through  the  influence  of  his  patroness  and  cniui* 
trywoman,  Queen  Katharine,  on  the  death  of 
^iles  Salley,  Uishop  of  LlandaiT,  in  Wales,  in 
December,  1316.  He  was,  accordingly,  provided 
to  thiit  5ee  by  Pope  Leo  X.  on  February  11, 
1517,  and  consecrated  March  8  followinji,  either 
in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Londun  {Reg.  War/tam, 
fol.  20,  in  Godwin,  De  Prctml.  edit.  Richardson, 
p.  61 1 ;  and  Lo  Neve's  Fattu  edit.  Hardy,  p.  250), 
or  at  the  church  of  the  Dominicans  or  "  Black- 
friars"  there  {Reg.  Sacr.  Angl.  by  Stubb?,  p.  76, 
on  authority  of  "  Kefr.  Warham.  and  Bitoth ' ),  by 
Charles  Boothe,  LL.D.,  Bishop  of  Hereford,  as- 
sisted by  John  Young,  S.T.P.,  uishop  of  CalUpoiis, 
in  Thrace  (Archdeacon  of  London,  and  Suffragan 

in  that  diocese),  and  Francis (?),  Biihop 

of  Costoria,  in  Prcevalitona  (Aehrida).  The  sees 
of  the  two  last  prelate.^  were  in  pnrtibut  iujidc' 
liiaii,  but  of  "  Fras.  Castoriensis"  I  can  ascertain 
no  trace  in  any  list  of  suiTra^an  bishops.  The 
new  Bishnj)  of  LlnndatF  received  restitution  of  the 
temporalities  of  his  sec,  on  April  '27,  1517  {Pat 
9  Hen.  VII T.^  p.  1,  ni.  14),  and  after  an  episco- 
Mte  of  twenty  ycnrs,  he  resigned  the  bisliopt  ic  in 
February,  1337  (i'<i/.  28  Hen.  VIII.,  p.  2,  m.  2), 
and  a  conge  cTtlire  Issued  on  Mai-ch  2,  1537, 
^'vice  Bishop  George,  resigned"  {ibid.),  a  suc- 
cessor being  conspcratetl  to  the  vacant  see  on  the  j 
25th  of  that  month.  The  aged  D'Athequa  pro- 
bably returned  to  his  native  land,  as  the  state  of 
ecclesifistical  affhirs  in  Fnglund  must  have  be- 
come distasreful  to  him,  and  the  death  of  Queen 
Katharine  had  severed  his  last  tie  in  that  country. 
My  query  is,  what  became  of  him  afterwanis,  and 
where  or  when  did  he  die  ?  Any  additional  in- 
formation on  the  subject  will  be  acceptable. 

A.  S,  A. 
hMut  ladies. 


FOLK  LORE  IX  THE  SOITH-EAST  OF 
lUELAXD. 

Having  spent  some  happy  juvenile  days  in  the 
south-eaatern  parts  of  i—'  -r  '  including  parts  of 
Kilktr-nny,  Wexford,  \\  rlow,  and  Water- 

ford,  I  had  ntanv  op;,...,......,,  of  becoming  ac- 
quainted with  the  "manners  and  customs"  of 
every  grade  of  society,  {^m  the  squire  to  the 
peasant,  and  therefore  picked  up  manv  of  the 


"  saying  and  doings "  of  these  districts.  One 
thing  struck  me  as  most  remarkable,  and  that 
was,  when  any  popular  cuistom,  tradition,  or,  I 
may  say  superstition  existed,  there  was  not  the 
slightest  dilTerence  of  ojiinion  between  the  edu- 
cated aiid  the  most  humble  or  illiterate  persons  — 
all  held  fast  to  the  same  belief,  no  matter  how 
absurd.  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  naib  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  "  Adminil "  was 
taught  to  prophesy  the  '* coming  storm."  The 
apjjearance  of  a  rainbow  (the  /m)  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  whirlwinds  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  eve'b- 
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,  nolilles  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  after  a  banshee, ' 
I  shall  siiy  no  more  on  that  sjubject. 

On  the  lower  or  upright  |)ortion  of  the  frame 
of  fthuost  every  house  door  —  the  chief  en- 
trance—  maybe  found  nailed  an  old  horseshoe, 
or  portion  of  one,  picked  up  on  some  neighbouring 
road.  Tliis  is  said  to  be  very  lucky,  and  prevent.^ 
6res  and  foiries  from  visiting  the  bouse.  It  is 
considere\l  particularly  unfortunate  for  a  farmer 
or  his  wife  if  they  should,  ou  a  May  morning, 
'  meet  a  bare,  as  that  animal  is  said  to  take  away 
I  the  milk  from  the  cows,  should  the  master  or  mis- 
tress of  the  "lowing  herd"  cross  the  path  of 
pussy  on  tlie  mominn;  in  question. 

I  shall  continue  this  subject,  but  for  the  present 
must  save  your  valuable  space. 

S.  Redmoxd. 
Lireroool. 


354 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^8.7.  AprilSO,' 


JAMES  FORTESCUE,  D.D. 

Watt's  Bibliotheca  Bribmnica  contains  this  curi- 
ouH  article :  — 

''FoRTKScuK,  J.,  D.D.  —  Emays,  Moral  and  Muodla- 
neoiia ;  viz.  An  Introductory  Speech  from  Solomon ;  witli 
an  Ode.  A  Vuion  on  a  Plan  of  the  Ancienta.  A  Sketch  of 
Life  after  the  manner  of  tlio  Modems.  Tlic  State  of  Man ; 
hia  Pasaiona,  their  object  and  end,  their  nae,  abuie,  regu> 
lation,  and  employment  With  a  Poem,  sacred  to  the 
memon-  of  the  Princees  [Princes]  of  Walen  and  of  Orange. 
Lond.  1762,  8vo.    Lond.  1769,  2  vols.  8vo.    lO*." 

Amongst  the  publications  enumerated  in  the 
Qeut.  Mag.  for  January,  1752, 1  find  — 

"  Essays,  Moral  and  Aliacellaaeoiu,  by  J.  Fortescue, 
DD.''    1«.    Baldwin. 

The  Essays  ore  noticed  in  the  Monthly  Review 
for  January,  1752  (vi.  78).  [It  was  apparently 
from  this  source  that  Watt  derived  his  descrip- 
Uon,  substituting  by  mistake  "princess**  for 
"princes."]  Twelve  lines  of  poetrv  are  cited, 
and  it  is  stated  that  it  appeared  on  the  title-page 
that  the  pamphlet  was  only  a^'rW  part. 

The  Oent.  Mag.  for  January,  1755,  mentions  as 
a  new  publication  — 

"  Essays,  Moral  and  Misccllancotu,  by  Dr.  Fortescue.*' 
\i.    Uwun. 

This  is  no  doubt  the  work  which,  in  Dr.  Bliss's 
Sale  Catalogue  (amongst  the  books  printed  at  Ox- 
ford), is  thus  described :  — 

"884.  Fortescue  (J.)  Essays,  8va    J.  Fletcher,  1764." 

"Pomery  Hill,"  a  poem  humbly  addressed  to  his 
Royal  Ilighnofis  the  Prince  of  Wales,  appeared  in 
8vo,  1754.  This  was  by  Dr.  Fortescue,  and  was 
afterwards  included  in  his  collected  works((TOUgh's 
Brituh  Tonography,  i.  321  ;  Cat.  of  Gough's  Col- 
lection in  tU(!  Bodleian,  lOG). 

Amongst  the  books  printed  at  Oxford,  in  Dr. 
Bliss's  Sale  Catalogue,  wc  have  — 

"  849.  Fortescue  (Dr.),  DiAsertationis  Essaj-a,  nnd  Dis- 
conrses  in  Prose  and  Verso,  2  vols,  cuts,  8vu.  W.  Jack- 
son, 1759." 

This  work  is  also  mentioned  in  the  late  Mr. 
James  Davidson's  Supplement  to  Bibliotheca  De- 
voniejuia  (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  Castio  llill." 

The  Monthly  lieview  (xxi.  291)  gave  a  con- 
temptuous article  on  the  work,  naming  Dodsley  as 
the  publisher.  Extracts  are  given  from  a  Ditscr- 
tation  on  Man,  and  a  poem  on  "  Contemplation ; " 
whilst  "The  Oak  and  the  Shrubs,"  u  f'lblc,  and 
"  To  my  Taper,"  an  ode,  are  extracted  in  ezlcngo. 

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 
"Pomery  Hill,"  which  had  been  first  published 
aaonvmouBly,)  came  out  in  two  vols,  in  1759  at 
ten  BbiUingB. 


A  few  particulars  of  this  now-forgotten  anl 
whose  Christian  name  was  James,  arc  subjoi 
He  was  a  Fellow  of  Exeter  (College,  Oxford, 
Oct.  14, 1736;  ALA.  June  22, 1739;  Senior  F 
tor  of  the  University,  1748;  B.D.  April  11, 1 
and  D.D.  Jan.  20  1749-50.  He  held  the  rec 
of  Wotton,  in  Northamptonshire — a  benefit 
the  gift  of  Exeter  College,  but  I  do  not  kno 
what  period  he  was  instituted.  Hia  death 
curred  in  1777,  and  his  library  was  sold  in  1' 

I  cannot  ascertain  to  what  branch  of  the  Fo 
cue  family  he  belonged,  but  it  wonld  seem 
bablo  that  he  was  a  Devonian.  I  may  add, 
a  search  fur  Dr.  Fortoscuc's  works  in  severs 
tensive  public  libraries  has  been  unavailing. 

S.Y, 


Unpudlished  Letter  of  CnABX.B8  Lam 
To  the  man^  admirers  of  dear  £lia,  the  folic 
characteristic  letter  from  his  pen,  hitherto  un 
lished,  will  be  welcome.     The  Athenaum  says 

"  Wo  are  indebted  to  a  friend  for  the  following  Ui 
lished  Letter,  written  man}'  years  ago  bj  Charles  1 
to  a  bookseller,  on  receipt  oi  two  books  of  vers^  - 
bein^r  The  Maid  of  Jilrar,  by  Allan  Canninghan 
other  Harry  Cornwall's  Songs  and  Dramatic  Framtm 

'"Thank  you  for  the  books.  I  am  ashamed  to 
tythe  thus  of 'your  press.  I  am  worse  to  a  pablislurl 
the  two  Universities  and  the  Brit.  Mas. — A.  CI 
forthwith  read.  1).  C.  (I  can't  get  out  of  the  A.&i: 
hare  more  than  reail.  Taken  altoffcthcr  'tis  toe  in 
— but  what  delicirios!  I  like  most  *  Kinf;  Iwi'- 
Glorioiu  'bovc  all  *'V\w  Lady  with  tho   IIundtriLi;] 

—  'The  Owl'  —  'Kjiistlo  to  what's  hia  nams'-<H»i 
may  be  I'm  partial)—*  Sit  dowu,  sad  soul ' — '  TTh?*^ 
Jubilee'  (but  that's  old,  und  yet  'tia  never  ol'l)-'T 
Falcon '—*  Folon's  Wife '  — Damn  •  Mad~»  Pasty '-t 
that  is  borrowed  — 

Apple  pic  is  very  good. 
And  so  is  apple  pasty, 

IJut 

0  Lard !  'tis  very  nostr. 

—  but  chicflv  the  Dramatic  Fragmmts  —  scarce  tlm 
which  should  have  esciipt-tl  my  Specimens,  hod  an  sat 
name  been  prdixcd.  They  exceed  his  first. — !^  a 
for  the  nonsuiisc  of  poetrv ;  now  to  the  serious  busise 
life.  L'p  a  court  (lilandford  Court)  in  Pali  Mall  (exi 
at  the  bark  of  Marlbro*  House,  with  iron  gate  in  I 
and  containing  2Iioutic.4),  at  No.  2,  did  lately  liveU 
mnn,  my  taylor.  He  is  moved  somewhere  in  the  at 
hood  —  devil  knows  where.  Pray  find  him  out  and 
him  the  opposite.  1  am  so  much  better  —  the'  my  1 
shakes  in  writing  it — that  .tAcr  next  Sunday,  I  <'an 
M'-c  F.  and  you.  Ciin  you  throw  U.  C.  in?  —  Why  I 
the  whceib  of  my  Ilugairth  ?  " 

E. 

The  Eastern  Ktiiioi'ians.  —  I  am  of  opli 
that  the  Eastern  Ethiopians  were  colonies  of  I 
dooists  planted  on  both  sides  of  the  Paropam 
by  Osiris  on  his  expedition  for  the  conaaes 
India.  On  this  expedition,  to  which  aaaple  ti 
mony  is  borne  by  many  ancient  writers,  he  is  i 
to  have  been  accompanied  br  Apollo  mpA  Eb 
\  Onm  \&  >2aft  ««&&  «a>  Btuivib^  AjqoUo  i    ~ 


*ccht  Is  the  Hanuman  of  Iliiidoo  tradition ;  they 
igiire  conspicu'Ju>1v  in  the  conquest  of  India,  as 
flitted  by  iinii  na.     The  Eustern  Ethio- 

tans,  or  niml  •<  mble  the  ancient  Egyp- 

iaoa  in  cuitouus  pUyeiognomy,  nrcbiteoture,  reli- 
^on,  and  names. 

When  I  visited  tli-  '  ihe kings  at  TlicUes, 

r»d  ihc  tombs  at  m,  I  saw  tJiut  the 

on  the  -Willis  Ibereof  were  ftccurale  re- 

lons  of  the  customs  of  the  Hindoos.     I 

i:\ve    5<  en    many    Indians,   whose   physiotrnonjies 

d  colour  were  the  same  as  those  found  in  Egyp- 

sculplures  and  paintings.     As  to  identity  in 

tecture   nnd    rolision,   I   need  only   remark 

tJio  st'i^Kiys  of  tho  British  expedition  to  Egypt 

ora  Bomliay,  declared  that  the  Eg-yptian  pag:©- 

»hs  were  lii.ii-  tii..,,,iil,^,  and  the  images  of  gods 

them  I'  '  whom  they  performed 

.<^ah  01  -  of  their  rf*li"i<>n. 

finr  Walter  Raleigh,  in  his  /  >rld, 

"I  H'e  no  reason  to  d"  whs 

m."     [f  we  concur  with  id  juu^ue 

ea  still  further,  we  shai.  the  per- 

9  of  the  Hindoo  trinity — viz.  Brtuna,  Rama 

i'<hnu),  and  Sevn,  are  the  remembrances  of 

t.  and  Seba  of  Genesis. 

1  .unple  of  similarity  in  names — Rha- 

M  IS  the  well-known  name  of  an  Egyp- 

Raoid'^amee  is  a  common  liindoo  name. 

H.C. 

AcB09Tic.  — In  looking  over  an  old  WS.  book 

e  oihiT  day,  I  found  the  followinjj  acrostic  on 

J  you  may,  perhaps,  think  not  un- 


"1  all  re  that  moarn^ 


rorihy  vf 
"( 
II 
11 

1  - 

S  al\  niton  iv'li:l V  is  m  mc. 

T  e  Deuni  laaiiamtu,  Dotninf !  " 

R.  W.  II.  Naot. 

Am  Old  Tai.b  with  a  Nkw  Titib.  —  An  old 

itory  has  been  recently  passed  upon   The 

Own  Correspondent"  (Manliattan)  aa 

I'  an.     The  other  day,   he   tella  us, 

■eing  iibout  to  a'X'Cpt  a  bill  for  some 

1   the  cost  of  a  protest;    and, 

lollur  ftn<l  a  half,  directed  thir 

iim  to  the  biU^  at  it  was  sure 

'  '"•"■all.nnlie,  for  it  is  a  Dub- 
;  for  (as  Ma.  Rkdmonh 

liitir.my  at  Icaat,  it  had 
21  My  old  ac(|uaint- 

ancc  nnd  lire  .  \iuX^  somohow 

or    other.  -d   tradesman, 

■who  tipv  ji  ,in  (lio  sub- 

;     '  'lor," 

TOU 

■will  sttiUc  tiixa  htUc  maUci-  r  "     "  iiuuit  it ! "'  "re- 


plies Joe,  "  to  be  flure  and  I  will,  and  the  pruUitt 
too."  E.  L,  S. 

Cnatotjs  Passaqe  in  St.  AuQCsrnrB. — Julian 
the  Pelagian  had  put  forth  the  following  charge 
against  St.  Augustine :  — 

"  I)ix«ra«:  Son  ecse  «itie  voluntate  delictum.  Et  re* 
apondisti :  Sed  per  unias  ToluntAtom  esse  delictum.  Nani- 
qujd  conciitit  saporiori  dfrtinitioni,  quns  ablativi  CAsna 
prippoaitiono  niunitur.  s«cata  respcnaio  per  pnepoaitioatfta 
oocuSflli'N'i  cssan  illaia." 

To  which  the  holy  Father  returned  the  follow- 
ing playful  answer :  — 

•'  "  '!iri«ti  piscatorum  retiboa 

t)<i):.  <in  ac':u8at)^'^m  casntn, 

quo  ;,       ..  .     .(    ..  ,  it  abUtivum,  quo  d»| 

Rt-cle^ia  (J:iUioiJc&  es  ablatiis,  correctus  melius  decliimbts. 
Prrcpo*itionc4  autem  si  rei-fe  ataue  iiitegre  sequeris,  r.iir  ■ 
(tiin  isln.4  doctnres  Kcelciis  (HiJiiriam   ct   ADibrosiam) 


tibi,  dei>nHita    elatiaae,    pncponta. 
lib.  iv.  §  V7. 


'  —-  Contra    JuJiaHWHf 

F.  C.  H. 


cStierCeif. 


Abraham  Brook,  published  "  Misceltnneoua 
Experiments  and  Rfmnrks  on  JUlcciricity,  the  A\r~ 
Pump,  and  Barometer,  Norwich,  4to,  1789."  He 
was  a  bookiseller  at  Norwich  (Nichols's  Lit.  Attec. 
iiL  672.)     More  concerning  bim  is  much  dc.'<lred. 

S.  Y.  R. 

Mhs.  lyiAHOARET  Brtax,  who  kept  a  school  at 
Margate,  published  Lecfunn  on  ?\atural  Philo- 
sophi/,  4to,  1806.  There  arc  two  portraits  of  her 
after  Shelley,  one  enirraved  by  Ridley,  and  the 
other,  in  which  her  children  arc  also  represented, 
engraved  by  Nutter.  The  latter  is  esteemed  a 
fine  work.  I  am  desirous  of  ascertaining  when 
she  died.  S.  Y.  R. 

Dahibh    Com.  —  Will    any   correspondent  of 
"  N.  &  Q."  stale  the  designation  and  value  of  a 
Danish  coin  which  bears  the   following  inscrip- 
tion ?_" Tolf  Skilling  Dansko,  17 1 1 ,  C.  ^  \V.";  and  | 
having  on  the  obverse,  "  Dei  G.  Rex  Dan.  Nor.  i 
V.C. ;"  alio  a  crown  and  a  kind  td*  monogram  conj-i 
prlaing  two  Fs  crossing  each  other,  and  two  Js, 
one  on  each  of  the  Fs.  J.  U.  D. 

Joseph  Downbs,  —  There  was  published,  in 
1823,  The  Prntul  ShepherfFx  Tragedy,  a  scenic 
poem,  edited  by  Joseph  Downes.  Can  nny  one 
inform  me  wlio  was  the  author  ?  Iota. 

DuMMeRRR. — Does  thii  mean  one  who  protends 

tob.'.i.n,>i,:> 

*'  '  tation  to  ull  luiscliicf,  it  [Poverty]  voia- 

peU  ::ililft  wretcbog  to  coimlcrTcit  sevomi  dls- 

fUMs    .    .    .  Wo  bnvo  dHmmtrtr;  Abrahnm-ineu,"  Sec. — 
Burton,  Anat.  Met.  1,  *.'.  4,  C. 

J.  D.  ClMPBfiLI.. 

Hbmxsg  or  ^VoBCBSTBR.  —  Can  your  oorre- 
BpOliilimt  H.  .S.  G.  (3"^  S.  ▼.  268)  kindly  inCotTO- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


19^  &  T.  Anai.M.% 


me  what  creat  and  motto  were  borne  by  John 
lleininfj,  Mayor  of  Worcester  in  1G77?  I  believe 
the  fonner  was  a  lion  gules,  statunt,  gardant, 
on  A  cap  of  maintenance,  but  the  latter  I  have 
not  been  able  to  trace.  G.  G.  H. 

Thomas  IIopKrajt,  residing  at  or  near  Glasgow, 

Eublished  several  botanical  works.     The   last  1 
ave  seen  noticed  appeared  in  1817.     I  shall  be 
glad  of  any  information  respecting  him. 

S.  Y.  R. 

Laxguage  used  in  thk  CorRTs  OFTHB  Roman 

PROCCBATOR    IS     PaUSSTISE,     AT     THE     TlUi.    rtP 

OoR  Lord.  —  What  was  the  lannfimge  in  which 
the  trials,  in  the  Court  of  the  lloinun  Procurator, 
were  conducted  in  Palestine  at  the  time  of  Our 
Lord  ?  Also,  was  it  the  custom  of  the  Romans, 
when  they  conquered  a  new  country,  to  use  their 
own  languajre  in  their  law  courts  ?  or  did  they 
adopt  that  uf  the  conquered  people  ?  I  shall  be 
obliged  by  any  references  to  works  which  will 
aiford  information  on  thi£  subject.  A.  T.  L. 

"The  Literary  Magnet,"  1824. —In  this 
periodical  (pp.  200,  407).  are  two  extracts  from 
ft  play  on  the  subject  of  Vircinius  by  G.  A.  From 
a  note  it  would  appear  that  the  author  hud  written 
Ilia  tragedy  during  u  year's  residence  in  Italy,  and 
[Vi^t  to  Venice  to  show  it  to  Lord  Byron.  WIio 
lis  tlie  author  ?  Iota. 

Makbow  Boxes  and  Clcavbrs.  —  Searching 
amongst  some  old  papers  a  few  days  ago,  I  fuun«! 
tlie  I'oUowing,  which  was  written  in  the  year  181G 
to  a  o:entleman  residing  at  Pentonville,  upon  the 
marriage  of  one  of  his  daughters :  — 

"  Honoured  Sir — With  ftubmisaiofi,  we  the  Drums, 
i"ifo8,  suu\  Marrow-bone  and  Cleurer  Men   prewnl  our  j 
rc*pcctfiilCotnplinieut*lo  yon  on  the  Hnppv  ami  Fforiour- 
'•atile   Marriag«  of  your  Amiable    !'■->■••       Wiahtu^ 
|}]r.'iiltb,  UAppinese.  and  Looi;  lo  '  ii^  (or  to 

»»?i'oive  the  u«aal  Gratoity  jpvcn  b;  .  on  thcs« 

Joyful  and  Happy  occurrencet. 

**  Sir,  from  your  mwt  ob*  Scrv", 

"  Wnitiog  your  plcusure.** 

C«Q  you  inform  me  whether  it  was  in  those 
days  usual  for  maiTow^bones  and  cleaver- men  to 
Hftttend  at  marriages.  H.  S. 

Lincoln's  titn. 

Tni!  Moo.r  WAsn-Disii, — I  am  rather  anxious 

to   introduce   a   little  friend   of  mine  to   public 

llntioc ;  and,  at  the  some  time,  to  nucertAin  whe- 

;tl)or  hia  somewhat  curious  habits  are  peculiar  tt> 

[biraself,  or  conimou  to  his  race  ? 

,  £ar)r  in  last  spring,  my  windows  were  suddenly 

leu  Ity  a  series  t>f  very  rapid  and  pertinacious 

iKir  wttd  it  lyng  before  we  discovered — 

{'  '.  he  nia<le  uo  attempt  to  conceal  him* 

ni  —  tii.ii  they  were  the  ^vork  <>f  u        '         '    ' 

rtgtail,  called,  I  believe,  by  the  l.-ny 

Yarrvliii;  and  by  the  unlearned,  in.    1%    in-,  m 


■^iia  lo  T'lck 


these  western  parts,  with  utter  inektcnt 
gender,  Molly  Wash-tlisb. 

His  mode  of  proceeding 
tain  pane,  or  panes  of 
window,    and   to    fly    iV 
neighbouring  bough  ;    making 
every  assault,  and  leaving    a   Utb] 
sticky  marks  upon  the  gl-is*,  whi< 
effected  by  the  protruuiou  of  the  tosigve. 

Generally  epeaking,  1  fancj  I  hate  betB~ 
to  perceive  the  cause  of  tliese  Tiaitatkaa  is  m 
ttiin  minute  gnats  within  the  window;  boli 
times,  I  think,  the  force  of  hubit  has 
oil  without  any  such  indt I 

Beginning  at  duyligli^  atAined 

day  hy  day  throuf^hout 
scared  away  from  oue  v. 
induence  of  a  book  or  u.^..3|.i»pvi  ^'.. 
bis  putiit  (TnppuL,  he  was  pretty  sore 
in  a  few  minutes  tapping  away  at 
baps  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  house ; 
sionally  prosecuting  hi^   labours  upon 
front  of  a  rain*guage  on  the  green. 

Winter  came,   and  we  heaird  no  morel 
but  now,  with  returning   apring, 
work  again  every  fine  day,  **  from 
eve" — lap,  lap,  as  persevering,  rs  bpj 
shall  I  say  ?  as  tiresome  as  ever. 

I  fear  it  may  be   cousiilereU 
demnatory  of  my  powers  of  obverratloi; 
have  not  yet  been  ablt^  tn  make  sur«, 
visitant  is  singular  or  plural  ;   hut,  ]£iti 
he  certainly  makes  the  b'  '  *  '     ti«t.  i>^' 

to   mau.age    sometimes,  B»|W  Bmv* 

celebrated  bird,  to  be  iu  iwi.t  juacrcttV^  " 
it  possible  that  he  c.in  bo  a  transtsi/rnui  4'^ 
rnpper  >  C.  Vf.  Ibsoua 

The  Curistiam  Namk,   l\rrTRTiia. — 
old    IriMt    familte»   the  :' 
generally  found,  bur  it  i^ 
derstand  it  i»  Eni;li».hed  inlD 
lo  know  !iomethiijg  of  iti  dcr! 
a  baplismnl  name,  ns  I  have  u 
and  nut  amongst  thoyo  of  Iris: 

Liverpool. 

Rrv.  W.  Nicols. — I'lirottgh  Um»  kindc 

friend,  there   bait  fallen  under   iiiv  imi 
interesting    work,  entitled   **  / 
Lihri  Sex.    Aurtorr  tiulielmo 
dini,   MDi  'i   n   frooti.i)  <   . 

Gribelin,  ^ig,   nn   ]  >vi}>(.  i 

titling  in  hi»  Uluary.     It  is  a  Latin 
nmetnrH    and    [lentjimotrr*   >dd»»^w»>|    to 


411 1  iiiMjn.-ia    miu   ti'jili.'u*    liiuicv« 


3*^  S.  V.  Apjm.  30,  *64,3 


NOTES  A^D  QUERIES. 


cit«(l  unci  subjucts  li-tialeil.  From  internal  evi- 
dence, it  appc&rs  ihjtt  Mr.  Nicols  was  a  nnrive  of 
Llamlair  or  the  neighbourhood,  a  student  oi' 
Christ  Church,  Oxford,  when  Fell  was  Deau,  audi 
afterward*  rwtor  of  Stockport,  in  Cheshire.  It 
would  be  i(itere8tln<;  to  know  something  more  of 
such  a  very  learned  man.  I  imnjine  the  work 
must  he  of  rare  occurrence,  as  1  have  nn  re- 
mentbrance  of  having  Men  it  in  any  bookseller's 
CBtalo;jue.*  E.  II.  A. 

PBKAf'uiNfl  MiKisTEBs  srsPKSPm. —  On  the 
30th  of  April,  1G05,  Norden,  rector  of  llamsey, 
near  Lewes,  and  nine  other  "  preivchinp  ministers," 
in  the  diocese  of  Chichester,  were  deprived  by  the 
Archbishop  <if  Canterbury,  on  his  metropolitical 
visitntion  at  Eaat  Grinst^nd.  What  was  theoflenee 
for  which  these  elereymen  were  so  deprived? 
The  bishop  of  the  diocese  does  not  possess  tiie  re- 
quired tnfonnation.  AVtnxk  E.  Baxtxk. 

QcESTiox  OK  P0PUI.AT10N.  —  Cobbett,  in  Ins 
Uural  Rides  (p.  352),  thus  writes  of  the  Vnle  of 
Avon :  — 

"  I  hail  nev«r  been  at  Xether  Avon,  a  vilbge  in  thU 
▼alley;  but  1  had  often  heanl  ibis  valley  ilescHbed  as 
one  of  the  &n««t  piecea  of  land  in  all  Englan<L  I  knew 
thtit  there  were  about  thirty  parish  cburche*,  atandin^  in 
A  length  of  aboat  thirty  miles,  aiul  in  an  average  width  of 
harttly  a  miU;  and  I  wns  retolvcd  to  sec  a  little  into  the 
reamta  that  could  hare  induced  our  fathers  to  build  uU 
thciii!  cimrche*,  especially  if,  as  tlie  Scotch  would  have  us 
believe,  there  wrro  bnt  a  mere  handful  of  people  in 
England  until  of  late  yeari." 

After  describing  the  beauties  of  the  Valley,  and 
showing  that  the  hiud,  from  its  great  riches,  is 
capable  of  maintaining  a  lar^e  population,  which 
it  does  not  now,  Mr.  Cobbett  proceeds  :  — 

"  It  is  manircst  cnoagb,  tint  tbe  population  of  this  valley 
was.  At  one  time,  many  limes  over  what  it  is  now;  for, 
in  the  first  place,  vfhat  were  the  twenty-nine  cburches 
built  fnr  *     rhi'  pnptiljition  of  the  twenty-nine  jwirishes  ' 
is  "'  If  more  ihnn  »«« /«i/if  of  that  of  tbe 

sin.:;  Mgton;  and  there  are  several  of  tbe 

chui  ..  :  —^  .  ...  .ii  tilt  chnrcli  at  KeusJng;ton.  What, 
then,  should  nil  these  cfaurcbe^  have  been  built  foif 
And  b^'vdt's  whrr*'  did  the  handa  ronie  from?  And 
^^*  J       ■    '     '  .,  eome  from?      In   three  instances, 

I'il'-  ^Kich-Fon  (seventeen,  twcnty-tliree, 

anil  J    iiiii  church  parchet  will  hold  all   the  | 

itthaliiuuiu,  even  down  to  the  bedridden  and  babirs.  I 
What,  then,  will  any  man  believe  that  these  chua-hcs  , 
were  built  for  such  hltle  IcnoU  of  i>eople  ?  "  | 

Will  any  of  the  rea/lers  of  «•  N.  &  Q."  do  me  1 
the  favour  to  answer  Mr.  Cobbett's  several  in-  I 
quiriea  ?  And  in  anawcrlng  thein,  I  particularly  ' 
wish  tJie  causes  of  the  twenty-nine  churches  being  | 
built  to  be  stutc'd  at  length  ;  the  date  of  the  erec- 
tion of  each  church ;  an<l  desire  to  be  informed 
do  the  locjil  histories  aflbrd  any  information  on 


[•  For  »ome  notices  of  the  work?  of  this  lenrned  di- 
vine, Minsnlt  NichoLs'x  lAttrar^  Ai'rutAttt,  \.  40:},  and 
""        ig,  Adftaraiuii   Littawtia'i,  1763,  ii.  1081 — 1037.— 


the  subject?     Where  tbe  handa  and  the  money 
came  from,  I  am  an.\iouB  to  learn. 

Fba.  Mewbcbw. 

Episcopal  Ssai..  —  Figure  of  «  bishop  with 
crosier  and  mitre,  under  canopy,  hi?  ri^ht-hand 
raised.  Below,  a  smaller  figure  «if  the  same, 
hands  joine<l  and  upraised.  Inscription  —  *'  .S'. 
Thome  .  (lei  . gracia  .  episcopi  .  munuencis"  To 
what  see  <ioe8  this  belonp  ?  C  J, 

Stobt,  Norfolk.  —  Can  nny  Lin<;  inform  the 
inquirer  what  were  the  arms  and  [a'dii^rce  of  the 
Rev.  William  Arraine  Story,  who,  about  170O, 
was  rector  of  Bamhrtin-Broom,  vicar  of  Kimbeiley, 
and  chaplain  to  Lord  Wodehouse?  It  ia  guppose<l 
that  the  family  migrated  to  Norfolk  from  eome 
northern  county.  Oxoniessis. 

Tamar,  in  Dkvosshirk. — Can  any  Devonshire 
antiquary  inform  me  of  the  situation  and  present 
condition  of  the  ancient  manor  house  of  Tamar, 
or  Uptanier,  in  Devon  P  That  it  was  a  place  of 
considerable  importance  in  the  thirteenth  and  four- 
teenth centuries  is  evident,  from  the  fact  of  license 
to  crenellute  it  having  been  granted;  and  though 
De  la  Pole,  at  11.  51  of  his  Hiat.  of  DeooJi,  pays  it 
was,  in  the  reign  of  "  King  Edw.  L,  the  seat  of 
Sir  Wm.  Cole,  Knt."  (whose  family  was  after- 
wards settled  at  Slade,  in  Cornwood),  he  does  not 
state  in  what  parish  it  was,  nor  give  nny  clue  as 
to  its  locality.  Lysons's  Decoiu  anJ  tl'e  other 
lopogT*pl»ical  works  on  the  county  which  I  have 
consulted,  aJTord  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  e<pii- 
valent  to  the  English  translation  of  their  Spanish 
name?  Do  any  such  cases  of  translation  of  foreign 
nanie^  occur  among  English  surnames  ? 

S.  G.  R. 

4StvittiU  toftH  IBinStotti, 
Thh  Pitt  Diamond.— Can  any  one  inform  me 
what  were  the  circumstances  which  induced  King 
George  IV.  and  his  ministers  to  send  to  the  Shah 
of  Persia,  for  his  acceptance,  the  valuable  Pitt 
Diamond  ?  It  was  like  sending  "  coals  to  New- 
castle," 05,  perhaps,  there  was  no  other  potentate 
who  posaesaed,  previously,  so  large  and  valuable 
a  collection  of  diamonds.  Labat. 

[Our  correspondent's  authority  for  ihia  notice  of  the 
ritt  diamond  is  probably  Mr.  Ildward  B.  Eastwick.  who, 
in  his  recently  published  work,  informs  us,  that  "  Among 
the  Shah's  rings  is  one  in  which  is  set  the  famous  i'itt 
disnioad,  i«nt  by  tieorge  IV.  to  Fath  Ali  Shah."  iJoitr- 
nal  of  a  Diplofnalt't  Three  Yeurt'  2tc*idence  in  P<'r$in.) 
Governor  Pitt,  ns  is  well  known,  sold  this  famoiti'  diainon  J 
to  tbe  Duke  of  Orleans  for  2.300,000  crowns  (9'2,(IOOi,), 
and  vit\it^c\ci  \\,  ^-CnA  \A\)!m^\a^>wfcWsi*a.  A^v-w*- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8r<t  S.  ¥.  Apuix.  80,  'M. 


**  llie  Begcnt,  or  Pitt  diamond,"  says  Mailame  de  Bar- 
rera,  in  her  iiitcro!>fini;  wurk,  (ieiu$  awl  Jeweh,  1860,  p. 
278,  "  pnwneil  by  Napoicuu  I.,  stolen  by  a  band  of  rob- 
bors.  made  by  Talleyrand  a  bait  to  seduce  Prtutia,  passed 
auscatlied  through  half  a  dozen  revolatioiu,  ttUlprrtauu 
to  Framre.  The  first  Kmperor  wore  it  mounted  in  the 
hilt  of  his  state  sword;  it  is  now  (18G0)  set  in  the  im- 
perial diadem."  It  must  b«  borne  in  mind  that  Governor 
Pitt  reserved  the  fragments  taken  off  in  the  cutting  of 
his  diamond,  and  which  made  several  fine  diamondu, 
worth  several  thoaiand  pounds  sterling.  Probably  it  is 
one  of  these  fragments  that  is  set  in  one  of  the  Shah's 
rings.] 

"  Tout's  Advbkss  to  Maky." — ^I  met  with  the 
following  uaiusing  line>>  in  MS.  the  other  day. 
Con  you  tell  me  who  wrote  them  P — 

**  TONES  AU  KKSTO  MAKE. 

"  O  Marc  aeva  si  forma>, 
Formae  are  tonitra ; 
lambicum  as  amandum, 
Olet  Hymen  promptu. 
Slihi  is  vctas  annc  se, 

Ah  bumano  erebi ; 
OU'I  mecum  marito  tc. 
Ore  ata  beta  pi. 
"  A\m  i  fere  ure  rigidi. 
Mi  ardor  vcl  uno, 
Toilet  mediis  naDtu,  pol ! 

Solet  me  bcabo ! 
All  mc,  vc  ara  scilicet ! 
Vi  laudi  vimen  thus  ? 
Ilintu  as  arandum  sex, — 
lUuc  lonicus. 
"  llni  sed  lieu  vix  en  imago, — 
Mi  missis  mare  sta: 
()  cantu  redit  in  mihi 

liibemn.t  uridn? 
A  Vfri  vnfer  heri  si, 

Mihi  rotiulves  indue ; 
Totius  olet  (lynicn  cum, — 
Accepta  touitru." 

W.  I.  S.  IIORTON. 
[These  lines  np])earcd  in  lientlty'H  JUUceUany  of  1810 
(vol.  vii.  ]).  SCi),  and  signed  S.  W.  p.    The  (commence- 
ment of  the  second  stanza  has  a  different  reading : — 

"Alas  piano  more  incretrix. 
Mi  ardor  vel  uno; 
Inferiam  ure  artis  hanc, 
Tolerat  me  urebo."] 

Fabdel  or  Land. — ^Tlie  following  extract,  re- 
lating to  u  "  fartidel  of  land,"  occurs  at  p.  310  of 
the  second  edition  of  Atkyn!«V  Glouce»ier»hire ; 
and  as  the  term  is  ho  unusual,  and  I  do  not  find 
it  in  such  glostiariea  us  I  have  access  to,  I  venture 
to  ask  the  contributors  to  "  N.  &  Q."  to  inform 
me  of  its  meaning :  — 

"  Kdw.  Lord  Stafford,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  was  seised 
of  the  manor  of  Olviston,  and  by  his  attainder  it  came  to 
the  orown ;  whereupon  the  M.  (except  a  messuage  called 
afamdel  of  land,  and  the  passage  called  Framilody,  and 
excepting  all  woods)  was  granted  to  Thomas  Henean, 
ami  QubtHne,  bl$  wife,  for  lift,  28  H.  VIII." 


[Tlie  correct  readin^'  is  Fardel  of  Land  (funleOa  terre), 
which  is  generally  accounted  the  fourth  part  of  a  jud 
land;  bat  according  to  Noy  (in  his  Oomjiieat  Late/tr, 
p.  67)  it  is  an  eighth  part  only ;  for  there  be  says  that 
two  fardels  of  land  make  a  nook,  and  four  nooks  a  yard 
land.  For  an  explanation  of  these  term!),  see  Cowel'i 
Initrpnter,  and  Tumlins's  JLoao  DictiMuvy.] 

Cbibbage. — Can  any  one  throw  Mnj  light  upon 
the  anticiuity  or  origin  of  the  game  of  cribbage  ? 

11.  L. 

[(Mbbagc  was  formerly  known  under  the  name  of 
Noddy,  as  we  learn  from  an  interesting  paper  on  **  Cani 
Playing  "  in  Chambers's  Book  o/Dayt^  ii.  77'J.  "  Noddy," 
says  the  writer,  "  was  one  of  the  old  English  court  garnet, 
and  is  thus  noticed  by  Sir  John  Harrington : 

*  Now  Noddy  followed  next,  as  well  it  mig:ht, 
Althongh  it  shonld  have  gone  before  of  right ; 
At  which  I  say,  I  name  not  anv  body. 
One  never  had  the  knave,  yet  laid  for  Noddy.* 

"  This  luu  been  supposed  to  have  been  a  childnE  i 
game,  and  it  was  certainly  nothing  of  the  kind,  li* 
nature  is  thus  fully  described  in  a  curious  satirical  ]:«(b, 
entitled  Bait  ujxm  Butt,  published  in  1694 : 

"  '  Show  me  a  man  can  turn  up  Noddv  still. 
And  deal  himself  three  fives  too,  when  he  will; 
Conclude  with  one-and -thirty,  and  a  pair, 
Never  fail  ten  in  Stock,  and  yet  play  fur. 
If  Uatt  be  not  that  wight,  I'losc  my  aim.* 

"  From  these  lines,  there  can  be  no  doubt  tU  lit 
ancient  Noddy  was  the  modern  Cribbage — the  Sib  ft 
to-day,  rejoicing  in  the  name  of  Noddy,  and  thtaidn 
Crib,  being  termed  the  Stock.  Criblmgc  is,  in  i&v<^ 
bability,  the  most  popular  Knglish  game  at  cards  n  ibe 
present  day.  It  seems  as  if  redolent  of  English  coobtt, 
a  snu;;  fireside,  a'.WeUh  rabbit,  and  a  little  muUei  scne- 
thing  simmering  on  the  hob."] 

Bablbt. — Maclavmore,  in  the  10th  Scaie  of 
The  Repriml,  says,  in  answer  to  O'CIabber : 

"  Never  fash  your  noddle  about  me;  conscience!  Ti 
no  be  the  first  to*cr>'  Barley." 

As  it  is  there  used,  it  is  evidently  sjnonymou 
with  "  Desist ! "  or  '*  Hold,  enough  !  " — that  is,  it 
expresses  a  wish  to  escape  the  consequences  re- 
sulting from  further  opposition.  Children,  wh«B 
at  play,  often  use  the  word  when  tlicy  want  a 
moment's  respite ;  and  if  uttered  sufficiently  lond 
to  be  heard  by  their  comrades,  they  are  fairlj 
considered  withdrawn  from  the  gnmc  until  further 
notice.  How  has  the  word  obtained  this  signifi* 
cation  P     Is  it  a  corruption  of  the  word  jmrleg  f 

A.  E.  W. 

[Jamisson,  in  his  SeottUh  Dictionary,  a.  v.  snggHti 
that  this  exclamation  might  originally  have  refeienesls 
Burlaw,  Bfrbuc,  q.  v.  Germ.  Baserlag ;  as  if  the 
elaimed  the  benefit  of  the  laws  known  by  this  i 
tlon,  bat  considers  it  more  natoral  to  view  it  mb  darfNi: 
.  tram  \^«'¥t«ds3iv  vorVcr ,-«Vv&R.%^QBik'Vjui3&al&  pav4if.| 


9^  S.  Y.  Apmi.  30.  •«.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


>( 


Vitflxti. 

THE  TIXCLAEUS  DOCTOR. 

(S^*  S.  T,  74.) 

gome  Utile  int<"""*   ■•♦'nrhes  to  the  lucubra- 
iona  of  this  cxcci'  i   personage,  and  na 

he  rarity  of  hli  ji:  ...uj-i.  is  undoubteci,  the 
'ollowing  ii'lditiona  to  the  bibliogruphical  irifonn- 
tion  on    the   subject  may  not  he  unacceptable, 

espefially  to  your  correspondent  J.  O. 

Milehull,  previoua  to  the  year  1713,  collected 

together  the  tractates  orijrinally  published  sepa- 

fatdy  by  him  in  a  volume,  small  4to,  with  the 

following  title ;  — 

"The  Hhoii'  worT;s  of  that  erriinffil  Divioe  and  His- 
torian Do:-  r  of  TinkUrian- 
lira  in  thi'  ■  Beiny  Essovb  of 
>irinity,  iiuuiiuiiiv,  iuniurv.  a<ii  1  iJilooophy.  Com- 
>Q«ed  At  vtriouB  occflsiona  for  his  own  SatiiCtcUoD, 
Gjuier'a  Edification,  and  the  World's  lUamimitiau. 
"  Together  with  the  Iliston'  find  Misteric  of  Divil  and 
(Hrila,  Popea  and  i'agans,  I'riMta  and  Prelate,  Trith  a 
SbronoloKy  of  the  mo«t  famous  Penona  in  the  World, 
*  DMCription  of  the  Ueyil'^  Regiments  aod  bi^  orra 
fftlibdox  RoligioD,  &r.  Edinburgh :  Printed  in  tho 
1712." 

1.  The  first  of  these  extraordioarr  hrochurea  ts 
Tlie  third  Addition  of  the  Tinckfnr's  Religion, 

enlnr^ror},  with  a.  Discription  of  Sixteen  of  the 
I  '  gimenta."     It  commences  with  a  notice, 

1  ■    who  "  desire  to  have  lo^  TcstameutT 

\iit  thcui  come  and  have  a  part  of  it  at  my  shop 
M>  the  Head  of  the  West  Bow  in  Edinburgh. 
Fhoae  that  buys  my  whole  works  shall  have  them 
ftt  an  eosie  rate." 

2.  Ib  ai  '  I  '  lotion  to  the  first  part  of  the 
rincklar  (,  dedicated  "  to  the  Queen's 
most  cxctiii-in  lUiijeitio  by  William  Rlitchel, 
rine-FIate-^Vorker,  in  Eilinburgh.  Edinburgh, 
printed  by  John  Iloid,  in  Dell's  VVynd,  1711." 

In  the  dedicution  to  Qucou  Anuc,  bcr  Majesty 
ie  inibrmed  that  — 

"  Many  of  the  Ministers  of  Nort!i  Britaine  <-aU  tne  a 

f.  .'.l :  T  r,„)<:,=i  1  ii:n„  not  »o  much  wi«  r--^  '••■  '•■"-.Tcnd 
'  d  have.     y«t  1  ii:  !    irit 

1  r.in  prt'tcinl  to.  %  our 

.  V.'  -li  ill  tindit  so." 

ird  tl.iii   :-onie  of  the  printed. 
cjiiiitiy  sermons  of  the  time  warnintod  the 
sij^d  TinckJau-  in  his  censure.    This  trsict  con- 
of  title,  dedication,  and  thirty-six  pages. 

3.  Tlmn  onmes  — 

lar'a  Teslamiiiit, 

!-rirtTi  ^flI7l'^tf^5 


u^  woik." 
"  1  Cor.  chap.  I.  ▼.  OT.  •  Kot  matir  idsc  man  aOcr  the 
ywifthty,  not  1  ,  rtr*>  called.*    By 

^Tinklar.  iti 


This  is  also  printed  by  Heid,  and  coDsists  of 
twenty-eight  leaves. 

4.  "  The  Tlnklar'is   Speech  to  the  roost  Loyal 
Countryman,    tho    Honourable   Laird   of   Carn- 
wath."     It  has  no  title-page,  but  is  dated  Jan- 
uary 1,    1712.      Pp.    16.     This  gentleman   was 
George   Lockhart,  of  Carnwalh,  whose  Memoirs 
of  the  allairs    of    Scotland   are    well    known  to 
Scotch  historical    students.      The  Tincklar  tel 
Mr.  Lockhart  that   he  cannot  but  commend  Dr..^ 
Pitcaim  and  the   Queen's  two  Advocates,    and] 
some  of  the  Lords  of  Session,  and  Provost  Black 
wood,  "  for  giving  me  money  for  carrying  on  niT] 
work,  bccanse  they  are  men  of  sense  beyond  aSi  | 
others."     Pitcairn  was  the  well-known  Jacobite  i 
wit  of  that  day,  and  author  of  that  very  clever ' 
but  indelicate   comedy  The   Asunnhly,   in  which 
the  ruling  clerirv  in   Scotland  are  coslinatcU  in 
the  most  exemplary  matmer. 

5.  Next  comes  — 

"  The  great  Tincklurian  ' '  ;■<  speeeh 

the  CommendatioQ  of  thu  >  part  of  ^ 

Testament,  dedicated  to  tli>.-iri  luai  .timu---  tltems«lTeK 
nitli  bujineas,  and  take  not  time  to  r^ad  the  Uible;  and 
to  the  General  Asacmblv  of  the  Church  of  Scotland, 
especially  to  Sir  James  Beard  of  Saaghiuun-Hiill.  the 
worst  among  us  ail ;  he  desires  not  to  be  connnended, , 
although  I  could  to  an  high  degree."  Ho  date  or  plac«^  i 
Pp.  16. 

We  have,  6thly,  "The  Great  Tinckkrian  Doctor 
MitchcJ,  his  fearful  Book  to  the  Coiidemnatioa 
of  ail  Swearers,  dedicated  to  the  Devil's  Cap)- 
tains."  This  issued  from  Reid'a  press,  1712,  and 
consists  of  thirty-two  leaves.  The  preceding  are 
all  in  small  4to. 

7.  The  Doctor  next  appears  as  a  civic  reformer, 
in  a  Broadside  of  one  leaf,  folio,  entitled  "  Tlje ' 
Tincklar's  Proposal  for  the  better  Reformation  of 
the  city  of  Edinburgh,  together  with  his  Scriotis 
Advice  to  the  Magistrates." 

8.  Is  entitled  "  Gresit  Xews,  Strange  Altera- 
tion concerning  the  Tiuckler,  who  wrote  his  Tes- 
tament long  before  his  death,  und  no  man  knows 
his  heir."  In  this  folio  broadside  of  one  leaf,  he 
proposes  to  be  made  — 


"  Captain  in  th'-T- 
heen  a  lUO  pouji 
have  that  pmiit  ' 
for  it 

1(»»C   : 


'^■•tnl.    The  Captain  yc  ke«r  has 

if  my  way,  for  none  siiorild 

it  have  sense  to  givi*  reason 

re  Wiis  entering  my  sUufi,  I  liaving 

ou  at  the  firt',  tie  ordered  his  Soul- 


dler&  i...i  Lv  m:.  lu.  ...ccik  open  my  shop  door  till  my  new 
clock  aud  ucMl  port  of  my  work  were  burnt." 


opif 


of  W 

bur-^, 

Majesty 


>od  riddance  of  rubbish,  in  the 
utracy.    This  wholesale  biim- 

■  f  these  stmngc 

■lio. 


i3k 


360 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


r3rd  Sb  Y.  Apuili  so.  '€1. 


"  I  have  little  time  to  spnre  but  when  I  should  8le«|), 
liecaose  I  have  many  tender  children  to  provide  fur,  and 
1  have  but  a  poor  employment,  called  a  White  Iron  Man, 
out  of  their  ignorance." 

He  continues  in  the  following  strain :  — 

"  I  had  a  poit  to  give  li;;ht  to  some  people  for  twelve 
years,  but  some  of  thu  Cr)uncil  of  Edinburgh  took  it  from 
me;  because  I  was  not  like  themaelvea.  After  that  I  cot 
anotlier  post  by  an  inward  Call  flrom  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 
lind  I  have  no  success ;  they  will  not  hear  me,  so  as  to 
reform  cither  practice  or  I'reachings;  and  more,  they 
give  me  as  little  Omitge  as  Morde<-ai  gave  to  Ilaman ; 
thev  go  by  mo  and  comes  by  me,  and  never  lifts  their  hats, 
altiiough  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  if  the  Lord  Mare  rFovest  of  £dinburgh,  the  other 
is  the  Governor  of  Blackness  Castle,  ten  miles  from  Edin- 
burgh ;  where  is  a  hundred  men  keeps  a  cairn  of  stones, 
and  altboogli  there  were  no  man  there^  no  man  would 
take  away  one  stone,  because  the  stones  is  wealtbie  in 
that  place.  Now  I  believe  your  M^osty  may  know  that 
there  will  be  no  need  of  me  as  Govemour  there." 

To  remedy  cxistinfi;  evils,  the  Doctor  proi>osc8 
that  her  Majesty  should  make  him,  or  uny  other 
honest  tradesman,  Provost  of  Edinburgh,  a  citv 
where  th<.>  need  of  a  respectable  ruler  was  much 
needed.  'Iliere  were  many  tradcHmen  "  worthie  of 
the  honour  "  he  assures  the  Queen :  — 

"  The  Tradesmen  of  I'kiinburgh  is  mightilie  oppressed 
by  the  Merchants  there.  When  a  Merchant  comes  to 
liave  as  much  wit  as  to  ask  ten  Shillings  for  an  Ell  of 
Cloath,  that  they  might  sell  for  a  crown,  and  when  Gen- 
tlemen and  honcHt  Tradesmen  comes  to  buy  it,  they  give 
it  because  they  miml  no  evil,  niul  so  the  Merchant  turns 
Rich,  and  made  a  Magistrate  in  the  Town,  and  the  Great 
Deacon  Convener  over  all  the  IVadesmen  in  Scotland, 
goes  behind  them  like  a  Gentleman's  Man,  that  carries 
his  Master's  Cloke,  although  ho  had  more  wit  then 
Abithophel.  The  Merchants  will  not  suffer  a  Tradesman 
to  be  a  Magistrate  except  they  deny  their  trade.  Judge 
ye  if  that  be  reasonable.  And  some  of  them  grow  so 
proud,  that  the}*  deny  their  Trade  to  be  made  a  Baillie, 
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  burden  |  by  paying  stent  and 
annuitie,  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 
monev,  but  they  will  not  give  me  so  much  satisfaction  as 
to  tell  me  what'they  do  with  it.  I  had  a  small  sallerie 
to  light  the  Town  Lamps ;  they  took  it  from  nic,  because 
I  lost  near  all  that  I  had  the  year  before  by  a  dreadful 
fire ;  they  laid  on  a  load  above  a  burden  upon  mc,  and  by 
this  your  Majesty  may  know  what  sort  oi  stuff  we  have 
for  Magistrates ;  and  if  it  pleaae  your  Excellent  Miyesty 
to  look  upon  our  poor  and  opprest  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 
provostsfaip  then  vacant.    The  date  is  1711. 

11.  Another  address  of  four  piges.    At  ihf 
end  the  Doctor  exclaima :  — 


"  Go  tell  her  Mnj«>8tv  that  if  «hc  wants  monev  to  pay 

I  her  soldiers,  give  the  Clergj-  less  wagots,  and  lay  iwe 

I  duty  upon  Goulf  Clubs,  and  then  fewer  of  them  will  gn 

j  to  tlie  Goulf;  aud  keep  fewer  Pensioners,  for  1  know 

there  are  in  Edinburgh  gets  it,  that  does  not  need  it" 

12.  "  The  Tinckkrian  Doctor  Mitchel's  Speech 
ngainst  the  Bishops  and  the  Book  of  Common 
Prayer."  Four  leaves,  4to.  In  concluding,  the 
reader  is  desired  to  beware  "  of  tUe  Devu  and 
George  Lapslie  in  the  Bnwhead,  for  the  Devil 
came  roaring  out  of  his  mouth  apcainst  me  before 
Mr.  AVebster."  The  last-named  individual  is 
undoubtedly  the  Presbyterian  clergjmBO,  some  of 
whose  productions  are  as  strange  as  those  of  the 
extruded  lamplighter. 

13.  Commences  thus :  — 

**  Franklv  and  Freely  dedicated  to  her  Majesty  Queen 
Ann,  the  'Fincklarian  Doctor  Mitchd,  his  Speech,  to 
James,  (me)  and  all  the  Iloyal  Family.  July  2<i,  1712." 

What  is  meant  by  *'  me  "  is  not  very  intelligible. 

14.  Contains  — 

"  The  Tincklarian  Doctor  Mitchel'd  Speech  concemiog 
Lawful  and  unlawful  Oaths.    Dedicated  to  all  those  that 
hath  tender  C-onsciences,  but  not  the  Wool  Merchaatsst 
the  Bow  Head.    I  reckon  some  of  them  hatli  none.  Ssae 
of  them  said  before  many  wituessos,  I  could  not  writt 
these  twelve  books  without  the  hulp  of  Doctor  Pitcain; 
and  they  have  no  more  convictions  than  a  Natural  Bnit 
Beast  for  their  lies.  And  although  Doctor  Pitcain  ke  t 
wise  man  in  his  own  trade,  I  would  rather  see  hiai  httgd 
before  I  seek  his  help  to  write  liovks,  or  any  other  Ibi); 
and  if  they  moke  any  more  lyi-s  \i\Hiii  tnc,  I  aha]]  ugK 
them  worse  than  Doctor  Pit'caini  did  Mr.  WeMrfe 
taking  away  his  Good  name.    And  I  think  it  iiMret 
Minister's  Dutie  to  Keprore  their  Paroch  for  £,jia|;,ika 
to  call  any  Man  an  Aithest,  and  cannot  prove  it-,  te*. 
now  to  the  purpose." 

This  reference  to  the  Webster  controvenv  i> 
especially  curious.  It  arose  in  this  way :  Dr.  ^• 
cairn  was  present  at  a  book  auction  in  Edio* 
burgh,  at  which  Blount' g  Tranalation  of  Pk3»- 
stratus  and  a  fine  copy  of  the  Scriptures  were  pat 
up  fur  sale.  Fur  the  former  tncre  was  srcat 
competition,  and  the  life  of  the  impostor  reuised 
a  considerable  Hum,  whilst  for  the  latter  there  were 
no  bidders.  Whereupon  the  Doctor  remarked, 
this  was  quite  natural,  "  for  is  it  not  saidf  Verbm 
Dei  maaet  in  teterttumf"  Webster  having  heard 
this  witticism,  said  the  Doctor  was  a  prof(n>sed 
Deist.  This  led  to  a  law-suit,  which  ulumatcly 
came  before  the  Court  of  Session,  when  their 
Lordships  held,  that  as  Webster  was  willing  to 
give  reasonable  satisfaction,  it  should  be  amicahlj 
settled  out  of  court. 

The  argument  in  this  amusing  squabble  is  verr 
graphically  given  by  Lord  Fountainhall  in  hu 
Decisioiu,  vol  ii.  p.  756,  —  a  work  which,  fron 
being  considered  a  mere  law  book,  is  seldon 
looked  into;  but  one  which  Sir  Walter  Scott 
used  to  esteem  as  one  of  the  most  curious  ui 
valuable  historical  records  in  rehtion  to  SootaA 


S«  S.  V.  ArfiiL  3i»,  •«.] 


que'ries. 


of  the  Court  in  Webster's  case  is  tinted  July  16, 
1712.  ile  did  not  long  survive  this  judicial 
award,  as  he  died  on  October  13,  1713.  Pitcaim 
WM  a  staunch  Episcopalian,  and  an  untiring  op- 
ponent of  Culvinism.  There  is  a  poein  of  much 
wit  and  humour  by  him  called  "  Babel,"  which, 
after  remaining  more  than  a  century  in  MS.,  was 
prJTately  printed  for  tlie  Maitlajid  Society  by 
G.  R,  Kinloch,  Ksq.,  4to,  1830.  It  is  hardly 
necessary  to  observe  that  the  Preabyterian  leailers 
are  "very  severely  handled  in  it. 

IVIr.  James  Webster  was  amon^t  the  most  popular 
preachers  of  his  time.  Some  of  your  readers  have 
perhaps  seen  tJint  strangPft  of  all  preachments, 
Eow'a  Pocktnanty  Sermon,  of  which  many  editions 
appeared  during  the  earlier  period  of  last  cen- 
tury, and  which  was  included  in  the  very  scarce 
MernoriaU  of  the  Fccmilii  of  Ifow,  small  4to,  Ste- 
venson, Edinburph.  It  was  printed  from  an 
origIn.iI  cotemporary  M.S.  Mr.  Webster's  Ser- 
mons are  somewhat  liimilar,  and  so  were  those 
of  many  of  his  cotemporarics  which  have  been 
quoted  in  the  Scotish  Prctbtfterian  Eloquence  Din- 
plttyed.  One  of  ^V'ebster'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  Poor  Ornhnns,"  "  The  Holy  Ghost 
to  be  E-xequitor,  and  leaves  ull  he  has  to  the 
Bairns  of  the  House."  He  was  one  of  the  ministers 
of  the  Tolboolh  Church,  Edinburgh,  ajid  died  on 
May  17,  1720. 

lo.  Is  called  the  seventh,  eighth,  ninth,  and 
tenth  Petition. 

"  The  Great  Tincklarinn  Doctor  MitchcJ  to  Her  Ma- 
Jeaty  Que«n  Ann,  of  S<-otlan(l,  England.  France,  uid 
Ireland,  Ucfcn'ler  of  my  Faith,  and  bia  Faith.    Amen. 

**  Sovf  most  niiebty  PriucMt,  Queen  Ann,  I  moat 
speake  to  you;  As  for  ibe  rest  of  the  world,  they  are  not 
worth  my  pain*.  Sow  ExceUtnl  and  Sackrcd,  Great,  and 
Graeioas,  Queen  Ann.  Toor  MaJMty  moat  know  tJiat  I 
tan  iheonly  w«ll-wi<it'  -  '"  -■ —  ^'  ---ty,  and  your  Royal 
Father'aFamilic,  alt!  iiice  or'me. 

"  Bttt,  however,  I  ;•  i  .cauae  1  live  much 

upon  (kith,  ua  1  tuld  j,u|ir  .Majt^^ty  the  first  Fctitioa  I 
wrot*  to  your  Maiesly ;  for  what  ye  have  not  done,  I 
know  ye  will  do.  Ami'  this  niakisi  nie  contenL  .\mcn." 
Eight  pages,  quarto. 

The  16th  and  last  article  is.  "  The  Tincklarian 
Doctor  Mitcbel's  Lamentation,  dedicated  (o  James 
Steusrt,  one  of  the  Koyal  Family."  4to,  four 
pajrea. 

I  am  not  aware  that  y  '  '  ..jr  attempted  to 
collect  his  8ubnef|uoril  \>  into  a  volume. 

These  .are   very  nu!'  in   mr  the  most  part 

in  the  shape  of  i  (t'oljo).     Of  such  of  | 

these  as  are  in  my  i.l^.;,!  »  i  propose  at  a  future 
period    to  ;n^c   some  account.      Ilia    duodecimo 
volumes  are  not  so  numerous.     One  of  them  ix  a  , 
sort  of  autobiography,  written  a  few  years  before  ( 


his  death.  The  only  copy  of  it  that  las  come  under 
my  notice  was  in  the  Library  of  Principal  Lee, 
mid  was  subsequently  acquired  by  me  from  filr. 
Jjniidwood,  Bookseller,  George  Street,  who  had 
discovered  it  in  a  bundle  of  pamphlets,        J.  M. 


Pl'BLICATION  OP  DIARIES. 
(1"  S.  xii.  142;  a^^S.  v.  107,  215,  261,  303.) 

I  refer  to  the  last  article  of  the  above  by  ita 
lines :  there  are  »>i.\ty  lines  in  a  column. 

(Lines  45-125,  157-159).  The  matter  now 
stands  thus.  Reuben  Burrow,  an  able  mathe- 
matician, but  a  most  vulgar  and  scurrilous  dog, 
left  a  diary,  and  notes  in  some  of  bis  books,  con- 
tainin;;  much  cursing,  obscenity,  and  slander.  An 
extractor  from  his  diary  tones  him  down  into  an 
able  but  "  somewhat  excentric  "  mathematician, 
and  gives  aome  of  his  little  imputations  upon 
other  mathematicians,  without  giving^  a  suflicient 
notion  of  the  dirt  which  was  left  behind.  This  is 
exposed,  for  the  sake  of  history.  The  extractor 
declares  that  he  has  pven  a  proper  notion  of  the 
man,  and  produces  his  own  account  of  what  he 
had  said.  The  reader  is  now  to  compare  the  lines 
above-mentioned  with  the  account  in  3'*  S.  v.  107, 
and  he  is  then  to  judge  the  cose  for  himself. 
The  extractor  does  not  impeach  the  correctness  of 
the  additional  statements  and  quotations;  of  his 
critic.  And  I,  in  my  turn,  tej^tify  that  the  ex- 
tractor has  given  bis  account  of  himself  correctly 
enough,  in  the  main.  There  is  (90)  a  slight 
strengthening  of  what  he  had  said.  His  quota- 
tion from  Swale  is,  "  his  heart  was  good,  although 
his  habits  had  not  been  formed  by  the  han<l  of  a 
master  " ;  this  is  not  nearly  so  strong  as  "  yet  his 
habits  were  not  justiliable,"  the  rendering  sub- 
stituted for  part  of  the  quotation.  And  (157 — 
1.59)  the  linal  description  of  Reuben  Burrow  as  a 
*'  somewhat  exeentric  but  able  mathematician  "— 
which  of  itself  is  enough  to  establish  my  case  —  is 
not  repeated,  because  /  ha<l  given  it :  so  more 
space  is  given  to  the  announcement  that  no  repe- 
tition was  wanted  than  would  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.  Hutton's 
name  in  italics,  in  explaining  a  sarcasm  of  Bur- 
row's. 

(25—34,  135—140.)  The  question  in  not  about 
Burrow's  opinion  of  naval  efficiency,  &c.,  but 
whether  the  man  who,  in  u  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  trusted  when  ho  attacks  other  charuC' 
tcrs.  The  reader  will  observw  how  carefully  this, 
the  cea,l  moe,  \a  AiNov^Lj^Xi']  ^^!A  vesAxaiAtR.* 


362 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»t  &  Y.  Apbil  80.  %L 


(133.)  It  is  laid  down  that  there  is  "  some  ex- 
cuse "  for  the  imputations  which  were  deliberatelj 
committed  to  writing.  Let  the  reader  look  at 
tlic  excuse  for  the  foul  lanfruoj^e  and  deliberate 
slander  which  the  extractor  veils  under  "  harsh 
ex[>re8sions."  (1'25.)  Let  the  reader  also  judge 
tills  probability. 

(189— 194.;  That  tlie  profits  of  authors,  &c. 
would  be  diminished,  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  tlie  better. 

(124.)  The  extractor  thinks  that  dots  at  the 
end  of  a  paragraph  sufliciently  indicate  a  suppres- 
sion at  twelve  lines  above  that  end. 

This  is  all  I  need  say  about  the  main  point, 
from  which  th(>  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- 
nesH  may  T)roducc  confusion,  but  st>ucial  pleading 
tends  to  discrimination.  Tliose  wiio  use  special 
pleading  as  a  cant  term  may  need  to  be  told 
that  it  ought  to  be  applied  to  the  mode  of  intro- 
ducing facts  or  makmg  distinctions,  and  may  he 
either  sound  or  unsound.  If  the  extractor  will 
learn  the  meaning  of  a  special  jiiea^  and  produce 
a  case  in  which  I  have  used  one,  I  underUdce  to 
defend  it.  Verbiage  is  a  new  accusation,  us  ap- 
plied to  me:  it  means  unnecessary  number  of 
words.  ^  lief  quired  an  instance.  If  the  extractor 
onljr  picked  up  a  couple  of  epithets  out  of  the 
dictionary  of  dyslogisuis,  I  can  <mly  say  that  I 
"hold  him  no  philosopher  at  all "  (182.)  lin- 
vite  an  explanation  of  the  words  in  marks  of 
(quotation. 

(19 — 21.)  A  misuse  of  a  simile.  When  Hooked 
into  tlie  (]uiver,  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.  Tlie  extractor  wrote  to  tell  me  where  the 
(|uiver  wiis,  in  the  same  note  in  which  he  ex- 
pressed disapprobation  (jntrnrise)  at  my  having 
sent  one  arrow  his  way.  \Vhttt  could  he  have 
meant  but  to  invite  my  criticism  ? 

(156.)  To  "cover  a  i)Osition"  is  :i  military 
phrase:  it  is  done  with  infantry,  artillery,  in- 
trenchments,  &c. ;  never  with  an  umbrclliu  Vol- 
taire's traveller  quieted  the  oriental  sovereign 
who  was  afraid  of  an  invasion  from  the  Pi^pe  by 
telling  him  that  the  Papal  troops  mounted  guard 
with  umbrellas.  (154.)  L(^ic  and  common  sense 
are  never  at  fault:  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  proceis  of  "logic"  by 
which  quoUtioBB  are  found.    'Jliis  word  la  uev «c 


used  by  the  extractor  without  a  misconcepUoD : 
if  he  would  put  it  into  his  head,  he  would  not  put 
hu  foot  into  it.  He  has  also  a  oonfu^ion  of  this 
kind.  I  said  I  would  give  all  I  eould.  and  he 
might  find  more  if  he  could  :  on  this  he  asks  hov 
he  is  to  find  more,  when  he  ha*  found  oil  he 
could  ?   I  am  sure  I  do  not  know. 

(34—38.)  Apelles  Is  very  well  brought  in,  but 
with   an    incongruity.      liow  came    the   Greek 
painter  to  talk  Latin  to  the  Greek  cobler  P    The 
extractor  should  have  noted  that  though  Flinj, 
telling  the  whole  story  in  Latin,  made  Apelles 
say  ne  sutor  &c.  to  the  cobler,  it  is  grotesque  to 
make  him  still  talk  Latin  when  the  rest  of  the 
story  is  in  English.    Delambre  says  that  Alfmuo 
satirised   the    Ptolemaic    system    with    Si  Dieu 
nCariait  cmisultS,  &c. ;  but  who  would  make  the 
Portugncse  king  talk  French  when  the  story  ii 
told  in  English  Y  The  extractor  would  have  been 
fortunate  if  he  had  hit  up<m  the  other  story  of 
the  same  kind,  also  told  of  Apelles ;  namely,  thst 
ho  recommended  Alexander  of   Macedon,  who 
talked  art  in  his  studio  like  a  king,    to  hold  hii 
tongue,  lest  the  boys  who  were   grinding  the 
colours  should  laugh  at  him.    I  digress  to  make 
a  note.    It  flashed  across  my  mind  that  I  fasd 
seen  a  picture  of  this  scene ;  and   at  last  I  re- 
membered that  it  was  in  a  very  early  nanbercf 
the  Pennif   Magazine.    There  is  an  old  dtmp, 
said  to  be  Roman,  I  think,  representing  a  paatfo; 
a  grand  lord,  and  boys  grinding   colours.  Ifl 
remember  right,  the  accompanying  article  iliiiiot 
give  a  hint  of  the  meaning,  nor  state  that  lt«u 
known.    But  the  picture  has  also  a  pupil  loolm;^ 
round  in  sur]iriso,  a  pair  of  amateurs  making  quiet 
remarks  to  each  other,  and  a  goose,  or  at  lean  a 
bird,  who  is  evidently  quizzing  the  whole. 

(100 — 105.)  Burrow  may  be  excused  his  ex- 
ceiitricities,  because  another  genius  makes  puii:< 
with  fine  points.  Poor  punsters  have  oflen  oeen 
abused,  but  never  was  anything  so  hardly  said  at 
that  a  diarist  wlio  deals  in  cursing,  obscenit/, 
and  slander,  may  have  these  exhibitions  palliated 
by  the  parallel  case  of  play  on  words  with  z 
fine  iioint  On  reading  this  passage,  I  came  to 
the  conclusion  that,  though  a  genius  is  spoken  oU 
I  am  the  person  satirised.  I  looked  through  mj 
article,  and  not  a  pun  could  I  find.  But  as  my 
points  require  a  microscope,  1  took  a  powerful 
one,  and  still  nothing  could  I  iind  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 
lieubeii  burrowed  in  filth.  At  last  I  found  what 
may  be  the  thing ;  but  the  power  I  had  to  pat 
on  was  rery  high.  In  the  same  number  in  which 
the  extractor  read  my  article,  is  another  about 
Cromwell's  head.  Is  it  possible  the  extractor 
suspects  me  of  manauvring  with  the  Editor  t» 
g|et  the  two  arUfiles  into  one  nnmbert  that  I 


8«4ei.V.  ApiblB&.'MlI 


IS^OTES  AK 


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363 


m   projrresa  ;n 

»iMinin,.     r'r,,ni- 

ll 


mijiht  imply   ft  contray^nf 

'"  ii.  ^  (J.     lis  ill  wliii'li  wjiM  1 

iof  llicie  nru   \\  i  .  botU  r  AH  I  owi  suy 

is  thut  it  wad  ««>  .  but  Uml  ol*  the  edi- 

tor, who,  I  obsev.  :  llie  two  things  abso- 

luttfl/    next  to   .  ill   the   nufubor  now 

bffure  mu.     Is   it    jtOi^til^lo    that  he  iiit^iidod  to 
mako  »h«'  above  pun  in  ]>rivuti;  lift*?  If  8u,  Mr. 
T.  T.  ^V  >  udU  I  iiave  spoiled  Lis  luarkeii 

that's  I) 

il«-   i.  i.   n  :  as  presented,  but  not 

eTen  by  liamc,  a  e  of  a  very  common 

and  "  innot'cnt"  i  -      '^'       iphers,   lui- 

due  tenderness  to.  This  was 

done  tliat  certain  .u.|,ui...  ...i..-.  ..i...  ,.  u  very  foul- 

moulhcfj  man  had  c»5t  nii«;ht  not  bo  quoted  by 
<l»o.ie  wlin  could  not  know  what  luiuuter  of  man 
Laid  made  thern.  This  he  treats  aa  a  "  chargt  " 
and  iin  attncl:,  and  un  ofleuce,  :iod  an  arraign- 
ment :  and  he  replies,  uver  and  above  his  answtj- 
to  the  nialtcr.  bv  a  description  of  myself,  ag  a 
verbose,     sjv  'lug,     pun-witli-flne-point- 

roaking,     gi,  ■'snudl-Hty-huilder.       All 

ibis  I  take  in  ii,i.^4  ptir*.  :  -inily  conHideriag 
how  ;n-«iiit  a  gate  ho  Uu,  ,|m  ikJ  (or  me  out  of 
iUia  iuiall  cuntroverjiy,  Jle  says  1  have  been 
•♦  atteniptiujf  to  create  matter  for  iurtlier  (Usouk- 
fion":  J  ivpjy  that  he  ahall  not  pet  one  word 
more  out  of  me,  uulew  he  will  pve  me,  with 
obviou?  knowledtie  of  what  tlie  words  mean,  one 
iitslaiice  of  special  pleading:,  and  one  instance  of 
verbiage.  But,  with  the  verbiuse,  1  ehajleijge 
bioo  to  jhow  how  the  same  thing  should  hiive  been 
aaitl  in  lewer  words. 

{A:tic,  p.  210.)  I  have  pone  beyond  ihe  bonndg 
of  "  le^jitimato  critieism  "  in  innniiKi..  ,,.,,t:v.. 
Qamcjy,  tenderne.se  on  the  part  i 
towarcLs  hi9  subject.  What  I  im| 
not  motive;  and  I  caJlctl  it  •'mnorcnt."  Hut 
♦•veil  imputation  of  motive  U  "  legitiniato "  ;  it 
may  be  wronp,  but  the  ri^ht  or  wrong  mnst  be 
aetlU'd  by  the  manner  in  wliich  the  imputation  is 
aupported.  Ilie  kiiilntr  of  men  in  open  light  is 
'*  Upliaiate  "  warfai x* ;  but  it  Is  wron;*  in  thoee 
of  tluj  wrong  side.  Mb.  ^Vxi.kinson  s  mode  of 
reply  IS  legitimate;  I  mean  his  descriptions  of 
myjclf :  ihwe  de»eriptioii»*  .ire  not  sujiported,  Imt 
he  baa  a  »i»ht  to  them,  if  he  think  them  true. 
And  3uch  d.,.,.  ;...:-  r^.^  ^ot  only  1 
but    in    jMr.  ^'g   pa..,i,  ar.i    :. 

**'"<'-^'-'  ''"     ^     iie  does  to  put  iu.-.,   m  ,,.... 

,      ^'  '      I  hare  done  the  eood  I  intended 

|tO  dw,  nod  have  had  most  efiViiuid"  help. 

A.  De  Mokgak. 


PBE-DEATU  COFFINS  AND  MONUMESTSs 
(3'*  S.  V.  255,) 

Tour  correspondent  A.  J.  has  mentioned  some 
curious  indtoncea  of  ecoentrioity  relating  to  pre- 
dealh  colhna.  I  can  add  a  remarkable  rate 
coming  within  my  own  knowledge.  Dr.  Tidjje, 
a  physieitin  of  the  old  scheM)!,  who  iti  eorly 
days  haf!  aeconipanied  Uie  Duke  of  Clarence 
(afterward'?  William  JV.)  when  a  midshipman,  as 
medical  uttondant,  possessed  a  favourite  boat;  and, 
uoon  his  retirement  from  Portsmouth  Dock  yard, 
wnere  he  held  an  appruntment,  had  thi.**  boat  eon- 
yerted  into  a  coflin,  with  the  gtern  piece  fixed  at 
its  head.  This  coffin  he  kept  under  his  bed  for 
many  years.  Though  eccentric,  the  Doctor  wm 
a  most  benevolent  and  sensible  man,  and  lived  to 
an  old  a^te.  I  couhl  mentioti  many  of  his  rpiuint 
sayings,  but  they  would  be  out  of  place  here. 
Amongst  other  things,  however,  he  often  related 
wiili  much  pride  that  his  mother  was  one  of  the 
l.(-i  iints  of  the  Pendrill  family,  the  pro- 

ti  larles  II. 

JL'"  mces  of  the  Doctor's  death  were 

very  rr  The  late  Sir  Stephen  Gaselec 

an«l  inv  hmicr  were  his  executors.  Feeling  his 
end  approachino;,  and  desiring  to  add  a  codicil  fo 
his  will,  he  sent  for  my  father.  On  entering  his 
chamber,  he  found  him  suffering  from  a  paro-xysm 
of  pain,  but  which  soon  ceased :  availing  himself 
of  the  temporary  euae  to  ask  him  how  he  felt, 
be  rcotit'd,  smiling,  "  I  leel  :u«  easy  as  an  old 
shoe;'  and  lookinjj  towards  the  nurse  in  attend- 
ance, said,  "  Just  pull  my  le|»^  straight,  and  place 
me  as  a  dead  man;  it  will  save  you  trouble 
shortly."  Words  which  he  bad  scarcely  uttered, 
before  he  calmly  died.  Probahly  there  are  few 
c.ises  on  rcconl  of  such  self-pof^aession  when  in 
exIremiA. 

In  regard  to  pre-dealh  epitaphs,   inacriptions 
'-""'  s  placed  upon  tombs,  in  anticipation 

o'  .'  of  the  person  to  be  cominemoraied- 

An  .  MiuKii.i..-  prelate  of  the  English  Church  (may 
his  death  be  far  distant),  haj  the  inscription  he 
desires  incised  upon  his  tomb,  wanting  only  tlie 
date  of  his  decease  to  be  filled  in  J 

Bekj.  Ferbet. 


Tlie  prjictice  of  having'  a  niontiment  erected  to 
one's  memory  before  death  would  seem  to  be  at 
least  a-  •  i!  ■-  Mio  times  of  tli«  Stuarts,  if  the 
f"llowiii.  i>  to  be  believed.     It  is  copied 

from  a  .^  to  ike  Gty  of  Ghucttter,  pub- 

lished about  ibIG:  — 

of 

J..1. 

I«Jntij|   waU   il:Ucr,riL  cu...ar,-,.  tUt  cJlifyf,, 

on  a  UbUt  of  lUck  marblu,  ure  i  »vor<ls :  — 

"  '  iJahn  Jt»n«',  AUlvrinnji,  tjnv  -   >i.  vv  r  ^a.  nVxh  *ci*:^-^ 


Tnaaon  ;  Begistmr  to  cSglit  several  Bishops  of  this 
Ulocesfi.' 

•'  He  dio.l  in  tin.'  sixUi  yc        '  "        ii^n  of  King  Charles, 
June  1,  ltt30.     He  y:ave  ■  ^  inouuiiieiU  to  be 

erected  in  his  lik'time:  ^' :  'kmen  bjui  fixed  it 

Mp,  he  found  fdult  with  it,  l»v  lemarking  that  the  nose 
•wu  too  red,  Whi!«  they  were  nlteriiig  U,  he  walked  up 
mnd  down  the  '  '  ■  I'i  chunch.  Ho  then  said  that  ho 
had  ttiiuself  n;  1 :  so  lie  paid  ofl*  the  worktn«n, 

und  died  iho  n  r^." 

H.B. 


In  John  Duitklii's  Ilistonj  of  Dart/ord,  p.  94, 
is  an  acxrount  of  the  discovei'y  of  a  Roman  stone 
coffin  in  1822  in  ft  Held,  the  pro]»ertr  of  Mr.  Lan- 
dule.  It  was  the  inleution  of  Mr.  Landiile  to  be 
himself  buried  in  that  coffin,  and  for  that  purpo«e 
be  sent  it  to  u  Mr.  ^Vatson,  a  stonemason,  to  have 
the  lid  repiiired  ;  but,  as  the  coffin  weighed  above 
two  tons,  the  stonemason,  wisliing  to  improve 
upon  hia  Iloman  predeeossor's  labours,  very  ela- 
borately pared  the  outside,  and  excavated  the  in- 
terior, until,  to  the  great  annoyaace  of  Mr. 
Landale,  he  Lad  destroyed  the  whole  of  the  arch- 
aeological character  of  the  coffin.  I  need  not  add 
that  Mr.  Landale  was  not  buried  in  this  surco- 
pbagus.  A.  J.  DusKiN, 

Uartford. 


An  instance  of  this  is  given  in  my  note  on  Job 
Orton,  of  the  *'  Bell  Inn."  Kidderminster,  in  the 
First  Series  of  this  work,  viii,  50.  IJis  tomb- 
stone, with  an  epitaphic  coutdet,  was  crecte<l  bv 
htm  in  the  parish  churchyard  (where  it  may  still 
be  suen),  and  his  coffin  was  used  by  him  for  a 
waie-bin  until  it  should  be  required  for  another 

pUl'pOHC.  CtiTHDEUT  IJeDE. 


Judicial  CoMMirrBB  or  Phivy  Locncjc  (ii"^ 
S.  V.  2G7.) — An  your  correspjndent  says,  the  pre- 
lates were  only  fUie.Ho?"*  in  the  Gorham  case:  it 
is  clear  from  tlio  preamble  to  the  judj;ment  that 
the  judgment  was  tbat  of  the  lawyers,  which  was 
sent  to  the  prelates  to  read.  It  im  e<iuany  clear, 
that  in  the  recent  eases  the  prelates  wore  roem- 
bers  of  the  Committee,  and  parties  to  the  judg- 
ment. All  the  canes  come  under  the  same  act;;  of 
Parliament,  by  which  bishops  arc  distinctly  added 
to  llie  Committee  in  cases  of  lit-rchy.  How  came 
the  bisbops  to  be  only  ossessotv;  in  the  fiuvham 
cute  f  A.  Dfi  MnnoAX. 

CoMsoKAXTit  IS  WetsH  (!•'  S.  ix.  "271,  472.) — 
I  be^  to  state,  that  havin<;  long  been  convinced 
tlie  opinion  expreised  by  I'rofessor  Newman  and 
Mr.  iJorrow  on  the  pronunciation  of  the  \V^ol«h  U  is 
erron«>ou«,  I  have  tujUcited  the  judgment  of  a 
W»rUh  friend,  which  I  now  propose  to  nubjoin  to 
extracts  from  the  writer>i  al.M»ve  referred  to :  — 

••  Th«  Uev.  Mr.  Garnrtt,  wlio  hat  so  proOtAbly  and 
oab)jr  dinclfiti  tttenlion  to  tho  \V>Uh  Uuguagc  u  a 


and    uya   Uut  it  is  to 

Phihlf"'!.    ^<^.,  vol.    ii.   j>. 


>wii,  httamm4 
eci^  tefM 

iT>'it  in  titim 

c 


tongue*; 
( Loitdon 

can  ow  vrxii   i    \ix\r  pi»> 

nounc-  w  W«Wi  'WOf^  I* 

native?  exactly  iW  lUUr^ 

ance  xv  i  "  bi«B  aMont 

that  in  lid  »«t  h»  dW- 

tin-u:.  .  ^  tajmst^ 

tc<  tnSttrt  WM 

iitttratiL.!;  vi'/-' ^^"^^"^^ 

there  14  touie  vonety  utnun;;  the  NVAtsit  tiMiBflMraL  "• 
F.  \V.  Newman,  CUutieni  Muitum^  \  i.  330. 

I  have  not  access  at  present  to  Mr.  Bcnww'l 
Walhs  in  Wild  Wnles,  but  it  will  l>e  mfficieotw 
mention  that,  in  illustnition  «rl"  his  utterMwe  d 
the  //.  he  instances  Machynlleth,  **  prtmutuioed  itf 
if  spelt  Mavh'inclcOt." 

"Any  theoViev  that  make  the  Wrfsh  fi  eqwN^ 
lent  to  x^  ia  Greek,  or  that  make  it  in  any  Mfcr 
way  a  compound  sound,  are  I  believe  cwentiittr 
mistakes.  The  test  of  its  being  corrv>  ' 
nounced,  i»,  that  the  sound  is  not  compi^ 
simple  and  one:  *  Servelur  ad  imum  t^uau  k» 
incepto  proceBserit.'  In  Shak-^pearc,  we  ha«c(l> 
labial  aspirate  joined  to  /,  as  iu  a  recnx  salkar 
we  have  the  guttural  ung'^jested.  In  mt  ^ 
experience,  the  dental  th  is  inor-.-  fT-r>.iii>iitJy  ^ 
tixed  to  /  by  En;rlish  stran;^er*.  £><■  tb 

the  sound  is  a  compound  soun  .__  ov^doa- 

nation.  The  etymological  relations  betwfw  Wrf* 
and  Latin  are  verj'  curious  ns  rec^Ar^  'f  *•* 
thev  involve  too  many  features  of  •  iMfMV 
little  known  to  the  rortdcr*  of  »  N.  A  Q.*  «i  w 
properly  developed  nr  '.  a  comanniill* 

to  tnat  most  valuabto 

"It  is  a  little  curious  t-iiu^r  Mj-.  Ijorrow,  «iwl« 
done  a  Welsh  book  tlio  honour  of  tranaialiat  i^ 
into    Knglish,    has   ei         "  "    "   & 

meaning  of  its  title  l^ 

Sleeping!  B:»rd.'  Th'-  »»  'imu  m  wuicn  wnco  • 
not  'y  Bordd  Cwsjr,'  l»ut  y  liarrd  y*  Cf^ 
Ellis  Wyn  took  the  odd  title  of  nn  old  pnd*  li 
whom  he  refers  in  th«  Second  Vision,  'Tb*  fllH 
Sleep,*  or  Vvttei  Somuun.'' 

BtnuoTiftec%^B.  CnsTnam. 


P.S.  In  my  list  c^ 
a  Living   Animal,"  ••. 
Tyrius,   Duntct-l.  viii.,    • 
?oiue  editions  DUseri.  x.v>  ■ 
I'Eau  /«gp  Hydrolheologia-  .  ■  ...^ 

CoMKT  or  1531  (S""  S.  V.  114.)— Thai 
is  tin;  allusion  v(  Luther  to  tlti«  coBOt* 
U.  B.  refers :  — 


tropiriiiu  I  ' 
ClirUttts  r. 
WvnaeasUtta  I^hik. 


■p 


S.  V.  Ariui.80,'64,1 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


365 


Kino  Chables  Il.'a  n.i.EGiTiMATE  Cuiloren 
S.  V.  21 1,  289.)— Barbara,  Duchess  of  Cleve- 
k1,  is  accurately  ilesi;;nated  by  bcr  nutideii  sur^ 
nuine  Villiers  (ijiateaii  of  I'aWr,  that  of  Ltr 
liM«!>ir,,i).  Ill  the  patent  creating  her  Baroness 
!>,  Countess  of  Soutliauipton,  and  Duchess 
.'land,  for  life,  she  is  so  callod.  Xeithor  is 
it  str icily  correct  to  account  (Xo.  7)  Anue,  Coun- 
tea*  of  Sussex,  &s  one  of  the  kin>if's  children.  Tliis 
lady,  born  Feb,  29,  1661,  is  describe*!  as  Anne 
Falmer  in  her  marriage  aettlemeiit ;.and  was  a 
by  adoption  only,  whom  the  king  ac- 
;ed  in  public,  but  uot  in  private. 

UfNBT  M.  Vaxe. 


WAi.Lowa   (3""  S.   V.  259.)  —  It   is  generally 
ved  in  many  parts  of  Greece  and  Turkey,  by 
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  m!;^riition,  and  tljat  the 
spirits  of  the  depnrted  will  yo  awuy  with  them ; 
for  which  reason  they  are  considered  as  holy  birds. 
[-According  to  another  tradition,  the  hair  of  the 
■koa  who  kilU  one  of  them  will  fall  from  his 
^^d.  Rhodocakakis. 

'  Emgma  (3"^*  8.  V.  509.)— In  reply  to  your  cor- 
respondent F.  C.  H.,  there  can  be  no  doubt  that 
the  lines  are  hexameters;  perhaps  intended  for 
£ude  leonines,  and  should  read  thus :  — 

Ouinqac  jumn*  frttrM,  sub  etHlem  tempore  nati, 
''ini  barbati,  6ini  gjoo  crine  creAli. 
iiiutus  habet  tiArboui,  ited  tuntum  dinjitlintnin," 

h  is  an  exact  description  of  the  rose  in  ques- 

Binl  often  moans  two  simply,  especially  in 

8Ui*h  loose  L«tin  us  this.     I  never  heard  of  bini 

meaning /owr,  as  F.  C  H.  wishes  to  make  it.     Its 

proper  uieanin;?  is,  twn  ench,  or,  two  in  each  case; 

*  uot  two  an<l  two,  in  tlie  sense  of  two  -)-  two. 

tlie  line  cited   by  F.  C.  H.   from  Terence's 

mio  (v.  3,  6)— "ex  his  prasdiis  bina  talenta"— 

oes  not  mean    "  two  talents  from   each   of  two 

but  "two  litlents  every  year  from   thtit 

There  is  nothins:  about  "  lw(.i  farms" 

,     -    J  in  bina.     But  I  hope  F.  C.  II.  will  »ec  i 

tliai  the  second  line,   as  emended,  mciui»<   "  two 

>vitli  hair,  tiro  without ;"  aud  mt  that  "two  and 

**'?'«•  *•  ^'  '***'^  heardt,  but  were  born  without 

ow  mc,  in  addition  to  wlmt  I  have  said  above, 
hng  Virjfjl  m  an  instance  of  using  6»/Jo,  not 
wo  and  two»"  but  as  two  each  :  — 

'  •        •        .        P«rt  spicaia  ge&tat 
Bina  mnnn"—.E».,  vii,  OW?. 

C.  H ,  I  *uppo«%  would  say  this  means  that 
nmn  carriua  /mtr  durls,  two  in  each  hand  ; 
ih.rc  can  be  no  doubt  ii  menus,  that  each 
carried  two  Id  litu  hand. 

AUV£X>  XirCKKB. 


"ACB£A    VlNCEJiTi,"  ETC.    (3^   S.   V.    297.) T 

think  Uiere  can  b«  uo  doubt  that  the  inscription — 

"  Anrea  rinceiiti  detur  mercede  coron*; 
L'antAt  (canlttf)  el  luUnio  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  Ti'cerit,  dabo  ei  seUero  mecum  in  throoo  meo; 
sicut  «t  tgo  rici,  et  sedi  cam  i'atre  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,  tl>en,  probably  meant  that  the  old 
scholar  could  show  u  rod,  as  his  instrument  for 
iMiiking  hia  scholars  brink  at  their  studies,  and  re- 
viving their  slumbering  capabilities.         F.  C.  H. 

FoKT  AT  CiiEr.MOBTOx  (S"*  S.  V.  299.)  —  I  am 
inclined  to  interpret  the  mysterious  letters  thus : — 

i   0    t   K  rt    K    I    m. 

>f  0  TriaiU.»  s.>ncta  ut  beaedicta  temper  kadatam 
mystcrluni,  or  laudabilis  mundo. 

But,  with  the  Editor  of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  I  regret 
that  no  rubbing  has  been  given  ;  and  the  more  as, 
in  the  Eccleiiolngist  (vol.  v.  p.  264),  the  letters 
were  differently  arranged,  no  Initial  cross  prefi.xed, 
and  a  letter  added  after  the  s.  To  ask  a  solution 
without  giving  the  puzzle  correctly,  is  as  trying 
as  the  king  of  Babyloa  s  demand,  and  would  re- 
quire a  second  Daniel.  P.  C  H, 

PoSTEllITT  or  CUABLEMAHNK  (3"'  S.  V.  270.)— 

The  jiaper  of  Hebmkntblde   appears  to  me  to 
leave  the  question  still  involved  in  some  degree  of 
obscurity.     Mezerny  is  quoted  as  speaking  (in  a 
somewhat  doubtful  manner)  of  two  sons  of  (Carles, 
Duke   of  Lorraine,   by   his   second  wife  —  their 
names  being   Hujrh  and  Louis.     It  is  to  be  col- 
h-cted  thai  this  Hugh  h,\s  somettme.s  had  the  name  < 
Churh:a  attributed  to  him.   And,  in  Koch's  Genea- 
logical Tollies   (1780),  I  find  two  sons  given    to 
Ch.arles,   Duke  of  Lorraine — Lonis  and  Charles; 
with  a  note,  however,  to  the  following  effect :  "Onj 
ne   connoit   point  lo  sort  de   ces  deux  Princea." 
Capital  names  these,  one  would  think,  for  an  ex- 
l>ert  genealogist  to  lay  hold  of  to  stick  at  the  head 
of  a  pedigree.     It  appears,  however,  by  what 
IIermentkudk  says,  that  thertf  has  been   com- 
monly assigned  to  Charles,  Duke   of  Lorraine, 
another  son  (not  mentioned  by  Koch),  Wigcrius 
by  name  ;  whose  son,  Baldwin  Teutonicus,  is  re- 
presented as  being  the  common  ancestor  of  thai 
faniilie*  nf  Warrenne,  Mortimer,  and  De  (Jourcy. 
I  should,  liowever,  be  glad  lo  kn«»w  what  autho- 
rity there  i»  for  the  existence  of  such  a  person  as 
yVfgfriiu,  son  of  Chiirle?,  Duke  of  Lorraine. 

^  MEI.BTB9. 

Unofs  uv  John  Hot  (3*^  S.  v.  238.) —With 
reference  (o  A.  G.'s  remarks  as  to  tUi  '^\s.vWst*isjs4 


366 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»«a  V.  April  30,^ 


of  certain  Hi/miu,  printed  by  Galbraith  of  Edin- 
burgh ill  1777,  it  seems  to  me  that  he  is  quite 
ri<i;ht  in  attributing;  the  work  to  the  pious  John 
Hoy,  of  (lattonsidc  villa<rc.  I  have  un  earlier 
edition  now  before  nie,  1774,  and  can  floe  uothin<r 
in  it  to  indicate  that  the  Duke  of  Koxburj^he  had 
any  share  in  tlii'ir  composition.  The  hymnolo- 
{{ist's  son,  John  Hoy,  jun.,  as  A.  G.  states,  also 
wrote  poetry — a  ]K)sthumous  volume  of  his  bu- 
colics, and  other  poems,  havin<;  l)een  published  in 
17H1  ;  but,  durin^r  his  life,  the  Juvenile  Hoy  had 
issued  some  of  his  poetry,  which  I  suppose  was 
well  received,  and  warranted  hiii  friends  in  tryiii;; 
the  posthumous  volume ;  to  which  are  appendcil 
the  names  of  upwards  of  two  hundred  subscriber!!, 
some  of  |!reat  note;  but  I  do  not  find  the  Duke  of 
lioxbur^hc's  name  in  the  list,  which  it  probably 
would  have  l)ccn  had  his  <;riu}e  been  connected 
with  the  Patriarchal  Hoy's  work. 

The  celebrated  book  collector  and  collator  of 
the  Black  Acts  of  liiCtd,  was  the  Duke,  at  the  time 
the  Hoys  wrote,  and  for  some  time  afterwards ; 
but  I  never  heard  that  his  grace  was  a  {met, 
though  in  his  library,  sold  in  1812,  were  some 
very  curious  and  scitrcc  old  poetical  works  which 
brought  almost  fabulous  prices.  W.  R.  C. 

TlIOMAJt  MoRR  Moi.TNKUX  (•*}"'  S.  V.  298.)  — 
In  Manning  and  Uray's  llUtortj  of  Surrey  (vol*,  i. 
pp.  97,  98),  this  gcntliMiian  is  called  Th(miHs  More 
Molyneux,  and  not  Sir  Thomas  More  Molvneiix, 
as  be  is  called  in  Brayley  and  Hritton's  Ilisfort/ 
(i.  415),  i'iteil  by  S.  Y.  K.  According  to  Man- 
ning and  1{ray  (vol.  i.  p.  fiS),  his  epitaph  in  St. 
Nicholas's  Church,  Guildford,  is  as  follows :  — 

"  Saurcd  to  thi'  meinnry  i)f  Thomas  Mork  Moi.yxkkx, 
seron<l  sou,  niul  (1>v  tlu'  ili-nth  of  his  elder  brother  .lameii) 
lipir  of  Sir  Mori'  Molynoux,  Kiit,  liy  Daiiic  C.-Lssandra 
]iia  wife.  lie  was  n  C-nlotiel  niul  Major  of  tlio  Tliinl 
Kop^mcnt  of  Foot  Uunnl!*:  rrpri'Acnted'  the  lioroii^h  of 
Ilaalemere  in  four  Hcvcral  Parliaments:  and,  Iiuviiig 
seni'cd  his  country  in  the  Senate  and  I'icld  with  uii- 
l)IeiniflhG<l  intc{;rity  and  honour,  died  3  O't.  177(5,  iu  the 
tifty-third  year  of  his  age." 

'lliis  epitaph  is  not  mentioned  in  nruylcy  and 
Britton's  History.  Perhaps  the  prefix  Sir  is  an 
error.  It  seems  most  likely  that  the  epitaph 
would  mention  Thomas  ]More  Molyneux's  real 
rank.  W.  J.  Till. 

Croydon. 

RotalCadkhcy  (.r«  S.  v.2in,;no.)~John  IIF. 
de  Dreux,  (Le  l^m)  Duke  of  Hrittany  and  Earl 
of  Itichemoiit,  died  at  Caen  April  .')0,  1.141  (nut 
1342.)  See  Dom.  Morice,  liv.  iv. ;  D.  L<ibineau, 
liv.  viii. ;  Moreri.  IJretagne- Pierre  (Mam-h-rc)  de 
Dreux  bore — chequy  or  and  azure,  a  canton  er- 
mine, bordurc  gules  (1230).  John  IT.  a  shield 
ermine  (1297).  W.  H.  P. 

De  Fob  ani>  Dr.  Livixqstonk  (S'*  S.  v.  281.) 
H.  C.  "  thinks  it  nearly  certain  that  the  former 
mtut  bavo  been  acquainted  with  sumc  trjcvdiet 


who  had  crossed  the  southern  part  of  the  Afiican 
continent,  and  had  seen  the  Victoria  Fall." 

This  is  probable,  because  I  am  informed  bj  a 
scientific  friend  and  voyager,  who,  many  years 
ago,  when  at  Fernando  Po,  on  the  west  coast  oi 
Africa,  learnt  that  it  was  not  very  uncommon  to 
meet  there  with  a  person  who  haid  trarersed  tbi 
African  continent. 

On  the  return  to  England  of  Dr.  I^ivingstone, 
a  needless  fuss  was  made  about  his  having  paue<l 
from  Loanda  on  the  Atlantic,  to  Quilimane  on 
the  Indian  Ocean  ;  this,  no  doubt,  was  worthy  of 
mucli  praise,  and  more  gratification  for  his  having 
ofTected  it  in  safety.  1  believe,  however,  before 
him,  by  two  years,  a  Portuguese  merchant,  nameii 
Silva  Perto,  made  a  like  journey.  He  set  fortK 
from  the  West  Coast  at  Benguela,  about  4"  oflar. 
south  of  Loanda,  and  arrived  at  the  eastern 
coast,  at  Cape  Delgado.  His  route  is  describL-.! 
by  Mr.  James  M:ic(|ueen  in  vol.  xxx.  of  the 
Journal  of  the  Royal  Get^raphicftl  Society,  vA 
from  the  accompanying  map,  his  line  of  marvb 
with  his  Arab  companions — who  hnd  previou-lj 
come  to  Benguela  on  the  Atlantic,  from  the  cnasr. 
of  Zanguebar  —  can  be  compared  ivith  the  hd.. 
journey  of  Dr.  Livingstone. 

Do  Foe,  as  he  most  likely  founded  his  storj  of 

bold  Capt.  Singleton's  adventures  in  Africi  cc 

$ome   facts,  made  his  hero  pass  over  that  smt 

continent  from  the  Indian  Ocean  in  about  12''  Sa' 

south  lat.  to  the  coast  of  Angola  on  the  Atlui;. 

The  author  al^i  tnkes  the  Captain   to  "ifreit 

waterfall,   nr  cataract,  enough   to  frightn  Lin." 

which  H.  C.  suggests  may  be  the  Vietotn  ¥t\\, 

recently  described  and  figured  by    Livinzi'iur'-.-- 

This  discovery  may  have  been  then  made  knovn. 

Le.  in  1720,  by  the  rnjiortof  some  Purtugutaeor 

Arab  traders  from  Africa ;  altbou^rh  De  Foe  naj 

have  had  the  Fidls  of  Niagara,    or  other  pioi, 

cataract^  in  his  miml,  when  he  wrote  his  nnvcL 

Moreover,  the  author  mentions  "  tlic  Great  Like, 

(»r  inland  of  the  sea,  which  the  natives  call  Coil* 

\  mucoa,  out  of  which,  it  is  said,  the  river  Nile  bi> 

'  its  Rouri'e,  or  beginning."     I  may  add  that  it  'a 

extremely  likely  that,  about  1710 — 20,  some  r.- 

:  cent  notice  of  the  wonders  of  the  central  porlior. 

!  of  Africa   had  arrived  in  this  country  from  \\k 

I  Portuguese  settlers  and  which  De  Foe  made  tie 

'  foundation  of  his  natural  and  iiitcrestin;;  dcscrip- 

I  tions.  ViATOB. 

A  Bull  op  Burke's  (S"*  S.  v.  212,  2G7.)  — If 
I  Loan  Lyttislton'b  citation  from  Bishop  King  he 
remembered,  namely,  that  Burke's  speeches  were 
i  printed  from  ba«l  notes,  confused  and  illegible, 
there  is  no  difliculty.  The  point  which  arises  is 
one  which  I  have  treated  elsewhere,  but  few  of 
your  readers  will  have  seen  what  I  have  writtea. 
Burke  gave  himself  a  complete  education  in  lofpc 
and  metaphysics ;  and  the  first  we  hear  of  faio, 
«&«  l!(MivvQ<g  Trln'LtY  CoUeee^  Dublin  —in  whiek 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


S67 


logic  was  Jtudled  tlien^as'now  —  is  as  an  applicant 
loi*  ;i  T'inr>-s(u>Iiiii  nfloLri*'  :it  Gl.is^jdw.  Probably 
Le  il  than  bis 

iitegnd  we 
cuM/Mtttut  llierc  will  Ins  no  ditUcuIty.  The 
part  Lbs  always  been  uned  in  two  sense«. 
irst,  tbcre  arc  parts  which  tire  airL'^rogatcd  intti  a 
whole,  ns  twelve  inched  into  a  fool,  or  sevi-rol 
<Vi(Terent  species  into  a  goniis.  In  tbese  cuses  ibe 
Achooloien  n»iil  there  were  parfex  extra  partes. 
Seconilly,  thi-re  are  parts  which  I  ftfllrm  are  more 
correctly  said  to  be  compounded  into  a  whole  : 
-thus,  a  bur  of  iron  hsis  bulk  and  weight  amont]^ 
the  pnrtsof  the  notion;  the  notion  man  has  animal 

SJiii  -  ' ^  ''^ir  pans.     To  this  diiy  the  logicians 

■epe  ■  |>ouud  notion  as  the  sum  of  its  com- 

poiKL..: .1  i.hus  they  foster  modes  of  .apeakin^;: 

trhi<'h  liurke  may  hare  adopted,  modes  of  Bpe.ak- 
Sng  which  a  reporter  may  easily  misunderstand. 

The  illustration  which  Burke  uses  is  a  correct 
one  according  to  the  law  of  his  doy,  which  took 
every  rann  to  be  of  the  State  form  of  religion,  non- 
onfonnity  being  only  toler4te<J.  On  this  assump- 
tion the  Church  and  the  State  arc  one  and  the 
am«,  just  ns  the  thing  which  has  bulk  and  the 
thing  which  hits  weight  are  one  and  the  same  bar 
bf  iron.  Call  tho  space  occupied  by  a  particle  a 
■portion  of  the  State,  and  its  weight  a  portion  of 
the  Churcif,  and  the  ))ax*ailcl  h  very  complete.  To 
tnake  his  meaning  visible,  he  \a  obliged  to  remind 
his  heiirers  that  "Church"  and  "Clergy"  are  not 
convertible  terms,  but  that  the  laity  are  part  of 
the  Chnirh.  And  here  he  is  very  propj^rly  mode 
lo  say  thn«  'I--  i-iry  are  an  "essential  integral 
|>art'  of  II.     Tlio  word /or  is  probably 

Rerepori  -.     The  sentence  which  it  be- 

lt does  not  apply  to  what  prccede.s  as  a  whole ; 
K    merely   corrects   a   niisujiprehension    which 
ight  obscure  a  part  of  it.  Even  in  our  day,  writers 
DD  the   "  Church  '*  are  obliged  to   remind   their 
eaders  that  the  lay  body  forms  a  pjirt  of  the 
Church ;  a  thinp  the  laity  have  neoi-ly  forgotten. 
When  a  man  takej  orders,  he  is  said  to  "go  into 
the  Cliurch,"  jind  "churchman"  is,  in  historical 
Iting,  a  synonyme  for  "  priest,"  or  "  clergyman." 

A.  Dii  MoBGAM. 

JsncMiAir  HoflsocKs  (3"*  S.  v.  173.)  — The 

Inyiiyits  '             attention.     A  few  years 

JJPJ|U|d'  <  to  the  church  at  Uoole 

Brlnwii  1,    with  a  memorial 

window.  ,1,  rector  of  llool*'. 

the  chief  j -"lifion,  took  nil 

bains  to  coll<  ith  llorrocka, 

but  dill   nnt  .  period  of  his 

birth.     lb     I  :..  I                              .and  1610,03 

tbe  latest  li.'f.',  ,],h.  r.-Ji-.m 

It  is  liMrdly  i 
In  otVicixting  c  ' 
W»c  bean  at  twenty  yearv  of  agp.     He  dtiacrtb«s 


himself  as  •>bliged  to  leave  his  telescope  on  the 
m<irnin;(  wf  Sunday,  Nov.  24,  1639,  at  the  moment 
when  he  was  watching  for  the  transit  of  Mercur 
over  tbe  Sun,  which  he  had  predicted,  and  whif 
no  human  eye  bad  ever  seen.     The  transit  might] 
have  occurred — though  it  did  not — while  he  wi 
at  church.     He  describes  himself  as  " ad  majora] 
uvocatus  quit*  utique  oh  hire  percrga  negligi  noai 
decuit."     A  mere  parishioner  would  have  stayud.'] 
away:    a  new  astronomical   phenomenon,  and  %i 
thing  of  once  in  scores  of  years,  would  have  been 
sutficient  excuse.     He  must  have  been  tbe  officiate 
ing  clergyman  at  that  time,  as  he  certainly  was 
(dienvards.    He  had  no  p;irticular  connexion  with 
Iluole  before  he  was  ordained  to  its  curacy;  and 
the  mere  fact  of  his  residing  there  at  any  given! 
date  ia  a  strong  presumption  of  his  being  then  in  j 
orders.     Mr.  Whutton  remarks  that  the  bisho 
were  not  so  strict  about  the  age  of  ordination  two ' 
centuries  ago  as  they  are  now.    But  Ilorrocks  had 
no  particular  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  tlus  may  be  added  that  Ilorrocks  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  Moroak. 

Rev.  DAvtD  Lamont  (3'«  S.  vr.  498;  v.  22,)  — 
The  Rev.  David  Lamont,  D.D.,  minister  of  the 
parish  of  Kirkpatrick-Durbam,  in  Dumfrieashire, 
died  on  the  7th  of  January,  1837,  in  the  eighty- 
fifth  year  of  hi.'*  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.'a  visit 
to  Scotland,  and  preaching  before  that  monarch, 
I  recollect  a  clerical  jcn  (Ftsprit  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  (he  Rev.  Doctor's  name;  and  also,  I  fancy, 
on  his  character  in  some  way  :  for  the  expression 
used  was,  that  "he  was  a  lamentable  Mo<lerator!" 

A.  S.  A. 

Cawnpore,  East  Indies. 

Omr.iwAi.  UNPunLisHBD  Lettbb  or  the  Fatheb 
OP  THE  Author  or  "The  Gravk"(3"*  S.  iv. 
426 — 427.) — In  the  above  Note,  the  writer  has 
fallen  into  a  {ev  errors  with  regard  to  the  dates 
of  tbe  deaths  of  both  Sir  Hugh  Campbell  of  Caw- 
dor, and  of  his  son  Sir  Alexander.  The  latter 
Iiredeceosed  his  father,  dying  August  27,  1697,  at 
alay ;  and  the  former  survived  till  March  1 1» 
1716,  ot  hi*  sent  of  Cawdor  Ca.5tle,  in  Nairnshire, 
N.B.  Sir  Aiexiinder  married,  in  1G89,  Elizabeth, 
,,,,1,7  ,!•.,, ..lit.-  ,,r  s,;,  J,.hn  Lort,  first  baronet  (so 
-  )    of    Stack\ioolc    C<\v«t.^ 

;,who  diftA  \ti\n\M),  la^x^!^  ?i»a.«!^'w«  '^'^  ^^^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C9rt&T.  Arm-f^H 


second  Enrl  of  Clare  :  which  Indv  eventually  be* 
cume  heir  to  Sir  GiUxsrt,  second  and  last  boru- 
net;  who  died  unranrried  Sept.  19,  IfifJS,  njetl 
twentv-eight,  when  the  title  became  extinct ;  but 
the  estates  passed  to  her,  and  are  stJlI  in  the  pos- 
session of  her  descendant,  the  present  Earl  Caw- 
dor. Lady  Campbell  was  alive  in  the  end  of  the 
year  1715,  as  appears  by  a  letter  from  old  Sir 
Hugh.  George,iiQt  "  John,"  fourth  and  youngest 
Bon,  was  a  Captain  in  Lord  Mark  Ker's  regiment ; 
married  Ruth  Pollock;  and  fell  at  the  battle  of 
AlmanzB,  in  Spain,  April  14,  1707.  These  cor- 
rections ore  made  chicfty  from  "  The  Book  of  the 
Thartes  of  Cawtlor ;  a  Series  of  Papers  selected 
jrom  th«  Charter  Room  at  Cawdor,  li36 — 174'2," 
which  was  edited  by  Mr.  Cosmo  Innes.  and  printed 
for  the  Spalding  Club  in  1851),  To  this  work, 
apparently,  J.  M.  had  no  opportunity  of  reference. 

A,S.A. 
Cawnpore,  Host  ladies. 

Se5eca.*9  Phophkct  (3"'  S.  V.  298.)— Your 
correspondent  C.  P.  wishes  to  know  the  supposed 
prophecy  of  Seticca  about  the  New  ^Vo^K^.  He 
will  find  it  in  the  yfedea.  Act  II.,  at  the  close  of 
the  choral  songs ;  it  runs  thus  :  — 

"  .^       .        •       Venient  nnnia 
Secola  feeris,  qnibus  Oceanus 
Vincala  rorum  Iftxet,  et  iiigena 
Pnteal  tcllua,  Tiphysque  novos 
IVtcgal  orles.  aec  sit  term 
UltituA  Thule." 

dr,  «8  Wheelwright  profusely  rend«?T8  it : — 
•*  Lo  I  ai  tliQ  iinbbrn  years  arise. 

What  triumphs awell  th«  voice  ot'FAinv! 
Whi\t  notea  of  rIotv  reuil  tlio  sUies, 

And  hvHin  the  rearlesi  Pilot's  name  ! 
Taugrht  liy  hi*  art,  what  vosscts  roam 
Umiumbcr'il  o'or  tbe  yielding  fottin, 

To  search  in  earth  onew : 
Bounded  no  wore  by  Thuie's  coast, 
Lo!  the  drear  realms  of  op'hin?frcut 
Unfold  tbeir  world*  to  view," 

iv.  C. 
KrroKEOCS      MoNDMBXTAT.      T?««r|«!PTI05S     IS 

HmsTOL  (3""  S.  V.  28f».)— ATi  :,..;  the  ac- 

ooiuit  in  the  Gentleman  $  M<  loired    to 

by  Dt'xui.Mf:?csi9,  I  mn  inclinfi!  t.,  hciu-vc  he  is  in 
4.'rror  n»  to  ih.?  identity  (,f  Colonel  John  Porter 
with  the  individual  tlnjre  mentioned.  If.  there- 
fore, he  wUl  kindly  furnish  corroborative  evi- 
dence of  his  statement,  ho  will  .-..t  r..,-  benefit  on 
the  rciider.i  of  "N- &  (.^."     Ti  ^rho  died 

in  Castle  Rushcn  was  uaraed  J      .  i      •  .ri,  r  i.u,l 
th<»re  is  nut  the  slightesl  atluKton  to  ii 
been  in  the  army;  wlii!.  t)ie  name  <»n  t 
tablet  Is  Colonel  J'  ^¥ithout  any  i> 

whotftver  of  «  secoi  tuime.     Krom 

remarks  of  your  t<.  :  are  to  helii-vv 

that   t})a   Colonel    .,  ,t  in   the  West 

Imlien,  juit  previmuly  u.  ^\.^.  IS,  1811.  If  so, 
how  amt  bu  lo  die  iti  Ca«tl«  Ru»Ueu'r  wW<j  u 


appears  that  John  B.  Porter  had  been  confia 
an  insolvent  debtor  for  "  two  yeinsad  »  qaark 
(am!)  when  he  died  (says  the  Mn^Trin*^.  " 
not  posiie^sed  of  u  single  8h> 
wnji  obliged  to  sell  her  lx.'d  i 
Surely  the  Porter  family,  who  wt;:c 
cumstances,  wouM  not  have  allnw«?d 
to  die  in  such  abjoct  po-.  affl 

In  the  Baptist  Meetii 
Ihiw  city,  is  a  Uxblet  inscnix"!    lo   cje 
"Tl»o  Rev.  Hugh  Evans,  A.^L,  P««t«r' 

church  twenty- thro    -  '     '  '^* 

ageil  sixty-four." 

gards  the  age,  is  t..^ 

seen  by  the  following  t:  u 

inscribed  on  a  tomb  ere  l  .  .  i.  .- .   ^  a 

Baptist  burial  ground,  ItedtTojw  tJtrcet:— • 

"  .Sncrp '  '  -  -'i  ^  '^!mi«nr  of 
Hr  M-\. 

Ili:>  .  '•"•cm*^ 

Aofi 

Ii 

In  nil 
F.iii' 

Ai. 


A  most  excel 


Ho 


M-,. 


In  the  tirtyniHth  year  ot  tais  i^«.* 
On  the  title-page  of  n  Simm.h.i.    t.»  .^^ 
occasion  of  his  death,  an 
a  copy  of  whioh  is  in  ii>     , 
said    to  have    ''departed   tbi^t   In 
ninth  year  of  hii  age."  <. 

CHy  LibrarA-,  Jtristol. 

AncMRistioi'  Hauiltos  fo'*  S 

I' '  i     !•»  im  aucouDt  c; 

L-^ii'li'd    fnun    tlio     '. 
liurkc'.H  Feet' 
it  is  assumed  : 

died   in    lO^ii-   wiitroas   it   uin^tn,r; 
that  it  was  from  Archibald  lJari%ittun* 
cecded  Mulcolm  in  ibo  •««,   tluu    %bm 
fantily  deriv*. 

Was  this  ArcLIbal4  ux  Irinlmiao,  mr 
man? 

Th.i  nV-   '      -     '-'.--':-       -      •  '    • 

from   til 


1  A 


;-',r 

1    '" 

thu 

f.in  • 

9««  S.  v.  Apiul  si),  S4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


369 


The  same  author  (art.  *'  Strnbane")  makea  Sir 
laud  Hamilton,  of  Custle  Toome,  tn  he  a  son  of 
h*s  fir-it  Lord  Paidey  ;  and  iu  <le«cribing  his  de- 
endaius  he  names  two  brolhers,  Claud  and 
rchibald ;  but  It  is  clear  that  they  nre  different 
rom  the  Archbishop  and  his  brother,  as  Ihcir 
fttber  was  bom  in  1604,  whilst  the  Archbishop 
ras  ogeil  eighty  when  he  died  in  Kilt*.  Never- 
,helc«8,  I  presume  it  is  from  this  shuikrity  of 
ames  that  the  Archbishop  h&>  been  asaumed  to 
escend  from  Lord  Pailsley.  All  these  genealo- 
ical  puzzles  must  be  solveJ  before  we  make  the 
chbishop  either  Irish  or  Scotch.  In  aecord- 
Bnce  with  Mb.Dk  Moroak'b  suggestion,  I  enclose 
my  iitaue.  S.  P.  V. 

"Thb  CuuacH  or  oc»  Fatbebs"  (S""*"  S.  v. 
97.) — The  song,  commencing  Hi  above,  was  writ- 
•ten  by  Robert  Story,  a  Conservative  poet ;  some 
f  whose  spiriti-'d  productions  were  attributed  to 
the  late  Lord  Francia  Egerton,  the  uuthor!>hip  of 
fhich  was  diselainied  by  that  nobleman  in  com- 
limeiilary  tenns.  ilr.  Story  was  originally  parish 
clerk,  and  schoolmaiter  of  Gavgrave  in  Craven, 
Torkshire ;  and  afterwards,  for  many  years  filled 
n  appointment  in  the  Audit  Office,  Somerset 
louse,  tie  died  recently,  having  a  short  time 
•previously  issued  a  collected  edition  of  his  poems, 
£ot  up  tn  a  costly  style,  oitd  dedicated  to  his  kind 
patron  the  Duke  of  Korlhumberland. 

W1U.IAM  Gaspet. 
Keswick. 

ZoAR  (3"^  S.  V.  303.  j—"  Mediieval  East,"  should 
lae  "  medial  East,"  referring  to  place,  not  to  time  ; 
contrasting  Syria,  Arabia,  &c.,  with  the  ierminai 
Ea«t — India,  &c.  J.  L. 

Dublin. 

W'lTTT  Classicai.  Qlotations  (3"*  S.  V.  310.) 
I  think  that  there  are  two  errors  In  the  article 
cjuoted  from  Blackwood  for  ilunuary,  18<i4,  on 
**  Wincbe*iter  College  and  Commoners,"  by  your 
correjipondent,  E.  H.  A.  Tom  Coriatc  was  not 
e<lucated  at  Winchester  CoUesc,  but  at  AVeet- 
minster  School,  and  could  not  nave  been  alive  ut 
ihc  time  of  i^oeen  Elizabeth's  visit  to  the  former 
seminary  in  IJ70,  for  he  was  born  in  1577,  #0  the 
unec<lot«  must  he  assigried  to  another,  lie  is  thus 
mentioned  in  the  second  part  of  the  Compltte 
Angler^  liy  Walton  and  Cotton  :  — 

"  IWfrr.  Wrll,  if  ever  1  come  to  I^mJon,  of  ivliich 
many  «  mna  there,  tf  he  wen  in  mv  place,  could  mukt  a 

nue«tion:  1  wiP -■•'-:-'-%       1 '  <  -■  r- 

Jhm  Gtritiu^  i-i  [ 

do  von  cill  till 

of  llie  CniupUle  AiujUi,  Irti:,  pmi  n.  du^j,  11.  |i.  Zt'X 

The  following  interesting  and  amusing  expla- 
natory note  is  iipficnded,  p.  '2S;s  ;  — 

*  T.ike  Tirm  Citri.iti:      'I'lri^    iTrciitrir     trn,    of   thc    IleV. 

o .  ■  '  -  ■  . 

Ih  ! 

Gl......    ...    ..,.,1,    .J.,,...o, „.u:     „n>.    ...« 


family  of  Henry  Prince  of  Walea.  lie  travelled  almoat 
nil  over  Europe  on  fcwt,  aiitl  in  thnt  tour  walked  nin 
hundred  inite^  with  one  pair  of  shoes,  which  he  gut 
mcndoil  at  Zurich.  Afterwards  he  visited  Turkey,  I'eraii 
and  ihe  Great  Mog:»l's  dominious ;  proceeding  in  so  frag 
a  manner,  ns  he  tells  bis  mother,  iu  a  letter  to  her,  in  bia' 
ten  mootbt'  travels  between  Aleppo  and  the  Mogul's 
Court,  be  speat  but  <Aree  poundi  tttrUny,  living  reason 
ably  well  for  about  two  pence  stcrlini;  a  day !  He  was 
redoubted  champion  for  the  Christian  religion  against  t; 
Mahometans  and  Pagans,  in  the  dufeaco  whereof  hs  som 
times  risqued  his  life-  He  died  of  tho  flux,  occasioned  hf\ 
drinkiog  sank  at  Sural,  in  1617,  having,  in  ICU,  pul^y 
lished  hi*  Travels  in  n  ijuarto  volnme,  which,  be  cald 
Ilia  tVntli/iM,"  &c— Pp.  403-404. 

OXOISKBIS. 

I  beg  to  inform  E.  H.  A.  that  the  writer  of  the 
article  on  "  Winchester  College,"  in  Blachcnixt^ 
Jiinuary,  1 8<»4,  is  indebted  to  my  William  of  Wt/ke^ 
ham  and  his  Colleger  (published  in  1S,'y2,  nndj 
(luoted  by  the  Public  School  Commissioners)  foi 
the  anecdote  cited  from  that  Magazine,  beside 
every  other  important  fact  in  the  article,  althougl 
without  acknowledgment,  I  regret  to  say.  The'' 
author,  1  am  told,  is  no  Wykehamist ;  if  so,  his 
many  misapprehensions  are  explained,  and  the 
expression  "ungrateful  of  the  Wykehamists'"  goes 
to  prove  the  belief. 

Mackeiyzib  E.  C.  Waxcott. 

Bbecu-dboppinqs  :  Epjpukgcs  Vibgikiana 
(3''''  S.  V.  297),  better  known  to  medical  men  as 
Orobanche  Virginiana,  broomrape,  or  cancer-root,  is 
an  extremely  nauseous  astringent  and  bitter  tonic, 
formerly  much  employed  as  a  remedy  for  dyHcri- 
tery  ancl  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  Phnrmuroitn-ia  Z^niversalia^ 
1833,  and  in  Lindley's  Vegetable  Kingdom,  but 
more  at  lar^e,  doubtless,  in  American  works  on 
materia  medica.  Gko.  Mooan. 

The  late  Robert  Dillos  Brows,  M.P.  (3'* 
I  S.  iii.  309 ;  v.  -270.)  —  W.  D.  has  fallen  into 
<  one  error  at  least  on  the  subject ;  an<l,  as  I  origi- 
nated 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  Air.  Brown  often 
finished  some  of  his  really  fine  orations,  "  a  song." 
IfW.  D.  had  looked  at  my  note,  he  could  not 
have  fallen  into  such  an  absurd  mist. ike.  I  happea 
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 
there  b  no  hymn  of  the  sort  he  olludes  to  ;  so  that 
his  L'ish  Catholic  friend  must  have  considered 
him  verdant  to  credit  such  a  story.  The  sneer 
conveyed  about  Mr.  Brown  being  a  joint  in 
O'Connell's  "  flexible  tail,"  shonld  have  come 
under  the  charitable  adage  "De  motLviVK*  &.«l  ..'■S. 
W.  D,  bad  coTivv'iwt'iL  v:W\.\kft.  ■«»»  ■^xxv.wjj. 


370 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'^S.T.  ApbilM.'U. 


Itobert  Dillon  Brown  wa>i  a  man  of  superior 
natural  gifta,  and  one  uf  the  best  and  most  ample 
scholars  of  his  day ;  but  this  is  not  titc  place  for 
such  points.  S.  Uedmomd. 

Liverpool. 

CoBMUDGKoN  (S''  S.  V.  Slfl.)— Tlic  deriva- 
tion I  have  always  heard  fur  this  word  is  ctritr 
mechant.  Ltttkltox. 

JosKrii  AflTO.f  (2"''  S.  xii.  379.)  —  Mb.  Cboss- 
J.ET  has  given  an  exceedingly  interesting  note  on 
this  Iklanchester  poet  and  "  punctuator."  Like 
many  greater  geniuses  of  the  same  ]>eriod  (among 
whom  might  l^  mentioned  Soutliev,  Montgomery, 
Cobbett,  and  I^unlett)  his  polilicHi  life  began  with 
revolutionary  principles,  and  ended  in  conser- 
vatism. 

The  object  of  this  note  is  to  say  that  iVston  was 
a  coniidential  friend  of  James  Montgomery  fur 
many  vears  after  the  French  Kevolution;  and 
many  letters  and  much  infirmatinn,  illustrating 
the  life  of  Aston,  will  be  found  in  the  earlier 
volumes  of  the  Life  of  Montgomery,  by  Holland 
and  Kverett.  The  interesting  anmlote  related 
by  Ma.  Cbossi^ky  of  an  eminent  author  who  stud, 
"  Mr.  Aston,  in  coiisequirncc  of  your  admirable 
punctuation,  I  now,  fur  the  first  time,  bi;gin  to 
understand  my  own  book,"  very  probably  re- 
lates to  Montgomery,  whom  I  |Iiad  the  honour  to 
know,  and  who  was  full  of  that  species  of  innocent 
quiet  humour.  W.  Lub. 

NOTES  ON'  UOOKS.  KTa 

Omittttl  Cha//ter»  of  the  History  of  Ett^md,frnm  the  Death 
of  Vharlim  I.  to  the  BtUtk  of  J)'nnbnr.  By  Andrew 
iiiwtct.    (Murray.) 

Sonio  p«iui>lu  will  fjinl  fliult  with  tlic  title  of  Mr. 
Iiiuct's  book,  uml  will  let  Iiiin  undiirstand  that  they  ufk 
Nurpriscd  to  And  that  the  trial  of  Lilbiirnu,  tho  dnffntand 
death  of  Montrose,  and  the  Battle  of  Dunbar,  are  "omit- 
ted chaittcra  of  tho  History  of  Kngliiiid."  Many  others 
will  call  in  tjuestion  the  autIior'n  ju(l<;m(>nts  pustwd  u[K>n 
iliu  charactcra  of  the  ponoiui  with  whom  his  history 
deals.  A  hiri;p  pro})orti<>n  of  his  readers  will  doubt 
whether  "  the  Imbc  cur  which  then  sat  on  tho  Kui;lish 
thronit"  is  a  juit  or  Keutluninnly  description  of  James  1. ; 
whether  CrouiwoU  was  quite  the  ro«'lo-dramatic  villain 
who  is  bore  painted ;  or  whtillier  Cliarle-t  I.  locked  *'  brains" 
for  tho  performance  of  tlia  acts  of  perflity,  treiudicry,  and 
breach  of  trust,  which  are  here  stated  to  have  been  do- 
nigncd  by  him?  It  is  not  for  u.i  to  rnter  upon  these 
questions.  Mr.  Bisnct  has  written  a  book  which  is  built 
upon  materials  which  liavc  been  little,  if  at  all,  used  by 
precedini;  writers ;  and  his  work  will,  therefore,  assuredly 
take  its  jilace  amon^;  the  liiKtorical  authorities  fi>r  the 
I)criod.  lie  has  written  also  with  a  free  pen,  and  after 
great  in«]uiry  aud  consideration.  What  he  lia^  written  is 
nilly  entitled  to  consideration,  even  if  critics  should  ulti- 
mately coniu  to  the  conclusion  that  he  lacks  some  of  the  | 
many  nualities  which  are  essential  to  the  fonnation  of 
troe  and  sound  historical  judgments.  His  volume  is  the 
first  instalment  of  a  Ilistor}'  of  England,  fh>m  tho  death 
of  Charles  I.  to  the  Uestoration  of  Cnariee  II. 


Shakupeare^t  Gardm,  or  the  I'lantt  nnd  Fbwert  named  i» 
Am  MWA*  deetrilied  and  defined.  WUk  A'ota  ami  ISv 
tratitmt  from  the  Worki  of  other  Wriien.  By  SiAaej 
Bcisly.    (Longman.) 

That  he  who  found  <*  Sermons  la  atoaes.  and  good  is 
everything,"  had  a  keen  appreciation  of  the  bnnty«f 
flowers,  and  of  the  powerful  grace  that  in  them  lies,  it 
were  needless  to  argue.  Mreiy  one  of  hit  matchltn 
dramas  gives  abundant  proof  of  this;  and  Mr.  Beislv  lut 
produced  a  very  pleuing  volume  bv  combining,  with  tbt 
instances  of  Khakspeare's  use  of  dowers,  much  curioa< 
matter  illustrative  of  snch  use,  called  from  the  writing 
of  his  contemporaries. 

The  Chantltu  Portrait  of  Shahpeare.      (Chapmau  and 

Hall.) 

Tho  Trustees  of  the  National  Portrait  Gallery  bavinj; 
given  special  permission  to  tlicir  Secretary-,  Mr.  Ueor)^ 
Scharf,  to  make  a  tracing  of  the  Cliandoa  portrait  for  Uir 
purpose  of  publication,  it  has  been  carefltlly  lithographs! ; 
so  that  the  admirers  of  the  poet  may  now, 

"  With  reverence  look  on  his  majeatic  fiwe," 

with  the  full  confidence  that  they  are  looking  on  a  perfKt 
copy  of  the  only  picture  which  has  been  handed  down  to 
UH,  with  satisfactory!'  cviih'nce  that  it  i*  a  portrait  of 
Shakspeare.  The  print,  which  is  of  coarse  of  the  sin  <f 
the  original,  is  of  great  interest,  and  certainly  tumu  one 
of  the  most  satisfactory  memorials  of  the  great  poet  vfakSi 
his  Tercentenary  has  called  forth. 

TiiK  ( juAUTKUi.Y  Ukvikw,  No.  CCXXX.  —  The  an 

Quiirteiiy  contains  fewer  articles  than  usual,  and,  si  is 
jtorhaps  natural  just  now,  a  large  proportion  of  them  in 
political.  These  are— "Prospects  of  the  Confederates^'"'Oar 
Fort-ign  I'ulicy,"  and  "The  Vriry  Coancil  Judfrnm.* 
The  other  papers  are,  a  biographical  on«!  on  "  Sir  Wiim 
Napier;"  an  interesting  sketch  of  ** Pompeii ■,"<  ^ 
view    of    the    condition,    prospects,    and    resonm  of 
"Mexico;"  and  an  ingenious  and  well-timed  fipr «a 
"  Shaksiieare  and  his  Sonnets." 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED   TO  PCBCnABB. 

'■  Pirtlrulin  ofPrirc,  *r.,  of  thr  fnllowlna  Book  to  hetnit  dlitctixLV 
aeBtlemkn  bjr  wlium  it  U  nniuircd,  whuM  nftnic  •ud  athlMa  an  |ina 
fur  that  punxMt:  — 

NoTU  AMD  Qi'SRiM,  Fint  Seriei.    Voli.  I.  II.  and  Itl. 
Waatol  by  M,:  (I'.  WOttknp,  .Malta. 


fiatitti  to  CarrrtfpanUcntir. 

Dirk'a  PnAHiniAiiK.  H'r  hm-f  rf-rlrnl n  wlr  from  thf  Krtf.A.T'w 
iiimiAtumiini  Ihni,  in  uur  luitiiv.  ql  Mi'  Ikiitl  ■■»/.  (aiitft  p.  3M},  he  h  Hai-J 
til  hitrr.  iilti  nt/  "  eren  "  to  "  i  nni "  in  Ihr  /Kinviirt-  qyotftifron  All'*  W«I. 
tltat  KnfU  Well.  It vrlaiiiln i' urn  rmir.aH-l  inicka  Imrnitig  Ivcl't* 
Ihr  Irxl  IH  H-hii-H  "  even  "  i>  fiiintcil,  n-uuU  Arirc |jrrroilnl;  hml  fnm  rt/ 
ntniiiMT  j»  vkifk  thr  uotf  im  Ihr  panmn  m  primtal,  tttut  im  limr.  Dr 
vrilcr  uf  Ihr.  niitiiv.  mtiw,  u-r  think,  util  '>'  r.nen'n/  Ji/r  wuntaUnf/  (4r  - 1 " 
Hfntrh  niitr  fiir  Mr.  Iiifr,  iiulradn/Mr,  Williatiui, 

F.  P.  <Hc«l.>  itur  rfHttr  wOl  nnl  iiffrw  of  owr  mvaOimf/  oitntim  if 
our  Cm-n .iiMtHili  iil'f  Ltuil  I'Jf'n'- 

Cahta*.    **  Tyni" nitvrJiug  luJohtu-iH  awl  n'rbittr. 

EiK  FaAKtB.  "  MHlUpk/iuiiuliiii/"  ■'«  ixiilaitint  in  lUlT*  roctioBirr 
of  the  liBWof  8eoUand.<iam">MiNi/  "  ItimtJifuHmitima  »r  drwUoMifnM, 
awl  iiirr*  muHtt  In  <m  ai-litm  vhirh  iniiv  />«  Iniiiufhi  bp  a  ixi  ton  ptw-atU 
<!/■  uumry  or  rji«l*  irhirh  «»•<■  rlaimnl  by  ilifrrtml  jirrtan"  prtlrmhtt 
riffht*  Ikertlnr  4''.'. 

•  ••  Vaur' far  hiiuiimii  Ihr  mlnmin  oi'-N.  ft  Q."  may  6t  had  vftU 
PHUiiher,  aiui  of  nil  IlinkM  Ui'r/  niut  .\  •■fanirn, 

"KovctAHD  Qcaaiu"  is  mlili'hril  a*  unoH  on  Fridaj-,  oiff  ir  ab* 
(mMi/  I'M  MiiitniLT  Pakti.  77be  IfiAivrivlitm  fbr  t/tAnno  Cona*  hr 
8Lt  JfimMa  fonamled  illrn-l  from  the  /'aifuAfr  (mdMiiinv  lit  Ufilf- 

^.  . .  .■-  .  .    ...J  .       ^^  f^  pnUlm  fttU  (Mb  Urir, 

/anmrc/WiuiAM  U.aiiiia,a^ 
wtoai  oB  CMiMaaioAviaiH  na 


grarltl  Ikmu)  m  II*.  *iL,  v-hich  maw 
mmUcoI  tkt  JttnmJ  7Vw<  Ogin.imja 
WaLuvarwii  AraairT,  arKANiv  W,C.i  (o 
taa  Kama  tfcaaW  6«  mMrttttd. 

**  ir«fa*  fe  Qvaaiai "  If  raititetd  te 


S'«9,Y.lUr7,*9L} 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


871 


LOKDOK  8ATUBDAY.  MMY1.  1864. 

COSTENT&  — K*.  123. 
NOTBfl :— Bishop  Andrew  Knnx  r.f  Rapboa,  371  —  Contrj- 
botions  fHm  Porrign  Balh'i   '  "• — '  -n*,  4«v  S7i — C«rl»- 
flc«t«  of  Confonnity.  l&n  ^  •odPlMoiin  De- 

vonsbirt',  76. —  Similar  S;  oreot  Localities  — 

PrwDch  Bible  —  C»pUin  Kni.iaji., , ,  ^/iilock  — An  Ancient 
Cntl  —  Austin  Fiian'  Cburch,  976. 

QUBIHES :  —  B«ll«d  OueriH  —  Burnett  and  otber  Family 
QnariH  —  Ttaomaa  Bentlev  of  Cbiswick  or  Tunibum 
Oraen  — "The  Black  Bear''  at  Curauor  —  Catliarino  of 
Braauun—  Cheat  —  Sir  Thomas  Dclalmmdo  —  The  Down* 
Iamb  to  HampsMre — Banrnrin^  br  Bartoloui  —  Esquiro 
— "  Family  Burrins  Groaiid  "—Sir  Edward  Goives.  Kut.— 
Inndtfl  f^joictica  aad  Swedenborgians— LaDcashiro  M'ilU 
!■  nth  Ontury  —  Moiinklon  Family  — Edward 

A\  inTtio  —  J(]bti    Mdli'swnrth.   Estq.  —  "  Pl»j' 

111.  I. rides  of  Enilerl^y' "  — Quotation*  —  Sheen 

I'riurj  —  li*:v.  Sarouitl  Slipper.  Chaplaiii  to  tbu  Duice  of 
Norft>lk  in  15SI  —  Vj)pcr  and  Ixiwcr  Empire,  3T(f. 

QuEKiES  WITH  AirswKBS:—  Mrs,  Mury  Drvi-rvll  —  Chande 
—  Button  CoMftald :  -  Henry  IV.,  Part  1. "  —  8t  Andrew's, 
fiolbom  —  Dr.  Tnpp's  Translation  of  Milton— MoacgraoM 
of  Painters.  37a. 

REPLIES :  —  The  Newton  Stono.  380  —  HeBehlnea.  SO— 
Wolfe.  Oardents  to  Henry  VIII.  —  Misi  T.ivRnDore  — 
Tbonias  Sbaksncarc  —  Judtoial  CSomnii  v  Coun- 

cil-Mother Goose  —  CoUbcrtl  —  Clw  1  vonc  — 

Witches  in  Laacaster  CMtle— Wbipu  Hallot : 

"Three  Blue  Beaos."  Ac  — Map  of  lioiuau  Britain  — 
Onorgc  Aiunistui  Adilerley  — PkHue  In  "Tom  Jones"  — 
Soor:  "  Is  i  I  to  try  me!  "—"Hare  ties  Prod."  Ac.  — "Cen- 
turr  of  iDVontlcos"  — John  Younge,  ILA^  of  Pembrolu; 
IliJl,  Cambridge— American  Authoni,  Ac.,  383b 

Kotea  oa  Books,  Ac 


BISHOP  ASDREW  KNOX  OF  EAPHOE. 
He  was  a  yoanger  son  of  John  Knox  of  Ran- 
furly,  or  Griff  Castle,  in  Renfrewshire,  aii  ancient 
Scotisfa  family,  wLich  had  been  settled  there  since 
the  thirteenth  century,  and  from  which  the  cele- 
brated Reformer  John  Knox  was  also  deacended. 
Educated  at  the  University  of  Glasffoir,  where 
Andrew  Melville  was  then  Principal,  and  was 
"lanreat«d"  there  in  1579  as  "Andneaa  Knox' 
lAnnaUs  Fac.  Art.  Glasgueit]  \  his  birth  mayj 
therefore,  be  placed  about  the  year  1560,  as  the 
uaual  age  of  entering  college  was  then  fifteen,  and 
the  course  of  academical  studies  occupied  four 
years,  1574-1579. 

Having  entered  the  ministry,  his  first  ecclesias- 
tical preferment  was  the  pari.*th  of  Lochevinnoch, 
in  his  native  county  of  Renfrew,  and  diocese  of 
Glasgow,  to  which  he  wag  appointed  about  158G. 
In  a  few  years  afterwards  he  was  translated  to  the 
tnore  important  charj»Q  of  the  town  and  abbey 
church  of  Paisley,  in  the  same  county  and  diocese, 
15'* — ;  but  '  >  '  not  seem  ever  to  have  htt»J 
more  than  1  n  ordination,  for  the  neces- 
sity of  recti. ,,..  iite  from  thcbandsof  a  duly 

cionsecrated  bishop  was  not  then  deemed  abso- 
lut^ilv  rt^iiiiisite  or  cxy  l"'.-"t  ivli.i.  .■T.U.-npal  or- 
'1  I  111  not  be  ily,  and 

«-■'         .         iy  none  of  i  ,    ...of  what 

was  coiled  the  "Spottuwoode  ii^occession  "  (1610- 


163U),  passed  through  the  intennediale  orders  of 
deacon  and  priest. 

On  the  restoration  of  epiacnptd  government  by 
King  James  VI>,  in  Act  of  Parliament  of  July  9, 
1606,  the  "  Parson  of  Paisley,"  w.is  nominated  to 
the  long  vacant  see  of  "  The  Isles,"  having  been 
already  designated  bishop  in  the  preceding  year, 
and   by  letters  patent  under  the  Privy  Seal  of 
April  2.  1606,  he  was  also  made  Abbot  of  Icolm- 
kill  or  Hy,  on  the  same  day,  according  to  Keith 
[^ScoUiih  Bithops,  p.  308] ;  but  this  ancient  Clu- 
niacensian  monufitery  was  annexed  to  the  bishopric 
of  Argyll  in  1617.     In  March,  1608,  he  was  ap- 
pointed  one   of   the   commissioners    for   tsettling 
afifairs  in  the  Western  Islea,  which  were  comprised 
in  his  remote  dioceise  ;  nnd,  on  his  measures  having 
been  approved  of  by  the  Privy  Council  of  Scot- 
land,  he  was   sent   to  London  in   June   to   re- 
port to  the  King;  and  he  was  again  aummoncd 
to  the  English  court  early  in  160D,  relurninw  to 
Edinburgh  in  June  of  that  year.     In  Julv  he  held 
a  court  on  the  island  of  lona,  where  the  "  Statutes 
of  Icolmkill"  were  enacted  for  the  government  of 
the  isles  on  August  23,  1609,  and  received  the 
royal  approval  June  28,  1610.     In  July  following 
the  bishop  was  created  "  Steward  and  Justice  of 
all  the  North  and  \Ye8t  Isles  of  Scotland"  (ex- 
cept Orkney  and  Zetland),  and  also  *'  Constable 
of  the  Castle  of  Dunyreg,  in  Isla,"  in  August  of 
the  same  jrear,  1610. 

His  couxecratioit  appears  to  have  taken  place 
on  February  24,  1611,  in  the  parish  church  of 
Leith  (together  witli  that  of  John  Campbell, 
Bi.shop  elect  of  Argyll) ;  the  officiating  prelate 
having  been  his  metropolitan,  the  Abn.  of  Glat- 
ROW,  assisted  by  the  Bishops  of  Galloway  and 
Brechin. 

By  patent  of  June  26,  1611,  be  was  nominated 
to  the  bishopric  of  Raphoe,  in  Ireland  (then  vacant 
by  the  resignation  of  another  Scotish  Bishop, 
George  Montgomery) ;  but  be  was  certainly  non- 
resident for  Bevoral  years  subsequently,  and  as  he 
remained  in  Scotland,  must  have  continued  to  re- 
tain both  sees.  The  reason  of  his  translation  to 
an  Irish  bishopric  is  said  to  have  been  because 
'^  King  James  considered  him  to  be  a  very  fit 
person  to  undertake  the  charge  of  a  diocese  in 
Ubter  at  this  time." 

In  April,  1614,  the  Castle  of  Dunyveg,  which 
had  been  garrisoned  by  him  for  the  government 
for  upwards  of  three  years,  was  surprised  by  a 
hostile  chief,  and  the  bishop  proceeded  from  Edin* 
burgh  to  attempt  it.*i  recovery  in  September ;  but 
he  fell  into  a  trap,  and  was  obliged  to  leave  as 
hostages  his  sim  Thomas  and  nephew  John  KnoXi 
of  Ranfarlie,  on  which  he  was  allowed  to  depart. 
The  hostajics  were  subseijuently  liberated  in  No- 
vember following,  on  conditions  never  fulftlled, 
and  the  castle  .stormed  on  February  3, 1615. 


372 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


[8^  SL  V.Mat  7, 


1617,  a  new  chapter  was  establiahed  for  the  See  of 
the  Ifllcs,  ns  the  ancient  writs  of  the  bishopric 
had  been  lost.,  and  a  new  foundation  was  conse- 
quentlj  necessary.     It  must  have  been  ebortlj 

"ter  this  that  Bishop  Knox  finally  resigned  his 
nnection  with  his  island  diocese,  as  he  received 
"Letters  of  denization  "  in  Ireland,  on  Sept.  *22, 
3619  [Rot.  Pat.j;  and  about  the  same  lime  was 
called  into  the  Privy  Council  of  Ireland.  He  had 
a  pjenslon  of  100^.  a  year  from  King  James,  which 
was  withdrawn  in  May,  1620,  "on  the  eve  of  his 
removal  to  Raphoe.*'  [Rym.  Feed.  vol.  viii,  part  3. 
p.  147.]  Keith  states,  that  *'  he  was  translated 
la  the  year  1622,"  and  "  died  the  7th  of  Novera» 
bcr,  1632;"  but  both  these  dates  are  incorrect, 
as  shown  above.  Uis  episcopal  residence  as 
Bishop  of  Kaphoe  was  at  Ramullen,  near  Lough- 
Swilly,  which  he  preferred  to  Rapboe,  as  there  was 
%  garrisoned  castle  there.  When  the  Royal  Vbi- 
tation  of  the  Province  of  Armagh  was  made  in 
1G22,  the  bishop  was  resident  in  his  diocese,  and 
laid  many  grievances  before  the  commission ; 
omonp  others,  the  entire  loas  of  the  diocesan  re- 
cords there,  and  the  want  of  a  cathedral,  of  which 
the  walls  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."  A^  might  be  expected 
from  his  antecedents,  he  was  e.xtremely  tax  in 
ordaining  clergymen,  allowing  many  irregularities, 
and  giving  "  a  free  entry  into  the  ministry  "  to 
Presbyterian  candidates  for  benetices  in  his  dio- 
cese. In  short,  Bishop  Knox's  character  was  more 
that  of  a  politician  than  a  churchman,  as  exem- 
plified by  his  proceedings  in  the  Western  Isles ; 
and  though  be  is  stated  to  have  been  "  a  good 
man,  who  did  much  within  his  diocese  by  propa- 
gating religion,"  yet  we  must  have  regard  to  the 
whole  tenor  of  his  career,  and,  if  unwilling  to 
give  entire  credence  to  the  accusations  of  into- 
lerance and  persecution  brought  against  him  for 
bis  treatment  of  the  Komanists  in  Ulster  by  the 
historians  of  that  body,  there  issuflicient  evidence 
of  his  having  been  anything  but  a  mild  or  toler&nt 
prelate,  or  a  faithrul  memtH?r  of  his  own  church. 

Bithop  Knox  died  on  March  17,  1683,  when  he 
ha^J  attained  the  age  of  about  seventy -three,  and 
in  the  twenty-third  of  his  episcopate,  dating  Jrom 
bis  consecration  in  ICIl,  ana,  according  to  Ware's 
Biahoj}*^  "  in  the  twenty-second  your  after  Lis 
translation."  Place  of  death  and  interment  not 
recorded  ;  but  the  former  was  probably  at  Hamul- 
len  Castle. 

The  authorities  for  the  above  skett-h  nro  Ware's 
_  ithopt,  c<I1l   llnrris;    Cotton'i^    F'M/»,    iii.    35], 
^bcr«  the  date  of  the  bisli! 
17,  ir»2^,"  a  clerical  error 
but  it  is  not  corrected  in  vol.  v.  >i; 
llant's  HuUiry  of  the  Church  oj 
Scotti$k  Jiithoji*^  edit.  KuucU',   VjrvUj&  t:.<cicM(i> 


txcal  Hiitory  ofSeotlaitd;  Lawson*-  'wd 

of  Scotland;  Gregory's  Hitt.oftAe  '•  'ri- 

landx  and  Jslta  of  Scotland;    Mc  Ciic 
Andrew  Melville;  Booke  of  ike  Umrtrutii 
SeotUtnd;  Brenan.O'SuUivan,  Porter,  sod/Jii^rrA 
Dominic. f  i^x.  A.  S.  jL 


CONTBIBDTIONS    FROM   FOREIGN 
LITERATCKE. 
DT  .lAMiis  naxnT  otxoas, 

Tht  Birth  of  Merlin,  an  Ameumt  PnjmMir  BmBmitf 
Laierr  Britanny,  /V«i«(«> 

The  original  of  thid  curious  prodaetkm^ »  ■ 
the  Armoric,  and  may  be  aeen  in  vxrioBt 

chap-books,  also  in  — 

"  Barzoz-Ureiz,  Chaii' 
recueiUis  et  pnbli*^  av>. 
introduction,  &.c,  et  les  lu-  ^  I'ariffc  lA 

Didier  &  Co. 

Also  in  "  Myrdhino,  ou  renduiQtear  MerVa*  ■■  ll^ 
toire,  ses  ceuvrei,  et  son  inflocncfl."      Paria.  18GI.    Hft 

Both  works  arc  the  erad!u>  tmrl  mttM^ 
compilations  of  the  Viscount  Hersart  i!e  laTt- 
lemartiue,  Member  of  the  Institute  of  Fok. 
&c.  So  much  has  been  written  about  Ambnis 
Merlin*,  that  it  is  unnecessary  to  enlifwe  «^ 
the  subject.  The  ballad  is  beiiefnt  to  Dt  vr 
ancient,  and  I  see  no  reason  to  doobc  it.  ) 
Viscount  says :  — 

"  Le  void  dans  sa  rusticity  ct  la  aimtiUcil^ 


t«I  que  les  nourrices.  cea  coRMrratricea  da  UfmUt/trnt- 
laire  dc  toates  lea  Bations  k  iitfjpM«at  poaf  aAsair  M 

eutiinta." 

His  *'  traduction"  w  in  proae.  In  wff  tn»« 
lation  I  have  endeavoured  lo  ^<Ljm>  Mtt 
rusticity  and  simplicity.  I  bave  aAofUA  tbi 
two'line  stanza  ot  the  original,  and  fanw  o*^ 
very  trifling  deviation  iromibu  phrmwinity.  I^ 
deed,  such  deviation  baa  only  b«ca  WMn  tk 
idiom  of  our  language  rendered  ic  alualnfifr 
necessary^  The  burden  is  repeated  after  en 
verse. 

"  I  slept  in  the  forest  all  aione  — 

I  slept  UU  a  year  .I"  I  i  •»!  had 

//mh  «(a.' cu  i«.  -.4/ 

Hun  tta,  tntfrc 

*^  A  fnir  bird  percb'<i  on  tix*  manwood 
And  btt  luiruird  sweetly  and  matrniy. 

**  It  wn  tike  the  rippling  uf «  rill 
At  even-Ud<^  wh»B  the  brees*  U  elfTL 


•  Vllleniarqnt'  li 
Uon  «f  Morlin,  ana 
of   the    iiikm#,   iurh 
Mel  lor,  Mttl/lv,   Ac 


»**  &  V.  Mat  7,  "S^] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


873 


"  Sach  the  spoil  of  the  soothing  Ur, 

II  wafled  my  very  aool  away  1 
"  Aye!  and  vrhererer  tlio  fiur  bird  went, 
Thilhcr,  alas  I  were  my  footsteps  bont. 
'*  Thid  was  the  little  bird's  cbartn^-1  lay — 

'  niiiie  eyes  «re  pearls  on  the  hAtvlttom  opray  f 
"  '  Th'  earliest  glow  o'  the  morning  liglit, 

Meets  a  (fleam  more  pure  and  bright : 
"  '  The  Sun  up-f  printing  from  eastern  sea. 

Says,  Til  is  royul  virgin  my  bride  shall  be  I  * 
"  Little  bii-d!  little  bird!  hush  that  strain — 

Thy  notes  of  tiAU«ry  fall  in  vain. 
"  Prate  not  to  mc  of  the  earliest  streak, 

Tinging  with  splendour  the  mountain  peak ; 
••  Tell  not  of  pwirls  on  the  hawthorn  spray. 

If  1  om  belov'd  by  the  God  of  Day  I 
"And  sweeter  and  wilder  tlie  notes  became* 

Till  a  trance  stole  over  my  wearied  frame. 
"I  slept  where  an  oak  its  branches  flung  — 

Jt  ^vas  the  tree  whence  the  fairbini  sung, 
"  I  dreani"d  I  wo*  in  ft  lonely  grot. 

And  a  little  Du/.  'iwas  who  own'd  the  spot.* 
"  The  grot  was  nigh  to  a  fairy  spring ; 

And  llie  tiny  waves  aye  were  murmuring : 
*•  The  walls  were  diamonds  and  emeralds  green ; 

Tlie  trcllia'd  gate  was  of  crystal  sheen : 
•*  Softest  moss  was  beneath  my  tread. 

And  cowslip  and  violet  odours  shed. 
"  And  the  little  Dnz  who  own'd  the  grot,— 

Joyous  was  I,  for  1  saw  him  not 
**  And  there  carae  the  coo  of  a  turtle-dove. 

As  he  flow  'mid  the  spreading  treed  above. 
"  Never  was  bird  more  fair  withal ; 

And  he  flapp'd  his  winga  'gainst  the  diamond  wall. 
"He  tapp'<l  at  the  portal  crystalline; 

Alas,  my  poor  heart!  that  1  lot  him  in  ; 
**  Ttouud  he  flow,  as  if  seeking  rejst ; 

lie  porch'd  on  my  sbouKkr,  and  kiss'd  my  bmst; 
"  Three  times  kiss' J  he  my  checks  so  red ; 

Then  away  and  away  to  the  greenwood  flcd.f 
"  He  merrily  coo'd,  and  he  secm'd  right  glad^—^ 

I  curs'd  my  fate,  for  my  heart  waa  sad. 
••  And  my  tears  flow'd  foat  by  night  and  day. 

While  my  infant's  cradle  1  rock'd  alway. 
•'  I  wish'd  his  sire  in  the  icy  cell, 

'Mid  chilling  snows,  where  the  dark  sprites  dwellj 


•  Tlio  Dur  or  Doak   (tide  «  fiaraaz   Qniz ")  was  a 

gnome,  dwarf,  or  fairj',  who  prcMded  over  springs  and 

groUos.    Sooic  nrchnxiloba*t8  argue  that  he  is  identical 

wjth  ibi-  fr.M!r;<iin(-   domtjtic  spirit  called   by  tlie  dif- 

1^'  in.  Fiiik.  Hob,  Wilfrey,  Pam,  &c  &c. 

i«  quite  crrtain — we  moderns  have 

Jid   occaniotinliy   ask  him   to   take 

'  "Is!    As  the  Duz  hail  the  power  to 

'.   milmn?o  (\ii  1  inanimate,   the  Brc- 

i  the  balind, 

i.'il.     No  terms  are 

""  '  ,  „  '■'  >..'  i J ture than"  green- 

wood    and  •'  :  MP  " 

J  TlieCVlii 

but  ■' 


■■<*il  ill  n  spc<*:(>5  nf  |-.urj*ritorv. 


tcrvAitllg  and    . 

PcnniMe  Alin  ■. 
the    Val  di   lioi 


-K.    Thf  JtitUttn  I'liltfi/*  of  Ott 

irray),  says,  m  his  atoonnt  of 

A  singular  superstition  is  curcettt 


•*  My  infant  open'd  his  eyes  and  smil'd. 

And  this  was  the  song  of  my  now-boro  child, 

•  //mm  (la,  va  mnbik,  va  mablk .' 
//mm  eta,  intttouiA  lalla  1 
"  '  Dry  be  thy  tears  I  all  joy  be  thine ! 

Weep  not  my  mother !  the  grief  be  mine ! 
** '  Tliou  would'stiay  sire  in  the  icy  cell, — 

The  chilling  snows,  where  the  dark  sprites  dwell. 
*'  ■  Mother!  my  father  dwells  afar. 

Between  the  moon  ami  the  morning  star. 
"  •  And  tlie  light  of  the  sun  and  the  moon  is  dim 

To  the  glorious  lustre  surrounding  him. 
"  '  Heaven !  preserve  him  from  the  cell,— 

From  chilling  bhows  where  the  dark  sprites  dwell.* 
•*  •  It  is  he  who  snccours  the  heart  opprcst  — 

It  is  he  who  gives  to  Uie  weary  rest, 
" '  Bl«««  the  hour  that  gave  me  birth ; 

For  iny  country's  weal  was  I  sent  on  earth. 
**  *  All  mystic  thiugs  shall  to  me  be  known. 

And  my  fame  shall  over  the  world  be  blown. 
•••  And  the  spirita  that  rule  the  air  and  sea 

Shall  own  my  power,  and  my  subjects  be.' 
"  Then  round  her  neck  were  his  small  arms  slmig  — 

fTalc  more  wond'rous  has  ne'er  been  sung.) 

And  the  descant  flow'd  from  the  infant's  tongue, 
'  tlun  eta,  rn  mabik,  va  mabik  I 
Hun  eta  !  touiouik  lalla ."  "  f 
Florence,  Italy,  Dec,  81, 1863. 

with  regard  to  the  wild  glaciers  which  wn«tbe  : 
the  bases  of  the^eicy  stimmits.  Strange  wails  and  mourn- 
ful cries  are  often  heard  ijsaing  from  tlieir  awful  Assures, 
which  are  believe<l  to  be  the  moans  of  lost  souls,  con- 
demned to  expiate  their  tins  in  the  bowels  of  ico.  So 
fixed  is  the  belief,  that  often  manv  persons  in  a  year  have 
been  known  to  make  a  weary  and  dangerous  pilgrimage 
on  the  lonely  glacier;  where  on  their  bare  knees,  they 
have  offered  long  and  enniMt  prayers  for  the  liberation 
of  the  unhappy  souU,  and  also  for  their  own  deliverance 
from  such  a  fate;  imagining  that  either  in  life,  or  after 
death,  they  must  expiate  their  aina  by  visiting  theso 
drea<l  regions." 

The  Vnl  di  Bours  is  a  portion  of  CelHc  Piedmont,  and 
the  belief  has  no  doubt  been  handed  down  traditionally. 
But  such  an  idea  i^  not  conliued  to  a  Roman  Catholic 
valley — it  prevails  in  the  Protestant  Canton  do  Vaud, 
Switzerland,  and  the  awful  fissures  on  the  glaciers  of  the 
Dent  do  Morclcs  called  the  "glaciers  of  Plan-neve,"  are 
believed  lo  be  inhabited  by  lo«t  souls.  As  tlie  Yaudoia 
tienaant  docs  not  beliiifvc  in  Purgatory,  he  regards  the 
icy  caverns  of  his  canton  as  a  place  of  pnniahment  where 
sinners  arc  confined  without  hope  of  relief.  The  Canton 
de  Vaud  ia  a  portion  of  Celtic  Switzerland. 
As  connected  with  this  subject,  Wordsworth's 
"  Marble  belt 

Of  central  earth,  where  tortured  spirits  pine 

For  grace  and  goodness  lost ; " 

■nd  Moore's  — 

..."  Ere  condemn'd  we  go 
To  freeze  'mid  Hecla's  snow," 

will  occur  to  the  poetical  reader. 

*  The  expression  rendered  "dark  sprites"  is  in  the 
original  "  lilneh  sprites." 

t  For  the  belter  understanding  of  the  ballad,  we  may 
observe  that  it  is  a  nursery  song,  sung  by  a  Breton  nurse 
lo  her  rliihl,  The  nurse  usi-s  the  first' person,  and  ••- 
aiimes  the  character  of  Mcrlia't  uvsvJmk.^  vsjafC-^.  S5t>afc.>a»^ 


374 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^&Y.  1[at7,1L 


CEUTinCATE  OF  CONFORMITY,  1041. 

'*  GeoTfie,  by  00(1*8  pvidence  T^rde  Buahopp  of  Ilero- 
fonl,  To  ull  tn  whom  tlicdo  psenta  shall  como  greetinge  in 
our  I^nle  (iod  ovcrlutiiif^c :  knowo  3'cu  thai  Itogcr  Letch- 
morc.  of  tho  pisho  of  ffownehopA,  w*^in  the  Dioce*  of 
HcrelT,  (icnt,  havynge  byn  fonalyo  indicted  nnd  con> 
victed  for  a  Recasant,  appeared  psonally  be(bro  the 
right  wor*^"  John  Kyrlo,  Barmnctt,  and  Ambrose  Elton, 
£8(]|uirp,  hcingu  twou  of  his  Mtt*'**  Justices  of  the  pcoco 
w">in  the  Countye  of  IlerelF.,  uppon  the  n^-neteenth  davo 
of  Jnne  last  past,  at  the  oisho  of  Much  Marclc^  in  the 
Countye  of  Ilcref. ;  and  then  and  there  did  willinglj-o 
aubmitt  hym  selfe  to  the  state  and  Church  of  England, 
and  in  (rfiwsion  of  his  Conformitye  to  the  sayd  State  and 
Church,  did  then  nnd  there  take  tho  oathc  of  allegcancc 
and  suprcmaryc  to  the  hinge's  most  excellent  Motie,  and 
faythfullyc  pmy<ied  and  ptostcd  tho  same  dnj'o  before  the 
sayd  liarronctl  K>Tle  and  Ambrose  Elton  (as  I  am  crcdi- 
blye  informed  by  certilicat  rumaynynge  in  my  cavtodyc 
nndcr  the  iiands  of  tho  sayd  Barro'tielt  Kyrle  and  Ambrose 
Elton),  from  thenceforth  accoidinge  to  the  lawes  and 
statute  of  this  Itcalmo  to  continue  such  his  Conformitye 
In  his  due  obedience  to  the  Kingcs  Maii',  his  lieyrcs  and 
snccoMors,  to  bin  ly ves  endc :  and  I  have  received  as  well 
a  Certifioat,  under*  tho  hando  of  Robert  Gregoric,  clnrke, 
▼icar  of  iTownehope,  aforesayd,  bcaringe  date  the  twen- 
ticth  day  of  June  last  past,  tcatifyingc  that  the  sayd 
Roger  I^tclinioro,  for  the  space  of  more  tlian  one  whole 
vearc  l.-mt  p».st,  ccmformed  hym  sclfo ;  duringc  w*''  tyme 
nee  hath  usuailyo  frcquenUnl  hi<i  pishe  church  of  ftbwnc- 
hope  aforesayd ;  and  there  did  roligeouslyu  denieanc  him- 
aelfe  during  tho  tyme  of  dyvvne  Service  rcado,  and  ser- 
mon preached,  and  at  the  fleast  of  Kaster  last  past  tho 
Sacrament  of  the  Lonle's  Supi>cr  administered,  then  and 
there  alsoe  the  aayd  Roger  Letchmore  (amongst  other 
of  the  Congregacdn  there  psent)  rcceaved  and  tookn  the 
holye  Sacrament,  administred  unto  hym  by  the  hands  of 
the  sayd  M'  Gregory,  as  in  and  by  the  sayd  certiticatt 
remaynynge  in  my  custodye  more  at  lardge  y*  doth  and 
may  appeare. 

**  In  wittnesse  whereof,  I  have  sett  to  my  hande  and 
Episcopall  Scale,  the  tliirtith  day  of  June,  in  the  seven- 
teenth yoare  of  tho  rnigne  of  our  (H)v'rigne  lonlo  Charles, 
by  the  (iracc  of  God  Kingo  of  Kngliinil,  Scotland,  tVrancp, 
and  Indandf,  Defender  of  Uie  iTuvthe,  etc  Anno  (luc. 
dai,  1C41. 

(L.S.)  "  GUO.   IlKnEFOICD." 

The  above  is  preserved  among  the  muniments 
of  Sir  Edmund  Leckmere,  liart.,  at  Severn-End, 
in  the  county  of  Worcester ;  nnd  may  be  inter- 
esting to  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  as  a  certiGcAtc 
of  Conformity,  granted  by  the  liishop  of  Hereford 
(George  Coke)  to  a  member  of  the  ancient  family 
of  Lechmcre,  of  Fiiiihopc  (n  younger  branch  of 
the  LcchnicrcH  of  Ilanlcy),  in  the  year  1641. 

E.  r.  Shirley. 
Lower  Eatington  Park. 


WOUnS  AND  PLACES  IN  DEVONSHIRE. 

1.  Among  other  examples  of  the  Celtic  root 
duHj  "  a  hiii  fortress,"  Air.  Taylor  (p.  2.'J5,  and 

2;ain  p.  402,)  gives  South  MoltoM  as  representing 
e  ancient  MeliiliMam.  His  authority  is  Baxter 
(Oloisariumi  s.  ▼.  "  Melidunnm").  But  Baxter 
wu  guided  solelj  by  a  similarity  of  sound.  There 


is  not  tho  slightest  reason  for  fixing  a  Rown 
station  at  South  Molton.  No  Roman  remiiDs 
have  ever  been  found  there.  The  town  is,  if. 
course,  named  from  the  river  Mole  on  which  it 
stands;  and  it  is  unnecessary  to  look  fi>r  the 
Celtic  dun  here,  any  more  than  in  North  MoUm, 
or  in  North  and  South  Tawton,  on  the  river  Taw. 
Baxter,  it  may  be  added,  plaices  South  Molton 
wrongly,  "ad Tavum  amnem;**  meaning,  appar- 
ently, on  the  Taw,  into  which  the  Mole  runs. 

2.  Air.  Taylor  asserts  (p.  255)  that,  ♦*  m  Devon 
the  ancient  Cymric  speecli  feebly  lingered  on  till 
the  reign  of  Elizabeth ;  while  in  Cornwall,  it  wu 
the  general  medium  of  intercourse  in  the  time  of 
Henry  VIII.  What  authority  is  there  for  the 
former  statement  P  I  know  of  none  whatever. 
The  Saxon  border  had  been  driven  some  waj 
down  into  Cornwall  at  an  early  period ;  and  al- 
though there  may  be  little  doubt  that  the  villaiof 
on  many  of  the  Devonshire  manors  were  of  Celtic 
blood,  there  is  no  evidence,  so  far  as  I  know,  tlut 
the  "  Cymric  speech  "  lingered  in  Devonshire  u 
any  period  after  the  Conquest. 

3.  "On  the  frontier  between  the  Celts  of  Corn' 
wall  and  tho  Saxons  of  Devon  stands  the  viU^e 
of  Marhanx "  (p.  279).  In  the  word  **  Marium," 
Mr.  Taylor  finds  the  Saxon  Markt  **  bonndaiy." 
AIiu*ham  church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Monrans 
(locally  "  MorrTner  "),  as  is  that  of  Morwoatov 
on  the  adjoining  coast.  The  saint's  name  hu 
probably  been  Soxonised  into  Morham. 

4.  "  Tho  Stannary  Court  of  tho  Duchy  of  Coonl  ii 
an  assembly  which  reprcsentit,  in  continuous  memim, 
the  local  courts  of  tho  ancii-nt  Britons.  Tho  cogrvu 
formerly  hold  in  the  open  air  on  tho  summit  of  Qtbt 
Tor,  where  tho  traveller  may  still  sec  concentric  tim  a 
seats  hewn  out  of  the  rock.  The  name  of  Crokea  T« 
evidently  refers  to  a  deliberative  aaaumbly;  and  Wut- 
man's  W  o<kI,  in  the  immediate  neighbourhood,  uatpa 
the  wls<lom  traditionally  imputed  to  the  gnr*  ini  tt- 
verend  seniors  who  took  part  in  the  debates." — ^P.  3M. 

The  Cornish  Stannary  Court  was  never  held  ob 
Crokern  (not  Croke«)  Tor,  which  is  on  Dartmoor. 
A  general  court  for  the  regulation  of  the  UnneK 
of  Devon  and  Cornwall  was  held  on  Hengstoiie 
Hill  (in  Cornwall,  just  across  the  Tanuu*),  until 
in  the  reign  of  Edward  I.,  that  for  Devon  wai 
removed  to  Crockem  Tor.  It  is  possible — but  of 
this  there  is  no  direct  proof — that  before  this 
division  a  local  court  may  have  been  held  on 
Crockem  Tor;  but  that  the  name,  "evidently 
refers  to  a  deliberative  assemblv,"*  is,  at  least, 
uncertain.  It  is  pronounced  "  Cfrukcrn,"  and  oot 
"  Cruken,"  as  J^Ir.  Taylor  apparently  supposes. 
There  is  a  village  called  "  Crokern  Well,"  on  the 

*  "  Wo  have  the  WuNh  word  gragany '  to  speak  load,' 
whence  comes  the  English  vorl^  *to  eroak.'  .  .  .  The 
enoMng  of  a  door,  and  the  name  of  the  oom-eraAc,  art 
ftwn  the  same  root.  Compare  the  Sanscrit  kruf,  *  to  caD 
oat';  the  Greek,  Kp^tii  and  the  Latin,  eneira,** — Ttjloi, 
p.  M9  Cnote). 


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between    Oakbampiun    aud    Exeter;    and 
■uker,"  the  nuoe  of  ouq  oC  lUc  oldest  Devon- 
familiea,— 

ICn>ker,  Crnirjrt,  aod  Copleitfla^ 

f  When  the  Cvoqaeror  cuain,  vcn  found  at  hotno," — 

ftcrhnpa  be  cnr'n"'^*'^''     Prv*>i«  (Contuh  Voca- 
inuxri/,  17l>0)  aeB>  :  n,  .tr  Chrockcn, 

yn  Cornish  and  Dr..  :  .  ,  ^  Id  "a  little  hill;" 
^■d  Crockern  is  tbe  luwest  of  tbree  or  foar  neigh- 
^■niring  Tnrs. 

No   tradition   has   eyer   connected   Wistmun's 
Wood  (it.  is  properly  ^V^iishtman"s  or  Wisbman's 
Wood)  with  Crockern  Tor.     Mrs.  liny  {Legends 
of  the  Tamar  and  Tary)  was  the  first  to  find  wis- 
dom in  Its  unme;  and  to  connect  it  with  tbe  lore 
««f  olilf»r  ••wi9e  men" — Druids.      I  believe   the 
"to  whom  the  wood  belongs,  to  be 
the  "whish"  hounds, — an  unearthly 
pacjc  wiin  lu-ry  mouths,  which  bunts  over  Dart- 
moor.    Wusc,  or  Wiso,  seems  to  have  been  one 
-of  the  names  of  Odin  (Kemble,  Sainmx  iu  Eng' 
land^   vol.  i,   p.   345);    and  "wbislitness "    is   the 
common  Devonshire   word   for   nil   supernatural 
beings  and  dealings.  Kichabd  Johii  Kifg. 

k[nnrjv,R  Stobibs  m  diffesent  Locautisb. — 
Belmont,  near  Lnunnnne,  Switzerhind,  wc  have 
old  stories  of  hedpiiig  in  tbe  cuckoo;  of  the 
liirmer  who  built  u  wnll  round  his  turnip-field  to 
keep  the  dlcii  otF;  and  also  of  the  coals  beneath 
tbe  church.  This  la.st  story  is  tbe  same  na  the 
£ss«x  (Coggleshall)  version.  Some  IJclmonters 
bad  an  idea  that  their  church  would  be  all  the 
Wtter  if  niOve«l  three  j-ards  to  the  west;  so  they 
mnrked  the  diaijince  by  leaving  tlieir  coats.  They 
then  pushed  aguinst  tbe  eastern  wall.  A  thief 
stole  the  coats,  and  the  peas.inta  found  they  had 
pushed  too  fur  !  A  "  seedy  "  Belnionter  is  sure  to 
'  '  '  !  to  "have  a  push  at  the  church!"  The 
t  people  also  have  a  moon  uf  their  own, 
.(■41..-  .iid'crcnt  to  the  one  at  Lausanne !  Ab  a  proof 
of  thi?  eiiiiplicity  of  tbi.'  iJobnODtcrs,  they  tell  a 

f>rt.    ti.  ,1     ,  Kiranjjcr  who   c*nic  to  re6i<lc  there 
I-  !    upou     for   two    jttrm'm  de   sryours. 

'i  ...a\\    the     Fronihman;    "why   I   am 

gar^on,  and  by  myself!"  "  No!"  said  the  tux- 
gatbercr  ;  '*  you  have  a  little  6oy,  who  must  pay." 
The  boy  wai  a  tame  monkey  ! 

I  •&  not  awaro  that  we  have  any  joke  re- 

tho  last.     Happily,  wc  hav^  no  such 

a  permis  de  trjuur ;  that  la  an  exaction 

Uir    to  /rre   and    republican    Swjlzerl.ind, 

Ifre  I  may  obrOJTe  then?  i«  more  petty  tyranny 

rcised   towards  htm  than  there 

even  Aii5tria  and  ;os. 

>.  Jacksom. 
Kcu  BwiJt.  —  WbiUt  looking  over  a  book, 
ame  curiooB  and  qtuunt  old  ^t6«  I 


came  upon  a  history  of  a  "  French  Bible,"  printed 
by  Antliouy  Boiinemere,  at  Paris,  in  1538 ; 
wherein  is  related  tbe  following  facts  ;  — 

"That  the  oabes  of  the  jjolden  oalf,  which  Moeearaased 
to  be  bnrnt,  and  mixed  with  the  water  that  wm  druuk 
by  thB  laraeliten,  alutk  to  the  beard.s  ^>f  suth  has  had 
fallen  down  Uefore  it ;  by  which  they  mipearcd  with  gilt 
beard?),  av  a  peculiar  mark  to  distinguish  thuM  wluch  hiMi 
wor8bii»p«d  the  cuh." 

This  idle  .storv  is  actually  interwoven  with  the 
82nd  chapter  of' Exodus.  And  Bonnemere  sajrs, 
in  bia  preface,  this  French  Bible  was  printed  in 
1495,  at  tbe  request  of  bis  most  Christian  Majesty 
Charles  VIII.  ;  and  declares  further,  that  the 
French  translator  "has  added  nothing  liut  the 
g«Qiune  truths.^  according  to  the  express  terms  of 
the  Latin  Bible;  nor  omitted  anythinji  but  what 
was  improper  to  be  trnnrdated  \"  So  that  we  are 
to  look  upon  thus  Gi^tion  of  the  pilded  beards  as 
matter  ol  fact ;  and  another  of  the  same  staujp, 
inserted  in  tbe  chapter  above  mentioned,  viz. 
that  — 

"  Upon  Aaron's  refiising  to  make  goda  for  the  I»- 
raelilco,  they  spat  upon  him  with  so  much  fury  and 
violence,  that  they  quite  suffocated  him." 

Thomas  Tuibsltok  Driuu 

Kind's  College. 

Captats  NATaANiKL  PoBTi/>CK,  whosc  voyagc 
round  the  world  with  Capt.  George  Dixon,  wjis 
published  in  1789,  and  an  abridgement  of  which 
appeared  in  1791,  died  Sept.  1*2,  1817.  As  to 
him  see  Lowndes'5  Bibl.  Manual,  ed.  Bohn,  1930  ; 
Annual  Jleguter^  xli.  307,]  36  ;  GtnL  Afag.  ljLxvi« 
1075  ;  UiA^vii.  (2)  379;  Bromley's  Cat,  of  En- 
gntred  Portraits,  473 ;  and  James's  Naval  Hiat. 
ed.  Chamier,  ii.  344»  345.  He  is  surely  better 
entitled  to  a  place  ia  our  Biographical  Dic- 
tionaries than  many  who  appear  there. 

S.    X  .  Ifc. 

Aw  Ancujbt  Craft, — The  following  cutting  ia 
taken  from  a  New  England  journal.  May  not 
the  old  craft  have  a  remembrance  in  "N.  &  Q-  ?" — 

•'  The  venei  recently  di«'ov<Te<l  buried  in  the  sand  on 
the  eastern  coaat  of  Orleans,  Cape  Cod,  was  35  feet  in 
leag^th,  had  a  tonna^  of  M  to  50  toaa,  and  was  called 
tlieSparrowbflwk.  She  is  supposed  to  l»a  the  firat  trans- 
port sent  with  provisions  to  tbo  Pilgrims  after  thoir  land- 
ing. Six  yean  after  the  huding  on  Plymouth  Rock — 
237  years  ago— she  attempted  to  get  out  of  Potonomicut 
liarbour,  as  it  was  then  callml,  but  ran  upon  a  sand-bar 
and  bilged,  and  ia  the  cotistant  eh.inKe8  in  the  coast 
there  she  was  entirely  buried  in  ten  or  fifteen  years,  and 
so  she  has  remaiawi  until  a  few  weeks  ago,  when  some 
sand  was  washed  nwav,  and  she  was  discovered. 

"  Thi    *  'fie,  and  tbe  lioor  below  tlie  deck  was 

strewu  :.  lod  head*  of  barrels,  and  anong  thcni 

a  Urt^ ';  >4iae»— aome  of  beef, some  of  pork,  aud 

some  of  uiutlou.  i  ho  hoops  of  the  barrels  had  mostly 
disiippMroil  •,  tb>v  tiiuy  have  l>cen  of  iron,  and  so  dissolved 
Iv  "  -f  tbe  »ea  \r3icr, 

u  aud  ipikes  and  iron  vied  in  the  con- 
s', r  I  .  vtyi»eMiadal»a4VaA\fv*****^****"^"'''''°^*?t 


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[St*aV.  Matt,  11 


hard ;  while  the  ribs  and  planks  and  trannels,  of  gooA  old 
English  oajc,  still  ramain  quite  sonnd.  Memento  hunters 
are  backing  awaj  at  her  in  soch  numbers  that  soon  there 
will  be  nothing  left.  The  early  records  of  Plymouth 
colony  oontain  references  to  the  loes  of  the  Sparrow- 

w.w. 

Malta. 

AusTiH  FsTABs*  Chuxch.  —  One  can  htrdly 
doubt  that  the  able  architect,  andcr  whose  care 
thia  Tenerable  relic  of  Old  London  is  beine  re- 
ttoredf  will  detect,  in  the  course  of  his  work,  the 
curious  mistake  which  has  been  for  many  years 
allowed  to  remain  on  its  fa<;ade,  just  over  the 
great  window.  The  date,  in  large  Uoman  nume- 
rals, stands  Uius,  a.d.  mccuii.  J. 


CBttcrM. 


Baixas  Qukbibs. — Can  any  one  Inform  me 
where  I  can  procure  a  ballad  commencing  thus  f 

**  It  was  the  Knight  Sir  Aage, 
He  to  the  island  rade ; 
He  marrieil  the  laflye  Else, 
Who  had  been  so  long  a  maid. 

"He  married  the  lady  Else, 
All  with  the  ftolil  so  red  — 
Ere  a  month  had  pass'd  and  gone^ 
The  Udy  Else  was  dead." 

The  ballad  is  ScandinaTian,  Danish,  or  Korse, 
and  was  inserted  in  a  periodical  called  The  Port- 
folio ;  but  whether  it  was  an  original  translation, 
or  copied,  I  know  not.  ne  Portfolio  does  not 
appear  in  the  Museum  Catalogue,  nor  can  I  find 
it  elsewhere. 

I  also  should  like  a  copy  of  a  ballad  called 
**  Lord  Malcom,"  written  in  the  I^ewisian  stanza, 
i.  e.  in  that  of  **  Alonzo  the  Brave.**     Tt  was  often 

S noted  by  Horsley  Curteis,  Charlotte  Dacrc  (Ra<ia 
latilda),  and  the  romance  writers  of  the  Minerva 
school.    I  remember  a  part  of  a  verse  — 

"The  chill  dew  is  falling— damp,  damp  is  the  night; 
The  ruins  are  lonely — Oh  Go<1 !  for  a  light. 
Ixird  Malcom  I  and  thou  art  death  cold." 

Miss  Jane  Porter  wrote  a  ballad  called  *'  Lord 
Malcom,"  but  it  is  not  the  one  inquired  after,  and 
is  in  a  difiercnt  metre. 

I  also  wish  to  know  who  wrote  the  ballad  of 
the  "  Lists  of  Naseby  Wold,  or  the  White-armed 
Ladye's  Oath."  It  appeared  in  Friendthip^t  Of- 
fering, and  has  been  inserted  in  Mr.  J.  S.  Moore's 
interesting  work  published  by  Bell  &  Daldy.  I 
had  heard  that  Airs.  Howitt  was  the  author,  but 
that  lady  assured  me  that  she  wna  not,  and  had 
BO  idea  who  was.  It  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
of  modern  ballads,  and  was  a  particular  favourite 
with  the  late  James  Telfer,  the  author  of  •«  Our 
Ladye's  Girdle,"  ftc  mserted  by  Mr.  Moore  in 
laBBookofAneieHtSaOadPoHrw.  S.Jacuov. 

IhenoUs^Tockshira. 


BnKBTT     AHD     OTHSB     FAMttT     QVBBm  — 

Wanted  particulars  of  the  family  of  Burnett,  «W) 
lived  in  Rotherhithe  early  or  in  the  middle  of 
the  eighteenth  century.  Also  pttrticulara  of  Ant 
George  Burnett,  who  lived  in  Hortleydown,  1734. 
and  was  a  comfactor,  1738.  Can  any  one  tell  mt 
who  was  one  Robert  Burnett,  aecretuy  of  New 
Jersey,  America,  1733?  Who  was  Richard  Brii- 
towe  Burnett,  of  Exeter  Court,  Strand,  who  died 
1795?  .    ^. 

Who  was  Benj.  Burnett,  living  in  Austin  Fnsr% 
1789  ?  Who  was  Noel  Burnett,  who  died  1736,  i 
Spanish  merchant,  living  in  Graoechorch  Street? 
Who  was  Thoa.  Burnett,  stockbroker,  died  176b  ? 
Who  was  John  Burnett,  who  died  1790:  and 
John  Burnett,  ob.  at  Fuiham,  1689;  Williva 
Burnett,  bom  1685,  died  1760  at  Croydon;  aim. 
Alexander  Burnett,  bom  at  Croydon,  1718,  af^ 
ninety-nine  ?  Who  were  the  Burnetts  livmz  it 
Chigwell,  Essex  ?  What  became  of  thoM  Bar. 
netts,  defended  from  Bumett  of  Leys :  Duncan, 
Robert,  Thomas  (a  doctor  at  Norwich),  Alexan- 
der, and  Gilbert— all  brothers  ?  Anv  muticulan 
of  any  one  of  these  persons,  would  oe  thaob 
fully  received. 

Particulars  wanted  of  the  family  of  Gibsoo  of 
Kirbv  Lonsdale,  Westmoreland.  One  Elizabeth 
married  Edward  Bainbridge,  1740.  AIm^  who 
was  ^e  wife  of  one  Henry  Bainbridge,  Urofu 
Barton,  near  Kirby  Lonsdale,  about  the  end  af 
1600— say  1680,  and  upwards? 

Particulars   also    wanted   of   a    family  aStd 
Barons,  living  at  Watford  earlv  in    180Q,btfor« 
and  afterwards ;    also,  particulars    of   a  ftaSj 
called  Church ;  also,  of  a  family  called  ^Hcn, 
relations  of  the  celebrated  Sir  Juhn  Waters,  bora 
in  Glamorganshire ;  and  also,  of  a  family  of  the 
name  of  Swonn,  living  in  Berks  some  eighty  y«an 
ago.  H.  A.  Batxdbidge. 

Euston  Square. 

Thomas  Bentlkt  or  CniswicK  ob  Tnmmisv 
Gbkbic. — I  am  anxious,  for  genealogical  purpoNi. 
to  ascertain  whether  Thomas  Bcntloy,  who  lived 
at  Turnham  Green  and  died  in  1780,  leflanj 
family,  anil  if  so,  their  present  whereabout*. 
Bentley  was  in  early  life  of  Manchester  and  of 
Liverpool,  &c.  Can  any  reader  of  •*  N.  &  Q." 
give  me  this,  or  any  other  information  concerning 
him  or  his  family  ?  Li.  Jawrrr. 

Derby. 

*•  The  Black  Bear"  at  CramoB. — Some  yean 

I  ago,  passing  through  Cumnor,  I  was  surprise<l  not 

I  only  to  find  an  inn  callc<l  "  the  Black  Bear"  in 

the  village,  but  that  the  name  of  one  of  the  minor 

characters  in  Scott's  Kenilworih  was  painted  at 

the  bottom  of  the  sign-board ;  it  was  either  Giles 

Gosling  or  Michael  Lamboume,  I  foivet  which, 

bat  should  like  to  know.    Did  Scott  take  his  siga 

.  and  the  name  of  the  publican  from  what  ha  aw 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


377 


ben  he  visiter!  Cumnor,  or  were  the  sign  and  the 
ublican's  name  liuuiorousiy  borroweii  Irom  the 
lovel?  Visiting  Cumnor  church  I  Ibuad  iVoni  a 
onument  that  the  celebriitcil  Tony  Forster  waa 
or.  the  flurly  domestic  presented  by  Scott,  but  a 
entleman  of  high  repute.  I  afterwards  learnt 
om  a  tablet  in  Aldermaston  church  in  the  ad- 
Moing  county  of  Eerks,  that  the  Forsters  hud 
irmerly  resided  there.  In  this  church  ia  a  very 
ne  altar  tomb  of  white  morUe,  to  the  memory  of 
knight  and  his  lady  of  this  family.  Was  Anthony 
Torsier,  of  Cumnor,  of  the  same  family  fl.s  the 
forsters  of  Aldermoston  ?  H.  C. 

CATHABmE  or  Braoahza. — In  Carte's  Life  of 
OrmondA  it  is  stated  that  the  retinae  of  this 
irinceas,  on  arriving  at  England,  was  composed 
if  252  persons.     Are  there  any  documents  ex- 

nt  which  give  either  their  names  or  their  sub- 
^juent  history  ?  OxoaiZNsJS. 

Cbbss.  —  Does  the  20th  epigram  of  Martial 
)ook  xiv.)  describe  the  jjame  of  chess  ?  — 

"  Iiuiiliotorum  bL  ladia  belU  latronum, 
OcoiiUtiUA  iate  tibi  milea  et  bostis  erit," 

Doefl  it  mean  that  the  knights  on  either  side 
bould  be  made  of  gems  ? 

A  French  commeDtator  translates  the  epigram 
kus:  — 

"  Si  to  Jones  an  Jen  d'dchecs,  qnl  reprf'9ent«  les  cm- 
lehea  lio  la  guerre,  voilji  des  soldots  et  dcs  enn«miB 
irichis  cle  pierreries." 

If  not  chess,  what  game  was  this  ?  D. 

Sir  Tuomas  Delai^aundb.  —  Information  re- 
f>ecung  the  ab<jv..«  person,  who  forfeited  his  life 
\  the  insurrection  instigated  by  Sir  Kobert 
Vellcs,  is  requested.  Are  aiiy  of  his  descendants 
ow  ulive  ?  John  Bowen  Rowlands. 

Tmb  Downs  Lands  im  HAMPSinRE.  —  Cobbctt, 
I  his  Rural  Hides  (p.  538),  informs  hia  readers,  a 
\alk  bottom  does  not  suffer  the  surface  to  bum^ 
Owever  shallow  the  top  soil  may  be.  And,  he 
ids : 

^t  ieemB  to  me  to  absorb  and  to  retain  the  water,  and 

I  It  ready  to  b«  drawn  up  by  the  heat  of  the  sua — 

,  r»t*,  ih«i  fiift  i*,  thrtf  Ihe  MirfrK-c  aliove  it  doea  not 

J  fori\u:  -ithislaat 

«2o),  wU.  enneuto 

i-rrt'jiit  fi,,,  .  even  the 

»ei»<Jows  («xc<(pt  flctuttlly  u^Urttd)  yrvfi  burnt  SO  as  to 

•  at)  bdmn  ■»  tho  bare  earth." 

Will  liny  of  your  readei-9  do  me  the  great  favour 
D  inform  me  the  roiMs  why  a  chalk  bottom  does 
lOt  sijfl'er  the  surface  of  tbe  soil  above  to  burn  ? 
Liid  if  he  can  refer  me  to  any  work  in  which  the 
ibject  is  discussed  at  length,  1  shall  feel  greatly 
>t'«eil.  Fha.  Mkwuubn. 

J^turbfiuhl,  Darlington. 

EwoRAvijiO  ur  BAttTot:.ozzt, — I  have  before  rae 
I  engraving  of  Bortoloziti's,  from  a  picture  by 


K.  L.  West:  size,  about  5  inches  by  4;  date, 
1801.  The  treatment  is  admirable.  The  subject 
is  a  starving  man,  on  a  wretched  bedstead.  Two 
rats  are  on  the  floor,  and  un  empty  dish  and  spoon. 
The  feet,  hands,  and  face,  are  painfully  true ;  and 
the  light  is  streaming  through  the  broken  portion 
of  an  otherwise  dull  window.  The  print  puts  me 
so  much  in  uiindof  Wallis's  "Death  of  Chatterton," 
that  I  am  anxious  to  know  if  any  history  or  anec< 
dote  appertains  to  it,  and  whether  R.  L.  West 
woa  a  painter  of  any  note.  P.  P. 

EsQCiKE.  —  In  Clark's  Heraldry  are  mentioned, 
as  having  a  right  to  the  title  "Esquire,"  "  Bache- 
lors of  Divinity,  Law,  and  Physio."  Are  the  two 
degrees  in  Aria  excluded ;  and  also,  those  of 
Doctor  of  Law  and  of  Physic  ?  K.  R.  C. 

*' Fahixt  BoBTniQ  Gkockd."  —  Tho  fnllowine 
are  iu  my  note  book  us  the  words  of  Edmund 
Burke :  — 

**I  would  rather  sleep  in  the  loathem  comer  of  a  littla 
cuuntn'  thurcbyard  tlion  in  the  tomb  of  all  the  Capulets. 
I  should  like,  however,  that  my  dust  should  mingle  with 
kindred  dost  The  gowl  old  exprcAsion,  family  burying' 
ground,  has  something  pleasing  in  it,  at  least  to  me." 

Wanting  these  words  for  a  particular  purpose, 
may  I  ask  you  in  which  of  Burke's  writings  they 
are  to  be  found  ?  Abbba. 

Sib  Edwabd  Gobgbs,  Knt.  —  Can  any  of  your 
readers  inform  me  who  were  the  father  and  mother 
of  Sir  Edward  Gorges,  Knight,  of  Wraxull,  Somer- 
set, whose  will,  a  copy  of  which  is  in  the  Wells 
Registry,  is  dated  February  6,  1565,  proved  1566, 
nnd  who  bequeathes  y  the  residue  of  my  goodes" 
unto  Edward  Gorges,  "  my  cousin  and  heire  ap- 
parent," whom  he  makes  his  sole  executor  to  see 
his  body  "  brought  unto  the  earth."  Ilis  signa- 
ture is  witnessed  by  Ann  Gorges,  widow,  and 
Francin  Gorges.  Apparently  from  this  he  died 
unmarried  and  tine  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  WrnxttlL,  dated  10th  of  Elizalwith,  1567, 
proved  1568,  in  which  he  mentions  his  mother, 
Ann  Gorges,  and  his  brother  Francis,  and  his 
two  young  sons,  Edwar<i  and  Ferdioando;  the 
latter  being,  I  suspect,  the  celebrated  Sir  Ferdi- 
uan<lo  Gorges,  who  was  concerned  in  the  Esscjl 
rebellion  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth.  F.  Bbowh. 
Nallsea  Rectory,  Somerset. 

Infidel  Socikties  and  Swki>ehbobgia!cs,  —  In 
Nichols's  Liternru  Anecdotes,  vol.  ix.  p.  518,  a  book 
or  punmhlct,  entitled  The  Rise  and  Dissolution  of 
the  Infiilet  Societies,  is  described  as  containing  *'  a 
genuine  account  of  the  origin  of  the  Swedenbor- 
giaiis  in  this  country."  Can  any  one  give  rae  the 
date  of  thin  publication,  the  name  of  its  author,  or 
any  other  puriiculors  concerning  it? 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  -_9*s.y.  Ujx:,%l 


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0N&Y.  M:^r7.'«43 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Shebx  Pbiobt.  —  lu  tlie  Jntcst  edition  of  the 
Munastican,  under  this  Iiend  it  is  stated  (vol.  vi. 
[>.  30),  tbnt  a  rcpresentatiou  of  U^  in  its  ancient 
rtate,  is  comprised  in  one  of  the  viewu  of  Rich- 
nontl  Piilace,  drawn  in  the  time  of  Philip  and 
ilary,  by  Anthony  van  Wyxkgaarde.  the  publication 
f  which  i»  sf>ecdiiy  intended  by  Messrs.  Harding 
ind  Lepard.  Vol.  vi.  is  dtted  1S30.  I  wish  to 
know  if  this  intended  publication  ever  took  place; 
'€  not,  where  Van  Wyngraade's  drawings  now  are. 
have  reason  to  think  tbey  are  in  the  Uodleian 
Library,  but  am  not  certain.  W.  C. 

Kichmontl. 

Rev.  Samtei:  Sliptkb,  Ciiaplaik  to  the 
DvK£  or  Koaroix  iw  1681. — A  ffiend  has  in- 
'brmed  me  that  be  bos  found  stated  in  some 
ournnls  that  the  above  was  the  descendant  of  a 
Jpanish  family  who  came  over  to  this  country 
boat  the  time  of  Charles  II.,  and  translated  their 
mne  into  ita  English  equivalent.  Can  any  one 
jfonn  mc  where  this  stateoient  is  to  be  found, 
tnd  what  \s  its  authority  'f  TtKVhXk. 

_  Upper  ahd  Loweb  Emi>iS£. — Authors  seem  to 
llfier  respecting  the  application  of  the  terms 
,Jp|>er  and  Lower  Empire  lu  the  two  dlvielons  of 
l&e  Elomaa  world  after  tlic  death  of  Theudoaiu^; 
br  instance,  Sir  Walter  Scott,  in  the  hist  chapter 
f  Cowit  Robert  of  Paris,  speaking  of  the  Eastern 
Empire,  remarks,  — 

and  at  length  was  teiminated  the  reign  and  life  of 

ius  Comneniu,  a  prince  who,  with   all  the  £aults 

may  be  rcputoii  to  bitn,  flill  potaetMea  a  real  right, 

ie  purity  of  hi.<!  genernl  intentions,  to  be  accounted 

the  beat  sovereigns  of  the  Lower  Empire ; " 

irbilc   Mr.   Humphreys,   in   the   Coin   Collector  a 
'Manual,  chap,  xxv.,  says, — 

"  But  as  the  Byzantine  coins  aro  of  a  distinct  class  from 
Ihose  of  the  kingdoms  of  modvra  Europe,  tnd  cloeely 
kllied  to  those  of  the  Lower  Romnn  Empire  of  the  Weot," 
be. 

\Vhen  and  by  what  historian  were  the  terms 
Upper  and  Lower  Empire  first  used,  and  does  tlie 
ipplicntion  of  such  expressions  to  two  provinces 
depend  u\h>\\  geographical  i)08ition,  or  upon  terri- 
lorial  extent  and  preponderance  of  popolation? 
H.C. 

^Mttiti  tuitg  SniODrrd. 

18.  Mary  Devkbkix,  who  renided  in  or  near 
ol,  published  Sermoiu,  Bristol,  8vo,  1774; 
>ondon,  8vo,  1777  (tliird  edition);  MuccUanua 
in  Proae  and  VerK,  London,  2  vols.  8vo,  17«l; 
Theotlore  and  IHdymiu,  on  heroic  poctn,  Svo, 
]7Sf3;    nnd   M/rry   Quern  nf  S,-.;'.^,   an    liislorical 

rell, 
■  lion, 

^\u^uul.    -  Devtiell,    wllw     of 

liuhard  |,  who  died  tbere 

luiUi  39,  INIO 1'     ILii JJiugruphia  Ihtnnaticat&tVMi 


her  a  lady  of  Gloucestershire,  as  does  the  Biogro' 
pfiical  Dictionary  of  Living  Authors^  1 S 1 6.  I  need 
hardly  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. 

[BIra.  Mary  Dererell  waa  the  daughter  of  a  cloth-ier, 
residing  near  Minchin  tlampton,  in  Glouceaterfthire.  It 
is  stated  in  the  Eurc/ptan  Magazine  (LL  19D)  that'*tJhia 
lady  (in  1782)  ia  unmurried,  aad  is  between  fort}"^  and 
filly  years  of  nge."] 

Cbauaok. — ^I  should  feel  obliged  to  any  of  yoor 
readers  if  they  could  communicate  the  unj^wer  of 
the  following  Charade,  which  has  been  published 
in  Vertes  and  Tranalatious  by  C.  S.  C.  [Calver- 
ley]:- 

'•  Evening  threw  solxirer  hoe 
O  v«r  the  blue  siiy,  and  the  few 
I'oplara  that  grew  just  in  the  vi--w 
Of  the  hail  of  Sir  Hnjjo  .1 
■  Answer  me  true,' pleai 

:  vine  to  woo  no  muiLer  >mh  .  i 
iJit  wall  I  dot  Lndy,  for  you?' 
lie  dooe^  er«  your  eye  may  twinkle. 
iihaJl  I  borrow  the  wand  of  a  Moorish  cuchnntcr, 
And  bid  a  decanter  contain  the  Le\Tinf .  or 
The  brass  from  til     '  ■"   -        ■    -inter.' 

Shall  I  go  for  thf  i ntar— 

(That  r,  for  the  Mk  rant  her)— 

And  race  with  the  toul  Xi43ud,iU)d  ituAi  lu  a  canter. 
Like  that  first  of  equeatrians  Tarn  O'Sh.inter? 
I  talk  not  mere  banter—  s«y  not  that  1  can't,  or 
By  this  my  firMt — (a  Virginian  I'laiitur 
Sohl  it  me' to  kill  rata) — ^I  will  die  instantcr.' 
The  lady  bended  her  ivory  neck,  and 
Whispered  mournfully,  *  Go  for — niy  kcoiuV 
She  said,  and  the  redfrom  Sir  Hugh's  cheek  fled. 
And  '  Nil  v.*  did  ho  say  as  he  stalked  awity. 

The  fiercest  of  mjured  men : 
•  Twice  have  I  humbled  my  haughty  soul, 
And  on  bended  knee  1  have  prejaed  my  wttoU — 
Bat  I  never  will  press  it  again.' " 

W.  F.  S. 
Christ  Church,  Oxford. 

[We  are  indebted  to  a  friend  for  the  following  respoDM 
in  verse: — 

"  From  •  Sir  Hugo  de  Wynkle ' 
I'll  borrow  a  wrinkle; — 
When,  for  courtship  inclined, 
Mv  ■kareat  I  tinrl.  , 

W  Mtpp<T, 

T,  ...,  „,-,..  ,..iireside  reclined, 

1  with  blue,  yrrcn,  and  red, 

1  lue  prepuralion  I'll  spread, 

Til''"  ou  buth  my  kneed  drop, 
Squeeze  her  fingers,  and  — pup ! "] 

StJTTON  CoLoriBLD :  "  IIehrt  IV.,  Pabt  I.," 
Act  IV.  Sc.  2.  —  In  several  editions  of  Shak- 
snearu  I  find  this  town  called  "  Sutton-Cop-IIilL" 
Will  nny  reader  inform  me  on  what  authority? 

In  thp  charter,  granted  the  town  in  the  'JOth 
Henry  VIII.,  it  ia  styled  "S^i.vvw.Q^iv}^^'^^^-^-^^ 
OUT  COUTltj  ol  ^MV\e«.,^S>Msr«v»  ^■^^'^■'^'^^ 


380 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


^ 


Colvyle,  otherwise  Sultoa  Coldefyld,   otherwwe 
Sutton."  J.  Wetherell. 

Mlddlesbro'-oa-Tcea. 

[The  town  13  called  Sutton-Cop-hill  on  the  autboritr 
of  all  early  copiea  of  Shakspeare.  The  more  recent  edi- 
tor (Mr.  Knight  and  Mr.  Djce  excepted)  alter  the  name 
to  Satton-Colfield.] 

St.  Andrew's,  Holbobn. — Is  tliere  any  account 
of  the  monumeuts  in  the  olJ  church,  mnny  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.  C.  H.  H. 

[Somo  notices  of  the  monuments  in  the  old  charch  of 
St  Andrew,  Holbom,  may  be  found  in  Strrpe's  Stow, 
book  iii.  p.  248 ;  Malcolm's  Loftdimum  Rediricum,  ii.  225 ; 
and  the  JVew  View  of  Lmuitm,  1708,  i.  115.  The  new 
church  was  enctcd  by  Wren  in  the  year  1686.] 

De.  Tbapp's  Translatioh  or  Mtltox. — I  have 
iiist  received  a  translation  of  the  Paradise  Ltutt, 
by  Trapp,  published  moccxli.  I  wish  to  know 
whether  there  arp  any  other  translations  by  the 
same  author.  I  think  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  namerous 
works,  drawn  up  with  great  care,  ii  given  in  Chalmors's 
Biographical  DletioHary,  xxx.  13,  where  the  only  iK>em 
by  Milton  translated  by  him  is  the  Paraditui  AmiMtu*, 
2  vols.  4to,  1740-4.1 

MoiTOGRAMs  of  Paihtbbs.  —  Con  any  of  your 
readers  inform  me  what  pointers  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,  ©  . 
The  painter  who  uses  this  mark  is  supposed  to 
Lave  lived  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII. 

J.  Dalton. 

[The  first  monogram  is  that  of  Locca  Pcnnl.  born  at 

jnorence  aboat  1500.     After  painting  some  pictures  for 

Ithe  cfaorcbe*  at  Lacca  and  Gcuoa,  he  \-isited  Engtaad  in 

tthe  roign  of  Uenry  VIII.,  niid  paiutttd  aereral  pieces  for 

^0  king  and  oihcra.    The  xecond  ii  that  of  Lucas  Corne- 

calted  ••  the  Cook,"  .in  old  Dutch  painter,  born  at 

irdea  in  1403.      ftc  visited  Enj^'land  in  the  reign  of 

lenry  VIII.,  and  wa*  made  hi*  nittjeaCy's  piUntiir.     Ilij 

Tilef  ptrftnuaiices  extant  in  Kngland  are  »l  Penahurtt. 

Other  BDiices  of    tbcM  ftrli»l*,    c-Ansuil    NValpolo'a 

itfTaimtintj,  and  Ucyui'ȣ>i^tiomiry  of  PaiMttrt 


firplinl. 

THE  NEWTOJf  firiOSE. 
(3'<  S.  V.  no,  245.) 

Ai  the  Newton  stone  tJ  of 
ethnological  point  of  view,  aUovr'  me 
myself  from  the  Rev.  B.  ^  Cowraft  tm 
altack. 

He  strangely  states  that  I  suppose  a  nicfdkj 
five  lani^uagcs  on  the  Newton  stone.  No  si 
thing;  I  diittnctly  say  that  th<?  character  is  Aii 
and  the  language  Hebraic,  with  CLaltlaic  aAal 
ture  :  one  word  being  in  the  aocieaL  SoM 
character,  which  also  appears  vlUt  Ariaa  BAni 
and  inscriptions  found  in  Afgbisnictan  — ikl  | 
cient  Ariana.  As  well  sayr  en  Cogliib  tmi 
tion  in  Roman  lettersi,  with  onr  word  ia  Gen 
text,  represented  Kn;»lish,  Latin,  Greek,  Fhai 
ciao,  and  German,  because  the  letters  M»  \ 
traced  into  such  connectioDa.  His  reauste  I 
unfair. 

It  is  absurdly  trifling  to  assert  tlial  I  cia) 
the  order  of  the  letters  on  the  Ktonc,  «isi|if  Vi 
cause  I  write  their  equivalents  from  ri'Hic  kV 
as  modern  Hebrews  do.  Sur?lv  M^  {jom 
can  scarcely   mean  to  say    1  ,rue  «dl 

always  were,  and  must  be,  w  :\ym  rkkli 

left. 

Ms.  CowF£B  should  have  sucertsuQed  (At  WB 
her  of  letters  actually  in  the  inscrtplnt  k*l 
he  objected  to  my  exceeding  tlistl  nviiatvtf 'M 
Hebrew  equivalents.  He  doea  notlw«lWL</ 
the  forty-three  letters  in  the  more  canws  off 
of  the  inscription,  six  arc  double;  thus  >n^i>| 
for  tl\e  forty-nine  in  modern  Hebrew  le(MV 

Had  Mr.  Cowheb  been  disposed  to  tknl«A' 
out  prejudice,  he  would  huvc  seen  lloM  ttsar) 
could  not  have  influenced  me  in  a  pl«io  asttv* 
fact  as  to  the  character  and  value  of  tbo  ktM 
on  this  stone,  in  ;!iviu^  liteir  cqidvyfatl  ( 
Hebrew  letters,  I  did  what  acitolors  jfimi^ 
do.  And  I  con  Id  not  do  bettor,  aittc*  I  ■< 
the  inscription  was  in  oo  oricotaJ  ami  a  S^ui 
character. 

In  giving  the  English  letters,  aa  onj  Uvbtm 
would  see,  I  did  nrt  monn  to  i  <nr<v«*tJt  tL*  r« 
nunciation  of  1  Qn\y  «jm 

appeared  to  n»  ouuksii 

the  inscri|)tion.  llui]  I  tlo«ir«^  Ur  make  ■•• 
Bible  Hebrew  of  my  tninsli'<»r^»tiri.  i*  ft-tiH  ealj; 
hflve  bi'cn  done;  And  ihn*.  '^fit 

to  wei}j;h  oa  evidence  in  in  *« 

spnk<>n    In    lann  ^^ 

written  ;  but  il  ^j|| 


A    in.-. 
not  U> 


.|.->r*l 


Ala.  CowpKR 
brew ;  and  then 


thii 
he  \:. 


a»*S.V.  MAy7,'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


381 


of  similar  consonants  does  mean  a  hill,  moun<l,  or 
tumulus  ;  and  that  another,  .from  the  same  root, 
meAns  a  vault.  He  ought,  tliereibre,  to  have 
5»ven  me  credit  fur  an  equal  amount  of  know- 
ledge when  I  suggested  tumulus,  mound,  or  vault, 
ta  the  meaning  of  the  word.  There  is  a  douht 
about  the  a  at  the  end.  The  Arabic  root  is  gabd 
(Kaj),  gather  together.  Kaaj  is  Chaldec  for  hill 
of  any  kind ;  and  this,  with  the  a,  reads  begabeba. 
333  u  mouud,  in  Job  xtii.  12,  though  translated 
btxlj.  The  reference  is  to  the  memorial  of  the 
persons  mentioned. 

Mb.  CowrKB  knows  that  **to  liken,"  or  '*to 
<le«troj,"  are  secondary  meanings  of  nDl«  and  that 
IH^tO  be  silent  and  at  rest'*  is  the  primary  meaO' 
Vtusli)  translates  ^n'DH,  no  doubt,  just  ba- 
it means  ''  I  produce  silence  and  cessation 
of  actJvitj."  I  do  not  warrant  the  grammar  of  the 
Newlon  slone. 

Every  ono  who  has  heard  of  Beth-tl,  is  aware 
the  btih  means  "  a  house,  a  home."  Ilebraists 
felso  know  tliut  the  yod^  in  ^\}^^  i"  Q^t  sounded  in 
the  construct  state;  and  that  the  word,  in  the 
lilural  at  least,  is  written  without  the  yod, 

Zttlh  is  the  contractioD  of  a  word  which  I  did 
not  invent — I  discovered  it,  I  give  Mr.  Cowfeb 
the  benefit  of  my  discovery. 

I  translated  DITSX,  and  it  reads  very  well ;  but 
proper  names  of  this  class  are  so  common,  that 
there  is  no  absurdity  in  supposing  this  may  be 
(me.  "  Father  of  a  people  "  is  not  more  awkward 
than  Ab'Tam,  "father  of  height";  or  Abraham, 
•'father  of  a  great  multitude."  Father  as  ho- 
liorary  appellatioQ  of  priest  or  prophet,  is  nothing 
new. 

Mb,  Cowpeb  is  perverse  on  the  word  Pijni?. 
The  n  does  not  appear  in  my  transliteration,  be- 
CBuse  I  did  not  see  it  in  Dr.  Wilson's  engraving 
©f  the  stone ;  but  I  knew  the  word  was  incom- 
plete without  it,  and.  therefore,  I  looked  for  it  in  a 
more  |>erfect  copy  of  the  inscription,  and  found  it. 
^Jb.  Cowpkb  will  fin<l  the  word  aa  I  render  it 
(Is.  xix- 14).  [D  and  "D.  fully  written,  make  min  ; 
and  I  may  inform  Mu.  Cowi'bb  that  the  n  U  only 
indicated  on  the  inscription  by  a  mark  on  the  i ; 
but  ]  was  bound  to  present  the  word  in  full, 
"  gh  1  knew,  as  indeed  the  Arian  letters  showed, 
the  n  was  silent. 
B.  CowpFH  18  right   to   read  ;>i,  as  he  was 

ught ;  but  it  does  not  follow  that  sculptors, 
iiore  than  two  thou»and  years  ago,  were  equally 
well  taught.  In  Arian  writing,  the  p  and  f  A  are 
often  interchanged  in  like  case. 

^Fi  ccitainly  Hgnifiea,  moulh  of;  but  that  would 
ean  little,  if  it  did  not  also  signify  that  which 
Erocccded  from  the  mouth— as  word,  conunancl, 
octrjne,  fic. — according  to  the  occasion  implied. 
My  critic  grants  that  Seshfr  is  Hebrew.  Well, 
tliis  Hebrew  word  ij>  unmlslMkably  found  in  an- 
ient Satuorit  letters  on  the  Newton  atone;  and  I 


my  critic  had  better  account  for  thai,  before  he 
cavils  at  the  idea  that  it  may  be  a  proper  name 
fit  for  n  Buddhist  pries L 

In  the  inscription  the  word  man  (1**^)  is  bo 
written  as  to  distinguish  it  from  any  other  word 
having  the  same  letters.  Ma.  Cowpkb  should  not 
trust  to  Gcsenius  alone.  He  ought  to  know  the, 
word  meanf!  a  sacred  vessel  that  could  be  dese- 
crated by  Belshazzar  as  a  wine-cup.  (Dan.  v.  2, 
iii.  23.)  Then  the  word  yQC'i  signifying  abundance, 
may  agree  with  it.  I  complain  that  he  has  separated 
the  words,  gratuitously,  to  make  nonsense  for  me. 
He  finds  yac.  in  Deut.  xxxiii.  9,  where  it  meam 
abundance.  Let  him  read  ysClSD,  "  vessel  of 
abundance,"  if  he  pleases:  what  is  that  in  plain 
English  but  what  I  render  the  words  —  "over- 
flowing vessel"? 

Mb.  Cowpeb.  complains  that  he  getfi,  in  the  last 
line,  eleven  Hebrew  letters  for  nine  in  the  inscrip- 
tion. How  does  he  know  ?  I  can  tell  him  that 
there  are  two  double  letters,  and  so  we  get  the 
eleven.  He  s&ysjoati  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  soys,  that  mn,  "  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  untowardly  translated  "  comeliness," 
though  standing  in  contrast  with  moral  defilement. 

My  critic  seems  puzzled  hy  my  use  of  h  to  re- 
present ayin  —  a  letter  not  in  our  al^jhubet.  I 
have  done  what  more  learned  men  have  done  In 
this  cjise. 

He  thinks  all  the  words  except  one  are  Chal- 
daic  or  Hebraic,  hut  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  iu  his  line;  but  I  value  his 
evidence. 

He  asserts  that  the  inscription  is  Celtic.  If  flo, 
it  is  surprising  fhat  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  auestion  is,  What  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.  I,  therefore,  wait  for  a  photograph  of  the 
stone;  on  the  receipt  of  which,  I  expect  to  ba 
able  to  demonstrate  to  any  unprejudiced  inquirer 
the  value  of  every  letter  and  every  word,  and  to 
prove  that  the  stone  is  a  Buddhist  memorial. 

I  was  not  .aware,  when  1  hastily  sent  my  re- 
rastrkti  to  "  N.  &  Q-,"  that  there  were  tumuli  in 
the  neighbourhood  of  the  stone;  but  the  fuct  that 
therv'  arc  so  far  sustains  my  notion  that  the  iu- 
scriptioo  i«  an  epitaph.  Vapid  it  may  bii,  bat  iva 
more  so  thaiv  livxtVi  \,\\vi\«.j*\w  'gs».«rik. 


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[8<^&V.  KAT7.*iL 


It  is  a  recorded  fact,  that  many  thourands  of 
Buddhists  were  in  the  wcst^  cir.  600  b.c.  ;  and, 
thorefore,  it  is  not  impossible  that  many  were  in 
Scotland  at  an  early  period.  Huddhiatic  Ruper- 
stitions  and  symbols  have  prevailed  there  from 
pre- historic  times. 

The  Newton  atone  must  have  been  erected 
amidst  people  who  could  read  the  inscription  on 
it;  and  I  cngapre  to  prove,  in  due  time,  that  the 
characters  on  it  were  familiar  in  north-western 
India  500  n.c. 

Alas !  Mb.  Cowpsb  was  not  able  to  appreciate 
my  poor  book  as  some  scholars  hare  done:  so 
with  perturbed  spirit  he  iiiiifjs  it  in  my  face,  and 
warns  tlic  readers  of  **  N.  &  Q."  that  I  am  not  an 
(Kdipus. 

I  um  thankful  to  be  respected,  but  sorry  to  bo 
distrusted  by  Mb.  Cowpbb.  Not  being  personally 
known  to  him,  it  is  especially  kind  in  him  to 
repeat  that  I  am  amiable.  Docs  he  mean  thereby 
to  confirm  his  decision,  that  I  am  also  a  fool? 
Such  a  mo<le  of  argument  would  be  unnatural  in 
a  clergyman,  and  unbecoming  in  a  scholar  and  a 
gentleman.  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  mode  me  feel  anythinj;  but  amiable. 
If,  as  he  suggests,  I  wished  to  glorify  myself,  I 
certainly  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  reasoncrs ;  and  that 
muny  pass  for  learned,  as  poor  rogues  sometimes 
pAHS  for  rich — by  showing  a  handful  of  flash  notes. 
Though  I  think  Mr.  Cowpkr  has  been  too  hasty 
in  inflicting  correction  on  nic,  1  yet  really  thank 
him  for  the  useful  lesson  he  has  so  cheaply  given 
me  ;  and  I  hope,  ere  long,  to  oflfcr  more  work  for 
his  kindly  craft.  G.  Moobe. 

Hoatings. 

MKSCHIXES. 
(S^S.  V.  310.) 

Mb.  Cabet  has  come  upon  a  place  in  English 
pcncalogy,  which,  having  now  been  mentioned 
in  "N.  &  Q.,"  may,  I  hope,  have  some  more 
light  thrown  upon  it.  This  is  the  pedigree  of 
Todeni.  Hy  the  statement  in  Hanks  (Dormant 
and  Extinct  Bamnetf^r,  vol.  i.  p.  182),  it  appear:* 
that  Roliert  de  Twleni  received  the  lordship  of 
Belvoir  from  William  the  Con<[ueror.  "  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  To<]eni's  great  deyotion  to  St.  Alban;  and 
says  that  — 

**  This  seems  more  probable,  becanse  he  is  often  written 
William  de  Albany  as  weU  as  William  A  AOku,  with  the 


addition  of  Briio,  as  a  contradistinction  to  aoothar  pit 
boron  William  de  Albini,  called  Pinoaaa." 

He  then  mentions  that  this  William  had  issset 
son  and  successor,  who,  besides  Brito,  was  alio 
called  Meschines.  Mb.  Cabkt  has  pointed  out 
that  this  surname  of  Meschines  **  does  not  implj 
any  relationship  witli  the  Earl  erf*  Chester.'^  Mt 
inquiry  is,  what  arc  the  arms  of  the  family  knows 
us  De  Todeni,  De  Belvoir,  De  Albini  ? 

Dr.  Wright,  in  his  edition  of  Hcylyn,  says  (p. 
548),  that  he  hail  inspected  "  a  fine  copy  of  Dup- 
dale's  Baranage  which  is  in  the  library  of  Cains 
College,  Cambridge,  in  which  the  arma  are  acca- 
rately  delineated  in  their  proper  colours;"  and  hj 
this  he  corrects  his  list  of  the  arms  of  the  English 
barons.    In  his  corrected  list  (p.  ^49),,  he  giva 
to  Todeni,  gu.  an  eagle  displByc«l  within  a  bor- 
dure  argent.     Albini,  or,  two  chewTonels  within  • 
bordure  gu.,  and  other  Albini  coats  which  are 
not  to  my  purpose.    Banks  gives  to  Todeni  gu. 
an?  eagle    dispiaved    within    a    liordure    anent 
Guillim  (ed.  1G60,  first  issue),  in  the  shidd  of 
Yillicrs,  Duke  of  Buckingham    (p.  *  4SSy,  pm, 
topaz,  two  chevrons,  and  a  border  rub^  to  Tru" 
but ;  having  given  the  quarter  immediatelv  pve- 
ceding,  "  saphire,  a  Catherne  wheele  topaz,*  with> 
out  assigning  uny  name.    My  copy  of  GaiUiia  hu, 
in  an  old  hand,  the  name  Belvoir  added  ta  tkii 
"  Catherne  wheele"  coat;  and  Gibbon,  in  hbA*»- 
dtictio  ml  Latiuam  Blaiomiam  (1682)   slso  frus 
this  coat  to  l^lvoir,  (p.  135).     Notitia  Aafkma 
(1724),  among  the  quarterings  of  the  Dike  af 
Rutland,    gives  the  Catherine    wheel    east,  ad 
assigns  it  to  Belvoir.     It  also  aligns  the  tm(hn< 
rons  and  a  bordure  to  Trusbut. 

All  the  authorities  which  I  have  cited,  erea 
Guillim,  are  at  best  second-hand,  and  merely  show 
an  opinion.  It  might  be  hoped  that  at  Haddon, 
for  instance,  all  might  be  cleared  up.  Robert  de 
Koo.4,  great-grandson  of  Everard  de  Kooi  sad 
Itose  Trusbut,  died  in  1285.  He  had  manied 
Isabel  de  Albini  de  Belvoir,  heireas  of  her  houM. 

In  the  reign  of  Edward  IV.,  Sir  Kobert  Msa> 
ners  married  Eleanor  de  Roos:  and  Sir  Joiia 
Manners,  second  son  of  Thomas,  first  Earl  of 
Rutland,  married  Dorothy  Vernon  of  Haddoa, 
who  died  in  1584.  They,  Sir  John  Manners  and 
Dorothy  Vernon,  were  grandfather  and  granil- 
motherto  John,  the  eighth  Earl,  in  whose  line  the 
peerage  continued.  She  was  heiress  of  Haddoa, 
and  brought  it  into  the  family  of  Rutland. 

In  the  great  gallery  at  Iladdon,  the  first  window 
on  the  right  as  you  enter  from  the  staircase  shows, 
in  glass,  a  lai^  shield  surrounded  by  renaissance 
scrolling.  Below  the  shield  is  the  date  1589.  It 
is  per  pale,  baron  and  femme.  The  baron  side 
has  sixteen  coats,  4,  4,  4,  4 :  1.  Manners ;  2.  De 
Boos ;  3.  Espcc,  gu.  three  Catherine  wheels  ar- 
gent; 4.  Axure,  a  Catherine  wheel  or.  Tfaso 
follow  the  rest  till  we  come  to— Iff.  Gn.,  an  e^^ 


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^h- 


displayed  within  a  bortlure  nrgent,  ivbicb  is  the 
coat  piven  toTodcni;  Ifl.  Arp^nt.  two  chevrons, 
and  A  bordure  gti.,  wL  i  and  to 

Tnirtlmt.    The  it-nmi''  lorinffs. 

'J  .  c  jcpcatcd  ill  the 

c  icv  do  noti  seem  tn 

nie  u>  uiiswcr  my  inquiry.  Duplicate  coats  con 
scarcely  be  called  uncomuioD.     Ilussey  had  two, 

fjiveu  <|U:»rterly,  aa  un  exampli;,  by  Guilllm  ;  Mo- 
ynii  httd  two  ;  Botreaux  bad  two.  None  of  them 
luiing,  as  far  as  I  know,  what  are  now  called  coals 
of  au|j:iiu'ntatiou.  It  is  pos?i1ile  atnl  probable  that 
tbo  futnily  wbii'li  was  l)e  Todcni  originally,  De 
Albini  by  devotion,  Do  Belvoir  by  territorial  title, 
used  two.  But  whence  comes  the  contusion,  if  it 
is  B  confusion,  between  De  Albiui  und  Trusbut  ? 

According  to  the  modern  theory  of  marshallin";, 
Trusbul  c<:rtAin]y  ought  to  stand  where  the  single 
CatheriiiG  wheel  dovs  stand  iu  the  windows  at 
Haddoa.  But  wby  do  the  coats  assigned  to  De 
Todeni  and  De  Albini  stand  15  and  10  after  other 
coatj  wbich  came  in  before  them?  I  have  long 
thouL'lit  that  the  exact  arrangement  of  quarter- 
in  has  been  practised  for  more  than  two 
h'.  rs,  ifl  not  always  to  be  found  id  quar- 
1  sitjiMiis  of  an  earlier  date, 
(luilliin  indeed  gives  examples  of  coats  mar- 

(^..'11  1,.      Uui  it  will  be  seen  by  anyone 

^^  for  rules  of  raarslialling  coats  of 

B  i  '  u<  n-.-s  by  the  heirs,  that  he  gives  verj 

Ji  '  e,  and  leaves  the  manner  oi"  arrange* 

in.; ....,, I  untouched.     Having  given  his  own 

pulernal  coat,  impalinfi  as  f«;mme  HaVieway,  he 
says,  "  the  heir  of  these  two  inheritors  shall  beai' 
theac  two  hereditary  coats  of  his  father  and 
mother  to  himself  anil  his  heirs  quarterly  ;  "  and 
pives  a  second  shield  with  Guiilim  first  and  fourth, 
Hatbeway  second  and  third.  But  he  says  nothing 
against  any  arbitrary  arriingemcnt  of  quorteriDga. 
I  hope  that  some  of  the  able  genealogists  and 
heralds  who  read  "  N.  &  Q."  will  not  think  it  lost 
time  to  cive  their  attention  to  the  inquiry  which  I 
h'.i  I;  t,  to  their  notice.  D.  P. 

'0,  Malvcm  Wcllij. 


Wot 
104.)- 

iri'o.,, 


TO   ilE\RTTIII.  (3""  S.  V. 

i^aii not  afford  S.  Y.  R.  any 
Wolfe,  frnrdencr  to  Henry 
■  ontained  in  the  followiut^ 

})      --■         i — _,o  iCoUiKtion  of  Vnyaget,  Sfc.), 

vol.  II.  p.   H35,  ed.'l6Wt,  which,  however,  answers 
one  of  his  queries :  — 

•*  Aofl  iTi  tirn*  <if  I  i,e  h«ne  brotig^ht  Id 

that  wnrf  nor  hcf.-  nn.sl.o  v>«c  l.v  Diic- 

tl.  ,: 

li. 

I 

and  i\TQ  kindcA  iumc  ti^^  Uu:  Lucd  Ci-omwell  ifta   tos 


trauell ;  aiiil  the  Abricot  by  B  French  Priest,  one  Wolfe, 
Gardener  to  King  Henry  llie  Eight." 

AntKs  LtvTxx. 
FiTemiletown,  ca  Tyrone, 

Mi98  LivBRHORE  (3'*  S.  V.  35.)  —  I  met  Mias 

Livermore  in  July,  \Wt%  when  on  her  way  from 
Jerusalem  to  the  United  States,  where  she  is  still 
residing,  or  was  a  few  months  ago. 

This  a}:ed  latly  certainly  went  to  J  '     i  on 

four  dilTorent  occnsioos;  and  remain  ing 

ull  b<jr  vii?it3,  tor  several  years.  ^\  ut;Liin  .^vliss 
Livermore  was  successful  in  convertinj^  the  Jews, 
tile  only  object  of  her  mission,  L  am  inJeed  liuable 
to  say  ;  but  LjKLiiis  could  very  possibly  obtain  this 
information  by  communicating  with  the  bishop  of 
the  Protestant  church  in  Jcru.'^alem,  who  always 
assisted  this  venerable  lady  in  tlte  hoars  of  her 
trial  when  livin<;  in  thai  city — a  kindness  she  haa 
frequently  mentioned. 

2klis8  Livermore  is  descended  from  on  old  and 
highly  respectable  family  in  Massachusetts ;  but 
whether  her  grandfather  held  the  high  position, 
or  obtained  the  distinguished  honours  mentioned 
by  your  corres[)ondent,  I  cannot  certainly  answer, 
though  I  thiuk  it  is  true.  A  BosTONtAJt. 

Thomas  Suakspeabe  (3^*  S.  x.  339.)— The 
Shakspcare  Bond  here  given  is  certainly  curious 
and  intere.'^ting  as  connected  with  one  who  was, 
in  all  probability,  a  relative  of  the  poet ;  but  your 
contributor  is  not  correct  in  believing,  us  he  does, 
Uiis  Thomas  Shak$ipeare,  of  Lutterworth,  to  be 
»*  a  Shokspeare  who  has  hitherto  escaped  the  in- 
dustry of  Shakspeariaii  investigators.  *  As  far 
back  as  the  year  1851  I  discovered,  amongst  the 
MSS.  of  this  borough,  a  letter  addressed,  in  the 
summer  of  1611,  by  certain  leading  inhabitants  of 
Lutterworth,  to  the  mayor  of  Leicester,  respect- 
ing the  plague,  which  wa>i  then  very  prevalent 
here.  The  letter  (which,  amongst  other  things, 
records  the  fact  of  a  Leicester  man  having  been 
turned  out  of  his  lodgings  to  die  in  tbo  fields  of 
the  plngiie,)  bears  the  signatures  of  five  of  the 
leading  inhabitants  of  Lutterworth,  **  Thomas 
Shakespeare  "  standing  at  the  head,  and  it  is  coun- 
tcrraarked  by  the  two  constables  of  the  town. 

The  discovery  was  mentioned  in  the  same  year 
in  a  paper  on  tlie  "  Ancient  Iteconls  of  Leicester," 
which  I  read  before  our  local  Literary  and  Philo- 
sophical Society;  and  which  wa.s  printed  in  the 
volume  of  the  Society's  Tranaactiom  in  1855. 
The  fact  was  also  communicated  to  Mr.  Halliwell 
at  the  time. 

Thi    '"'  S'hakayteare  is  noticed  in  a  volume 

ot  Shu  wliich  I  have  in  the  press,  and 

which  \>;i-  :iii:niu(iccd  in your  ndvcTtising  oolumi»8 
of  Insit  week.  WlixiAJt  Kellt, 

l.tMLMt(?r, 

JtOIClAt.    COMMITTSK  OF  PbIVT  CoC«C«.  C^**" 


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[s^&y.  matt.'m. 


somewhat  incorrectly  stated  the  law  and  the  facts, 
when  he  says,  "  all  the  coses  come  under  the  same 
Acts  of  Parliament,  by  which  bishops  are  dis- 
tinctly added  to  the  Committee  in  coses  of  heresy,** 
and  that  the  rectification  of  this  error  will  an- 
swer his  query. 

The  first  Act  of  Parliament,  in  recent  years, 
entruHting  the  Judicial  Committee  with  jurisdic- 
tion  in  ecclesiastical  cases,  was  the  Act  consti- 
tating  that  Committee  in  1833. 

Ecclesiastical  coses  were  not  specifically  men- 
tioned, and  only  passed  under  that  jurisdiction 
along  with  others;  and  it  has  been  8tate<l  bj^ 
Lord  Brougham,  the  author  of  the  Act,  that  it 
was,  per  incuriam,  that  cases  of  doctrine  were 
allowed  to  come  before  that  new  tribunal. 

In  1840,  Parliament  seems  to  liave  felt  that  it 
was  rather  too  great  a  change  from  the  ancient 
law,  which  left  the  decision  of  doctrinal  matters 
wholly  to  spiritual  persons,  to  one  which  wholly 
excluded  them ;  and,  in  tinker-like  fashion,  pro- 
ceeded 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  Gorhain  case  did  not  arise  under  that  Act, 
but  was  prosecuted  by  the  Bishop  of  Kxetcr  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 
Privy  Councillors,  they  might  be  allowed  to  sit 
extra-lcsally  as  assessors  "  by  direction  of  Her 
Majesty. 

Tlie  other  cases  arose  under  the  Act  of  1840. 

For  all  the  above,  see  Joyce's  Eecletia  Vimli- 
cata^  pp.  23—27,  fiU,  74—80,  81—85. 

Lttteltos. 

MoTHBB  GoosB  (3'*  S.  V.  331.)  — The  Oxford 
"  Mother  Goose "  was  an  old  woman,  who  sat  by 
the  *'  Star  Inn "  in  the  Corn  Market,  and  sold 
nosegays  from  a  bosket  in  her  lap.  Her  lineaments 
have  been  abundantly  preserved  fur  posterity  in 
at  least  three  engravings — 1.  Folio,  coloured  by 
Dighton ;  2.  Folio,  three  urs.  bv  Ciinlon,  with  tlie 
inscription  "Ob.  ast.  81;*'  3.  Full-length,  small 
8vo,  engraved  by  "  T.  W.,  Oxon,"  publisbed  in 
The  Young  Travellers ;  ttr,  a  Visit  to  Oxford,  by  a 
Ladr,  1818,  in  which  a  very  brief  account  of 
Mother  Goose  is  also  given.  In  the  "  Advertise- 
ment" to  the  work,  it  speaks  of  "a  little  work 
which  it  is  in  contcniplotlon  shortly  to  publish," 
which  was  to  "  contoin  correct  likenesses  of  the 
curious  characters  here  referred  to,  with  some 
biographical  or  other  accounts  of  thcin."  The 
plate  of  Mother  Goose  is  given  as  a  8{)eclmen  of 
those  that  would  accompany  the  lurthcuming 
volume.    Query,  Was  it  ever  published  P 

Concerning  the  "  Mother  Goose  "  of  pantomime, 
as  anecdote  will  be  found  in  the  JOluitraUd  Neiet 


of  this  day  (Anril  16, 1864),  at  p.  367.  under  the 
heading  of  "The  late  Mr.  T.  P.  Cooke.**  But  a 
full  account  of  its  production  at  Covent  Gardea 
Theatre,  Dec.  26,  1806,  and  its  imnoediate  popuU- 
rity  and  run  of  ninety-two  nights  will  be  found  in 
chap.  xii.  of  the  Memoirs  of  Joseph  Grimaldi, 
edited  by  Boz.  Cuthdkbt  Bbde. 

CoLiBBBTi  (3"^  S.  V.  300.)— Thohab  Q.  CoiTcn 
will  find  a  very  interesting  account  of  the  Cotfi- 
beris  in  Histoire  des  Races  Mavdites  de  la  Fnuee 
et  de  FEtpagne,  tome  il.p.  1,  by  Francianue  Michel, 
1847.  A  very  clear  abstract  frona  M.  Michel'* 
work  is  given  by  A.  Cheruel  in  his  DietUfKhaiTi 
Historique  des  Institutions,  Mceura  et  Coutumes  rfc 
la  France.    Paris,  1 855,  vol.  i.  p.  1 73 :  — 

'*(Mtber/«.  — The  word  collibert  haa  been  understood 
in  several  ways:  in  the  Middle  Ages  it  denoted  a  class  of 
serfii  also  called  cmverts.    At  present  the  appellatioo  ti 
coUibert  is  idven  to  certain  inhabitants  of  Annu  and  Bat- 
Poitou.    'The  CoUiberts,'  says  M.  Gucrard  (_Froleyomiua 
du  Cartulaira  de  Smnt  Fere  de  Chartres,  §  82),  *  mar  \jt 
classed  either  in  the  lowest  rank  of  freemen,  or  at  the 
Jiead  of  those  bound  by  rarfdom.     Whether  their  nsnit 
sicnifles  free  from  the  'yoke,  tne-necked — aooordioK  to  1). 
lluley'a  definition — or  to  denote  the  freed  men  of  a  potroc. 
as  Du  Cange  has  it,  it  is  not  the  less  certain  thiat  the 
Oolliberts  were  deprived  in  some  measure  of  liberty.  Tht 
son  of  a  Collibert  remained  a  Collibert  whatever  chsn^ 
might  happen  to  the  person,  tenure,  goods,  or  podtioo  at 
his  family.     Collibcrts  were  also    sold,   given,  or  «• 
changed  like  serfs.    Thibant,  Comte  de  Chartres,  audr  t 
donation  in  1080  to  the  Abbey  of  St.  I'&re  de  Cbartra  d 
several  collibcrts,  with  the  condition  that   the  aMeci 
should  sing  a  psalm  for  him  every  day  of  the  veor,  aapt 
feast  da^'s.    Collibcrts  were,  therefore,  bound  \>y  mttSaa. 
Their  position  appears  to  have  borne  a  great  aatkgf  u 
Uiat  or  the  ancient  ct^oni. 

"A  council  of  Uourgea,  held  in  1031,  excluded  tiua 
from  the  priestliood.  Some  writers  think  that  ther  ir«n 
strangers  or  the  descendants  of  foreigners,  and  in  tkii  see 
the  reason  of  their  inferior  condition.  Iloncc  thetua 
lHi<l  on  them,  and  the  right  of  mortmain  which  alliecttd 
their  inheritance.  Probably  the  colliberts  of  oar  dan 
are  the  successors  of  these  oppressed  classes.  The  fact  is. 
that  in  the  part  uf  Poitou  known  as  *  Lo  Marais,'  there 
ore  still  miserable  districts,  whoso  inhabitanta  are  fidhcr- 
men,  and  known  as  Colliberti  or  CagoU.'* 

The  collibcrts  seem  to  have  fraternised  with  the 
Protestant  party,  cspeclully  at  the  time  of  the 
battle  of  Jurnac.  Persons  called  Colliberts  in- 
habit the  arrondisscmcnt  of  St.  Jean  d'Angcly,  St. 
Eutrope  (arrondissement.  dc  Barbczleux,  canton 
de  Montmorcou),  and  many  other  places. 

W.  H.  P. 

Chapbron,  Chapebome  (S"*  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 
girt ; "  and  also  complains  that  "  almost  all  our 
authors,  especially  our  novelists,  write  the  word 
'chaperone  when  used  metaphorically.**  Thii 
newer  form,  chaperone,  is  termed  b^  another  of 
your  correspondents,  "  an  ignorant  barbariam.** 


Tlie  French  word  is  unqaeatiouAbly  assumini; 
amort r;9t  us  the  form  ehaperone ;  and  cftaperone,  as 
applied  to  a  matron,  has  of  necessity  becomu  feiui- 
ninc  ;  but  I  really  can  8«e  nothing  in  this  to  make 
any  man  bilious.  Thy  case  stands  thus  : — French 
words  ending  in  on,  when,  with  or  without  change 
of  meaning,  they  find  a  place  in  our  lanjruage,  ex- 
perience various  treatment.  ]Many  retain  their 
French  apeiling  unaltered,  as  cordon,  llany 
change  the  terminal  on  into  oon,  as  in  the  case  of 
ponton,  pontoon.  Some,  however,  change  on  into 
one.  Such  are  baryion,  semitoit,  pumpov,  chaperon. 
Exactly  as  haryton  and  semilim  have  in  English 
long  been  barytone  and  Jtemitoue,  exactly  as  pom- 
pon has  more  recently  become  pompuue,  so  chape- 
ron is  gradually  becominsr  chnpervne.  And  what 
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. 

Wonls  which  we  Gnd  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  frequently  changes  with  the  pronun- 
ciation. In  our  Engliiili  pronouncing  Dictionaries 
chaperon,  viewed  as  French,  stands  in  alt  its 
beauty,  *'  shap'-er-ong  "  f  Kow  "  shap'-er-ong," 
in  the  lips  of  an  Englishman  who  knows  he  cannot 
sf>eak  French,  either  is  mumbled,  or  produces 
horrible  contortions  ;  while  in  the  lips  of  an  Eng- 
lishman who  fancies  he  can  speak  French,  it  is 
often  that  kind  of  French  which  makes  a  French- 
man say,  "  riait-il?"  What  is  the  practical  in- 
ference? French  for  the  French,  English  for  the 
English.  No  bad  riddance,  surely,  to"  get  quit  of 
**ahap'-er-ong."  So  let  us  give  the  word  chaperone 
B  civil  welcome,  and  not  call  it  "  an  ignorant  bar- 
barism." Moreover,  when  ("  metaphorically,"  as 
your  correspondent  says,  but  in  plain  English,  as 
I  stiould  say)  we  apply  the  term  in  its  ordinary 
acceptation  to  a  matron  who  is  kind  enough  to 
take  under  her  wing  an  unprotected  spinster,  tlie 
chaperone  must  btill  be  "she,"  not  "he,"  or  the 
penalty  of  doing  gooseberry  would  be  too  great. 

SCHTN. 

WiTcm»  nr  Lahcabtfr  Ca8Ti.b  (3'*  S.  v. 
3^9.) — According  to  Mr.  Crossley's  Introduction 

»  Pott's  Discocertf  of  Witches  (Chetham  Society), 

pwetiieen  convicted  witches  were  pardoned  by 
Charles  I.  in  1633. 

At  the  autumn  assizes,  in  l<53fi,  we  learn  from 
the  Faringtim  Papern  (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  i  Marie  Shuttleworth ; 
•.Irnnett  Device;  •  Alice  Priestley  ;  Jennett 
Cronkshawe ;   Marie    tjpcncer;   'Jennett   Htir- 


greaves;  ^Frances  Dlcconson;  and  *  Agnes  Raw* 
Sterne. 

Can  what  Mr.  Crossley  calls  a  pardon  have 
been  a  commutation  in  some  cases  to  a  long  im- 
prisonment ?  r.  P. 

Wiiirn.TBK  (2»*  S.  V.  24,  225;  vi.  38,  57.)  — 
Is  F.  C-  11.  in  right  suggesting,  "  this  roust  be  the 
h(>lly,the  only  English  tree  not  previously  named"? 
'*  Holm"  is  thus  interpreted  in  Hallliweirs  ZWc- 
tionary, — "  the  holly.  Some  apply  the  term  to  the 
evergreen  oak,  but  this  is  an  error."  II.  F.  N. 
observes,  that  the  hornbeam,  and  A.  Holt  Whit« 
that  the  crab,  is  not  named  by  the  poet.  So  far 
each  is  correct.  But  Ma.  White  asserts  that 
"the  ash  is  the  only  indigenous  poplar."  Is  the 
ash  a  poplar  at  all  ?  Vry.\n  Hiieged. 

The  B.a>ij.ot  :  "  Tiibee  Blitk  Bfans,"  btc. 
(S*^  S.  v.  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  nur.sery  puzzle  {)f  diHicult  articulation, — 

"  Three  blue  heiuu  in  a  blue  bladder; 

Rattle  bhte  boans  in  a  blue  bladder; 

Rattle,  bladder,  rattle." 


Durham. 


T.C. 


JLir  or  RoMAK  BarrAra  (3^*  S.  v.  196.)— The 
astronomer  royal,  Mr.  Airy,  has  given  a  map  of 
part  of  Sussex,  in  the  Archceologia  (1852)  to  illus- 
trate his  view  of  CtEsar's  invasions  of  Britain  ;  so, 
also,  has  Mr.  Dunkin  of  the  whole  of  Kent,  in 
part  xu.  of  the  Archanlogicai  Mine.  The  latter 
map  attempts  to  show,  for  the  first  time,  Cscsar's 
marches  in  Britain,  and  also  the  alteration  the 
coast  line  %aa  undergoae  in  eighteen  hundred 
years.  A. 

GsovGE  Augustus  Addeblet  (3''*  S.  v,  297.) — 
The  only  George  Adderley  in  the  Arm*/  Lift  of 
1792  is  Ensign  George  Adderley  ;  ap|K)inlcd  to 
the  63rd  (or  the  West  Suffolk)  Regiment  oi'FiWt 
the  30th  Sept.  1790.  I  know  nothing  further 
about  him,  O,  II.  P. 

Passage  is  "Tom  Jones"  (3'*  S.  v.  193.)  — 
The  following  exiractT  from  Hatcher's  Salitbury 
(p.  602),  will  answer  the  query  of  your  corre- 
spondent J.  S.  as  to  the  meaning  of  the  pasi^age 
alluded  to :  — 

"  It  is  well  kno«m  that  Fielding,  ibe  novelist,  married 
■  lady  of  Salisbury  named  Craddock.  and  was  for  a  time 
a  resident  in  our  city.  From  tradition  we  learn,  that  he 
first  occupied  the  house  in  the  close,  on  the  south  side  of 
St.  Ann's  Gate.  lie  afterwards  removed  to  that  in  St. 
Ann's  Street,  next  to  the  Friary;  and  finally  established 
himself  in  the  Tnannion  at  the  fuot  of  Miltbrd  Hill,  where 
he  wrote  a  ronsitlemble  part  of  Tom  Janet.  We  need  not 
ot»erve  that  the  scone  i.s  laid  in  the  nei(;hbourboo<1,  and 
that  a  fair  of  the  incidentJ  are  related  ad  happening  ut 
Salisbory.  Some  of  the  characters  an:  ideniitled  with 
pcnons  living  here  at  the  Lime:  —  'i'bwackum  is  said 


■Mi 


386 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CS^^aY.  HAT7.VI 


to  have  been  drawn  for  Mr.  Ilcle,  msBter  of  the  Cloeo 
School ;  Square  tho  philosopher,  fur  Chubb  the  Deist ; 
and  Dowling  the  lawyer,  for  a  pcraon  named  Stillingflect, 
who  exercised  that  profession.  The  '  (joldcn  Lion,'  where 
the  ghost  scene  was  acted,  Avas  a  well-known  inn  at  tho 
comer  of  the  Market  Place  and  Winchester  Street,  where 
many  a  merry  prank  was  played ;  and  the  person  who 
sustained  this  part  was  Doughty,  one  of  the  SeijeanU  at 
Mace.** 

A.  B.  MlDDLETOH. 

The  Close,  Salisbury. 

SOHG  :    "  I«  IT  TO  TBT  HE  ?  "  (S""  S.  V.  241.)  — 

*•  When  we  have  lost  the  power  to  do  Kntt  senrices  to 
one's  fellow  creatures,  one  may  at  least  do  good-natured 
trifles."— Walteb  Scott. 

The  annexctl  son;;  ia  copied  from  a  lady's  MS. 
moBic  book.    She  once  hoard  Edmund  Kean  Kin^ 
it  with  f;reat  taste.     If  the  music  also  be  required 
by  F.  F.  C.,  tlio  writer  of  this  will  forward  it :  — 
*'  Is  it  to  try  mo 
That  you" thus  fly  me? 
Will  you  deny  nie 

Day  alter  da^-? 
Ilarc  you  no  fee hii); 
While'l'iu  thud  kneeling, 
With  lookii  revealing 
All  I  can  say? 
Or  do  you  Ixdievo  I'd  lend  you  astray? 
,,  "lnit  to  try  me 
That  you* thus  lly  me? 
Will^ou  deny  mo 
Day  after  day  ? 

"  Should  I  believe  thee, 
Yun  might  deceive  me. 
And  th.-it  would  grieve  mo 

Ever  and  nye. 
Men  arc  beguiling 
(Hi  while  they're  smiling^ 
rast  reconciling, 
D.iy  after  day. 
Maids  fihould  beware  wlint  lovers  say. 
Should  I  bulii-rc  Ihce 
You  might  deceive  me. 
And  that  would  grieve  mo 
Kvbr  and  aye." 

A.L. 

'*IIkrr  lies  Fkei>,"  etc.  (3'*  S.  v.  254.)  — 
ProfvBsior  Smyth  read  his  lectures  from  separate 
8hects  of  paper.  This  allowcfl  alterations ;  and  I 
often  saw  him  take  a  scrap  (always  neatly  folded) 
from  his  po<'ket,  and  r(>turn  it  when  read.  It  is 
likely  that  many  such  have  been  lubt.  I  do  not 
remember  his  rcadinp;  the  French  epigram,  but  it 
probably  was  the  ftjllowing :  — 

"  Coins  est  mort  de  niahidie : 

Tu  veux  que  j*«>n  pluigno  le  sort. 
fjup  dinblc  vcux-tu  que  j'cn  diu? 
('oIu3  vivoit,  Colus  est  mort." 
Les  Kuigramme$  tie  Jean  Oi/ier  GonUtauU, 
Ep.  Lvi.  p.  3'2,  Paris,  12",  16M. 

11.  B.  C. 

U.  U.  Cluh. 

"Cbhtubt  of  Iktehtion*"  (S^'S.  v.  165.) — 
In  the  Free  Library,  at  the  Patent  Office,  are  the 


foUowinf;  editions :— 1.  London,  T.  Payne,  1746 ; 
2.  Glasgow,  K.  ond  A.  Foulia,  1767 ;  3.  Londw. 
J.  Adlard,  1813;  4.  Buddle'a  edit.,  Newcault, 
S.  Hodgson,  1813;  5.  Partington'!  edit.,  Londoa. 
J.  Murray,  1825.  A-  G.  W. 

JoHw  TouN<5E,  M.A.,  or  Pembkoke  Hail, 
CAunBiDOE  (2"''  S.  xii.  191.) — Query,  if  related  to 
R.  Youngc,  of  Roxwell,  in  Essex  f  I  ahall  be  glad 
to  obtain  any  particulars  of  the  family  or  life  of 
this  author.  Between  1638  and  166C  he  wrote 
and  published  several  voluminous  and  valuable 
works,  besides  many  tracts,  all  on  relipoua  and 
moral  subjects.  I  have  nearly  yj/r/y  of  these  in 
my  possession,  and  may  indicate  Sinae  Stigma- 
tized; or  the  DrunkanTu  Character,  &c. ;  A  Camitr. 
poyton,  or  Soverain  Antidote  affainst  all  Grieft, 
&c. ;  The  Cure  of  Minprmon,  &c.  &c.  On  snna 
of  the  tide-pages  he  calls  himself  R.  Younge.  Tha 
e  is  sometimes  omitted.  At  other  times  K.  Ju- 
nius. Frequently  after  the  name  ia  added  "at 
Roxwell,  in  Essex ; "  and  occasionally  the  worb 
are  said  to  be  *'  by  Rich.  Young,  of  Roxwe!,  in 
Essex,  Florilegus."  A  few  of  his  tracts  are  in  tfce 
Bodleian,  and  some  were  sold  in  Bliss's  coUectioa. 
I  have  faile<I  to  trace  them  elsewhere.  If  jonr 
space  admitted,  I  could  give,  from  his  now  for- 

Sotten  works,  some  statements  of  historical  iad* 
cnce  as  to  London,  before  and  at  the  tioei  of 
the  Plague  and  the  Fire. 

Thomas  Young,  of  Staple  Innc,  author  tiEtg- 
lands  Bane ;  or,  the  Deneription  of  jynaiaaem, 
4to,  London,  1617.  Was  he  related  to  ik  above 
R.  Young  P  W.Lti. 

Ambricam  Autuobs  (3''  S.  y.  9G.)— JodmB. 
Phillips,  tho  author  of  CamiUus,  is  a  native  of  Hu 
city  of  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  bom  in  Oc- 
tober, 1805.  At  a  very  early  agv,  he  exhiUted 
his  talents  as  a  dramatic  author.  A  drama,  writ- 
ten by  him  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  entitled  tk 
Heireu  of  Sitlimia,  or,  the  Hou  of  the  MoMdtri, 
having  been  very  successfully  produced  at  one  of 
the  Philadelphia  theatres.  In  18*2(1,  Mr.  Philiipa 
was  admitted  to  the  hox.  of  that  city,  and  removed 
to  New  York  in  1830.  Here  hu  commenced  tlie 
practice  of  law,  and  here  he  wrote  his  maiden 
tragedy  of  Cumillm  for  Mr.  Harris  G.  Pearson,  a 
rising  young  American  actor ;  who  produeed  it 
at  the  Arch  Street  theatre,  in  Philadelphia.  It 
was  triumphantly  successful,  and  was  subsequentlj 
performed  in  all  the  leading  theatres  in  the  United 
States. 

Mr.  Phillips  is  jirobably  one  of  tho  most  suc- 
cessful and  popular  dramatic  authors  of  America 
Among  other  productions  of  his,  we  may  notice 
OruHOMka,  an  Indian  tragedy;  The  Evil  Epe; 
7%«  Pirate  Btiy,  an  opera  founded  on  one  of  lu> 
mt*s  novels;  Pml  Clifford;  Tea  Ytar*  y« 
Seamuais  Life;  Otuf  Hioert;  and,  if  spaoe 
allowed,  I  could  name  many  more. 


'8.  V.Mat  7, '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


387 


Wr.  PhUlips  IS  bIso  the  adapter  of  the  libretto  of 
|li€  Po*tiUon  of  L(ntgjumetvty  svicce** Cully  produced 
It  the  Park  Theatre  by  Miis  SLerilT,  Mr.  Wilson, 
|d  I^f) .  S.-i^-iiJn ;  and  recently   revived  by  Misa 
'  iliio'a,  itt  tbis  city.    Ho  bus  also  con- 
illy  to  the  literature  of  bia  country 
ii  juu3  utlier  departments  of  lelles  lettres,  and 
"lied  witU  ability  for  many  _j?ears  the  olBce  of 
isMtatU-district  attorney.     Ho  is  now  one  of  the 
lOit  populnr  and  esteemed  practitioners  nt  the 
'  of  this  cily,  ranking  among  the  ablest  criminal 
fers  of  the  country.  G.  C. 

rork. 

^£A  CoBtosA  (3'"»  S.  V.  282.)— The 
riginttl  work  of  this  name  is  a  celebrated  collec- 
Jori  of  piper*  extracted  from  the  Philosop/tical 
iiiLiij^  writings  of  Newton,  Hal- 
vre,  &c.  It  IS  common  enough, 
easily  picked  up.  My  set,  which,  as  so  ollon 
us  with  books  of  that  period,  is  made  up 
ditierent  editions,  has  vol.  i.  3rd  ed.  1726; 
U.  1723;  vol.  lii.  2nd  cd.  1727.  I  have  a 
of  the  Mi$c  Cur.  of  York,  1734-35,  which 
mat  be  that  of  Turner,  mentioned  by  your  cor- 
iponduut,  but  I  think  hia  name  is  not  given.  It 
in  six  numbers  ;  and  six  numbers  of  Turner's 
atheintitical  Exercise.i,  London,  1750,  is  no  doubt 
he  same  work  with  a  new  title-paf|:e.  The  Mise. 
cientif.  Vttr.  has  been  alluded  to  in  8peakin<j  of 
,euben  Burrow.  There  remains  the  Misc.  Citr. 
'athem.,  coramcncod  in  1749,  under  the  editor- 
bip  of  Francis  Holliday,  the  translator  of  Stir- 
np*«  work  on  Series.  This  translation  was  in- 
idcil  for  the  MtHceUonfj-y  in  which  Holliday 
a(l  commenced  a  translation  of  Drook  Taylor's 
\tcih(KUu  Jiicrementorum,  which  was  never  iininhed. 
rbid  jMiscelluny  got  as  far  as  page  18G  of  a 
coud  volume;  about  thirty  more  pages  wore 
■inted,  but  not  issued;  tliey  are  bound  up  in 
liat  I  suppose  to  have  been  Ilolliday'a  copy,  with 
a  explanatory  note  by  Ilutton,  into  whose  handi* 
»c  copy  cnnte.     This  repetition  of  titles  was  a 

Rbud    practice.     Many    persona   who   would 
»!.<    i.:.vi-    Ijought  these   Miscellanies  out  of 
.^t  have   passed  them  over  with  a 
_  1^  they  were  copiesi  of  the  collection 

liich  hoods  thu  article.  A.  Dk  Morgax. 


Hr 

(2" 

1-     . 


"-^:»:d  at  tub  Stoht  Of  a  Camrl 

y*8.  i.  4r>;>,  4%.)— Mention 

.  '-einji  frightened  at  the  tight  of 

—as  camels.     I  know  not  whether 


IV  >'f  iuifw'rt  ■ 


a  <»«■»  occasions  thi*  sii 
D   my  olwervution.     A.   '• 
|rif«,  I  woii  driving;,  dawn  a 
'  Ire,   li  hor«e   beiunvin^  to  b 
met  a  Ion?  tram  of  Wombwel! 
linl  or  fourth  cHravan  wm  1 


N.  &  Q.,"  but 

=4  been  forced 

j"i).  with  my 

:;  Derby- 

wben  we 

'ie.     The 

id  up  the 


n  bri 
:ki* 


by  •  bugti  dronaudtfy ;  which  put  cmr  steed 


into  so  great  trepidation  that  I  became  fearful  of 
a  serioiu  accident.     Happily  I  got  down  to  hia 
aitsistouce ;  for  the  eighth  carriage  was  drawn  b] 
the  great  elephant,  who  so  completed  ''  Jf 
consternation,  that  every  limb  auivered ;  and 
believe  he  wouki  have  fallen,  if  I  ha<l  not  stood  ia^ 
front  and  clasped  his  head  in  my  arms.     Whei 
the  cavalcade  (if  tiu;  word  be  admissible)   hodl 
passed,  my  poor  horse  was  Hteaming  with  a/earfua 
perspiration.      About  a  fortnight  aflerward,  we' 
again  met  the  same  "collection  of  wild  beasts,'* 
on  another  road  in  the  same  neigbbourhoo<l.     It 
was  "spring  time,"  and  I  had  observed  "Jack»" 
the  day  before,  nibbling  the  young  bud«  of  the 
hedge-row  in  hia  pasture :  so  now,  before  he  bad 
time  to  discover  the  approaching  horror,  I  quietljrj 
turned  him  with  his  nose  and  mouth  to  the  rooaj 
side  hedge ;  upon  which  he  regaled  himself,  to] 
the  absorption  of  all  other  faculties,  until  we  coultf 
again  proceed  without  fear.  W.  Lbb. 

Carter  Lane  Chapel,  ok  "  MKmwo-noosB,* 
LoHDox  (3'*  S.  iv.  231.)  —  This  building  named] 
in  reply  to  "  Lines  on  London  Dissenting  Minis- 
ters,"  no  longer  exists.     Tlio  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  LTpper  Street.     All  the. 
records  of  ol«l  Carter  Lane,  as  well  as  the  founda*-^ 
tion  stone  of  that  puritan  edifice,  are  now  pre* 
served  at  Islington.  S.  Jacil6o«. 

Welsh  Buhial  OrrEBOios  (3"»  S.  v.  296.)  — 
Are  these  offerings  for  the  clergyman  ?     I  have 
been  told  that  in  cases  of  poverty,  they  go  to  the  ■ 
deceased's  family;  that  attendance  at  a  Welak' 
funeral  is  voluntary,  and  not  by  invitation  only ; 
that  every  one  puts  something  in  the  plate,  and 
that  thus  a  nice  Utlie  sum  is  sometimes  handed 
to  the  survivors.     This  is  a  far  prettier  story  than  I 
its  going  to  the  clergyman.     Query,  Which  is  the 
true  one  ?  I*.  P. 

LoNDDM  Smoke  akd  London  Light  (3'*  S.  v. 
259.) — I  have  a  note  amongst  ray  collections  that 
sailors  coming  from  distant  voyages  can  distin- 
guish waves  o(  London  smoke  in  the  sky  thirty 
miles  from  the  mouth  of  the  Thames. 

ALrREi)  JoHK  Dnnius. 

AvTHQiis  or  IItxks  (.1^^  S.  ▼.  280,  312.)—"  Tlie 
Sheltering  Vine"  was  compiled  by  the  Countesei 
of  Northesk,  (ieorpiana-Maria,  daughter  of  Rear- 
Admiral  the  Hon.  George  Elliot.  W.  11.  P. 

I  have  not  been  able  to  find  the  line.s  "Thou 
God  of  lore  "  in  my  uopv  of"  The  Sheltering  Vine." 
Moreover,  it  is  compiled  by  Lady  Northesk  not 
Souihoek.  P.  P. 

"  Vtar  PE.icocK  :  "  "  Hamlet,"  Act  III.  (3'* 
S.  V.  232.)  —  A.  A.  is  perhaps  rij^ht  va  4^x^vBi^»s^%^ 
that  ihft  ifumi^  \a  wti\M{fU    Ql^Owa  «*w»ss«siS»>*s« 


388 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CS^&T.  MatT.U 


have  been  of  the  same  opinion.  Tlie  reading  of 
the  old  copies  is  paittek  or  paiocke.  Peacock  was 
first  introduced  by  Pope.  Paddwk,  which  A.  A. 
would  now  suggest  as  likely,  was  put  forwarjl 
early  in  the  last  century  by  Theobald;  but  this 
conjecture  of  his  has  not  found  favour  with  com- 
mentators in  irencral,  and  I  think  that  there  are 
valid  reasons  for  preferring  Pope's  pmeock. 

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  itricken  deer  go  weep. 
The  hart  uncalled  nlay : 
For  some  must  walk,  while  eome  mnit  sleep. 
Thus  runs  the  world  away." 

And  presently  afterwards  he  rattles  on  with  ano- 
ther strain  of  the  same  kind: — 

«  For  thon  dont  know,  0  Damon  dear, 
This  realm  dismantled  was 
Of  Jove  himseir,  and  now  reigns  here 
A  very,  very— ass." 

When  be  comes  to  the  lost  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  ofTcnsive  manner  his  disgust  at 
the  hollow  grandeur  of  the  new  king  — 
"  A  very,  very— |»«<i«)c*  /  " 

Horatio  intimates  to  Hamlet  that  ho  would  have 
been  warranted  in  retaining  the  rhyming  word, 
but,  instead  of  following;  up  the  train  of  thought, 
Ilamlet,  in  a  more  serious  tone,  adverts  to  the 
confirmation  of  his  suspicions ;  but  all  at  once, 
while  touching  u;mi7i  the  talk  qfpoiaoning,  he  checks 
himself,  and  abruptly  calls  for  music,  turning  ofi* 
in  his  former  tone  of  levity  — 

"  For  if  the  king  like  not  the  comedy, 
Wliy,  then,  belike — he  likes  it  not,  perdy." 

If  T  have  correctly  caught  what  was  parsing  in 
Hamlet's  mind,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  word  p<id' 
(lock,  as  intended  to  convey  a  charge  of  poisoning, 
would  have  been  out  of  place.  Meletes. 

TiiE  Passing  Bell  of  St.  Sepulcube's  (3^  S. 
V.  170,  331.)— In  the  lust  part  (23rd)  of  Mr.  Col- 
lier's nrivately-printod  Ilhutrations  of  Early  Eng- 
lish Popular  Literature,  llichard  Johnson's  "  The 
Plea.sant  Walks  of  Moore-fiolds,"  occurs  the  follow- 
ing passage :  — 

"Citizen  loquitur.  (After  ennmerating  many  of  the 
chnritable  actions  of  the  worthy  citizens,  he  proceeds, 
p.  8U  )  There  is  now  living  one  Muter  Dove,  n  Mar- 
chant-tsvlor,  having  many  yeara,  considering  this  olUi- 
proverb,*  h.ith  therefore  establiiihcd  in  his  lifti  time  to 
twelve  nged  men,  Miirchanl-tnyloni,  6  poun<U  2  shillingi 
to  each  yearly  for  ever ;  he  hath  also  given  them  gown» 
of  good  bruJe  cloth,  lined  thronghout  with  bayes ;  and 


*  "  Women  be  forgctfull,  children  be  unkinde, 
Executors  covetous,  and  take  what  they  And ; 
If  anyone  asko  where  the  legacies  became  ? 
Thay  answere,  So  God  helpenn,  hediedapoore  man." 


are  to  receive  at  evwie  thr^  y«»*  end  the  Bk. 
Kawnes  for  ever.  He  likewise,  m  dliaritie,  at  Saint  S««!. 
chre's  Church  without  Newgate,  alloww  y  great  Ml « 
ever}'  execution  «lay  to  l»e  tolled,  till  the  condemned  ai. 
ioners  have  suffered  death;  and  also  •  amaW  hand-bd^a 
be  rung  at  midnight  under  Newgate,  the  n«g»»t  ■««  «»* 
condemnation,  and  the  next  moniing  «t  the  church  wjC. 
with  a  prayer  to  be  sayd  touching  their  aalvatwn;  nd 
for  the  malnuining  thereof,  he  bath  giTen  to  Samt  Se- 
pulchre's a  ccrtaine  summe  of  money  for  erer. 

In  the  extract  from  the  City  Preu^at  ©.  17a 
the  worthy  citaxen's  name  is  "Dowe;"  in  the  ex- 
tract from  Stow's  London  **  Done ; "  whilst  Jolu. 
son  calls  him  "Dove."  Which  ia  nght?  The 
donor  was  living  when  Johnson  wrote,  1607. 
Could  he  have  made  an  error  in  the  name,  or  ha 
I^Iunday  ?  It  must  not  be  charged  on  Stow,  wbo 
died  in  1605,  thirteen  years  before  the  puMici. 
tion,  and  in  the  year  of  the  benucst.  What  ii  thi 
authority  for  "  Dowe  "  in  the  CSty  Press  notice? 

Jamu  Buldov. 

Albion  House,  Pont-y-Pool. 

TiMOTiiT  Plain  fS**  S.  v.298.)— Therefl/nuK 
of  this  author  was  Stewart  Thr^pland,  an  Adw 
cafe  at  the  Scottish  bar.  T.  G.  S. 

Edinburgh. 

Salmagokdi  (S-*  S.  v.  822.)— Lom  Lw- 
TELTOM  quotes  Johnson,  that  Salmofuadi  b  tat- 
rupted  from  seUm  man  gout,  or  sali  a  numgoit  I 
fancy  a  more  plausible  derivation,  considoi^r  sB 
things— especially  culinary — niight  be  seimOisO, 
or  «  la  Condi.  Yon  may  leave  the  whjiad  where- 
fore to  anybody  who  has  seen  manj  FwnAliBi 
of  fare.  H-Giui. 

Arundel  Club. 

ExsioK  W.  A.  Sdtiierlawd  (3'*'  S.  t-SM!)- 
Williara  Alexander  Sutherland  was  apminttd 
Ensign  by  purchase,  in  the  78th  Hifchlanderi, « 
March  22,  1833,  and  joined  the  depot  io  sx 
weeks  from  that  date.  The  depot  was  then  qair- 
terctl  in  Scotland,  and  Ensign  Sutherland  new 
joined  the  service  companies  which  were  tkta 
stationed  at  Ceylon. 

On  August  29,  1834,  Ensign  Gillespie,  on  half- 
pay  of  the  89th  Regiment,  was  appointed  ensign 
in  the  78th  Highlanders,  "Vice  Sutherland ;"  b« 
no  statement  was  made  as  to  what  hod  beceoe 
of  Ensign  Sutherland,  nor  did  the  name  of  thit 
oiEcer  api>car  in  the  Army  List  for  October  or 
November,  1834,  in  the  lists  of  officers  who  bad 
retired,  resigned,  <lied,  or  been  dismissed.  How- 
ever, at  p.  660  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  certain  that  if  your  correspondent.  Mm.  Mac- 
KAT,  will  apply  to  Captain  J.  W.  Collins,  UaioB 
Club,  Trofa^iar  Square,  London,  he  will  obMia 
full  infonaatipn  respecting  the  fate  of  En^gi 
Sutherland,  as  Captain  Coums  senred  m  an  i — '^ 


'«M5.V.1kUTf7,'ei] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


389 


the  78th  Highlanders,  and  was  attached  to  the 
jpot  <otnpatitea  at  the  same  ttme  that  Ensi^ni 
Sutherland  belonged  lo  the  corps,  und  «erved  with 
"iB  depot.  Zeites  Altkx. 

•*Thoit  art  like  vtkto  mkb,  A"  TttB  Dkvw. 
in>  TO  THE  Collier"  (8"*  S.  ▼.  282.)— Hay,  in  his 
lollcction  of  Procerbt,  has ; 

"  Like  will  lo  like  (« the  Devil  said  to  tlie  Collier). 
)r,  «a  llie  scabb'd  Sqoire  uid  to  the  manpy  Knighi, 
tlipy  both  met  in  a  duh  of  buttcr'd  Hah." 

W.  I.  S.  HORTON. 

Arbosi>I8«emektofDi\at«. — In  the 
rSpon  "Dinan"  (3'"  S.  v.  273,  275),  the  name 
a  place,  once  celebrsited  amongst  the  ancient 
Ills  and  ihoir  lioman  conquerors,  was  given 
•*  Corsen/,"  instead  of  Cnrseul.  An  untoward 
fe,  as  to  iis  real  designation,  aeetna  to  attach  to 
Breton  "  Herculaneuni."  The  Romans  did 
choose  to  call  it  after  its  original  occupants 
e  "  Curiosilitaj,"  and  they,  therefore,  described 
AS  "  Fanuiu  Martis."  So  it  continued  until  the 
century  ;  when  the  valiant  Curiosilites,  hav- 
aken  off  the  Roman  yoke,  restored  the  town 
its  original  Celtic  appellation.  Since  then,  it 
las  been  described,  with  various  changes  of  ortho- 
;rapl>y,  viz.  as  "Corseul,  Corscult,  Corsold,  Cour- 
oult,  Cursoul,  Courseult,  Courseu,  Corseu,  and 
[Jorseulte."  It  was  not  until  the  eighteenth  century 
to  '' Fanuin  Martis"  was  idcntitied,  by  the  dis- 
>very  in  an  obscure  hamlet  of  the  remnins  of  a 
Oman  temple.  The  more  the  soil  of  the  same 
ocality  has  since  that  time  been  explored,  the 
ore  convincing  are  the  proofs  that,  during  the 
Oman  occupation,  Corseul  must  have  been  a 
itiition  of  Tcry  great  importance.  It  has  too, 
ince  then,  been  a  subject  of  constant  contention 
inongst  Breton  antiquaries.  They  have  been 
uzzled  in  determining  by  whom  it  was  first 
>unded,  and  by  what  race  of  barbarians  it  was 
nally  not  merely  destroyed,  but  almost  cora- 
ilelely  obliterated.  Lobineau,  Deric,  Manet,  Dc 
a  Porte,  Merimes,  are  in  doubt  as  regards  both 
ointA.  An  accurate  description  of  its  moat  in- 
teresting antiijuitics  has  been  given  by  M.  Odirici, 
ji  a  work  upon  Dinan  ;  and  u  further  reference 
to  them  ia  to  be  found  in  a  work,  published  last 
•cair,  by  M.  J«'*'""  '!'«  Sriint  Clavier,  upon  "  Bri- 
«nnv."  Aft  to  :  Jon  of  the  name  of  "Cor- 

eul, '  one  of  ti  :  __  i  )intl4Uiunes,  M.  Jollivet, 
Hinkes  the  following  rcmaik — the  last  sentence  of 
irhich  is  worth  (pioting  in  the  original :  — 

••  It  bu  been  UMTted  that  Corwul  i«  derived  from 
Ctir  »«/,•  and  that  IbeM!  two  wordt  Bit,'nify.  in  tho  Celtic 
flgnagC,  tfit  u-ood  of  (At  *iiit,  the  teooil  ,</  tht  ijod  ff  war. 
ona  ne  vovotia  iiulU  part  qu«  rvr  ait  In  hi;iciiiK;uion 
>'on  tui  doiioe,  oe  mcni«  t}tt«  ce  mot  »oii  lnrion. " 

W.  B.  Mac  Cabb. 
Dinan,  CX^ts  du  Nord,  Frtac*. 


ffliiuTlansaiii. 
NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Tite  Hittory  of  Our  Lord  aa  rxemplifitd  m  Works  of  Art : 
with  tlial  of  Hit  Type*,  St.  John  the  BapltMt,  and  other 
I*ersnns  of  the  Old  and  New  TestainenL  Cbmmemeed  fiy 
ttie  late  Airs.  Jameson.  Continued  and  eompletrd  liy 
Lady  Eutlake.  In  Two  t^olume*.  (Longinau  &  Co.) 
What  lover  of  Art  doe:!  not  know  and  admire  llie 
beautirul  and  instructive  volumes  in  ivhich  Mrs.  .lamcKon 
hafl  both  toM  and  illu-itrated  how  the  Great  Ma«t«-r8  treated 
The  LegtndM  of  the  Madonna ;  The  Legrndi  of  thr  Saint* 
and  Martyri ;  and  The  Li-iifadt  of  the  Monastic  Orders  f 
At  the  tim*  of  bcr  death,  in  18G0,  she  was  preparing  tho 
work  before  us;  which  she  considered  aa  the  more  im- 
portaat  section,  tu  well  as  the  natural  completion  of  her 
^crie*  of  contributions  to  the  literature  of  Christian  Art. 
But  though  she  had  sketched  out  the  programme,  and 
indeed  written  sumo  portion  of  it.  La<ly  Eastlake — who. 
to  do  homage  to  tho  memory  of  her  friend,  undertook  to 
contiaae  and  coni{ilet«  it — has  had  to  do  tlte  work  in  her 
own  way,  and  well  indeed  has  she  done  \u  After  due 
considofation.  she  resolved  on  departing  in  some  measare 
from  the  schome  proposed  by  Mra.  .Jameaon;  and  deter- 
mined. OS  we  think  rightly,  to  treat  the  subjects  chronu- 
logically.  The  work  commences,  therefore,  with  the 
Full  of  Lucifer,  and  Creation  of  the  World,  followed  by 
ihe  Typea  and  Prophets  of  the  Old  Testament.  Xext 
comes  the  History  of  the  Innocents  and  of  John  the 
Uaptist,  lending  to  the  Life  and  Passion  of  Our  Lord. 
Lady  Kastlake's  reputation  as  an  Art  critic,  and  her  in- 
timate acquaintance  with  the  Art  treasura^  both  of  this 
country  und  the  Continent,  are  sufficient  lo  astiafy  the 
reader  as  to  tlie  skill  and  jadgment  with  which  sh<?  would 
work  out  such  a  progrnmmc ;  and  when  wo  add,  that  she 
haa  been  assisted  by  many  of  the  men  most  eminent  fur 
their  knowledge  of  Art  in  all  iu  various  forms,  it  will 
readily  be  conceived  what  a  valuable  contribution  to  our 
History  of  Early  Art  i*  the  work  before  us.  Like  the 
volumea  to  which  they  form  a  handsome  and  approfiriote 
completion,  the  two  now  before  as  are  as  profusely  .is 
they  are  beauUfally  illustrated  —  for  upwards  of  280 
woodcuts,  and  upwards  of  30  etchings,  from  the  grcrtt 
works  of  the  Great  Masters,  give  interest  to  these  two 
volumes:  which,  as  Lady  Eastinkc  says,  ra.iy  "ser^'u  to 
indicate  those  accumulaicd  results  of  the  piety  and  in- 
dustry of  ages —  and  the  laws,  moral,  historical,  and  pic- 
toriali  connected  with  them — which  have  created  a  realm 
of  Art  almost  kindred  in  amount  to  a  Kingdom  of 
Nature." 

Tlir  Ili»tfiry  of  Scotland,  from  the  Accemon  of  Alexa%' 
dcr  III.  to  Iht  Union,  By  Patrick  Fraser  Tytler,  &c. 
In  Four  Vulumex.     Vol.  I.    (Nimmoi) 

The  many  years  which  have  elapsed  since  the  publica- 
tion of  the  last  edition  of  Mr.  Hytler's  HiMtory,  have  by 
no  means  diminished  ita  reputation.  The  paina  which 
the  Author  bestowed  on  the  accumulation  of  his  materials, 
nnd  (he  p1«tsing  style  In  which  he  cxiubitcd  the  result 
'  '  Mrches,  won  for  the  book  a  ready  ai»d  well- 

•  cognition  of  it*  merit*.      ITnder   tliese   cir- 
.-.,  aceini;  the  euccesa  which  has  attended  tlie 
ref|>le'a  Lditions  of  Macutilay  and  Alison,  we  think  Mr. 
Simmo  han  •hown  ffood  judtpnent  in  determining  to  issue 
tt  Pi:  1   '       '   '■  .-I--. I  ->       -   .-- how  neatly,  yet 

chen  lo  Uonbt  that  it 

will  . 

JVbtej  on  WUd  Fiowert.    By  a  Lady.    (Rlnn6ton."V 
The  fair  authottifc  o(  \\i.\«i  \A*^**«a'fe'^^'^'^ '*'^'°'^  ^*^^ 


390 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


filatioD,  but  it  I  '\  more  than  thia. 

t  i«  romplleit  ^^  .e  for  the  beauty 

ofthe  gemft  wlii>...   .j  —  .j .  ..^. -lands,  and  Lodtfe- 

rowa,  which  is  likely  to  ieail  many  to  the  pleaaunt  atudj 
of  £ngli5h  wUd  do  won. 

Our  MutmU  Friend.  By  Charles  Dickens.  With  llhu- 
tratUnt  ttjf  Marcus  Stone.  (Chapman  &  Hall.) 
W«  will  buck  Charles  Dickens's  GrtrntxtrhM  against 
ChAM's  alt  the  world  over,  as  t>ein|^  of  higher  value,  and 
con«'^""""''^-  *'<'tng  certain  of  a  wider  tirftil'i''^'i  ^'"i 
reaii  •  ij.    In  this  firt<t  isiiic.Mr.  I.)> 

allhi  — htstonchint:  pathos,  and  1)1^: 

■ad  >t  i*  cj?y  ti  foresee  that  before  thp  r.!..^ y  ..  -  n 
end,  Ot^r  Mutual  fyierut,  who  already  nun  ■  ;  r^  ai;^  i  - 
ing  actjuoiatances  l>y  thousuuds,  will  iuciui^  Uicui  1^1:1- 
fold. 


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»>*W|r  itol,«n« 


MO*  t*  AiW  «^M( 


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nNMcr,  aiul  <ifatX  BautmJUn  ait4  .ymcmmm. 


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L*U1}'  imtiUthcil.  la  < 

THE   ADELPHI    OF    TERENCE,  with  Ca# 

I  NoUa.  Brtbe  B£V.  WHAKTOX  B.  WUmOiyn .  tJ^t 
aCX..  Ibmerlr  reUow  orCMtcr  OaUaitk  OBBTa^  M*  AM 
Uattar  ol  Etun. 

"A work  dliplasrtna  aoinul  «Holaf»hlp 
ta  th«,btini<tiK«loti  tiie  dURcnlt  •ttttlaca  d 


"naaomomiaaa  Ifaa  LaUa  Ttaril  •>• 


"  y«rr  admiraMa  noir*— alooea  AI«,Ji 
and  cxidaDatary  ot  tha  text,  oaaatimduat 

-  "Xht  tdMioB  telora  t»  Ui 


nuit        1 

ffiteia.4t.       I 


DT<.  WomWWOXTH'S  HOLT  TKAlt 

T--.' 'l<it>i,«adc».Ucaal7V*.ffiteia,4t. 

THE  li  AR;    or.  HYllJiS  fitf  Si^ 

Hob  i.-. -. -.  .    •       '" 
A  Smutln-  tdilion,  >••  ttrf. 


RTVTWGTOJW. 


Nov  rcadr. in  imall  »Ts<Ff»-  SM 

V'OTES    on  WILD    FLOW 


LAST. 


BITtNOT(»ra, 


Just  [AiMiahcd,  ta  aaiaU  •«•.  isiea  U, 

•AINTLTNESS;    a  COURSE   of  gCIISiUBj 

;    tlMB£ATlTt;DE3.  iM«sclwdaast,lli«nraCb 
3B£B.T  llfXIJCY.  FvTV««wi  Cotaba  ifTMin 

Br\-IVr.TO!»8.  txmtlon  kH<1  O 


UagaaHrpriBtr 


THOMAS   A    K> 
CUIUST.    AcAreli. 
RIVIKc.; 


Slntli  £rfUlca,ta|ak  to. 

3pHEWATr 
L    an  HxiMwiti- 
hriini.  Pi««.>'- 

B.V 

b'M 

"It  iMiiiy  Hii.  I  uipii.!ifi  it  iijirt  un.l  •! 
Cuv,  whicN  It.  w«  think,  uia  Daal  traattaa 

Bptwarad.  "      "•    •     • — • —  *■    -     - 


»->.■»« 


I».  WC   HQIllKt    Wl«     UOTl 


k  If  eTldMrttr  «*f(tiK  V  •  «^  ^  *<-^ 
rt  fay  far  tha  ia«rt  —««—«*'<'-  c^i  v«  ■*  ^' 


«'<.>l   III   tuc  rcjMNlltaiU  wMnIi  f«»««  litmi 

Water  Care.  Uui  U  tba  oioic  u  Agrltttc  and  ooa 


Jut  vabiikh<d.  temp,  apfct.l.  | 

A  GUIDE  to  DOMESTIC  II  YXlROTHCI 

/11     tha  Water  Can  la  Jkeala    t>l«*«»c.      Or  li 
GulJ>T,  M.D.,  *c.  Kc,  AaUMT  «^  U>»   -  W^ 
UaBHa.*' 
Laadda: 


rro    l:< 

X    Br<<  r«te  Un4*Um». 
MttMllaaruu*  ' 


laiaratiua.  Satid  tuaat  fat  »am 

fiCATri,  tir,  o«i..r.|  m-wt 


\I.L.  a  IX».. 


'■a»tu  t  vjriaam"  !•  tWMtWvaiat  tranamunuuuma^ 


LOHDOy,  tATUnHdT,  MAY  u,  \m. 


CONTENTS.— N'o.  l«. 

IOTKS-—  fli^tiin.il    Vrairi.u.i.l  ■    .1:111!!-  11.   nt    V.'iw.l.litj 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


i-tiiuttui.  l(ill,  ;iU7. 
11.1.   ;v>,  -  r.:il!l.i.   ilk 


iin  8lrick- 


SWBRS ;  —  Sir  TJiomiw  Brcnnie— AUfiMeli 
I  —  /-.Im  Watson  — f>ti.<  to  OipUin  Cook 


ami  Arrhliishop  Oavrin  Dtin* 

:    -Old  Pimtinv  ,  n>.'    U'vr\» 

"  111 


UuisU:  CltUiirca  i^(  C}lju']u4  ii.  —  L^wu  Mid 


ISTOmCAL  FRAOMKNT:  JAMES  II.  AT 
FAVRB8UAM. 

Tl»e  cncloaed  lost  two  leaves  of  a  Diary  whlcli 
Atlds  a  iVw  (It^iuiU  to  the  account  of  ihe  capture  of 
James  II.  at  Fiivorsli.nm,  whicb  we  have  in  Clurkc's 
life  of  that  king,  and  ilie  otUer  cnniinonly  quoted 
jHUliiorilie*,  will,  I  um  suie^  W  fill  by  joii  (o  pos- 
KU  Miflioient  inlorest  for  prtservation  in  t'  •  -  • 
of  "  N  \  (J."  All  Lough  there  are  rut  iiuli 
^  why  tho  writer  was,  it  is  evident  thui  i..  >.^^  ... 
ait«nrknce  upon  the  king.  >Vm.  Urntos. 

•*....  Deo.  lllh,  1688,'  Tlie  mol-ilc  were 
up,  and  Atnimcd  several  «'rni»id<'raMtf  p.is3en;.icr», 
vfa. 8'  Tho.  .Jeuner '^  Mr.  iJurton,  Gruliuni^  &c. ; 


Thlr 


till 

""Ibo  mikIiI 
■  plain  «iiii  t\\ 

acci'M 

Fr. 

oil. 

(■ 
apt;  I 


.  I'r,  in  order  to  gomg 

ifiim. 
:iil  1 1'*  of  D::cembcr,  in 

>k  vrntcr  at  Wliilelidll, 
'  UaIcA,  uiiJ  Aliluulii!,  41 
■•■*,  without  ncquainting 

cJi»<]u«r,  soil  benc«  fVwjucntly 

^  .,       ....  isj-iiij|.  Ml  (  n-alti"  rCartwrirlit]  «if»aidto 
hart  becu  toun]  uiiir  Povrr,  «nJ  Baron  Juiner,  Barton, 


Ob.  Walker,  Ja.  Ojm>rd,  Jo.  Layhourne*,  Ch. 
Pulton,  W"  Rint;sley,  —  Lnckycr,  and  i  prioata, 
with  sevev.-il  K.  Cuthol.  meivli*',  y"  lA  Aruudera 
Mon  and  grandson,  and  titlicrs. 

"  These  were  atopp't  in  or  near  Ospring  Street, 
and  moat  of  y"  pluntlerM  j  the  siicces*  of  theao 
ineti  WAS  one  of  the  grcntoat  reasons  y*  push't  y* 
seamen  of  Feversha  forw**,  who  ab«  ?  y'  night, 
undor  y'  conduct  of  W*  Atne^  and  Jo.  Hunt 
itiannM  out  3  boata,  w^  ah'  20  oien  in  y'  whole, 
who  takinj^  notice  of  an  uncertain  rumour  y*^  wont 
abroad,  y'  several  wer«  flying  by  sea  into  Franoe, 
in  gTf'at  aeal  and  in  quest  of  a  prizK,  went  off 
towards  Sheppcy,  and  nb*  11  at  night  ^  noar  the 
Naze  point  they  found  a  Cuatoni- hoove  boatf 
who  was  taking  tn  ballast,  w''in  wa»  H'  Kd.  Ualas, 
Ral[>h  Sheldon,  and  one  more,  y*  prov'd  to  b« 
K*  J.  'W'"  Ames  leapt  into  the  hold  alone,  and 
seirod  y"  in  y'  V.  of  (V»  name.  S'  K,  llalel 
w**  huve  fir'd,  but  was  forbid  by  y*  unknown  pent. 
'P*  were  fl  or  6  cuses  of  pistols  loaden,  w***  mi;;ht 
have  done  p^reat  excoiicon,  if  made  uko  of,  but 
no  hopes  c'*  have  been  of  y'  lives,  if  they  had 
pmeeedcd  to  opposicon  in  y'  manner.  Yet  I  aui 
very  well  satisly'd,  if  y*  K*  had  diacnver'd  him- 
selfe  privately  to  W.  Amea,  who  was  sonio  time 
in  y*  hold  idone,  he  bad  never  been  oarry'd  aahore, 
but  been  dismiss'C  before  morning. 

*•  The  seanten  kept  olf  to  »en  all  night,  where 
they  rilled  y'  parties  w"*  rudenens  enough.  They 
found  in  the  whole  near  200*^  in  (fold,  and  about 
half  w"'  K.J,  w""  w""  swords,  and  watchi.'fi,  &c.  wure 
prent  plunder  toy".  I  know  not  how  it  hnppen'd, 
but  y'  pruHtest  rudeuess  etill  fell  on  y'  K»,  whoxte 
very  breechea  were  undone  and  examinM  for 
fieerel  wenponea  so  undecently,  ns  even  to  the 
disrovcrios  of  his  nudities.  This  y»  K«  afterw** 
much  resented,  ns  not  fit  to  be  offer'd  to  a  gen- 
tleman or  any  other  person. 

"  WhiUt  y*  K.  continu'd  unknown  and  In  ao 
odd  a  disguise,  unsufferable  affronts  were  putj 
upon  him.  lie  was  generally  coueluded  to  Le  ik| 
Jesiiite,  If  not  F.  Peter,  and  treated  with  8uoli| 
harsh  expreiiatons  aa  old  rogue,  ugly,  lean-jaw'd,' 
hatchet-fae't  Jesuite,  popish  dog,  &c. 

"  Thus  y*  nij:htwa9pa*B't  unpleasantly  enough, 
y*  mob  being  extremely  abusive,  ev'n  beyond  w* 
y*  le.iders  desir'd.  Only  one  .leffreyn,  a  pipe- 
maker,  waa  very  civil  to  y*  K«  unknown,  as  sup- 
posing hira  to  be  a  gentleman,  w*^  humanity 

anil  Graliam,  at  th«  town   of  Ftreharo." — HUu  Cor^^ 
rtmioHdetice,  vol.  il.  y.  356. 

(«)  Not  in  London,  m  Lord  Macanlay  seetni  to  bavtJ 
•iippnaerl,  1 

(*)  M K^nuljir  siivf,  "  .T.-imrs  li.i<!  fmrpl'pd  >rl»h  rrl.iyi] 

or<.-  "  I  ■    '■ 

di.-n 

Mil.    ■  ■.; 

Vravi.\\«ai\>\  \v•V4^■t^V.^^mv^s^.Vv^<t  ^"v-.o. 


392 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


saw  y'  K«  resent  very  gentilclr,  and  give  him 
such  a  reword  as  bis  condicda  w**  bear. 

"  Dec.  12"'.  Ab»  noon,  y»  K»  S'  E.  Hales, 
and  R.  Sheldon,  were  brought  up  in  a  coach  to 
Fevershi,  fro  y*  pUce  of  y'  landing,  when  tis 
remarkable  y'  fresh  rudeness  attended  him,  for 
tho'  S*  E.  Ilalea  waa  carry'd  over  the  ouse,  or  dirt, 
by  y*  seamen,  yet  it  was  a  long  dispute  wbcth' 
y»  civility  sh**  be  pay'd  to  y*  unknown  person. 

•'  He  was  carry'd  to  the  Q's  Arms  in  Fevershil, 
where  he  was  soon  discover'd  and  guards  set  upon 
his  room  w*"  g'  strictness  and  severity. 

"  He  ask't  several  to  be  instrumental  to  pro- 
cure him  a  boat  to  carry  him  off,  but  y*  seamen 
generally  deny'd  him,  upon  w*'  a  strange  jealousy 
seis'd  them  y'  in  the  nlgnt  y*"  gentlemen  in  some 
odd  disguise  w*  carry  him  off,  w*''  moile  y"  more 
rudely  dilig*  in  y  guards,  and  unwilling  he  sh' 
remove  to  a  private  bouse. 

"  The  E.  of  Winchelsea  was  sent  for  by  y*  K', 
who  came  before  night,  and  y"  it  was  thought 
convenient  y*  K*  sh''  remove  to  private  lodgings ; 
but  !;'  ojjposicon  was  made  by  y*  seamen,  and  as 
y*  K«  pnss't  down  y'  stairs,  swords  were  drawn 
and  threatening  expressions  ua'd  by  the  guards, 
and  w"*  much  adoe  they  were  contented  to  let  y* 
K*  remove,  upon  ppimiHe,y*  y*  seamen  only  might 
guard  him,  wailst  he  stayed  in  town,  who  confin'd 
him  very  strictly  by  rea^sun  of  y'  jealousie  w*"* 
made  him  melancholy  at  times. 

'*  That  night,  however,  he  seemed  to  sup 
heartily,  and  was  pleased  to  comand  y*  gentle- 
men to  sit  down  w^  him,  •n'^  condescension  was 
very  gratefull  to  several. 

•*  Dec.  IS"*.  The  East  Kent  gentlemen  came 
in  a  great  hotly,  and  before  his  face  (for  he  was 
in  the  window)  read  the  P.  of  O.'s  decluracon, 
w**  made  y*  mobb  break  out  into  fresh  inso- 
lencies,  and  tow**'  night  a  messenger  came  from 
the  fort  of  Sheerness,  w"^**  told  y*  K»  y»  y*  govern' 
intended  to  surrender  y*  fort,  and  the  lleet  in  the 
Swale  (the  road  near  for  shins  to  ride  in)  to  y'' 
P.  of  O.  w*^**  seemed  to  afflict  him,  but  be  s'  he  was 
willing  to  consent  to  anything  to  avoid  bloodshed. 

"  After  w'"  y*  seamen  guarded  y*  K*  so  nar- 
rowly, y»  tia  t,"*  they  follow*d  him  to  his  devoeons, 
nay,  and  were  so  indecent  as  to  press  near  liim  iu 
his  retirem'  for  nttturc. 

"  Dec.  14.  By  this  lime  news  came  y*  y*  P.  of 
O.  did  not  approve  of  y*  Kg's  being  stopX  w*"" 
made  tevcral  of  y"  y'  were  conccrn'd  very  blank, 
nnd  wish  they  bad  never  medled.  But  w"  news 
oaroc  y'  y*  Ltu  at  Guildhall  did  not  much  dislike 
y*  thing,  they  soon  reviv'd  and  fancy'd  y*  they 
•h'*  all  be  rewarded  for  y""  expedtcion. 

"  Ab'  noon  new*  came  y*  y*  K.*»  guards  were 
upon  y  road,  to  wait  on  him  to  Lou*,  and  y"  y* 
Sirangcxt  fcrm*  and  passion  oiex'd  >""  mobb,  y'  v* 
be  Uiought  of,  b«c.  y*  L*  Fevershu  (a  miui  ill 
reacoted  by  ^"^  was  b**  to  be  w""  y".    They  acem'd 


rcsolv'd  not  to  part  with  li 
preparacons  to  fight,  and  t..  .  |i 

y"  off,  &c.,  w"''  put  y'   ncii'libuurijcKx 
constemacon,  for  nobody   Knew  w* 
nor  where  it  w**  end. 

*'  The  gentlemen  endearom'd  all 
all  in  vain,  for  y*  seamen  and  tlie 
all,  and  y"  passions  Hew  out  to  y*  c%.\ 
gentlemen  were  forc't  to  send  n%\ 
guards,  to  stop  short  6  miles,  fur  dvtti 
had  euter'd  Fevershfi  y*  night,  inL»cli 

"  Dec.  IS"*.  As  soon  as  c"*   be 
y*  K*  moved  out  of  town,  w***  his 
men,  and  y*  gentlemen,  and  about  5 
met  by    his    guiu"ds,    who   touk    hit 
hands  of  y"  mobb,  w"  hia  spirit  seetn'd 
and  he  became  as  it  were  auoth' 
glad  to  be  rid  of  such  guarda,   w| 
none  c**  justify,  and  w*  w""  be  y* 
last  none  c**  guess. 

Notes  by  tha  IharitL 

*^  (1.)  The  K*  was  in   an  old  rjunlft^ 
ill  puir  of  boots,  a  short  black  vrijtg, 
his  up|ier  lips  on  the  left  side,  *od 
treniely  plain,  in  habit. 

"  (2.)  The  K*  would  not  receive  ] 
of  w"»  he  was  plunder'd,    but 
divided   among   y"  y'  look    him. 
swords,  and  pistols  were  titken  by 

"  (3.)  \\Tien  it  was  observ'd  y'  ] 
rosity  refused  his  gold,   but    wus 
one   M'  Lees,   a  c^rgyman.     1  •».    i 
gentry  and  clergy,  bun. 
(in  all  about  100^")  to  ^  ^      . 

he  took  very  kindly,  but  Ujuk  cur% 
ere  ho  left  y*  town. 

"  (4.)  The  K,  lost  a  crucifix  be 
say'd  to  have  some  of  the  true  m!ttrrtai( 
and  olfor'd  largely  to   • 
had  it  broke  it  in  piL't'<: 
w**  w'*"  it  was  only  lip  J,  w""  y*  h^ 
conccrn'd  for. 

"  (5.)  The  K«  borrow'd  a  bll  ' 
and  wui  seen  to  read  much  in  i : 
gr'  pleasure   in   reading  SS,  ami    maue 
his  private  retireui'  l>eiore  dcvocoo. 

"  (6.)  The  K*  WBi  very  tea)peraf4>, 
or   rarely  drank    bolwoeu   nie«ls,   w** 
known  elsewhere,  vet  wam  matt'  of  pic 
prise  to  many  hero,  who  bad  other  nociTiaa' 
men  nriil  i><iurts. 

"  (7.)  The  women  were  % 
passionate  to  y'  K*  in  hi*  r.» 
to  apprt»ve  w'  ?•  "i 
"  («.)  Th«^K«u; 
y""  y'  siez'd  him,  un'i    !• 
y*  town  they  came  in  » 
givcoeat,  w*"  he  cli«'er(u]l; 


a**  8.  V.  Mav  I 


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393 


brorive  y"  all,  even  iSIoon  too,  w'''  Moon,  after 
f  K*  WBS  discov'd,  cursL  him  to  his  face, — y'  K« 
wk't  him  his  nnrne.  w'*  w"  he  had  tohJ,  y'  K*  s** 
tou^bl  to  be  Shi mei,  for  Shim ei  curs't  j*  L**'* 
ointed,  nnd  so  y*  man  is  couionly  call'd. 
"  (9.)  His  discourses  were  Tery  grave  and 
lous,  iind  show'd  a  gr*  sense  of  religio,  and  y* 
lotnlori  he  had  in  his  troubles,  among  many  oth* 
w*  Ibllows  is  retnarkabl«.  He  s"  he  was  certain 
•  P.  of  O.  on  his  coining  design 'd  his  life,  and  y* 
le  thought  y'  was  but  one  step  between  his  priso 
nd  his  grave,  andy'fore  tho'  he  might  fall  a  sacri- 
ioe,  JUS  Abel  did  by  y*  band  of  Cain,  yot  be 
loubted  not  but  he  and  his  cause  w"*  be  accepted 
of  God. 

"  W"  he  look'd  out  of  his  window  and  saw  y* 
iolece  of  y*  rabble,  he  s*,  I  can't  help  nor  binder 
bis,  God  ulono  can  do  it,  who  stilla  y*  raging  of 
Ihe  seas,  y'  noiae,  &c. 

'  He  was  not  willing  to  send  away  his  son  till 
had  a  call  to  doe  so,  tho  it  was  not  so  extra- 
irdinary  and  express,  yet  it  was  as  sufficient  as 
r*  y*  angel  s*  to  Jos.  IVla,  ii.  13,  '  Arise,  &c.'  He 
IVen  repeated  *  Herod  doth  seek  y'  life  of  y' 
ounjr  child  to  destroy  him.' 

"  The  K",  persuading  some  clergymen  y*  waited 
ipon  him  to  provide  some  vessels  to  carry  him 
•n,  us'd  ye  loyalty  of  y'  Ch.  of  Eng.  for  an  argum', 
telling  y™  if  be  sh*  perish  for  want  of  y''  assist- 
nee,  w'  trouble  it  might  give  y"  to  reflect  y'^on. 
Je  told  y*"  how  David's  heart  smote  him  for  cut- 
ing  off  y»  skirt  of  Saul's  garm',  and  this  must 
De  more  trouhlesonjc,  if  tl>ey  consid'  y"  mischief 
jf*  may  y'by  fall  upon  him.  W°  they  made  y" 
txcuse  fro  y'  difficulty  and  danger  of  y*  attempt, 
be  replied  to  y"  in  y*  wor^ls  of  y*  Saviour,  '  He 
Ibat  I*  not  for  me  is  against  me.' 

"  He  rnpfated  y"^  greatest  part  of  JoVs  S*  ch. 
tb*  afliictio  and  y'  benefit  of  it.  Y.  1,  5,  G,  7,  10, 
1  to  y*  end. 

"  He  made  use  of  y*  1  Mace.  xi.  10,  '  For  I 
■cpent  that  I  gave  my  daughter  to  hira,  for  he 
lought  to  slay  me.'  He  s**  y*  fears  of  ye  Ch.  of 
En^.uicn  had  occasioned  y'"  troubles,  but  he  never 
desigo'd  any  hurt  or  disturbance  to  y*'  interest, 
tut  as  tliey  ore  alraid  of  idolatry  and  supers! itio, 
'they  ought  to  have  a  care  tn  avoid,  nnd  not  be 
engagi-d  in  rchellio  and  oili'  sins,  and  he  quoted 
Kum.  il.  'i'2. '  Thou  th.if.  ubhorrexl,'  &c. 

"  He  appli'd  Job  xlii.  10—12  to  himself,  •  And 
y  L''  turm-d  again,'  &c. 

They   pluMtl«?r*d   all  things  but  a  psalter  or 

Esalm  book,  w^''  he  b*  he  valu'd  more  y"  all  he 
ad  lost. 
"  He  8''  he  w**  forsake  iwreptre,  and  crowns,  and 
1  this  world"?  glory  for  Xt »  suke.  and  he  had  y' 
}nward  peace  and  cOfort  w*"*  In?  w''  not  excbanjie 
for  all  y*  in tf  rest  of  y'  uurtli. 

He  own'<l  much  comfort  he  bad  rcc"*  in  rend- 
ing of  SS,  w"''  he  8*  wa»  n«;l  deny'd  by  ye  Ch   of 


R,  to  persons  of  understanding,  or  any  who  c"* 
make  good  use  of  it,  and  few  besides  clergymen 
and  divines  read  it  so  much  us  he  did. 

*'  He  6''  y*  he  as  well  as  otb'  Xtians  ought  to 
expect  thro  many  tri  but  aeons  to  enter  into  y* 
Kgdo  of  Heaven,  and  if  he  lost  his  temporal 
crown,  he  doubted  not,  but  y*  loss  w''  bring  him 
to  au  eternal  and  incorruptible  crown." 


FOLK  LORE. 


Fragrbnts    or    Scotch   Rhymes    stma    bt 
Childbsn  at  theis  Gajcxs  :  — 

I. 
"  Here  come  two  ladies  down  from  Spain, 
A  len(?)  French  g-arlaiid; 
IVe  como  to  court  your  dimght«r  Jane, 
And  ftdieu  to  you,  my  dorling." 


"  London  Bridge  has  fallen  down, 
llaa  falloii  down,  ha.>i  fallen  down,  has  fallen  down, 
I^indon  Hridf^c  has  fallen  down, 
My  fair  lady." 


"  A  duM,  a  doss  of  green  grass, 
A  duss,  a  duBs,  n  duM; 
Come  all  you  pretty  maidens 
And  dance  Along  with  tu: 
You  shall  have  a  duck,  my  dear. 
And  you  »hall  have  a  dragon. 
And  ynu  shall  have  a  young  gndeman 
To  dance  ere  yoa're  forsaken. 
The  bells' shall  ring. 
The  birds  shall  linir. 
And  we'll  all  dap  hands  together." 

IV. 

"  Rainy,  rainy,  rattle  stones. 
Don't  you  rain  on  me ; 
Rain  on  Johnny  Groat's  house, 
Far  across  the  sea." 

Ajton. 

YoRKsittRH  Foi-K  LoBK  :  Bers.  —  Last  week, 
passing  the  Hambleton  Station  on  the  railway  be- 
tween Milford  and  Selby,  I  observed  three  bee- 
hives having  pieces  of  crape  nftached  to  them. 
On  inquiring  of  a  fellow-passenger,  he  informed 
me  that  some  members  of  the  station-master's  family 
bad  lately  died,  and  that  tlie  custom  of  putting 
the  Lives  in  mourning  under  such  circumstances 
waa  Dot  uncommon  in  that  <listnct. 

KdWABP  IlArLSTONB. 
WlLTSHlBB    MeTBOD    OF    PBBVBWTrNO    ToOTH* 

Acnx.  —  K  you  take  one  of  the  forelegs  of  a  want 
(i.  f .  a  mole),  unil  one  of  it«  hind  legs,  and  put 
tijem  into  a  bag,  and  wear  the  whole  hung  about 
yoar  neck,  you  will  never  have  the  tooth-ache. 
This  valuable  specimen  of  VViltshir»?  wisdom  is  ap- 
iiftrentlr  one  of  the  *'  things  not  tttvAvsJvS.-^ '^a'^^^"^- 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[s^&y.  matiiiU 


Cuckoo.  —  On  the  pHitciple  of  jour  motto  — 
*'  When  found  make  a  note  of"  —  I  transcribe 
from  a  work  published  at  Upsal  in  1750,  De  Stper- 
atUioniimM  Hoditmit^  bj  Jonas  Moman,  a  speuimen 
of  Swedish  folk  lore  relating  to  tlie  cuokoo,  which, 
from  the  translation  I  append,  you  will  Gnd  to 
resemble  a  custom  stili  prevalent  in  some  parts 
of  England  when  the  cuckoo  is  first  heard  in  the 
spring.     The  Swedish  peasant  girl  says  :  — 

"  Goke  gra,  Uurku  I 
S«!(;  inig  dH,  Uucku  1 
L'p|iil  quist.  Uuckul 
Sant  och  viat,  Gncku  I 
Ilur  manga  ar,  Uuuku  \ 
Jag  leva  fit. 
Jug  ogift  gar,  Uucku ! " 
That  is:  — 

"  Cuckoo  {Seotiet  Gouk)  grey,  tell  to  mr,  up  in  the  tree 
true  anil  free,  huw  many  years'  I  mudt  live  and  go  un- 
married." 

Of  course  the  number  of  the  calls  of  "Gucku" 
indicate  the  number  of  years  she  linH  to  remain 
single;  but  the  memory  has  sin^lar  nrtidces  to 
defraud  itself.  In  the  above  instance  the  cuckoo 
cidls  seven  tuucs,  but  the  girl  counts  six  only. 

J.  K. 

ObNITIIOLOOICAL    AMD    AoRICULTVBAL.  —  TllC 

other  dny  I  heard  a  farmer  use  this  fulk-lurc 
couplet :  — 

"  Cuckoo  oats  and  woodcock  hay 
Make  a  fitnner  run  away." 

I  am  not  aware  if  this  specimen  of  nrnitholo- 
gical  ngricultunil  folk  lore  has  evi^r  found  its  way 
into  ]>rint.  If  nou  itn  publication  at  '*  the  nickoo 
season  "  will  be  well-timed.        CuTiinKBT  liuuE. 

Toe  Sun  nANci^ra  on  Kastbr-Dat. — I  culled 
last  week  upon  an  old  purishitmer,  who  had  bcvn 
absent  from  (rhurch  on  Loster-day.  Sickness  in  her 
family  had  kept  her  at  home,  but,  she  .<:aid,  xlie 
had  looked  out  at  her  window,  and  seen  the  sun 
dancing  beautifuUv.  I  looked  inquiringly,  and 
she  added,  "Dancing  for  joy,  to  be  sure,  at  Our 
Saviour's  resurrection  on  Euster  morning.  Three 
or  four  ycnrs  ago,  Thomas  Corney  and  Mary 
Wilkoy,  and  a  jjarty  of  us  went  to  the  end  of 
Kennicot  Lanu  to  sec  it;  but  Mary  couldn't  Hce 
anything.  Tliere  was  the  sun  whirling  round  and 
round,  and  every  now  and  then  jumping  up  (and 
she  indicated  wilh  her  hand  an  upright  leap  of 
nearly  a  yard)  ;  and  Thomiid  would  any,  '  There, 
Mury,  didn't  ye  see  thatP*  No,  fui',  she  saw 
nothing.  At  Inst  Thomas  said,  *I  think,  Mary,  the 
old  devil  must  have  shut  your  eyes  if  you  can't  see 
that.'  And  so  we  came  home  again.  Our  little 
Johnny  gets  up  every  year  to  see  it." 

It  is  a  curious  instance  of  the  power  of  imagina- 
tion :  for  the  old  woman  couhl  hardly  have  had 
any  object  ia  telling  me  a  falsehood  knowingly. 
A  Deyobbhike  Clbboyuan. 


Eastbbr  Obioih  op  Puck.  —  In  a  coHectimf 
Fairy  Stories  and  Folk  Lore  I  made  in  India  (ni 
verbal  reLitioni  there  is  mention  of  a  fairy  cathl 
Giirii-Pack,  said  to  have  the  head  of  a  bird,wi* 
wings  springing  from  his  ahoulden,  indieativiif 
his  rapidity  of  movement.  He  ia  unqnestioBskr 
the  original  of  the  Puck  of  Shakipeare,  whose  cU 
attributes,  as  manifested  in  the  AtUowing  lisa, 
waa  celerity  of  locomotion :  — 
Pvtk  "  I'll  pat  a  ginllc  round  about  the  earth 
In  furt^  minutes." 

Shakspeare's  Purk,  like  the^  Tnili.an  fairy,  nBi> 
times  wears  the  head  of  an  animal :  — 

FHdt.  -  Sometimes  a  hone  I'll  be ;  sometimei  s  bets'. 
A  lio^,  a  hcadlcu  bear ;  soinetimej  a  firt." 

Gilrfi-PQck  isthemc8scn;;cr  of  thchi>rherpov<A. 
his  eyes  are  liglitning,  and  rays  of  fire  issue  fnt 
his  body,  in  which  respects  Puck,  the  Engtish  fiirf, 
also  resembles  him.  H.  C. 

A  Ciiildbem's  (tamb. — A  few  ereningiacaB 
returning  from  a  walk,  my  attention  was  attncia 
br  a  group  of  children  at  pinj.  'i'huir  gane  va 
played  by  marching  two  and  two  in  a  meanm 
step  to  u  given  diritance*  turning,  and  msrt^ 
back  again.  As  they  did  bo,  thejr  chanted  tka 
lines :  — 

"  Turrey,  turrey,  (.'Iotkc<l  in  black. 
With  silver  buttons  upon  your  back ; 
Olio  by  one,  and  two  by  two. 
Turn  about,  and  that  will  du !  " 
On  asking  the  children  tliu  meaning  ifa* 
play,  and  of  the  lines  they  siavf:,  they  coill4 
mo  nothing,  but  that  they  had  learned  tbmim 
others.  John  Pavin  Pamsi 

Ilaverrordwc.st. 

TfiK  LuTiN. — In  the  Canton  du  VallaiiM 
zeriand,  the  belief  in  the  Latin  is  Terygan 
I  should  rather  Hiiy  Lntins,  for  there  is  SMSfia 
one  nuMiiber  of  the  f.imily!  They  tell  of  lUtiB 
who  for  many  years    guarded  the    flo^if6e 
Commune  of  Contei:.      The    inhubitanfe  Ami 
him  a  cloak,  which  was  left  in  n  particda  ipt; 
thu  gift  was  taken,   but  the  Lutin  dcpatH&iiC- 
ing  — 

**  Non,  noil.  Jamais  fteigncur  de  mon  pkni^ 
Nu  coniluira  les  bosufs  au  pdturage." 

Since  then  the  cattle  have  given  Iceis  milkl  Hi 
legend  resembles  that  of  the  "  Hob "  of  Ctei 
House,  near  Skipton,  in  Craven  (^vide  Hodc'i 
Table  Book),  where  the  gift  was  a  re<]  coat  or 
hood.  In  the  parish  of  Linton,  in  Craren,  we 
have  the  story  of  a  bottle  of  brandy  being  Wi 
ior  Pam  [query  Pun  ?J  (such  is  the  name  of  tkl 
domestic  spirit  there),  and  of  his  having  gtt 
drunk,  and  l>eing  buried  alive  by  the  Kbait 
master  t— a  useless  eflbrf,  for  Pnm  was  as  MM 
and  mischievous  as  evpr,  af^er  he  had  sJept  Ui* 
lelfaoberl  In  the  Vallais,  at  Cohtec,  tlwvlllkl 
fonntain  was  filled  with  wine,  and  the  Lniii  IhSi 


wm 


V.  Mat!4,««.] 


NOTEB  AND  QUERIES. 


a9o 


got  drunk  nnd  was  captured  !    He  promised  »f  be 
rel«?ti!ied  to  ]L':lve  some  most  valuable  advice, 
tfltln^  lo  his  honou*-,  th«  Lulin's  cords  were 
jnhd,  ort  which  he  leaped  away,  raying  — 

Ben  ttiB  wfjjllier  is  fair  take  an  lunbrellji  — 
CUon  it  raitM  lake  wtutettr  will  kefp  you  driest." 

S.  Jacksoh, 
be  flutts.  Torkslijre. 

Dbvohshibb  Dogqbsl. — Tho  children  in  the 
west  of  EnfjUnd,  when  they  wish  to  play  hide 
Bud  seek,  nnd  simitar  |rames,  chousti  the  one  who 
is  to  l>e  f  us  they  *ay}  "  of  it,"  in  the  following 
mRimcr : — TJiey  gather  around  one  of  tlieir  num- 
ber, who  rapiiily  repeats  the  followinnf  do^^rel 
lines,  pointing:  in  turn  to  each  of  his  companions. 
Th*!  one  i»t  whoni  ho  poinlB  on  t^acliing  the  last 
word  IS  th«>  one  choRen.  The  doggrel,  with  the 
first  line  fipelt  as  nearly  aa  possible  according  to 
aannd)  is  ns  follows :  — 

'  Irnp  tJjrnn  r1ni*i*7i  mi'dn, 
VVIiei  iiiAD  go? 


rlj 


Tiie  first  line  has  such  a  smack  of  Laltnity  al)out 
it,  that  I  tttn  inducctl  to  ask  if  any  of  vour  readers 
can  refer  me  to  its  origin.  Is  it  the  ^st  line  of  ii 
Latin  hyniu  ?  C.  S. 

Customs  at  CitRisTUA«i  (3'^  S.  i.  482.)  —  Tour 
rrrr  '    It  T.  B.  nn'ntions  that,  in  the  West 

Re  .rk»hlrc  nt  Chrislnias  Day,  nnd  tilso 

at  ^^v.  J  -...t':*  r*:'y»  a  male  person  wiiii  l>l«vk  or 
dark  hair  must  first  eUli'r  tho  house,  nnd  that  iho 
ominiiii*  Mil  n  person  to  enter.  AUo,  that 
*'  ii  allowed  to  pam  ont  of  tht  ftonae 

|hi    ^   '  :  that  is,  from  Christmas  Day 

New  Year's  Day  incltisi»e." 

Now  the  object  of  my  note  !«,  »iot  lo  call  Ib 
question  thn  statement  of  T.  B.,  but  to  8upge»l  lo 
jour  corrcspondenl-s,  gvnerally,  that  th«?  value 
of  all  c.untributions  relating  to  local  tnaniiero, 
£n«t(>m«,  and  dinlecJs,  will  be  greatly  iucreased 
b)r  u  «p«vlUc  dietlnctinn  a«  pojtstble  of  the  dis- 
tricts  in    wliioh    puch    peculiarities  exist.      The 

we  \v  ■    ■         :!..!  county  «ir  district  concerned, 

id   tl'  its  ncncral  altitude  nbovi?    the 

'  ■  and  specificftllj  localised 

tb  me. 

rect  n»  to  L'  \v 

for  many  ii  i 
well  M  I,  til 

I^ 

till' 

Even  !  ,  "  up  in  tlio  hiils,'  wiibin  a  few 

miles  lii  orn  any  of  (he*e  towns  rt'spec- 

tirelj,  will  have  ilxlr  individual  local  Tcrnacutar. 


Yet  they  ore  all  in  the  West  Riding  of  York- 
shire. 

1  confine  myiclf  strictly  to  what  his  come  under 
my  own  observation,  when  I  atlinn  lliat  the  above 
rerosirks  Apply  with  equal  force — so  far  as  «lensity 
or  sparseneaa  of  population,  and  physicrnl  geo- 
graphy admit  —  to  the  North  and  East  Ridingi; 
and  to  the  counties  of  Derby,  Nottingham,  Ches- 
ter, Lancust^r,  Devon,  Somerset,  Northumber- 
land, Durham,  and  to  many  parts  of  Scotland. 

To  return  to  the  custom  referred  to  by  your 
correspondent,  and  lo  the  West  Riding.  In 
Sheffield,  a  male  must  be  the  first  to  enter  a  house 
on  the  morniuff  of  l»oth  Christmas  Dny  and  New 
Year's  Day;  out  there  is  no  distinction  as  to 
complexion  or  colour  of  hair.  In  the  houses  of 
the  more  opulent  manufacturers,  these  first  ad- 
missions are  often  accorded  to  choirs  of  work- 
people ;  who,  as  "  waits,"  proceed  at  an  early  houf. 
and  sinjj,  before  the  houses  of  their  employers  ana 
friends,  (Jhriatraus  carols  nnd  hymns  ;  always  com- 
mencing with  that  beautiful  composition  :  — 

♦*  Christisns  awake!  salntc  the  happy  mom, 
Whereon  the  Savionr  of  mttitkind  waA  born." 

On  expressing  their  good  wishc«  to  the  inmnte>, 
they  arc  getierally  rewarded  with  "something 
warm,"  and  occniiionally  wUh  a  pecuniarr  nrrtcnt. 
Antong  the  clasft  called  "  re^tpectablo,'*  but  not 
mannfaclUrers,  a  previous  arrangement  is  often 
made  ;  that  a  hoy,  the  son  of  a  friend,  shall  come 
and  be  first  admitted,  rectiving  for  his  ^ood  wishes 
a  Christm.as-bcx  of  sixpence  or  A  shilling.  The 
houses  nf  the  artizans  and  poor  are  sm-ceBsirely 
bosiej^ed  by  a  host  of  i^amins :  who,  Foott  after 
midjiiglit,  spread  theniseive.<!  over  the  town,  »h«tnt- 
inf»  at  the  doors  and  throiigh  key-holen,  as  IbU 
lows  t  — 

"  Aa  Willi  yn  a  inurry  Chriamas, — 
A  appy  new  year, — 

A'pockit  full  of  nmiiny,  

An'  a  c«llcr  full  «'  beer. 

•♦  Ooil  blejf  tho  mcjtcr  of  this  ouse — 
I  -  al !  •  so, 

A I  I?  ehUdrun 

i.M..  ;  the  t^iblego. 

"  A  Apple,  a  pare,  a  plom,  ,m'  a  cherry ; 
A  9U|t  a'  good  ale  al  inak'  a  roan  miury." 

And  ao  on.  The  same  house  wilt  not  admit  « 
second  boy.  One  is  Ruflicient  to  protect  it  from 
any  ilMurk  that  might  otherwi?o  happen.  A 
penny  ti  the  ufual  gratuity  for  this  service.  In 
tho  Ibrenoon  of  Christmas  Day  and  New  Year'a 
l^,«  .i,e»e  Ixiys  mny  be  seen  in  knot*  nt  ntreet 
,  RJtd  in  the  nuburbs,  rountinj  their  re- 
,,....,,■,  .li'  •iiMiiliTil  "  (  niinpr-,"  uiid  recounting 
their  the    nl-iht 

and  cii:!.  ^  y  <»e>terally 

resolve  themselves  into  Bub-comuiiltecs  for  the 
purpose  of  "  pitch  and  tsyfik^     Xavvc  vcv  'iisk's.  JJa^* 


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[S^&V.  MatI4.1L 


while  others  arc  (Ipprexaed  by  manly,  hut  unsuc- 
cessful ufiVirtrt,  to  cniiaiime  "  p<inny  olM-niotii.*' 

Fifty  years  a^o,  the  refusal  to  give  lights  at 
Christmas  wu.-i  common  amon;;  the  {jourcst  classes. 
Amonf;  the  niidilie  classes  it  was  considered  an- 
lucky  to  do  so,  only  on  Christmas  Eve,  Christmas 
Day,  Xew  Year's  Eve,  and  New  Year's  Day. 
Lucifer  matches  have  put  a  practical  end  to  this 
superstition.  AV.  Lee. 

THE  DOLPHIN  AS  A  CKEST. 

The  crest  of  the  Kennedies  of  Dunure — a  dol- 
phin, and  the  motto,  "  Avise  lu  fine  "  —  lonj;  ap- 
peared to  me  very  unmeaning.  During  a  recent 
Tisit  to  Kome  ray  attention  was  drawn  to  the  use 
of  the  dolphin,  in  contradistinction  to  other 
species  of  fisn,  as  a  religious  STmbol ;  and  I  am  now 
induced  to  think  that  the  dolphin  was  assumed  on 
account  of  its  emblcmntic  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  thirt  subject,  the  de- 
scription of  a  remarkable  christening  vessel  I  met 
with  in  the  Kcrcherian  Museum  ut  the  CoUegio 
llomano,  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. ;  that  in  1*285  Gilbert  de 
Carrick  had  (lilRTcnced  these  arms  with  three 
croMs-crosslets ;  that  John  de  Kennedy,  who  in- 
herited by  descent  the  honours  and  liabilities  of 
the  male  branch  of  the  house  used,  in  1.171,  the 
same  arms,  with  the  addition  of  two  lions  sejant 
as  supporters,  and  a  lion  rampant  as  crest ;  that 
the  double  tressurc  was  adiled  on  the  alliance  of 
the  family  with  the  royal  Stewarts.  Bishop  Ken- 
nedy on  his  seal  in  I4ii0  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  f.'i  urved  about  1516,  about 
which  pcriml  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  ashes  </f  the  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  omblcm  of  Our  Saviour 
because  of  the  lettors  in  IxBis  forming  the  initials  of  the 
Greek  words  — 

'li)ffoi;f  T^urrhs  &«ov  'Tiiis  l^riip, 
JtHUii  Clirist  Son  fif  Goil  the  Saviour. 


Here,  a  constantly  recurring  emblem  on  the  wiQs, 
is  a  <lolphin-8h.iiH!d  fish  bcarin;;  on  its  bad  « 
glass  l>owl,  with  a  drop  of  red  wine  in  it,  and  iti 
orifice  covered  with  small  biacuit-like  loaves  of 
bread ;  and  also  in  many  of  the  tomba  are  foand 
small  fish  modelled  in  wood  or  Worj. 

To  return  to  the  baptismal  veaacl.  It  is  of 
bronze  and  flat,  circular-shsfied,  with  a  rim  and 
handle,  evidently  a  ladle  to  be  used  in  the  rite 
of  baptism  by  immersion.  On  the  snrfiux  is  en. 
graved,  on  an  inner  circle,  two  dol^n-ahaped  fiih, 
probably  emblematic  of  the  dirine  and  hantu 
natures  of  our  Lord ;  and  on  the  outer  circle  mn 
fishing  from  boats  for  round  flat  fish,  with  evident 
reference  to  the  appointment  of  the  apostles  to  be 
fishers  of  men. 

Scton,  in  his  Heraldry^  p.  12,  in  one  of  hta  ex* 
planations  of  the  meaning  of  the  arms  of  Glaigov 
city,  suggests  a  somewhat  similar  derivatioo  for 
the  fish  borne  in  them.  I  should  be  glad  to  lein 
from  some  of  your  correspondents  at  what  dstc 
the  fish  first  appears  in  the  bearings  of  that  town, 
and  also  the  earliest  date  at  which  the  crest  ukJ 
supporters  of  the  Kennedies  have  been  obserrcd. 
In  the  seals  appended  to  the  acts  of  the  ScottiaL 
parliament  as  published  by  the  Record  Cotmntf- 
sioners,  the  Earls  of  Cassillis  use  neither,  aad  oo 
motto.  Chxtkw. 


DR.  JOHNSON  AND  BABY-TALE. 

I  remember  to  have  read  somewhere  at  mo- 
ing  anecdoto  of  the  immortal  Sam  ;  but  m^uSr 
ing  at  the  time  to  "  make  a  note  of^"  the  nBtsol 
the   story  is    forgotten.     Johnson    and  Bondl 
were  journeying  to  Oxford,  when    their  canii|tt 
overtook  a  decently-attired  woman  toiling  ak«g 
the  dusty  road  with  an  infant  in  her  arms.   Bn- 
well  proposed  that  they  should  give  her  a  lif^  to 
which  the  <loctor  objected  on  the  plea  thst  »be 
would  interrupt  their  rational  convemation  bj 
talking  nonsense  to  the  baby.    Thia  was  overralei 
the  carriage  was  stf>pped,  and  the  poor  womu 
taken  up.     "  But  remember,  madam,    roared  the 
doctor,  "  that  if  you  talk  any  baby  talk,  jou  will 
have  to  leave  the  carri.ige." 

Thankfully  promising  to  be  cautious,  the  norse 
sat  and  watched  the  sleeping  infant,  and  listened 
to  the  conversation.  Presently  the  baby  stretched 
itself,  yawned,  and  looked  up  into  the  nurse*s  face. 
"Blcris  his  little  heart,"  she  said;  "see  if  be 
has  n't  oi>ened  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  Desa 
Alford,  in  one  of  his  charming  papers  in  Oooi 
Word*,  entitle<l  '*  A  Plea  for  the  Queen's  £nglisL" 
The  dean  says :  — 

**AI1  perhaps  do  not  know  the  itorj  of  the  kind  sH 
ffaatlsmaa  ami  his  carriage.    He  was  riding  at  Us  mm      | 


8H  8.  V.  May  14,  "B*.] 


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one  veiy  bot  day,  when  he  8a\r  a  tirc<i  nursoTnaid  toiling 
along'  the  footpath,  carrying  a  great  heavy  hoy.  Hig 
heart  •atlened ;  ho  stopped  his  carriage,  and  offered  brr  a 
aeat;  adding,  however,  this — ■  Mind,"  said  ho, '  the  roo- 
moQt  you  begin  to  talk  any  nouseniM  to  that  boy,  you 
leave  my  carriage. 

"All  Trent  well  for  some  minutes.  Thu  good  wroman 
was  ivatchful,  and  bit  her  lips.  Bat.  alas!  we  are  all 
CCUgbc  tripping  some  times.  After  a  few  hundred  yards, 
and  a  little  jogging  of  the  boy  on  her  knee,  burst  forth, 
•G«orgy  porgj'I  ride  in  coachy  poachy  I '  It  was  fatai 
The  check-stnng  wa«  pulled,  the  steps  let  down,  and  the 
nBr»e  and  boy  consigned  to  the  dusty  footpath  as  be- 
fore. 

♦'This  8tor>' is  true.  The  person  mainly  concerned  in 
it  Was  a  well-known  philaiil]ira|iie  baronet  of  the  lost  ge- 
neration, and  my  infomuint  was  persoaally  acquainted 
with  him." 

I  have  searchtHl  in  Tain  through  Boswell's  Life 
vf  Johnson  for  the  auccdote  I  have  related;  but  if 
it  is  a  true  story,  and  was  generally  known,  the 
conduct  of  Dean  All'ord's  baronet  may  have  been 
regulated  by  a  roinumbrant;e  of  how  Johnson  had 
acted  upon  a  similar  occoaion. 

Joas  Pavin  Puiuaj's, 
HavorfordwesL 


Anciest  Tombstonb. — -As  I  have  never  met 
with  a  tumbatone  or  gravestone  in  any  church- 
jr«r«l  so  old  as  one  of  the  former  class  ut  AVhit- 
tliigton,  near  Cheltenham,  by  its  inscription  itnd 
^fenerel  appearance  purports  to  be,  I  send  a  note 
of  it  to  •'  N.  &  Q."  It  is  of  stone,  of  an  oblong 
shape,  and  narrower  than  is  customary  with  those 
of  the  last  and  present  century ;  and  is  placed 
within  a  short  distance  of  the  north-east  corner  of 
the  chancel.     The  words  on  it  are  :  — 

_  **  Herejyes  intcrd  Thomas  Younge.  who  departed  this 
life  the  27  of  July,  lets ;  and  Jeminio,  his  wife,  who  was 
buried  the  13  Hay,  1642." 

J.  E.  C. 

Barox  MuwcHArsEK. — I  have  just  come  across 
an  old  «t«ry  iu  the  Facetia  Bebeliana,  which  may 
be  regarded  as  the  original  of  ihut  iidventure  in 
the  modem  roraaoce.  which  tells  how  the  Buron'a 
borsQ  w«»  cut  in  two  by  the  descending  portcullis 
of  a  besieged  town,  and  yet  Ihe  horseman  rode  on 
without  detecting  the  loss;  till  he  reached  a  foun- 
tain in  the  midst  of  the  city,  where  the  insatiate 
thirst  of  the  anicaal  betrayed  the  want  of  his  hind 
fjuarters.  The  adventure  may  be  worth  record- 
ing in  a  note :  — 

".  ^  J^^ffni  mtndaeia. — Paber  clAvicolarius.  quem  su- 
rierim  fobnjrc  mendariomm  dixi,  narravit  ac   tempore 
bclii.  cr.>dens  sues  se  aubseciimro«,  cquitando  ad  rujusdam 
oppidj  portM  penetraasr ;  et  cum  ad  portos  venisset,  cata- 
ractam    turro    dcniit&am,  xiuum  mum  post  ephipptum 
dii»ci'ln*o.  dimldialuninae  rnlfqtiisse,  ntqnc  sc  media  parte 
•qui  I       nsqiic  ojjpiili         ,  - 

Ai'  .    i^<xl  cuui  !• 

ho-i  !-:.js,   tarn  dci......  ..,...,...   ... 

eaptimi  foiass." 


The  drinking  at  the  fountain  was  a  happy  em- 
bellishment on  tJie  part  of  the  modern  Baron. 

In  the  same  collection  of  seventeenth  century 
jokes  (the  volume  dates  1661),  I  think  the  ori- 
ginal of  tlie  deer,  with  the  cherry-tree  growing 
out  of  its  head,  is  found;  but  I  cannot  say,  as  it 
is  a  long  time  since  I  read  the  book  Through. 
The  story  of  Pad/It/  the  Piper,  which  all  of  us 
must  have  laughed  at,  is  here  as  large  as  life — 
De  fjuodam  Histrinne.  O.  J.  D. 

To  MAW.  —  Are  not  our  dictiouaries  at  fault 
with  regard  to  this  word  in  the  phnisus  lo  man  the 
gun»,  to  man  the  windlass,  and  the  like  ?  In  some 
coses,  no  doubt,  it  does  mean  to  supply  with  men, 
as  to  7nan  the  yard*,  to  Tnwi  ihe  wafL%  &c.  But  in 
the  former  inslaoces,  as  also  in  OthcUo,  Act  Y. 
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  baud  on,  or  to 
manage.  JQ.  L. 

Chakok  of  Pashioh  in  Labiss'  Names.  —  In 
the  published  account  of  the  celebration  of  "  the 
Guild  Merchant  of  Preston"  in  the  year  1762,  I 
find  in  "a  list  of  the  nobility,  gentry,"  &c.,  present 
at  the  festival,  uud  in  "a  List  of  the  Subscribers 
to  the  Ladies"  A-ssembly"  printed  therein,  some 
Christian  names  then  home  by  ladie-s  of  high 
rank  and  good  family,  disuse  of  which  shows  how 
fashion  aflects  names  as  well  us  dress.  In  the 
humblest  walks  of  Ufa  how  few  would  now  give 
theirchildren  these  names!  Like  their  betters, they 
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  Veggy  Case,  Miss  Matty  Crook,  Miss 
Jenny  Assheton,  Mifis  Susy  Langton,  Miss  Sally 
Rigby,  Miss  Nanny  Whalley,  Miss  Dulcy  Atherton, 
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.  Dobsom. 

Preston. 

Joseph,  Archbishop  of  jMacedonia,  IGll. — 
The  following  document,  transcribed  from  the 
MSS.  of  the  btrough  of  Leicester  for  the  year 
1611,  may  be  deemed  sufficiently  curiotis  to  be 
worth  preserving  in  the  pages  of  "  N.  &  Q."  — 

**  Wbereaa  this  grave  man,  the  bearer  hereof,  Josephe, 
beingo  seated  in  the  Anncyent  Cittie  of  Phitlippos,  now 
called  Soris,  n.<i  .\rrhe  Di».«boppe  for  the  wholi  Kingdom 
and  proviuce  of  Macedonia,  was  by  reason  or  the  perse- 
cution of  the  Turks  and  Jewes  (who  verie  eagerly  j>er- 
secnted  hiiu  fur  the  paycraent  of  an  .\uncient  tribute  of 
Tbirtie  thowrand  Crowncs.  for  w<*  Itee  was  pledge  for 
Matbios  late  PattiaKtit «(  O«^%\»-'0L\.Wii^<b^  wk  Nir«  «m»A«^t 


dmd 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8r«&Y.  tUTliVL 


Certificates  bv  him  shewed  to  the  King's  Maiestio  ap- 

Syreth),  antli  u  nowe  Lycenscd  by  Charlca  Earle  of 
ottin{;haiTi,  Lord  Higlie  Admj'rall  of  Knglando,  to  tra- 
Tell  through  the  KingVi  domynyons  to  aske  the  charitable 
devotioD  of  ail  Christians  to  rcdoeme  himselfe  from  the 
Tarltiahe  slavcryo.  As  by  the  same  Lycensa  more  att 
lardgc  appeyreth. 

"NOTTIXOIIAM," 

In  tbc  Chambiirlains'  Account  for  the  year 
1611-12,  we  meet  with  tiie  following  entrj  :  — 

*'Itm,  the  xxx"*  dayo  of  Janiiarie  [KUS]  given  to 
twoo  Urcoian  ^Iiirchaiints «'■■  had  the  King's  Lros  ^latcnts 
togaytliL-r  towards  their  losses  -  -  v." 

WiLMiiM  Kliixr. 

Leicester. 


CARV  FAMILY  IN  HOLLAND. 

As  I  believe  you  number  both  readers  ami  cor- 
respondents in  Holland,  I  dosirc,  with  your  per- 
mission, to  ru({ue8t  their  aid  in  tracing  the  con- 
nection of  the  Gary  family  wltli  that  country. 

Sir  Robert  Gary,  granddon  of  Henry,  first  Lord 
Hunsdon,  is  said  to  liavu  bcun  "a  captain  of  horse 
under  Sir  Horatio  Vore,  liaron  of  Tilbury.  He 
lived  and  died  boyund  the  seas."  (Whim  and 
where?)  His  wile  was  Alice,  «luughtor  of  — — 
Ho);cnoke,  Secretary  to  the  Status  Ciencral  of 
Holland,  and  by  her  ho  hail  four  sons ;  viz.  Sir 
Horatio  Gary,  Colonel  Krnestus  Gary  of  Shclford, 
CO.  Camb.  (died  Oct  1G80)  ;  Rowland  Gary,  Esq. 
of  Everton,  co.  IK>ds ;  and  Ferdinand  Gary,  who 
served  in  the  Netherlands  army,*  and  died  at 
Mucstricht,  where  possibly  may  exist  a  monument 
to  his  memory. 

Col.  Ferdinand  Gary  married  Isabella,  dauchtcr 
of  Daniel  Oenis  Van  \Vingarden  of  Dnrt,  in  Ilol- 
land  ;  and  hud  issue  by  her  three  daughters,  and 
an  only  son  William  Gary,  who  was  also  an  oflicer 
in  the  same  service  with  nia  father,  and  died  of  his 
wounds  at  Macstricht,  Nov.  1G83.  His  wiftt  was 
Gertrude  Van  Outshoorn,  dau'iht'er  of  the  Lord 
Cornelius  Van  Outshoorn,  Knt.,  Lord  Mayor, 
BurgomasU:r,  and  senator  of  the  city  of  Amster- 
dam, &c.  Shu  died  ut  Amstcr.lam  tfuly  21,  1688, 
and  was  buried  at  Outiihoorn. 

Her  only  Sim,  William  Ferdinand  Gary,  baptized 
at  Macstricht,  1084,  succooded  his  cousin  as  Haron 
Hunsdon  in  1702  ;  and  it  is  front  the  ])atMU's  sup- 
]X)rting  hix  chiim  lu  that  peerage  that  tuQ  above 
particulars  have  been  derived.     « 

I  am  desirous  of  ascertaining  further  informa- 
tion, especially  as  to  exact  dates,  and  monumen- 
tal inscriptions  relating  to  this  branch  of  thu  great 
Gary  family. 

I  sbou^  also  mention  that  a  sister  of  Sir  Robert 

*  See  Calendar  of  State  Tapers,  Sent  1C83,  aoconnt  of 
the  services  and  safforings  of  Capt  Killigrew  and  Capt 
Ferdiaando  Carey  at  Bergen  op  Zoon,  the  prescrvatfoD 
of  which  is  mainly  due  to  them.— DutciL 


Gary,  Alitha  Gary,  is  said  to  have  married  & 
William  Quirinatm,  Baronet ;  but  I  can  find  « 
name  at  all  like  this  in  Kiraber*i  £uf  of  Barmm. 
The  Hunsdon  peerage  became  extinct  on  tk 
death  of  the  above  William  Ferdinand,  tiAi 
baron,  but  possibly  descendants  of  tbe  first  IrI 
may  still  exist.  C.  J.  Rouasu. 


Battles  «   Ekglaxd.  —  I  sbould  he  mod: 
I  oblige<l  if  I  could  obtain  any  information  oott. 
following  ([uestions  relating  to  butUcs  fuugkb 
England. 

In  "  N.  &  Q."  S'*  S.  V.  280,  G.  J.  T.  speak.'.-,: 
*'  The  Barons'  Wars  at  Chesterfield,  temp.  Job 
1266."  'J'lie  Barons'  War,  liowever,  was  e&W 
by  the  Battle  of  Evesham  in  1265,  and  the  fifk 
at  Chesterfield  occurred  fifty  years  after  Juki": 
death,  temp.  Henry  III.  AVhere  can  I  find: 
good  anil  p.irticular  account  of  this  encoun'.c 
and  also  of  the  following  battles,  and  their  tope- 
granhy  ?  — 

Fight  at  R.ideot  Bridge  in  1387. 

Itattle  of  Homildon  in  1402. 

Fight  at  Sovenoaks  (Jack  Cade)  in  1450. 

Buttle  of  Hcdgocotc-field  in  14G9. 
„  Hexham  in  1464. 

„  Losc-coat- field  in  1470. 

„  Bhickheath  in  1497. 

The  Chroniclers' accountH  of  thcue,  ai&rs/ 
have  read,  arc  very  meagre.  J.  A  Jf£ 

Bkzoar  Ktonbs.  —  Where  can  I  fiidtnw 
account  of  Bezoar  Stones,  more  cspocialljdnaK 
that  come  from  Africa  l*  I  have  read.tfae  &bB* 
ary  and  chemical  accounts,  but  want  a  n^emci 
to  the  works  of  some  traveller  who  fully  dcscnK: 
them  and  their  supposed  value  in  medicine,  h 
John  Davidson's  African  JtmnuU  (1836),  I  fisdi 
short  account  of  those  I  have.     lie  says, — 

"  Had  three  of  the  fumed  serpent  stones  brought  oev 
purrhiijie;  they  fetch  very  higli  prices,  as  they  are  a  iv 
medv  fur  the  liite  of  tlie  reptile,  and  arc  nsed  asams 
custfy  uiudiciiiu.  ...  1  hiiught  tlio  tliree  (at  Unp 
dor).  .  .  .  Tlioy  are  gonuially  brought  from  Siidsi. 
these,  however,  ivcre  taken  from  the  M'bor*  and  anr  ctlu 
Sulsi  in  thu  Mandingo  language." 

In  the  Penny  Cijelonmdia  they  are  mentioaed  u 

coming  fron\  tlic  Anifiope  Mhorr^  and  being  higUr 

valued  in  Eastern  medicine  under  the  naiaevf 

Baid-el-mhorr,  but  uo  word  is  aaid  that  veaU 

:  give  me  the  idea  that  they  were  used  as  antidotaf 

I  to  the  i>oison  of  a  serpent's  bite.     Webster  uiei 

I  the  word  antidote,  but  cloes  not  particularise  the 

'  |ioison  of  serpents.    I  shouhl  tliini(  that  i%  it  Tin 

I  unlikely  that  these  Bexoars  (Ellagie  or  LithoMia 

I  aoid)  are  of  any  use  against  snake  hitei,  an4  iM 

I  he  obliged  if  any  correspondent  of  **  N.  &  O."  oi 

'  give  me  a  reference  to  their  being  ci|Ue4  f*      ' 

j  stones  elsewhere  than  in  my  uncle's  ■/bmcli  1      I 

I  was  that  celebrated  serpent  stone  thai  wm  bk 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Me 


pocfieaaion  of  some  Italian  futnily  two  or  tiiree 
nundrcd  years  »gu  i*  That,  I  think,  i>«js<-»«ed,  er 
wiu  said  to  pysscsi,  tbu  poircr  of  tucking  the 
poison  out  of  thu  wuiuid  ;  it  was  no  antidote. 

Joun  Daviosor. 

CnoGHAN. —  li  1  by  Mr.  Lewi«,  in  bis 

T>^n>gruphu'iil  1>.  '  /rc/u/w/,  tbitt  ihe  bill 

of  Cro^haiJ,  in  iIil-  imm^  s  v^tjuiity,  is  uioutioned  by 
Spcnitcr  in  his  Fuirif  Quern.  Can  SLuy  of  your 
readers  give  the  exoc'C  reference  ? 

Thos.  L'£st&a9(Jb. 

Davisas'^  Cabr. — The  Ust  number  of  the 
J^iUuburgh  Review  has  a  strange  tale  of  hatred 
iuii.1  roircri*;e,  in  an  extract  from  the  Memoirs  of  a 
•  Ladj/  of  Qualifj/.  The  whole  would  occupy,  in 
**  N.  &  Q.,"  niijru  room  perhaps  tiiaa  it  is  worth, 
and  it  i»  not  eusily  abridged. 

A  Mr.  Davison,  somewhere  in  Dcvonskire, 
boin;;  laid  up  with  gout  and  unable  to  move,  was 
vbiiud  by  uu  old  schoolfellow,  just  returned  from 
India,  to  whom  he  bore  ill-will  for  otFeiioo  given 
when  at  wjhool.  They  had  not  met  Miice.  Mr. 
Dnvieuu  Buumed  much  pliiused,  and  entreated  his 
ffutai  to  slay  tht>  iiii;ht.  He  consented,  and  was 
found  dead  in  tho  morninjf  with  his  throat  cut. 
TheservantA,  except  one  maid,  were  on  a  holiday  ; 
Mid  a«  she  was  the  only  perion  in  the  house  ex- 
cept Mr.  Daviiioiu  who  was  helpless,  slio  was  com- 
niitti'd.  and  tried  for  the  murder — her  uitt.ster  beirijir 
|he  jtrtxticcuttir.  While  the  case  was  proocediiifir, 
Ur.  Diuisun  serit  a  note  to  his  uounscl,  Mr.  AVed- 
derlium  (afrwrwnrds  Lord  lUisslyn),  desirini»  him 
(a  atk  the  girt  whether  the  had  heard  any  poite  in 
tha  night.  Mr.  W  edderburn  ob)ei:ted,  but  Mr. 
Daviion  insisted.  The  question  was  put,  and  the 
Answers  given  orou«ed  suspicion  a;!Ainst  Mr. 
Davison ;  who,  ultimately,  itvowed  biniself  the 
luiirilerer. 

The  "Lady  of  Quality,"  on  the  authoritf  of 
Mr*.  KoiDblu  (?),  Ju  1828,  states  that  Lord  Boea- 
lyn  told  thu  story  at  a  dinner  party  at  his  own 
bou«o.  Thf  roviewer  quotes  it  as  "  on  pood  au- 
thority." Those  who  read  it  at  length  will  sec 
that  it  is  »<a2;i>v,  and  that  the  proper  conclucilon 
woiil.i  \>i'  ill-  iii.l/e  disohar^incr  the  prisoner  with 
bi  Davison.  puttin<;  out  his  wrists 

f*n  ,  rjil  ?:i>iiii;  —  "Lead  me  to  my 

donni."     Ol  c«>ir  1 1 mrity"  can  establish 

the  fa<!t  that,  in   !  !  in  the  last  century, 

the  counwcl  for  tho  lu'oseiution  cross-exnmineil 
the  prisnner.  1  am  in-^lined  to  think  the  story  a 
pur»  lir-liiin  ;  bm  >    t  gu*pect  the  "Lady 

of  Qusilitv"  of  b  I  bep  to  ask  whether 

h    ■     ■  bi!fore    1828  !*     And 

wi  ru  on  which  it  might 

bttv<--  '"-CLJ  ["U  I'k-ii  '  An  IxKEtf  Tkmpi-ab. 

JouN  Davrs,  reotor  of  Castle  Aahby,  in  North' 
ainptunalme,  wua  uuthur  of  n  Trtabta  on  tha  Art 


qf  Dccypheringt    1737,  «ti<l   M    historical   tract, 
1739.     The  date  of  his  deoeMe  will  oblige 

K.  Y.  R. 
Fbkke.  —  Was  Thomas  Freke,    merchant.,  of 
BriHtol,  about  1 730,  of  the  Dorsetshire  famiJjr  ? 
Was  his  wife  Frances  a  Miss  Furnell  ? 

R.  C.  H.  11. 

GbBATOKBX,  OB  GsBaTBAXES  Familt.  —  I 
should  be  much  obliged  if  any  of  your  geneal- 
ogical readers  could  give  me  any  information 
respecting  this  ancient  Derbyshire  family,  ori- 
frinully  possessed  of  Callow,  with  a  moiety  of 
Bi^pin,  and,  during  the  reijrn  of  EbMbpth,  of 
estates  in  Ilopton  town,  near  Wirksworth,  through 
marriage  with  the  heiress  of  Sir  WilUaui  Knive- 
too,  Burt.,  who  had  married  the  dHU^Uter  of 
Nicholas  de  Rowsley,  who  had  married  the 
daughter  and  heir  uf  William  de  Hopton,  of 
Iluptuii,  Wirk.'^vvorth.  They  were  also  anciently 
connected  with  the  Darnioster's  Court  of  the 
Court  of  Pevcrel,  in  the  honour  of  Tutbury. 

ZkUX.%  FiNLATSOM. 

Hebrew  MSS.  —  Dr,  W.  Wall,  Preface  to 
Critical  Notes,  p.  vii.  says  :  — 

"There  is  great  reason  to  think  that  there  were,  nl)nat 
A.D.  126,  several  MS.  copies  of  the  Hebrew  Bible,  with 
several  varioutt  lections ;  nn<l  that  the  Kabbi*  Iben  met 
togcttier  (at  Tiberiaa,  oa  Ibe  traditloa  is),  pitched  upon 
one  of  ihesn,  which  ibey  would  have  to  be  uki^n  fur  tha 
autttcatic  copy,  to  bo  owneil  and  Ubcd  in  all  ivuflgogucs, 
and  destroyod  all  the  rest." 

Whit  authority  is  there  for  this  ? 

N£TrrNGTOHBN3Ifl, 

Heialdtc. — A  fesa  wavy  between  8  escallop 
shells.  Crest,  a  beaver.  By  what  fhinily,  con- 
nected,  1  believe,  with  Leioesterahire,  were  these 
arms  borne  about  a  hundred  years  ago  ?  Were 
they  borne  by  the  Corrance  family  f 

R.  c.  n.  H. 

Ilnooo  God.  —  I  am  much  obliged  for  tb« 
Answers  I  received  to  my  last  query  on  *'  Hindoo 
Gods."  I  have  been  abla  to  name  almost  all  my 
Utile  idols  from  the  refurencea  kimily  ^iven  by 
vour  correspiindents.  One  of  my  imoftes,  how* 
ever,  still  perplexes  mo;  it  is  this:  a  two>armed 
man  tvifh  a  beard,  sitting  oroaaedd egged  on  a  tor* 
toise.  He  has  an  ornatnented  cap  with  two  pen* 
dants  ur  (laps  fallinp;  from  it  behind  his  ears;  hia 
hands  are  rniscd,  with  the  palms  turned  forwards. 
I  don't  tliink  that  the  tortoise  has  anytbiiiir  to  do 
with  Kurnni,  the  second  avatar  of  Vishnfl;  nor 
can  I  find  the  tortoise  mentioned  as  the  velticde  of 
any  particular  divinity.  Joiis  Davidson. 

Till!  Lasso.  —  What  is  tho  earliest  known  re- 
feriincc  U>  tlie  use  of  tlie  lasnu  *  iJy  whom  is  it 
first  mentiuned  i'  Is  it  reprusuntcd  on  any  early 
sculptured  monument* — A"vrir,n  i  ir.-il.iTii  «ir 
othorwiaa  V  .', .  I . 


400 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^SbY.  MatU.IL 


MsDiTATioNs  ON  LiFE  AND  Deatu.  — There 
have  been  two  works  lately  published  by  Triibner 
&  Co.  entitled,  the  one,  Meditatitnu  on  Death,  the 
other,  MeCUtatioJU  on  Life^  both  professing  to  be 
translated  from  the  German.  Has  the  original 
German  ever  been  published?  Is  it  known  who 
was  the  author  ?  Melbtes. 

Lascells.  —  Of  what  family  was  John  Las- 
cells,  Attorney- at-Law,  who  was  resident  at  Horn- 
castle  in  1720?  Was  he  of  the  Nottinghamshire 
family?  His  widow  Susannah,  whose  maiden 
name  I  am  desirous  of  learning,  gave  a  very 
handsome  brass  chandelier  und  two  silver  flagons 
to  the  church  at  Ilorncastlc.  K.  C.  H.  J  I. 

Luke  Pope. — One  volume  of  a  History  of  thn 
CovMtjf  of  Middlesex,  by  Luke  Pope,  appeared  in 
1795.  Was  Luke  Pope  a  real  name  ?  if  so,  in« 
formation  about  him  is  solicited.  S.  Y.  11. 

Raid. — Americans  do  not  claim  this  word,  hut 
give  its  origin,  so  far  as  is  known,  to  Sir  WaU«r 
Scott— 

"  Widow  and  Saxon  maid 
I^iig  shall  lament  our  raid." 

/rtu/y  of  the  Lake. 

Will  any  of  your  corrcspondenti  kindly  favour 
me  with  an  earlier  niontion  of  thia  word,  which 
so  briefly  and  correctly  <lu8cril>«s  a  daring  ex- 
ploit in  un  enemy's  country,  and  very  frequently 
a  severe  and  unexpected  loss  to  its  inhabit.uits  ? 

w.  w. 

Malta. 

"  Rule,  qkrat  Shakspkabk."  —  In  the  pro- 
gramme of  the  Stniiford  tluhilee  in  1H.')0,  is  the 
above  namt-  of  u  song.  Cuu  any  of  your  readers 
give  nie  the  n:inu*  of  the  author,  or  supply  the 
words?  At  this  time  it  would  G^peL>inlly  he  in- 
teresting to  know  its  author,  and  to  be  able  to  get 
a  correct  version  of  its  words.  L.  J. 

Sib  William  Stbickland.  —  I  am  anxious  to 
ascertain  the  date  of  a  marriage,  which  was  cele- 
brated in  the  East  Riding  of  Yorkshire  in  the 
sixteenth  or  seventeenth  century,  "be'bre  Sir 
William  Strickland."  Therj  were  two  Sir  Wil- 
liams who  mi;:ht  l<e  the  person  indicated ;  the  first 
died  1598,  and  the  second  was  CromweU's  Lord 
Strickland.  I  |iresume,  therefore,  that  the  mar- 
riage WHS  celebruted  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  proctiaeil  ?  Could  the  marriage  have  been 
celeorated  before  the  first  Sir  William,  acting  in 
any  official  capacity  ?  Sioma-Theta. 

William  Stmes,  of  Queen's  College,  Cam- 
bridge, went  out  B.A.  1681 — 2.  He  subse- 
auently  became  a  member  of  Balliol  College, 
Ixforu,  being  incorporated  B.A.  in  that  uni- 
vemtj  21  Nor.  1683,  and  proceeding  M.A.  thece 


17  Dec.  1684.    Ho  was  maater  of  Sunt  Savion't 
school,  Southwark,  and  publiahed  — 

**  Kolutnua  Lilium  defamari ;  or  a  Tliwlication  nf  tk: 
Common  Grammar,  so  far  a*  it  is  mlareprMWitwi  in  tbi 
first  thirty  animadversions  contain'd  in  Mr.  JohMon'i 
<  Grammatical  Comnientaries,'  with  remarks  upon  lit 
same.    Lond.  8vo.  1709." 

We  shall  be  glad  to  be  informed  when  he  wm 
appointed  master  of  Saint  Saviour's  school,  and 
when  and  how  he  vacated  the  ofEce; 

C.  U.  &  TuoMPSox  Coopxi. 

Window  Glass.— Bo<1c  is  commonly  quoted  u 
assigning  the  intrwluction  of  window-glass  to  tbe 
year  674.   Will  some  one  or  more  of  your  reailm 
carefully  con  over  his  Life  of  Benedict^  and  mj 
whether  it  was  notEgfrid's  grant  of  land  tkatvai 
made  in  that  year,  and  the  glazinf;  of  the  church 
must  not  be  curried  about  two  years  later  down* 
Ronedict's  friend  Witfrid,  restore*!  "to  York  bj 
Theodorus  in  or  about  669,  was  doposed  in  67;, 
having  in  the  interval  iilluil  the  windows  of  tk< 
minster   with    glass.      Can     any    contributor  \a 
"  N.  &  Q."  supply  the  date  ?     Bourne,  in  bit 
Jlistory  of  Newctutle  (1736),   states,  that''»ola^ 
time  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Klizaheth  canieom 
to  Kn^jliind  from  Lorrain  tlic  llenzcls,  Tnsefa^ 
and  Tytorvs,"  moved  thereto  by  "  the  penecutn 
of  the  Protestants  in  their  own  country."    Taot 
immignint.s  "  by  <K;cupation  gl.isii-inakers,''a(tfecr 
first  coming  to  Newcastle, "  wrought  in  tbcrUMe 
:it  the  Close  (iate,"  und  iiftcrwurili}  rcmoiki/itii 
StaflbnlMhire.     Thonce,  however,    they  Mimed, 
and  settli-d  upon  the  Tyne.     Iirnii<l  (11iJi),fw- 
ee.sM)r  of*  liourne  as  historian  of  Newcastle, iknb 
"we  may  venture  to  fix  the  beginning  of  they'll*- 
works  upon  the  river  Tyne  about  1G19,  whenihet 
were  established  by  Sir  Robert  Maunsell,  Kujln, 
Vice- Admiral  of  England."  Hud  the  glass-iiuk«n 
of  Lorrain  founded  no  works  un  the  Tyne  before 
those  of  Maunsell  ?  C. 


€kvLtxiti  tnUb  flmnDcnr. 

Sir  Thomas  Browne.  —  Will  any  of  year 
readers  tell  me  where  to  find  "  An  Account  of  tlw 
Tryal  ami  Condemnation  of  Amy  Duny  and  Kne 
Cullender  for  witchcraft  at  Bury  Assises,  befoR 
Jud(!e  liale?" — an  account  "printed  in  bis  Lord* 
ship's  lifetime  for  an  appeal  to  the  world,"  saji 
the  Rev.  Francis  Hutchinsrtn,  who  comments  on 
it  in  his  Historical  Essay  conceminff  Witeheraft:— 

"  The  two  poor  old  women,"  ho  xaj-s,  "  were  charged 
and  convicted  under  thirteen  indictments,  for  such  things 
as  bewitching  John  iSoam'i  waf^p^on  to  overtam  af 
stick  in  gatewavsi  bewitching  tlie  hwest  men,  ■• 
that  at  the  last  load  at  iiif;ht  the  men  were  weary,  aad 
could  not  unload  that  curl,  he.  Bat  they  wen  aks 
charged  with  bewitcbinR  Mr.  Pacv'a  child  into  fits,  lb 
prove  this.  Judge  Hale  had  thechlfd  bnmght  hoodwiahri 
^  taut  CQttct,  who  one*  enough  *  flaw  into  a  nga  aS  lli 


S'*  8.  T.  Mio  14,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


toach  •  of  the  luppofled  witch.  Bat  when  my  Lor«l  Chief 
Baron  dwlred  the  Lord  Comwallis,  Sir  Edmund  Bacon, 
and  Mr.  Serjeant  Keeling  to  try  that  experiment  in 
another  place,  the  girl  flew  into  tlie  same  rage  at  tho 
touch  of  another  peroon;  and  therefore  those  gentlemen 
came  in  and  declared  that  they  beliercd  it  a  meer  impos- 
tore." 

Here  the  scale  was  turning  altogether  in  the 
prisoners'  favour,  but  unluckily  — 

"  Sir  Thomaa  Browne  of  Norwich,  the  famous  physi- 
cian of  his  time,  was  in  court,  and  was  desired  by  my 
Lord  Chief  Baron  to  give  his  judgment  in  the  case;  and 
he  declared  *  that  h(»  was  clearly  of  opinion  that  tho  fits 
were  natural,  but  heightened  i>y  the  dovil,  co-operating 
with  the  malice  of  the  witches,  at  whww  instance  he  did 
tho  villainies.'  And,  he  added,  that  in  Denmark  there  bad 
been  lately  a  ^reat  discovery  of  witches,  who  used  the 
very  aame  way  of  atBicting  persona  by  conveying  pint 
into  them." 

This  tleclaratlon  of  Sir  Thomas,  Hutchinson 
thinks,  "  turned  back  the  scale  that  was  otherwise 
inclining  to  the  favour  of  the  accused  persons." 
And,  "  if  the  witnesses  spoke  truth»  there  wna  a 
diabolical  interposition  in  some  of  the  facts  j"  but 
-with  all  lhi.H,  Judge  Uale  "was  in  such  fears,  and 
proceeded  with  such  caution,  that  ho  would  not 
so  much  lis  sum  up  the  evidence,  but  left  it  to  the 
jury,  with  prayers  '  that  the  jrreat  God  of  heaven 
would  direct  their  hearts  in  that  weighty  matter,' 
But  country  people  are  wonderfully  bent  to  make 
the  moft  of  all  stories  of  witchcraft  ;  and,  having 
Sir  Thomns  Browne's  declonition  about  Den- 
mark for  their  encouragement,  in  half  an  hour 
they  brought  them  iii  guilty  upon  all  the  thirteen 
several  indicintents.  After  tliis  my  Lord  Chief 
Baron  gave  the  law  its  course,  and  they  were 
condemned,  and  died  declaring  their  innocence." 
Their  punishment  being,  however,  commuted  frnni 
burning  to  hanginjr,  "  because  some  of  the  afflicted 
persons  recovered." 

So,  if  this  account  be  true,  here  is  the  realty 
learned  and  humane  expounder  of  vulgar  errora, 
a  main  instrument  in  condemning  to  death  two 
poor  old  women  for  a  charge  which  even  two 
country  gentlemen  of  the.tiuie  thought  imposture. 
Sir  Thomas  could  even  admit  the  &ts  to  be  na* 
tural ;  but  then  be  must  have  over  a  devil  from 
Denmark  to  irritate  them. 

I  see  no  reason  to  doubt  Hutchinson's  accuracy, 
but  I  would  £iin  see  the  original  document  frotn 
vrhich  he  quotes.  Quivis. 

[HutcbiOMn't  notica  of  tbia  remarkable  occurrence  is 
taken  from  tho  following  work,  "  A  Tr>-al  of  Witches, 
held  at  Bury  St  Edmunds,  Suffolk,  on  Man:h  10,  1G64, 
before  Sir  Matthew  Hal^  kt,  Lond.  8vo,  1682."  A  re- 
print of  this  work  was  published  by  John  Russell  Smith 
in  1838.  Both  etlitiuna  are  in  the  British  Museum.  It 
ia  not  a  little  sinjfular  that  Sir  Thomas  Browne's  princi- 
pal biographers,  Whitefool,  Johnson,  nnd  Kippi8,have  all 
pawed  over  in  silence  this  want  of  discernment  and  feeling 
at  this  memorable  trial,  and  which  has  gone  far  in  the 
estimation  of  his  admirera  to  detract  from  his  character  as 


an  acute  and  philotophica!  investigator  of  deep-rooted  and 
vulgar  errors.  Thia  incident  in  the  life  of  the  author  of 
llic  licliffio  Medici  was  first  noticed  by  Dr.  Aikin  in  bis 
Bingraphieal  Dictionary.  Since  then  Sir  Thomas  has  found 
an  apologist  in  his  latest  biographer,  Simon  Wilkin, 
F.L.S.  listen  to  what  ho  says  in  his  "Supplementary 
Memoir."  (Browne's  Warht,  vol.  i.  p.  Ixxxiii.  ed.  1836.) 
"  But  let  us  be  cautious  and  slow  to  pronounce  judgment 
on  such  a  man.  In  the  first  place,  it  must  surely  be  ad- 
mitted that  he  had  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the 
justice  or  injustice  of  the  law  which  made  witchcraft  a 
capital  ofTenco.  Hutchinson,  thcrcfort',  has  committed  a 
flagrant  injustice  in  attempting  to  make  him  accountablo 
for  the  blood  of  these  women.  Can  I  with  a  safe  con- 
science acquit  a  man  whom  I  believe  tc  be  proved  guilty, 
solely  because  I  deem  the  law  to  be  unjust  which  makes 
his  offence  capital?  Can  my  conscientious  verdict  make 
me  a  party  to  the  injustice  of  that  law?  Moat  certainly 
not  So  must  not  Browne  be  condemned  for  giving  his 
opinion,  on  the  aolo  ground  '  that  it  wiis  a  case  of  blood.' 
It  must  be  shown,  eitber  that  he  was  wrong  in  believing 
that  witchcraft  had  over  existed ;  or,  if  this  cannot,  in 
tho  very  teeth  of  Scripture,  be  shown,  then,  secondly,  it 
must  be  proved  that  he  was  wrung  in  his  opinion  that 
cases  of  witchcraft  still  existed;  or,  thirdly,  that  he  er- 
roneonsly  deemed  the,  present  to  bu  a  genuine  instanca 
of  it."] 

Aj.-Gaxkx<,  alias  Antj-HAMiD.  —  Sir  W.  Hamil- 
ton, in  his  Lectures^  ii.  p.  389,  puts  Algazel  down 
as  living  "  towards  the  commencement  of  the 
twelfth  century  at  Bagdad,"  G.  H.  Lewes,  in  hia 
Bioffraph.  Hixt.  of  Philosophy^  says  he  was  born 
at  Tous,  iu  1508.  Averroiis  wrote  Destrttctio  De- 
atructionui,  &c.,  in  answer  to  Algazel's  DetCruclio 
Philotophonun.  Would  you  kindly  explain  this^ 
and  give  me  the  proper  dates  of  these  two  great 
men  ?  Fau., 

[Lewes's  date  of  the  birth  of  Al-Gazel  is  clearly  a  mis- 
print; for  1508  road  lOfiS.  According  to  the  best  autho- 
rities, this  celebrated  Mohammedan  doctor  was  l>om  at 
Tiis,  n  large  town  of  Khorfissan.  in  a.h.  450  (others  say 
451),  A.D.  1058-9,  and  died  a-h.  505,  (a.d.  1111).  A 
list  of  Al-Gazal*B  numorous  works  on  metaphysics,  morals, 
and  religion  Is  given  in  Caslri's  Bill.  Arab.  /lirp.  Eteur. 
—  The  exact  year  of  AvaTOte'  birth  is  unknown.  It 
has  sometimes  been  placed  in  .CD.  1149  (a.ii.  543-4),  but 
this  is  certainly  much  too  late,  for  he  is  said  to  have  been 
very  old  when  he  died,  a.h.  595  (au).  lldS).  The  most 
celebrated  of  the  works  of  AverroSs,  after  hia  Ommemta- 
rirs  OH  ArijOotle,  is  his  reply  to  Al-Gazel's  Datmetkm  of 
the  PkUosopher$,  and  which  ha  entitled  Dettruetum  of 
the  Datntetion,  the  earliest  edition  of  which  mentioned  by 
Panzer  ia  that  of  Venice,  1495,  fol.] 

JoHK  Watsow,  Rector  of  Kirby  Caoe,  in  Nor- 
folk, was  author  of — 

••  Memoirs  nf  the  Family  of  the  Stuart:',  and  the  remark- 
able Providenrt'6  ofCuxt  towarrl*  them,  in  an  Historical 
Account  vt  th*  Uvea  «(  v\wwfc^»i^^^*i«*^%^frw»W«»>^««' 


402 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8"B.Y.  yATUkU 


of  that  Name  that  \ror«  Kiiigi  uf  Scotlaud.  Load.  8vo, 
1C83." 

The  author  is  said  to  have  been  a  Scotehinan. 
He  was  l)rc^0IltC(l  liy  Chnrlcs  T.  to  tho  vioara;;e  uf 
Wroxhaiii-cum-SiiU  house,  Norfolk,  Nov.  8,  1639 
(jtj/mer^  xs.  ."IS.'J).  From  this  benefice  he  was,  it 
HeuiDH,  soon  afterwards  ejected.  However,  in  1647 
he  obtained  the  rectory  of  Kirby  Cane,  on  the 
presentation  of  Riuhard  Catclyn,  and  was  ordered 
to  be  inducted  on  condition  thai  he  took  the 
Covenant  (/Mnls'  JunriwU,  ix.  120.)  lie  died  in 
1(561,  a-t.  forly-ci^jht  (Walker's  Sufferings,  ii. 
401). 

Abp.  Nicoliion  (^ScottUh  ITUlorical  Library,  4to, 
edit.  *43)  confounds  him  with  Kiehard  >\'at8on, 
D.D.,  author  of  Historical  Collection  ofEcclcsiaa- 
tical  Affairs  iu  Scotland,  yet  the  arehi)ii<hoii'a  iui- 

Eertinent  remark  on  the  Memoirs  of  the  Stiutrtit 
as  been  cited  1)y  Lowmies. 
Tiic  preface  to  the  Memoirs  of  the  Stuarts  may 
contain  some  account  of  the  author,  but  unfortu- 
nately I  have  not  been  abh?  to  meet  with  a  copy 
of  tho  work. 

I  ho|H}  throusch  your  columns  to  obtain  further 
information  about  this  author,  and  also  respecting 
John  Watson  Ueetor  lA'  Wroxhani,  16f>5-10!>-2. 
(UlomericM's  Xor/olk,  x.  47K.)  The  latter  was 
probably  son  of  1  lie  author  uf  the  abttve  work. 

S.  Y.  II. 
[Wo  learn  from  the  Profnco  to  the  Memoirs  of  tkt 
Stuarts  that  Jolm  WntMn  ^ras  a  native  of  Scotlaiul,  and 
that  his  cnrly  merits  advaniyid  him  nt  tho  ago  of  twcntr- 
threo  to  l>c  prearhcr  at  tho  (.^aaoiipito  in  Edinbui>;hi 
about  tho  yoar  l(i36,  throuf^h  the  iiiti're<it  of  tlio  learned 
Hpotflwood.  IIr  oanio  to  I'.iii^land  to  cM'a|io  the  fury  of 
the  ProMbyterinnH,  nixl  ym»  prtift'rrcd  to  a  viiMiraffe  in 
Norfolk  by  Oliarlcs  I.  After  liis  ejection  frmn  tliis  plane 
he  obtained,  by  tho  favourable  n-rixnnicndiition  of  I.ii-ut.- 
Col.  Bendish,  the  rectory  of  Kirby  (^ne  iu  tha  samo 
county,  then  in  thu  gift  of  Uichard  Cateline,  E.m\.,  where 
ha  resided  for  uioro  than  twulve  years  in  a  retired  and 
pious  solitude.  It  is  also  stated  by  Lis  ICditor,  tliat  at 
the  Kestoratiou  "  lie  reported  to  London  to  congratulate 
tbojuyfid  change  in  national  oflair*,  when  he  bad  tho 
honour  to  kiss  His  Iklajasty's  hand,  and  receive  some  fur* 
tbcrassuramw  of  hii  bounty;  but  returning  in  a  pleonasm 
of  joy,  he  expired  in  the  ciMtavy  without  any  mora  marks 
of  royal  favour  upon  him."] 

Oi)E  TO  Captain  Cook.  —  I  have  in  my  posses- 
sion an  ode  in  AIS.  to  the  menutry  of  Captain 
James  Cook,  R.N.,  by  Sir  Alexander  Schom- 
burgh.  Can  you  tell  me  anything  of  the  w^riter  ? 
Can  you  tell  me  whether  the  ode  has  ever  been 
published  ?  P.  S.  Caret. 

[Sir  Alexander  Srhomberg,  knt.,  was  an  exparicnccd 
and  gallant  ofliccr,  who  displayed  great  bravery  at  the 
relief  of  Quebec,  and  had  a  thorough  knowledge  of  naval 
tactics.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  which  took  place  at 
Ut  Jmow  in  £1/ rjaca,  DobUn,  «Q  the  l9Ui  of  lUnb, 


1804,  he  wua  the  eldest  captain  in  the  royal  Bav},hii 
commission  being  dated  in  1757.  His  reauuaa  wca  U- 
terr«d  in  St.  Peter's  Churchyard,  Dublin.  For  bio|n. 
phiral  notices  of  him  consult  Ghamock's  Biogrwjtk 
Naaalts,  vi.  272;  and  the  Annuai  R^gistar,  xlvi.  477.  Vt 
cannot  lliid  his  "  Ode  tu  ('aptnin  Cook  **  in  print.) 

Debwkktwatlr  Famh.t.  —  Can  you  give  lu 
any  information  about  the  family  of  Radclyft 
since  the  execution  of  the  Jjord  Derwcntwater? 
Is  there  any  pedigree  of  the  f  unilly  eziating,  whid 
i«  brought  down  to  the  proacnt  time  f         £.  H. 

[Consult  any  of  tlm  following  works :  4-  Jfiturg  if 
the  Parish  of  n'halley,  by  Thomas  Dunham  WhitiLK 
LUU.;  Kllii's  Familu  ofRuddj/fft  fw  lh€  Ifomss  of  na- 
tion, 1850 ;  Ifowitt's  Visits  la  Brmarbtade  Placts,  gcnsd 
Series ;  nnd  DUston  IhiU,  .iml  Diimliurgli  Gtttle  by  W.  S. 
Gibson,  8vo,  1M.V).  I^ord  Pctrc  is  the  repr«sentalin  (/ 
tho  last  ?*;irl  of  Derwentwatcr,  and  a  reference  to  Borti 
or  Dod'a  Peerage  will  show  that  there  are  numcron  d^ 
scondanta  of  the  lirxt  KarL  See  titles  **Petre,"''X(*. 
bur^h,"  8fc.  Consult  also  "N.  &  f^."  2""*  8.  vL  71j  si 
347,  405,  IK  I.] 


Strpltrif. 

CARDINAL  DKTON  AND  ARCHBISHOP  iikW 
DUNUAlt. 

(3"'S.  v.  112.) 

Tn  the  article  above  referred  to,  ^riviif  imnl 
extracts  from  the  "  I'rotoeols  of  Cut-hbeii^a* 
(where  arc  they  to  be  found  P),  thcro  an  ritt 
errors. 

"  Jacobus  sccundiis  Archicpiscnpus  Giasgws- 
sis,"  was  not  the  cclobrutcd  Cardinal  7>aFi(f  Beitgi, 
but  his  uncle,  and  the  second  Archtitsfaop  of  Gli!- 
gow ;  thnu;;li,  as  J.  M.  refers  to  Keith's  Secl^ 
Bishops  (ICdin.  1824,  Rvo,  p.  255),  bis  mistake  b 
rather  unaccountsible. 

(^las!;ow  was  raised  to  the  rank  of  a  metrofio* 
litan  archbishopric  by  bull  of  Pope  Innocent  Vill^ 
dated  Jan.  0,  1402,  and  its  first  archbishop  «w 
Robert  DIacader,  who  died  July  28,  1A08.  Hii 
successor,  as  second  archbisliop,  was  James  Be^ 
ton  or  hethune,  then  Bisliop  elect  of  Gailowtj, 
whuwaM  '*  postulaUfd  "  to  Glasgow  Nov.  9,  1508, 
and  consecrated  as  archbishop  of  that  see,  April 
15, 150U,  at  Stirling  {Charfulart/  of  Ohugma,  ^.). 
The  date  '  M.  quinquugesiuio  mmo  "  must  be  ia* 
tended  for  "  }il.  quinfi^ftttesitito  nouo,"  1509.  His 
translation  to  St.  Andrew's  and  the  primacr  of 
Scotland,  is  probably  correctly  given  as  having 
bei'n  on  June  5,  1523,  though  it  has  been  gene- 
rally placed  under  the  ycnr  1523 ;  for  in  a  oocn* 
nient  (given  in  the  Chartuiary  of  Arbraatk)  te 
states,  in  1530,  that  he  was  then  in  tha  sesarfl 
year  of  his  primacy.  Also  (in  tha  Ckmrkimf  if 
^  i)w^«niiW)  he  gives  (be  year  1M4  M  tbo ' 


if*  S.  V.  Mat  H  '04] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIED 


403 


fifih  of  bis  consecration,  and  Uia  twulftb  of  hU 
translation  to  St.  Ai.rlr.m-'i. 

Arclibisliop  J  J  .1  died  in  September, 

ISIiii,  and  was  Biu  _  _ :  :iore  by  his  nepbew  and 
coftfijutor,  Cnrdinul  David  Beaton,  who  had  been 
<K»n8fo rated  Bishop  of  Mircpoix  in  France,  Dec. 
6,  1337.  There  was  certain Ij  u  second  James 
Beaton,  who  was  subsequently  also  Archbi»hop  of 
Glasgow,  but  he  was  consecrated  at  Rome,  Aug. 
38,  155-2,  and  died  nt  Paris  April  24,  1603,  a^cd 
eighty-six,  the  last  survivor  of  the  Catholic  hier- 
archy of  Scotland.  He  was  nephew  to  the  car- 
dinal. 

There  nerer  was  an  Archbishop  of  Glasgow  of 
the  name  of  "James  Bruce,  a  son  of  Bruce  of 
Clackmannan."  A  prelate  of  that  name,  who  was 
consecrated  Bishop  of  Dunkeld  on  Feb.  4,  1442, 
at  Dunfermline,  is  said  to  have  been  elected  to 
the  see  of  Glnfi^ow  in  the  year  1447<  but  ho  was 
never  formally  trnnsliited  tci  that  bishopric  (as 
already  shown,  it  had  nut  then  been  erected  into 
an  archbishopric),  and  he  died  in  the  course  of 
the  same  year  at  Edinburgh,  the  see  being  still 
vacant  in  Oct.  1447,  since  the  deatli  of  Bishop 
John  Cameron  on  Dec.  24,  1446. 

^*  Gawinus  Archiepiscopus  Glasguensis"  was 
oonseoraied  to  thut  see  on  Feb.  5,  152^  at  Edin- 
burgh, having  been  nominated  third  archbishop 
on  Sept.  S7,  1624,  on  the  translation  of  James 
Beaton  to  St.  Andrew's.  Therefore,  the  year  given 
in  the  "notorial  instrument  before  the  Reforma- 
tion," now  under  rovifw,  must  ho  erroneous  in 
more  than  one  respect :  for  '^  M.  quinquagesimo 
xxxiiij.,**  representmg  perhaps  M.  quiTt^etUetima 
xxiiij.  (or  1524),  would  appear  the  correct  read- 
ing ;  that  given  by  J.  ^I.  is  simply  nonsense,  as  it 
actually  is  "  1050  snd  84,"  or  A.n.  1084,  a  mani- 
fest absurdity.     The  yt'ar  was  152^. 

Oavin,  or  rather  Gawain  Dunbar,  was  nephew 
of  the  Bisltop  of  Aberdeen  of  tho  same  name,  and 
tutor  to  Fving  James  V.,  as  well  as  a  learned  and 
accompli.^hed  ecclesiastic.  Fdr  though  grossly  mis- 
represented by  Knox,  his  grcotcst  admirer  could 
not  desire  for  him  a  more  ele<;ant  panegyric  than 
that  of  Buchanan.  He  was  Prior  of  the  Premon- 
fltratensiau  Monastery  of  "NNTaitehorn,  or  "Candida 
Casa"  in  Galloway  (founded  circa  1260),  from 
about  1504  till  his  elevation  to  the  episcopate ; 
but  he  certainly  never  was  "  Prior  of  W  tiitehaven 
in  Galloway,"  as  no  such  religious  housie  ever 
existed  in  Scotland,  although  a  town  of  tho  latter 
name  is  still  to  be  found  in  Cumberland. 

V'    '  rd  to  the  mention  of  the  coron.'itions 

of  i  i.'s  IV.  ond  v.;  the  first  of  the*c  two 

evuiiis  I  '     ■     '     '        'n  the  Abbey  of  Scnne, 

us  prov  li  Treasurer's  books, 

under  J..,.   .,  -i,,.,    -  ,,  iivs,  and  ho*  ^     ■   • 

rally  ossijxruid   to  .Tune  2t»,'  so   that  .' 

*' Su  Mary  Alagdolen's  Day,"  is  nut  l...v.;  ,.  .jc 

correct. 


The  second  coronation,  nr  that  of  the  infant. 
King  James  V.,  was  Kolemnised  aa  soon  .as  possible 
after  the  disastrous  battle  of  Flofldijn,  but  tho 
dates  of  its  oocurrence  iinut-'countaV.I  v  vary  in  dif- 
ferent historians  of  the  period,  though  there  seejus 
ever^  reason  to  believe  that  it  was  al.*o  at  Scone, 
and  in  the  month  of  Oct.  1513.  Still,  however, 
the  actual  day  may  have  been  Sept.  22,  and  tho 
place  the  castle  of  "Striviling,"  or  Stirling.  Tho 
ofKciating  prelate  was  also  doubtless  James  Beaton, 
Archbishop  of  Glasgow,  .is  the  primate  had  fallen, 
together  with  bis  royal  father,  at  Flodden,  and 
Be.alon  w.'^s  the  only  metropolitan  in  the  kin>;ili>m. 
Even  in  this  entry,  the  year  li  again  crromiously 
printed  quiiujuagesimo  instead  of  quingenUti nut^ 
thou'jh  whether  the  error  is  merely  a  clerical  one, 
and  attributable  to  Cuthbert  Siuion,  or  to  J,  M., 
it  is  not  for  mo  to  sty  ;  but  the  recurrence,  no 
lesi*  than  tliun  threi-  times,  of  the  same  mistake  of 
quinfruagesimo  (or  fiftieth)  f<>r  quingentcaimo  (or 
five  huudreth)  is  suspicious,  and  not  ereditable  to 
Cuthbert  Simon's  accuracy,  or  his  commentator's 
acumen. 

I  fear  this  note  has  extended  to  too  great  a 
length,  but  us  correctness  in  historical  dates  of 
events  is  of  inucli  importance,  I  hav6  been  obliged 
to  enter  rather  minutely  into  the  subject.  With 
reference  to  J.  M.'s  remarks  on  the  4:haracter  of 
Queen  Mary,  and  what  might  have  huppencil  if 
she  "  had  received  a  virtuous  education  in  Eng- 
and,"&c.,&G., comment  is  useless;  and  whether  the 
French  court  was  more  immoral  than  aoy  other  of 
the  time,  or  Queen  Catherine  de  Ikledicis  "  a  worse 
woman  than  even  her  namesake  of  Russia,"  are 
topics  which  it  is  unnecessary  to  iliscuss  in  your 
pages.  But  every  impartial  reader  of  liisitory 
knows  that  the  objections  to  thi?  allinnec  of  tlie  in- 
fant Queen  of  Scots  with  Prhice  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  st.ntesinon  his  country 
ever  produced  —  to  be  overcome,  even  by  the 
"rough  wooing"  of  "Blulf  King  Hall"  when  be 
ravaged  with  (ire  and  sword  the  whole  of  the  south 
of  Suotland,  and  destroyed  sc^ycral  of  it£  noblest 
religious  edifices  during  the  mivaion  of  1544  under 
Hertford.  The  French  alliance  was,  therefore, 
absolutely  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  Scot- 
land's indupendence  as  a  nation ;  and  was  only 
opposed  by  those  venal  Scuti^^h  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  lo.-is  of  the  proof,  which 
accidentally  fell  usiile,  and  thus  excluded  correc- 
tion. For'  the  reference  to  Mr.  Grub's  work, 
the  writer  has  to  return  his  thanks. 

The  ajsuciHtion  of  the  name  of  Catharine  de 
M«dici  avvi  l)'\ax\«kVji'  ?«>\\A,\5a*  V\>\!t>^\"4.\  v^V«x'^  'A 


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Kit-  FrffTA?  Aii^.  ts:..  L»  *.iv.M«}«:r.  i  TiriBhe*- 
fn:it  :c  Li*  rssDaeara  :/:'  H:._T;jr-i:jE.  :::.  ITivtjrTr 
-Vnawdliif  r-  zfa««  n:*;**.  uJt  ■•"c-if  -c  '».;;»  n-iuc. 
at  »i^-jifkTi:»:bfT  :xl.ei  -.m  -  KI:rii-j:"'T«  Hui.:'  — 

ItTrt    :c  liif-  T-fiT    :r*4  — '■»■•=■{   :t»f  Trni-j.-'LtTir 

xtfi  :r"iii  nrci  Hn.;  rrri'iti  ixid.  inar-.^  kriuaiair 

fisu" 

dmnt  vnatr  a*  luuut  uf  •  Iiriuo.  AJmur,*  w  a 


I  Ec'-ci'*  V»vr  *»a:.*-J-iattjr  iiur.'  of  Kit- 
I  t«rsi£.  icc<!an  i=»X!f  'Jir.ai&  xunisd  u  pmen 
■  AS  ike  rsr  i  sae  -  Si^iieT'  Simc  "  aca^  BoIme 
.  i«  <&eicri':>-:'i  b    sj  ^Tr^n  '»•    '*'&  pi'trn,  mulT. 

V£f;«:ui:C*  frJ£&«'j»  -ri-.i  vxiun.  sit  MWTetiad.  « 

%'  ftfSieri'Si  ii:iR'>ia1';7.  frtauasftap.  aad  good 
Lzsicr:'  ar-2  se  ii:c;r  J*  aiicaxii  ■  sbowisr 
:ir*  ~  wiL±  <<f  &1S  fHrtibUMius  waiiu&  mbastei 

zz/i  r.-i.=.':*tr  :*?  v':i:c  iru  "ejus  ~.uii5»^a«r  of  tLe 
wrii  't  lir  »:c; ;  wiJiiLw  kiiiii  ■rsi*  B:tti 
"Lit*  iko^^  :;^:f»^  «i.~sj»;i::&Z.y  jtSazceii  ta  tk 
f»9e:  T'olii-T*  ■■  i  IrliiL  i»r  ixT  "  AZ**»g  irsot" 
Tit  fisiIIlir.T  fTTiresHBi  ••■riraf    ac  rta  SHsks; 

iir-cT  tirijs  lijic-r  :'•'  "TTin 7*  frttaisai?. 

1.:  lb*  fsfidi-e  ri-itri  Ko^iisii  "itm.  i=.  a  scoff 
»L!-:i.  Lk>  l«ir:'.:iai  lit  FL:;i«ra  :if  runly  irtiiM 
ir.i  r«vr5*:   li*- ■!■.:*.  -.  ■   j-rui-    :r  niidr  joi 

:":-:*»ii--r.«i  Lvri.^  rjif  i»-iic»:iLLT»-  r^  ia»  ar.vaci 
iL'-.^iK.  fi'A  i.r!.a--i#i  rvi.T  ^:  titt  "Sucxaa^ 
CTii.  Tt:  r-kTt^iJ:  'Siis-is-r-M^Dt:*  •■K  las.  tcanff- 
;--Lra»-i:7.  ir:  i.-   lia  at*  Tr-u*!'-  ■•f-i   21  ^acaifr 

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LSI'.  Lm  K  ■■■«■▼  :rLi.  jL!»':taiai*.i  :^:a  was 
stLTiT*.?.  ;?•*  U'*  irsMfl.1  rf?:irii»«Hiis»ti-«»sf  wis* 
Ai   *■.■!  wir*-!--!-;;    IrwL    imr:     ;c   Z-iiiin^iK 

:r:>Tt  i-^v:  iz<t  :•.  i  iiaaariu  bLun^i  v  a:  :•.-« 
tirf-TK.:  7-- :•.:.  :_::'-kr:ic  i  uao*  ire  minrdaM 


MUX 


-Lz  i:>-::y-5>.. 

•  M-va  Lx:^  r*''.kvt  iz.  Iziierefcnar  Saen*  er*  a 

^N^^'nuiiif  .-It  :&f  GfiZaacsr .-  iJii  iirj^er  naisr  rt»iiat 

:>:  *■  y.  A:  ^r*  i;  itiac  «  liit  :>LiKia»a» 

.1  zic'-itioifL  lii  J'uzii'^v   iBii  Suxdmbil'*   a  ^"^ 

OSes. :  btc  I  :>:'ucit'  "  ?'r  -mt  iiicv  2  ■-■yirf  •  Ok 
brwifTTic  1^'  sie  v;i.'uni!  I  1-iuxtc  zw  ai^s  x;  «aK- 
iUA  a;»e}T  rif  V.-ivj^  .-r  ;oi  jii«ck>iBaer  V^^^ 
JMMUC    Xqp'Uii'*.      •.It.    tL-r%->uii:    if 


a  V.  May  14. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


405 


}ntau 


iSheph€ 


e  followinjr  is  the  result :  1.  Sixteen  folio  leaves 

ft  work  on  the  Ditcipline  of  thif  CaUioUc  Churchy 

'icKted.     2.  Four  folio  Ic^aves  of  [Lectures  or 

Homilies  of  the  Church,  by  Bed(i,  Gregory, 

gentiiis,  &c.     These  are  also  rubricated,  and 

H    four  woodcut  initials,   each    about  two 

cbes  high  by  an  inch  and  a  half  wide.   The  first 

such  woodcuts  is  the  appearing  of  Angels  to 

erda  at  the  Nativity.     The  second  is  a 

and  council  in  conclave.     The  third  seems 

)  preaching  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  in  the 

e«(t;    Jerusalem  is   in  the   distance,  and 

r  the  auditors  arc  shaven  monks.     The 

^ is  a  monk  carrying  a  large  clasped  book 

^ti  his  left  nnn.  3.  Sixteen  leaves  and  fragments 
^f  a  small  quarto,  ©irrrtDrium  aut  pottud  rai- 
liffatartii  conibiarioJ^  j^alubrrrunu,  &c.  &c.  On 
4he  title-page  (the  beginning  of  which  is  as  above), 
w  a.  woodcut  3^  inches  high  by  2J  inches  wide, 
representing  the  art  of  printing.  On  the  right 
band  i.<:  the  compositor  seated  at  work,  with  his 
'stick"  in  his  hand,  and  his  "copy"  suspended 
^)fore  him.  On  a  «helf  over  his  hea<l  lie  three 
Mped  bonks,  a  folio  and  two  quart^'>s.  In  the 
jcntre  of  the  picture  is  the  press,  on  the  cross- 
■eara  of  which  are  the  words  ^rclit  '^icrtftaniC 
On  the  leil  is  the  pressman,  "  pin "  in  hand, 
crewirig  down;  and  behind  him  an  assistant 
ritJi  au  inking  "  pad  "  in  each  hand.  This  last 
irork  has  several  woodcut  initials,  and  the  only 
3nte  I  c.in  find  in  the  whole,  1513. 
I  shuuld  lie  glod  of  the  assistance  of  any  one 
ore  learned  in  early  typography  than  myself,  in 
laking  out  these  fragments.  W.  Lke. 


LEWIS  MORfilS. 
(3««S.v.325.) 

I  have  within  the  hist  week  had  an  opportunity 
tilbrded  me  of  looking  through  a  letter-book  of 
ewis  Morris's,  and  some  other  papers  belonging 
to  him.  which  are  now  in  the  possession  of  adis- 
'ngui»hed  Welsh  scholar;  and  a»  they  would  seem 
to  explain  the  charges  made  by  Lauds,  I  shall 
feel  greatly  obliged  if  you  will  insert  this  notice  of 
them. 

The  letters,  which  are  autograph,  are  addressed 
bjr  L.  M..rrmfr.^>Ti.u  Tf-nourable Thomas Walker, 
l»9  J*'  ;"  Mines,  and  Mr.  Sharpe 

of  til'  ^     y  are  all  written  between 

the  years  1744-47,  and  all  refer  to  the  muinten- 
ce  of  the  crown  rights  in  the  Welsh  silver  and 
ead  mines  in  Cardiganshire,  and  in  particular 
in  the  manor  of  Pervcth,  on  which  encroachments 
a<l  long  been  made  by  the  companies  of  mining 

Jventurers  and  by  the  great  county  families.    He 

^^telains  uf  the  dilileulty  of  doing  his  duty  to 
^^Hrown,  of  the  strong  opposition  which  he  had 
H^beet  witli ;  of  tbreata  to  prosecute  him  for 


b_ 


trespass;  of  its  being  impossible  to  execute  a  sur- 
vey ;  ol'the  ditliculty  of  obtaining  information,  the 
mouths  of  the  poor  people  being  closed  by  me- 
naces ;  of  an  attempt,  by  one  of  the  families  dis- 
puting tlie  crown  rights,  to  eject  him  forcibly  front 
a  bouse  which  be  bad  taken  near  the  centre  of  the 
mining  district;  of  his  being  appointed  to  com« 
pulsory  oiBccs  in  the  county,  so  as  to  prevent  hiro 
from  doing  his  duly  under  the  warrant  from  the 
crown,  lie  is  constantly  reminding  the  crown 
officers,  and  Mr.  Sharp  in  particular,  of  the  abso- 
lute impossibility  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  success.  He  seeks  to  con- 
vince the  crown  of  the  necessity  of  taking  certain 
steps — such  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  assumes^  nn  indignant  strain 
towards  his  correspondent,  Mr.  Sharpe,  for  his 
slackness  in  carrying  out  his  suggestions  —  "  For 
God's  sake  let  me  hear  from  you  on  this  matter  ! 
'Tis  Impossible  for  me  to  fight  the  king's  battles 
single-handed."  A  zealous  officer, — evidently  not 
likely  to  conciliate  opposition,  or  to  make  things 
pleiLsant. 

What  fdl  this  came  to,  and  how  this  xeal  was 
rewarded,  appears  from  copies  of  certain  deposi- 
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.  Williams  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  report,<i  of  mobs  being  raised  by  one  George 
Jones,  Mr.  Powell,  and  others,  to  take  possession 
of  the  mine.  That  the  defendant  .oaw  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  sai'l  Lewis  Morris  by  force  to  prison  ; 
and  heard  the  plainlifT  curse  the  s-iid  John  Ball 
and  Mr.  Powell  for  the  mischief  they  had  done,  and 
hope  to  Goil  that  wicked  people  would  not  gain 
their  ends  against  him,  but  that  he  would  be  again 
in  rKi(*setit>ion  of  the  said  mine. 

I  have  recently  been  told  that  this  was  an 
astonixhinrr  instance  of  violence,  both  the  assailants 
and  dcfetulers  of  the  work  having  brought  up 
cannon  to  their  assistance,  and  life  having  been 
lost  on  both  tiides. 

There  is  only  one  oUiei  WvUk  \tv>\«.>sw5«-w1 


406 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C««*aT.  Mati 


that  is  by  Lewis  Morris  to  a  correspondent,  irhom 
he  addresses  as  "  My  Lord."  It  is  dated  Penbryn 
House,  July,  1763,  some  ten  years  later  than  the 
above.    He  says :  — 

"I  am  rery  glad  that  my  poor  endearoun pleased ybn ; 
but,  to  understand  me  the  better,  ^t  may  not  be  amus  to 
let  you  know  my  ailoation.  I  am  neither  in  want  nor 
great  riches,  but  enjoy  contentment  of  mind.  I  hare  no 
connection  with  any  people  in  power,  abd  ani  not  solicit- 
ons  of  obtaining  any  favour,  except  tt  trin  a  slneciire, 
my  hands  and  ftet  beini^  stcatcriv  (It  for  any  business  of 
activity  at  present  I  find  myself  by  the  decay  in  my 
materials  to  be  drawing  towards  a  disMilation.  I  have 
hit  on  ungraterul  masters  in  the  Treasury,  and  1  look  on 
all  the  pains  I  have  taken  to  come  at  knowledge  as 
thrown  away  by  a  mistaken  application.  AU  thit  I  have 
at  present  any  care  for  are  a  wife  and  seven  small  hhtldreit, 
the  welfare  of  whom  it  is  my  doty  to  study.  My  othSr 
children  and  grandchildren  ai;^  provided  for  pretty  welh" 

He  then  ^es  on  to  give  bis  correspondent  ad- 
vice about  his  mines  m  Cardiganshire,  and  en- 
lat^es  on  the  difficulty  of  setting  a  mine  into 
profitable  working :  — 

« This  I  did  for  the  crown  at  Esgair  Mwyn  with- 
out any  assistance,  but  having  against  me  a  tribe  of 
villains,  and  the  world  sees  how  they  rewarded  me.  Even 
my  letters  to  Mr.  Sliarpe  in  the  course  of  the  lawsuit 
were  handed  about,  and  shown  to  Mr.  Powell  to  exas- 
perate him  against  mc  Those  that  had  been  friends  to 
the  crown  were  no  more  friends  unless  they  Joined  with 
Mr.  Sharpe  in  endeavouring  to  ruin  me." 

He  then  goes  on  to  warn  his  correspondent 
against  having  anything  to  do  with  a  mining  agent 
of  the  name  of  13all,  and  encloses  papers  to  prove 
his  case :  — 

"Paper  A.  was  exhibited  against  J.  Ball  in  the  year 
1753,  about  the  time  the  trial  was  between  thd  Crown 
and  Mr.  I'twell  about  Ksgair  Mwyn,  soon  after  my  im- 
prisoument  by  Mr.  Poweirs  rebels  at  Cardigan." 

These  papers  show  that  Lewis  Morris  was  not, 
as  L;rliu9  sujrjzests,  "  ruined."  They  show  what 
the  nature  of  his  "imprisonment"  was;  not,  as 
some  of  your  readers  may  have  thought,  impri- 
sonment on  a  criminal  charge,  but  a  lawless  act 
of  violence  not  unusual  a  century  ago  in  Wales, 
to  which  he  docs  not  scruple  to  allude  in  a  letter. 
Whatever  liis  prievanire  against  the  Treasury,  or 
whatever  the  cause  »)f  riuarrcl,  they  show  that 
Ljelii's's ''embezzlement"  is  a  pure  product  of 
imagination. 

If  those  extracts  convince  your  readers,  as  I 
think  they  mu!>t,  that  L^uus  has  made  a  foolish 
attack  upon  a  great  reputation,  I  shall  be  satisfied. 
I  suppose  it  is  vain  to  suggest  caution  to  a  gentle- 
man, who,  as  he  snys,  "  for  thirty-three  years  has 
written  for  the  magazines."  But  it  is  a  matter  of 
duty  nevertheless.  Cambrian. 


"  Familv  Bcbtiwg  GnorsD  "  (3"»  S.  v,  377.)— 
Abbba  will  tind  tiie  passa<re  of  which  he  is  in 
search  in  Prior's  Life  of  Burke  (2nd  edit.  1826, 
Fo/.  i.  p.  40).    Burke  tisUed  >Y«fttmiA«\et  M>\k.3 


soon  after  his  arrival  in  Londflo,  abovl 
"  The  moment  I  entered,"  he  Miys,  "  I  fell 
of  awe  "  which  was  indeacribftWe.  Mra.  M 
gale's  monument  he  first  nodcea,  and  eo* 
that  it  "  had  not  been  praised  beyoad  hs  i 
but  he  objected  to  the  dart,  Bnd  saneiti 
substitute,  what  would  most  certainly^  nt 
been  an  improvement,  viz.  '*  an  extiaguiM 
inverted  "  f 

The  pass^e  quoted  by  Abh»4  is  IBM 
daced :  — 

'<  I  have  not  the  least  doubt  that  the  finest  pat 
English  language,  Milton's  Jl  JPtmaamo,  wa«  « 
ia  the  long-resonading  aide  of  a  moalderiag  A 
iw'd  abbey.  Yet,  after  all,  do  you  know  that 
rather  sleep  in  the  southern  comer  of  a  litde 
churchyard,  than  In  the  ToMb  of  the  Capaleta. 
like,  however,  that  my  dust  ahonld  miilglto  will 
dust.  The  good  old  expression,  *  £amily  bar^^iag 
has  something  pleasing  in  it,  at  least  to  me. 

i  gladly  inserted  this  passa^  in  a  worl 
own  On  the  Jienerence  due  to  Holy  Pitta 
both  from  its  beauty,  and  feeling  satisfied 
general  introduction  of  ceme^ries^  needful 
unquestionably  are,  must  rapidly  diminish  t 
ber  of"  family  burying  places**  in  our  char 

J.  H.  Mab: 

Shebb  Pbiobt  (S'*  S.  v.  879.)  —  Yc 
respondent,  W.  C,  is  correct  in  his  infom 
some  spirited  drawings  in  the  Bodieiao  o 
Monastery,  by  Wvngarde,  taken  from  thi 
Lord  Bacon,  on  the  opposite  aide  of  He  3 
in  the  parish  of  Twickenham.  TIef  •« 
covered  at  Antwerp,  and  their  date  is  abo 
end  of  Mary,  or  beginning  of  ElinMk 
nected  with  these  drawings,  but  I  cannot  «> 
is  the  name  of  Mr.  Whittock,  nii  engraver 
Richard  Street,  Liverpool  Road,  Islington 
An  OccAsioif  ae.  Cobkespo 

Fardel  of  Lasd  (S"*  S.  v.  358.)  —  1 
used  in  Scotland  for  "a  fourth."  TI 
favourite  Scotch  cake  called  "  short  bret 
large,  circular,  flat  cake  cut  into  four  piec 
of  which  is  called  at  fardel.  A,  fardel  of  L 
be  the  fourth  part  of  a  hide,  plough,  acre, 
local  measure. 

Emglisii  Topogbapht  IK  Dutch  (3'*  S 
As  the  book  ia  said  to  be  '*  written  in  Higl 
and  printed  at  Nurcmbet^,"  I  presume 
German.  I  do  not  know  it,  but  hare  : 
work  which  is  probably  tranMlated  or  i 
from  it :  — 

"  Historische  l>andh«8chr>'vin|re  van  Groot  1 
ofte  Kngelandt,  Svhotlant,'  en  Yrlandt,  mitsi 
rontzomgelegen  Eyianden.  Nu  eerst  floor  e«Q  L 
in't  Licbt  gebracht.    Middelburg.  1G66.     \2mt\. 

[*  The  large  folded  view  of  London,  by  Wyni 
been  engraved,  by  permiioion  of  the  trueteW  of 
leiau  Library,  by  N.  Whit  tuck,  and  waa  publu 
3-ear8  since  by  Messrs.  Whlttock  and  llyacv  of 
\  Vide* «.  «f.  V  **  *•  ''Ui-  saU-Bn-l 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


1 


407 


?he  matter  of  tbe  work,  so  for  as  I  have  ex- 
iled it,  i&  taken  finni  Camden,  but  inatead  of* 
of  iJtu  citiintSes,  bird's-eye  vie trs  of  the  tonna 
fpli^en.     That  of  Stalfor^l  htu  ten  liili»,  u  wall 
■  '  1  about  ti'.  f  the  town,  A  for- 

Loward*:    1  uid   what   IS  prn- 

i  drawbridge  liiwurUs  Liciittld,    Aa  to  the 
iitioiifi, 

_  ->8vanEdur>  n  fnettmrnert.  «n  ran 

pdl<  iti  ini^eooui-  ^ixii  en  Euydi^n  is  sj 

..„„.,„  .„..,  ,,,»,.„,.!-.,.,      Aan  tie 

-nhennt. 
(P.  194.) 

„       The  description  ot  KutJand  is  very  short,  and 

thfr.'  h  no  phiu  or  map   to  it.     An  outline  of 

I  history  tn  the  Kesioralion  ia  prefixed.     I 

lie  happy  to  lend  the  book  to  T.  P.  E.  if» 

iifter  this  noticie,  hc  wishes  to  see  it.       H.  B.  Ct 

U.  U.  Club. 

[••  lit  THE  Midst  or  Like  we  abe  in  t)KATu," 

(3"'  S.  V.  177.) — Some  years  ago  I  made 

itidctable  researches  regarding  the  origin  of  the 

itoTi''-?  "  In   <ho  uiidst  of  life  we  arc  in  death," 

'  It  vH*  \i\  lie  found  in  the  Bihie. 

I   I  c«»l1d  then  nieot  with  w:is.  that 

was  a  Jit-'c  tiauslntloii  of  1  Sum.  xx.  3,  "There 

ie  but  a  step  l>etween  me  and  deuth."     Nolwilh- 

''.•i  able  rertiiirks  in  '*  N.  S:  Q."  trucing 

fin  orijjin,  I  am  still  Iririth,  with  Robert 

■  up  the  Idea  that  it  is  to  be  found  in 

It  occurs  to  me,  therefore,  that  any 

^^1    n;ivi»i;^  rtccess  to  a  <3;ood  collection  of  enrly 

^fanllsh   or  T<:\titi  translations  of  the  Bible,  tiiaj, 

^Krbaps,  find  tho  above  verso  so  rendered. 

^m  FCTITOKIA. 

Tqk  Roms   (3'*  S.  V.  a-47.)— The  charge  of 

parricide  against  robin-redbreant  ia  not  altogether 

rithout  foundation;  though,  when  explained,  oil 

lilt  \a  t^iken   away  from   the   unfortunate  bird. 

'ho  killed  Li«  father,  if.  was  under  the  same  cir- 

jiiiHlaijLes  lis  the  Greek  tra'_'i>ilianB  roprcient  the 

alh  of  Laiug  by  his  son  CEdinui) — entirely  an 

cident,  withtmt  any  niulice  uiorethuuj^bt.     In- 

L*d,  the  pugnacity  of  the  robin   is  ratlier  from 

dUi   r«.'cliii;/,  iind   is  mentioned,  to  his  credit,  by 

twiok  in  his  accurate  history  oi  ISriiiah  Birds: — 

["  During  Ibo  time  of  iticiibatinn,  lUo  male  tXis  itt  uo 

pnt    (ii^!..i|ii-.\   ,\riil    iini.-r-i    111.-    ^\  oo<l-i    lO-inuhil    wV.h   lilg 


•■■•    mini-    UUlU, 

ere  lodged  at 

*  The  pujrnai'ity  of  the  rohin,  then,  is  f-imply  that 

*  the  Itv'l  i>."«   rv'.,;.,!w.    ..,(,...,    fi,,.y  returned 
ini  the  I!  \  or  reailr  to 


tingly;    for  the   fl^ht,   as  I  k  harjitg 

Mralched  them,   u«>unlly   t-tV<"<  -^n    k 

young  and  an  old  btr  ••.'■Ir. 

Hence  the  common  u  ta: 

•'  You  never  see  a  robiu  two  vco:^"  old. '  but  thla 
is  from  the  uxorious  aoident,  not  from  tny  tan* 
guinary  animtu.     Tli  l^a  pf  ihu  rt>bin  is 

peculiarly  mild  and  t,     If.  was  bo  th*t 

covered  with  a  leafy  loiuu  i np  liabea  in  the  woo<l, 
exposed  to  starvtition  by  their  cruel  unclv.  And, 
"  Who  killed  cock-robin  ?" — not  his  son,  but  that 
impudent  hijrhwavraan  the  sparrow  ;  while  lb« 
other  birds  all  volunteered  to  take  each  a  ptirt  In 
the  fnrieral  service  over  their  favourite,  tiluin  by  • 
poacher's  arrow  —  "  Occidit ;  exscquliw  itf*  ittt- 
quenter  aves."  Further:  "Odiums  acctpiueiu, 
quia  semper  vivit  in  arrais."  The  daring  hawk, 
with  eagle  eyes,  will  dft(«h  through  the  casement 
upon  ihi^  pet  dove  hanging  in  a  ca]je  within  a  lndy'« 
hovfldir;  for  War  and  plunder  are  his  daily  "  ocea« 
pation,"  The  timid  robin,  on  the  contrary,  wHn 
a  langui8hin!»,  beseechinj;  eyr,  bops  into  the  room, 
and  gently  perks  the  crumbs  fi-om  the  breakfiist 
table.  Robin-redbreast  Is  the  most  sacred  of  ouf 
household  birds.  For  pity's  sake,  don't  implicate 
"  N.  k  Q."  in  spreadin*  slanderous  stories,  in 
these  awAil  days  of  murder,  ag^ainst  the  innocettt 
robin,  of  killing  his  own  father. 

Qcbbr's  GakdaM. 

FoRBiGTi  HoHooBa  (3'*  S.  V.  29G.)  —  Samn<»i 
Egerton  Brydgcs,  born  at  Wootton  in  1702 
(younger  brother  of  Edward  TymewcU  Brydges, 
whose  claim  to  the  barony  of  Chandos  was  re- 
jected  in  1803),  was  made  kni(?ht  of  the  Order  of 
St,  Joachim,  in  1§08,  and  was  ailerwarda  known 
as  Sir  Egerton  Brydges,  R.  J.  !Mbi>btb». 

BuBi.S8aiiB  Paisthrs  (3'"*  S.  V.  34fi.)  —  lean 
^ive  no  ioforraalion  where  the  two  pictures  arc, 
which  arc  inquired  for  by  .1.  R.  But  with 
reference  to  the  Grst  by  Coy  pel,  I  suspect  that  by 
"  Sauatol"  is  meant  b'auafion — a  celebrated  Jesuit 
and  poet,  who  published  a  collection  of  Latin  poems 
and  a  French  translation  of  Horace.  Tbe  second 
query,  about  holding  the  cundle  to  St.  Dominic^ 
will  be  aufiwwed  by  the  following  account,  which 
t  traui^liite  from  a  scarce,  early,  and  curious  work 
in  old  tieruian,  Der  Ueyligcn  Leben,  printed  at 
AngEipurg  in  1477  :  — 

•*  Oae  nirht  St.  Dominic  was  writing  by  canille-llghl 

u!-"'   '  •  - ' '■  ■  •  •' piila.     Ihen  raine  tbft 

I  ;i|)«,  iind  kept  junin> 

i   ,  -.1  tH-«    .-,11   ),rcnidJ 

t  '  111,      -\u«-    ■  'lis 


Wns  I  tin  r\ 


that  parricida  tKcuionaily  lia{»tKuii  tutwit>  I  wane  Uuui  \ifcv!i  lan? 

ilM^    It  ^ 


\  to 

,..■  ..i^T  ,.,  ..-I    „■-..-, .     .  -.i/in« 
>(  liml  to  hnhi  the  caridJo  (ill  I 

rh'-'  r-vil    «jj:rit  vr!t=   otilirri)  to 

:  I  he 

en 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[»i«&Y.  114x14.11 


'Yon  mnit  keep  holding  It,  till  I  have  done  writing.* 
And  when  h«  had  flniahed,  tbecuidl«  went  out :  and  then 
the  eTJl  spirit  departed  in  a  great  rage." 

It  may  amuse  the  Grerman  student  to  see  a 
specimen  of  the  original.  Here  ia  the  concluding 
sentence :  — 

"  Und  do  er  ansBgeathreib  doms  det  liecbci  nymer.  do 
fSr  der  bSaa  geyst  hin  mit  groart  aoren." 

F.  C.  H. 

RoBnT  RoBiHBoif  or  Cambkidob  (3''  S.  iv. 
481,  /I29).— See  The  Universal  TheologUial  Magit- 
2IW,  edited  by  W.  Vidler  (vol.  vi.  1802),  for  an 
interesting  account  of  Robinson.  The  volume 
also  contains  one  of  his  letters.    Juzta  Tobbim. 

*'  Revenoits  a  kos  Modtows  "  (3'*  S.  v,  346.)— 
The  phrase  "  Revcnons  a  vos  moutons  "  occurs  in 
the  comedy  of  L'Avocat  Patelin  (Act  iii.  Suenc  2), 
by  De  Brueys,  first  performed  June  4,  1706,  the 
subject  of  which  was  taken,  he  says,  from  Let 
Tromperiet,  Finetse,  et  Subtilita  de  Maitre  Pierre 
Pa^lin,  attoeat  a  Paris.  Printed  at  Rouen  by 
Jacques  Cailloue  in  1656,  from  a  copy  of  the  year 
1560.  In  the  Gargawtm  of  Rabelais  (i.  1),  the 
phrase  iis  "  Rctoumant  iL  noz  moutons,"  which,  in 
a  note  by  Jacob,  ia  said  to  be  a  proverb  in  allu- 
sion to  the  fuble  of  Patelin.  This  proverb  and 
Patelin  are  therefore  of  Home  antiquity,  Rabelais 
being  bom  in  1483,  and  dying  in  1553.  Posquier, 
who  was  fourteen  years  of  age  at  the  death  of 
Rabelais,  in  his  Reckerches  surla  France  (book  vii. 
chap.  55),  says,  "  Revenez  ii  vos  moutons,"  and 
other  proverbR,  had  been  taken  from  the  fountain 
of  Patelin,  wliich  he  conjwtures  was  played  on  the 
scaflbld.  See  the  Preface  to  De  Bruey's  L'Avocat 
Patelin,  in  Petitot's  Rip.  du  Theatre  Frangoisy 
zvi.  371.  T.  J.  BucKToit. 

Sepia  (3''  S.  v.  322.)— TIic  statement  that  the 
sepia  sheds  its  ink  when  alarmed,  is  not  incon- 
sistent with  its  retaining  a  con-siderablu  quantity 
after  such  discharge.  The  chief  object  of  this 
natural  provision  is  to  obscure  the  water,  and  thus 
facilitate  the  escape  of  the  sepia  from  its  pursuers, 
which  might  not  be  cfTectetl  if  one  discharge  ex- 
hausted the  Bupply.  Aristotle  (Hist.  An.,  iv.  2) 
says  the  discharge  is  Srcof  »pofhidp  "when  it  is 
afraid,"  and  (Hist.  An.,  ix.  37),  Kpi^fitus  x^*"*  "for 
the  sake  of  hiding  itself,"  and  (Part.  An.,  iv.  5) 
irXc^  yap  fx"  S<a  "rh  xp^<''0ai  ftaWov,  "  has  it  co- 
piously, being  in  constant  use."  Professor  Owen 
(Lect.  xxiv.  "Cepbalopodia,"  p.  355)  says  the  ink- 
bag  "  is  a  very  active  organ,  and  its  inky  secretion 
can  be  reproiduced  with  great  activity."  It  is 
situate  between  the  liver  and  the  muscles  which 
lurround  the  arms,  close  to  which  the  duct  enters 
the  intestine.  In  the  Zoological  Trtmsaetions 
(i.  86)  will  be  found  a  drawing  of  the  ink-bag  of 
the  sepiola,  which  docs  not  differ  much  from  that 
of  the  loligo.  I  have  seen  a  sepia  ader  death,  and 
after  the  first  alarm  at  being  caught,  which  was 


smeared  over  with  ink,  of  which  a  large  qaa. 
tity  covered  the  dish.  It  ia  cnrkms  to  note,  ftK 
whilst  some  of  the  cephalopoda  obscare  ^their  tncL 
others  enlighten  it  by  **  emitting  a  luminoos  secre- 
tion" (Owen,  Lect.  xxiv.  p.  355).  Frofew>rO>ti 
conjectures  that  the  ink-baf;  ia  a  compenndon  h 
the  protecting  shell  {LeeL  xxiiL  p.  885).  Ik 
stones  called  thunderstonca,  or  arrowheadsi  mi 
known  in  geology  as  belemnitea,^  are  now  recog- 
nised as  fossil  sepia,  some  of  wluch  are  fbond  tc 
contain  ink.  Sec  Fenn^  Cydopeedia,  ir.  172, 2ffii 
tL  425 ;  xxL  250.  T.  J.  BucxTos. 

Ettmoloqt  or  the  Nakib  Moaxa  (S**  S.  v.  341) 
This  etymology  is  given  in  an  article  by  CL 
Scholtz  in  the  Repertorium  of  Eichhom  (put  m 
p.  10)  entitled  "Expositio  vocabulommCopticona 
m  Scriptoribus  Hebraicis  ac  GrtBcis  obvioraa' 
(pp.  1—51),  where  such  worda  as  Beheood. 
Ibis,  Canopus,  Labyrinth,  Memphis,  Ammoo,  (h 
Syene,  Hyksos,  Ob,  Papyrua,  Pjramis,  FUii^ 
nan  =  ark,  nK>  =  river,  &c.,  are  explained  froa 
Egyptian  roots.  T.  J.  Bccnoi, 

D'Abbichcoubt  (3'*  S.  ▼.  320.)— ILCril 
find  some  few  particulars  respecting  this  &ailr 
in  the  new  edition  of  Hutchins*fl  HiMtorfofDsml, 
now  publishing  by  Messrs.  Shipp  of  BlsDiUiii 
The  reader  must  search  for  the  infomatioB  id 
*'  Bridport"  division  of  the  work  ;  for  tbmkif 
yet,  no  Index,  and  the  book  iH  only  appar^*tf 
intervals  in  sections. 

In  Bridport  cliurch,  some  ten  years  i/k  ckrr 
wore  the  remains  of  an  ancient  altar  una  u  i 
member  of  this  family.     It  once  rested  ite-vw 
against  the  wall  of  the  north  aisle  of  theikw^: 
but  when  I  saw  it,  about  1854,  it  had  be«\ti 
into  the  pavement,  and  was  buried  beiteitk^ 
staircase  of  a  gallery  for  the    school  cUUrl 
erected  in  the  chancel.     The   church  has  bes 
recently  restored,  the  chancel    rebuilt,  and  tk 
tomb  destroyed ;  at  least,  I  could  not  find  it  at 
recent  visit.      The    inscription    is    preserred  ii 
Hutchins;   who  also,    I  think,     records  thai  i 
shield  of  arms  of  this  family  is,  or  wasi,  embUzoiKii 
in  stuned-gloss  on  one  of  the  chancel  windows. 

JuZTA  TUBUH. 

HrMJi  QcEBiES  (3'*  S.  v.  345.)  — The  hyiaB. 
the  translation  of  which  begins  thua  — 
"  .My  God  I  love  Thee,  not  because 
i  hope  for  heaven  thereby,** — 
is  the  celebrated  hymn  composed  bj  St.  Frucii 
Xavier :  '•  O  Deus,  eeo  omo  tc,"  etc. 

It  is  true  that,  in  the  list  which  I  sent  lately  ta 
"  N.  &  Q.,"  several  Latin  hymns  were  omitted. 
I  gave  those  only  of  which  the  authors  wcR 
known,  or  which  were  at  least  attributed  to  torn. 
one  or  more  authors.    There  are  two  hymns  hf 

E'nning  with ''  Jesu  Redemptor  omnium,*  but  thn 
lYC  nothing  in  common  but  the  firat  line.  I 
cannot  tell  which  is  the  subject  of  M.  J.  WS 


NOTES  ASD  QUERIES. 


liry,  but  I  presume  it  ia  the  one  moat  known, 
for  thti  Vespera  of  Christmas  Day :  — 

"  Jcsu  Kedemptor  omnium, 
Queni  lueis  ante  originom,"  etc 

ihor  of  this  hymn  is  not  known;  but  thero 
old  bymn,  in  the  Breviary  of  St.  Piua  V^ 
wbich  began — "ChrtsteRedemptor  omnium" — and 
WM  composed  by  St.  Ambrose. 
^  A»  to  ihe  lively  and  ingenious  hymn  —  "  O  filii 
yt  filiae"  —  it  never  had  a  place  in  the  Roman 
'Breviary,  or  Missal.  It^  use  was  confined  to 
France ;  and  it  is  probably  the  composition  of 
aome  Fri-nch  author,  and  of  no  great  antiquity. 
A  perfect  collection  of  Faber's  hymns  waa 
I  two  years  ago  by  Richardson  &  Son, 
uhJ  tiG,  Paternoster  Row,  London,  in  one 
iiiujuM(ui«  volume,  price  six  shillings.      F.  C.  H. 

lu^BCITIMATE   ChII.DB£7(    OF    ChARLBS  IL    (3"* 

€.  V.  289.) — It  is  asked  what  authority  there  is 
l>r  the  existence  of  Jiuues  Stewart,  a  Catholic 
iriest,  enumerated  by  OxoNiBNsii  ('V^  S.  v.  21 1) 
bmongst  the  children  of  Charles  II.  ?  In  the  first 
lumber  of  the  Home  and  Foreign  Rtview  there  is 
,n  interesting  article  on  this  subject,  entitled 
'  Secret  lli>jtory  of  Charles  XL,"  in  which  the 
writer  enumerates  nineteen  documents  existinf!  in 
the  Archives  of  the  Jesuits  at  Rome.       A.  E.  L. 

Lawh  akd  Qbxtz  (3*^  S.  i.  188;  ii,  S59.)  — 
J.  Dixon  asks  the  meaning  of  Pope's  line  :  — 
"  A  Doint  in  crape  is  twice  a  saint  in  lawa.** 
After  th»>  Act  of  Uniformity,  and  the  ejection 
from  the  Church  of  such  usurping  minidters  as 
refused  to  conform,  it  became  difficult  to  fill  up 
the  vacancies.  It  will  be  obvious,  however,  to 
those  oi-quttinted  with  the  history  of  the  time,  that 
Buch  diffit!ulty  would  not  extend  to  the  higher 
vrders  of  the  clergy ;  because  there  was  a  large 
body  of  learned  men  still  living,  who  bad  been 

piscopally  ordained  before  the  suppression  of  the 
prelacy  and  the  Common  Prayer,     As  a  matter  of 

ecessity,  therefore,  a  very  much  lower  class  of 
men,  both  as  to  learning  and  position  in  society, 
were  admitted  into  the  Cburch  as  curates.  These, 
having  no  academic  gowns,  and  unable  from  their 
ancuatfiry  circumstances  to  purchase  silk,  adopted 

|^|MffiB>d  cheap  material  called  "  crape."     The 

voia  "crape"  liccame  tlic  adjective  designation 
for  a  clergyman  of  the  lowest  position  in  the 
Cburch.     I  nec'I  imi  s.iv  tli.it.  "lawn"  is  still  used 

o  distinguish  For  full  infomia- 

rion  as  to  the  .  i.,  I  would  refer  Ala. 

DlxoM  briefly  tu  Dr.  J.  Eachard'a  Gi-ounds  and 
Oecasioiu  of  the  Ctmtempt  of  the  Clergy  and  Jie- 
lignm  iiujuired  into,  IHmo,  London,  1670.  AIko, 
Speadum  Crnpc  Goumorum ;  or,  a  Liioking  Gluts 
fvr  the  Vniirig  Ac'/drmirs^  Xew  Fmjtd^  4to,  Parts 
".  and  II.,  London,  1682  (this  has  been  err«tno- 
oujily  attributed  to  Dcfoo)  ;  Re/icctious  upon  Two 


Scurriloiu  Libels  called  Speculum   Crape- Gown- 
ori/w,  4to,  London,  1682;   Concavum   Cappo-Clo' 
acorum,  m  lirflections  on  the  Second  Part  of  a  latm 
Pamphlet   intituled    Speculum    Crape- Oownorum,^ 
4to,  London,  1682. 

W.  Leh. 

"I  SETTB  Saijki"  (3"*  S.  V.  98.)— Scvcral  weeks 
having  elapsed  without  any  answer  to  inquiries 
about  this  Italian  manuscript,  perhaps  the  fol- 
lowing remarks  may  be  acceptable.  The  sevea 
penitential  psalms  were  paraphrased  in  terza  rimea 
by  Dante  in  his  old  age ;  hut,  like  rest  of  hil 
works,  did  not  see  the  light  till  after  his  death, 
when  his  son  Jacopo  Dante  made  them  known  to 
the  world.  Jacopo  Dante  might  have  been  his 
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's 
intimate  friend  and  patron,  Cane  of  Verona. 

MalTei,   in  his  Storia  deUa  Letteratura  Italiana 
(p.  55),  speaks  of  Dante  Alighieri  having  written  I 
a  metrical  paraphrase  of  the   seven   peuitentia' 
psalms  shortly  before  bis  death ;  And  Beolchi,  ii 
the  short  Life  of  Dante,  preCxed  to  bis  Fiori^ 
Poetici,  has  the  following  passage  :  — 

"  Sontiva  i  saoi  gtorni  declinare  verso  il  terming,  code 
si  diede  ad  esercitare  il  suo  genio  poetico  ia  sogguiti  | 
sacrL  ")£  molto  probablle  che  in  questo  tempo  Bcrivessa ' 
la  Parafrasi  ai  Sette  Salmi  Penitenziali." 

FsnTo:iiA. 

I&isH  Hebaij>ic  Books  aitd  MSS.  (3'*  S.  t. 
3t21.)  —  I  beg  to  inform  Sai>.  Dom.  As.  that  he 
will  6nd  an  Ordinary  of  Arms  with  Genealogical 
Notes,  by  James  Terrv,  Athlone  Herald,  in  the 
British  Museum,  Ilarl.  MS.  4036.  C.  J. 


^ufcrllatuou^. 
NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  £TU. 

Diarie*  of  a  Ijody  of  Quality,  from  1797  to  1844.     Edittd, 
with  Sdtei,  by  A.  Haywmrd,  Esq.,  Q^C      (^I.4)ngaian.) 
The  last  number  of  Tlie  Ediftimr  '    '"  ,  ,1  tha 

reading;  puUlic  to  expect  a  very  .  n  the 

forthcoming  selection  from  thel>.  i       ir.inres 

Williams  W  ynn.    This  lady,  the  daughter  oi  .Sir  VVutkJns 
^Villiams  Wynn  (the  fonrth  baronet),  sister  of  ftir.  Charloa 
Wynn  and  of  Sir  Heury,  who  waa  so  long  Engli«h  mini- 
eter  at  Copenhagen,  wa»  alio  niece  of  the  lirst  Marquis-'^ 
of  Backingbam,  Lord  Grenville,  and  Mr.  Thomaa  Grea^r 
vtUe.    An  educated  and  accomplished  wunian,  moving  in 
a  circle  ae  distinguiahed  for  ability  oa  for  position,  in' 
lUilv  iiiturconrsg  with  rooat  accoinpliabcd  pconle,  and  a. 
4liiiIiMil   of  curious  books   and   3iSS.,  MLsiS   \Vynu   baa 
ntiiiiaaed   in  Ihu    ten  Diariea,   which  she    filled  betweea 
17!>7  and  1844,  an  amount  of  <:unoas  infomiation,  traits 
of  pergonal  character,  and  out-of-tlio-wsy  historical  inci- 
(Ipiitf,  which   has  enabled   the  editor  to  select  &  book 
wlii«:h  will  tnLo  iu  place  among  the  best  of  our  English 
Ana.    If  Mitw  Wyun  toJd  her  itotiea  viva  oore  aa  w«ll  wl 
she  tells  theva  on"^«k\K!:t,\\.  \*  ik-^wjAws  •*&»  wcwsa"^ '^»*' 


410 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t8««a.V.  Mat  14,' 


fate  of  Denon,  Trhoin  the  Pariatens  are  said  to  have  been 
in  tbe  habit  of  knocking  vp  at  night,  with  the  ay, 
**  Monsiear  penon,  yoa  -who  knoyr  so  many  good  ttorie*, 
px*y  tell  us  one." 

Her  Majetty's  Mail* :  an  HUlorical  aad  DeteripUtt  Ae- 
coutd  of  the  British  Post  Office.  Together  icith  an 
AppcnAu.  By  William  Lewiiis.  (Sampson  Low.) 
)Iow  did  London  ever  get  on  without  omnibqaes?  was 
the  recent  inquiry  of  an  observant  pedestrian  aa  he 
traversed  the  Strand.  How  did  England  ever  get  on 
without  the  Post  Ollice?  is  tho  inquiry  sug^ted  by 
Mr.  Lewins's  amusing  volumn — and  very  amusing  it  is — 
in  which,  under  the  title  of  Her  Atajestj/'M  Maib,  he  gives 
ns  the  histor\'  of  the  rise,  progreai,  and  present  state  of 
that  vast  and  well-organised  establishment;  which,  with 
equal  efBcieucy.  wafts  a  sigh  from  India  to  tlie  Pole,  or  a 
sample  from  Manchester  to  Pemambuco.  The  work 
abounds  with  useful  information,  compiled  with  great 
care,  and  set  off  with  much  amusing  illustration. 

The  Autngrapk  Souvenir  :  a  Gtlkction  of  Autograph  Let- 
ter$.  Interesting  Documents,  &v.,  executed  ra  Fac-dmHe, 
by  F.  G.  Netherclift.  With  "Letter-press  TranseripHons, 
and  occtfsional  TrwukUiona,  by  {(icbard  Sims.  Parts  J. 
to  r.    (Netherclift.) 

Encouraged,  we  presume,  by  the  success  of  their  i^seful 
Handbook  of  Autographs,  Mr.  Netherclift  and  Mr.  Sims 
have  commenced  a  work  of  higher  pretensions,  and  are 
iaiaing  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.Netherclift's  skill, of  Letters  of  Kli- 
zabeth — Cromwell — Frederick  the  Great — of  Ariosto— 
Salvator  Rosa — Michael  Angelo— Nelson  and  Wellington 
— and  in  short,  as  far  as  possible,  of  the  representative 
men  of  all  ages  and  classes:  and  Mr.  Sims  has  accom- 
panied the  originals  sometimes  by  transcriptions,  and 
■ometimcs  by  translations,  which  obviously  add  greatly 
to  their  interest  and  value. 


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London:  F.  TITXiJr,  10, 


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mfli!!  uir.  Jupltei'i  Konna.  *c.i  mi  a.  Ti«nilfMM  Olutnmla 
t'nrti'k^-avb-  ithilf*     Nfvlj  All  tlu:  Jud«ca  at  Epann  ud  Ihv 


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/or  hiui  at  uvr  OJirf.. 


A  Ultir  adtirvted  to  this  gtuUtmoM  iA  leailitiu 


A.  V.  (i.  n'f.luux.i'iirtcarthdtlicfiiiitfiilUmgii'teorlki^tUmpstolA': 
Infirmaiii  fm-  ChililtiH.  Jl,  naUri-- Ji»ml. 

J,  J.PKTi.ci.    /I  tMfuld hnvc  lmn'-vnr«,l,lii\r)il." 

<^OK^l^t.  Thf  .Manre  uf  Maa«t1and  ha.-  lif<»  trmulaitd  Ay  3lr. 
KmikHen.  ami  jiuOII'Snl  A»  Mrr-rt.  fi,  R  aul  JfaUg,und  mlldntrrtt 
ttU  /injmrot  ciin  xiy  in  I'tn  /fj'uinr. 

J.  DALTnK.  The  {I'hCJi  turrHiimj  to  tht  Vln^kutt  iJkt  iitrtutiim  uf 
fe((i.i-«  <«c.ur  I'a Imun,  FlwrMliu,  lib.  iii.  KO. 


u«  It  aluiie,  ■■  The  Fl..-tvniioit<;  mit  U  Tmi  woad.' 
ifiutlKFi.  "  r  nsvrr  Xfttwx  yatt,  ati,  Mtieli^  |b**IP  e«aaric«atf  ■ 
it*  in»k<?r*t  reiNjnim«P!liitiiin."_r.  H.  Fawkn,  Baq.  of  Torrfci. 
counony  of  priea  i*  u'-it BriM>;»r«il  at  tli«  «a«t  ol  «aBiaacy.  ■ 
cartTuOr  Iflw  It  •.!  oq  ^A-;anl  rtflc-ranffe.  acainvt  all  Ik*  dn 
KMsd  by  the  memben  of  lheeaHf«,aud  ttound  it  fUIr  nail  li 
aUtiiiu;fli  itiey  ha  '  ro»t  iTii— -  «ii-  "  i.iur  tlni««  it*  price"— F«hL 
fecilTi-  (iri  tliv  |04i>-)ard  r-"  '  aptaia  SoAder,  Boral  Smo. 

FoMDiT.  £fi0>i Jd .   "  it  n  til- !  I  il«  oontMinloa  t«  a  pkaiBt  I 

ii  at  doiid  u  it  ii  thui'  -  .  :.  i  and  Qnvric*.  Fiat>tnt.  I 
t1»'*HTtt>e"  Glwihijiri  iiMiLit-tnarka  at  llM  rarl*,  SUM 
14  b«  kad  direct  fFDBi  iALUM  «  CO.,  M,  rriacM  amat.!** 

OND'S    PERMANENT    MARKING  15 

^  Theoridnal  lavention,  •ataMbttcd  lavl,  lor  moiktat  U 
lAMIkS,  INITIALS,  aiwn  houachold  liaen,  wtariac  afcan:. > 
N.B.— Owinv  to  lh«  sreat  raputc  In  which  tUa  Ink  It  htUlfi 
outfltten,  ac.  inferior  imitation*  arc  often  aol<l  to  tha  *«Mie,  ■) 
not  puMen  oirr  of  iU  eelebratetl  qnalitic*.  Pnreliawn  fMM 
foie  M  PBicfVt  In  obierT*  tiM  addrcn  on  tit*  latal,  I4k.  BlallOK 
STKEET  WITHIN,  E.C..  vithont  whicn  tLc  Ink  h  ay:i 
Bold  by  all  reiprctahlc  elicmItU,  ■tatioscn,  fte..  la  the  LaM 
dom,  price  1«.  t>er  iMttle:  no  fxi.  •■(«  vttr  made. 

NOTICb.-  BKMOVEU  from  w,  \jaat,  Ijsms  ivkn  it  I 
ettabliiiicdrcarly  half  a  century),  to 

10,  BISIIUl'aUATE  STREET  WTTIICr,  CC 

XIIE  PATENT  NEW  FILTER.— IV. Cra.-JfJ 
"  AiDurc  water  U  of  roch srrat  iinpnrlaiiee.abteB^.'' ■■,' 
t  Mr.  Liptroinbe  !•  by  far  the  mott  exp«:rirn..'>4  lad  kr«  <<  u- 
filter  maker*."  Can  only  be  bad  at  Mr.  Ijpaooinfe'iTiMC  Jc« 
tftrand.    rroapectiu  tree. 


T^HR  PRETTIEST  GIFT   for  a  LADY  is  a 
.    JONKS'S  fiOI.I)  I.EVKBS.  at  III.  l|«.    Far  a  OCKTU 

one  at  IQI.  in<.    Ilewardvd  at  the  XuteruatK>naI  KThi'iv  "*"' 
no*  of  Production." 

Uanufactory.SSS,  FlTand.opi>oiitc  Soounct  Hca«. 

pHlJBBS    LOCKS    and  FIREPROOF  SJ 

\j  with  all  the  neve<'t  lmt>mTcmcnti'.    Strvxt-di>/r  Lalc^(*.( 

Deed  lloxef.   Full  illustrated  piirc  li«ta  acai  inw. 

CIIUBH  «  SON,  67.  St.  raol't  ChurchyanI,  l.ai>dc.a:  r,  I^' 

I.lvei|>(M>l  I   ICi,  Market   Street,  >Ianche«tcri   lUid  Buxkl 

Wvlvei  liainiitun. 


ItaikjAMiji  Waku  Kill  find  mmt  imUr<:Mliua  uartKufarv  u/'  Uir.  origin 

,   IN  fmn-jio't  vitU  th-   wmt  ul  inliiudin  "SIl  O."  ■  -  ■ 

XiLSlH.au. 


of  Ml'  Harp  in  (VMifJiu'l  t'ith  M'    <ti»W  of 


<i."lrt» 


H.  C.    Oh  thi  origim  iff  tk'  ta»-d  Qtnrtcr,  a»  ■•itaring  li/f,  we  oar  lit 
a  via.  116,  «u. 

•••  (.VvM  forhtiutiua  tjf  rciHnic*  •/**  W.  k  Q."  May  he  tad  a/  tks 
rubliiktr,  ami  vjali  HwkfilU  n  and  .ttxtmn. 

"Noraa  akd  Qckkiu"  U  miiilUMid  «t  nwm  oa  Friday,  amd  is  alio 

umerf  (a  M  iktulit  Pahti.    ITir  NHhtcriptiom  fur  Stampku  0>nr«  /Or 

Mbt  Mtmtkt  HirminleJ  dirt.:!  /ram  lite  >aMM«r  (iHrhtdimo  (*«  HvU' 
._  . .  _      ..  ^^ 


"Hontk  QirMiat"iii«gistei«AtetnBaBiWUiai9H«M\. 


SAUCK.  — LEA  AND  PEKKISS" 
'WOSCBSTSaS  BXBB       SAVC 

TtU*  dclldou*  eondlmcBt,  prononaoctf  tqr  OsBaetacar 
"THE   OVLT   QOOO    SAUCE," 

1*  prepared  (olely  by  IJBA  *  PERKIX*. 
Tha  PnUie  aNic*pcetftilly  eaatloncd  aaainat  wortklaaaiaHail 
ihould  ica  that  LEA  *  F£KKIKd'  Kaaica  ai«  vaVnnm 

Bottle,  and  Skipper. 

ASK  FOB  IiSA  AND  FBHRUTB*  8AI 

a**  Sold  Wkolcaale  and  fbr  Cnort.  kr  tha  Piopeialnta  V 
lfEf«Ht>.  RK(JM8K  and  BLACKWELL.  MUSHKH.  BABCL 
lOMR.  I/ondon,ac..  *c.  i  and  by  Oroean  and  OiUnaa  uivtia 


BRUWN  ANP  POLSOKV 

ATE  NT     CORN      FLO 

Faekoti.  nd. 
GUARANTEED  PEKFECTLiT  FUBB. 

ii  a  lavunrita 

DIET  FOB  CHIJSbBH. 

F<x  FUDDUTOB,  SffirABIM,  •■. 


lajiDOS,  SATVUDdr.  ViirSi,  \VaA. 


-AN. .. 
.op  Thf-. 

.,  iVi-  I 

tllUII   Jlil 
III    I><T(5» 

intuit  — 


-N*    125. 

of  ?r^t»,  411 
'    ■   :    Pite- 

■"•y- 

Kpi- 

pi.  -  IJjiroiiy 

--Am, 


rcun- 
'  ioiiUiiiiiig 
'aractcrs — 
Ksq.  —  Na- 
si: unt,  Cloudo 


■Hit  or  Klfi>:  John  - 


■  rs  — 

'  wiirl 
•lohn 

I  .   ;vr   — 

111  Muut'  —  LIk%»—  UoUu;  1Ji}vu  — 
Scjiulehre's.  Jtc.,4S4. 


Haiti. 

i\\  CHAMJ'ION  OF  MARY  QDEEN  OF 

SCOTS. 
lU  important  volutnea  have  very  recently 
Mislicd  in  Fram-e  on  tiie  History  of  Eng- 
nr  mi^rlit  npipropriatcly  be  revieweJ  here, 
^»  Hbundiince  of  nmterinla  preventa  the 
B  in  "  N.  4;  Q."  of  profe»»ed  cutnptes- 
)f  foreign  work*,  1  shall  take  the  liborty 
•ailing  the  attention  of  the  readers,  under 
»e  of  a  brief  note,  to  one  of  these  prodnc- 

.oui?  Wicsener,  lecturer  on  history  at  the 

"•■■•  '  ?  (irand,  is  the  author  of  the  octavo 

.  and  his  Marie  Stuart  et  le  Comtedf 

:,,r,j  Mti  oloqucnt  refutation  of  the 
St  tlio  unfortuQnto  Queen 

t,  FrOltdi",   iriii  ntl,,  r  bis- 

irtH  from  i  Uion 

":ii  of  a  pi  aiely 

1/dity  ot  .Scotland,  in 
nt  ,  if  ptiblic  afliiirii, 
k^icU  ti  i  was  more 

r  int  on  the 

!.  hiiJ  been  at 
lid  admitted  us 
a-  01  tlu'  j.n\j<  ounciJ  \  .Murray  managed, 
first  place,  to  l^ing  about  his  disgrace. 


The   marriage  with    Damley,  howcvr»r,  tnomen- 
1  tariiy  defeated  the  Regent'*  plan  by  inlnjducing 
I  in  the  person  of  the  Queen's  consort  a  rival,  wh^n, 
(  If  be  had  pos^sessed  any  sirenjith  of  cbaracler  and 
'  some  honour,  would  have   utterly  put  down   tlie 
j  risin<!;  of  the  ambitious  nobles.     In  this  emergency, 
I  by  a  stroke  of  eonsumnnite  policy,  Murray  began 
I  by  destroying  Darnley  through  the  instrumenta- 
lity   of  Bofhwell  \    he  then  ruined    Botliw<»ll  for 
having  helped  to  murder  Darnley  ;  nnd,  finiiUy, 
he  contrived  to  make  Mary  share  the  condemna- 
tion with  which  he  visited  his  own  accomplice, 

M.  Wiesener  has  consulted  with  the  most  scru- 
pulous care  all  the  document.?,  both  written  and 
MS.  that  exist,  concerning  Mary  Stuart.  His 
critiques  of  otter  historiina,  particularly  of  M, 
Mi«!net,  are  often  thuroughlv  sound,  anrl  at  the 
same  time  always  charactensed  by  fairtiefs  and 
pood  temper.  Jle  is,  on  the  other  hand,  very 
severe  in  liig  appreciation  of  Buchanan,  whom  he 
finds  guilty  of  the  gro.-sest  hypocrisy,  and  whom 
he  denounces  as  an  infamous  ealumninlor.  The 
1  well-knf)wn  Detectio,  theylcfirt  contra  Mariam,vtorc 
pamphlets  written  at  the  instigation  of  Murray ; 
the  pretended  letters  from  Mary  to  Bothwell,  the 
journal  of  the  Regent  himself,  were.,  M.  Wiesener, 
supposes,  fabrication.^  unblusliin<2ly  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  opininn  enterliiined  re- 
specting the  guilt  of  Mary  Queen  i>(  Scots,  we 
snould  hail  with  satisl'action  every  fre»h  attempt  to 
»ii)lve  this  the  long-di.sputed  problem  ;  and  I  think 
that  the  volume  just  described  amply  deservoB, 
from  this  point  of  view,  to  be  made  a  note  of. 

(tL'stave  Massor. 
Harrow-oa-the-Hill. 


BISHOP  THOMAS  KNOX  OP  THE  ISLES. 

On  the  resignalion  of  the  see  of  the  Ules  by 
Bishop  Andrew  Knox,  and  his  final  removal  to 
that  of  Raphoe,  which  occurred  about  the  com- 
nieneement  of  the  year  1619,  he  was  succeeded  in 
the  Scotish  bishopric  by  his  eldest  son  'I'lmmAs, 
who  was  nominated  to  the  see  by  King  ClmrU'S  L 
in  February  ;  and  is  mentioned  in  a  letter,  dated 
March  18,  I6U),  from  Edinburgh,  addressed  to 
Sir  John  Campbell  of  Colder,  by  hit  factor  there, 
in  the  following  terms  :  — 

"  '  I     Knox  is  com«l  heir  from  i^urt,  bo  is 

bhcl.  Hi;  and  hla  (pft  |>4«t  throw   the  fvnVis 

iilre<>Mi".    ><•    >>ilii  nie  that  hit  &laJK«tia  ipok  Weill   of 
you." — Book  of  the  Tfuitwii  af  Camdnr, 

His  consecration  may,  theri-fore,  bo  placed  in 
or  about  that  month  ;  but  his  previou,"*  ecclesias- 
tical prefertnenta  I  have  UQt  wiwaessj^ft^  w.  ■*»»t'tT- 
Uinmg.  mA  V\^<i  o\i\<j  xaiOkj;*  «&  V>»  ««««^«*«** 


412 


NOTES  AND  QUERDSa 


CIMSLT.  HatV 


BISHOF8  OF  THE  IBLB8:    **  BOOOBBNgn."  *     ST.  MABT'b  OHOBOH,    BOKHSajLT,  OATBIM 


AJ>. 

NmnM. 

DM*  of 

PlkMOf 

CoMMielwi. 

Nomination. 

Canicenttan. 

1606 

1019 
1628 

1688 
1662 
1677 

1680 

Andrew  Knox,  D.D. 

Thomas  Knox,  B  J>. 
JohnLeBUe,DJ>.... 

NeUCMnpb«U      ... 
Robert  WaUace    ... 
Andrew  Wood 

Archibald  Graham 

April  3, 
Jaa.VL 

Feb.—, 
Jas.  VI. 

Aug.  17. 
Chas.!. 

Oct  17, 
Chas.!. 

Jan.  — , 
Chaa.  II. 

Chas.  II. 
Chas.  II. 

1611. 
Feb.«4, 

.Mar.—? 
Sept—? 

1684. 
May  7. 

1678. 

• 

Leith 

Edinburgh, 
Abbey  church 
of  Holyrood. 

Jolm  (Spottiswoodq,  Abp.  nt)  Qb^ 
Gamn  (Hamilton,  Bp- of )  Calmj, 
Andrew  (Lamb,  Bp.  of)  BndU. 

Jamea  (Sharp,  Abp.  of  )  &  Awi/m\i 
drew  (Fairford,  Abp.  of)   CfaM.1 
Joaie*  (Hamilton,  Bp.  of)  Gdfaif 

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  Islfty,  and 
only  released  on  certain  conditions,  afterwards 
violated  through  an  act  of  gross  treachery,  in 
November  following.  (Gregory's  Western  I»le$.) 
He  had  ecclesiastical  preferment  in  the  king- 
dom of  Ireland,  for  we  find :  "Thomas  Knox,  B.D., 
Incumbent  of  the  parish  of  ClondevadocJie,  or 


*  Dioee$e. — Isles  of  Bute  and  Arran,  with  most  of  the 
Hebrides,  or  Western  Archipelsgo  of  Isles.  ("  Sudonyur," 
firom  »udr,  south,  and  ey,  island,  in  Islandic.) 

Cathedral  Chapter  (re-established  hy  Act  of  Scotish  Par- 
liament, in  July,  1617).— 1.  Dean,  the  Parson  of  Sorbie, 
or  Sorabie,  in  Trree,  who  was  also  Vicar  of  lona,  with 
parish  of  Crosaabill  annexed;  2.  Smb-Dean,  the  Parson 
of  Rothesay,  in  Bute ;  8.  4,  5,  G.  Parsons  of  four  other 
parish  churches  in  the  diocese;  at  the  same  time  the 
Friny  of  ArdekaUen  and  Ahbejf  of  leoUtMU,  or  lona 
(*■  Hy,")  ware  annexed  to  the  Bishopric,  and  an  .<(>«*- 
I  jyipMn  to  Jure  been  iDBtit«t«d  on  a«^  8^  IMii. 


Fanvct "  —  a  rectory  in  his  father's  diocB 
Ranhoe  —  in  the  year  1622  ;  and  as  be  waiB 
sanly  nonresident,  he  employed  a  curate,  S< 
AVhvte,  M.A. ;  and  paid  him  lOl.  anDO^ 
serving  that  benefice  during  his  own  alii 
(  Uhter  Visitation  Book.') 

Bishop  Knox's  death  is  placed  by  Kebk  ( 
Hsh  Bishops)  in  the  year  1626 ;  but  it  w 
more  probably  referred  to  1628,  as  Us  saBC 
in  the  see  of  the  Isles,  Dr.  John  Lesik^ 
nominated  on  August  17  in  the  latter  year, 
it  is  unlikely  that  the  bishopric  would  bsvc 
allowed  to  remain  so  long  racant.  ThcM 
are,  however,  merely  conjectural ;  and,  wiM 
Cosmo  Innes  remarks,  that  **the  ■ncconioB  i 
bishops  of  that  see  (7%ff  Ttle*}  ia  eonfoMi 
uncertain  throughout,  bat  about  the  Itidt 
tion,  it  becomes  inexplicable ;  **  and  as  al 
the  seventeenth  century,  er«a  tiie  pnrt  Brf 
tioa  lUAQe^sioa  continue*  defiwtive^  kk  «M  1 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


eicB  FovuDBO  Jkj>.  8%Qt  AW  imrrBD  to  mav  till  eirea  1409. 


MAr.  17, 
Rimallcn 
Cattle? 


1628. ? 


pi.  Sept.  — , 

'■fi«lou|;li.  CO. 

'foa«ghnD. 


IC— . 


J75,  May  10, 
Kolhsav. 


ms.  — ? 

Ouutior. 


,170-.  ? 


Eplico- 


100 


23 


10 


di 


14 


18 


PrtTloiu  EotlMiMticml  SUUoiu,  *e. 


A.M.  of  GUsgow  Univeraitr,  1579;  Parson  of  Loch- 
winnoch  (ind  Pnlsloy,  dioc.  of  Glasgow,  and  co.  Ren- 
frew. T>-:iu slated  tOse«  of  Ilaphoe  in  Ireland,  Jane 
26,  1011,  and  Sept  22, 1610.    Pr.  Coun.  of  Ireland. 

Rector  of  Clonderaddock,  dice,  of  Rnphoe,  a  son  of  pre- 
viuiu  Bishop,  and  Baciulor  of  Divinltr. 


A.M.  of  Aberdeen,  and  D.D.  of  Oxford.  162».  Was 
Rector  of  St.  Martin-Je-Vintry.  London,  162-  to 
Sept.  1628,  Translated  to  see  of  Raphoe,  in  Ireland, 
April  H.  and  .Tune  1, 1638,  and  to  tliat  of  Clogher 
June  17  and  27,  IGGl.  Pr.  Conncillor  of  Ireland  and 
Dean  of  Kapboe  in  com.  Jane  9  to  autumn,  IC61. 

Parson  of  Ktlmichael,  In  d«inety  of  Glassory,  dioc.  and 
CO.  of  Arjjyil ;  son  of  Bishop  JJiel,  C.  of  Arfyyll.  De- 
posed by  ijcn.  Am.  at  Glasgow  Dec.  11, 1G3S.  Period 
of  death  unknown. 

Paraon  of  Barnwell,  in  dioc.  of  Glasfjow,  and  co.  of  A>t. 
Inferred  in  .St  Mary's  Church,  Kotlii-say,  hi»  Cathe- 
dral. (By  wmo  authorities  his  death  is  placed  in 
16^9  and  l(i71.) 

Paraon  succewively  of  Spott,  in  East  Lotlitan,  and  of 
Ihinlidr,  in  co.  of  Haddinfi^ton,  both  in  dioc,  of  Kilin- 
l)ur;{h,  %vhi(:li  lost  he  held  in  common  with  the  see 
by  royal  dispensjvtion  of  June  2,  1677.  Translated 
to  iwe"  of  Caithness  in  1680.  Deprived  July  I'J,  1689. 
("  And.  Soderen.") 

Parson  of  Rothesay,  in  island  and  co.  of  Bute,  and 
dine,  of  Tho  Isles,  and  tx-nfficlo  Sub-Dean  of  The 
Ules.  Deprived  July  Itf,  1080.  Living  in  April, 
17U2 ;  but  exact  date  of  death  unrecorded. 


AaUMrillM.taL 


Keith,  WarA,  Cottoo, 
Gr^ry,  R«ev«. 


Kuth,  Cotton.  Lflwson, 
&c. 


Ware,  ('otton,  Keith, 
Lawson.  Kecve. 


Keith,  Grub,  LawsoHi 
Ac, 


Koitb,  Grab,  Lawwhi, 

he. 


Keith,  Gmb,  Lawson, 


Keith,  Grub,  Lnw»nn, 


I 


expected  tbat  a  tjro  like  mjself  can  succeed 
[the  almost  hopeless  task  of  attempting  to  re- 
cile  the  chronological  difliculties,  and  nearly 
iperable  obstacles,  which  oppose  the  compila- 
of  a  correct  Catnlopue  of  the  Bishops  of  the 
«.     However,  I  append  (from  my  MS.  "  Fnsti 
cl.  Scotic.**)   a   brief  tabular  view  of  the  Inst 
►en   prelates   who   occupied   tins    ancient   see, 
ttween  the  years   1606    and    1702,  which    may 
pL-rhaps  be  deem(«d  worthy  of  insertion.     AV'ith 
ierence   to   tliis   hinhop's   connection    with   the 
'iiiders  of  his  diocese — politically,  for  of  his  ec- 
liastictil  yovurnment  iinforturiatdy  nothinjf  is 
Ijorded  —  it  may  he  mentioned  that,  in  1622,  the 

Jefs  havittp  made  their  \imii-'  ^^•■. ■!  )ipf>ei»rnrice 

fore  the   Privy   Counril  u\  at  Edin- 

rjjh,  several  nets  of  iinr,,  .    liting  to  the 

lilc!i  were  passed.     By  !  those,  they  were 

bound  to  build  and  r  ,  r  parish  churches 

to  the  MtUsfaction  of  the  iitahop  of  the  Isles ;  atid 


they  promised  to  meet  the  bishop  at  Icolmkill, 
wlienever  he  should  appoint,  to  make  the  neces- 
sary arrangements  in  this  matter.  The  bishop  at 
this  time  promised  to  appoint  a  t^ualilied  Com- 
missary for  the  lelea,  comf>laint8  having  been 
nmde  on  that  head,  {Jiec,  Privy  CouTiciL,  Jaly, 
1622.) 

llie  above  is  from  Gregory's  valuable  HiUory 
of  the  Wesiem  I/i^hlands  and  Isles  of  ScoUimd,, 
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  puc- 
ep.Hor,  as  the  former  was  undoubtedly  then  in 
Ireland.  The  family  of  Knox  of  Prehen,  near 
Derry,  was  desuended  from  these  bishops;  and, 
pmbablv  aUo,  that  of  Ilappa  Castle,  in  the  county 
of  Muy<»,  which  still  exists. 

.'irnut.  (ill.,  a  falcon  volant,  or,  within  an  orle» 
inveoted  on  the  outer  wda  *.x%f  V^vi«iRS.*^*'r^=*>'' 


414 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


{9^  &  T.  Mat  21,  "H 


KALI'II  FITZ-lIUniilRT. 

Dugdnlc,  at  p.  510  of  the  finit  vol.  of  his  Ba- 
ronage^  iitatcs :  — 

**  Tliifl  Knphe  Fitz-IIubcrt,  adhering;  to  Kinf;  Stephen 
in  his  wars  a(;ain.st  Mauiio  the  Kinpress,  wa.i  a  tierce  man, 
and  a  great  plunderer  (Math.  West.  an.  1140) ;  and  hav- 
ing surpriitcd  tlie  Castle  of  Devizes was  at 

length  taken  prisoner,  and  iMicaaso  ho  refused  to  deliver 
up  Deviies  to  the  Empress,  hanged  as  a  thief." 

Bankii,  at  p.  83  of  vol.  i.  of  his  Extinct  and 
Dormant  Baronnget,  coiiies  this  statement.  Sir 
F.  Madden,  in  his  Fn^ctiuvillu  pc(li;;rce  (pp.  1  et 
aeq.  of  vol.  iv.  of  the  CoUect.  Topogr.  et  Geneal.)^ 
also  adopts  it. 

A  little  cxanuniition  of  this  point  will,  I  think, 
clear  the  stain  of  the  crimes  attributed  to  him  from 
his  name. 

In  the  first  place,  it  seems  tolcrahlj  certain  that 
the  malefactor  s  name  was  not  Ualph,  but  Robert 
Fitz-Ilubert.  William  of  Malmesburj  so  styles 
him  in  the  two  places  where  he  mentions  hnn ; 
and  the  author  of  the  Geita  Stephani  also  in  several 
places  call:)  hi  in  Robert. 

Secondly,  that  whilst  Ralph  Filz-IIubcrt  was 
of  undnuliti-d  Norman  aiii'.esirv,  :it  ]>.  6(>  of  the 
Gesla  Stuphani  (published  by  tlie  En^.  Iliitt.  So- 
ciety), it  is  stated  that  Robert  Fitz-R:dph  was  of 
Fleuiish  extraction,  and  a  stijiendiary  of  Count 
Robert :  — 

"I'roi>c  hoc  tompus  Itobcrtus  tilius  Hubert!,  mVurm-re 
Flandrennt,  aniino  ot  acta  fraudulentus,  qui,  ut  de  Evan* 
gelico  judice  dicitur,  nee  Deuin  noc  Iiumines  rercrebatur, 
vx  Kobcrti  rciinitis  inilitiu  furtiv^  pruficiscens,  erat  cuim 
lY/iiw  MtifteRiliariut,"  See. 

As  Ralph  Fitz-IIubort,  temp.  Domesday,  held 
thirty-niiie  manors  in  Derbyshire,  n.«i  well  as  lands 
in  captte  in  Leicester,  Stalt'ord,  Notts,  and  Lin- 
coln, and  was  ut  the  same  time  Governor  of  Not- 
tin;;ham,  it  is  hanlly  pnibable  he  ever  served  as 
"  stipendiarius  "  to  any  one  but  William  the  Con- 
queror. 

Thinlly,  Ralph  Fitz-Hubert  was  the  eldest  son 
of  Hubert  de  Rye,  who,  in  1044,  saved  the  life  of 
William  Duke  of  Normandy,  as  he  was  flying 
from  Hayeux  to  Fulaise  pursue<l  by  conspirators. 
As  three  of  Hubert  de  Rye's  sons  were  then  old 
enough  to  escort  William  across  country  from 
Rya  Ui  Falaise  (Roscoc's  Zi/*  «/  William  the  Con- 
queror, p.  51 :  Chrim.  de  Normnndie,  Nouo.  Uist., 
M.  de  Bras,  Walsingham,  &c.),  Ralph,  the  eldest^ 
must  hiurc  been  aged  at  least  twenty-four,  which 
would  give  the  date  of  his  birth  as  10*20 — a  hun- 
dred ami  twenty  years  before  the  time  when  he  is 
presumcil  to  have  committed  the  atrocities  justly 
censured  by  Matthew  of  Westminster. 

If  any  further  proof  of  his  innocence  were 
necessary,  it  would  be  that  his  son  Ralph  suc- 
ceeded to  his  estates  in  the  reign  of  Henry  I.,  and 
that  the  events  above  referred  to  did  not  take 
place  tilt  that  of  Stephen.  Waltxi  fin. 

XixV'sBoad.  Chelsea.  I 


DOCTOR  SLOP. 
In  Mr.  Fitzgerald's  recently  published  £i/«  i>f 
Sterne  it  is  stated,  that  Dr.  Burton  of  York  vu 
generally  supposetl  to  bo  the  original  of  Dr.  Slop, 
and  certain  political  reasons  are  adduced  which 
caused  Dr.  Burton  to  become  obnoxious  to  tke 
witty  satire  of  the  author  of  lYutroM  Skanif. 
In  such  a  cose,  one  would  not  expect  a  satirist  to 
be  Yery  discriminating  in  his  attacks ;  but  reallj, 
poor  Dr.  Burton  seems  to  have  been  treated  wiih 
singular  unfairness :  for,  so  far  from  being  a  bliad 
advocate  for  the  use  of  instrumenta  in  midwiferj, 
one  of  the  charges  he  brings  against  Dr.  SmeUie, 
the  most  celebrated  accoucheur  of  that  day,  ii, 
his  too  great  fondness  for  using  instruments  wbeo 
the  elTorts  of  Nature  were  adequate  to  effect  de* 
livery ;  and.  at  p.  xi.  of  Dr.  burton's  Table  ot 
Contents,  prefixed  to  his  Letter  to  William  SmeSie, 
M.D.,  eight  references  ar(>  given  to  pansages  pror. 
ing  "that  Smellie  uses  instruments,  when  delire7 
may  be  safely  performed  without.*'  It  is  tn:« 
that,  in  Dr.  nurton's  own  work  (^An  Saay.iv., 
1751,  l'ustscri[it),  fiifurcs  arc  given  of  the  auih'cir'i 
forceps;  but  it  was  no  ncwly-invcnted  ic^cni- 
me nt,  merely  .1  modification  invented  bytheui- 
thor  as  being  safer  ami  better  than  the  foKefS 
then  in  use  by  all  practitioners  of  midwifery. 

Hie  Letter  to  Dr.  SmeUic  (17>73)   i.4  an  (vun 
of  250  pages,  and  consists  of  a  thorough  ilwo^ 
tion  of  Dr.  Smellie's  celebrated    work.    Bra 
W.1S  evidently  a  <ri)nd  Greek  and  Latin  «i>iir, 
and  had  read  tlio  ori^iinal  work.s  of  the  imi;r1(- 
hrated  obstetric  writi'rs;  where:i.*>,  he  pmiauit 
Smellie,  while  iiiuking  a  iireat  parntle  of  Ua*:.{, 
had  really  got  all  his  knowledge  of  these  «('nm 
at  second  hand.     Aimmg  other  <rriiiei!iims,  Bur*.-.* 
unmcrcifullv  ridicules  Siuellie  fur  what  was  c-j- 
tainly  an  absurd  blunder.     He    hud  found,  in  \ 
compendium  published  by  Sftaehiua    in  15!l7,  u 
engraving  with  this  title,  "  Lithn{HC<Iii  Senunmii 
Icon."     It  is  the  figure  of  a  so-eullcd  "  petrifitd 
child,"  taken  from  its  mother;  and  Smellie,  mil* 
undcintanding  the  inscription,  forthwith  enmlled 
"LithnpieduH   Senonensis "   among   his   obstetric 
authorities  I 

Sterne  must  have  read  the  work  of  Smellie 
("  Adrianus  Smelvogt,"  he  calls  him),  and  hftl 
copied  into  the  text  of  Tristram  Shandy  this  ludi* 
crous  mistake.  I  have  not  at  hand  an  j  edition  of 
Tristram  published  in  the  author's  life-time ;  and, 
therefore,  do  not  know  whether  the  fuot-note  to 
chap.  xliv.  (vol.  i.)  was  ailded  by  Sterne  himscir. 
If  It  were,  it  is  evident  that  he  had  also  beni 
reading  Burton's  Letter,  tt'c. ;  for  Smellie's  mis- 
take is  corrected  in  the  very  tpordg  of  Burton,  bat 
with  some  mis-spelling,  and  a  wrongly  copied  date. 

"  The  account  of  it,"  says  Unrton,  ••  as  pnbllsbed  if 
Alboaiufl,  in  lfi82,  in  octavo,  may  be  sseo  at  the  end  tf 
Oonhens's  works  in  Spachins."— *8ae  nott  to  <Aaab  atfin 
vol  L  of  TVufrtm  Shimify. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Smellie's  Treatise  on  the  Theory  and  Practice  of 
Miflipifery  was  published  in  1752;  Burton's  Let'' 
ter  ft;  Wtlliam  Smellie,  M.D,  in  1753;  and  the 
firit  volume  of  Tristram  Shaitdy  in  1759. 

As  an  "illustration  of  Sterne,"  I  may  here 
quote  nn  instunce  in  which,  bavin-;  got  bold  of  a 
dry  fact,  he  has  gtren  it  a  ludicrous  turn  by  means 
of  a  new  simile.  SmelUe  had  said  {Treatise ^  tfc., 
p.90):- 

"  And  in  all  Uborioiu  cues,  th«  vertex  comea  down, 
and  is  lentrthene<l  in  fonn  of  a  sugar-loaf,  nint^ and' forty 
timet  in.  fifty  tHttanett," 

"  My  father,"  jnv  vol.  i.  dmp.  xliv.),  "who 

dipped  into  sill  Icin  upon  loolcioii  into  Litho- 

ptraus  Smonensiii  tie  .  ',,,,„  j,  ilicili,  publi.lUed  by  Adria- 
nus  SmeU'ogt,  haJ  found  out  that  ...  it  so  happened 
that,  i«  40  inttancn  out  nf  60,  the  said  head  was  com- 
presAed,  and  mouIiUd  into  the  shape  of  an  oblong  conical 
piece  of  dough,  such  as  a  pastrycook  generally  rolls  up  in 
order  to  make  a  pye  oil" 

^Ir.  Fltzjzcrald  says,  that  Dr.  Burton  "  went  to 
Oxford,  but  took  a  dearree  at  a  foreign  university." 
In  this  the  case  ?  On  the  title-page  of  his  Trea- 
tiae  on  the  Nott'Naturals,  he  figures  as  "  M.  B, 
Cantab,  and  M.D.  Rhem."  Aud  in  the  preface 
to  the  same  work,  he  eaja  :  — 

"  1  have  not  wholly  misemployed  the  tiin«  spent  bjr 
IDC  at  Lcydcn  and  at  Cambridge." 

The  f.dlowing  works,  by  Burton,  are  now  be- 
fore me :  — 

1.  "  A  TrMtiw  on  the  Noti-Naturnls,  in  which  the 
great  Influence  they  have  on  Human  Uodfcss  iaset  forth, 
and  mechanicallv  accounted  for,  &c.  Bv  John  Burton, 
M.B.  Cantab,  and  M.D.  Khein.    York.  1738.    8vo." 

This  is  not,  as  Mr.  Fitagernld  rails  it  (p.  273), 
"  a  singular  metnYihysical  work,"  but  is  wholly 
physiological  in  its  character — describing  the  cf- 
tiects  on  the  human  body  of  what  in  thoee  days 
— re  called  the  "  Non-Naturals." 

5t  "An  E*say  towarJs  u  complete  New  System  of 
MlJwifry  ("iiol' Theoretical  and  Practical,  &c.,'&c.  By 
John  Burton.  M.D.     London,  17ol.     8vo." 

Mr.  Fitzgerald  states  that  this  volume  is 
"  ushered  in  b^  complimentary  letters  from  various 
learned  SDcieties."  This  is  a  mistake ;  there  is  not 
one  fluch  letter.  The  vdluiue  begins  with  a  dedi- 
cntion— " To  the  Piesident  and  iMetnbers  of  the 
Roynl  Society  at  London,  and  of  the  Medical 
Society  of  Edinburjjh  : "  and  the  writer  states, 
that  I' some  of  the  improvements  and  new  dis- 
coveries in  1 1  (if  midwifery,  therein  men- 
tioned, havt!  en  laid  before  your  respec- 
tive Stx-ieties."  rhe  jin'^nge  next  qjioted  bv  Mr. 
Fitzgerald  (p.  2mo.  besriiuiing  — "  But  for  those 
people" — i.-*  '  1  e  to  the  Estaij ',  and 
from  the  b.  ;  ,i  (p.  *J31),  Mr.  Fitz- 
gerald's last  iju-ir.im.ii  I',  [,u:eii :  '*  Ab  I  have  al  ways 
professed  myself  au  advocate,"  kc. 

a.  "  Lattar  t^  William  SnoUle,  M.D.;  eonUining  Cri- 
tical and  Practical  Uemaika  upon  hia  Treatise  on  tbo 


Theory  and  Practiee  of  MidwiAiry.    By  John  Burton, 
M.D.  '  London,  173*.    8vo." 

It  is  at  page  21  of  this  letter,  that  Burton  ex- 
poses Smellie's  ludicrous  mistake  about  Litho' 
pttdus,  Jatdes, 


Thb  Sebaglio  Library. — It  is  to  be  regretted 
that  no  leiu-ned  European  ha.s  been  able  to  obtain 
admission  to  the  library  of  the  seraglio  at  Con- 
stantinople. By  the  aid  of  a  tirman  and  back- 
shish, I  found  no  difficulty,  with  other  English 
travellers,  in  entering  the  precincts  of  the  palace, 
tbrou«!h  the  gateway  called  the  Sublime  Porte, 
and  visiting  therein  the  convent  of  Sta  Irene,  now 
the  Sultan's  armoury,  his  majesty's  batif,  the 
room  containing  his  pedigree,  from  the  portraits 
on  which  Prince  Demetrius  Ciinlemir  obtained 
the  illustrations  for  his  History  of  the  Othman 
Empire.  I  am  certain  thtit  no  dilTiculty  would  be 
opposed  to  the  explorations  of  any  fair  snvanle 
possessed  of  sufficient  courage  to  make  a  pilgrim- 
age to  Stamboul  for  the  purpose  of  examining  the 
literary  treasures  in  the  library.  It  ifl  believed  to 
contain,  among  other  precious  works,  one  hundred 
and  twenty  of  Constanline's  MSS.  in  folio,  the 
original  gospel  of  St.  Matthew  in  Uebrew,  the 
lost  decads  of  Livy,  and,  according  toConstantine 
Lascarls,  the  missmg  books  of  Diodorus  Siculiis. 

••  Abbato  Totlcrini  procnred  a  copy  of  tlie  cataloiria- of 
the  Seraglio  Library,  vrliicti  waa  taken  in  forty  iliiys  \>y  a 
paf;e  of  the  court  with  tho  utmost  .secrecy.  He  gicts  it 
with  a  translation  in  hia  treatise  Delia  LtUeratHra  Tur- 
e/teica,  t.  it.  p.  53. 

**  l)e  lu  Valle,  who  visited  Constantinople  two  centuries 
ago,  remurkfi  that  the  decads  of  Livy  wero  then  said  to 
bo  in  the  library.  The  Grand  Duke  of  Florence  off-red 
5000  pianttrea  for  the  MS.,  and  the  Bailo  of  Venice  doubled 
the  offer,  but  It  could  uot  be  found." —  Viaogi,  p.  267,  4to. 

ILC. 

Abcbbibbop  Johr  Ain>  Bishop  James  Spot- 
TiswooD. — The  following  extract  from  the  adver- 
tisement prefixed  to  Sir  Alexander  Boswell's  Breefe 
Memoricul  of  the  L\jfe  and  Death  of  Doctor  James 
SpottiswDod,  Bishop  nf  Clugher  in  Ireland,  ^C, 
(4to,  Edinburgh,  1811),  is,  I  think,  worthy  of  ob- 
Ser^'ution  :  — 

"  Jamoa  Spottiswooti,  Bishop  of  ClORher,  the  Memorial 
of  whose  life  is  now  jriven  to  the  public,  was  the  second 
son  of  Jlr.  Jof---  '^- '•'•-•wood,  a  prominent  chnrocier  at 
the  time  of  i  lun  in  Scotland,  and  one  of  the 

Qrat   pravinci:i  'iidauLa.      In   the    Life   of   the 

Archbishop  of  St.  .\miicw':s  prefixed  to  his  HiKlory,  it  is 
remarkable  tliat  there  is  no  mention  made  of  bis  brother, 
the  Bishop  of  Clogher ;  there  is,  however,  reason  to  aur- 
miac  that,  in  some  prtrliLulars,  his  biographer  was  t'cr- 
plexed  bv  tlie  story  of  the  two  brothers,  anil  has  ascribed 
to  the  elder  what  peculiarly  belonged  to  tbo  routiger. 
There  was,  indeed,  a  lingular  coincidence  in  their  for- 
tunes. At  the  University  of  Glasgow  they  both  wore 
diatinguished  for  c»rly  and  uncommon  ucquiremonts; 
both  afterwards  became  favourites  at  court,  and  were 
raised  to  high  cccle^iastkal  prefertncnu;  both,  bara«sed 
by  th«  prevailing  sgitit  of  tUa  tinMa,'WM«.d.tiHW!.s«t  ^«s. 


416 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIE& 


CS>«B.T.MATa.^ 


clow  of  life,  the  one  from  SeetltBd  ud  the  ether  tnm 
Ireland,  to  uek  refuge  in  Loodoo,  ud  were  buried  cid« 
bjr  tide  in  Weumintter  Abbej." 

Abhba. 

EriTAPHs  ox  D0G8.  —  I  wish  to  prewrre  the 
memory  of  three  of  inj  dogs  in  a  more  endurin!; 
manner  than  bj  the  marble  sUbs  on  which  their 
eiMtaphs  are  engraved  :  — 

MOCO. 

Hoc  in  loco ' 
Jacet  Moco; 
Fnutrs  voco 
Moco,  Moco! 

U5A. 

K  pluribus  Una. 

BPOT. 

*  Tache  sant  tache. 

Q.D. 

Dob. — In  his  sermoHf  Mystical  Bedinm,  Thomat 
Adams  speaks  of  **  a  practical  frenzy ;  a  rorin;;, 
wanderinfr,  raprant,  extravagant  course,  which 
knows  not  which  way  to  fly  nor  where  to  Ii;;ht, 
except  like  a  dor  in  dunghill.'*  Of  </or,  the  editor 
of  Nichors  edition  of  tli<!  works  nf  Puritan  dirines, 
says  that  he  supprtses  it  U  a  dormoute.  Had  he 
consulted  Hailcv,  he  would  not  have  further  con- 
fused the  preacher's  imagery  hy  turnin:;  an  insect 
into  quadruped,  as  wu  aru  tuld  that  JJttr  is  a  dn>nc 
bee.  St.  Swithis. 

ExTSAOBDiNAKT  EpiTAPu. — The  following  epi- 
taph is  still  to  \m  seen  in  the  graveyard  of  the 
Covenanting  Meeting  House  at  Uailie's  Mill,  in 
the  {■ari'^h  of  Drumbcg,  county  of  Down.  It  niaj 
tend  to  fIiow  the  feeling  respecting  the  Solemn 
League  and  Covenant  which  still  lingers  in  some 
parts  of  the  north  of  Ireland :  — 

"  Underneath  lies  the  IkmIv  of  Wimjam  (iRaiiax,  of 
Creevy,  who  died  in  Feb',  ihiii,  in  the  G'i'*  vt-ar  of  his 
Age. 

"  The  following  sentences,  written  by  hinuelf,  are  in- 
scribed at  hii  own  requnt :  — 

"  First  I  leave  mv  testimony  a^cainst  all  the  errors  of 
Popeiy  which  coastitute  the  Man  of  Siu  and  Son  of  Per- 
dition. Whom  iny  Lord  shall  destroy  by  the  brightness 
of  his  coming. 

**  .Secondly.  Airainst  Prelacy  now  Mt  on  the  throne  of 
Britain,  wiiich  shall  ohortly  fiiil  like  Dacon  by  the  Fword 
of  Him  who  sits  un  the  white  horse,  ror  tins  end.  Oh 
thou  Mighty  God,  gird  thy  sword  upon  thy  thigh,  and 
thy  right-hand  shall  teiii-h  'lliee  terrible  things. 

"  Thirdly.  I  testify  against  all  who  deal  faiselv  in  the 
cause  of  Christ ;  all  who  own  the  Covenant  National  and 
Solemn  league,  and  yet  aware  allegiance  to  the  support 
of  Prelacy.  Oh  l^rd,  take  to  Thee  and  rule  the  Nations, 
and  destroy  the<e  two  grett  Idols,  Popery-  and  Prelacy, 
with  that  rod  of  Iron  Thou  hast  received  from  Th'y 
Father. 

"  Lastly.  I  testify  against  all  opposfrs  of  the  Coven- 
anted cauM,  all  who  have  departed  from  Reformation, 
and  I  die  giving  my  full  approbation  of  that  cause,  for 
which  the  Martyrs  suffered,  and  which  they  sealed  with 
their  blood. 

<*  Arise,  Oh  Loid,  and  plead  thy  owb  caus." 

D.  S.  E. 


Babowt  of  MoBDAinrr.  —  I  bsvc  faDa  'a  « 
different  times  with  more  than  one  peraoa— n 
in  hisrh  life— that  claimed  to  be  entitled  to  ik 
ancient  Barony  of  Uonlaunt.  Tbe  last  pcna 
that  bore  the  title  was  the  Uto  Dake  vf  Gordon, ■ 
whom  the  right  descended  frooi  tlie  daa|!ht«  i 
Charles,  third  Earl  of  P«t«rboroii|Efa.  A^ekiasK 
that  now  appears  must  evidentlj  liave  to  tisR 
his  descent  from  some  more  reoKiCe  aneestor 
John,  the  first  Earl  of  Peterboroiagh,  who  £edii 
164-2,  had  two  sons—  I.  Henry,  aeeiaid  Eirt:i 
John,  created  Viscount  Mordaant  of  Aviha 
whose  eldest  son  Charles  became  (on  the  deatktf 
his  uncle)  third  P^arl  of  Peterboroofh ;  ad  om 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  who  married  the  Keoai 
Lord  Howard  of  Escrick. 

John,  '\'iscuunt    Mordaunt,    had,    berides  kii 

elde!<t  son  Charles,  three  sons  and  four  dao^htai 

The  male  line  is  extinct,  but  if  there  are  or 

.  deH^endants  through  female?,  I  conoeiTe  that  tk 

^  barony  musft  now  l^  vested  in  them. 

In  default  of  descendants  from  John  ViseoBC 
Mordaunt  we  mu>t  turn  next  to  hu  ana.wk 
married  the  second  Lord  Howard  of  Exni, 
Here,  too,  the  male  line  has  become  estiaela 
the  person  of  Charles,  fourth  Lord  Howari,  ■&» 
diudin  1714. 

It  thus  appears  that  nnj  claimants  iataU 
from  John,  first  Earl  of  Pet«rborou2h,  ■■  car 
their  descent  tlirough  females.     Suppnmf  im 
to  be  none  such,  we  must  carry  our  aseri 
generation  higher  up,  and  ascent!   frca  ii  bt 
Earl  of  Peterborough  to  his  father  lieaVifaiRk 
Lord  Mordaunt,  who  died  in   1G08.     itWas 
or  daughters  he  may  have  had   I  know  taiuoa'A 
i.f  clear  that  any  claimants  of  the  name  of  llot- 
daunt  must  trace  their  descent  either  fronlua,« 
from  one  of  his  three  predecessors  in  the  bum 
1  believe  that  the  ancestor  uf  the  present  baroes, 
Sir  Charles  Alordaunt,  was  onlj  coUaterallr^ 
lated  to  the  first  baron.  P.  &  C 


cBstflwn 
I  reiect  sS 


Siiaksfeabe's  Pobtbaits.  —  It  is 
with  most  critics  und  good  judges  to  reject  s£ 
portraits  of  Shakspcare  which  do  not  represent Ua 
as  bald,  and  as  he  appears  in  Droeshout's  print, « 
the  plea  that  if  he  were  bald  when  oomparatirdj 
a  joung  roan,  it  is  not  likely  he  would  have  1 
thick  head  of  hair  in  later  life.  A  passage  ia 
Granger's  Hist,  of  England^  quoted  from  Ueats* 
ner  (a  cotemporary  writer),  seems  however  to 
smooth  the  difficulty.  It  states  "  that  theEi^cliik, 
in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth,  cut  the  hair  dote  om  At 
middle  of  the  head,  but  suflTered  it  to  grow  os 
either  side."  Might  not  Shakspeare  have  At* 
(owed  the  Elizabethan  fashion  as  Ions;  as  it  laiM^ 
and  afterwards,  as  he  lived  during  thirteen  JSMI 
of  tbe  reign  of  James  L,  have  adopted  the  stjls  if 
hair  subsequently  introdoced  P  la  mppatt  af  iVi 
theory,  it  is  remarkaUe  that  tU  Iha  r       ~  ' 


May  21, " 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


417 


traits  of  Sbakspeare  having  a  full  head  of  hair, 
represent  a  much  older  roan  thiin  those  which,  for 
the  soke  of  distinction,  may  be  denominated  the 
"bald  portraits;"  thus  both  may  be  •jrenuine 
though  not  alike.  Fkktokul. 


CSurrictf. 


LETTER  TO  THE  KXIGHT  OF  KERRY. 

The  Knight  of  Kerry  prcflcnts  his  complimenta 
to  the  Editor  of  *'  N.  Sc  Q~,"  and  would  feel  much 
obliged  if  he  or  any  of  bis  correspondents  would 
help  him  to  discover  the  writer  of  the  letter,  of 
which  he  begs  to  enclose  a  copy.  Tbi.M  letter  waa 
addreiiB«d  to  his  fatlier.  the  late  "Ki^hl  Ilnu.  M. 
Htxgerald^  Knight  of  Kerry,"  Feb.  20,  1812,  and 
•was  endorsed  by  him  "  A.  T."  or  "  A.  I."  It  im- 
tuediately  followed  one  of  the  previous  day  from 
Lonl  Moira  (afterwards  Marquis  of  Ilustinjis)  on 
the  .same  subject.  The  points  established  as  to 
the  person  whose  name  I  seek,  are  these.  His 
initials  are  eitlter  "  A.  T."  or  "  A.  L"  (more  like 
the  former).  He  must  have  been  an  intimate  of 
the  Prince  Rejjent,  or  of  those  immediately  about 
bim,  a  personal  friend  of  Lord  Moira' s,  a  strottg 
"Whig,  and  a  strenuous  advocate  of  the  R.  C. 
Question.  The^e  indications,  imperfect  as  they 
are,  may  possibly  enable  some  of  the  survivors  of 
that  period  to  identify  the  writer. 
B,  Leiuster  Street,  Dublin. 

♦'London,  20  Feb.  1812. 
"  My  dear  Sir,— 
"Before  this  reaches  you,  you  will  have  heard 
that  the  game  is  up !  I  saw  a  copy  of  the  letter 
addressed  to  you  yesterday.*  I  like  every  part  of 
it  but  that  which  includes  the  word  'sincere;' 
from  any  other  person  it  would  convey  an  insult — 
irom  him,  much  as  Le  is  mortified,  disappointed, 
•nd  bis  feelings  lacerated  by  such  conduct  as 
le  has  witnessed,  yet  he  believes  the  expression. 
'ou  will  have  difficulty  in  mnking  others  think 
itli  him  on  that  point.  The  noble  part  the 
■vrriler  of  the  letter  to  you  bos  taken — the  honest, 
the  friendly,  the  disinterested  part  he  has  acted — 
IS  the  theme  of  everybody's  conversation ;  it  has 
alt,  however,  failed  in  making  any  impression  in 
the  tpartert  where  so  much  was  expected.  The 
most  gloomy  prospect  opens  itself  in  every  point 
of  view.  God  send  you  may  continue  quiet  on 
your  side  of  the  water.  Everything  here  ia  dis- 
gusting, and  nothing  arising  from  weak  headv  and 
VHtrse  heartn  is  likely  to  be  wanting  to  fill  up  the 
measure.  The  conduct  of  the  real  friends  of  the 
Constitution  i«  Jirm,  miiUdL,  and  hitherto  without  a 
•ingle  instance  of  desertion ;  and  we  may  still  be 
Allowed  to  hope  that  such  a  union  of  talents  and 
Txrtue  will  succeed  in  their  well-meant  endeavours 
to  save  the  country  from  utter  destruction.     I  had 


*  ByLordUoin. 


*  Th«  Prince  Rftgent, 


&  long  conversation  with  the  writer  of  the  letter 
this  morning;  I  wiish  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  Parliamentary  duty. 

"  Believe  me.  Dear  Sir, 

"  Yours  sincerely 

"  TUUBSDAY. 

"  Kt,  Hon.  Maurice  Fitz  Gerald, 
"  Knight  of  Kerry." 


AiconTMouB. — Can  you  itiform  me  who  is  th9-i 
author  of — 

"  Tho  Kevelatioa  of  S.  John  cnnniiliTpil  b.i  .alluding  to 
Cflrtain  servicvsofthe  Jewish  Torn  plu;  according;  to  which  j 
the  visions  aro  suited,  as  well  irt  rr.^pert  tu  the  object*^ 
represented,  aa  to  the  order  in  which  tticy  nppeared"? 

The  Dedication  is  "To  the  Right  Hon.  Ladj' 

,"  and  is   signed  "  J""  M D,"      London, 

1787.  ^KWIMCTOWSMSIS. 

Bassets  or  North  Mobton. — I  should  feel^ 
obliged  if  anyone  can  inform  me  whether  the 
monuments  in  North   Morton  church,  in  Berk- , 
sbire,  of  the  StapiUon  family  are  in  existence. 

The  Bassets  were  formerly  lords  of  the  soil. 
Jordan  Basset,  living  Ist  nf  Rich.  L,  had  three 
song — 1.  Miles,  2.  .Tordan,  ,'1.  Henry.  Miles,  the 
eldest  son,  living  .IStli  of  Henry  IIL,  tlie  4Hth  of 
Henry  III.,  was  Lord  of  North  Morton,  Berks, 
and  Hatliftlscy,  co.  York.  His  dtrughter  and  heir 
married  Nichola.'*  Stapleton,  living  in  tbe  52iid  of 
Henry  IIL  died  between  the  l8lh  and  2l8t  of 
Edw.  L 

Miles  Stapletou,  hLi  son  and  hoir,  ob.  8th  of 
Edw.  II.  He  inurricd  Sibel,  daughter  and  coheir 
of  John  de  Bellew,  and  had  two  sons,  Nicholas  and 
Gilbert.  Nicholas's  son  and  heir,  ob.  17t[»  of  Edw. 
III.  Issue  now  extinct  in  the  male  line.  Gilbert, 
second  son,  Lord  of  North  Morton,  married  Agnea^ 
■laughter  and  coheir  of  Brian  FiUalun,  Lord  of 
Bedale,  and  had  issue. 

What  are  the  arms  of  Basset  of  North  Morton  ? 
If  any  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  would  send  me 
the  inscriptions,  arms,  &c.  of  the  Sti«pleton  and 
Basset  families  in  ihe  Stapleton  cbantrv,  in  North 
Morton  church,  I  shall  feel  much  indcfited. 

Julia  R.  Bocsktt. 

Bradney,  Bnrghfield,  Reading. 

Henbt  Buvd,  tlie  king's  receiver  of  Guernsey, 
and  more  than  thirty  years  a  resident  in  that 
island,  made  collections  from  which  was  compiled 
The  History  of  the  Inland  of  Quemsey,  by  Wil- 
liam Berry,  Lond.  4to,  1815.  The  date  of  Mr. 
Budd's  death  will  oblige  S.  Y.  K. 

Calton.  —  Everyone  acquainted  with  Glasgow 
knows  the  district  of  it  that  bears  the,  name  of  j 
Calton.     There  is  in  Edinburgh  an  e«pially  well 
known  Calton,  from  which  the  Calton  Uiil  derives 


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NOTES  ANT>  QUERIES. 


■Intiired  passions  on  the  monumeota  to  be  seen 

■  ksjwitre's  time.     Can  any  of  your  renders 

,     rne  lo  «ome?     Tlie  li:ri,-  fiTins  rj.und  au 

<i>inb  are  somei  -.»"  but 

By  are  ilresseJ  in   i  lij,  and 

not  look  Ji9  if  iiitertUed  to  represent  an  ttb<itr)iet 

lality  like  Puticnco,  F.  P. 

Edwaud  Pomiti^  Eso.,  of  Burwasb,  Bussex, 
an  able  theological  writer  (who  is  noticed  it) 
**  N.  &  Q."  I"  S.  vi,  460,  £03;,  diid  in  or  Bhorlty 
before  1694.  Sussex  run  boast  of  geverjtl  diliiient 
ftod  able  antiquaries  who  communit^^itc  wiili  tlii« 
jouroiil ;  I  hope,  therefore,  tbe  precise  dat«  of 
ilr.  Polhill's  duath  inuy  be  supplied.       S.  Y.  li, 

^^n*.  M.tBiA  EuxA  KuNOBLL.  —  1  hnve  some 
iiittTcsflitj*  <liK^uinent8  in  the  handwriting 
Imiy,  drawn  up,  ks  I  itnafrine,  about  eighty 
ly  vewrs  ago,  and  ronluiniiisr  sundry  purti- 
>(  Dr.  Lcttoii  of  Edinbiir;:h,  Mr,  Abernethy, 
Mt-  (arterwnrdi  Dr.)  Harris  Diiusfonl,  and  oihers. 
C«n  ynn  u-\\  me  who  siie  wna  ?  A  deep  avxiw  of 
Teli^'ion  sippeiirx  to  have  influenced  her  doing*; 
and  I  *iu  anxious  to  know  moro  about  her. 

I  may  mJd,  that  atnonKst  Mrs.  Rundell's  papers 
which  lately  came  into  my  possession,  I  have 
found  a  lnn£»  and  very  interesting  letter  to  a  medical 
friend  (whose  name  does  not  appear)  from  Char- 
lotte Elixalitith  Tonn.1,  in  which  she  g^ives  many 
details  of  her  own  history  j  a  curious  note,  appa- 
rently to  the  same  physician,  from  the  Rev.  Henry 
Btuut:  andtho  draft  of  a  prosneclus  issued  in  the 
year  1821  by  "  Mr.  John  St.  Jidin  Lonjr,  Histori- 
cal and  Portrait  Paiut^r,  the  only  pupil  of  Daniel 
Richarilaon,  Esti.,  late  of  Dublin,"  ihwu  pec-king 
employment  in  Limerick,  and  sub^^equently  well- 
known  elsewhere  in  a  diflcrent  capacity.  A 
forraer  owner  has  endor!»e<l  the  document  with 
the«ie  words  :  "ilr.  John  St  Johti  Long,  Portrait 
Painter  and  Quack  Doctor.  Abiioa. 

Sealtng-wax  bemovbd,  etc. — (an  any  of  your 
readers  give  me  a  recipe  for  reninving  sealing-wax 
from  old  letters  preparatory  to  their  bein^  bound, 
when  tlic  seal  is  of  no  value  P  And  can  any  of 
tb.tn  «,.ti  „w.  «,!,..»  ;.  !he  ];,pgt  material  for  forming 
^  H  cast  of  some  valuablu  old 

?t.        .^ -i.^.^iit  lugal  dociunenta? 

A.  E.  L. 

Sestbuces  coKTAiKisa  but  owe  Vowei^. — 
Where  can  I  find  a  para;iraph  containing  several 
wnlcneei,  in^  ea^h  of  wbitb  only  one  vowel,  "  I," 
is  used  ?  The  paragraph  comaienceii  nearly  as 
followH :  — 

**  Tbw  Viok  in  high  ia  hi*  miad.    Is  tbu  insttoct  f  " 
Are  anjj  ln^f-^       ';  "       .ilar  parapTiphji  in 

oup  or  in  jh  I  saw  this  para- 

graph in  til.  ,.M.„,  „,(r.  Aiuutiry  iJnxtUfs  in,  or 
previous  t(»,  the  yciir  1640,  but  no  reference  waji 
given  a«  to  its  author.  Euf  Fsaoks. 


^.SKFTuAGnfT,— Dr.  Henry  Owen  (Enquiry,  ^c, 
1769),  saya,  "  When  the  Jews  began  to  censure 
anil  condemn  the  Seplua^int  Version,  and  incon- 
sequence thereof,  to  correct  and  model  it  to  their 
Hebrew  copies,  tLere  is  reason  to  inspect  that 
where  a  word,  by  ainiiUrity  of  letters,  wi«a  citpable 
of  beinp  read  differently,  Ihey  chanj^ed  the  Greek 
U>  the  worse  reading"  (p.  2SJ).  And  "...  owing 
to  the  iniquity  of  the  Jews,  who  had  no  otlier  way 
but  by  such  an  interpolation,"  &o.  (p,  31);  and 
"...  they  confidently  transposed  some  passages 
and  cxpunjred  others  "  (p.  ;J3).  , 

U  there  any  proof  of  this?  How  could  all  this 
be  possibly  done  in  the  face  of  all  the  Christians, 
wiitchful  un<I  jealous  of  the  intesrrity  of  the  text? 
and  how  could  it  be  accomplittbed  in  all  the  jSISS.? 

NeW'INUTOKENSrfl. 

SHAE«rBABiA5  Chabacterb.  —  Among  the 
drnmntit  persona  of  the  Second  Part  of  King 
Henri/  IV„  appears  "Travers  and  Morton,  re- 
tainers of  Northumberland.'*  Turn  to  a  ViMitatiou 
of  Yorkshire  by  Flower,  1584  (Harl.  MS.  1415, 
f«d.  .14),  and  it  will  be  seen  that  one  Willijim  Bar- 
bour of  Doncuster  had  three  daughters,  of  whom 

Catherine  married   ** Travers,"   and    Alice 

"——Morton  of  Bawtrey."     Of  ihe  Mortons  T 

know  nothing;  but  " Travers"  was  a  Chns- 

tofiher  Travers  ofDoncastcr,  whodi.-d  ul>out  Nov. 
1466,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral. 
Hia  great-grandson,  Thomas  Bosevitle,  was  born 

Erevious  to  hia  decease.  Therefore,  6U|)posing 
im  to  have  been  (as  there  is  some  protmhility 
that  he  was)  nearly  ninety  years  old  in  1 4fitj,  is  it 
not  possible  that  he  may  have  occupied  the  posi- 
tion chosen  by  our  greatest  dramatist  for  his 
hitherto  unknown  namesake  f  His  will  (dated 
Nov.  17,  1466),  contains  a  special  bequest  to  John 
Welding,  his  servant,  of  a  grey  horse,  and  all  his 
"  hows  and  arrows." 

Can  the  readera  of  "  N.  &  Q."  tell  me  anything 
rulatlng  to  the  Mortons  of  Bawtrey  If      H.  J.  6. 

PcTEB  Stbpbe?(h,  Esft.  —  T  find  the  following 
article  in  John  Russell  Smith's  Catalogue,  No. 
71  :  — 

"501.  Stephens  (Peter,  Armig.  Com.  Salop.),  IW 
Views  in  Italy,  etched  by  varioos  ArttstJi.  oblong  4to,  &o. 
&c..  1767." 

It  is  described  as  "a  curious  and  scarce  vo- 
lume." The  work  is  mentioned  by  Lowndes  (ed. 
Bohn,  2508),  but  he  giveaonly  the  initial  letter  of 
tho  author's  Christian  name. 

Iniormation  about  this  Mr.  $tenhen9,  and  tny 
other  works  of  his  will  be  ncceptablc.      8.  Y.  R. 

TuoMAfl  TowMBBWD,  Emu.,  harrisler-at-Iaw,  of 
Gray's  Inn,  was  author  of  JWvn,  ftvo,  1796, 
1797,   and  of  several  political  (  :■       "'  '  *"  r'  — 

IWOl.      His  naiu«   a\;<\tcB.\*  vc\  "■^ 

Dictianottf^  oj  LiuiTig  AuflMw*'*  ^•'^''•--^ —  -  ^' 


420 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Cr«at.Mjnrt 


find  him  in  the  Law  List  for  that  venr  (the 
earliest  to  which  I  have  acce88}i  Particulars  re- 
specting him  will  oblige  S.  Y.  R. 

Nathanabl  WHrrmo,  of  Northamptonshire, 
admitted  a  pensioner  of  Queen's  College,  Cam- 
^^)rldge,  1  July.  16'28 ;  B.A.  1631-2;  M.A.  1634; 
became  rector  of  Aldwincle,  in  hia  native  county, 
in  or  about  1657.  lie  was  oLio  master  of  the 
free  school  there.  He  lost  these  proferments  by 
the  Act  of  Uniformity,  and  subseijuently  formed 
a  congregation  at  Craufon].  He  died  without 
i-ciutdrea,  and  was  a  benefactor  tn  Aldwiacle 
[ichool.  We  ore  deiiirous  of  knowing  when  hid 
,  death  occurred.     He  was  author  of  — 

'*  L^  Ilora  di  ReofMtiood ;  or,  the  pleasant  HUtorie  of 
Albino  and  Bellama,  dUcovering  the  several!  changes 
In  Cupid's  Journey  to  Hymen's  joyes:  to  which  is  tui- 
vexed.  II  Insonio  Insonwlado;  or,  a  Sleepini;- Waking 
Dreame,  vindicating  xh<>  <liviiio  Tircath  of  Foesic  from  the 
Tongue  Lashes  41  r  '         ;I  Poet  Qui ppers  and  Sloicail 

FhiloproMers.    L  '■'■^7. 

"The  Saint's    I  i    Duties,   DelivcraQues,  aud 

Dangers  .  .  .  4to,  lUjU." 

Lowndes  roisicalls  him  Nicholas,  nnd  Sir  Egerton 
Brydges  (himself  a  Queen's  College  man)  erro- 
neously wakes  him  to  have  been  of  King's  Col- 
lege. C.  H.  St  TuoMMoN  Cuorsn. 

WoRTLET  Scholarship.  —  I  have  hcatd  on 
good  authority,  but  sucli  as  I  am  now  unable  to 
Rvail  myself  of,  that  the  nume  of  Wortiey  would 
alone  injure  a  scholarship  or  some  Bitnilar  bt^nefit 
■t  one  of  our  Universifiei.  May  I  ask  for  the  nid 
of  your  valuable  periodical  in  elucMaiing  the 
matter,  &c.  ?  S,  E.  Wortuet. 

Sborat,  CiiAUDE  Ambsoise. —  HoneV  Evety 
Daif  Book,  vol.  i.  pp.  1017,  1034.  Will  nny 
Tender  obli;{e  by  giving  a  reference  to  some  fur- 
ther uccouQC  of  Seurat,  and  the  time  of  his  de- 
cease ?  Glwysiu. 

John  Ybohans,  schoolmaster  In  Five-Fields 
Bow,  Cheli^ea,  was  author  of — 

"The  Aliecednrisn,  or  Pbilosophio  Comment  upon  the 
English  Alphabet,     getting  forth  the  Ab«iunlit«ea  in  the 
nretent  Cumom  nf  Sj>eiliiiK,  the  Su(>frfluity  o(  I>ett«rs  m 
Wof  Is.  ai»d  the  grciU  Confunion  that  tholrill  Na)ne».  and 
double  Meanings  are  of  to  all  Learnorii-  Within.'     -  "— 
poMtis  fur  a  Kefoonation  of  tlie  Al])hal>et,  adapi. 
Characters  for  that  I'ur|.Mji»e,  rw  htln^  \\\c  c 
practirjible  whereby  to  render  the  » ^  im, 

|.«nd  universal.     Alw^,  a  Word  to  tl  .  ibe 

In.ll.'t.ifv    ,,r  ill   II  .l.irn  ill   I  .',  t, Ijcm 

'  ing. 

i  •  f>r 

Of  all 

•  Di». .^ ,,,. 

eediog  tliuse  iables,     LoQii.  i\a.  ItOV." 

I  can  lind  no  rnvntion  of  tbla  person  in  Faulk- 
Ttr*»  Hittorv  of  CheUro.  Any  [larticvihiixa  rm^ivet* 
^  lag  bim  will  bie  accoptable.  S.  T.  iL 


Apocaltpsb. — Can  any  of  yoor 
form  me  if  there  is  iu  oxirtence  a  book 
Discourse  Historical  and  Cntieal  im  «W 
lion,  arguing  that  the  whole  book  r 
destruction  of  .Tudsa  and  Jertualem 
to  be  an  unacknowledged  transla^OO 
Firmin  Abauztt.     Is  it  so  ?         N 

[This  work  it  entitled  A  IHtetmrm  nitlanttl 
ticat  on  the  Rtrelatioits  tucribed  to  St.  JoAa. 
6vo.     It  was  published  aoonynioaslr,  aftd  is  • 
of  Firmin  Abauxit's  work.  £>igcour*  Hi 
calfpte,  written  to  show  that  the 
the  Apocalypse  was  doubtful.      The  l 
Twells  replied  to  it,  and  hia  answer 
traii»lat4.<ai  into  Latin  by  Wolf,  and 
PhiUtlogiea-  et  Critica  in  \irvutit  Ti 
Biiale,  1741.    On  reading  Dr.  Twclb'a  wtfif 
satisfied,  and  honourably  wroC*  (tlMtagh  im 
the  reprinting  of  his  work   in 
other  tranaliition  of  Abanzit'a 
tanirr,   by   Dr.    K.    H<irwood,    Ijood^    9ri 
Oime'a  Bibtiothrea  Bibtica,  1884,  |k  I, 
Apoculifpticic,  edit  l«ol,  iv.  60:L3 

Stitabt  Adherhnts. —  Wh«jrc  caa  I 

of  nolileinen  and  gentlemen.  In  the  re^i»'s  n 
I.,  uf>on  whose  estates  fia«>^ 
were  brought  to  trial  P>r  pai ; 
to  rf'store  thy  Stuarts  1* 

[The  following  work  ni<»v  l.!  .oinult 
Roman  Cntholiosk,  No.  « 

iJika  the  Oalhi  to  hia  I  '  ^  •  ■ -H 

with  their  Titles.  Adiiiiioass  anU  I'lacia  i4 
other  curious  Iitrormatioq.  from  an  orun'aat 
[By  James  Coaln.]    Loud.  8va,   174o  " 

Portrait  or  KiKO  JoHK  for   l.«,ui« 
there  any  authentic  ptrtrait  of  xh\n  rw: 
80,  where  is  it  to  be  seen  ?     Any  rti;jrATi 
[Vertuo's  engraving  Ucotoomki,  takce  frris 

of  King  John  at  Wor    1   wUicii 

•embte*  the  broAd  »«nl  th«i  first  wiL 

Catttloyai oj  PortrAitt,  i>  >-  yitvt.M  «(  Jj.  fgl. 
Catalogue  ia  advtrthwd  a  (real  rarivty  at  M 

Crkek  Testamuxt. — What  ia  tba 
the  Greek  Testumeut  — 

"  I'oat  priorca   Steph.  Cart*t)jr 
.  ,  .  variantea    let'tiaUKa   .  .  .    tx  i  , 

Vinllo^K)nenai .  . .  AiDat«la!>dani,  cjt.  pir>ci:^ 

i7ir? 


ti** 


•i«&y.MATSl.'64.] 


NOTES  ANB  QUERIES. 


421 


triciit  (Gtrarduf  "De  Trajeeto  VLant  Doctor),  a  syn- 
of  the  republic  of  Unmen ;  the  Mcond  (1735)  waa 
by  Iha  celebrated  critic  J.  J.  Weutein.    Uaviog 
published  by  bi«  relative  Henry  VV«it8tein,  a  book* 
iTIer  of  Amsterdam,  ttieae  editioos  of  the  New  Testament 
•otnetimeji  improperly  cjiUed  Wetstein's;   and  from 
latne  of  Cuicell»u)  being  priut«d  in  the  title,  they 
some  catalogues  erroneously  styleil   Aor.    Test. 
Curcellai.    The  text  is  formed  on  the  second  El* 
r  edition  of  16S3,  and  CurcetloMU's  editioua. — Home's 
HtroductioH,  ed.  1850,  iv.  (>8i>.] 

CouH  \M   Ptkamio.  —  I  have  seen  an  old  en- 

njf   of  a  park,  w'ltli  u  larjre  quamt-lonkin^ 

in  the  distance ;  unil,  in  tho  foreground,  ft 

lltgfa  and  rather  narrow  pyramid  of  stone,  with  an 

inscription   in  the   tniddio  :  "  To   the  Memory  of 

V^iscount  Cobham." 

I  think  this  is  at  Stowe,  or  at  Uanworth.  Can 
lay  of  your  readers  say  which  ?  Lttteltos. 

'  [^Tbe  plate  of  this  Pyramid  may  be  found  in  the  fol* 
»wiag  work :  "A  General  Plan  of  the  Woods,  Park,  and 
larians  of  Stowe,  the  Seat  of  the  Rt.  Hon.  the  Lord 
iTiscount  Cobham,  willi  several  Perspective  Views  in  the 
gardens.  Dudicated  to  bis  Lordship  by  S.  Bridgeman. 
lixteen  Urge  Plates,  fnl.  173U."  The  plate  is  entitled, 
•A  View  from  thi]  foot  of  the  Pyramid,"  with  on  insrrip* 
lion  in  tho  middle,  "  Memoris  Sacrnm  esse  Voluit  Cob* 
kam."  'i'his  Pyramid  does  not  appear  to  Jiave  been 
irected,  and  will  only  now  be  found  ;tmon{;  the  plans  and 
Irawi0(;a  of  Jlnd^onian,  Ihii  first  [irofessional  arliat  em- 
^loye^J  by  Lord  Cobham  to  by  out  the  pounds.  It  was 
(o  William  Kent,  who  was  consulted  in  the  double  cupa- 
ftity  of  architect  and  gardener,  that  Stowe  is  indebted  for 
Biany  of  its  diulnguished  ornaments.^ 

HENaiiALi.'rt  "Gothic  and  EnOLisn  Gospels," 
'Wofi  this  work  ever  completed  ?  And  how  many 
iiuiribers  were  published  r  I  have  only  Deal.  I., 
A  Fragment  uf  St.  Mutthetr.  S.  S. 

[This  incomplete  work  is  a  thin  volnme  in  8vo,  dated 
1807.  The  Prefatory  artieli;8  make  sixty-four  pages. 
Fben  follows  >i  "  Literal  Rendering  of  the  Gothic  Gospel 
through  Matthew,"  consisting  of  £erenty-iune  pages.] 


PStcpItetf. 
SIR  CHAKLES  WQGAN. 
<2^S.  V.  11.) 
f/.  W.   S.  gives  an  account   of  Sir  Chnrlea 
Wojran  huinx  «ni;a{red  in  the  Uight  of  the  daughter 
of  I'rince  Jam-  *^r '      '  i,  and  mentions  that  the 
^ventures  ur  i  minuteness  and  interest 

iu  his  Feviale  i.,  ■■>....,,  i7'io.     Jesse  gives  some 
nrticulnrs,    but  not  sufficn'Mt.     Wogau  correct* 
oU  and    Scott   in   r^.iv ;..._'  that   the    Princes* 
entinu  was  mm  ixy  in  Poland,  but 

it  was   at   Bo^  v,  f  her   escape;    but 

itttbsr  Smollett,  Wuit^  i^fcott,  or  Lord  Mohon 


mentions  by  vrhom  she  was  afterwards  married.    I 
wag  fortunate  enough   to   find  this  circumstance 
noticed   in    the    Strawberry    Hill    Catalogue   of] 
Print*,  where  it  is  thus  mentioned  :  "479.  Jacqu(»- 
II L  Rn/  de  la  Grande  Bretagne,  by  Chereau,  he, 
the  Princess  Clementina,   hifi    Consort,    by    Jao 
Frey,   sheet  extra   fine.  —  A   representation   of  1 
their  Marriage  by   Pope  Clement  XL  1719,  ia| 
the  Palace  of  the  Vatican.    Ant.  Friz,  sc.,  August* 
Alnsucci,  inv.  et  del.,  oblonf;  sheet  e.xtra  rare.**] 
And  in  the  Illustrated  Catalogue  of  the   Bernal 
Collection   published   by  Bohn,   and  entitled    A 
Guide  to  the  Knowledge  of  Pottery^  Porctlauu,  and' 
other  Objects  of  Verta,  mention   is  made  of  a  pic- 
ture which  delineates  the  dre.19  which  the  princess 
wore  when  she  made  her  escape;  — 

"  Hugtenburg, .  .  ,  631  [dated  1735.]— The  Prineeai 
Maria  Ulementiua  Snbieski,  of  Poland,  on  horseback,  in ' 
the  singular  dress  she  wore  in  her  romantic  journey  to 
roarrv  the  Pretender,  Prince  James  Stuart.    19  in.  hj 
26  in.  31/.  10«.    Duke  of  Hamilton." 

A  larjre  silver  medal  (by-the-bye,  are  there  anjr  i 
of  this  medal  struck  in  gold?)  No.  32,  of  th6 
Series  of  the  Stuart  Medals  described  in  the 
Catalorruc  of  Antiquities,  Works  of  Art,  and 
Historical  Scottish  Kelics  exhibited  in  the  Museum  \ 
of  the  Archieological  Institute  held  at  Edinburgb| 
1856,  gives  this  account :  — 

"  Bust  of  Clementina  Sobieski,  1.  hair  decorated  with  j 
beads  and  tiara,  pearl  necklace,  robe  trimmed  with 
jewelry,  ennine  mantle.  Leg.  Clem'^ntina.  M.  Britan.  Fr« 
Et.  Itib.  Kegina.  Otto  Flameraui  F.— Kev. :  Clementina 
seated  in  a  c^r  drawn  by  two  horses  at  speed ;  distant  i 
city  and  setting  sun.  Log. ;  Fortvnam  Cavsamque  .Seq vor 
— •  I  follow  Uis  fortune  and  cause.'  Ex. ;  Deccptis  Cvs- 
todihva.  m-dccxlx.  —  •Having  deceived  my  guards. 
1719.*    2.  Ar," 

.Struck  in  commemoratiou  of  the  escape  of 
Clementina  Sobieskl  from  the  guards  who  hod 
been  pla(-ed  over  her  at  Innapruck  by  the  £m- 
peror  of  Germany,  to  prevetit  her  marrianfe  with 
the  Prince  James.  The  legend  is  in  conformity 
with  the  reply  of  her  father  respecting  her  escape, 
— that,  OS  she  h:id  been  engaged  to  the  Prince,  «h« 
was  bound  to  follow  his  fortune.  This  medal  is 
engraved  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine, 

Among  the  valuables  which  formed  part  of  the 
dowry  of  the  Princess  Maria  Clementina  were  the 
rubies  of  the  Polish  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  ailorned  with  verses  of 
the  Koran  in  turquoise,  in  which  the  standard  of 
the  prophet  wa.s  Kept  during  the  siege.  In  an 
article  m  the  Edinburgh  Hevieu?  for  Jan.  1864, 
on  the  Scottish  Keliuious  Houses  abroad,  it  is 
stated  that  tho  Scottish  colleges  at  Douai  and  Paris 
were  united  by  the  law  24  Vendemiitire,  an  XI, 
and  a  joint  eatublishment  with  the  Irish  sought  to 
be  founded.     During  the  first  CoasuL*.<*i  <:><^  V.^^!- 


,r^|_^S_ 


422 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIEa 


[S^&Y.  lLlTtl.«| 


Watson,  of  Elgin;  whose  connection  with  the 
Stuart  Fapors,  political  career,  and  strange  sui- 
cide at  eighty-eight  —  when  seventeen  wounds 
were  found  upon  his  body — form  incidents  in  a 
life  of  almost  unsurpassed  adventure.  What  are 
the  particulars  of  Rubert  Watson's  life?  When 
are  we  to  expect  a  further  publication  of  the 
Stuart  l^ISS.  ?  In  the  Cornhill  Magazine  for  this 
month  it  is  mentioned,  that  James  II.'s  son  was 
named  by  the  Papal  Nuncio  "James  Francis 
Edward,"  or,  "  Innocent  Leon^  Francis  James." 
Where  is  this  story  from  ?  In  conclusion,  your 
correspondent  would  be  much  obliged  for  a  tran- 
script from  Sir  Charles  Wogan's  Femede  Forti' 
tutle,  giving  an  'account  of  Princess  Mnria  Cle- 
mentinn's  escape,  and  a  copy  of  his  "  Diploma 
of  Knighthood,"  or  citizcnfihip  of  Homo  (which  is 
said  to  be  in  the  British  Museum),  in  "  N.  &  Q." 
I  would  be  much  obliued  to  any  of  your  cor- 
resfxindents  if  they  would  give  me  a  copy,  in 
"  N.  &  Q.,"  of  the  inscription  on  the  tomb  of 
Captain  Duvid  Drummond ;  who  was  an  olEcer  in 
Prince  Charles  Edward  Stuart's  army,  and  whs 
taken  jirisonfr  at  the  battle  of  CullcKlen  by  Col. 
Thornton  of  Tluirnville,  which  is  in  the  parish  of 
AUerton,  YorkHhire.  Captain  Drummond  was 
rcbtrictcd  to  a  circuit  of  about  three  miles  round 
the  hall — the  property  now  belongs  to  Lord  Stour- 
ton.  What  family  of  Drunnnond  did  Captain 
Drummond  belong  to  ?  Is  there  any  roll-call  of 
the  clan  regiments  who  fought  for  Prince  Charles 
Edward  in  1 745  P  Captain  Drummond  was  buried 
near  the  altar  of  the  church.  The  parish  of  Al- 
lerton  is  not  fur  from  Knarcsborough.  A. 


AUTHORSHIP  OP  LATIN  HYMNS. 

(S'"  S.  y.  253.) 

The  list  contributed  by  F.  C.  IL  of  the  reputed 
authors  of  various  early  Latin  hymns,  recalled  to 
my  memory  a  similar  list  which  I  had  long  since 
marked  for  transmission  to  "  N.  &  Q."  It  occurs 
in  a  MS.  which  I  procured  from  London  a  few 
years  since,  with  the  following  title  :  — 

« Miscellanea  de  aacramentiii  ex  Ritaalibni,  item  d« 
Bitibus  in  Missa  et  Oflllcio.  Collecta  per  R.  patrem  D. 
Nicolaum,  De  llcrtenschaupi,  8.  T,  lectorent  emeritum. 
Lovanii,  Defunctuin  17 — ." 

The  MS.  is  a  small  thick  duodecimo,  and  con- 
tains many  curious  entries.  The  list  referred  is 
at  p.  319,  and,  like  every  entry  in  the  volume, 
commences  -<- 

.Teens,  Maria,  Franciscus," 
and  then  proceeds  as  below  — 

"AuTiioBES  Hyhhorum  Aktiqci  Bbcviabh. 
Dom.  ad  Matnt  'Primo  diemm  Oinm.'— Z).  Gng. 
•  Noote  snrgentes.'— /Am. 
44lMdafc  'Jt(enwT«mBeoiidltnc.*-.|}.ilMbm, 


'Eccejam  noctis.' — D.  Gregor. 

Ad  Primain.  'Jam  lucii.' — D.  Ambrat, 

Ad  tertlam.  •  Nunc  Samte  nobia.'— /).  Ambnu, 

Ad  uxtani.  •  Rector  Poten*.' — D.  Ambna. 

Ad  nonam.  'Reruin  Dena.'— 2>.  AmbroM. 

Far.  2  ad  Matut  *(;on»ora  p.iterni.' — Idat. 

Ad  lauiloa.  *  Wnsilic'i.'—AureL  Prmdentitu. 

Per.  4  ad  Matut.  '  Rituii  Cre.ntor' — D.  Amir. 

Ad  laudes.  •  Nox  et  tenebrte,' — Prudemtiua. 

Fer.  6  ad  Matut.  •  Nox  atni.' — D.  Ambr. 

Ad  laadPit  •  Lux  croc* — PrHdentiv*. 

Fer.  0  ad  Matut.  'Tu  Trinitatia.'— X>.  Awdtr. 

A<1  laudea.  *  ^Etcrn.i  rcoli.' — Idem. 

Sabbalhn  a«l  Mat.  'Sumi«»  Dcus.* — Idemi. 

Ad  laudos.  'AurHra  jitm.' — Idem. 

I>oni.  ad  Vespt-raa.  '  Jjiuis  Cn-ntor.' — 7).  Grtg. 

Fer.  4  ad  Vcap.  'Ooli  I>eu*.' — D.  Ambr. 

Fer.  .5  ad  Ve.i|).  « Manual  I )cu!«.* — />.  Ap»hr. 

For.  fi  ad  Vi-*p.  •  Plii<mitor( ? ) ' — 7>.  Amhrot. 

Sabbathoad  Vo«p.  'O  lux  bcala.' — D.  Grtg. 

Ad  Coinplet.  '  T«  lucis.* — />.  Amb. 

In  .Adventu  ad  ViMp,  'Conditor  almc* — D.  Amk. 

All  Mat.  •Vcrlium  suptiniurn.'— />.  Grtgnr, 

Ad  laudc*.  ♦  Vox  rlara.' — I).  Ambr. 

In  N.it.  Dui  ad  Mat.  ct  Vcap.    *  Chfa  Redempto 

D.  Amhr. 
Ad  lautb'M.  'A i«o1is  ortua* — Mtnluliua. 
In  fi-ato  S8.  Innoc.  ad  Mat.  'Audit  tyrannus.'— /V» 

All  liiudei^  •  Salvcle  florcs.' — Idem. 

In  Epipli.  ad  Veap.  ct  Matut  '  Hurt  is  Ilerodes.'— & 

/iMt  (in  Iiymno  do  (.'liri). 
Ad  laudufi.  '•  0  Bola  inngnarum.* — Prudent,  de  Epipt 
In  nundrag  ail  Matut.  '  Kx  more  docti.' — D.  dak. 
All  Luik'.t.  '.lam  tMiristo.' — Idem. 
Dom.  PaiHioniit.  *  I'anirc  liiipna.'— J^nrfHitafB 
Ad  Veap.  '  Vi'xilla  regis.' — Theodul/ihus. 
In  Pcntecosle  ad  Vctip.  'Vcni  Creator  sfAak'-D. 

Ambr. 
Ad  Matut.  Mam  C&riiA  aRtra.' — 7>.  Greg. 
Ad  lauilea   *  Dento  nobia  g.india.* — D.  Ifilaiw- 
In  fcsto  Corp.  (;ftri.  •  Pango  lingua/  •  .Sarria  lolaa'n 

D.  7%oin.  Aifui. 
In  festo  .S.  Joannis.  '  Ut  queant  laxis.' — PoMtu  L 

conus. 
In  traniifignr.  'Quirunq3  Cllrum.' 
In  Comm.  Mart.  '  Deus  tuorum.' — />.  Gregor. 
Do  Martyribuv.  *  Kox  glorioao.' — />.  Gregor. 
Do  Virg.  •  .I«»u  corona  virginum.* — IJ.  Greg, 
De  Ikata.  'Quern  torra.'-^ Cirry.  aut  FortHmatui."' 

AiKB.f  Ibvih 
Firemiletown. 


WILLIAM  COBBETT. 

(3"»  S.  v.  370.) 

W.  Lee  has  fallen  into  an  error  in  class 
William  Cobbett  among  those  great  geniu 
whose  "political  life  began  with  revoiuUon 
principles  and  ended  in  Conservatism."  I  app 
nend  that  W.  Leb  nienns,  by  "  revolutionai 
those  extreme  radicnl  principles  which  obtai: 
so  much  in  this  country  before  the  paaaing  of 
Reform  Bill.  In  no  other  sense,  I  think,  co 
the  term  be  applied  to  either  Montgomery 
Burdett ;  and  it  is  scarcely  fairly  deseriptiw 
principles  which  found  adTocates  among  mmt 
ibe  Mit  and  moat  enU^tened  men  ci  the  fffi 


»<&V.  MATtl,«e4) 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


)f  whom,  inciiivling  the  ncunea  piven,  sought  by 
lonsthutionnl  tncaiis  to  obtain  the  reform*  they  ' 
yocntwi.  Taking  it,  however,  in  its  more  liberal  j 
Nwe,  it  pouM  not  apply  to  Cobbett  —  who  bejjan 
ill  career  as  u  politic*!  writer  ol'  the  mdsl  ultni- 
loiwervattve  stamp.  He  lirsi  becinne  known  to 
ihd  public  as  "  Peter  Porcu|iiiie,"  under  which 
arne  he  (lerueir  Attaukool  the  lieiuoaratic  writers 
inU  Hpeikkers  of  France  and  America.  He  was 
then  resident  in  America,  and  underwent  much 
persecution  ;  and  encountered  one  or  two  trials 
t  law  ffjr  idlenred  libels,  in  his  defence  of  xuounr- 
chii'al  and  uristoerattcal  institutions.  The  i>eries, 
Icnown  as  the  "  Porcupine  Piiper-=,"  attracted  niuch 
tjotii.'c  in  this  country.  They  were  rjuoled  and 
laiideil  by  f lie  v'overnment  organs — quoted  in  both 
Houses  «»r  Parliament,  and  eulogised  in  the  pulpit. 
The  writer  waa  considered  one  of  the  most  power- 
ful supports  of  the  principles  of  the  British  con- 
Ititution.  This  scries  of  papers  was  r<?publisbed 
in  Eii-hind  in  twelve  volumes  octavo,  under  the 
i]  of    the    Prince    Regent,    afterwards 

»  I  V. — to  whom,  I  believe,  it  was  dedicated. 

On  referring  to  this  work,  the  style  and  vigour  of 
Cobbett,  as  strongly  displayed  Bi  in  his  later 
)Vork  —  th«  Political  Ilegiiter —■mVX  be  recognised 
At  once. 

On  bis  return  from  America,  he  began  a  daily 
paper  called  the  Poratptue,  This  wu  discon- 
tinued after  a  (tliort  existence^  and  soon  after  he 
bcjfan  the  He^inler.  lioth  these  papers  were 
iu  fjivour  of  the  Rovernment,  both  as  to 
und  men  ;  and  the  Register  ran  throufjh 
■vi'iai  volumes  before  a  change  took  place  in  the 
oVuiwd  imitiions  of  the  editor.  It  is  s.iid  that  his 
or  sentiment  was  hastened,  if  not  caused, 
nt  offered  him  by  William  Pitt.  Wind- 
a  great  admirer  of  Cobbett,  and  after 
one  of  bis  more  tellings  articles  in  the  Porcupine, 
bad  declared  that  the  author  was  "worthy  of  a 
ytalue  of  gold."  Pitt  had  refused  to  meet  the 
author  of  the  Rrgitter  at  Windham's  table  ;  and 
this  Cobbett  resented,  and  never  forgave.  Very 
•oon  alYer  tfils,  a  marked  change  took  place  in  hia 
politics ;  but  notwithstanding  mftny  alterations 
during  the  thirty  years  he  stowl  before  the  country 
as  a  writer,  and  many  alienations  from  his  early 
political  friendships,  he  was  consistent  in  his  ad- 
vocacy of  the  "  reform  cnuHe,"  and  the  enemy  of 
-what  he  termed  the  unrelormed  abuses  of  Church 
mid  State  ;  anl  "'  '  "  ,/<>r  which  came  from 
his  pen,  very  Ms  death,  breathed 

the  satue  spint  ^hmu  a.-  u:<.A  shown  years  before 
as  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  donuwratic  party.  The 
Reform  Bill,  wlnfl.  i.U  powerful  pen  had  done 
much  to  proi.  of  course  moderated  the 

Triews  of  all  •  1  tmhllc  men;  but  in  no 

sense  could  i!  v^itivc  apply  to  bira, 

more  than  it  ,.,.'''  ''"J  ^>eriod  of  his 

political  life  —  after  hia  tawi  def«rtioo  firom  the 


ranks  of  the  men  who  had  applat}ded  tho  laboui 
of  "  Peter  Porcupine.''  T.  B. 


Cobbett  ow   Classical  LflAQirrMC}   (8'*  S.  ili.j 
386.)  —  Ci>l)bett  aflT'^cted  to   dt-spisr*   till    arquire^j 
meats  which  he  had  not.    In  his  SiigUsh  GrammtttZ 
letter  xxi ,   he  selects  examples  of  had   Kiiutiai 
from  the  writings  of  Dr.  Johnson  and  Dr.  WiUta, ' 
and  is  very  contemptuous  on  "  what  are  called 
the  learned  liin':;uapes;"  but  I  ajjree  with  E.  H. 
that  he  would  not  have  entered  upon  Latin  or 
Groek  critiuisu].     I  do  nut  know  the  epitaphs  ob* 
jecte>l  to  by  Mr.  Bcennen,  but  it  is  not  unlikel| 
that  he  mistook  Wakc6eld  for  the  author  of  or 
quoted  by  him  in  derision. 

"'■'      '.     .    ■     -         -  ^.-:~,^  place  at  Hill  Cliff,  fn 
til'  1.     VVIiat  fallows  is  an 

epii  .  which  will  »i«r%'<>  to  px- 

w-wt  lli«  i-tjnteiiifit)li!i>  ati'ricluli'Mi  of  knowled^v  in  litlitt 
inind<,nn<l  the  arti^ce  thut?  iit  <nmetini«D  practi8e<l  tu  pro- 
cure authority  with  (ha  people,  and  a  rei)Uliilii>n  for 
tJiteuts  which  nre  not  possoaseu  iu  the  least  degrae  bjr  Iha 
boaster:  — 

'Sobfcr  hftc  snxum 
TnoM.i;  WjiiMWRtuitTi,  sen. 

Amicus  ilJt  r-    ■  ■    ■  : t      ■  r<oninmTJ 

fa.' 

p..i    : 

congr<-''«u.-i  l.i.((ai-.iiu  per 
Wnrringrou.'  " 
M^mnirtoflhe  Lift  af  GU  irt  WnkrHtUI.  Ji.A.  WrittU 
by  Hiin»clf,  p.  '214.  ivo,  London,  i7Si2. 

Did  Parr  or  Burney  write  an  cpitnpb  on  Fox 
or  Johnson  ?  Fitzhopkiwb. 

Garrick  Club. 


PRE-DEATH  COFFINS  AND  MONUMENTS. 
(3'*  S.  V.  25 J,  363.) 

Those  of  your  readers  who  are  interested  in 
this  subject  may  be  reminded,  that  the  Emperor 
Charles  V.  made  trial  of  his  coffin  at  least  some 
days  before  the  '*  animula  blandula,  vagula,"  &o., 
took  its  flight. 

Dr.  John  Donne,  too,  interested  himself  about 
his  monument.ll  otfijjy,  and  gave  himself  extraor- 
dinary and  almost  Judicrnus  pains  in  order  that 
the  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  indui^d  the  winding-sheet,  and  stood  by 
the  urn,  sfmuluting  death.  In  which  position,  a 
portrait  woh  t-iiken,  which  stood  by  Donne's  bed- 
Ride  until  hia  death;  and,  no  doubt,  was  after* 
wardw  of  much  service  to  the  executor  of  the 
stntnc  which  marked  his  re«ting-place  in  St. 
Paul's. 

In  Wylie'v  Old  am!  ,.,  (p.  255), 

mention  is  made  of  an  i  .rax ,"•  "^t^v. 


ir~iu^>^ 


son,  of 
irt  rap«' 
lit  oivt 
u  founil 
of  alnio* 

we  to  ■ 
L:irt  MSS 
ntli  it  w 
ih:<1  \>y   ' 
Iwiinl,"  0' 
Iktc  is  tl 
rri?sp<>inl*5' 
ript  from 
dfi,  };»viuB 
i-iitin-Vs  V 
1  Kuiylitlio 
liil  to  \ie  lit 

I  would  \ 

N.  &  ii: 

^iptiiiii  Dm 
'rinci;  Cluii 
ukiMi  ]iris()i 
nmriituii  (>! 

viicrtDii,  y 

■i'>trifl('il  t«> 
,li..>  hall  "til. 
on.  What 
Druininond 
ho  clan  re;>i 
Kilwanl  in  1 
near  llu;  alt' 
lorton  U  not 


Airrr 

The  list  c<' 
authors  of  v. 
my  niuinory 
marked  fur  t 
in  a  MS.  w1 
years  sinco,  ■. 

"Mifirrllani- 
RitiliuB  in  Mi 
Nicolauin,  Di- 
Luvaiiii,  Dcfii! 

The  MS.  .■ 
taind  many . 
it  p.  219,  SI 
:ommcnc*cs 


nd  then  pj-, 

"■At'Tllr. 

Ad  IwdM.  . 


the  back  of  the  town  of  Dorchester  ;  »nd  during 

taj  visit,  heard  repeated  tappings  at  the  window 

of  the  coltftnL' ;  and,  on  inouiry,  found  they  were 

tniide  by  a  wttter-wngtail,  wno  continued  the  prnc- 

.    tice  for  seveinl  days — much  to  the  uliirm  of  the 

I    poor   woman  and   her  foiaily :  for  they  were  all 

i    convinced   that  it  was   the  warning   of  her  np- 

I   proaching  death.      It  was  in  vain    to  persuade 

them  J4j  a  enntrnry  belief;  no  I  let  the  auperflti- 

lion  cure  itself  by  the  bird,  after  two  or  three 

days,   disappearing  altogether.      But  waa   it  "a 

transmigrated    aplrit-rappcr  ? "      Of   this,    Mb. 

BtNGBAM  seems  to  suggest   the   possibility :    no 

doubt,  Ironi  his  classical  studies  at  Winchester. 

fTbe  "l&yf  of  Tlieocritus  clearly  indicates  that 
country  p'ople,  in  his  day,  had  strangely  super- 
»titi(»u8  notions  about  this  bird,  as  being  able  to 


^  orente  love,  and  bring  the  lover  bock  to  his  for^ 
aaken  mistress  :  "''l07(,  ffjtt  rh"  ftc.  This  Virgil 
ifuitsttes,  in  the  line — 

"  Dacite  ab  nrbc  domum,  mea  carmlna,  Daphtiim," 

Tlie  bird  was  said  to  be  tied  to  a  raasic  wheel, 
which,    being   turned  rapidly,  exhibited  the  ap- 
pearance  of  the  lost   lover.     But  a   phrase,   in 
!  Xenophon's  Meinorahitia,  (\kuv  Xvyya,   "  turn  the 
R  xn&;;it';  wheel,"  brings  the  truth  more  closely  home, 
I  that  the  ancients  used  "  trtble-turning"  much  the 
Mune  as  '•  foolish  , women"  do  in  the  nineteenth 
century,  for  the  purpose  of  knowing  mysterious 
circumstances  nbout  lovers,  or  other  hidden  se- 
crets.     The  belief  in  apirit<rapping,  in  our  en- 
lightened nge,  is  Bonietliing  worse  than  a  rustic 
auperstition.     Proh  jnidor !     QusEn's  Gardens. 

CArTAJiv  Nathahiei.  PottTLOcit  (3'*  S.  V.  375.) 
In  connection  with  this  distinguished  naval  officer, 
to  wlioso  memory,  as  your  correspondent  rightly 
observes,  justice  has  not  been  done,  it  may  be  well 
to  mention  that  his  sun,  Mnjor-Geneml  Joseph 
Ellison  Portlock,  R.E.,  F.R.S.,  M.R.r.A.,  Ac, 
died  at  his  residence^  Lotii,  Booterstown,  co.  Dub- 
lin, February  H,  J  864,  and  was  buried  at  Mount 
Jerome.  General  Porthick's  character  as  a  man 
of  science  stood  particul.irly  high;  and  one  of  his 
publicationa,  entitled  Ihport  on  (he  Geology  of  the 
CntLHly  <}f  Loiuitiuflerrt/^  and  of  PnrU  of  Tyrone 
and  Fenvn,u,..i.  rsyo,'  Dublin,  1843,  pp.  xxxi. 
784,  witii  1  plates),  ia  a  standard  autho- 

rity.    1  li  y  seen  a  large  sized  oil*painting 

of  Captain  Portlock,  in  full  unifortn.        Abuba. 

Andrds,  Sill  Edmurd  (3'*  S.  V.  .345.)  — Sir 
Edmund  Andros,  of  Guernsey,  bore  for  arms: 
Gu.  asaUire  or,  aiirf..r„. .,♦...!  „f  another  vert;  on 
a  chief  arg.  three  ,.     Crext.  A  blacka- 

moor's  huad  in  pn.;  ^jc-d  at  the  shoulek-rs, 

mnd  wreathed  about  the  temples  all  ppr.  Motto. 
•*  Cinix  et  prjBsidium  et  dr-Pui." 

In  168G,  he  motie  api'  the  Earl  Mar- 

iLal  to  have  his  arms".  i  in  the  College 

of  Arines  in  such  a  miuiQor,  aa  be  may  lawfully 


bear  them  with  respect  to  his  descent  from  the 
antient  family  of  Suusmarez,  in  the  said  Isle" 
(Guernsey).     In  this  petition  it  is  set  out  that  — 

"  Hia  Great  Grandfather's  Father.  John  Andro*.  all 
Andrewes,  an  £ni;lish  Genileman.  borne  in  Noriharopion- 
•hire,  coming  into  the  bland  of  Guernsey,  as  Lieutenant 
to  S'  Peter  Mewti»,  K°*,  the  Govern',  did  there  inarrj'  A" 
1543,  with  Judith  de  Sausmarcz.  onely  Daughter  of 
Thomas  Sausmarez,  «on  and  heir  ofThomaa  Sanamarez, 
Lords  of  the  Seignorie  of  Sausmarez  in  the  said  tale," 
&c.,  he 

The  warrant,  granting  the  petition,  is  dated 
Sept.  23,  168fi  ;  and  from  this  time  Sir  Edmund 
Andros  and  his  descendants,  as  Seigneurs  de  Saus- 
marez, quartered  the  anns  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  arc  thus  blazoned  :  —  Arg. 
on  a  chev.  gu.  between  three  leopards'  faces  sa. 
as  many  castles  triple-towered  or.  Cre*(.  A  fal- 
con aflrontant,  wings  expanded  ppr.  belled  or. 
Supporters.  Dexter,  an  unicorn  arg.  tail  cowarded ; 
sinister,  u  greyhound  arg.  collared  gu.  garnished 
or.  Edoab  Mac  Cuixoch. 

GuemiOT. 

Cuell's  Voitubk's  Lbttehs  (3'*  S.  ii.  162.)  — 
D.  says,  "two  translations  of  Voiture's  Letters 
hod  been  published:  one  in  16a7,  and  the  other 
in  1715." 

I  have  no  copy  of  the  latter ;  but  I  presume  It 
is  the  translation  published  by  Curll.  I  have  the 
former,  which  I  may  state  was  translated  by  John 
Davies  of  Kidwelly. 

The  object  of  this  note  is,  to  mention  another 
collection  of  Letters :  "  Printed  for  Sam-  Briscoe, 
in  Uussel-street,  Covent  Garden,  and  sold  by 
J.  Nutt,  near  SUtioners'-hall,  1700."  It  is  inti- 
tuled :  — 

*•  Familiar  a'nd  Courtly  Letters,  written  by  Montieor 
VoiTiTRK  to  Persons  of  the  greatest  Honour,  Wit,  and 
Quality  of  both  Sexea  in  the  Court  of  France.  Made 
Engliah  by  Mr.  Dryden;  Thn.  Cheek,  Esq.;  Mr.  Dennis; 

Henry  Cromwel,  liiq. ;  Jos.  Raplison,  Esq. ;  Dr. •, 

&c.  To  these  are  added  Iranalnliont  from  Aristsnetus, 
Pliny,  Jun',  and  Fontanelle,  by  Tho.  Brown ;  and  Original 
Letters  by  the  fiame.  Never  before  Pabliibed.  And  a 
CoUcctJon  of  Letters  written  by  Dryden,  Wycherly,  Coa- 
greve,  Dennis,"  &c 

On  a  cursory  examination  of  Voilure's  Letters 
in  this  volume,  I  find  them,  with  one  exception, 
diSerent  letters  from  those  in  the  edition  of  1667. 

W.  Lbb. 

Charade:  "SiBGEorrREr"  (3"«  S.  ii.  188,219.) 
When  this  clever  and  ingenious  comp<i8ition  ap- 
peared in  "N.  &  Q.,"  I  considered  that  the  solu- 
tion was  probably  the  word  "  to-well."  I  think 
no  solution,  perfectly  answerable  in  all  points, 
possible.  Mine  is  open  to  the  objection,  thai  "  the 
old  knight"  had  a  "  gouty  knee;"  but  it  was  when 
his  red  toe  twinged  him  worst,  that  he  would  wil- 
lii;gly  hare  jvMiA  \»  >Ja«fc  \ia&*3BsX  *«ix  -*».^te^ 


426 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[St^SLT  HatIUIL 


forms  thafirtt  part  of  the  charade.  The  Bolutlon 
given  by  L<ir(I  Mnnsoii — "  foot-iitool  ** — is  liable  to 
the  same  objection ;  while  ic  must  be  admitted 
that  ^  log-rest,"  given  by  C.  S.,  is  not.  As  to  the 
second  part,  mine  has  the  recommendation  of  an- 
tithesis to  the  word  "  ill,"  which  immediately  suc- 
ceeds it  in  the  poem.  The  word  "  stool"  seems 
inapplicable ;  but  the  word  "  n>st"  is  oflmissible, 
though  not  (juitu  satisfactory.  The  idl,  or  complete 
solution,  is  something  that  might  be  "smootneil" 
by  a  "single  touch," — which  could  scarcely  be 
said  of  a  Ivg-rest-,  or  a  foot-stool ;  but  might  of  a 
"to-well." 

I  do  not  presume  to  alfirm  that  my  solution  is 
the  correct  oua  ;  nor  dure  I  recommond  u  wet 
towel  to  any  of  your  rpadcrw  :ifllictt>d  with  gnut : 
but  I  ayiplied  one  in  a  paroxysm  (like  that  which 
made  Sir  (Tuotirey  think  of  the  lintchet),  and  I 
must  say,  in  the  wonlji  of  the  rharadc,  "like  a 
fairy's  wand,  it  banished  tlie  ])ain  away."  I  am 
bound  to  add  thnt  my  nieihrul  advisor,  on  being 
informed,  said  I  had  incurred  u  risk  that  might 
have  proved  futid.  W.  Lke. 

Smttu  of  Mkaco,  and  Stkwart  of  Okknkt 
(.r<i  8.  iii.  51.)  -1  ahnuM  li<>  much  indebted  to 
W.  II.  F.,  who  wrotti  from  ICirkwall  on  the  sub- 
ject of  some  Orkney  f:iniili(>.<i,  if  he  would  permit 
me  to  corroiinond  privately  with  him  touching 
certain  Orcadian  relatives  on  whose  history  ho 
may  bo  enabled  to  throw  a  light.  I  do  not  think 
the  invo^tigalio^  would  have  any  interest  for 
general  rea  h-rs  of  "N.  &  Q.";  and,  morifover, 
details  of  genealogy  can  be  best  conununicutetl 
direct. 

I  may  add,  that  I  am  speeially  interested  in  an 
intpiiry  eoncertiing  the  Margaret  Stewart  who  is 
mentioned  by  \V.  II.  V.,  as  wife  of  Hew  Ilalcro 
of  Ilalcro.  Is  he  ac(juainted  with  any  other  mar- 
riage of  hers  P 

1  am  also  <1esirous  of  obtaining  some  further 
particular:*  than  I  have  iiitherto  been  able  to 
glean  rewpectinu;  the  family  of  James  Ait  ken, 
Bishop  of  (iiilloway  ;  whose  Vallier,  Henry  Aitkun, 
was  sherifTand  eoniniissary  of  Orkney,  and  who  was 
himself  parson  of  liirsa  at  the  time  of  Montrose's 
descent. 

Is  there  any  trace  of  a  Margaret  Stewart  among 
the  Burray  family,  descending  from  Ochiltree,  or 
Evendale,  as  mentioned  in  your  correspondent's 
long  and  elaborate  paper  i* 

I  think   I   am  acquainted  with  the  principal 

Cossessions  of  the  Smyths  of  Hraeo,  in  Orkney; 
ut  of  this  I  will  speak  later,  shoulil  W.  H.  F. 
feci  dispo^ed  to  acceile  to  my  re(|uest.  I  shall 
hope  to  hear  from  him  at  the  aildrcss  I  have 
given.  C.  II.  E.  Cabmivuabl. 

Trin.  CoIL  Oxen. 

HsMKiHa  or  Wobcistbb  (3^  S.  y.  173, 868, 
$55.)--^A  nceat  inveatigation  of  tJie  i«cot^  ol 


Worcester  enables  me  to  gire  the  following  pv. 

Uculftrs :  — 

Thomas  Ilemingc,  a  Chamberlwii  of  the  City  1624 

Richanl  Ilcmliii;.  Mayor         ....  1557 

Henrv  Ilemingc,  a  Cnambcrlaln      .        .        .  1635 
Richanl  HomynRc,  a  Chamberlain  (the  ywr 

ofthclaat  battle) lUl 

Richard  Ileming,  Mayor 16^7 

John  Ilemyng,  a  Chamlierlain         .        .        •  164(4 

Edward  Hemyne,  a  Chamberlain    .        .        .  1667 

John  Ileming,  Mayor 1677 

At  the  siege  of  1G46,  AIilerin«n  Ileming  «« 
one  of  the  citizens  nominated  to  consider  the  pi» 
priuty  of  a  treaty  with  the  besicgcra.  The  chutei 
was  disapproved,  and  Licut.-Cul.  Soley  lupplied 
the  alderman's  pla<'c. 

Ilenuning  is  still  a  local  name  ;  and  it  is,  ad 
has  been,  to  be  ftmnd  in  nmny  parts  of  the  count;. 

I  have  nut  met  with  aiiy  example  of  the  ami 
borne  by  mayors  of  this  nunic,  nor  does  it  appar 
that  they  registered  at  the  Visitations. 

The  crest  suggested  ut  p.  355,  according  :i 
Rurke,  does  not  behmg  to  the  same  family  ai  :be 
arms  at  p.  'ifiH.  Perhaps  the  pcdi;!ree  of  Hemii; 
of  jjondun  (p.  268)  may  throw  Momu  light  on  tk 
subjeet. 

A  Kobort  Hemming  was  burled  at  Teabnj, 
Sept.  ID,  1()<)1. 

•Tames  Ilenuning  died  at  Inkbcrrow,  Dec. 3^ 
I7i7,  aged  seventy-three.  B.  IT. 

"Tboilus  AJfi)  Cressida"  (»"*  S.  IT./i/.)- 
Thcre  can,  I  think,  be  no  doubt  nitotittie  kii- 
ing  with  which  Shakspeare  wrote  iliu  TtM'. 

"  One  touch  of  nature  makes  the  whole  wwVl^" 

lie  is  simply  pointing  out,  tlint  there  if  itcfi- 
doney  natural  to  all — all  arc  akin  to  each  otberii 
this— that  they  all  praise  what  is   new,  bectuK  r. 
is  new.     Hut  by  frc'iuent  (^uotntion,  the  line  ka 
lost  its  conne<*tion  with  the  context,  and  hu  K- 
(piired  a  much  nuirc  emphatic  npplic.-iiion:  beis{ 
made  to  nignify  an  allusion  to  tlint  electric  «tb> 
palhy  by  wbieh  "the  heart  of   ninn    sinswers  M 
man."     It  is  hardly  necessary  to  point  out  be* 
many  texts    of  Scripture   have  passed   throufb 
a  similar  process,  even   those   which    have  been 
pressed  into  the  service  of  the  most  solemn  con* 
trovcr.xy.     A  notable  parallel  is  found  in  the  oie 
of  the  hackneyed  (]uotation.  Cut  bono  f    It  means, 
in  everybody's  mtrnth,  "  What  is  the  good  of  so- 
ond-so.''"     Whereas  it  grew  into  proverbial  uk 
from  its  frecjuency  as  a  ({ucstion  under  the  Romas 
law  of  evidence,  meaning,  *'  Who  was  the  gainer 
by  so-and-so?"  C.  G^.  Fbowbtt. 

(iarrick  Club. 

"Hamlet"  (»'<  S.  v. 232.)— A.  A.  should  fasfC 
recollected  Horatio's  comment  on  the  lines  a 
question :  "  You.  micht  have  rhymed.**  By  Vt 
suppressed  rhyme,  Hamlet  meuis  us  to  undi^ 


8»>&V.  Max  IWiL} 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


wUh^  tn  mask  the  ^negestinn  under  a  leas  un- 
courtljr  term  of  reproach :  an<l  having  just  re- 
ferred to  "Jove  him9<?lf,"'  tin*  bird  of  Juno 
UBturAl))r  supplies  bim  wilb  the  word  he  wants. 

C.  G.  Prowktt. 
GwTick  Clah. 

MoKKS  AND  Fbiaks  (Z'*  S.  t.  346)  —  It  is  to 
be  regretted  that  many,  besides  Mr.  Froude,  Rre 
in  the  habit  of  confuundtng  monkjt  and  friart. 
Sterne  speaks  looAely,  not  to  saj  i^norantlj,  of 
"a  fK)or  monk  of  the  Order  of  St.  Francis,"  —  he 
thoitld  have  said  friar.  We  meet,  indeed,  with 
such  mistakes  in  so  nianj  respectable  writers^ 
that  it  would  be  onlj  waste  of  time  tu  select 
examples.  E.veTy  one,  ngnin,  talks  of  the  monks 
of  Mount  St.  Bernard ;  when  in  realitj  they  are 
neither  munks  nor  /ridts,  but  canons  regular  of 
St.  Augustine.  But  to  answjer  the  queries  of 
P.  U.  M.:  — 

1.  What  was  the  distinction  between  monks  and 
riarKf  The  very  names  luiglit  suffice  to  show 
ihis.  Monk.H,  or  monnchi,  were  so  railed  from 
ftwhi,  alone,  because  they  ori^jinally  lived  alone, 
iu  the  deserts,  and  far  from  all  intercourse  with 
the  world ;  whereas  the  friurs  were  so  called  from 
yratrei,  or  brethreny  because  they  lived  together 
in  community.  The  monks  were  later  on  assem- 
bled in  monosterieu,  or  cominunitiejs,  containing 
each  about  thirty  or  fortj  mtmks;  and  these  were 
Styled  cenobites,  from  living  in  community,  to  di«- 
tinguiiih  them  from  those  who  still  lived  alone, 
luid  were  called  hLMinit^,  or  anchoreti^.  Two  cen- 
turies iil\cr  moults  bud  been  formed  into  coni- 
nuniticA  in  the  Kusf,  they  were  estHbliiihed  in  the 
West  by  St.  Dfiiedict  in  *5l>5.  and  his  rule  was 
generally  adopted  ;  so  that  by  monks  are  usually 
Understood  Sfhedictineji.,  though  there  are  monks 
of  various  other  Orders,  who  in  great  measure 
follow  his  rule  —  smth  as  Cistercians.  Carthusians, 
Camuidulea^es,  Clunincs,  &c.  The /nor*  are,  the 
Franciscans,  Dominicans,  and  Carmelites.  St. 
Francis,  of  Aesiaiuin  founded  the  Friars  Minors 
in  1-209. 

2.  Was  the  diderunce  as  great  as  the  reviewer 
of  Froude  implies?  Certainly  not.  There  have 
been,  it  is  true,  too  many  jealousies,  and  too  many 
instance-     '  "  '       '  n  monks  and  friars; 

but  it  is  nt  them  as  systema- 

tically '•  .>,,r  is  there  any  parity 

between  ,,f  these  religious  Orders 

and  that -i  Sadducecs  :  for  these 

'lilllred  on  i-  i(  dwtrine,  whereas 

motih  and  fiLLi..     .....^;cd  on  any  doctrinal 

subject.  F.  C.  U. 

Tlie  monks  (Mo»f  v  ^  -"~  -cry  anoienf,  existing 

before  (he  tiwi<j  v(  <  were  so  culled  from 

tliiir  .,.1,,..,..,  1,,.,^   ^,^^  .,,,,1.1-.  at  first  in  caves 

rd«  in  budilings.      This  seclu- 

,  .  iliat,  in  coniemplftllon  of  Eng- 

U«h  Uw»  it  was  considered  death.    Thus  Littleton 


suya  (s.  200) — "  When  a  man  entreth  into  reli- 
gion and  is  professed,  he  is  dead  in  the  law,  and 
his  son  or  next  cousin  (consanguineus)  inconti- 
nent shall  inherit  him,  aa  well  aa  though  he  were 
dead  iudeed." 

Guizot  {Hist.  Mod,  ch.  xiv.  p.  383),  Mija  that 
'*  as  late  as  the  eleventh  age  tlie  monks  were  for 
the  most  part  laymen  ;"  which  opinion  is  thought 
bj  Waddington  to  be  too  hastily  asserted  {^Hist. 
Church,  ch.  xxviii.  p.  698)  :  yet  the  latter  admito 
(ch.  xix.  p.  370,  384),  "  the  order  of  monks  waa 
origiTtally  m  widely  distinct  from  that  of  clerka, 
that  there  were  seldom  found  more  than  one  or 
two  ecclesiastics  in  any  ancient  convent." 

The  friars  (frercs),  on  the  contrary,  known  as 
the  mendicant  and  preachinir  orders,  had  no  fixed 
residence,  diil  not  appear  till  the  twelfth  century^ 
and  were  mie.^ionaries.  The  Augustines  were 
canoRiCi,  and  in  some  respects  conformed  to  the 
monaatic  system  (Waddington,  Hist.  Church.  cb> 
xix.  p.  384).  Some  of  the  friar.<},  however,  doraU 
ciled  themselves  in  monasteries,  as  at  Oxtbrd  and 
Cambridge;  but  the  Franciscan,  Dominican,  Car- 
melite«,  and  Augustines,  did  not  thereby  become 
monks — that  ia,  |)er8ons  secluded  from  tlie  world. 

The  monks  (laymen),  it  may  be  said,  had  regard 
each  to  his  personal  religion  aa  his  main  object ; 
the  friars  (clergy),  on  the  other  hand,  LadTeg.ird 
especially  to  the  conversion  and  ruligiouH  advance- 
ment of  the  general  public.  The  rharisecs  and 
Sadducees  were  at  variance  chit'tiy  on  the  doc* 
trines  of  tradition,  and  of  tlie  resurrection  of  the 
body  ;  both  held  by  the  former,  and  denied  by  the 
latter;  their  ditlerences  had  rt-gard  to  matters  of 
opinion.  The  distinction  of  clergy  and  laity  had 
not  then  arisen.  The  differences  of  monks  and 
friars  were  evinced  in  acts,  selGsh  as  regarded  the 
monks,  philanthropic  aa  regarded  tlie  tVtars. 

T.  J.  BucKioir, 

Majob  Johw  IIatkes  (fl'^  S.  v.  320.)  —  I  Ceel 
convinced  that  the  above-named  officer  ia  the 
same  Mnjor  John  llaynes,  about  whom  inquiries 
were  made  in  "N.  &  Q."  (1"  S.  xi.  3i4.)  Any 
authentic  information  relative  to  M^jor  Uaynea 
will  be  tfaankfulty  received  by 

Zeiteti  Altbk, 

Wiff(3'«'  8.  iii.  113.)  — In  a  letter  of  Bishop 
Mackenzie's,  which  is  published  in  the  Dean  of 
Ely's  Memoir  of  that  devoted  man,  I  find  the 
following  remarks  oh  the  etymology  of  Uiig:  — 

■*  1  was  out  at  dinner  this  evening;,  acd  ttxjk  aa  much 
interest  Jn  A  discuiilon  atMut  derivations  of  words  a«  any 
oo«  el»*-  They  said  that  'wiij'  came  from  'periwii;,* 
aaJ  that  from  '  pcrruque,'  and  that  from  o  Uotbic  Lntin 
wordifxMwiu,  and  tliat  (TompUut,  Latin,  a  hair."— P.  73. 

St.  SwtTuur. 

New  (S'*  S.  v.  346.)— This  word,  in  the  form  of 
"  neif,"  "neivc,"  or  "  neave,"  is  by  no  means  con- 
fined to  North  Torkabire.    It  is  derived  from  the 


"^^  "^ 


&I 


428 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Ca^a^r. 


^ 


IslaniHc  nefi.     See  Hunter's  HaUamthire   Gloa- 
tary,  and  Toone's  Etymulogical  Diclionary,  where 

S notations  are  given  i'rnm  Gawin  Douglas's  Virgtl, 
urns'o  Hap^is,  an«l  the  Midsummer  Nighfa 
Dream.  It  occurs,  also,  in  Tim  Bobbin's  Lanca- 
ihire  Dialect.  *  J.  F.  M. 

"A  SnorcL"  (S'*  S.  v.  145.)  —Mr.  Phiixips 
has  recalled  attention  to  this  subject,  and  has 
attempted  to  brinj:  within  the  region  of  true  ety- 
mology a  term  which  may  perhaps  have  no  claim 
to  legitimacy.  The  difficulty  experienced  in  ac- 
countinsf  for  slang  terms  (.such  ns  I  consider 
thofvl  to  be)  very  generally  arises  from  want  of 
acquaintance  with  the  classes  among  whom  they 
take  their  rise.  I  beg  leave  to  assist  Mb.  Phil- 
X.TFS  by  throwing  out  a  8ug(!e8tion.  I  am  inclined 
to  regard  ghoftil  as  a  piece  of  Jewish  slan«:r.  Thus 
in  Friedrich's  Unterricht  en  der  Judensprache, 
8vo,  1784,  we  find '•  scuorai,  tchtecht,  gering;" 
and  if  we  may  suppose  tliat  on  the  intro<luction  of 
the  Hansom  caba  the  drivers  of  the  old  /ovr- 
wheeUrs  wished  to  display  their  contempt  for  the 
innovation,  those  anioner  them  who  were  Jews 
(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.  Pimxjrs's  solution  of  the  diffi- 
culty, I  may  be  f»ardoned  for  saying,  is  unsup- 
ported either  by  the  principles  of  langunge,  or  the 
character  of  the  vehicle  in  question.        R.  S.  Q. 

DxmMSRER  (3^  S.  r.  356.) — Harraan  in  bia 
Caveat  fur  Common  Curtiiors^  4to,  15G7,  baa  a 
chapter  descriptive  of**  a  doramerar,"  which  com- 
inencea  thus, — 

**  ThcM  donimerars  are  leud  and  moit  sabtyll  people, 
tba  mott  fmtt  of  lh«»e  are  Walch  men,  and  wyll  iicuer 
■peake,  uaicMe  they  haue  extreame  pnniRhmcnt.  but  wyll 
gape,  and  with  a  msruellons  Ton-'e  wyll  UoWt  downe  liieir 
toungs  doubli»«li  gronini;  for  your  char^'ty,"  fee 

To  the  same  effect  Dckker,  in  his  EnglUh  VU- 
lanies,  4to,  1638,  writes  of  domraerars, — 

"  The  bet-man  tooke  liis  marks  ntnis.se  in  sarin;;  that  a 
domiHtrar  \»  equal  to  «  cranMe,  for  oT  tbeae  domtneran  1 
never  tnei  but  one,  and  that  was  at  the  house  of  one  M.  L. 
of  L.  This  dommerftT'«  oanie  was  W.  He«  made  a 
•mnge  noiae,  ihewinfi;  bv  Anntn  acroasc  that  hia  tongue 
was  cat  ont  at  Ctuike  Ulll.'  &c. 

Grose,  on  the  forcjjoinjr  jiuthoriticf,  gives,  in  his 
Clauical  Dietirmary  of  the  Vtdgnr  Tongue,  the  fol- 
lowing definition  of  a  dommerar ;  — 

**  A  bevgar  pretending  that  his  ton^fue  bna  l^een  rut  out 
br  the  Alrrrine',  or  crtiel  and  blood-tluraty  Turks;  or 
am  that  no  wai  born  deaf  and  dumb." 

R.  S.  Q. 

Partetinm  (3^*  S.  V.  2SI.)  —  I  imagine  thin 
Wi     '  r  mined  waltit,  the  same  as 

til  .  used  by  Cicero.     Robert 

Burton  wax  so  (wdaniic  in  bb  i^lci  and  ao  fond 


>"'•<»§  Willi 

ttte 
<vrl«dg«d  bj  I 


I  find  si 


of  interlarding  hi'  "■ 
classic  authors,  tl- 
Anclicise  words  no. 
lexicographer. 

The  Nkwton  ^ 
I  must  det^line  t<i 
tation  of  Da.  Moon 
desirable  to  inform 
interested  in  the  matter,  tbai  tlM 
scription,  with  which   I  compsred] 
renderings,  is  that  of  Dr.  Wilson  " 
Scotland.     I  am  also  anxioua  to  < 
assert  the  inscription   t<»  be  Cell 
Celtic  is  possible,  that  it  is  Hel 
impossible. 

Chess  (3'*  S.  v.  377-),—  On  1< 
epigram  quoted  by  your  c<^f-.-£r>i.-,f 
useful  Delphin  edition  of 
ence  made  to  the   72nd    •  .    -„      ; 
FauUum^"  where  an  authority  oo 
cited.     The  extract  is  too  long  fa 
I  may  briefly  sketch  what   is   there 
"calculi"  were  called  either  "canoa"  or' 
and  the  srame  was  plnyed  on  a  board 
tersected  by  lines   fonnine    apoicea, 
termed  citadels  (urtea).      Tbe  •*  man,' 
much  like  our  draughtsmen,  I  aappO<e»i 
ously  coloured,  and   the   object  was 
man  from  the  rest,  surround  ii 
men,  and  so  capture  it,      Liuci 
thing  else,  woidd  greatly  tnodil 
of  so  popular  a  game,  and  the  di 
be  made  of  the  most  beaatifnl  an4i 
rials.     Undoubtedly  "gem T 
or  inlaid,  or  even  cut  out  1 1 

agate,  jasper    .nirrwllnti      r,,. 

for  Kuch  pt: ' 

cems  are    u  ;_^_       . 

uustis"  are  uierely  the  names  of  tb# 
the  "  miles"  being  the  " gr»agiat<ir,'*  tba^ 
the  **  insidiator,"  the  attackinj;  and  dA 
sides  alternately.  Tbe  Dolnhin  dfilkn  <| 
Ovid,— 

-  Slve  latrodnii  sab  fma^fo*  cakmlM  iM. 

Fac  pereat  vltrao  milm  ah  li«M«  taaa* 

'  And  says  expressly  thai  bla  mttbar 

;  game  "  diveraum  esse  a  acapta,  Galltca 

{  am  of  his  opinion.     Tbe  qaieation  ia 

and  I  could  wish  a  better  explaoaUoa 

have  given. 

Chese  was  not  known  to  tlao  Gr«eka 
j  (Penny  Ct/cl".  vii.  .'.S).     Tl   vrtw   inT 
Indiana,  anj 

reign   of    }■■ 
eb.xlii.  p.  3t'><v     I  111 
"  lnJ>idiu«<>rutti  «i 
Geninicui  t»ti 


kiadol 


probably 
itrick-tr 


track  or 


.ia,  aad 
oa;  it  w«| 


3«»S.  V.  Mat  21, 'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


429 


rJth  fifteen  counters  or  atones  (calculi)  of  different 
>loiirs,  upon  a  table  marked  witb  twelve  lines 
'Esohonbiuj;,  by  Fiske,  p,  295).  Schrevelius  saya 
liii  Lidcull  aiid  latrones  ure  the  same  game. 

**  Sive  tatruciuii  sab  iinii(;ine  calculus  ibit" 
I  Ovid,  ArL  Amandit  iL  205. 

ind  thut  the  modern  Greeks  call  it  ^ArpUioy.   This 

not  trictrac,  the  name  of  wliich  is  rh  tbuAi,  a  cor- 

uptioQ  of  tbe  Italian  tiwolinre.  S<?e  Simon,  "  Jeux 

e  Ilaxurd  cliez  les  Romains"  {Mem,  Acad.  Inter. 

120),  and  "  Historia  Shahi  liidii"  of  Dr.  U^de 

Sjfntugin.  Disurtat.  ii.  61 — 69). 

T.  J.  Dl'cktoiv. 

>BBST  DovK  (3">  S.  V.  170,  331,  388.)>-The 
lanie  of  the  worthy  citizen  ia  correctly  given 
I*  Dove,"  in  the  1618  edition  of  Stow'a  Survtty. 
The  »  used  in  the  old  edition  for  v,  has  caused 
ie  name  to  be  printed  "Dorie"  in  the  cxtrnct 
ivea  in  "  Jf .  &  Q."  The  reference  to  tbe  pttS8n'*e, 
tbe  1618  edition,  should  be  p.  19A,  not  "  p.  25." 
I  have  now  before  me  a  rare  tract  by  Ant. 
[ixon,  entitled :  — 

"  Lomlon's  Dove,  or  the  Mironr  of  Mcrcliant  Tuylori : 
Mrinorlnll   of  tfi?  Lifi*  ftnd   lJ«alb  <rt  Master  KulMsrt 
'  jt  T«vlor  of  London;  anil  of 

}  mil   Ldrge  liountie   to  the 

U^-. -- ^ "i-.    4to." 

We  lenm,  from  this  interesting  brochure,  how 
Etobcrt  Dove  bequeathed  to  thirteen  aged  men 
^  twenty  nobles  yearly  a-peace,  and  every  three 
earcs  to  each  inan  a  i;uwa  ;"  to  sixty  poor  widows 
a  th«  parish  of  St.  botolph's-Without,  Aldgate, 
ind  to  six  men,  four  nobles  a-year  for  ever  ;  also, 
kiH  charities  to  liedlam  and  Hrideweli,  tbe  hos- 
pitals of  St.  Bartholomew  and  St.  Thomas's,  Ilis 
elieviii^  the  prisoners  in  Newjjate  and  Ludgatc; 
bi.s  charities  *'  to  the  poor  youn^^  beginners  of  the 
Dompany  of  Merchant  Taylours ;"  his  provision 
or  the  tolling  the  bell  at  St.  Sepulchre's,  for 
iondemned  persons,  "  every  day  of  execution 
ntd  they  Lave  suffered  death,"  which  crjfi  is  to 
■*otitiiiue  for  ever."  And  also,  for  a  small  hand- 
bell to  bo  rung  at  midnight,  under  Newgate,  the 
night  ttfii-r  the  executiun  ;  and  the  next  morn'mg 
»t  the  church  wall,  to  remind  them  of  their  mor- 
^.ility  ;  and  a  prayer  to  be  said  for  their  salvRtioD ; 
und  thi«  In  "continue  for  ever." 

After  recording  luiuierous  other  liberal  bcne- 
fju:tions  of  this  old  Enjrlish  worthy,  Nixon  men- 
tions "sixteeu  pounds  tt-year  lor  ever  to  Christ's 
Hoflpitul,  to  train  up  and  instruct  ten  young 
^cholli  1-^  ■"  'III"  knowlcilgc  and  learning  of  musick 
and  I 

Tl  I  good  old  Robert  Dove  surely  de- 

lervea  to  be  remembered  at  the  present  day. 

£t>WAKI>  F.  HlMUACfLT. 

Tkb  Passing- Bbix  or  St.  8spai.cHaB*9. — The 
liiuw  indicating  the  incimt  diatruet  of  cxeotitors, 


and  quoted  in  a  note  at  tbe  last  above'raentiooed^ 
page,  were,  in  a  somewhat  different  form,  writlea 
upon  a  wall  in  St.  Edmund's  church  in  Lombard^ 
Street.  (Jeremy  Taylor's  HoL  Du.  ed.  1682,  p.' 
178):  — 

**  Man,  thee  beborreth  oft  to  have  this  in  mind, 
TItat  thou  giveth  with  thine  hand,  that  sbatt  tboD  findfl 
For  widows  bech  slothAil,  and  children  beth  aitkind, 
Lxacutora  beth  covetous,  and  keep  all  that  they  find. 
If  aay  body  aik  where  the  dead's  goods  became, 

Thov  answer. 
So  God  Die  help,  and  tlolidam,*  he  died  a  poor  man. 

Think  on  this." 

This  was  the  epitaph  of  Richard  Nordell.  (Wec- 
ver'a  Fu».  Man.  pp.  19,  413.) 

£dwaju>  J.  AVoo©. 

Toirr  (3^  S.  v.  211.)  —  Is  not  this  word  de- 
rived from  "  to  out,"  that  is  to  co  out  hunting  for 
employment,  instead  of  sitting  in  the  usual  place 
of  bu!>inc.ss  waiting  for  clients  to  come  In,  as  pro* 
fessionid  men  mostly  do.  A.  A. 

Poets'  Corner. 


fBi'\AztTixato\xi. 
NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  £Ta 

Tlte  Warki  nf  William  Shakttpuire.  Edittd  litf  William^ 
Gcor/xe  Clark,  M.^V.,  uiu/  William  Aldis  Wright,  M.A.^ 
Voltinu  IK.    (MttCcnillAn.) 

This  new  voUimo  of  The  Cambridgr  Shaknptart — which 
conlaina  King  John  ;  Richard  II. ;  7Tu  Fir*t  and  Second  . 
Parts  of  Henry  IV.,  and  Henry  V., — exhibits  the  oaoia^ 
pntient  induntry  in  collecting  and  arranging  the  variout 
readings  to  be  found  in  the  different  editions  of  cbe  playa 
here  reprintcl,  and  the  various  amendments  and  correc- 
tions in  those  plays  suggested  by  their  numerous  editors 
aud  coiuuientators,  which  chsrnctvriscd  tbe  preceding 
volumes.  This  accumulation  of  critical  materials  gives  a 
BjiecJal  value  to  tbls  edition,  and  points  it  out  as  one  pe- 
culiarly suited  to  Cbose  -tvho  desire  (o  study  for  them- 
tMlvea'tbe  text  of  our  great  dramatist.  How  great  this 
labour  must  have  been,  tbe  reader  will  easily  perceive 
wlieu  be  is  told  that,  of  tbe  Richard  II. ,  no  less  thoA 
four  qu.irto  vditiona  were  printed  bt-fore  it  appeared  in 
tUc  Cr?t  folio;  wbil*',  of  the  Flrtt  Part  nf  Henry  IV.,  no 
less  tliiin  six  quartos  were  printed;  and,  although 
Jlemrj/  V.  appeared  in  its  present  form  first  in  the  Folio 
of  1623,  it  was  printed  surreptitiously  in  qaarto,  in  IGUO, 
under  tbe  title  of  Tht  Chrmikle  Hi»tarif  of  Henry  the 
Fifth  t  which  Chtonicit  Hifturu,  with  th«-  vonou*  rcidlngt 
of  the  two  reprints  of  it,  pruned  in  li>(l2  and  1608,  ia 
given  in  the  Appendix.  The  editors  hope  to  i«sue  their 
next  volume  in  Aognst;  and  announce  as  in  preparation, 
and  to  be  published  uniformly  with  The  Cambridfft  Shuhe- 
tptare,  a  Comnienlary,  Explanatory  and  Illustrative. 

Catab^e  ttf  Ihe  Books  of  the  Manchester  Frit  Library. 
Reference  IJtpartme*t.  Prrparetl  by  A.  Crexiadoro, 
I'h  l>.  ofthf  Univergity  of  Ttain,  Author  nf  "  The  Art 
of  Mnkintj  Catalogues  of  Libraries."    (8.  Low.) 

We  may  well  congratulate  the  good  neoplu  of  Man- 
chester on'the  Literary  Treasures  within  tneir  rearb,  We 


*  Holy  d<Mnv. 


430 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8rt&T.  ifATn.ii 


have  recently  had  occuion  to  notice  the  admirable  Foartb 
Volume  of  tiie  Calaloau*  oftke  ChOkiim  Library,  to  which 
the  inhabitants  of  the  i;re.it  innnufactiiring  metropolis 
have  free  atveis;  and  now  our  attention  is  cailiMl  to  a 
very  valuiibio  Catalofrue  of  that  most  useful  portion  of  a 
Library,  The  Jteference  iJrptirtment  of  the  ifanehetler 
Free  Library,  Tliis  ('iitalo(;ue  seems  to  na  extremely 
well  adapted  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  frequenters 
of  that  Library  tc  turn  it  to  (;ood  account,  for  it  inclndes 
the  two  great  deMiderata  in  all  Catalogues,  the  alphabeti- 
cal and  the  classified  arrangement ;  and  we  can  scarcely 
doubt,  from  the  examination  which  we  have  been  able  to 
make  oi  the  book  l>ot'orc  us,  that  Mr.  Crcstadoro  is  justi- 
fied in  congratulating  those  who  use  the  Library  in  its 
being  "  for  practical  utility  and  adaptation  in  its  pur- 
pose, and  for  just  distribution  among  all  the  Depsrtment'i 
of  Science  and  the  Arts,  a  Library  that  may  challenge 
comparison  with  any  of  its  size  in  the  world."  The 
Library,  wc  may  add,  is  no  less  rich  in  pamphlets  than  in 
lanrer  works ;  and  thoio  who  foundeil  it  ami  maintain  it 
wen  desen'e  all  the  praisK  which  Mr.  Crcslailoro  bestows 
npon  them,  and  the  additional  praise  of  having  turned  a 
fine  library  to  the  best  account  by  printing  an  extremely 
nseful  Catalogue  of  it. 


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fiatUei  to  CorretpanlrcuU. 

FahiLI  Q"*iiii:4.  Thf  inrrtn.'im)  iiurnVr  itf  Hmf  Qmrriftmrnprli  M 
totufiirm  imr  Ctim-tpumlrHli.  Ituii  irhrrr  mrh  Qwrirt  rtliitr  tit  rrrmnu 
OMil  Fnmitin mil  ••!'  ifmrfit  intfr,,i,  lUr  (Jmi-Ut  mitn  in  all  riart  ttalf. 
in  hit  rummuniciitiiiH  ii-Airr  t/v  il'iiU'i  Kill  rt-tiih  him;  in,  Ihiniyh  tcil- 
h'nff,  11*  /fir  (U  iMutililr.  tn  gin-  fnrilili-*  fiir  «Hi-A  inquirir*,  IIV  nmiHit 
abk  Uf  nur  toner  firr  Rtplirt  u-hi,-h  ur«  loupw  (A<iit  lathu  tt>  Me  tMI- 
JurilD  i'/dut  Itfwh-ri'. 

7V>  our  GirrrtiHimlmU  ot^fraUy  In  \u  hrrr.  raggtrt,  MiiagA  Wt  do 
not  itvitl  upm  it  — 

I .  Tkat  OmtrihytnrM  in  **  N.  ft  Q."  apjtnui  Ikeir  waur  and  adilrm. 

t.  That,  in  vritinif  UKinyrHnu'ly,  tktg  i/io-  the  $ame  i/muaHltt  vri- 
vMrfv  to  the  Kdilinr. 

9.  Thai  vHijfiif lunii  hf  ivrtifit  ■/  hu  nnmiuf)  fdilion,  and  rhapter  or  pagi ; 
r%frrmrrA  to*'  N.  Jv  Q."  Ai/  ««'rtV«,  i*ttlum^,  *IWi/  }vtyr, 

I.  That  i»  alt  aurt  I'l  uitrr  Xamr;  at  Inut,  Itt  rimrly  ami  ditlinrtly 
wriUtu. 

J.  O.  f^,  wittfind,  in  Uray'*  Education  and  UoTemment,  Iht  couplel-- 
*•  When  l<oT«  oiiiiM  tearh  a  monarch  to  he  wlie. 
And  guipvl-lUht  tint  dairn'd  fruni  Bullen't  eyei." 

L.  HamHcap.  nr  "  hand  Clhf  r»i|i."  inu  n  gnmr  uriffintilly  jilaytd  by 
tkrr*  prrmm*.  Thr  nit/ilimtion  i\f  Ihr  ttrm  tu  hitriv-rwinii him  nriwa 
/two)  MM  or  Mffrr  /icwiu  briny  ehiixn  tu  make  i4c  awarrl  Acf  v<eni  paniu 
vhoptU  dt'iBH  t'/unl  lunu  nfimmey  tm  tnlirinu  hoTKifura  race. 

J,  II.  D.  Thf  niblr  printed  hy  Chrirtoiiktr  iiarktr,  maO  Uo,  IMS. 
titwatlyfttr.hr*  afintt  Xi*. 

The  Chrtinirlr  of  Grrgonf  nfTmtrt  heu  not  brrti  trawrintrd 
imiti  Knglith.    Ur.  Itohn't .  I  nlu/mirian  Librtti-y  i*  nuv 


KKtltr:  Bi^top  Flnmimy  at  UiKol*;  BUhapt  As  and  OhAm  s( 
Winfknttr.    Pfcfc  -  ».  a  Q."  IH  «.  V.  301 .  AC. 

C.  lloinB.  For  tkt  nymahyy  nf  (Ar  loroJ  •B««Fl«»ii.  •«•»!**, 
zil.74.li:,  lU,  17a,ni|  andfur  tkni  »/  C^ierplUar.  tiid  ».  L  a,  10, 
sot,  say. 

•••  ra,f»  forhlmdinw  Ihr  nJmmr*  «/-*  K.  »  Q."  ■»»  ht  had  ^  Oi 
PiMiihtr,  ami  ufalt  BvAflkrt  and  AVicwHtea. 

"ITnTai  AMD  Qc-BBin"  Im  pMiihed  at  noomam  TtUluj.  aatf  ■  ab. 
Iimtd  in  H>irrai.T  P*a«.  th*  Sidxu^rii'tmm  fir  fwAMnm  C-na  «W 
Six  Xantht  f„natrdt.i  dirrct  from  Ihr  >'"*''«*''•«"£'■*?•**''■ 
Morly  Inoea)  <•  lU.  4rf.,  whirh  man  be  paUhg  i'aH  UfaOrta. 
ynyalUat  Ihr  Strand  l\»t  Ofirr.in  larmtr  <»/ WimaM  O.Wmttm,ii. 
WBUtyoTUN  haiBT.  8t«*hi>,  W.C,  M  whom  all  CuHiiiiaieaTian  ■«■ 
*BB  Emtub  thtiuld  h  ad'lrauid. 

" XoTBi  a  QoBKiit"  !■  icKlttered fbr  traasmlSBtaa  abnad. 


HEDGES   &    BUTLER,  Wine  Merchanti.  ht. 
ncommend  and  GUARANTEE  the  fbllovliic  WIBESi- 
Purc  wholenme  CLAKET.  a>  drunk  at  Bordesux.  ISi.  aa4  Mh 
per  duien. 

While  Brndeanz «U.  MdSDfcptrdH. 

Ooodlli«li »•••    ,.     asa.       . 

eparklinic  Bpemay  Champacne S6i~  «*«.    n     <•*•       > 

Good  Dinner  Kherry M«-    n     ''SB.       » 

Ptort t4<..a(ii.  «    asi.     .. 

Thnr  iHTile  the  attention  ofCONNOIHSEUKB  to  their  «a(M** 
ofCIWICE  OLD  PORT.onniiitlnKfif  Wlneaoftha 

Celehratetl  vlntaire  IslO  at  ISHa.  pv  doe. 

Vintage  l«S4 ,  ims.       » 

Vliitace  IH4II M«.        « 

VintanlM; 7**.,s> 

all  of  Bandemas'i  Bhlpplnic,  and  In  flrit-rate  oonaitloa. 
rinc  < 


hauscn,  and  Nchanbiuic.  iM.  to  M<.i  BuarkllnK  Moaslle,  «•..•l^ H 
ysf.t  very  ehoioe  Champairne.  SBa.  TSa.i  fliic  old  Back.  MalnaB,  fi» 
tinae,  Varmnlh.  UmitaniU,  I.aehTyina  IThriaU,  Imperial  Takii.  ■ 
other  ran  wine*.  Fin*  old  Pale  Ovnae  Rranilr,  SO*,  aad  Tti.  >tf  Aa. 
Ttry  dioice  Cocnae,  vinlMc  IMWk  (which  trained  the  fliM  Biaina 
medal  at  the  ParU  Exhibition  ui  liUA>,  UK.  jirr  dus.    Forctta  Upaa 


medal  at  the  ParU  Exhibition  ut  IIUA>,  HU.  urr  Ous.  i 
of  every  detcTiptlun.  (>n  rrocipt  of  a  pnal-ufBuC  oidrar, 
quantity  will  be  furwanli'd  Immediately,  by 


or 


IlKDGES  &  liUTLRR, 

IX>NIX>N  I  lU.  REOENT  STREET.  W. 

Brighton  t  n.  Kins'i  Hoad. 

(Originally  caUldUhad  a.p.  Ififl?.') 


EAU-DE-VIE.— This  pure  PALE  BR  Am.  lb. 
persallun.  la  peculiarly  fVre  from  acidity,  and  venimtoa 
recent  lnit»itBtlin»ul  L'ii-.:ii*r  In  I'reiirh  IkiIiIcb.  3N«.  r«i«a:«'a 
a  eare  Air  tlie  rtiunlrv.  Wa.  railway  earriiiirr  iial'l.  No  aiiMMkft 
be  ubtalncil  unly  uf  IIK.MIY  llUKlTk  (»..  Old  Fiimival'iIJMi'aT, 
liolbiirii,  E.C,  and  an.  Itncrnl  Mrcet,  Walrrlou  l>lac«,  8.W..Uala, 
Prieca  Cuinut  (rva  on  aiiplk-aliuu. 


DOTESIO'S    DKPn  T,    «:>,    Rkcknt  Srun. 
QUADKANT, 
For  the  (lale  escliwlvely  of  iIm  fine   linrdeauz,   BursuBdlM,  Cb» 
paimea  and  Uo«naM  uf  >  ranee.  In  llieir  pure  natural  atai*. 

Cellars  and  CounthiK-huuM!  aa  above,  and  Onlcra  taken  alto  aitkf 
K<.-«tiuraiit, 
No.  9,  RUE  DE  CAMTIQI.IONE.  TARIS. 

I  HE  PATENT  NEW  FILTER.— Dr.  Grant  n^: 
**  Aa  pure  water  !•  nl  »upli  vreat  IniiHirtance,  it  la  doirable  lokM* 
t  Mr.  LipmomlM:  la  hy  lar  tlir  niiiat  experienced  anil  beat  ef  all  lil 
niter  mahen."  Can  •mly  be  had  al  Mr.  Lipacombe'a  Filter  Ofttt.  & 
btrand.    Fruapectui  lice. 


riir  the  prviM  rty  of 


II.  C. 

Jlimnfjlell  fr  iHihly. 

Eiianiaaa.  Thr.  iinoUttwH, "  A  thing  qfbtoMily  <•  a  joy  Jar  rvtr,"  oc- 
ew  in  KcaU'i  Endymlon,  /««e  1. 

C.  8.  W.  r*«  llnet  oddrtMttd  to Lihrrly art  m  AMiton't  perm" A 
LUfrfrvm  Italy."   Ste  Chalmert'i  tUiliim  ufihe  EnRliah  Foeta,  La.  Ul. 

QaiMB.    IVr*  i»  no  Snglith  tranOation  V  Oa  PnpUla  Oeall  tifJoli, 

Br.  Bwmta.  //«e  BMir  M<«m  th»  9erg*r$  im  bhbw  qTow  ealka*«li, 
Ik  (Mi^4rJNriii^,«aMiBAaw  dM  %  oMaa^Mw  toibit  dar^  tts 
Mtgitm  ¥  Urn,  an  it  we  mmm  wnow— .e.i.a<stop  Lacyai 


OND'S    PERMANENT   MARKING    INK.- 

The  Df iKlnal  Jttvebtjou,  uilia>)iUhr4  llll,  for  Fitarkliu  CBBfih 
'AMF.hS,  tNI'riAl'.^.uponhiMueMiill.itjcii.WTarlDir  Wpnrd.f 
H.B.-Lhrjicuto  tlk««rvat  tT;t>ii1«  tn  wlikli  tlU*  Ink  It  heldWjl 
etif(ltll«r*.  Kc.riufrrtor  ImilatlKOi  ar4>  nFing  nijil  to  thci  pu61ki»  wL 
hdI  jkhbcbi  miiy  at  Urn  celebrtlrd  <iu'lilin.  l'urf)iaa#j^f  eh4Htl<^  tiMS> 
ftiTV  (w  i'anf'u]  N>  n)ucrti<  UlC  a<il]rv»  iiFi  tUe  ]a.hel.  1  n.  tllNII^tf>SCA^C9< 
KTHEl^T  WlTJltN,  K.C..  wll^uut  whli^lL  the  Ink  U  not  eCa^J* 
Bold  bi  ail  mpcciatile  ehenililJ,  rlAU'-Hierr,  Ac,  [a  thm  1'lllJlil  il  Tlai 
itomi  BTim  Ir.  per  b<4'll»t  notii.  i4ie  ever  mat/a. 

NOTliL:ii;.~ftK»lLirEt>  Ihnii  ».  Sjoat  i,tat  (.wheiv  tl  kai  ^m 

eatabliihcd  nearly  Jiial  r  a  eautury  j,  iu  • 

10,  BISIIOP8UATE  STREET  WlXniSr.  K.C. 


pHUBB'S   LOCKS    and  FIREPROOF   SAFES, 

\J  with  all  the  ncweat  Impravemcnta.   Rtrect-doorljkleluaLOHfcal 
DwdBona.   irullllluatratedpilMllBUieiii  frte.  ^ 

fBB  a.  BOM,  W,8t.Fkarf  Chaicbiraid.  LaadsBijr.  XaBrtMr-* 
1  iS^HsAet  mtm,  Miaiiiimi  I  taA  llnrwSlifc 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


431 


lOHDOy,  SATURDAY,  MAY ».  )86«. 


■smr.^ 


CONTENTS.— N«.  186. 

riio     KnKli-h    niiitrli    it,    Ron... 

-Ml 

-Orrrrol 

1'           ■   iiv 
"[1 

linrii- 

—  Brnndl's  "sJlilp  of  Frtolo*  "  — 
Sir  Thoinw  L>nci4  — E*4Uire>' 

iiasU  '-  ilt>.  Aiku  ^utcil,  VSi. 

BJSf'LIBSt  — "TVi"  Wurk   B«>sr,"  nt  Omnnor.    *W  — T«in 

Yr.fTH--.     "'■        "  •     '-    ■'       -     '  •'       M         -  ■     ,.-,. 

ricii,  A  — 

^W.rrr  .,(1 

1- 


KOU*  Ob  IkX*Lk,  Xc. 


THE  ENCLTSH  CHURCH  IN  HOME. 

.The  Daxltj  TtUgrapli  (Feb.  19,  1864,)  remarks, 
iwny  ol;'  contrnsi  wiih  an  m-t  ol"  the  i^utt^ti  lor 
iDoiing  grciiter  religious  fireeJom  n'ithin  bis 
iDionSf  tbut  — 

twclr©  or  fonrlwn  thontnr  ■  -  -'"^       "  •     lo 

lU,  wbo  flock  to  Konrt  .  l 

DnbJp  ia  a  barn-liko  buii< 
thetowu.  ..." 

\\\ 


\ 


" obliged"?     DosB  the  •writer   menu  to 

I   liiat  the  buildinp,  usimI  as  ilielr  cliurch, 

;  tletiberately  chosen  by  thf  English  thcui- 

Dives  he  aflect  to  believe  thnt  the  aelec- 

-•  in  my  way  enforcctl  or  •iipijestcil  by  the 

^"riuih  ttuthfiritii's  h     At  .ill   HVejirs,   thi^   I  ciin 

•»y  :  It  wa»  the  Hev.  Mr.  Woufiwniil  hinmeH;  wlio 

~      '    '  ■<■  circumit.'»i»cc9  connected  with 

of  the   church.      1   had  been 

it ;  and,  aeconl- 


When  it  was  det^rminerl,  on  account  of  inci^aied 
demand  for  epace,  mul  by  reason  of  inconvenience 
CAusod  b%'  thi;  private  orcupalion  of  thu  house  in 
an  upstairs  ronio  of  whioh  the  service  wiw  laid, 
to  ninko  fionsidrTable  altorationa  for  the  pur^Kiac 
of  uniting  this  privalc  dwellin^^  with  the  nitjoin- 
ing  house,  Cardinal  Antonelli  sent  m  to 

him,    and   rcqueFt^d,   while   entire   I  a« 

il  within,  il  ■     ■-'  should  appcu-  on  (He 

f  of  the  o  altered,  wliioh  rotiM 

the  religioii-i   ic -khj^  of  tho  ifiL»ibit«nts  of 
The  church   ia   outside    the    Tortn   del 
X  i.p'ilii,  solely  bcoiiisc  at  that  spot  was  to  be  bad 
a  suiiaiile  hou9<^  at  a  niodernte  rent  —  most  posi- 
tively,/or  HO  oihrr  ren^m. 

•*  And,"  snid  Mr.  Wnmlwnril,  "yen  know,  nn  a  visitor 

of  ''  ■   'i  .1  ntorijoou'.  '  '         '      '   uul, 

\'  '  ily  in  til'  n, 

UK.   :'l,  we  could  ^  ,    ^      .  l>ut 

thnt  IB  out  ol  the  qarAlK'ii,  ua  liccuuiit,  uut  only  of  ths 
eiiorinous  rcntj,  but  btfcauso  the  houses  k't  »o  wfll  for 
MpurluientJ." 

Those  Tpho  have  not  visited  Rome,  may  per* 
haps  picture  the  Knglish  furtively  slinking  out  of 
the  gates  lo  their  weekly  service.  liut  what  is 
it'jo,,"'!!!  ♦he  actual  state  of  things?  I  venture  to  say  thnt» 
in  the  matter  of  dress  and  equipages,  there  is 
(or  was  in  1858)  more  display  than  can  be  seen 
at  any  church  in  Rome.  Eight  or  ten  carriages 
in  waitin<^  outside,  is  quite  an  ordinary  sight. 
Nay,  the  Roman  youtha  (mass  being  concluded 
some  half  hour  or  so  before  the  Englinh  service) 
are  drawn  up  In  the  Piiizza  del  Popolo  to  see  the 
English  ladies  pass  on  their  way  home. 

No  worthy  object  can  be  gained  by  continuallj 
aiigm'sting,  that  the  English  have  been  thrust 
beyonrl  the  Wiills  of  Rome,  when  they  went  there, 
ns  I  havij  euid,  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  sanction  of  Mr.  Woodward.  On  the 
receipt  of  a  <'opy,  th.it  gentleman  favoured  roe 
with  the  following  reply  :  — 

nm    r-triif  you  wrote  to  mo,  «s  I   am  thus 
'Nrruni3tni>tiai   inaecuraciea  in 


I 


il 

■ml 


of 


I  called  (. 
pcr>ou  IT. 
rticulars.     Tn  i 
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ting  how  untair  were  tin 
•ared  in  the  Ei  ^ 
.     ilc  wisltcd  it  It 
latent  courteoy  and 


on  (he  chaplain, 

furnish   correct 

,  Wr.  Woo'lwnni 

-'  '•   a   point   of 

which  often 

■  in  this  8ub- 

■wti  tlirtt  tlic 

been  iini 


rmly  practised  towariis  him  by  tho  authorities. 


••  Sm,— I 
aiiahled  to  ■ 
thf  niip»r  w  1 

"Til'-  i'=" 
in  its  I 
a  nrt; 
rl  .  ■ 
1 
II. 


'i  Srivipo  iM-ing  pei formed 

y  ihm.     In  Iho  ycor  1824, 

f  the  ^irrnitiirnt  of  tho 

<•   of  tho 

useJ  for 

•    ■■!    -lit 


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.  trvr'nl    T 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S"^  S.  V.  May  iS.  •«. 


pnrpoM.*  X'p  to  ^h\^  dato  tlio  Svrvice  had  been  nlvrtya 
within  the  walls.  Uut  iii  all  the  traiiractionB  rufcrreit  to, 
which  wcro  apread  over  manv  inoiithH,  it  docs  not  ap> 
pear  from  tlio  n-conls  that  thu  difliculty  encountered  hy 
th«  Coininittre  whs  in  any  way  connected  with  that  cir- 
cuinstnnco.  There  is  no  trace  whatever  of  the  question 
between  intuU  and  outtidr.  the  walls  having  been  raised. 
So  that  the  jealoiis.v  of  the  Government  (if  it  existed,  of 
which  there  is  uo  kind  of  proof,)  had  regard,  not  to  th« 
iService  being  ])(:rforincd  inside  tho  walls,  but  to  its  being 
performo<l  at  all ! 

"  In  this  room,  chosen  by  the  English  themselves,  and 
considered  *  eligible  in  nil  respwts  for  their  purpoms,' 
close  to  the  English  Quarter,  and  within  two  or  three 
minutes*  wnlk  of  the  principal  Hotels  the  English  Ser- 
vice continuivl  to  be  held  for  upwards  of  thirty  years; 
when,  tnxn  circumstances  too  intricito  to  detail,  it  was 
transferred  to  the  buililing  next  thmr,  of  which  the  Pro- 
prietor offered  to  build  a  chnpul  within  ito  wnlls.  It  w.ti 
with  reference  to  thi*  chapel  that  Cardinal  Antnnclli, 
most  considerately,  sent  n  private  warning,  not  to  me, 
but  to  I<onl  Lyons,  th:it  it  could  not  be  pcrmitleil  to 
hare  extemnllg  the  niipcaruncu  of  .-v  church  or  public 
institution  of  any  kind. 

"  It  is  hanlly  accurate  to  nay  that  ■  tlic  utmost  cour- 
t«!5y  and  forbearance  have  been  uniformly  priicti-ed  by 
the  authorities  towards  me  ;*  for  I  have  never  directly 
been  Itrought  into  contact  with  thorn  :  but  tlicy  certainly 
have  been  practised  towardt  the  Kngli.sh  generally.  In 
fact,  in  regord  of  this  matter  of  jmblic  wcrstiip,  tho 
English  are  treated  ax  the  moHt  highly  favoured  n:ition, 
being  the  only  non-Koman  <?atholic.  nation  thnt  is 
alloweil  to  have  public  worsliip  wilhimi  nn  tmbiiMy. 
Moreover  the  AutbMriiiG<<  nlwuvn  have  (ieH$darmt»  in 
attendance  both  to  keep  urdcr  among  the  Carringcs  wliicli 
are  in  waiting  in  great  numbers,  and  to  prevent  the 
great  annoynnce  which  1  am  told  n.«cd  to  exi.nt,  of  peo|de 
crowding  round  the  doors  to  bco  the  congregation  com- 
ing out. 

"  The  Daily  Telegraph'*  CNtimato  of  the  number  of 
Protestants  who  come  to  Kome  for  the  winter  is  prepos- 
terous. I  do  not  auppiLse  tho  I'rctcMiints  of  all  nntiims 
and  denominations  amount  to  mar  half  the  number 
hpecitlfld.  And  of  these,  all  are  not  'obliged,'  n*  the 
writer  says,  to  worship  in  the  English  Chapel,  seeing 
that  there  are  two  Protestant  Chapels  within  the  walls, 
one  in  tho  American  Embassy,*  the  other  in  that  of 
Prussia.  To  represent  our  Cha'pcl  ns  a  •  barn-like  build- 
ing,' is  simply  ridiculou!«.  But  if  it  were,  it  Is  strange 
that,  in  making  sncli  a  statement,  tho  writer  does  not 
hce  that  he  is  casting  reproach  on  the  l-'nglish  thimi- 
selves ;  for  I  am  sure  they  hnvo  nimiey  enough  to  niako 
their  ChaiK-1  internally  what  they  please. 

"  1  am,  your  obedient  Servt. 

"  F.  li.  \Vui)I>WAItD. 

"Kome,  March  11,  1801. 
"  P.S.  You  may  use  this  letter  as  yon  please.*' 

•  This  account  sc-an-ely  tallies  with  further  statenu-uts 
in  the  same  article  of  the  Telrpr,i/)h  to  the  cdect,  that 
"not  nioro  than  a  year  ago,' half-a-dozen  American 
families,  who  used  to  assemble  every  iiundav  in  the 
drawing-room  of  a  fellow-countryman*  rcsiding'in  Kome, 
for  the  puriKtsc  of  worship  according  to  the  Prusbvterian 
form,  were  visited  by  the  police,  and  told  that  any 'repeti- 
tion of  this  *  oirunci: '  would  cause  all  persons  j<»ining  in 
the  act  to  be  nt  once  sent  away."  Fornierlv,  as  I  can  My 
from  personal  experience,  there  was  afternoon  service  at 
the  Palazzo  Braschi  according  to  the  Church  of  England: 
and  it  wonid  appear  that,  at  least,  there  is  do  truth  ia 
the  aaaertloD,  tb«t  tho  morning  Nrrice  ia  tlie  Pmby- 
teriMa  fiam  bMs  been  aboliahed. 


I  liad  int4.>n(lcrl  to  incorporate  any  commei^tt 
which  Mr.  VVooilward  mi^zht  be  pleased  to  make; 
but,  on  reailing  his  letter,  I  judped  that  by  piving 
it  entire  and  verbatim,  I  should  not  only  best 
serve  mr  purpose,  but  also  follow  the  use  of 
"  N.  &  Q."  and  the  natural  order  in  which  such 
subjects  as  the  prcHcnt  arc  entertained. 

Jouif  A.  C.  ViKCEm, 


GENEKAL  PLAGIARISMS:  "THE  GROVES  OF 
HI^VRNEY." 

It  i.s  suid  there  is  nothing;  new  under  the  5un. 
Fosiiibly.    If  this  be  S(*,  thoru  must  be  pla<;iar!5nK 
diurnally  to  an  extent  not  to  bo  mentionetl.    Tvo 
authors  may  hit  on  one  idea,  but  U*  work  it  on: 
identically,  if  not  in  the  same  words,  looks  som^ 
thin<;  more  than  a  coincidence,  particularly  when 
one  may  havu  written  a  long  time  in  adv.ince  ci' 
the  other.    I  have  mot  with   literary  mvn  «b 
have  uo  faith  whutevtr  in^oriirinality ;  anil  ojk 
whose  o])inion  I  Vidui.>,  goes  far  tci  convert  nie  ic 
his  notion.     Some  time  ngo,  I  confesis  I  was  pv- 
ticularlr  »trurk  by  hix  nrfrument:*,  and  finee  thx 
time  I  have  mudu  many  notes  of  what  look  un- 
commonly like  plii;;iiirisms ;  but    I   oidv  meDtina 
one  or  two  nt  prLtieut,  truHtinpr  that  will  beeiio]r& 
to  evoke  further  opiniim  on  this,  to  literarjorn. 
all  im]M)rtiint  iiiioAtion.     Up  to  a  r^vvntpenedl 
was  uiidor  the  imprel-sion   that    the    turhl-witk 
kimwii  soii-j  of  "Tho  ( J  roves  of  J{lrtrncv,''vu(«r- 
tttinly  ori<rinal.     I  prc^iinie  the  ruiidcrs  nHi<»:Te- 
s]iondents  of  "N.  &  Q."  are  well    aware  (J  iV 
history  of  that  fnmous  piece  of  dojrjrrel ;  ljutit»il\, 
no  doiibt^  surprise  many  to  hear  thnt  it  i.s  EfJinrW 
not  ori<;inal,  but  stolen  from  aimiher  very  famous 
do;!grcl  song  called  "Castle  Hide."     Can  anvice 
furnidh  a  copy  of  the  latter  ?    I  believe  it  i^kllowa 
in  Cork  who  was  the  author.     It  commences  — 
**  As  I  roved  out  on  a  summer's  morning 
Down  by  the  banks  of  niackw.itor  aide, 
'i'o  view  the  groves  and  mcudow*  charming, 
And  lovely  gardens  of  Castlo  Hide." 

So  much  for  that.  There  is  Bomeihhig  mon 
than  a  coincidence  in  a  pflss:ij;c  in  the  DenerUi 
Village  by  Goldsmith,  and  Highland  Mary 'by 
Bums :  — 

«  When  smiling  spring,"  &c GoMtmith. 

"  When  summer  first,"  Ac— 2?wrjff. 
Goldsmith  wrote  before  "Rob  the  Ranter"  was 
born.     It  may  be  sai<l  one  is  descriptive,  and  xhn 
other  an  invocation;  be  it  so.  How  will  diat  alter 
the  great  Cict  ? 

In  the  ballad  of  "  Lochinvar  **  in  Marmum  will 
be  found  the  following  lines :  — 
"  She  looked  down  to  bloah. 
And  she  looked  up  to  algh. 
With  reproof  on  her  lip^ 
Bnt  a  smile  in  her  efSh** 


at*  S.  V.  May  28.  *«i.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


433 


e 


In  Samuel  Lover'*  wag  of  *'  Rory  O  More,"  we 
find  the  follow inj{ :  — 

"Oh  I  Rory  be  ea«y,  fwett 
KAthlMii  WAtilil  cry, 
With  reprooi'on  her  lip, 
But  a.  smile  in  her  eye." 

Bather  more  tbaii   coincidence  thu,  and  Scott 
wrote  before  Lover. 

In  reference  to  Mr.  Lover  I  vany  observe,  tliat 
bla  but  collection  of  Irish  songs,  ballads,  Sec,  is  a 
very  faulty  one;  but  it  is  n<tt  worse  tbuu  tlie 
Diuny  that  preceded  it,  from  the  time  that  the 
Hon.  Charles  G.  Duffy,  late  M.?.  for  New  Ross, 
and  now  a  member  of  tiie  Auslralian  legislature, 
in  editor  of  the  Dublin  Nuiiijo,  made  a  very 
thlesfl  collocliun,  which  he  dipiified  with  the 
B  of  the  Bailad  Poetry  of  Ireland  !  But  it  bore 
no  morelikeneis  to  the  builud  poetry  of  Ireland, 
than  a  nigger  does  to  Hercules. 

On  the  subject  of  Lish  sonj^s  I  may  add,  that 
Mr.  Liiver,  in  hi«  last  collection,  does  not  exhibit 
any  great  research,  for  in  reference  to  the  famous 
Bong  of  '*  M(d!y  Brallaghnn,"  he  says  the  author  id 
not  known,  but  supposed  to  be  a  lady.  Nt»w,  the 
author  of  "  Molly  Brallaijlian  "  was  a  person  named 
Murray,  a  very  comical  geitus,  who  kept  a  publio 
house  iind  sin^injj-room  in  Temiile  iJur,  Dublin, 
W)iue  thirty-four  years  ago.  lie  also  wrote  several 
olIiLTs.  A  pood,  and  well-selected  volume  of 
Irish  songs,  ballads,  &c.,  is  much  wanted ;  those  in 
print  ul  the  nresent  are,  for  the  most  part,  the 
veriest  trash,  badly  selected,  and  worse  noted. 
^  Can  anyone  inform  me  where  I  can  get  a  collec- 
tion of  Irish  Hongs,  bullaiis,  &c.,  made  before  the 
opening  of  the  present  century  ?       S.  Keumond. 

Liverpool. 


KILKENNY  C.\TS. 

I  have  ofic-n  wondered  why  none  of  yonr  cor- 
respondents who  are  natives  of,  or  resiilents  in, 
Kilkenny  hax'e  jjiven  you  the  real  version  of 
the  tde  of  the  Kilkenny  c«(8.  I  have  seen  the 
suhjcpt  fiequentlv  noticed  in  the  columns  of 
"  N,  &  Q.,"  but  i  have  never  seen  the  following 
accuraie  version  of  the  occurrence,  which  leil  to 
the  generully-receivcd  and  erroneous  slory  of  the 
Kilkenny  c«ts.  That  story  has  been  so  long  cur- 
rent that  it  ha*  bi'Come  u  proverb,  '*  ua  quarrel- 
some as  the  Kilkenny  cats,'*— two  of  the  cats  in 
which  city  are  u««crtcd  to  have  fought  so  long 
and  so  furiously  that  n<iught  wiis  found  of  them 
but  two  ittiU  !  Tliis  is  manifestly  un  Irish  exag- 
geriition  ;  imd  when  your  readers  sh;ill  have 
learned  the  true  anecdote  connected  with  the  two 
CAts,  ihey  will  uriderwtand  why  j.nly  two  taiUwere 
found,  the  unlortunafe  owners  having  fled  in 
terror  fmm  the  «ccncof  their  mutilation. 

I  am  Ittppy  in  being  able  to  state  that  neither 


Ireland  nor  Kilkenny  is  at  all  disgmced  by  the 
occurrence,  which  did  t^ike  place  in  Kilkenny,  but 
whlcli  mi;»ht  have  occurred  in  any  other  place  iu 
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 
Hessian  soldiers,  whose  custoi,a  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- 
ings. 

The  officers  of  the  corps  were  ultimately  mode 
acquainted  with  these  barbarous  acts  of  cruelty, 
and  they  resolved  to  put  an  end  to  ihem,  and  to 
punish  the  offenders.  In  order  to  effect  this  pur- 
pose, an  ofBcer  was  ordered  to  inspect  each  bar- 
rack room  daily,  and  to  report  to  the  commanding 
odicer  in  what  state  he  luund  the  room.  The 
cruel  soldiers,  determined  not  to  lose  their  dmiy 
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  Aight  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  nscending  the 
barrack-staii  a  while  the  eats  were  undergoing  their 
customary  torture.  One  of  the  troopers  imme- 
diately seized  a  sword  fri»m  the  nrm-rack,  and 
with  a  single  blow  divided  the  ttiils  of  the  two 
cats.  The  cats  of  course  escaped  through  the 
open  windows  of  the  room,  which  was  entered 
almost  immediately  afterwards  by  the  oflicer,  who 
inquired  what  was  the  cause  of  two  bleeding  cats* 
tails  being  suspended  on  the  clothes  line,  and  was 
told  in  reply  tiiat  "two  ciits  bad  been  fighting  in 
the  room  ;  that  it  was  found  iinpos>ii)le  to  separate 
them  ;  and  that  they  fought  so  desperately  that 
they  had  devoured  each  other  «/>,  with  the  exception 
of  their  tu-otaiU"  which  may  have  satisfied  Captain 
Schummelkettel,  but  would  not  have  deluded  any 
person  but  a  beery  Prussian. 

I  heard  this  version  of  the  glory  of  the  Kilkenny 
cat*  in  Kilkenny,  forty  years  aj!o,  iroin  a  gentleman 
of  uniiuestioned  veracity,  and  I  feel  happy  in  .•sub- 
mitting it  to  your  numerous  readers. 

JvYsmxA. 


MEANING  OF  THE  WOBD  H^p  (SELAH). 

Amongst  the  various  meanings  given  lo  this 
word  by  Kabbinicnl  and  Christian  writers,  such 
as  Aben  Ezra,  Kimchi,  Go^e^ius,  Ewald,  Her- 
der, De  Wetle,  Tholuck,  Heng^stenberg,  and  Ro- 
senroiiller,  there  are  two  which  si'cm  to  me  lo 
include  nearly  all  the  arguments  which  etymology 
and  gramuior  ap^ar  to  ren^ie. 


434 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C8^&T.  ICAT^'i 


The  first  meaning  is  that  given  by  Kimchi,  in 
his  Commentary  on  Psalm  ni.  These  are  his 
words: — 

"This  word,  nSo,  has  not  any  meaning  corresponding 
with  that  of  the  context.  It  is,  indeed,  a  note  in  mnuc, 
so  that  the  musicians  might  be  reminded  when  th^  came 
to  certain  parts  of  the  tune.  It  seems  this  word  Is  not 
firand  hi  Scripture,  except  in  the  poetical  parts :  and  of 
those,  only  in  the  Psalms  and  the  prayer  of  Habbakuk.* 

In  my  opinion  the  root  of  the  word  is  7?9>  *''*^  "^  ^  P*^' 
ragogic ;  fcr  the  accent  is  always  on  the  penultimate.  Its 
meaning  is,  a  lifting  up,  or  devotion,  as  applied  to  the 
Toice ;  Z  «.  it  denotes  a  elevation  of  the  voice."  (See  The 
Ptainu  tn  Hebrew;  with  a  Critical,  Exeaetical,  and  PhUo- 
logieal  Commentary,  by  the  Rev.  G.  Phillips,  B.D.,  vol.  i. 
Introduction,  Ix.   London,  1846.) 

The  second  meaning  is  that  given  by  Mendels- 
sohn, who  maintains  — 

**  that  as  a  chorus  is  often  met  with  in  the  Psalms,  n?D 
was  written  by  the  chief  musician  as  a  sign  by  which  the 
congregation  might  know  when  they  were  to  Join  in  the 
music  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 
found,  that  it  serves  to  mark  a  change  in  the  sub- 
ject of  the  Psulm ;  and  we  may  infer  as  a  conse- 
quence, that  it  serves  also  to  mark  a  change  in  the 
am|ring  or  music.  (See  the  Work  of  llev.  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 
means  praise,  and  is  derived  from  an  Arabic  root 
signifying  "  he  blessed,"  and  corresponds  with  the 
word  am«n,  or  the  Doxology.  (See  his  Hebrew 
dframmar^  p.  383  (note).  But  his  opinion  is  not 
generally  followed. 

The  LXX.  translate  the  word  by  Atdi^aX/ta; 
while  Aquila  renders  it  by  &<(;  Syramachus  b^ 
«{t  rhv  aiuva\  and  Theodotion  by  tit  t4kos.  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,  pernaps, 
be  satisfactory  to  those  who  take  an  interest  in 
such  matters.  Further  particulars  will  be  foun^ 
in  Noldius  (Concord.  Part.  Amiotationes  et  Vin- 
(Ucia,  Num.  1877).  J.  Dalton. 

Norwich. 


FUNEBAL   AHD  ToMB   OP  QUEEN  ELIZABETH.  — 

The  following  items,  from  certain  original  Ex- 
chequer documents  which  I  have  lately  examined, 
give  the  names  of  the  artists  cmnloye<l  on  the 
tomb  of  Queen  Elizabeth  ;   probably  not  other- 

*  It  occurs  seventy-one  timet  in  the  Psalms,  and  three 
tUaeMinH^bhakvk. 


wise  preserved,  and  which  may,  therefore,  bi 
teresting  to  some  readers  of  **  N.  &  Q- 
"  28  Aug.,  1607. 

Dets  due  at  her  late  tHaf  death, 
and  payed  sinse. 
"  To  S»  John  fbrtescue  for  the  fancsall 
charges  of  the  late  Queen, 

*  XTij»  coo*  \*  1 

(17,301151.(1 

Charges  of  the  tomb  for  the  late  Qnceac : 
Maximilian  Powtran  .    .     Ql3«")      ..   ,    , 
Patrick  the  blacksmith    iiij"  x'^  V  viiMrr' 
John  de  Crites  y  painter    .     .     cPJ     Xiatam 
stone,  w^  amounted  to  200  ib. 

^  (in)  all     965   0  I 

£.  P.  Sbibl 

118,  Eaton  Square. 

The  Isle  op  Axhouib. — My  attention  hsi 
cently  been  drawn  through  objects  not  of  sn  i 
quarian  nature,  to  the  sinfnxliu:  rirer  island  o 
Azholme,  in  the  county  of  Lincoln.  The  fert 
of  its  soil,  subdivision  of  land  among  small 
prietors,  cultivation  of  potatoes  and  flax,  and 
poverty  of  its  inhabitants,  f»use  it  to  RMab 
some  respects  a  province  of  Ireland.  At  tke: 
of  Mr.  Stonehouse,  its  historian,  1839,  froa  ■ 
its  twelve  thousand  population,  no  fewer  thn 
thousand  were  freeholaers,  a  proportion  pnb 
unique  in  the  kingdom.  Three  eminent  i 
quaries — Sir  Jdhn  Feme,  author  of  the  Sta 
Gentry;  James  Torre,  who  died  1619,  a  Isbtf 
collector  of  Yorkshire  antiquities  \  tad  G** 
Stovin,  who  died  in  the  last  century, «« '■'' 
of  the  district ;  nor  can  we  forget  WeAj  ' 
bom  at  Epworth,  the  principal  town  cCtVid* 
A  colony  of  French  and  Dutch  refugee  ensf^ 
once  flourished  in  the  neighbourhood,  and  d 
traces,  I  believe,  exist  of  them  to  the  present 
Drainnge  has  changed  the  course  of  the  Don 
Idle  rivers,  and  altered  the  ancient  charac: 
the  country ;  but  churches  of  considerable  a 
tectural  pretension,  relics  of  crosses,  a  hens 
at  Lindholme,  &c.,  give  much  antiquarian  iDt 
to  this  peculiar  district. 

Thomas  E.  WnisnsGi 

Recdsants,  temp.  Jamks  I.  —  During  the : 
of  James  I.  the  bishops  received  orders,  ai 
suggestion  of  the  chancellor,  to  issue  a  sentea 
formal  excommunication  against  recusaoti. 
of  the  results  of  this  excommunication  « 
be,  I  presume,  denial  of  burial  in  uonsec 
ground.  At  Allenmoor,  near  Hereford,  thu  t 
to  have  led  to  a  riot,  which,  but  for  the  Ea 
Worcester,  might  have  proved  a  formidabl 
surrcction.  In  other  places  probably  the 
prohibition  would  be  carried  into  effect,  ii 
while,  by  another  Inw,  any  person  burying  in  * 
than  consecrated  ground,  was  liable  to  a  fl 
100/.  What  were  the  Nonconformiata  to  do 
^hflX  ^ui  th«i  do?    May  thit  lav,  at  • 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


'  led  to  the  YormRtion  of  "  Quakers' 
ed  to  bj  jour  correspondent  Llwtd 
194)?  A,E,  L. 

MtQUiviB. — The  critic  in  The  Times  news- 
of  Miirch  26,  derives  the  name  of  this  river 
the  Arabic  Wady — that  is,  the  v^tlltfy  of 
l-f>o.  But  surely  this  is  both  incorrect  and 
tninv;  as  the  wonl  river,  or  water,  us  be 
f  uhiinilantlT  ahowa,  enters  aloioat  nlwavs 
lotual  name  of  a  river.  Gua  is  eviilently 
[the  Latin  aqua,  a*  in  the  word  used  fur 
^■gimrdifnle,  or  agua  ardiente.  Gundal- 
kost  probably  means  *'tbe  river  of  the 
udow." 

>i«  oriiic.  find^  the  wurd  bod,  a  house,  to 
It  element  of  Bosrombe ;  whereHs,  to  us, 
*vi<lently  box  or  fctutA.  "  The  biuhy  dell," 
lite  translation  of  Bo^tcombe. 

of  something  else :   [5  not  the  proper 

Ition  of  le» — ti'd  t     The  Chini:-8e  call  it 

S\  those  who  adopted  our  way  of  spellintr 

My  inU'nihMl  the  word  to  be  pronounced 

sujfgested,   wirh    the  di«?resis.      How 

ited  in  our  printing  are  0  few  dincrilical 

fcially  in  all  those  words  in  which  e  and 

coalesce  in  sound  !     What  a  pity  our 

!o  nut  adopt,  in  nil  these  cases,  the  die- 

oppose    idea,    Crimea,    and   preamble, 

like  ara,  pea,    and   drenm  (na  we  have 

im),  hciw  can  one  blame  the  person  who 

Ve  obvious  analopy  of  apellinp;  ?     For  the 

'^'in,  North  Americans  coll  New  Orlitms, 

teng. 

three  diflTorcnt  sounds  of  (h,  wc  also 
Jnct  charurtcrs  :  that  (soft),  tk^ck  (hard ), 
\onif  (divisive),  like  the  German  t-hnyi, 
■ly  be  dtstiiigiii>«hed  to  the  eye  as  well 
The  Phtmcigrnphic  Newt  was  built 
iT  want.    Who  will  invent  a  simple  type 
Snxon  do?)  for  the«c  diSerent  aounos, 
cure  their  general  adoption  ?         O.  T.  D. 

;  Ijivektiok  of  Riri.txo.  —  In  Sir  Hugh 
vel'IInme  of  Art  atid  Nature,  lf)53  (Idl 
'>4),  the  17th  article  runs  thus:  — 

ikx  a  PUtol,  mhiiKe  Barrrl  i$  3  Foot  in  LitHffth, 

ilivr  fl  liulltt  fKtint  blauk  at  Ei^l$eon. 

pl  of  tli<<   aforciwiil  len^ih,  ami  b«ing   of  the 

a  Ijdie    hifthcr,  liavine  *lght  gutten 

1  Um  iniiilc  ut  the  barrel,  and  (he  Imllut 

ftban  the  lion-.  np<l  <i()  rAintn«il  in  Bt  the 

[|T  indiu  ;i'  .ijid  nftei'  driven 

the  -irourinjr  •('  vcr  his   liullet  jit 

Thi»  1  Ufcl    ;  -  ,.!J&li  gvntlcaian  of 

Xyt  an  approved  txptrimenu" 

Jouir  Addis. 

BO  nowTi. — Tliia  trxpre<<«ion  is  ^nerally 

to  be  nnrolx  ;in  Aiiiii!.':ii,i,in,  but  it  i* 

id  in  il.  •  to  Mann 

174G.     i  ur  loMea  in 

I  of  Bocoiu,  ouU  My*  — 


"We  make  U|;htofit:  do  not  allow  it  to  be  a  butllo, 
but  call  it '  the  action  near  Liege.'  Then  we  have  whitlltd 
dovm  our  losa  extremely,  and  will  not  allow  a  inau  mora 
tbon  three  hondrad  and  fifty  Kugliah  tlola  out  of  four 
thousand." 

A.  A. 

Poet»*  Corner. 


Ourrtrj. 


J.  P.  Ardbsoif,  a  lieutenant  in  the  Royal  NavTt 
published  Ah  Introduction  to  Marine  Fortification 
itnd  Gunnery,  in  two  parts.  Gosport,  8vo.  1772. 
More  about  him  will  be  acceptable.         S.  Y.  R. 

Rabbi  Abbaham  abbn  HhaiIm,  a  Spanish  Jew 
in  the  twelfth  century,  left  two  works  ;  (»ne  on 
the  prepuration  of  colours  and  gilding  for  the 
illumination  of  MSS.;  and  the  orhcT  on  the  initial 
ornamL'ntal  letters  of  MSS.  of  the  law.  Where 
are  these  MSS.  now  f  Siqma-Tbbta. 

BfissoD  THE  Bookseller.  —  In  the  Cottoniau 
MS.  Titus  B.,  vii.  fol.  96,  there  is  a  letter  from 
Thomas  Besson  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester  for  license 
to  print  certain  books  (1^87).  He  was  an  English 
booLHiller  at  Leyden.  Can  any  of  your  readers 
give  me  any  further  mformatioa  relating  to  him  ? 

Calcbbob. — The  ancient  charters  of  the  Abbey 
of  Mont  St.  Michel  are  now  preserved  among  the 
archives  of  the  Departement  de  la  Mauche  at  St. 
Lo.  Among  the  names  of  the  numerous  witnesses 
subscribed  to  them,  1  have  observed  Guilleimua 
Calcebui;s,  liiirdenth  Cidcebos,  liivallo  Calceboa. 
The  last  two  I  suj>pose  lo  have  been  one  and  the 
same  person,  and  this  supposition  is  confirmed  by 
tindin);  subscribed  to  another  charter  Ruellen 
Canonicus.  Besides  which,  in  a  memorandum  of 
the  year  \\55,  mention  i»  made  oC  RutUettdta, 
Priepositus  de  (iener.  (Guernsey),  where  the 
abbey  had  possessions. 

Thi.'re  can,  I  think,  be  little  doubt  that  Rmlenth, 
RimUo,  Buelien,  Jtuulendug,  are  only  different 
forma  of  the  same  name.  And  if  so,  Calcebot  is 
probably  the  name  uf  some  oQice  held  in  the 
abbey. 

Can  jou  give  me  any  informjitioD  on  this  point  ? 

P.  S.  C. 

T.  P.  Christian. — This  gentleman  wrote  a  play 
called  The  Revolution,  and  one  or  two  other  works. 
Mr.  Christian  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  navy.  VVas 
he  a  native  of  the  Isle  of  Man  ?  Iota. 

TnRBv  Chahi-bs  Ci.arkbs. — Watt  ascribes  to 
Charles  Clarke,  F.S.A.  of  Ualliol  Colle,ie,  Oxford, 
the  works  of  three  persona  of  the  same  name, 
vi«. :  — 

1.  Cbarles  Ckrke,  F.S.A.  sometime  of  Balltol 
College,  Oxford,  whose  only  publislied  ■wkW '«^'«i«^ 


BS 


436 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


him,  see  Nichols's  Lit.  Anecdotes,  ili.  530,  v.  447- 
454,  701,  702;  ix.  615;  Monlhhj  Review,  tJ.  69  ; 
Bibl.  Caniiam,  194. 

2.  Cljarles  Clarke,  Capt.  K.N.,  the  circum- 
navigator, who  dicil  Jit  sea,  22  Aug.  1779,  «t.  38. 
As  to  him,  8ee  PhUoa.  Trans.  Ivii.  75  ;  Annual 
Register,  xi.  68,  -xiv.  1,';9],  xxii.  203],  xxiii,  194], 
218]  xxvii.  149;  Biog.  Brit.  etl.  Kippis,  iv.  193- 
236 ;  Kippis'a  Life  t^  Coak,  480.  He  la  often 
erroneously  called  Gierke. 

3.  Charles  Chirke,  F.S.A.  sometime  of  the  Ord- 
nance Office,  whose  works  appear  to  Tanjre  from 
1787  to  IS'iO,  nnd  who  died  in  or  about  1S41  at 
Camden  or  Kentish  Town-  As  to  him,  see 
Nichols's  Ilhuttr.  Lit.  \\.  610-757;  Biog.  Did. 
Living  Authors;  Bill  Cnntiam^  133,  210,  211; 
Cniden's  Gruvesewi^  459 ;  Gent.  Mag.  N.  S.  xvii. 
342. 

I  am  desirous  of  nsccrtnining  — 

(i.)  When  the  firsl-tuentioucd  Charles  Clarke 
died? 

(ii.)  Whether  Nichob  is  correct  in  calliuc;  Liu 
the  i?n'.  Clinrles  Clarke  ? 

(iii.)  Tlio  exact  dHte  of  the  death  of  the  third 
mentioned  Charles  Cl.irke? 

(iv.)  Whether  the  first  nnd  third  Charles  Clarke 
(each  of  whom  secuis  to  htive  been  connected  with 
Kent)  were  father  and  son,  or  how  otherwise 
related  ? 

The  compilers  of  the  Bodleian  Catalogue,  and 
the  Cfttftlopue  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  (mis- 
led no  doubt  bj  Watt)  have  also  confounded  the 
first  and  third  of  these  pertous.  S.  Y.  R. 

CuBious  Sias  Mancal. — At  the  time  Iconiiim 
was  ihe  cupitiit  of  the  Turkish  world,  nnd  a  Sultan 
or  Khun  iinuble  to  write  had  to  put  his  ?.it;n  nm- 
nu.al  to  a  document,  he  was  wont  to  dip  tiiii  hrmd 
in  ink,  ari<l  leave  the  print  of  it  upnn  the  pnppr. 
Have  any  of  your  readers  ever  seen  such  signa- 
tures, or  is  ony  antiquary  able  to  state  whether 
such  a  custom  obtained  in  Christendom  in  remote 
times  ?  H.  C. 

Dbkmakk:  amp  HouiTKrK  Treaty  or  IGGfi. — 
In  the  Caialojiue  of  the  Collection  of  MSS.  in  the 
Library  of  All  Souls  College,  Oxford,  printed  in 
1842,  under  th  •  care  or  the  Rev.  H,  O,  Coxe,  now 
principal  librarian  of  the  Qwlleiati,  in  (he  notice  of 
vol,  ccxviii.  fol.  54  b,  is  an  entry  of  *'  Letlern  and 
Papers  having  reference  to  the  Treaty  of  the  King 
of  Dkkmark  vith  the  Duke  of  liulstrin,  1GG6." 
AVherc  ran  I  find  uny  further  notice  of  the  Treaty 
oo  alluded  to,  and  what  were  its  piirlicuUrs  ?    K. 

Gambs  op  Swans,  ktc,  what? — In  the  survey 
of  the  temporalities  of  the  Abbot  of  Glastonbury 
{Monnat^  vol.  i.  p.  11),  there  are  enuniL-ruted 
**  Oamea  of  Swannen,"  of  "  lleronsewes,"  and  vf 
•'  FesBuntes."  It  may  be  surmised  thin  incuna 
jxrmerrti  for  the  yiurposc  of  sport.    Is  the  word 


used  any  where  else  io  thi*  yrn***,  f*  iTi  ; 
onVenerie?     Dnuae  Jali  ' 
St,  Atbawi),  iclh  us  nc   uh 
swunnys,"  "  a  nye  of  foajWAUt^o,"  *ed  " 
hcron««.** 
Poets'  Conier. 

GlOVCS  CUUDIED  FOR   A   KiM.  — '^'"^  ' 

your  readers  could  infurin  rm* 
arose  of  cUiuung  a  pair  of  •'!•' 
asleep  ?  W 

Goldsmith's  Wokk.  —  Is  tiiere  any 
in  vxiiitenee  which  treats  of  the  mtatfi 
cesses  of  the  <!oldsmltb*s  ait?  StQUA^ 


HoK  AND  Buz,— KeracUtofi  lUdciM, 
whom  I  sometime  since  nssde  inqvirr,  s«y>,-' 

"Preserved  or  reserred,  *ti*  at!  on*  Io  uj. 
SLog  you  Te  Deum,  wa'il  aui|;  Bam- 

These  lines  are  put  into  the  mout! 
nent.  "  Hum  anu  Buat,**  look  Itkc 
writ  large.    Was  such  a  phrase  in  octiuuijf 

Jdstice.  —  When   was    the  dengtiatJM 
first  applied  to  county  and  town  mmgui 
when  did  it  fall  into  genera]  diftue?   ** 
cease  to  be  usually  given   to  police 
I  believe  it  h  now  confined  to  tbe 
Majesty's  courts  of  law,   or   of  bmIbv 
Juiitice  Talfourd,"  Ace.     MAj|eiatrat««a* 
a  body,  "the  justice*  of  the  j,L'n.i-i-.  "ftrt  itr 
is  no  lonjier  colloi|uially   u 
unless  it  is  retained  in  anv  ; 
wtiieh  I  am  not  nwnre.    XL- 
frequently    attnelied    to    n 
print iii;j  <»r  writing.     In  i^i 

we  read  of  a  Middlesex  i  .jjli 

Tuwe,  a  popish  justice,  ■ivvollini;  m  tl» 
Siretford  on  tlic  Bowc,"  whura  Um  m&tm 
ratiees  of  the  /'  -'  -      •       "^^        ' 
p.  1(»0,  has  w 

of  the  Inner  J  v  ...[•.>,  .»i...  i  ■.  •   i-.m-r 
8  Edw.  VI.  and  1  Mnrv.    In  the  playi 
of  the  Irtst  century  the  ue«!nnatS(kn  ippe 
mon  ui«e  :  and  Fielding  luiD»clf  was  best 
Justice  Fielding, 

Links  ox  Mahbid.  —  Mr.  Ford. 
Bo,'-  ''■■■  <-"hi  (Piirt  II.  p.  662,  cd. 
tliL'  Uwf,  in  Spaniah.  aa  ai 

cap;.... ,  .iiu  :  — 

•*Qui«n  te  qujgw     —  t*  osIm; 
(Juicn  t«  tm\i»     no  tn  quiafi^'fj 

The«a  may  be  translated  that :  — 

"  H«  who  llko  IU»p-h1ow  n~^  *- * 

lie  who  knows  I  itee-^ooi 

I  ihoTild  Ilk.*  to  know  >*•' 
linet  m  Spiinisb. 
Norwiih. 


«»«  g.  Y.May  28,  HM.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE 


437 


SIotKT  Arnos.  —  Where  can  I  find  an  account 
of  the  mission  of  Minuldes  Mrnas,  who  was  sent 
by  the  French  government  to  Mount  Athos?  As 
X  wish  to  be  "posted  up"  in  »co-ounl«  of  the 
nonaatic  libraries  there,  I  shnll  be  obliged  by  re- 
Fcrencti  to  works  on  the  subject  since  Mr.  Cur- 
Bon's.  I  have  seen  Bowen  nnJ  Tozer'a  in  the 
Vacation  Tourists.  What  is  the  present  stnte  of 
ihe  holy  mountain?  SiGM*-Ta«TA. 

PBTnABcii.  —  'Whnt  in  the  date  of  publication 
and  value  of  n  copy  of  Petrarch  which  I  can  only 
describe  ns  dc<Hcatcd  to  Marco  Antonio  da  Bo- 
logna bv  Giovnnni  Lanro  Gabbiano?  In  the  pre- 
face, which  remains,  although  the  title-pajre  is 
gone,  an  allusion  to  Pope  Leo  (rjy.  X.?),  coupled 
,trlth  »I»e  year  1323  in  pencil  on  the  cover,  seems 
lo  fix  the  date  about  1220-3.  As  this  and  the 
hove  may  be  sufficient  data,  I  will  extnict  it. 
gabbiano  says  to  M.  A.  da  Bolop^na  — 

**  Ne  Toi  no  p«r>onaji)cana  si  ammiii  che  io  di  etii  coti 
ieti«ra,  tantu  anlcntementc  ami  c  diligontemcnte  dcsideri 
H  Mrrirc  rolui,  il  qoMe  Ja  geDlilhuomini  c^npralinciiCe  e 
la  Rignurl  rtl  al  line  da  J'apa  Leont  i:  Btato  sommainento 
renerulo  «d  omato." 

Geo.  Mitch  ell. 

Walbrook  Ilouse.  37.  Walbroolc 

"EsaATON  Politeness." — ^V^lo  was  the  author 
bC  An  Etsay  on  PoUtenAa^  Dublin,  1776? 

AUQDA. 

QcoTATioNS. — About  the  yeans  I83C  or  1637,  a 
ricKlicul  was  published  for  a  short  time,  of  which 
[  forn'ct  the  uanie.  I  am  anxious  to  discover  it, 
knd  also  fur  spocinl  reasons  desire  to  ascertain  the 
lame  of  the  author  of  a  poem  which  appeared  in 
tf  bcginnit\f;  — 

"I  h«d  no  friend  to  care  for  me. 
No  father  and  no  mother; 
And  early  death  li-iil  snAlclied  away 

My  sifter  and  my  brother, 
And  riDTvenhnd  curered  ail  their  graves 
I'At  I  rould  litp  their  namu,"  &c. 

I  have  no  clue  but  my  recollection  of  some 
frnpnciits  of  the  poem,  of  which  I  have  given 
4hc  commencement;  but  I  think  it  was  some- 
iwhere  about  the  size  of  Chambers'  Journal,  First 
Series.  T.  B. 

RictiMoifs  Court  Rolls — Mr.  Kkapp  will  be 
much  obliced  for  .any  information  as  to  the  Court  ' 
I\uIIb  of  the  Manor  of  Richmond,  Surrey,  and  in 
puriicular  where  they  can  be  inspected. 

Llanfoiat  Hou»e,  Difton.  | 

"TirB  RuEfVL  Quaker."  —  The  late  IVfaurice  I 
P'Connrl],  M.P.,  wrote  aomething  with  the  alcove 
litle.     Where  cjin  1  gt-t  a  copy  ?      S.  RrpMosD.    I 

Savoy  Rent. — Spvmil  pirces  of  freehold  land 
n  the  pntifih  ■  '  .  Bmiks,  pay  what  is 

called  a  Savo\  ,•  olyour  readers  in- 

form mo  the  II  1  •  •     No  work  is  done  nr 

jirot^ction  gu  urn  for  thi$  rent.     The 


land  is  liable  to  be  flooded :  is  it  possible  that 
originally  it  was  a  payment  for  the  clearing  out  of 
the  river  ?  John  Sheldok. 

Talbot  Papehs.  —  In  an  article  printed  in  the 
Itecords  of  Burhinghamithire,  vol.  i.,  on  Sir  John 
Fortcscue,  of  Sittden,  mention  is  made  of  "  the  uM' 
edited  Talbot  Papers."  Can  any  of  your  readers 
any  where  those  papers  are  deposited?  or  where 
they  are  likely  to  be  heard  of?  They  are  not  in 
the  British  Museum.  Kappa. 

William  Tuomsojt.  —  Can  ony  Scottish  corre- 
spondent alve  me  any  information  regarding  this 
author,  whr>  was  a  blind  man,  and  publishpd  at 
Penh,  in  1818,  Caledonia  ;  or,  the  Clans  of  Yore^ 
n  Trnsedy  in  five  acts,  dedicated  to  Sir  Murray 
McGrt'jror  of  Lanrick,  Bart.  ?  In  a  MS.  li*t  of 
Perthshire  dramatists,  it  is  stjited  ihnt  the  tragedy 
was  iicted  at  Perth.  In  Watt's  Bihlioth.  Briton, 
the  authorship  of  Caledonia  is  erroneously  attri- 
biite<l  to  W.  Thomson,  LL.D.  (a  native  of  Perth- 
shire), who  died  in  1817.  Iota. 

Sia  TuoMAs  Walsingham.  —  Cin  any  of  your 
readers  give  me  any  information  as  to  the  de- 
scendants (if  any)  of  Sir  Thomus  Wnlsinghwrn,  of 
Sciidbury  in  Kent,  who  iiiiirried  Lady  Anne 
Howard,  daughter  of  Theophilas,  Eiirl  of  Sutfulk  ? 
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  Shan- 
non ?  Their  ^r^'  grandmother  was  a  sister  of 
Lady  Anne  Wulsingham's,  and, they  successively 
took  the  name  of  Walsinghiim.  E.  &L  B. 

Joii.H  Wood,  sometime  Fellow  of  Sidney  Col- 
lege. Cambridge  (B.A.  1737-B:  M.A.  1742;  B.D. 
1749),  was  Rector  of  Cadleij:li,  Devonshire;  and 
publifihed  Instilvtes  of  Kcdesiastical  and  Ciei  I 
Polity,  London,  8vo,  1773,  and  An  Exsay  on  the 
Fundamental  or  most  Important  Doctrines  of  Na- 
tural and  Ueveulfd  Rcliffiun^  London,  Svo,  1773. 
The  date  of  his  death  will  oblige 


0.  H.  &  Thompson  Coorjft. 


Cambridge. 


Bbandt  8  "Ship  or  Foor.ss."  —  Would  you  in- 
form me  whether  a  copy  of  A.  Barclay's  "Ship 
of  Fooles,"  date  1509,  was  printed  by  W.  de 
Wonle;  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  (stanzas).  The 
fragment  also  contains  "  The  Mirror  of  good 
Monners "  of  the  s.inte  date,  and  has  once  con- 
tained Barclay's  Eclogues,  but  these  are  nearly 
gone.  The  "  Ship"  contains  Loches's  Latin  version 
from  Seb.Bran<lt,nnd  the  old  wood-block  engrav- 
ings one  o  f  «  hich  bear*  tbft  <l*lft^  \4a^.  C'^W.'vsa^ 


438 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CtM&T.  Mat! 


give  me  tbo  contents  of  the  title-page,  or  inform 
me  where  I  could  see  a  copy,  from  which  I  oould 
repair  my  own.  Thukmohd. 

[Bkbard  Pynflon  wu  the  printer  of  thif  rare  book,  as 
will  appear  from  the  following  copy  of  the  title-page : 
"  Thi»  preaent  Boke  named  the  Shyp  of  folys  of  the  worlde 
was  translated  in  the  College  of  saynt  mary  Otery  in  the 
counte  of  Deaonshyre :  out  of  Laten,  Frenche,  and  Doche 
into  Englysshe  tonge  by  Alexander  Barclaye  Preste, 
and  at  that  tyme  chaplen  in  the  sayde  College :  trans- 
lated the  yere  of  oar  Lorde  god  ucccccmi.  Im- 
prentyd  in  the  Cyte  of  London  in  Fletestre  at  the  slgne 
of  Sajnat  George.  By  Rycharde  Pynson  to  hys  Coite  and 
charge :  ended  the  yere  of  oar  Saaioar  m.  d  ix.  The 
jcnn.  day  of  December."  Folio,  pp.  556.  For  a  collation 
of  this  scarce  work  see  Bohn's  edition  of  Loumdet,  p.  255 ; 
and  for  a  copious  description  of  it,  with  specimens  of  the 
cnriona  engravings  on  wood,  Dibdin's  edition  of  Ama, 
ii.  481.  A  beaatiful  copy  in  morocco  in  BibL  Anglo- 
Fottiea,  105/;  Inglis's  sale  (two  leaves  MS.),  6Ll6$.6d.', 
Sir  Peter  Thompson's  16i ;  Sotheby's  in  1821,  281.  A 
copy  is  in  the  Grenville  Library,  British  Maseam.] 

Fabliambiitart  SrrriBGS.  —  I  observe  from 
Earl  Stanhope's  (Lord  Mahon)  History  that,  in 
the  reign  of  George  II.,  the  ordinary  hour  of 
meeting  of  the  Houses  of  Parliament  was  twelve 
o'clock,  noon.  At  what  time  subsequently  did 
the  present  practice  begin  of  their  assembling, 
generally,  in  the  evening  ?  J.  R.  B. 

["  The  Lords  usually  meet,  for  despatch  of  legislative 
boaineaa  "  (says  Mr.  May,  in  his  Parlumentary  Practice, 
p.  212,  fifth  edit.),  at  five  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  and 
the  Commons  at  a  quarter  before  four,  except  on  Wed- 
nesday, and  on  other  days  speciftlly  appointed  for  morn- 
ing sittings.  The  sittings  were  formerly  held  at  an  early 
hoar  in  the  morning,  generally  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  o'clock  was  the  ordi- 
nary time  of  meeting ;  and  the  practice  of  nominally  ad- 
joaming  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  Vote*  at  what  hour  Air.  Speaker  will  take  the  chair. 
Occasionally  the  IIouso  has  adjourned  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 
Spithcad,  11th  Aug.  1853,  to  ten  o'clock  at  night"] 

Sib  Thomas  LTN<:n. — Can  yon  tell  me  in  what 
year  Sir  Thomas  Lynch  was  Governor  of  Ja- 
maica, and  whetlier  he  had  any  sons  or  daughters, 
and  who  they  married  P  A.  R.  F. 

[Sir  Thomas  Lynch,  knt.  of  Esher  in  Surrey,  was  pre- 
■idaat  and  thrice  goremor  of  Jamaica.    In  1664,  Sic 


Charles  LytOetoa  left  ^e  govvmmot  of  that 
onder  the  care  and  dhection  of  the  Conaci],  wh 
CoL  Thomas  L3mch  as  president.  Ha  was  a; 
Governor  in  1670;  again  in  1681;  and  placed 
third  time  at  the  head  of  the  govcnment  ia  161 
Thomas's  first  wifb  was  Yere,  daag^tar  of  Sr 
Herbert,  by  whom  he  had  Philaddphia,  who  i 
Sir  Thomas  Cotton,  Bart.,  o(  Combcrmere^  aad  h 
nine  sons  and  six  daughters. 

-Sir  Thomas  Lynch  married,  seooodly,  Mary,  d 
of  Thomas  Temple,  of  Frankton,  co.  Warwid 
This  lady  subsequently  married  Sir  Hender  Mali 
governor  of  Jamaica.  Vitte  CoUina's  Hmgluk  Bm 
voLiiiptn.  618;  iv.  29.] 

EsQTTiBEs'  Basts.  —  I  have  nerer  yet  m 
an  explanation  of  the  above  in  the  coat  am 
Mortimer,  Earl  of  March.  Could  you  or 
your  contributors  give  me  the  derivatioa 
word,  or  tell  me  where  one  is  to  be  found  ? 

R.H.B 

[Robson  (Britiih  Herald,  Appendix)  gives  the 
ing  explanation  of  this  term :  **  Aue,  or  Baak  . 
also  termed  squire,  esquire,  and  equire,  resemble*  tin 
bat  contrary  to  that  bearing,  which  cannot  extend 
than  the  middle  fesse  point,  mns  tapering  to  the ! 
extremity,  from  which  it  issoes,  fbnned  like  tkt 
by  a  straight  Une  on  one  side,  and  a  beviled  oat 
other."] 

Mbs.  Amf  MoBBLL. — ^Wanted  the  parol 
Mrs.  Ann  Morell,  wife  of  Dr.  Thomail 
who,  in  the  year  1780,  held  the  vicarage  if 
wick,  CO.  Middlesex.  Also  if  the  said  Am 
brother  William  ?  it  3 

[Dr.  Thomas  Morell  married  in  173ft,  Aaacdsaf 
Henry  Barker,  of  Grove  House,  near  Suttoa  OoaiV 
wick.] 


Hrpltnr. 


"THE  BLACK  BEAR,"  AT  CUMNOB 
(S'*  S.  V.  376.) 

One  of  the  queries  of  your  correspondei 
is  answered  by  the  following  extract  froo 
Usher  Tithe's  Historicai  Account  of  Cmm» 
edit.     Oxford,  1821 :  — 

"  In  allusion  to  one  circumstance,  which  maki 
minent  figure  in  Keiulworth.  there  is  no  reason  to 
that  an  inn,  designated  '  the  Black  Bear,*  dour 
Cumnor  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth ;  but  t 
of  romance  has  penetrated  that  retired  spot ;  the 
reputed  ancestral  renown,  and  the  aolicitatioos 
romantic  Members  of  this  University  have  tri 
and  the  sign  of '  the  Black  Bear '  has  been  rccentl< 
io  the  public-house  in  the  vilUgcw  with  the  i 
'  Giles  Gosling '  inscribed  beneath  Tt.** 

Sir  Walter  Scott's  romance  of  Kwm 
charming  as  ii  ia,  hai  no  prateaon  to  U 


»M9.V.  May  28, '64] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


439 


L 


iimuur,  M  jour 


L 


Imocurftof  of  My  kind.     It  if  a  tissue  of  false 
its  from  bejnnmnp  to  eiul,     He  took  no 
collect  ftuthentic  inforniatioii   upon  anv 

'      -r-  tinl  Ai-  ■• 

niituralK 
...,  :.u'.  A.  D.  It;.., 
Hished   An  Hintorical  and  J'^ 

Cumnor  Place^  in  which  ver)  >      ^  .     ^ 

|).  129.  I  finil  (lie  fullowinj,'  pas^nge  contirraatorjr 
, of  what  lias  been  advanced:  — 

"TTiOTB  5«  no  reajon  to  btlicvo  th«t  an  inn,  like  tho  one 
dcMrlbcd  bv  Scott,  existed  at  Cumnor  in  the  reign  of 
Elizabeth.  I'mii  both  that  ujd  the  landlord  of  the  inn 
ttcre  ftirolv  ti(a  ittrentioiu;  bat  it  certainly  ia  ainppilar 
it  '  ^  hanc«d  to  hit  ti|'       '  '  * 

it  the  time  of  La 
i^e,  as  tho  name  m 
AppeATM  1(1  the  parish  register  of  burialii  iu  loii-^  ;  but  no 
eihtr  ttiflnfinii  of  tho  nnmn  Uiia  )>een  discovered  in  the 

■      '  ■    n  in  the  vil- 
.  It  i»  quite 
; )  never  had 
*c«Mris  lu  Che  ii»^i*i<  r,  ii<n  ym  Hi)  evtir  al  (Jauiaor." 

As  for  Anthony  Forster,  fur  frr>ra  beinj;  tlic 
*•  surlv  tloniostic!  repteeenlecl  by  Scott,"  be  wn* 
»  gL-nilemuii  buth  by  birth  ami  ciiucntion,  and  a 
respectable  one  to  b<iot.  Until  he  cume  to  Cum- 
nor I'lnoe  nothinr;  whatever  is  known  of  where  he 
lived.  Wood,  Aubrey,  and  Ashinole  describe  him 
•J  a  tenant  in  Lord  Dudley;  but  Mr.  Bttrtlett 
has  shown  thnt  whou  poor  Amy's  death  happem'd, 
lbs  miinsion  and  estate  belonged  to  Willlum  Owen, 
of  whom  Forster  in  the  following  ycnr  bnupht  it. 
»nd  Mibnequently  the  lordship  of  the  hiindrcii  of 
llormer. 

Mr.  Prttigrew,   in   his   Ivquiry  eoneerninst  the 

Death  of  Amij  liohmrt  (an  b*'  ■  y- -"■■1  ■'  "''^ 

Congrtfus  of  the   Uritish  Ai  > 

tion,  held  at  Newbury  in  Ir..  ,,  .......-^j 

his  defence  of  the  sup[josed  murderers  of  this  un- 
fortunate lady :  — 

"Great  rruelty  hns  been  exerekcd  towardf  Anthony 
Foroter.  Tho  narratives  repfftrdinij  h'ni  nIr.nTiil  witli 
faUehooil,  and  the  ret>ort*  of  hi-  '  I'^it  to 

lb«  death   of  Lady  Dudley  are  Jli.s 

«3tc«M  i(f  misary,  tiis  tr. •'•"■'•*'■-'-  ,   ■       .!nTir>» 

Rppear  by  any  parti 
with  hn  hictV.rr.     ' 
to!.    ■ 
of 

the  i 

twelw  y. 
ttnr  !ti^  \\ 

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he(; 
fav 

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to 

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pnt.. 

Abin^J'ini  titiii  iiir>  ^ 

drcomsUacei  must  relicra^PoritcV  from  tho  wicked  re- 


-:,.l.>i 

II  one 
1560, 


s   llltn 
igh  of 

ri(,.li!iiii^  lii.i!  i><.MtifJii.     >Mrriv  the!<ie 


porta  which  have  been  clrcnlAted  against  bin,  and  excite 
the  Ti\^tl  of  all  lovfrrH  of  trnth  and  justSoe,  tltftt  hla 
name  ahcnld  have  hwn  jbns  ilrfatned,  and  his  m&roory 
binktrd  by  the  foulc«t  of  accu.4Alioiii  and  morit  icfAnious 
ol  charpei  made  inrreni  by  tho  pen  of  any  eminent  vrri- 
IcT,  wlKilhttr  It  bo  of  fiction  or  of  hiatory." 

J^DWARII  F.  RiMBACLT. 

I  am  not  prepnrccl  to  say  wbat  is  the  sign 
or  inscription  below  it  now  ;  but  in  1834,  it  was 
the  "Bear  and  rngged  Staff,"  and  the  lindlord'a 
name  appeared  on  the  signboard,  followed  by  the 
words,  •'  lute  Giles  Gosling."  F.  C.  H. 


IVAN   TORATH. 
(3"»  S.  iv.  370.) 

Many  years  since,  my  attention  w.is  directed  to' 
the  extract  fn)m  the  parish  register  of  Llanmaes, 
Glamorgan,  in  which  the  name  of  Ivan  Yorath 
occurs.  In  order  to  make  my  letter  intelligible, 
it  is  necessary  that  I  should  transcribe  the  extract, 
which  is  as  followa :  — 

"  lv«n  Yorath,  baried  a*  Saturdayo,  the  xijii  day  of 
Julr,  Anno  dOni  1621,  et  anno  n"pni  regis  vicesimo  primo 
annoque  irlatis  saa)  circa  180.  He  waa  a  lowdier  in  the 
fighie  of  Doitwortbc,  anrl  lived  at  Laiitwitt  Major,  aod 
hco  lived  muib  by  tiihing." 

There  are  several  statements  in  this  short  para- 
•n"aph  whioh  prevent  roe  frora  believing  it  Kg  be 
founded  in  fact.  The  year  1621  was  nc/  "  the 
twenty-first  year  of  the  rel;m  "  of  any  King  of 
England.  James  I.  (of  England)  ascended  the 
throne  on  the  24th  of  March,  1603,  and  reijrncd 
until  the  27th  of  lilarch,  1625;  and,  therefore, 
the  year  1621  would  have  been  the  "  19ih  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  tbirly 
six  years  previous  to  the  year  1621.  Yorath  may 
Lave  been  fourteen  year*  old  when  be  was  pre- 
sent at  the  battle  of  IJosworth  Field ;  and  we  may, 
therefore,  conclude  that  he  was  born  in  the  year 
1472,  or  in  the  following  yenr.  If  this  suppoei- 
tturi  be  correct,  bis  age  in  1621  would  have  been 
149  years.  A  very  great  age  I  admit,  if  there  be 
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  the  North  Walea  Chronicle  about  seventeen 
years  since,  the  paragnioh  being  thus  headed — 
"  The  Ileal  Old  SoMii-r ; '  and  as  I  knew  that  a 
great  retriird  lor  antiquity  has  long  existed  in  the 
J'rineipivlity  i»f  Wales,  I  received  the  hintory  of 
Yorath't*  lonjjevity  cum  fp'cmo  tali*,  for  which  I 
»e*  now  n«»  occasion  to  apologise.  My  belief  is, 
that  the  whole  Btatomcnt  aroso  in  error ;  and  that 
thi  '    ■      '      riiriah  register  was  mudc  in 

tb  arles   I.,  who  was  born  in 

IGO",  11IU  uiL-  twiuv-lirst  vcax  o<  '«\).«wnx^*  *^?t 


440 


NOTES  AJW  QlTERlEa 


time  Yornth  tiled,  beinjj  probably  108  (and  not 
180)  years  oM.  What  tJien  becomes  of  Yorath's 
presence  at  Bosworlli  Field  in  August,  1485? 
My  reply  is  — 

"  Si  quid  niihi  ostendis  sinjilc,  incrednlut  oili." 

Years  before  Yorafh  wns  born,  the  higheit  au« 
tliority  stated,  that  "  the  days  of  man's  years  are 
threcseorc  years  and  ten;"  and  I  am  inclined  to 
think  that  Yorath  did  not  treble  the  overage  time 
which  has  been  allotted  to  roan  for  the  last  three 
thousand  years.  A  lon^  letter  on  this  subject 
Appeared  in  The  Noval  and  Military  Gazette  for 
September  6,  1851,  wbicb  is  worthy  of  perusal. 

ZeIT£N  Ai.T£». 


SENECA'S  PROPHECY  OF  THR   DISCOVERY  OF 
AMEKICA:  THE  GREAT  ITALIAN  POET. 

(1«  S.  i.  107 ;  iii.  464 ;  iv.  300 ;  3'*  S.  ▼.  298,  36S.) 

Yonr  correspondenis  will  find  two  forma  of  this 
euppnned  prnpljocy  ifi  the  numbers  here  referred 
to.  The  r()Hi>wing  rcmirk*  have  not,  I  think, 
been  anticipntcd  in  the  prpreding  volumes. 

Amonj:  the  MSS.  of  Dr.  Dee  is  "Atlantldig, 
vulgariter  Indiaj  Oi-cidentalis  nnmina4s?,  emcnda- 
tior  Descriplio  qunni  adhuc  est  viilzata."  We 
here  h-arn  what  Dee's  opinion  was  with  regard  to 
the  (lituaiion  of  Ailantis.  Some  think  the  Platonic 
Atlantis  may  be  no  more  than  u  moral  roniam-c, 
or  allejiory :  see  Strabo,  lib.  ii.  c.  3,  56;  Firinus 
til  Platonia  Crltiam  ;  Acosla's  lumt  ntid  H'Vi/ 
IwHet,  p.  72  ;  Panrirtilli  Renim  Drp&rditiirum,  ^'c, 
Liber,  1631.  t.  ii.  15  — 19;  Piirchas's  Pil^rinmge, 
p.  799.  That,  on  the  other  hand,  it  hud  a  geo- 
jrmphfCBl  situs  is  mnintnincd  bv  Hnrnius,  Da 
Oriainibvs  Americariis,  lib.  ii.  c.  6  ;  Culcotl,  On 
the  Deluge,  pp.  142-45,  l.'!2.64;  Junes  of  Xuy. 
land,  Phyinnliigicfil  DiitquiititionJt,  5]6*gt]. :  Clarke's 
Maritime  Ditcorery,  Introfluction,  51—57,  where 
also  will  be  found  the  opinions  of  Bryant,  fiailly, 
Rudbeck,  UiifTtm,  Whiiehnrst,  and  Maurice.  The 
pa-^sngfcs  confirminff  this  relation,  which  have  been 
addiiocd  fnmi  ({reek  and  Roman  writers  for  the 

Eiirpose  of  5howiii;»  thnt  the  nncicnts  had  some 
nowledge  of  the  siluntion  of  Aniprirn,  nre  col- 
lected by  Jackson  in  his  Chr07u*hfpeat  Auti(/ui' 
tfM,  vol.  iii.  Cf.  Sohtnidii,  De  America  OrtUiuu^ 
eula  ad  calc.  Pindori,  im6, 4»o ;  Cla»sioil  Journal. 
viii.  1 — 4.  The  principles  of  nnvijution,  and  of 
jl(t  *iof<r,  astronomy,  arc  universally  a»cribyd  to 
the  PI'ocnicIanB ;  see  Pur<-hn*,  Part  i.  chap.  i. 
§12.  But  Varreriiis,  a  Porfij^'ucno  wrltirp,  in  a 
Comnicntarv,  De  Ophyra  lirgii/nr  {Critici  Sarri, 
Jyondini,  vol.  viii,,  Anistclipdami,  vol.  ii.),  dixcusaea 
the  Trtrlou*  thcorio,  thnt  it  wm  locate«l  in  Indis, 
in  Kthi<t|>ia,  in  Amcrirn ;  and  maintains  the  im- 

Irrobability    that   ihr   Plia;nii'Jans   over  sailed   to 
Jispnuiolik,    'J"hij  lubjVct — the  OpU\T\*n'«io'3a^t — 


I  reserve  for  another  article, 
said,  or  perhiips  that  can 
summed  up  in   it      •  i 

gre^jt  work  on  aii' 
an  cogT-  '■'  '■-■■■ 
and  ii) 

terxucfuiiiii^'t  ...- .  .... 
pe'^rrophinchrrt  Kenufu 
18'^C."  Smith's  Diet.  . 
grophy,  s,  c.  Allntilis.  In  : 
hefort^  me,  Amstelspdami^  17 1 
De  Novo  Orbe.  is  in  pp.  164- 

♦'  The  (Jreat  Italian  Poet  ** 
other  than  Dante;  aef 

The  following  remi- 
troduction  to  the  ' 
It  is  to  be  regret : 
oot  himself  furniih  a  jucti  i 


-166. 
C5'*   S.  T.' 


il  tr. 


nccompanyins  extract;   but,  by  bcine 
"  N.  &  Q","  I  liope  it  will  be  axj; 

"  Wo  can  rccdll  no  incident  of   I  • 
impresses  th«  Iwogintilion  more  deeply  ij 
wlicn  Columbu*.  an  «n  unknown   o%?r«c 
that  Jtnrtliiig  t.iut  — tlir  clinnc-     ' 
How  iDAiiv  ptifh   »n»tjuioc«   Oil 
Idea*  of  Nature  (prrvmt- d   tn  . 
Power  tl»»n  N»iure  ! 
in   iirophciic   succr 

prmluca  tlic  most  iiii|>.- >    . 

alnnl      Thp  cirnr   npirit  of    < 
pmliiently    Methrwlic.il.      TTi*    • 
ieaditi^  1i](M,  wliicli 
'«  prnmiwr  of  Kin:' 

!iiV"  ■! ' ii'iit  («i  .,i..  ,■ 

)ii  .  u  laitdil  111 

On  lil  pciiiap*  • 

trotive  f'f  ivl.nf  vi{f  h»vp  ' 
an  Ud*  of  l'htnt>r««ro,  wlii' 
ioAy  tnajcnty  of  Puotiy,  k... 
In  modern  Song':  — 

•••  coLi'vinrs. 

♦••Ccrto.  dnl  cnr,  rl 

Son  I'iiiipriM-  11!  .-cJf 

Mai"' 

Sunn 


1  ;lic 

puurj 

I 

-   lie 

pt>r«J 

1 

♦  r.  I 

n 

t.  1—* 

.1 

r 

ra 

Vj\\.W'\xvxx:^JU  Ci 


a**  S.  V.  May  28,  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QITERTES. 


MEDIEVAL  CHTRCflES  IN  ROMAN  CAMPS. 
(3'*'  S.  V.  329.) 

Though,  doiibtletjj,  many  ancient  Christian 
churches  have  been  built  upon  the  sites  of  templaa 
in  the  Roman  stations  of  Britain,  I  think  your 
correspondent  R.  N.  is  ini.vtnken  wilh  respect  to 
the  church  at  Chcsler-le-Street,  in  the  county  of 
Durham.  Eight  yciirs  ni»o,  Mr.  Thninaa  Murray, 
in  ptoughinr;  :i  field  called  the  High  Mains, aituatett 
ftbout  120  yurdsi  .south  of  the  church,  came  um>n 
A  hypocaust,  and  rarioua  other  remains  of  a  Ro- 
man station,  cxtemling  over  a  con.sidernblc  areu. 
On  examining  the  place,  and  oonversinii  with  per- 
sona long  acquainted  wilh  it,  I  furmcd  the  opinion 
that  the  north  boundary  of  the  station  .ran  about 
eight  yards  trithin  the  Deanery  garden  ;  and  ex- 
tended Ironi  the  Ruman  Roud  (our  great  North 
Road),  a  distance  of  3oO  yards,  to  a  continuous 
mound  with  a  ditch  outside  '230  yards  long ;  which 
I  think,  marks  the  eastern  boundary  of  the  Jita- 
tion.  I  presume  that  the  road  above-mentioned 
is  ll>e  west  boundary.  Tart  of  the  modern  town 
stands  upon  that  pnrtion  of  the  camp-area  whidi 
adjoins  the  prcat  North  Road.  The  remainder, 
which  is  under  the  plough,  presents  the  appear- 
ances peculiar  to  Roman  soil  ;  being  darker  in 
colour,  and  more  friable  than  the  ndjf»ining  field. 
It  is  altio  higher  than  the  circumjacent  lands  of 
the  plateau,  and,  therefore,  dominates  them.  I 
thitik  it  very  probahle,  that  the  Deanery  garden, 
the  old  churchyard, and  the  new  burial  ground  also, 
— extending,  altogether,  about 300yards  northward 
of  the  station  —  may  have  been  occupied  by  sub- 
urban houses,  gardens,  &c. ;  as  I  to-day  observed 
fragments  of  Samian  and  coarse  Roman  earthen- 
ware scattered  over  them,  as  well  as  over  the 
htHtion  itself.  It  would  seem  that  the  Roman 
place  of  burial  was  on  the  west  side  of  the  roail, 
where  an  altar-t>haped  monument  was  found, 
bearing  the  following  inscription  :  — 

"  DIf SISM rixiT 

ANXIS xiv- 

DIG  MISS MS." 

Tlie  dashes  indicate  where  (he  inscription  is 
brikkcn  into  lines.  Before  the  "dm,"  and  the 
••  xxv,"  a  heart-shaped  leaf,  pendant  from  a  short 
stalk,  is  introduced.  Does  this  occur  elsewhere  ? 
And  what  does  it  mean  ?  G.  U.  or  S. 


WORGAXATIC  ASD  MORGEXGADE. 
{3'«  S.  v.  235,  328  ) 

As  somewhat  advanced  in  years.  lean  nsstire 
Mei.itj;5  I  am  not  addicted  to  "a  play  of  fancy" 
when  I  oinnni  support  a>seTtion  by  aalhority,  or 
OsliibliHh  arijunicnt  by  fact. 

Hciiici'ciu^  wns  undoubtedly  an  exc  ', 

but  excellence  in  one  science  does  !;■  ■\ti 


failure  in  another.  Dr.  Johnson  was  an  excellent 
Jiioralist  and  writer,  but  a  very  had  etymolodat. 
Ill  this  belief,  I  look  upon  this  long  exploded  idea 
of  deriving  morganatic  from  morgevgabe  as  a 
failure  for  the  folhiwing  reasons  :  — 

1.  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 
derivation  must  be  worthleis.  A  morgengabe  ta 
not  exclusively  a  concomitant  to  morganatic  mar- 
riages: it  is  a  legal  accessory  to  erery  marrince» 
ehenbiirti^  or  unehenhiirltg ;  and,  consequentTy, 
if  morgengabe  were  a  distinctive  and  governing 
wrird,  every  marriage  would  be  a  morganatic  one. 
Tlio  morgensr-ibe  (the  morn's  gift)  was  originally 
a  present,  which  the  husband  made  to  bis  spouse 
the  morning  afier  marriage.  Formerly  it  was  the 
custom  to  give  such  a  gift,  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  fi.xed  hum,  to  which  every 
wife  was  entitled  in  lieu  of  dower ;  and  the  very 
fact  of  its  being  tlius  dealt  with  legally  is  proof 
that  it  need  not  be  made  a  matter  of  agreement, 
which  ft  morganatic  marriage,  where  no  lesral  rule 
prev.Tiled,  reccssarily  Jmptiefl,  and  Heinecciua 
himself,  by  the  worda  "  acceptis  certis  pnediis  vel 
promi.«?a  certa  pecuniae  sumnia,"  admit.-<.  Tiie 
morgengabe  seems  to  have  been  brought,  as  an 
institution,  by  the  Germans,  from  their  llercynian 
forests ;  and  shadowed  out  already  in  Tacitus 
{De  Germ.,  cap.  xviii.)  :  — 

**  Dotera  non  uxor  marito,  aeJ  nxori  maritus  ofTert. 
Intereunt  paientes  ct  prnpinqiii,  ac  inunera  probant : 
niunera  non  ad  dclicias  inuliebres  quieaila,  nee  quibua 
nova  nopta  cotnatur:  »e()  b<ives  et  frenatuui  equum  ct 
scutum  euro  tmrnia,  gladioque.  In  hiec  inunera  uxor 
accipiiur  atquo  iiivicem  ipsa  armoratn  aliquid  viro  offcrt. 
line  Tnaxiroum  vinculum,  bnc  arcana  sacra,  boa  c«a- 
jugnles  Decs  arbitrantur." 

Tn  e.\planation  of  these  useful  gifts  I  may  re- 
mark, that  the  compounding  in  the  morgengabe 
for  a  sum  of  money  the  real  dotation  of  a  l*arm 
and  its  appendages,  or  any  other  substantial  ma- 
terial chattel,  was  a  later  innovation. 

It  is  in  furtherance,  and  confirming  this  prima;* 
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  morganatic  mar- 
riages were  then  known.  The  legal  requirement 
of  a  morgengabe  at  marriugea  was  abitlished  for 
ihc  kingdom  of  Saxony  by  edict,  dated  January 
81,  1839.  But  1  have  also  a  p'  rm.l  r>|  jettion, 
upon  nn  etymolngiial  ground.     I  •'Ound- 

'  ixiji  fn  an  English  t-nr  monjen,  tli.  Iliible  is 

»hiirt — iMnI  then  what  bcrnmes  of  ihc  essential 
I  part  of  ths  word  gobe  f     In  nicrgnnatic  it  is  long, 
I  with  an  additional  long,  u  :  it*  tw\\v»VvOT«.  \% •*».•»&»*- 
{•0U9    icj     /oaatir.    »w\    5auaV\*cV^   Vt^vxei    ^«v.>«w 


442 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[•'-S.V.  MatM,^ 


ihmuj^h  til"!  French /iin««n.  DwluctinR  the  affix 
mnr,  whi'h  is  xner..-I>-  iiit-n.'ilive,  lik<?  our  more  — 
an  unOcfiri'-'I.  1x;<:a'J«<:  an  undetinablc  idea  of  ex- 
t«>n<iion,  lifci  alsn  mour,  meer,  mare^  Germ.  Meer 
(tlj<;  ttmrAU) — wc  have  reiuainin;; /^aaa ;  which  for 
atl  time,  an>i  in  uv<!ry  country,  •>i(!nitied  Torioofl 
inrMl'r^  and  iJu^'re  •%  of  <:far;atin<;  and  d*.-<-cjjt!'in. 

In  Gonnuny,  a<  we  learn  from  tlio  following 
piHha^^e  in  Snidii.*',  tlii-t  wa<t  the  name  of  an  an- 
cii:nt  iipae-wifc,  one  of  those  fatidical  womon,  who, 
like  Alrinia,  who  n.-ccivud  the  captive  Varus  to 
be  iininolat<;<l  by  hr-r  because  she  had  predicted 
hilt  defeat,  ruled  the  d«.'<iiinies  of  the  nation.  This 
Gann^  or  d'anna,  was  received  by  ilm  JCmjicror 
Doniitian  with  the  ;:reateat  honour  and  respect  at 
Uonie :  — 

itifftvva  4^0*1'  'wpht  rhy  AofitTiuyoit. 

It  ftecnM  to  have  been  taken  by  the  Celtic  nO' 
hility  as  ii  favourite  dL>si;;n:ition,  no  doubt  from 
the  rn-ipect  in  whii-li  these  old  ladies,  as  the  inter, 
praters  of  tin;  >:nth,  were  held :  for  one  of  the 
most  8uece>«Kfid  (^-Itie  ri!*in<;4  a^rainst  the  Roman 
arms  was  under  the  liMuler.thip  of  Gunnaanu;  an<l 
the  favourite  of  Hi;rui<rabaIuH,  named  (Jantfs,  was 
most  probably  a  ('<-It.  At  all  events,  in  ffattner, 
u  cheat,  the  (iernians  keep  the  idea  of  delusion 
chained  to  the  word  to  the  present  day. 

The  spread  of  tlie  word  throu;ih  uU  the  Tndo- 
Gcrnianie  tongues  may  be  traced  in  the  following* 
examples.  Sometimes  much  cunnin;;  is  necessary 
to  deceit,  and  then  we  form  inffruiiim;  or,  as  in 
Swedtm,  ^'I!IM,  still  denottM  n  species  of  conjuror. 
Ah  simple  deo.'it,  wi>  have  the  meditcvul  Lntin 
words,  enffiiiiHum,  rufrmuinium ;  the  PorLu;{ui;se 
and  Spanish,  fnigatiho  ;  tlie  rri'n<;h,  enf^an. 

Hinee,  as  with  us,  these  old  witches  were  fre(|uently 
bawds  and  couplercsst's  ul  Rome,  the  term,  there- 
fore, OS  ffiiiwd,  soon  deseenderl  to  the  stews  and 
brothels  of  that  dissolute  city.    Thus  Suetonius,  in 
Cali^rula,  who,  like  Ilaroun  ol  Rnachid,  —  ^^frtineas 
atfjne  adulteriacapillamento  co^latus  et  veste  lon^o 
noetibus  obiret"  (cap.  xi.).     And  a^ain,  in  Nero 
(cap.  xxvii.):  '^depositie  ])er  littora  ct  ripas  di- 
Tcrsorin*  tabernic  piirabantur,  insi<:nps  gtnwiD  et 
matronarum  inniitorias  ofieras  imitunliiim." 
The  expression  of  Juvenal  (Sat.  vl.  04)  — 
".         .         .         .         Appulaf/'iniiit 
Sicut  in  aniplcxu  "  — 
though  usually  taken  in  a  lewd  senfe,  may  per- 
haps only  mean  whisperin"^  or  speaking  low,  suice 
it  will  be  eonfinned  in  this  sense  by  a  passajre  in 
Apulcius  (Aureiu  Axinua,  lib.  i.)  :  "IIi(;  ilia  ver- 
bosa  ct  satis  curiosa  avis  in  auribus  Veneris,  (ilium 
laccrans,  existiniationem  ganniebat."  * 

*  That  Javenal  here  only  moant  the  whispering,  or 
low  tones,  used  when  pconio  aro  half  ashamed  of  their 
aetloa%  may  also  be  proveu  (torn  another  piHige;— 
"  Oamire  ad  aiiNm  nBnqoaa  dbiud.** 


With  this  diffuse!  use  of  gana  foe  all  the  jfs- 

poses  of  decention  and  delusion,  shall  it  til  b? 

also  applicable  to  an  institution  b**cd  up'-n  i 

willing  delusion;  and,  as  to  the  children  ef  5-:h 

marriaze,  a  palpable  deceit  n-s  a  monrananc  ontr  r 

AViixiAM  Bkvl.  Ph.  Dr. 

6,  Crescent  PIswp.  Hiirton  Crescent, 

April  13,  1^=04. 


CoBBETT  (.r*  S.  V.  370,  422.)  —  T.  B.  and  I 
should  differ  jrreatly.  I  fear,  ns  to  the  scope  o!  tk 
term  "  revolutionary."  lu  the  sense  intended  b? 
mc  — in  a  merely  parenthetical  remark —-1  sbouii 
find  no  difficulty  in  proving  its  applicability,  'fb* 
same  of  "conservatism."  I  niu*t,  however,  d^ 
clinc  to  make  your  publication  the  rehicle  of 
p)litical  eontn)versy.  ^'  Ln. 

Lasso,  asid  similar  Weapo?**  (.T*  S.  t.  3».i 
I  think  there  is  no  .<ueh  thing  as  a  lx<so  m- 
tioned  in  any  ancient  author,  cir  figiiriHl  in  a 
has  relief  or  other  r;'presentation.  The  iierf 
approach  is  the  net  used  by  the  retiarius,  or  ;rijr 
diator,  who  fouplit  with  the  aecutor,  usin^r  tbt 
net  to  entangle  his  adversary,  and  a  small  triJeat 
to  disable  him.  When  nbrontl,  I  was  tolJ  the 
Croat  cavalry,  and  some  tribes  of  the  Cw^sckt, 
use  a  curious  and,  in  their  hands,  a  rery  effectiw 
weapon.  It  is  a  whip  with  a  very  -lonjj  lub.  to 
the  end  of  which  (iieftirc  }roin^  into  action)  tky 
fix  a  perforated  bullet.  This  thyy  arc  ludtohe 
able  to  project  with  such  lorcc  and  eertvatj 
against  a  m:in's  ftirehcid,  as  to  fracture  bs  akutt 
and  kill  him,  like  a  stone  from  a  slin;;.  (McMiric. 
the  bullet  is  instantly  withdrawn,  and  can  be  \u<d 
again  as  often  as  tliey  please.  Is  there  anvic- 
count  of  this  practice  jirintcd  ?  If  no,  I  sboiJd  lie 
glad  to  be  referred  to  it  ?  A.i 

Robin  Adair  (3'*  S.  v.  404.)  —  The  intei* 
ing  note  of  K.  K.  J.  on  thin  song  will  no  doubt  «b> 
pris('  some  of  our  Scotch  friends.     The  discipie* 
of  Hlaekstonc  and  C«)ke  maintain  that  cvidCTct 
must  be  taken  as  a  whole,  and  admitte<l  as  trvt 
or  rejected  altogether;  but  since  legal  lopiciaaj 
arpue  that  when  u  part  of  the  evidence  is  w- 
tamed  by  strong  additional  proofs  to  the  direct 
testimony,  then  the  evidence  must  be_  taken  in 
its  entirety  as  correct.    Without  entering  en  the 
mysteries  of  '•  HIack-letler,"  I  may  be  permitted 
to' add  a  t^mall  scrap  of  collateral  evidence,  as  t«i 
portion  of  the  proofs  of  K.  K.  J.,  which  may  bo 
taken  for  what  it  is  worth.     It  proves,  however, 
beyond  nuestion,  that  the  name  of  Adair  was  in 
the  locality  pointed  out.    An  ancestor  of  mine, 
whose  mental  and  physical  facultiei  were^  s])ared 
to  his  ninety-fourth  year,  and  who  in  his  eai^ 
days  was  a  most  unmitigated  fox>huntar,  Z  htn 
often  heard  aay,  not  sin^,  the  ballad  of  tbeKi- 
ruddery  Hunt,  which   is  a  really    apirifeid  di- 


«H  SL  V.  Mat  48,  •64.J 


N( 


AND  QUERIES. 


ftlaoe  in  the  locality  of  Bray,  ten  miles  from 
X^ubltn;  and,  in  naminj;  those  who  were  present 
on  that  occa.'<iton,  the  following  lin»-'6  occur:  — 
,••  We  had  the  Longhljintown  •  lamUoril,  and  hold  Owen 
from  Brav. 
And  brave  ^Fohn  Aoatr  ho  wa»  with  ua  that  day ; 
Joe  Devlin,  llall.  Pfe«lon,  ttnd  a  huntsman  w  stout, 
Dick  lioimes,  ft  fow  o< tiers  ■tml  s«  vve  si't  out." 
The  song  was  VIM  '      .'imong*t  the  squire- 

archy,   Imrmers,  ari  y  in   Wicklow   and 

Wexfiifil counties  wm-n  t  wu-i  n  "little  we«  thing" 
eotne  thirty-five  summers  ago.  S.  Reomokd. 

Liverpool. 

E.  K.  J.  ojcntiong  a  Mr.  St.  Le^jer,  of  Puclw- 
tom),  CO.  Duhlin,  as  the  author  of  '*  Robin  Adair." 
'Will  E.  K.  J.  send   any  genealogical  pArticulars 

Bbout  this  Mr.  St.  Lcger  to  the  Rev.  E.  F.  St. 
sBGKK,  Scotton  Rectory,  Kirton-in-Lindsey  ? 

Quotations  (3"*  S,  v.  378.)  —  The  lines  in- 
t|uired  for,  beginning  — 
'.,  "Green  ware  the  oak  for  ever  o'er  thy  roat,*^ 
fere  the  commencenient  of  an  exquisite  poem  by 
Jirs.  Hemans,  on  the  grave  of  Korner,  the  Ger- 
man soldier-poet^  who  fell  in  a  skirmish  with 
French  troops  on  the  26th  of  Augixet,  1813.  only 
Ml  hour  alter  he  bad  finished  his  famous  Sword 
Son{{.  Thi'  poem  of  Mrs.  Hemans  consists  of 
hine  «tanzu8,  of  which  the  first  two  arc  quoted  at 
the  above  reference  in  "  N.  &  Q,"  It  appeared 
in  TheMiny}r\n  18'i4,  just  "forty  yc.irs  ago.  The 
Ippiric,  vigour,  nnil  pathos  of  the  tlrst  two  stanzas 
»re  perfectly  8ii<<t:iincd  throughout,  and  it  will 
Itatply  reward  an  attentive  perusal.  F.  C.  H. 

MjRCKUAHEJk  CotTO«A  (3»*  8.  V.  282,  887.)— I 
think  PaorEssoR  De  MoaoMi  in  in  error  with 
respect  to  the  identity  of  Turner'*  MueeiUtnea 
Curioxa  with  Turner's  Mathematical  Exercitet. 
rberc  were  two  persons  named  .John  Turner  livinjy 
tn  1749;  and  both  were  correspondents  to  the 
biathemuticat  department  of  the  IauIics  Diary  at 
f  i,-,f  r,r,,  ;,,d.  The  "  Mr.  John  Turner,  of  Heath, 
."  was  most  probably  tlie  editor  of  the 

I/tvi  Citriona;  and  the  "Mr.  Turner,  of 
linim|)ion,  rear  Rochester,"  was  the  editor  of  the 
M'tlhtvmtieal  J£xcrcise.f.  The  latter  work,  is  in 
fix  nuniVurn*,  Jive  of  which  were  "printed  for 
.Tames  Morgan  at  the  'J'hrce  Cranet,  in  Thnmes- 
•trect"  during  1750-1752;  and  the  sixth  was 
"printed  and  sold  by  R.  Marsh  "  of  Wrexham,  in 
"Wales.  That  it  wia  an  on^iiifil  work  is  evident 
from  the  prffiw;C  and  the  contents, 


In  the  foinn  1 

•indeiitfl  arc  requested  to 

contribute  "  ! 

r  Solutions"  under  the 

;                 •  that  "  iiM 

ir  to  thuir  dis- 

■; "    and 

may   be   found 

.IJU8  corre- 

intinff  to  the  "ma- 

and  mati 

"  of  the  day.     The 

'  Tbc  n«me  of  a  rilUga  ou  liia  road  from  Dublin  to 
IJlray.    Who  was  Uie  lBti4lanif 


editorship  of  the  Ladies'  Diary  wns  the  "  bone  of 
contention,"  and  the  work  contains  sorae  smart 
exposures  of  the  doings  of  Captain  Heath  and  his 
friends. 

On  Simpson's  being  appointed  editor  in  1758, 
the  Exercises  appear  to  have  been  discontinued  ; 
the  last  number  bein^  added  in  order  to  complete 
the  work.  I  have  Riven  a  pretty  full  account  of 
the  Mothftnatical  Exercise*,  in  vol.  I.  pp.  266-273, 
of  the  Mechanics  Magazine  for  1 849. 

T.  T.  Wu-KiNSotr. 

StTBNAMES  (3'*  S.  iv.  122,  &c.)— Would  not  tb»^ 
passage  in  St.  Luke's  gosjiel,  chop.  xxti.  .1,  po  fa  \ 
to  prove  that  surnames  were  in  existence  long 
before  we  suppose  ?  for  he  there  expressly  htates, 
that  Judas  wa*  "■*  turnamed  Iscariot,'  proving  that 
the  Jews  had  double  names  al  least.  There  are 
other  instances  in  the  gospcla  of  double,  or  sur- 
names; and  when  Christianitv  spread,  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  origin  of  surnames  than  is  at  present  al- 
lowed ?  Or  do  we  only  copy  from  the  Jews  in 
this,  as  in  many  other  respects?       S.  liaoatono. 

Liverpool. 

SiB  Edward  Gorgk-s  Kmt.  (3"*  S.  v.  377.)  — 
The  following  rough  notes  may  be  WKeful. 

James  I.  1606.  To  Sir  Thomas  Gorjies,  Knt 
Keeper  of  his  highness'  park  at  Richmond,  12^1 
to  tlie  owners  of  certain  lands  taken  into  said 
park. 

James  I.  1609.  Paid  232/.  10.».  to  John  KilH- 
grcw  in  full  satisfaction  of  certain  damages  sus- 
tained by  him  iib»>ut  the  building  of  Pendeiinis 
Fort,  CorJ»wall,  and  for  his  losses  in  the  profits  of 
lands  and  wtKids  thought  fit  to  'oe  reserved  to  main- 
tain said  fort,  so  certiticd  by  Sir  Ferdinando  Gor- 
ges, Knt.,  and  other  coininissionera  oppuintcd  M 
survey  the  same. 

James  I.  161 1,  July.  To  Sir  Edward  Gorget, 
Knt.,  Capt,  of  his  majesty's  castlo  of  Hur^t,  the 
sura  of  79/.  \^».  4d.t  to  be  by  hiui  employed  about 
the  repairing  of  certain  breadioft  in  the  b<'ach 
exten/ling  from  the  mainland  to  his  caajesty's  said 
castle. 

At  Hampton  Court  Palace  there  are  two  por- 
traits ileseribcd  by  Mr.  Jameson  os  N".  25*2, 
young  man  with  long  hair  called  here  Sir  Thee 
iiolil  Gorges.     No.  648,  portrait  o(  a  young  mt 
inscribefl  with  the  name,  "  Gor;!e8." 

At  Kenmngton  Palace  there  was  a  portrait  in- 
scribed "  Mr.  Gorge,"  in  white,  with  a  red  acaf ' 
(possibly  one  of  these). 

In  1716  the  Beaulort  family  possessed  a  larg« 
mesauago  in  Chelste^i,  formerly  the  property  of 
Sir  Arthur  Gurgc, 

Sir  Tbomai  Gor^<s%,V>^  ^Nus(Wk^SX\w&N*<i<S^««^x 
acqu(kmt«il\M^  >«v\V  \:&B  <^«^^wi»«o^ 


d 


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NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


[8^  S.  T.Mat  28, 'M. 


ronfjiIrKj,  tnd  tbe  execution  of  her  confederates, 
15S7. 

Sir  Wtlter  Riloi;!h,  ?cn'lin«;  a  mcssa^^c  to  Sir 
Frniinanilo  Gorjjes,  this  oflicer  harl  a  conference 
witli  biiu  in  a  buat  on  the  Thames,  and  there  dis- 
covered all  their  proceedings  —  the  plot  for  which 
Ksiex  lo»t  hid  lii'e.  1001.  A.  F.  B. 

LANGt'AGE  I'iiFD  IK  KoXAN  Coi'BTK,  ETC.  (3"  S. 

T.  sua.)  —  NVith  reft'rent.-e  to  the  lan<^uagti  used 
in  the  judicial  courts  of  their  provinces,  it  is  well- 
known  that  the  Uomans  "  inllexiblj  maintained 
in  the  ailtninittration  of  civil  as  well  us  miii- 
tarj  government"  the  u.<ie  of  the  Latin  tongue. 
The  words  arc  Gibh'in's  Cvol.  i.  p.  4*2,  Milman). 
This  wa.<i  true  of  all  the  Roman  provinces,  but  of 
the  enst  in  a  f.ir  le!s  >!rf;!rcc  than  of  the  west ;  and, 
according  to  DonahlMn,  the  Jews  and  Greeks 
were  the  most  unwilling  to  give  up  the  "(lowing 
rhjthms  '*  of  their  native  tongnc  for  the  terse  and 
business-like  language  of  their  conquerors.  But 
the  Romans  knew  trM>  well  the  powerful  intiuencc 
of  language  over  national  manners  to  neglect  to 
enforce  the  constimt  ufc  of  Latin  in  nil  the  coun- 
tries which  tlii:jBuh(liir»l,  at  Ica-ot  in  all  matters  of 
law  and  gnveninient.  Cf.  DonahU'rii,  Viirr.  c.  xiv. 
§  ^i ;  Cir,  Onit.  pro  Fontfio,  i.  1}  1 ;  Juv.  Sat.  i.  44  ; 
yii.  147-S;  xv.  111.  '  A.  G.  S. 

Iwiprnv  tAax*t,  k.  t.  \.  (V*  S.  v.  '200, 307.)— There 
certainly  seems  to  be  ev(!ry  reason  to  think  thot 
the  conjertiirvs  of  Wagner,  and  before  him  of 
Ern8mii><,  as  to  this  f)a>sage  arc  correct,  that  it  in 
nart  of  a  speech  of  Agamemnon  to  Mcnelau*. 
rh'>se  two  brothers  wero,  as  is  wi^ll  known,  sons 
of  AtreuN ;  and  thu  firAt  hiid  succeeded  to  the 
throne  of  his  father  at  Myc«.*na',  by  the  death  or 
expulsifin  of  Thyestes;  the  !<econil  having  become 
King  of  Lacedipmnn,  and  {iroKiding  at  Sparta. 

The  legend  of  Tck'phus  is  that  he  had  been 
wounded  by  Achilles  ;  and  having  been  told  that 
only  the  mun  who  htnl  inflicted  the  wound  could 
hral  it,  he  went  to  Agamemnon,  then  ruling  at 
Mycenoc,  to  entreat  his  intercession  with  the  hero 
for  that  purpoie.  Aganiomnon  ceems  to  have  re- 
ceived 'I  elephus  coolly,  for  we  find  the  latter  seized 
his  young  son  On^stes,  and  threatened  to  tilay  him 
unless  the  father  complied  with  his  re({iie8t,  whicl>, 
after  some  delay,  was  donn,  and  Achilles  hcnluil 
the  wound  with  some  of  the  rust  from  the  spear 
which  bad  caused  the  injury. 

We  know  from  Aristophanes  (who  quizzes  the 
play  of  Euripides  in  every  mssible  fashion),  and 
also  from  Horace,  that  Telephus  is  represented  us 
seeking  this  ufniHtHnce  in  the  state  of  the  deepest 
poverty,  anr]  as  nn  exile.  Agamemnon  was  at 
Mycena*.  What  could  be  more  probable  tlinn 
that  the  scene  was  laid  at  the  entrance  of  the 
citadel  of  that  city,  the  famous  gate  of  lions,  which 
stjil  exists  to  the  present  day,  and  before  which 
WMM  laid  the  fcenc  of  the  Ag«n\emiioii  oC  S*i$k\' 


lus,  and  of  the  Electra  of  Sophocles?  Wkt 
couhi  be  more  probable  than  that  the  two  brothen 
might  have  been  intrfiduced  conTersins  together 
there,  and  what  could  be  more  fitting  than  for  tbe 
elder,  Agamemnon,  to  say  to  the  younger,  **  SjMrta 
has  fallen  to  your  lot,  rule  orderly  otcf  it,  u 
we  for  our  own  p.irt  do  Mycenae"?  The  use  of 
the  word  kCviui  seems  to  point  to  Homer,  wb«». 
both  in  the  Iliad  and  Odyuey^  calls  the  brother 
Atrids  8vw  Koaiiirrof*  \axti. 

Some  curious  matt-.-r  might  turn  nn  the  use  <f 

the  word  /Xaxti,  wbioh  signifies  in  its  prinutin 

sense,  to  obtain  by  .lot.     I  cann'«t  lay  my  hand 

'  on  any  account  of  the  failure  of  the  dynasty  cf 

;  Lacedsemon,  and  the  succes'siitn  of  Mcnelaus;  bs; 

the  passage  in  question  wouM  lead  us  to  su:>pnie 

that  the  latter  wu  the  result    of  tbe   suffrija 

of  the  people.  A.  k 

Poets'  Comer. 

The  BALixrr:    "Three   Blue    Beasj,"  r.      i 

(3'*  S.  V.  297,  385.)  —  The  expression  is  of  la; 
:  standing:  it  occurs  in  Tom  Bmirn'a  version  oftik 

**Timon,"  in  Dryden's  Lueian  (1711),  and  ii 
'  quoted  by  Tytler  as  an  example  of  licentioBs 
'  translation :  — 

"GnathonuleM.  Tirovro;  vai'cif,  2  Ti^iwr;  t\iifriftiWi- 
I  v'Hp:CicAfif,  loif,  lou,  wpwtaXovuai  trw  rpavftJenttlt'Afaar 
:  iriyoy. 

i       "  7^'jiioii.  Kol  ^iV  if  y*  fUKpiy  rfflri*^a8w»n7f,  timmm 
I  irpoKtiihiiaTi  ftt — Tiinon,  c.  xlvi.  cd.  Hipont.  l  ill 

I  "  GnalhoHuUt.  Conr(itin>1  liiin  !  What  a  Sixm  ht  hsi 
|i;ircnnic!  Whnt'.'i  tliii*  for,  old 'rouchwood?  1Vu«it> 
i  neK«,  Ilerrule*,  that  lie  h.i^  Htrack  mo.  I  warai^rvl 
\  Khali  make  you  nrpcnt  of  this  blow.  Til  indite  ti«'«vu 
!  action  on  ihc  cure,  anil  bring  yuu  ctraim  ■06-t  fi;  u 
I  ■-"'•ault  ami  Inttpry. 

**  Timon,  Do,  thuu  confounded  law  pimp.  ilo;b«/ 
thou  stny'iit  otn!  iiiinnto  longer,  I'ii  beat  ihce  to  pSiSo' 
make  thy  lionci  rattle  in  tJm  Hie  three  blue  hema  i»  aM 
bag.  Go,  stinkard,  or  else  I  shall  ni.-ike  you  alter  pt 
action,  and  cet  mc  indicted  for  man«I.iu;;hter.''  P.  jii 
Tytler,  E**ny  nn  ike.  Principles  of  Tranthi.^ 
'8vo,  l<«)ndon,  171'7, 

H.B.C. 

U.  L'.  Club. 

The  words  of  one  of  the  "merry  rounds"  is 
Ciiteh  that  Catch  Can,  or  a  Choice  CoOeOkm  «f 
Catche.1,  Jioundu,  and  Canons.     I^ndon,  printed 
I  for  John  Benscm,  &&,  1652,  are  as  follows:  — 

^  "  As  there  lie  three  blew  heana  in  a  Hew  bladAr, 

I  And  thrice  three  rounds  in  a  long  ladder ; 

I  As  there  be  three  nooks  in  a  comer  cap, 

I  And  three  corners  nnd  one  in  a  nap  | 

Kv'n  au  like  untn  theitc 

There  be  three  rniversities, 

0:(ford,  Cambridge,  and  James.** 

The  last  word,  I  suppose,  refers  to  King  Junci'i 
College  at  Chelsea.  Edwaes  F.  Rucbao&t.     i 

JoHii  Braham  tbe  Vocaubt  (3''  S.  T.  S18.)—  J 
.  Bnhun's  first  appearance  on  tha  Eti^Ea  WM  it  1 
\^Q<i«c\  V^vcQicck  '^x^vsct^  k^\.%l,  1787«  tat  I 


3"«  S.  V.  Mat  28, '«.} 


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benefit  or  Mr.  Leoni,  an  Italton  singer  of  cele- 
brity, who  ha<l  in9tructe<i  the  jrounjj  vocalist.  The 
play  was  tlic  Duennn,  ami,  accordtn;r  to  the  ad- 
ifertisement,  "At  ibe  end  of  Act  1,  'The  SoWier 
tired  of  War's  Alarms,'  by  Master  Brahaniy  being 
bis  first  appearance  on  any  stage,"  And  again, 
after  the  nrst  act  of  the  farce,  be  sang  the  fn- 
Tourite  sonjr  of*'  Ma  chere  Araie."  At  the  open- 
ing <»f  the  Royalty  Theatre,  Wellclose  Square,  on 
June  20  in  the  same  year,  "  Between  the  acta  of 
the  plav,  *  The  Soldier  tired  of  War's  Alarm;}*  was 
sung  with  groat  success  by  a  little  boy,  Master 
Aftram,  the  pupil  of  Le<mi,"  accordinj  to  The 
Ofirouii'le ;  an'J  another  puper  said,  "Yesterday 
eveninjj  we  were  surpriseil  by  a  Master  Abraham, 
ft  ymmt;  fiupil  uf  Mr.  Le<}iii.  He  promises  fair  to 
attain  perfection,  possi'ssing  every  requisite  neces- 
SMTv  to  form  a  capital  singer."  I  quote  from  sonic 
coIJeL'tioiis  formed  by  the  late  Air.  Killinbam.  I 
liMVC  not  seen  the  new^papern  themselves,  but 
bave  no  reason  to  doubt  the  correctness  of  the 
information.  Mr.  Peter  Cunningham  ihen  may  be 
right  iu  his  a^xenion  concerning  the  bill  in  which 
Braham  is  called  "  Master  Abrahams;"  but  is  he 
right  in  placing  his  noiiee  of  the  event  under 
Goodman's  Fields  Theatre?  The  theatre  in  which 
Garrick  made  his  first  appearance  was  in  Ayliffe 
Street;  and  John  Palmer's  theatre,  cdled  the  Roy- 
alty Theatre,  was  erected  in  Well  Street,  in  the 
same  locality,  but  on  an  entirely  dtHercnt  site, 

Edwasd  F.  RntiBAUi.T. 

Anolo-Saios  ard  othkr  MsDtJCVAL  Seals 
(2*^  S.  xii.  9, 94.)— Another  proof  that  the  Anglo- 
Saxons  used  seals  as  well  as  the  Normans,  may  be 
found  at  the  end  of  the  rhyming  charter,  the 
grant  of  sanctuary,  &c^  at  liipon,  by  Alhelaton 
to  St.  Wilfrid.     The  king  says,— 

**  And  ro y  sealo  hove  I  rolt  yerto, 
For  i  will  «c  n«  man  it  undo." 

S«e  Dugdale,  MonatL,  vol.  ii.  p.  133. 

A  short  lime  back,  while  examining  some  nf  the 
parchment  wrils,  &c.,  discovered  in  the  old  trca- 
enry  at  Westminster  Abbey,  we  found  several 
small  round  flattinh  ladles,  about  as  big  as  a  two- 
abilling  piece.  They  seem  to  have  been  used  for 
melting  the  wax  for  aflixing  seals  to  the  various 
docunienls.  In  this  case,  while  it  was  soft  the  strip 
of  piirclimentur  other  ligature  by  which  they  were 
attached  could  have  bein  conveniently  dipped  into 
the  wax,  and  when  cooled  enough  the  seal  wouhl 
be  easily  impre»««^d,  aa  we  see  tnem.  Uave  such 
menMJs  been  seen  elsewhere? 

AVhile  on  thi«  gubjoct  pt-rmit  me  also  to  note  a 
curious  piissage  fron»  a  cliarter  quoted  in  Selden's 
Title*  of  Honour,  part  ii.  chap.  iii.  It  is  from  the 
Lord  of  Dol,  in  Brittany,  to  the  Abbey  of  Vieu- 
ville,  and  about  the  year  1 170  ;  he  says, — 

••  And  b«r.-iti»c  I  woi  not  as  vet  a  Vnigbt,  and  had  not 
a  M«t  of  my  own  (quia  Mile*  nou  erana  et  proprium  Si- 


gillum  nou  babebara)  we  have  seafed  this  charter  by  th« 
authority  of  the  seal  of  Sir  John  our  faiher." 

Selden  also  quotes  from  Du  Tillet  an  old  deci- 
sion of  1376  (more  than  two  hundred  years  later), 
where  it  is  said,  "  an  esquire  when  be  receives  the 
nr4er  of  knighthood  is  to  change  bis  seal "  (sigil- 
ium  mutare).  From  this  it  would  seem,  in  earliest 
times,  none  below  the  dignity  of  a  knight  were 
entitled  to  use  seals  at  all.  A.  A. 

Poets'  Corner. 

A  BuLi.  or  Bokkb's  (3'<  S.  v.  212,  267,  366.)— 
As  the  original  querist  in  this  mutter,  I  must  con- 
fess that  my  difficulty  is  not  removed  by  M».  Dfi 
Morgan's  suggest  ion,  thut  Burke's  word  may 
have  been  component  instead  of  integral.  There 
is  still  the  extremely  paradoxical  character  of  a 
proposition,  whJub  states  that  A.  and  B.  are  the 
same  thing,  being  diffiretU  part«  —  whether  in- 
tegral or  component.  If  we  suppose  that  Burke 
meant  to  say  — "  The  Church  and  the  State  are 
one  and  the  itame  thing,  though  they  are  also  dif- 
ferent integral  parts  of  the  same  whole" — the  ex- 
prestiion  is  still  an  awkward  one;  but  the  intention 
ts  evident,  as  Loan  Ltttelton  understands  it : 
**  Church  anil  State  are  the  same  while  looked  at 
in  two  difffrent  aspects."  In  any  case,  1  cannot 
see  the  inconsequence  which  Loan  Ltttbi.tom 
attributes  to  the  sentence  which  follows:  "For 
the  Church  has  been  aiways^"  &c.  These  words 
refer  to  th.it  part  of  the  preceding  sentence  which 
afBrms  the  identity  of  the  Church  and  the  State : 
for  (rnhli  Burke)  the  Church  comprehends  the 
clergy  and  laity,  as  the  State  docs  also, 

C.  G.  PnowBtT. 

Carlton  Club. 

EncRAViMO  BT  Babtoj-ozm  (3'*  S.  v.  377.) — 
The  engraving  forms  the  frontispiece  of  Leigh 
Hunt's  first  work  :  Juvenilia ;  or  a  Collection  of 
Poem*  written  between  the  Ages  of  Twelve  and 
Sixteen.  The  printer  was  probably  Raphael  West, 
whose  name  appears  in  the  List  of  Stibscribera, 
together  with  that  of  Beniamin  West^P.RA.  The 
reference,  judging  froiu  the  motto,  seema  to  be  to 
Poverty  in  the  abstract :  — 

••  And  ah  !  let  Pity  turn  her  dewy  eyes. 
Where  iraspine  penury  unfriended  lies !  " 

J.  W. 

Sir  John  Jacob  or  Bbomlet  (3"*  S.  v.  213.)— 
Sir  John  was  the  son  of  Abraham  Jacob  (of  Brom- 
ley, Middlesex,  and  of  Gamlingay),  and  of  Mary, 
daughter  of  Francis  Rogers  of  Dartford,  Kent. 
Abraham  died  May  6,  16'29 ;  and  bis  monument 
is,  or  was,  at  Bromley,  near  Bow.  John  wns  one 
of  seven  sons,  and  six  daughters.  .Charles  I. 
knighted  him  in  1G33.  He  was  a  farmer  of  the 
customs;  suffered  in  the  king's  cause,  and  waa 
made  baronet  in  1(565.  He  built  a  house  ttt  Brom- 
ley ;  had  three  wives  —  I.  Elizabeth  Hallidny,  or 
ILjlliday,   by  wbom  he  bad  two  eons  ond   one 


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Cr«&Y.if&T«t 


daughter;  2.  Alice,  daughter  of  Thos.  CloWes,  by 
whom  he  had  three  sons  and  three  dau;:;hier8; 
3.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Ashburnham, 
Knt.,  by  whom  ho  had  one  daughter.  He  was 
Commissioner  and  Farmer  of  Customs  again  in 
Charles  ll.'s  reign  ;  and  died  1665-6.  His  eldest 
800,  Sir  John,  succeeded  him;  married  Catherine, 
daughter  of  William,  Lord  AUington ;  and  died 
1675,  and  was  buried  in  the  Savoy  Church,  Strand. 
His  son  Sir  John  served  in  the  army,  and  died 
1740.  His  son  Hildebrand  succeeded  to  the  title. 
Amu.  Argent,  a  chevron,  gules,  between  three 
tigers*  hei^s  erased,  proper.  Crest.  On  a  wreath 
a  tiger  passant,  proper,  marred  and  turned. 
Motto.  "Parta  tueri."  B.  H.  C. 

Chapekonk  (S**  S.  v.  280.)  —  The  word  c?uipe- 
roness  is  used  in  Webster's  Devils  Law  Case,  Act 
I.  Sc.  2.  Romelio  is  charging  the  lady's  com- 
panion to  be  very  vigilant  over  her  mistress,  and 
says :  — 

"...    but,  my  precious  chaperonest, 
I  tnitt  thee  the  better  for  that ;  for  I  have  beard 
There  is  no  warier  keeper  of  a  park, 
To  prevent  stalkers,  or  your  niKht-walkers, 
Than  such  a  man  as  in  his  youth  baa  been 
A  most  notorious  deer-steafcr." 

From  it«  allusion  (Act  IV.  Sc.  2)  to  the  massacre 
of  the  English  by  the  Dutch  nt  Amboyna,  this 
play  is  supposed  to  have  been  written  in  1622. 

A.  A. 
Poets'  Comer. 

Upper  awi>  Lowkb  Empibk  (3'*  S.  v.  379.)  — 
The  term  Upper  Empire  is  not,  I  believe,  in  use. 
The  terra  Lower  Empire  is  used  by  Gibbon 
(ch.  Ixviti.  p.  250,  note)  for  the  rcmams  of  the 
Roman  Empire  at  Constantinople,  and  was  adopted 
by  him  from  the  French,  Bas  Empire.  In  364  the 
Roman  Empire  wns  divided  into  East  and  West, 
Constantinople  and  Rome  being  the  respective 
chief  cities,  and  in  476  the  Empire  of  Rome  ter- 
minated, whilst  the  Empire  at  Ccmstantinople  con- 
tinued till  1-^3.  The  expression  "  Lower  Roman 
Empire  of  the  Went"  means  "  the  Lower  Empire," 
or  "  the  Greek  Empire  of  the  Hast."  It  is  called 
"I'Empire  Grec  Oriental"  by  Koch  (iii.  19).  I 
think  the  term  bnn,  as  ap|)lied  to  this  Empire,  re- 
fers to  its  inft-riority  in  historical  importance  as 
compared  with  the  ancient  Roman  grandeur.  It 
is  probable  that  Du  Cange  (=  Du  Fresne)  may 
have  first  used  this  tenn  in  his  Byzantine  His- 
tories, for  in  the  titles  to  his  (Jreek  and  Roman 
Glossaries  he  uses  the  words  "  medio;  et  infimte 
Gnccitutis  et  Latinitutis,"  where  infimte  conveys 
the  sense  of  bas.  T.  J.  Ruckton. 

A  Passion  pob  WiTSEssraG  Executioxs  (3'* 
S.  v.  33). — It  may  be  worth  a  short  note  to  cor- 
roborate so  singular  a  morbid  tendency  as  that 
furnished  through  your  correspondent,  Robert 
Kjuipt. 


In  Walsoken,  adjoining  Wisbech,  an  aged  o 
apparently  of  the  middle  class,  wu  pointed  os 
me  about  fourteen  years  ajro ;  «nd  it  was  m 
that,  for  a  considerable  portion  of  hit  lifie,  tl 
had  not  been  a  public  execution  within  a haad 
miles  (including  London)  wichoat  his  tnTrl 
expressly  to  witness  it.  In  early  life  he  bad  k 
in  ousiness;  but  bad  long  retired,  and  wn  | 
sessed  of  considerable  cottage  property. 

W.L 

Folk  Lorb  in  thb  South-east  ot  Iril 
(3'*  S.  V.  353.)—  Every  one  of  the  custow 
superstitions  mentioned  by  Mb.  Redxosd,  u 
the  above  title,  were  commonly  practised 
fully  believed  in  by  all  classes  in  Cornwall  t 
thirty  or  forty  years  ago ;  and  are  still,  I  di 
not,  by  the  lower  classes  in  the  more  remote' 
tricts.  This  is  not  a  little  singular,  and  « 
seem  to  be  derived  from  the  common  desea 
the  people  from  the  same  Celtic  stock. 

JOBX  Macu. 

Hammersmith. 

Mrs.  Mart  Dbverbu.  (3**  S.  ▼.  379.)  —  H 
are  former  notices  of  Mrs.  Marr  Dev«re£ 
Nailsworth,  Gloucestershire,  in  **  N.  &  Q."  I' 
xii.  312;  and  2"''  S.  i.  16,  130.  Her  Sermoiif* 
deflicated  to  the  Princess  Royal,  March  19. 17 
published,  1777.  In  the  title-page  '*Gloaaa 
shire"  is  printed  in  italics,  as  if  to  distinfnutl 
from  some  other  person.  Her  abilities  «ff^ 
have  been  much  overrated,  if  the  remarks  ^ 
about  her  when  I  was  a  boy,  were  correci 

CouBEBTi  (3^*  S.  V.300,  384.)— In  ?twt» 
valuable  work,  De  Statit  Servorum,  nvnsct 
made  to  the  "  Coliberti."  I  quote  tbr  Miovi 
passage  and  note  from  lib.  iv.  c.  14,  ^"91:  — 

"Denique  notes  velim.  liberto*  aliqaando  coiViaerui 
nomine  fij/niin'.*  Neque  tnmen  idcirco  neccTfua^'-i^* 
protinus  noram  speciem  effiiiKere.  oiim  revera  nalitm 
crimen  inter  utrosque  adsit,  ned  genus  aint  iaitt  <* 
et  ingonuos  fluciuanA.  Notissimuin  enim  ett,  tamtu 
quaspiara  diversas  appellutiuncs  sorliatar,  noa  tasfl 
vaa  ideo  ejus  coustitui  apccies." 

W.  B.  Mac  Ci 

Dinan,  Cotes  da  Nord,  France. 

Your  correspondent  will  And  a  full  and 
satisfactory  account  of  coliberti  in  Samuel  I 
wood's  Rtttiks  of  the  People^  well  indexed. 

St 


*  The  nolo  attached  to  the  word   aifp»ari  is  inpa 
on  account  of  the  variety  of  author!  tie*  cited :  — 

"Apud  MKimKi.iiKck,tom.  i.  p.  II,  Hint.  FriMng. 
MCCXL,  traditur  pruMiiuiii,  qu<>d  Sigawold  liticrtui 
det.  Oollihcrti  vero  dicuntur,  pencM  K.vLiJzti  M,  1 
Tutel.  adpend.  art.  col.  443,  ubi  anno  nc  donantar 
cam  ncrvis  et  ancilliti  et  collibn-fia.  Iilem  fit  toi 
Gallia  Christ.  Sammakthanorux.  Ewromqaa  in 
tio  in  appendicc  ad  UriKio.  Palat  Fbbhrh^  pL  SSL 
aervanto  viro  cruditianino  Esioxk  Conm.  ds  I 
1809." 


Mat  28,  '64.} 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


447 


Cb£9*  (3'*  S.  V.  377.) — The  game  described  bj 
Hartifll,  lib.  xiv.  ep.  20,  is  iUso  referred  to  by  the 
BAioe  RUtbor,  lib.  vii.  ep.  71  :  and  the  Delphin 
commentator  has  supplied  a  reply  to  the  ^juery 
of  your  correspondent,  by  quoting  the  nutliority  of 
jCalca^'nini,  who  wrote  a  treatise,  De  Talorum, 
Tes.ferunim,  et  Calcuhrum  Ludn\  and  positively  de- 
cided that  the  game  mentioned  in  Martial  is  uot 
cbe99.  Abundant  informntion  upon  this  subject 
will  be  found  in  Smith's  Dictionary  of  Greek  and 
Jtoman  Antiquities^  in  verb.  "  Latruncidi,"  p.  670 

[^2nd  edit.)  ;  and  Alexamin  ah  Alexandra^  lib.  lU. 

.  21,  vol.  i.  pp.  788,  789  (Leyden,  1673.) 

W.  B.  Mac  Cabb. 
DiiMO,  Cotes  da  HotA,  Franct*. 

Fomm  A»Ms  (3""  S.  i.  289.)  —The  following 
nswer  to  AIr.  ITcrrcutKaoK's  inquiry  may  be 
ufEcfent.  In  1711,  Thomas  and  Edwnrtl  Hutch- 
ison gave  to  the  Second  Church  in  Boston  two 
Iver  dishes,  on  which  the  Hutchinson  arms  are 

tn^aved.  A  third  dish,  unirorm  with  them,  and 
iven  no  doubt  at  the  same  time,  bears  the  follow- 
ig  coat :  a  chevron  between  three  bugle-horns. 
>e  both  brothers  mnrried  dau{;;htcra  of  Col.  John 
"oster,  it  can  hardly  be  doubted  that  this  was  the 
'oater  coat  of  arms,  and  that  the  plates  were  in- 
erited  from  him. 
There  were  two  other  ^milies  here  of  the  name, 
'bo  used  arxDS ;  viz.  that  of  Hopestill  Foster  of 

!>oreliester,  who  boro  a  chevron  between  three 
ujile-liorns,  on  a  chief,  as  many  leopards'  faces ; 
id  that  of  Richard  Foster  of  Charlestown,  who 
are  a  chevron  between  three  bugle-horns :  crest, 
1  arm  embowcd,  holding  a  broken  spear. 

W.  H.  WuiTMOBE. 

"  Tub  DuBLiH  UmvEH^iTT  Uevihw  "  (3"*  S.  v. 
43.)  —  Your  correspondent  is,  I  think,  slightly 
I  error,  inasmuch  as  a  friend,  who  has  given  a 
rge  share  of  his  attention  to  Irish  periodical 
terature,  with  a  view  to  publication,  informs  me 
a  letter  relative  to  the  Dublin  University  7?e- 
icip,  "thiit  four  numbers  were  all  that  iippcored  i 
if  this  best  of  Irish  periodicals  of  its  class;  the  ' 
irAi  having  niatle  its  appeurance  in  January,  and 
he  lost  in  October,  1833."  If  wrong,  we  (<br  I 
lan  imswer  for  him  as  well  as  for  myself)  shall  be 
'ad  to  be  correctcJ.  Abuba. 

Greatorexor  Grkairakes  Fa»ui.t  (3"^  S.  v. 
>99) — If  vour  eorre»pondent,  Mr.  James  Fiji- 
IV sow,    will    refer   lo  the    Reliquanj    Quarterly 
rchantugicai  Journal,  voL  iv.,  h-?  will  find  at  np. 
1  to  9C,  and  220  to  236,  an  elaborate  n;encalo- 
ical  and   historical  article  on  this  family,   from 
pen  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Ilayman,  the  histo- 
f  Youshal.     This  history  of  the  Greatrakes 
tiling  all  the  information  on  the  vnriouB 
licli  at  present  it  has  been  possible  to 
includes  notices   of  "  the   Stroker," 
other  eminent  tnembera  of  the  family,  with 


innumerable  extracts  from  parish  registers  of  Car- 
sington,  Callow,  &c.  &c.  L.  Jbwitt. 

Derby. 

Paradiji's  "Devises  Hrboiques"  (3'^  S,  v. 
339.)  —  In  a  note  to  Mr.  Pinkbbtoh's  interesting 
letter  on  "^hakspenre  and  Mary  Queen  of  Scot*," 
it  is  stated  that  the  tirst  edition  of  Piirndin's  Devitet 
Jleroiques  el  Emblimes  was  published  at  Paris, 
1657.  I  much  wonder  where  that  inforniatioa 
wa«  obtained,  for  Dibdin,  in  IVie  Decameron^  i. 
2(>4,  frives  us  to  understand  thul,  in  the  Muri)uif 
of  Blandford's  library  there  was  an  edition,  pub- 
]iahe<l  at  Lyons  in  1661,  and  does  not  vouch  fur  it«  ' 
being  the  jfr</.  G.  S.  C. 

SuTTos  Family  (3"*  S.  i.  131.^ — Absence  from 
Envrland  has  prevented  my  noticinj*  earlier  the 
memoranda  in  "  N.  &  Q."  on  this  head.  It  ap- 
pears to  me  doubtful  whether  the  Buttons  ore  of 
Norman  origin  at  all,  and  still  more  doubtful; 
whether  the  families  now  e-xistin^  are  descended  i 
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  Ktill  remains  a  fine  old  black 
and  white  mansion  called  Suttnn  Mall,  about  two 
miles  to  the  south  of  Macclesfield,  shorn  of  half] 
its  oriiiiiml  dimensions,  with  a  double  tno&t,  and 
some  fine  «>ld  timber  still  standing.  I  do  not  now 
remember  the  date  of  the  house,  but  it  is  of  very 
great  antiquity  ;  many  hundred  years  old,  mucQ 
older  even  than  Morelon  Hall  in  the  same  county. 
It  appears  to  have  been  built  before  glass  came  into 
commcm  use,  bs  the  windows  of  the  chapel  behind 
the  house  are  of  talc,  instead  of  glass.  The  walls 
are  of  vast  thickness ;  so  much  so,  that  when  B 
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  staircaBe  still  re- 
mains in  the  open  courtyard,  by  which  access  was 
formerlv  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  Binghama,  Earls  of  Lucan,  by  de- 
scent I'rom  the  Belosyse  fumily,  Earls  and  Viscounts 
Fauconberg — of  whom  severnl  interesting  monu- 
ments remain  in  the  old  uhurch  of  St.  Michael,  at 
AlaeclesSeld.  The  arms  of  this  family  of  Sutton, 
from  a  copy  iti  my  possession,  are : — Quarterly 
Ist  and  4th,  argent,  a  chevron  sa.  between  three 
bugles  or,  strung  sa.  2nd  and  3rd,  argent,  a 
chevron  sa.  between  three  cross  crosslets  or. 
Crest.  Issuing  out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or,  a  demi- 
lion  rampant,  queue  furchee,  vert. 

The  first  ancestor  of  this  family  in  the  pedigree 
I  have,  is  "  Ouyt,"  whose  son  "  Ail'am  "  was  grantee 
of  Sutton  aforesaid  from  Hugh  Cyveliok,  Earl  of 
Cheater,  ante  1181 ;  and  took  the  iiddition  of  *De 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Sutton,"  In  consequence.  His  oon,  Adam  ile  Sut* 
ton,  was  the  Mastiir-Serje«nt  of  Mncclesficld 
F'jresf^  ante  1226 :  from  whence  cuine,  I  presume, 
the  buu'Ie.^  in  the  arms.  CL/kftBXCK  Hall. 

Canada  WesU 

The  Sun  dascimg  on  Easteb  SonoAr  Mobn- 
ixo  (8">  S.  V.  394.)  — 'ITiJs  is  not  only  a  folk  lore 
tradition  in  the  south-eaat  of  Ireland,  but  amonust 
a  certain  (and  not  unintelligent)  class,  arnounta 
almost  to  an  article  nf  faith,  if  it  can  be  so  called. 
If  the  mornings  of  Easter  Day  happens  to  be  fine, 
clear,  and  sunny,  all  classes  of  young  and  old  are 
up  before  Sol  neepa  from  the  east,  in  order  to  see 
bim  dance  in  the  glorious  morning  of  our  redemp- 
tion. S.  Kbdmonu. 
Liverpool. 

*' MaoiTATioMs  CM  Lipi  ARD Death"  (3**  S.  v. 
400.) — These  Mfiditatiorut,  profejjsing  to  be  trans- 
lated fron»  the  German,  were  publi-hed  in  tlieir 
orij^inal  languajie  many  years  ago*  by  the  author, 
Ileinrich  Zschokke  (the  Walter  Scott  of  Switzer- 
land, as  he  was  fre()uont1y  called,  from  his  making 
Swi!;s  subjects  so  much  the  theme  of  his  pen),  but 
at  firat  anonymously.  They  are  coiilained  in  the 
StiuideH  der  Andncht^ — a  work,  as  ils  title  im[>orts, 
of  a  devotii»n.il  character,  and  written  in  a  very 
popular  and  pleasing  .ityle. 

rhe^  work  has  gone  throujifh  many  editions  in 
the  original.  In  the  last  edition  of  the  author's 
Workx,  in  3G  vols.  12mti,  Aaniu,  1859,  the  Stunden 
form  vols.  xx.  to  xxlx.  inclusive.  Zschnkke  was  a 
native  of  Mupdeburg,  born  in  1771,  and  died  in 
1848.  His  other  works  consist  chiefly  of  tales, 
founded  on  Swiss  legends;  and  of  histories  of 
Switzerliind  nnd  Ravaria,  &c.  During  the  greater 
purl  of  his  life  he  resided  in  Switzerland. 

A  selection  J'rom  the  Stunden  was  published  by 
the  lat«  Mr.  J.  D.  Haas,  in  1843,  under  the  title 
oC  ffaurji  of  Devotion;  and  the  present  MediLi- 
tiona  were  irarislated  and  publisUeii  by  the  com- 
mand of  Her  Majesty  the  Queen,  aa  a  tribute 
of  respect  nnd  atfection  to  the  memory  of  the 
Prince  Consort,  by  whom  the  Stwiden  were  much 
peruaed  and  higlUy  valued,  J.  Macbat. 

The  Christian  Name,  Mobtha  (3"'  S.  v.  356.) 
The  tiam«  Mttrtha  is,  no  doubt,  a  corruption  of 
Mvrtdtich,  St.  Murednoh  was  a  disciple  of  St. 
Patrick,  and  by  him  consecrated  the  dmt  Bishop 
of  Killala.  The  name  wouM  easily  and  naturally 
become  softcne<l  down  to  Murth,%  or  as  it  is  some- 
times Bj>clt  Murtagh.  In  Scotland  it  became 
Afunlijch.  F.  C.  II. 

EiMficoPAi.  S«Ai.  (3^*  S.  V.  3,57.)— The  inscrip 
ion—**  S  .  Thnine  .  dex  .  cracia  .  cpiscopi  .  manu 


tion 


encis"— -is,  I  have  no  doubt,  fhut  of  a  Bishop  of 
St.  David'«.  The  lust  word  isi,  or  U  intended  to 
be,  meiicveiiJits,  llic  Latin  name  of  the  see  being 
litnevia,  p.  C.  U. 


*  Aanti,  lW9-iO,  8  vwli. 


BoBBBT  BcTTe»JriKrn*s  "M**nmi' 
166,  220.)— I  have  a  c 
which  only  two  other 
Trinity  College,  DuM 
the  Bodleian  Libra'-y. 
in  vain  the  Brir! 
bibliographical   w 
title  is  discoloured,  an 
by  a  worm,  but  the  h* 
I  bought  it  for  a  peonj  at  u  ix^gi 

"Thb  Postbot  bobb'd  or  ots  Mj 

307,  398.)  —  H.  S.  G.  doe*  not  an 
edition  in  T.'s  possestiiortf  dmted  \\ 
that  Dunton,  in  1705,  in  h'n  Lift 
said  would  '^in  a  few  months  be 
Severely  corre<;ted."  The  etlitloik  of  i 
ever,  so/ree^  that  either  the  "»e%i 
did  not  produce  much  intpruvemc 
former   e<lition    must   '  '    en    t1 

The  Postman  robbed  >;/  ,  1' 

a  later  edition  of  the  nmn  ■  « <_<Ttk.. 

Davisok's  Cass  (3^  S.  v.  399.) 
alluded  to  by  An  Ikkeb  T8«ri.AB. 
without  names  in  the  fJtiUitman* 
April,  1S12  (vol.  Ixxxii.  j>p  1.  34 
quoted  from  the  MoiUkltf  Ikfi* 
facts  are  given  as  am' 
speciR  even  more  exi: 
in  your  correspondents  vcr«i<in 


Anobuc  Visiok  op  thk  ' 
Mb.  MAUDE'b  query  hrt* 
memory  a  very  ' 
occurrence.     A  i 

the  death-bed  of  a  dear  reLtiiw  , 
of  the  circumstances  which   I  nm 
taking  place,  there  were    in    the 
dying  girl,  besides  myvrlf,  h»»r  tbre» 
•widow,  both  of  the  olbifm  i 
wife),  and  the  nur«e.     It  ■»^ 
morning;   no  nun  wiw  ritmut»,    \rje 
concealed  by  a  vxiksx  of  «iutl  ^rey 
bedroom  window,  wIm'^'-    •►-  ■ 
thrown  wide  open,  an. 
admit  air  to  the  pati'^i^   ,...„, 
auffucated  from  dropsy. 


We  stood 
expecting,  n 
She  lay,  or 
her  head  <! 
evidently    -i 
shone  with   mj   i 
golden  colour,  tl> 
window  to  see  « 
•kv.    Thirc  wax 
h.'  T 

Ti 

bur  uouiiiL'uaucc 


!...• 


|«8.f.VAv2a,«Bil 


NOTES  AND  QUEHIES. 


449 


If  ft  minute.  Wc  gnxed  on  her  m  mute  aetonUb- 
The  supernntural  light  grudunlly  failed 
[5  she  turned  lier  head  from  rme  to  the  olher 
and,  with  a  surnrising  effurt,  exclaimed: 
>id  you  not  hear  it?  the  shouts  —  the  shouts 
"  ;t<>ry  I  "  and  appeared  fijealljr  disappointed 
silence.  She  then  grew  rapiilly  weaker, 
rithin  lut  hour  or  so  breathed  her  last. 
tin  a  few  hours  after  her  death,  we  related 
ftxtrnordinnry  scene  to  the  doctor  and  the 
jmaxi,  nho  had  been  her  kind  and  constant 
IttQts ;    03    aljo,    to   several    rclotives    and 

obvious  reason?,  I  omit  further  particulars, 
•hall  be  very  happy  to  supply  them  in  de- 
il  Co  your  correspondent.  I  enclose  an  envelope 
th  my  address.  Y.  S.  M. 

Battles  ti*  England  (S^  S.  t.  398.)  — The 
*roiut  U  ur,  by  W.  U.  Blnauw,  Ksq.,  for  many 
iir>t  honornry  secretary  to  the  Sussex  Archse- 
kgical  Society,  contains  a  chapter  (cb.  xv.) 
voted  to  the  Battle  of  Eve-sham.  The  chapter 
nsisis  of  twenty-three  pagea,  and  the  references 
numerous.  I  shall  have  gx'cat  pleasure  in 
CKlin*;  my  copy  to  J.  D.  ^Mv, 

^^'rHXB  E.  Baxteb. 
Croytloii, 

Hindoo  Goks  (S""  S.  v.  399.)  —  In  nrranging^ 

JJiiiiJfui  Punifieoii,  Mb.  Davidsom  might  I'eel 

crested  in  a  net  of  coarse  pictures,  in  all  about 

jfhty,  by  a  native  artist,  which  I  procure<l  some 

ogo,  in  CalcuHa.     They  represent  niost  of 

topulur  deities,  •with  incidents  in  th«?ir  le- 

tiut  itnlortunately  I  have  lost  the  Key  1 

itb  them.     This,  however,  no  doubt  will  be 

ind   in  foineof  the  bouka   brought  to  Mr,  D-'s 

ice;  and  if  ho  would  like  to  sec  mine,  I  shall 

kappy  to  send  it  to  him.  A*  G. 

[Althongh  Vishnu  is  usually  represented  carried 
either  iliitiuman  (Pan)  or  Guruden  (Mercury), 
nfn  moving  from  one  j>lacc  to  another,  your 
krTc»T>"«>deiit  John  Davjosow  may  rest  assured 
he  possesses  of  a  Hindoo  god 
'  tse  is  Vishnu  in  that  incarnation. 
't:i;iin\i,iTM  ut  Bramhn,  or  jis  he  in  otherwise 
I  lied,  Pni-.Junutec  (Jupiter),  the  lord  of  all 
rcaturcB,  Vinhnu,  after  having  delivered  the 
irth  from  a  dcluj:!?,  supported  it  u[ion  his  back 
nder  tlie  form  of  a  tortoine,  in  which  position 
le  Hin(lon>(  livlicvc  it  »lill  continues.  The  Greek 
d  RoKUin  tnytholcH'v  wns  iL-rived  from  thwt  of 
tdia,  theltidtaii  froi  j>Lian.     'J'heIi)dinM 

iblo   of  Vishnu  an  ,ie   sii[iportiiig   the 

h    on   his  back,  s«i;.'i:etitt:u  to  the  (i reeks  the 
of  the   broad-backcd  Alla«   in  a  stooping 
s,  supporting   the  tuountain*  of  the  earth, 
jrtoise  of  Indian  supf>n?f  ition  is  analogous  to 
Bun                        '     •  pt,  and  botli  have 
eiablc .  .  atioi].     The  above 


story  of  Vishnu  delivering  the  world  or  its  in* 
habitants  from  u  deluge  when  in  the  form  of  a 
tortoise,  which  may  be  compared  to  that  of  au 
ark,  when  uddcd  to  the  fact«  that  in  Vish-Ku  is 
preserved  the  orientol  riuine  of  Noiih,  and  that 
Vishnu  is  culled  the  Presc^rvcr,  miiy  be  regarded 
JV8  n  Hindoo  record  of  the  preservation  of  the 
survivors  of  the  human  race  by  Noah  at  the 
Deluge.  H.  G. 

Thomas  Bewtlet,  of  Chiswick  oa  Tcbnbai^ 
Green  (3"*  S.  v.  37G.) — ^This  pentlemnn,  who  was 
the  partner  of  the  celebrated  Wedgwood,  was 
V^uried  at  Chiswick.  On  the  east  wall  of  the 
chancel  of  Chiswick  church  is  a  monument  to  his 
memory.  Hi.*  epitaph  tells  u.s  that  "  he  was 
blessed  with  an  elevated  and  comprehensive  un- 
derstanding i  he  possessed  a  warm  and  brilliant 
imagination,  a  pure  and  elegant  taste.  His  ex- 
tensive abilities  were  guided  by  the  nio«t  ex- 
panded philanthropy  in  forming  and  executing 
plans  for  the  public  good."  Over  the  moixument 
IS  his  bust  in  white  marble. 

1  should  be  glad  to  know  something  more  of 
this  Thomas  Bcnlley,  as  AVedgwood's  biographers, 
as  far  as  I  have  seen,  .ire  entirely  ignorant  id  the 
matter,  and  confound  him  with  Richard  Benl!ey» 
the  only  son  of  the  celebrated  Greek  scholar. 

In  a  notice  of  Wedgwood  in  Chambers's  Book 
ofDaija  (i.  44),  I  find  the  following  passage  :  -^ 

"  He  [WedRwotkl]  took  into  partnerRliip  Mr.  Bcnlley, 
wn  of  the  cf-lrbrated  Dr.  Biinllfy,  aivl  onencd  a  w,»r<«- 
house  in  Lointon,  wbero  tho  poiMis  i*ere  exhibited  nnd 
sold.  Mr.  benlley,  who  was  a  man  ofle.-«riiintc  and  taste, 
anil  had  a  Inrpecinio  of  ocquaintance  /imong  men  ot 
rank  and  science,  aiipcrintendej  the  basincsus  in  the  me 
tro[)olis." 

All  this  i.s  mere  error  and  nasumption.  Dr. 
Bentley  had  only  one  son,  Richard,  who  died 
October  23,  1782;  whereas  Thomas  Bentley,  tho 
partner  of  Jotiah  ^Vedgwood,  died  at  Turnham 
Green  in  1780. 

In  December.  1781,  a  twelve  days'  sale  oc- 
curred at  Christie's,  being  "  the  stock  of  Messrs, 
Wedgwood  and  Bentley."  This  was  for  the  divi- 
sion of  the  property,  the  latter,  as  we  have  8een» 
having  died  m  the  previous  year, 

Edward  F.  Rimbaolt. 

Wolfe,  G.irdeneb  to  Heubt  VIII.  (3'*  S.  v. 
193.)  —  In  Loudon's  Ettci/chptedia  of  Gardening^ 
p.  719,  it  is  stated  that:  — 

••  Tr  ..r.r.o^ir..  fi .,m  Tumcr*8  Herlxil  that  the  apricot  wo* 
ciilij.  :  150'.>:  ni»l  Jn  lldklayt's  Remrmbrancer, 

IniS",  1  thiit  the  spricot  was  procured  out  of 

lln)v    ly    Uuilv,  a   Frcmli   jtritst,  gardener   to  Henry 

vin." 

II.  Lorrus  Tottesham. 

CuiSnCAI.  QtrOTATIOHS  WITnLT  AFPI.IBD  OB 
RE.NDEBBD  (i"*  S.  IX.  116,  8«^-^— C.^\«>^'«t-'>-^  ^^ 

tnftTg\tk«.\  uovvi  \iym^»ik\ftt'%  l^J^^^w«r^^■i>•• 


450 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S»(&  T.Mat  31, 


**  Schoolmasters  are  commonly  punsters.  My  old 
muter,  the  Rev.  James  Bowyer,  the  Hereulei  furtm  of 
the  phlogistic  sect,  but  an  incomparable  teacher,  used  to 
tranMate,  Nihil  in  inteUrctu  qmid  nrm  prius  in  mdisk, — first 
recitinf;  the  Latin  words,  uud  observing  that  they  were 
the  fundamental  article  of  tira  Peripatetic  School, — '  Tou 
must  flog  a  boy,  before  you  can  make  him  understand  ?  ' 
—or,  '  You  must  lay  it  in  at  the  tail  before  you  can  get 
it  into  the  head/  " 

ElRIOlTHACH. 

Casts  op  Seals  (S"*  S.  v.  419.) — Ordinary 
white  wax  is  an  excellent  in-iterial,  by  reason  of 
the  fucUities  it  oilers  for  manipulntion.  Gum- 
arabic,  very  concentrnt'Cd,  will  answer ;  but  it  of 
course  takes  some  time  to  dry,  and  that  is  an 
inconvenience.  Gbobge  F.  CHAiinBBS. 

Koyal  Institution. 

Gutta  Perchn,  for  manipulation.  See  full  in- 
BtructioQS  in  Journal  of  the  Iiislitute,  vol.  v.  p.  332. 

H.  T.  E. 

"CocKoo  Oats,"  etc.  (3"»  S.  v.  394.)  — The 
meaning  of  this  phrase  is  simply  this.  If  the 
spring  is  so  backward,  that  the  oats  cannot  be  sown 
till  the  cuckoo  is  heard,  or,  the  autumn  so  wet 
that  the  latter-math  crop  of  hay  cannot  be  got  in 
till  the  woodcocks  come  over,  the  farmer  is  sure 
to  sufl'er  great  losses.  A.  A. 

Poets*  Corner. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC 

CRroiuea    MonatUrii    S.  AlbanL      Thima    Waltingham 

quondam    Monaehi    S.   Albani,     Jlixtoria    Anqlicana. 

EdUed  by  Heu^^'  Thomas  Rilev,  M.A.     Vol.  it.  A.D. 

1881—1423. 
Letter*  and  Papers  illusfratlre  of  the  Beiiptt  of  Richard  III. 

and  Henry  VII.  Edited  by  James  (Jairdncr.  VoL  II. 
Annates  Monastici.     Vol  I.    Antialet  de  ilargan  (^A.D. 

1060—1232);    Annali*  de  Theokeiberia  (A.D.  1060— 

1263) ;  Annalei  de  Burton  (A.D.  10U4— 1268).    Edited 

by  Henry  Kichardn  Luard,  M.A. 

Three  more  volumes  of  tlie  goodly  anil  useful  Scries  of 
Chronicle?.  isKuing  under  tlic  dirt'c'tion  of  the  Master  of 
the  Roils,  have  been  put  fortli  to  the  great  profit  of  the 
students  of  our  earlier  liistory.  'i'lie  flrst  ot  these  is  the 
second  and  conchiding  volume  oi  Mr.  Riley's  edition  of 
Walsingham's  Chroniilex  of  >st.  All>an'$.  Air.  Riley  has 
not  only  bestowed  ronsidi-rahle  pains  upon  this  work, 
but  has  added  greatly  to  its  value  hy  a  ncries  of  interest- 
ing Appendices,  and  a  full  and  ourt^luliy  compiled  Indus. 

Like  Mr.  Uilcy's  volume,  Mr.  G:tirdner's  is  the  second 
and  tiual  volume  of  The  lA:tti:r»  and  I'afn-r»  illtutratirr  of 
the  Heignt  of  liichard  III-  and  Henry  I'll.  It  is  similar 
in  arrangement  to  tlie  preceding,  and  contains  numerous 
additional  letters  and  papers;  not  merely  legal  and  formal 
documents,  hut  eunlenii>orary  |>aper8  of  general  historical 
interest,  many  of  which  have  been  derived  from  foreign 
ari'hive.-<.  Like  ^Ir.  Riley's  volume,  too,  this  of  Mr. 
Gairdncr  has  its  value  in<Toased  by  its  .\pi)cndix  and 
Index. 

Mr.  Luard's  volume  is  the  flr^t  of  a  cullection  of  the 
various  Annates  pre8er^-cd  in  the  different  monasteries 
and  bearing  their  names,  which  contain  the  chief  sources 
for  the  history  of  the  thirteenth  centary.   Umbj  of  tbesa 


have  been  alreadr  printed,  but  so  impcrfrctlyostoi 
a  new  edition  desirable,  while  others  are  so  n 
scarcely  to  be  obtainable  at  any  price.  For  iB.«tuc> 
Morgan  Annala  were  printed  by  Gale  frum  th: 
known  MS.— that  in  Trinity  Col]e{reb  CamUnd^ 
with  such  important  omissions  and  soch  gla.*!!!;' 
arising  from  ignorance  or  careleai  leading,  that 
sentences  are  absolute  nonsense,  and  would  smd  t 
tify  Mr.  Luard's  opinion  that  Gale  emplored  ■ 
Bcriber,  and  never  collated  the  tnuiscripC  He  7 
I  wry  AnnaU  in  like  manner,  are  prcsenrcd  ia  co; 
MS.  (in  the  Cottonian  Collection),  and  every  p«p 
the  care  and  pain^  which  Mr.  Luard  has  bes»wed 
the  editing  of  them.  The  third  chronicle,  the  vell-i 
Annafi  of  Burton,  which  Fulman  had  printed  vtn 
lessly  in  his  Rcmm  AngliearutH   Scriptnm,  is  be 

Srinted  with  great  accuracy  and  lidelity  from  tlu 
IS.,  the  only  one  known  to  exist,  and  which  iii 
the  Cottonian  Collection.  Mr.  Luard  anoouQees 
General  Index  will  be  given  to  all  the  Chronicle 
tained  in  hii  Collection,  such  Index  being  Ur  ckx 
venient,  and  far  more  valuable  than  if  each  cbnx 
volume  were  indexed  separately.  Mr.  Luard  ii 
right:  a  good  index  is  an  admirable  thing,  bat 
multiplicity  of  indexes  there  ia  Texatioa  and  w. 
time. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUVEi 

WAirXED   TO   PDBCHASK. 

Partleulan  of  Price,  kc,  of  tha  fotlovbiK  Booka  t4  bt  ■«  i 
the  fiaUamcn  bf  whom  (hey  are  re4iiir«(L,«iul  wluat  vamt 
dreoet  ue  gtven  for  that  purpotc:  — 

NmrHAn't  SiRMOH*.    6  Vuli.  Sto.    Voli.  I.  and  IT. 

l«cTuau    OK     PaonuncAX.    Om»  • 

Cac'Kca.    Svu. 
N>wM*i»  (DiAH>.  LiKT  AND  Eittam. 
Manniku  I  Skkmoki.    4  Volf.  Svo. 
SAfHio  PuHit  run  UouaaiKf. 

Wanted  by  J.  •$-  F.  U.  Shiugton,  3,  Waterloo  FImt,  Tii^ 

IlcDiAit  Cirii,  Ssariei  ExAHiHAnon  PAF>«a  ftar  IBS>. 

Wonted  by  Jitr.  i>.  J.  r.  Gnnlilbm,  Courtrai  Uoafc  Xli^ 
ChcUriiliam. 


fintitti  tn  Carretfpanlicatf. 

PcaucATir.>c  or  Diabim.— T.  T.  W.  rtallg  tHiv  ur««=«"  ■' 
thi'  evHtrovfrrt/ 1"  a  rliiM. 

P.  J.  F.  O.  Thr  •' infill!'  lUaent"  v<i.«  Philip,  limit  H  ''"' 
tekum  l'itp< ,  in  n  luttf.  mivA  he  trtii  *'  ntj/crntitiui^  i«  j.«.ia!  M 
Ihowjh  rin  «n(w/ii  i-rr  in  ill/  TtliyiuH. 

St.  T.    Sad,  n«  uml  m  .^uZ-i'ma,  lut*  thr  ftmeinrial  ■ooam  ' 

mlul,  i«>rulfn»u Mum  ■  Hail  hm   UouMium  lAf  ^w  " 

Main'*  >  uot,  u  ntothti '«  fitt  rkil'l.    Halli^nl  An«  italle.  i  •  it^ 

■1.  W.  Thf  jir-l  lui-tnii-n  om  thr  l-onK'-ftlnrr  it  /n-wi  Hff.i 
\M.    Ihr  teuH  i  tt  the  iMOttu  to  La/iarj^  *  L'oura  di:  LillcfabA- 

O.  /.  Cooraa.  Urrtttrt  UulcriJge,  A'jiy.  dUiI  ••■  ^nru  C,  .• 
Gciit.'i  Man-  June,  li*l,  and  MavmUlfint  Uattaxinc.  >ot.  )4 
Hfv.  Thvmat  Kr-chenr  .Inuilil  duiiim  J/arvA  I:  IKa  Jtvlkai 
June.  iH:i.1.  II.  M7,  nnd  iiuurdiau  nru'rp<i,«:r.  I>>j3,  p.  :«i.  //••  ? 
litntKlirnl,  The   iheulonical  Crillc.  utx  rutn^vre  I'l  ri0*i  >«> 

a  r-./i'.  l*il--.' Vr.JamrM  lJiMrliH;/,bt.ul--l(,  r..tu-l  ^-m  Mtr-i 

Jlin  C>'(.'lop(>:Jla  BibUocraphica  mmtr  3  R.t.  viJc  Ucni-'i  *M 
I  KM.  II.  MX. 

David  SSniirLi.  )>V  •riiii/d  hart  acailr.i  oui  jt,  Irrt  %.t  Ii*  m-^ 
7.'i<Aii;> .  I  win  tr  Knur  iintl  hu  mi'e  \f  it  had  rrttrJI^  «•  ■«  nm 
HutirrA  ill'  lltal  iirtlati.u-hich  uwtrar, d  ij,  uur  n^wJ^r  ■,'  Jlc 
i/ilny  ii/iiwr  r.  <i  If  r:  Ar>i«rr<  r,  u-ilt  ht  ght./  tt>  Intm  lAaf  nwf  >%■ 
IHtl'luhfl  jHirtiitiUii*  iif  Ihr  Bukop  »f  Haakti«,dMrtmii  t4<  *^ 
ai  I'ni-iltji.huit  l»>n iirintnt  la (An  PaUley  Heimld  ■'/ Ma%  !•. » 

•••  Cwrt  for  MhiUh:/ Ihr  nihtiitr*  of  Jg.  ^  O."  BMia  U  hi 
FubluJUr,  ami  t^fall  Hvi.t€Uer$  ami  Xetcmmen. 

"XirtrntAtio  Qi-aam"  ii  vMUteH  at  trntm  aa  Frl^y.  •• 
itnrH  in  M  i.iiHLt  I'aht*.  Jht  Suhirriptt^n  fjr  Btaapaa  O 
Sir  Munlh*  liiriciinlcti  ilirtel  /ram  thr  I'^bliait^  laarMtav  I 
tmrlf  Ifutki  w  ll(.  M.,  trUch  Miiy  it  uaiu  Im  /Sat  cVk 
pajiKiMa  at  Ihr.  .Srniad  /Vwt  Vgkt,  in  /awumr  m/  Wjixiaa  M.  B 
WaLU^aiuff  (fraBBT,  tttHAaa,  W.Ch  Iw  wtmm  mi 


raa  Earroa  thaiM  te  aiiJ>'«»«if. 
••«*iMftQ«a>iM"is 


I  aAOMaaaj 


DOS,  SATURDAY  JUSS  4,  IBBi. 


1  Skcli't.  — Btil- 
ncffiti :   Arms  • 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIEa 


451 


•     VtTl'<l 
LIUICUl 


<  iilrlii'lfH!il'S  —  "illi' 

to7. 


-The  Vrrrtotype  of  CoUinK't  "To-Mcnrow."  Wl 
i— "Now,  Br»vt  T- 

:  i:.ij:  'Ik-  kt  Kacter  Fowl,' 

'  Ai>ci "  -  r 

■  Rnronv  of  ^ 

'  ^'ii.t.itivniR  waiiti'iJ 
'  Arm  — M^rria^A 
liiii  M  A  Oeitt  — 


flaUi. 

HJKT  AND  CUAKACTER  OF  JAMES  I. 

Jordiner'fi  recently  nuhllsbcd,  and  gene- 
nble  Hiitory  of  James  /.,  I  am  sitr- 
fiml  the  following  stalcment: ;  wbicli,  aa 
gteatly  mblcad  the  bUtorkal  student 
"  the  reftl  LUlory  of  the  time,  I  request 
jiission  to  correct :  — 

ilicalt  to  proiiouiica  with  (:«rt«int}'  upon  tho 
liich  tb«  court  innnorality  wrut.     It  is  evi- 
o  circurnstauccs  which  are  knnwa  to  U8,  that 
enough ;    Int  I   bi'licve  thut   Mr.   Hnllum's 
"  Ibe  court  of  Jume*  i»it!i      '  "  ■     \ 

iixiucgern(c<l.     I    hovo  • 
of  tlic  drunken  tc&ne  «l  i  - 

Ark's  viait,  tiot  hccnuse  i  iluubl  ibi  ac- 
it  would  )c*ve  in  impression  tlial 
of  cOnsUini  occurrence.      Whereas,  it 
vny  TATd  occasions  that  anything  uf  the 


tho 

1   e 
of 


lia^r  should  have  found  any  diffi- 

tbc  mnouut  of  vi •  ""'ifan- 

i"'  time,  Aud  that,   i  have 

Iaj<{  assiTtiii!!.  1 1  1  :, ..  ^ rv. 

I  JulchtnsoD. 

I'.'  con  net  ti'.'! 

lutiTiifrtTiincK ;    he   hml 
ly  »»f   (Mior    Si'xfs,  who. 


prodigally  wasted  by  this  tiirlfUcta  heir;  and  tbo  nobility 
of  the  land  was  utt.«rly  dehaiH>d  by  setting  honours  li> 
puLlic  sale,  and  conferring  them  on  peraoss  tiiat  hs4 
noither  tilood  nor  in«rit  fit  to  wear,  nor  'n'KtAiit  to  bBW  np 
tliflir  titles ;  hot  were  fain  to  invent  projecU  to  piUogv 
the  people,  and  pick  Uieir  purwo,  for  the  inoioteiiancv  of 
vice  and  lawdo«M.  The  generslitf  of  ti)«  gentry  of  the 
'■'"''  ■'  '  rned  tJia  court  fashions,  and  evwy  preat 
untry  bocome  a  sly  ol  unelinnncM.  Tlien 
.  incest,  adultery,  drunkejiiiebx,  ««i.!iriiii:, 
forr.ic^l;ou,  and  all  sorts  of  ribaldry',  to  be  > 
countenanced  vices,  because  ihey  held  »uf!. 
with  the  court  exflmi)le." — Mrs.  Ilutchiaauti  •>  ^Uf-mmrt, 
Uohn's  Standanl  Library,  pp.  7(< — 7y^ 

The  extent  tx)  which  James's  individuMt  drun- 
kenness and  deprnvity  proceeded,  is  circuni- 
Biantiallj  related  in  Jesso  s  Court  of  the  Sluartt^ 
and  by  Lingard  (^History  vf  Engltntd^  vol,  vii. 
pp.  90 — 100).  fnia  ;!h'  riiiifi-riiTK>rary  accounts 
cuiitniued  in  '  "a,  Lodge's  lUti*- 

tratinn*  of  1>'  , ,  :  tjy  df*f»stt(;he8  of 

Dc  Bodcrie,  the  French  itmba&sadnr;  and  to  tbese 
tt  few  yenrs  since  were  ndded,  the  curious  nnd 
viihinhhi  lUvstrationx  of  the  History  of  the  \(jth  and 
\7th  Ceuturict,  translated  from  tl>c  (Icnnan  of 
Professor  Von  Kauiuer  by  Lord  1  <rU(n. 

These  papers,  compiled  from  the  A  col- 

lection in  the  BiblioUieque  lioyaJi.,  lu  i'uiis,  con» 
tains  the  secret  despatches  of  three  diflerent  ara- 
bu3«udor0  to  James's  court — MJ^L  De  lioauniont, 
De  TeUiers,  and  De  Boderie  ;  and,  ia  their  several 
accounts  of  Jumes's  utter  abandonou-'nt  to  every 
epeuies  of  vice  and  sensuality,  they  ajjrue  to  tho 
letter.  Since  the  Cities  of  tin-.  Plain  called  down 
the  wrath  of  heaven,  it  may  rea.-»tuibly  be  doubted 
if  any  amount  of  human  wickedne«s  has  trans- 
cended the  pollutions  of  this  —  so  justly  called  by 
Mr.  ForBter,  in  his  Life  of  Sir  John  Elwt — "  the 
basest  court  in  Cbristeodoni." 

"  Con<«ider,  for  pity's  sake^"  writes  De  Beaumont  in 
June,  t«>04,  "  what  mast  be  the  state  and  condition  of  a 
prince  whom  tho  preachers  pabli' ly  from  the  polpit  as- 
(tail — whom  the  comedian*  of  th  n 

the  stufjo — whose  wife  attend.-,  > 

enjoy  thp  langh  against  her  hu:^1  i- 

nien't  hrnves  and  deapiMO,  and  who  is  uuiversally  hated 
by  the  whole  peopla."—  Kow  Rtumtr,  rol.  ii.  p.  206. 

Again  in  October,  1604,  he  reports  to  Henry 
IV.,  that  Anne  of  Denmark  bad  said  to  him  i  — 

•'  It  is  time  that  I  should  have  possession  of  the  Prince 
of  Walea,  and  pTi'n  h'<  nffeetion  :  for  tho  king  drinks  so 
much,  and  corn'  if  so  ill  in  every  rtsfHTt.  that  1 

expect   an   eai  !   reaidt."     "I    know  that  she 

grounds  herseh  ..,  ;..,,.,    .  .jntinues  the  ainbassndor,  "not 
only  on  the  king's  bad  way  of  life,  but  »1"0  on  this,  that, 
ni-wniintr  t"  Hit  f>-<:pr*>'<'»i'iii'=,  the  men  nt'  the  house  of 
I  ni?n<T  of  L»xee8«ivii  dri»ik- 
nr  b<?ipnie  qnite  indMj- 


wh^ruia  <^tM«a  Lh£ab«Lh  Mi  h,  wore  aoon  1  The  houw  of  the  Duka  oC  U\\dax&.^- 


Oo  Auifust  23,  1C21,  De  Telliers  reports  :  — 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C8r'&  V.  JuHi^ 


for  thue  piirfiiiit* ;  but  I  hare  too  much  modc.'<ty  to  de- 
scribo,  in  this  terms  of  strict  truth,  thingii  wluch  one 
woaltl  rathor  nappre.M  than  commit  in  writinfc  to  am- 
Tiomiuiorial  de^pairhei,  dmtinMl  for  the  perusal  of  exalted 
pemoM.  Thcjr  are  Huch  an  even  frienda  touch  upon  only 
with  reluctance  in  cnn6dentiai  letter*.  I  have,  nevcrthe< 
lu*,  mnght  out  for  the  moat  decent  expreitiona  which  I 
can  make  uae  of  to  convey  to  you  some  of  the  purticulara, 
but  I  liave  not  iiac(:eede<l';  whethc^  becanae  I  am  deficient 
in  adraitnen,  or  that  it  is  actually  impossible  to  lay 
these  historicts  before  chaste  ears." 

It  Kceni!!,  however,  that,  from  PnriA  they  pressed 
for  further  particulurd ;  niid  Dc  TcUicrs,  there- 
fore, returns  in  a  subsequent  despatch,  undated, 
to  the  same  subject.     lie  writes  :  — 

"  In  order  to  ronfnr  an  honour  on  the  house  of  the 
DukB  of  ]lm-kiti(;hiim.  the  kine  ilctrrmined  to  drink  to 
cxc-ess  nt  a  banriunt  there.  When  ho  was  a  pnod  way 
advanced,  and  full  uf  sww.t  wine,  lie  took  the  Prince  of 
Wnles  by  the  hand,  lorl  him  to  the  lords  and  ladies;  and 
said  there  was  a  ^reat  rontention,  between  the  prince  and 
himself,  as  to  which  of  the  two  but  loved  the  Marchioness 
of  l)ui-kin((hiim.  Aflitr  having  recounted  all  sr>rts  of 
nssMins  for  and  a|;iiinst,  liu  drew  some  vcrwss  from  liis 
pcN'kft  which  tlin  poet  .lonson  had  made  in  praitw  of  the 
Marchionrs* ;  then  mml  some  othrra  of  his  own  composi- 
tion, and  Hworu  he  would  stick  tlieiu  on  all  the  doors  of 
his  house  to  show  his  good  will." 

I  [pre  followM,  savs  Lord  F.  K;;prtriii,  a  pnasn;;e 
in  the  oriirinal  whii;h  he  hns  lu'vn  compelh^d  to 
suppress  in  the  trnnslution.  It  amply  jiiKtifi«.'S, 
says  his  Lonlship,  tlie  ainbsissador's  previous 
scruples  as  to  dealing  with  the  snhjert-  It  adds 
A  Ifuncntablc  pniof  to  the  many  lief'oru  cxtAnt  of 
James's  dis<!ustin<;  indecencies;  nnd  it  is  diilicnlt 
to  read  it,  without  dorivinf;  the  worst  opinion  of 
his  liiibits  an<l  tliose  of  his  lavonriteH. 

•*  Had  I  not  n-w-ivi'd  this  sccount,"  •■onliiiurs  !>«  Tid- 
liurK,  "fnim  trustworthy  pifrsfins,  1  should  havi-  ciuj. 
hidcrcd  it  inipii<wiblt> ;  but  this  kin);  is  as  (toikI  for 
nothing  as  fKissiblf, — suirnrs  hinis«'li'  to  l>e.  wulkuii  in 
Irading-strings  like  u  rhilil,  is  hwt  iu  plfusun-s  nnd 
bnriod  for  the  greater  part  of  his  time  in  wint'." — /6rV/., 
vol.  ii.  p.  iW,. 

Continuing  i\w  same  cour.se  of  uid)ridlod  pro- 
tVitrac.y,  Jitines's  infamous  career  with  liuekin;;- 
hnm  in  the  succoi>din{;  year  is  repeatedly  alluded 
to  by  De  TellierH,  in  lanfriiaj^e  of  the  dee|K'8t 
reprobation.     In  January,  Iti'2'2,  he  writes  :  — 

"  AflTuirs  horn  msy  in  truth  be  d.ingerou.%  unless  con- 
ducted with  prudence — a  qunlity  totiiTiy  wanting  in  the 
conduct  of  affairs,  ns  the  king'  and  Huckingham  insist 
upon  doing  everything,  but  do  nothing.  Ituckinghaui 
follows  wildly  the  plan  of  dissolving  the  Parliament,  which 
must  bring  on  his  dtwtruction;  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.  I'he  king 
alone  seems  free  from  anxiety,  and  has  made  a  journey  to 
Newmarket  (as  a  certain  oUier  sovereign  unco  did  to 
(;apri) ;  and  here  he  lea<ls  a  life  to  which  past  nor  pre- 
sent times  afford  no  parallel.  Ho  takes  his  beloved 
Buokinsham  with  bim  i  wishes  rather  to  be  called  his 
firiend  tban  king,  and  to  assodate  his  name  to  the  heroes 
of  friendship  of  autlquity.    Under  such  spedous  titles, 


he  entleavours  to  conceal  acand«l«Mi«  dotng* ;  and  Urm, 
his  strength  deserts  him  for  these,  he  feeds  antjn  vW* 
he  can  no  longer  content  bis  other  seiuea.  The  end  4i 
is  ever  the  bottle."— /Wi,  vol.  ii-  p.  266. 

To  the  same  effect  is  the  despatch  of  De  Boa* 
mont  on  October  18,  1622  :  — 

-  The  weightiest  and  most  orgeat  aflUrs  caanot  dm> 
thiakingto  devote  to  them  even  aday.  nayaahts;? 
to  interrupt  his  gratiGcations.  These  consist  ia  hi;  fl- 
uking himself  to  a  rrmote  spot ;  where,  oat  of  the  ric; 
of  men,  he  leads  n  filthy  and  scandalous  life,  and  {Itq 
himself  up  to  drinking  siid  other  vires — the  verr  r«iu» 
brance  of  which  is  suRicipnt  to  give  horrible  di»|ritatn 
(dfplait  hornblement).  It  appears  as  if  the  vnn  b 
strength  wastes,  the  more  tlieso  infanioas  passMu& 
crease ;  and  passing  from  the  iMxIy^^ovcr  the  miod,  aaai 
double  power." — iJniL,  vol.  ii.  p.  'J74. 

The  purpose  of  Buckingham,  in  thus  fomecti; 
the  vices  of  the  king,  is  shrewillj  divined  biJA 
Beaumont  in  his  despatch  of  the  following  t» 
ruary :  —  • 

"The  king  troubles' himself  nothing  as  to  wht« 
think  of  him.  or  what  ifi  to  become  of  the  kingdoaa 
his  death.  1  believe  that  a  broken  fliisk  of  wih  'i 
similar  nothing,  is  nearer  his  heart  than  the  ruinrf-j 
son-in-law  and  the  misery  of  his  posterity.  Ant  J)r 
ingham  confirms  him  in  Vvcrythinf; ;  and  hopes  A«k 
mon;  he  abandons  himself  to  all  pleasures  and  lodn^ 
cnn<>ss,  the  weaker  will  l>«  his  understanding  andipe:; 
nnd  so  mnrh  the  c.isier  he  will  be  able  to  role  Unlr 
fear,  when  other  ties  of  connection  are  diaaoIved.'Wlit 
vol.  ii.  |i.  '27C. 

Though,  as  Macanlay  says,    Kngland  wm  h 
place,  the  seventeenth  century  no  time,  forSpn 
and  Locu.5ta — in  James's  court  both  found  i> 
ceptance    and    protection.      Oitbornc    saji  its 
Somerset  and  Buckingham  Ia)>ouretl  to  naaik 
women  in  the  efTeminacy  of  their  dress,  ssda- 
ceeded  even  the  worst  nnd  most  vlmineless  km 
grossness  of  their  gestures.      Ami   Sir  Antbf 
Wcldcm  nsstires  us  that,  durin^r  Soinortset'tntv 
the  Knglish  lords  coveting  an   Kiiglibh  £*«* 
to  supplant  him  in  the  king'.>t   favour,  'ute 
end  the  Coiiiiti'Ks  of  Suffolk  did   look  om^ 
young  men,  whom  she  daily  curled  and  ptrfanil 
their   breath."     Kevolting  as  these  {>rartJre>  a^ 
fiear  to  modern  times,  the  authenticity  of  Wei* 
don'.i  statement  is  singularly  confirmed  hy  Mr. 
Forster  in  his  recent  work,  the  Xi/e  of  Sir  J  J* 
Eliot:  — 

"  Few  tilings  in  this  profligato  time  are  mors  aBiMi|[ 
(qa.  disgusting?)  than  the  attempt  made  by  a  rinl 
I>arty  of  lords  to  set  up  young  Mouaon  ag'ainat  Sam- 
set.'— "They  made  account  lo  rise  nnd  recover  tfctir 
fortnnes  by  setting  up  this  now  idol,  and  took  sreot  psini 
in  tricking  and  pranking  him  up,  besides  waahing  his  <ks 
every  day  with  posset  curd"  (Lettera  in  SlaU  iVsv 
Office,  Feb.  26,  1C17-18.)— "Youni;  Uonaon'a  fhtMii 
fsmt  not  for  all  the  first  foil,  but  set  him  «i  ■till." 

To  iuch  a  height  did  these  abominationi  pi«> 
ceed,  and  so  notorious  were  thej,  that  the  pabUe 
abhorrence  found  utterance  even  in  the  UMfi 
paloco  :  some  unknown  hand  (but  anpiKMMd  toH 


8.T.  }ciiK4,*6l.] 


NOTES  ANB  QUERIES. 


453 


Fobn  Peyton's)  liftving  written  and  depo«ite«l 
bllowing  lines  in  James's  chamber  :  — 

"  Anla  profana,  reli^'otie  vana, 
Spreta  uxor*  Gr!"^"-"''*  •"^i'^" 
Iiege  Aublata,  p< 
Tolle  hberlalefij.  ■, 

IDacaa  apadouom 
et 
Supenuti  N«n>oein." 


C.  R.  H. 


LONOEVrty  OF  CLERGYMEN. 

cl  me  add  a  few  more  instances,  which,  though 
ktnewhat  ancient  date,  are  sufficiently  authen- 
,ed  tt»  APptftr  worthy  of  record. 

Right  Illv.  John  Leslie,  DJ).,  socceaaively 
np  of  the  Isles  in  Scotland,  and  of  Raphoc 
Ulogher  in  Ireland,  born  Oct.  14,  1571,  in 
rdeenshire  ;  eldest  »on  of  George  Leslie  of 
hie,  by  Margery,  daughter  of  Patrick  Leslie 
incragie,  and  a  cadet  of  the  ancient  baronial 
ly  of  Balquhaln  in  that  county;  A.M.  of 
t^ecD,  and  thence  Bubaequently  incorporated 
I.  of  the  Univcrettjr  of  Oxford. '  After  a  lonji 
leocc  on  tlie  continent,  in  Spain,  ludy,  Ger- 
y,  aod  France,  be  was  on  bis  return  home, 
r  an  absence  of  twenty-two  years,  presented 
be  Rectory  of  St.  Martln-le-Vintry  in  London, 
ib.  preferment  he  resigned  in  Sept.  16'28  ;  no- 
ated  to  the  bishopric  of  the  Isles  in  Scotland 
/lug.  17,  1628,  by  King  Charles  I,,  and  pro- 
[y  consecrated  to  that  see  in  the  month  of 
tember  foUowinc.  In  1633  he  was  translated 
he  bishopric  of  Ilaphoe  pursuant  to  the  kind's 
er  of  Aj)ril  8,  confirmed  on  June  1,  and  ob- 
led  a  writ  of  restitution  of  the  temporalities  of 

we  on  the  5th  of  that  month.  He  also  re- 
'ed  l»'Hi?rs  of  denization  on  June  1,  1633,  and 

admitted  a  member  of  the  Privy  Council  in 
and  in  the  same  year.  After  enduring  much 
i^rin^  during  the  great  Rebellion,  includinjr 
siege  of  his  castle  at  Rapboe,  be  was  rewarded 
bia  loyalty  at  the  Restoration,  being  presented 
the  deanery  of  Rapboe  on  Feb.  9,  1661.  with 
laae  to  bold  it  in  commendam  with  the  bishopric, 
ich  he  «]iti  till  autumn  following.  Trans- 
jrl  to  the  ace  of  Clogher  by  patents  of  June  17 
I  27,  16G1,  and  died  in  Sept.  1671,  in  the  hun- 
tdth  year  of  bis  age,  and  forty-fourth  of  his 
scopatc,  at  bit  seat  of  Glasslougb,  Castle  Leslie, 
the  county  of  Monughiui.  His  remains  were 
erred  in  St.  Solvator'is  church  there,  which  had 
m  erected  by  hims«lf,  and  made  the  parish 
iroh  of  GluBslough  by  Act  of  Parlianient.  The 
ate  of  tblseontenarian  bisbop*  is  still  possessed 

his  liue.nl  male  descendant, and  bis  gceat-grcat- 

*  Who  "  waj  probaljly  the  aneUnUit  titiliajt  in  tlt« 
though  ho  bad  certainly  not  b««?n  "  nl><rve  ,fi/ty 
I  that  liigh  onisr." 


ffrandaon,  John  Leslie,  was  successively  Bishop  of 
Droraore  and  Elpbin  in  the  nreseni  century. 

2.  Right  Rev.  Murdo  McKcnzie,  D.D.,  suc- 
cessively Bishop  of  Moray  and  of  Orkney  and  Zetr 
land,  died  at  bis  episcopal  palace  at  Kirkwall  in 
Feb.  1688,  "being  near  a  hundred  Tears  old,  and 
yet  enjoyed  the  perfect  use  of  all  bis  faculties 
until  the  very  laat."  (Keith's  Scottish  Bishops,  ^. 
228.)  Thia,  however,  is  evidently  a  mistake,  as  it 
15  stated  at  p.  152  of  t^e  sume  work,  that  he  was 
born  in  the  year  1600;  descended  from  a  vounffer 
branch  of  the  house  of  Gairloch  in  Rosshire,  bis 
direct  ancestor,  Alexander  (apparently  grand- 
father), having  been  third  son  of  John,  second 
Baron  of  Gairloch,  who  died  in  1550,  by  Agnes, 
only  daughter  of  James  Fraaer  of  Foyera  in  the 
same  county.  , 

The  following  data  cf  tbia  venerable  prelate  s 
ecclesiastical  cweer,  taken  from  my  SIS.  Fasti 
Eccleaia  Scoticana,  may  prove  interesting:— A.M. 
of  King's  College  and  University  of  Aberdeen, 
1616;  received  episcopal  ordination,  it  is  said, 
from  Bishop  Maxwell  ot  Rosis.  But  I  would  place 
it  at  an  earlier  data^  probably  about  16-24,  as  that 
bishop  was  not  consecrated  till  1633,  and  Mr. 
McKenzie  is  recorded  to  have  beeu  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  bia  death  in  the  battle  of 
Luizcn  in  Saxony). 

On  bis  return  to  his  native  land,  be  was  made 
Par-on  of  Contin,  a  parish  in  Rosshire,  the  exact 
year  I  have  not  ascertained,  but  it  must  have 
been  between  1633  and  1638.  as  he  was  a  member 
of  the  famous  Glasgow  Assembly  (which  met^on 
Nov.  21,  1638,  and  abolished  the  Estoblished 
Church  of  Scotland),  apfjearing  on  the  roll  ma  one 
of  tb«  clerical  representative*  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Dingwall.  Translated  from  Contin  to  Inver- 
ness, in  1640,  as  first  minister  of  the  collegiate 
charge  of  that  town  and  parish.  Admitted  to  the 
tirst^chargc  of  the  town  and  parish  of  Elgin 
April  17,  1645,  and  retained  that  living  after  his 
elevation  to  the  episcopate,  having  bis  residence 
there  at  the  seat  of  the  cathedral  and  chapter  of 
the  diocese  of  Moray,  his  successor  as  Parson  of 
Elgin  not  having  been  appointed  till  July,  1682. 
Fo'r  nearly  twenty-four  years  it  is,  therefore,  evi- 
dent that  he  conformed  to  Prcsbyterianism ;  and 
even  at  Christmas,  1659.  be  is  said  to  have  been  so 
zealous  ft  Covenanter  and  "  precisian,"  as  to  have 
opposc-il  the  keeping  of  ftU  holy  days  at  Elgin,  and 
to  h»vc  scorched  the  houses  in  that  town  for  any 
"  Yule  geese,"  as  being  superslitious  ! 

On  the  re-establishment  of  episcopacy  by  King 
Charles  II.,  the  Parson  of  Elgin,  however,  readily 
complied  wJth  the  new  order  of  things  in  Church 
and  SlnU; ;  although,  after  all,  it  was  only  a  r:-*^™ 
to  tbejtame  forniof  cbuccU^w««v».«^^"^^>^'*^^^^°*=- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


iBF^S.Y.Jvni.'H. 


had  been  originallyeducatcd  and  ordained.  He  was 
nominated  to  the  binhopric  of  Moray  by  royal  letters 
patent  January  18,  1G62,  and  consecrated  to  that 
see  on  May  7,  following  in  the  abbey  church  of 
Uolyrood  Palace,  at  Edinburgh  (together  with  five 
other  bishops  elect),  by  the  Arcnbishop  of  St. 
Andrews,  primate  and  metropolitan,  assiated  by 
the  Archbiahop  of  Glasf;ow,  and  the  Bishop  of 
GallowaT.  The  form  used  was  that  in  the  Eng- 
lish Ordinal,  and  the  evisceration  sermon  was 
g-eached  by  the  Ker.  James  Gordon,  Parson  of 
rumblade  in  Aberdeenshire.  Bishop  McKen- 
zie's  signature  to  documents,  still  in  existence, 
was,  as  Bishop  of  Moray,  "Murdo.  Morauien.," 
and  abo  "Murdo,  B.  ofMorray."  And  after  an 
episcopate  tliurc  of  nearly  fifteen  years,  he  was 
translated  to  the  more  wealthy  bidlionric  of  Ork- 
ney nnd  Zetland  on  Feb.  14,  1677,  wnich  he  held 
for  about  eleven  years,  dying  in  the  eighty-ninth 
year  of  his  age,  and  twenty-sixth  of  his  episco- 
pate. 

S.  RcT.  Colin  McKcnzie,  minister  of  the  parish 
of  Foddcrty,  in  Kosshire,  Scotland,  was  ordnincd, 
and  admitted  there  on  August  28, 1735  ;  and  died 
on  March  8,  1801,  in  the  nincty-fifUi  vcar^f  his 
aj;e,  and  sixty-sixth  nf  hi»  ministry  there.  His 
widow,  Mary,  married  to  him  on  Feb.  23,  1754, 
survived  till  182H;  and  iiioir  grandson  is  the  pre- 
sent proprietor  of  the  estate  of  Glack,  in  Alierdeen- 
shire.  A.  S.  A. 


The  following  instance  of  longevity  in  a  clergy- 
man, and  of  lengthened  tenure  of  a  living,  deserves 
a  permanent  record  in  your  columns :  — 

"At  the  Dioccwia  liefjistry,  uiiTuKsdAV,  the  Bishop  of 
Manchester  duly  admittiMl  n'ml  instituted  the  YvnRniblo 
Robert  Moslcy  M.ister,  M.A.,  Arrhdearon  of  Mnnchoster, 
to  the  rectory  and  viraraf^c  nr  the  parish  rhurrh  of  Cros- 
ton,  vacant  by  the  death  of  tho  arclidcacon'ii  fatlier,  the 
Rev.  Streyns'ham  Master,  M.A.,  who  diitd  January  liith, 
18G4,  aged  99  years,  having  held  t)ic  living  sixty-six 
years." —  From  the  Manchesttt-  Guanliun,  Thumdar,  Feb. 
11,  18G4. 

The  Rev.  Strcynsham  Miuitcr,  M.A.,  was  Rec- 
tor of  Croston,  Tarleton,  and  Hosketh  with  Bec- 
eonsall.  He  wsw  instituted  to  tho  rectory  of 
Croston  in  17f»8,  tn  Turleton  in  1834,  and  to 
Hesketh  with  Becconsall  in  1814.  Tlie  annual 
value  of  these  rectories,  each  of  which  has  a  house 
of  residence,  is,  according  to  the  Clergy  List — 
Croston,  lOJO/. ;  Tarleton,  800/.;  llesketh  with 
Becconsall,  27.'5/.  Three  clcrgynion  have  been  in- 
stituted to  these  rectories  ;  and  it  is  deserving  of 
note  thai  the  benefices  are  severally  styled  the 
rectory  and  vicarage  of  tlie  parish  church  of 
Croston,  the  rectory  and  vicarage  of  the  parish 
church  of  Tarleton,  and  the  rectory  and  vicjinurc 
of  Hesketh  with  Beccnnsall.  The  three  rectories 
are  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Freston. 

GuXJULMUS. 


MISQUOTATIONS  BY  GREAT  AUTHORITia 
It  is  not  a  hundred  years  since  Loed  LTTTEi.Tn!i. 
in  your  columns,  saw  just  occaaion  to  rernari^  n 
the  himcnUble  want  of  knowledge,  now  so  cc* 
stantly  displayed,  of  those  masterpieces  of  En^. 
lish  literature  which  forty  yeaw  ago,  as  a  geoenl 
rule,  were  thorortghly  familiar  to  every  edocanl 
gentleman ;  and  £arl  Russell,  in  all  prohabiEtj. 
struck  by  the  some  fact,  huH  within  the  last  «ci 
been  haranguing  in  the  presence  of  the  Priaeea 
Wales  on  the  propriety  of  compelling  the  hdi 
of  our  public  schools  to  make  their  pupils  as  in- 
mate with  the  masterpieces  of  Shakspeare,  XT- 
ton,  and  Dryden,  ari  they  are  presumed  to  be«si 
the  writings  of  Homer,  Virgil,   Mid  Hence  ! 
am  delighted  to  find  that  these  two  diatingiiiibi 
noblemen  have  .spoken  out  on  the  .nubject,  fbrdi 
ignorance  which   has    been    observed    by  tb 
among  the  younger  ranks  of  our  geatlemet  <k 
live  at  home  at  ease,  is  now  beginning  to  btv> 
eeptible  in  our  rising  generation  of  public  litss 
instructors.     A  very  remarkable  instance  lur 
currcd  quite  recently  in  the  pafi^s  of  two  of « 
most    respected  conteinpnrariea,    and    sia^iuiit 
enough  with  regard  to  the  same   line  of  poetn! 
In  the  Edinburgh  Review  (p.  333,  April,  19&tl 
and  in  The  Athenteum  (May  21,    1864),  we  led 
quoted  — 
"From  Marlborough's  eyes  the  streams  of  dotip&w;' 

the  former  calling  it  •'  Pone's  well-knovs  fiBft" 
and  the  latter  *'  Pope's  line !  "  Did  cither  of  tk-<i 
gentlemen  rellcct  cm  the  other  half  of  tie  coup- 
let— 

"And  Swift  expires  a  driveller  and  a  shor.'' 

and  think  it  possible  that,  even  if  Fope  had  tc- 
vived  Swift,  which  he  did  not,  he  could  s:*- 
made  such  an  allusion  to  the  suflerings  of  itf< 
his  glorious  group  of  friends  ?  Perha|M  theei^ 
mistook  the  word  '* swift"  for  an  adjective. 

To  make  ainentLs  however,  to  Samuel  Jobvt 
for  robbing  liim  of  this  striking  couplet,  tlk> 
viewer  gives  him  credit  for  a  precocity  in  proved 
such  as  Boswell  would  have  frloriecl  to  record. 
After  relating  tlie  anecdote  of  Dryden  asUnf 
Jiolingbroke  to  protect  him  from  the  rudeiie«>  </. 
Jacob  Tonson,  he  adds :  — 

"Johnson  must  have  liad  a  pttculiar  pIcaimrB  in  telliif 
the  story,  for  tiiis  wns  tlic  selfaame  Tonaon  whom  br 
beat,  or  (as  Boni(!s.iid)  knocked  down  with  a  folic^  for  im- 
IK-rtinencc."— A'l/in.  ItAiew,  Oct.  1863,  p.  407. 

Now,  considering  that  both  the  Jacob  Tonioni 
whom  Dryden  knew  were  dead  in  I72J,  while 
Johnson  was  still  a  schoolboy  at  Stourbridge,  it 
is  clear  that  this  chastisement  must  have  beoi 
bestowed  on  the  occasion  of  his  mother  takiif 
him  up  to  London  to  be  "touched"  for  the  evil; 
so  that  the  celebrated  treadingon  the  dock  wai 
not  his  first  act  of  violence.  V^e  mmj 
that  the  quarrel  must  have  ariMn  OBt  of 


^  &  V.  JmiB  4,  '04] 


NOTES  AND  QIJEBIES. 


U6 


le  trnnsflction  between  old  Michael  Johnson 
(1  the  Totkson:?,  who  mu3t  hare  been  his  London 
Its!     We  arc  told  that  Johnson  h^d  a  con* 
»d,  ln»t  solemn,  recollection  of  Quei-n  Anne  oa 
tliumonds,  and  a  Ion       '     '    '.uod;  but 
1  ha  had  forgotten  :i>  :  appear- 

It  bookseller !     it  Moui.i  bo  curious 
Id  be  proved  that  Jacob  owed  the 
cond  left  leg  to  this  rencontre 
.'id! 
...  >  y.,,.:hcal  I  read  some  time  ago  that 
7uvt>  waa  ibe  bookseller  whom  he  knocked  down, 
iVi,.  C.-'it  w  1^  Mi'rformed  with  a  "volume 
ly"     This  is  peculiarly 
because  Cave  waa  dexid 
ionary  was  published,  and  thore- 
:  weapon  was  forged  which  felled 
L,  but  niMi  LiGcause  Cave  must  have  been  par- 
larlr  dithcult  to  knock  down,  as  Johnson  bira- 
M  he  was  a  "man  of  large  stature,  not 
•ut  bulkj,  and  of  remurkable  strength 

ler  all,  it  h  Osborne,  the  real  Simon 

L-,   liie  genuine  kHock-doum-ee^  who  has  ino5t 

kuee  to  complain  of  these  mits-stateraents.     Tun- 

>n  and  Citve  have  other  claims  which  Hecure  them 

>m  beiiij^  forgotten,  but  Osborne's  Ao/f  chance 

remembrance  is  t'         ''     y  fnot  of  hia  having 

jen  felled  by  the  1'-  r! 

I  must  nlfo  take  i.ii    .j.f.ii  unity  of  defendinfr 

jfobn^ou  against  a  recent  leader  in  The  Timet^  in 

t\\\v\i  In-  «  .-i  stated  to  have  called  Goldsmith  an 

The  expression  Is  particularly 

,  und  would  have  come  with  pecu- 

Ittr  bad  grace  from  the  author  of  "nullum  quod 

jti^jit  non  ornuvit."     It  is  unneceB<sary  to  aay  that 

le  phrase,  or  something  identical  with  it,  ocuurs 

»ore  than  once  in  the  correspondence  of  Horace 

■''alpole.  CiiiTTRi.Ditooa. 


Chuficinp:  to  re:i<|  again  Macanlpv'*  niojiTapby, 


I  would  turn  to  Nr 

|||o  •'ee  whut  I  slioulW 

i«MiiA«tto  nothing  about  tli 

Toulniin,  gave  a  m- 

lutiroly  on  the  hisL-.  . 

hi'b  name  is  not 


rv  4)f  the 
himself 
'••;'   hi« 


ivlio 


pn  ^' '  hi'b  name  is  not   mentioned.     We 

*'!"■'  Kridllv*  li'ii  \  ftt  the  Kcstxjration, 

:  but  not  u  word  of 
[i"  of  hia,  church, 
l»'»t  u|i  fof  twelre  years.  Wlien  it  i» 
rentionoil  Hirtr  it  "wtjcmii"  somo  Baptists  were 
^   f^t;    I  my,  the  Instanoe  is  not 

jiven  wu;  .m   ,jf  yne.     And   when, 

iu  the  last   |);u  u-i  aph,  we  are  told  that  Mr.  Gos- 
lold  was  buried   in  Buuhill  Fields,  he  may,  for 
■Mhi  we  Icai'ti,  baro  beeo  the  last  BaplUl  who 


This  omission  is  of  coarse  in« 


was  carried  there, 
tentlonal. 

I  9U3p«ct  that  Granger  waa  the  first,  or  amon^ 
the  first,  who  dared  give  Bunyun  some  of  bis  duo 
in  print ;  which  Cl.>^■  :  '  '  not  do,  for,  when  he 

gave  the  due,  he  <liu  ■  the  name.     Gran- 

ger speaks  of  the  hui^iuns  Progress  as  ''one  of 
the  most  popular,  and,  I  may  add,  one  of  the  most 
ingenious  books  in  the  English  language."  "Aj 
this  opinion  may  be  deemed  paradoxical,"  he  will 
venture  to  name  two  persons  of  eminence:  one« 
the  late  Mr.  Merrick,  of  Reading,  who  was  heard' 
to  say  in  conversation  that  Buuyan's  invention 
W.1S  like  that  of  Homer ;  the  other,  Dr.  Roberta, 
Fellow  of  Ktou  College.  Honour  to  Merrick  and 
Boberts,  I  say;  and  to  Granger  aiao  and  Uke- 
wiae. 

In  the  Biograpkia  Britatmica  (1748),  in  the 
page  less  three  lines  which  is  given  to  Bunyan.  he 
lift  called  the  "  celebrated  author  of  the  Pilgrim't 
Progress  (a)."  And  (a)  tells  us  to  see  the  remark, 
(F)  :  but  there  is  no  remark  (F) ;  the  last  is  (E)l 
This  I  take  to  mean  that  the  contributor  chose  to 
say  what  the  editor  dared  not  admit ;  and  that 
the  side-reference  waa  forgotten.  There  Is  no 
other  mention  of  the  Pilf^rim's  Progress,  nor  of 
any  works  of  Bunyan,  except  as  colleeted  in  twft' 
folios,  the  contents  of  which  are  wholly  nnsjM* 
cified. 

In  Kippis's  edition,  two  pages  less  two  lines  ara 
added ;  Granger  is  (juoted,  the  works  are  enu- 
merated, lUid  praiae  is  given,  »,  e.  Granger's  praise* 
Nay,  more  :  "'  he  was  certainly  a  man  of  ^euiu^ 
and  might  have  made  a  great  ugure  in  the  literary 
worKl,  if  he  had  received  the  advantages^  of  4^ 
liberal  education."  The  writer,  not  Kippis  himselt 
reversed  a  fable  :  o  dying  ass  threw  up  his  beelt 
at  a  growing  lion,  Kippis  thinks  it  necessary  to 
(lualiiy  a  little:  be  does  not  think,  as  Granger 
ilid,tbat  Bunyan  could  have  risen  to  a  production 
worthy  of  Spaiieer.  He  agrees  with  Lord  Kaimes 
that  the  secret  of  Pilgrim  a  Progress  and  liobinm 
son  Cnisite,  great  favourites  of  the  vulgar,  is  the 
proper  mixture  of  the  dramatic  and  narrative. 
This,  he  says,  is  "  extremely  suitable  to  men  who 
have  uot  learned  to  abstract  and  generalize  their 
ideas."  How  he  would  stare  if  he  saw  the  present 
state  of  things,  in  which  a  vety  moderate  power 
of  dramatic  narrative  —  far  below  that  of  Scott, , 
or  Dickens,  or  Thackeray  —  will  set  four-fifths  of 
the  abstracters  and  generalizers  reading  a  second- 
rate  novel.  1 

A  collection  of  mentions  of  Bunyan  In  thtf^] 
time  preceding  his  establishment  a^^  an  English 
classic — the  time  when,  as  Granger  says,  his 
works  were  printed  on  tobacco  paper  —  would 
be  an  excellent  contribution.  ^Jeither  •*  Bun- 
yan" nor  *■' Pilgrims  Pntgrens"  occurs  iu  the 
index  to  the  work  of  L^aac  Disraeli,  whic:H  work, 
&8  hia  •ou  truly  otioefve&t  t\ai  \iaA.  \Q»s3«k.  **>  ^s!» 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


fa^AV. 


with  filling  the  readinp-roora  of  the  British  Mu- 
seum. The  omlsition  just  mentioneii  is  precisely 
the  consequence  and  the  proof  of  ilic  paucity  of 
ninterials.  It  was  not  DisraeliV  afruir  to  uiunufac- 
ture  curiosities  out  of  what  b(i  found  in  original 
writers,  but  to  ust!  the  materials  which  had  col- 
lected about  thetn.  The  curiosities  of  literature, 
as  he  turned  them  out,  are  the  highest  forms  of 
the  Ana ,-  and  we  may  safely  conclude  that  in 
1790-1810  no  Bunyaniana  were  extant  in  the 
posaible  sources  of  literary  history. 

A.  Db  Moboan. 


An  old  Joks  bbvivkd. — A  few  years  back  a 
tourist  contributed  a  paper  on  the  "  Goldiinilh 
Country "  to  the  Eclectic  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  hira  only  halfway.  It  i«  an  old  joke  given 
in  the  Walpoliana,  in  these  terms  :  — 

"AYenGtikD  trying  to  niouot  a  horse,  prayed  to  Our 
Lady  to  Msist  htm.  He  tboti  made  a  vif^nmii  Hprin;;, 
and  fell  on  t'other  sidci  Getting  u|>,  and  wiping;  tiis 
clothea,  be  said,  *  Our  Lidjt  ha*  a»$i*ttiU  mr  tuo  mtuh.' ''  — 
Vol.  ii.  p.  70, 

This  is  probably  from  some  much  older  book  of 
jests.  O.  T.  D. 

KuiGs !  —  In  the  neighbourhood  of  Notting- 
ham, and  elsewhere  for  what  I  know,  the  exciuma- 
tion  "  Kinga  I  "  is  used  by  children  at  play  when 
a  sudden  cessation  is  wanted  apart  from  the  regu- 
lar intervals.  Unusual  confidence  and  honesty 
an  shown  by  both  sides  on  such  an  occasion.  (See 
"  Barley."  3'<»  S.  ▼.  358.)  S.  F.  Crkswkix. 

Durham  SchooL 

DiGBT  PcDiOBKB. — A  mistake  occurs  in  Ni- 
obola's  History  of  Leicesterxhire  which  ought  to  be 
corrected  in  your  pages.  In  the  Digby  Pedigree 
(vol.  iii.  p.  473)  it  is  ntuted  that  Katharine,  daughter 
of  Sir  Everard  Digby,  the  great-grandfuthcr  of  tbe 
gunpowder  conspirator,  married  "Anthony  Meers, 
of  Kinton,  co.  Line."  The  lady  really  n>nrried 
Anthony  Moeres,of  Kirton  in  Hoihind,  co.  Lincoln. 
Thin  is,  of  course,  a  mere  misprint,  but  such  errors 
oft^in  lead  to  much  inconvenience.  The  Digby 
Pedigree  in  Lipscomb's  Uht.  o/  Buckinghamshirr, 
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 
ia  Lindsey  or  Kirton  in  Holland  bo  the  place 
meant.  Ihcre  ii  another  singuloi*  misprint  in 
Nii-hols's  r>igby  iViligrfC,  but  1  iim  unable  to  set 

it  right.     We  aro  llicre  told  •'  ■•  ^■' =  i>;..i... 

of  Drysloke,  father  nf  llic 

"  Mary  d,  of  Francis  Nete.  ui  i.._,  v.... ,,. .;, 

liv.  10.'l4."     It  cannot  rcallv  be  u  fact  that  this 
lodv  Iivi-<1  tft  tic  121  M'nn  w  age,  Grimk. 


Canons  i-«  transla: 
mis"  by  Du  Can,:;-, 
ducta  stola  quondam  n 
ad  talos  fere  diinissa."  [  < 
occurs  in  Sparrow'a  < 
Peck's  Detia.     Curios/: 
tun's  Lites  of  the  Fumi  . 
tutions  of  Bourchier,  a  u 
"Toduate  to  wear   '*  caftutiuox  . 
liripipio  brevi,  more  pnelatomn 
nee  utaturliripipiis  aut  typpet*  a 
circa  collum,"  §  2.    Abp.  Scrmiford 
hates  "caputiacu'.i  '  -c  |c 

The  anonymous 

by  Camden  almo^  .rii 

"  liripipes,  or  tip,  s 

and,  hanging  dowfi  .,1.^.    ,i    ...  u  tnl 
appears  to  designate  a  stule.  whil 
primates  connect  it  with   a  bood; 
no  doubt  is  the  true  ineanin<j  of 
appears  in  theStatutt's  uf  Katisbon« '. 
learned   Mayer  explains   it   |o   be 
cleri  peplum  vulgi)  toflT,"  vrttm    by 
canons  of  collegiate  churches  \\\i.  46.] 
Mackbkzib  £.  C.  WAr.coi*r,  IkL 

La«oi!  CajmoH.  —  This  Ls  no  n«w 
interest;    far   Walpole,    writlog    tu 
Mann,  Oct.  14,  1746,  says  :  — 

"They  tell  V  ad  f^f 

pounders,  ami  .  by  | 

thuir  csnnon ',   -i' !>■.■>    i.i  mr-   n    ,-. 
war  witli  ■  nation  vrtui  have  a  ma! 
hcAtiitg  you  ;  or  else  it  if  a  still 
you  cannot  have  as  largo  c»&i»oti  as  tli« 

Poets*  Corner. 

A  Rkuc  op  SnAKsrRAmi. — In  the 

gentleman  residing  in  this  low.- 
cellaret,  the  key  of  which  had  L.      . 
years,  twenty-nine  bits  of  wood,  < 
On  being  carefully  united,  ihe 
small  writing  case.     The  lid  is 
berry  leaves  and  fruit :  ac«alnd 
has  on  it  the  Sha/. 
the  ShaJupcare  arii 
the  duger  wouhl  Ij'- 
boos,  carved  into  a  ru<i> 
ford  bust.     Can  thi-  ' 
tured  by  the  ingi-i 

punli.iM.'il     tlii>     ": 

U-  i.  ■■■',■    ,  • 

Fr.^  :       :    ,  t:.    .  .    ,., 

•esses  also  a  tobh  r,  wluolk 

rude  carving  of  tij. 


(Iav«ilutlw«i« 


JuuN  ifAvm 


^'-■^•™' 


S  AND  QUEIUES. 


Oueriftf. 

cALT-Kn  SkeIaKts.  —  In  the  account  of 
iu'  the  monastery  of  Croyland  after  the 
-«  tn  1091,  Ingulf  tcUa  as  (p.  101)  thiit  a  small 
ll-tower  was  built  in  the  place  of  the  old  tower 
f  the  church,  in  which  two  tkellett  were  placed : — 
•  Pro  vetere  turri  Eccletie  homile  campanile, 
■  '■ttas,  quns  Ferjjus  rorarius  de  Sancto  Bot. 
itulerat,  iniponentes." 
Vv  n:u  sort  of  bells  could  these  be  ?  Du  Cange, 
\ub  peer  "  skdla,"  suys  this  was  a  small  bell,  the 
tquilla  of  the  Italiana.  Im  there  any  affinity  be- 
ecn  this  word  nnd  skillet,  the  name  of  a  small 
pot  J*  *  Wiis  FergTis  the  eerarius  the  trea- 
;  or  Bi'mply  o  worker  in  brass  P  In  the  former 
St.  liot.  would  reJer  probably  to  n  church 
rSt,  Uiitolph  ;  in  the  latter,  to  the  town  of  Bos- 
Ion,  in  Lincolnshire,  the  Latinijsed  name  of  which 
r«s  "  0|)piduni  Sancti  Botolphi."  Perhaps  some 
Deal  antiquary  can  assist  us.  A.  A. 

I'octs'  Corner. 

IhjTTBJiT  Familt. — InfoiTDBtJon  conceminp  the 
tarly  hi.story  of  this  fattiily  is  desired.  The  name 
»ccur8  in  Speed,  p.  1093  :  "The  rebels  in  Corn- 
^jUI,  in  favour  of  the  revival  of  monasteries,  were 
bujjbt  by  Sir  John  Hussell,  Lord  Privy  Seal,  ap- 
)oii)tcd  General  of  the  King's  army."  (Ed  wan!  VJ.) 
'  Lortl  Russell  feJl  back  on  ifoniton,  where  ho  was 
.*  '  '  V  the  Lord  Grey  de  Wilton,  havinrr  in 
li  I™,  «n  Italian  captain,  with  three  hun- 

KKm]  MiMt.'  (Speed,  p.  lOyj.)  "  Wrljfht,  Peacocke, 
N'cathcrell,  and  Bultry  were  worthily  executed  at 
Xork,  2l8t  Sept.  following  (1549).  Holinshed's 
iChroniclei." 

1  possess  n  copy  of  "  Atih  Persii  Flacci  Satyrce 
Bex,  cum  postlmmiis  comincnlnriift  Jonnnts  Bond. 
L<ondini,  oxciidi.'bat  Felix  Kinptonius  :  impenstis 
[rulielnii  Aspley  ct  Nnthnniclis  Buttery,  1614." 
t>oes  the  name  of  Buttery  occur  in  tliis  form  in 
yay  other  book  ? 

In  the  Houne  of  Lorih'  JtmnuiW  Index,  p.  329ft, 
Buttery  defendant  in  a  Writ  of  Error,  wherein 
JJlwicowe  is  plaintiff;  23rd  Charles  I.,  1647.  Mr. 
Justice  Bucon  brought  into  the  Ilimse  Writs  of 

Kr,  videlicet.  No.  10.  Blcncowe  e.  Buttery.  Can 
if  your  readers  give  me  a  reference  to  the 
d  of  thin  suit  ? 
lore  is  a  slab  in  the  chancel  of  St'.  Ann's 
rhurdi,  Siilton-BoninRtan.  Leicestershire,  under 
Ihc  eusl  window,  ioiroedi.itcly  beneath  the  com- 
jjiunion  taMc,  with  this  inscription:  "Gulielmus 
puttery  (natus,^  1696),  obit  22  die  Septembris, 
1782,  «tatis  86,"  ^  A  monument,  also  in  the  chan- 
cel, of  a  knight  in  diain  armour  refers  to  the 
Pullery  family.     Where  cut  I  find  a  description 

'      ■■  '         "  ■  l>ell  for  a 


cUui 


iHwoti.— iio.] 


rf  «,iisnany 
.li  of  Ifordt, 


of  this  monument?  References  to  witrks  in  the 
British  Museum  library,  or  tho  Public  Kecord 
Office,  communicated  through  your  columns  or 
personally,  will  oblige  Axbert  Butteby. 

Court  of  Chonc«ry. 

C01.0SSDS  or  Khosks.  —  Can  any  of  your  and* 
quarian  readers  refer  me  to  any  published  copy  oL 
that  "seventh  wonder"  of  the  old  world,  t.  e.  tbf] 
Colossus  of  Rhodes  ?     I  have  some  faint  imprca* 
sion  that  in  my  boyhood  I  saw  a  print  represent- 
ing it,  but  cannot  cull  to  mind  in  what  work  iij 
was.  C.  T.  Coa^sn. 

Cbancelin  :  Arms  of  Pbihce  Albkkt. — Bou- 
ton  (iVoHreau  Traite  deBUuon,  p.  191)  blaxons  the 
coat  thus: — "Les  dues  de  Saxe  portent;  fasc4i 
d'or  et  de  sable  de  huit  pieces,  au  crancelin  de 
sinople  mis  en  bande  surtout."  Berry  calls  it  a 
bend  embowed  treflce.  Tho  general  account  of 
the  bearing  is  that  it  is  a  crown  of  rue.  Can  any 
reader  refer  me  to  a  correct  definition  of  the  word 
crancelin^  and  aluo  to  the  legend  or  tradition  of  the , 
crown  of  rue?  A.  A, 

Db   BuBGu's    "  HiBERNIA    DoMIJnCANA," — " 

most  interesting  copy  [of  the  very  rare  Supple*! 
ment  to  this  work],  interleaved  with  nuraeruut] 
manuscript  additions  by  [the  author]  the  [Romaiij 
Catholic]  Bishop  of  Ossory,"  was  sold  a  short  time] 
since  by  Messrs.  Solheby,  Wilkinson,  and  Hodg&l 
Can  you  tell  me  by  whom  it  was  purchased,  and  at 
what  price?     I  have  heard,  on  good  authority, 
that  a  copy  was  lately  sold  by  auction  In  an  Irish 
provincial  town  to  one  who  knew  its  worth,  for  the 
sum  of  one  penny !  Abhba. 

The  Golden  Cau. — Any  information  as  to  the 
author,  or  other  particulars,  of  the  following  book 
will  be  very  acceptable  : — ■ 

"The  Golden  C.nlf,  the  Idol  of  Worship.    Iteing  an 
Enquiry  Phi/nco-Criticn- Paihtologico-Moral  into  the  Na*| 
ture  and  EflRcscy  of  Gold  :  Sb««rinif  tho  wonderful  powar] 
it  hat  over,  niiil  the  prodigious  chaogea  it  cause*,  in  thel 
Mindt  of  Men.     With  an  Account  of  the  Wonden  of  thai 
Psvchoplii:  Looking- G la  1$,  Lately  Invented  by  the  Aa«| 
thnr,  ,1011(11111  PhiUnder,  M.A.     Conaniuit  meliuM  qui  prw] 
eipit  tit  fueiat  rem  ;    Sipottii  recti,  verum  quoeunmie  mftdo 
rem.    Hor.    London:  Printed  for  M.  Cooper,  at  tile  G/o&e 
in  Faternotler  Rntc.  MDCCXIJV."    ^vo,  pp.  vii.  and  248. 

The  running  title  is  "  Vitulus  Aureus :  or,  the 
Golden  Cnlf." 

It  is  undoubtedly  a  very  \incoromon  book,  as  I , 
find  no  reference  to  it  in  the  catalogues  of  twenty- 
two  of  the  largest  private  collections,  nor  in  anyl 
of  the  large  bookseller^s  catalogues,  nor  in  onv 
bibliographical  work  with  which  I  am  acquainted,! 
nor  in  the  Britibh  Museum,  or  Bodleian,  or  other] 
public  library. 

A  copy  was  purchased  by  Mr.  H.  G.  Bohn  in 
1847  at  Mr,  Walter  Wil»on's  sale,  and  one  was 
sold  in  Jolly's  collection  in  May,  185.3.  It  Is  not 
improbable  that  mine  is  the  same  copy.  I  have 
been  ut\«b\(t  to  Vxvs^  va^j  t(»^v«EX .  ^*^  ,"Vj«»- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[«»«*8.  V.  Jc«K4,'6i 


Godfrey  op  BouitLow's  Tkee.  —  When  I  was 
at  Constantinople,  I  visited  the  picturesque  villBge 
and  environs  of  Buyukdcrc,  on  the  north  shore 
of  the  Bosphorus.  In  u  meadow  west  of  the 
villarrc  my  dragoman  ]>ointud  out  an  onormousi 
plane  tree,  umlcrr  which  he  stated  Godfrey  of 
Bouillon  pitched  his  jiavilion  when  the  armjr  of 
the  Crusaders  was  encam]wd  in  that  neic^libour- 
hood  on  their  way  to  Palestine,  in  1097.  How 
much  truth  is  there  in  this  tradition  ?  II.  C. 

J.  G.  Grant,  autlior  uf  Madonna  Pia,  and 
other  poems,  1848.  Cau  any  of  your  readers  frivc 
mo  the  address  of  this  author  ?  Iota. 

George  Hamilton  :  Cai't.  Edwards. — George 
Hamilton,  surgeon  of  the  "  Pandora,"  published — 

"  A  Voyaj^  round  tho  \V<>rlil,  performftd  liy  Oapt. 
Edwanls  in  1790,  1,  ami  i,  with  tho  Dist'ororics  made  in 
tbe  South  flcu,  and  tho  m.iny  dixtrpAscs  experienced  by 
the  Crew,  firom  Shipwreck  and  Famine  in  a  VoyaKO  of 
eleven  hundred  Miles  in  op^n  Doats,  l>etwoon  Endeavour 
StraiU  and  the  Island  of  Timor."  Ikrwick,  8vo,  17U3. 
With  portrait." 

Lowndes  (cd.  Bohn,  987)  mentions  the  work, 
but  erroneously  states  that  the  voyage  was  1790-9. 

I  cannot  find  tho  portrait  noticed  cither  in 
Bromley's  or  Evans's  Catalogue.  I  am  not  sure 
whether  the  portrait  was  that  of  George  Hamilton 
or  Capt.  Edwards.  Information  about  cither  of 
them  is  desired.  S.  Y.  It. 

Moses  T  Harris,  engraver,  and  author  of  The 
Avrelian  and  other  works  on  natural  history,  is 
briefly  mentioned  in  Bryan's  Dictionary  ofPaiiUert 
a$id  Ea/fravem,  but  tlio  date  of  his  death  is  not 
there  given.  I  hope  it  may  be  supplied  by  some 
of  your  correspondents.  He  w.os  probably  living 
in  1782.  See  as  to  him.  Watt's  liibl.  Brit.; 
Lowndes's  Bibl.  Man.  ed.  Bohn,  1003;  Retro- 
tpecHve  Review,  2nd  Ser.  i.  2.*)0;  Bromley's  Cat. 
of  Engraved  Portraits^  388 ;  and  Nichols's  Lit. 
Anted,  viii.  402.  S.  Y.  U. 

The  Miss'Hornecxs. — These  ladies  were  pa- 
trons of  Goldsmith.  One  of  them  became,  I 
believe,  Mrs.  Bunbury.  Tiiere  is  this  year  a  very 
pretty  painting  in  the  Exhibition  at  Edinburgh, 
of  Oliver  reaaing,  in  hi.H  plum-coloured  coat,  to 
these  ladies.  Can  you  give  me,  in  the  first  place,  any 
information  as  to  the  anccHtry  of  these  oeauties  ? 
And  secondly,  whether  the  fine  mezzotint  of  "  Miss 
Homeck  ^  is  the  unmarried  or  married  laily  ? 

J.  in. 

^  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 
authoritiea  than  Pope  smd  Addison  who  mdce 
mention  of  it  P  W.  B.  MacCabe. 

Dinan,  Cotes  da  Nord,  France. 

3fURK  or  Thob's  Uammbb.— In  that  excellent 
work,  the  History^  pf^  Chri»ti<m  Names,  vol.  ii.  p. 
20S,  a  mont^pram  is  given  exactly  like  llie  cwnowi 


heraldic  bearing  colled  the  "  fylfot "  or  *'  gamm- 
dion,"  and  it  is  called  "  the  mark  of  Thor's  liam. 
mer."  What  is  the  authority  for  this  asscrtioL. 
and  what  is  the  derivation  of  the  wonl  "  fylfot  i ' 
The  other  appellation  is  no  doubt  derived  froai 
the  circumstance  that  the  bearing  is  exactly  u  if 
composed  of  four  capital  Greek  letters,  gammoi. 
conjoined  by  the  foot  in  form  of  a  crosi. 

A.  A 
Poets'  Comer. 

NoMrxATiox  OF  Bishops. — In  some  of  the  pap?n 
of  the  day  we  aro  informed  of  Lord  Pulmcriito: 
having  nominated  thirteen  bisbu]i!i,  namely,  Ca&> 
terbury,  York,  London,   Durham,  Carlisle,  LV. 
Gloucester,  and  Bristol,  Norwiuh,  Pcterborou.4, 
Ripon,  Bochester,  and  Worcester.     Such  a  cir- 
cumstance, or  anything  like  it,  wc  arc  told,  ofrt 
minister  nominatmg  nearly  haJf  the  Cnglish  «■ 
scopato,  was  never  before  known  in  the  Churi.' 
£)ngland.     I  have  referred  to  Coxc's  Zi/e  o/i^i. 
ptile,  and  to  Tomline's  and  Giffonrs  lives  o;k- 
Pitt;  but  in  none  of  thcin  do  I  find  any  nosiu; 
the  nomination  of  bi.shops.     Both   Walpole  k: 
Pitt  were  each,  I  think,  lunger  in  ofTice  than  W 
Palincrston.    May  I  ask  any  of  your  reader;  v^i 
have  access  to  books  and  ofHcial  documents,  viuU 
give  information  of  episcopal  nominations,  to  ic- 
form  me  which  of  the  abovc-naracd  ministen  no- 
minated the  greatest  number  of  English  bishft.' 

Fba.  Mswinr. 

Larchfleld,  Darlington. 

OiJ>  pRiWTs. —  Some  years  since,  at  thenieof 
the  curious  and  valuable  prints  which  luil'b^ 
longed  to  the  late  Charles  Kirkpatrick  Shsipt. 
Esq.,  varions  lots  fell  into  my  hand.s  ;  nnd  amnns^ 
these  the  following,  as  to  which  I  should  y 
obliged  by  obtaining  information. 
_  1.  "The  Plymouth  Beautpr."  A  fine  iiieB«- 
tinto  of  a  beautiful  female,  in  a  Fiittin;sf  pvcR 
leaning^  on  her  hand ;  her  elbow  resting  on  a  ML 
There  is  no  engraver's  name. 

2.  "  Mrs.  Sarah  Porter,  Queen  of  the  Toirteft 
at  Tunbridge  Wells."  A  very  fine  uiczzotist>. 
No  engraver's  name ;  but  it  has  the  name  of 
'*  Yander  Smisson  "  as  the  painter.  What  is  * 
**  touter,'*  and  what  is  known  of  the  lady  P 

3.  An  unknown  portrait.  Mezsotinto,  rail] 
oval  kit-kat,  with  these  lines  :  — 

"  lUuc  yEtatis  qoi  tit,  non  invenles  altanim 
Lcpidiorom  ad  omncs  res,  nee  qui  Amicus 
Amico  sit  majoa." — Plautut. 

There  is  neither  painter  nor  engraver's  name 
mentioned. 

^  4.  Mezzotinto  of  a  man  sitting  in  a  chair,  with 
his  hands  clasped  toother,  resting  on  his  knees. 
A  taUe,  with  two  folio  volamei  on  it,  betide  h?n>- 
A  three-quarter  face :  — 

"  H.  pnssiD/;,  Pumf.  J.  Faber,  AeO.   MdbylMK 


8»«p,T.  JnirB4.'«4.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIEa 


**  When  philoMiphic  tiwnefats  engage  the  miad, 
A  serious  brow  and  looks  inteni  w(?  find : 
Not  that  these  looks  the  least  of  doubt  dcvlnre. 
Whilst  certain  truths  have  l>nni*h<'tl  ull  that  caro; 
Thns  Pluto,  Socrate*.  •  '        1-, 

.\j\t\  C.'ito.  calm,  dtf)'  itf." 

5.  "  Jaiiies  Slieppani,  i.i.ut  ....^  executed  Mnrch 
y*  I7*^  17U,  at  Tyburn,  in  y'  18  year  of  his  age." 
Tbifi  is  a  inczzotinto.  SbepparU  has  his  bund  on 
II  letter,  thus  addressed  :   "For  Mr.  Leak,  these." 

Was  there  rqj  apeciol  reoeon  for  the  execution 
of  this  lad,  beyond  his  attachment  to  the  exiled 
family  ?  Is  tbere  any  other  print  of  this  unfor* 
tuaate  boy  ?  J.  M. 

PcmaRER.  —  Would  anyone  t«II  me  what  evi- 
dence is  accepted  as  proof  in  a  pedigree  ? 

K.  R.  C. 

SsAroKTH  axdReat. — I  came  across  an  old  MS. 
Bon<l  of  Friendship  between  the  Lords  Seaforth 
and  Rfny.  dated,  as  I  far  as  I  can  recollect,  1672, 
and  witneased  by  a  number  of  the  Frasers.  Is 
tlilu  bond,  or  the  circumstances  under  which  it 
originated,  mentioned  in  print  uny  where  P 

Sxcma-Tbteta. 

SuAKSPKARIAKA.  — 

'*  1501.  Hagh  Saunders,  or  Shakspeara,  was  Prindpal 
ofSt.  Alban'sHall. 

"  16G6.  .John  Shakespeare,  of  St.  Mary's  Hall,  took  tho 
degree  of  B.A." 

Has  the  rolatlonsbip  of  either  of  the  above  to 
the  immortal  bard  been  osf.ertijined?  They  occur 
in  the  Calalnpte  of  Oxford  Oraeluatet  (Clarendon 
Press,  1851).  H.  M.  L. 

SWCCKSSION    THKOnGH    THE    lIl>THER. — Why  IS 

tuccession  thronjjh  the  mother,  even  in  personalty, 
denied  by  the  Scotch  law  ?  The  greatest  stickler 
for  feudalism  or  Ralicism  surely  cannot  seriously 
advocate  the  ext'lusion  of  relatives  by  the  mother 
from  particlpatintj  in  books,  household,  or  other 
person.il  property.  I  have  heard  of  two  cases 
whore,  through  intestacy,  they  have  been  phut 
out.  One  was  a  particularly  bard  case,  for  the 
deceased  had  made  a  will  tliroufjh  a  lawyer,  but 
ita  execution  was  incomplete,  and  some  of  the 
^  rhcr's  relatives,  who  were  to  have  benefited, 
re  «xcladed,  the  nearest  relative  by  the  father's 
sido  bcinp  declared  the  heir,  though  .a  nearer  by 
the  mother  «xMlcd.  Another  hardship,  and  one 
that  ca^ts  a  slur  u^jou  the  mother's  connections^  is, 
that  when  no  relatives  by  the  father  are  living, 
the  property  poes  to  the  Crown ;  no  doubt  a  very 
pood  administrator,  and  certainly  n  very  just  one, 
for  a  pifl  of  it,  minus  a  fee,  is,  I  Vn^lipvo,  generally 
granted  to  the  uearest  rclativi;'-,  tlioujjb  shut  out 
bj  law.  Fiat  Jcstitia. 

Katuebutb  SmsnoB,  daughter  of  Sir.  Alex. 
Swintoo,  marri'?d  before  ItlSO,  .J.araes  Smithe, 
merchant  in  Edinburgh ;  and  (2ndly),  Francis 
Hepburn  of  Brinstoo.  Wa«  there  any  issue  of 
the  fifbt  nuurlage  ?  SiaMA-TiixTx. 


Jamks  TnouBON.  —  Can  you  give  rae  any  ac- 
count of  this  drumatisl  ?  lie  was  author  of  A 
Sifureic  to  the  Coronation,  a  Farce,  acted  July, 
1821,  at  the  Englinh  Opera  House;  Au  Uncle  too 
Many  ,*  and,  I  believe,  one  or  two  other  pieces* 

Iota. 

Vaxenciemnes,  —  I  am  anxious  to  know  in 
whose  possession  is  the  painting  of  the  Sicce  of 
Valenciennes,  from  which  was  taken  the  large 
engraving  by  Bromley. 

Uabbt  Conobbve,  Lleut.-Col. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  WiLxrason,  rector  of 
Great  Houghton,  in  Northamptonshire,  is  said  to 
have  published  — 

1.  "  Harmonica  ApostolicB ;  or,  the  Mutual  Affreement 
of  St.  Paul  and  St.  Jamea.  Translated  from  the  Latin 
of  Uishap  BulL     Lond.  8vo,  1801. 

2.  "  Milnor's  Ecclesiastical  Ilistor}'  reviewed,  and  the 
Origin  of  Calvinism  considered.  A  Discourse  preached 
at  tlic  Visitation  of  the  Archdeacon  of  Northampton. 
30  Miiy.  1805.     8vo,  1805. 

3.  "  Observations  on  the  Form  of  Ilot-Uoiuas,  ia 
Trans.  Hort.  Soc  i.  161  (1815)." 

Information  respecting  hun  will  oblige 

S.  Y.  R. 

Wtatt. — Can  any  of  the  rca<ler8  of  "  N.  k  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  Lancley, 
near  MacclcsQeld  i  and  her  sister  Elizabeth  Wyatt 
married  a  Mr.  Thorley  ?  C.  U. 


"  Thb  ScHoot  roR  ScASDAL." — Thc  paternity 
of  this  comedy  with  Sheridan  has  from  varioua 
circumstances  been  considered  very  doubtful,  as 
none  but  what  were  regarded  as  surreptitious 
copies  of  it,  chiefly  printed  in  Dublin,  could  be 
procured.  Egertnn,  in  the  Theatrical  Rentem- 
braneer.  Lorn!-  1788,  p.  289,  attributes  it  to 
Slicridan,  and  states  it  to  have  been  noted  at 
Drury  Lane,  1777  :  and  yet  classes  it  with  anony- 
mous' plays  in  1778,  not  acted  at  p.  253:  and 
Bi;ain  at  j».  266  it  is  stigmatized  ai  spurioui, 
thouph  sf Jited  to  have  been  "  acted  by  bis  ma- 
jesty's servants  in  1784."  Mr.  Rogers,  in  hia 
necoUectionx,  1859,  p.  .10,  speaks  of  Mrs.Sheridan, 
mother  of  Richard  Brinsley  Sheridan,  as  author  of 
Sidney  Bidtlulph,  the  best  novel  of  our  age,  and 
adds,  Sheridan  **  denied  having  read  it,  though 
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  ao 
many  irreconcilable  accounts  of  it.  2.  £> 

[Moore,  in  his  Life  of  It.  B.  Sheridan,  edit.  1826.  4to, 
liiH  sftUsfaftorily  settle*!  this  question  in  CLap.  V.  pp.  154 
— 192.    He  says,  "  In  a  late  work,  professing  to  be  the 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'*S.V. /0!ir-4i'64. 


pxprcAsed  an  to  li!i  he'xng  roally  the  author  of  The  School 
for  ScanM,  to  whifh,  except  for  the  purposo  of  exposing 
absurdity,  I  should  not  liavo  thought  it  worth  while  to 
allude.  It  in  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  liis  worst  performances,  to  find 
some  one  in  the  backp;round  to  ease  him  of  the  fame  of 
his  best  Wlien  this  sort  of  charge  is  brought  against  a 
cotemporary,  the  motive  is  intelligible;  but,  such  an 
abstract  pleasure  have  some  persons  in  merel}'  nnaettling 
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  Homer!  Indeed,  if  mankind  were  to  be  in- 
fluencc<l  by  those  Qui  tam  critics,  who  have,  from  time 
U)  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  handi  of  persons  with  whom  the  world  is  but 
little  acquainted.  Aristotle  must  refund  to  one  Ocellus 
Lncanus —Virgil  must  make  a  eu$io  b^norum  in  favour 
of  Pisander — the  Metamorphoie*  of  Ovid  must  be  credited 
to  the  account  of  Purthcnius  of  Nicna,  and  (to  como  to  a 
modem  instance)  Mr.  Sheridan  must,  according  to  his 
biographer.  Dr.  Watkins,  surrender  the  glory  of  having 
written  The  School  for  Scundal  to  a  certain  anonymous 
young  lady,  who  «lied  of  a  consumption  in  Thames 
Street!"  Moore  has  flllod  nearly  thirty  pages  with 
extracts  from  Sheridan's  papers,  consisting  of  rough 
sketches  of  the  plot  and  dialogue,  from  which  it  appears 
that  the  play  "  was  the  slow  result  of  many  and  doubtful 
experiments,  and  that  it  arrived  at  length  step  by  step 
at  perfection."] 

John,  or  Jm*>. — I  should  feel  much  obliged  if 
any  of  your  remlors  couUl  inform  me  of  tlie  origin 
of  the  name  John  being  abbreviated  thus,  Jh<*,  and 
not  Jo",  us  would  be  expected.    A.  E.  Mubeat. 

[The  question  is,  how  comes  It  that  the  o  should  fol- 
low then,  and  not  precede  it?  The  following  explana- 
tion has  been  offered.  In  mediaeval  times  the  name  John 
Johannes)  received  various  modifications ;  one  was  Jan, 
which  prevailed  to  a  certain  extent  in  the  south  of  Eu- 
rope, aa  well  as  in  the  north.  Moreover,  Jan  became 
occasionally  Jano  (Bluteau,  Supplement  to  his  Voeabularjf, 
ii.  83.)  Dropping  the  a,  and  making  the  o  superior,  Jano 
becomes  Jn*.  A  similar  suspension  of  the  final  o  occurs 
in  old  manuscripts  perpetually ;  as  in  i<>  for  illo,  pp«  for 
popnto,  &c. 

Perhaps,  however,  we  may  find  a  better  explanation, 
without  passing  beyond  the  seas.  Our  forefathers  wrote 
Jhon  oftener  than  John ;  and  the  A  in  former  days  fre- 
quently auamed  the  form  of  n.  Jhon,  contracted  into 
Jho.  or  Jh*,  and  writing  the  A  as  »,  becomes  Jno^  or 
Jn« ;  and  this  is  cooaidered  the  more  correct  expUaation.] 

Babohs  or  Hbbbt  IIL:^  Gbktbt  or  Embx. 
^ia  jott  gire  me  ioformation  oa  the  following 


heads?  —1.  Is  there  any  find  what  record  of  the 
Banms  of  Henry  III.'s  reign,  wad  their  detaeod- 
antsP 

2.  Is  there  any  record  or  history  of  the  gentry 
of  Essex  of  the  seventeenth  century  ?      A.  B.  C. 

1.  A  list  of  the  Barons  of  the  rei^  of  Henry  JIT.  will 
be  found  in  Beatson's  Political  Index.  For  particalan 
of  each  family  our  correspondent  will  har*  to  ooasnit  tlu 
different  works  on  Heraldic  and  Genealogical  History-,  br 
Banks,  Edmondson,  Collins,  Ivodge,  Playfair,  Barke,  &e. 

2.  For  notices  of  the  gentry  oX  Essex  daring  the  sev» 
teenth  century,  consult  the  followinf?  hiatoriana  of  the 
county:  Salmon.  Morant,  Mailman,  Tindal,  Ogbone, 
Wright,  and  Suckling.  Also.  Blaeaw's  fine  old  Jlf«pi/ 
Entx^  with  the  coats  of  arms  of  the  principal  nobi% 
emblazoned  in  coIour^  about  ICIO  ;  and  a  curious  Ii«if 
Essex  Royalists  in  A  Trme  Bdation^  or  Catalogue  »(% 
Oentry  that  are  Mnlignanit,  with  the  exact  value  of  ad 
man's  Estate,  both  Koall  and  Peraonall.    4tOk  1643.] 

Sibbbb  :  SienKR  Saitcbs. — ^What  is  the  mesate 
of  the  word  nibherf  What  were  aihber  tana* 
Lord  Chief 'Justico  Coke,  in  summing  np  tk 
evidence  given  on  the  trial  of  Weston,  one  of  tkt 
parties  concerned  with  the  notorious  Mrs.  Tone, 
of  starchiiiaking  celebrity,  in  the  murder  of  Sir 
Thomas  Overbui-y,  thus  instructed  the  jury:— 

"  Albeit  the  poisoning  in  the  indictment  is  said  to  b« 
with  rosalger,  white  arsenick,  and  mercnry  aublianti^  nt 
the  jury  were  not  to  expect  precise  proof  in  tJuc  ttat, 
showing  how  impoxsiblo  it  were  to  convict  a  femxt. 
who  useth  not  to  take  any  witnvasps  to  the  co^migd 
his  libber  eauce* ;  wherefore  he  dpolarol  the  in  is  (ht 
like  case  as  if  a  roan  bi>  indicted  for  munleriigtBar., 
and  it  fall  out  upon  evidence  to  be  done  with  ai««4,«i 
with  a  rapier,  or  with  neither,  but  with  astafl^istka 
case  the  instrument  skilloth  not,  so  that  the  jury  fiadtbc 
murder."— Cobbctt's  State  Trials,  vol.  ii.  p.  924. 

I  have  looked  for  the  word  sibber  in  Johnia 
Walker,  Crabbe,  Ainsworth,  and  other  dicti» 
ariea  fur  the  explanation,  but  to  no  purpia 
Was  sibber  the  mime  of  some  fashionable  luxun^ 
or  sibber  sauce  the  compound  prepared  by  a  Soja 
of  the  seventeenth  century,  whose  fame  has  panei 
away  ?  T.  G. 

[In  Scottish  and  in  old  English,  aUf,  tibb,  or  giUt,  lis- 
nifies  related,  or  near  of  kin.  We  find  also  the  compaia- 
tive  sibber.  It  would  seem,  however,  that  in  speaking 
ironically  of  certain  poisons  as  "  jiMer  satteei,"  the  learned 
lord  meant  "  qweting  sauces,"  i.  e.  sauces  that  quiet  ths 
partaker,  or  settle  him.  Sax.  sibrum,  pacific,  qoietiag; 
siA&um,  to  pacify.] 

Ibdiar  a  KMT. — I  have  nn  Alphabtttical  JJtt  of 
the  Officers  of  the  Madraa  Armv  from  1760  to 
I8S4,'oy  Messrs.  Dodwell  and  Miles  of  ComhilL 
Have  any  similar  lists  been  published  of  the  offi- 
cers of  the  Bengal  and  Bombay  Presidencies  ? 
H.  Lorrvs  Tottkhhail 

[UsU  of  the  Officers  of  the  Bengal  and  Bombay  Pke- 
Mdsndas  were  also  pabUshad  by  MiWfc  DodweBftlMn 


Sr*  S.  T,  JuTfl!  i,  '94.'] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


4f5l 


and  are  uninlly  bound  to^th«r  with  that  or  Madnu,  with 
a  nepu-ate  title-page,  Alphabetical  Litt  of  the  Officer*  of 
the  Indian  Army,  1838.  In  the  fuUovint;  year  also  ap- 
pfttred  An  Atphabttical  Litt  of  the  Hon.  Etut  India  Oom- 
pani/'t  Madras  Citll  Servants  from  1780  to  183D.  also  oa« 
of  the  Bengal  Civil  ScroaiUt,  from  1780  lo  1838,  and 
another  of  the  Medical  Officer*  of  tkt  Indian  Army,  ttotn 
17C4IO  1838.] 

Charlemagne's  Tomb.  —  Wliere  can  I  find  a 
jlofMl  account  of  the  opening  of  Charles  the 
Great's  tf»rab,  sind  the  relic  found  nn  his  nock  (a 
piece  of  the  true  crow  in  an  cmGrald }  jriven  by 
the  Rurf»hcrs  of  Aix  to  N.ipoleon,  and  by  him  to 
the  Diicljesfl  de  Saint  Leu  ?        Johw  Davidsojt. 

[We  linvc  not  been  able  to  find  any  good  account  of 
Iho  opening  of  the  tomb  of  Chnrles  the  Great  by  Otto  III. 
in  997;  but  aome  cnriona  pnrticntnra  of  the  tomb  ititelf 
are  jfiveu  in  the  Life  of  Chnrtcmai^ne  printed  by  Petrus 
PithOiUx  in  his  AnnaHum  et  Historic  f'rancarunt,  nti  anno 
708  or/  900,  dnodrctm  acrlptnres  cotetanei ;  insertn  tunt  alia 
refrra,>tvo.  Frnnrofiirti,  JftOl,  pp.  281,  'If^l,  ftw,  ami  in 
the  CVironiciiw  yonalieiente,  by  <},  II.  Pert*,  llannnv. 
8vo,  1846,  p.  55.  &>nialt  atao  the  Archaxtloffia,  iii.  389,; 
"  N.  &  Q."  I-  S.  I.  140,  187.  Ill  the  TUuttnttet  Londnn 
2Vun  of  March  8, 1845,  is  an  en^rnvinj;  nrCharlemagne's 
•apposed  talisman  ofHnegold  set  with  gems,  in  lite  centre 
of  which  an  two  rough  sapphires,  and  a  portion  of  the 
Holy  Croas.] 

A  Foot  CtOTH  Nag.  • —  In  .Sir  Simmid:*  Dcwes" 
•Tournal  of  the  Parliament  of  23  Elizabeth,  a.d. 
15S0,  I  find  the  followinjT:  — 

"The  Hoitsp  bein»  moved,  did  grant  th«t  the  Serjoaat 
v!io  was  tu  j;o  iieforc  the  Speulscr,  being  woalt  and  mme- 
ivhut  paine<t  in  his  limbs,  might  ride  npon  n  foot  cloth 
nati" 

"What  is  meant  by  this  expression  ?  M,  (1.) 

[A  fout-cloth  nag  is  nn  nnimal  ornnmented  with  a 
cloth  protecting  the  feet^  i.  c  huuBing^  of  i.lolh  hung 
down  ou  each  side  of  the  hor^c,  and  frequently  exhibited 
on  state  occasions.  These  animals  were  probably  trained 
on  parpoM  for  this  service,  for  a  spiritad  horse  would  not 
bear  such  an  encumbrance. 

"  Nor  shall  I  need  to  try, 
Whether  my  well-gtnw'il,  tnmbling/oor-r/otA  nag. 
Be  ablfl  to  outran  a  nell-brenth'd  caichoole." 

Ram  Alley,  Oltl  Plays,  v.  473. 
O'Dsult  Xftnw'i  Gloufiry.'] 

EiiTooN  Stonk,  Llamdeiix)  Fawb. — Can  miy 

translation  be  giren  of  the  following,  from  a 
beautifully  sculptured  stone  at  Golden  Grove, 
near  Llandeilo,  S.  Wales?  I  have  copied  it  as 
accurately  as  I  can  :  — 

"  KrVDOJI." 

G.  H. 

[A  notice  of  this  stone  will  be  found  in  the  Arehitolopia 
Cambreruii,  Third  Serica,  iii.  318.  The  writer  concludes 
bis  account  of  it  by  expressing  a  ooDJecturc  "  that,  per- 
haps, the  name  eiviwh  amy  proro  to  be  a  contracted 


form  of  two  wonis,  sci  and  vdox  ;  but  we  wait  for  Mr. 
Westwood's  long  expected  account  of  this  monument. 
This  was  written  in  1857 ;  but  we  bare  not  met  with  that 
gantleroan's  notice  of  it] 

THE  PROTOTYPE  OF  COLLINS'S  "  TO-MORROW." 

(3"»S.  iv.  445;  v.  17,204.) 

T!ie  established  success  of  *'  N.  &  Q."  may  be 
considered  a  practical  protest  against  an  over- 
confidence  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  aijo,  1  had 
a  stronor  recollection  of  having  somewhere  seen 
an  earlier  and  ruder  song,  the  orio;inal,  m  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  stronff  recollection,  I  felt  com- 
pelled to  pass  the  subject  over,  without  further 
notice.  Little  thinktn;;,  or  rather  not  remem- 
boring,  that  on  a  shelf,  almost  within  reach  of  my 
hiind,  there  was  a  poem  entitled  the  Wi.th,  not 
only  in  the  orijrinal  English  of  its  author.  Dr. 
Walter  Pope,  but  also  in  the  choice  Latin  of  the 
amiable  scholar  Vincent  Bourne.  The  first  part 
of  this  poem,  which  wns  oripinallv  published  as  a 
sonij  of  five  verses,  entitled  The  Old  Mnnx  Wish, 
is  what  I  lake  to  be  the  origliinl  of  To-mnrrnw; 
and  as  it  may  interest  many  to  see  the  rude  and 
now  rather  rare  outline  that  the  mind  of  genius 
moulded  into  so  r;raceful  and  pleasinij  a  form,  I 
here  transcribe  it  for  the  benefit  of  the  reader  :  — 

THE   Ot.l)    man's    wish. 

*'  If  I  live  to  grow  old,  as  I  lind  I  go  down, 
Let  this  be  my  fate  in  a  countrv  town  ; 
May  I  have  a  warm  house,  with  a  stnuo  at  my  gate. 
And  a  clcsnnly  young  girl  to  rub  my  buld  pate. 

May  I  govern  my  passions  with  an  nbsolute  sway. 
Grow  wiswr  svn<i  better  as  my  strength  wears  away. 
Without  gout  or  stone,  by  a  gentle  decay. 
"  In  a  country  town  by  a  murmaring  brook. 
Wiih  the  ocean  at  distance,  on  which  I  may  look, 
With  a  Bpacionsi  plain,  without  hedge  or  stile, 
And  nn  ensy  pad  nag  to  ride  out  a  mile. 
May  I  govern,  &c. 
"  With  Horace  and  Plutarch,  and  one  or  two  more 
Of  the  best  wits  that  lived  in  tbe  nL;cs  before ; 
With  a  dish  of  roast  mutton,  not  ven'son  nor  teal, 
And  clean  though  coarse  linen  at  every  mea.1.- 
May  I  govern.  Ac, 
"With  a  pudding  on  Sunday,  and  stoat  humming  liqnor, 
And  remnants  of  Latin  to  puzzle  the  vicar  i 
%Vith  a  hidden  reserve  of  Burgundy  wine. 
To  drink  the  king's  health  as  oft  as  I  dine. 
May  I  govern,  &c. 
"  When  the  days  they  grow  short,  and  it  fr«exes  and 
snows, 
\jvt  me  have  a  coal  Are  as  high  as  my  nose ; 
A  fire  when  once  stirred  up  with  a  prong. 
Will  keep  the  room  temperate  all  the  night  long. 
May  I  govern,  &c 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


t8»<aii 


«  With  A  conrgge  nn'^" v""> '   •»•^-  '  •'"««'  ••>:^  last  iMJ, 
AiiJ  when  I  am  di  ^.ly, 

In   the   morning   *■.  .cning   whoa 

mellow. 
He'*  gone — ami  h'ant  left  behind  him  hie  fellow ; 

For  he  governed  his  pa.v^ions  with  an  absolute  swar. 

And  grew  wi*er  and  better  aa  bi?  stron^h  wore  away. 

Without  gout  or  stone,  by  a  gentle  decay.*' 

Tfioupli  the  above  is,  in  every  respect,  inferior 
to  To-Morrotv,  tbere  is  a  general  eitnilority  of 
iile&  common  to  botU  sodcs,  while  the  detaila  re> 
sctuble  each  other  too  closcl?  to  be  mere  coia- 
cideiices.  Thus  the  original,  "  as  I  find  I  go 
dowu,"  13  represented  by  "  the  downhill  of  life"  ; 
♦*»  tnurrauring  brook,"  by  "  a  murmuring  rill  *'; 
•*  the  ocean  at  distunce  on  which  I  may  look," 
by  "  a  cot  that  o'erlooks  the  wide  Bea "  ;  *'  an 
easy  pad  n.ig,"  by  "  an  ambling  pud  pony."  The 
bleak  northern  bla^t,  the  peace  and  plenty  at  the 
board,  the  heart  free  from  sickness  and  sorrow, 
are  all  elegant  adaptations  by  Collins  of  ideas 
expressed  in  the  Old  Maiii  Wuh^  which  in  my 
bumble  opinion  must  be  considered  the  original 
of  To-Morrow.  But,  without  entering  into  a 
critical  cx.aminution  of  the  merits:  of  the  two  songs, 
tliLTu  is  one  grand  feature  in  To'Murrow,  which 
renders  it,  even  as  a  literary  composition,  ira- 
mcniiely  superior  to  its  prototype ;  neeil  I  say  that 
that  superiority  consists  in  its  Christian  character, 
its  author  believing  — 

**  This  old  wom-oat  stufll^  which  is  threadbare  to-day, 
May  become  everlasting  to-mocrow." 

■^Vhile  the  character  of  the  OUi  AfniCt  Wls\  is  as 
completely  pagan  as  Horatius  Flaccus,  wbotn  its 
author  evidently  adopted  as  his  model  when 
writing  the  song. 

In  the  Gendetri'  '  "  ^nzine,  vol.  xciL  p.  15, 
Ujere  are  some  n  'r.  Pope  and  the  Old 

MatCt  Wifh^  sigiiL-u  r^ii.  liui'il,  wViich  siTTi.idiri'  I 
need  scarcely  observe  hero,  t\j.\  i  ,i  ,1,  -  .i  !  I  I  >- 
wrK>d.  Here  we  are  infoniii.'«l  liiiii  tJn'  uid  Muh's 
WUh  first  appeared  in  A  CoUeelion  »/  Thirty- 
One  SongA,  sold  by  F.  Leach,  1685.  Pope  after- 
wards enlarged  the  song  from  five  to  twenty 
Terses,  thus  destroying  the  brief  simplicity  of  the 
original,  to  which  lie  added  notes  in  various  lan- 
guagos,  which  was  published  in  folio,  anno  1693, 
with  the  words  "  the  only  correct  and  finished 
copy.     Never  before  printed." 

'J'he  Old  Man'a  With,  in  its  original  form  of  a 
song  in  six  verses,  w»?  very  popular  when  first 
publtshed,  and^  as  A  cc  v  paro- 

died.    There  ore  twu  ;[>on  it, 

botfa  entitled  the  Old  tiomuas  iluA;  one  run* 
niog  M  Allows :  — 

**  nil!  MJi  WOKAK'S  WlBlt. 

••  Vrtivn  mr  luia  thty  grow  honry,  lad  my  eheaka  tli«y 
(oattaA  hatk  wftaldsfc  and  my  eyv^aiiiltt 

IU>IJI  /All, 


Let  ray  words  both  oaid  ttiam  b«  bm^tml 
And  have  an  old  buslMna  te>  keM.  ajr  lack  - 

The  nleosares  r»f  yiMith  •»r»'  nnw<-»  k«  i 

OnrllfcVbot 

01)!  let  mo  i 
**  WUh  asnrmon  on  >  it-  uy.  an  j  *  viuia 
With  a  pot  o'er  ihr  6n  *ud  good  Ǥ(ۥ 
With  ale,  beer,  an!  t  rjti.v  bo'J.  Wlaa 
To  drink  to  my  k  'swl  H  i 

The  pteasuro 

•*  With  pigg  and  wi  •  win 

To  l«nd  to  my  m   .  u>  i 

With  a  bottle  of  Canary  ^^  urm*  wit 
And  to  comfort  my  dan^htsr  «1m 
The  pleaaares  of  youth,  &c. 

"  With  a  bed  soft  and  easy  to  re«t  oo  at  ( 

With  a  maid  in  the  roorniQC  to  rise 

To  do  her  work  neatly,  to  oWy  mi 

To  make  the  housw  clean  and  to  w 

The  pleasures  of  jooUi,  &e. 

"  With  coals  and  with  bavias.  Mcd  a  cooJ 
With  a  thick  hood  aiul  UUUiLUv  wban 

mare; 
Let  me  dwell  near  ny  capboord,  oad  Cot  i 
With  a  pair  of  glass  evea  to  clap  on  ■/ 1 
The  pleaaares  of  youth,  &c 
» And '  "  ^ 

Our  ' 
Wheti      ... 

She  he)pc>'  iv«  la  1 

Tlio'lri  lU  btt 

Tlio'  Ik.t  111  '*t  -rma 

She  lived  Vf  :il  the  ! 

The  other  Old  )»f)»/«N>  »»  f»A, 
"  If  I  live  to  be  old.  which  1  ii«i 

is  $c.ircely  presentable  here,  ma  xnajf 
from  -the  lost  veree,  — 

*•  Withont  palsy  or  gout  ■uj  I  di«  hi 

And  when  dead  may  my  ereat-ffrattt. 
She's  Rooe,  who  so  long  aos  cbetatail ' 
And  toa  world  is  well  Hd  of  •  trMil 

That  gave  to  bar  poino*  oa  ■! 

Till  ^vith  mumbling  and  |[ruDti«|bl 
away. 

WlthoQt  ache  or  coqgli,  by  a  taifioa 

Another  parody  on  it,  untitled 
was  yiubli^ht'd  in  Thf  AftitrM  ^« 
and  Siarery,  anno  1089.     A 
last  may  be  excused :  — 

*  If  I  wear  rnit  nf  f{3\r^  tn  T  flji^  |  SJt  < 

For  -    uwl  • 

Tl,  IQM 

Lti  —  .  ", — --^ucuniMi 

lirnr  the  wvrda  oi  ay  wrwiih 
Till  moaarchs  aad  pttoc 
To  find  mi  the  fat,  aail  Uw 

This  {irabably  may  hara  hetm 

Pope  himself,  as  he  was 
Jame*  !?-     WhifT)  Pope 

l! 

lini'fi.  ,'iU  aa<l  i 

Ian  Vi  i>\^  v-uvAVi^  vjl  vna  "^MX  *.«^ 


sami 


Bcaaa^i 


I  oaaoMMi 
••f 4w]  fill 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


"0« 

To  the  r  -      '" 
livp  far  fi  • 

irthc^t  of  :u , 

i'er  \h)  my  tnte  to 


ill  ualtito, 


l;tM- 


conscience  like  »tcol,  »ini]  metnliic  liitc. 


Iwrfy  for  iiit'nut.  and  a  politic  knave. 


itioul  cursu 
rote  to  part 
coiucieDco  I 
^ion  which  i:^  .-lobi'i  aud  bra 
■•vise,  and  not  bo  a  slavf, 


:} 


vay. 


ad  wn 

'^iltcr  Pope,  the  writer  of  the  Old  Mans 

raa  also  the   author  of  n  very    eccentric 

libj,  THp  Life  of  iScth,  Lord  bishop  of  Sal- 

Ipiiblifbed  in  1697. 

)tice  of  tho    Old  Af fin's    WUh  occurs  In 
"«  Johnton  in  the  following  words  :  — 

•crgyniaii,  whom  he  clinractoriiteU  nt  on*  wbo 
ly  littlo  oiJditics,  was  afTectini^  one  diiy,  at  • 
rt  of  slyness  and  freedom  not  in  chd- 
t>'  i.  as  if  part  of  '  The  Old  Man's  Wiah.' 

!>..  .-..  V,  ..lu-r  Pope,  a  verse   bordfT--  —  '■■•— i 

Jolitixon  rebuked  him  in  the 
ihowiiig  Itim  IUmI  he  did  not  kiiov 
iniing  at,  and  thus  humbling  hina  :  '  ^iir,  tl;.)t  la 
onj?;  itiothas:'  And  he  gave  it  right.  Tlien. 
ItcdlWly  on  him:  *  i»ir,  there  is  a  part  of  that 
"cb  I  should  wish  to  exemplify  in  my  own  life : — 
I  Kovrrn  my  pactions  with  absolute  sway.'  " 

WHXIAM    PiNKEKTOS. 


EDWARD  ABDEJC. 

(3^  S.  V.  352.) 
'atkk  Coixur's  note,  in  reference  to  ft 
of   Sccretar/   Walsingham    to   Bur;;hiej, 
'Ijnt  "Edward  Arden,  distantly  iciLited  to 
lure's  mother,  was  execu'  !>  trea- 

Kt.  20,  1.583."     I  wish  to  if  nns- 

|int  was  the  exact  degrrce  ol  ip 

II    them.      Diigdttle    suowa    in  id 

was  the  son  of  William  Ardeu  ,  lliut  ho 
n  Mary,  dinighter  of  Sir  Robert  Tlirock- 
1.  Ill  he  had  a  son  ILobert  (who  tlied 

and  tliat,  at  the  time  of  his  i>xe- 
^   ubout  for!  irs 

show  thr  lip 

*iucii,  wDo  married   biiaKspoiire's 


i-.iiv. 
I(  - 


on  tliifl  subject,  let  me  recommend  the 
aHkir   of   John    SomerviUo  and   Edward 

the  gircful  »nvesti'_'»<'- •'such  of  your 

aa  aro  disposed  a^-  m  make  the 

■WM*  of  one  of  tkm  many  p^uvdicala  pDbliahed 


necessary  search  after  dooumeutary  evideiiMi 
From  the  tustimoTiy  of  niaat  of  our  hi«lorUai, 
it  would  >eem  that  John  Somcrvilie,  a  lionxu 
Catholic,  ruvi  •  '■■  >'i'-i.ui,  ran  u  muck  with  a  <h'awn 
aWiird  anil  1  t(i  kill  the  ouuon.     He  had 

tiiiirriod  tl:        . i  of  ivlivinfl  Ai-l. n,  a  K.-ntle. 

Hi.iii  of  tjooil  estate  mid  n,  v  in 

Warwickshire,  wbo  had  i  i>b» 

noxious  to  Leiceel«r,  Lingard  $iuyii,  nt  hrtit  by 
refusing  to  sell  a  portion  of  bis  estate  for  the  ao- 
comtnodation  of  that  powcrttd  favourite;  and  that 
in  the  course  of  Uie  quarrel,  he  rejected  the  Earl's 
livery,  opposed  him  in  uU  h'li  pursuits  in  the 
county,  and  was  accustomed  to  apeak  of  him 
with  contempt  as  nn  upstart,  an  adulterer,  and  a 
tyrant.  This  outr.-mc  of  Soiuerville  (who  is  said 
to  have  been  subject  to  titd  of  insanity)  Kccnts  to 
have  allbrded  Leicester  an  opjKirrunity  fur  that 
revenge  which  so  deeply  staine<l  has  charnuter. 
Ardi^n,  ami  a  priest  nauieil  ll;dl,  were  put  to  the 
t4irtupe.  Arduii  persi3l43d  in  maintaining  hia  inuo- 
cenco ;  but  the  priest  stated  that  Ar<lun  had,  in 
his  hefliing,  "^ wished  the  <picen  were  in  heaven." 
On  this  slender  proof,  and  the  conduct  of  Somer* 
villo,  he,  with  Arden  and  Ilall,  and  Arden'c  wift% 
were  convicted  of  a  conspiracy  to  kill  the  ([ueen. 
Sunierville  (Lingard  says,  on  pretence  of  in- 
,)  was  removed  to  Newpate,  and  found 
11  two  hours  strangled  in  hia  cell.  Arden 
was  execute<l  the  next  day.  The  others  were 
pardoned  ;  thus  strenpUiening  a  general  belief, 
that  Arden's  death  was  to  be  charged  to  the  ven- 
geance of  Leicester,  who  gave  the  lands  of  his 
victim  to  one  of  his  own  dependents.  It  may  be 
said  that  Lingard's  creed  btnssed  his  viciws,  and 
tinged  his  statementt  with  prejudice.  But  see 
Camden ;  who  compiled  his  Life  of  Elizabeth  at 
the  desire  of  Lord  Uurghley,  and  had  both  that 
statesman's  paperei,  and  the  State  Papers  ami  Re- 
cords of  the  queen  and  the  Priry  Ci)unc)l,  placed 
ai  his  disposal  for  the  purpose.  See  also,  Stoive'D 
ChrnnicU ;  Dugdale's  WarvL'iekshire  (pp.  681, 
030) ;  and  the  recent  historians.  In  Dr.  Aares's 
Menwir*  of  Burghlet/,  one  of  the  subjects  in  the 
Table  of  CoDtentfi  prefixed  to  vol,  iii.  cap.  x. 
T).  181  (years  1582-83),  is,  "Case  of  Arden  and 
uis  Family  ;"  but,  strangely  enoun;h,  the  text  lia.s 
not  one  word  tn\  the  subject,  I  havo  seen  the 
Rccorda  of  the  Tiiiil  (FutirUi  Itepnrl  of  the  JJeiiiii/ 
Keeper  of  the  Public:  Jiecorfit,  Apiwudix  n.  p.  272), 
and  also  references  to  the  subject  in  Peck's 
Derifferntft  Cririo.m,  Sic.  ;  Sir  3.  Mackintosh's 
'  -tI  History  qf  England,  &c. 

I  !.  viii.)  extends  only  to  1 067. 

Ap:nt  Jruiu  tUv:  historical  interetft  which  this 
foul  affair  awakens,  it  is  suL'sestive  of  some 
n.otural  hill.  ''  '         '      '  "i*  in  the 

heart  of  o  ,  t'dy  was 

enacted,  ami  im-  iwr  limju:  cji    ui'r^  VLVvi\\\v  .  Ti  "kSiSyssaS. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CS^SbT.  Jvwt,in 


the  public  i«:noininj  of  her  relative's  head  being 
exhibited  on  London  Bridge,  and  his  bowels,  &c., 
on  the  walls  of  the  city  — '  Shakspcare  was  in  his 
twentieth  year,  a  husband,  and  a  father ;  and  he 
must  have  seen  these  sad  sights,  and  witnessed  his 
mother's  grief.  Can  wc  wonder  at  his  life-long 
avoidance  of  Leicester,  or  at  his  friendship  for 
Soudiampton  and  the  unfortunate  and  misled 
Kssex  ?  I  hope  some  competent  person  will  take 
up  this  subject.  Cbux. 

"NOW,  BRAVE  BOYS,  WE'RE  OX  FOR 
MAUCUINV 

(3'«  S.  iii.  386,  459.) 

I  have  long  wondered  why  tlic  words  of  this 
well-known  Irish  military  comic  song  have  not 
been  supplied  to  your  valuable  journal.  I  got 
them  in  1840  from  I/icutonant  Gordon  Skelly 
Tidy,  lieutenant  (and  subseciuently  captain)  in 
the  48th  lleuiuient,  who  received  them  from  En- 
sign John  George  Minchin  of  the  same  corps, 
lioth  thi'sc  oiliccrs  being  now  deceased,  I  act  as 
their  literary  executor.  If  we  had — as  I  have 
frequently  wishvtl — u  portion  of  "N.  &  Q."  de- 
voted to  munie,  the  niinie  of  which  might,  from 
time  to  time,  be  Hou<riit  after,  I  could  send  here- 
with the  music  as  well  us  the  words  of  this  droll 
conceit ;  but,  as  no  such  opportunity  exists,  I  can 
only  transmit  the  "  immortal  verse  "  of  tlic  ballad 
sought  aAer  by  your  correspondents.  T  have  never 
seen  the  version  publislie<l  in  the  Srntlet/  liallutbt 
to  which  Mb.  Kkm.t  alludes.  The  version  which 
I  now  send  oppearetl  at  ]>.  HQl  of  the  Naval  atul 
Military  Gazette  fur  September  4,  1841,  and  were 
furnished  by  me  to  the  editor  of  that  news- 
paper :  — 

**TlIK    FAKKWKI.T.  OK  TUB    IltlSII  Ul(F.XAI>IER  TO   HIS 

Lai>yk  Lovk." 
[Our  readers  will  at  once  <]etect  the  plagiarism 
from  the  subjoined  ballad  which  has  been  com- 
mitted by  the  author  of  "  Partunt  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  "  Vi vi  Tu  "  and  "  Di  Piacer  "  shall 
be  forgotten,  ami  when  the  world  shall  have  become 
m;eptical  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  morchin'. 
First  for  France,  and  dhin  for  Holland, 
Where  cannons  roar,  and  min  is  dyin', 
March,  brave  boys,  there's  no  denvin'  ;— 

Love,  farewell ! 

«  T  tliink  I  hear  the  Camel  cryin' 
'  March,  brave  boys,  there's  colours  flyla' ; 
Coloon  fljin',  drums  a  baytin', 
Horeb,  brave  boys,  there's  no  rethraytinV 

Love,farewtf ! 


••  The  Mayjor  cries,  •  Boys,  are  ytm  reaJv  ? 
Stand  f^j-eer  arms  both  Hnn  an   steady  j 
Wid  ev'rv  man  bis  flaak  of  powdber. 
An'  his  flirelock  on  his  ahowldher. 

Lore.  fxRvtil! 

"The  mother  cries,  •  Boys,  do  not  wrong  mc. 
Do  not  take  mee  dawthers  flrom  ma ; 
Av  yees  do,  I  will  tormint  y««.. 
An'  aflher  death,  moe  ghost  'll  hont  ye*' 

LoTC,Cuc*c3! 

" '  Now  Mollv,  dear,  do  not  grley/nr  me, 
I  am  goln' to  fight  for  Ireland's  glory; 
Av  we  lives,  we  lives  vietorions. 
An*,  av  we  dies,  our  sowls  is  glorious.* 

Love,liie«tU'.- 

Jcntu 


LONG  GRASS. 

(S'*  S.   iv.   288.) 

Fbofessok  De  Mobgan,  quotes  from  Noai 
Suroeyori  Dinlogue,  a  statement  that  in  a  '^ 
dow  "  near  Salisbury  there  was  a  yearly  groiti 
grass  "above  ten  foote  long ; "  and  that  "itiin. 

{larent  that  the  grassc  is  commonl;^  nxteene  im 
ong."  'Ilic  Pbofebsob  8ays,  **  ThisgrBMBuiitK 
made  shorter  l>efore  I  can  swallow  it.  Wlat  d^ 
your  readers  say  P  What  is  now  the  tiUeit  pat 
m  England  ?  " 

This  note  and  query  aro  very  interestof.  Tk 
furnicr  shows  that  the  irrijjriitcd  meadovs  then 
were  in  full  operaticm,  nt  a  inaximHi  krtHitj, 
nearly  two  hundred  and  fifty  yctirs  ago;  thebtter, 
that  so  learned  a  man,  as  all  tbe  wcmiksfowi  the 
PaorEssoB  to  be,  is  unaware  of  so  old  »  ^ct  1 
will  endeavour,  as  gently  us  I  can,  to  mike\:iH 
swallow  it  by  cutting  it  into  four,  five,  or  vs. 
lengths,  each  of  a  month's  growth. 

In  1851,  1  was  directed  by  the  General  BnH 
of  Health   to   investigate  and    report   upren 
"  Practical  Application  of  Sewer  Water  aiidTm 
Manures  to  Agricultural   Production."     M;i> 
quirics  included  the  most  notable  irrifftUedwr 
(lows.    The  results  will  be  found  in  a  Blue  Bm 
presented  to  Parliament  in  185*2.     I  shall  forfatc 
"quoting"  from  so  large  a  collection  of  fact); 
but  will,  OS  briefly  as  possibly,  "extract"  aft* 
figures  bearing  on  the  points  raised  by  FltonHOi 
Db  Moboak. 

The  great  fertility  of  the  old  meadows  nev 
Salisbury  hits  caused  tlie  extension  of  similar  irri- 
gation  along  the  river  Wiley  to  Warminster,  n 
as  to  comprise  between  2000  and  3000  acres.  I 
do  not  appear  to  have  ascertained  tbe  annoil 
ETowth  of  grass  in  feet  and  inches,  but  state  *'  foor 
heavy  crops  can  be  cut  in  the  course  of  twelve 
monUis." 

At  Myer  Mill  Farm,  near  Maybole,  in  An- 
shire,  I  found  Italian  rye-grass  growing  two  iaem 
in  twenty-four  hours;  and  in  sbtmi  numths 
WM  cut  nrom  one  field  70  tons  per  acre. 


u 


m 


AND  Ql 


465 


obt.  Harvey's  Dairy  B'arm,  near  Glas- 
ividenL-e  of  the  manaf»er  was  :  — 
IV8  cut  on  Piiik£ton-hiil  t*n  feol  of  grass  thi§ 
"be  firat  cut  wa«  4  feet  bigh ;  the  second  was 
I  3  inches;  and  |h«  third  was  abor«  18  inches. 
i  it  royscir." 

Uewood  Farm,  near  Liverpool,  the  pro- 

ute  Earl  of  Derb/,  occupied  by  Robert 

Esq.,  I  found  8  feet  6  inches  of  Italian 

cut  within  seven  months,  and  a  sixth 

tard  Farm,  in  Cheshire,  the  property  of 
[ttledalc,  Ksq.,  I  found  80  acres  of  Italian 
from  which  there  had  been  cut  four 
h  2}  to  3  feet  thick  during  the  suaimer 
in  of  the  same  year. 

Kerry  Farm,  Glamorganshire,  on  the 
Mate.  The  first  cr<»p  of  the  same  kind 
ts  30  inebes;  tlie  second  and  third  33 
h  ;  the  fourth,  1-1  inches.  Total,  9  feet 
In   the  uutuniti  alieep  were  turned 

Park,  near  Ayr.  The  same  kind  of 
1  and  cut  the  same  summer  and  au- 
rst  crop,  18  inchen;  second,  18  to  24 
Ird  an<l  fourth,  each  3  feet  to  4 J  feet; 
St;  and  sixth,  18  inches.  Totnl,  mean 
cut  in  seven  months,  14  feet  3  inches. 
Bade  tilts  note  as  brief  a«  possible;  and, 
ion,  beg  courteously  to  present  to  Pro- 
IE  MoBQAK,  through  the  erlitor,  a  small 
the  actual  grass  last  mentioned;  and 
I  of  nearly  equal  lenjfth,  from  the  cele- 
kigentinny  Meadows,  near  Edinburgh, 
gathered  by  my  own  hands  in  1851, 
et  to  say  they  have  lost  their  fragrance. 
W.  Lee. 


THE  CUCKOO  SONO. 

(S-*  S.  V.  418.) 

I  may  venture  to  affirm,  touching  the 

cuckoo,  that  the  pitch  of  the  notes  is 

it  always  the  same  (speaking  of  the 

fclljr),  even  if  it  do  not  vary  with  the 

ndividual  birds.     In  White's  Natural 

Selbomr  (edited  by  the  Rev,  Leonard 

13),  page   194,  after  mentioning   that 

I  that  iieii;hl>ourhood   "  hoot   in  three 

eys.— in  G  Hat  or  F  sharp,  in  R  flat, 

ami  querying  whether  "  these  diOerent 

c-d  from  MifllTeut  species,  or  only  from 

lividuala,"  the  vrriter  goes  on  to  slate 

been  found  upon  trial  that  the  note  of 

(of  which  vfv  have  but  one  species) 

JilFerent  individnala.     Ab^jut  Selborne 

j(Mr.    White's  inforiuant)    found   they 

in  D.     He  heard  two  sing  together, 

and  tbe  other  ia  D  sharp,  which  (aa 


the  writer  naively  remarks)  made  a  disafrrecabla 
concert  (!)  He  afterwards  heard  one  in  D  sharp, 
and  about  Wolraer  Forest  some  in  C. 

In  Hone's  Year  Book  (p.  5 1  (J)  is  the  following 
curious  account  of  the  song  of  this  bird :  — 

"  Early  ia  the  aeasoo,  the  cuckoo  begins  with  the  in-  , 
terval  m  a  minor  third:   the  Itinl  then   proceeds  to  a.i 
major  third,  next  to  a  fourth,  then  a  fifth,  after  which 
his  voice  breaks  out  without  attAining  .i  minor  sixtb." 

The  writer  then  quotes  "  an  old  Norfolk  pro- 
verb "  aa  follows  :  — 

*♦  In  April  the  cuckoo  shows  bis  bill, 
In  May  he  sings  night  and  day. 
In  June  ht  changes  hit  tune. 
In  July  awoy  he  tly. 
In  August  away  ho  must." 

From  Hone's  description  of  the  song  of  the 
cuckoo  it  would  seem  clear  that,  whether  or  not 
he  changes  his  key^  he  cerlainly  (as  the  proverb 
says)  '*  changes  his  tuae."  J.  h.  S. 

The  two  notes  given  in  Gungl's  Cuckoo  Galop 
are  fi  natural  and  G  sharp,  the  same  interval  oa 
E  natural  and  C  slini'p  mentioned  by  your  cor- 
respondent. But  I  have  just  heard  the  cuckoo 
give  F  natural  antl  C  sharp,  where  the  interval  ia 
not  3.15,  03  in  tbe  above,  but  4.27;  and  in  a 
popular  song  tbe  interval  given  is  F  natural  and 
0  natural,  or  equal  to  4,98 ;  these  figures  being 
the  proportion  of  12  into  which  our  musical  scal«i 
is  divided.  The  author  of  Habits  of  Birds  gives 
F  natural  and  D  natural,  or  an  interval  of  'i.94, 
less  than  any  of  the  above ;  and  Kircher  sayH 
(^Mnsurgia,  i.)  it  is  from  D  natural  to  B  flat,  au 
interval  of  3.86.  See  Penny  Cycl.  xx.  507,  where 
the  ex.act  division  of  the  octave  is  given.  Ac- 
cording to  Mitfitrd  (Linn.  Trans,  vol.  vii.),  "the 
cuckoo  begins  early  in  tbe  season  with  tbe  interval 
of  a  minor  third ;  the  bird  then  y^roceeds  to  u 
major  third,  next  to  a  fourth,  then  to  a  fifth, 
after  which  hid  voice  breaks  without  attaining  a 
minor  sixJli,"  a  circumstAiice  long  ago  remarked 
by  Jolm  lleywood  (Epigrams,  black  letter,  1587). 
A  friend  of  White  of  Selborne  (Lett.  45)  found 
uiKin  trial,  that  the  note  varies  in  diUerent  indi- 
vuluals  ;  for,  about  Selborne  wood  he  found  they 
were  mo.<«tly  in  D  ;  he  heard  two  sing  together, 
the  one  in  D,  and  the  othev  in  D  sharp,  which 
made  a  disagreeable  concert :  he  iifterwards  heard 
one  in  D  sharp,  and  about  Wolmer  Forest,  some 
in  C.    (••  Habits  of  Birds,"  L.  E.  K.  305.) 

T.  J.  BUCKTON. 
Lichfield. 


I  have  carefully  noticed  the  cry  of  the  bird  as 
it  has  been  uttered  in  Somerset  and  Devon  during 
the  lost  week  or  two;  and  my  enr,  no  unpractised 
or  uncultivated  one,  ossures  me  that,  so  far  it  lias 
l)€en  invariably  a  precise  interval  of  li  fourth  ; 
and  not,  as  R.  \V .  \) .  AK*cxv\«a  vv,  'a.  -«»!«.««  'Cks^^ 


iS 


466 


NOTES  AND  QUEBlEa 


CS^a.f.icni% 


Ike  iu>tes  are  "  do,  sol,"  that  b  to  atj  (if  I  adopt 
the  key  tuuDed  bj  R.  VV.  I>.).  R<^  ^  uad  C  sbturp. 
but  E  and  B  natural.  That  this  id  probably  ibe 
general  Bong  of  tbe  bird,  musical  coiuposurs  tes- 
tify ;  as  for  example,  iu  the  old  catcli,  "  Sweet's 
tbe  pleasure  in  the  Spring,"  in  wliieb  the  crj  is 
imilAtcd  hv  the  notes  G,  D  ;  and  in  the  well- 
known  sottintr  (F  think  by  Arne)  of  tbe  aong  in 
Lovef>  Ltibdur's  Lost. 

••  Cuckoo  t  Cuckoo ! 
Oh,  word  of  fear,"  &c. 

^Vhere  I  think  the  notes  employed  are  C  nataral 
andG. 

Mny  '28tti.  I  have  tills  evening  heard  a  cuckoo 
singlrij^  major  thirds- 

Iklay  30ih.  And  this  morning  another,  singinjj 
an  imperfect  interval  between  a  major  third  and 
a  fourth. 

Weelks^j  fine  old  three-part  madrigal^  '*  The 
nif^htingale,  the  organ  of  delight,"  gives  the 
"  Cuckoo  "  in  minor  thirds,  in  at  teoat  four  dif- 
ferent keys  f  E,  C  sharp,  A,  F  ebarj),  IJ,  G  sharp, 
D,  B  nutural). 

Wluti",  in  his  Natural  History  of  Sethorne,  vol.  i. 
Letter  X.  says,  on  the  authority  of  u  neighbour, 
that  — 

for  n\'.        ■-"'■;,■■'■■  •     ■  ■    '   ■'      '  ^ 

D: 

in  It         . 

wards  bciard  uti«  m  D  iiharp,  aad  ftbuot  Wultucr  Fvreat, 

some  hi  C." 

White  doc3  not  explain  which  note  be  or  \m 
nvij^hbour  considers  to  be  the  key-note — the  first 
or  the  last. 

I  have  above  treated  the  fii'st  or  upper  note  as 
the  key-note,  calling  it  "  do."  P{'rb.<ips  it  would 
hove  been  more  correct  to  consider  the  closing 
note  OS  indicJiting  the  key  ;  in  which  caac  the  two 
notes  (at  a  fourth  interval)  would  be  "  fa,  do." 

w.  p.  P- 

to   (3'*  S.  V.  442.)  —  I   think   your  corre- 
ideiit  A,  A.  ii)  mistaken  when  hr  x.iv.-  "  there 
i«  no  »ucb   thing  as   h  Ambo   mtn  any 

ancient  nutlior."     Surely,  Sir  Fnm  Mm- 

Relf  could   hardly  htnTe  given  a  more  '^  i 
jicription   of  the   Itinsio   than    the   two    i 
Herodofua,  speaking  of  {\\v  eight  thousand  Sogiir- 
tian  cavalry,  miyw  (i!>i.  vii.  85), — 

tavritav  TWf   ofipwr  )j5f  '  iwiay  mfifxicyturi  touti  roAf- 
fAotffi^    $iXKuinn  rat  <r*if>ai,   dn'  6*^  Bpij(out  V^' 
8mw  i'  ty  ■^'XP   V  ^^  t»iri»u  Ijr  Tt  h^piivav  i*    <- 
Ihitti'  ol  U  it  tfm*ct  i^L■ra\alT<ti(l^^ol  iiwp^ipairrat. 

PKnuanka  (i  "'  '^''  -t?niiuu9thc  S«rmatuuu  as 
oihig  iIm  aiti  fur  the  Mint  eaoae  pro- 

btMIVtMroHy ..!:  — 


Co)   ireipct    wffifieJkirrws 
ivl^)^^$elrTas  raa  gttf>ais» 

Suidas  (J.T.  ffdpft)  mention*  tlie  fardtOMi 
as  using  tue  lasiio  :  and  Mr*  Raw  luuoo  ih|«  i 


^nulii  li^furr  the  cMsri 

rr«ackH 


Assyrian  sculptures,  now  in  U»a  British 
represent  the  use  of  it.  Lvwb  Cvia. 

Sandhacb. 

[Tfe  b«(f  to  acknowlodgie  a  «hailTf«—ri«i>ail 
OxoKtdsisJ 

Can  any  of- -  '•— ■•^—  '■•'<  nrn  whem  kaaH 

lazod  were  fir-  ;  cauia  mohi 

to  the  plan  li^..       —      .    J.Ljxku  aal  M 

America  ? 

Were  they  known  i 
of  Mexico,  or  by  ' 
cancer  hunters  of  i 
sixteenth  century? 

Ou>  Pamtino  at  K*^t«o    F< 
ID-a.)— In  No.  1 14  of  '•  *  wikh 

been  received  here,  the:  - 
curious  old  painting;  at  Bastcr  S^w. 
dee,  by  G.  G.  M.  of  £Uu»bar^lu 
tion  occurs  the  following  senlenoe : 
has  evidently  not  been  aware  of  tbe 
tions  of  Satan's  appearaoca  i  or  if«0»l» 
parted  widely  from  iu" 

Now,  I  rather  think   thai  the  artiM 
fectlj  well  what  he  was  abnnr,  ttUtrit  ^0f 
to  have  made  a  devil  of  a 
majesty  is  rather  nntorioua  : 
in  dress,  and  ostoniabiug  Irati^^ioruuitJaM 
but  up  to  this  moment,  if  1  am 
tened  on  this  rather  dark  aabject^  he 
conde*ccn<led  to  honovr  tho  ctim 
by  assuming  th<.*  8hape  and  livery  tl  • 
even  a  cruw-fi.sh — ^  V crJiw  cancri  mIUi*  •■ 
tas  cuni  Diabolo." 

Thu  picture  at  Eostcr  Fowlt»  4<«*  •■^■^ 
reprenent  the  parting  uf  the  aoal  than 
but  quite  on   llies  ponlrary,^    tbo 
the  soul,  which,  coatiu|i  from    tiio   lurxM. 
bodied  on  thu  earth  uu>' 
(kApkwus).  the  Encloavi 
serves  Js'ork  {ItftU'tfUri. 
fold  uoeanrTi;;  nf  ua.7a,  '\ 
and  ali«(' 
wifede^ 


M 

,  hthmm9 


u-tk*  — ( 
.kaMOwtj 


who  prwidvii  over  uutcixo^r 

trese  nf  mnrriod  wimum.     Mo  <l(Hi>>t  tbt 

bt>    " 
Fo 

'■•  ,11;;    till"    ■! 

U  to   hint 


,  IM4L 


P» 


OWriuoiK  ton  <iiijv<:t  i-^  uiy  imjatry.     u  \m«< 


iH&y,  JvTtn *,*•*.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIBS. 


467 


date  of  Horrooka'a  birth  be  1619,  then  be  mint 
have  b«en  entered  as  Sizar  at  Cambridj^  when 
only  thirteen  years  of  age.  This  seems  very  im- 
probable ;  and  iieticc,  it  is  Om  diite  of  his  birth 
which  I  desire  to  ascertain.  I  know  all  about 
Whattou'a  Li/'e  of  Horrocks,  and  what  the  Rev. 
R.  BrikeU  has  done  at  Hoole.  T,  T.  W. 

Okatobio  of  "  Abbl"  (3"*  S.  t.  *297.)— I  hare 
two  word-booka  of  this  Oratorio,  the  tiUei  of 
tvlkidi  are  as  follows :  — > 

**  Abel,  an  Oratorio,  or  Sacred  Drama  Air  Mtiftk.  Aa  it 
ia  Perfonn'd  at  tb«  Tb«atre  Koyat  in  Drary-Laaa.  Set 
to  Manic  by  Thomas  AofCUi^liDa  Ante.  London :  frintad 
Tor  K.  Francklin  ia  Ruatel-btreet,  Coveat  Garden. 
JiW-CLV.    (Price  one  Shilling.)"    *l«- 

"The  Sacrifice :  or  Death  of  Abd.  An  Oratorio,  or 
SarrfMi  Dnma  for  Music.  As  it  ia  Perform'd  at  the 
Tho/ifre  Kojal  in  Drury-Lane.  Set  to  Music  \ty  Doctor 
Ami*.  London :  Printed  for  R.  Francklin,  &c.  moculzu. 
(Price  One  Shilling.)"    4to. 

On   the  latter  is  written,  in   a  contemporary 
I  Band,  "  By  John  Lockman." 

Edwaho  F.  Rimdault. 

Do»  (8"»  S.  V.  416.)  — Though  Bailey  gives 
"the  drone  bee"  as  the  meaning  of  the  word 
Dor,  this  cannot  be  the  insect  alluded  to  by  Thos. 
Adams,  in  the  passage  quoted,  where  he  speaks 
of  "  tlor  in  dunghill."  I  have  all  my  life  heard 
tbe  name  applied  to  a  beetle,  one  of  that  sort 
irhich  one  so  oAcn  sees  alighting;  on  ordure,  with 
it  deep  droning  noise,  and  which  is  described  in 
Hie  welI*known  line  in  Gray's  Elegy  :  — 

"  Save  where  the  beetle  wheels  hla  droning  fligbt" 

In   fact  Bailey   gives  this  meaning  to  the  word  I 
jDofT,    "  a  kind  of  beetle  living  on  trees,"  and  I 
Dyche  Olives  as  the  mennini;  of  Dorr,  ''  tbe  com-  I 
mon   bla<-.k    beetle;    also   tiie   chaler,    or    dusty 
eetle,"   which  latter,  no  doubt,  was  the  one  in- 
ded   by   Bailey,   being   the   cockchafer.     The 
mmoo  black   beetle  is,  however,  so  commonly 
ailed  the  Dor  beetle,  that  notwithstanding  the 
iflerence  of  spellinor,  I  cannot  doubt  thai  it  was 
the  insect  meant  by  T.  Adams.    Beea  do  not  often 
ight  Upon  duna; ;  but  every  one  knows  that  beetlea 
tio  so  habitually.  F.  C.  H. 

A  drone  bee  has  nothing  to  do  with  dunp;hillg. 
iThc  drone  fly  has,  indeeiJ,  to  n  certain  extent ; 
uut  the  insect  here  meant  must  surely  be  the 
hrell-known  beetle — the  dor,  or  clock,  as  he  is 
liometimes  called  —  Oeotrupes  stcrconirius,  the 
[ihard  borne  beetle,  whose  droning  (light  on  suia- 
jtner  evenings  is  so  constantly  seen. 

W.  J.  Bebhhard  Smith. 
T^raitle. 

To  Maw  (3"»  S.  v.  397.)— fseveml  elucidations 
>f  "  Man  but  a  ruali  "  bai  peared.    Two, 

think,  are  Auflicienlly  i  ;  ;o  bear  trans- 
iting into  •*  N.  &  <i'* :  -^ 


"  The  reading  ia  a  blunder  of  the  first  folio,  and  pur- 
haps  wu  aUovred  to  remain  and  bo  repeated  becuuse  tbe 
right  onc^*  Rtuali  but  a  uiun  '  is  so  obvious.  It  is 
noticeable  that,  before  the  text  wu  »ot  riKbt,  Jeremy 
Taylor,  ill  bis  LUxtt)/  of  ProfJusyimt,  and  liilton  in  his 
ArtcftagUa^  qaote  it  accarately.  Perhaps  they  did  an 
from  some  ttook  which  we  have  not.  Peihap.s  tliev  felt 
that  the  received  reading  was  merely  a  niisphnt." — Public 
Opinion,  April  9,  1864. 

Another  correspondent  says  :  — 

■  Mar  I  be  permitted  to  suppose  that  there  have. 
orieinaUy,  been  two  printer's  errors,  viz.  of  punctuation 
and  of  spelling.  Bead  Othello's  address  to  Gratiauo  as 
follows :  — 

**  Do  you  ge  bock  dismaye«l  ?  'tis  a  lost  fear,  man ; 
Pat  a  rnah  against  Othello's  bieaat  and  be  reUrea." 

IdL,  April  16. 

I  merely  transcribe  the  above.  I  have  always 
avoided  givinj;  an  opinion  on  readings  in  Sbak- 
spere,  lest,  like  my  betters,  I  shouhl  lose  mj 
temper.  FItxbopujis. 

Garrick  Club. 

Hatdjc  Quesus  {y*  S.  V.  212,  &c)— May  I  be 
permitted  to  odd  another  to  the  former  queries  ? 
Which  i.s  the  composition  called,  in  Germany, 
"The  Kaxor  l^uarteite '* ?  The  tradition  is,  that 
the  great  composer  one  morning  was  shaving,  and 
in  a  pet  with  bis  instrument,  which,  like  most  of 
the  foreign  cutlery  at  that  time,  wa«  very  bad. 
In  tlie  middle  of  the  operation  his  publisher  came 
in ;  and  Haydn  said,  "  I  would  give  a  firsl-rate 
j  quartette  if  I  could  but  get  a  good  English  razor." 
I  The  publisher,  who  bad  not  long  be/bre  been  in 
England,  took  him  at  his  word  ;  rai\  home  dircctlj^i 
and  fetched  one  he  had  brought  ov^r  with  bim*] 
Haydn  kept  bis  promise,  and  presented  him  witk 
tbe  score  of  what  he  told  him  at  tbe  time  was  the' 
best  quartette  he  had  ever  written.  A.  A. 

I'otits'  Comer. 

Salmagdndi  (8'*  S.  V.  388.)  —  Tlie  story  tol4j 
in  France  relative  to  this  dish,  which  is  made 
salted  fish,  is,  that  one  of  their  queens  was  ver^  | 
fond  of  salt,  and  her  chief  lady  was  of  the  Italiati^ 
family  the  Crondi.   During  dinner,  the  former  waaj 
in   the   habit  of  continually  asking  for  her  fa* 
vourite  condiment :  "  Le  sel,  ma  (iondi — le  sel,  ma 
Gondi."     And  it  is  said,  that  when  thia  dish  was 
Invented,  the  courtiers  gave  it  this  name ;  which, 
by  a  slight  corruption,  became  mlmagundi.     Th<| 
story  is  perhaps   neither   vera  nor   exactly   heu 
trovato ;   however,  it  is  the  tradition  across  the 
Channel.  A.  A. 

Poets'  Comer.  . 

IVIabbow  Bonks  akd  CLBAVEas  (3^^  S.  v.  356.) 
H.  S.  will  find  in  Chambers's  Booh  of  Day*,  vol.  i. 
p.  360,  the  custom  of  marrow  bones  and  cleaver- 
men  atten<ling  often  at  marriages.  The  writer 
says  as  follows  :  — 

"  llogarth,  in  las  delineation  of  the  Marriage  of  thi 
Industriona  Apprentice  to  his  nuuter's  daughter,  takea 
occaaion  to  introdaca  a  set  of  batchen  coming  forward 


468 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[•i<aV.  Jiniti<H 


vtth  mirrow  bones  and  clearert,  and  roughlv  pushing 
•side  those  who  doubtless  considered  themselves  as  the 
le(;itimite  musicians.  We  are  thus  favoured  with  a  me- 
morial of  what  mifcht  be  called  one  of  the  old  institntions 
of  the  London  vulgar  —  one  juiit  about  to  expire,  and 
which  has,  in  reality,  become  obsolete  in  the  greater  part 
of  the  metropolis.  I'lie  custom  in  question  was  one  essen- 
tially connected  with  marriage.  The  performers  were 
the  butchers'  men,— the  '  Iwnny  boys  that  wear  the  sleeves 
of  blue.'  A  set  of  these  lads,  having  duly  accomplished 
themselves  for  the  purpose,  made  a  point  of  attending  in 
flront  of  a  house  containing  a  marriage  partv,  with  their 
cleavers,  and  each  provided  with  a  marrow  bone,  where- 
with to  perform  a  sort  of  rado  serenade,  of  course  with 
the  expectation  of  a  fee  in  requital  of  their  music  -Some- 
times the  group  would  consist  of  four,  the  cleaver  of  each 
groand  to  the  production  of  a  certain  note;  but  a  full 
band— one  entitled  to  the  highi-st  grade  of  rewani — 
would  be  not  less  than  eight,  producing  a  complete 
octave ;  and,  where  there  was  a  fair  skill,  this  series  of 
notes  would  have  ail  the  tine  effect  of  a  peal  of  bells, 
When  this  serenade  liappcncd  in  the  evenmg,  the  men 
would  be  dresse<l  neatly  in  clean  blue  aprons,  each  with  a 

{ortentous  wedding  favour  of  white  paper  in  his  breast  or 
at.  It  was  wonderful  with  what  (]uickness  and  certainty, 
under  the  enticing  presentment  of  bcor,  the  serenadcrs 
got  wind  of  a  coming  marriage,  and  with  what  tenacity 
of  purpose  they  would  go  on  with  their  performance 
until  the  expecte<l  crown  or  half  crown  was  forthcoming. 
The  men  of  Clare  Market  were  reputed  to  l>o  the  beat 
performers,  and  their  guerdon  wan  alwayit  on  tlio  highest 
scale  accordingly.  A  merry  rough  aiTair  it  wns ;  trouble- 
some somewhat  to  the  police,  and  not  always  relisihcd  by 
the  party  for  whose  honour  it  was  designed ;  and  some- 
times, when  a  mimical  band  came  u|x>n  tne  ground  at  the 
•ame  time,  or  a  set  of  boys  would  please  to  interfere  with 

Eebbles  rattling  in  tin  canisters,  thus  throwing  a  sort  of 
urlesque  on  the  performance,  a  few  blows  would  be  intor- 
changM.  Yet  the  marrow  bone  and  cleaver  cpithalamium 
sehlom  failed  to  diffuse  a  good  humour  throughout  the 
neighbourhood;  and  one  cannot  but  regret  that  it  is 
rapidly  passing  among  the  things  that  wore." 

TlIUMAS  T.  Dt£B. 

King's  College. 

Barom  MuNciiAUSKN  (S'"  S.  V.  397.)— O.  T.  D, 
writes :  — 

**  I  have  just  come  across  an  old  story  in  the  Facttut 
Sdttliante,  which  may  be  regarded  as  the  origiiul  of  that 
adventure  in  the  inudcrn  romance,  which  tells  how  the 
Baron's  liorAO  was  cut  in  two  by  the  descending  portcullis 
of  a  besieged  town,"  &c. 

Tlic  orifTinal,  huwcTcr,  may  be  looked  for  at  a 
much  earlier  date.  The  following  passaj^e  is  taken 
from  The  Lady  of  the  Fountain,  p.  54,  in  the  ilfa* 
binogion  of  the  lAyfr  Coch  o  Ilergest,  as  translated 
from  the  ancient  Welsh  MS.  by  Lady  Charlotte 
Guest,  1838.  After  describing  a  fight  between 
the  two  knights,  it  snys :  — 

"  Tlien  the  Black  Knight  felt  that  ho  had  received  n 
mortal  wound,  upon  which  he  turnc<l  his  horse's  head, 
and  fled.  Owain  pursued  him,  and  followed  close  upon 
him, although  he  was  not  near  enough  to  strike  him  with 
bis  sword.  Thereupon  Owain  descried  a  vast  and  re- 
splendent castle.  And  they  came  to  the  castle  gate.  And 
the  Black  Knight  was  allowu<l  to  enter,  and  the  portcullis 
was  let  fall  upon  Owain ;  and  it  struck  his  horse  behind 
the  saddle,  and  cut  him  in  two,  and  carried  away  the 
nmals  of  the  spars  that  were  upon  Owain's  heels.    Anil 


the  portcullis  descended  to  the  floor.  Aod  the  mAtf 
(he  spurs  and  part  of  tbahorw!  were  witbont,  and  Oma, 
with  the  other  part  of  the  horae,  renM»M  betwsa  !!:< 
two  gates,  and  the  Inner  gate  was  cloaed,  so  tbatO*j= 
could  not  go  thence;  and  Owain  was  la  a  popkzi^ 
situation."   [Aside,  I  should  think  he  was. J 

At  p.  3G7  of  the  same  ooUection,  reUtin;  tk 
adventures  of  Peredur,  the  son  of  Evrtwc,  then 
is  mention  of  a  remarkable  stag.  Though  not  tkt 
cherry  tree,  "  he  has  one  horn  in  hit  foidwail  a 
long  as  the  shaft  of  a  spear,  and  a>  sharp  u  wks. 
ever  is  sharpest ;  and  he  destroys  the  braodia  4 
the  best  trees  in  the  forest,  and  he  kills  erm 
aninioi  that  he  meets  with  therein  ;  and  those  tki 
he  does  not  slay  perish  with  hunger." 

It  is  said  that  if  the  tail  of  a  leech  be  cvtcf 
after  the  animal  has  fixed  itself  to  the  skin,  itwii 
drink  blood  as  Boron  Munchausen's  hornc  diu 
water.  P>  Hotcuiik 

Bakout  or  Mobdaunt  (3'*  S.  v.  41'/- 
F.  S.  C.  does  not  seem  to  be  aware  that  tiita 
Duke  i)f  Gordon  had  several  sisters,  beiti 
whom  the  barony  of  Morduunt  of  course  ft^I  k- 
abeyance,  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  chb. 
They  all  married,  and  all  I  believe  had  issne. 
CilAKnKS  F.   S.  Waiid. 

Cabt  Family  (3'*  S.  v.  398.) — I  am  sotntb 
I  cannot  aid  Mb.  Uodinson  in  tracing  the  Cuj 
family  in  Holland ;  but  with  reference  to  Ha 
suggestion  that  possibly  some  dcacendm  «f  tkt 
first  Lord  Ilunsdon  may  still  exist,  1  tktukitHir 
not  be  amiss  to  inquire  what  probability  iL«k  >i 
of  such  being  the  case. 

I  presume  that  Mb.  RoBiirsoif  has  invieviuk 
descendants  only,  and  to  suuh  I  shall  oonfioecf 
attention. 

The  first  Lord  Ilunsdon  had  four  sons, — Gm 
John,  Edmund,  and  Robert.  Robert,  theyoovi 
son,  was  created  Earl  of  Monmouth,  and  mk 
title  became  extinct  so  lon<ir  ago  as  1661*1 
clear  that  there  can  have  been  no  male  desmfiK 
in  this  line  for  the  lost  two  centuries.  We  v. 
therefore,  confine  our  inquiries  to  the  three  d^ 
sons. 

George,  the  eldest  son,  who  on  his  father's  dct:k 
became  the  second  Lord  Ilunsdon,  died  withrict 
male  issue,  and  the  title  descended  on  his  brotket 
John,  the  second  son. 

On  the  death  of  his  grandson,  the  fifth  lord, 
the  line  of  John,  the  second  >«on,  became  extinc, 
and  the  title  passed  to  the  descendants  of  Edmnnd, 
the  third  son. 

This  Edmund,  the  third  son,  had  a  son  Sir 
Robert,  who,  according  to  Ma.  Robihsom,  had  four 
sons — Horatio,  Erncstus,  Rowland,  and  Ferdinand 
The  line  of  Horatio,  the  eldest  son,  became  extioet 
on  the  death  of  Robert,  the  sixth  baron,  in  iSSi. 
The  line  of  Emestus,  the  second  soo,  becusi 
extinct  on  tlie  death  of  Robert,  the  aeTaDtii  taav% 


a^  &  y.  Jvns  4,  '643 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


469 


in  1702;  and  the  line  of  Ferdinand  became  ex- 
tinct on  the  deutli  of  William  Ferdinand,  the 
eighth  barun,  in  1765.  If,  ns  Mb.  RnaiNSON  ap- 
pears to  suppose,  Rowland  was  the  third  son,  it  is 
clear  that  tni5  line  must  have  become  extinct 
before  the  line  of  Ferdinand  could  have  succeeded 
to  the  title.  If,  however,  Rowland  was  the 
jounge?t  don,  it  is  certainly  possible  that  some 
dcscendunts  of  bis  maj  still  extst. 

But  however  this  may  be,  the  question  still 
remains — was  Sir  Robert  the  only  son  of  Edmund? 
Mb.  KoBtnsoN  speaks  o(  Edmund's  having  a 
daughter  Alitba.  If  he  bad  also  a  younger  son, 
any  n»ale  descendant  of  this  younger  son  would 
probably  be  entitled  to  the  barouj  of  Hunsdon. 

MSLETSS. 

Prb-dbatm  Corriss  and  MojftmEwxs  (3"*  S.  v. 
423.) — The  Earl  of  Bucban,  brother  of  Henry 
Er^ktne  and  Lord  Chancellor  Erskine  had  his 
tombstone  put  up  diu-ing  bis  life  at  Dryburgh 
Abbey.  There  was  inscribed  on  it  the  date  of  his 
birth,  and  by  anticipation,  that  of  hisi  death  thus  : 
"Died  the  day  of  ,18  ,"  leaving  these 
lilanks  t<)  be  filled  up  at  the  proper  lime  by  bis 
oceessors,  which  it  is  presumed  has  been  duly 
ittended  to.  G.' 

QuoTATiost  WANTBP  (3'*  S.  iv.  499 ;  y.  62.)  — 
I    "  God  and  the  doctor  we  alike  odoro." 

I  remember  an  epigram,  but  not  whether  I  read 
pr  heard  it.     Perhaps  it  may  be  admissible  with* 
lut  verification  :  — 

"  Trcs  medicuH  faci&s  baliet ;  unani,  quandn  rogatar, 
Anf;eliriis;  max  est,  rum  juvat,  ipse  Dtus: 
Post  ubi  curato  poacit  sua  priemia  uiorbo, 
Uorri<luii  apparel,  tcrhbiUAqui:  Satan." 

FiTZHOPKINS. 
Garrick  Club. 

EriTAPH  ow  A  Doo  (3""  S.  v.  416.)— "N.  &  Q." 
;oea  in  for  everything; ;  so  here  is  another.  It 
rtis  in  lithograph,  or  the  predecessor  of  lithograph, 
lly  years  ago ;  — 

"  Elieu !  hie  jacot  Crony, 
A  dog  of  much  r<?nown; 
Nee  Air,  nee  macaroni, 
I'bough  bom  and  bred  in  town. 

*'  In  War  he  was  nicrrimu-s 
In  dog-like  arts  {icrite  ; 
I II  loYK,  a] as !  mi !«crri rn us, 
For  h«  died  of  n  rival's  bite. 

"  His  in5»tr?«  itru.xit  cenotaph, 
An'i  -.'  COMICS  pat  io, 

Hgit  ■  t  iph, 

Imlu.:  .;  .i ji-Uiin." 

M. 

Bmakiri;  thb  Lsrr  Arm  (a**  S.  vii.  106.)— 
I'k!  folluwiiig  is  from  S.  Bentley'a  Excerpta  Hh- 
^rict^  Lon.JDn,  1831.  p,  43  ;  — 

•♦  Pornotnen  that  asen  Bonlell,  that  lo4jge  in  the  Oste. 

■  Alw  \Jm  no  maner  of  man  have,  nor  hold,  any 
>iiwn  vonao  witbiu  )iu  lodging,  upon  |iayu<j  of  l«»iui; 


a  montira  wagea ;  and  if  any  man  finde,  or  may  flnde, 
any  comon  woman  lodgiD(;ft,  my  aaide  lorde  gevetb  him. 
leve  to  take  from  ber  or  theim  all  the  many  that  ma/ 
be  foande  upon  her  or  tbeim,  and  to  take  a  itafe  and 
dryve  her  out  of  the  oste,  and  break  her  arme." — Orders 
by  the  Earl  of  Shrewsbury  and  the  Lord  of  Montboimeri 
at  their  aieges  in  Maine,"  &c. 

W.  D. 

Marbiaqb  BsroBB  A  Justice  or  thb  Fbacb 
(3'*  S.  V.  400)  :  — 

"  During  the  usurpation  of  Cromwell,  marriaffo  was 
declared  to  be  a  merely  civil  contract," — Dean  Ilook's 
Churfh  Diet.  art.  "  Alatrimony." 

"  One  of  the  laws  of  the  Uarebones  Parliament  (1653) 
made  marriage  merely  a  civil  contract,  'i'he  parties  were 
forced  to  have  their  banns  pabli5hed  three  times  in  the 
church  or  in  the  market  place,  and  they  were  to  profess 
(heir  mutual  desire  of  being  married  in  the  presence  of  a 
magistrate.  In  1G66  the  parties  were  allowed  to  adopt 
ihe  accustomed  rites  of  religion,  if  they  preferred  them." 
—Bishop  Short's  HitU  of  Che  Church  of  England,  SecUoa 

N. 

Doi-PHiw  AS  A  Chest  (3'*  S.  v.  396.)— Tlie 
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  e.xImuBted  the 
subject  of  Dolphins  as  heraldic  bearings ;  I  beg, 
therefore,  to  refer  your  correspondent  Cubvrom 
to  his  excellent  work,  pp.  15 — 45. 

Geoboe  W.  Mabsuau.. 

Ubbaclitcs  RniEWs  (3""*  S.  v.  73.)  —  My  query 
might  as  well  have  been  headed  "  Fly-leaf  Scrib- 
blings,"  as  I  can  throw  no  light  on  the  authorship 
of  this  witty  seriol.  I  have  a  copy,  however,  of 
the  edition  publi^tbed  in  1713,  the  first  volume  of 
which  contains  ten  pages  of  very  closely -written 
nianutfcript  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  Pbillipji 
(thoup[h  without  allusion  to  the  author)  ;  but  there 
lire  two  aojoroufl  and  epigrammatic  songs  for 
which  I  cannot  find  a  parent.  I  itiftr  that  they 
(as  well  as  the  other)  are  copies ;  and  therefore 
ask  the  assistance  of  your  contributors.  I  cive 
only  the  first  two  lines  of  each,  but  will  send  th« 
whole  shoultl  they  be  unknown  :  — 

"  Whott,  putt  off  with  one  DenyalU 
And  not  make  a  second  trj'all?  " 

"Bright  Cvthia's  power,  divinely  great. 
What  heart  is  not  obeving?  " 

W.  Lbb. 

Sib  Edward  Mat  (3"«  S.  v.  65,  142.)— I  have 
to  thank  K.  W.  for  his  kindness  in  replying  to  my 
query  on  this  subject.  Can  R.  W.,  or  any  other 
correspondent,  inform  me  as  to  the  crest  and  motto 
borne  by  Sir  Edward  ?  Did  any  member  of  the 
May  family  settle  in  London  ?  Cabilfobo. 

Cape  Town. 

"  Kii.BtTDDEBT  Hvm"  (S'*  8.  ▼.  442.)  — The 
bile  owner  oi  Loughlinstown,  between  iiraj  Biid 


470 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C^'SLT.JinRl' 


Dubllii,  was  Sir  Compton  Domfile,  Birt.,  of  S&w^ 
try.  I  at^  not  a  ware  whether  it  was  one  of  thmt 
ntme  «ko  is  alluded  to  In  Hia  bailttd  of  tlie  Kil- 
mddery  Hunt,  but  as  it  was  not  the  uiuil  resi- 
dence of  tbe  familj,  it  may  more  probably  be  some 
tenvnt,  who  held  tiie  estate  on  the  long  leaaes  bo 
common  m  Ireland,  especially  aa  no  sporting  tra- 
ditions of  the  Domvile  family  have  reached  tlie 
present  time.  T,  E,  Wunrntuxou. 

Seft ukaiMT  (3"  S.  V.  410.) — Dr.  Henry  Oven, 

there  is  reaa^Mi  to  belierc,  did  not  know  tb^e  faots. 
Tbe  Septnagint  version  was  first  made  for  tbe  use 
of  the  Jews;  ami  Iiuth  Talrauda  apeak  of  "thir- 
teen texts  only  an  departed  from  in  the  version  of 
PtolcDiy  (tbe  Sept ua);i lit).  Ailer  tbi«  versii:)u 
fell  into  tbe  bands  of  Christians,  corruptioiii  begun, 
and  the  labours  of  Ori^eii  were  directed  to  their 
elimination;  but,  notwithstanding  his  compilation 
of  the  Ilcnapla,  the  corruptions  were  greatly  mul- 
tiplied, 30  that  the  thirteen  Jitfercnces  were  in- 
creased to  hundreds.  See  Eich horn's  EihI.  A.  T. 
E.  1T3 ;  Ilody,  Eusebiua,  Eccl.  Hitt.  v.  2S  \  fU- 
phalls  J<?u»,  i,  131 ;  Clemens  Alex.  Strom,  v.  p. 

Kewikotonbwois  is  wron^  in  attributing  to  the 
Chriiitinna  a  jealous  care  for  the  integrity  of  the 
text;  thdr  object  hnH  been  unfortunately  to  alter 
the  text  to  suit  tliL*ir  dci<tma<H.,  tint  to  correct  their 
dagauLs  by  the  text,  a  diitposltiuii  which  h  by  nu 
meaiu  exii^ct.  T.  J.  Bucktok. 


SOTES  OX  BOOKS^  JITQ 
^  Diriionnr^  nftfte  RUJf,  ■uttmprisinQ  AntiouHirt,  Jliiiip^- 

iert.    Edited  t.y  Willijuji  tjraiih,  LL.D,  Oic.  I'artt  Xlli. 
tu  AAT.    i Murray.) 

Vi^  congmtiilBte  the  Editor,  tha  ContributorB,  odiI  the 
Fabliilterti  uf  The  Zticlionary  of  the  Hil/l*  dd  the  succcij.- 
ful  coiiipletjoa  of  this  valuable  conipendioni  of  biblical 
knon'lvil^^.  YarliMl  nud  numcrouj  as  have  beta  the 
endenvttmA  to  iJliiaLrate  the  Antir^ttitir^,  Bioprnphv,  Geo- 
gniphy,  nw\  Siitufiil  Hilary  vC  the  Holy  Scripturea,  it 
may  tii'itl'ly  be  uverrt!d  thut  wj  larjii;  an  amount  fflTlcjirned 
And  t rust wor til  rillitslratii III  nf  iUom  sct'ieral  (tepnrtments 
of  knowleiU;!!  itjis  riLver  hvfftte  bihu)  lutkcti^d  together, 
and  wTtiiiiily  never  brfnrf  bt-iMi  i<rea*;iiteJ  tg  the  i^orld  in 
au  conipot^t  mul  .-u  corivi'niiiil  a  fumi.  While  ii  in  a.  fh«- 
rACtcrlittic  nf  the  niust  impuriiuii  articles  in  lb  in  ]>ictJon- 
ury  tliat,  «lshaiip]ir  to  a  certain  «xu>nt,  liicy  exUaiut 
thu  subjccr^  the  renik-r  wbt^  may  wjik  tu  examine  it  mon! 
thoroughly  For  hiinii-tf,  will  iinu  in  the  utiUhDritiea  qodted 
by  the  wrttijin,  rcfcruiuu'is  to  th«  bent  *fiBTce*  of  infono*- 
tiaa  for  the  volution  of  hit  doubts,  or  th«  »treugih«niiiff 
of  ill  If  iTtrninctJonft.  Tiit!  a^NrMTJattid  labourii  of  a  iiumer- 
oun  tio^ly  of  ilJvtiiMrinincrnt  for  their  phiy,  itnd  of  scholori 
diatiiiguinheil  fur  thrir  It-ami  tig  (litm  tome  of  tlie  contri- 
butani  coinbiiic  in  their  own  persons  both  tbese  qualiflca- 
tiona)  have  euc(.-u«(Ied  in  cDlleetiog  into  these  thru  goodly 
octavos  A  juilieluUK  eoinbinatioa  of  the  Ihcologicu  itu- 
di«)t  of  p«st  «g«*  with  the  theological  tnciuiries  (rfoar  own 


do^l  a^d  hava  tha«by  prwliWMd  tn  E«rfd0^ 
tJibUcol  Leaminf,  to  wouii  Btodeots  of  aR  eLama, 
the  sldlled  ihewogiait  to  the  buxaUe?!  reader  't 
Bihl^  mwr  refer  with  tlie  certaimT  of  fiodiof  iai:; 
matioQ  Dfwhicb  they  an  in  searcb- 

A  Na/tected  Fast  in  Eitglitk  Hitk/qf.    Ms  HeBjO 

Coote,  F.S.A.    (Boll  &  Daldy.) 

tlid  I'a^tectcd  fact,"  ta  whleb  Mr.  Coot*  &m 
tentian  ia  tbift  able  little  'Folamc  fi*  that  tk& 
iQflnencfl  recognisAbte  in  the  elements  of  Ev^fiA  w 
alitjr  ia  not  derived  from  the  Gervuu  iaajgntfii 
fifth  and  sixth  ceatarlca.  bot  ow«a  kavricia  ta  a  Ii 
of  a  ^r«at  Cis-rbeaui  [i«m>1c*  whii^  in  iu  iwfa 
ses^  straiiwd  tho  nerve  oi  the  great  diosur  W 
aubmittod  to  tho  geaios  of  the  lempin^;  anltlul  j 
people,  aa  the  tme  continental  branches  have  ka 
siiieo  loaC  or  merged,  EnglArtd  ia  now  tha  urte  no 
tativ*.  Ur.  Gootc  supports  tMa  view  with  i«cii 
me»t  aad  great  learning. 

Spttai;  and  Sywrn^m*  ttf  (A*  <?*■«*  Tfrf— iwl-  * 
Webster,  U.A^  late  Fellow  nf  Qwcn't  i;tfUeni 
bridge.     (KlvingUins.) 

A  scholarly  and  careful  work*  in  expUa^MR J 
pecuIiariLi«  of  Htlletiistic  Greek  :  compiled  fiwi  ■ 
DoDaldaon,  Rose,  and  our  recent  En^tiah  cflinsiflai 
aa  Ellicott,  AJford,  Wordsworth,  and  Vasfha:- 
forming  a  iiMiet  aerriceable  volmaa  for  tks  t^Mf 
smdiHt. 


174 lif  vn^i-  ^vu, 

Oui  KiwTALiTT.   fir  Fv^*  MHttoiiiniLm  AacOeaMi  >■*'' ' 
/itUtfiiniw  oritT  :  — 
Irarrii/tiiMU'/rtim  I7D0— irii(^ik&tu)l#<i  i»  1*1; 

„  IMA-' law 


iri'j 

kilU 

A^nmL.    Tlif  fant  nt  Otr  I.itaruiml  Tr\t-t*  imVif^t  -mV**^ 
,\a.Jl,~  rhf  OmnaaM  tif  tie  Uolw    .4#M      ■  "      ~ 


I  Sll|ipt.1 


UlntiakTiirDi  vi'fl  JSmd  rffemnf   ta  ft,i^ 

Kvinr'  i»   \f  all ritiful''  CrilVvl  UlM4>n   of  Uw    athu— ■—  ^"^ 
r*'    "nwn  i.F   Mp  fifTt'iirt  if  mi-i»t/  frhitt  altnrM  M>  •m^r-  '' 

art."'  titit'ir." 


A.  A.  itdijiwt  ttyhl  artirleti^t  thr  orlgnmi  ami 


Ifuitibue  IN  urir  Fi 
Hiul  LeWtiJcr,  L-tlli. 


,  arr  tkttt  finri :  — 


la  AcU 


Loo' 


lti,m-tiM'j,i\<tfAii  l<«,'twa«|iii,>wt)  urrw*-" 
J,  S,  triltii.itl  ...iiir  fwnwar  r>r  *"'  ■     11   fTiii  <■  fti^  ^rf  '  '- 

<rr%«  d»J  kit  a',itlf,  wr  huuTeUc  Bkvraptol*  %i^u*rmiM.  Kitii- 1^ 

A..  E.  T^  l,./'~N.fe(|."it^Jrav9k,  !>.  II»\h  .. 
wt  can  /«riii<  rif  n  /i  Hrr  Hv  4arc  inrodMgajyW  Awa. 

•  ■•  f^iifi  Jiir  liiii'liH-j  «^  vulumrf  a^^lt.  k  tX"  m.j«  ^  *•' 
/'ifb&,<licr ,  aMd  K/  "J/  /Iu J^fitrt  enl  A  '  IT.  i«n. 

" Kova*  AH D  Uin*>ii"  u  aMbtfrt  mt  atmm  mt  Tt^tf.  ^ 
iwtl  in  M.iTTlkLi  Hjlllit.  Tfci  Jhimirrimtimm  f-^  tv^mnrC^ 
jiir  JTuflfV  frinnirilMj  iJiruT  Jrflk  fV    JT^aM^WF    i.^cJ^^H  A 

*^  Mora  a  QvMi  V 


rtt  11,  •84.3 


NOTES  AND  QUERlEi 


471 


jyooy.  SATOnDAY.  JCSE  ll,  JBW. 


CONTEJrrS.— NX  128. 
rBxtractH  rrom  the  Tomi  O.iiiuil  fltCv^rdi  f.f  Ir- 
—  "  L<'t   tho   ilneadful   !  '  i 

,  4trs  —  Butiyati'ii  Toinl ' 

'(•s  T''r^y  Ti^JN  ii!.'n—  : 


III.  i71. 

ES :  —  Culoufl  JDho  Morice,  or  MorrU,  17C  — The 

.irr.l  ..(  lliulmru..   A').-  \iicc-.i.,t.'-Knmiw  Su.-k.-ii 

i; 


.rJiiu. 


—  itov.  (.iecinw   Ulkiker  —  Tlttj   Jiov.  TimuiUsi 

,*77. 

*  -  rKRS:  —  GeoiTc  Mcriton  —  lAm\]fi*h 
—  MotUuenhain  Club  —  Nsthatfiel 
Dick  — Lady  KliiiLNjlh  Sitolinan  — 

B8 :  —  Parisli  Ecgisters.  4SA  —  Mr*,  Dugald  SUimri'n 
..  1M      Ei!<nn   UasiHkr.  If>.  —  JMstlcr-  —  Puvdin'a 

>ar8>on«i  — 

>nftmcB— Sir 

ivir—  tkUlMl 

es— lint  III"*  III  l-ingliiiiii --  Suck      I  lir  hrieltBh  Cburrli 

me  —  The  ttoil  Otoss  Kuisht  p.  "  Quocn  i  Gordons," 

looki,Ac. 


CTS  FROM  TOE  TOWN  COUNCIL 
RECORDS  OF  IRVTXE. 

lowing  interesting  notices,  from  an  Ayr- 
'■paper,  are  -well  entitled  to  be  preserved 
iges  of  "  N.  &  Q,"  They  are  from  the 
ir.  James  Paterson^  author  of  a  history  of 
^es  in  that  county. 

le  defeat  of  General  Bailfc,  bv  Montrose,  at 

S  the  2Sth  AngUBt,  lf>45,  the  west  of  Scotland 

aanoer,  eatireir  at  tbe  mercy  of  the  Koyalista. 

me  the  flower  of  the  Scotiith  army  -wiu  in 

uad  only  a  few   regimenta  of  iii-dificipliQed 

coDld  be  brought  together,  rather  to  liaug  on 

id  disturb  the  movemcDts  ojf  Aloatroso,  tbaa  to 

m  battle.    There  were  many  of  the  landed  pro- 

Mpadally  of  the  smaller  daas,    in    Ayrsuirct 

royal  cause ;  and  partly  witli  the  viev 

aail  partly  to  encourage  tbo«e  friendly 

n-    Montroee  despatched  his   licuten- 

>r  M'Donald,  to  Kilmarnock,  Ihi-ru 

■  ?    from    the    ^iirroiindiny    district, 

IV,  while  he 

Hi»torif  of 

lax — printed 

to  hiB  chief, 


tbo  preatti' 
toak  Mil^i 
116^1) 

i^nal — !)• 
Kfjiiiitoii 


I IV,  n-c-  nrc- 


iniitrxuliie  2<io  Uoubt  Liiere 

iiK,  and  :!   had  tho   desired 

a  few  (uud  LDun  u>  luin  nt  Kilmaniuck, 
more  were  oo  their  way  to  the  "LMgtier" 


when  intelligence  of  Montrosc'j  defeat  at  Pbilliphaagli, 
by  General  Lealie,  on  the  iSth  September,  pat  a  stop  to 
their  progress. 

The  following  extract  from  the  Recorda  of  Inrioe  refers 
to  this  period;  '  -  -hat  followed  the  "break,"  or 
defeat  of  the  I.  at  Hamilton,  by  the  txoop.s  of 

Cromwell  undi :  i     ;.  in   16J0.    Jahii  Dunlop,  the 

compLiiner,  wus  (Jhiut  Magistrate,  or  Prwost,  of  irvinc. 
Tbe  geatleman  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  the  copy, 
dtates  that  the  old  orthography  has  not  in  all  oases  been 
adhered  to :  — 

"  A  true  accompt  of  ye  dlaburscments  and  losses  sus- 
tahiod  by  John  Dunlup  qnbjil  he  wa*  Magistrate  of  Irrin. 
1.  In  tymc  of  AUaster  ^ackdonald.  'I.  In  timo  of  y« 
Sectoriea  *  prevailing  atYer  ye  defeat  at  Hamilton. 

1,  In  jfc  tume  of  AUtuter  Machdonald. 

lb.     t.     d. 

Imprimi*.  For  mv  charges  87  dayes  in  Kil* 
insmock,  quhi^  I  was  smnmoned  before  ye 
Comittie, 005  00  00 

Item,  rny  fync  which  1  payed  by  order  of 
Comittie,  after  much  iaterccasioa  of  miti- 
gation          .        .    053  00  08 

Ileni,  for  redemption  of  my  goads  tnkeu  by 
Captain  Mnir  nnd  hia  sugars  iiuhill  1  was 
marched  to  Glasgow 018  00  00 

Item,   my  charge-;  (|uhill   I  was  dummoned 

before  ye  Comittie  in  Glasgow    .         .        .     006  00  00 

Item,  for  aoe  horM  and  man  to  come  to  me 
to  Kirkudbrighu  quhill  I  was  summoned  to 
ye  C<iuiittie  at  Edinburgh  .        .        .        .     006  00  00 

Item,  for  an  horse  which  I  was  necesaitat  (or 
to  buy,  not  finding  any  to  byr,  in  a  storm. 
for  my  carrying  to  Ediobargb,  oad  which 
died  by  ye  way  in  my  retunii;    .        .        -    055  00  00 

Item,  being  fyoed  in  Edinburgh  by  ye  Comit- 
tie there  iu  &00/A.,  whicii,  by  i! 
aioa  of  friewli,  wqs  p<ist,  1  \. 
charges,  partly  to  the  Clerk,  b'  i   , , 
burgh  twenty-three  days,  above         ,        -     038  00  00 

Item,  after  my'horsc  diet,  or  a  liorse  to  carry 
me  home,  and  charges        ....    003  00  00 

Sarama    .    184  06  Ot( 

2.  In  ye  lyme  of  ye  SeeUtria,  a/itr  the  brtai  and  drfmt 
at  flamitlon, 

lb.    ».    rf. 
Tmprimi*.  Ane  (edderbed  and  Its  fomitour  to 
ye  garii«oune  in  Eglintoun,  which  I  never 

got  back Oao  00  IKl 

Item,  wared  out  on  two  sogurs  under  the 
btondie  flax,  and  brought  from  the  gar- 
risoane  in  Eglintouu  and  laid  on  my  wyfe 
in  my  absence^  and  oo  Carlan  Wilson,  that 
with  others  came  every  day  to  them  and 
caused  bring  sack  and  sugar,  molasses,  and 

other  uetcasariea 040  00  00 

Item,  seven  dozen  of  Ireland  borda,  alao  brod 
as  denllf,  which  twentie-fVfe,  the  night 
thcv  wore  quartered  upon  me,  tookc  oat  of 

mv'coUar 042  00  00 

Item,  nvne   dealls  whioli  they  wailed  from 

»inn.."ff?f  the  rwl OOfi  00  (Ml 

'  I  GKi,  the  pair 

.    0«8  00  00 
■lU.  lost  by 
Lhcir  borsea  put  in  the  cellnr,  where  it  was, 

•  The  Cnmiwellian  Puritana  iret*  <:a»«ji.  a«taan»*  "^ 
Scotland. 


472 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3»*  S.  V.  JcsB  11, Kt 


and  thev  had  the  kra  with  them  eight 
dajres  wLile  they  went  to  the  garitoune  of 
Eglintoun 

Item,  nyn  bolU  meal,  in  three  hogshead*, 
taken  away  hy  them  and  eaten  in  ye 
qnarten 

Item,  foar  great  barrela  of  baiter  desposed  on 
by  them  in  the  lyk  manner 

Item,  two  carcaabes  of  beef  newlie  salted 

Item,  threttie  atone  of  iron,  taken  by  titem 
out  of  my  cellar 

Item,  Uie  iron  standers  out  of  my  house  on  the 
hUl,  value  to 

Item,  twal  aiken  loafla  qulk  they  tooke  and 
made  fyrcwood  to  ye  gaard 

Item,  four  tries,  which  cost   .... 

Summa 


tl.    ».    d. 
100  00  00 

090  00  00 

100  00  00 
024  00  UU 

OCO  00  00 

012  00  00 

036  00  00 
009  U6  08 

G27  06  08 

Summa  toUlis        .    81118  04 

"  The  particular  disbursements  and  losses  above  written, 
I,  the  aDove*named  John  Dunlop,  sustained,  over  and 
above  other  losses  and  chairges,  in  my  crop  and  other- 
wavs,  common  and  incedent  to  me  with  other  inhabitants, 
■Ba  which,  though  promesed  long  ago  to  be  refoundid, 
according  to  the  abilities  of  the  place  in  a  fair  way,  were 
naver  as  yet  taken  in  serious  consideration,  and  which 
I  shonld  not  now  trouble  the  counsel  dt  novo  with,  not« 
withstanding  of  all  my  losses  or  other  straits,  war  it  not, 
I  hnmbly  expect  they  will,  without  farder  delay,  consider 
of  the  samen,  and  give  my  former  supplication  a  ftvour- 
able  answer." 

ALB.  — The  poor  Baillie  appears  to  have  been  out  of 
the  frying-pan  into  the  fire,  between  the  Highlanders  and 
the  Sectiuies— plundered  by  both  parties.  Of  the  two, 
the  Highlanders  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  docaments  have  been  dis- 
covered to  be  among  the  Irvine  papers :  — 

"  1st.  Discharge  by  the  Earl  of  Rothes,  the  Abbots  of 
Whithorn,  Arbroath,  &c,  as  Lords  Compositors,  to  the 
Bailies  of  Irving  for  composition  of  £83  6«.  Sdl,  for  the 
Baid  of  Solwaj'.    Dated  at  Air,  12  Feb.,  1529. 

**  2nd.  Licence  and  warrant  by  Queen  Mary,  under  the 
hand  of  the  Regent,  riarl  of  Arran,  as  her  tutor,  narrating 
that  'for  tlie  composition  of  said  scoir  pundis  of  our 
realm,  has  grantit,  given  licence  to  our  lovittes,  the  pro- 
vist,  bailyies,  and  hale  comniunitie  of  our  burgh  of  Irvine, 
to  remana  and  byed  at  haroe  from  our  oist  and  army  de- 
visit  to  convene  at  Roslone  Muire,  the  XX  day  of  October 
instant,  for  resisting  of  our  auld  inemcas  of  Ingland,  and 
recovering  of  the  forts  of  our  rcalnie,  presentlie  in  thoir 
handis.' — It  farther  narrates  that  iho  provist  and  bailyies 
had  paid  the  composition,  and  that  the  inhabitants  had 
delayeil  to  repsy  the  same.  The  Regent  therefore  grants 
to  *  command  and  charge  all  and  sundrie,  the  burgesses, 
inhabttantes,  wedics,  alswcell  women  a»  men,  *to  relief 
and  mak  thankful!  payment  to  the  saides  provost  and 
bailyies  of  the  foresaid  compoaitione,  wiUiin  thre  days 
next  after  they  be  cliargit,  under  the  pane  of  reboUionc 
and  patting  of  thame  to  our  home.'— Dated  at  Hamilton, 
9  Oct.,  7  vear  of  the  Queen's  reign,  lu49. 

"flrd.  Discharge  by  Alexander,  Earl  of  Glencairn, 
commonljr  called  the  Good  Ear],  to  the  burgh  of  Irvine, 
for  £52  tis.  8(f.  for  furnishing  men  for  recovering  the 
Castle  of  Dumbarton.— Dated  at  Finlavston,  27th  Dec., 
1569. 

"  4th.  Letters  from  the  Earls  of  Mar  and  Cowrie^  the 
Abbots  of  Diyborgh,  Cambuskenneth,  &c.,  to  the  Provost 
and  Bailies  of  Irvine,  that  the}-  have  declared  their  miod 


to  the  Lord  Boyd,  to  be  shown  unto  then  in  someac. 
tens  of  consequence,  tending  to  the  aurtie  of  G«d"i  tai 
religion  and  professors  thereof,  the  welfair  of  the  Kiat', 
Majesty,  and  common  wealthe  of  tlie  haill  rsalme,  vbot- 
anent  we  desire  you  alftctiously  to  give  him  some  credit- 
From  Stirling,  ZXI  SepL,  1584. 

"  6th.  Letter  fVom  .Tames  VI.,  fVonn  Castle  of  Stiriiai. 
5  Sept.  158C,  intimating  alteration  of  day  of  meetiiSK 
Convention  of  Estates. 

<*6th.  Letter  from  James  VI.  *  To  our  tniiat  fritsfi 
the  Provost,  Bailyies,  and  Counsel  of  oar  bargfa  «f  lr#iif 
Tmist  friendis,  we  greet  you  heartlie  weell.    It  \m 

Eleoait  God  to  onr  contentment,  and  we  ar  asnrii  ».  { 
!ss  to  the  common  lyking  of  all  onr  affectit  lairn,  i 
to  bless  with  appearance  of  succeaaioun,  onr  dearert'le:    I 
fkllow,  the  Queene,  being  with  cliild  and  near  the  tru 
of  her  dely  verie.    Quhilk  and  other  weettk  aiEun  gin; 
occasion  of  a  mair  necessar  deliberation  and  ad^  r 
oure  nobilitie  and  estattis  nor  at  ony  t^e  hcirtoM;*! 
have  thocht  meet  to  desyre  3'oa   maist  camestlj  it 
you  faill  not,  all  excuses  set  apairt,  to  address  yowC» 
missioners  towards  heir  at  our  Ilolymid  Hooa,  tbl 
daf  of  Janoar  next  to  cum,*  &c,  &e.— From  Uttm 
IISm,  the  XVII  day  of  Dec.,  1598. 

"  7th.  Letters  from  ljof\n  Blantyre,  Kew  Bot4a! 
others,  about  imposts  on  wyn. — 8  January,  1598. 

"  8th.  Letter  from  the  Marquis  of  Argyll,  9  Aag.'>i 
for  2000  weight  of  powder  for  the  service  of  the  (s- 
mittee  of  Estates,  with  receipt  by  John  Campbcl],atTE 
of  the  Marquis  for  the  same,  in  20  barrela. 

"  0th.  Paper  signed  by  Lord  Cochrane^  Cessnock.  £r- 
ailane,  &&,  oeariiig  that  Sir.  Kobert  Barclay,  Pnrairf 
Irving,  craved  payment  of  a  bed,  &c. — Dat«i  st  Uai- 
nock,  8U  May,  1656." 

J.  31 


"  LET  THE  DREADFUL  £NGIXES' 
It  is  certainly  one  of  tho  duties  of  Ei^nfcinm 
to  take  thought  for  the  memory  of  tk  la^ 
Wocthy,  and  1  wuh  therefore  to  throw  iasjoiu 
towards  so  good  an  end,  bj  callinir  forth  x  ih> 
mory  of  the  admirable  composer  Hem^  Furod 
in  connection  with  one  of  his  most  renukiic 
sonps  ("  Let  the  dreadful  iEnfines  of  ebst' 
Will ") ;  a  song  which  yet,  so  far  at  least  *m 
public  performance  is  coucerucd,  has,  secnad;. 
gone  quite  out  of  hearing  and  of  mind. 

Several  years  ago,  conversing  with  Mr.ii- 
ward  Taylor,  the  late  Grcsham  Frofei<«or  i 
Music,  concerning  the  celebrated  ba.<-e  u^- 
Mr.  Bartleman,  the  worthj  professor  told  k 
with  great  gusto,  some  interestmc  particulanR- 
lativc  to  that  singer,  and  also  to  uie  song  in  <^ 
tion.  Subsequently,  I  met  with  a  paper  (n 
Fraaer'a  Magazine  for  August,  1853),  upon  Mi. 
Bartlemau,  which  paper  I  take  for  granted  te 
have  been  written  by  Mr.  Taylor.  All  the  opi- 
nions and  particulars  concerning  the  song  u^ 
the  singer  are  there  reproduced,  and  in  the  stvk 
with  which  they  were  given  to  mc.  I  will  thoe- 
fore  extract  from  that  paper  in  preference  to 
offering  mr  own  sketch  of  a  distant  conTersatioa 
It  should  be  premised  that  the  writer  u  spoiiBV 
of  the  Ancient  Concerts,  and  of  Mr.  BarUcnai 
activity  in  bringing  forward  at  thow  conoerti  ^ 


8«S.V.  JDX«n, '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


the  year  I79(!},  some  of  the  most  striking  base 
8onga  of  Purcell :  — 

"  At  the  ninth  concert  he  revived^K>r  rather  caused  to 
be  heard  for  the  llrst  time  — '  Let  the  droAdtuI  eng:tnea 
of  eternal  will.'  Thi«  song,  wriiten  for  the  character  of 
Cardcnio,  in  Parcell's  np«r&  of  Vom  QiiixoU,  demaiida  a. 
^mbination  of  powers  on  the  part  of  the  singer,  which 
""  r,  if  «ny  songH,  reoulre  in  a  like  degree.  Kage,  hntrorl, 
I,  pity,  lovts  and  contempt,  iltid  their  moat  \nTid  and 
nt  expression  in  this  extraordinary  composition, 
Qughout  which  (he  singer  has  the  accompaniment  of 
'pianoforte  or  rioloncellu  only.  The  whole  effect 
mtiftl  ha  pro<tar:ed,  if  it  be  produced,  by  hia  nn<iide<t 

J  powers;  and  it  was  a  test  to  which  few  bad  cared,  and 
ew  will  care,  to  lubject  themselves.  The  result  must 
always  be  complete  succem.  or  eotirc  failure.  Bartlenian 
felt  that  he  woseqosl  to  his  self-imposed  task.  lie  had 
prenured  hi^  aaJitors  for  hi»  grandest  exhibition  of  Pur- 
celrs  geaiuj:.  and  he  was  himself  prepared  to  display  it. 
In  the  coarse  of  hi*  career  many  critics  sat  in  judj^mcnt 
upon  hint,  but  he  was  the  severest  of  them  all.  lie  studied 
his  song-  as  an  actor  would  study  one  of  Shakespeare's 
characters;  he  became  the  person  that  be  represented ; 
he  entered  into  every  feeling,  thought,  and  emotion  of 
his  mind,  finding  for  each  the  most  emphatic  expression 
in  Purcell's  music;  and  the  result  was,  that  the  song  was 
bis,  and  his  alone:  with  Bartlemon  it  was  born — with 
him  it  died." 

I  will  now  proceed  to  state  a  carious  circutn- 
4tonce  (not  at  all  touched  upon  by  Professor 
rS'sylur),  regardinn;  iLis  fine  song,  which  will  tend 
to  ishow  the  necessity  of  occasionally  considering 
the  proceedings  of  «;ditors  and  others  as  to  tbe 
Worthies  of  England. 

Id  is  certainly  much  to  be  reorretted  that  ohjec- 
tiot^nble  words  are  so  often  to  be  found  with  old 
musical  compositions,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that 
the  presence  of  several  coarse  thoxighta  and  words 
in  the  Inst  movement  but  one  of  "  Let  the  dread- 
ful engines,"  has  been  the  cause  of  that  move- 
ment beinc^  omitted  in  inudcrn  editiuns,  and  with 
if,  of  a  necessity,  the  very  last  movement  alnu. 
Those  wh(«a  knowledge  of  Purcell's  secular  music 
is  only  derived  from  the  Selections  of  Mr,  Vorfe 
jtnd  Dr.  Clarke,  will  find,  upon  coming  to  tbe 
TTords, 

"  Since  nothing  can  prevail,*' 

which  close   a  certain   movement  of    "  Let   the 
ndful   Engines/'  a  <lirection  to  the  singer  to 
iiiate  tlie  song  by  repeating  an  inner  move- 
ment, beginning  — 

"  Cau  nothing  warm  me," 
which  movement  docs  indeed  close  the  composi- 
tion very  well,  and  simply  appears  to  be  some- 
thing of  the  Da  Capo,  used  so  much  in  ancient 
music,  and  which  is  one  of  the  sources  of  a  cer- 
tain degree  of  stifiuess  and  fornittlity,  as  well  as 
of  stateliness.  Now,  if  we  look  into  the  early 
editions  of  this  "mad  song,"  that,  for  instance,  of 
1694,  or  the  reprint  in  the  Orphan  Brifanuieus, 
putilished  for  Purcell's  widow,  we  shall  find 
nothing  of  the  Da  Capo,  hut,  after  the  words 
"  since  nothing  can  prevail,"  tieo  new  movements 


■■tent 


follow,   qnite  different  to  any  of  the  preceding 

ones,  and  iLiu  last,  upon  tbe  words  — 

"  And  so  I  fairly  bid  ihera,  ami  the  World,  Good  Xight," 

closing  the  whole  in  a  very  impressive  and  un- 
expected manner. 

It  will  be  easily  perceived  how  great  an  injus- 
tice may  have  been  done  to  Purcell  by  these 
peculiar  proceedings  of  the  editors,  and  it  might 
occur  to  us  that  it  would  have  been  a  very  ob- 
vious course  to  have  had  the  objectionable  words 
and  thoughts  superseded  by  others,  written  in  a 
better  taste,  and  thus  preserve  the  music  intact. 
Instead  of  that,  Purcell's  two  last  movcinents 
(still  carrying  out  the  idea  of  constant  variation 
in  Cardento's  mind,  and  thus  carrying  out  to  the 
very  cud  of  the  song  its  dramatic  propriety),  are 
rutliles.«!ly  cut  away,  and  the  comparative  stifliiess 
and  formality  of  the  Da  Cnpa  silently  substituted. 

Having  been  very  lately  led  to  reconsider  all 
these  things  in  their  bearing  upon  tbe  just  fame 
of  Purcell,  I  have  resorted  to  Mr.  W.  II.  Husk 
for  some  of  the  information  which  that  gentleman 
18  always  so  kindly  reaily  to  impart  in  connexion 
with  music  and  nvusicians.  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,  aud  upon 
the  authoritij  of  the  Ancient  Concert  Word-hooks, 
that  Mr.  Bartleman  had  sung  the  song  at  least 
half  a  dozen  times  (between  179G  and  1802),  at 
the  Ancient  Coucerts  ;  anil,  strange  to  say,  it  also 
appeared  that,  in  every  instance,  the  composition 
bud  been  treated  Da  Capo  fashion. 

Mb.  Ht.:8K  also  jiut  me  in  possession  of  the 
interesting  fact,  that  the  song,  after  having  long 
slumbered  at  the  Ancient  Concerts,  was  revived 
by  Mr.  Brabaiu  at  one  of  those  concerts  (Wed- 
ncaday,  May  Cth,  1833),  when  it  was  given  by 
him  ill  its  completeness  an  to  the  music,  the  most 
objectionable  words  and  phrases  having  been  ex- 

Eunged  for  a  new  version.  Whether  the  music 
as  ever  been  printed  as  thus  given  by  Mr.  Bra- 
ham,  I  :im  not  at  present  aware,  but  I  trust,  in  a 
subsequent  paper,  to  revert  to  the  .*ubject  of  this 
particular  song,  and  of  sundry  points  connected 
with  it.  Alfkkd  RoFr£. 

Somers  Town. 


JOSEPH  LESURQUES, 

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  case 
of  mistaken  identity  upon  record,  and  some  notice 
of  it  may  be  worthy  of  a  place  in  your  columns. 
He  was  executed  in  1794  for  the  alleged  crimes 
of  robbing  the  Lyons  Mail,  and  murdering  tbe 
courier,  but  uuder  circumstances  of  doubt  and 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[«r<a.v. 


difficulty  which  would  have  rendered  his  convic- 
lion  at.  the  present  time  impossible.  The  mm 
has  been  made  subservient  to  the  purposes  of  the 
novelist  and  the  dramatist  both  in  Frnnre  nnd 
England;  but  even  their  invention  couM  add 
nothing  to  the  hoirible  interest  of  the  n:iked  facts. 
The  story  was  elaborated  in  Dlachraod  under  the 
title  of  "  Lesurques ;  a  Judicial  Error ;  "  but  the 
detail^!  are  faithfully  given  in  one  of  Chambera's 
Tractn^ — "Circumstantial  Evidence;  the  Lyons 
Coarier."  Tlje  tragical  history  is  in  substance 
soon  told.  In  1794,  the  Lyons  mail  was  robbed 
of  above  54,000  francs  and  the  courier  brntally 
murdered,  and  it  appears  that  four  persons  were 
concerned  in  the  crime.  Lesurqut-a  fell  a  victim 
to  his  close  reaemblance  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.  He  was  executed,  pro- 
testing his  innocence,  and  his  innocence  was  also 
asserted  by  some  of  the  actual  perpetrators  of  the 
crime  who  sufiered  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  jjrand  lu'roy  and  perished  in  the  sdowb 
of  Kussia.  One  of  his  daughters  mnde  a  desperate 
effort  to  ubtnin  restitution,  alYer  the  innocence  of 
the  father  had  been  established  by  the  discovery 
of  the  actual  murderer,  a  man  of  the  name  of 
Dubosq,  to  whom  I^csunpicii  had  borne  so  fatal  a 
resemblance,  but  she  failed,  and  dniwnod  herself 
in  the  Seine  on  the  morning  after  the  rejection 
of  her  claims  by  the  Chambers,  and  the  second 
daughter  died  in  a  mndhouse. 

The  claim  of  restitution  has  not  been  ]>ermifted 
to  sleep.  Something  had  been  done  by  previous 
governments,  by  paying  small  portions  of  the  in- 
demnity ;  but  the  present  motion,  made  by  the 
Baron  <lo  Juiizo,  was  for  restoration  of  liie  GA,5'^5 
francs,  together  with  interest  since  the  year  1794. 
The  motion  opened  up  n  discussion  on  the  whole 
case,  and  both  M.  do  Janzc,  M.  Clary,  and  ^L 
Jules  Favre  ably  supported  the  claim,  ontl  re- 
capitulated the  evidence  of  the  Courts,  and  it  was 
eventually  u»(ientc<l  to  by  J  1.3  against  112.  For 
more  thun  si.\ty  yoar*.  the  law  has  refused  to  do  a 
full  measure  of  jiiatice,  and  the  iloing  it  now  will 
be  an  act  excectlingly  popular. 

The  whole  of  the  pro«.'e<.'l'""-  ■"  *'■''■  '•'-•'  '•^•<» 
very  instructive,  s'howiti;'  h^v  r 

ari'    Imiiinri    t  nluitrilH.    lurl    i  .  ' 

tl..  ' 

at.  ''  .  ■■_■'; 

gvner;*!  »nf>rovi>ment  i 

criiiiimiJ  luw  within  t!i 

with  the  cvidennc- 

wns  condemned   i 

Europe  would  no\^  . 

certuinly  such  «cti  ..i.   • 


. 


iiistriuiou  ot'  the 

I  helievr,  tlmt 
1  I.eiiuniuex 

!  of  Kiw  in 


into  effect.     It  is  by  rectirrenoe  to 
we  arc  able  to  measur  ps  of  i 

the  aflvonce  of  true  c.  i. 


l&. 


UUX^'AN'S  TOMB  VS 

I  have  just  «liscovercd,  in  tbei 
Kichard  Rawlinson,  LL.D.,  •  ooDfi 
tion  which  formerly  existed  on  ibc 
was  interred  the  author  of  the  ."^  ^ 
aud  as  it  appears  to  roe  highly  ii 
in  the  day  of  his  death  &n 
from  every  printed  biogra; 
it  literatim  to  tlie  pages  of  '*  > .  ■>! 

On  M.  Toiub. 
"  Wen  lies  Ltu!  body  of  M^  Jolm 
Qj^ed  43  yean,  who  lireil  the  ._ 
of  Jan.  ie<)7.    Ai!>o  the  body '«f  M**  l^i 

«bo  .lied  tlio  1  r.  Jnlx-.  ITlil 
Hcrc> 
1. 
Miniftcr  01  sri-;-  «jt>sj»ci.  wno 
LblB  lifu  Fubroary  the  LSth.  I78T»  I 
J?pn'  1vi'«  the  b>>!t 
of  ' ' 


i: 

Most  biographers  ^t*ie    that   Bony 
the  house  of  his  friend  Mr.  Strudwtd 
Hill,  London,  on  -Vug.  SI,  ]68fi,    in  hia 
year,  and  wa:*  buried   in    that    rt'uvi<\ 
DunhiU   Fields.     Rawltn-. 
this  inscription    when    it 
ptumtively   new,    and   i 
MS.  a<iditions  to  tho 
Me  Dissenter/  B-  atur    2)mi 

published  by  Cu; !  7  ;   his  cvpri 

now  preserved  in  the  Uodlcian  Llhrttjt 


Ascot  Racks  Fo«tt  Tiui^ 

"  Nobilis.  m,  aonipm  v : 

Cnrpit  ilT  rafiMI* 


1 
The- 
wo«lc  > 

races  »'■ 
to  its  \ 
come,  i 
new  p 

UilH' 
ll. 

l< 

tl, 


u  tbertijpi  oTG 

•■•  ••-■••'•  'ntcpMt 
but  ih 

'..10 
Wiou   of 

--    '-^B 

iuak«  •  {loint  of 

1  n«u»i!lr  •junt'lu*! 


mm 


i&T.  Juiisll,'(4] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


he  ladies  used  to  deecend  from  their  onrriages 
woeu  the  rac<*3,  and  promoiiadc  on  the  cijuriie 
front  of  the  (irand  StAnd  If  (Jibbon  t^ould 
been  at  Ascot  in  iLoso  days,  he  would  have 
even  taoro  atnir'     '        '  '  ,ti, 

incbcstcr,  with  "tli  ,, 

iUty  ol'the  horse?,  lui'i  iiiL* -uv  muiuu.  <.]  ihc 
spectators."    (jMemoirn  of  hit  Lifr  and 
*•)  W.  D. 

riTArns  oir  Cats. — As  sn  accomfianiniGot  to 
*^  itAphs  on  T'  led  in  "  N.  &  Q."  A'^  S. 

I  semi  Ti  '.vinjj  ont>,  placed  over 

rite  Frei/i-.i-i  n,-iiiu  cat.  named  Mouton, 
JM>  Ilia  gentle  disposition  :  — 

"Ci: ^'      ■ 

J'c-  iiton. 

Ltd  ilouubtik  Uiit  gitM  et  croutoD." 

M.  M. 

ATK    OF   TUP,   DbATH    OF    LoRD  JfiFFaET.— In 

Smith's  edition  of  Shaw's  History  of  English 
IrroAwe,  p,  487,  it  is  stated  that  Jeffrey  died  in 
19.  This  is,  of  course,  only  a  clerical  error, 
i  it  may  aave  some  searchlnp  if  the  true  date, 
1.  26,  1850,  b€  given  in  "  N.  &  Q." 

P.  J.  F.  GAWTIIXt>«. 

LxifiTOTLB's  PojjTics.  —  Mr,  Lewes,  in  his  re- 
tt  work  on  Aristotle,  says  (p.  18),— 

IT':'  wn.to  .'.n  I'lllll,        .-i.-in,.   ii .1; -r  ,...     /  ._ 


m 


n,   jutd   Dr.  Ariiifltl,   u)lui 
t'uund  it  of  diuly  service 

.8  it  is  totally  wrong  to  sjiv  that  Aristotle  gives 

outlines  of  255  con><titution8,  I  desire  to  know 

ftt  Mr.  Lewop  means.    Docs  he  mean  255 pogex 

CfiMBtitutions  y    He  is  not  correct  either  in   rjp- 

ibinj?  the  Politics  as  ii  littlf  treati,«e,  for  if  con- 

B  of  eight   hiKiks,  and   Wul ford's   tranHl.ntion 

ipies  286  pa^es  in  HoIjh's  edition.     Notwitb- 

idinnr  Arnold's  rjroat  attachment  to  Ari8t4>tlc,  I 

ik  we  must  limit  the  portion  he  committed  to 

tiory  to  the  eighth  book,  a  fragment  on  the 

ication  of  youth,  upon  wliich  the  DfxUor  based 

^^e  of  the  ypt'ciaJtica  of  his  Byslem  at  llugby.    It 

not  ID  the  Hugby  couree  of  study. 

T.  J.  BCCITOK. 

"■"f  J^JTTT    Foot..  —  Some    numbers    back 

i  I      .  ,    <;"''*"'n«^l    the  amusing  answer  of  a 

'on  wishing  to  find  a  ford. 

(  least  two  hundred  years 

.  IfiW,  p.  23«:  — 

'^'•"'  ''"•"  ..orobllo  opud  h!*lorico« 

*^"''  I  TTOgulus  ali  eo qui 

_f'''  !bi  fluideii   vadari 


hoc  fatuos.  O  fnluc  et  boiiio  niliili,  &uate»  llliti  luic  «■! 
mo  natarunt  ill.vwE,  tarn  infinnmu  «cUic«t  snioal,  et  fa 
cnni  tonto  caballo  nou  [lott^'  " 

O,  T.  D. 

Origin  of  Pbiob's  "Thief  and*  -..'^ 

— This  famous  Bon»  is  evidently  bori  u  « 

Latin  epigram  given  in  Scott's  Epijframii  ij 
luUy  S^x\  (1773,  p.  G7.)     It  runs  thus  :  — 

"  Ih  Bardellam  Latmnem  Maniiianum. 

"Banlellani  idooatbus  ^■'^■^•"■^  in  niorte  latnxiem, 
'  Kii;,a».'  tibi  in  cu  '  i or'  ait: 

Kk--s|«iiulit  Banlella  ' .  .a  «rri>; 

Oiiuabis  nosti'Q,  si  lib'.i,  ijivj  luco.'  " 


MoT" 


Con  any  of  the  readers  of 
to  the  author  of  the  above  ? 
Poets'  Corner. 


N.  &  Q.,"  refer  me 
A.  A, 


R.%.inb's  Marbiaob  Pohtios  or  ii'lOO.  —  On 
Monday  the  Slid  of  May  last.  May-day  falling  on 
tiie  Sunday,  the  proceedings  in  connection  with 
this  charity  were  carried  out.  As  I  ilo  not  re- 
member any  notice  of  this  remarkable  Iwquest  la 
the  pages  of"  K.  &  Q."  I  beg  to  hand  the  follow- 
ing statement  for  your  acceptanoe.  It  will,  I 
think,  be  considered  worthy  oi  preservation.  Mr. 
Henry  Rnine  was  a  brewer  in  the  parish  of  St. 
(reorge-in-thc-East,  Middlesex,  In  the  year  1719 
ho  erected  some  scliools  in  a  place  now  known  ai 
Charles  Street,  Old  Gravel  Lane,  and  which  are 
called  the  "  Lower  Schools."  These  schools  wer« 
intended  for  fifty  boys  and  fifty  girk.  In  1736  he 
extended  the  charity  by  the  endowment  of  a  new 
school  called  "The  A*ylum."  and  in  tiiis  school 
forty  of  the  girls  chosen  from  the  Lower  School, 
and  who  have  been  in  it  for  n  period  of  not  IdBB 
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  :ire  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  pounds.     This  marriage 

1>ortion  constitutes  the  pecnliarity  of  the  bequest. 
.t  is  given  to  those  young  women  who  having  re- 
ceived the  required  education  in  the  schools,  anil 
having  attiiined  the  age  of  twenty-two  years  shall, 
by  the  masters  and  mistresses  whom  they  have 
8erve<l  be  host  recomrai>nded  for  their  piety  and 
industry.  This  ceremony  takes  place  every  y*?ar, 
and  the  celef»ration  creates  Tnuch  interest  in  the 
neighbourhoorL  Aminigxt  the  noble  mils  of  bene- 
volence of  which  we  have  in  this  country  so  many 
substantial  recor(b,  I  do  not  remember  to  have 
heard  of  another  of  this  character.  T.  B. 

vrK    KOT      AS    Ol»    WoMAS. The     Dtliljf 

■ph  of  ln£t  week  begins  tui  article  thus:  — 
■•  .uuke  money,  my  son,  huuestiY  if  •^Qacaa^Vwt 


iiSi£i 


(lie 

enable 


L  make  money.     Tht  worthy  old  vpotMoi  who  gtre 

I  this  advice  to  *n  aspiring  bojr,"  &c, 

^^^  Our  daily  contemporary  forgot  that  this  paange 

^^ft  Ib  ascribftble  to  Horace  —  by  no  means  •*  aa  old 

^^^r  womaa." 

W  It  i:i  to  be  found  in  the  first  epistle  of  the  first 

L  Book  of  Epi«tle!)  (»▼.  65,  66),  as  most  men  know. 

^^K  "...  Bern  fadu ;  ram, 

^^^B  8i  poasis  recte,  li  non,  qaocanqae  tnod«>,  icm." 

^^^^^^^■_  H.  C  C. 

^^^^^^  fSturtid. 

^^P  COLONEL  JOHN  HORICE,  OR  MOBBIS. 

"Wanted,  any  particular.*  respecting  the  famDy 
of  Colonel  John  Morice,  or  ilorris,  G  v.  rn.r  of 
Fonlefract  Castle,  in  1648,     I  have  t  .^ 

very  im|>erfect  pedigree,  in  which,  xr 
correspondent  of  "  N.  &  Q."  will  kiudly 
me  to  fill  up  the  blanks :  — 

Edward   Morice,  or  Morris,  of  Elmi<«ll,  Com. 

Ebor.,  boni  ,  married ,  died  ^ — -.     His 

Bon,  Robert  Morice,  or  Morris,  of  Elmsall,  bom 
,  married ,  died . 

His  son  l^icbolas  Morice  or  Morris,  of  Elmsall, 

born  ,  died ,  haTin^  uiarrletl ,  Lucy, 

daughter  and  heiress  of  John  Lnthain,  of  Curleton 
Hall,  near  Pontefract,  by  wLom  be  bad  four  sons, 
Tboma.s,  Edward,  Richard,  nnd  Jttbti.     Thomas 

Morice  or  Morris  of  Ehnsall,  bom ,  il , 

having  married ,  Barbara  *,  daughter  of  John 

Wentworth,  of  North  Elmsall,  Esq.,  by  whom  he 
had  issue  — 

MatlJiios  Morice,  or  Morris,  of  Elmsall.  born 

• .    died    ,    having    married.    Ut,   ' , 

dau;;bter  of  John  Brighouse.  of  Nuwark,  com, 
Nolt.,  E»i(i.,  by  whom  he  had  issue  John,  Nicholas, 

Edward,  Eliza,  and  Ann.     2. Jane,  dausbter 

of  (Jcorge  Ilolgate,  of  Grimthorp,  «;om.  Ebor., 
by  whom  he  had  issue  Matthias,  Wentworth, 
Richard,  and  John. 

His  eldest  son  John  was  bom  in  1620  or  1621  ; 
Governor  of  Pontefract  Castle  1648 ;  c.xccut4.-d 
at  York,  Augu.<»t  23,  1649,  and  buried  at  Went- 
worth. Hy  married  -  Margery,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Kobt.  Dftwtmn,  Bishop  of  Clonfcrt  and  Kil- 
Diiu:kditugh,  in  Ireland,  by  whom  (wh<»  remiirricd 
•— —  Joniit  Buckley)  he  hnd  istne  Robert,  bom 

,  died  1076  («.  p.);  John,  bom ,  died  in 

in  infancy;  Mary,  l)orn        ■■,  dietl (*-p.), 

having  Wtm  Iwlcr  married;  and  Cnslilian  Mor- 
ris f ,  Town  Cli'rk  of  Leed«,  born  ,  dic<l  De- 

\Vm  llArtMra  Watitworth  of  the  aataeliiinny  aaTha&. 

'- "^"-    '  "'  •'<  SlralTorJ,   in  ^hoae  bnuaoboid  h«r 
<  Morriii,  wni  brought  uj*? 

'.'•V. Morris,  Vir/ir  of  AMhoronph, 

hail  iMorris  sent  n  \ . 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C»«aT.jhBJ 


In 
III 
f- 
Ji> 
Li. 


18,  170g,  haring  roarriod.  It,  kt 
daagfcter  of  Wai— I  Aahendw,  ofLpdi 
«1m>  tied  1677,  ^*<ae  <*^  «o"**  J^«  ^ 
Hary.  dAii*kter  of  Geor]g«  JadMa,  4 
mexnaot,  1^  wbotB  be  bad  iaaM  Gm^ 
ani.  Caitiliaii,  bom  aad  boricd  li  ui 
tiJiaa,  boni  1683 ;  Robert,  bora  1CT9;  ii 

,  narried  Willm.  Sykea  of  StoekU 

rhaot :    EQenor  *,    bom    ,   m 

Richard  Sbvp^  of  Leeds,  died  174S  i 
abeth,  aad  Margaret. 
John  Morris,  of  Leeda,  aaljr  us  ^ 

Morris  by  his  first  wife .  baim' 

having  married  Martha*  daqgliff 

Chaloner  of  BaiUon,  and  by  kr  I 

daughters,  Arabella  aad  Martka. 
I  hare  a  memoraadiua  tbat— > 
"In  Aansi.  IT:>4.  D«n'.  ^V^Iia■^ »i 
copied  for  31  -  of  L»cKlktfl 

p«ctofPoDt  L  be  pariah 

nnginal  painting,  pjinuti  a.i  tli«  exa^ai 
Ckiveniar  of  that  GMlfa  ia  IflM^  bdbra 
were  doBoUflbad.   Ilea  FraaVlAnd  oTLaii^i 
danghter  to  the  Col«e«'  <  r%<ail| 

also  the  Coload'a  lailr'^  .  L'r.  Fna 

York,  has  the  Cokmel »  p<ri urr.  wmct  Mr.* 
son  parchaaed  for  hfaa  w  Mia.  Sfe■t1^  wl 
nePs  ^randdaogfater,  tor  Amr  gabuaa.** 

Are  these  pictures  still  In  exIsteoM? 
where  ?    Whose  flsaghter  was  Itn.  fu 
and  was  Mr.  Thomas  ^Tllson  ta  aoy 
to  or  connected  with  tbe  family  of 
ris  ?    An/-wers  to  tbese  queries,  c 
information  respecting  CoL  Morris 
of  his  family,  will  grcAllj  oblige 


THE  OLD  CATOEDEAI.  OF 

It  is  well  known  UiaC  amaog  tba 
dents  in  France  duriag^  tbia  aad  tit 
century,  several,  possessed  of  tbe 
ing,  have  at  various  tinaes  taken 
of  the  scenery',  but  also  of  the 
country.  Thi»  circuatatance  maj 
the  portfolio  of  an  Eastisli  amataur, 
valuable  to  French  antiquart^*,  aiaoa 
be  preserved  in  them  views  oi'  tbragi 
to  be  properly  appredaled  by  a  foi 
a  native. 

An  exempli fication  of  ibia  exiata  ia 
r  jr-Mer.  Many  of  the  am 
it  :  tfiwn  have  aiaap|M!«r«d 
triniiilt^*  in  the  great  IlaV'  V,  ,^ 

djilLim  of  the  c*iirly  part  ( 
tury  ;  but  sk  ■*  ' *^»^»eo^  m, 


•  h  Mn 


iMEi. 


tionat«  to/ 


^SSh 


8»*S.V.  JusElI,'84,] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


477 


have  been  fouDd  in  the  collections  of  Engligh 
amateurs,  Lave  been  shown  to  the  authorities  of 
Boulogne.,  nnd  have  been  highly  npnreciatcd  by 
them,  as  illustrating  the  history  of  tneir  town,  of 
which  ihey  are  justly  proud.  Several  views  of 
the  Haute  Ville  of  this  Kind  ore  in  high  estima- 
tion among  French,  nnd  espe<-ially  Boulonncsc 
antiquaries.  One  of  the  most  interesting  edi- 
fices of  old  Boulogne  was  the  Cathedral,  which  of 
late  years  has  totally  disappeared,  and  been  re- 
placed by  the  modem  one  —  a  sumptuous  pile 
certainly,  but  of  course  devoid  as  yet  of  historictii 
interest.  No  view  of  the  old  Cathedral  of  Bou- 
logne is  known  to  exist  in  France  ;  but  it  is  con- 
sidered possible  that  among  accomprubed  English 
travellerii,  of  the  limes  just  anterior  to  the  Great 
Kevolution,  some  one  may  have  made  a  sketch  of 
it,  or  bare  preserved  some  trace  of  its  form. 

I  have  been  requested  by  the  learned  Keeper 
of  the  Archives  of  Boulogne  —  M.  L'Abbc  Ilaig- 
nere — to  propose  to  your  readers  and  correspon- 
dents a  Hearch  for  drawings  of  this  or  any  other 
of  the  ancient  buildings  of  Boulogne  ;  ana  I  am 
desired  to  state  that  the  communication  of  them 
to  the  municipality  of  the  town  will  be  duly  and 
gratefully  appreciated. 

I  take  this  opportunity  of  informing  your 
readers,  if  they  are  not  previously  aware  of  the 
fact,  that  the  I'ublic  Library  of  Boulogne,  under 
the  guardianship  of  M.  Gerard,  a  gentleman  of 
singular  learning  and  urbanity,  is  very  rich  and 
fxtensive ;  and  that  its  MSS.  of  the  cleveathj 
twelfth,  and  thirteenth  centuries,  have  lui  Euro- 
pean reputation  for  tlieir  great  beauty  and  rarity. 
The  library  is  open  to  all  students,  and  every 
fftcility  is  given  lor  the  consulting  and  copying  of 
the  treasures  it  contains,  to  an  extent  and  in  a 
wanner  totally  unknown,  but  which  may  well  be 
imitated,  in  England.  The  same  observation  may 
indeed  be  cxtendeil  to  the  libraries  of  Amiens, 
Eoneii,  and  other  large  cities  in  the  north  of—  I 
might  rather  say  all  over  France, 

H.  LoMGugviu.£  Jonss. 
Conway. 


Akscdovx, — -I  Lave  somewhere  read  an  anec- 
dote of  an  eminent  man  who  excused  himself  for 
gathering  ft  peach  from  a  friend's  garden  wall  by 
an  impromptu  rhyme,  which  his  companion  deemed 
a  sufficient  juutification  of  the  act  of  petty  larceny. 
Will  sonje  one  refresh  ray  memory  aa  to  the  words 
of  the  distich  (I  think  it  was)  iuid  the  name  of  the 
author?  St.  Swithijj, 

BoBROw  SocKKN. — In  a  document  of  the  earlier 
part  of  Queen  Elizabeth'a  retgn,  a  person  is  de- 
scribed  as  residing  at  "Borrow  Sucken  in  the 
countie  of  Northampton."  I  ain  anxious  to  tdentily 
^e  pl>«:.  K.  P.  D.  E. 


Thk  Eabi.  of  Cu)Ji.MELL'8  "DlARV." — Can  you 
furnish  me  with  any  particulars  of  a  volume  en- 
titled, I  believe,  The  Diary  df  John  ScoU,  Earl 
of  Ciojtmell,  and  suid  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,  rts  I  presume,  is  "  very 
rare."  Has  any  description  of  it  appeared  in 
print?  .ind  in  what  collection  nnay  a  copy  be 
found  ?  Lord  Clonmcll  was  a  distinguished  cha- 
racter. Abuda. 

DtCHATLA — Will  Mr.  De  Morgax,  who  has 
bestowed  so  much  attention  on  tbe  literature  of 
nuilhcmatics  and  its  practieid  applications,  or  some 
other  well-informed  niatlieniatieian,  have  the  kind- 
ness to  inform  nie  who  is  M.  Duch.ayla,  author  of 
the  celebrated  Proof  of  the  Parallelogram  of 
Forces,  mentioned  in  p.  7  of  J.  H.  Pratt's  Mathe- 
matical Principles  of  Mechanical  Philosophy,  Cam- 
bridge, 183t);  and  also  in  p,  19  of  Loa-ic  Tod- 
huntcr's  Treatise  on  Attalsftical  Statics,  Cambridge, 
1858,2nd  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 
ill  the  principal  biographical  dictionaries. 

Matbematicus,  T.  C.  D- 

Exi'EniENT.  —  When  did  this  word  first  come 
into  lise  ?  The  text,  ndm-a  fioi  (Itarur,  iA\*  oh  wdvra 
(rvfi^ipn  (1  Cor.  vi.  12),,  is  translated  by  WycUf 
"Alle  thingis  ben  nedeful  to  me,  but  not  allc 
thingis  ben  spcdeful."  By  Tyndale,  "  All  thingcs 
are  lawfuJl  vnto  me :  but  all  tliinges  are  not  pro- 
fittable."  Cranmer's  version  is,  "  I  maye  do  all 
thynges,  but  ull  thyngcs  are  not  profytable."  Tbe 
same  words  are  in  the  Genevan  versiun.  It  is  not 
till  tliat  of  Kbeiiits  (a.u.  1582)  that  wc  get  "A1 
things  arc  lawful  for  me,  but  all  things  are  not 
expedient."  A.  A. 

Poets^  Corner. 

Captajn  Thomas  Fobbbst  published  — 

"A  Yovoge  to  New  Giiincn  and  the  MolacoiJi  from 
Balambau'ga  (177G-8),  including  an  Account  of  Mngiu- 
dano  Sooloo  and  other  lalancU.  To  which  ik  added  a 
Vocabulary  of  the  MngintLnuo  Tontnjo.     Load.  410. 1779. 

"  A  Treatise  on  the  Uonsoona  in  the  £ut  Indies. 
Und,  12mo,  1783;'' and 

"  A  \ovage  from  Calcutta  to  the  Mergiil  Archipelago," 
&c  &c.    London,  4to,  1792. 

A  translation  into  French  of  his  Voyage  to 
New  Guinea  and  the  Moluccas  appeared  at  Paris, 
4to,  1730. 

It  appears  that  he  was  born  in  or  about  17'29  ; 
became  a  midshipman  in  the  navy  174^,  and  was 
senior  captain  of  the  East  India  Company's  marine 
at  Fort  Marlborough  in  1770. 

His  portrait,  engraved  in  1779  by  William 
Shai'p  from  a  drawing  of  J.  K,  Sherwin,  is  pre- 
fixed to  both  his  Voyages,  Under  that  before 
his  second  voyage  is  this  inscription  :  — 


NOTES  AND  QUERIED 


l»«n.Y,MmtH 


>CapL  TbonittB  Fom-nt,  OrcBn3-o  of  tbo  Oolden  Swonl, 
Tim  Chapjt  was  eonftrred  as  a  raarU  of  honor  in  ihe  City 
of  Att'h<«.^n  lirlorpfii^'  to  the  Faithfull  by  the  linnds  of 
the-  "  s  jio)  of  AU'lie'en,  on  Cujloia 
T|iM  re«it,  f>th  Fob.  1790.    Trans- 

Ifltfc-;  ....    .' .-' 

I  shall  be  glad  to  be  informed  when  be  died. 
Terhaps  he  was  father  of  TLonms  Forreat,  Capt. 
ILN.,  who  died  Sept.  5,  1844,  nged  sixty-five. 

S.  Y.  R. 

Obeek.  OB  Syhian  Tbikcbs.  —  In  examining 
the  records  of  the  borough  of  Leicester  for  the 
niirposi.'  of  local  history  lately,  I  met  with  the 
loUowing  entry:  — 

<'  At  a  Comtnnn  Hall,  held  tlio  15th  doy  of  Aiigtist, 
Anno  Dni,  uri.  Ocorgii  Mi,  mine  llvg.  Mugi).  Britum. 
&r.  quarto,  A'  Utd,  1730. 

"  Ordered  that  JoMsph  Abai'sir  and  Jnhti  Ileramer, 
Priucea  of  Mount  Lybanna,  in  Syria,  bo  presented  with 
Ten  Guineas  bv  tli'e  Corporation,  and  bo  Treated  and 
Guardfd  lo  Coventry  in  sacb  manner  as  they  irrre  con- 
ducted from  Nottingham  hither,  pur  i>  Ma- 
jesty's Koy«l  Injunction.     The  ten  (hi  i  other 

ohai'g»B  to'  U'  iMid  by  the  Chamberlin%  ^ ■■.  1  Lbem 

in  tl^ir  accounts. 

"  Scaled  with  the  Common  Simle  for  the  said  Princes 
the  like  pau  trom  Leicester  to  Coventry,  as  they  bod  from 
other  places  one  to  another." 

A  friend,  writing  from  Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
informs  me  that  the  saiuc  personnges  (known  in 
our  Chamberlains'  ncoouiits  as  the  "  Grecian  " 
Princes)  were  in  tliat  town  on  July  30,  1730,  and 
were  there  presented  with  twenty  guineaa  by 
Mr.  Mayor. 

At  a  Common  Hall  meeting  held  on  Kovember 
27,  1732,  it  was  ordered  — 

"  That  the  Chatnberiirs  give  l!«e  Hon»''»  George  Tomi- 
•on,  Prince  of  the  Muscovites  in  Syria,  three  Gtiioeaa,  to 
be  allowed  in  their  Aixonnts." 

In  the  Chnmherhiins*  accounts,  this  personage 
is  designated  differently,  the  entry  ttein^j  — 

"  Paid  the  Black  Princu,  by  Older  X      f.     d. 

ofliall 03    03    OO" 

If  nny  of  your  correspondents  woulJ  furnish  me 
with  any  infurroation  MiowiuF;  who  any  or  all  of 
these  jMjrsona  were,  I  should  feci  obliged.* 

James  Tnoiipso;;. 

HcKALnic  Qi'EBT. — Parted  per  pale,  1.  Gules, 
two  bars  crmin*',  in  ihicf  i\  lion  passant,  ^uordant ; 
2.  Or,  onadii  tps.     Tiic  name 

or  names  of  ilie  above  coats 

win  much  obliiju  n .  J.  aLuxnARH  Smitiu 

Temple, 

Hick  Commission  Cotr»T, — \VI  '  "  I 

tiaed  hy  this  Court  ?    Does  any  dm 
lion  of  it  e.vist?     I-    ' 
or  of  its  procee<iiri 

only  IrOUl    the    VariiJU^    iii-<iijrii-;n   wrm-r^    :irin    i:iw 

reporters  between  the  reigna  of  Henry  VUI.  and 
James  XL  ?  8.  £.  G. 

r*  These  priooet  were  ioqnirvd  atlm  in  our  3'"'  tN  xl. 


Tub  Hootwo  Tbhtg  or  MtcKum^tm 
Some  thirty  years  ago,  I  often  IteardafritaA 


deceased,  speak    of 
noiae  for  which   - 
county  of  Gloud. 
My  friend  in  his  i 
in  the  house  of  a  • 
by  whom  the  gound    i 
been  heard,  and  who,  1 
well  acquainted  with 
beast  in  the  forest,  w.>- 


-trange  sad 

:    Jong 
had 

h 
•a 
en 
f 


lad 


to  hri 


tkiflg' 


baa 


by  any  ordinary  woodlunu    frouno. 
it  as  being  unlike  any  other  noia* ! 
and  most  uncouth  and  airfbl  ip 
tucd  also  to  tell  the  story  of  m  retataoo  i 
a  wild  young  officer  in  the  ■nnr,  Irri 
who   came  into  the   neighboaroood  I 
before  on  a  vi.^t,  and  was  us  (bad 
his  contempt  for  '*  the  hootiaj^ 
desirous  of  hearing  It.      Xl  lart  Ui 
{[ratified.    One  il^  ilooa 

acttudly  heard  tht-  i  n9  90vm4A 

home  silent  and  thou^btful:  conld 
duced    to   talk   about    what    ho 
shortly  after  resigned  bis  comuiMnea*  i 
aAerwards  a  fervent  prcatJier  unoiqi  J4 
ley's  Methodists. 

A  trifling  circumstanoe  has  reoAttod  I 
lar  story  to  my  remerabrnncif,  mud  I 
any  tra^lition  of  ''the  hoocins  tliifur' 
in  the  neighbourhood  of  MlcKietoa  f 

"Jack  of  Nr-ivia  kY." — Wbo  or 
by  Mogunci..  !  in  the  folic 

fn*mTheIir  ^fr.  JoMn  n'l 

Jack  iif  Netchury,  iita  famcma  amd  na»i|p| 

p/Englajtdf  — 

"  May  it  pleaae  yonr  Majsaty . 
Uiat  it  waa  my  chano*  t»  mM>t 
th*  propurtioQ  of  a  nan  but  b— il  i  n4  iikv  *  i 
of  whoee  teeth  waa  like  IIm  poiaonad  t««tb  < 
his  bn>ath  like  the  baailiakX  klUiiatf  ar~ 
hia  name  was  £nvT;  wbo  aaaalted  nue  Ic 
wicked  spirit  of  Mofoiiea,  «ko  flao^ 
coold  not  be  seen." 

In  this  book  there  are  many  cnriow  i 
one  example  of  which  1  aah ' 

"A  iiini.lrti  fiif  T  tl^nt  ni  • 
1  V-t«ooa 

wih. 

ti: 

4^t«11, 


must  Im  lUc  ;>ubjcc-t  W  a  acMToe  ^"-y 
tItM,— 


of 


P* 


I 


S'^S.T.  JrxEll/M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


serioM  rauiigei  la  tlio  Course  or  Im  Lif«  and  Fortune. 
1715." 

IT-   Co?(GREVE. 

'*Thb  Lusu  Tctor."  —  Who  really  wrote  The 
Irish  Ttttor  *  I  know  to  whom  the  credit  i'l  given, 
but  he  waa  not  the  author.  S.  Rkdmokd. 

Lhrerpool. 

"  Kr\rBOLTON    Pabk  :  "    a    Hustingdo7*sutr£ 

QozBT.  —  Who  was  "the  Revd.  Mr.  II •/'  the 

author  of  the  poem  of  "  Kimbolton  Park,"  which 
occupies  nine  pages  iu  I'ol.  iv.  of  Pearch's  Collec- 
iion  of  Poems,  1783?  Was  he  "  Uie  Rtiverend 
Mr.  Hutchinson  of  Holywell,  Uunts,"  referred  to 
in  a  foot-note  to  p.  569,  yol.  ii.  of  Pratt's  Glean- 
VKgt  m  England,  1801,  as  the  "'very  respectable 
and  ingenious  gentlenmn,"  who  is  mentioned  in 
the  hoSj  of  the  work  as  having 
*<  been  long  and  laboTioosly  cmployitig  himself  in  a  his- 
tory of  tho  county  (Hontingtion:8hin3),  with  Uie  laadablo 
design  of  doing  Justice  to  some  parts  tvbicli  liare  salTered 
ttora  miareprea«ntation,  and  of  giving  a  fair  and  candid 
dfiacription  of  the  whole," 

Of  Mr.  Hutchinson's  History,  Pratt  saye, — 
"  Various  public  and  private  causes  have  protracted, 
and  are  still  likely  to  delay,  the  publication  of  this  work ; 
bat,  tram  a  generooa  outline  which  I  am  permitted  to 
comiDanicat«  to  you,  you  will  judge  what  copious  sheaves 
may  be  expeotad,  when  1  can  send  yon  hia  whole  bar- 

VB«t." 

I  am  de.'sirous  to  know  if  the  History,  or  any 

Eortion  of  it  (other  than  the  "  generous  outline  " 
ere  indicated)  was  ever  published?  and,  if  not, 
if  Mr.  Hutchinson's  collection  has  been  used  by 
any  other  author,  or  if  it  is  still  in  existence,  and 
if  so,  where  ?  Ccthdebt  Beds. 

"  LoTALTT  Mbdal»,"  ETC.  —  I  saw  described  in 
a  coin  dealer's  London  catalogue,  medals  with  the 
head  of  Charles  I.,  thus  described.  They  were  of 
silver.  Is  there  any  work  which  gives  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  medals  of  the  Roynlists  of  the  time  of 
Cbsrle}  I.?  A  memoriaL,  which  I  take  to  be 
something  of  thus  sort,  is  described  in  a  note  to 
The  Diart/  of  Sir  Henry  Slinfrshy  ofScrivetiyBarL, 
and  ii/'  Red  House,  near  Yorh^  edited  by  Daniel 
Parsons,  M.A.  1836,  p.  137  :  -^ 

"■  A  v inT  nieraorial  of  this  march  [towards 

Dantrj-  .vil  War]  is  still  in  existence:  it  is 

a  silver  i  oval  sbap«,  made  to  be  worn.     On  it 

ia  a  half-lcogUi  oi  sir  Henry  in  his  military*  dress,  but 
unhelmeted,  and  with  long  flowing  hair,  and  round  three 
•idea  this  legend :  '  Elx  .  Restdvs  .  Xvinmi .  Svb  .  Hosta 
.  Primmiasu  .  Lege  .  l*rge<liiti  .  JvxU  .  Daventriam  . 
An  .  Earnest  .  Penny  .  For .  :\Iy  .  Children.'  Tho.  II.  B. 
Slingsby,    Oxon,    l''  ':e   back,   which   is  quite 

smooth,  is  Ughtly  i  .  iven  ;uid  Slingsby  impal- 

ing Belaayae,  and  IL^  >  .<:r-.  ,.  iioa  passant.  And  it  is  re- 
■Mrkable  that  the  baron  coat  is  dimidiated  m  that  Scri- 
ven  appears  once  at  top,  and  euce  below,  barwise.  Below 
the  coat  is  engiavefJ,  *  Bchooded  June  y-  8  .  by  O.  C. 
1657,' which  should  be  Iti.iS.  The  coat' and  inscription 
on  the  back  may  be  presumed  from  the  style  of  engraving 
o  have  been  added  about  the  dooe  of  the  17  th  centun'." 


In  a  meeting  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of 
May  5,  W.  D.  Haggard,  Esq.,  presented  to  the 
society's  library,  amnnp  other  beijuests,  "4.  A 
List  and  Description  of  Medaht  relating  to  the  Pre- 
levder."'  Would  gome  member  of  the  Antiijuurian 
Society  of  London  be  so  good  as*  to  note  £uch 
medals  of  the  Stuarts,  with  their  description,  from 
this  list  as  arc  not  in  the  "  Series  of  MedaU  of  the 
Stuart  Family  in  the  Collection  of  Mr.  Edward 
Hawkins,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A.,  mentioned  in  the  Cata- 
It^te  of  Antiquitiea,  Works  of  Art,  ami  Hintorical 
Scottish  Pelics,  exhibited  in  the  Museum  of  the 
ArchcBohgiad  Institute  at  Ediubttrgh  in  183<i,  and 
send  them  to  "  N.  &  Q.,"  so  as  to  render  the 
list  of  Stuart  medals  as  complete  as  possible. 

Aboh. 

Ikscbiptios  at  Fortchesteh, — Can  anv  of  your 
readers  inform  me  if  the  following  inscription  on 
a  monument  in  the  ancient  church  of  Portchester, 
HanipshLre,  is  a  i]uotation  or  an  original  compo- 
sition?— 

"  Early,  bright,  transient,  chaste  aa  morning  dew. 
She  sparkled,  waa  exhaled,  and  went  to  heaven." 
Thomas  E.  Wisrikgtow. 

The  Regent  \kj>  Loans  Geet  .4.K11  Gbew- 
viLLJi, — In  1812,  on  the  expiration  of  the  "re- 
strictions" 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  Grenville. 

This  letter  waa  answered  by  them  on  the  15th 
of  the  same  month.  Of  these  two  documents  I 
have  copies.  Can  any  one  tell  me  whether  they 
have  as  yet  appeared  m  print,  and  if  so,  where  ? 

Salmok  IK  THE  Thames.— In  the  faraotw  Led- 
ger Book  of  Rochester,  or  Textus  Roffensis,  cap. 
179,  is  the  following  curious  entry,  which  I  trans- 
late thus,  subject-,  of  course,  to  correction  :  — 

"This  is  the  alms-giving  [elemoeina]  which  Lord 
Emnlf,  the  Bbhop,  with  the  conaent  and  at  the  requeit 
of  the  raookB,  appointed  to  be  made  every  year  for  the 
oool  of  our  father  Uundulf,  the  Biahop,  in  hia  annivec- 
aary. 

"Tho  SecreUry  should  give  40  pence  [quadriginta 
denarioa],  the  Chamberlain  40  pence,  the  Cellarer  40 
pence,  and  a  tbousaad  of  herrings  [uaum  millenarium 
alkcium],  Hedreham  [probobly  Uedenham,  of  which  tho 
monks  held  the  manor]  i  shillings  [solidos],  ami  two 
salmon  [duos  salmonef].  Frendesberi,  Devintunn,  FlioU'N 
Wldeham  [probably  Frmdsbury,  Dflvington,South  Fleet, 
and  Woul.ihaui]  B  shillings  and  two  salmons.  Lombetba 
one,  and  Southwerca  one  [Liimbetli,  the  manor  of  which 
they  had,  except  the  curiu  or  palace  of  the  Archbishop, 
and  South wark].  These  20  shillings  the  Cellarer  shall 
receive,  and  having  theneo  bought  bread  and  herrings 
[ot  cmpto  inde  pane  et  alltce],  he  with  the  almoners 
shall  distribute  them  on  that  day  to  the  poor,_  That  the 
monks  shall  have  the  salmon  in  the  rvfectory." 

We  are  told  that  at  one  time  salmon  were  «o 
common  that  parents  bound  down  mastert  not  to 


480 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


give  tliis  foo<i  to  their  children  when  apprenticed 
more  than  twice  a  week;  that  they  have  been 
talcen  above  bridge  in  the  Thames  by  hundred- 
weights in  a  day,  and  so  on.  Now  Gunduir»  finnl- 
ver«ary  was  on  the  7th  of  Mai*eh  (our  18th,  New 
Style),  when  this  fish  are  no  lonjier  rarities. 
Could  it  have  been  worth  while  then,  if  iiidmon 
abounded,  to  receive  them,  one  from  such  a  pliice 
as  Lambeth,  and  one  from  Southwnrk;  and  to 
carry  thorn  thirty  miles  to  Rochester,  or  to  make 
four  towns  club  toj;ether  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  1000  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  themselves.  The  passage  would  seem  to 
infer  that  in  Ernulf's  time,  Aa>.  1115,  salmon  were 
not  so  common  in  the  Thames.  A.  A. 

PoeUi*  Com«r, 

Slavest  ritomniTBii  in  Pesnstlvaxia.  —  I 
am  very  desirous  of  obtaining  a  copy  of  nn  Act 
p.ia8ed  in  the  year  1711  by  tlie  Assembly  of  Penn- 
sylvania, prohibiting,  under  any  condition,  the 
importation  of  slaves  into  that  colony.  *'  As  soon 
as  the  law  reached  England  to  receive  the  usual 
confirmation  of  the  Crown,  it  was  peremptorily 
cjmcelled." — Life  of  Wm.  Penn,  by  Dixon,  Piiila- 
delphia  edit.  p.  331.  Dixon  refers  to  Proprietary 
Papers,  vol.  i.\.  Q-  29,  State  Paper  Office.  In 
Settle's  Negro  Slaeeri/,  "  Memoirs,  Hist.  Soc.  of 
Pennn.,"  vol,  i.  part  ii.  p.  370,  the  title  of  the  Act 
is  given :  "  An  Act  to  Prevent  the  Importation 
of  NcgrcHis  and  Indians  into  the  Province."  The 
writer  says,  **  it  U  doubtful  Avhether  a  copy  of  it 
13  in  existence."  If  this  be  a  proper  question  for 
"  N.  &  Q-"  I  venture  to  hope  tiiat  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 
is  now  engaged  in  examining  hitherto  unexplored 
papers  of  his  distinguished  ancestors.  Perhaps 
this  and  other  more  interesting  questions  may  be 
solved  by  this  search.  St.  T. 

UNrcnususo  Suaksperta:*  MSS.  or  tub 
LATK  Ma.  CALt>KcoTT. — Thcsc  MSS.  would  no 
doubt  be  of  considerable  '.importance,  Mr.  CaUle- 
cott  being  an  able  critic,  and  having  access  to  so 
many  rare  books  of  the  EUzabcthan  period.  His 
ootos  were  chieOy  unpublished,  those  on  two 
plays  only  having  been  printed.  I  have  uitcer- 
tjilued  tliat  they  w<^ro  bequeiithed  to  Mr.  George 
Crowe,  son  of  the  hite  public  orator  at  Oxford. 
If  Mr.  Crowe  is  still   livinj;.  perbap*  he  would 

cxci: " •  •'    •  .'      -         ^      >  -     -....1  In 

the  n.  a 

ci)I]it\......i  uw.. ..M,  wi  ^i.....  .L,,4,.j. . ,.,.,. V,  1-4 i-cived 


111.     JJ      Hi 


in  spacious  rooms  at  the  btrUi«jiiitt  a 

Street,  and  for  the  benefit  of  whicfc  1*^ 
fully  receive  any  SbnV:""  '  '-  (ulmAU- 
take  great  care  of  aii  <»▼  *•  • 

Uj  my  charge  at  No,  li,    .--...  .-lurj't  Bmr 
Brompton.    near    London.      tDw 
donors  will  be  registered   at    Uw 
also  published.  J-  O- 

Rev.  Geohge  Walkbb, —  i 
respondents  give  tnc  any  ii 
the  ancestors  and  descenuaii' 
Walker,     who     defende<i      i 
James  II.  Y     His  sister 
well  of  Falkland,  co. 
formerly  belonging  tn  h 
one  of  her  descendants. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  WtttiNSoa  pittifiiW 

1.  "A  DJKOurse  on  the  Docthoc  of  OtjcBltl 
ciuioued  by  on  Appendix  to  8t*cklKm*»i  IHl 
on  liial  SuLjecf,  <1e<licHied  with  remUMtOB  l»B 
tliB  Archbiobop  '  '"  '  "' f  B*'-P^._ 
Bishop  of  the  ^^  ')»  f^^'^ 
I'mirsCftlbedrai  riLutk.^ 
8vo,    1817." 

2.  "ITie  Iniplration  of  the  Holy  Scriptam 
the  evident  Completion  of  many  vety  ii 
phecics.    London.    Hvo.    1823." 

In  the  first  work  he  is  des>giutte«l 
of  Biilv.in,   E.SSCX,  and  CunOc  of 
liolborn  :   and  ia  the  sccood,  B.D 
Bulvan. 

We  presume  that  he  was  of  Trii 
Cambridge;  B.A.  1793;  M.A.  ITW 

Information  respoctinc  htisi,  ant) 
date  of  his  death,  will  oblijp 

C.  H.  &  TttoM 

Cambridge. 


Gkorge  McRtTo?*,  author  of 
Landlord's  Law,  NomemJahtra 
Thoresby  says, "  removed  into 
WHS  inid  to  be  made  a  judgt^*' 
specting  him  is  requested. 

C.  J.  Dj 

Tyild.rt-y-SaiN  Cimarron. 

[It  is  •omowhut  ronuTlubla  tlukl 
the  pcnon&l  history  o/Qconpt  lLHila«,  i 

Allorton,  and  aathor  of  Mvtnl  k^^l  

Ho  wiu  the  elder  brotbor  of  Tboaaaa  McrtM^I 
titt,  who  dedicated  ("with  Dolalil*  neaata 
<>ldy«)  hLi  tragedy   Lot*  mmd  fFor.   i\o, 
truly  aoblc,  judidooa  KMUlaoua,  acmI  lua 
brother.  Mr,  €••         'i    '   «a.* 
npt  to  Mieve  tl  -htn i 

ihosc  Gortnnn  br'Uir.n  u;  r     "  jj 

imd  tbo  rbetortcisn  mniti' 
ep.  2),  wboM  buiioMi  it  wm  — 


'Ut  Alter 

tsermone  meros  omiiret  honores: 
(  ut  bic  illi  foret.  Lie  ut  Mucins  illi.'" 

(iton  must  b«  the  person  of  that  nAme  who 
Jugdfllo's  VisiUtiou  of  Yorkshire,  A.n.  1666, 
fribc<l  himself  of  Caslle  LcAving^ton,  son  of 
^  fAmo  place  (ob.  1652),  who  was  son  of 
bu,  D.D.t  chaplain  to  Anne  of  Donmark,  and 
jborough  and  aftemanls  of  York. 
I  Merilon  living  an  ICiit)  had  married  Mary, 
I  Palliser  of  Kiritby  Wick,  by  whom  he  had 
I  eight  in  1G65.  lie  had  nUo  two  aisters 
p  Palliscn.  and  one  of  the  family  being  on 
I  Ireland,  may  possibly  accouut  for  his  re- 

tcoanti;^',  as  related  by  Tboresby. 
[ton  sent  his  second  s«a  George  to  Cam- 
Qie  dieil  on  August  ll,  1680,  and  was  buried 
{Church.  An  inscription  to  his  memory  is 
iNc\'e*3  Atonumenla  AngUcann,  iv.  4.  Colei 
^trwJtial  History  of  Camhridge*hire,  iii.  G5, 
Is  monument  haa  since  been  removed, "  and 
^•uch  monument  being  there,  nor  the  npper 
^,  thnt  I  could  ace  in  any  part  of  the 
bckily  the  inscription,  though  the  stone  is 
fed,  Uirough  the  care  of  that  most  Icnmed 

fis  antiqitari-,  Mr.  Baker,  \rho  fent  it  to 
'  A  few  such  indostriooa  antiquaries  as 
i^  Thomas  Baker,  and  John  Lu  Neve,  ore 
^  in  our  day  for  tho  preservation  of  niouu- 
ftions. 

bost  popular  prodnctiona  of  Gcorg«  Meriton, 
{b  that  curious  poem,  The  Praise  of  Yorh- 
te,  1685.  and  1C07,  which,  by-lhe-bye,  is 
pilea  Morrington  by  oar  correspondent  in 
'  Nvrth  AUtrtOH,  pp.  848,  3.S7.  That  lite- 
t  William  Oldys.  in  his  uut4^s  on  I^aiigbaine 
1  Museam,  informs  us  that  this  humorous 
1^  George  Meriton,  a  YorLthire  attorney, 
^ml  books  on  the  law," — tlte  same  George 
itbinkftWitli  the  person  of  that  name  mcn- 
j^iiine(p.  36d)  in  the  account  of  his  brother, 
(on.  Hence,  too,  when  Tlioreaby  says  that 
|oii  bad  written  somewhat  of  the  Northern 
is  no  doubt  thinking  of  the  "  Alphabetical 
|g  the  meaning  of  all  the  Yorkshire  words  " 
t  this  delectable  poem,  and  printed  as  an  Ap- 
{Oin,  in  Jminonility,  Debauchiery,  ttnd  Pm- 
by  George  Meriton,  GcnL,  the  author 
•peaks  of  the  strong  ale  of  North  Aller- 
of  his  small  estate  at  Cleaveland,  wliic-h 
|nn  the  Idontity.  7'Ac  Pruist  of  YorltiJitrt! 
led  to  him  by  Gough  (Britiih  Topoij.  1780, 
^in's  LuwHtin,  and  in  tbe  Catulogues  of  the 
|vilJe,  M  alone,  atkd  Douce  colleritions. 
Srgfl  Meriton'a  productions  will  be  found  in 
r«  Brit,  »tul  in  Mirrln'i^  Leyal  Biogrraph^/. 
[work  is  cmittt-d,  which  we  are  inclined  to 
MitctUama,  or  a  CoUtdion  of  WIm  and 
p.  efPrinctt,  Pftilfmipknt,  StaUtmen, 


CouTtiwf,  Poets,  Ladltt,  Painters,  ^-c,  alto  Epilap/if.  By 
G.  M.  12nio,  1694.  In  Thorpe's  Catalogue,  1832,  No. 
6409,  it  IS  stated  to  be  by  G.  !k[er«ton.  There  is  also  an 
unpublished  MS.  by  him  in  the  British  Museum  (Addit, 
MS.  10,401),  entitled  "A  Briefe  Hiatory  or  Account, 
shewing  howe  People  did  Traflit^ke  in  the  VVorld  before 
the  invention  of  Money,  with  an  Account  of  the  severall 
sorts  of  Metalles ;  likewise  to  whonie  the  prerogative  of 
Covning  Money  belongs,  also  an  Account  of  our  Silver 
and  Gold  Covns;  lastly,  an  Abstract  of  all  our  Laws  re- 
lating to  Money.  Dedicated  to  Lord  Chief  Justice  Holt. 
By  George  Meriton,  4to."  This  MS.  was  purchased  at 
Heber's  sate,  lot  7G2.  ] 

Lambetu  Degrees  in  Medicine. — In  tbe 
House  of  Commons,  on  tlie  13th  of  May,  Colonel 
French  asked  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Ilonie 
Department  if  it  were  the  fact,  that  the  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury  had  the  power  to  confer  the 
title  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  on  per.soiis  who  had 
not  undergone  an  examination  before  the  College 
of  Physicians.  Sir  G.  Grey  said,  in  reply,  that  he 
had  been  unable  to  ascertain  what  were  the  facts 
of  this  subject,  and  could  only  state  thnt  under 
an  old  statute  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  bud 
the  power  of  conferring  the  degrefe  of  Doctor  of 
Medicine.  That,  however,  was  hardly  recognised 
under  the  last  Medical  Act.  He  could  not  state 
whether  the  present  Archbishop  had  ever  exer- 
cised the  power.  Colonel  Frencli  said  that  it  was 
exerciaed  in  1838.  Probably  some  of  the  corre- 
spondents of  •'  N.  &  Q  "  will  be  able  tn  state  some 
of  the  latest  instances  of  this  degree  having  been 
conferred.  N. 

[A  careful  inspection  of  The  London  and  Provinciai 
Medictd  Directory  for  1804,  would  doubtless  give  tlic 
latest  instance.  In  glancing  through  it  we  noticed  that 
tlie  Lambeth  degree  of  I>octor  of  Medicine  had  been  re- 
cently conforrefl  on  the  following  gentlemen :  \V.  S.  Oke, 
Soutliampton,  1628;  William  15aye»,  Cambridge,  1850; 
F.  G.  Julius,  Richmond,  Surrey,  1851 ;  R.  B.  Grindrod, 
Great  Malvern,  18^5;  J.  IL  Uamsbotham,  Leeds,  1855. 
An  honourable  member  of  the  Ilouse  baa  moved  for  a  re- 
turn of  all  medical  degrees  conferred  by  the  Archbishops 
of  Canterbury ;  which  relom,  we  presume,  will  be  made 
in  duo  course  A  correspondent  of  Tfte  Time*  of  5Iay  17, 
1864,  has  fiimished  the  following  interesting  particulars 
of  medical  legislation ;  — 

"  As  a  Lambeth  gradunto  in  medicine,  I  may  not  onlv 
bo  able  to  answer  the  quMliun  asked  by  Colonel  French 
in  the  Honse  of  Comraom  Un  uighi.  but  also  to  give  to 
vour  readers  some  insight  into  Henry  VllL's  medical 
legislation. 

••  I  may  premise  that,  at  the  commencement  of  his 
reign,  medicine— or,  a*  it  was  then  called,  phj-iic— was  in 
a  most  deplorable  condition  throughout  the  whole  of 
Englanil ;  the  practice  of  the  art  was  in  the  hands  of 
m(»nk^  alcbymisti,  and  empiric*,  and  all  that  was  known 
of  the  science  was  conlined  to  thusa  (chietiv  prinsta)  who 
had  studied  at  Koine,  Pudua,  Bologna,  TFIoreme,  &c., 
where  physic  had  long  before  heen  Uughl  —  allboit);h 
Up  to  thU  time  there  had  been  little,  if  an.v,\iw'd,t(rfsi'6.<** 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


18**  S.  V.  JCSTE  lltll 


teachiH;;  it  in  this  country,    Henry  VIlI.'s  first  uttempt  ' 
at  a  Medical  Hill  wiis  by  the  IJnl  of  Henry  VHl,  rap.  11,  ; 
whereby  lie  confurs  on  the  Bishop  of  J»nilon,  and,  iu  hi« 
absence,  on  thtr  Dejin  of  St.  Paul's,  the  cxcluaiva  iMWcr  or  | 
privilege  of  licensing  ph^'siciiins  in  the  City  of  London  { 
And  within  seven  miles  in  compass.     In  151M  two  priests,  ' 
John  Chambru  and  lltomas  Linacre — the  latter  or  whom  I 
had  been  tutor  to  the  Prince  Arthur,  and  both  of  whom  had  | 
studicil  physic  at  Florence,  Cfci-.,  obtained  from  Henry, 
through  the  influcnr-c  of  Cardinal  Wolsey,  letters  potent  | 
ronstitutiiic  u  corporate  body  of  regular  physicians  in 
I^ndon.    The  14th  and  luth  of  Henry  VHl.  cap.  5,  i:on-  , 
firms  this  charter.     The  25th  of  Henry  VHl.  cop.  21,  i 
give<«  power  to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  to  confer 
all  manner  of  licenses,  difpcnsations,  faculties,  Stc^  as 
hervtofurp  hath  been  u.scd,  and  accustomed  to  be  had  at 
the  See  of  Rome,  and  this  power  was  held  by  oar  courts 
of  law,  about  the  end  of  the  eighteenth  century,  to  be  a 
power  to  contdr  degrees. 

"The  82nd  of  Henry  VHl.  cap.  42,  ineorj>orates  the 
(until  that  time)  unincorporated  Surgeons  with  the  Cor- 
poration of  Barbers;  and  the  34-3oth  of  Henry  VIII. 
cap.  K,  gives  power  to  persons,  being  no  common  sur- 
geons, to  administer  medicine  in  some  diseases— viz.  ague, 
&c.  The  18th  of  George  II.  cap.  l.'i,  forms  the  surgeons 
into  a  separate  corporation,  llio  55tli  of  lieorge  III.  cap. 
1!M,  incorporates  a  body  of  metUcal  practitioners  to  be 
called  Apothecaries. 

"  The  late  Medical  Act  gives  to  all  registered  practitioners 
in  medicine  and  surgerj*  an  unqnaliiicd  right  to  practise 
medicine  and  surgerv  throughout  the  whole  of  Iier  Ma- 
jesty'H  dominions  at  lionie  and  abroad,  thereby  sweeping 
away  at  one  blow  the  wholu  of  thu  petty  restrictions  of 
the  dilfercnt  licensing  boaids ;  it  requires,' however,  every 
practitioner  in  medicine  or  surgery  to  be  registered,  and 
exempts  all  future  graduates  of  Lambeth  from  the  right 
to  be  registered."] 

Mepmeniiam  Cr.rn. — Is  there  nny  truth  in  tlic 
accounts  in  that  stranpre  book  Chryml,  of  orgies 
more  than  Rocchanaliun,  carried  on  nt  Mcdmen- 
hnm  Abbey  by  a  party  of  noblemen  and  gentle- 
men from  the  metropolis,  about  the  end  of  the 
last  century  or  the  beginning  of  this  ?  Has  any- 
thing been  written  on  the  subject  more  than 
appears  in  this  book  ?  II.  C. 

[Johnston,  in  his  novel  Chryatl;  or,  the  Advi-AtuTa  of 
a  GuiMta,  has  probably  furnished  the  longest,  but  some- 
what fictitious  account  of  the  Modmenham  Club — a  so- 
ciety of  wits  and  humorists,  who,  under  the  assumed 
title  of  Monks  of  St  Francis,  converted  the  ruins  of  the 
Abbfiy  into  a  convivial  retn-.-it.  Some  other  particulars 
of  this  mysterious  fraternity  may  be  found  in  ('apt 
ICdward  Thompson's  Life  of  Pwd  IFhitdiend,  edit.  1777, 
pp.  xxxiii.  to  xxxix. ;  The  Town  and  Qntntry  MagaztHt, 
i.  122;  and  (.'hurchiU's  Potm$,  edit.  Tuuke,  1854,  iii.  1G8, 
185,  275.  It  is  not  surprising  that  a  club,  which  had  ex- 
ciu>d  ao  much  notoriety,  and  provoked  so  much  satire, 
should  have  rendered  itself  an  object  of  literary  curiosity, 
com|x>8ed  as  it  was  of  such  men  as  Charles  Churchill, 
John  Wilkos,  Kobert  Jiloyd,  Francis  Lord  lo  Despenccr, 
Bubb  Doddington,  Lord  Melcombc  Kegis,  Sir  John  Daah- 
wood  King,  Bart,  Paul  Whitehead,  Henry  Lovebond 
Collins,  Esq.,  Dr.  Benjamin  Dates,  Sir  William  Stanhope, 
K.B.,  and  some  other  congenial  spirits.  Langley,  who 
wrote  bis  Hiatoiy  of  Deiborovgh,  Budu,  in  1797,  wu 


unable  to  collect  any  authentic  particiilArs  of  this  nun 
able  sodality.    II«  says :  "  Some  few  yean  since  th«  m 
house  was  tenanted  by  a  society  of  men  of  wit  and  biki 
under  the  title  of  Monks  of  St.  Francis,  whMc  )i 
they  assumed.     During  the  eeason  of  their  eonna 
residence,  they  are  supposetl  not  to  have  adhered' 
rigidly  to  the  mies  of  life  which  St.  Francis  hadenju 
Over  the  door  is  inscribed  the  motto  of  its  last  mmm 
order :  *  Fay  cc  que  voudras.'    Some  anecdotes  rddri 
a  publication  of  that  day  were  said  to  refer  to  thii 
ciety;  but  firom  the  little  information  I  have  ooOrkI 
there  appears  to  be  no  strong  foundation  for  that 
The  woman,  who  was  their  only  female  domestic  ii  d 
living  [1797];  and  after  many  enquiries,  I  bdiewi 
their  transactions  may  as  well  be  buried  in  obliviei.'; 

Nathaniel  Bbntlst  alias  DixTx  DicL- 
There  is  an  engraved  portrait  of  this  oiiee» 
torious  character,  who  was  living  in  LeadakI 
Street  at  the  bti{(inuin^  of  this  century.  Therti 
also  a  Life  of  him,  without  date.  W  hen  did  k 
die?  lie  is  noticed  in  the  Anmud  Bipia^ 
xlvii.  521.  S.t.L 

[The  more  venerable  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q,'  «l 
doubtless  remember  a  celebrated  emporium  for  wim  i 
all  sorts  in  Leailcnhall  Street,  called  **  Dirty  Didi'sV» 
house."    The  number  of  the  house  was  46,  which  iiM 
divided  into  two  tenements.    In  his  early  day%  Ksttol 
Bentley  was  called  the  Beau  of  Leadenhall  Stnc^ai 
might  bo  soen  at  all  ]iublic  places  of  resort,  drosid  ai 
man  of  fashion.    1  lit  not  only  spoke  French  aod  la!^ 
fluently,  but  his  demeanour  was  that  of  a  polished  ^ 
tleman.    As  the  story  goes,  our  young  tradesaaU 
made  proposals  to  the  daughter  of  a  wealthy  dtisma 
had  been  accepted ;    but  as  "  the   connc   of  tn  ii* 
never  did  run  smooth,"  by  some   untoward  era!  A 
match  was  broken  off.    Time  passes  on,  and  our  Mir 
able  beau  becomes  Wtter  known  as  **  Dirty  Bid's 
inreterntc  enemy  of  soap  and  towels. 

It  was  in  February,  1804,  that  Bentley  flnaVr^ 
his  warehouse  in  Leadenhall  Street,  in  which  forlMi 
he  had  conducted  busincfs  among  cobwebs  andt&lt 
then  took  a  house  in  Jewry  Street,  Aldgate^  staite 
lived  for  three  years;  but  his  landlord  refusing  to  KM 
the  lease,  he  removed  to  I.ieonard    Street,  flhsuM 
taking  with  him  a  stock  of  spoiled  goods  to  tlw  vMl 
of  10,<iOO/.    Hero  he  was  robbed  of  t  considerable  tm^ 
a  woman  with  whom  he  was  imprudent  enoogfa  to  in 
a  connexion  in  his  old  age.    To  divert  his  mind  fraai  ibt 
contemplation  of  his  misfortune,  he  travelled  from  oa 
place  to  another  until  he  reached  Haddington,  in  SoK- 
Ian<l.    Almost  penny  less,  and  .lufll'ringf  severely  from  it- 
disposition,  he  took  up  hi.4  abode  at  the  Crown  Jnn,witM 
he  died  about  the  close  of  the  year  1809,  and  was 
in  the  churchyard  of  that  town.] 

Lady  EuzAnETii  Speuian. — Thaa  ladr,  io  Ic 
will  dated  Nov.  2,  1745,  describes  henelf  of  lb 
parish  of  St.  James's,  Westminstert  widow,  n^ 
was  buried  at  St.  James's  on  Jan.  18,  ITtiT-i 


«S^I/«. 


l^OTES  AND  QUERIES. 


483 


^■q;  in  ber  will  to  indicate  whose 
^^fe.  If  any  of  your  genealogical 
i  tell   who  her  husband  wns,  be   Trill 

n  answer  to  tl'i'-  tv      Lady  Spel- 

(atheil  many  \  i  traits  to  dif- 

>ns;  amongst  o  ht  two  cousins 

bid  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Brierlr,  the  picture 
Nietl  Sir  Henry  Spelman,  and  one  cf 
1  Wharton. 

leaths  a!?n  n  picture  of  the  Lady  Mary 
lutes'-^  jli,  and  the  Ladr  Eliza- 

Din,    .  >)  John  P^arl  uf  ^iddle- 

il>n(lj;i  iii:^  Cuuntes»,  quart er-Itingth, 
)!ruji  •  WHS  no  doubt  that  of  herself, 
bequest  of  the  picture  of  the  learned 
Bpt'lman,  one  is  led  lo  infer  that  her 
ia  of  the  learned  antitjuary'a  fnmily  ; 
Ir  husband  was,  it  i»  the  object  of  this 

Eertnin.  F.  L. 

lined  to  think  the  lady  inqnlred  oSttt  is 
efie!d'.«  XorfM,  Hvo,  edit.  180".  vol.  rl.  p. 
fe  re«d  tUat  "  William  .Sjwiman,  Esq,  lord 
I  the  manor  of  \VickTnere,  married  Elizabeth, 
ttflrtba  Countesj  of  MicUk-ton,  aecond  wife  o!' 
MitldlctoQ  in  ScotlanJ,  and  duughtcr  nnd 
enry  Gary.  E«rl  of  Monmouth."  In  the 
Iviii.  .13,  her  death  is  thiis  noticed:  "Died 
K  La.1y  Elizabeth  Speltnan,  iloughter  of 
\l  of  MiMleton,  Governor  ofTatiiarier."] 

jr. — Will  some  of  your  learned  corre- 
X  the  orthogniphy  of  this  word  ?  The 
a  States  Commission  spells  it  "  sani- 
i  inay  go  far  towards  uiiiking  this  the 
«.dlin|j.  Would  not  analogy  make  It 
Spelling  of  tanatio,  rather  than  of 
[  St.  T. 

I  U>  can,  and  a  caring-pUce  is  properly 
^tim.  iJtit  tho  Latin  fur  health  is  finittu, 
I  wtiieh  rx'htc  to  Lealth  should  bo  called 
French,  we  hove  Hinatiire  (a  word  of  rnre 
furaliv. .  iJi;.!  ivlijoh  temis  (o  rtttnrt  hoAltli. 
\t  wl'  fnttenn  heallli ;  as  "  loi.1 

,  '  "coriloti  sauitaire"  (Be- 
inglitt),  "U«nat<ir>',  hnhng,  caring 
vl  lor  sanitary"  {OgUnt.')    "Soni- 
^ Of  health;  oo,  tanltary  law&" — iHd.'] 


kaiSU  REGISTEKS. 
(3«  S.  T.  243.) 


|n,   \}<&ct\ 
)ff  from  it 


Thi^   is 
„     .id  liie  SMirne 


of 

M^  of 
LM>*ily 
rcotor 


lo  wiiow  nama  can  ii«rer  be  forsottcn, 


Tbomaii  Percy,  the  editor  of  Tite  Heliguet  of  Eng' 
lish  Poetry,  aAer wards  Dean  of  Carlisle,  and 
finally  Bishop  of  Dromore.  An  inj^pection  of  the 
book  ahows  at  once  that  the  same  careful  hand 
which  was  often  emfiLiyed  in  tlie  restoration  of 
the  text  of  an  old  balhid,  did  not  disdain  to  bestow 
an  equal  amount  of  care  in  rescuing  from  the 
rarages  of  time  the  entries  in  on  old  register. 
The  oandwriting  is  beautifully  clear,  and  the  ink 
apparently  m  fVci^h  as  tvhcu  it  llowed  from  Percy's 
pen. 

At  this  qiuet  country  rectory  it 'was  that  he 
was  visited,  in  1764,  by  his  friend  Dr.  Johnson, 
who  was  in  his  happiest  mood.  Mrs.  Percy  told 
Cradock  — 

"  That  her  husband  looked  oat  all  aorta  of  books  to  ho 

■     '     '     '  ■    "rr  breakfaat,  aod  that  Jubn- 

lite  to  her,  that,  when  her 

itore  prepared  in  the  study, 

he  tHiid :  '  2so,  .Sir,  1  aliall  tirst  wait  upon  Mrs.  Percy  to 

feed  the  ducka.'" 

To  her  was  addressed  by  her  husband  the 
charming  ballad : 

"  O  Xanny, wilt  thon  gang  with  me?" 

which  will  alw.nys  be  freshly  remembered. 

Close  to  the  rectory  is  the  church  where 
Thomas  Percy  ministered  from  1746  to  1778, 
which  hns  been  restored  in  a  loving  s])int  by  the 
present  Manpiis  of  Northampton  ;  and  happily, 
though  the  tloor  is  entirely  )>aved  with  encaustic 
tiles,  yet  the  old  inscriptions  have  been  preserved 
upon  them.  One  iu  particular  marki  the  spot 
where  three  of  Percy's  siJt  children  repose  in 
front  of  the  chancel ;  and  uj^on  the  tiles,  tne  lion, 
the  ancient  crest  of  the  ducal  house  of  jNorthum- 
berland,  is  delineated. 

Within  the  altar  rails  lie  the  remains  of  Morton, 
BIshoj)  of  Durham,  who  was  ejected  fromi  his  see 
in  1646,  and  died  at  Easton  Maudit  in  163!),  ut 
the  advanced  a{|;e  of  ninety*two,  in  poverty  and 
comparative  obscurity,  where  he  hud  filled  the 
office  of  tutor  to  Sir  Henry  Yolverton,  His 
profjerty,  after  paying  a  tew  legacie.*,  amounted 
but  to  100/.,  which  paid  his  funeral  expences,  and 
provided  a  moniuuent  to  his  memory  in  the 
church. 

The  sepulchral  stone  which  originally  covered 
the  remains  of  the  good  old  man,  has  been  re- 
moved to  the  Yelverton  chapel  on  the  north  side 
of  the  chancel,  and  bears  a  lony  Latin  inscription, 
feebly  attempting  to  describe  his  many  virtues. 

The  church  consists  of  nave,  side  aisles,  and 
chancel,  on  the  north  side  of  which  is  the  Telver- 
ton  chapel,  containino;  s^everal  monuments  of  that 
ancient  loraily ;  and  here  was  buried,  about  sixty- 
two  years  ago,  the  last  Earl  of  Sussejc,  in  the 
vault  of  hJM  ancestors,  to  whom,  for  many  years, 
the  manor  belonged. 

I  observed,  though  my  inspection  was  merely 
of  a  very  casual  kind,  neveral  notes  in  the  Re^jistec 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IS^  &  ▼.  Jon  ll.%4. 


marking  tbe  manners  and  customa  of  ancient 
times,  which  no  doubt  would  prove  of  interest, 
like  those  from  Wilby. 

The  place  is  most  retired,  but  well  adapted  to 
a  man  like  Percy,  who  fully  appreciated  the 
saying  ••  Vita  sine  literis  mors  est"  Again, 
thougo  Bishop  Morton  does  not  repose  in  hix  own 
magnificent  cathedral  of  Durham,  but  in  the 
little  village  church,  his  simple  and  unostentatious 
character  can  never  be  forgotten,  nor  his  patient 
endurance  of  difficulties  in  troublous  times.  In 
this  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  Sophoclc-s :  — 

.  .  .  ti'9a  PpoTois  rhv  itliunirToy 

ri^y  thptitrra  KoBi^u,      Ajux,  1167-8. 

OXOHIBHSIS. 


MRS.  DUGALD  STEWART'S  VKRSES. 

(3'«  S.  v.  147.) 

We  hope  that  the  foregoing  explanations  as  to 
some  of  the  individuals  mentioned  in  that  lady's 
verses  will  be  satisfactory  to  your  correspondent. 

1.  Gascoigne  was  undoubtedly  Anne,  the  eldest 
daughter  of  Sir  Charles  Gascoigne,  Knight,  who 
became  the  second  wife  of  Tbomns,  seventh  Earl 
of  Haddington,  March  6th,  1786.  She  wa.s  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  rise  to  judicial 
proceedings,  affording  pretty  pickings  both  here 
and  in  England,  where  law  is  especially  ai^  ex- 
pensive luxury  which  few  persons  of  moderate 
means  can  afford  to  enjoy. 

2.  Fulteney  was  the  enormously  rich  lady  who 
was  created  Countess  of  linth.  Her  grandfather 
was  the  cousin  of  the  celebrated  earl  of  that  name, 
who  died  on  July  7,  1764,  and  wiiose  viist  fortune 
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  Man^uisate  of  Annandalc.  Tliere  was  only 
one  child  of  the  marriage,  Henrietta  Laura,  who 
married  Sir  James  Murray,  Daronct.,  who  took 
the  name  of  Fult«ney.  His  lady  was  created 
Baroness  Fulteney  July  23,  1792,  an<l  Countess 
of  Bath,  October  26th,  1803.  She  died  without 
issue  in  July,  1808,  when  both  titles  became  ex- 
tinct. There  was  a  report  that  this  lady,  whose 
wealth  was  boundless,  was  a  victim  of  that  most 
unaccountable  disease,  Morbwi  pediculosns. 

3.  Torphichen  was  the  ninth  Lord  of  that  title. 
He  married,  April  6,  1795,  Anne,  only  surviving 
child  of  Sir  John  Inj^H)}  of  Cramond.  By  this 
lady,  who  survived  him,  he  had  no  family,  and 
the  peerage  went  to  a  cousin,  the  father  of  the 


present  lord.  The  Sandilftnds  an  hdn  of  Xtt 
of  the  noble  race  of  Douglas.  Thu  is  a  fact  the 
can  be  established  by  poeitiTe  evidence;  ba 
really  we  wish  to  be  enlightened  as  to  the  tsaet- 
tion  that  "  This  familv,  driven  from  Englnd  h 
tim  Conqueror,  settled  in  Scotland  in  the  rdgiicf 
Malcolm  IIL"  Why  were  tbe  £kndiland«  ex- 
pelled,  and  what  ancient  authentic  record  mti 
they  were  P  The  founder  of  the  family  «ii 
a  man  of  high  position ;  he  was  the  lait  Pre- 
ceptor of  Torphidien,  and  when  the  Hospitilien 
succeeded  to  the  lands  and  piiTil^a  of  tk 
Templars,  he  obuined  a  territorial  nant  of  tke 
joint  possessions  from  Queen  Mary  dv  a  duns 
in  virtue  of  which,  without  ony  8i>eci&c  creitk 
he  sat  in  Farliament  as  Lord  Torphichen.  H»ar 
no  issue,  his  nephew,  the  ancestor  of  the  ptees 
Baron,  became  nis  successor. 

4.  Maxwell  was  probably  Sir  William  of  ]» 
reith,  in  the  county  of  Wiffton.     One  oS 
aunts  was  the  celebrated  Duchess  of  Gordatl 
another,    called  Eglantine,   became   the  ifEi 
of  Sir  Thomas  Wallace  of  Craigie,  and  cref. 
consi«lerable  sensation    in  the    mshionable  mk}. 
by  her  behaviour.     She  and  her  husband  fipiM 
in  the  Court  of  Session   and  House  of  Lords,  ■ 
suits  reflecting  disgrace    on   them  botL    Luj 
Wallace  was  the  authoress  of  three  pUjs,  ose  i 
which  was  performed  both  in  London  sad  Eris- 
burgh,  without  much  success.      Sir  Wjlibn  diti 
in  February,  1812.  J.Jl 


KIKON  BASILIKE. 
(3'->  S.  iii.  128,  179,  220,  254.) 

I  have  read  the  above  notes,  and  many  ctb 
in  "  N.  &   (J.,"  and  am  of  opinion  that  a  'aS 
portion  of  your  pages  might  be  occupied  ffi::i 
interminable  discussion,    as   to    various  nbf 
and  emblematical  difTerenccs,  without  brings 
nearer  any  decision  as  to  the  author  of  tlKV^ 
or  which  was  the  first  edition.     My  only  exaSi 
therefore,  for  making  one  or  two  verbal  reniAi. 
is,  that  I  shall  afterward  conclude  with  a  pradia 
suggestion. 

I  do  not  find  the  word  **  feral  "  bad  been  tf 
tered  into  "  fatal,"  in  many  of  the  multitadinoia 
editions  that  have  conic  under  my  notice  down  to 
the  edition  of  168.'!,  in  which  it  was  still  U5ed. 
Nor  can  I  understand  that  the  occurrence  ff 
"feral"  and  "cyclopick"  tend  to  show  that  Dr. 
Gauden  was  the  author.  We  have  to  search  a 
the  year  1648  for  the  first  edition ;  and  the  edi- 
tion possessed  by  Mb.  Shobthousb,  *' reprinted 
in  R.  M.,"  is,  as  far  as  I  know,  the  earliest  in  tbtf 
year  professing  itself  to  be  a  reprint.  In  fad,  it 
bos  been  generally  considered  the  7th  editsMi 
Assuming  Uiis,  the  chief  value  o£  verbal  icsesid 
would  lie  in  any  accordance  or  dlrvgmattiif 


Ml,  •841 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


the  other  editions  of  the  same  year. 
B,  in  some  euch  editions  the  word  in 
ppelt  (as  in  this  avowed  reprint) 
t  tnere  are  several  in  which  it  is  spelt 
|f  six  editions  were  »o  spelt,  and  all 
Vith  one  ^  it  ntigbt  be  presumed  that 
tion  would  be  found  among  the  six  ; 
rins  the  unsettled  state  of  orThoaraphy 
kt  I  should  not  accept  even  that  as 
l^t  the  pnxluction  of  other  simikr 
incurring  in  the  same  editioni<. 
\  jemark  as  to  the  word  "  feral,"  which 
|dy  stated  continued  to  be  uisc-d  In  the 
1.  E.  B.  A.  believes  tlie  word  is  used 
lltioas,  "  at  least  in  all  publisletl  be- 
in  TeoaocliiiU'!!,  in  Ui4i»i  ridiculed 
\e  word."  The  first  edition  of  Irono-' 
krintcd  in  ]  649 ;  and  the  second  edi- 
many  enlar/^ement*  "  by  the  author, 
I  1770,  the  Rev,  Richard  Baron  care- 
ithe  work ;  and  it  was  reprinted  ver- 
the  Second  edition,  distinguishing  all 
irgements  and  alterations  of  the  first 
l^inttng  them  in  italics.  At  pp.  186-7 
i  quotation,  the  sentence  which  in 
Uhe  contains  the  word  "ferali";  but 
faavini;  "  ridiculed  the  use  of  the 
I  that  Milton  himself  has  substituted 
Ibtal,"  and  there  are  no  italics  to  in- 
t  was  altered  from  the  first  edition. 
iM^ojf  has  evidently  an  early  edition 
Uiilike,  in  which  tlie  title  exactly  cor- 
h  the  earliest  in  my  possession.  Both 
^<l  "  ferali,"  but  the  pagination  of  the 
flcTent.  He  mentions  a  misprint,  in 
(f  the  word  "even"  instead  of ''men." 
!*  that,  ihimgh  the  word  is  "men  "  in 
I  has  ilropped ;  so  that  its  top  is  level 
)a-line  in  e. 

'•*  Embleme,"  or  frontispiece,  I  should 
t.  B.  A.  would  favour  the  readers  of 
more  at  large  with  his  reasons  for 
t  an  inquiry  in  that  direction  might 
In  the  subject  of  tlie  first  edition;  and 
be  "evidence  that  the  first  edition 
I  Emhlemc." 

tftfre  wrote,  in  1693,  A  VindkoHnn  of 
■  the  Martyr,  tV'C,  ^-c. ;  and  at  the 
k^MOunt  of  the  several  Impressions 
^^■ng  Charles  the  Martyr's  most 
^Ir  intituled  EikoH  BoitUihe"    In 

Sd  a  third  edition  of  the  ViwUvation 
ch  enlarged,  and  the  list  of  editions 
h  greatly  extcmled.  He  gives  the 
I  date,  number  nfl  isf  wkzq,  and  num- 
%  occupied  by  s"   an<l  ob- 

bishlng  charur!  ;  fifty-seven 

iions.  Considering  the  comparative 
h^ed  by  one  who  lived  nearly  two 
^■noe,  attd  the  manifest  labour  of 


his  investijrations,  I  think  his  last  list  might  be 
taken  as  the  basis  of  any  further  elForl  to  assign 
their  proper  places  to  the  early  editions  of  tne 
book. 

I  would  gladly  forward  to  the  editor,  or  any 
render  and  contributor  who  would  undertake  it, 
all  the  assistance  in  my  power ;  adontiug  the 
specific  points  of  difference  in  Dr.  Wagstaffe's 
list,  in  order  that  the  results  might  be  concisely 
codified ;  and,  if  sufficiently  important,  inserted 
as  an  amended  li»t  in  the  pages  of  "  N,  &  Q."  If 
the  task  be  thought  desirable,  and  one  more  com- 
petent should  not  volunteer  to  perform  it,  I  would 
undertake  the  labour  myself,  if  the  contributors 
would,  without  delay,  forward  their  communica- 
tions through  the  Editor.  W.  Leb, 


JrsTicE  (3"»  S.  T.  436.)— Blackatone  (i.  331) 
shows  how  tlie  conservation  of  the  peace  was  taken 
from  the  people,  and  given  to  the  king ;  and  it 
wuB  not  till  the  statute  34  Edward  III.  c.  1,  gave 
the  conservators,  wardens,  or  keepers  of  the  peace 
the  power  of  trying  felonies,  that  they  acquired 
the  more  honourable  appellation  of  justices. 
Many  acta  of  parliament  speak  of  one  or  more 
justices  of  the  peace;  the  last  I  have  referred  to, 
26  &  27  Vict.  c.  77,  passed  July  28*  1 863,  shows 
that  the  designation  is  still  in  full  legal  force, 
although  the  term  magistrate  is  more  p«^ipularly 
used.  But  the  Justice  of  the  Peace  is  only  one 
description  of  magistrate  (Blackstone,  i.  349), 
that  title  applying  to  the  king,  the  chancellor,  the 
other  judges,  as  well  as  to  sheriffs,  mayors, 
aldermen,  coroners,  &c.  The  Police  Magistrate 
is  a  now  officer,  whose  appellation  implies  that  he 
has  been  appointed  since  the  conversion  of  the 
constabulary  into  police,  within  the  last  thirty- 
five  years.  T.  J.  Bociltoh. 

Pabadin's  "Devises  Heboiques  "  (3"*  S.  v.  339, 
447.)  —  Niceron,  in  his  Mcmoire.i  pour  sercir  a 
ri/igtnirc  cIl-»  Homtnea  lUustrea  dam  la  Republi- 
que  dca  Lettrea,  states  that  the  first  edition  of  the 
Dcciaca  Ileroiquea  wa?*  published  at  Lyons  in  1557. 
Brunet,  in  his  Manuel  du  Libraire,  gives  the  same 
place  and  date,  and  so  docs  the  Biographic  Uni' 
ceraelle.  With  ivspect  to  the  date,  and  what  waa 
the  first  edition,  Dibdin  and  the  French  authori- 
ties just  mentioned  must  be  left  to  settle  the 
question  the  best  way  they  can  among  themselves, 
llut  as  to  the  place,  I  am  certainly  in  error,  hav- 
ing,  by  a  lapaua  pennae,  written  Paris  instead  of 

Lyons.  W.  PiSKBRTOS. 

IIebrkw  MSS.  (3"»  S.  V.  399.)— The  statement 
of  Dr.  \V.  Wall  tl»at  in  a.i>.  I'io  there  were  several 
MS.  copies  of  the  Hebrew  Bible  with  various 
roiiilintrs,  which  the  Rabbis  at  Tiberias  destroyed, 
is  conjectural.  The  rule  has  always  been  to  de- 
stroy erroneous  copies  of  the  law.    Nevertheless, 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


l$HtLt.tmt 


the  copies  in  use  novr  in  the  Jewish  synngogiies 
contuiti  udmittcd  and  recognised  errors.  The 
oriffinal  MS.  of  the  present  copl.^  unnura  to  have 
had  errata;  and  nome  errors  ]  -ted  even 

in  the  first  autographs,  and  woi:  liy  arise  in 

subsequent  apographs,  notwithstanding  every  care. 
The  K-abbis  say  "lie  admonished  in  ihy  work, 
it  is  ft  heavenly  one,  leet  tlioii  shouldat  take 
%y  or  add  a  letter,  and  duvastutc  tlic  wliole 
world." 

The  present  Jewish  MSS.  and  printed  He- 
brew Biblei<,  therefore,  cnutain  the  text  with  uo- 
knowlodgcd  errata,  auoh  errata,  formerly  noted  in 
a  book  called  the  Atasorah,  have  been  adde^l  par- 
tially,  in  recent  times,  in  the  mar<;iu  or  foot 
of  each  page.  When  we  now  publij*h  a  mis- 
printed work,  errata  are  appended ;  but,  on  a 
second  edition  being  requireo,  the  errors  in  the 
text  are  corrected,  and  the  errata  are  eliminated. 
Not  so  with  the  Hebrew  Bible  and  MSS.;  the  text 
is  still  written  and  printed  with  the  sjune  errors, 
and  the  same  tistof  rrra&i ;  the  intention  being  to 
show  what  the  actual  state  of  tlie  text  was  at  its 
first  recension.  Although  the  Masornh,  or  list  of 
errata.,  may  have  been  extended  in  more  recent 
times,  a  Mosorah  did  exist  prior  to  the  Talmud, 
or  between  the  third  ;uid  sixth  century  after 
Christ;  fur  iu  is  not  likely,  as  the  Jews  believe, 
that  our  present  Atasnrah  contains  anything  so 
remote  bs  Ezra  (b.c.  315),  Besides  errata,  the 
Masora  contains  other  matter,  such  as  tJ>e  enu- 
meration of  letters,  &c.,  all  however  beiiring  on 
one  object — the  |>resorvalion  of  the  existing  text. 
The  lirst  Jewish  rolLuion  wc  read  of  was  that 
of  the  schools  of  Tiberias  luid  Babylon  in  the 
eighth  Century,  when  the  Five  Rooks  of  Moses 
were  found  to  agree,  but  in  other  parts  of  the 
Bible  the  dilfercncea  (voi-ious  readings)  wore  218 
or  220  in  number. 

The  works  tcj  be  consulted  are  BuxtorfTs  Tibt' 
rtas,  Van  dcr  Hoogbt's  Preface,  Kennicott'e  J)is. 
Gen.,  Richhorn's  Kini  A.  T.  s.  131,  140*158  ;  and 
the  authorities  quoted  by  Eichhorn. 

T.  J.  BtJcicTotf. 
Bkzoab  STo?r£«  (3^*  S.  V.  a98.)  —  Some  notice 
of  this  once  valued  substance,  its  origin  and  sun- 
jMMCfl  occult  propfjrtios,  will  be  found  in  most  old 
treati&es,  Ve  Sficretix,  &c.,  and  in  the  various  his- 
tories of  precious  and  other  eiJ)ne.H  by  Boece  dc 
Boot,  Leonordus,  Bacfius,  and  otlicrs.  The.se, 
however,  are  too  numerous  for  citation,  and  would 
moreover  hardly  repay  for  the  trouble  of  refer- 
ence.    The  following  i*  n»orc  specially  devoteil  to 

til.'    '  ;      — 

t«  KtxA  Ob^Htrvittiont  np«ui   Ort«ntjil   and 

--  -  ■•    '    •     '■■•'■■<■ -1-1  nw  in 


jph  on  il 
in.!,  -ind 


may  also  be  made  to  Ibc  carioaa 

by  &[onaidefi :  — 

"  Joj'fuU  Newi-*  .>ni  ,.f  thi.  N't*  -f..>t*i  TTVi 
are    dcclnred   t' 
Hcrbe*.  'I'r^e',  \ 

OtIUl     "'  !     «t»'    IW  .'.I  tAT  SbJBK  tjr>  \ 

cue  liw  of  Tmn  wmStmikH 

and:         "ir,     tiugUalMd  kv  Aai  I 

MercliMit,  4to,  ii>7i." 

Bezoar  stone,  on  a  cunHrrv  aecvt*  ■•  • 

.<<!ome  estimation  till  the  end  of  tlM  i 
century.  Dr.  Guybcrt  in  Fraisec  M 
to  destroy  belief  in  its  ciBcaey.  in  fc=« 
TrtymjierUf  du  Bezoar  d«eomf$rtft,  htm 
lowed  by  other*,  I'auli.  DltnmerbnxJE,  4ck 
England.  R.  Piti  derof*-*  ef»ri^  or  fovfi 
the  subject,  w '  t'onsooai 

"Craft  ftii-n  -.'i,    TU*m 

cilK  -lll,WMi 

Ccn=.~   ., .-    ,  .-_-  .  _      -aiJ.  1708 

There  is  also  a  chapter  '*Dc  I«t|Ma 
et  Bezoar  ocdden'"''  "  •"    *'•  ■    K^ 
nalet  of  ThomoB  B  :  ■,  Uafiak  I 

see  epist.  Lxxix.  ceu ,-.  —  -  - 

iiirmingham. 

PAsoAa*  Di  Abutopuaxjbs  Cd*^  S.iUI 

The  passage  is  not  in  Ari't 
luent  of  The  Aphriytlitiau  of  - 
by  Athcnffius. 

A.  nirtp  2k(u<  (Umm  >Jytaf  trmt 

*H  ^pox«i'  l>ittaun  Ttwcrlr  «' 
IXhaffrby  iK  '/atat,  ly  tXKp  fttr/ir 

A.   E2  Keyus .  Zev^  ftcAicrtfig*  rifimtv  li  a 
MfftcJUiw  mlymv  imif^«m  0fititm^ 

Arf-rcMrvrtf^rmt  rfo^Surmjt  jiuytiij  «■< 

A.  Bpl^^uiSot  S'  lSp»rm  «4y9i  ;      U,  Oimm 

A.  Aif <iia  vu^A^oiv  l/owH^  ;      Q. 

A«  KtatSvyovir  y  aBpw  it*  tMfmt  I      K 

"Ot;  "  80*  < 

tewtvi." 
mievrum  Gra>a>rmm  /* 


7"'-   / 


'64T 


NOtS;S  AND  QUERIES. 


487 


no  translator's 
mtlon  xav  editiun. 


notes.    Lowndes 
I  liave  no  doubt 


«  is  to  Lettre   174,   loin,  vi.  p.  2; 


77. 


H.  B.  C. 


MS  (3"  S.  V.  432,  435.)  —  Mb.  Rbd- 
curate  in  hia  quotation  from  Sir  Wal- 
>ollnd  of  "'  Locljinrnr."  The  words, 
from  a  copj  of  Afurmion  now  before 

lown  tobtiuh.  ami  slie  looked  up  to  u'gb, 
i  on  ber  lips,  luui  a  tear  in  lier  eye." 

ierr  no  such  word  as   reproofs  and 

iiTcr  writes  "  :i  smiU  in  her  eye,"  Sir 

a  tear  in  that  or^an,  and  places  the 

lips,  while  ilr.  Lover  pats  reproof 

iber   is  there  the   least  resemblance 

Lover's  first  two  lines,  and  the  firat 

TaJter,  iis  I  have  fiunt*'d  it.     Surely 

1  to  bint  at  plagiarism  from  what  can 

\  (S**  S.  V.  443.) — S.  Eeomotid  aeeias 
the  two  meanings  of  the  word  "  »ur- 

hereditary   name   descending   from 
t,  to  which  we  give  the  name  "  sur- 

the  simple  second  name,  applied  in 
f  confusion  betwfpii  (wu, 
e  case  mentioned  by  S.  Uedmomo  of 
ariot  given  to  JuJiui  the  traitor,  this 
e  In  no  way  wlmtevcr  to  prove  "  that 
i  double  names  at  least ; "  Jscariot 
If  ell  known,  a  mere  to-name,  as  the 
t,  given  to  tlislinguish  blni  from  the 
whom  we  call  St.  Jmle.  The  other 
iloublc  names  in  the  gospela  may  all 
belong  ti>  thnsc  whose  identity  might 
It  least  possibly,  hare  been  mistaken. 

KUoauergOA,   when   there  were 
among  the  disciples ;  we  havo 
Simon  the  Canaanite,  in  a  simi-  , 
J  at  a  later  time,  we  have  Jones  Bar- 
gMihe  Lord's  brother. 
^B         CiiABLGs  F.  S.  Wazums. 

E^Ur  (a"  S.  V.  33.  G5.  &c.)  — Sir 

K  of  May  field,  Sussex,   Knt.,  had  a. 
'loilied  in  Dublin,  March  8, 
it  !*i  nni  him  rt'rts  Sir  .lames 
<i*J.  '    ci'ealed  a  baronet  in 

M^  ^  ■  ^uc  (with  two  daugh- 

lons:  h  -Edward:  2.  Sir 

I.  }>ir  Gt'  -n.    All  of  whom 

uherited  fiioh  became  ex- 

death  ol  ■,  on  January  2, 

fcs  rf.     "  of  Dom-Kiil,  Sir 

f(X  (  il    Sir  E'dwmd) 

faloiip.j  <.iuKtt>  .1 — tdlfiuppodcd  to  be 


illcgil^mate.    The  May  arms  are,  "  Gu.  a  fess  be- 
tween eight  billets  or.' 
'  H.  Lorrcs  TorTEimAM. 

A  crest,  "  out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or,  a  lion's 
j  head  gu.,"  won  granted  in  1273  to  the  Mays  of 
Rawmere,  Suoaex,  with  the  arms  mentioned  at 
p.  65.  The  Mays  of  London  and  of  Pashley, 
Su86e.x.  bore  for  a  crest,  with  the  same  arms, 
•'  out  of  tlucal  coronet  or,  a  leopard's  head  gu. 
bezantee."  I  cannot  identify  the  crest  used  oy 
Sir  Edward  May,  nor  can  I  give  his  motto.  I  am 
disposed  to  think  that  one  of  the  Mays  above  men- 
tioned was  the  settler  in  Ireland  rather  than  that 
one  of  the  Irish  family  settled  in  London.  There 
was  a  distinct  Irish  family  of  the  name  bearing 
different  arms.  From  your  recent  intimation  as 
to  family  queries  (p.  430),  I  am  induced  to  say 
that  I  will  reply  to  any  direct  inquiry  CARiLroau 
may  wish  to  mtilcc  if  I  can  bo  of  further  us?. 

11.  Woof. 
Guildhall,  Worcester. 

MoPNT  Athos  (3'*  S.  V.  437.)  —  Sigma-Tiibta 
will  find,  in  the  NitueeUe  lihgrtiphiv  Gimrale, 
tome  XXXV,  col.  600,  an  account  of  MinoTde  Minas, 
or  Mynas,  in  which  it  is  stated  that  — 

**  M.  Miaoide  Iklinos  trouva  dans  les  monasliTes  da 
mont  Athos  quclques  maau«oHt»,  pnnni  lesqaeU  deux 
sont  importanis :  ('nii  cantienl  iino  Refutation  ile  tonUt 
les  Heresies  vX  parait  clre  I'cBUvre  dc  »aint  ilippolyte; 
I'autrc  reuferme  des  fn' I  -    -      '    -     -  ''irjuiis  par 

Babriuis  dout  ie  raanu^-  >   par  lui 

subrcptiociiient    au    Bt\'.  il    arait 

affirmii?  h  M.  A.  Firmiu  DiUot  ai  a  M.  \  Ukiu.uii  iju'U  ne 
poss«(ikit  que  la  copie  qii'il  en  avoit  faite  aa  mont  Aihos, 
oil  ce  manusorit  dtoit  rcat6" 

The  fo!l«»wing  authorities  are  given  at  the  end 

of  the  article  :  — 

*'  Hapimrt  adreiui  a  M.  h  Jl/tn/afre  de  Vlnxtructitm  pub- 
li<{ut  pur  M.  SlitiuiJe  Myno*,  Paris,  i84C»  in  8^. — Hrvn  dt 
BilAingraphie  dn  MM.  Milla-  et  AuUnat,  t.  v.  p.  SO." 

AKktis. 

Dublin. 

QuAUAixiiivrn  (3'*'  S.  v-  435.)  —  Your  corre- 
B[WMideut  O.  T.  D.  may  not  be  aware,  that  another 
derivation  of  the  river  Quadalquivir  is  given  by 
Mr.  Furd  ;  and  I  think  the  etymology  is  the  mora 
correct,  and  more  probable  one.  These  arc  hi4 
words :  — 

"  Tho  Quadatijmvir,  'the(^!"  '  ""--■■  •'  '  Wiitlii- 
l-Kebir,'  or  *  Wricla-l-Adhcrn  '  '  i  uvursea 

AudAlucia  I'rom  li.  to  W.     Tli'-  laU  t?ip- 

•iua,Aliiu  cali  it  Lnt Baro,t.\\vs  '(;iv.ii  lluci.'  " — Uandijuok 
for  Spai»,  Part  i.  p.  loii,  ciliU  LonUou,  185.'^. 

Another  writer — the  anonymousi  author  of  an 
interesting  work  entitled  ^1  Summer  tn  Amtaiucia 
(vol.  i.,  London,  1839,  p.  149),  gives  the  same 
derivation  of  QumUlnuivir.  He  quote*  the  Arn- 
bio  name,  "  Wnd-ul-Kibeer,"  meaning  "  the  Great 
River,"  and  rennirks  "that,  though  tlje  Arabic 
word  Wad  strictly  signifies    valley,    it  was  often 


■^-     — 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


used  by  the  Spanish  Moors  in  tJ>e  sense  of  river." 
If  this  olymology  be  correct,  then  the  river  Gua- 
dalctc  will  mean  '*  the  river  Lethe," — the  original 
name  /iii&n  having  been  preserved  by  the  Moors. 
Mr.  For'!,  however,  informs  us,  that  the  ancient 
name  of  tlie  Guadalete  was  Cftrysos,  "the  {jolden ;" 
but  the  jMnors  changed  it  into  lVcuI-al'lfii!i:(I,  "  the 
river  of  delight" — *'el  rio  de  deleite."  (Part  i.  id 
suprd^  p.  159).  J.  Daltok. 

Norwicli. 

I  presume  there  can  be  little,  if  any  doubt,  that 
Guadalquivir  is  simply  a  corruption  of  Wadi/'et- 
Kebir,  "  the  great  water-course,"  by  which  the 
Arabic-speaking  Moors  naturally  designated  the 
majestic  river  which  they  found  flowing  past 
Seville  on  their  conquest  of  southern  Spain.  This 
etymology  is  confirmed  by  the  mode  of  spelling, 
as  well  as  by  the  accent,  which  is  on  the  Inst 
syllable.  The  word  is  pronounced  as  if  written 
Owattalkevfer. 

On  the  same  principle,  the  modern  Arabs  call 
the  Jonhm  Sheri'at'd- Kefnr,  "  the  great  water- 
ing-place." In  both  cases,  the  epithet  el-Kehir  is 
intended  to  express  the  striking  contrast  in  the 
eye  of  a  dweller  in  the  desert,  between  n  l.irge 
and  perennial  river  and  the  less  important  streams, 
generally  mere  winter-torrents,  with  whioh  they 


are  more  familiar. 


E.  W. 


Bai-lad  Quebies  (3'*  S.  v.  S'C.)  —  There  is  a 
version  of  the  ballad,  "  Sir  .A.agc  and  Else,"  to  be 
found  near  the  end  of  n  volume,  entitled  Goethe, 
a  New  Pantomime,  by  Edward  Kenealy,  London, 
MBcccL.  No  publisher.  Printed  by  Levey,  Rob- 
son,  &  Frankly n,  Great  New-street,  Fetter  Lane. 
W.  J.  Debnhard  Smitb. 

Temple. 

Battles  m  EitcLASD  (^**  S.  v.  398.)  —  The 
afira^  at  Uadcot  Bridge.  Your  correspondent  will, 
I  Unnk,  find  that  Thos.  Walsingham,  in  his  UU- 
toria  Anglicnna,  gives  a  tolerably  graphic  account 
of  Richard's  favourite,  the  "  Dux  Hibernite,"  ga- 
thering a  force  together  in  Cheshire  and  Wales, 
and  his  defeat  and  Jlight  at  Radcot.  Lingard  has 
civen  us  a  fair  account  of  it,  and  fuller  than  most 
historians.  He  refers  to  Rot.  Pari.  236,  and 
Ruvght,  •2701-2073. 

VVaisingham  says,  when  speaking  of  the  posi- 
tion of  the  place  — ■ 

"  Ilrnrossii  Dominia  »  < .     '•  ■  ;  f^n  juxta  Harfonl, 

Kropc  llAbbcUke. iibi  rnilit  .  nittrunt  •  iitti  l><i>Hr 

lilHTiiim." — Hitt.  .ttifj.,  'N.,  tsJ,  IL  r.  Ui!ev, 

M.A-     Ixindon:  Longrman,  I'SOl. 

Turner  »r>ells  the  word  "Kedecot;"  on  what 
authority  I  know  not. 

JOUX  BOWSX  RoWUAKDS. 
The  Union  CluU.  Qxdmi. 

Sack  (3'«  S.   v.  3'28.)  — Your  corrcsnonJenL 
JtXTA  TiiBRiM,  is  A  little  h;isiy  in  hi- 
on  behalf  of  his  seductive  favouritei  c- 


Let  nie  refer  him  to  Ma  oMer  titlM^i 

his  old  friend  the  wine  raenrluirt-»*»< 

tbority  to  which  be 

he  appears  to  ha' 

T/ie  Life  of  Miv- 

troduction   to   that   vv-i>rk, 

original  sack  was  »horry. 

quotes  from  Gcrvtis*   T'* 

wife,  us  follows :  "  You 

Spain  ;  your  smaller  oi    < . 

I  our  strong  «acks  are  of  iL' 

and  Malligo." 

This   agrees   with    all  the    sr 
psedias  on  this  subject    tr!...>^    , 
rhey  all  describe  tliie  > 
As  an  flppelhitiiin  of  «! 
been  long  dropped  :  tii 
stronger  liquor  was  dm. 
eventually  monopolised  the  nun. 
clearly  seems  to  have  done  in  r 
quite  concur  with  yf>ur  cor 
its  derivation  from  sacciu :  .v 
gested  by  some.  I»  Yiw  Ti 

The  ExGLisH  Cbitk<  I'  lo^  Ti^H»(l*ii 
The  letter  by  Mr.  Vi  »«ry 

stfttementa.andwillno  ;  .  uatri 

sions.     But  it  Is  worth  while  to  make  1 1 
its  heading,  which  might  lead  tn  cjstir 
heading,  which  I  place   at    the 
note,  is  incorrect.     Except  to 
of  persons  interested  in 
tjon  would  point  to  a  > 
amplified  by   the  word  "  , 
designation  is  '*  The  Engli.-. 
chapel  in  Rome." 

For  many  ages  an  English  cliur^lv< 
Rome.  Murray,  in  his  Hand^lhti  (^ 
says ;  — 

"S.  T..   .   .         •     " 
ThU  c!>' 
It  WA«  (  • 
(it  ahoulJ  be 
Trinity.    A  I 

£nglitihniill]  iur  lh^H'II  (iiiirn:riv  lite  'f: 
<>(rnye<I  by  Hrv  iit  «17,  atl4' rtbi^  lij  C|^ 
wulph.)  ihomni  h  Bockut,  <limmf  Im  tti 
\oAMil  in  the  iHMplul ;  anil  an  hla 

anoer  III tbf  rburch  tr«» 

Tbomas  of  Caaietbury." 

The  EngH»b  Ilo^iliam  b«« 

In  the  Trustevere  ;  aiwl  eo   i* 
ILind-Unnk  is  inexact.      E-:< 
EnaKL-ih  ortllege,  on  thf^     -' 
about   300  years.      1 
during  the  French  r-_   .  , 

small  church   wii!i       i':.-    .    .i 
Murrnv'.<  JLi,„l.  R 
St.  Ti. 

It  111  V. 


I«fl-t 


tW 


3'4S,V.  JcNE  11, '64.1 


XOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


489 


by  the  side  of  the  college,  and  It  is  to  be  replaced 
by  X  new  one  oti  the  S4Une  spot.  The  toiub  of 
Bainbriil^e,  Cardinal  Archbishop  of  York'«  vtsm 
saved,  and  is  now  in  the  cloister  of  the  EDgiish 
college,  with  others  of  great  interest.  Th<:ise  may 
all  be  replaced  within  new  walls,  before  the  faun- 
dfttlon  of  Ilia  and  Offa  haa  uuite  completed  its 
twelfth  century^  ia  The  Euglisli  Church  in  Home. 

D.  P. 
Staarts  Lodge,  ^Inlvern  VVelb. 

TuK  Red  Cross  Kjnonxs  p,  "Queen's  Gab- 
SKKS"  (3""  S.  V.  407.) — It  is  all  very  well  to  defend 
Cock  Robin,  but  we  must  not  scandalise  the  Red 
Cross  Knights.  They,  t.  e.  the  Templars,  were  a 
religious  order,  hound  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  them.  P.  P. 

Greatorbx  {2'^  S.  ill.  510;  3"^*  S.  v.  399,  447.) 
The  following  occurs  in  the  account*  of  the  city 
of  Worcester,  for  the  year  1666 :  — 

"  The  Charge  nf  Enttftat/nmatt  of  Mr.  GreUrix. 

£   I.   d. 

Spent  the  ilav  became  liithor  -       -        -070 

To  William  Tonipkiits  for  cyder  -  -  -  0  8  10 
*Jo  Jaine5  •■VrJen  for  corieiug  of  cyder  for  him  -  0  5  0 
To  .Mr.  Xicbolds  Bilker  fur  his  ex{>ences  in 

MVerall  joume3'ea  to  yean  Mr.  Gratricks 

hither  •  -  -  •  .  .  -QISO 
To  a  mej5enger  {ot'£oeing  (o  the  Loit]  Windsor's 

arid  oilier  charges  *  -  -  -  -0  5  0 
To  lUr.  Gratricli'j  man  -  -  -  -  -00  u 
To  Mr.  VVythie  for  bis  entertajnment  at  his 

house -        -aOO 

To  Mr.  Bichard  .Smyth  for  the  charge  at  his 

houM  -        -        -        -        -        -        -224 

To  Mr.  Re«d  and  ilr.  iSolloy  for  wyne  at  that 

eutertajnment    -       -       •        -        -        -IIOIO 


£10  14  0 
{S'ule  note.)  "Note,  tliis  was  an  Irijshmnn,  fjiiiiuus  for 
helping  and  carcing  nianv  tame  and  diseased  people,  only 
by  atronkin^;  ul'th«ir  maladies  with  his  hand,  and  there- 
fore sent  for  to  this  and  many  other  place;." 

R.  W. 
Guildbal],  Worcester. 

MjLJOK-GkSERAL  PoHTLOCIt  (3"*  S.  V.  425.)  — 
it  may  be  well  to  add  to  what  has  been  mentioned 
of  the  late  Gencrnl  Portlock,  that  (as  stated  in  n 
letter  from  Mr.  J.  Becte  Jukes,  Local  Director 
for  Ireland,  lo  the  editor  of  Saunderas  News-Let- 
ier,  dated  March  7th,  1864)  :  — 

Mrs.  Porllock  lina  prejcnted  to  the  existing  Geologi- 
ca]  Survey  of  Ireland  all  the  geologiLal  part  of  tiie  late 
JGejiernl's  librarj-,  coofisting  of  many  valuable  works  in 
£ugli8L,  French,  and  German,  maps',  drawings,  pcriodi- 
-  Is,  &c.,  nnioanting  alloeeiher  lo  upwards  of  a  thousand. 
'"■'*  donation  was  mn'i'  '■•  — -  '  *•  -  '"  the  books  being 
«rparate  as  the  •  1  ,nd  preserved  oa 

Iging  to  the 'Gtvi  i  Ireland,' which, 

•  letter  of  pre«eiiUii«u  o.ijrt««J  it,  'is  a  national 

•  See  .'Addison's  Kntgliit  Tewp^an,  p.  18. 


work,  in  wl^ich  the  general  had  alwaj's  felt  a  deep  ia- 

tcrcst.' " 

I  need  scarcely  remaik  that  the  books,  &c,, 
have  been  gratefully  accepted,  and  their  safe  cua«| 
tody  guaranteed,  and  Mrs.  Portlock's  generosity 
Buitably  acknowledged  by  the  Director-General  of 
the  Geototrtcal  Survey  of  the  United  Kingdom, 
Sir  R.  J.  Murchison.  Abiuia. 

Sib  Euwabd  Gorges,  Knt.  (3"'  S.  v.  377, 
443.) — There  is  an  account  of  Helen,  wife  of  Sir 
Thomas  Gorges,  Knt.  (which  may  identify  some 
of  the  persons  named  in  Sir  Edward  Gorges'  will) 
ill  the  Topographer  and  Getieahgitt^  1853,  vol.  iii. 
p.  355  :  — 

"  William  Parr,    Marqnis  of  Northampton,  married, 
tliinl  Helen,  daughter  of  Wolfgangns  Snaebenburg,  died. 
lij3o.    None  of  our  genealogists  appear  to  know  much  of  j 
this  Indj'.  She  is  thus  noticed  by  acontemporan',  Bishop/ 
Park  burst,  iu  a  letter  to  nullinger  dated  August  1(^^ 
15?'l  :-;-*Tlie  Marquis  of  ^lortliautpton  died  about  the' 
beginning  of  August,  when  I  was  in  London.     He  mar- 
ried n  very  beuutiful  German  girl,  who  remained  in  the 
Queun'a   court  after  the  departure  of  the  Margrave  of 
Baden  ami  Cecilia  his  wife  from  England.'    The  same 
fact  is  conirmed  by  the  statements  of  her  epitaph  in 
Salisbtiry  CaLbcdrai,  which  adds  that  she  became  a  Lidy 
of  the  bwlcbatnber  to  Qaeen  EUzabeth,  and  having  mar- 
ried, second,  Sir  Thomas  Gorges  of  Longford,  Wilts,  hiid 
issue  by  him  four  sons  and  three  daughters.    She  sur- 
vived Sir  Thomas  for  twcnty-flvo  years,  nud  died  on  tha 
let  of  April,  1635,  nged  eighty-six.    In  Sir  II.  C.  Hoare'i  \ 
South    H^ilUhire  are  three  beauUfhl  folio  plates  of  Let  I 
monument,  which  includes  whole-length  recumbent  effi- 
gies of  the  Coantess  and  Sir  Thomas  Gorges." 

A.  F.  B. 

TotT  (3""  S.  V.  211,  311,  429.)  — In  Scotland 
it  is  common  to  speak  of  ii  tifvt  on  a  horn,  und  of 
touling  on  a  horn.  A  touter  is  merely,  as  1  take 
it,  one  who  blows  a  horn  or  trumpet  in  favour  of 
something  or  somebody.  R.  C. 

Ivlin  burgh. 

John  IIemisg,  1677  (3"*  S.  v.  355.)  —  The 
arms  as  on  his  monument  were^A.  on  a  chev., 
8.  8  pheuns  of  the  first  between  3  lioiia'  heads 
erased  of  the  second,  impaling  per  pale  indented 
arg.  and  gulc.«,  which  may  jwrhups  be  for  Pen- 
rice,  a  fumily  formerly  connected  with  Worces- 
tershire.    I  do  not  know  his  crest  and  motto. 

H.  S.  G. 

Talbot  Papebs  (^S"^  S.  v.  437.) — This  name  is 
given  to  fifteen  volumes  in  the  library  of  the  Col- 
lege of  Arms,  to  which  they  were  given  by  Henry, 
sixth  Duke  of  Norfolk,  «f  tlie  Howards,  They 
contain  upwards  of  GOOO  oiigloal  letters  to  and 
from  f  lie  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  and  seventh  Earls  of  i 
Shrewsbury,  besides  niany  valuable  public  papers, 
such  as  royal  surveys,  muster  rolls  of  several  of 
the  midland  counties,  ubbey  leases,  and  other  to- 
pographical matters  of  importance- 
Many  of  the  most  interesting  papers  are  com- 
prisetl  in  the  late  Mr.  Edmund  Lodge's  Jlliuitru- 
twtu  of  British  History,  Biographif,  and  Monnera. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


of  that  work  (Lond.  3  voLs. 
•uletl  a  Catalogue  or 
1  Talbot  Papers, 
il.  6;  Thompsos  CoofEE. 


To  the  second  eflition 
8to,  1838)  Mr.  T. 
Calendar  of  the  uii 

<J. 

Lasso  (3'*  S.  v.  442,  4tifi.)— 
.  "  Tito  use  of  the  Ih-mso  vrat  common  in  mncioDt  Umt-a  to 
jBAny  of  the  natives  of  Western  Asw.  It  i«  to  be  Been 
(lue^  to  cAtob  wild  animals)  in  the  A«)Tian  ecuiptarea, 
now  in  the  Dritish  Mtweimi."  —  Uawhnson's  Jftrodotut, 
iv.  7b,  noi«. 
See   also,  Kavrlioson's  Five   Cheat  Monarchits, 

P'  ''*'• 

Tbc  lasso  u  also  represented  a^  used  in  hunting 

in    Egyptian    aoulpluros.     (Wilkinson's    Arfcieftt 

Egyptiaru,  Pofiular  Account,  vol.  i.  p.  220.) 

It  ii  used  in  the  present  day  in  hunting  bj 
Siberian  tribes.     (Ennan^s  Siberia,  vol.  ii.) 

Edkk  Warwick.. 

Binoinghiun. 

NOTES  ON  B<JOKS.  ETC. 
The  Annual  Ifrt/ittvr;  a  Hrrictr  of  PMk  Er'enU  til  finme 

rxvil  Atrroud,  for  the  tifar  18(J3.    Ntuf  Seriet.   (Riving- 
■) 

i  <u  upwards  of  a  ceotaiy  has  the  Artniutl  Jtngltter  fuN 
filliHl  its  iiseJul  and  spmjU  vocation  of  pr«9orving  a  re- 
cord of  the  chief  public  incidenu  of  tlic  yior ;  and  a  moAt 
valuable  record  it  has  become.  Bat  even  the  Annual 
RtguUr  was  snsceptible  of  improvenicnt,  Jind  the  piib- 
lisners  havo  accordingly  commenced  a  New  Series,  with 
an  improvement  in  amuigemenU  an  imjirovomrnl  in  the 
selection  of  materials,  and  an  improvement  in  the  mode 
of  printing ;  so  as  to  give  in  a  handsome  and  conTenient 
form  an  account  of  all  tbe  principal  evr>nt»  at  home  and 
abroad  during  the  vear;  a  chronicle  of  the  most  remark- 
able occurrences  likely  to  poaaeaa  a  permaneat  interest ; 
law  coses  and  trials  of  importance;  biographiea  of  oele- 
brili«s  who  have  died  within  tbe  year,  and  a  Mlectlon  of 
inportaot  Bute  Papers.  Having  brooght  the  late  Series 
to  a  clo«i«,  let  lu  hope  tber  will  give  it  conipleteaeas  by 
an  Index  to  the  volumes  from  1819  lo  186?. 

7%!  Utilization  of  3fiHutf  Lift;  luring  Praetieal  Shuliu 
on  Intcftt,  Cnislat-ea,  ilolluirci,  H'orm*,  Potuvet,  Jnfu- 
trtriii,  luirl  Sporufn,  Bff  Dr.  T.  L.  Riipson,  r.CS.,  &c. 
(Oroombridgo  A  8ons.) 

Few  of  as  arc  awora  how  wide  ia  the  range  of  animals 
'u!   to  tn.i.n,  ntid  n.-i  one  r-nii  ?,iy  how  mnch  ■widrr  it 

m.-i  ■'     .  ,         ,        ,         "  ■        .1 


some  idea  ot   the  extent  to  wii 
or*   urtiiallv  piirsui'il ;  jiii'l   Mr! 


practical  reader ;  and  llin«  i«  net  • 
contain  numerooa  fjacta  in  tuUmaJ ' 
tniws  have  bean  and  might  bo 
fan,  commends  itsal/  t«  U>e  notioe  <i 

Stock  Coiapaniea. 

The  Jot  Book.     Th€  a 
Selrdtd  and  mrrangtd  hf  Mark 

&Ca>.) 

Though  it  betni 
ear  of  him  that  hc>i 
good  things  that  ^ 
who  collect  thetn  roosrt  t^m 

Mark  Lomon  has  a  '.  •  tatica  sf  i 

an  ..^  .MaCTHlBart; 

7  BO  canAiIlv  I 

"oi  Lui-  -,-;..  •'  •■■•*i*  hew 

;Lt«raDea' 

>'U    tiUB 


(Ctll 

aa  vt 


need  b«  excl  li 

much  in  its  1 

many  capital  jcjU  -Abidi,  wc  sHSpscC  i 

first  time  in  priaL 


Puritk  t>f  L^'m . 
Tarn* 


A  Hist. 

By  .1  Imyr 

on    tl.:  -A'r't/AVi     

Wordlc  of  v ;  aalX.! 

Carefully  -M 

traits,   1 

vet  CUT! 

^(oorlaiiM-     <'^.^..v 

the  inhaliitanls  of  that  tiuqr  n 

will  assuredly  gain  for  him  uwn 

pography  recognitioD  ai  a  jiidieiouaaA< 


ODD 

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TTAK-^'T' 

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tha(BiU«in«9  by  vhom 
ilt»««*  M«  (!«oi  for  tbai  r."«f-»^    - 

Prrui  BTKiinv'i  Rii.i  avi  Kvrai.Ti  «# 

Smilu>Ma>>.    AimhtotMMUwUa  «•*  Wti 
Lkv't  KdlUiin*  mni  TrmaaMiMM  «r  oajr  sT  J« 
Any  of  (ienon't  Wfitiiisa  la  n«aA  or  l~ 
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<4a(o  nan.    Aaha 

,   tl»(<  innU  lit'  vj-rln- 


lla«  es  Ajr  *  or  "*  fi 
f  Vmatty." 


AMMar,  MMl  <^«2nSatHlhr«  ««| 


Jki 


(l8i*M.] 


NOTEJ 


quehi 


ifi 


MIL  MTUBaJlY.  JOVE  W,  18M. 


HrSNTS.— No.  L39. 

HEk  of  ft  Jest,  401— Prince  Eurenv.  Ih. 
Tm\'m^%,  IM-'Thfl  Afdena  of  Warwiok- 
(  Wrooito^  408— CoBtee— An  Electioiictsr- 
(nner  Dua  —  Amerioan  Phntseology .-  to 
h— Jwl0»}<Af«]r*—  FaUes  of  La  Fontaine 

1  anted,  M6 —"  AruDdine*  Devs  " 
Louis  XTV.  —  Braaa  Knocker— 
—  CbiiBtemngs  at  Court  —  E.  V. 
.  —  Cjias  torion  —  Oeata  —  Comberlatid  and 
Iwick  .»r  iHnrL-lc  —  Joaiah  Daro  —  ronton— 
OL  Autlior  of  "  Jacob'a  Ladder  "  —  Heimldic 
Mrtoort's  Company  of  Flayers  —  Thu  HunU 

ff  — Thomas  Hurtley  —"Life  of  Samuel 
SxtjpTi  —  Lady  Mnrkham  —  Club  at  the 
rs —  "Tb»  Petno  Collection,"  *c.  —  St. 
linl  —  B«okwnb:  Suencor  —  Sir  Robert 
fa  —  Sonih  Aflrican  DiacAvary  —  Spaniah 
•  Ciiriout  SurviAal  Aueodota  —  Sir  John 
liveraity  of  Lublin— White  Eata  at  Ox* 

Amnrsaa:- Stone  aikI  Woodpn  Altara  iu 
laios   HcNue,    Ilampihire  —  Atheiuy,  or 

lobin  Adair,"  4t(u  soi)  — The  Slorin  of  1703 
Brito.  506  —  *"  Mc-JUMi' ns  on  Death  and 
—  The  old  Cathfiil  t  -  ii&— Hcigarth 

Libolmn  — Caats  :ialgnatu— A 

I  of  Mbit,  Quuen  '  i  i  urn  and  Bus 

Bcng — (Jwuigeof  FB<ihio:i  iu  Lodiaai'  Namca 
ttUagr  —  Jeraniftb  iiorrodu  —  Chayercn. 


tctf. 


MflCATION  OF  A  JEST. 

litry  Tidysy  as  printed  by  Rastell 
'ears  1517  find  1S33  (I  i^uote  from 
Sin  tier's  edition  of  1815)  occurs  the 
^sr  the  heading  "  Of  ilie  woman 
came  to[o]  ute  "  :  — 

ttras  th«(  knolyd  at  the  mas  or 

'  of  bar  huabanJe  laye  on  the 

rhome  a  yoage  man  cahi  and 

In  T>fr  «rp,  as  thou^he  it  had  ben  for  som 

Rj;  the  funorailys ;  bowe  be  it  he  spake  of 

but  onely  wowyd  ber  that  he  myght  b« 

to  whom  aba  anawcred  and  sayde  thus : 

I  am  aory  that  ve  come  so  lato,  for 

[;  fin-  I  waa  roaoe  sture  yeaterday  to 

litor  of  this  very  ciuiouB  book 
ring  remark  :  "  By  this  tale  ye 
^tromcn  ofte  tymoa  be  wyse^ 
.  Jf  lyine.**  Readin};,  not  long 
\fi  ^  tSfr  Thiuiios  Graham,  by  the 
H  William  Burton,  vol.  ii.  p.  214,  1 
,„„.„!,-.      r..-   .■     ^.        .  n  - :;n,who 

clerk, 


creditable  to  her  charms  retlectJ  no  honour  oa  her  heart. 
Her  lint  husband  was  John  Sit-lnsbury.  heir  uf  Llew«ni  ; 
at  who4e  fananil,  it  is  said,  she  vraa  led  to  ohaich  by 
Ridiard  Clongh,  aod  aAerwarda  conducted  home  by  the 
youthfiil  Morris  Wynn,  who  availed  himself  of  that  oppor- 
tunity to  whisper  hia  wish  to  become  her  aecond  haaoand. 
Sho  ia  aaid  to  huve  civilly  raftued  bia  offer,  stating  that 
on  hor  way  to  church.  Aa  had  aceapted  a  similar  pro- 
posal £rom  Richard  Clongb ;  but  she  conatded  Wjmn  with 
the  aaswranca  that  if  abe  sarriTed  her  second  bnsbaad, 
he  might  depend  on  becoming  her  third;  andaheiraB 
not  nmnindftil  of  her  prMnlae." 

The  fact  seeni-s  to  be  that  she  married  Wynn 
very  soon  after  the  death  of  Clough  ;  but  we  may 
donbt  whether  the  "tradition"  given  by  Mr. 
Burgon  was  not  founded  on  the  jest  iu  A  C 
Mery  Talt/s;  at  all  events  they  accord  singularly; 
and  while  upon  this  subject,  I  may  note  that 
Mr.  Singer,  m  enumerating  the  old  references  to 
the  jestrbook  which  Shakespeare  baa  rendered 
famous  {Much  Adti,  Act  II.  So.  1),  has  omitted 
an  interesting  point  connected  with  the  history 
of  the  small  volume,  viz.  that  it  was  the  last  book 
that  Elizabeth,  just  before  her  death,  was  gratified 
by  hearing  read.  A  priest,  writing  an  account  to 
Venice  of  the  last  illness  of  the  Queeu,  in  a  letter 
of  March  9,  1602-3,  observes,  "  She  cannot  attend 
to  any  discourses  of  government  and  state,  but 
delighteth  to  bear  some  of  the  Hundred  Merry 
Tales,  and  such  like,  and  to  such  is  very  atien* 
tive."  How  far  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  bad  been,  not  so 
much  tiie  enemy  of  the  Komnn  Catholics,  as  tbe 
friend  of  the  Frotestants.      J.  Paths  Coixibk. 

Maidenhead. 


nattired  enoagh  tx\  preserve  an 
B<.'raln,  which,  if  true,  however 


^^ 


PRINCE  EUGENE. 

This  great  military  commander  was  born  in 
1663,  and  died  on  April  20,  1736.  In  the  Hu- 
tory  of  hit  Life,  "  printed  for  James  Hodges,  at 
the  Looking-Glass  on  London  Bridge,"  1741,  it  is 
stated  that  he  was  a  collector  of  rarities  and  books, 
and  that  "  he  practised  daily  all  the  duties  of  the 
religion  he  professed,  lie  spoke  very  little,  but 
what  he  said  was  just,  and  weighed  in  the  balance 
of  aood  sense." 

i  have  a  volume  of  old  tracts,  mostly  of  a  re* 
ligious  tendency,  and  all  dated  between  the  years 
1707  and  1714,  inclusive.  On  a  fly-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 
aboTC  agnature.  The  other  three  contain  the 
following  beautiful  prayer,  clearly  in  Samuel 
Midglcy's  handwriting:  — 

"  A  Frmj/mr  mtd  tnf  the  truly  NMe  and  Valiant  Prinet 
EugtM. 

"O  my  God!  I  believe  in  thee;  do  tliou  strengUien 
ina.    1  hope  in  thee ;  do  thou  conlinn  my  hope.     I  love 


492 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[JBH  8.  y.Jxim)i,1i 


thee;  do  thon  Toachiafe  to  redouble  my  love.  I  am 
■onr  for  my  sins ;  0 !  do  thou  encreaae  my  repentance. 
I  adore  thee  aa  my  first  principle ;  I  desire  thee  aa  my 
laat  end.  I  thank  thee  aa  my  perpetnall  benefactor;  and 
I  call  apon  thee  aa  my  supream  Disrender. 

"  My  God  I  be  pleaa'd  to  fruide  me  by  thy  Wiedom, 
Rule  me  by  thy  Juatice,  comfort  me  by  thy  mercy,  and 
keep  me  by  thy  power.  To  thee  I  dedicate  all  my 
thoaghta  and  wonu,  my  actions  and  snffiBrings,  that 
hencworth  I  may  think  of  thee,  speak  of  thee,  and  act, 
according  to  thy  will,  and  suffer  for  thy  sake. 

"  Lotdl  my  will  is  subject  to  thine  in  whatsoever  thoa 
wiliest,  because  it  is  thy  will;  I  beseech  thee  to  en- 
Ilghteo  my  understanding,  to  give  bounds  to  my  will,  to 
pnrifv  my  body,  and  to  sanctify  m^soul. 

"  £nable  me,  O  my  God  I  to  expiate  my  past  oiTences, 
to  conquer  my  future  temptations,  to  reduce  the  passions 
that  are  too  strong  for  me,  and  to  practice  the  virtues  that  i 
become  me.  O !  fill  my  heart  witn  a  tender  remembrance 
of  thy  favours, — an  arcrtion  of  my  infirmity,  a  love  for 
my  neighbour,  and  rontempt  of  the  world.  Let  me  al- 
ways remember  to  be  submissive  to  my  superiors,  cha- 
ritable to  my  enemies,  faithful  to  my  Mends,  and  in- 
dolgent  to  my  inferiors. 

**  Come,  O  God !  and  help  me  to  overcome  pleasure  by 
mortification,  covetoosness  by  alms,  anger  by  meekness, 
and  Inkewarmness  by  devotion. 

**  O  my  God  i  make  me  prudent  in  nndentanding, 
oonrageoos  in  danger,  patient  under  disappointments,  and 
hambie  in  success.  I^t  me  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 
qoiet  conscience,  an  outward  modesty,  an  edifying  con- 
versation, and  regular  conduct  Let  me  always  apply 
myself  to  resist  Nature,  to  assist  Grace,  to  keep  the  Com- 
mandments, and  deserve  to  be  saved. 

*'  O  my  God !  do  thou  convince  me  of  the  meanness  of 
earth,  the  greatness  of  heaven,  the  shortness  of  time,  and 
the  length  of  eternity.  Grant  that  I  may  be  prepared 
for  Death;  that  I  niay  fear  thy  Judgments,  avoid  Hell, 
and  obtain  Paradise,  through  the  merits  of  Jesus  Christ." 

The  date  of  my  manuscript  would  be  fifty-ow 
yean  after  the  birth  of  Prince  Eugene ;  and  twenhf- 
two  years  before  bis  death.  I  do  not  find  any 
reference  to  the  prayer  in  his  Memoirs,  but  as 
far  OS  I  know,  it  is  quite  consistent  with  his  cha- 
racter.* W.  Lbe. 


OLD  SCOTISH    PEERAGES. 

In  England  an  idea  seems  prevalent  that  in 
Scotland  a  great  laxity  prevailed  as  to  peerage 
claims;   and  this  the  more  08[>ccially  after  the 
succession  of  James  to  the  English  diadem  had 
removed  him  from  the  seat  of  government  in  his 
native    dominion.     We  have  often  heard  very  | 
strange   law  ventilated    in  high  quarters  about  [ 
Scotish  titles  of  honour,  which  were  far  from  { 
warranted  by  the  usages  of  that  country.    Never-  I 
theless,  in  no  country  whatever  was  more  care  I 
taken  to  prevent  intrusion  into  the  peerage,  and  ' 
the  Scotish  Privy  Counsel  was  ever  on  the  alert 
to  check  any  attempt  on  the  part  of  any  one, 

[*  Another  translation  of  this  prayer  is  printed  in  the 
Otntitman'i  Magaxiiu,  iv.  671. — KD.  J 


however  wealthy  or  well  deteended,  Co  ia«i 

deities  not  directly  flowing  from  the  crown,  4 
fountain  of  honour.  Of  ^the  aceaney  (rf*  thii» 
sertion,  we  propose  to  give  a  somewhat  renA 
able  instance  from  the  **  Origliial  Mmnta  il 
Council  for  the  Year  1612  and  1613":- 

<•  Secondo  Daeambrii^  UU 

"  Ad.  Lib.  A.  2. 41.  Sir  Johne  Ker  waa  this  dif  <» 

veaned  befor  the  C^nnsall  for  aaaaming  onto  htamif » 

Style  and  tytle  of  Lord,  and  for  veryilcation  thsnif  ipa 


him,  his  maieeties  advocat  produced  ana  eettnaai 
betwix  him  and  ane  other  partye,  wherin  9Mt  tim 
wes  styled  ane  noble  lord,  /obne  Lord  of  Jedbnh^H 
this  he  answered,  that  althoght  at  aematymss  ttvn 
Letteres,  and  wrytes  presented  ante  hlin,  wbaas  k 
writar  by  his  allowance  and  knowledge  atyled  UaLti 
and  that  he  not  being  coriotu  to  reede  the  Isttn  k 
simple  to  nnderstonde  ue  sabatance  of  the  same,  til  ■>. 
soryve  the  same  with  his  ordinare  forme  of  sabsciifiiRs 
Jedbnrghe,that  could  nawayae  infer  ony  preiadiei^ 
him,  nor  bring  him  under  the  compaa  of  a  poiht 
censure,  &c— Whureunto  it  waa  replyed  be  his  ■■« 
advocate,  that  seeing  Schir  Johne  knew  well  aasifit 
his  maiesty  wes  naway  pleased  to  honoor  him  wia 
tytle  and  uygnvtie  of  a  Wrone,  oMd  eaMmditkkmi 
tut  infeftmmt  that  parte  thereof  bearimg  tkt  trmUmt 
him  a  Lord,  he  should  more  reapectnelye  hantini 
himseli;  and  nowyse  presumed  to  have  aasumsdlksi 
style,  whilk  nether  bt  hit  lirtk,  nor  bj  Us  bmAb 
favour,  he  could  iustlye  acclame;  and  mdcr  hmplik 
that  Schir  Johne  his'subscryving  of  LattRSMdwds 
bearing  Lord  of  Jedburgh,  did  infer  a«MS  Mas  til- 
ting, willing,  and  willfull  aaauming  of  thcaNiitifa. 
a»d  that  he  eould  nawaw  pretend  miaknateUftaflhilmm' 
of  the  writet  nAtcryvea  be  Aim,  aeeing  he  mbmmit 
be  of  that  homour  and  dispodtione,  .as  ^^^1Ut^,  at 
narrowly  to  examine  and  try  everye  aeataii  mi  dki 
of  all  lettres  and  writtes  snbacryved  be  Ua' 

Sir  John  Ker  was  a  man  of  andait  ionat, 
and  at  one  time  of  large  territorial  whUL  He 
was  designated  of  Home,  but  this  ertite  i>  <k 
county  of  Berwick  he  sold  to  the  Earl  of  Hoaci 
the  possession  of  whose  deacendants  it  prae^ 
remams.     lie  was  twice  married   but  hiiat 
descendants  by  his  first  espousal  are  extinct;  M 
b^  his  second  wife  he  had  male  issue,  wh» 
tinned  the  representation,  and   the  late  Gosi 
Ker  of  Littlcdeon,  who  contested  the  Dikaia 
of  Roxburgh  with  James  Innes  Ker,  Bait,  n 
his  direct  heir  male.    The  Greneral  was  mqstt- 
tionably  heir  male  of  the  Ruxbui*gh  fiinul;^  toi, 
whilst  Sir  James,  by  virtue  of  a  substitntMB 
the  deed  of  entail,  and  a  crown  ratificatioa  h 
descended  of  a  daughter  "  of  Harj  Lord  Ker,' 
took  both  estates  and  honours.  J.  IL 


THE  ARDENS  OF  WARWICKSHIRE. 
In  a  former  number  of  the  present  vdmne 
(p.  352),  Ma.  Patnb  Coixibk  had  sUted  tliit 
''Edwud  Arden,  dittantly  reiated  to  Shahupeaiii 
mother^  was  executed  for  high  treaaon,  Dec.  M^ 
1583;**  and  a  correspondent  sigaios  Cain,  it 
p.  468,  expresses  his  wish  to  asoertaia  the  exKi 


18.'M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


493 


JlationKhip  between  them  :  in  bis  sub- 
barks  attributing  to  this  event  the 
blous  influential  "sympathies  and  an- 
Ihe  heart  of  our  "reat  Bard,"  in  coh- 
y"  the  fair  fame  of  his  mother's  ancient 
kble  lint!  having  been  stained  with 
ad.  by  the  public  ignominy  of  her  re- 
ft being  exhibited  on  London  Bridge," 

JrsigninfT  Cbdx  has  probably  not  seen 
ion  the  family  of  Shakespeare's  mother 
I  published  in  the  Sixth  Port  of  The 
)Genealogi*t  (August,  1863,)  nor  the 
the  same  article  which  are  appended 
to  his  recent  Life  of  Shakespeare, 
ty  of  the  results  of  that  article 
Even  in  the  last  volume  of  "  N.  &  Q,," 
12,  1863). 

therefore,  be  altogether  unnecessary, 
nnation  of  that  gentleman  and  others, 
^t  it  has  been  ascertained — 1.  That 
lion  of  Shakespeare's  maternal  grand- 
,  groom  of  the  chamber  to  Henry  VII. 
of  the  Ardens  of  Yoxnll,  co.  Staf- 
keconseauent  affiliation  of  the  Ardens 
upon  the  Ardens  of  Park-hall,  ori- 
with  Malooe,  and  is  proved  to  be 
lake;  2.  That  the  Poet's  grandfather 
ipeeds  dated  1550  "  as  Robertus  Arden 
jte  in  parochia  de  Aston  Cantelowe  in 
fmrwici,  husbandman  (Collier's  Life  of 
\  1844,  p.  Ixxiii.)  ;  3.  That  when  the 
bp)iiied  arms  for  Arden  to  John  Shake- 
jf99,  they  did  not  venture  to  give  for 
[coBt  of  the  Warwickshire  family,  but 
^  (with  a  martlet  for  difference)  the 
tent  one  borne  by  Aiden  of  Alvanley 
[(since  Lord  Alvanley). 
I  which  it  is  most  probable  that  the 
HitioDship  of  Shakespeare's  mother  to 
jden,  the  traitor  of  1583,  or  to  any 
be  family  of  Warwickshire  gentry  no- 
kigdale,  was  exceedingly  "distant** 
I  certainly  past  discovery,  if  not  alto- 

Pfc  «f  the  founder  of  this  extraor- 
\  deaerres  a  record  in  "  N.  &  Q." 
r  died  at  CoUingwood,  Melbourne, 
n  the  5th  February,  1863.  He  was 
hresrs  of  age,  and  had  followed  the 
fohet  for  more  than  forty  years.  He 
iect  which  numbered  adheronta  in  all 

^  world  ;  and  which  held,  as  its  car- 
uf  faith,  the  divine  inspiration  and 
llhnrily  of  its  founder.  His  followers 
Ibourne  looked  confidently  for  his  re- 
[but   they  have  probably  abandoned 


that  hope  now.  The  sect  called  themselves 
*'  Christian  Israelites,"  but  were  popularly  known 
(from  wearing  the  hair  uncut  and  unshaven)  as 
"  Beardies."  They  were  zealous  and  incessant 
street-preachers  of  an  incoherent  and  unintelli- 
gible doctrine;  apparently  compounded  of  Judaism, 
Christianity,  and  the  principles  of  the  Adamites 
of  Munster.  From  inauirios  made  here,  I  am  led 
to  infer  that  John  Wroe  was  unmistakeably  a 
lunatic  of  a  common  and  harmless  type;  hut, 
nevertheless,  ho  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  — 

"  The  Life  and  Joamal  of  John  Wroe,  with  Divine 
Communicaiiooa  to  bini:  being  the  Visitation  of  the 
Spirit  of  God,  to  warn  Manlciad  ibat  tho  Day  of  the  Lord 
is  at  hand,  &c  2  Vols.  Graveiend:  Printed  for  the 
Truatees  of  the  Society  by  \V.  Deane.    1639," 

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  haa  always  seemed  to  me  strange 
that  no  mention  of  these  "  Wroeitea,"  so  far  as  I 
have  noticed,  has  emerged  in  contemporary  joar* 
nalism ;  although  the  sect  was  strong  enough  to 
have  its  own  prophet,  its  own  liturgy,  code  of 
laws,  church  constitution,  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  on  the  pages  of  contemporary 
history.  D.  Blaik. 

Melbourne. 


CorrBE.  —  The  following  extract  from  A  Nexc 
View  of  Londuit,  published  in  1708,  vol.  i.  p.  30,  is 
curious :  — 

"  I  find  it  recorded,  that  one  James  Farr,  a  barber,  who 
kept  the  coffeeboiuc  which  is  now  the  '  Rainbow,'  by  the 
Inner  Temple  gate  (one  of  the  first  in  England),  was,  in 
tbo  year  1657,  presented  by  the  inquest  of  St.  Dunston'n 
in  the  W.,  for  making  and  sellin)^  a  sort  of  liquor  called 
coffettOB  a  great  nuisance  and  prejudice  of  the  neighbour- 
hood."  4c. 

s.  p.  V. 

A»  £LKCTioirBEBnfO  BiUi  or  roBM^n  Dats. — 

The  following  cutting  from  Sawtdersa  News- Let- 
ter, May  9,  18G4,  may  be  deemed  worthy,  as  a 
curiosity,  of  insertion  in  "  N.  &  Q." :  — 

"  Daring  the  time  of  a  conteste^I  election  in  Meatli,  some 
forty  years  ago,  Sir  Mark  Somerville  ffatber  of  the  pre- 
sent Lord  Atblumney]  sent  orders  to  :ne  proprietor  of  the 
hotel  in  Trim  to  board  and  lodge  all  that  should  vote  for 
him,  for  which  he  received  the  following  bill,  which  be 
got  framsd,  and  it  still  bangs  in  SoniecviUA  llxMS^ 
county  Meatli.    1\ift  ca^^  tt<j\a.^X»i3&.^W*>^'^**»*-'***' 


494 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tCl^aiV.  Jonllkli 


found  amongst  th«  pap«n  of  the  lato  Yarjr  Bey.  Arch- 
deacoa  O'Connell  [Ronua  Catholic],  Yicar-Genaral  of 
the  lUoceae  of  Moath : — 

*  ICth  April,  182& 
'  Mr  Bill  —  To  eatini;  IG  ftvehcldcn  above  stain  for 
Six  Mark!  at  8&  M.  a  hea<I  in  to  me  21. 12$.  To  eating 
16  man  below  atain  and  S  prieata  after  anpper  it  to  m« 
U  16a.  ML  To  C  bcda  in  one  room  and  4  in  another  at  8 
guineaa  eveiy  bed,  and  not  more  than  fimr  in  any  bed  at 
any  time  cheap  enoujjh  God  knows  ia  to  mc  221  Ifii.  To 
16* horses  and  5  muln  about  my  yard  all  niffht  at  13j. 
wtry  one  of  them  and  for  a  man  which  waa  lost  on  the 
head  of  watching  them  all  night  ia  to  me  &t  6f .  Oct,  For 
breakfaat  on  tay  in  the  morning  for  orery  one  of  them 
and  as  manr  more  as  they  broocht  aa  near  aa  I  can  guess 
is  to  mo  AL  r2«.  Od.  To  raw  whiskey  and  punch  with- 
out talking  of  pipes  tobacco  aa  well  as  for  porter  and  as 
well  as  fbr  breaking  a  pot  aboTO  stairs  andf  other  glasses 
and  dolf  fbr  the  first  day  and  night  I  am  not  veiy  sure 
but  for  the  three  days  and  a  half  of  the  election  as  little 
as  I  can  call  it  and  to  be  very  exact  it  is  in  all  or  there- 
•bont  as  near  as  I  can  guess  and  not  to  be  too  particular 
is  to  mo  at  least  79L  1S<.  dd.  For  sliaving  and  capping 
off  the  heads  of  the  49  freeholders  for  sir  marks  at  I9d. 
for  every  head  of  them  by  my  brother  has  a  Wote  is  to 
me  2/.  lis.  IdL  For  a  womit  and  nurse  for  poor  Tom  Ker- 
nan  in  the  middle  of  the  night  when  he  was  not  expected 
Is  to  me  ten  hogs.  I  don't  talk  of  the  piper  or  for 
keeping  him  sober  as  long  as  he  waa  sober  is  to  me 

The  Total. 
8  12  0  0 
8    15    0    0 

28    15    0    0  Signed 

6     5    0    0  in  the  place  Jemmy  Cars  wife 

4    12    0    0  his 

79    15    0    9  Bryan  X  Garraty 

2    13    0    1  Atark 

10    10 
0    0 
llOf.  18  7  voumayMivlll  0  0  so  vour  Honour  Sir  Marks 
send  me  this  eleven  finndred  by  Ilrvan  himself  who  and 
I  prays  for  your  success  always  in  'frim  and  no  more  at 
present.' " 

Abuba. 

Amekicah  Fhbaseologt  :  to  Baku  =  to 
Shave. — "  Barbed "  seems  to  be  considered  by 
the  "  Special  Commissioner "  of  the  Daily  Tele- 
graph aa  a  word  ncwij  coined  in  tbc  United 
States ;  it  is,  however,  good  English,  and  as  old 
aa  Pepys  at  Ica-tt  (Dwry,  Nov.  27,  1665)  — 

"  To  Sir  G.  Smith'd,  it  being  now  night,  and  there  «p 
to  hia  chamber  and  sat  talkmg,  and  1  batlnrng  against 
to-morrow." 

Sec  alao  the  quotations  in  Boucher's  Ohsnary. 
J.  Eliot  IIodgkim. 

JcDOB  Jbpfbets. — Tbc  following  extract  from 
the  Ciiy  Press  (May  18,  1864)  is,  I  think,  worthy 
of  preservation  in  "  N.  &  Q." — 

"  During  the  recent  improvements  in  the  church  of 
St  Mary  the  Virgin,  Aldermanbnry,  it  was  considered 
advisable^  for  sanitary  reasons,  that  the  vaolta  ahould  bo 
filled  in,  and  ia  closing  the  vault  of  the  notorioos  Judge 
Jaffirsys,  the  workmen  diaeovond  a  small  brass  plata 
affixed  to  the  wall,  inseribed  as  fbUows:— ^  The  Hononr> 
able  Mrsi  Mary  Dive*  eldest  daughter  of  the  Bight 
HanewahU  George  Lord  Ja&ej,  Boon  of  Wai^  aad 


Lord  High  Chancellor  of  EobIjo*.  *T  A«i,  hisi^ 
daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Bludworth,  sonatint  Ut 
Mayor  of  the  City  of  London,  diad  Oct.4lh.  1711.  it 
Slat  year  of  her  age' " 

The  braaa  ha.s  been  removed  mod  now  ooe^ 
an  honourable  position  on  the  wall  of  the  doq, 
aiale.  **  "  •  K 

Fables  of  La  Fowtauik.— Tlier*  was  pabGik 
in  8vo.  by  Murray,  Albemarle  Street,  IKNli 
paraphrased  translation  of  Ln  Fontaine's  Ak 
into  English  verse  with  the  ori^nal  text  ttmm 
to  each  arUde.  The  vcrHfieation  ia  ezeeedap 
good,  and  altogether  the  work  deaervea  aoRr 
tcntion  than  it  seems  to  have  naet  with  hithun. 

It  is  in  two  parts,  tho  first  dedicated  to  Lz 
Viicoant  Sidmouth,  and  the  second  •*t$im 
Ilatsell,  Esq.,  on  his  birthday,  Jan.  2,  1820. 

"  Ilatsell,  who  full  of  honours  u  of  jears. 
The  Nestor  of  this  modem  time  appears; 
Who,  through  one  half  an  agio  with  atadioH^ 
Has  smooth'd  the  labour*  of  St.  Stephen's  Ch. 
Where  fttture  Speakers,  lilu  tboae  ma»  bdsn, 
Shall  own  his  worth,  and  profit  bv  nia  lore. 
On  him  long  years  no  baneftil  intlnenoo  sbei 
So  light  Time's  wings  have  fluttered  rooad  Wm 
But  Jndgmont,  fhlly  ripcn'd  not  decayad. 
Distributes  treasarea  industry  haa  aaads; 
For  wisdom,  ttcm  a  mind  ao  richly  stoi'^ 
Still  blends  with  playful  humour  at  his  bssri; 
While  pure  religion's  warm  bat  isentlen^, 
Serenely  gilds  the  arming  <^  his  day.* 

We  fear  that  the  writer,  who  had  nataleafattrf 
upon  tho  subsequent  parliamentairimitaiB^ 
has  put  too  high  an  eatimntc  on  Jfr.  HstselTi 
lucuorationa,  which  were  published  iafoax  toU. 
4to,  and  which  were  at  one  time  higUj  tMtwii, 
and  dcBcrvcdly  so.  J«V. 

FBENni'LEAVE.— Tn  Fraser's  JUagvaM  k 
May,  IHtU  (p.  .'SHO),  T  And  the  followiqg  ia  ar 
count  of  the  informal  receptions  which  are  hp^ 
in  vogue  in  Paris :  "The  visitors  .  .  .  goiiik 
any  formal  farewell ;  whence,  I  suppose,  tea- 
prcssion, '  French-leave.' "  C.  J.  Sosov- 

Cboqukt,  says  Capt.  Mayne  Rwd,  ia  doiel 
from  the  operation  of  **  croquc'ing  **  or  ctadai 
the  balls.  This  is  a  mistake.  Croquet  is  a  ib^ 
herd's  HtafT.  In  Tong's  Ft,nftifton  o/  YoHukn. 
1530,  published  by  the  Surtees  Society,  the 
"  Prior  s  stafl'"  in  the  bearings  of  the  oMMiaaMnn 
of  New  burgh,  Malton,  Kirkham,  &c.  is  depidal 
exactly  like  a  croquet  mallet.  The  foIlonB|[ 
extracts  from  Ducange  will  illustrate  the  tlasg 
and  its  use :  — 


*  Leqoel  beigler  haussa  nn  ciogiwt  dairt  il 
ses  bnbia." 

"  Guillaume  feri  ledit  Baool  d'un  baaton  nonunrf  0»' 
aA«6oM  en  la  Joe,  et  lui  flat  une  petite  •aerifleara." 

"  Davy  donna  audit  Guillaume  d'an  grant  planchsBM 
''  par  la  cuiase." 


"X^sxpoMBt  se  detadi  d'aa  baatsa  qafl  aveit 


ijr  that]  ••  Crocketeur  itx  ^ 

tu«tuieatus,fibalAi" 
n  or  game.    £n  joae  da  cioicbet  sax 
•ni^  que  fmiToot  I'enchiet «  tetre." 
Il  for  crnwfith  witb  ■  hookod  sttok ! " 

G. 


yrATlONS  WANTED. 

le  of  year  learned  correspondents 
7  tbe  references  for  the  following 

J   Kal    (Tb-okW)   wfnatpiattei,  as  Jobn, 
ntinople,  said  of  Damaecfin." 

i  tbiinlu  lliat  he  wu  not  bred  «monf( 
I  psopK  but  among  wise  aud  katiMc) 

»alcl  acltnowlcdgie  St.  Chiysostom  had 
ling  Qfton  hU  lipa." 

le  envied  the  learning  of  tbrM  men: 
Miraodula." —  Ojiumc, 

iiaaimt  ad  Scotiain  mUsa." — Selden, 

|ht  all  chnrchyards  were  glvea  freely 
.eod." 

id  of  Madtts,  He  led  th»  maof  aad 

MoftnD  ijoais  noa  potoit  optare 

I  niher  fbinrc  timea  shoald  ak 
hf  Im  bad." 

ilam  ant  futnnitn  endcr«t  ?  * — 
t  com  nnlliu  est  spol.''— Senmt. 


QUERIES. 


496 


pictare  w««  oolj  the  itoagt  of  an 


I  tiuxati  Mnnon  for  St.  Uosil,  re- 

|»erred  in  the  days  of  Nero,  AUmn 
ncidarunt" 

g  Sacenlotum  sunt  blatpheirute." — 


II,  aot  t«  affection— 4o  tbe  glory  of 
utJon."— /Md.  mt  S.  Maiuch. 

miomm  acieotla  nobis  perscrerabit 
JP/i,  ad  Paul, 

ovaa  umiUai  gimirrntin  "    ff  fBiroa 
mK  to  BD  angr}'  hocued  bcaiL" — .^(^. 

000  (pMd  in  ftvcta  sen  taoaM."— & 

1  aa  Aatigonna  in  his  royal  purple.** 

I  aays,  Nothing  occinTcd  in  the  dvfl 
ag  Jamm  ha4  fonftold." 

Protoctorem  ?  " 

invlaa  diaaordia  at  verltaa  tUapliMat 


*  As  Florin.  Raimond,  I. !.,  aajrs  of  Charles  T. :  M«oe 
.iv  )aentior  cum  Deo  quaoi  cum  homlnibus  tenno." 

'*The  baptized  were  presented  in  white  ^rmeota."— 
Ambrot,  dt  JmUamd, 

"  Ancieot  wiitere  tell  at :  Turtur  podica  et  ootrini,'' 

"  Beaoivedt  like  Cato,  to  be  gone  till  tiia  conpaaj  be- 
cABM  aony." 

"  Proftcto  de  pretlosA  veste  erubesco." — S.  Auitin. 
"  Friar  Gilca ;  the  Pope  marred  a  pitinfiil  olerk  bjr 
making  bim  a  powerfol  Curdioal." 

"  Sclymus  thrcatene.!  to  stable  his  hors^  in  St.  Peter'a. 
and  feed  them  at  the  high  altar." 

Who  wna  Jeffreys,  a  London  clergyman,  c. 
1640?  And  who  Jlohn  St.  Amand,  a  friend  of 
Camden  P  Castob  C. 

Wbere  do  the  following  lines  come  from,  qaoUwl 

in  the  Quarttrly  lieeiew  for  April,  1862,  in  an  or* 

tide  on  the  "  Training  of  the  Clergy,"  beginning — 

"  AU  lir^  tliat  Uvea  to  thrire, 

Miat  MVW  frov  ita  birth-place  and  ita  rest,'*  &c^ 

E.  p.  C 

Where  is  this  to  be  found  ?  — 

"  What  from  HaaTsn  is,  to  Heaven  teoda; 
'riiat  which  dearended.  the  same  again  aacends ; 
What  from  the  Earth  is,  to  Earth  ratoms  again 
That  which  from  Heaven  iit,  the  Earth  cannot  con  uuc' 

St.  T. 

Who  are  the  Greek  authors  referred  to  in  the 
following  passage  ?  — 

"  I  finde  Uttle  errour  in  that  Grecian's  coudhcII,  who 
8aies>  If  thou  ask  anything  of  God,  offer  no  caoriSce,  nor 
ask  ol<^gantly,  nor  vcJiemiintly,  but  remember  that  thou 
wouldcst  not  give  to  snch  nn  askcr:  nor  in  his  other 
Countriman^  who  affirms  ^acritice  of  blond  to  be  ao  unpro- 
portioanblti  to  God,  that  perfumer,  though  much  more 
epiritooll,  are  too  grosse," 

Cm- 

1.  "  See  Mizraim's  kJngeraft,  of  ita  crown  here  A, 

Soak  to  nocturnal  deeds  of  petty  theft." 

2.  "  He  set  as  sets  thr  morniri;  star,  which  gijca 

Not  down  bol>:  .rkeued  west,  nor  hid(^ 

Obecurod  am  aipcsts  of  Uie  vkv. 

But  melta  aw...,  ...-o  .„^  light  of  heaven.^* 

D.  Blaxm. 

Melbourne. 

Whetice  the  following  ?  — 

1,  "TheTini  faculty  divine." 

(  .  Sfrviee  Eram.  Papert,  ISiO, 

9.  **  For  loe  III.  >i. >;<>;.   [  iclding  bite  the  ground. 
So  nobler  Fickle  stands  superbly  bound ; 

Who  ever  rei&d  ■  ttie  Regicide'  bat  swore. 
The  author  wrote  aa  inan  neVr  wrote  befbra." 

JUm. 
S.  "  And  that  onkoa  abova  Mnaalf  ha  oaa 

£rect  himself,— bow  poor  a  thing  ia  wan  t " 

Jiiem.  1661. 
4.  **  My  mind's  mv  kingdom ;  and  I  will  permit 
No  atb«r^  will  to  have  the  rale  of  iu  &o. 


I 


J 


496 


\SU  QlJKl.IES. 


CSrt&T.JcnUkli 


6.  "Hay  still  this  iaUnd  b«  called  fortouteb 
And  tuTtl«'footed  peace  dance  faiiy  ringt." 

6.  "  For  it  is  heavenly  borne  and  cannot  die 

Being  a  parcell  of  the  purest  skie." — Idem. 

7.  "  Westward  the  course  of  empire  taksa  its  way." 

1dm.  IWt. 
F.  J.  F.  Gahtiliah. 
Courtrai  House,  Cheltenham. 
P.S.  Will  any  correspondent  of  "N.  &  Q." 
oblige  me  with  the  loan,  for  a  short  time,  of  the 
Indum    Civil   Service    ExaminiUion  Papers   for 
1857? 


"Abundikes  Dbv^-"  —  Can  any  of  your  cor- 
respondents  inform  me  as  to  when  a  small  volume 
of  translations,  named  ArwuUne»  Devas,  was  pab- 
lishedP  The  author  was,  I  believe,  a  Scotch 
physician.  His  name  and  any  particulars  what- 
erer,  especially  as  to  whether  the  book  is  procur- 
able unu  where,  will  greatly  oblige       Iikiuikek. 

Bastide  lkh  bib  Ode  or  Louu  XIV. — 

**  When  Louis  XIV.  was  sick,  Bastide  wrote  an  ode,  in 
which  he  said  that  the  chateau  of  Versailles,  though  the 
largest  in  the  world,  was  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  mortals  for  time  the  presence  which  themselves  would 
enjoy  through  eternity." — Hutay  qfLouu  XI V^  Lend. 
1751, 8vo,  Preface  xi. 

The  book  is  a  poor  compilation  from  Voltaire, 
but  has  some  interesting  notes.  I  cannot  find  any 
account  of  Bastide,  and  shall  be  glad  to  learn 
who  he  was,  and  where  I  may  find  the  ode. 

C.  E.  P. 

Bbass  Knockbb.  — What  is  the  origin  of  this 
term,  used  to  express  the  setting  before  a  guest 
on  the  second  day  the  remains  of  a  feast  f  It  is 
much  in  vogue  with  Indians,  apparently  in  the 
sense  of  a  rechauffe.  G.  A.  C. 

"The  Bbioes  or  EifDBRnr." — Wanted,  some 
information  as  to  the  origin  of  a  tune  calleil  "  The 
Brides  of  Enderby,"  which  is  mentioned  in  one  of 
Jean  Ingelow's  poems,  "  The  High  Tide  on  the 
Coast  of  Lincolnshire,  1571,*'  thus,— - 
'*riay  uppe,  play  uppe,  0  Boston  bells ! 
Ply  all  your  changes,  all  your  swells. 
Play  up  *  the  Brides  of  Enderby  I ' 

" They  sayde,  'And  why  should  this  thing  be? 
What  danger  lowers  by  land  or  sea ! 
They  ring  the  tune  of  "  Enderby ! " ' 


"  And  awaome  bells  they  were  to  me. 
That  in  the  dark  rang  <  Enderby  I'^ftc. 

M.H. 

Manchestar. 

CBBismmros  at  Covvt. — John  Chamberlun 
write§  to  Sir  Dudley  Carleton  {tomLoiDAiiA,  3^ 


2$,  1607,  "  On  Friday  the  E«rl  of  AnudeTitt 
WIS  christened;  in  the  Chapel  at  C«irL"--CK: 
and  Timet  qf  Jamu  /.,  rol.  i.  p.  68.  Livli 
registers  are  these  christenings  entered,  lod  \m 
can  access  to  them  be  obtained  ?  Oil 

E.  V.  Claxmhdok,  Esq. — ^He  w«a  nAtt  cf. 

1.  -  PoliUcal  Geography,  in  a  aet  of  SUtiMieslTAh 
of  the  principal  Empires,  Kingdoma.  ^  Sutn  ab 
lope;  exhibiting  at  one  view  jKrand  »vi^ar«i 
country;  the  Population,  the  Bate  thereof  pcrSfK 
Mile;   the  Population  of  Capital   Towns;  the  int 
Force,  Naval  and  Military;  tlie  Financial Statosb 
venu^  MUitary    Charges.    General    Expot^ « 
Public  Debt;  the  PoliUcal  ConstituUon,  ndndiid 
Form  of  Government  and   Adminiatratimi  ttlwk 
sUte  of  Religion,  Literature,  Agriculture,  CofflaeK|,K 
Colonies,  with   Observations   reapecting   the  |b« 
EvenUin  the  History  of  each  Country.    Thtehif 
disposed  as  immcdiatelv  to  strike  the  Eya  «ili|p 
the  Attention.    To  which  is  prefixed  an  Intta« 
containing,    besldct  other    Articles  of  Infona^i 
Account  ^  such  Coins,  both  real  and  imaginanu 
current  in  Europe,  with  short  rules  for  redodaf », 
steriing;  also  the  Rates  of  Interest,  Caanccb  at  a 
of  Grace  customary  in  each     State,  ftc."    Laii 
1789. 

2.  "A  Sketch  of  the  Revenue  and  FiBsaearfk 
land  and  of  the  appropriated  Funds,  Loaai^  sal  Ui< 
the  Nation  from  tneir  Commencement ;  wiA  Htm 
of  the  principal  Heads  of  Receipt  and  EspaAsik 
60  Tears;  and  the  various  Supplies  aincs  Ai  iab- 
tion.  The  whole  illnntrated  with  Charts."  Mfc 
1791.    Pr^we  dated  London,  Jan.  6, 1791. 

The  latter  work  is  mentioned  in  the  ■BmW 
Dictionary  of  Living  Autkora^  and  in  ]k.lKri> 
loch's  Literature  o/  Politicdl  JEconom^im\ 
Watt  and  Lowndes,  who  calls  it  **ad(>ii 
elaborate  view  of  the  finances  of  ttesiB» 
land." 

None  of  the  fore-named  publications  naii 
the  Political  Oeoffraphtf,  which  was,  \am 
noticed  in  the  Monthly  Analytical  imd  CM 
RgviewtfoT  1789. 

I  desire  to  ascertain  what  names  arerepr^ 
by  the  initials  R.  Y.,  and  shall  be  glad  iij 
other  information  respecting  this  ingenioad 
laborious  author.  Sw  I.L 


CoLASTEXioif . — ^I  should  be  glad  of  any  i 
ation  on  the  subject  of  the  Colasterion. 

LawxsEvtfL 

Sandbach. 

Cbuts. — Under  what  circumstances  does  aaa 
bear  two  or  more  crests  ?     Whether  baving  i- 
tained  the  name  and  arms  of  another  P  or  mark  I 
bear  the  crest,  of  any  and  every  coat  of  arms  wiid  | 
he  quarters  P  **  Castuuiaiib.* 

COMMIBLAWP  AKD  CoXOBBVa. 

"When  Cumberland  intimated  that  ha  wanted  to  b 
treated,  not  as  a  writer  of  playi^  but  as  a  gantkmaivlk 
world  of  hia  day  did  not  know  what  ha  was  at^  mi 
thooriit  ha  gave  nimsslf  airs;  bat  evary  snccsasftlsrtl 


3'«  S.  V.  JuKS  18,  *M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


497 


Tor  granted."—  Salurdatf  Ervituf,  Nov.  29,  1862}  Art. 
On  being  UndeTstood." 

A  similar  story  is  told  of  Congreve,  As  Cum- 
berland wna  a  man  of  aSectation  and  imitation, 
iiis  may  also  be  true ;  but  I  ahall  be  glad  to 
enow  on  wbat  authority  it  rests.        £.  M0&1.BT. 

Balull  Heath. 

Dalwick  oa  Da  WICK  was  at  one  time  a  parish 
n  Peebleshire,  but  was  divided  between  other 
>arishes,  circa  1742.  Are  there  any  remains  of 
be  parish  cburcli  or  churchyard  still  existing? 

SlOMA-TuBTA. 

lAH  Dark.  — I  have  before  me  a  work  with 
Uowing  title:  — 

"Counsellor  Manners,  his  last  Legacy  to   hia  Son: 
riched  and  etnbellishml  with  Grave  Auvisofl,  Pat  His- 
and  Ingenious    Proverbs,  Apologues,  and  Ap«- 
s.    Bj  Josiah  Dare.     London.     12nio.    1673." 

the  end  is  this  imprimatur :  — 

Lice  D  sod, 
lober  26,  R.  L." 

1672. 

lere  is  no  nppearance  of  its  being  a  second 
n;  and,  at  p.  88,  occurs  a  sneer  at  the  Bar- 
omew  martyrs. 
Lowndes  (cdit.Bohn,  591.)  notices  the  work,  and 
*tC9  a  copy  sold  at  Sothebys,  May  21,  1857,  to 
e  tini»iue.  He  gives  the  date  1653,  which  I  doubt 
t  is  an  error. 

Counsellor  Manners  Is  obviously  a  supposititious 
n^on  ;  but  who  was  Josiah  Dare  ?        S.  Y.  R. 

Fb^ton. — Where  is  a  pedierce  of  the  Scotch 
'ly  of  Fenton,  more  particularly  of  the  branch 
'ilncarne,  in  Perthshire,  to  be  found  ? 

SlOMA-TuKTA. 

)TB. — "  Antipater  made  feastes  every  foote 
_  thy  brother  Pheroras  and  hirosolfe;  and  as 
I^Hsy  eate  and  dranke,"  &c.  (HUfory  of  the  Jewes 
'*7ommutie  teeale,  fol.  Ivi.  1561.)  What  docs  this 
leanV  St.  T. 

Haxl.,  AtJTiioB  or  "  Jacob's  Laddbr." — 
was  Jo.  Hull,  B.D.,  author  of  a  book  of 
Job  the  ninth  edition  appeared  in  1698,  and  of 
«rbich  the  title  is  — 

Jacob's  I^adder;  or,  the  Devont  Soul's  Ascension  to 
iflcaven,  in  Prayers,  llianksgiviags,  and  Praises.    In  four 
t,  viz.. 

Private  Devotionn)  ,  t,      »    .u    xt^^x. 

family  DevoUon* }  *^'  ^"""^  ^"^  Jn  the  We«k. 
■  Devotions. 

•ms  opon  select  Subject*.  With  Graces 
n^s.  Ulditrated  with  Rcniptures.  Lon- 
Ion ;  printed  by  F.  (Jollina  for  Tho.  Guy  at  the  Oxford- 
\rtns  in  Luuibard  JStrtei." 

The  book  contains  accounts  of  the  Gunpowder 
the  plague,  and  fire  of  London,  Sec. 

B.  H.  C. 

tunc  QiTMisfl. —Quarterly,  Az.  and  or, 
Vin  the  tirtt  quarter  a  mullet  of  the  last     What 


family  bore  these  arras  ?  Tliey  difler  from  tboW] 
of  Vere  only  in  the  tincture  of  the  first  and  fourth^ 
quarters.  G.  A.  C. 

Ermine,  a  bend  sable,  charged  with  3  martlet 
ar.     Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  fay  by  what 
family   (probably   a   Herefordshire   family),   the 
above  arms  were  borne  previous  to  or  about  the 
year  1700?  R.  B. 

Mr.  Heubeht's  Cojipast  or  Platbrs.  —  In 
the  town  of  Leicester,  from  a  date  at  least  n« 
early  aa  the  commencement  of  Elizabeth's  reign 
to  tliat  of  George  IL,  the  companies  of  playera. 
customarily  performed  every  year  in  the  old 
Guildhall,  now  standing.  At  a  Common  Hall 
held  on  January  9. 1736  (N.S.),  it  was  orderwl  — 

"  That  Mr.  Herbert's  Company  of  Players  have  tb<* 
use  of  the  'rown  Hal!,  mnkinR  good  all  damRges,  and 
Paying  five  pounds  to  Mr.  JJayor  for  the  use  of  the 
Poor." 

I  would  ask  any  of  your  correspondents  familiar 
with  dramatic  affairs,  was  Mr.  Herbert  "  known 
to  fame  "  ?  James  Thomi-soh. 

Leicester. 

The  Huwtisobotishihe  Feast. — I  have  a  copy 
of  Trimnell's  Sermon  "  Preached  upon  Occasion 
nf  the  Huntingdonshire  Feast  at  St.  Swithin'B 
Church,  London,  the  24th  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  Reviving  of, 
an  useful  Society  out  of  a  Charitable  design."  I 
am  desirous  to  learn  some  particulars  concerning 
this  Feast,  which  is  not  mentioned  in  Brayley  and 
those  other  topographical  accounts  and  directories 
which,  up  to  the  present,  are  the  only  "  County 
Hi-stories  of  whica  Huntingdonshire  can  boast. 
Nor  is  the  Feast  referred  to  m  the  very  excellent 
HUtory  of  Huntingdon,  published  in  1 824,  bv  a 
now  well-known  author,  who  modestly  shrouded^ 
himself  under  the  initials  "R.  C."  appended  to 
the  Preface  — the  initials  of  Mr.  Robert  Carru- 
tliers,  who  was  at  that  time  a  junior  master  in  the 
Huntingdon  Grammar  School. 

CurnnBRT  Beds. 

Tbomab  Hchtmt  of  Malham,  in  Craven,  pub- 
lished Natural  Curiom'tk*  in  the  Enm'rons  of  Mai' 
ham,  8vo,  178G,     When  did  he  die  ?      S.  Y,  R. 

'*  Life  op  Samcei.  Johnsom,"  &c.,  printed  for 
G.  Kearsley,  &c.,  1785. •  Who  wrote  this  mi?moir, 
which  is  prefaced  by  the  portrait,  "  drawn  froio^ 
the  life,  and  etched  by  T.  Trotter,"  in  1782  ?  — of  ] 
which  Johnson  said,  when  be  looked  at  the  draw* 
ine :  "  Well,  thou  art  an  u.;Jy  fellow ;  but  still  I 
believe  thou  art  like."  QtirviB. 

[•  There  was  another  Lift  of  Dr.  JcAnmtn  published 
ononTmouslv  bv  Walker,  in  HS,*}.  This  was  by  the  Rer. 
Wm."  Shaw.'  See  "  N.  &  Q.,"  2^"  S.  r. .  77.  The  one  pub- 
lished bv  G.  Kearslev  was  inquired  aftCT  in  oar  'i"*  ^.  ■«- 
227.— Eb.l 


498 


KOTEI&  AK 0  QI7KBIE& 


Ct^flbT.JHRllbli 


EuAS  JuxoN. — Can  any  reader  inform  me  wlio 
Ijlias  Juxon  was?    Ue  died  in  London  1632. 

Q. 

Ladt  MASKnAM.— Whowas  tbis  lady  on  wbom 
Doane  wrote  an  elegy  P   (Poem*,  p.  66,  ed.  1633.) 

Cpil 

Club  at  thk  Mermaid  Taveew. — An  acoonnt 
of  this  celebrated  Club  is  given  in  Gifibrd's  Life 
of  Ben  Jontoit,  p.  65 ;  but  wfaat  is  the  origiiul 
fiowce  from  which  he  deriTed  his  information  P  I 
h$m  an  opinion  that  the  "  Mitre  "  was  the  more 
frequent  rendeKvous  according  to  the  lines :  — 

"Quilibet,  ti  «t  contenttu, 
Tt  sUtutos  8t6t  conrentiu, 

Sicut  nos  promisimus, 
Signnm  Mitra  erit  locus, 
£rit  cibus,  erit  iocus 
OptimoUtissimus."  ' 

Cpl. 

"  The  PETira  Coixection,"  ktc.  —  The  first 
T(JaHe  of  The  Petrie  Collection  of  the  Andtnt 
Mutic  of  Ireland  was  published  in  Dublin  in  the 
year  1855,  "  under  the  superintendence  of  the 
Society  for  the  Preservation  and  Publication  of 
the  Melodies  of  Ireland."  Can  you  or  anr  of  your 
Irish  readers  inform  me  whether  the  Society  is 
extaat,  and  whether  we  may  hope  to  have  any 
more  Tolumes  P  The  materials  would  appear  to 
be  moet  abundant.  Funds,  however,  are  often- 
times found  wanting  to  carry  out  a  good  purpose, 
and  this,  I  suppose,  is  the  case  with  ue  Society  in 
question.  Abhba. 

St.  Thomas's  IIospitae..  —  I  should  be  ex- 
tremely (clad  of  any  information  relative  to  Capt. 
Johu  Smith,  who  died  at  Ckpham,  March  7, 1698, 
a;t.  sixty-nine,  havinj;  been  for  many  years  trea- 
surer of  St.  Thomas's  Hospital.  I  particularly 
want  his  wife's  maiden  name,  the  date  of  her 
death,  and  the  names  of  their  children. 

H.  J.  S. 

BacKwrrH  Spbncbb,  of  Yorkshire,  admitted  of 
Corpus  Christi  College,  Cambridge,  1698 ;  B.A. 
1701 ;  M.A.  1704  ;  was  Vicar  of  Southwell,  Not- 
tinghamshire. He  has  verses  in  the  University 
Collection  on  the  death  of  William,  Duke  of 
Gloucester,  1700;  and  published  — 

"  The  BenefactreM,  a  Poem ;  occasion'd  by  the  DuteheM 
of  Newcastle's  giving  Five  handred  pounds  towards  the 
Renairiiif;  the  Collegiate  Church  of  Southwell.  London. 
Pol.    1713." 

We  shall  be  glad  to  receive  additional  particu- 
lars respecting  him. 

C.  H.  &  Tnoifpsoif  CooPBS. 
Ouabridge. 

9a,  BoBBBT  Slopbk.  —  Where  can  I  find  the 
pedigree  of  Sir  Robert  Sloper,  who  waa  nutdo  n 
Ao^t  of  the  Bath  in  1788?  'ttsanm.  ^ 


Sktth.— The  Rev.  Waii«»  Svptk,  of  Dm^ 
tar,  in  Caithness,  and  ministep  of  Bower  ai 
Watten,  was  imprisoned  sit  Thurao  byMootm 
in  165a  He  married  •  dangbter  of  Jsmct  8» 
dair  of  Rattor,  nephew  of  George,  fifth  Ewi  i 
Caithneas.  Was  he  a  brother  or  ooomn  of  PWi 
Smyth  of  Braco,  and  what  issue  had  he  bMfa 
George  Smyth  P  Probably  Mb.  CiJUiiOBAtt  ee 
answer  this.  C.E 

South  AnicAN  Discovkbt. — EoseWns  Beo» 
dot,  in  his  remarks  on  the  second  of  the  Amcih 
Accounts  of  India  and  China  by  Two  MakemiK^ 
TraveHers,  who  loent  to  thowe  POrtt  ni  As  Ifo 
Century,  writes :  — 

«  8ea  charts  have  bad  the  Cape  of  Good  Hofi  ki 
name  of  Fronteira  de  AfHca  before  that  eelebnM^ 
age  of  Vasquos  de  Oama  was  undertaken.  Aalsisi^ 
vam  relates  from  Frandaeo  de  Soma  TnvarsB  thai* 
year  1528,  the  Infimt  Dom  Fenwnd  showed  buD,ka; 
Tavarez,  such  a  chart,  which  was  in  the  noami 
Alcobaca,  and  had  been  drawn  120  yean." 

Is  it  known  whether  this  curious  chart,  a  c 
copy  of  it,  is  in  existence,  and  is  a  reeardjj^ 
served  of  the  adyentures  of  the  eotmn^ 
mariners,  who  surveyed  the  South  Coast  ofifia 
so  far  back  as  the  year  1408  P  Perhaps  Turn 
who  aaswered  my  qnerr  on  De  Foe  aid  St 
Lfvio^^stone,  ugned  U.  C.,  may  be  aUe  to  Ai 
me  this  information.  H.  Co— iiA 

SPAinsH  Pratbh-Boox. —  I  hare  hkfyeme 
across  a  small  book,  bound  in  torteiaM^iJA 
gilt  clasps  of  ornamental  design,  and'afHAfR- 
servation.    The  title  of  the  book  is  as  f~ 


"Orden  de  Oraciones  de  mes,  con  los  aynaasUMkj 
Congregacion  y  Pascuas  nuevamente  enmembdAtiv 
dido.  Amsterdam,  por  industria  de  Johudak  Mac^; 
despesa  de  Kliau  y  David  Usiel  Cardoso  vesiiMs4iJe' 
sterdam.    Anno  641G.** 

Can  any  of  your  correspondents  give  ■» 
formation  as  to  the  rarity  or  history  of  this  h4' 
There  is  an  old  tradition  that  it  belonged  to  iai 
Boleyn.  W.J.I. 

CuBTovs  SvBoicAi.  Auscbotb. -~  In  the  ik^ 

gomery  MSS.,  published  at  Belfast  ia  ISJO^iia 
account,  at  p.  189,  of  the  third  Viscount  lh«- 
gomery,  who,  at  Oxford,  showed  the  polpitatifla 
of  his  heart  to  King  Charles  I.  through  an  iafr 
sion  in  his  side,  which  had  been  made  in  hii  votfk 
by  Dr.  Maxwell,  who  was  aftcoirards  the  Sing's 
Physician.  Are  there  any  further  details  kaon 
of  this  singular  story  ? 

H.  Lomm  Tommua. 

Sib  Johh  Yanbcbgh. — Are  there  any  drawisB 
existing  known  to  have  been  made  by  lla 
architect,  who  designed  Blenheim  Palace,  Cadi 
Howard,  and  many  smaller  buildings  ?  There 
plenty  by  his  contemporaries,  WrM|  aai  Ban 


P*  8.  ▼.  J^nn  Ifl^  'M.J 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


499 


UMmtsiTT  or  DcBLiN. — 

'  A  gnce  propowd  on  Ftid«y  lABt,fbr  remniiaKthuika 
to  tbo  king,  n>r  bia  preMBl  of  tibe  PoiiuneiittfT  Hiatorj, 
in  an  E^gluh  J^tttr,  with  a  Mil  of  the  Unirersitj,  en- 
eloied  in  iiaaU  box,  was  rej«ct«d  in  full  senate." — From 
flM  Bath  CfhronitU,  under  " Iriib  News"  April  2,  1772. 

_  Wby  iuid  wherefore  rejected  ?  R.  W.  F. 

jWaiTE  Hats  at  QxroRD. — A  writer  in  The 
ti  of  June  9th,  describing  the  Commotnoration, 
after  stating  tiiat  the  underitraduates  oasailed  with 
€meoMl  vioienue  the  individuu.!  who  ventured  in' 
me  the  doors  wenrin^'  »  white  hat,  proceeds :-~ 

**  The  white  hat  Mems  to  act  on  the  andiTpmdtwt*  M 
tke  red  rag  apon  tiie  Spaniiih  bolt;  it  absulutcly  infu- 
dates  bim,  aoo,  tilt  it  ia  remored  from  sight,  he  jrella  and 
imves  ai  if  be  were  downright  tnad." 

Can  aaj  reader  of   "  N.  &  Q."  explain   the 


origin  o(  this  feeling  ? 


W.H. 


^uetiti  iaiOi  atunoent. 


I 


StoKB  Aai>  WoODBN  AXTASB  H?  EnGLaKD. — In 

William  of  MiJmesbury'a  Life  of  S.  WuUtan 
(.Aiig.  Sac,  vol.  ii.  p,  204),  he  lellB  U9,  that  "  in 
hits  [Wulstan's]  time  {circa  1090)  there  were 
wooden  altars  iu  England  from  the  primitive  dayg. 
He  having  demolished  them  throughout  his  dio- 
cese [Worcester]  made  new  ones  of  stone."   What 

the  reason  of  the  change,  and  whj  did  the 

iop  preach  (ao  to  »peak)  such  a  crun&de  a^^ainat 
it  is  confened  to  have  been  an  established  cub> 

*on»  •  A.  A. 

Poets'  Comer. 

[Our  correspondent's  query  has  bees  anticipated  in  a 
paper  read  before  the  Cambridge  Camden  Society,  on 
Nor.  28.  1844,  (M  (Ac  Hittory  of  Christian  Altart  [bj 
Mr.  Collisou],  and  since  published  as  a  tract,  12mo.  1W6. 
We  there  r«ad,  that "  la  1076  the  council  of  Winchester, 
under  Lanfrano  and  the  papal  legates,  orders  the  alurs  to 
be  made  of  stone:  nDfortanately  nothing  but  the  heads 
of  the  oanoos  is  preserved.  (Spelman,  Cone.,  ii  12.)  But 
here  I  iball  give  you  a  passage  from  the  life  of  S.  Wulstan, 
bishop  of  Worcester,  in  which  William  of  Malmesbury 
(who  lived  in  the  reign  of  Stephen,  A.D.  llll,)  Bay^  "at 
that  time  the  altars  had  been  of  wood  (or,  there  had  been 
wooden  altanX  **'en  from  ancient  times  ia  England. 
These  he  tenolisbed  throughout  his  diocese,  and  con- 
structed others  of  stone.  So  that  sometimes  in  one  day 
he  would  consectite  two  altars  in  one  town,  and  as  many 
more  on  the  second  and  third  day,  in  other  plat.-es  that  he 
had  gone  ta'  (  Fit  ».  WmUt^  pt.  ii.  e.  14,  in  An<fl.  Sac., 
ii.  264.)  This  passage  aeeam  of  some  importance,  for 
WnlsUn  was  a  sturdy  Saxon  prelate,  almost  the  only 
one  who  kept  his  grouod  under  the  Conqueror,  and  indeed 
was  very  near  being  ds|)rived  uii  a  charpc  brought  against 
bim  by  Lanfranc  bimjt<'ir:  iml  though  he  was  afterwards 
much  respected  rod  ,  the  archbishop,  it  is  to 

be  remembered  that  I  .    >«)ugh  himself  an  Italian 

by  birth,  and  a  great  aad  good  man.  ia  said  to  have  kept 


stBdiooaly  aloof  from  the  party  of  S.  Gregory  Vll.  So 
that  I  conceive  this  canon  of  the  Wincbeslor  «ouncU,  and 
the  comtequeut  activity  of  S.  Wulstan.  must  have  been  re- 
garded by  ChBTchmen  then,  and  should  bo  regarded  by 
U9  now,  as  the  re-enactment  of  the  old  law  of  the  Council 
of  Epaune,  and  tb«  Excerpt  of  Abp.  Egbert,  called  for  by 
their  respect  for  antiquity,  and  their  regard  for  order  and 
decency."  This  valuable  tract  ought  to  be  ia  the  libnu}' 
of  every  ecclesiastical  antiquary.] 

BAeiNO  House,  HAMrsHiB.R. — T  am  desirous  of 
finding  as  full  itn  account  as  possible  of  the  sieges 
which  this  strongly  fortified  residence  of  the  IVlaro 
quis  of  Winchester  underwent  durin;;  the  great 
rebellion.  In  particular  that  in  1644,  at  which 
the  witty  Dr.  I'uller  is  said  to  have  so  vigorously 
incited  the  Mrrifon  against  the  parliamentary 
leader,  Sir  W.  Waller.  The  references  I  have 
hitherto  seen  are  too  scanty  for  my  purpose — that 
of  compiling  a  biography  of  Dr.  Thos.  Fuller. 

J.  E.  B. 

[Particulars  of  this  memorable  siege  were  published  at 
the  time  in  what  are  now  called  "  The  Civil  War  Tracts." 
Aiuong  otbers  the  ibilowing  may  be  consulted:  1.  "A 
Description  of  the  Siege  of  Baaing  Castle,  kept  by  the 
Lord  Marqaiflse  of  Winchester  fbr  the  serrioe  of  His  Ha- 
joaty  against  the  Forces  of  tbe  Bebels  under  command  of 
Col.  Norton.  Lond.  4u>,  1644."  2.  "  Tiie  Journal  of  the 
Siege  of  Baaing  Honse  by  the  Marquiase  of  Winchester, 
Oxford,  4to,  1644."  8.  Hugh  Peter's  "Full  and  Last 
Relation  concerning  Baaing  Uouse,  London,  4to,  1646." 
Tbe  name  of  Dr.  Fuller,  however,  does  not  occur  in  either 
of  these  tract*.  Burke,  in  TTte  Patrician,  v.  473-479,  baa 
given  an  interesting  aocount  of  Baaing  House ;  but  boa 
neglected  to  give  his  authority  for  tbe  following  notice  of 
oar  witty  historian :  "  Dr.  Thomas  Fuller,  author  of  The 
Church  Hixtory  of  Britain,  and  other  works,  being  a 
chaplain  in  tbe  royal  army  under  Lord  Hopton,  was  fbr 
some  time  shut  op  in  Basing  Honse  while  it  was  besieged. 
Even  here,  as  if  sitting  in  the  study  of  n  quiet  panonage 
far  removed  from  the  din  of  war,  ho  prosecuted  his 
fiivonrite  work,  entitled  The  Worthier  of  England ;  dis- 
covering no  signs  of  fear,  but  only  complaining  that  the 
noise  of  the  cannon,  which  was  continually  thundering 
Itom  the  lines  of  the  besiegers,  interrupted  him  in  digest- 
ing his  notes.  Dr.  Fuller,  however,  animated  the  gar- 
rison to  so  vigorous  a  defence,  that  Sir  William  Waller 
was  obliged  to  raise  the  siege  with  considerable  loss,  by 
which  the  fate  of  Baaing  House  was  for  a  considerable 
time  suspended.  When  it  was  besieged  a  second  time 
and  fell.  Lord  Hopton's  army  took  shelter  in  the  city  of 
Exeter,  whither  Fuller  accompanied  if] 

AnuTtET,  o»  Athuickt.  —  Among  a  number  of 
old  *'  franks,"  I  have  some  directed  by  Thomas 
Birmingham,  nincteenUi  Lord  Athenry  (the  pre- 
mier bfirony  of  Ireland),  who,  in  1730,  waa  created 
Earl  of  Louth.  One  of  tbe»e  is  now  before  me; 
it  is  a  letter  from  Denis  Daly,  Esq  ,  of  Raford,  co. 
Gulway,  and  \&  da^eni  &.^'\\.  lA^  v;w .    0»s?««kV^ 


dOO 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[8^  a  T.  Jon  U 


enoagh  it  is  (ranked  by  the  Earl,  not "  Louth  ** 
bat  *'  Athunr^,"  and  indeed  all  his  signatures  are 
similar,  even  m  the  spelling.  Observe,  the  title  is 
spelt  with  a  u  instead  of  an  e.  Querj,  which  is 
correct?  fi.  Lorrns  Tottuihaii. 

[The  word  it  spelt  in  Jhe  different  wajs  in  Lodge's 
Peerage;  viz.,  Athneiy,  Aghnaiy  (as  anciently  written), 
Athnnree,  Athnniy,  and  Atheniy.] 


^tpliti. 


"  ROBIN  ADAIR : "  "  JOHNNY  ADAIE : "  ••  THE 
KILRUDDERT  HUNT." 

(S'^  S.  IT.  130;  ▼.404,44S) 

E.  E.  J.  is  most  deddedlj  in  error,  both  as  re- 
gards the  hero,  nature,  and  date  of  "Robin 
Adair,"  which  in  no  sense  of  the  phrase  can  be 
called  **a  drinking  song,"  or  one  showing  the 
**  warmth  of  that  Iriendsnip  which  subsist^  be- 
tween that  gentleman  (what  gentleman  P)  and  his 
friends;"  but  is  merely  a  sentimental  sorrowful 
lament  of  a  ladj  for  the  absence  of  her  lover. 

Robert  Adair,  the  hero  of  the  song,  waa  well 
known  in  the  London  fashionable  circles  of  the 
last  century  by  the  tobriquet  of  the  "  Fortunate 
Lrishman  ;*  but  his  parentage,  and  the  exact  place 
of  his  birUi  are  unknown.  He  was  broueht  up  as 
a  surgeon,  but  his  **  detection  in  an  early  amour 
drove  him  precipitately  from  Dublb,"  to  push  his 
fortunes  in  England.  Scarcely  had  he  crossed 
the  Channel  when  the  chain  of  luckv  events,  that 
ultimately  led  him  to  fame  and  rortune,  com- 
menced. Near  Holyhead,  perceiving  a  carriwe 
overtiuned,  he  ran  to  render  assistance.  The 
sole  occupant  of  this  vehicle  was  "  a  lady  of  fashion 
well  known  in  polite  circles,"  who  received  Adsir's 
attentions  with  thanks ;  and,  being  slightly  hurt, 
and  hearing  that  he  was  a  sui^eon,  requested  him 
to  travel  with  her  in  her  carriage  to  London. 
On  their  arrival  in  the  metropolis,  she  presented 
him  with  a  fee  of  one  bundreu  guineas,  and  gave 
him  a  seneral  invitation  to  her  bouse.  Li  after 
life,  Adair  used  to  say  that  it  was  not  so  mudi 
the  amount  of  this  fee,  but  the  time  it  was  siven 
that  was  of  service  to  him,  as  he  was  then  ahnost 
destitute.  But  the  invitation  to  her  bouse  was  a 
still  greater  service,  for  there  he  met  the  person 
who  decided  his  fate  in  life.  This  was  Lady 
Caroline  Keppel,  daughter  of  the  second  Earl  of 
Albemarle,  and  of  La!dy  Anne  Lenox,  daushter  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  general  attention  of  the 
company.  Adair,  perceiving  his  advantage,  lost 
no  tmie  in  pursuing  it ;  while  the  Albemarle  and 
fiidimoad  /amlliei  wera  dismayed  at  \bft  ^giras^nc^ 


of  such  a  terrible  nUaaOianee,  Evwyweans 
tried  to  induce  the  young  ladr  to  ahir  her ! 
but  without  effect  Adair's  biogr^her*  te 
that— 

«<Anasem«nts,  a  long  joomey,  an  advantsgeoiu 
and  other  common  modes  of  shaking  off  what  «m 
derod  by  the  family  aa  an  improper  mateh  vera 
nately  tried,  but  in  vain ;  the  health  ofLadyCswh 
eridently  impaired,  and  the  family  •*!■•'  eonfunJ 
a  good  sense  that  reflects  honour  on  their  imdantai 
■8  well  as  their  hearts,  that  it  waa  poe^bte  t»  pi 
but  never  to  dissolve  an  attachment  t  and  thttM 
was  the  honoorable,  and  indeed  tlie  only  altaraatn 
coold  seenre  her  happiness  and  life.*' 

When  Lady  Caroline  waa  taken  by  her  fi 
from  London  to  Bath,  that  she  niight  be  sepi 
ftt>m  her  lover,  she  wrote,  it  i«  aaid,  the  lo 
"Robin  Adair,"  and  set  it  to  a  P|^'*^'« 
tune  that  she  had  heard  him  sing.  WheUier 
ten  by  Lady  Caroline  or  not,  the  nng  is  i 
expressive  of  her  feelings  at  the  time,  and 
completely  corroborates  the  circumstanca 
related,  which  were  the  town-talk  of  tlM  p 
though  now  little  more  than  faoailj  traditiea, 
can  be  no  doubt  that  they  were^  the  origiat 
song,  Uie  words  of  which  as  originally  writle 
the  following :  — 

*<RoBiir  Adaxb. 
••  What's  this  dull  town  to  me  P 

Robin'a  not  neart 
He  whom  I  wish  to  see. 

Wish  for  to  haac 
Where's  all  the  joy  and  mirth. 
Mode  life  a  Heaven  on  earth  ? 
Oh !  they're  all  fled  with  thee, 
Robin  Adair. 

"What  made  the  assembly  shine? 

Robin  Adair ! 
What  made  the  ball  so  fine  ? 

Robin  was  there! 
What  when  the  play  was  o'er. 
What  made  my  heart  so  aore  ? 
Oh !  it  waa  parting  with 

Robin  Adair  I 

"  But  now  thon  art  Ar  firom  me, 
Robin  Adair ! 
But  now  I  never  see 
,  Robin  Adair ! 

Yet  he  I  love  so  well 
Still  in  my  heart  shall  dwell. 
Oh !  can  I  ne'er  forget, 

Robin  Adair!" 


•  Memoire  of  the  Life  of  Robert  Adair,  Eaq^  i 
Viwit  Amor.  London :  Kearsley,  mdccxc.  There : 
a  biographical  notice  of  Adair  in  that  curious  coll 
of  valuable  and  interesting  information.  The  tm 
Omamm  Place-Book.  The  anthor  of  this  work  was 
Newman,  a  snigeon,  and  I  believe  an  Iriahmaa. 
strongly  snspect,  fW>m  a  similsrity  of  style,  tiJMt  1 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


501 


ledlately  after  his  marriage  *  with  Latly 
le,  Adair  waa  appointed  Inspector-General 
tarjT  Hospitals,  and  subsequently,  becoming 
irit«  of  George  III.,  he  was  made  Surgeon- 
il,  King's  Serffeant-Surgeon,  and  Surgeon  of 
Ik  Hospital.  Very  fortunate  men  have  sel- 
aany  friends,  but  Adair,  by  declining  a 
tcy  that  was  offered  to  him  by  the  king  for 
il  attendance  oo  the  Duke  of  Gloucester, 
J  acquired  considerable  popularity  before 
Ith,  which  look  place  when  he  was  nearly 
ire  years  of  age  in  1790.  In  the  Gentle- 
Magazine  of  that  year  there  are  verses  "  On 
Mill  of  Robert  Adair,  Esq.,  late  Surgeon- 
U,  by  J.  Crane,  M.D.,"  who  it  is  to  be  hoped 
nuch  better  physician  than  a  poet. 
f  Caroline  Adair's  married  life  was  short 
ppy ;  she  died  of  consumption  after  giving 

0  three  children,  one  of  them  a  8on«  On 
ithbed,  she  requested  Adair  to  wear  moum- 

her  as  long  as  he  lived ;  which  he  scrupu- 
lid,  save  on  the  king's  and  queen's  birthdays, 
:us  duty  to  his  sovereign  required  him  to 

at  court  in  full  dress.  If  this  injunction 
ing  mourning  were  to  prevent  Adair  miar- 
kgain,  it  had  the  desired  effect ;  he  did  not 

1  second  time,  though  be  had  many  offer*.  But 
encbing  on  the  scandalous  chronicles  of  the 
itury,  and  must  stop.  Suffice  it  to  say,  Adair 
to  have  been  a  universal  favourite  among 
>men  and  men ;  even  Pope  Ganganelli  con- 
A0trong  friendship  for  bimwhen  he  visited 
CAduir's  only  son,  by  Lady  Keppel,  served 
Wry  with  distinction  as  a  diplomatist,  and 
1855,  aged  ninety-two  years,  then  being  the 
Honourable  Sir  Robert  Adair,  G.C.B.,  the 
ryiving  political  and  private  friend  of  his 
lished  relative  Charles  James  Fox.  His 
ft  though  not  generally  known,  has  been 
shrined  in  a  popular  piece  of  poetry,  for, 
zpressly  educated  for  the  diplomatic  ser- 

the  University  of  Gottingen,  Canning 
i  Lira  in  The  Rovers  as  Rogero,  the  unfor- 
Btudent-lover  of  "  Sweet  Matilda  Pot- 
reader  will  be  surprised  to  find  that  any 
lid  term  "  Robin  Adair  "  a  drinking  song ; 

manner  of  the  mistake  is  pretty  clear  to 
J,  from  m^  knowledge  of  Irish  lyrical  litera- 
ay  be  uid  to  be  behind  the  scenes  in  this 
E.  K.  J.  evidently  confounds  the  ori- 
laintive  song  of  "Robin  Adair,"  with  a 
id  parody  on  it,  probably  never  yet  printed, 
"Johnny  Adiiir,"  He  also  confounds  a 
dttir  of  Kilternan,  the  subject  of  "Johnny 

who  lived  in  the  present  century,  with 


Tha  Orand  Magasin 
I  mam'agv  ia  iliut  n 
'^'ir,  Ewii^to  tiie  1.  „ 
pp«L" 


:td  InteUigcnce  for 
"  February  22n(1, 
'.lurabte  Ui«  J.,ady 


Squire  John  Adair  of  the  same  place,  one  of  the 
Kilmddery  hunters  in  1744.  Beginning  thus, 
E.  K.  J.  further  complicates  the  simple  question  by 
other  glaring  errors ;  and  then  Mb.  Red.mond  puts 
bis  foot  into  the  imbroglio  by  adding  what  he  terms 
"  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 
the  river  at  Monmouth  is  to  the  river  at  Macedon. 

In  the  first  place,  then,  let  us  turn  our  atten- 
tion to  "Johnny  Adair." 

Among  the  AIS.  collections  of  the  late  Thomas 
Crofton  Croker,  in  the  British  Museum,  I  find  the 
following  memorandum :  — 

"  In  a  quizsicat  paper  published  in  the  Sfntimental  and 
Masonic  Magazine  fur  Jan.  1794,  mention  is  made  of  a 
whimsical  ceremony  callod  Bonnybrock.  Apropos  of  this 
singular  corcinony  of  the  Bonnybrock.  It  was  in  great 
request  among  ■  clab  of  wits  and  jovial  fellows,  who 
sprung  up  in  Dublin,  and  flonri$bed  in  the  surcccding 
generation.  At  the  head  of  this  brilliant  nnd  sporiivo 
ossociaciun  of  all  that  was  then  gay  and  spirited  in  this 
capital,  we  find  the  memorable  names  of  AJJennan  Mft- 
carroll,  Will,  Aldridgc,  Johnny  Adair  of  Kilternan. 
Some  of  these  worthies  are  commemorated  in  a  lyric 
piece,  which,  for  pathos  or  sentiment,  and  harmony  of 
versification,  has  few  equals :  — 

"  jotnmr  adair  of  K.n,TE.iaixH :  ma  weixx)ms  to 

PrCKSTOWlf. 

**  You're  welcome  to  Packstown, 

Johnny  Adair. 
0,  you're  welcome  to  Puckitown, 

Johnny  Adair. 
Uow  docs  Will  Aldridge  do? 
Johnny  Maccaroll  too? 
O,  why  came  they  not  along  with  you  ? 

Johnny  Adair. 

"  I  could  drink  wine  with  yon, 

Johnny  Adair. 
O,  I  could  drink  wine  witli  you, 

Johnny  Adair. 
I  could  drink  beer  willi  you, 
Aye,  rum  and  brandy  too, 
O,  I  L'ould  get  drunk  with  you, 

Johnny  Adair." 

This  wretched  doggrel  is  certainly  unworthy  of 
a  place  here ;  still  it  has  to  be  put  in  ns  evidence, 
for  It  is,  doubtless,  the  "  drinking  song"  alluded  to 
by  E.  K.  J.  Now.  what  U  the  date  of  it?  The 
memorandum  introducing  it  state.*,  that  Johnny 
Adair  "  flourished  in  the  succeeding  generation  '* 
to  1 794.  So  we  may  place  this  parody  about,  say 
1814,  for  these  reasons.  The  original  song  of 
"  Robin  Adair  "  had  been  many  years  almost  for- 
gotten, when  it  was  revived  by  Braham  singinjj 
it  about  1811.  Braham  sang  it  for  his  benefit,  at 
the  Lyceum,  on  the  17th  of  December  in  that 
year.  The  song  bad  then  created  a  perfect /urorff. 
its  simplicity  of  words  and  aii"  led  to  many  ver- 
sions and  imitations  of  it ;  and  in  The  Timet  of 


J 


502 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C»«ay.4wi 


Dec.  19,  1811,  there  is  an  adrerrisement  issued 

by  one  William  Kcctc,  stating  that  be  bud  ar- 
ranged the  words  and  music  of  "Robin  Adair " 
as  sang  by  Brabam,  and  that  his  was  the  only 
correct  and  copyright  edition.  There  were  many 
parodies  written  upon  it  for  several  years  after, 
as  I  well  recollect ;  having  received  a  aevere 
caninjj  for  one  on  "  Taffy"  Td  fair,  an  eccentric 
t«Bcher  of  writin;^  in  Belfast.,  who,  though  he  had 
but  one  linger  and  a  thumb,  and  these  but  on  bis 
left-hand,  could,  as  he  used  to  boant,  write  and 
Aog  aa  well  as  any  man  in  Ireland.  We  may  then 
conclude  that  "Johnny  Adair"  —  the  "drinking 
song"  —  was  written  in  the  present  century,  and 
is  merely  a  parody  on  "  Robin  Adair." 

I  must  apologise  to  the  readers  of  "  N.  fc  Q." 
for  occupying  so  much  space  with  this  subject, 
but  it  is  not  altogether  an  uninteresting  one;  and 
as  it  Las  been  most  absurdly  complicated,  less 
apace  than  I  now  propose  to  occupy  will  not  suffice 
to  unravel  the  tangled  skein. 

With  respect  U>  Squire  Adair  of  KOternan,  in 
tbe  county  of  Dublin,  and  the  song  generally 
known  as  "The  Kilruddery  Hunt,"  I  am  for- 
tunately able  to  give  E.  K.  J.  and  Mb.  Rkd- 
uotiD  some  information  also.  In  an  obituary 
notice  of  Anthony  Brabazon,  eighth  Karlof  Meath, 
in  the  Gendentaiis  Magazine  (vol.  Ix.  p.  88J,  it  is 
observed  that  — 

**  Kilruddery  was  his  Lordsfaip's  CiTourit«  seat,  a  place 
celebrated  by  Jobimy  Adair,  ia  the  best  Imtlng  soog 
extant:  — 

*  •        .  Kilruddcry'ii  plentiAi]  board, 

IMiere  dwells  hospit&Iity,  tratb,  and  my  Lord,' — 

were  Jobnny'i  words  on  a  former  possessar  of  the  title." 

But  this  assertion  is  corrected  at  p.  368  of  the 
same  volume,  where  we  are  told  that  — 

•'  The  song  was  not  a  production  of  the  coaviviMl  Johnny 
Adair  (who  is  himself  relebnited  io  it),  bat  of  the  tio  leas 
jovial  Jofaa  St.  Lodger,  the  sou  of  Sir  John  Su  Ledger, 
formerly  one  of  Uie  Berons  of  tfa«  fuVuX  of  Exchequer, 
and  who  sported  many  olher_;>iw  d'mprii  sow  mostly  lost. 
Johnny  Adair  dranic  no  wat«r,  not  ev«a  of  Aganippe  or 
Hippocrene." 

Neither  of  the*c  assertions  are  correct.  The 
rattling  rollickine  Jnsh  song,  "The  Kilruddery 
Hunt,"  was  really  written  by  an  Englishman; 
one  Thomas  Mozeen,  a  popular  comedian  and 
■inger, — •*  a  fellow  of  infinite  jest^"  whose  amusing 
powers  made  him  a  welcome  guest  at  the  too 
nospifable  houses  of  the  Irish  squires  and  squi- 
reens in  his  day.  This  was  clearly  shown  by  two 
eminent  Irish  antiquIlrie^  Joseph  Cooper  Walker,* 
Esq.  (see  Jlit»un\t  Utterg,  edited  by  Sir  Harris 
Nicolas,  Tol.  L  p.  179,  note),  and  the  Rev.  James 


•  ll«inb«r  «>f  the  Royal  Irieb  Acaderav.  aatbar  of  HU- 
aorteat  Mttmotn  o/  (A«  Frith  Hani»,  Ni'ttmirml  A'tMvi  on 
Iks  Iriik  S»aff9,  and  other  well-known  works  of  a  simUar 
daef^tioo. 


Whitelaw,*  in  the  cigbteentfc  mam 
great  huntsman  of  mjinkind  bad  hmi 
last  of  the  Kilriid  '  '"".  nrwla. 

waa  peculiarly  fit  ive  an 

subject:  for,  having  rr^siucU  at 
as  tutor  to  an  Earl  of  Meatis  be  I 
of  the  ground  Celebrated  in  the wottgxi 
constructed  a  map  of  tbe  dcrioaa  mn, 
the  fox  first  broke  cover,  at  Ki" 
was  killed  on  DoIke^-bilL  The  L 
country  in  Mr.  Wbitclaw's  tiin« 
song  was  the  joint  prrKJuction  of  Ml 
one  Owen  Bray — of  whom  more 
as  Mozeen  was  not  a  sportsmaB, 
keen  one— and  as  "  ibis  soul  of 
indeed,  seemis  transferred  into  th« 
the  general  opinion  that  the  90Og 
position  of  Bray,  and  that  tbe 
Mozeen  consisted  in  having  aei  it 
this,  however,  it  most  be  an 
was  a  song  writer,  while  Bray 
song  never  was  set  to  noakc,  aa 
a  well-known  ancient  Irish  aar,  u 
na  Gairagb."  Moreover,  in  1763, 
lished  the  song  as  hb  own  io  A 
Colleetian  of  Etuayt  in  Verne, 
publitihed  by  subscription,  tb« 
Irish  gentleman  appear  in  the  liat 
and  it  wat!i  dedicated  to  "  the  H< 
Mountney,  Esq.,  one  of  His  M 
the  Exchc(]uer  in  the  Kingdom  df  Ii 

All  this  Mozeen  —  then^  a  res 
Drury  Lane  and  the  Dabttn  tb« 
particolarly  by  the  Irish  gentry, 
for  his  bread  on  public  favour  —  \ 
have  dared  to  do,  if  the  wurk  oooli 
not  only  not  written  by  himaelf, 
John  St.  Ledger,  the  son  of 
Irish    Exchequer.      Two    yean 
Mozeen  again  published  the  wvag 
work  entitled  The  Lyrick  A»en«(, 

The  part  of  a  verw,  quoted  bj  Ml 
ia  incorrectly  given,  tM  whola  w 
follows :  — 

"In  levontwn  bondnd  an4  fbrty  aad  fl 
The  fifth  of  DsCTmbei*— I  liuafc  Vtim  \ 
At  five  io  the  Domlaft.  by  OMat  of  iIm  k 
We  rode  from  Ktlmdilefy  to  try  for  ■  . 
The  Loughllnitown  UoiUoeU,  tL*  liuM  i 
With  S<)ulre  Aditir,  ear*,  ware  wHl» 
J(>e  Debill,  Ilall  PrBatoa,  lh«t  bmtai 
Dick  Uolmes.  a  fkw  otharx  and  ae  w 

Ma.  RaoMottn  aak*-^'*Who  waa  tha 
t  reply  that  ho  was  no  oth«r  than  iha 
Rray  himself,  who  kept  a  lavara  at 
town,  wberu  Mozoao,  tha  aiat 
lodged  danng  wvcral  aaaaa«i^ 
acigbbouring  squttaa  held  thair 

*  Member  of  tha  B«yal  Uah  Aoa^May,  mu 
tory  of  DmUm,  and  otaW  urovka. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


1  the  grosser  debaucberies,  that  even  they 
bamed  to  perpetrate  in  tlietr  own  dwel- 
For,  &s  the  Regius  Professor  of  Modern 

f  at  Oxford,  well  and  truly  observes  of  the 

.  • 

habits  of  tlie  Irish  etntry  gmr  beyond  measure 
ad  reckless,  and  iha  cmnuuaa  of  their  debaoche- 
ild  hare  ditigosud  Uw  cnw  of  Ck>niiu.t  Their 
iDttt,  their  blasphaaiyi  thekv  i^rocioos  duelling^, 
I  tbM  aqnires  o(  Eogjiimd.  tu  behind.  Fortunately 
ikleMnesB  wm  nae,Tn  the  eod,  to  wtrk  its  own  cure ; 
the  background  of  their  awioisb  and  uproarious 
{  bouts,  tb«  £Dcumb«red  Estates  Act  risak  to  our 

P  Bray's  name  occurs  in  another  verse  of 
>g  which,  as  a  specimen  of  what  was,  at  the 
upposed  to  be,  the  after-dinner  conversa- 
le  Earl  of  Meath's  table,  may  be  quoted 

|med  to  Kilraddery's  plentiful  board. 
Iwelta  hoBpitality,  tnilh,  and  my  Lord; 
ked  o'er  the  cbaac,  and  we  toasted  the  health 
S  man  who  ne'er  varied  for  places  or  wealth, 
iray  baalked  a  leap,'  said  Hall  Prestoii> '  'twa4 

aameful ! '  cried  Jack,  *  by  the  great  living  — .' 

'  1  hallooed,  Get  on,  though  you  fall, 
Bp  over  you,  your  blind  gelding  and  all ! '" 

Finust  have  been  a  great  favoui-ite  of  Mo- 
7r  he  wrote  another  IritA  song  in  comme- 
>o  of  the  fooetiouA  Loughlinstown  landlord 
^  >uae,  uf  which  I  give  a  few  sample  verses. 


Tx-noTf  TO  owur  bhat'b  at  Lot;eBLi]ia« 

TOWW. 

sdod  from  i'ln  gland,  and  sick  of  the  ecu, 
Fye  rolled  and  ye  tumbled,  all  manoer  of  ways. ^ 
tughlinstown  then  without  any  dolay^ 

leyer  be  right  till  yoo  see  Owen  Bray's. 
With  his  Ballen  a  Monn,  Ora, 
Ballen  a  Mooa,  Ora, 
Ballen  a  Mono,  Ora, 
A  glan  of  his  darst  for  me. 

over  gsrron,  yc  lovers  of  sport ; 
Is  at  Owen's  though  little  at  court ; 
'  the  lii'ls  of  brisk  mettle  resort, 

'  are  mure  that  they'll  never  (hll  abort 
Of  good  claret  and  Ballen  a  Blona, 
Ballea  a  Mona,  Ora, 
Ballen  a  Mona,  Ora, 
The  eighty-fourth  bumper  for  me. 

in  Docembor  are  dirty  and  raw. 
we're  at  Owen's  we  care  not  a  straw  j 

GotJwln  Smith's  /rwA   ttiiiory  and  Triih 
dally  the  opening  <hapter«  of  Barrtcgton's 


We  bury  the  trades  of  religion  and  law. 
And  the  ice  in  our  hearts  we  presently  ihaw, 

With  good  claret  and  Ballen  a  Moca, 
Balleu  a  Mona*  Ora. 
Ballen  a  Mono,  Ora, 
The  quick-moving  bottle  tot  tOB." 

Mozeen  wrote  yet  another  Irish  song  in  honour 
of  Squire  Adair  of  Kilternan.  No  where  could 
there  be  a  better  illustration  of  a  man's  character 
and  household  than  in  its  lines,  a  (uw  of  which  1 
transcribe.     It  is  entitled  — 

**TIXK  TOOK     Br   THK    FORELOCK  AT    1UI.TERXAJT, 

TltK    BSAT  or  JOBX   ADAIli,    ESQ.,  Uf   T(IC    noiTSTT  OF 

DOBUN. 

"  Tuw—Detry  dowt. 
"  With  Koin  fatigued,  and  grown  quite  melancholic, 
ni  sing  you  how  old  d.iddy  Time  took  a  frolic. 
By  the  help  of  good  claret  to  dissipate  cares, 
The  spot  was  Kilternan,  tho  houae  was  Adair*!. 

"Not  used  to  the  sight  of  tho  soberer  raoe^ 
With  the  door  in  hei  band,  the  maid  laughed  in  hia 

face; 
For  she  thought  by  has  figure  he  might  be  at  best 
Some  plodding  mechaoic,  or  prig  of  a  priest. 

"  But  soon  as  he  said  that  be  came  for  a  glass. 
Without  furtbar  reiarve,  she  replied  he  might  pan; 
Yet  mocked  his  bald  pate  as  he  tottered  along, 
And  despiitd  hfan  as  nodems  despiso  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  bis  presence  none  there  were  utl'^>nt(^d . 
'  Sit  down,  boy,'  xays  Jack,  *  and  prepare  to  bo  bunted.' 

"They  drank  hand  to  fist  for  six.  bottles  and  more. 
Till  down  tumbled  Time  and  began  for  to  snore; 
Five  gallons  of  claret  they  poured  oa  his  head. 
And  were  going  to  take  the  old  soaker  to  bed. 

"  But  Jack,  who's  possessed  of  a  pretty  estate — 
And  would  to  the  Lord  it  was  ten  times  as  great! — 
Thought,  aptly  enough,  that  if  Time  did  not  wake, 
Ue  might  lose  all  he  had  by  the  world^s  turning  back. 

"  So  twitching  his  forelock.  Time  opened  bis  eyes. 
And,  staggering,  stared  with  a  deal  of  surprise ; 
Quoth  he, '  I  must  mow  down  ten  millions  of  men ; 
But,  e'er  you  drink  thrice,  FU  be  with  yon  agmio ! '  " 

The  first  two  lines  of  the  last  verse  are  unpre- 
sentable, but  the  song  concludes  with  Time  soak- 
ing  hia  host  by  the  Land,  and  saying :  — 

"  *  Go  on  with  your  bumpers,  your  beef,  and  good  cheer. 
And  the  darling  of  Time  shall  be  Johnny  Adair!" 

The  three  songs  from  which  I  have  given  these 
extracts  are  all  in  Mozeen's  Collection  of  Mucel' 
laiteoua  Es$ay»^  and  there  are  other  poems  in  the 
same  collection  showing  that  the  author  was  well 
acquainted  with  tiie  neighbourhood,  and  cofdd 
readilv  suit  the  character  of  hia  vecaea  ta  t.ba(J>A.- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C»«8.T.lni^J 


rtoter  of  the  persons  for  irhom  they  were  com- 
posed.   These  are :  — 

"A  Dewription  of  AUidor«,a  S«at  in  the  County  of 
Wlcklow." 

"Venea  wrote  in  the  Gardens  of  Brsckeostown,  a  Seat 
of  Lord  Moleaworth's,  near  Dnblin." 

<*  An  Invitation  to  Dr.  Le  Uont's  Branenstown,  a  Seat 
in  the  County  of  Dublin." 

Besides  the  above-meiitioned  works,  Mozeen 
wrote  an  unsuccessful  farce  entitled  lite  Heireu, 
or,  Om  AntigaJUean ;  a  collection  of  FeMen  in  Verte 
(2  Tols.  1765) ;  and  Yomg  Scarron  (1752).  The 
last  is  an  amusine  account  of  the  adventures  of  a 
company  of  strolling  actors,  evidently  founded  on 
Lt  Somant  Conuque  of  the  celebrated  French  wit 
Paul  Scarron. 

Some  confusion  has  arisen  through  Mozeen,  in 
one  of  the  earlier  editions  of  the  Biographia  Dm- 
matiea,  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  is  tempted  to  exclaim  with 
Hamlet,  not  exultingly,  but  in  a  moralising  mood, 
considering  the  favour  to  which  we  also  must 
come :  — 

"Where  be  your  gibes  now?  Your  gantbols?  your 
songs?  your  flaahes  of  merriment,  that  were  wont  to  set 
the  table  on  a  roar?" 

William  FimuxTox. 


Tour  correspondent  in  "  N.  &  Q."  3'*  S.  t. 
348,  in  referring  to  the  ballad  of  "  The  Kilrud- 
dery  Hunt,"  quotes  as  follows  :  — 

**  Wo  had  the  Loughlinatown  landlord,  and  bold  Owen 
firom  Bray, 
And  brave  John  Adair  he  was  with  ns  that  day ; " 

and  appended  is  a  note,  "Who  was  the  land- 
lord?^' 

The  text  is  more  correctly  given  in  an  old  and 
woU«authenticated  copy  now  before  me,  thus  — 
"  Our  Longhlintttown  landlord,  the  famed  Owen  Bray, 

And  Johnny  Adair,  too,  waa  with  ua  that  day,"  &c. 

This  Owen  Bray,  who,  it  appears,  had  acquired 
the  reputation  of  being  a  bold  rider  to  hounds, 
was  well  known  in  the  locality  as  master  of  the 
hotel  or  tavern,  now  an  improved  and  pic- 
turesquely situated  villa  residence,  occupied  by  a 
niece  of  the  late  authoress  Lady  Morgan,  adjoining 
the  village  of  Louglilinstown.  Here  it  was  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  my  pos- 
session, showinj;  the  prices  of  certain  commodities 
and  luxuries  m  the  middle  of  the  last  century, 
and  bearing  evidence  that  "  the  famed  Owen 
Bray  "  was  occasionally  called  upon  by  his  guests 
for  temporary  advances  of  a  pecuniary  nature :  — 


«•  1750.  John  Adair.  Eaq^bB. 
Six  bottles  of  CUret 
TwodaoTlCailaK* 
SIxonuigM.    .         •        - 
Bottles     -       -         -       - 
Six  bottles  of  curat 
Bottles    .        -         •        - 
ISbottleaoTQaret 
Neck  of  mnttoD 
12bottleaofCl«s«t   - 
Neck  and  breast  of  Lamb 
Bottles    -        -  -        - 

Montifiasco       .         .        • 
Rum  p.  Jack    -         -        - 
Should' of  Hatt^ 
Hind  quart'  of  Lamb 
Drama     .        -         -        - 
Dram       -        -         •        - 
Rum,  &cwith  M'  Rol»iaaaa 
Loine  of  mutt* 
Raaberry  aametlm*   - 
Montifiasco       -         -         - 
Four  bottles  of  Liaboa 
Mutton    -       -         -        - 
Bottlea    -        -         -        - 
Should' of  Venison   - 
Brandy    -        -         .         - 


4 Febr.  Six  bottles  of  CUret         -      -  IBj 

11.       Six  bottles  of  curat         -      -  IBI 

*M 
15th.       ISbottleaoTQaret  -       -llj 

2nd  March.   Neck  of  mnttoD  -        -       -  1 1 1 

111 

l!l 
•  II 

ml 

2  April  Rum  p.  Jack    -         -  -  •  •  1  ll 

6    „        Should' of  Hatt^       -  -  -I  til 

8<>  May.  Hind  quart'  of  Lamb  -  -  I  III 

30  „       Drama     -        -         -  -  -  1 1  ll 

16  June.  Dram       -        -         -  -  -  I  hi 

17  „       Rum,  &c  with  M'Robiaaaa     -till 
22    M       Loine  of  mutt*  -         -        -  •  I* 

•  •'/ 

•  •! 

25  July      Four  bottles  of  Liaboa       -        -  •> 

-  '  •■ 
-  •• 

2<>  August  Should'  of  Venison   -        -       -  il 

-  -  II 


7  guineas 
^guinea  - 
Silver      - 
Brass 


I  li 
-  TBI 

-  -        -  lUi 
-        -  III 

-  -      -  IM 

Bee'  the  contento  of  tha 
above  in  Ail!  this  10* 
day  of  Aug*.  175& 

For  M^  a  Bui 
Tbos.  Ghk' 

John  Adair  appears  to  hawe  been  rerr  mk 
as  a  thorough-going  sportsman  and  m^ 
entertainer.  The  following  in  an  extrMtii 
his  will  bearing  date  December  16,  1760,d^f 
the  "ruling  passion"  strong  even  in  Ikp 
formanco  of  a  solemn  act :  — 

"  I  leave  and  bequeath  my  old  Bay  Gd^M 
brother-in-Law  William  Hodson,  upon  conditlMm 
shall  hunt  him  no  more  than  once  in  each  w«Mii( 
the  hunting  aeaaon,  and  that  he  feeds  him  aMll 
three  times  a-day  with  oats." 

John  was  eldest  son  of  Robert  Adair  o(  Q» 
cormuck,  now  Holly brooke  (the  Robin  Umi 
the  song,  who  died  in  1737.)       Ue  residsis 
Kilteman,  and  possessed  some   landed  profO^ 
in  the  county  of  Longford.       Gbobob  Hamm. 


THE  STORM  OF  1708. 

(3"  S.  iii.  168,  197,  273,  319.) 

J.  H.  G.  appears  not  to  have  known  that  t 
book  in  his  possession  was  written  br  Defoe.  1 
says  the  volume  contains  a  manuscript  note  aba 
amusement  and  mockery  of  the  event  in  a  I ' 
at  that  time.    Perhaps  I  can  find  bim  s 


Brt  8.  V.  JtTKB  18,  '04.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


505 


this    manuacrlpt.      I    Iiave    a    wofk,    not    very 
common :  — 

"The  Citr  Rembnae«r:  hting  HiatoricAl  Narratives 
of  the  GreAt'PU^e  at  London,  166£;  Great  Fire.  1G66: 
and  Great  Storm,  1703,"  &c,  &c.  2  VoU.  Hvo.  London, 
174D. 

A  verj  considerable  port  of  what  is  related  of 
the  Pla^^ae,  and  ncarlj  all  about  the  storm,  is 
taken  from  Defoe's  two  works  on  those  subjects. 
The  "Account  of  the  Storm  in  1703"  is  in 
yoL  il.,  and  extends  from  p.  43  to  p.  187.  The 
last  two  paragraphs  are  as  follow  :  — 

"  It  is  oograleful  to  relate,  and  horrible  to  read,  that 
there  were  wretches  abandoned  enough  to  poas  over  tliis 
dreadful  storm  with  banter,  scoffing,  and  eonlempL 

•*  A  few  days  after  the  Great  Storm,  the  players  were 
imprudent  cnongh  to  entertain  their  audicncea  with 
ridiculous  representations  of  what  had  filled  the  whole 
nation  with  such  horror,  in  the  plays  of  Miiebtth  and  The 
Tempett."  ' 

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  most  singu- 
lar and  hng-vjiiuled  sermon ;  which,  with  its  i 
copious  notes  —  in  Hebrew,  Greek,  Latin,  and 
English— occupies  no  less  than  123  closely-printed 
quarto  pages :  — 

"  A  Warning  from  the  Winds.  A  Sermon  preach'd 
upon  Wednesday,  Januarj'  xix,  170}.  Bein^  the  Day  of 
Public  Uumiliation,  for  the  late  Terrible,  and  Awak'nin^ 
Storm  of  Wind,  Sent  in  Great  Rebuke  npon  this  King- 
dom. November  xxvi,  xxvii,  1703.  And  now  set  forth 
in  some  Ground  of  it,  to  have  been  inflicted  aa  a,  Puniah- 
inent  of  that  General  Contempt,  an  Enclaod  under  Gospel- 
Light,  cast  upon  the  Work  of  the  HoTv  Gho8t,4he  Third 
Person  in  the  Blessed  Trinity,  aa  to  &ia  Divine  Breath- 
ings upon  the  Souls  of  Men:  Opened  and  Argued  from 
John  itL  viii.  To  which  is  Subnected  a  Laborious  Exer- 
cilAtioo  upon  Eph.  ii.  2.  about  the  Airy  Oracles,  Sibyl- 
Prophetesses,  Idolatry,  and  Sacrifices  of  the  Elder  Pagan 
Tiroea,  under  the  Influence  of  the  God  of  thi»  World,  ac- 
oordiogto  the  Course  of  it,  and  as  now  differently  working 
in  the  Children  of  Disobedience;  to  Defend  this  Text 
against  the  common  Mistake,  that  the  Winds  are  raiaed 
by  Satan,  under  the  Divine  Permiesion.  By  Joseph 
Huuey,  Paaior  of  the  Congregational  Church  at  Cam- 
bridge ;  yet  Publisher  of  the  Truth  of  God's  Word,  aa  he 
hath  an  C'pportunity  to  do  Good  to  All.  And  commanded 
•o  to  do,  GaL  vi,  10,  Hos  vi.  6  :  •  Therefore  have  I  hewed 
them  by  the  Prophvti;  1  have  slain  them  by  the  words 
of  my  mouth.*  London :  Printed  for  William  and  Joseph 
Marshall,  and  sold  by  them  at  the  Bible  in  Newgate 
Street,  kdcciv." 

I  have  copied  this  in  full,  because  it  is  so  briefly 
mentioned  in  Lowndes  as  to  give  no  idea  of  the 
object  and  peculiarities  of  the  work.       W.  Lkk. 


ALBINI  BBITO. 

(3'*S.  V.382.) 

If  D.  P.  will  lend  hiH  assistance,  I  am  in  hopes 
that  something  may  be  done  for  the  pedigree  of 
Atbini  Brito, 

I  was  at  one  time  under  the  impression  that 
Kobert  de  Todeni,  on  whom  the  Conqueror  be- 
stowed the  Lordship  of  Belvoir,  was  probably  s 
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.  i, 
p.  156),  and  altogether  a  different  person  from 
the  Lord  of  Belvoir, — probably  of  a  different 
family.  And  the  question  is  thus  raised :  Who 
were  the  ancestors  of  Robert  de  Todeni,  Lord  of 
Belvoir  ? 

The  next  question  that  presents  itself^  is :  How 
came  the  son  of  Robert  de  Todeni  to  assume  the 
name  of  Albini  * 

The  explanation  hazarded  by  Banks  appears  to 
me  to  be  altogether  inadmissible.  I  think  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  Fincemo,  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  mine,  thrown  nut  in  a  former  contribu- 
tion C^"**  S.  xiL  111—113),  that  William  de  Albini 
Brito  was  the  collateral  representative  of  some 
Breton  family.  This  supposition  appears  to  de- 
rive weight  from  the  circumstance —  mentioned 
by  Dugdalti  {Baronage,  vol,  i.  p.  113,)  on  the 
authority  of  Matthew  Paris  —  that,  in  the  battle 
of  Tinchebray,  this  William  de  Albini  Brito  com- 
manded the  horse  of  Brittany. 

Who  was  Robert  de  Todeni's  wife  ?  All  that 
we  learn  of  her  from  Dugdule.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  difiiculty  would  be  cleared  up. 

I  now  come  to  the  point  that  D.  P.  has  more 

Earticularty  in  view :  What  were  the  arms  borne 
y  Robert  de  Todeni  and  his  descendants  ? 
In  the  first  place  it  is  worthy  of  remark  that, 
besides  William  de  Albini,  who  succeeded  him  in 
the  Lordship  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  arms  of  Albini  to  have  been :  Argent, 
two  chevrons,  ond  a  bordure  gules.  I  cannot  but 
tbluk  that  ibeic  mA«X\»  wsreast  xiivsNjikse,  \t>.  "issa.-. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[ti<&T.JcraliL1l 


for,  on  the  tomb  of  Robert  de  Boos,  who  married 
Isabella  dc  Alhini,  the  arms  of  Albini  arc  (accord- 
ing to  Collins's  Peerage,  1812,  vol.  vi.  p.  487) : 
Argentt  two  cherronels  azure. 

The  numerous  familj  of  Daubenj,  duming 
descent  from  William  de  Albini  Brito  through  his 
second  son  Ralph  de  Albini,  bear  a  coat  alto- 
gether different  from  this,  yiz.  Gules,  four  fusils 
conjoined  in  fess  argent.  These  were,  I  believe, 
the  arms  borne  by  Daubeney,  Earl  of  Bridge- 
water,  who  belonged  to  this  branch  of  the  family ; 
and  they  were  certainly  borne  as  early  as  1219  by 
Philip  de  Albini,  son  of  the  Ralph  above  men- 
tioned. If  the  two  branches  of  the  Albini  family, 
both  descended  from  William  dc  Albini  Brito, 
really  bore  arms  so  eaitentially  dissimilar,  it  would 
be  a  matter  of  some  interest  to  inquire  how  this 
happened  P 

I  may  here  observe,  en  peuaaHt,  that  the  arms 
above  attributed  to  die  younger  branch  of  the 
Albini  family  are  the  same  as  those  of  De  Carteret, 
and  but  little  different  from  those  of  Cheney  de 
Broke — a  family  now  represented  by  Lord  Wil- 
loughby  de  Broke. 

With  respect  to  the  shield  in  the  window  at 
Haddon  Hall,  from  the  order  in  which  the  three 
first  quarterings  follow  one  another,  I  think  there 
can  be  little  doubt  that  the  several  coats  were 
marshalled  according  to  the  system  now  in  use. 
I  should  certainly  expect  that  the  arms  that  come 
next — unless  perhaps  Yaloines  were  interposed— 
would  be  Trusbut,  followed  probably  by  jPevorel 
and  Uaroourt ;  and  I  am  surprised  not  to  find  in 
the  last  quartering  tlie  arms  of  St.  Leger,  viz. 
Azure,  a  fret  argent,  a  chief  or.  It  is,  however, 
not  easy  to  submit  the  shield  to  any  very  satisfac- 
toiT  scruUny,  without  fuller  information  than  is 
berore  us;  and  I  therefore  beg  to  express  the 
hope  that  D.  P.  will  have  the  kindness  to  furnish 
the  readers  of  **  N.  &  Q.**  with  au  enumeration  of 
all  the  quarterings :  adding,  where  known,  the 
names  of  the  familie»  that  they  belonged  to. 

P.  S.  Cabet. 


"MEDITATIONS  ON  DKATII  AND  ETEKXITT." 
(3"»  S.  V.  400.) 

Of  the  real  nature  of  the  Stunden  der  AmladU, 
and  of  Zschokke's  avowed  purpose  in  writing  it, 
your  correspondent  (Mb.  Macbat)  cannot,  I  am 
sure,  be  cognizant,  or  he  would  not  have  misled 
your  readers  by  representing  it  as  a  religious 
work,  a  delusion  which  man^  of  the  purchasers  of 
the  above  translation  have  discovered  to  their  cost 
Correctly  described  in  the  last  edition  of  the  En- 
cydopaaia  Briiaaadea  as  "  one  of  the  most  com- 
I^ete  expositions  of  modem  Rationalism,"  so  noto- 
xiooa  is  its  infidel  character  throughout  Germany 
and  Switzerland,  that  for  thirty  vears,  in  oonse- 
qamce  of  the  ferment  it  ezeited,  Zsdiokke  did 


not  dare  avow  himself  the  author ;  aad  it  «u  bi 
till  within  a  few  weeks  of  hia  death  that  he  i 
length  ventured  to  disclose  the  secret.  And  tb 
is  the  account  which  he  has  kinudf  gnei  tfii 
another  ddstical  work  equ&Uj  wdl  loan  i 
in  Germany— his  SelbsUchau,  or  autobiognpk 
a  translation  of  which  was  published  loae  jid 
since  by  Messrs.  Chapman  and  Hall  ia  tUi 
Foreign  Library. 

Avowedly  a  ''philosopher  an  indiffereotiB,' li 
"  devotional"  character  of  Zschokke's  wtafc, «U 
he  candidly  confesses  has  *'  too  much  oobsr 
sense  in  it  for  tliose  Christians  who  caanoib 
contented  with  a  rationalistic  ricw  of  theGo^' 
will  be  at  once  apparent  to  your  rcadenfriai 
following  quotation,  one  of  many  similar  pis«i 
and  by  no  means  the  worst  or  most  unscripMi 
they  wiU  find  by  reference  to  the  work  iM- 

"  Millions  of  men  htve  dwelt  on  the  myttcnfir 
future  lifo  before  theo,  O  mortal  I  without  sneoBi 
solving  them.    For  the  vail  which  the  haadefUi 
drawa  before  that  future  ia  impenetrable,  and  urn 
ings  of  thine  will  enable  thee  to  lift  it  oatilUa 
thee.    Desist,  therefore,  from  senaeleia  atteapBlcb 
light  on  the  natare  ufthe  soul  in  eternity,  wish 
htbitatioa  after  leaving  the  body,  or  its  oce^aiai 
the  other  worid.     Heed  not   either  the  tfim  tB 
written  words  of  those  who  have  woven  tetkaitoi 
web  of  visionary  delusions  resarding  these  aBtaiM 
are  hidden  from  human  ken,  and  who,iBtbsMt 
presamption,  have  sometimes  eren  fftm*  so  Arski^ 
tempt  to  prove  the  corrertncss  of  their  viHflwir 
Holy  Scriptures.    Alas!  how  can  they  ho«a;sttB 
the  mj'steries  of  eternal  life^  whoae  -weaiw^^ 
does  not  even  sufHce  to  comprobcnd  the  woMittip 
of  this  world?    In  vain  has  numan  curioaitjitpwd 
to  force  open  the  gates  of  eternity  in  order  titan 
that  whica  lies  beyond.    It  has  never  soocmM.  Ik 
darkness  in  which  God  has  wrappctl  the  Wtfl 
(Utare  remains  impenetrable^  and  of  the  dead,«tHli 
yet  come^>ack  to  unveil  to  inquisitive  mantkeasaf 
the  worid  of  spirits."— Jfedctatums  <m  I}eaAmdb^ 
p.  194. 

More  than  one  member  of  the  epiaooii'iik 
having  remonstrated  against  the   pubhttB^ 
this    work    under    the  immediate    patns^i 
royalty,  it  appears  to  have  been   sileatljvi^ 
drawn  from  public  notice,  no  adTertiseaat» 
speoting  it  having  appeared  for  some  moiAt 

A.&C 


Thb  old  Cathbdbax.  of  Bouxaovb  (V*  &  ^ 

476.)  —  The  old  cathedral,  it  is  true,  has  £■(• 
pearcd  with  the  exception  of  some  small  reoMB 
in  the  crypt.  But  its  disappearance  dates  aGnli 
before  what  we  should  call  "  of  late  yean."  I> 
the  Histoire  de  Boul(^ne  -  sur- Mtr^  par  i* 
d^HawttefeuiUe  et  L'  Bermrd^  1860,  is  this  psM^ 
(tomeii.  p.  128):  — 

**  La  religion,  une  loi  r^cente  avalt  blen  permit  ds  «■■ 
sacrer  de  nouveau  TEglise  de  St  Nicolas  4  ia  KKTIasUB 
de  ses  nystires,  mais  bien  d'entraves  s'opposslaBttmW 


8««  ai  V.  JtHTE !«,  *st3 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ao  libve  exetciM  du  cnltr,  «t  command  <^Toire  »  cette  re- 
sUinjnilioa  pretendui?,  lunqu'an  momrrtt  niema  le  s%ne- 
toaire  le  plu*  vf^nen  ■  i:%  la  catJiWrale,  •'^rou- 

liiit  sons  le  niartcau  <  ■.■an !     Vendue  tk  Tencan 

le  8  tbortnidor  an.  \..  -.  o..i.iLt  1T98),  JJ  Arras  pour  la 
aonme  de  510,500  francs  k  qaelques  rocmbres  de  la  band« 
Bolrei,  o«  noble  mooument  ne  pr^anata  plua  btenlut  qu'an 
triato  aniaa  d«  d^ombrca." 

But  I  aai  glad  to  be  able  to  eay  that  Mb. 
LoKQUEVjuji  JoiTBS  IB  oot  rigUt  in  his  belief  that 
"  DO  view  oftbe  old  catLeiiral  of  lioaiogne  is  known 
to  exist  iu  France."  I  spent  February,  18fi3,  in 
Boulogne.     In  an  old  book  shop  I  saw  frequently 

K  engraving  of  the  cathiidral — onlj  one.  It  was, 
for  ns  I  reeoUect,  of  small  folio  sine,  the  engrav- 
f  beinpr  placed  lengthways  on  the  paper.  It 
B  an  old  eu^aving,  possibtj  a  hunared  years 
I;  not  very  good,  but  civing  the  detail  of  the 
in  of  the  cathe<lral  witn  precision.  I  was  very 
IT  buyinv  it,  but  thinking  the  price  asked  too 
liigh,  I  left  Boulo^e  without  it.  I  now  regret  that 
I  did  not  take  it  to  the  accomplished  Archiriste 
the  Abbo  Uain^iere.  But  I  am  not  withoi^  hope 
of  getting  it  still.  D.  P. 

&uaU  Lodtfcw  Malrem  Wells. 

HOGAATH    (3'«    S.    V.   418.)  — SiGMA-ThBTA    ii 

is  hardly  correct   In   stating   that  this   name  is 

"  spelt  Hogard  tnTartably  at  the  beginning  of  the 

eighteenth  century."     The  old  poet  of  Troutbeck 

(uncle  to  the  painter),  who  died  la  1709,  always 

spelt  his  name  Iloggart,  aa  it  Is  still  pronounced 

in  his  locality.     The  painter's  father  .softened  it 

down  to  Hogarth,  after  be  settled  in  London  as  a 

fieacher.     lo  a  MS.  coUectioti  of  his  own  and 

'  poetry  left  by  Thomas  Hoggnrt,  from  which 

laae  many  extract«  published  in  the   Keridal 

ry,  aoid  subseauently  by  the  editor  of  that 

in  ft  sniaU  Toiumc,  I  found  the  foliowiiig 

latical  reference  to  his  patronymic :  — 

"  A  Hoc.  a  Hc&rd,  a  Uaittv  *  Hart's  de%ht, 

SmUela  his  namo  that  did  these  tancie.i  write. 

"  TUOS.  HOGQABT." 

The  more  modem  orthography  of  Hogarth  is, 
probably,  more  In  accordance  with  its  etymology ; 
'whidi,  as  1  think,  may  be  found  in  two  north- 
country  words :  hog,  a  year- old  sheep ;  and  garth. 
n  yard,  or  other  xmall  enclosure.  The  latter  oc- 
ctirs  ill   '  '  h,  stack -garth,  calf-gnrth,  &c. ; 

and  thr  lioi^-partTi,  which  is  simply  the 

h.Dg'gar(h  rf-  tul  may  be  seen  commonly 

enough  in  tli^  .  j.jistures  of  the  Fell-farms: 

1m  garih  witLom  a  tjyj'  having  now  the  common 
of  sbecn-fold. 
iley's  Dictianmy  h«s  two  dcriTatious  of  Ho- 

Lfa,  neither  good. 

"re  little  rrthirae  a!'    'r  '  +      rontains  a  brief 
•eoouotjof  theTroutbci!  .;  andifSiciuA- 

Thkta  will  favour  me  wii,.  „u  H.lJress,  I  shall  be 
glad  to  send  him  a  copy  by  post. 

A.  CHAIO  GlB»0!l. 
BtUagton. 


I  suggest  AiJ^ranrd,  a'common  Korwcgian  name, 
of  which  there  rs  an  example  over  a  tradesman's 
door  in  Oxford  Street.  K.  C. 

In  the  glossary  appended  to  a  collection  of 
poems,  by  George  Melivier,  Esq.,  in  the  dialect  of 
Norman-French  used  in  Guernsey,  entitled  Rimet 
Chtemesiavses  par  un  Cateluin^  and  published  by 
Simpkin,  Marshall,  &  Co.,  and  E.  Barbet,  Guern- 
sey, I  find  the  following  word  and  definition :  — 

"  Hogard,  ou  Uaugard,  b.  in.  Enclos  prfea  de  U  maiaoo, 
oil  aont  Ics  taa  de  bid  Sued,  hotlgard,  rencloa  de  la 
moiason." 

I  do  not  remember  to  have  met  with  Howard  as 
a  French  surname ;  but  Hocquarl,  or  Jlocart,  is 
not  uncommon  in  Normandy  and  in  the  Channel 
Islands.  E.  M'C . 

ThB    I8I.B     OP     AXBOLMK    (3"*     S.    V.     404.)  — 

James  Torre^  the  Yorkshire  antiquary  (who  was 
of  JMugdalen  College,  Cambridge)  died  1699,  not 
1619. 

It  is  a  singular  circum»tance  that  Alexander 
lulham,  the  foundi-T  of  the  Methodist  New  Con- 
nexion, was  bom  in  the  same  town  as  Wesley 
(Epworth).  We  believe  he  i»  not  noticed  in  the 
late  ArchdeactNQ  Stonehouse's  History.  A  Life 
of  Kilham  was  published  a  few  years  since,  but 
we  have  never  been  able  to  meet  with  a  copy. 

C.  U.  &  THOMrsos  CooPES. 

James  Torre,  the  Yorkshire  antiquary,  died  In 
1609,  not  1619,  as  stated  above.  His  first  wife, 
Elizabeth  Lincolne,  was  a  native  of  this  county, 
though  not  of  the  Isle  of  Axholme.  She  was  the 
youngest  of  the  four  daughters  and  coheiresses 
of  W  dliam  Lincolne,  D.D.,  of  Bottesford.  Her 
father  and  mother  are  both  buried  here. 

Ei>wABJ>  Feacocx. 

Bottesford  Manor,  Bn'^g,  Lincolnshire. 

CA5TS  OF  Skat-s  (3"  S.  V.  450.)— I  hare  used 
botli  white  wax  and  gutta  percha  with  great 
success  in  takin«:  moulds  from  medals,  &c. ;  but 
SH  both  re<|uire  a  certain  amount  of  beat  to  work 
them  properly,  1  think  it  will  recjuire  much  care 
to  take  impre.Hsions  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  original  in  taking  the  impression, 
and  nothing  can  be  more  perfect  than  a  plaster 
mould  if  carefully  taken.  What  I  have  done  In 
this  way  has  been  for  the  purpose  of  clectrotyping, 
aod  as  they  have  been  taken  from  metal  originals, 
I  have  employed  generally  white  wax.  Gum 
Arabic  requires  $orae  practise  to  manipulate  pro- 
perly, and  is  liable  to  an  indefinite  amount  of 
contraction  in  hardening  to  the  required  consist- 
ency, which  is  productive  of  much  inconvenience^ 
besides  the  slowness  of  the  process.  T.  B. 

CflAioiiXAir  (3'"  8.  V.  11,  66.)— William  Chai?.« 


508 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[Sr*  &  V.  Ji 


i»MM 


served  for  some  years  in  the  army  in  Flanders, 
and  wai  generftUy  known  ns  "  Colonel  Chaigneau." 
He  was  the  eldest  surviving  son  of  John  Chaig- 
neau,  by  his  wife  Margaretta,  daughter  and  co- 
heir of  Clement  Martyn  and  bis  wife  Margaret 
Sanderson,  lie  waa  born  Jan.  24,  1709 ;  and 
died  Oct.  1,  1781.  He  married  twice,  but  his 
only  child  died  in  childhood.  There  are  many 
notices  of  him  to  be  found  in  the  Memoirt  of  Tate 
Wilkifuon,  and  a  long;  letter  full  of  family  afflic- 
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- 
scen<lant9  alone  now  represent  that  branch  of  the 
fun»ily,  was  married  to  William  Colvill,  Esq., 
M.r.,  a  Director  of  the  Bank  of  Ireland* — an 
office  a/lerwarda  filled  by  their  son,  and  at  present 
by  their  grandson.  John  Chaigneau,  the  father 
of  Williani,  was  son  by  a  second  marriage  of 
Josias  Chaigneau,  a  Huguenot,  who  settled  in 
Ireland.  Sir  Erasmus  Borrowes  kindly  sent  me, 
some  years  since,  the  following  extract  from  the 
Irish  Chancery  Rolls,  which  he  copied  from  the 
papers  of  the  late  Mr.  J.  F.  Ferguson  :  — 

"  La  famillc  de  Chagn&ada  de  S'  Savinien.  Le  S'  Cbag- 
naud  da  U  Limonchere;  H'*  Ferron,  son  frCr«,  orpherrs; 
da  SoBur  femmo  da  S'  Uayon  cat  ea  HolUnde. — Le  6' 
Jooiac  Chagnaud  a  sept  enfons.  II  est  veuf  en  premiere 
noce  de  Jeanne  Jeunedc  ct  marie  en  soconde  avec  une 
Cnstin.— Pierre  Chaguaad  dit  Laciuioille,  Tki<odore  <lil 
Uoron,  touB  deux  garftona. 

"  Fait  h,  St  Jeaa  Dangely  le  15  Novembre,  1716." 

I  hope  to  send  to  "  N.  &  Q.,"  one  of  these  days, 
the  copy  of  a  very  curious  advertisement  of  the 
intended  sale  by  the  government  of  France  of 
some  landed  property  near  St.  Jean  D'Angely, 
belonging  to  "  Daniel  and  Paul  Chaigneau,  Reli- 
gions fugitives."  The  original  is  in  the  possession 
of  Captain  Arthur  Dunn  Chaigneau,  the  sole 
living  representative,  in  the  male  line,  of  the  ori- 
ginal refugee.  I  am  wholly  unable  to  identify 
the  laccman  in  Dame  Street,  of  whom  the  anec- 
dote at  p.  66  is  related,  although  I  have  a  pretty 
extensive  pedigree  of  the  family. 

II.  LoFTua  Tottenham. 

A  Nbw  CuA.airioir  or  Mabt,  Qoeew  or  Scots 
(3'*  S.  v.  411.)  —  M.  Wiesener's  work  in  defence 
of  Mary,  to  which  M.  Gdstavb  Masson  has 
called  tiie  attention  of  your  readers,  was  noticed 
at  some  length  a  few  months  since  in  the  Paris 
Moniteur  ana  the  Indlpendance  Beige— in  both  in- 
stances with  almost  unmixed  approval.  Its  im- 
ftortanco  also,  as  opening  up  a  new  phase  of  the 
ong-ngiutcd  cotitroverbv,  has  bven  pointe<l  out, 
as  might  l>e  (.'xjHscted,  in  the  Scvttixh  Guardian 
for  May.  Iliihtfrto  I  believe,  in  this  country,  no 
review  of  the  wurk  has  uppcared  adequate  to  its 
iiuporiance't  and  this  ftUcnce  cegvt^xtv^  a  ttcuea 


probably  from  nn  impression  thai  ifc* 
has  been  set  at  rest,  and  that  no  fireih  ^ 
are  likely  to  be  brought  to  light  to  alter  \hemt- 
vailing  opinion.  It  is  to  be  hoped  thai  K.  %»■ 
soh's  notice  will  attract  the  Attention  af  «• 
competent  critic  to  the  t&sk  of  labasttar  1 
Wieaeners  elaborate  defence  to  m  tlttUM^  0> 
amination.  In  the  mean  time,  it_  may  SMM 
some  of  your  readers  to  koow  the  jailglMaK|» 
nounced  on  the  work  by  the  wriler  in  the  Mm 
leur,  who  concludes  thus  :  — 

"  Nous  ravons  dit,  nous  nous  SK^paroo*  de  I 
cet  excellent  ouvrage  en  quelqaes-unea  dc 
tioDS.     Mais  ce  rumarqoabla  travail  ^lain  i^ 

nouveau  uoe  grandu  partie  de  oe  d^hat  I 

apporte  tant  de  preuvea  ot  tant  de  dorniiMt^  I 
Unt  do  fails  qae.  malgr<?  les  cooclaaioiu      "' 
Uloatre  juge  (M.  Migoet),   Je   procte  de 
rcste  encore  k  reviser. 

Oxford- 

HoM  AWD  Bnx  (3'*  S.  ▼.  436.)  — 
(reversed)  are  found  in  the  foUovrii^  . 
I  have  seen  attributed  to  Ben  Jotiaottf 
not  how  truly,  as  I  have  not  the 
ence  at  hand  :  — 

**  Box,  qaolb  tbe  bine  fly ; 
Ham,  nuoth  tho  boo  ; 
Buz  and  Hum  tliey  cry. 

And  to  do  we. 
In  his  ear,  bis  nose  ; 

Thoa  do  yoa  Me, 

He  eat  the  dormoaaea 

EIm  it  WM  he." 

Be  the  author  who  be  may,  the  Bat 
They  were  set  to  music  (as  a  catch  for  fo 
by  Dr.  Arne,  about  the  middle  of  tb«  h^  ^  J 
tury;  and  I  have  no  doubt  the  phrase  •■al 
ordinary  use,  and  much  in  the  sense  tadk^M 
B.  H.  C.  W.  B.B«| 

Tire  CccKoo  SoBC  (3'*  8.  v.  4I8.>>-Th0«i|i 
believe^  in  the  Phihaophieal  TrosuocfiMMtf— W 
have  not  the  work  to  refer  to  —  a  psipar  hjlk 
Daines  Harrington  on  the  songs  of  btrda ;  ta  wM 
he  states  that  the  song  of  the  cudtoo 
more  flat,  afler  incubation,  thaa  In  the 
spring. 

CHAnos  or  Fasbioh  n  La]>u»*  Ni 
V.  397.)— Your  eorreapondcnt,  W«t. 
pears  to  labour  under  a  misapprehtfmkwt 
baa  not  been  so  great  a  change  in  the 
be  imagines.  The  nomea  he  quotaa 
baptismal,  but  the  familiar  appiellataoaa 
ladies  in  question ;  it  harlng  beeu  the  faahioa 
the  last  century  to  use  the  latter  insteMl  of  i 
former  in  writing  and  print,  as  w«U  ■■  bi  cammt 

Jiarlancc.    Just  as  it  :-"'•¥  •'^"  '''tubion  fbr  yvM 
adiesi,  who  have  V  itjaau' 

Anne,  Eliza,  Eiizal  hoHii 

Margaret,  Harrie! 


8N8.Y.  Jinisl8,'«4.] 


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509 


i    tor 

vvec 

E 


^Carry,  Lotty,  Pollie,  Maggie,  Hattie,  Nelly,  Mat- 
&c. :  some  of  euch  sobriqueU  being  identical 
ith  the  names  quoted  by  Wm.  Dobson.     The 
most  curious   instance  of  this   particular  fancy 
which  ever  came  under  my  notice,  waa  that  of  a 
young  lady  who  signed  her  Christian  name  "  Cor- 
rie" ;  which,  upon  inquiry,  I  discovered  to  be 
ttttended  as  a  diminutive  of  "  Corbetta." 
I       •  W.  H.  Husk, 

Thobcas  Bkntlbt  (3""  S.  v.  376,  449.)  —  My 
attention  has  been  directed  to  an  inquiry  by  Ds. 
RiMUAULT  relative  to  Thomas  Bentlcy,  the  part- 
ner of  Josiah  Wedgwood.  The  former  is  quite 
correct  in  saving,  that  all  Wedgwood's  biogra- 
phers have  hitherto  set  down  mere  fnbles  in  re- 
spect to  hia  distinguished  partner,  and,  I  may  add, 
even  of  himself.  The  story  as  to  Thomas  Bentley 
being  the  son  of  Richard  Bcntley,  the  distin- 
^isoed  critic,  was  first  set  a-going  in  Ward's 
HUtory  of  the  Borough  of  Stoke-upon- Trent ;  and 
•tnce  then  every  writer,  too  lazy  to  consult  the 
proper  authorities,  and  ignorant  of  the  true  his- 
tory of  the  men  who  did  so  much  in  tlie  last 
^century  to  inspire  a  taate  for  classical  literature, 
d  to  purify  its  masterpieces  of  the  ignorant 
^endations  and  errors  of  Byzantine  scholiasts 
d  monkish  scribes,  has  repeated  the  hackneyed 
>ry.  The  more  I  live  the  more  I  am  struck  by 
the  little  pains  ordinary  writers  take  to  verify  their 
atatements.  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 
Thomsis  Bentley,  the  Manchester  warehouseman, 
first  saw  the  light  in  1730.  Kichard  Bentley, 
librarian  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  Dean  of 
Ely,  and  one  of  the  finest  scholars  of  his  age,  had, 
as  Db.  RiMnauLT  truly  says,  but  one  son,  named 
Richard  also,  and  whose  children  were,  I  believe, 
&U  daughters.  The  critic  came  of  a  Yorkshire 
family.  Wedgwood's  partner  was  a  native  of  Der- 
byshire, and  his  ancestors  had  been  settled  in 
▼arious  villages  on  the  banks  of  the  Dove  for 
generations.  But  it  is  not  for  me  to  pursue  this 
subject  further.  In  my  forthcoming  "Life  of 
WedfTwood"  dl  this  will  be  shown  and  much 
more,  and  this  derived  from  original  letters  and 

58pcrs.  Epitaphs  do  Jiot  always  lie.  That  of 
'homas  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. 

^  £UZA  MfTEIASD. 

WUdwood,  North  End,  Hampstead. 

The  following  facts  may  be  interesting  both  to  ' 
Dr.  Rimbadlt  and  Mb.  Jewett,  the  former  of  ! 
whom  seeks  to  know  something  more  of  Bentley  ;  ' 
the  latter  states  that  he  purposes  noticing  bun 


in  the  next  Number  of  the  Art  Journal,  I  possess 
three  epitaphs  on  this  accomplished  man,  tmn- 
scribed  many  years  ago  by  the  late  Dr.  Thomas 
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  Dtt. 
RiuBACLT,  may  possibly  be  inscribed  on  the 
marble.  His  bust,  Lysons  states,  surmounts  the 
tablet :  — 

"  Thomas  Bentley  was  bom  at  Scrapton,  in  Derbyshire, 
Jan.  1, 1730,  o.  b.  He  married  Hannah  Oate»,  of  Cheater- 
field,  in  the  year  l"o4  j  Mary  Stamford,  of  Derbj',  in  the 
year  1772,  whe  survived  to  mourn  his  loss.  He  died  Nov. 
'26,  1780."    Mrs,  B.'s  copy  thua  concludet:  — 

"  He  thoaght  with  the  freedom  of  a  philo^fopber,  be 
acted  with  the  inteeritv  of  a  virtaoas  citizen.  Friend 
and  partner  of  Jo«iau  AV'edgood,  he  contributed  largely  to 
the  embellishment  and  perfection  of  the  manufacture  of 
which  this  monument  is  composed." 

The  second  epitaph  was  written  by  Mr.  Doming 
Rosbotham,  a  country  gentleman  and  magistrate 
of  talent  and  high  respectability  of  Lancashire. 
The  third,  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  Percival  himself, 
is  written  with  all  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's  Study. 

J.  H.  Markl,and. 

Jebemiah  Hobkocks  (3""  S.  v.  466.)  —  Tlie 
circumstance  of  his  entering  the  University  at 
thirteen  years  of  age,  does  not  appear  to  us  im- 
probable. There  are  many  instances  of  persons 
entering  the  University  at  that  age  in  the  seven- 
teenth century.  We  may  mention  the  case  of 
Jeremy  Taylor,  who  was  just  turned  thirteen 
when  admitted  at  Caius  College. 

C.  H.  &  THoacrsQN  Coorsa. 
Cambridge. 

Chapebok  (3'*  S.  V.  280,  312,  384,  446.)— Re- 
ceiving "  N.  &  Q."  in  monthly  parts,  I  have  only 
just  seen  the  remarks  of  your  correspondent 
ScHiN.  He  puts  the  question  on  a  new  ground, 
and  I  am  not  prepared  to  say  that  it  is  not  tenable. 
According  to  him,  chaperonc,  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  Engli.sh  prac- 
tice, and  signifying  in  plain  language  "a  female 
escort." 

A  similar  instance  of  change  of  pronunciation 
and  siMjlling  may  be  found  in  the  word  dishabiUe^ 
which  Dr.  Johnson  includes  in  his  Dictiananj  as 
an  English  word,  derived  from  the  French  dis~ 
hobille. 

All  I  intended  to  point  ont  (unnecessarily  per- 
haps) was,  that  there  was  no  French  word 
chaptrone  \  but  that,  ttui  Et't.-a^Asi  «^  'vS.vi.  ^vsA. 


510 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[S^aLT,|«nl|« 


"ehftperon,"  whether  thej  use  it  amply  for  • 
material  covering  or  for  a  moral  protection. 

The  tue  of  the  word  chaperonesse  ia  our  lan- 
guage, and  at  so  early  a  date  as  1622,  as  indicated 
bj  A.  A.,  is  quite  new  to  me.  Svtutbb. 


fBLUttUaatttut. 
BOOKS    AND   ODD    YOLUMES 

WANTED    TO  PURCHASE. 

3 Am  Jma»'»  Wnmic*.    Anr  of  them. 
Joair  CmMi  Anaitirux  Ui-ibb. 

MBtto  Ma.  W.  (I.  Hhith.  Puhllfher  of  -nKOTES  *  QUEBIES," 
M,  WaUliMttoD  8tnct.  Stnnd.  W.C. 


FHUealum  of  PriM,  Jtc,  or  the  follmrinir  Book  IQ  bcKBt  dlftvt  la  ilM 
ccntUmm  br  whom  it  li  reiiulitd,  whon  BMim  Mtd  wldna  an  linB 
hr  thst  piurpoMt — 
Ii«  Yia  on  THon  MmiM.    1(10, 

Wanted  br  JT'-w.'.  lletutimilKHii  4-  llollh,  t,  Xqunl  SliMt, 


^\Uti  to  CorretfjpaiUicnU. 

Wt  ttrt  unanoidaUr  enrnprUed  to  vmtt  ow  ufual  NdM  OB  Bookl. 

Bsa  or  Soma  axd  Mam.  Our  C'orrrtpomilmt  mil  Jl^d  an  nrtielr 
roHUiinbia  imirt  infiirmaliiM  than  BliiKhaia  fui-nhhrM  ia  "  S.  *  Q."  (nd 
H.  lit.  IW. 

Z.  7%(!/li<;iaiailn(iOH  <Mlir  autiiiMrr  tuwl*.  TAr  lAimainilf  iclMv- 
iny  toil  are  tnw  la  (Ar  I'Mie  JUi'ini  OJUt,  I'Mtmerrg  l^Mnr. 

T.  W.  M.  Npachlui  (bnel)  QynBclonim,  kc,  fol.  \an,ii  rahmt  im 
iMc  loMl  lirunet  at  30/raua  ami  mnirr. 

K.  W..  w/hMT  arlirk  rm  I'ullcr'i  Funeral  Sennon  apprartd  in 
**  N.  *  Q."  did  S.  rlil.  300,  ii  rriiaalal  tn  my  whtrt  a  Utirr  mag  k  oil- 
drtmmi  to  kim. 

Z.  DsAm  or  CaAaLai  II.— Oar  ralurd  CorrttiMmdatl,  T.  C.  II. 
<fild  S.  I.  110,  M7I,  *'<*.  «>»!  tUni,  promt  vtry  mHnfattortta  tkatjUM 
P.  X.  A.  C.  K.  mmMM  I'tre  Huuuctc,  a  Capuchin  Friar., 

E.  C.  Xikriru  Thf  amtimt  n/'  thr  anniuU  auMtmhtitur  of  thf  rkarilK 
rkiUren  al  Si.  Pnmiffrom  The  rttaodard  rra^trrt  rtv&ioH.  It  don  nat 
ctva  Mifirr  itui  jimt  otithri  ing  al  St,  A  mlrac  »,  llutbnm,  im  JhrtH,  I7M, 
Kikni  Dr.  Kk-hard  If  iUif,  Vtmt  nf  Lavibt,  jmackrd  iKtttrmuii. 

"Tna  QuMM  or  nsAaTi"  i»  iiriatM/  murnvmomtla  i»  Ihm  Ewniwi 
Mac  nine  nf\7ta  (i.  tit).  "  The  Qua  a  uj  ciiAhfi "  i<  vlearln  a  mwlem 
tindwHon. 

Ean  ATOM.-.  Face  4H7,  col.  I.  art. "  Snrnamei,"  (br  Slnun  tlie  Omamile, 
read  Oaiutnilr, 

o«*  Catf*  for Mmlinti  Ihr  mlumr*  af'y.lk  Q."  mag  be  had  uf  tk* 
I'lUMnher,  and  qfall  HonkaelUri  and  .>  rtrrmrn. 

A  Kcadlne  Caae  fur  holdins  the  weeklr  Not.  of  "  N.  *  O."  U  now 
ready,  and  majrbe  liaduf  all  UookMllcn  and  Ncwimfniprloa  li>.Cil.i 
or,  free  by  pott,  direct  fium  the  publiihvr,  lur  I*.  Hd, 

"Noiii  AMD  ttnaaiBt"  ii  pulMthnl  at  mNm  on  Friday,  oaif  ti  olw 
i$ned  in  llnirrHi.T  Parti.  Thr  .Suburriplion  fur  Htamp«o  Oipiai  for 
aix  Momtht  fanenrtted  dirn-l  /nun  thr.  f^Mither  KiwImUma  the  llmih 
grarlg  Irok)  ix  lli.  «</.,  irAn-A  mag  be  paid  h|f  /W(  O^kM  Order, 
uagaibU  at  the  Straatd  /'oaf  Opier.,  in  ./amnr  of  Wiu-iam  U.  BMim,.V, 
WaLUNOTuH  Htiibbt,  Stiiahd,  W.C,  lu  tehum  all  (JgaiioincATioat  run 
TBB  Emtob  ehould  be  aUdruud. 

"Horai  fe  Qgaaijn"  ii  legiitewd  far  timmmiMion  abrond. 


BOOKBINDING  — in    the  Monastic,  Gboueb, 
MAIUM  and  Il.iarMINATi:!)  itylei-in  the  moit  tuporiot 
manner,  by  Kng Uih  and  Foreicu  Workmen. 

JOSEPH  ZAKIINODORF. 

BOOKBHTDER  TO  THE  KINO  OT  HAVOVER. 

EngUih  and  Forelitn  Bookbinder, 

SO.  BRTDOES  STREET,  COVENT  GARDEN,  W.C. 

THE  PRETTIEST  GIFT  for  a  LADT  Is  one  of 
JONES'S  GOLD  LEVERS,  at  111.  11*.  For  a  OENTLEHAN, 
oneatloLIOi.  Rewarded  at  the  InlcmatloiialEzhlbitian  for  "Chaap' 
DMi  of  ProdBoticak" 

lUnnfMhiey,  ns,  Btnad.  oppoalti  Booitntt  Hovac. 


PRIZE  POEMS  TKciTing  tli«  100  Gsbcm  («i| 

•  Bd  Thomu  tf,  Siamn.    IU^»tad  with  UttaacnnA  Patalteirffa, 
B»M,b«th  ab4  Ihi  QwMa  of  Be*Mty.    »*  fe  hoJ  ak«n  «  Jl  | 
bate  Draw*  tn  IN  ii 
dn^lv  Pat  k  S>*>, 

lMFW«a.lMdaB. 

-  ]>  ECONWOITEHER"  OLAaS.  •«.  «<i  I  Wgal 

mlb  oftlnSM^  ^S%.,mM  m  LaHHirje  Qlaaji  jSSi| 

bm  U  akne.   "  The  RiceBanltetTff  la  Tcry  irood.    --J>aito»  <f  lh»l 
ill  Saker'*  i  ii H  ilTnniliifiniw  "    Y   H-  rkW-k*.  ^TrfT^ai^S  I 


altamch  t^j  ^ ,„ 

nm^  on  th«  l(IDO.f  ard  nnev."_C«iptalA 
Faacry,  Enfield.  "  Aolnalivennnble  ee« 
ll  «J  food  u  it  Ji  cb«Ap/°  -  NciKa  and 
Tbe  "  Hr>h<  "  Q\Mm  flHwt  lMUB«-4u^fc« 
%a  be  hut  dlnet  ftnn  SALOX  M.  QO.,  ' 


emnMabB  Co  a  fin^vi^  I 
Old  Quwrlra.  PkH-ftM,  m.  i 
Tk*  *tMH  ywrfa,  BtM  M 
.,  M>  PttoHa  8tn<4,m«J 


SAUCE.  — LEA  AND  PEfifimy 

Thlt  dielJclaul  fsndluieat,  pratiQimocd  br  OmmoIwi 
"THE    OITLT    GOOD    SAUCS," 

t«  jirepand  rolcly  br  LK  A  *  PK&ann. 
The  Puhltr  are  ToepretfuilT  oaallMMd  i 
■liAuid  M«  IhAt  LEA  t.  FliLKAi^B' 
Bottle,  and  luapptr. 
ABIL.  FOB  IiBA  AJn>  PJB^^OTy  lAW 

SiXtS.LqniloD.ftB.,  w.  i  a^  hf  UmdMr*  Bsd  CMlMtov^BH^ 
<MaDiifact6i*d«nlr  tn  FtWP*  t 

TVHE   HEALTHIEST,    BEST,   and   ■«  HU. 

JL    CiyUB   ALIMt;ifTryirBRSAjtrAST     JLHTOWIf 
likriKK  ALL   lIi>N£t)T  COMI'ETITIOW.  UNA 
liJUIILT  ai;TttlTIUL<>i  and  PURE.     Sol4  In  |  lk« 
Alaii,  etifCCially  mAAitfiiiCtufAl  foi  i^Uiig  m  oedlBMTi 
urat  Deaaart)  — 
Ctia«Ule  Cieafni.      I  Choiuliiti  No*i|nt- 
Chooulalt!  Alnmadi.    }  Churi)la1«  rii|jB«h«B. 

OtDOplaM  Croqurltia  and  OueelatB  Lfqueres  t 
WhalaBlcE.OUEJriN,  i  in.  caiiveery  X.UC, 
nqveetftblt  bflBtei. 


ADVI^RTISIill  RNT.-T  ma  <Al]t«tlmr  Autocnpb  \ 
£ntlLih  Llianoellun,  Judeef,  VlM-Chauocliora^  aa4  1 
Holb  I  ami  vonld  uMlr  tmrthw  ar  •aohu^^  Oia  AIMg^t 
rorlT^li  of  American  Uelebrltlte  noermllv  for  tnan.  I  wUkrt 
back.  It  veil  ai  aretire  ]«le  and  prcRBt  mim.  till*  A^^^m 
Flbllj  t  njtnt.)  At  Ibat  art  tbOi*  1  )(■««.  CADanrtfliBM 
rndert  tKrtt  rne  T    M)'  frtmi],  Ueone  Ifelaon  £bibA  ^ti. 

CIIAALI^S  i:uWABD9,CWuailtor-«vLAV.fc1«. 


in* 


rfh 


W(  Rotiert  R«iiJi,niil, 
BSt  IJMlFKiS  Paw]r«. 
l<irJullIl  I'oirtll, 
Bobrrt  Trci^.  BArOn. 
Earl  at  Maer.lwdeld. 
CawifV.  I^rd  dumrUor, 
Rglwt  Kyn.  C.  Uaisu- 
»lr  Fnneli  Fai«. 

Sir  Ktlnumj  Prvbyn. 
Kinjr.  Lor-i  ChanMUor, 
Julin  Furt^ioae  Aland. 
Sit  Jel^  Ullbeft. 

Iklhot,  CbABcellcFT. 
JuatlH!  HiTiiaidi,  C-  Ban». 
Wklllim  Jj»,Oi,,f. 
BIt  WilUARitrbiKipli:. 
Sir  EUB-aul  Ui*&, 
Sir  rhoiiBii  DeniMa- 
H\t  Dwlltf  lUdir. 
Mvrtin  WrWhtTawnB- 
Sir  Ml&hKl  >«<«■ 
Sir  Jfflhij  E:anliey  'V^'Uiuol, 
Ijjnl  Hantltdd, 
aaUi  ant.  CliaMttlMn-. 
Jurtits  ChiftiDtif*. 
aii>  Kr»iiel»  BnJlcr, 
bu  ilainf*  Hab*d«lil, 
BlrTHoiO*»ltt*AiJ. 
airJiKeph  Yatia. 


ni  Tfaiii  Tlljii. 
Hr  Rati*!*  OnftatS. 
NrSttaoiijLe  BIma 

Enkib«.  CoAf  cbHm'. 
JbJMihi  Jfuho  tlralii. 
eir  WfUlafn  U«iirr 
Slrdgpqt'e  T^HVii, 

air  Henrr  Oon4iL 
/itfttTe  {.Awnarae. 

ll^nm  Uartin. 

Ki)tablUrtiM.UCJ. 

Geo,  J",  TtttvcT,  I*.  C  J- 

^r  Jehn  OhcuUL 

TlDdKll,c:vJ. 

CtiUeBkaai. 

Jn<tl«tGqtetSd««. 

JuHeaf^tlMatk 

iec»eaat  WliStr 

jonliM  BurtTHuit, 

muart,  Vjde~G&. 

Bronf  hac^. 

I>«rtm«B. 

l-iTlliJlltmlt:. 

W7«i,V|oB.Cll. 


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NOTES  AND  QUEKIEa 


511 


tOKDQt/.  SATVttDAY.  JUNE  S5.  1864. 


r  ><.— N».  130. 

e  —  Coll-  >t  alwnjT!  Vulnrimu,  511  — 

taaeapid,  '".  —  Book  Hawkera 

tn,  61$  -  ich  Ale  —  Broken 

I— "Ttu- I  iiut-iotorOut-ccpt 

lury  of  fecotru  v>  oms,  sis. 

BS ;  —  AnonymouB  —  George  Buohanan  —  Berkholi 
lUt^sch'lUaienBki  —  "  Ciged  8kyl&rk  "  —  C&ninc 
Flowers —Dnnklrk  —  EDglish  Count? 
Biunseof  Savoy  —  l»»n  the  Fourth 
—  MWdle»pMrtng— MorviintiUp—  Motto- 
Gnat  Upportuni'  tin  of 
iijten  by  a  Greek  I  it'nta- 
■me —  Songs— Sir  .-1-  ...^..  -..iiliopo 
)  ttchpf— r>ani«0  Vostflr  »nJ  John 
ffoo«l«—  William  Wat«on,  LL.D.  and 
..     Ine  Olergynuui's  Law/' 51  k 


s  ihra  Akbwbbs:  — Tho  Lord's  Prayer  —  James 
n  — Oamaea — Mikios — WaHrobe  Book  of  Qaren 

t-AaofgrmouB  Works— Tag;  Kag.  and  Bobtail  — 
VvrmoT,  817. 

IBt  —  Siffitet  BinR  fonncrly  attrUratad  to  Mair. 

Off  Soota,  619  —Pedigree,  seo— Meauini;  of  tho 
"  Selab,"  SZt  — Tho  Hiss  aomecks,  lb.  —  Cnncclin  : 
ir  PHnoe  Albert,  BBS  —  Model  of  Bdinbniyh  —  Lsdy 
m  —  Lady  Bllaabath  Spetmao— Quotationi  want«d 
alte  Medaut—  Litemry  FtaKiariam$.  *c.  —  La»cell»— 
t  8lbb«-  SauCM  —  Uera!di<>  <  >"■—  —  ^^pluBji^nt  — 
TOw-BoiM*  and  Cleaveni-  .—Mark  of 

HatniDpr  —  Sutton-Coldfi.  Ucourt   Fa- 

lt€t 

:ikjt.  Ic. 


"ralty  iim^^    —  uiry  Family 
'  ««aiQa  thpoo^  ttaa  KMlwr  — 


ADDRESS, 
yiring  to  a  close  the  £rst  ▼oluma  issued  from 
itliont  thanking  oar  old  Friends,  Corre- 
adert  for  their  continued  snpport ;  nor 
I  dao  to  tboM  new  Friends  and  Coire- 
ive  flocked  aronnd  ua  in  sach  nombers 
kome.    Among  these  are  many  from  the  moat 
of  Her  Siajes^'j  poeMMioas,  so  Uuit  we 
aj  fairly  boaat  that  thoro  is  now  so  apoi 

"  they  speak  the  tonguo 
That  Shakspeare  spake,'* 
fOTKa  ASD  QuBRiea  has  not  its  readen.    It 
endeavour  therefore  so  to  keep   up  its  in- 
ke  it  week  by  week  the  more  weloomei. 


S8M8  NOT  ALWAYS  YTLGAEISMS. 
the  tntt  weeic   I  Iiave   been  reading 
livt*  of  the  Nurths,  and  Wrax  all's  Me- 
''t%>p  wlih  tlic  cuiiteiuporareous  abuse 
■^  I  in   the  Edinburgh 

_  ~         ti   all  potent  in  tbe 

■flf  liitrulure. 

le  old  work  (wLst  n  delightful  irork  it  is  f) 
particularly  stmck  with  the  number  of 
j^,  expressions  which  the  muUilude  con- 
alang  and  vulgarisms  of  the  preaeat 


daj ;  while,  from  tho  modern  work,  I  find  a  great 
critic  (still  happily  alive)  extracting  phrases  for 
scarification  in  1815,  which  the  greatest  jurist  of 
1864  would  hardly  hesitate  to  employ  in  writing. 
I  was  thus  led  to  redect  on  the  ligut  m  which  our 
sons  may  possibly  view  the  coraments  which  have 
been  passed  on  the  unhappy  (aa  it  appears  to  us) 
title  of  Mr.  Dickens'  latest  work ;  and  I  took  up 
the  subject  the  more  naturally,  as  some  three 
years  ago  I  myself  sent  "  N.  &  Q."  a  paper  on 
this  very  phrase,  wliich  perhaps  never  reached 
Fleet  Street,  as  it  was  not  published,  and  no  men* 
tlon  of  it  appeared  in  the  "Notices  to  Correspond- 
ents," 

From  Roger  North's  Lives :  — 

"  This  was  null  to  the  old  lord."— L  39. 

"  The  Jttdg«  held  them  to  it,  and  they  were  ehotued  of 
the  treble  value." — i.  90. 

"  1  never  saw  him  in  a  condition  they  call  overtdt«i," 
i.  93. 

"  Mr.  Noy,  and  all  the  eock^Jawytn  of  the  wsst.**-^ 
236, 

"It  was  well  for  ns  that  we  wer«  known  there,  or  to 
pot  we  had  gone." — i.  241. 

"  They  must  have  known  hij  Lordship  better,  and  not 
have  ventured  aocb^Zcna*  at  him." — i.  3'J8. 

"He  took  a  torn  or  two  in  his  dining  room,  and  said 
nothing,  by  which  I  perceived  that  his  spirits  were  very 
much  roUed," — i.  416. 

The  above  speak  for  themselves.  It  will  be 
seen  that  they  are  oil  srieoted  from  the  first  of 
Roger  North's  three  volumes ;  but  the  other  two . 
would  a^'ord  equally  numerous  specimens.  I  now 
proceed  to  cull  a  few  of  the  Wraxallian  expres- 
sions, which  the  Edinburgh  Reviewer  of  June, 
1812,  characterises  aa  examples  of  "  Gailicismis, 
Scotticisms,  Uiberaicisms,  barbarisms,  vulgarisms, 
and  bad  English." 

From  Wrasali's  M^noirt.  The  italics  are  the 
Reviewer's :  — 

<'  Catharine  pn^aeUed  the  other  poweta." 

"  Futurity  will  show." 

"  Vast  abilities." 

"  Baited,  harassed,  and  worried,  as  Lord  North  wsa." 

"  Connie  with  Ncckcr." 

"  Lord  North  olono  could  (!offi|Mfewilh  Burke." 

"  Elevated  in  the  trammels." 

"The  tatt  emtniea  Urns  collected  on  the  Opposition 
benehf,." 

"  To  commemorate  an  anecdote." 

•'  To  meet  their  wishes." 

"  Challenges  ruapect," 

"  Mark  uf  devotion." 

"  FuHctwHoriet." 

"  Imperturbable  letnjttr." 

"  A  cUtd  J«!f<CL" 

Surely  Sir  Natlinniel  receives  htA'  BtetfitM 
bore  on  the  score  '  rnu 

still  were  deid  I  out  I  i...u 


512 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


(;••«&  7.  Ju»l^\ 


of  t>»'«-  Haqj  of  his  moat  obnoxious  lUtements 
liftTe  since  recdved  confirmation  from  unexpected 
quarters;  and  those,  who  have  been  louaeat  in 
abuse  of  him,  have  had  no  hesitation  in  bor- 
rowinff  from  his  pases.  I  onlj  wish  that  some 
one  of  the  many  quiuified  writers  of  **  N.  &  Q." 
would  take  the  nutter  in  hand,  and  tell  us  whether 
he  reall J  deserved  the  epit^h :  — 

"Men,  meisans,  suaons, scenM  and  flwta all, 
Miiqaoting,  mia-atating, 
liiaplaeins,  miadating. 
Hare  Ilea  Sir  Nathaniel  Wrasall." 

CHlTnLDKOOa. 


•*EL  BUSCAPI^" 
A  rAJfPHUtr  avFFoaED  to  uatb  bbbh  writteic  bt 

CEBTANTU. 

Many  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.*'  will,  no  doubt,  be 
somewhat  surprised  on  being  informed,  that  a  good 
deal  of  controversj  arose  some  years  a^o  (1847* 
49)  respecting  the  on^^n  and  authenticity  of  the 
book  with  the  curious  title  otEl  ButcapiL 

Without  intending,  in  anr  way,  to  reTive  this 
controversy  in  **  N.  &  Q.,"  I  shaft  content  myself 
with  giving  a  short  history  of  the  pamphlet ;  and 
first,  as  to  the  meaning  of  the  title  —  BuMcapii. 
It  is  a  compound-word,  from  butoa,  seek,  Kadtrii, 
foot;  signifying  in  Spanish  a  squib  or  cracxer, 
whidi,  when  thrown  down  in  the  streets  by  boys, 
rolls  amonsst  the  feet  of  the  passers-by,  and  ex- 
plodes. Cervantes  is  supposed  to  expkin  his 
reasons  for  selecting  this  title,  at  the  close  of  the 
work  itself,  in  these  words :  — 

"  I  call  thia  little  book  BtuetmU,  in  order  to  show  to 
thoaa  who  itk  the  foot  with  which  the  Ingeniona  Knight 
oTLa  Mancha  limpi,  that  ho  doea  not  limp  with  either; 
bat  that  he  goea  firmly  and  ateadily  on  botk,  and  ia  ready 
to  challenge  the  grumbling  critica  who  baza  about  like 
waapa." 

In  the  Life  of  Cervantes,  by  Vicente  do  los 
Rios,  prefixed  to  the  splendid  edition  of  Don 
Quixote,  published  by  toe  Spanish  Academy  in 
1780,  it  is  stoted  that  when  the  first  Fart  of  the 
romance  appeared  in  1605,  the  public  received  it 
with  coldness  and  indifierence.  This  circumstance 
gave  such  pain  to  Cervantes,  that  he  wrote  the 
anonymous  pamphlet,  colled  the  Sqttib,  in  which 
he  gave  a  cunous  critique  on  his  Don  Quixote ; 
intimating  that  it  was  a  covert  satire  on  various 
well-known  personages,  but  at  the  same  time  not 
giving  his  readers  the  slightest  information  who 
those  persons  really  were.  In  consequence  of  this, 
public  curiosity  was  so  excited,  that  Don  Quixote 
soon  obtained  such  attention  as  was  necessary  to 
ensure  its  complete  success. 

Such  is  the  singular  tradition  connected  with 
Suaapii.  More  particulars  may  be  seen  in  Tidk- 
nof  s  SiOoty  of  Spamsh  Literatmre  (vol.  iii.  ed. 
LmdoBt  1849.    Appendix  D.  p.  8TI,  to.) 


For  two  centuries,  Spaniah  adiolars  songbe 

vMn  for  the  work,  either  printed  or  m  manino^ 

It  was  not  to  be  found  in  the  BOfisfeca  Aal| 

Madrid,  nor  amidst  the  literwy  treanns  st& 

mancas;  until  at  length*    in    1M7,  the  sappm 

MS.  was  discovered  by  Don  AdoUb  de  CsMn^ 

Cadix,  with  the  following  title-pnge :  — 

"EI  maydonoso  LIbrillo  Uamado— 

BvacATik  i 

Donde.  demaa  de  an  macho  j  ezodfaaCt 

Dotrina,  ▼»  dsclaradaa 

Todaa  Aqaellaa  Com*  eapondidsi^ 

Y  no  Deelaradaa  «o  «I  Innaiesa 

Hidalgo— Don  Quijote  de  la  Mante; 

QoeCompuMk 

Un  tal  de  Cenrantea  Saavedra."  * 

This  book  was  publ'iahed  the  next  yMr(IIC 
at  Cadix,  in  a  duodecimo   volanae,  witlngi 
learned  notes,  by  Don  Adolfo.     He  alaiWi 
very  interesting  Preface,    giTios  an  avif 
the  way  in  whi<£  he  discoTered  the  M&kK 
was  also  translated  mto  Engliah  in  18fl;ifc 
Thomasina  Ross  (London,  Bentler),  wHu^ 
able  Preface,  conUuning  a  Life  of  Cerraitek 
believes  the  Biueapii  to  be  genuine;  \Mlm 
and  several  other  Spanish  scholen  vmki. 
evidence  for  its  anthentidty,  to  rest  obwt» 
picious  and  unsatisfactory  grounds.   J.Ssaa 

Norwich. 


THE  OWL. 


As  you  have  been  investigating  Xhtfoiki 
Robin-Redbreast,  and  the  8pirit-rappii|tffs» 
Wagtail,  may  I  request,   througn  ywknd 
correspondents,  some  information  aboatiasfi 
bird  which  has  lately  made  its  appearama^ 
us.    It  is  supposed  to  be  of  the  owl  qinair 
certainly  no  common  owl,  from  the  pagaff ' 
shows  against  the  celebrities  in  the  litennra: 
grossly  insulting  the  whole  press-gang  </■» 
tropofis.    The  Thunderer  himself,  the  Ik^i 
haa  his  eyes  almost  pecked  out ;  Pnekkstt 
bloody  nose;  in  a  word,  the  whole  canglRW 
hooted  at  through  Fleet  Street  and  thrim^ 
that  respectable  elderly  lady,  the  Heiik4^^ 
mom,  OS  Mother  Gamp ;  and  the  JEcamm^^ 
very  picture  of  prudence,  us   a  miseralbkitu 
Screw.     Such  conduct  ia  a  disgrace  to  a  via 
who  has  assumed  for  his  badge  and  copnSK 
the  bird  that  adorns  the  segis  of  Pallas  Kbba 
It  is  no  feather  in  his  cap.    As  a  brother  qsL'- 
blush  for  bis  audacity.    Where  could  tha  Ok 
have  come  from  P  The  only  owlery  I  knoir  of' 
in  the  keep  of  Arundel  CosUe.    f*rom  Ubh  ~ 
memorial  the  noble  owners  of  this  baronial 


"  The  very  pleaaant  little  book  callad  Ilia  SM'I 
whleb,  beaidea  ita  much  and  excellent  laamingi  an»l 
plained  all  those  thioga  which  are  hlddan  iatha^' 
MiMi  Ai^  />m  QMn>te  lb  Is  Jfimdha.wriltH^ 
tsiUuL  Ocvantu  l)e  SaAvedFa." 


V*  8, 7.  Jose  25, '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


513 


tiave  kept  up  the  breed  o(  Eagle  OvU  in  tbe 
TuineJ  tower,  as  In  days  of  chivalry.  Tbe 
I  birds  are  arranged  in  a  trelUsed  aviary,  with  a 
L  noble  name  iittached  to  each  cage.  Under  one 
T^as  Lord  Eldou ;  then  came  Sir  Wm.  Grant,  the 
learned  Master  of  the  Rolls,  aud  so  on  in  succe^- 
feiOD.  The  most  famous  lawyers  of  the  day  were 
supposed  to  be  sitting  there  with  all  the  gravity 
and  wisdom  cbaracteristic  of  the  high  chancel- 
lors in  England ;  yet  in  this  case  they  were  only 
4}trU,  But  the  moet  curious  thing  I  learnt  from 
Ytndng  the  owlery  was,  that,  one  morninjj,  when 
the  late  duke  and  hb  duchess  were  at  breakfast^ 
the  Keeper  of  the  Tower  craved  as  audience,  as 
\  he  had  most  important  news  to  communicate. 
Being  admitted  to  tbe  ducal  presence,  he  said  in 
solemn  tone  suited  to  the  occasion,  "  Please  vour 
grace,  Lord  Eldon  has  laid  an  egg ! "  What 
wrould  have  been  the  wisdom  of  the  owl  from 
that  egg,  had  it  ever  been  batched,  it  would  be 
how  useless  to  surmise ;  probably  the  issue  would 
bave  been  much  the  same  as  is  confidently  ex- 
Tiected  from  the  golden  egg  which  Goosey  Glad- 
[etonc  has  lately  dropped  in  the  rookerj  of  St, 
Stephen's  — 

"  Big  with  the  fate  of  empire  and  of  Rome." 

Could  your  learned  correspondents  resolve  for 
me  two  queries?  1.  Is  there  anv  other  owlery 
in  England,  except  at  Arxindel?  or  did  the 
barons  in  mediceval  times  keep  their  owls  with 
the  hawks  in  a  mews,  as  Charles  II.  did  at  Cha- 
ring Cross,  under  a  gran<l  falconer,  like  the  Duke 
l<if  St.  Albans?  2ud,  I,t  this  strange  bird  about 
"which  I  inquire  allied  to  the  owls  of  chivalry  ;  or 
is  he  merely  "  a  screech  "  —  tbe  ill-omened  bin! 
that  forebodes  the  full  of  cabinets?  Alas,  poor 
jFam!—  ^ 

"Who'll  dig  hu  grave? 
I,  said  tbe  Owl ;  tvitb  niy  spade  and  shou'J, 
ril  dig  his  grave." 

Qubeh's  Gabdkns. 


BOOK  HAWKERS  IN  INDIA. 

During  occasional  sojourns  at  St.  Thomas's 
Mount  with  my  old  regiment,  the  Madras  Ar- 
tillery, I  frequently  received  visits  from  native 
,  book  hawkers ;  who  were  one  of  tbe  sources  of 
amusement  in  the  c.intonments  in  and  not  far  dis- 
tant from  Madras,  and  were  assistants  to  the 
chief  of  the  tribe  Ramosawmy  of  Vepery,  who 
made  a  considerable  sum  of  money  in  the  trade, 
and  po«se*8ed  a  large  library  of  miscellaneous 
books.  Having  no  idea  of  the  merits  or  value  of 
books,  and  generally  unable  to  read  Enjjlisb,  these 
book-hawkcrs  buy  %t  random;  merely  examining 
the  foot  of  the  title-p«ge  for  the  date,  and  the 
last  leaf  in  the  book  for  the  words  "The  End"  or 
**  Fini»,"  —  to  read  which,  and  tbe  numbers  onlj. 


they  had  been  educated.     If  thej  find  a  book  is 
of  modern  date,  aud  the  above  words  at  its  con- 
clusion, they  purchase  it.     The  book  auctions,, 
which  so  constantly  take  place  at  Madras,  being 
the  source  of  their  supply.     With  a  collection 
two  or  three  hundred  volumes,  tied  up  in  bundleil 
and  carried  by  coolies  (native  porters)  on  their 
heads,  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,  quarto 
for  quarto;  and  so  on,  without  any  knowledge  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 
Chronicle  yras  once  purchased  from  a  book-hawker 
at  Masuljpatam  for  a  few  annas.     I  became  ac- 
quainted with  a  native  bookseller  at  Secunder- 
abad,  who  told  me  in  his  dealings  be  bought  and 
sold   his   books  by  weight,  which  was   his   only 
method  of  estimating  their  value.    A  mont  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  j 
bazaar,  —  a  shed  twenty  feet  long,  and  seven  feet 
broad,  in  which  waa  an   assemblage  of  broken 
musical  instruments,  cracked  crockery,  beer  bot' 
ties,  old  hookahs,  rusty  swords,  fowling  pieces,] 
and  racket  bats:  all  mingled,  in  the  utmost  con- 
fusion, amongst  books,   plana,   and  pictures.     I 
ransacked  the  shop ;  and,  to  my  joy,  discovered 
the  fine  edition  ofGiraldus  of  WaUn,  by  Sir  B.  C. 
Hoare  ;  Bryant's    Ancient  Mi/tholugy  ;■  and   the 
Propheciea  of  Nostradamtu.     I  bought  Giraldofj 
for  a  rupee  and  a  half.  H.  C. 


PoTEKT  EwECTS  OF  NoawtCH  Alb.  —  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  collection  of  Mr. 
Turner  of  Lynn  Regis :  — 

**  Muistcr  Mayor  of  Norwych,  and  it  please  your 
Worship,  you  have  feasted  us  like  a  King,  God 
bless  the  Queen's  grace !  We  have  fed  plenti- 
fully, and  now  whilom  I  can  speak  plain  English. 
I  heartily  thank  you  Maister  Mayor,  and  so  do 
we  all.  Answer,  boys,  answer  !  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  Majesty's  Grace,  and  all  her  bonny 
browe'd  Dames  of  Honour !  Huzza  for  Maister 
Mayor,  and  our  good  Dame  Mayoress !  His 
noble  Grace,  there  he  is,  God  save  him  and  all 
this  jolly  company.  To  all  our  friends  round 
country,  who  have  a  penny  in  their  purse,  and  an 
English  heart  in  their  bodys,  to  keep  out  Spanish 
Dons,  and  Papists  with  their  faggots  to  burn  our 


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KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


QSrtB.T.  Jinn|^% 


whiskers.  Shove  it  about,  twirl  your  can  eases, 
my  bojs,  handle  your  jugs,  and  huzza  for  Maiater 
Mayor,  and  his  brethren  their  worships !  ** 

JoHK  Bull. 

Bbokbit  IIbabts. — A  story— a  canard^  I  hope- 
has  travelled  the  newspapers,  of  an  Irish  settler 
in  California,  who  had  len  his  wife  and  children 
at  home  until  he  could  provide  for  their  voyage  to 
San  Francisco,  when  a  letter  arrived  with  the 
intelligence  of  their  cottage  having  been  burned 
down,  and  themselves  ■»- oil— having  perished. 
He  turned  pale,  crushed  the  letter  to  his  bosom, 
and  dropped  dead.  Ihepott-nwrtem  examination 
ibowed  that  his  heart  was  ruptured. 

Nil  novum  !  In  the  Irish  '98  —  that  disastrous 
pendant  of  the  Scottish  '45 — an  Anti-Anglican 
patriot  (or,  as  Baron  Smith,  the  father  of  the 
nrcoent  Master  of  the  Rolls,  was  wont  to  syl- 
utbiae  the  word— Pat  Riot),  was  put  upon  nis 
trial  for  high  treason  in  Dublin.  He  was  the  sim 
of  a  well-to-do  shopkeeper  in  Trim,  vendor  of 
omni-mongery  to  an  extensive  cUentiU,  and 
bearing  the  truly  national  name  of  Duigenan. 
The  trial-da^  was  to  him  and  his  parents  a  series 
of  restless  mmutes.  each  whereof  was  a  lingering 
lumr ;  to  them,  perhaps,  more  afflicting  than  to 
him,  who  knew  the  course  of  its  latest  inatant. 
In  those  times,  the  telegr^>h  was  not.  Late  in 
the  evening  a  mischievous  —  let  us  hope,  not  a 
malioiotis  — fool,  ru^ed  into  the  shop,  exdaioung, 
**He  is  found  guilty  1 "  The  mother  waa  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  Califomian 
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  P  The  trial  had  not 
been  closed  when  its  cruel  joke  was  perpetrated  ; 
it  lasted  till  deep  midnight,  when  the  son  waa 
aequkted^  and  immediate^  posted  home  to  find 
his  mother  a  corpse.  £.  L.  S. 

•*Tb«  Fathbkhood  op  God."— This  phrase, 
which,  used  by  Edward  Irving,  subdued  Mackin- 
tosh, and  struck  Canning  as  singularly  new  and 
beautiful,  is  Racine's,  Athalie,  Act  II.  Sc.  5. 

Joas  replies  to  the  inquiry  of  Athaiie:  "  Votrc 
pire?"  — 

"  Je  saia,  dit  on,  tm  orpkeKn, 
J^i^rt  In  bra$  dt  DitujeU  dit  ma  naittaiue.'' 

D.  Blaib. 
Malbonnie. 

OuT;8ET  OB  OuT-CBrr.— In  reading  the  '*Briefe 
Directions  to  leame  the  French  Tongue"  ap- 
pended toCotgrave's  Dietionariet  1611, 1  stumbled 
vpon  a  curious  illustration  of  a  word  used  by  Ben 
Jonaon  (an  illustration  which,  I  feel  sure,  will  be 
tboi^t  worth  recording  in'^'S.  fti<^''  M^  ia\ 


believe,  it  has  not  yet  been  cit«d.)  "  la  GW 
terthire  they  likewise  snj,  amt-aet  Oat,  for.enf 
that"  J*  O.  HAunn 

Glossabt  or  Scotch  WoBna.— Ihq[tDiii 
join  an  extract  from  one  of  I^ird  Bm^ 
notes  to  his  beautiful  inatallation  addroi  i) 
he  delivered  on  the  18th   of  May,  IMO,  os. 
Lordship's  appointment  of  Chancellor  of  die  b 
versity  of  Edinburgh,  and  may  I  hopesoBcJcQ 
Scotchman  will  accept,  if  he  has  not  afacah; 
Lordship's  invitation,  and  give  ns  a  '^Qm 
of  approved  Scotch  words  and  phnuei--^ 
successfully  used  by  the  beat  writers  botha^ 
and  verse,  with  dutinct  explanations  wii^ 
ences  to  authorities;"  and_  what  taikii« 
engaging  than  that  of  contributing  to  mit 
improve  the  English  language  P 

"  Would  it  not  aflford  means  of  enriehiniaT^ 
ing  ths  English  langusgo.  if  full  and  accoeih* 
of  approved  Scotch  words  and  phraaes.  thosi^ 
oaea  by  the  bast  wiitara,  both  in  proae  mttm 
given,  with  distinct  explanation  and  rsftr—i^ 
rities?  Thia  has  been  dona  in  France  and  ctht^ 
where  aome  dictionariea  aocomponj  the  Eq|&>:« 
caaea  with  Scotch  aynonymes,ln  others  win  iHf 
expreaaion.'* 

Larchfield,  Darlington. 


tanrrinf. 
Axoimioijs.  — 

*'The  Gaatle  Buildera;  or,  the  HistoiytVa 
Staphena,  of  the  lale  of  Wight.  EUtq.,  lately  le^  k 
Political  Novel,  never  before  publuhed  in  aarl^if 
London:  Printed  for  the  Author.     1759.    9n,' 

I  believe  this  work  to  be  a  true  tami 
events.    Who  waa  the  author  P 

Gbo.  W.Hw 

Who  is  the  author  of  "  The  City  of  Tc^' 
a  dramatic  poem  of  very  great  merit,  pMil 
Frater't  Magazine,  vol.  xviii.,    I838?ilki 
Godolphin,  a  play,  1842  ;  and  Edrie  fkW,t 
play  in  three  acts,  published  in  or  ahilW^ 
Where  was  the  last-named  drama  printAt 

Who  were  the  authors  of — 

1.  "Cabala:  aire,  Scrioia  Sacra. — MyitaJairfk 
and  Government  in  the  Reigns  of  Kiof  Haatv^l 
Queen  Elizabeth,  King  Jamea,  and  Kiiur  Cfaaria'ifcl 
London,  1691.  ' 

2.  "The  Land  of  Promiae;  or.  My  Tmiiiasalnni d\ 
tralia."    London,  1854.  '^ 

8.  "The  Friend  of  Australia;  or,  a  Plan  Ibr  ] 
the  Interior."    London,  1880? 

O.BuftI 
ICslboBme. 


Gbobob  BvCHAHAir. — 

"  Tyrannical  Govemmrat  AnatOBls V,  or.  a  1 

\  wmtMnta^«i*\CKi«BHiU9git%\  ^tla^  tiM  life  Mi  Ml 


9^S,V.  Joint  25.  '64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


•bn  Uic  Bapliat,  and  preaented  to  the  Kiag'^a  Moat  ex- 
t  Majesty,  by  the  Author,"  4to,  1641. 

piece  which  is  a  translation  of  6.  Bu- 

's  Latin  tragedy,  was  printed  by  order  of 

e  House  of  Couimons.    It  was  republished,  hy 

Rev.  F.  Peck,  in  1740,  aa  a  production  of 

ton.     Im  it  known  who  was  ireallj  the  author  ? 

Iota. 

BSmtBOLZ  ARD  B/uitt9ch-Kambhski.  —  I  nm 
ious  to  know  th«  exact  title,  place,  date,  &c., 
Wif  Btrliiholz'*  Memairt.  They  are,  I  believe,  in 
OcnMU).  Also,  the  Bame  particulars  of  a  work  by 
Mtatyach-Katnetiaki,  Mtmain  of  the  Ministers  of 
J^ttfr  the  Pirttt.*  I  have  in  vain  sou|;ht  for  theae 
jlitlea  in  Ka/si-r's  Lexikon,  Q^ttinger's  Bibliographie 
Biogranhime,  the  Conversations  Lexikon,  and  the 
^Ifoweeue  Svtgraphie  Uniterselte.  Jatsee. 

C     "CAOKn  Sktu^bk." —  Some  years  aso  a  poem 

I  <  ^  I '         '  '       :  t  V  was  published  in 

»  il  "To  a  Caged  Sky. 

^iwxj  uegeni  t^  irons,  i^iO("u'iiiiy."    It  end»  thns: — 

"And  thy  wild  liquid  warbling. 
Sweet  thine,  after  all, 
Leaves  theo  thus,  aching-breaated, 
A  captive  and  thrall; 
For  the  thvray  dell'a  fresUness  and  free  dewy  clotjd, 
A  barrM  nook  in  thia  furnace  heat  and  suffocating 
crowd." 

IVTjo  is  the  author ;  and  has  he  published  any 
Other  poetical  production  ?    Wticwk  E.  Baxtbb. 

Cantkb  Sdtcicb.  — We  are  told  that  consider- 
llible  astoninhment  wa«  occasioned  one  day  during 
|U>e  pa»t  week  on  board  the  iloating'bridge,  whilst 
0t»  the  QoKport  side,  by  the  singular  conduct  of  a 
nrell-trained  and  valuable  Newfoundland  dog,  the 
|^)roperty  of  ilr.  Uurst,  the  railway  carrier.  It 
'^ippeara  the  animal  had  followed  a  man  on  to  the 
ibridfre,  and  that  it  was  driven  off,  as  the  driver 
did  not  want  the  dog  to  accompany  him.  It  then 
deliberately  walked  round  to  the  adjoining  Grid- 
■roo,  placed  its  head  under  the  water,  and  died 
'  lortly  afterwards  without  a  struggle  ! 

Is  this  suicidal  act  by  a  quadruped  worthy  a 
place  in  "  N .  &  Q.  ?  "  Haa  any  reader  ever  read  of 
Aimilar  conduct — euioide  by  a  quadruped  caused 
by  disappointment  ?  J.  W.  Batch£ix>r. 

Odiham. 

DxTtKO  Fiowns.  —  I  shall  be  greatly  obliged 
^o  any  reader  of"  N.  k  Q."  who  can  tell  me  any 
means  of  prescrvinjf  the  colours  of  flowers  in  dry- 
ing them.  M.  S. 

DimitisK.  —  Do  any  monumental  inscriptions 
kBtlU  exist  at  Dunkirk  lo  the  numcrotu  Encllsh 
(Who  lived  there  from  16«8  to  1793  P  M.  P. 

E?«Gr.isH  CouNTT  NswupArsHfl.  —  Can  any 
reader    of   "  N.   &  0."  Inform  iTiP  wl.ore   I   can 

(•  Tliero  ta  an  Eni. 
.     ed  Kaineiuki'ii  Age  ,, 


a  pnfikM,  Igr  Ivoa  Qolovio. 


'  work,  en- 

'     ..^-ii,  Willi  notes  and 

Load.  12«oiJ85t.— En.] 


inspect  complete  sets  of  the  English  county 
newspapers  from  their  commencement  to  the  pre- 
sent time,  more  particularly  those  for  the  coun- 
ties of  Kent  and  Surrey  ?  I  find  in  The  Dnitersal 
British  Directory  for  1790,  mention  of  ,a  public 
office  for  newspaperx,  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.  Pojrntell  waa  file-clerk."  I  should  feel 
greatly  obliged  if  any  reoder  can  inform  roe  who 
now  possesses  the  above  collection,  as  I  find  that 
the  collection  of  county  newspapers  in  the  British 
Museum  is  very  imperfect,  particularly  for  £^nt 
and  Surrey.  J.  R.  D. 

ParacB  BirGBXB  or  Savot. — A  volume  entitled 
The  Life  and  Military  Actions  of  Prince  Eugene  of 
Sueoy,  with  an  Aceotmt  of  his  Death  anil  Jntnernl^ 
was  published  in  Dublin,  in  1737,  by  subscription, 
and  with  a  dedication  to  Lieut.-GeDeral  Wade. 
It  is  a  highly  creditable  specimen  of  Irish  typo- 
graphy.  May  I  ask  you  to  give  me  the  author's 
natne  ?  Abhba. 

[The  fint  edition  was  publiabed  ia  London,  8vo,  17&5.] 

IvAK  THE  FooBTH, — What  bccftme  of  the  brd»J 
thers  and  sisters  of  the   unfortunate  Ivan  IV., 
Emperor  of  Russia,  murdered  in  1 764  ?     When, 
and  where  did  they  die  ?    And  did  any  of  them 
marry  and  leave  ifisno  f 

Cha&lss  F.  S.  Warrbk. 

Lo«D  HoPTON. — Will  you  kindly  inform  mt 
whore  I  can  find  a  life  of  Sir  Ralph  Hopton,  who^ 
was  one  of  the  best  of  King  Charles's  Generalf] 
during  the  civil  war?  I  want  particularly  ail| 
account  of  his  military  career  from  1643  to  164A.( 
I  have  already  con«ulted  Clarendon  and  Lloyd'tl 
Memoirs,  Sfc^  but  they  do  not  furnish  what  I  re-j 
quire.  J.  £.  B. 

-  MlDDLB-PASSIMO. 

"  With  (hat  came  the  eleven  kings;  and  there  was  Sir 
Griflet  nut  to  the  earth,  horse  and  man.  and  Lncas  tha  i 
BuiJer,  DorM  and  maa,  by  King  Grandegora  and  Kin^ 
Idres,  and  King  Aguaanoe.  Then  waxed  the  middh'} 
pauing  bard  on  both  partiea,"  1634  ed.  of  1495.— Malory'k  i 
Arthur,  pan  n.  chap,  a^.  p.  24. 

Does  this  mean  the  critical  raaln-tug  and  tussle 
of  a  battle  ?  Can  any  correspondent  furniah 
another  example  of  the  word  ? 

J.  D.  Campbbh.. 

MoBGANATic. — According  to  the  statement  of] 
A.  S,  A-  (S""  S.  v.  348),  Sophia  Dorothea,  of] 
Zelle,  was  not  a  princess  by  birth  ;  being  merely  j 
the  issue  of  a  morganatic  marringe.  Tf  '",  ^^t 
could  she  be  married  to  Prince  George 
ver,  otherwise  than  roorganatit-ally  ?  \ 
her  right,  or  in  hia  own,  that  in  170'i 
band  —  at  that  time  Elector  —  succeed .  .  . 
dukedom  of  Zell^  ?  IdjiuiTai. 


516 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Motto- SCROLL.  —  Is  there  any  rule  for  the 
tincturing  of  the  inotto«3croII  in  an  achievement 
of  ornis  ?  Caeiltobd. 

Cape  Town. 

Ox>]>  Pbints.  —  The  following  should  have  ap- 
peared in  the  list  of  those  concerning  which  I 
uked  for  information  on  p.  458  of  this  Tolume: — 

6.  A  mezzotinto  full  length  of  a  lady  in  a  riding 
habit,  with  a  wliip  in  her  band.  Loc3  Vanhaeken 
pinxt.,  Alex.  Vanhaeken  «c.,  with  these  lines  be- 
low:— 

"  In  bor  Io7e-tUrtin^  eyes  awake  the  fires. 
Immortal  gida !  to  kindle  aoft  dtlires  ; 
From  limb  to  limb  an  air  tnajeatjc  ahedi. 
And  the  pure  ivory  o'er  her  ooeom  spnads. 
Such  Venus  shines,  when  with  a  measared  bound 
She  smoothly  gliding  Bwinui  the  hannonioas  ronod. 
When  with  the  Graces  in  the  dance  ihe  moTBSi, 
\nd  fires  the  g^ziag  gods  with  ardent  loves." 

«  Sold  by  T.  Jefleryt  in  the  Strand,  and  W.  Herbert  on 
tiOodon  Bridge." 

7.  "The  Studious  Fair."  Miss  Benwell  pinxit, 
C.  Spooner /«ci^  A  beautiful  mezzotint  of  a  ladj 
reading.  London,  printed  for  Henry  Parker  and 
Robert  Sayer.  There  is  written  in  pencil  "  Miss 
Blias."     Who  was  thia  lady  ?  J.  M. 

Gbrat  Oppobtuwitt. — The  Time*,  in  its 
number  of  May  SO,  gives  some  account  of  the 
sermon  preached  at  the  Chapel  Royal,  Wbitcball, 
by  the  Dean  of  Westminster  on  the  previous 
Sunday ;  and  remarks  that  the  Dean  "  made  a 
beautiful  allusion  in  his  aermon  to  the  great  op- 
portunity offered  by  the  Restoration  of  1660  to 
the  Crown,  the  Cnglish  nobility,  and  the  Church 
of  England,  but,  alas!  lost  by  them." 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  correspondent  of 
the  Times  did  not  communicate,  in  the  Dean's 
own  choice  language,  the  beautiful  allusion  in  his 
sermon.  Perhaps  some  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q." 
who  heard  the  sermon  may  be  willing  to  gratify 
myself  and  many  others,  by  supplying  the  blank 
in  the  Times.  Curiods  Reacek. 

ObDIICATION    or  EaBLT  MbtUODIST   MiniSTBBS 

BT  A  Gbhbk  Bishop.  —  Era5uiu9,  "Bishop  of  Ar- 
cadia in  Crete,"  visited  London  in  1763,  accord- 
tag  to  Myles'  Chronology  of  the  Weslepan  Metho- 
dittM.  Wesley  procured  his  ordination  for  several 
of  the  local  and  trayelling  preachers  of  the  society. 
Where  can  I  find  an  account  of  this  Bishop  Eras- 
mtu  ?  Abtaxebles  Smith. 

Obibmtaticit :  St.  Pbteb's  at  Rome. — 
•Thebanglinp  of  Carlo  Maderno  at  St.  Peter's,"  hts 

Mr.  Gwill  in  his  AWyr/npov/ui,  \u  142,  "in  much  to  be 
ragreiled.     The  arcliM  he  aiM&l  to  the  tiavi*  nnf  pnnntl'T 
in  dimenaians  than  i' 
Iminadiately  a<ljr>lnlri 

ia  atlU  mora  unpardu: ,  i!..   ,.-.. —   .. 

thaoava  it  not  m  a  contioue^i  line  with  the  ntltcr  work, 
boi  iaoUiMM  above  thrae  feet  to  tbo  north ;  to  other  norda, 
tha  church  la  not  straiKht,  and  that  to  aach  an  ezUat 


■8  to  strike  every  educitad  ere.     IDa 

exceedingly  bad." 

I  would  in{iulre  whether  Gw3t  il 
attributing  this  inclioatioit  to  any  "T 
the  part  of  Maderno,  or  wbether  it  is ; 
the  same  clrcumstancea   w^hUA  are  said  ta1 
held  good  with  the   masoRS  or 
own  churches — that  of  inclining 
ward,  according  to  the  time  of  ^ 
building  was  begun  to  be  erecbedt 
of  your  readers  observed  this 
St.  Peters?     I  have  not  seen  il 
but  as  wc  know  Gwilt  visited  Rocae,  ha  a^l 
therefore  seen  it  himself.  Wtait  Pa^wm 

SoMGs. — I  should  be  glad  to  leara  wlm%m 
Devonshire  song  can  he  proeared  vUckkj 
with  the  line  — 

••  When  I  were  born  in  P|xmo«lih  old  ttmm^l 

Also  a  song  called  "  Robin  Kon^bc*^"  a| 

these  lines  occur :  ^-^  I 

**  Tlie  more  Sob  bowed  to  Umv,  1 

Tb«  mors  tbey  bowed  t»  Bahy"  ke. 

Sib  Michael  Stakhops.  —  Can  MaJ 
Mb.  H.  W.  Kihg,  or  any  of    - 
and-one  contributors  to  " 
information    relative    to    tj...     ^  ^^^ 
Michael  Sunhope  at  Rford  ?      S 

nointed  Lieutenant-Governor   of 

VTII.     At  that  period  he  lived  at  l\b^ 
his   removal  to  Hull,  he  grant e-.l    a  k 
house  with  the  garden  in  w  '  -.\ 

the  town  of  Ilfonl,"*  to  Si;  J 

Knt.  Master  of  the  Rolls.     There  i»  a 
the  tease  for  Stanhope's  resumption  vt 
should  be  return  to  London   with 
and  I  wish  to  ascertain  whether  he  dtd 
Ilford,  an<l  there        ' '    '    -■>t  whei 
sided  between  the  hu  lest' 

his  (leath  in  1551-2.     '~^  held 

ship   of  the    manor  01 
attainder  of  Sir  Nicholas  varcw,  he 
tody  of  Beddington- 

r  have  searched  in  vain  for  the 
hope's  trial  in  1551-2.     I»  there  any 
Stanhope  was  tried  with   Sir   Hajpla 
Miles  Partrid;;e,  and  Sir  Thomaa  Ari 
unjust  charge  of  high  treasoa ;  and 
trial  was  found  guilty,  and  bclMftded. 

H,  Clareadon  Boad,  Nutting  IlilL 

"Thbowwo  tmb  H«'-""  " 
this  phnuio,  which,  In  ^'^ 

VtlliMlt      to      "  T)ril(villi»      ! 


Hichmond  Chronicle  of  the  4Ui  inai 
*  Hald  by  him  luider  a  lease  from  llarte ' 


_  SrtS.V.  Joira:26,'64] 


ro: 


517 


foUowiDg  record  of  a  curious  old  custom   that 
Ithrows  Bome  light  on  the  expression  :  — 

"  The  MANoa  of  Ardks.  —  Oa  the  26th  nit.  Charlea 
3*ancrcd,  E«q,  tho  lord  of  this  manor,  revived  the  ancient 
Viutom  of  pemmbulatiDf;  the  boandariM.  Flaga  and 
lAnners  were  carried,  and  the  bagle  waa  aoonded  at  each 
landmark.    At  one  point,  Arkdale  Head,  according  to  the 

Kid  records  and  aaage,  a  threepenajr  hatchet  was  thrown 
y  one  of  the  tenants,  and  the  boundary  there  was  fixed 
~''wbere  it  fell.    This  ceremony'  bad  not  been  before  ob- 
'terred  for  twentr-etgbt  year*." 

Does  this  curious  firee^and-eosj  cnstom  exist 
'elsewhere  ?  G.  H.  or  S. 

Danikl  Vcsteb  and  Johw  Godgh. — Some  in- 
forroalioii  regarding  the  biography  of  these  two 
muthors  of  works  on  arithmetic,  used  during  the  end 
of  the  last,  and  the  first  quarter  of  the  present  ccn- 
tur/,  fls  school  class-books,  will  be  acceptable.  Was 

Eouffh  an  Irishman  ?  The  works  of  both  autJiors, 
believe,  have  been  Buperseded  by  what  is  termed 
orter  and  belter  methods ;  but  if  80»  those  men 
certainly  laid  the  foundation-stone  upon  which 
the  building  has  been  erected.  And  my  want  is 
!br  an  historical  purpose — an  appeal  of  this  sort  is 
never  made  in  vain  in  "  N.  &  Ci-"  S.  Beomond. 
Liverpool. 

UwivBWiTT  Hoods.  —  Will  any  of  yonr  corre- 
spondents inform  me  at  what  period  the  scarlet 
and  white  hoods,  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 
1  colours  ?  E.  H.  A. 

WiLUAM  Watson,  LL.D.,  ajcd  the  Acthos- 
or  "The  CLeBOTMAn's  Law."  —  William 
atson,  of  Pidlington,  Oxfordshire,  son  of  the 
Rev.  Joab  Watson,  after  being  edacat«d  for  five 
fears  at  Oakham  school,  under  Mr.  Fryer,  was 
idmitted  a  sizar  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge, 
^e  7,  1655,  let.  18,  proceeded  B.A.  1658-9,  and 
lenced  M.A.  1662.    He  became  rector  of  Old 

ley,  Kent,  April  6,  1670,  was  created  LL.D. 

f678,  and  died   1689-90,   let.  51.     He  was   also 
)ean  of  Battel,  but  we  know  not  when  he  was 
leppoiuted.   In  1701  there  appeared  a  folio  volume 
[with  this  title:  — 

I'he  CleTfjy. Man's  Law:  or  the  Complete  Inciunbeot, 
collected  from  the  89  Articles,  Canona,   Proclamations, 

^''   '  ' "    '  cl  Exchequer,  as  also  firom  all  Acts 

inmon-Law  Coses,  relating  to  the 

England;  digested  under  proper 

'  of  Patrons  of  Churches  and  the 

I  will  bo  useful  to  all  Students  and 

'   —    ivAw.    By  William  Wat»on,  LLD., 

lote  Dean  of  Buttel." 

Worrall  {Bill  Leg.  Avglla,  65)  states  that  the 
^lergyman'a  Law  was  not  written  by  Dr.  Watson, 
ut  by  Mr.  Place  of  York,  and  this  is  repeated  by 
Vatt,  and  Lowndes.  Worrall  cites  an  observa- 
ion  of  Mr.  Juntice  Denisoo,  in  Burrow's  Repurts, 
307  (it  should  be  315),  also  Wilaon's  Reports, 


ii.  195,  where  the  real  atithor  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 
it  thot  the  object  of  Mr.  Justice  Dennison  was  nc 
to  depreciate  Dr.  Watson,  but  to  show  that  the< 
work  had  had  the  sanction  of  a  practising  lawyer. 
We  are  desirous  of  obtaining  information  re- 
specting Mr.  Place.     There  were  other  editions 
of  The  Clergyman' 9  Law  revised  and  amplifiedi 
from  time  to  time.     Our  remarks,  of  course,  ap*1 
ply  only  to  the  first  edition. 

C.  H.  &  Thompson  Coopxb, 
Combridgc. 


<kuniti  initb  'Snilant* 

The.  Lord's  Pbavee. — The  trimestral  readinir 
of  the  sixth  chapter  of  Saint  Matthew's  Gospel, 
ns    the   second    Morning   Lesson    happening    oi&i 
Sunday  last,  brought  to  my  mind  u  custom  which^ 
I  have  sometimes  in  my  long  life  —  eighty-seven. " 
years — notetl,  once,  I  think,  in  Worcester.  When, 
the  reader  come  to  the  Saviour  s  liturgic  precept,  < 
"After  this  manner,  therefore,  pray  yc: — OuT' 
Father,"  the  conCTegation  arose  from  their  seats< 
nnd  kneeled  during  its  repetition.     Solemn  as  it 
the  O ratio  Dominica  on  all  occasions  and  in  all 
places,  for  the  combined  sake  of  its  language  and 
of  its  authorship,  tbe  seldomness  of  this  especial,, 
occasion  gave  it  a  solemnity  which  none  who  have 
not  witnesiicd  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  Book  of  Common 
Prayer  says  a  word  abont  sitting ;  standing  and  kneeling 
being  the  oaiy  postares  expressly  recoffni.ied.  ITie  clergy 
still  stand  to  receive  the  charge  of  their  Bishop  or  other' 
ecclesiastical  superior.  However,  as  sitting  during  Di- 
^'ine  service  has  been  claimed  in  recent  times  as  ao  indol- 
gcnce  (not  only  by  invalided  and  aged  persons),  but  by 
the  greater  part  of  the  congregation,  it  is  cajtomary  in 
manj  churches  to  rise  when  the  Lord's  Prayer  comes  in  the 
course  of  the  Lessons,  though,  of  course,  it  is  only  read, 
OS  it  i^cre,  historically,  as  a  part  of  a  narrative.  On  our 
Lord's  graciously  caring  to  his  diaciples,  "When  ye 
pray,  sny  Our  Father,"  &c.,  he  was  using  a  bidding 
prayer,  and  the  disciples  listened ;  but  neither  Jeans  nor 
his  followers  could  be  said  to  pray  during  the  repetitiou 
of  the  words  of  the  prayer  at  that  time.  Hence  the  cus- 
tom noticed  by  our  correspondent  of  kneeling  when  tliis 
prayer  is  read  in  the  Lessons,  is,  we  conceive,  not  a  cor- 
rect one,] 

James  Graham.  —  About  eighty  ywrs  ago. 
there  was  a  soi-ditant  physician,  one  JnmeK  Gra- 
ham, who  established  himself  in.  PuIUMaIU  ^mt^l 


whose  practice  and  writings  were  di»tin{;uiehed 
by  the  grossest  immorality  and  obacenitj.  He 
had  what  be  termed  a  "  ccelestial  bed  i "  gave  lec- 
tures "  oa  the  improvement  of  the  human  ape' 
cie8«"  and  also  "  private  advice  to  married  laiiiea 
and  gentlemen/'  &c.  He  had  besidea  baths  in 
whioh  persons  were  immersed  to  the  chin  in 
earth;  and  after  practiging  these  and  various 
enormities  for  some  time,  the  public  ceased  to 
onotribute  to  hia  imposture,  by  wilhholdtn;;  the 
rapacious  fees  he  demanded ;  upon  which  he  de- 
termined to  turn  a  regular  M.D.,  and  repaired  to 
Glasgow,  where  I  obaenre,  in  the  winter  nf  1784, 
as  mentioned  in  Sir  James  Mackintosh's  Memoirs, 
that  Graham  was  a  fellow-student  with  him  at 
that  University.  The  bubble,  however,  had  burst, 
and  he  sank  into  insignificance  and  contempt.  I 
am  anxioas  to  know  what  became  of  him,  and 
particularly  when  and  where  he  died.  Z.  X. 

[Some  p&rliculan  of  this  notorious  empiric  and  hia 
earth-bath,  as  well  of  hia  Yestina,  the  rosy  QodJeas  of 
IlealLh,  Emma  Uamilton,  have  alnady  been  given  in 
'<  N.  &  Q."  2>">  S.  iL  233,  276,  316,  and  858.  When  the 
popularity  of  Graham  began  to  wane,  he  was  cooipelied 
to  ^ve  up  his  famed  Temple  of  Health  and  Hymen, 
Schomlurg  House,  Pall  Mall,  and  to  dispense  with  the 
intore  services  of  his  two  gigantic  porters  in  gold  laoe. 
Ho  left  London  for  Scotland,  where  hia  boosted  preteo- 
'  lions  of  a  power  of  indisfinitely  extending  the  length  of 
human  life  were  soon  exploded  by  the  following  aa- 
aooncement  in  the  ^coti  Magaxine,  Ivi.  375 :  "  Died  on 
Jane  23,  1794,  at  Rdinburgh,  Dr.  Graham,  the  fsmocu 
physician,  well  known  for  his  celebrated  Teraple  of 
Health  and  cnrions  lectures."] 

Cajmaca. — What  is  the  origin  and  meaning  of 
the  word  Camaca  f  It  often  occurs  in  the  inven- 
tories of  churches,  as  copes  were  frequently  made 
of  it.  Beds  also  seem  to  have  been  marie  of  the 
same  material.  It  is  sometimes  spelt  cornak, 
fOmoke,  cavioka,  and  chamicre.  Has  the  word 
any  connection  with  camel  ?  J.  Daltoh. 

[Camaca  is  a  Itind  of  silk,  or  rich  cloth :  curtains  were 
made  of  tlii*  niatonaL  Seo  The  Squyr  of  Lowt  Dryri, 
B86;  7W,  Vtttut.  p,  J4t  Cotitntry  Myiterie*,  p,  163. 
{^HailimtU.)  Ainiiitt  llio  various  forms  of  this  woni  ciled 
by  our  le«nied  corrci|iondcut.  Gunoki  and  Cumoia  teem 
to  bo  the  niott  correct ;  as  they  coine  the  nearest  to  the 
.mediaiv»l  Greek,  K<^^iovx'**^  Xa^fli^x***  ''hich  signi/y 
I  the  aamo  thing.  Menage  saggest*,  as  a  dcrivslion,  the 
FflTSiau  Keniiha  (a  aUkatuflrX  which  looks  as  if  bo  felt 
[calher  nt  a  |a«i,  Sm  Du  Caoga,  Qlou.  Lot  on  Camoca ; 
Gr.  oa  K«fw»yAt>  Aod  Mtfoaffo  DU.  Etpn.  Fr„  oo 
0 

MiHAS.  —  Tliis  is  the  "  Nilomcter."      In  the 
\OmhtUmiu:t  Mugaxim  ( 1 755,  p. 265 ),  Dr.  Pn«-urk ,  *s 
eU  is  relVrrcd  to  for  a  deacriptian.     " 
spaodent,  to   whom  the  book  is  a. 
favour  me  with  the  reference  or  extract,  \i  uov  \.*iv> 


lonjj?  or,  as  well,  to  anj    oUier 
matter?  J.  ■ 

[Pococke  says:  "  At  th«  aoutli  cad  af 
of  Soida,  or  Raoadah,  ia  tba  Mikiai^  nr  I 
iha  Camoaa  pUUr  fbr  roeaaariof;:  thm  XQc    It  is  i 
in  a  deep  basui,  the  bottom  of  whioh  *•  «e  a 
the  bed  of  the  Nile :  the  watar  aatoda^  at  tmt  iHtM 
passing  oat  an  the  otb«r.     Tha  pillar  is  4inhi « 
meiuares,  by  which  they  a««  the  riaa  of  tka  Xila.  k)| 
a  fine  old  Corinthian  capital  at  top,  wtu/M  kas«MB| 
been  omitted  is  the  dran^ts,  and  oa  thai  (aflssia 
which  goea  across  to  the  gallerj.     Frvm  tk*  mmit 
leads  to  this  house,  is  a  dasceni  to  tt- 
which,  the  common  people  will  kare 
found,  after  he  had  been  exposed  oo  tL,? 
river."    There  is  also  an  eograTUSg^  of  "  A  : 
tion  of  the  Mikias."  —  i>t»cr^p«»M«  ^tk$  Mtm, 
fob  L  29.  253,  &c] 

Wabdbobb  Book  of  Qosnr 
the  second  volume  of  the  Mook  <^ 
ia  made  of  the  Wardrobe  Book  of  laaf 
of  Edward  II, ,  whicb  ia  devoribed  aa  "i 
Cottonian  MSS."     I  hare    a  p«rtle«l« 
consult  this  volume,  but  I  cannot  find  MV** 
of  it  in  the  catalogue  of  the  Ck>ttootasi  lu&  &' 
any  one  kindly  supply  the  reference  ? 

[The  document  is  the  Cottaoian   Ma 
E.  xiv.,  injured  by  the  fira  in  1731,  kb^  «vaairf 
It  contains  an  account  of  the  expcnaea  of  aisiffd 
of  Queen  Isabella  from  the  b<ginntBK  of  Oo*>JKii 
year  1857,  to  the  4th  of  DeoambM-  in  IflM^  »l*^. 
after  her  burial,  and  mora  than  ibro*  omoI 
death,  which  it  fixes  at  the  ttad  of  Aii«mI.   &J 
£<q^  Egertoa  Lihrariao,  road  a  pap«r  beAaa  tfel 
of  Antiquaries  on  Usrcb  16,  ltl54,  oa  tiM  «aoiaa«»4  tt 
manuscript,  and  which  baa  baea  aiooa 
Aixhaobig^a^  XXXV.  453—461^  eaUcJi>d.  **  \ 
Lojt  Days  of  Isabelhi,  Qoeen  of  Bdi 
drawn  from  au  Aceooat  of  tha  SspaaaM  af ) 
hold."] 

AitoimfODS  WoBxa. — Wlio  were  t^  Miift0<! 

the  I 

Kdiub..,,,;*  .     <.,a...    I.    J..   ,,.,        ir..,. 

[By  William  Uevlann.] 
3.  •*  Le  Cb«f  d'(EavT«  d'ua  lacaasa  » 
le  I>octa«r  Cbrisostome  Mathaaaaimk     Pa 
[Par  Van  EflkaL] 

3.  "Escai  sur  I'Origina  at  rAaliotiiii  4aa 

Luudon,  1767." 

4.  ••  BaUtlOB  dee  0.1 1  '\,'"nA  ac da 
en  I'Anoih  lOiS  et  1614.     i>  "art^  U 

CParIlci4. 

■  MB.  IX 

wAQ,  Aiip  Bobtail.  — WTU  ei> 


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519 


Imin  the   meaniog   and    derivation    of  these 
?  A.  B.  Y.  Z. 

^  [In  tlie  Etymon*  nf  EngHth  Wordi,  by  John  Thomson. 
Edinb.  4to.  lH'i&,  it  i>  Ktutcd  that  "  Tag,  Rag.  and  Bob- 
vrere  tbree  dcnonilnationa  of  ignoble  dogs."  The 
bnwe,  a«  op|jlie"l  CKltoi^ulally  to  the  common  people,  is 
ticed  in  Todd'i  Johii»on  end  in  Narea'a  Ghtiary.  In 
^I'e  BubtUiin,  iv,  221.  it  is  "  Shag,  rag,  and  bobtail."] 

AlABKLLA  Fbrmob. — Who  were  tbe  parents  of 
lira.  Arabella  Fenoori  the  heroine  of  Pope'^ 
Hope  of  the  Lock  f  M.  P. 

[Mr.  C&mtheta  (Pope^  Workt,  ed.  1858.  i.  234)  state* 
Iiftt  Arabella  Fermor,  Pope's  Belinda,  waa  the  daughter 
Jamea  Fennor,  Eoq.,  of  Tusmore,  ca  Oxford,  who  mar- 
Mar^,  daughter  of  Sir  Bobart  Throckmorton,  of 
on  IJnderwood,  Bocks.  This,  however,  do«a  not 
with  the  pedigree  of  the  Fennor  family,  drawn  up 
descendant,  and  printed  in  tbe  Gent.U  Mag.,  vol. 
L  pL  i.  p.  580,  where  wc  read  that  Arabella  waa  the 
kn^ter  of  Heary  Fennor,  E»q.,  of  Tusmore,  who  mar- 
EUon,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Sir  George  Browne, 

i^o  

Htptiti. 

SIGNET  RING  FORMERLY  ATTRIBUTED  TO 

MAKY.  QUEEN  OF  SCOTS. 

(3'*S.  IV.  396,  418.) 

Wbeo,  on  the  14th  of  November  last,  I  aub- 
itted  a  querj  concerning  the  above^  I  was  not 
vftre  that  it  hud  beett  noticed   before   in   this 
otIl,  (for  I  hnd  that  the  allusion  to  it  to  whiuh 
referred  had  appeared  in  The  Times,)  or  that 
formed  n  topic  of  discussion  at  meetingt 
British  Archieological  Association.     Nor, 
uently,  waa  I  aware  that  its   true  origin 
been  ascertained.     Of  this   I  waa  first  ap- 
ised  by  the  reply  of  M .  D.  herein  on  Nov.  2 1 . 
oe  that  time,  I  have  sought  und  obtained  the 
ivantage  of  private  communications   from,   the 
rT«apondeiU    under   that    signature,    from    H. 
iyer  Cuming,  Esq.,  to  whose  discovery  of  the  in- 
'oative  monogram  ("  M.-H.")  he  refers,  and  from 
.  Vere  Irving,  Esq.,  who  also  had  engap;ed  in 
e  previous  investigations ;  with  the  perusal  of 
ports  of  which,  in  the  JournaJt  of  the  Brituh 
'  fgical  Atociation  for  March  1855,  and 
1861,  I  have  been  favoured. 
lUB  furnished  with  additional  inteUigence  on 
le  subject,  and  having,  moreover,  made  fresh 
qtiiry  among  membera  of  the  Buchan  family, 
beg  leave  to  offer  a  few  remark*  in  rejoinder  to 
^  various  obliging  answers  which  my  question 
^  N.  &  Q."  has  elicited, 
ilh  respect  to  that  which  is  generally  acknow- 
"  to  have  been  the  original  of  all  the  lozenge- 
signets  of  this  character,  (said  to  be  now 
the  possession  of  Cardinal  Wiieman,)  I  have 


bei-n  coniirmed  in  my  statement  that  it  was  care- 
luily  preserved  by  David  Stewart,  Earl  of  Buchan, 
as  having  belonged  to  the  Scottish  queen,  and  aa 
having  been  presented  bv  her  majesty  to  some 
ancestor  of  bis.  Indeed,  nis  lordship  showed  tbe 
trinket  to  myself  as  such;  together  with  an  old 
lorioise-BhelJ  comb,  and  other  reputed  Marian  rft» 
lies,  at  Dry  burgh  Abbey,  in  1827,  about  a  year 
before  his  death.  My  own  ring,  too,  had  been 
givfn  as  i\s  fac'simiUy  and  under  that  description, 
bv  the  earl  to  a  lady  who  gave  it  to  me;  but 
whether  it  was  a  modem  imitation,  (its  seal  ii 
s^xnewhat  larger,)  or  a  supposed  oo-original,  I 
have  never  exactly  learnt. 

I  was  correct  likewise,  I  am  assured,  in  mj 
assertion  that  Lord  Buchan^s  signet  had  been  lost 
to  his  representatives  for  many  years,  (though  not 
for  BO  many  as  I  intimatol,)  without  having  been 
accounted  for  by  any  known  gift,  bequest,  or 
"sale,"  authorised  by  his  lordship,  or  by  his  im« 
mediate  successor  to  the  title,  into  whose  hands  it 
never  came. 

It  is  singular,  indeed,  that  the  founder  of  the 
Society  of  Antiquaries  in  Scotland  should  have 
been  mistaken  in  this  instance.  Nevertheless, 
there  seems  no  room  for  doubt  that  Mr.  Cuming 
liHs  ileraonstrated  the  insignia  and  lettering  of  this 
seal  lit  have  been  those  of  Queen  Henrietta- Maria, 
consort  of  King  Charles  I. ;  and  in  this  concla* 
flion  Mr.  Irving,  who  had  previously  ascribed  it  to 
Mary  of  Modcna,  consort  of  James  IL,  fully  coin- 
cides. The  hypothesis,  which  has  sometimes  beea 
8i|(rgested,  that  "  H.-M."  may  stand  for  Heuy 
(iJarnlej)  and  Mary  (Stuart,)  even  if  the  adop- 
tion of  the  Irish  harp  into  the  royal  arms  were 
synchronical,  cannot  hold  good;  as,  in  that  case, 
there  would  have  been  two  Rs  ("  R.  R.")  on  the 
sinister. 

The  question  then  arises,  as  regards  its  origi- 
nality, whether  there  is  any  likelihood  of  such  a 
token  of  her  royal  favour  having  been  conferred 
bv  this  queen  (who,  it  is  known,  had  many  such 
*'  pledges"  made,  to  different  set  patterns,)  upon  an 
ancestor  of  Lord  Buchan.  And  a  not  improbable 
c-olutinn  of  it  is  to  be  found  in  the  circumstance 
that  Sir  James  Er^kine,  second  son  of  the  Lord 
Treasurer  Mar,  who  became  sixth  Earl  of  Buchaa 
through  marriage  with  the  heiress  of  that  dignity, 
was,  says  Douglas, "highly  esteemed  by  James  VI. 
and  Charles  1.,  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  carl  besides  had,  in  his  youth, 
been  despatched  by  King  James,  with  the  Duke 
of  Buckinglittni,  in  attendance  upon  Prince  Charles 
00  tlie  ocfAsion  of  his  journey  into  Spain  for  the 
purposo  of  wooing  the  Infantn  :  wlicn,  Pmis  hav- 
ing been  tnken  in  their  way,  l!  f  the 
prince's  morriiuje  with  the  bc'  '  \j  ■!■  of, 
France  waa  laid.     14.  %:^-^««v,  NiasBi'iSsR*^  M 


520 


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(;jMa.T.inim) 


means  improbable  tbat  an  early  acquamtance  of 
the  queen  with  the  earl  (whose  fjrandmnther,  the 
Duchess  of  Lennox,  wa*  of  a  noble  French  family) 
resulted  from  ihia  incident;  tbat  her  mnjesty,  in 
consequence,  may  have  afterwards  thus  personally 
distinguished  htm  in  England  ;  and  that  ner  sin^not 
ring  was  trnnsmitted  from  him,  as  an  heir-loom, 
down  to  his  collateral  descendant  David  Stewart, 
eleventh  earl. 

There  have  been,  1  find,  various  imitations  in 
glass,  of  different  sises,  of  the  seal  of  the  ring  in 
question  :  ali  of  which  have,  I  believe,  been  traced 
to  an  impression  from  Lord  Buchan'a,  which  many 
years  ago  fell  into  the  hands  of  an  eminent 
seal  enprnvcr  in  Edinburgh.  Tlicse,  of  which  I 
have  obtained  a  sample,  are  still  sold  there  in 
boxes,  labelled  —  "  The  Signet  of  Mary,  Queen  of 
Scots,  from  n  Ring  in  the  possession  of  the  late 
Earl  of  Buchan :"  which  renders  it  the  more  de- 
sirable that  the  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  Scotland  who  might  be  able  to  throw 
additional  light  upon  it. 

Of  other,  always  undoubted  and  oiuZ-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  txi  intimate  that  I 
am  aware  of  their  existence.  Of  one  of  these, 
bowcver,  in  sapphire  and  gold,  belonging  to  Miss 
Hartshorne  of  Holdenby  Rectory,  the  matrix  is 
alxiut  the  same  diminutive  size,  and  as  exquisitely 
engr.ivcd  as  that  of  the  Buchan  signet ;  anil  has 
the  same  monogram,  though  but  faintly  defined, 
and  the  "  R."  on  their  respective  sides. 

T.  A.  H. 


PEDIGREE. 

(»"  S.  V.  459.) 

A  full  answer  to  the  query  of  K.  R.  C.  would 

fill  muny  pages  of  "  N.  &  Q."     I  will,  however, 

endeavour  to  answer  it  as  shortly  as  I  can.     Lord 

St.  Leoniinls,  in  his  Vendort  ami  Piirchaaers  (lOth 

edit.  vol.  ii.  p.  76),  observes,  that  ^very  link  in 

the  chain  of  the  pedigree  shnuhl  l>e  proved  :  as  the 

,  marriage  of  the  parents,  and  the  iiaptistn  of  the 

l€on,  and  the  certificate  of  the  burial  of  the  father, 

or  the  probate  of  his  will,  «)r  letters  of  ndininintra- 

tion  to  him,  in  order  to  prove  the  Jon's  right  to 

•n  estate  by  descent  from  his  father ;  and  when 

[»IjO  was  dowable,  proof  of  the  mother's  burial  and 

1  discharge  of  hor  arrears  of  dower,  if  recently 

should  be  required;  and  inquiry  ahuutd  be 

After  any   sellleinent   executed   by   either 

^'•tfon.     The  proof  of  failure  of  issue  of  an 

^■•fK'b,  iu  of  a  first  «yn,  ia  oClcn  iW^ijVt  atv^i 


depending  npon  aflBdavits ;    twt 
given   to  such  evidence,  where  the 
the  estate  has  gone  with    the  pedigi 
The  fact  of  a  birth,  mArriage,  or  •!• 
took  place  in  and  aince    the  yew  1^^ 
proved  by  a  certified  extract  from 
Register  at  Somerset  Housei 
tute  6  and  7  William  IV.  c.  86;  and^ 
declarations  (which  have  supersedad  i 
to  the  identity  of  the  Mrtiea. 

I  may  add.  that  if  the  before-«« 
of  evidence  should  fail,  entries  in  ~ 
members  of  the  family,  monumentali 
coffin  plates,  old  statements  of  pedigvMpl 
a  pedigree  preserved  iu  the  fkmiljr  *''^ 
hung  up  in  the  mansion,  and  also 
clarations  by  members  of  the  fanulx,  ani 
as  evidence  to  prove  a  pedigree, 
evidence  is  inadmissible,  if  it  be  DOi  : 
litem  motam," — that  is,  if  it  btf  mada* 
ing,  or  with  a  view  to  anticipiated 
controversy,  involving  the  point  in  qiMH^M.  \ 
more  minute  information  on  the  proof  if  r 
grees,  I  refer  K.  R.  C,  to  that  sectioa  of  ' 
Leonard's  work,  which  relates  to  ftrvaf  *^ 
stracts  of  title ;  and  also  to  chapter  to.  i* 
second  edition  of  Darl'a  Vendort  and  JStxi^t 

W.llfii,, 

Croydon. 


1 


Tour  correspondent's  querr  — *♦  Wlafe 
is  accepted  as  proof  in  a  pedigree  ?  " — •*«* 
be  answered  without  a  particular  stat^it4< 
case  in  point.     However,  a    ^neral  aaw^ 
perhaps  be  found  in  the  foUowing^  notes  Cm^ 
books : — 

The  oral,  or  written   declAmtioni 
ceased  membcrj  of  the  familj,  are  ad 
prove  a  pedigree.     Old  .statements 
are   held   admis^iible   on  account  of  ths 
exposure  to,  and  recognition  br,  the 
altnongh  they  cannot  be  distinctlr  at( 
any  particular  member  of  it.     P«<Itfi 
in  a  family  mansion,  or  preserved 
library,  are  admissible.     A  tic<jrf»r.»« 
a  third  person  to  a  inoi 
recognised  by  him,  is  aft  i 
relationship  of  persons  tl 
and  who   might   be   pre 
known  tu  him ;  even 
gree  is  inadmissible  by  r 
l>e  collected  from    ; 
inscriptions,   family 
declaratl"!: 
persons  I 

tliem,  ari'    nuiuir.ri: 
triple,    that  th^y  ai . 
party  who  mu-^f  '  - 
It  upon  an  oo« 
txcTk  •^oavvvbn,  —  - 


8««B.T.  Jviml^'W.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


521 


or  fall  short  of  the  trutli.  Pedijjree  evidence 
isgencrtilly  inadmissible  if  made  during  existing, 
or  with  a  view  to  anticipated  litig^alion  or  con- 
troversy, involving;  the  point  in  question. 

A  pedigree,  deduced  from  the  Heralds'  Visita- 
tion books^  and  drawn  up  by  a  herald,  is  not 
evidence  :  bo  a  written  pedigree,  purporting  to  be 
ZDAde  by  one  of  the  fnfflilj,  and  entered  iu  the 
Iternlda'  bookn,  is  not  erideoce. 

Edwaad  J.  Wood. 


MEANING  OF  THE  WORD  •♦SELAH." 
(3'*  S.  T.  433.) 

This  i*  well  called  by  Caron  D^iltoh  a  "  hope- 
less subject."  St.  Jerome,  with  all  bis  knowledge 
nd  oppor(unitie5,  is  unccrtttin  and  unaatisfaotory. 
~e  adopts,  in  the  Psalms,  the  cjr  t^Xoi  of  the  Sep- 
agint,  and  renders  it  ^'  in  finem ;"  but  when  he 
imes  to  the  same  word,  in  Ilabaccuciii.  3,  be 
Hows  the  itl  of  Acjiiiia,  and  translates  it  by 
semper."  lie  refers  it,  in  the  Fsalm^,  to  Christ : 
*ln  finein,  id  est,  in  Cbristo,  Fiuia  enim  legi* 
ChrUtux."  Ill  Habaccuc,  he  merely  aaya  that  the 
Septungint  tninnlate  it  by  "  Siiifo^*^  ^^  noa  poaui- 
tiias,  temper"  St.  John  Chrysostom  and  St.  Gre- 
gory of  Nyssn  suppose  the  word  to  indicate  some 
MtraordiiK^fy  emotion  of  the  Psalmistf  or  inspired 
writer,  at  certain  passages.  Eugubinus  under- 
liands  it  to  be  used  something  like  Amen,  mean- 
log  certainly^  tf'^i  or  always.  Lorinus  thinks 
It  directs  repetition  by  a  second  choir.  Eiuebius 
lupposes  it  to  direct  cessation  on  the  part  of 
one,  and  commencement  by  another.  Genebrar- 
dus  and  others  re;:ard  it  as  a  note  of  exclamation 
Bnd  attention,  exciting  to  more  careful  considera- 
tion nf  what  is  sung :  and  Cornelius  ii  Lapide 
thus  paraphrnses  the  word  *'  Selali "  in  Habaccuc : 
.  'Attendite,  expendite,  stupete,  celebrate  jugiier 
pane  Dei  excelsl  in  nos  dignatloncm  et  benefi- 
CeDtiam." 

■  Perhaps  the  occurrence  of  this  word  "  SelaL," 
bi  the  canticle  of  Habnccuc,  has  hardly  received 
due  consideration,  in  attempts  to  determine  its 
Baeaning.  Yet  its  introduction  there  would  seem 
In  throw  grent  light  upon  its  appearance  in  the 
Psalms.  If  it  were  an  admonition  to  increased 
attention,  and  elevation  of  the  mind  and  heart,  it 
Would  be  difficidt  to  account  for  its  never  appear- 
ing in  so  many  sublime  passages  in  other  books 
of  Jloly  Sciijjiture.  The  prayer,  or  canticle  of 
Habaccuc,  being  intended  to  be  sung  like  a  psalm, 
the  word  •'Selah"  is  introduced  ibere  likewise; 
lUid  the  legi(iiiinle  inference  will  be,  that  it  is 
lome  niu<tic-iii  liirection,  the  meaning  of  which  is 
BOW  !■■  M,i  •  '>v  lost. 
Tl:  I  haii  Iwen  alre^ady  pointed  out  in 

N.  i..  .^.     ^r*  S.  is.  423,  and  x.  36),  aud,  as  I 
ink,    MQTj    aatisfgctoriJ/.      The  writer  at  tlie 


second  reference  mentions  that  Jackson  of  Exeter, 
when  composing  an  anthem  for  the  opening  versea 
of  the  prayer  of  Habaccuc,  considered  the  word] 
as  an  exclamation  of  praise,  and  set  it  to  musio^ 
accordingly ;  but  be  assigns  strong  reasons  for 
the  opinion  generally  adopted,  that  it  was  a  mere 
direction  to  the  musicians,  having  no  immerliatef 
reference  to  the  saored  text.  F.  C.  H. 


THE  MISS  HORNECKS. 

(3""  S.  V.  458.) 

The  J.  M.  of  this  query  is,  I  presume,  the  aam*^ 
who  asks  other  questions  in  the  second  column  of 
the  same  page.  He  will  find  one  of  these  inci*^ 
dentally  answered  below.  As  far  as  my  know<-i 
ledge  of  his  works  extends,  Sir  Joshua  painted' 
six  portraits  of  the  Horneck  family: 

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,  the  mother,  sitting; 
her  left  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  th-;  right  hand,  the  genuine,  only  a 
small  portion  of  it.  Under  one  of  these  plates  (I 
am  not  sure  which),  the  lettering  "  Plymouth 
Ueauty"  was  afterwards  inserted.  The  test  of 
the  hand  will  tell  J.  M.  whether  his  print  is  en- 
graved by  M'Ardell  or  Purcell. 

3.  Miss  Katherine  Horneck,  the  elder  daughter. 
She  is  the  ''  Little  Comedy  "  of  Goldsmith,  and 
married  Henry  Bunbury,  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  are  lettered 
"  Mrs.  Bunbury." 

4.  >liss  Blary  Horneck,  the  younger  daughter. 
She  is  the  "  Jessainy  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  his  own  studio  till  his  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  & , 
fine  proof,  is  exquisitely  refined  and  pretty,  and 
sweet  in  expression;  and  no  fault  can  be  luund, 
except  with  the  right  hand,  which  is  ill- drawn 
nnd  doughy.  The  prints  are  lettered  •*  Miss 
Horneck." 

5.  The   two   sisters,   in  profile,   in  one  chalk 
drawing.     It  haft  bttctv  waaj«N«A.  Nar^  *$* .  "^  -  "'^^"^'^^ 
l\oW«,  OW  H  ftc*\fe  %<5n\ft'«\va.V\M'?<a  ^aaxwSittfc  \^'v.'«. 


series.     It  "w  not  included  in  the  300  sold  by 
Ir.  Bohn. 

6.  Master  Charles  Bunbury,  eldest  son  of 
Katharine  Horneck.  This  picture,  like  No.  4, 
was  retained  by  Sir  Joshua,  and  left  in  his  will  to 
bo  mother.  "  To  Mrs.  Bunbury,  her  son's  pic- 
re."  It  is  engraved  in  larpe,  by  Howard,  m  a 
rie  of  unrivalled  brightness  and  richness  of 
,jlour.  The  possessor  of  fine  proofs  of  numbers 
[Si  3,  4,  and  6,  is  a  man  to  be  envied.  The  whole 
of  the  aix  paintings  are  still  in  the  hands  of  the 
Bunbury  family,  and  long  may  they  remun  un- 
scattered. 

I  can  find  no  mention  of  a  portrait  of  their 
brother,  "  the  Captain  in  Lace,'  who,  however, 
I  aeems  to  have  been  in  every  respect  worthy  of 
'bis  sisters — those  two  lovely  Devonshire  girl*, 
who  had  the  singular  fortune  to  be  loved  by 
Burke,  painted  by  Reynolds,  and  sung  by  Gold- 
smith. CtllTTUJJBOOO. 


CRANCELIN :  ARMS  OF  PRINCE  ALBERT. 
(3""  S.  V.  457.) 

The  Nouveau  Traiti  de  Blaton  says  enough, 
bat  reckons  un  his  readers  understanding  a  word 
which  is  not  to  be  seen  everywhere.  I  cannot 
find  crancelin  in  Menestrier,  for  instance,  Methotle 
du  BUuon.  168b.  Berry  gives  an  entirely  wrong 
blazon.  I  gave  a  short  account  of  the  Saxony 
arms  on  pp.  384,  3d5  of  the  third  volume  of  the 
present  series  of  •*  N.  &  Q.,"  which  I  think  will 
answer  the  larger  part  of  A.  A.'s  query.  The 
word  craitcelin  is  explained  by  Richelet  to  be — 
*'  Terme  de  blason,  on  apelle."  In  Richelet's  time 
they  atTecleil  to  leave  out  the  second  of  two  con- 
sonants :  "  ainsi  une  portion  de  couronne,  pos<^e 
en  bande  ti  travers  d'un  ecu,  et  qui  se  termine  a 
sea  deux  extremiter."  He  gives  no  derivation  of 
the  word.     But  Ginanni  says :  — 

"Oaocallina  Frnn.  CVrmiWiii ;  Lat.  ^TtUlla  Rutaaa. 
EgU  k  una  mczza  corona  poita  in  iMnda.  La  parola 
Fnoc6M  Crantelin  deriva  nail'  Aleniaaoa  Knualin,  che 
aignifioa  nna  niccola  corona,  o  Ghixiaada  di  florL" 

D.P. 

Staarts  Lodge»  Malvern  Wells. 

"Crown  of  ruo.  l1io  ancient  anna  of  the  Dukeilnrn  of 
Sazonv  were  barry  of  •3i;bt,  or  and  aoble.  The  Lend  waa 
added  by  the  Emperor  Froflcrio  fiorboroHa. -«« Luu  hi  con- 
firmed the  duk<'  lardof  Anbi  '  iring 
•ome  mark   to  '                    liim  from  t                    i  the 

fbriner  hoiue,  iltu  <...., Ljuk  a  chaplct  <..  . ».   ..„;cli  he 

hod  opon  hi*  li«ad»  and  threw  it  acro««  the  thjetd.  TtaMe 
«r«  tiu  paMmal  onns  of  hit  R.iL  Prince  Albert  The 
IwariaK  Is  aoiQadiiHi  called  a  dwmt  tonmu  m  Ittnd,  and 
■omeuines,  mora  praparly,  a  btud  ardta  eonmftiy.  lu 
tiaetnrs  in  the  arm*  abore-nanted  is  vert.*—  I'orkor'i 
Glfl$aar)f  ofTtrmt  %*td  U  Britith  Hrrahlrjf,  p,  108,  article 
"t'rown." 

The  word  cruncUn  does  not  occur  in  Parker, 
DOT  is  U  to  be  found  in  N.  Bailey,  ^iXoXir^tn. 

UliC>OU.TUOUt11. 


"HebearethOr.aBend  fllrrtir<  ClUaMtW] 

fop  »i<ic  «iu!es.      Some   »*y    Uiiv«i«g  Uie  W(" 
(^aranttt'ijaAtisi-    Morgan  ft*.  S/k  8».  ler* 
Coratirt  in  fienO.  hut  he  shoaUl  tbw  kovvi 
IcnUcB  ill  JBenlrj  because  it  reaclwlJi  tttm  ifdtl 
of  the  abiddc. 

"  Barr>-  oflO  s  I  or],and  ly  tio^^aachallMd ' 
bom  by  Peter  of  Saxfuf,  Duk*  of  Aumm. 

•*  A  a  FoMe  S  the  hke  U  bom    by  V*^  Wm 
Roudle  UoLme's  Acadti^f  rrfjlrmtoiy,  I.  1,  48.  | 


odier 


Crancelin  is,  of  course,  from  the  G« 
lein.  {Vide  Spener,  "Protegomcn* 
Saxon.,"  in  his  Par- 

The  origin  of  the  i 
the  Emperor  Borbaroso:'  d  ti 

of  Saxony  upon  Bemhar  -  of 

newly-created  duke  desired  the 
him  also  an  addition  to  hi*  an 
might  be  distinguished  from  th« 
of  his  family  who  bore:  Bnrr^  of  t«»  or< 
Whereupon  the  em'^'  --    -   kindf  oitf*^'  ' 
of  rue  which  he   ^  i    his  hi 

obliquely  across  thu  iho  dul 

The  fullest  and  b  \»  of  the 

with  which  I  am  aui;^..».i..^,..    "--'  •^■ 
to  which  I  referred  abore ;  u 
huig  zu  dtr  Wapenkmut  (p.  ;:;:  .    ,    . 
of  **  Wapen  des  Koaiga  in  f  ohicn.'* 

J* 

New'Sboreliam. 


HODKL   0»  EniHBtlKGII    (***     S,     T.   IT 

reply   to   the  incjuiries  of  J.   R,    B., 
prolesaor  in  Edinburgh  informed  me 
dnvs  since,   I  beg  to  intimate  tliat 
Edinburgh  which  J.  IL  B.  saw 
has  been  exhibited  with  gre&t  %\ 
burgh,  Glasgow,  and  Ma.nchester, 
100,000  persons  having  viewed  it  at 

It  has  been  considerably  enlarged, 
tainly   the  largest  and  most  acKsursI 
ever  made.  It  now  cover*  a  sarfaoo 
feet,  thereby  including  the  city  wtt 
liumentary  limits,  and  naa   a: 
improvements  made  to  the  yc. 
by  a  member  of  my  family. 
'  It  is  in  my  possession ;  if  J.  R.  B. 
have  any  furtlier  <  '     •,  he  ' 

addreaa  "Nisi  D'  .'    Kayc 

llooms,  Brown  Streci,  .^initciH-ri-jr. 

LODT  MAaKHAM   (3'*  S    V    4»i>0— ' 
w.is  the  third  daughter  i 
Exton,  Knt.,  by  Liri-r  ' 
WIlliBm  Sidney  of  1' 
was  creulcd  Lord  I 
H«  was  tut*)r  to  the  rruiccA-'  l.lical 
Not  5twuw»  V^.-,  tovA.  *.  %v«A  Cti 


8»«  S.  ▼.  Jw»R  25,  "64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


528 


twiagton,  who  died  $,p.  in  1613,  Donne  wrote 
B  elegy  on  this  young  man.  Brid^'et  Harington 
rw  born  in  1579 ;  married  Sir  Anthony  Markham, 
f  Sedgcbrook,  Bart.,  and  wa«  Lady  of  the  Bed- 
tminber  to  Queen  Anne  of  Denmark.  Sir  An- 
lOny  Markham  died  in  1604,  and  Lady  Markham 
lay  10,  1609.  The  parish  re^'ister  of  Twickeo- 
un  shows  that  ahe  was  on  a  visit  to  her  aiater, 
Lucie,  Countess  of  Bedford." 

**  Tbe  Ladie  Bridget  Markham,  who  dyed  in  the  Ladie 
\  Bedford's  Oouae  in  the  Pork,  wu  interred  Hay  19*<>, 
509." 

I  A  very  long  epitaph  ta  on  her  tomb,  which  I 
ippose  may  still  be  eeen  on  the  south  wall  of 
Wickenham  church,  under  the  gallery. 

Thla  Lady  Markham  was  the  mother  of  Sir 
tobert  Markham  of  Sodgebrook ;  who  was  a 
Mkloud  Koyalist,  although  his  younger  brother 
!eory  did  good  service  to  the  Farllamentarians. 

M.P. 

P.S.  Lucie,  Countess  of  Bedford,  was  a  great 
mefactresa  of  Donne;  who  seems  to  have  re- 
ATed  much  pecuniary  asaistascc  from  her  in  his 
loubleB. 

Ladt  Euz&bkth  Sfelman  (3'*  S.  v.  482.)  — 
he  following  pedigree  ahowa  the  descent  from 
►e  learned  antiquary :  — 


JRBmt  Sprtman.  roiincaK  (on, 
MMO  •!  th«  BicheqiMr,  iMp. 
iQet  «,  ISM.  in«U  !«:».  Bur.  hi 
n.  DuMUn's,  Fleet  Street. 


kuT  9pelin<n,Df  Wick-      J«m«*9iieliaaa  a  BTiiioft,(la.of  fllrWIl- 
'Nnere.  ob.  Nov.  i»,  iOM.  f     UimBowl«*,orBcifc- 


BHIT7  ftpelnian,  Knt..  tlx  &-  =  Kleeaor,  d«n.  and  eok.  of  Jelm 

•oUquanr.bomlMt  HW»    I      L«  Straojie,  of  SedctAnil,  la 

~  jfyoifalk.ltBb.   Bard.    |      Hmfo\kJS»a-  Xkird.  kt  8cdc«- 

mijutcr  Abbrf,  Oct.H,    I      fbtd.  April  ll,  IJHMi   But.Jatj 

ta.  IBM,  at  the  eotnaoa  of  St. 

Btoedict'*,  W«tmi]iM«r  Akber. 


P 


Matthe.  dan.  aad  oedl.  of  faadi 

Vaaon,  Caq. 


UUmo  ft«llDaa.  orwiefcinan,  a  BllEabeth,dB.artlMt>adr  BCartha 
Mr  to  hii  oaite  Baaor.  B«  Cmw,  Ssd  wife  of  John  Earl  of 
md  1711.  MIdiUetaB,  and  da.  awl  h.  of 

Haazj  Barl  a/ifaeBa«th. 

G.  H.  D. 

QvoTATioifS  Waj«ted  (3'*  S.  T.  495, 496.)— Mb. 
lannuAB'a  lart  passsBe  is  the  lirst  line  of  the 
;.  stanxa  of  Bishop  Berkeley's  celebrated  and 
lutiful  verses  on  the  "  Prospect  of  Planting 
tits  and  Lcaninv-  r  '  lerica."  They  have  often 
een  called  alt;  tic;  though,  just  now, 

e  vision  is  ratL..  ^„.uucJ  over.  See  his  Works, 
d.  1820,  iii.  233.  LTTTBLTOif, 

••  For  mo  let  boaiy  Fielding  bite  the  BToaud, 
So  nobler  Pickle  statu]*  superbly  bound. 

Who  ever  read  '  the  R*'gidde  *  but  5Wore. 
The  author  wrote  a»  man  iie*i!f  wrote  before." 

'  -d  to  (he  Cri- 

U.  or  Churchill 
i^fixploiu  wiy  ihb  liuLS  were  written. 

P.  W,  TBBroi.l*BT«. 


H«  set  as  sets  the  morning;  star,  which  goes 

Not  down  beliiad  the  darkened  vrtat,  nor  hides,"  &c. 

This  is  from  PoUok's    Course  of  Time.      Not 
I  having  the  book  at  hand,  I  cannot  give  nearer 
particulars.  S.  Shaw. 

LoTALTT  Mboals  (S'^  S.  V.  479.) — The  quota- 
tion from  the  note  to  the  Diary  of  Sir  Henry 
Slingsbi/  is  given  so  incorrectly  that  it  seems  de- 
sirable to  mention  the  mistukes.  The  words 
"Residvs,"  "  Primmiana,"  "Belnsyze"  appear  in 
the  query  of  Anon,  instead  of  Hesidvis,  Pimmicma, 
and  Beliuyse^  which  are  the  words  printeil  is  the 
Diary.  The  following  part  of  Anon's  quotation 
must  have  surprised  heraldic  readers:  "  And  it  \» 
remarkable  that  the  baron  coat  is  dimidiated,  so 
that  Scriven  appears  once  at  top,  and  once  below 
barwiae."  Of  course  this  would  not  be  the  result 
of  dimidiating  a  coat  of  four  quarters.  But  the 
statement  of  the  note  in  the  Diary  is  :  "  And  it  is 
remarkable  that  the  baron  coat  is  dimidiated,  so 
that  Scriven  appears  once  at  top,  and  Siittgtby 
once  below,  barwiso." 

It  Is  painful  to  reflect  that  Sir  Henry  Slingsbj^ 
one  of  the  bravest  and  most  incorruptible  ser- 
vants of  the  two  kings  Charles,  should  have  been 
brought  into  peril  of  his  life  so  late  in  Cromwell's 
life.  That  person  survived  Sir  Henry's  murder 
only  three  months.  After  his  death  such  a  sen- 
teoce  could  scarcely  have  taken  effect.        D.  P. 

Stuarts  Lodge,  Malvern  Wells. 

LiTERABV  PLAGIABiaUa,  BTC.  (8'*  S.  V.  432.)™ 

Allow  me  to  refer  Mb.  Rbdmokd  to  a  pamphlet 
entitled  Literary  Piracies,  Plagiarismt,  and  Analo- 
gies, Dublin,  1863.  It  contains  the  substance  of 
two  lectures  delivered  about  twelve  months  since, 
by  Stephen  N.  Elrington,  Esq.  (known  to  many 
OS  "S.  N.  E."),  before  the  Boolerstown  Young 
Men^s  Christian  Association;  and  it  well  deserves 
an  attentive  reading.  Within  the  moderate  com- 
pass of  fifty-six  pa^es,  a  large  amount  of  useful  and 
mteresting  information  may  be  found.      Abuba. 

Lascbij:.s  (3"*  S.  v.  400.)  —  In  the  pedigree  of 
Ryther  given  in  Whitaker's  edition  of  Thoresby's 
Leeds,  it  is  stated  that  Susanna,  seventh  daughter 
of  Robert  Rvthcr,  Esq.  of  Belton,  baptised  in 
1668,  and  sole  executrix  of  her  father's  will  in 
1693,  married  —  -  ■  Lascells  of  Crowle,  oo.  Lin- 
coln. Perhaps  this  may  be  the  hidy,  whose  de- 
scent R.  C.  H.  H.  wishes  to  ascertain.  Did  John 
Lascells  of  Homcastle  leave  any  descenthints  ? 

CL.BBICUS. 

Sibbeb:  Sibber  Sadcrs  (3'"  S.  v.  460.)— The 
meaning  of  sibber  sauces  as  "  quieting  sauces  " 
would  seem  to  arise  from  a  mi<take  in  the  ternu 
In  the  North  Hiding  of  Yorkshire  we  have 
"  sipper  sauces  "  as  applied  to  the  condiments  of 
the  table,  and  wUvtVi-w^  m,v>'\'«%'w«A  ViV«i  <SssRfe 

extra  mcTfeOiWTv\8  ot  t««6Tjt.\«v^  n*\\vc^  '^^^x  *'^*^lfe. 

to  Ihe  ?ooA,  a.tvi\  wm  w\>j  %Xn"^^"^1  v^^v^^-  '«'  ^»^ 


524 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


Jen! 


I 


essences  to  fish  and  such  like.  Furtber,  we  often 
bear  it  said  in  the  case  of  iin  invitation  to  dinner, 
"  we  can  give  you  a  plain  meal,  but  no  sipper 
sauces,*'  none  of  those  luxuries  found  nt  a  "  re- 
pilar  spread."  Also,  in  the  way  of  taking  physio, 
the  patient  here  is  told  to  swallow  the  potiuii 
without  "  sippering "  or  sipping  at  it,  that  Is, 
without  tasting  it  slightly,  as  people  are  apt  to  do 
white  making  the  eOurt  to  bolt  it.  G. 

Whitby. 

Hbkaldic  Qdbbt  (3"*  S.  t.  478.)  —  The  coats 
about  which  Mr.  W,  J.  Bebkiiard  Smith  in- 
quires, are —  1.  Hill  of  Hales,  Norfolk.  This  is 
figured  on  p.  410  of  Guillim,  ed.  1724.  2.  The 
lady 'a  couC  is  Graham,  aa  borne  by  the  Duke  of 
Montrose,  the  Grahams  of  Norton  Conyers,  and 
Netherby,  Should  this  reply  enable  Mr.  Smith 
to  identify  the  date  of  the  match  and  the  person.^, 
a  note  in  "  N.  &  Q,"  from  him  would  mucli  oblige 
me.  D.  P. 

Stuartfl  Lodge,  Malvern  Wolls. 

SfiPTOAGiKT  (S"*  S.  V,  419,  470.)  — Mr.  Bvck- 
Tos  will  much  oblige  if  he  will  read  An  Enquiry 
inla  the  Prexerd  Slate  of  the  Septnagint  Version  of 
the  Old  Testament,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  Owen, 
P.RS.,  Rector  of  St.  Olavc,  Hart  Street,  1769. 
It  is  a  duodecimo,  180  pp.  Ita  perusal  will  prove 
that  he  was  well  qualified  to  pronounce  tin  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. 

Newimotokbnsis. 

MAKVow-BoifBS  AjfD  Cleavers  (3''  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  wns  married 
in  London  in  the  year  1815 ;  and,  on  our  return 
from  church,  a  card  was  sent  ia,  to  the  best  of 
my  recollection,  nearly  idcnticnl  with  (hat  quoted 
by  H.  S.,  but  this  postscript  wns  added  :  "  Having 
our  Books  of  Presidents  to  Show."  There  was 
also  an  intimation  that  the  marrow-bones  and 
cleavers  were  in  readiaeu,  mod  would  play  if 
required. 

Few  persons  refused  the  gratuity  (about  five 
shillings)  in  order  to  escape  what  would  have 
been  an  annoyance  to  tbeniBclvcs  and  neighbours. 
My  wife  remembers  the  rough  music,  as  it  wis 
called,  playing  occasionally  for  two  dnys  in  a 
street  in  her  neighbourhood,  and  causing  a  great 
diiiturbance :  this  must  have  been  between  fifty 
and  sixty  years  ago. 

The  marrow  bones  and  cleavers  were  played,  a 
few  yenru  nince,  in  the  town  where  1  resid*  ;  but 
I  have  not  heard  of  another  instance,  and,  a«  the 
bridegroom  wai  n  butcher,  perhaps  it  was  only  a 
professional  welcome.  H.  E.  ft. 

Doctor  Slop  (S**  8.  t,  414,  41«.)  Your  cor- 
respondent Jatdrc  will  find,  in  AUcinsob's A/ecKcoi 


Bibliography  (p.  304,  London,  1834).  »ia 
marks  upon  Ur.  Burton  :  ammig  wbk^ 
commended  for  "his  intimate  acauaistastl 
all  the  esteemed  writers  of  ht«  oar* 
subjects  of  which  he  wrote;  SAcl  UU 
Mtdwiffry,  spoken  of  as  "  A  moac  l« 
masterly  work."  The  plutea  wliicli  illi 
work  were,  it  is  thought,  tAken 
made  by  Stubbs,  the  famous  liorK-] 

B 

Mark  or  Thor's  HAMMsm  (S**  S.  t. 
Permit  a  descendant  of  Tbor  or  Thoca  i 
son's  Medii  JEci  Kalewtarium,  ml.  iL  ^ : 
soy  that  the  fylfot  or  *♦  Son  word  "  will  bt  1 
figured  as  an  heraldic  emblem  in  Boutdj 
fi<;.  143.     It  will  also  be  found  m  Sabiacr 
Gould's  Iceland,  p.  299,   where  he  writer 
were  shown   the  stone  in    the    tu*o  of 
taihr.     The  only  marks  on  it  were  two: 
is  certainly  (says  Mr.  Gould)  Thor's 
second  a  magical  character."      I  ••av  il  i 
gamma,   hence  your  corrcapor, 
"  Gammadion."     This   DiganiTii 
has,    as   is   nell   known,    tliree    fornu, 
stand  each  for  the  figure   six    in  Gro^i 
power.     But  if  we  turn  to  Godfrey  l]j0 
find  that  acute  philolo^ue  referring  ibt 
its  analogous  letter  in  Hebrew,  the  great* 
tion  or  letter  vau.     I  will  not  occupy  i 
able  space  further,  but  if  A.  A.  feels  if  i 
for  further  information,  I  shall  onlyr  bf* 
to  show  him  the  power  of    the    l3tgflB 
Thor's  hammer,  in  more  than  noe  way.* 
Lb  CajirAt.uc»  ai' 

87,  Harrow  Road,  W. 

S0TTON-C0LDFIS1.D  (S**    S.  V,   979lJ 
words  (of  Henry  YIIL's  charter)  Lara 
immemorial  the  name  of  the   piftce. 
taken   from    the  "  Coldfiutd,**    which,    1 
*'  Chase,"  were  royal  hunting  (i^roands  in 
of  King  John,  and  probably  e^irlier 


.llandKiM>«W)k 


D'AlIRICHCOUKT  Pa^ttt  f R**   8. 
family  of  this  nu  '^iihrit 

famous  in  WarwI. 
the  sixteenth  century.    i>ue  Dugdalc, 

'       ««* 

"  Thb  DcuLiH  UsivKasiTf  Ritruiw  "  (T*  &» 
343,  447.)  —  For  tlie  infitmi  i-i.in  i.t'  liinrcasi^ 
spumlent,  .ind  in  reply  to  [  \mf  W 

stale  that  the  itCtmd  vol.  nl  n  ' 

possession,  and  is  entitled.  "  The   ituhim 
titff  Review,  New  Scries,  V<>1    I  .  .T^nt 
vembi.'r.  1834.  Dublin; 
Street,"  pp.  514.     Ai  laj 

•'  CJontcntu  of  No.  VV*  "U  i  '  ^ 

H.,  New  Series."     Aa  tlic: 
nombcn  in  the  volume,  and  n  oti  the  ^z-it  \ 


J 


»i*S.T.  Jr3nE25,'«4.] 


rOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


eiicb,  th«  Review  is  stjrled  a  "  Quarterly  Maga- 
zine," I  at  first  tliounht  they  had  been  respectively 
published  in  January  and  in  April,  1834i  but  on 
examination  I  found  that  this  was  not  the  case. 
No  date  is  attRched  to  these  numbera  (though  the 
first  four  were  dated  in  the  Table  ofContenta), 
but,  from  dates  afforded  by  the  "University  and 
Literary  Intelligencer"  appended  to  each,  1  find 
that  No.  V.  must  have  been  published  on  the 
Ist  of  May  or  Jane,  and  the  laiit  number  in 
November ;  so  that  the.<(c  two  nnnibers  really 
covered  the  year  1834,  as  the  title-pa^e  declared. 
Mr.  Ceesar  O'tway  was  the  editor  of  this  magazine 
in  its  quarterly  form,  and  the  Rev.  Charles  S. 
f-*  -  '■  1  was  the  first  wlitor  of  (he  monthly  serial 
lowed.  This  periodical  is  interestinp,  not 
\<iii,  11  will  the  valuable  matter  contained  in  its 
forlier  numbers,  but  from  its  being  the  only  ma- 

Roe  which  has  ever  succeeded  in  Ireland. 
ElRIO»KACa. 
Anr  Familt  (3'*  S.  v.  398,  -IRS.)— If  Micletes 
•rill  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  Cory  to  the  peer- 
age of  Ilunsdon.  What  the  precise  value  ol  this 
Bource  may  be  I  cannot  at  present  pretend  to  saj, 
but  the  little  experience  which  I  have  had  m 
genealogical  investigations  has  rendered  me  very 
^luctant  to  accept  any  statement  unsupported  by 
evidence. 

Perhaps  T  ought  to  have  mentioned  that  the 
■A>ove  W.  F.  Gary  succeeded  his  cousin,  Robert 
CaiT  (seventh  Lord  Hunsdon),  who,  till  his  ele- 
iration  to  the  peerage,  had  followed  tlie  trade  of  a 
Hreaver  in  Holland.  He  died  unmarried  in  1702 ; 
»nd  I  see  that  Banks  {Baronia  Anglica  Concen- 
tratoy  ii.  197),  after  mentioning  this  fact,  adds :  — • 

"The  heir,  who  maybe  now  extant,  not  improbably 
(■Ar  be  in  a  sitnatioa  of  life  not  saporior,  and  equally 
lUiaware  of  tbo  ranlc  to  which  be  has  a  right." 

Tour  correspondent  rightly  says,  the  "  question 
etUl  remains — was  Sir  Robert  the  only  son  of 
■Bjr)  Edmun<]  V"  If  the  following  extract  from 
Hoons's  Cambridgeshire  be  true,  it  would  appear 
^nt  he  was  not :  — 

•*  In  1632  it  was  the  property  of  Valentine  Cory,  Bi«bop 
of  Exeter,  whnw  ntpheif,  KmestutCarv,  sold  it  in  1646  to 
the  fnmily  of  Veatrla."—  Page  250,  "Great  Shelford." 

This  Bishop  Cary  teems  to  have  puzzled  Prince, 
who  claims  him  as  a  **  worthy  of  Devon,"  though 
be  admits  that  he  is  said  to  have  been  bom  m 
Northumberland.  C.  J.  Roninsoir. 

Ljustotlk's  Politics  (3»<»  S.  v.  475.)— Mr. 

needs  no  defender:  but  1   suspect  Mr. 

iTOK  is  in  some  confusiim,      I  am  not  indeed 

from  what  source  Mr,  Lewes  has  derived 

utemcnt  that  Aristotle  described  2&S  conati- 

and   I   a^ee  that  it  is  inaccurate  to 


describe  the  extant  Trcatbe  on  PoUUcs  as  a  littU 
one. 

iJut  on  the  other  hand,  I  do  not  suppose  Mr. 
Lewes  meant  literally  that  Arnold  had  "com- 
mitted to  memory  "  that  treatise,  or  any  part  of 
it,  but  only  that  he  was  quite  familiar  with  it. 

I  wish,  however,  to  refer  Mr.  Bocktoh  and 
your  readers  to  the  end  of  the  preface  to  the  third 
volume  of  Arnold's  Thucydidea  (pp.  xx.  xxt.), 
which  will  show  what  Mr.  Lewes  seems  to  refer  to. 
Aristotle  certainly  does  not  give  255  "  outlines." 
The  words  which  Mb.  Bucston  quotes  show  that 
those  outlines  were  in  works  now  lost.  What 
Arnold  says  is  this  :  — 

"  Even  in  Europe  and  America  it  would  not  be  eaiiy  to 
collect  such  a  Ireajure  of  ex}>erience  us  the  coDstilutioae 
of  *  153  '  conamonwcalths  along  the  variotu  coasts  of  the 

Mediterranean  ofTered  to  Aristotle So  rich 

was  the  experience  which  Aristotle  enjoyed,  but  which  to 
us  i«  only  oitainable  mediately  and  irn perfectly  through 
his  <>ther"wrjlin(ra  ;  his  own  record  of  all  these  common- 
vaalths    .....    having  unhappily  jierished." 

LrXTELTON. 

StJCCESaiOH    TKRODGB    THE    MoTHKB    (3**  S.  V. 

■459.) — Fiat  Jdstitia  seems  ignorant  of  the  pro»J 
visions  of  the  statute  18  Victoria,  chap.  xxiii.;| 
for  which  improvement  in  the  law  of  Scotlandi^j 
and  others  of  a  valuable  kind,  the  country  is  in-j 
debted  to  Mr.  Dunlop,  M.P.  for  Greenock.  Il 
quote  the  words  of  sections  4  and  J  :  — 

"  'L  When  an  intestate,  dying  without  loaviug  iaaae 
whose  father  has  predeceased  him,  shall  he  survived  by 
bis  mother,  she  shall  have  right  to  one-third  of  his  move- 
able n.  «.  perianal)  estate  in  preference  to  his  brothers 
and  sisters,  or  their  descendants,  or  other  next  of  kin  of 
lucb  iotcBtate." 

"  5.  Where  an  intestate,  dying  without  leaving  issue, 
whose  fdiher  and  mother  have  both  predeceased  bim,^ 
shall  not  leave  any  brother  or  sistor,  gcrman  or  coiiAaa- 
gninean,  nor  any  doncendanta  of  a  brother  or  sister,  p«T* 
man  or  consanguinean,  bat  shall  leave    brothers    andJ 
sisters  uterine,  or  a  brother  or  sister  uterine,  or  any  d«"| 
sccndants  of  a  hroUier  or  aidter  uterine,  such  brothers  nudj 
sisters  uterine,  nnd  such  deucenJant*  in  place  of  their  ^ 
predeceasing  parent  shall  have  right  to  one  half  of  hia 
moveable  estate." 

G, 

Kdinbargfa. 

IMlSQDOTATKJIlS  BT  GBEAT  AcTHOBTriES  (3'*  S- 

V.  454.)— I  am  afraid  that  no  efforts  of  "N.  feQ.*' 
can  prevent  occasional  misquotations  by  great^ 
authorities — occasional  noddiugs  of  Homers  ;  but 
cannot  something  be  said  to  open  the  eyes  of  the 
world  to  the  cruel  wrong  done,  in  invuriably  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-j 
timent  —  "Comparisons  are  odorous" — i«  always 
given  to  Mrs.  Mulaprop,  as  it  is  by  newspaperJ 
writers  (who  are  the  people  fondest  of  this  usefulj 
and  hardworked  quotation)  of  every  degree,  andj 
without  exception  f  I  met  with  an  amusing  in*^ 
stance  of  this  the  other  day  in  The  Guardian  ■ 


•    -  ^ 


fi26 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[s*'  a  T.  iflM 


©f 


VJfner  of  whioh  tlie  writers  are  of  very  unequal 
~1Wt  certainly,  but  none  of  them  usually  ign<irant 
common  English  literature.  Tbe  contributor 
of  a,  column  of  gossip  wrote,  »s  it  is  the  habit  of 
#uch  contributors  to  write:  "But  'compariaons 
gre  odorous,*  as  Mrs.  Malaprop  says."  Some  cor- 
'respondent,  chivalrous  enough  to  attempt  the 
flhopdess  enterprise,  wrote  to  call  attention  to  the 
ntisquotation;  whereupon  the  writer,  in  a  next 
week's  erratum,  attribute's  the  saying  (o  its  true 
author — the  sapient  Dogberry;  and  asserted  that, 
what  Mrs.  Malaprop  does  say,  is — *'  No  compari- 
sons, Miss;  comparisons  don't  become  a  young 
woman."  In  the  course  of  the  following  week, 
-be  apparently  discovered  that  be  hnd  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  lost,  by  quoting  Mrs. 
Malaprop  correctly,  as  saying:  "No  caparbons, 
MiflS;  caparisons  doQ^  become  a  young  woman." 
So  that,  to  set  the  poor  lady  completely  right, 
eren  with  an  author  willing  to  make  handsome 
reparation,  was  as  difEcult  as  driting  a  joke  into 
a  Scotch  head  is  said  to  be.  And  after  all  nty 
mind  misgives  me,  that  the  next  uma  I  see  the 
quotation  made  use  of  in  a  smart  article,  in  what 
newspaper  s<7ever,  it  will  stand  as  it  always  ixas 
•tood :  '*  *■  Comparisons  are  odorous,'  as  Mrs.  Ma- 
laprop says."  C.  A.  L. 

Maxrtagc  BsroRn  A  Jusms  otthb  PsjirR  (3*^ 
S.  V.  400, 469.)— The  following  notice  of  such  mar- 
riages is  extracted  from  a  Hittnry  of  (he  Parochial 
Church  o/Bw^y,  by  T.  T.  Wilkinson,  F.R..V.S,, 
Member  of  the  Literary  and  Piiilosophical  So- 
ciety of  Manchester,  &c,  &e.,  1836.  Tbe  Rev. 
Henry  Morris,  an  "  able  and  orthodox  divirie," 
was  Incumbent  of  Burnley  from  a.d.  U«40  to  ajj. 
1653.  On  .September  20,  1653,  he  wa.s  "chosen 
by  the  inhabitAnts  and  householders  of  the  parish 
to  be  their  Beststrar  ;"  and  their  selection  was 
anproved  by  "Richard  Shuttleworth  [of  Gaw- 
tnorpe],  an^  John  Starkie  [of  Muntroyde]."  two 
of  the  resident  magistrates  for  the  district.  In 
the  capacity  of  registrar,  Mr.  Morris  — 

**  appran  as  iak*ma  to  Mvoral  marriagM  before  t]i« 

*  Jojtioos  of  tbe  Peace  f'  end.  at  tbi«  olow  of  th<«  sororx! 

aatrr  of  marriage,  it  U  »AAf't\  '\n    ' 

lieadon  of  benns  *  wns  fimt  meri' 

ttie  Lord's  Dey,  eowirding  to  Act  .  -; 

1km  aarlieet  of  ihoee  who  availed  Utuiumive*  m  Unnn 

epportaokieiW  we  fljul  the  nera««  of  '  Richard   I'nIlAnI, 

«rHata«isbam  Eavt*.  T.inen  \Vr 

daughter  of  Oatcs  SA(,'ar.  uf  T> 

who  wetD  *m«rfi«l  by   Rirlianl  .1 

Q«wthorpc.  one  of  the  JiMik'fS  of  lht>  IViic  wilhiii  ilie 

Counlr  tif  I.anr»»i«-,  ilii«  «ixt«<*nth  of  l)<wi(iiil»er,  in  the 

jeat      ■  ....'.-...     .-.  (  -     .  ,,trj(^ 

aapl  ■ijyde; 

will.  I^nws- 

thonin,   ^14.,   uC   New    liitll  i   Kut  i|.,  of 

BUukbum;  a^  Ju«tir«.<i  of  (he  i'  mar- 

imgm,    Hoc  did  the  foowr  daaee*  uunv.  b,viui  \u<usMt»«i 


of  the  servioea  Of  the  JoatfrM ;  for  abovt  tha 

•  Oeo?^  Habtead,  of  B«nk  }Ious«.  and  TOUXIi  Bell 

of  Extvriatle,'  also, '  Pe»*r  Ormerod*.  of  (^ 

miin,  and  Susan  Barcioft,  dauglitvr  rf  T~ 

G«ntlemaD,'  were  anited    hy  U»e  ••■•e 

pres--    -     *■  ■■•      T'——  Morris»    MiBis 

thi;  v  -s  it  is  ettrl4 

«ir»:i  ..reerrvttl ! 

wm  ftiid  lUe  Eiqwci.      ri»«  UUUr 

applied  to  meinbvrt  of  the  hig'heaa  I 

bourhood,  vhilit  the  former  ie  (Ken 

tboae  beloDgiag  to  the  inferior  gentjjr." 

ScNTSRCXs  coirrAWiKO  BOT  Onv  V« 
S.  V.  419.) — I  have  heard  octqgenariaaa  1 
in  the  good  old  dayt,  when  snpper  WM  a  1 
and  a  joYial  meal,  it  was  CBStocnaxy 
young  people,  in  addition  to  o«npaaill(( 
and  rebuses,  to  try  to  inrent  sentmoM 
only  one  vowel ;  and  then  to  puxzte 
decipher  them  by  writing  down  tbe  vo»«Il 
certain  distances,  filling  up  the  repaired  r 
of  consonants  by  so  (naoy  dots. 

I  quote  from  memory  a  aenteiice 
script  book  of  charades  and  inirzlei,  ditsdi 
1799 ;  and  could  I  at  this  moment  laj 
on  the  book,  might  perlmps  find  othcn 

nature : — 

"  Yenerttt  ye  pirrf**!  noi, 
Evn  knep  tlueer  prwcepta 

Doubtless,  at  the  time  the  thin^  mm 
there  were  hundreds  of  sci 
taining  only  one  vowel  in  en 
now  be  difficult  for  any  one  01  Drami 
to  string  a  whole  paragranh   togcti 
For  instance,   the  following    tmpn 
just  made  during  the  last  Lea  m!tiiUe»:  — 

Tamor  Arm.  Uaputll  wsa  at  a  gwr  hi^ 
LdBt  May  Day,  uad  had  a  baaJ  at  oaxtia. 


'^^ 


An  example  of  the  oarioaitv  Inquired  fee  1 
Frag  SB,  is  furnished  by  the  old 
Towel  to 

•<p.R.a.v.K.T.r.it.p.o.T.ts,iv. 
v.B.K.p.T.a.».r.n.o.r.T.e«T«l 
and  jou  will  have  a  senteneo,  t.  e.— 

"  Prr9«r«r«  y«  perfiteC  in«ti, 
Evtt  k«rp  th«e  |««o( 

As  a  specimen  of  oonipontion 
7irtn/i,  I  copy  a  Welsh  ver*' 
"  St.  DaVid's  Day,"  in  £oa/i 
1864:  — 

"  O'l  wiw  wr  \  w««  A  i  a1 
OT  wyau  e  wcna 
E*  wane  ei  wv  x\%* 
A'i  wp'iu  vi\  iru»u  La,' 


TiiF  St » «. 

shall  li.iv»'  v.. 


UBS. 


Jtrsx  25,  *ti.2 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


H.  C.  iaquires,  but  of  tbe  oLber  public  tibrariea 
of  Constantinople  :  for  the  catalo;:ues  are  iii  pfo- 
pott,  and  I  saw  tlie  proof  in  the  hands  of  Munif 
Eflendi.  Althoagb,  as  H.  C.  intimates,  the  Porte 
is  liberally  disposed,  as  was  shown  in  the  late 
aearcb  for  the  Hangarian  MSS.,  yet  there  is  no 
particular  reason  to  be  sanguine  of  finding  Euro- 
pean MSS.  of  value,  any  more  tlmn  in  the  Uun- 

iTjirifin  ra»e.  IIXDE  Ht. *.■»«. 

'  iccadUly. 
L...JIE,  Earl  or  DstJCAKoar  (3»*  S.  t.  84fi.)  — 
The  barony  of  Colloony  was  conferred  in  1660, 
the  earidom  of  Bellnmont  in  1689,  and  the  titles 
became  extinct  in  1600.  The  arms  were:  Arg.  a 
diev.  between  three  coote  sa.,  beaked  and  memb. 

SI.,  in  chief  &  mullet  or.     Crest.  A  coot,  aa  in 
e  arau ;  JUipportere,  two  wolves  orm. 

J.  WoODWABD. 

JTawAMreham. 

QtJOTATioK  Wawtbt)   (3'*  8.  iv.  499;   v.  62, 

"  God  aad  Um  Doctor  we  alike  adore." 
The  tmtj  Tcrsion  of  this  epiprara  is  to  be  found 
■la  the  Workx  of  John  Owen  of  0.^ford.     My  edi- 
tion is  Elrevir,  1647.     The  book  is  rather  rare. 

"  Intrantit  naedici  faciea  tree  Mse  video tiir 
^         iEgroUatii  bomini^  Dicoionis,  alque  Dei. 
^^H43na jpriNHim  aeeeMit  roedkos  dtutqae  oaioteni, 
^^■f£n  mm,'  ant,  •  emum  angeltta.'  •get  ait. 
^^FVttra  iBotbtun  Tuodirina  iii^vatit,  *  eeoe  bomo,* 

Cuni  posclt  medicos  prsmia, '  Tade  Satan  I ' " 

H.n. 

Quotation  rovim  (y*  S.  v.  378.)  — 
„  *•  Thj»  hooke, 

YTheia  Brave  and  Marble  fuio,  abaU  make  thee  looke 
Fresh  to  all  Ages." 

These  lines  are  from  the  "Commendatory  Verfca  " 
to  the  "  Memorie  of  the  deueaaed  Author,  Mnister 
W.  Shakespeare,"  prefixed  to  the  folio  of  1623. 

Ebtb. 

WuiTTisSD  Down  (3'*  S.  V.  435.)  —  I  question 
wbelLcT  this  expression  was  in  common  use. 
I  rather  think  Wulpole  uses  it  merely  metaphor- 
ically. Whittle,  both  in  its  substantive  and  verbal 
forms,  ban  nl  ways  been  used  in  Scotland  and  in 
the  North  of  England.  To  white  is  very  common 
in  Scotland  (I  can  only  speak,  however,  of  the 
West). 

In  rea<linc  the  note,  it  struck  me  that  whit, 
"  not  a  whit  '  miffbt  mean  literally  "  not  a  whit- 
tling," "  not  a  chip."  The  family  is  a  very  nu- 
merous one  in  our  languape,  and  has  many 
branches.  White,  Withe,  Wither,  &c.  &c— the 
cant  word  too,  witcber  =  silver,  white  metal.  Is 
there  ftny  possibility  of  connecting  wit,  and  kin, 
with  the  family  under  notice.  Whit  =  a  point, 
that  which  is  whittled  to  a  jxnnt;  vHght=:qu\<;k, 


aharp;  a  wit,  is  a  quick,  sharp,  person;  so  needs 
>ft  witch  to  be  sharp  and  cunmng,  ilfaaing.    But  I 


forbesu-,  le^t  I  draw  down  the  withering  wlte  of 
profeaaional  word-twisters.  By  the  way,  there  is 
great  confusion  in  the  early  uses  of  iy»te=blame, 
Quile=U)  requite,  and  Quit,  in  its  various  mean- 
ings and  compounds.  J.  D.  Campbjku.. 

Hebaldic  Qcebt  (3**  S.  V.  478.)— The  names 
of  the  arms  inquired  after  by  Mb.  W.J.  Bebitbari) 
Smith  of  the  Temple  will  be  found,  upon  coiutd- 
tation  with  Burke's  Armoury,  to  correspond  with 
the  respective  surnames  of  IJiU  and  Grahnm. 

II.  GWTW. 

RrcHASnsoK  {V^  S.  t.  72,  1*23,  165.)  — I  am 
preatly  obliged  to  Sir  Thomas  Winkinqtok  and 
C.  J.  It.  for  their  information.  I  stated  tbat 
Conon  Richardson  was  Abbot  of  Pershore  on  the 
authority  of  a  MS.  in  the  College  of  Arms,  of 
the  date  1633-4,  marked  C.  24.  2.  It  is  there 
stater]  that  "  Conon  Richardson,  sometime  Abbot 
of  Parshore  in  Com.  Worcester,  and  married 
after  the  detolutton  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Pates  of 
Bredon,  co.  Vigorn,  &c."  I  find  at  p.  72  there 
are  three  erroneous  statements:  1.  Henry  Rich- 
ardson was  licitig,  not  buried,  aj>.  1634 ;  2.  his 
wife  was  daughter  of  Anthony  NichoUes,  not 
Nicholls ;  and  3.  the  wife  of  AVitliam  Richardson 
was  daughter  of  Robert  Kerrison,  not  Harruon, 
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  amooOTt  the  wills  in  the  Probate 
CJourt  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 
Fhillipps,  but  for  the  present  I  am  unable  to  avail 
myself  of  any  of  those  sources  of  information. 
Capt.,  afterwards  Major  Edward  Richardson,  died 
about  A  JO.  1698.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  the 
Ricbardsons  of  Richhill,  co.  Armagh. 

I  find  on  reference  to  Foss's  Judeet  and  to 
Manning's  Lives  of  the  Speakers,  that  Sir  Thomas 
Richardson,  Ch.  J.C.  P.,  and  afterwards  of  K.  B., 
was  son  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Thos.  Richardson  of 
Mulbnrton,  Norfolk;  was  bom  at  Hardwick, 
July  3.  1539,  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. 

H.  Lorrcs  Totteitham. 

DncHATi.A  (8*^  S.  v.  477-)— Charles  Dominique 
Marie  Blanquet  Du  Cbayla  watt  an  early  pupil  of 
the  Polytechnic  School,  which  he  entered  in  1795, 
three  years  before  Poisson.  He  was  afterwards  a 
naval  engineer — ojjicier  de  g&nie  maritime — aod 
finally  became  Inspector-General  of  the  Univer- 
sity. I  doubt  if  his  name  would  appear  in  a 
biographical  dictionary  :  and,  unless  there  be 
sofuetbiiig  of  his  in  the  Correipoadance  mir  V £'cole 
PolyUchmque,  one  of  the  hardest  to  get  of  modem 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


^8^&Y.Jflna.lL 


mathematical  works,  it  is  likelj  that  his  cele- 
brated proof  of  the  composition  of  forces  is  his 
only  memorial.  This  proof  was  published,  so  far 
as  I  know  for  tbe  first  time,  bj  Poisson,  in  the 
first  edition  of  his  work  on  mechanics.  This,  and 
its  own  ingenuity,  has  given  it  European  circula- 
tion. Foisson  lias  preserved,  in  the  same  way, 
the  name  of  M.  Deflcrs,  Professor  in  the  College 
Bourbon,  attached  to  a  verification  of  Fourier's 
celebrated  definite  integral.  Of  M.  Deflcrs  I 
know  nothing  more.  A.  Dk  Moboan. 

Tombstones  and  Mbmobials. — ^The  note  (3** 
S.  T.  408)  is  another  instance  of  the  frightful  way 
in  which  the  memorials  of  our  forefathers  are 
being  obliterated  by  the  so*callcd  "  restorers  "  of 
our^  old  edifices.  Some  stand  should  be  made 
agunst  this  wholesale  destruction.  I  heard  an 
urchitect  state  that  he  always  first  swept  away 
the  "Pagan"  works,  before  he  took  any  pains 
about  the  restoration  of  the  building.  Could  not 
the  architect  be  indited  under  some  ecclesiastical 
lawP  Or,  does  the  bishop's  faculty  (when  ob- 
tained) cover  all  such  abuses  ?  W.  P. 

FoNBBAL    AMD    TOUB    OF    QuHN    EuZABBTU 

(S**  S.  V.  434.)— Port  of  this  statement  has  already 
appeared  in  Wal  pole's  Anetdotet  of  Paiidtn^  &x., 
Worsum's  edition,  1862,  p.  195.  Maximilian 
Fowtran,  Poutrainc,  also  called  Colt,  or  Coltc,  was 
master  sculptor  to  the  monarchs  James  I.  and 
Charles  I.  No  doubt,  he  was  the  designer  of  this 
work ;  but  Walpolc  adds  that  John  de  Critz,  "  I 
suppose,  gave  the  design  of  the  tomb."  De  Critz 
was  a  painter  and  decorator  attached  to  the  house- 
bold  of  both  the  above-named  monarchs.  There 
is  plenty  of  painting  and  gilding  about  the  tomb 
to  cost  the  1001.  mentioned. 

Wtatt  Papwobtu. 

IIbhbt  Bddd  (3"  S.  v.  417.)  — Prom  the  Re- 
cords of  the  lloyal  Court  of  Guernsev,  I  find  that 
this  gentleman  was  living  in  the  island  in  May, 
1755,  at  which  time  he  bought  two  fields;  and 
that  for  many  years  after  thu  date,  he  was  en- 
gaged in  commerce,  and  made  other  purchases  of 
real  property.  On  the  11th  of  June,  1766,  he 
was  sworn  Receiver  of  the  Revenues  of  the  Crown 
in  the  island,  and  held  this  office  until  the  29th  of 
October,  17C8 ;  shortly  after  which  time  he  fell 
into  pecuniary  difficulties.  He  was  alive  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1782;  was  absent  from  the  island  on  the 
ISth  of  May  following,  when  proceedings  were 
tidcen  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  brotlier  Wil- 
iam  Budd  had  declared  himself  heir  *'  sous 
b£n6fice  d'inventaire." 

It  seems  to  have  been  his  intention  to  publish  a 
luatory  of  Gueraseyi  for  in  the  list  of  the  elaina 


of  his  creditors  is  to  be    found  the  fbOoi^ 
item: — 
•*  liwu:  Dobc^  EC,  a  dAUrtf  Ini  £tn  di  bbs  Gdk 

2 all  avaofa  poor  U  loabseription  d«  I'hiftoindsnie* 
loemtsey." 
Can  S.  Y.  B.  inform  me  wh«t  becuK  of  *j 
collections  made  by  Henry  Budd  for  his 
history?  Berry  has  mixed  up  to  bum 
neoiis  matter  with  hb  work,  that  it  is  sejifc^ 
but  a  history  of  tho  uland ;  neTerthelsH^  tka 
are  indications  in  it  of  his  hsTing  had  soatiiii 
able  materials  before  him,  if  be  had  kaonhi 
to  use  them.  Edoab  Mac  Cousck 

Guflfiue}'. 

There  was  a  Henry  Budd,  Esq.,  of  3;  baj 
Sanarc,  and  Maine  Parade,  Brighton  ONl^o: 
subsequently  of  Pepper  Park,  Readings  Bai(ii 
died  Jan.  10, 1862 ;  Charlotte,  bis  wife,  h^r4i 
Jan.  30, 1848.  Their  eldest  son,  Richarditf^ 
26, 1830 ;  Emmeline,  youngest  dBUght(r,a'j{ 
1851;  and  Charlotte,  the  eldest  dangl^ 
28,  1854.    These  dates  I  Ukc  from  a  1^ 
mausoleum,  about  twenty  feet  high,  it  i^ 
treme  north  end  of  the  churchjard  of  St  Iba 
Brixton  Road.    Inscribed  on  its  north  fttk- 
"  Richard  Budd,  Esq.,  bom   in  this  pvii  k 
26,  1748,  and  kte  of  Russell  Square^  Ii^ 
died  July  8,  1824.    This  Mausoleum  «ii«di 
as  a  memorial  of  affection  to  a  reapectsl  ym 
by  his  youngest  son,  Ilenrj  Budd,  Es^' 

T.C5. 


Obiuin  or  Pbiob's  "Thief  ahd 
(S"*  S.v.  475.)— A.  A.  will  find  the  tppn, be- 
ginning "Bardellam  monachus,**  inwfaitbMi 
of  Owen's  Epigranu^  123.     A  translstiniipi 
in  Booth's  £pigranMf  Ancient  and  iifoAn,^S- 
but  without  the  author's  name.     But  it  ins*   < 
probable  that  Prior  got  some  of  his  idoi  h    I 
another  epigram  by  Georgius  Sabinni^  tW( 
Luther,  which  runs  as  follows  :  — 

"  De  SacerdoU  Furem  cotuolaalt. 
**  Quidam  sacrificus  farem  comitatas  eontm 
Hue  ubi  dat  Bontea  camificina  neces, 
'  Ne  818  moestaN'  ait,  *  snmmi  convira  Tcfla 

Jam  cum  coelitibus  (si  modo  crsdia)  eii' 
Ule  gemens, '  Si  vera  mihi  solatia  pr»b«ib 
Uoipea  apud  auperoa  ais  meua  orob'  nArt 
Sacrificus  contra :  *  Mihi  non  convivia  Cu  iS 
Ducere,  jejunana  h&c  cdo  luce  nihU." 

J.Rt. 

pABADiif's  *'  Devises  Hkboiquss  "  (S'  8^^  I 
485.) — It  may  possibly  be  of  some  use  toaeitiBl 
that  I  possess  a  copy  of  this  work,  pnhliibiri«l 
L}-ons  m  1557  ;  and  that,  from  the  date  appafc^l 
to  the  dedication,  it  would  appear  to  have  besl 
the  first  edition.  A  copy  was  sold  to  a  Loodsl 
bookseller  by  Messrs.  sotheby  8c  Wilkinsoa  fvj 
1/.  lOs.,  June  21,  1860.  Asiik  f 

Hbwitt  Familt  (2°«  S.  vL  8S6, 831, 4S1,  tf 
460.)  — WiU  any  reader  of  »  N.  &  Q,"  vhi 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


making  exlract«  from  wills  in  Doctors'  CoTnmons, 

^■kindly  furnish  me  with  genealogical  extracts  from 

I  tthe  wills  below  mentioned,  to  enable  roe  to  tm< 

ravel  the  tangled  threads  of  the  descent  of  the 

bouses  named  in  2°'  S.  vl.  462  ;  with  the  view  of 

ptWaiftting  in  the  compilation  of  mv  history  of  the 

houses,  the  pedigree  of  families,  and  biographical 

notes  of  individuals  ?     I  shall  be  happy  to  reim- 

'fic   any  expenditure  involved  in  the   search. 

as   this    is  n   matter  of  private,   and   not 

iblic  interest,  and  the  information  if  inserted  in 

*•  N.  &  Q."  would  only  needlessly  occupy  valuable 

e,  I  append  my  address. 

WUh. 

m.  Hewett,  cloth  worker,  obUt  June  1699;  buried  at 

Paul's. 

ohn.  obiic  IGOIJ. 
i^alloinon,  or  Solomon,  obitt  1608. 
FrincJs,  obiit  15^7. 

J.  F.  N.  H. 
Vdindor  Hoose,  Treviae,  Haverfordwest. 

CcEioos  StG«   Mahuaj.  (3**  S.  V.  436)  —  In 
|repl^  to  II.  C.  I  may  state  that,  as  a  Land  Com- 
'nusaioner   in  Turkey,   I  have    seen  the   thumb 
'dipped  in  ink,  and  applied  as  a  signature  to  a 
conveyance  or  land-receipt   by  low-class  Mus- 
sulmans, and  by  the  rayah   Greek  landowners. 
This  is  a  usual  way ;  but  there  are  few  Mussul- 
nians  without  a  signet,  such  as  are  sold  cheap 
in  the  market  ready  made  (Mahomed,  Ahmeu, 
llifust&fa,  &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. 

Htde  Cla.bil£. 
)6a,  Piccadilly. 

JuETOK  Familt  (3'*  S.  V.  140.)  —  May  I  be 
>wed  to  thank  Mk.  Stkks  for  his  information 
^  ecting  the  Burtons  of  Weston-under-Wood, 
which  WM  particularly  interesting  to  me,  as  it 
tended  to  confirm  and  throw  light  on  some  points 
in  the  genealogy  which  I  was  anxious  to  have 
red  up.  I  should  be  glad  to  know  whether 
mention  of  the  family  occurs  in  the  heraldic 
itatlons  for  Derbyshire.  E.  II.  A. 

Glab*  (3'*  S.  v.  400.)  — The  following  extract 
is  taken  from  Sfrype's  edition  of  Stow's  Survey  of 
London,  fol.,  1720,  p.  8  :  — 

"  Th'-  '.voro  likflwise  fas  the  Britons  were) 

ijfnoraru  ;itecture  or  Building  witb  Stono,  until 

the  year  I'Lxxx.     For  there  it  is  itflirmed  that 

Benet,  Abbot  of  Wirral,  iuai.tcr  to  the  Reverend  Bede, 
fint  brought  Masons  *ud  Workmen  in  Stone  into  thi« 
-*^*nd  amoDg  the  SaxotUL" 

hifl  appear?  to  give  the  date  wanted,  but  the 

I'lnaX  authority  is  not  stated,     a.d.  674  is  the 

usually  given.  W.  P. 

LoHu  Ci^nmell's  "Dlaby"  (3"^  S»  v.  477.)  — 

^  answer  to  your  correspondent  Abhba,  relative 

'<(inl  Clonmel's  2>iary,  I  beg  to  lay  that  I  have 


seen  at  least  four,  if  not  five  copies  of  such  a  pub- 
lication. I  believe  that  it  never  was  regularly 
sold  as  a  pul)lication ;  but  was  printed  by  Lord 
Clonmel  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.  Ue  was  not  a  man  of  genius, 
and  hardly  of  talent ;  but  he  acted  in  stormy  and 
perilous  tunes,  and  his  antagonistic  feeling  to  hia 
great  rival  Lord  Clare  (the  Irish  Chancellor),  in- 
auced  him  to  put  forth  all  his  powers.  From  a 
perusal  of  his  Diary,  I  should  say  that  he  was  a 
selfish  man,  whose  maxim  was  "  Apr^s  moi  le 
deluge."  He  was  a  wine-bibber  and  a  gourmand 
to  an  extravagant  extent;  and  a  great  deal  of 
bis  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  possesses 
a  cnpy,  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(.  Kphjiaim  W.  M'Mikiiiie. 
Sadhult  Cottag^  Clondalkin. 
EBaOMSOUS      MONDMBNTAL     IrSCBIPTIORS     lit 

BaiBTor.  (3'*  S,  v.  289,  368.)  —  Mb.  Pbtcb  seems 
to  doubt  the  identity  of  Ool.  John  Porter,  the 
eldest  brother  of  the  Alisaes  Porter,  with  the  "  un- 
fortunate oflGcer,"  J.  B.  Porter,  whose  death  in 
Castle  Rushen  prison  is  mentioned  in  the  volume 
of  the  Gendemans  Magazine  to  which  I  before 
referred.  I  was  always  under  the  impression  that 
John  Porter,  originally  an  officer  in  the  army, 
having  afterwardh  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  hcl[» 
comin»  to  the  conclusion,  that  the  '*  merchant  in 
the  West  Indies,"  having  probably  been  unfortu- 
nate in  business,  must  have  returned  home,  and 
was  the  '*  J.  B.  Porter"  noticed  in  Mr.  Urban'« 

Sages.  The  second  initial  probably  stood  for 
llenkinsop,  which  was  bis  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  baxl  a  second 
name,  viz.,  Ogilvie.  Both  John  and  William  were 
early  in  lile  withdrawn  from  their  mother's  charge, 
which  may  account  for  the  younger  portion  of  tne 
family  not  bein;j  aware  perhaps  of  the  embarrassed 
slate  of  John's  affairs.  In  reJerring  to  his  decease 
in  the  above  named  letter,  Miss  Porter  goes  on  to 
say,  "  He  was  not  brought  up  with  us  like  Hubert, 
nevertheless  we  luved  him  as  a  brother,  and  mourn 
him  as  such."  "Vb'^s*."Evai>"MM»- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


—^5 


JoHK  HAI.L,  BD.  (3^  g.  ▼.  496.)  —  John  Hall, 
B.A.,  was  electtd  a  Fellow  of  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge,  1658,  commenced  M.A.  in  due  course, 
and  proceeded  13.D.  1666.  On  July  11,  1664,  lie 
was  collated  to  the  prebend  of  Isledon,  in  the 
church  of  St.  Paul,  as  he  wa«,  Feb.  20,  1665-6,  t« 
the  rectory  of  S.  Christopher  le  Stocks,  London. 
On  Qct.  5,  1666,  be  was  collated  to  the  rectory  of 

'Piuchley,  Middlesex.  On  March  21,  166G-7,  he 
exchanged  the  prebend  of  Isledon  for  that  of 
Holywell,  alias  Pinsbury.  He  was  president  of 
Sion  College,  1694,  and  died  towarda  the  close  of 
1707.  Watt  thus  describes  his  work:  —  ^^  Jacob's 
Ladder,  or  a  Book  of  Salvations  (!),  8yo,  London, 
1676,"  Mr.  Hall  contributed  to  the  rebuilding  of 
8t.  PauPs,  and  was  also,  to  a  small  extent,  b  bene- 

liiuitor  to  Sion  College,  but  we  do  not  find  his 
Jacob's  Ladder  in  Reading's  Catalogue  of  the 
library  of  that  Inatttution. 

C.  H.  &  THOMPdOIf  COOPBE. 

f    Cimbridgc. 

RAXtrs's  Mabhiage  Pobtiox  or  :£100  (3^*  S.  v. 
475.) — This  account  reminds  me  of  a  similar  por- 
tion which  is  given  by  the  Quarterly  Meeting  of 
the  Society  of  Friends  in  the  south  of  Ireland,  to 
young  women,  members  of  the  Society,  who  have 
[  lived  for  three  years  either  as  family  servants,  or 
assistAnt-s  in  business  to  members  of  the  Society, 
on  their  marriage  with  members  of  said  Society. 
The  portion  given  is  also  lOOZ.  L.  J.  F. 

RiCHAiD  BfiHTLET.D.D.  {Z'*  S.  V.509.)— Your 
correspondeut,  who  is  struck  by  the  lit^e  pains 
ordinary  readers  take  to  verify  their  statements, 
will  not,  we  hope,  be  oQended  at  our  pointing  out 
that  Richard  lientley  the  critic  never  was  librarian. 
^of  Trinity  CoUefre,  Cambridge.  He  waa  master  of 
that  distin^^iiiiihed  society  for  above  forty  years. 
Although  for  a  long  period  Archdeacon  of  Ely,  be 
was  never  Dean  of  £ly. 

C.  H.  &  Thomtsok  Coorss. 
Cambridge. 

LWC»IPT10:»  AT  Po«CHB8TS«  (S'*  S.  v.  479.}— 
The  lines  copied  from  a  monument  in  this  ehurch 
are  taken  from  Dr.  Young's  Night  ThovphU, 
Night  V.  IfaM  600.  ZcTA. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKSl.  ETC. 
Gdendar  of  State  Paprr*.     Dotn^Kf  Smtt  of  thr  Rtiffn 
of  Charlet  1.,   \f,M — lOUft,  prutrvtH  in  Her  Mvjitiiy'a 
i*uUic  Rscor^i  Office.    Edilmi  «y  Joka  Bras*,  P.g.'A. 
(Langman.) 
I  •!•(,. .    ...... 

9WK" 

«boul 


is  Bcaimly  of  ten  imr.ortinco  fbr  tb«  ligfat  111 
tha  cbaractora  >  i.B.rkable  a<A.    ?■ 

t'rapherB  of  Sir  i.  .  intoo — Sir  Rohan  I 

the  facetious  Lord  l  tjiet  .i  j^tice  of  th9  i 
Tbomas  Ricbordson — Sir  Edward  Ooka  im 
with  his  (econd  wife  Ladjr  Hrniton.  ani  tm  ( 
of  faith  with  bar,  aa  here  detailed*  •!•  { 
plnt«) — Seldao  and  Attorney-CicsMnl 

th«  Calendar  references   tojp«per«  wUeh  wll 

greaten  lerrice  to  them.  WuU  tboaa  wlw»  an  iB"^ 
ing  oar  social  progrera,  will  flod  abondans  mimmmmmt 
instruction  among  the  vnrioas  r«conia  ever  n^ft 
made  available  by  this  use/ol  iroidc  Like  oB  tfeajHl 
ing  CalatditrB,  for  which  w«  have  bean  iaieMal  •  I 
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well- written  Preface;  and  completod  hy  %  Ml  alt 
curate  lodsx. 

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Thomas  Keightley.     V^oU.  /.  und  II.     (] 

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their  companion  la  a  quiet  couctiy  BtaoU,  or  wkai 
their  ease  at  their  inn.  BeautiAiIljr  pdatai  1^1 
tiaghain,  this  oonifwct  y«t  hajtdaooM  etfitiao 
the  additionul  templatioa  of  being  edited  by  »( 
vrho  has  made  our  older  poets  the  stcbiy  at 
Mr.  K  '  •'  -'^  t.-jit  mny  not  perliapa  oomna 
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INDEX. 


THIRD   SERIES.— VOL.   V. 


A. 


tFor  claiiifiRl  artlclat,  lee  Anox\uov%  Works.  Book*  aicuNTLY  PiTBiifRtn.  ErtaBAMi,  EpiTArai,  Folk  Lon, 

traOTSKM  AMD   PuaA«B«,    QOoTATIUNI,    SUjIiUPIRlAX*,   AMD   SoHQI    AND    BaIXAD*.] 
SirCharl<«Wogan,  421 
*..  V*-)  on  bells  called  skelets,  457 

Beech  trees  aovt-t  stmok  by  lightaing,  97 
Cannou  of  France,  45fi 
Chftpcroiii',  4'16 

iChurchwurdc'ii  query,  34 
Crancelin,  in  beraldry,  467 
Cackoo  oat«,  &o.,  450 
Essex  oaytng,  97 
Expedient,  its  earliest  iise,  477 
Frith,  B  wood,  43 
Games  of  swiiiia,  &c.,  430 
Greek  cnotoTn  as  to  horses,  153 
Gnimbol.l  Hold,  116 
Haydn  queries,  467 
LuiSsM},  nnd  similar  weapons,  442 

I   Lanterns  of  the  dead,  116 
Mark  of  Thor'a  hammer,  4dS 
Modem  Folk  liallads,  209 
Pews  before  the  Befunnation,  43 
Prior's  "  Thief  and  Cordelier,*'  476 
Salmagandi,  467 
Snlmon  in  the  Thames,  479 
Seals,  Anglo-tSaxoD  and  m^Ke^nil,  445 
Shaksperian  mticiBms,  231,  232 
"  Spartiim,  qnam  nactns  cs,  umo,"  444 
Tedded  graao,  43 
Tout,  its  derivation,  429 
Verifying  quotations,  ike.,  290 
Whittled  down,  a  prorincialism,  43J 
Wooden  and  stone  altars  in  EngLtnd,  499 
A.  (A.  S.)  on  Card,  Betun  and  Abp,  Gawin  Dun- 
bar, 402 
Bishop  George  de  Athequn,  3(52 
Campbell  ('Sir  Alexander  nnd  Sir  Hogh),  367 
T>'f^"  -        .•■|,  348 

0\i  ijf,  328 

Kne...,  ,  liop  of  Raphoe,  371 

Knox  (  I  !  Iiop  of  the  I»le*,  411 

Kohl,  nil  .        t 

I^amont  ^liev.  David),  367 
Longevity  nf  eiergymen,  453 


A.  (A.  S.)on  Montalcmbcrt  (Count  de),  328 
Abandt  (Firmin),  "  Diwourse  on  tho  Apocalypse," 

420 
"  Abel,"  an  oratorio,  author  of  the  words,   297, 

467 
Abhba  on  Earl  of  Clonmell'a  Diary.  477 

De  BuTgu'a  "  Hibemia  Dominicanu,"  457 
Dobbs  (Arthur),  biogmpliy.  S2 
"  Dublin  University  Magazine,"  447 
Downes's  Tour  thnnigli  Cork  and  Ross,  82 
"  EsMiy  on  Politeness,"  437 
Family  biuying  ground,  377 
FeJlowships  irt  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  345- 
Kennedy  (Rev,  James),  241 
Life  of  Prince  Eugene  of  Savoy,  615 
Literary  plagiarisms.  523 
Meatli  electioneering  bill,  493 
Paradin's  "  Devises  Henjiques,*'  628 
Petrie  Collection  of  ancient  music,  498 
Portlock  (Miyor-Gcnenil),  489 
Portlock  (Capt.  Nathaniel),  425 
Proverb  wanted.  117 
Rundell  (Mrs,  Maria  Eliaa),  419 
Spottiswoode  (Abp.  John  and  Bp.  Jam<'N),  416 
Li  lick,  a  Christian  name,  136 
Abraham  aben  Hhaiim,  his  MSS.,  435 
Ache  on  a  quotation,  142 
Acland  (Rev.  John),  noticed,  320 
Acrostic:  Christ,  365 

Adiur  (John)  of  Kilteman,  404,  442,  501—504 
Adair  (Robin),  Esq.,  subject  of  the  song,  404,  442, 

oUO 
Adam  (Thomas),  alias  Welhowse,  epitapli,  239 
Adams  (Richard),  minor  poet,  42,  64 
Adderley  (Geo.  Augustus),  rank  in  the  army,  297, 

386 
Addis  (John)  on  Fingers  of  Hindoo  gods  123 
"  Hermippus  Redirivus."  100 
Pamphlet,  its  dorivalion,  290 
Urbigerus  (Baro),  alchemical  writer,  73 
Vixen  :  Fiien,  62 
Addison  (Joseph),  barrist*  r,  6 
Addison  (Joseph ),  definition  of  wit,  30 


INDEX. 


Adei,  »  fifot,  240 

"  Adest4>  Fideles,"  composer  of  tho  tune,  312 

Admiralty  Domesday  Book,  146 

Adolpbus  (Gustavus),  letter  to  Chnrle-s  I.,  204 

Adolphus  (John  Lt-yei'stfr),  "  The  CiixtiiteerB,"  0 

A.  (E.  H.)  ou  Samuel  Burton,  73,  629 

Hoods  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge,  517 

Nicola  (Rev,  William),  356 

Pholeya  of  Onmbio,  12 

Trevor  (Sir  Marcus),  Vise.  Dimganson,  54 

Witty  cliKisical  quotatioiui,  310 
.Ainigmatti,  Latin,  93,  257 
^vnm,  words  derived  firom,  100 
African,  South,  chart  of  the  diijoorery,  498 
Agg  (John),  satirind  writer,  346 
Apincourt  bftttle,  picture  at  OuUdhall,  171 
Auger  (A.)  on  "  Chough  and  Crow,"  li  glee,  248 

Nfltter,  Qermaji  for  adder,  125 

Psalm  xc.  9,  83 

Quotation,  261 

Svallovs  and  the  spring,  83 
Alabarcbe's  or  Axaburches.  284 
Albert,  Prince  Coafrort  his  amw,  457,  522;  moUo^ 

12,  61,  81 
Albuii  Brito  (Wm.  do),  362,  505 
Aldeburgh  barony,  224 
Alexander  the  Groat's  gmut  to  the  SoLiTOiiiiias, 

345 
Al-Gflzel,  Mohammffdau  doctor,  lu£  birth,  401 
'A\nvi  ou  Gollins,  uulhor  of  To-morrow,  20 

Cummin);  ( Jam<«),  F.S.A-,  308 

Bobbs'  Trudeand  ImpzoTomflDt  of  IreJ^nd,  61 

Slount  Athus,  487 
Al]aB4>k  (Richard)  ou  Mary,  Queen  of  8«ot8,  321 
AHan,  early  wooden  and  »tone,  490 
Altbum  (Ursula.  Lady),  death,  284 
"  Amateur's  Macazine,"  2G,  64 
Amen,  a  curi         '         i  iou  of  the  wonl,  33 
Amerien,    it  r-mill,  222;  tfenecu's  ^>ro- 

pheey  of  iu  =..  •>«!«,  368,  440 

Americaniisnijj :  r>  objurations,  133 

Anagram:  Andn j  '13 

Aflcestor  worsliip,  2 1 2 
Anderson'?  "Scottish  Nation,"  147 
Ai    '  r.p.  Laueelotj,  hiawill,  137 

A  i'ldniund),  his  arms,  545,  12i} 

A  ■: 

A  I  of  the  dying,  4*8 

xl.     ; .„-  triaiaof;  155,218 

Anoaymoni  Works :  — 

Af!  ks,  104,  205 

A I  ■  va-.  496 

A  '      '"  IK) 

P 

Cui - .  ...-.u  611 

Cnslb'  lSullUcr«,  or  History  of  Wm,  St^plien?, 

511 
CI  nga  ef  EogUiut,  30U 

C!. 

C  'w  Natiuoa.  518 

Cr  :3 

I^  '        thx  R«<v«J«tton<,  420 

pi  .14 

E^l- ^, .,  -:  i'oung  Gentlemen,  38 


Anonyaioas  Works:  — 

Essay  on  Politeness.  437 


-.  his  lih,  ill 
llr^,  Ifahlia,; 


Guiiuiphiu,  It  pliiy,  oi-k 

Grand  Inip'-i=tor,  6<> 

Heri  -.  100 

Hun  >lieated.lSS 

"  Irisu    luiur,      t ,'  -t 

Liuid  of  Promise,  or  IsapreaaiottB  td 

614 
Lettir  Bos,  by  OKvep  OldsUflls  •*> 

Leprosy  of  y«an"inn.  55 
Living  and  the  !  "^ 

Me<litr'Mr.t««  Of  I  t  >>«tK,  4<W,  ♦ 

Post  ]■.      "  ■  ■     1    .:  T  iTI     -i- 

Prou,  1  ■    J.  •■:'      ■'■: 

Re8uri..MiMi,  uijL  JjL-Mili,  tii«*  liu^ic 

licver.  33,  203 
Revelation  of  8t.  John  and  tiw  Ji 

pie,  417 
Royal  Stripes,  or  a  Kick  £rorm  Ti 

Widcs,  346 
Salmagundi,  a  MisceUjuiT  of  PoaCiv,  SH ' 
Solomon's  Song,  poetical  TyraiOu,  ITS. 
Turkish  Spy,  260 

Antiphancfl,  passage  in  tb«  Apbrodiataii^  481 
Aff  leading  in  hell,  103,  260,  424 
Apothecaries'  Company's  en—t,  13 
Appleton  (W.  S.)  on  i^ieh'jUfi  Bnyley'n  ft 
APL'her  (Master  John),  noticed,  S& 
Arden  (Edward),  related  to  Shakanotti^ 
492  ■-—• 

Ardesoif  (J,  P.)  inqui  435 

A rland  (Benedict),  n,,  ,  .ooifr 

Ariatotle,  itj  oldLatin,  i  I 
Aristotle's  Politics,  475,  525 


Ami.  breaVi"^  i 
Anus,  m<r 
Anas  of! 
Arnold  (Rev.  J 
Amu)j»hH«i  ( Bi-i 

.\l1Ji;  '  ' 
Anil 
"  Ar 
.Abu. 
Ast' 
"  Ai 
"At 

Atheuiji,  . 
.\theqiuii ' 
Ath.i     - 
Aul 
Au.r 


>hni«Bl« 


l»«'Vfa"), 
t'  Emptt^B 
512 

as,  106 
49« 

ITO 
iUw*,  77 

.rill.,  U7«  M7] 


i  .  Ilia*  Adam    .n/^.  yVm 

23» 
Auitin  Fri(ir«'  ehnreh,  J76 

AUSI:  J' 

A  tern."-,  '      •    ■ 

Avon,  thi    '• 

Axliolmr,  I..,  .  ,    ., .... 


INDEX. 


533 


B 


fi  on  the  roUaclion  of  Ratlilin  in  157^  69 

£aa1  yrorship,  works  on,  1 9fi 

Baoou   (Fruncis),   Biut>u   V(>ruUni,   ciinmbers    at 

Gray's  Inn,  10<» ;  "  PnalmH,"  ib, 
B.  (A,  F.)  on  Sir  Edw.  Gorges,  KnK,  443,  489 

LAurel  watrr,  63 
iley  (llif  Cnfuftunat*  Mias),  song  in  Liitin,  76 
aill'V   iCharlvs),    socrefarr  to  Mary   Queen    of 
Scuk  284 
Euillii-  (Joanna\  "Chough  iind  Cruxr,"  243 
BiiU  (Lord)  of  Kagshot  161 
Bulkd  lit' rutun.'.  foreign,  372 
Bollatla.     8e»  Songi. 
SallHrtl  (Col.),  lii«  Chriitian  name,  320 
Balloomi,  their  dimensioosi.  96,  200 
Ballot,  "  three  bluo  beans,"  297,  38o,  444 
Bankea  (Geo.),  Vicar  of  Cherrrhintoa,  43 
Bcptisnul  names,  objectionable,  22,  106,  184 
Barb  =  to  shave,  494 
Bubanld  (Anna  LetitiaX  Proae  Hjmus  33 
Barberiui  vasts  22 
Barcroft  (John),  Eaq..  11 
Barham  (Francis),  vorkfc,  30,  120 
Barley,  an  oxclamation,  its  derivation,  358 
Barni's  (  Hicharcl),  Bishop  of  Nottingham,  196 
Barons  family  of  Watforii«  376 
Bartolozei  (F^aneeno),  mgMTiag,  377,  446 
BartoD  (Benuurd),  Lord  Jd&ry's  Utter  to,  70 
Basing  Hou!><>,  uotices  of  its  airg^s,  49i) 
BasseUu  (Olivier),  "  Vw«  de«  V'irc,"  2o 
Basset  family  of  N         "       .n.  Berks,  417 
Bastard  (John  P-  P.  for  Doron,  198 

Bastide's  Ode  u>  I.  ""^ 

Batchelor  (J.  W.) .-!;  ■,  615 

Bates  (Wm.) on  Bi.o,,r 

Blair's  Grave,  its  froutifipico«,  196 

CbaldrH.t  ^i<^.  ^nd  Blackwood's  Magazine,  314 

CoUifT  (Jeremy)  on  thf  .Stwgi?,  &c.,  38 

Collins  (John),  author  of  "  To-morrow,"  17 

Pamphlft,  if^  .  '- '    -r  antl  meaning,  167 

BattleH  ill  Enghu..  488 

Baxter  (Thomas),  ^uarcd,"'  268,  348 

B«jit<T  (W.  E.)  on  anonymoas  contributors^  238 

B.-itticsi  in  England,  449 

Calliis  (Robert),  204 

CupollB  Not«a on  Shklnpasm,  77 

Digby  motto.  220 

itftf  tin  family,  222 

Pi — '•'■'  ■  ■•limstnrs  siurp«Dd«d,  357 

Q  "O 

s.i  :iv.  201 

Sussex  ,75 

*'  To  a  '  1  irk,"  a  Poem,  516 

Ti  ^l-  V  (C.  H.;  un  liist  book  priutod  in  BiTming- 

',:lo.    145 

^     '    '     1.  family.  330 

I  in  TeraJon  of  his  song.  "Fd  bo  a 


\.)  on  Burn 


liia';-HJuUib',rt;.ju  tJi'--  "A:: 


376 


01 


Bode  (Cnthbert)  on  Collins,  author  of  "To-mor- 
row," 20 
HuntingdonHhire  feast,  497 
"KimboltoQ  Park,"  a  poem,  479 
Mother  Ouuse,  384 

Ornithological  and  agricoltuial  folk-lore,  394 
Pre-deotb  eofflna.  364 
Whitmort-  family,  220 
Btnlford  (Arthur)  on  the  "  Impivties  in  the  Eng- 
lish Playhouson,"  39 
BfdfoM  (Luoy,  Countess  of),  523 
Beech-droppings,  its  m»lidual  properties,  297,  36P 
Beech-trtMja  never  struck  with  lightning,  87,  20l 
Bee-hives  in  mourning.  393 

Beifllv(Sidney)ou  Robin  Ooodfellow  and  Puck,  340 
ahakspeare  and  his  commental^ors,  231 
Tempest)  passage  in,  328 
Bill,  the  pojising,  of  Su  Sepulchre'o,  170,  331, 338, 

429 
BtR-founders,  ancient,  172 
Bi'llH  called  skeletfl,  467 
Bell  (W.  E.)  on  the  longevity  of  Bichard  Paewir, 

170 
Bell  (Br.  Wm.)on  Morganatic  marriages,  235,  441 
Bellamy  (John),  Tmnsktion  of  thf  Bible,  14 
Bellomont  (Coote,  Lfjrd),  his  arms,  346,  627 
Bent:  "  Top  of  his  bent "  expLiined,  137 
Bentinck  family,  284 

Bentley  ( Nathaniel )..ai<Vi»  Dirty  Dick,  482 
Bt-ntlpy  (Richard),  D.D.  609,  630 
Beatley  (Thomas)  of  Chiswick,  376,  449,  609 
Boresford  (Sir  William),  portrait,  289 
Berkholz'a  Memoirs,  615 
Berlin  literati,  116 
Bi^rmuda,  its  climate,  104,  122 
Berwick  (Jami  s  Fitqamee,  Duke  of),  liis  denoD- 

dants,  134,  202,  309 
Season  (Thomas),  bookseller,  435 
Beton  (Cardinal),  noticed.  112,  200,  402 
Beverley,  hbrary  at  St.  Mary's,  61  ;  lioM  oa  the 

minster,  52 
Bezoar  titones,  398,  486 
B.  (F.  C. )  om  Elou,  a  proper  name,  808 

Woman's  will,  300 
B.  (F.  O.)  on  a  supposed  picture  of  A.  Pope,  137 
B.  (H.)  on  Alfred  Bunn,  182 
Comet  of  1581,  114 

Miflct^gi'niitioj),  a  now  Yimke*-  word,  278 
Pre-deutli  nvomimfnt,  3<^3 
B.  (H.  T.  D.)on  Cambridge  Bible.  1837,  36 
Walker  (Obudiah).  "  Of  Education,"'  38 
Bible.  C:iin))ridge,of  1837,  36  ;  French,  1638,  375 
Bible,  fhf  trjiishitor 6  Pre&ce,  2«3 
BibliothecHT.  Chetham.  on  conaocuuitB  in  Welsh, 
364 
Earth  a  livinE  rreature.  286 
G<tn(xall..t  '    '       "• 

Greek  iUj  ! 
Seneca'ti  }.   t^...  ,,    -  ... 

ricn,  440 
Tulleyranii^  niaxim.  211 
BiBgbun  (C.  ^' 
Cbmic  sou.. 
Molly  wash-djsti,  U^'O 


■■l 

>;5.  104.  244 

Jiscovcty  of  Amc- 


:in.  Cnmpbil),  111 


INDEX. 


Bingham  (C.  W.)  on  Lapwing  or  peewit,  124 

Natter,  it«  aerivation,  224 

Poor  Cock  Robin's  death,  182 

Primula,  202 
Birminghiun.  first  book  print/'d  ihrro,  145 
Biahops  nominated  by  Pitt  and  Lord  Palmeratou, 

45S 
Bisschop  (Jani  de),  cliomB  ninKirum,  93 
B.  (J.)  on  heraldic  qti^ry,  73 
B.  (J.  E.)  on  Busing  House,  UampHliin^i,  499 

Lord  Hopton's  memoirs,  old 
B.  (J.  R.)  on  the  Laird  of  Lee,  65 

Model  of  Edinburgh,  116  ^ 
Black  Bear  Inn,  Cumnor,  376 
Blackwood's  Mjigmcinc   and   the   (.'hald^^e   manu- 
script, 314 
Blsdon  (James)  on  St.  Sepulchre's  pasaing-bell.  388 
Blair  (D.),  Melboumf^  on  anonymone  works,  614, 
518 

"  Fatherhood  of  God,"  author  of  the  phrase, 
dl4 

Wreoitcs,  a  sect,  493 
Blnir  (R<jbort),  frontispiece  to  the  "CJriiTe,"  1&6 
Bkke  {William),  his  Lift',  312 
Blent  (Cecil)  on  St.  Ishmael,  156 
Blind  alehouse,  explained,  137 
Bliss  (Miss),  portrait,  616 
Blixxl}-  hand  in  escutcheons,  64,  80 
Beckett  (Julia  R.)  on  the  Bustiet  family,  417 
Boileau(J.  P.)  on  the  trials  lif  nnimnl«,  ijS 
Boispreanx  (M.  de),  "  Rieiizi,"  320 
Boleyn  (Anne),  her  iXfcution.  211 
Bolton  (James),  botunicul  artist,  34^ 
Book-coreTB,  contents  of  old,  404 
Book  hawkers  in  India,  613 
Book  hawking  exposed,  70 
Books,  origin  of  their  titles,  270 

Books  reoently  pnblithed  :  — 

^Vlford's  New  Tcstumeni  for  Oinerul  Readers, 

106 
Annnnl  Refl;ister  for  1863,  490 
Amason's  Icelandic  Legends,  272 
Arundel  Society's  Publications,  106 
Autograph  Souvenir,  410 
B<martl  on  the  livHjk  of  Job,  205 
Hiljli'.thecrt  Chetliamensis,  by  T.  Jones,  lOo 
]SiK«iot's  Omitted  Chapters  of  the  History  of 

England.  370 
Bloke  {William).  Lifn,  312 
Slew's  Common  Prayer  in  Latin,  44 
Blondel  on  the  Expulsion  of  the  English  from 

Normandy,  44 
Book  of  Days  (Clinmber«),  140 
Brady's  Reoorda  of  Cork.  Cloync,  and  Row,  2*2 
Brown  Book  of  Refi-rcneo,  44 
Brunet's  Manuel  du  Lihniire,  332 
Calen<lar  of  Stat^  Papers:  Domestic  Series 

1634—1636.  630 
Camden  Society  :  Lfttpw  nf  Quoen  Margaret 

uf  Anjrm  and  F-i     ~  :«,n,  26 

Chroni<i>-«  kikI  M  i   Ore»it  Britain 

and  Ir^lttud:  ^'\  "  I.  s  of 

St.  Alban'M.  46  llii». 

fniliv4'  <  f  iIh'    :.  ,. ;j,,  ,v|,J 


BookB  recently  pnblubed  :  — 

Henry  VII.,  450  ;  Annwl*^  l^r 

gan,  Towkffbury,  an't 
Clarke's  E».say  nn  the  A ; 
Cockayne's    Lc-e<'hdotn». 

Starcraft  of  E«rly  KnglaiMl,  14  . 
Coot«'s  Neglect  e<  I  Fact  ia  Plngtwiil 
Cre-Fydd's  Family  FMre,  100 
Cowper  (Mary,  C^outit«c»X  I>tnx> " 
Debrett'fi  Peeragt*  nod  fiaroortagr;  II 
Dickens,  "  Our  SluHial  Friend,'^  ~~ 
Dowdiiig's  Life    and    Correepoadcao* | 

Calixfus,  44 
Diaries  of  a  Lady  of  Qn-;'■ 
£ran8'«  Coins  of  the  A:  o^  I 

Godwin's  Another  BJov  .   . .  1^ 

Goiilbtim  on  the  Idl«  Word,  aaa 

Griffitljfl's  Text-Book  cf  Tbr  ^fir 

Hand-Bookof  the  C 

Hugh,  Bishop  uf  Lii 

Jameson's  HJiBtory  ot   L'lir    i^rJ 

38Q 
Jest  Book,  arranged  by  Mjtx4c 
Joomal  of  Sacred  Ltteratturc, 
Ken's     Mciming,    Krening; 

Hymns,  44 
Lapland,  a  Spring  and  Summer  J 
lA'wins,  Her  Majesty's  Mails,  410 
Lewis's  Ewnyq  on  the  AdniinistzatioBi 

Britain,  291 
Lovelace's  Lneasta,  bj  W.  C.  H«aBtt.  ■ 
Lowndes's  Bibliographer's  DCanoal  811 
Manchester  Free  Libmiy  Gataldtfi^,  49 
Neckam  (Alex.),  De  Natnris  BcnaR.M 
Notes  on  Wild  Flowers,  389 
Phipson's  Utilizjition  of  Miuute  tiK' 
Post  Office  London  Dirtctorj',  18(Hi,4 
Quarterly  Review.  «6,  370 
ReitlmiiiiltT's  .A'  -   n..     ..    - 
.Salvia's  Stereo 
Shakspearc :  a 

8hak^>eare  an  !  :  ^u 

Shakapeare  Lit  y.\ 

Shakapeare,  R< 
Sbakspeare's  ^ 
Shakspearf's  J< 
•Sliakapeare's  S- 
Sbakspeare'a   U,.,„-,   .  .     j.,,^. 

Cambridge  inlilion,  260,  429 '  Sts 

K.'ik'llll'V.   .•j.ld 

Shn. 

Slpi^  ri,<k. 

Smith  i  Ihcli!)Uiir\  ul  \.\u- 
Smythe't  Ten  Months  in  t 


Stemc  (I. 
Tiijlor'*. 
Todd'K  T 

Wh  I 

WlK 

'I 
Wii; 
Wo, 
Wrifc.^.  , 


•nihl- 


-9 

'  •'rprvtMS  uf  Clvii^  I 

k,  86 


INDEX. 


535 


Booth  family  of  Oeldrenome,  172 

Borinse   (Ror.    Henry),   one    of    tlie    Plymouth 

bn^thren.  203 
Borrow  Sucken,  co.  Northampton,  477 
Boecobel  (J,  C.)  on  longevity  of  Mr.  Hutchcsson,  33 
Bothwell  (Francis    Smart,   Earl  of^   and  Mary 

Qncen  of  Soote,  411 ;  his  parentag*-,  300 
BoolaeDP,  printa  of  the  old  cathrc&al,  476,  506; 

paWc  litrauy,  477 
Boorchier  (Rev.  EdwardX  notic«l,  280 
Bofw  cemcterj',  epitaphs  317 
BowM  (Paul),  noticed.  247,  330 
Bovrer  House,  Camberweli,  151 
Boyd  (i^achary).  noticed,  54 
Bmhiitn  (John),  the  vocalist.  318,  444 
Brahma,  the  Hindoo  god,  197,  262 
Bramstoa  (R«r.  James),  biogmphy,  205 
Bnmdt  (Sebastian),  "  Ship  of  Fuulea,"  transluted 

by  Barclay,  1509,  437 
Bnmham  (Hugh),  nolice<l,  212,  271,  308 
Bran  knocker,  or  remains  of  a  feast,  496 
Bray  (Ow<n)  of  Loughlinstown,  443,  502—604 
Brent   (Algernon)   on  uutitntion  of  the  Husarr, 

164 
Brv^ttingham  (Matthew),  architect,  63 
Bridge  man  (S.),  plane  and  drawings,  421 
Biidger  (Charles)  on  bibliography  of  heraldry  and 
genealo^,  190 

Deaoenta  of  the  infant  Prince  of  Wules,  129 

ELeanoT  d'Olbrenae,  144 
"Brighton  Chronicle,"  noticed.  75 
Bristol,  erroneous  monumental  inscriptions,  87,  289 
Bristow  (John),  noticfH.1,  97,  248 
Britannia  on  pence  and  halfpence,  37 
British  Gallery  and  British  Institution,  97 
British  Institution  of  Li\-ing  Artists,  165 
Broad  arrow,  '^ts  origin,  165 
Brook  (Abraham),  noticed,  355 
Brooke  (I>r.  R.  S.)  on  the  verb  "  To  Liquor,"  221 
Brookthorpe  on  Cranc«lin  bearing,  522 
Brown  family  of  Coalstou,  258,  311 
Brown  (F.)  on  Sir  Edward  Ooreea,  KnL,  377 
Browne  (Robert  Dillon),  noticed,  270.  369 
Browne  (.Sir  Thoma.s),  belief  in  witdicnift,  400 
Bruce  (Rev.  ArcL),  hin  worka,  320 
Brace  (John)  on  Dunbar  earldom,  97 

I^ud  (Abp.),  unptibli:<bed  satirictil  papers,  I 

Ruthren,  Earl  of  Forth  and  Brentfonl,  270, 
294 
Bruges  hospital,  picture  of  the  "  Massacre  of  the 

Innocents,"  74 
BriLssels,  patrician  families  at,  174,  331 
Bryan  (Mrs.  Jlargarf-t ).  her  death,  355 
Biyans  (J.  W.)  on  Victoria  and  Albert  Order,  322 
B.  (T.)  on  an  antiquarian  discovery,  319 

Casts  of  (ifmlH,  607 

Cobbttt  (William),  422 

Cromwell's  head,  180,  264 

Dnige  (Wm.).  author  of   "  The  Practice  of 
Physic."  135 

Lamballe(the  Princess  do),  113 

Leinuqaea  (Joseph),  his  txnfortonate  caae,  473 

Marriages,  early,  23 

Hintstmal  wooden  spoon,  214 

Faning-bell  of  SU  Sepokhro'a,  170 


B.  (T.)  on  Raine's  marriage  portion  of  100/.,  476 

Scott isih  customs.  l.'iS 

Shepherd  (Mrs.  Catherine),  a  heroine,  132 

Voltaire's  remams,  277 
Buchanan  (Geo.),  "  Tyrannical  Government  Anabo- 

mis'd,"  its  translator,  514 
Buckingham  (Geo.  Villiers,  Ist  Duke  of),  letter  to 

James  L,  5  ;  bis  influence  over  Jumes  I.,  462 
Buckton  (T.  J.)  on  Alabarch'  s,  294 

Aristotle's  Politics,  475 

Capnobatse,  23 

ChrsR,  its  antiquity,  428 

Cuckoo  song,  465 

Danish  right  of  iniccesaton,  181 

Denmark,  absolute  monarchy  of,  169 

Erasmus  and  Sir  Thomas  More,  62 

Denmark  persu8  the  Germanic  Confederation, 
318 

Hebrew  MSS.  destroyed  by  the  Jews,  466 

Hindoo  gods,  198 

Judicial  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  267 

Justice  uppliwl  to  magistrates,  485 

Kuster's  deatli,  116 

Monks  and  firiars,  427 

Moses,  etymology  of  the  name,  408 

Mottoes  wanted,  116 

Mozarabie  Liturgy,  267 

Psalm  xc.  9,  its  tranidation,  102 

Questmen  and  sidesmen,  65 

"  Revenons  k  nos  mouloUi*,"  408 

Scbleswig-Hoktein,  212 

Sepia  shedding  ink,  408 

Septuagint  version,  470 

Trade  winds,  311 

Upper  and  Lower  Empire,  446 
Budd  (Henry),  his  death,  417,  628 
Buddhists  in  BritJiin,  344 
Bull-bull,  a  joke  on  tJic  nightingale,  38,  81 
BuUtliich,  its  mischievous  prop-nsities,  124 
Bunn  (Alfred),  comedian,  65,  10.5,  182 
Bunyan   (John),    neglected   biography,    455;    in- 
scription on  his  tomb,  474 
Burco  (Thonmn  de),  "  Hibemia  Dominicooa,"  467 
Burial-place  of  slili-bom  cliildren,  34 
Burial  oflFerings,  35,  63,  296,  387 
Burial  Service,   origin    of  the  ptt.ss.ige,    "  In    the 

midst  oflif^"&c„  177.  407 
Burke(Edmund)and  "  the  family  burying  ground," 
377,  406;  on  tli<'  Ballot,  297,  386,  444;  supposed 
bull  212.267.  366,  445 
Bum  (J.  H.)  on  stamp  duties  on  painters*  csnTass, 
141 

Venables  (Col.  Robert),  163 
Burn  (J.  8.)  on  oath  t-x-officio,  135 
Burnett  famihes,  376 
Burniston  (Joseph),  noticed,  320 
Bums  (Robert),  jun..  noticed.  02 
Bums  (W.  H.)  on  Bishop  Rich.ird  Barnes,  196 
Barrow  (Reuben),  Diary.  107,  215.  261,  303,  361 
Burton  Annals,  460 

Burton  family  of  Wejjlon-under-Wood,  140 
Burton  (John).  D.D.  of  Maple-Durham,  13 
Burton  (John),  M.D..  uliaa  Dr.  Slop,  414,  524 
Burton  (Samm'l),   high  sheriff  for  co.  Di'rl>v.  73, 
140,  629 


536 


INDEX. 


"  Buficapi^,"  a  pamphlet  attnbuted  to  Cerrantea, 

512 
Sutler  (Archer),  E^ny  on  Shakspoard,  343 
Buttcrfield  <,R«jb«>rt  I,  "  Musciiil,"  448 
Botterj- ( All>f rt)  on  BulUry  family,  167 
Buttery  family,  467 

C, 

C.  on  Northumbrian  money,  66 

Shaksp<?are  and  PLito,  63 

Window  glnsi,  its  inlrodudion,  400 
Caen  stone,  how  seasonfMl,  68,  138 
"  Cagi'd  Skylark,"  author  of  the  poem,  416 
Calcebtis,  its  nioaning,  435 
C&ldocott    (Thomus),     onpubIii»bod    Sluiksptriun 

HSS.,  480 
Calf  (Sir  John),  sinpulai'i-piUiph.  *21o 
Calixtns  (Geo.),  Life  «nd  Oorrcwpondi^nw,  44 
CaliiB  (Robert),  legal  writer,  134,  204 
CbltoD,  its  ctymol^,  417 
Calrerlpy  (C.  8.),  chnrade,  379 
CalToriey  (Mr.),  dancin^-maater,  lOl 
Gamafa,  a  Bilk,  origin  of  the  word,  618 
Cambpnrcll,  Bowyrr  llonso.  lol 
Cambridge  Billc  of  1837,  36 
Cambridge  tradf^meu  in  1636,  10 
Camdon  (Wm.),  poem  *'  ThamrK  and  Ins,"  344 
Camel  bom  in  Englnnd,  133 
Campbell  (Sir  Alcsnndi^'i,  not!*H«d,  367 
Campbell  (K<v    P  i    ftor,  114 

Campbell  (Sir  II  7 

Campbell  (J.  D.)  <  ..  r>\dc«meniD  1635, 

10 

Compete,  its  enrh  m  rb,  97 

Dummerer,  its  meuning,  '406 

Eastern  king'^  deviee,  173 

Horace,  Ode  xiii.,  tran.tlator,  173 

Jeffrey  (LonlX  letter  to  Bernard  Burton,  70 

"  KoepBake."  1828.  258 

Marine  riskit  in  (he  17U1  century,  319 

Mikius,  or  Nilometor,  518 

Parietinea,  its  meaning,  281 

Parson  Chaff.  281 

Scott  t!«h  pimes,  84 

Stnm  rod,  its  meaning,  299 

Whittled  down,  527 
GOipbell  (Br.  John),  author  of  "  Hennipipna  Re- 

dirinu,"  100 
Campolongio  (Emmanuel),  "  Latholexiooa/'  240 
Oanina  suicide,  616 
Cunnou  ^l^<•d  by  Ihe  French,  1716,  466 
Cajitll  (Edwurii),  "  Note*  on  l^alwpcans"  77 
donoUitw,  notice  of  this  people,  23 
Cltm(rrS.)on  Albiiti  Itrito,  666 

Mmh 


P^~i. 


Cuiltord  < 
Ford 
Lrigb 
May  < 

Kii'r  : 


•  yt.  Cook,  402 
i!<tle,  1!5D 
rd,  242 
■u.  motto,  241 


1  Ho 


Kart,,  36,  469 


Carilford  on  Shak^>«aze's  anna,  2S3 

Yotke  (Captain),  IS ;    fmmilr  mxmt 
Carmichael  (C.   H.  E.)  on   Smyth  al 

Stewart  of  Orkney.  426 
Caroline  (Queen),  OMMort  of  Oeosg*  IL. 

on,  242      • 
Carter  L«ne  meeting-hocee,  387 
Cury  famHy  in  BoIUuid,  398v  *9K  ^iSS 
Caatlemaine  (Lord)  on  two  or  atvt  CBflOV 
Catharine  of  Braganm,  hmr  letiams,  3T7 
Cats,  epitaphs  on,  476 
Cats,  great  battle  of.  133,  247 
Cat2  (Dr.  Jacob),  Dutch  poet,  2^9 
C.  (B.  H.)  on  anagram:  Aadreoa  BrreM^ 
Cro-       "•    ''    '    -",> 
Grii 

Gai;.; ,,.  -iv.ok,  97 

Hull  (Jo.),  uut'  ob's  JjMm,' 

"Herttclitu!<  K;  -  •lijitor,  73 

Ham  and  Buz,  uieoiiiitg  of  tbt^  pki" 
Jaeob  (Sir  Jf'hn)  of  Bromley,  444 
Lor>  "    iiv.  73 

Mn,  <    ]jlrit«in,  196 

PriMM.-  -rhr- Laity.  193 

Psalms:  ^xlmi."  98 

St.  Mark- J •1 

T«8y,  Paddy,  : 
Toothache,  folk 
C.  (£.)  on  ancient  HedK  1 1 J 
Chess,  itf  antiquity,  428 
Cervante-s  and  the  pfuupblet  " 
C.  (G.  A.)  on  brasis  knnrker.  494 
Frumeiit-!"- ■  <-•-.:    13 
ner-ildir  7 

Wegh,  a  <  '^lit  or  qtxantiU,  —^ 

C.  (H.)  on  Block  Beivr  Inn  at  Cunutar,  Uff 
Book  hawk»*r«  in  Tn'!i:i.  513 
Biiddliifils  111  l;  -: 

Congreve".*  p-ir  z 

D'Abricli  ..  .I'io 

De  Foe  ii^Dtonn,  281 

DruidicjU  ; .1  India,  68 

Eastern  Ethiupiuiw,  334 
Fingfrs  of  HindiHi  g(Ht«i,  73 
FowIm  wifli  humnn  rrmain«,    182 
Gtxlfrey  of  Bouillon's  ti»««s,  4£jt 
Hindoo  goda,  449 
Invenlion  of  iron  defrn^ea,  t7S 


Iran  iiumk  af  ^' 
Irunhoe ;  W;»i 
Juek  of  >»"■  «  1  ■ 
Maiden  ( 
Masti;ieli'i 


ti  of  Lh« 

rvrtabir*;  101 
298 


Monudfl  ot  tiuiuHu  remaitm,  191 
Medmenbmn  C^nh,  482 


Puck:  li: 
Seraglio 
Sign  mm 
tTpper  III 

ChaireJ«(A.)  on 
Chaignentt  (Wm. 

Cl..-'^ 
C!. 

Cluiiuu.rs  (  M  ,  i' 


'gin,  394 


'■  worlu.  So* 
on  eaatn  of  srali^  t^f) 


INDEX 


537 


^AnocUoni,  their  London  msidenoes,  8,  92,  200 
idler  (Richard),   compiler   of  Parliuinentary 
Del>alpsi,  151 

''iundo'3  portmit  of  Shakspcare,  836 
aperoo,  its  meaning,  280,  312,  384,  446,  509 

idea:  The  drugget,  379  ;  "Sir  Gwflrfy  lav," 
425 

Churlemagno  (EmpenH*),  hi«  posterrity,  194,  270, 
365;  his  toniK  461 
liirleiDunt  earldom  &n  1  -'^3 

iJLrles  I.,  Gnst8\'ti8  ^\  or  to,  264;  an 

epitaph  on.  by  J.  U..  *  ^  .    j-i-.n-  of  his  ex^cu- 
liou,  204 

'liirles  II..  hiB  illegitiiutitc  cLtildrrn,  211.  280, 36d, 
409 

Chorooclc  (R.  8.)  on  Towt,  towt«r,  311 
iworlh  or  Cadurcis,  114 
(H.  K)  on  passHige  in  Antiphiui<>^  486 
Ballot :  tliri'f  lihie  beans,  444 
Cruel  King  Pliilip,  103 

ErvH-i --niphy  in  Dutch,  406 

Ev  r.  309 

"H  I  tvd,"  &p..  386 

2Aieviui4  ol  ancient  tim*»,  182 

"  Royal  Stripes,  or  a  Kick  fkim  Yarmotttii  to 

Wales,"  346 
Salirit'al  Sonnet,  Oobbo  and  Pusquin,  81 
Tydides,  23 
(U.  C)  on  FrcemasouB  noUcnd  by  Ge«ner,  97 
Horm-c  not  an  old  trairun,  478 
Port  ni  its  of  Our  Ijunl,  290 

Iflujorton,  inscription  on  Ifap  font,  299,  365 

Cheque,  Clerk  of  tLf>,  62 

rhi>ri«ijton  0"i«"<ium\  "Memoirs,"  847 

"7       -.  117;  works  on,  114 
1 0.5 
^.,-  ,...   ,1  ..»  lb,  34 

Children,  bin  I -urn,  34 

Childr<"n's  ^r.r.: 
Chiltfldroog  uu  uisqaot^itions  by  great  autharitic^ 

K      Ci'  ■(  vul;pirinnH,  611 

■  H 

E'-  -'* 

EL „.      . ...  ildToIatioa,"  43.5 

^■uitftnias  euKtouiM,  395 

Bfaronicl^,  £ugli»h,  in  mitnuscript.  fi4 

^Bhurcii,"  a  poem,  its  author,  297 

HDhurch  of  our  Fathi-w,"  pot-in.  its  author,  297, 

■  869 

Mhnrchct»  within  Roman  camps,  173.  329,  441 
^hurchinim  (Bichanl),  line^i  on  bis  death,  209 
C.  (J.  E  )  en  ha6A  of  laml,  358 
Tamor  tnniiur-lii.iiHi'    'A.'il 

B.  (J.  h.)  <->'  12 

■  Pcclur  -i  MSS..  36 

■  Y 

Hi  (K.  tletnienl  dvgnoii,  377 

■  1  .la),  13 

H|t&ff»<  .  qi,  Duke  ot\  coat 

Ki  1 1,  v.),  inquirt>il  iiAn*,  406 

Klx  1  Ich),  F.^^.A.  of  B»lliol  0ullc2*\  435 


Clarke  (ChorlMX  F.aA.  of  the  Ordnance  Offic«>, 

43d 
Cbirkc  (H.)  on  Infidel  cocieties  and  Swedenbor- 

ginns,  377 
Clorki'  I  flvili  1  ,iri  <'iiruiim  sign  ouuiuul,  529 


!•,  hialeitw,  288,  311 
ity,  22, 44, 82, 148.  182, 


Clftiv 

ClCrrV,:        .:,    .,       ....     ^ 

2o7 

Clerk  .^1  111'  I    !■■,.  ,  '  _ 

Clifto-,,  r.  i:.>;  .,.!;  •  ,  im.M)t,  11,  84 

Clim.ir!;!'-    ■  '        '      ,  iij,H     ..  ijijiiix,"  '241 
Cliniar  .  Htimouv  to  it,  yfi 

Clomn.-n  1     .  :.  Earl  of).  Diary,  477,  429 

Clotworthy  (John),  1st  Vincount  Maisanenis  344 
Cloyne  parochial  records,  272 
Club  at  tJic  Jlermaid  Tavern,  498 
Cobb<?tt  (Wm.),  hia  learning  and  political  pffinoi- 

plfg,  370,  422,  123.  442 
Cobham  pyrftinid  (ieaigufd  by  S.  Briiljjenian,  421 
Cock  Robin's  df-n'i'  "•  ■•  ■  htirch  window.  98. 182 
Cockle,  an  Ord- 1  117,  184,  221 

Coff(>e-hoUB«ii  ci.  iiuihuncr,  493 

CofBns  and  moaiiiumta  made  before  death,  255, 

363,  423,  469 
Coin,  Danish,  355 
Coins,  Dictionary  of,  172 
Cokayne  (Mrs.)  of  Ashbourne,  20 
Cokuyne  (Tliomns),  barrixter,  21 
Coke  (Bp.  George),  certificsit*  of  Cotifonuity,  374 
ColoBtonon,  information  required,  496 
Colbomo  ffimiJiefl,  171 
Cold  in  the  month  of  June,  164 
Cole  (Robert.)  on  8ir  Miehael  .Htanhope,  fil6 
Coleridge  (Ht^bert ),  hi^  doath,  4110 
Coliberti,  a  8p««ieii  of  villenage,  300,  384,  446 
Colkitto.  an  Irish  officer,  118.  183,  287 
Oollicr  I  Jeremy),  "  fcShort  Viow  of  the  ''^tuge,"  38 
Collier  (J.  P.)  on  verification  of  a  ioHt,  491 

Raleigh  (Sir  Walter),  particolan  ot,  7;  docu- 
ments, 108,  207,  351 
Collins  (John),  "To-morrow,"  17,  204:  itsproto- 

t\7>e.  461 
<■  "       ■  '  lot  always  vulgariemB,  511 

[<*e,  4o7 

!.  ,  .  ,  I  T)      ti.iti, ■(«<!,  61 

Colv  I 

Conj'  ton'e  third  wife,  95 

Comet  of  1.>.S1,  111,  ;Jii4 

Comic  songs  trauslatetl,  70.  172.  228 

"Common  Law,"it^  original ngniflcntion,  152,  222 

C<jramon   Pniyer-Book  print  e<l  at  Gainsborough, 

97,  144,  164 
"  Compete,"  its  early  use  ns  a  verb.  07 
Conformity,  lip.  Coke's  rertiJ]catt>,  1641.  374 
CongreTn  (Lieut.-Col,  Harry)  on  painting  of  th» 
Siege  of  Valenciennes,  459 
•South  Afriotin  discovery,  408 
CoB^a^peVf  (Wm.).  hia  pannitage,  132 
f  i.SirAVm.),  inv^nlor  of  iron  defencps,  178 

(Sir  .folin  del,  lineage,  280,  :)40 
.  ;,.  W,  i-i,     ^,;t 

i  in  tie  Tower.  7 
.inry  ot.  415,  526 
Cook  (Capt.),  ode  to  iiiiu  bf  8\i  A^^ScVissw^.TW^*'**^ 


Cook  (ThomAa).  aklermau  of  Yowgbal,  S't 
G>ok''  (T,  FO^J'i  I^"l  Thurlow's  rvsidence,  200 
Cooper  (C.  H.  and  Thompson)  on  Richard  Adams, 
6t 

Bankes  (George),  Vicnr  of  Cherryhinton,  43 

Bentley  (Richard),  D.I).,  630 

Bowe«(Paun,  '247.  330 

Brampton  (Rev.  Jumes),  205 

Bninham  (Hugh),  271,  308 

Cambridge  villages,  271 

Clotwortby  (John),  1st  Viscwnnt  MNmBreeae, 
344 

Coo  (Thomas)  of  PettThoiise.  Cambridge,  4S 

Forster  (Joseph)  of  Queen's  College,  268 

Gilbert  (Thomas),  Ewj.,  203 

Hull  (John),  B.D..  630 

H&'wkiAS  (John),  20 

Henneb^rt  (Charlt^X  164 

Horrocks  (Jen-raiah),  ftOO 

Lloyd  (Chiirles).  the  poet,  10 

Molesworth  (John),  Esq.,  378 

Riohftrdson  (Rev.  Christopher).  271 

Rowley  (R*>v.  Joshua),  longevity,  82 

Spencer  (B«ckwith)  of  Yorksliire,  498 

Symes  (Wm.),  miuter  of  St.  Saviour's  school, 
400 

Talbot  Papers,  489 

Torre  (James),  Yorkshiro  antiqnaiy,  507 

Veiuibles  (Col.  Robert).  120 

Watt^m  fWm.),  LL.D.,  517 

Y''  '■'         V  ithanftel),  420 

y-  I  lev.  Thomns),  480 

^^  ..  .:  ;  „  -.,-ii),  rector  of  Cadleigh,  437 
Coop«r  (G.  J.)t  on  Bellamy's  tranaUtion  of  the 
Bible,  14 

Horaley  (Bishop),  portiaits,  38 

Longftvity  of  clerTgyraen,  22 

Owen  GlyndwrV  parliament-honsi',  247 

Preface  to  the  Bibl.-.  283 
Copan,  Htercoscopic  \-iews  of  its  mins,  106 
Copley  (Christopher),  biogmphy,  201 
CoriatP  (Thomas),  the  traveUer,  310,  36n 
"  Cork  Maeaune,"  author  of  an  article,  73 
Cork  parochial  records,  272 
CornemE  (Luca«),  moaogram,  380 
Corner  (C.  T.)  on  Colossoa  of  Rhodes,  457 
Comey  (Boltou)  on  Fmueis  Wise.  B.1),  121 

Snukapeare's  birth-tlay,  225 

S">f'-t' rectified, "<5 

Con.i  ^  208,  276 

Conn  y  court,  374 

Cotouets  ao<-d  by  the  French  nobU*»ie,  80 

Corpse,  meaninpii  liriiig  porsoti,  298 

Corseul,  arrondissemoiil  of  Dinan,  389 

CottorcU  I  Lieul.-Col. ),  noticiv!,  2J»7 

Couch  (T.  Q.)  on  Colibcrti,  tic,  300 

*'  County  Familiei),"  clatitiM  m\A  (Itaeads,  71 


Cpl. 


•on  Htone,  245,  428 
IHary."  272 


i.'ud  laVerii. 
jun.,  11 


498 


Cnl.  on  Markham  (Lady),  iXonne'a  &i«^ 

Swinburne  (Mr.),  Sec,  to  Sir  H.  FuAaMvl 
C.  (P.S.)  on  Anbery  and  Dn  Val,  133 

Calcebos,  its  meaning,  435 

Danish  right  of  succeusion,  331 

Martin  fiimily,  349 

Mordaunt  barony.  *16 

Witch  triids  in  th«  17  th  crntttir,  tM 
Crabtree  (Henry),  biography,  192 
Cradock  (Sir  Richard  Kewton),  his  tooiKi 
Craggs  (Thonuui),  on  enigma  of  fire 

"  He  digged  a  pit,"  193 
Cmig  (Rev.  Thomas)of  WTxilby.  2* 
Crancelin  in  heraldry,  457.  622 
Cranidge  (John),  M.A  ,  of  Bristol.  280 
CVanstoun  (Helen  D'ArcyX   UBpubUAad 

147,  484 
CrapRud  ring,  142 
Crests,  on  beiiringtwo,  496 
Creswell   (S.   F.)  on  Judicial  Oommitla* 
Privy  Council.  193 

Kings!  an  exclamation  in  ehildreo'i 
Cribbage,  the  ancient  Noddy,  358 
Croghan,  King's  Cotuity,  noticed  by  . 
Ciomvull  (Ohvea:),  bis  aupposed  -'- 

264,  305 
Croquet,  its  derivation.  494 
Crossley  (^James)  on  Dobl)»*  Trade  Mul  If 

ment  of  Ireland,  03 
Crowe  field  in  St.  Martin's-in-ih«*Fi«U%  IB 
Crowne  (John),  "  Andromache,"  325 
C.  (T.)  on  the  Ballot :  three  bliu*  bMUM,  91 

Rye-House  plot  corda.  9 
Cuckoo,  notes  on  the,  3»4,  *60 
Cuckoo  song.  it«  not<^  418,  465,  60S 
"  Cui  bono,"  proper  use  of  the  phmiv,  til 
Collum  (_air  Thoma»),  bart„  relatiTe,  6S 
Cumberland  (Richard)  and  Congrev«\  iM 
Gumming  (Jamea),  F^SJL,  212.  SOS 
Cnmnor,  Black  Bear  inn,  370,  43S  J 

Cunningham  (iVter)  on  wit  defined,  SO  ^M 
Curll  (Edmund)  and  Voitnra'.s  !»  ftom,  438 '^1 
Curmudg>K)n,  ita  etymology.  31  ' 

Cuttle  iCapt.)  hia  note  on  Dot-  .taii,«i< 

C.  (W.)  on  Thomas  Gdbert,  liiu 

.Sheen  prioiy  drawings,  379. 


li. 


A  on  Sir  Edvnnl  Haw 

"Wilaon  (1 
D'Abrirbcur  ■ 
'<  1 1 

Dm 

llllit..n  (_.»,  I  .in  ■■    l.i    : 

Camnca,  a  kit> 

Pof...   T  ...-.-  .1.     ■ 

Lii 

hi, 

W." 

M 

P* 


84 


•  *'»«.  551 


tcid  nx-ania^ 
uens380 


INDEX. 


539 


(J.)  on  Qoadalqninr,  the  GrMtBiver,  487 
Patrick  and  the  Bhamrock,  60,  104 
ih,  itB  tneanini^,  433 
parish  in  Pf  <"bleshire,  497 
(George),  "  Royal  Stripta,  or  a  Kick  from 
Yannoutli  to  Wales,"  316 
iel  (John)  and  other  pluycw,  240 
Danid  {Saninel),  "  H^nsien's  Triomph,''  347 
Danish  coin,  3^5 

Danish  right  of  succession,  134,  181,  331 
Daniah  warrior  to  his  kiiiJrcJ,  313 
Dannaan  uf  Iritih  tradition.  111 
Dannie- Werke  at  Schlesvriok,  127 
D.  (A.  P.)  onEhrct.  flowcr-paintt-r,  &c,,  22 
Dare  (Joiieph),  inqiiirod  ufter,  497 
D'Arfue  (F.  B.)  on  Perkins  family,  "5 
Darling  (Jumfs),  bookKellcr,  his  dt^ath,  4o() 
Davidson  (James)  of  Axmin.st(>r,  hi»  death,  200 
Davidfion  (John)  on  Bezoar  stxjnex,  398 
Churlcraagut^'8  tomb,  461 
Crapandino,  142 
Hindoo  gods,  135,  399 
Soxoii J  anuii,  SI 
nea  (J.  R)  on  Wol  Lillington  Lewis,  308 

"  Ppartum,  qtmm  niictiis  es,  orna,"  307 
.Tis  (Wm.)  on  an  obi  Latin  Aristotle,  1 1 
Petrapchu,  c<lit.  1574,  74 
"  Pomprjnius  5Iela  and  SolintiB,"  rd,  1518,  96 
\i»on'»  ca«c«,  399,  448 

.Tjs  (John),  rector  of  Castle  Ashby,  death,  399 
IW80D  |Ni>d),  his  coffin,  4'23 
lb,  a  Dirino  Meditation  on,  189 
(R.  R)  on  lauwl  wat^r,  63 
ifrnd  =  forbid,  296 

e  Foe  (Daniel)  aud  Dr.  Livingstone,  281,  366; 
"  The  Slorm  of  170a,  *  .JUl 
De  lii  Bitrciv  fnmily  arms.  73,  140 
Delalauude  (Sir  Tliomus),  notieed,  377 
Dflamere  (Abbot),  brass  at  St.  Alban's,  424 
Dc  Ijetli  on  amis  of  S&xonv,  64 
Doll  (WiUiam).  D.D.,  biogntphy,  75,  221 
De  Logos  fiirnily.  321 
Denmark,  absolute  nioniircby  oC,  189 
Denmark  and  Holstein  treaty  of  1666,  4  36 
Denmark  ivrsiijt  tht*  OtTmuuii:  Confcdtnvtion,  318 
Dennis  (Henry),  monumeiitiil  inscription,  295 
Dentou  (Wm.)  on  James  IL  at  Fdvershani,  391 
Derwftttwater  family,  descendants,  402 
DeverttU  (3Irs.  Mary),  noticed,  379 
Devil,  a  proper  name,  82 
.1,  395 
■  imrs",  374 

,    Iinaii  peili^eo,  623 

D.  (H.)  on  the  life  of  li^dwurd.  Marquis  of  Wor- 

ccatcr,  136 
Dialects  of  the  Huburlx:,  112 
Diaries,  piiblicalion  of,  107,  215.  261.  803,  361 
Digby  motto,  "  Nul  que  unt,"  lo3,  220 
Digby  p<»digrEe.  240  ;  correctfd,  45(3 
Dinan,  its  legends  and  tradiliony,  273 
Dirty  Diek,  atioA  Nathauiel  Bentley,  i^'2 
Dixon  (James)  on  Psalai  xe.  9,  57 
Dixon  (James  Heiuy)  on  foreign  balLbd  Utorslorv, 
■         372 
^HKxoD  (R.  W.)  on  posterity  of  Chnrlemagne,  370 


n 


D.  (J.)  on  Dowdeflwell  family,  73 

Herbert's  Temple,  obscure  passage?,  69 

Pit  and  callows,  298 
D.  (J.),  Edinimrgh,  on  Helen  D'Arcy  Cranstouu's 
Poems,  147 

Palindromieal  verses,  93 
D.  (J.  S.)  on  fiunilyof  De  fVarth,  134 
D.  (M.)  on  Nath.  Eaton,  of  Manchester,  73 
Dobbs   (Arthur),  "  An   Essay  on  the  Trade  and 

Improvement  of  In.land,"  35,  63,  82,  104 
Dobson   (Wm.)   on    charge  uf    fashion  in  ladies* 

names,  397 
Dodsley  (Robert),  anonymous  works,  301 
Dogget  (Thomaj?).  ^jwul(4  match,  324 
Dogs,  epitaplis  on,  416,  469 
D'Olbreuse  (Eleanor)  of  /elle,  11,  144,  166,  348 
Doles  of  bread  at  funerals,  35,  03,  290 
Dolphin  a«  a  crest,  396,  469 
Donne  (Dr.  John),  monumental  effigj',  423 
Donne  (John),  jun.,  his  will,  21 
Dor,  a  beetle,  416,  467 
Doron  (Dr.  J.)  on  the  Austrian  motto,  3(^9 

Female  fools,  220 

Inquisitions  vrr.  Visifation-S  224 

Pamphlet,  origin  of  the  wonl,  169 

Swifl  and  Hughes,  278 

Trials  of  animals,  218 
Dor6  (GuHtave),  books  illustrated  by  him,  281 
Dorset  on  Lord  Glenberrio,  176 

Longevity  of  cltTgymen,  182 
Dorset  House,  Fleet  Strett,  9 
D,  (0.  T.)  on  Baron  Munchausen,  397 

Guadalquiver,  its  derivation,  435 

Old  joke  revived,  456 

Witty  fool,  475 
Dove  (Robert),  his  bequests,  170,  331,  388,  429 
Dowdall  (Dr.),Abp.  of  Armagh,  32 
Dovrdeawell  (Richard),  inquired  aft*r,  73 
Drage  (Wm.),  author  of  •'  The  Practice  of  Physic," 

135 
Drake  (Sir  Francis),  at  Ratblin,  89 
Droeshout  (Martin),  engraving  of  Shakxpearc,  333 

—337,340 
"  Dreams    on   the  Border-land    of   P'.>etr3","    its 

author,  258 
Drought  in  Spain,  56 
Druidical  remains  in  India,  53 
Drumming  out  of  the  regiment.  148 
Drummond  (Capt.  David),  epitaph,  422 
Dryden  (John),  definition  of  wit,  30 
Dublin  University  out  of  temper  with  George  III., 

499 
"Dablm  University  Ile^new."  343,  447,  524 
DucbayU  (M.),  muthematicisn,  477,  527 
Du  Cigue  (I^<  Chevalier)  on  5Luk  of  Thors  ham- 
mer, 524 

Socrates'  dog,  85 
Dudgeon  (Wm.)  of  Berwickshire,  172,  271 
Dummerer,  its  mean'mg,  356,  428 
Dunbar  earldom.  97 

Dunbar  (Abp.  Guwin),  notice<l,  112,  200,  402 
Dunbar  (Wm.),  Scottish  poet,  156 
Dunkia  (A.  J.)  on  Reginald  FitnurMe'K  chapel,  156 

Loudon  smoke  aud  T^ondon  light,  387 

Ptw-deoth  coffins,  364 


540 


INDEX. 


Drmkin  (A.  J.)  on  Rye-Hotae  plot  cards,  141 

Tornspit  aoga,  164 
Durden  (Oliver  de),  his  family,  116 
DoioeobriTis,  a  Roman  station,  its  locality,  119, 

165 
Dnz,  or  Dnzik,  a  gnome,  or  fairy,  373 
D.  (W.)  on  R.  D.  Browne,  M.P.,  270 

Ascot  races  forty  years  ago,  474 

De  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford,  &c,,  344 

Giants  and  dwarfis,  34 

Hill  (Dr.),  petition  of  I,  116 

Mother  Goose,  331 

Kicsean  barks,  268 

Potato  and  point,  66 

Primula :  the  primrose,  132 

Punishment,  breaking  the  left  arm,  469 

Rolliad,  characters  in  the,  198 
D.  (W.  J.)  on  the  derivation  of  Amen,  38 

More  (Sir  Thomas)  and  Erasmus,  84 

Sea  of  glass,  221 
Dyer  (T.  T.)  on  a  French  Bible,  876 

Marrow  bones  and  cleavers,  467 


E. 


Earle  (John),  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  101 

Earth  a  living  creature,  286 

Earthenware  vessels  found  in  churdieB^  26 

Eassie  (W.)  on  Greek  and  Turkish  names,  68 

Easter,  rule  for  finding,  112 

Easter  Fowlis,  old  painting  at,  192,  466 

Eastern  King's  de^ce,  178,  248,  348 

Eastwood  (J.)   on  "  Spartam,  quam  nactus  es, 

oma,"  307 
Eaton  (Nathaniel),  his  relatives,  73 
Eboracum  on  folk  lore,  145 

Frith  silver,  66 

Private  soldier,  145 

Tedding  hay  in  Scotland,  145 
Edinburgh,  model  in  wood,  116,  522 
Eels,  aversion  of  the  Scotch  to,  171 
Ehret  (George  D.),  flower-painter,  22 
E.  (H.T.)(Hi  Esquire,  claimed  byA'inc'garmakers,  94 

Names,  tJieir  origin,  71 
"  Eikon  Basilike,"  various  editions,  484 
Eirionnach  on  Archer  Butler's  Essay  on  Shak- 
speare,  343 

"Dublin  University  Review,"  624 

Geographical  garden,  348 

Milton's  "  A.  S.  and  Rutherford,"  242 

Witty  cluBsical  quotations,  460 
Eiudon  stone,  Llandoilio  Fawr,  461 
E.  (K.  P.  D.)  on  Borrow  Suckon,  co.  Northamptcm, 
477 

Epitaph  on  the  FatI  of  Leicester,  185 

Funeral  of  a  suicide  at  Scone,  170 

Gaelic  manuscript,  163 
Electioneering  bill  at  Meath  in  1826,  493 
Elephant,  the  Order  of,  323 
Elizabeth  (Queen),  the  "Hundred  Meny  Tales" 
read  to  her  before  death,  491 ;    items  of  her 
fttneral  and  tomb,  434,  628 
Ellacombe  (H.  T.)  on  decay  in  stone  in  buildings, 
139 


Elma,  a  female  Christian  name,  97,  124, 3M 

Elton  (Capt  Geoxge),  319 

Elton  (Lieut.-CoL  Riciiard),  319 

Ely  House,  Holbom,  8 

Empire,  the  Up^  and  I<ower,  379,  446 

English  church  in  Rome,  431,  488 

English  Text  Soddy,  260 

Enigma,  monkish,  163,  199,  309,  366 

Engraving  on  gold  and  stiver,  134 

Epigrams:  — 

Infancy,  196,  269 

Newborn  babe,  195,  269,  328 

Pope  (Alex.)  on  Lord  ChestecAeU,  166 

Epitaphs: — 

Adam  (Thomas),  aUaa  Welhowse,  239 

Bow  cemetery,  317 

Caroline  (Queen),  consort  of  George  U, !!! 

Calf  (Sir  John),  216 

Cats,  475 

Charles  I.,  by  J.  H.,  13 

Dogs,  three,  416 

Evans  (Rev.  Hugh)  of  Bristol,  368 

Dennis  (Henry)  at  Packlechnxch,  295 

Hart  (John),  descendant  of  Shakspane,  tt! 

Harvey  (Sir  James),  Knt.,  327 

Gilbert  (Thomas)  at  Petersham,  349 

Ghaham  (Wm.)  at  Dnunb^,  co.  Down,  41( 

Leicester  (Earl  of),  109,  146,  186 

Philippe  (Sir  ErasmusX  254 

Phillips  (Claudy),  264 

Porter  (William)  at  Bristol,  289 

Wainwright  (Thomas)  of  Warrington,  iH 

Younge  (Thomas)  and  his  wife,  397 

Epitaphs,  records  of,  191 

&asmus  and  Sir  Thomas  More,  61,  84 

Era!:mus,  Bishop  of  Arcadia  in  Crete,  516 

Escorial,  Spain,  its  library,  276 

Esquire,  and  academical  degrees,  377  ;  title  diia» 
by  vinegar  makers,  94,  201 

Esquires'  basts,  explained,  438 

Essex  gentry,  notices  of,  460 

Essex  House,  Strand,  9 

Essex  (Walter,  Earl  of)  in  Ireland,  90 

Estates,  forfeited,  in  Scotland,  192 

Este  on  D'Abrichcourt  family,  624 
Sutton  Coldfield,  524 
Quotations,  627 

Ethiopians,  the  Eastern,  354 

E.  (T.  P.)  on  English  topography  in  Dateh.  Si 
Massacre  of  the  Innocents  at  Bnig«>ci,  74 

Eugene  (Prince),  his  prayer,  491 

Evander's  order,  174,  309 

Evans  (Rev.  Hugh),  tablet  at  Bristol,  368 

Evans  (Eran),  M.D.,  on  the  Torkiah  Spy,  260 

Evans  (Lewis)  on  Colasterion,  -196 
La.«BO,  466 

Executions,  a  passion  for  witnessing,  33,  446 

Exeter  House,  Strand,  9 


F. 

F.  on  borial  offerings,  296 
Fairchild  and  Flower  Lectures, 
¥««»»'  aoB^,  anthor,  821 


332 


INDEX. 


541 


k 


Fantoccini,  ItiJiui  v2 

Fardel  of  land  t\ 
'arnhmm  (Lonl)  un  Lwnnui  •i  -^nurense,  165 

Belatioiiehip  of  the  Priiice  and  Princess  of 
Wales,  188 
'arr  family  of  Grf'>»i  Plwnutoiid,  2o8 
TT  (P.  S.)  on  llttrriflon  and  I'turc,  '268 
*'  Fatherhood  of  God,"  author  of  Ui*  plixase,  .514 
^' Feast  of  the  Despot*,"  21>8 
"^eoule  fbob  and  jtwtcrv,  220,  249 
^cader,  a  pocket  oiip,  56 
■     .onftnnit-— '='■•'•.. -Itt? 
entoniij.  Oil  ' ur  and  poet,  204 

"J  BtiV     V__.  109 

Parietinc*.  4J^8 
Portrait  of  Out  Siiviour,  158 
Sentences  coiituinin|!  but  one  TOW«I,  526 
Sbaksppart'  portrftits,  416 
Sydnr-y  po^t.i  1S4 

ermor  (Arabfllii  its,  519 

'cTKTfl  family  ol  C;.. ..*_.,  J2l 
'em>y  (B.)  on  orclutccta  of  Penliorp  and  Salis- 
bury, 182 
MatUution  of  sepnlcliral  monaxn«atfl,  101 
Fre-death  coffiua,  .lOa 
dgfi  (Dr.),  hJ8  l>oat  coavert«l  into  a  coflin,  363 
Fi4'Iding( Henry),  patisogo  iu  "Tom  Jctufs,"  lti3,36u 
Fig-onci,  n  laixfd  liquor,  163 
Fig-sue,  a  Scotch  dish.  153,  221,  349 
Fiji  Islands  noticed,  186 
Finhiyson  (James)  on  QreatorfX  family,  399 
FirmingpT  (ThomnsJ  on  execution  of  Anuu  Boleyn, 

211 
Fiflhwick  (F.)  on  nne*wtor  worship,  290 


Honock 

Loogfrv 

Loncagiui. 
Fishwick(R*v.  J; 
Fit^-Hiinlinu  i  li  i 
FitzhcrlKTt 
Fitzhopkiu^ 

Oaspoi 

IjMUBH 

Man : 

BhakNi . 


i<>r.  24S 

ury,  3T8 
18-2 
'1  inscriptioa,  87 

->ical  Uafningj  423 
:S^rL«ag[«r,  125 


Mir  on  Him,  342 

,tz-Hubort  ; ^ i,  414 

[tKjamcH  ( Jiimrs),  Diikt^  of  llervicik,  tus  dcsccitd- 

ants,  nj,  Cn2  :  siinlf,,.  COS 


•teticr  |^^llUi,j,  '■  Tiii-  Trddtsmana  AriUimetic," 


paai,4l,61 
i.gQnakexis  580 

ig.  615 


Fool,  the  witty,  475 

Foot-cloth  nag  cxjtlain^  461 

Foote,  Hu  olisolete  word,  497 

Forhi'e  (Charles),  Count  do  Montnlembert,  328 

Ford,  rrbua,  or  punning  motto,  241 

Fowl  (8ir  liichapd),  Mayor  of  I^udon,  242 

Forfeited  estates  in  ycolland,  321 

Forrest  (C.)  on  Watson  of  Ijofthou«i',  Yorkahire,  82 

Forrest  (Capt.  Thtnnas),  his  doath,  477 

Forster  (Anthony)  of  Cumnor  Phice,  439 

Fontor  (Joseph)  of  Queen's  College,  Carob.,  268 

Fort«CTU!  (James),  D.D.,  Liograpliy,  3')4 

Foes  (Edward)  on  fashionable  quarters  of  London, 

8,  92 
Foster  family  arms,  447 
Foster  (S.  C.)i  author  of  N(*gro  aonga,  163 
Fovrlfl  with  human  remainti,  55,  I8'i 
Fox  (Charlea  James),  his  oratory.  74 
Fox  (Mai^garet).  armsi  of  Ji      '  'iind,  43 

F.  (P.  H.)  on  3It«.  Mary  I  n 

Fraulein  addrestsed  as  barui.. ..,  .^i.  oO 
Frederick,  Prino«  of  Wales,  satiricBl  epitapb,  258, 

386 
Freemason.*  noticed  by  Oesncr.  97 
Frek«  (Thomas)  of  Bristol,  399 
Freke  (Wm),  "  Lingua  Tersancta,"  "6 
Fn-nch-leave  explaine<l,  494 
Friars  and  monk»,  346,  427 
Friaic  hterafur<»,  123 
Frith,  a  wood,  43 
Frith  sdlrer,  65 

Froudo  (A.)  nnd  the  leading  parties  at  Ulfetw,  4* 
F.  (R.  S.)  on  Adm.  John  Reynolds,  37 
Framentum,  i.  e.  wheat,  13 
F.  (R.  W.)  on  Dr.  kSIo|.s  524 
Fulat),  or  Phulej's,  of  Gambia,  12,  44,  63 
Fuller  (Dr.  Thoma«),  unonymous  lifSp,  281 ;  at  the 

^if'ljjc  of  Buf-iniy;  llousr.  499 
Funeral  oflerings,  36,  63,  296,  387 
Fylfot,  ita  deriTation,  463 


6. 


6.  on  btroiMM,  a  foreign  title,  30 

Bloody  faaod  of  UUt^r,  80 
G.  Editibwffh,  on  Brown  of  CoalMon,  311 

Gardenstone  (Lord),  lines  on,  95 

Inchgsw,  in  co.  Fife,  248 

Longevity  of  clergj-men,  44 

'•  OiEeina  Gentium,"  177 

Prc-deuih  cofiiuit  and  monQin«B(8>  469 

Plagiarisms,  487 

Succ«8ision  through  tlie  mother,  625 

Wlnton  (Loni),  e*icai>e  Iron^  the  Towor,  175 
G.  (A.)  on  Rev.  Aiclx.  Bruce,  320 

H^indoo  gods,  449 

Iliune  (Joseph),  a  poet,  294 

H^Tnn«  bv  the  Ihik.  of  R.ixbnrKh,  238 

"L,-<-      -       ■■:       '•  11 

Plai:  'S 

"  S<  1'  -  ■"•''•-■'-   ■(■'•' 

;•  Tl: 
Gaelic  ni.n 


542 


INDEX. 


Oam  (DaTid)  on  Sir  John  Moore's  monumeut,  269 

Guiaes.  Greek  and  Roman,  39,  Go,  101,  139,  244 

(rnium  in  Soolknd,  84 

Gam«v9  of  Swani*,  &c.,  436 

GHQtillon  (P,  J.  F,)  on  cpigrara  on  iniiincy,  269 

Jeffirey  (Lord),  tkte  of  his  death,  475 

Motto  for  a  water  company,  269 

Quotations,  495 

Wilde's  namelo«8  poem,  284 
Oardeneton  (Lord),  lines  on,  9o 
Goribiildi  (Gen.),  commeuilutorj-  lines  on,  3oO 
Oaflcoigne  (Oocrgt),  jwtt,  noticetl,  361 
G«Bpar  dc  Navarn',  1 26 

Gaepey  (Wm.)  on  Robert  Story,  minor  poet,  369 
Ghiy  Soienco,  vrorka  on  the,  299 
Gfdnpy  Hlichard  Solomon),  biogmphy,  37 
C'       '         '  !l.lio£rr:ipl>v  of,  190 
G  -urden,  173,  248,  348 

G,  1  i . ,  ,..  .  ulae,  or  Phokm  of  Gambia,  44 
G.  (H.  S.)  on  Chiiwjrth  :  Hpadenf,  114 

Fiti-James  motto,  268 

Holden  (Hyla)  of  Wodncflbury,  116 

Heming  of  Worcester,  268.  489 

Williams  family  omu,  269 
Ginnta  and  dwarfa,  collwrtions  for  their liifitory,  S4, 

222 
Gib«on  family  of  Kirliy  Lonsdnle,  376 
Gibson  (A.  C.)  on  orthography  of  Hogarth,  507 
Gifford  (Admiral  James),  288 
Gifford  (Captain  Jamos),  288 
Gifford  (G.  S.  F.)  on  Capl.  James  and  Adm.  Gif- 
ford, 288 
Gifford  (Sir  Robert),  )ra5t4>r  of  the  RoIIb,  59 
Gilbert  family,  108,  184 
lilliiirt  (James)  on  CromwcU'B  be«4l,  180 

Kaltigh  (Sir  Walter),  184 
Iflbort  (Sir  John),  letti-rs  to  Sir  Wiiltor  Ridrigh, 

108,  184,  200,  351 
Gilb«t  (Thomas),  poetical  writflr,  134,  263,  340 
Oilleapie  (George),  a  Sc<>tch  miniitrr,  118,  267 
Gilpin  (John),  Latin^  rcddituni,  223 
Oinevrn,  story  of,  243 
0.  (J.  A.)  on  Baoon  queries,  100 

Swallows  harbingers  of  spring,  122 

Wyat  (Sir  Thomas),  enigma,  249 
Glass  for  windows,  its  f-arly  use,  400,  629 
"  Gleaner,  or  Lady's  and  Gentleman'a  Magazine," 

240 
Olenbcn'ir  (Lord),  Sheridan's  pasquinade  on,  176 
Gloves  clulrai-d  for  a.  kiss,  436 
Oobbo  and  Pasquin,  a  satirical  sonnet,  81 
Goddard(Aniitin  Park),  fon-ign  titles,  296,  407 
Godftvy  of  Bouillon's  tree.  458 
Golden  dropsy.  279 
GoId^mith'M  art,  work  on,  436 
Cfoodrich  family,  210 
Gcodyer  ( John)  of  Maplcdurham,  173 
Qooa  (Abmhnni),  cngniTer  of  nniiw,  1 18 
Goose  intaotoa,  283 
O,— - '^i.- V.I. I.   1-...     ■'77,  443,  489 

(i  3 

C  ^  .17 

G.  (  P,  A.)  on  lh«  '■  AthH'ni:in  MeK'drj-,"  77 

Ornham  fnuiily,  unnn.  478,  62  i 

Orahnra  (J«mo»),  a  Kn-ihmjit  ^Vy^msXyhW 


Graham  (Wm.),  epjtar'-  -'  i'-"-^*- 

Grandiaon  (John,  Bai 

Grant  (J.  G.),  author    • 

Grantham,  bronze  atatocs  at,  17  -^ 

GraBS,  long,  464 

Grass,  the  sound  of  it  •_•  191 

Greatorei,  or  Greatral  y.  399,  447,  tl 

Greek  and  Turkish  mcKi<rti  nixioes,  W 

Greek  epigram  on  a  new-bom  latbA,  1M^4 

Greek  or  Syrian  princes  in  Englanid,  479 ' 

Greek  proTerba,  104,  244 

Grerk   Testament,    cdit«d    hy    Ocx»ni  ?J 

stricbt,  420 
Green  (H.)  on  Salmagtindj.  S99 
Grime  on  bull-bull,  w  si 

Digby  pedigree  ■ 

Porter  ("Endymion j  i.uaiiy,   i  i  7 

Robespierre's  remains,   11 

Statues  at  Granthjun,  172 

Trousera,  origin  of  the  -word,  234 
Grotiua,  his  "  Adamua  Cxnl  '* 
Grove  (G.)  on  situation  of  2^ar,  141 
Cfnimbald  Hold,  Ilaekney,  1 16.  223 
G.  (T.)  on  sibber  sauces,  4ftU 
Guadulquiver.  derivation  of  the  name,  tli^ASfJ 

Qaemw>y,  ■/ '  £llza!M*th,  32S 

GiistavuH  .  o  CLarlcs  L,  5** 

GutU'ridgc  ^1.. -  „  -  ..'jggrel  rhjrsnut,  2U  : 


H, 


Hrtooombe  and  its  privUeges,  97 

Haight  family.  98 

Hailstone  (Edw.)  on  bee-luTe«  in 

Gilbert  (Thomas),  E«i.,  134 

Masters  (Maiy),  poetess,  IM 

Pnniahmnit :  "  Pntte  fort  «C  dvti^'*  til 
Halifax  law,  66 

Hull  (Clarence)  on  Sutton  '  ' 

Hall  (Jo.  X  author  of  "  Jar. 
Halloy  (Edmund),  an.     ' 

Hnlley  (Edmund),  \h.  I,,  winda,  IN 

KuLliwell  (J.  0.)on  L-... of  B«gsboClil 

L'aldecott's    unpubUallnl  ^^luUcspflriM  IB 
480 

Oul-set  or  out-cepi,  614 

Wifio(Mf.).  Ubniriun,  lOO 
Hum  CoAtle,  co.  Worccc>t«r,  ioaeription 

297,  366 
Hamilton  (Arck),  Abp.  of  OiMth<rX  in  Sw«d«tML 

310,  368 
IT.n.ilf.m  ( (',...-,  ^  .inr^,.-.,..,   ,.«vrtzn.tt,  4&B 

I  :    , 330 

iiiilupaiiirti  duMU  lMfivl»,  o77 
Uandaayd  (Hon.  Major-tii-u.  Tboms*\  Wt 
Hanging  and  tmn*>f>ortniinn,  liil 
Hann  iwnily.  co.  Borkii.  376 
Harpr —     '         '  ■    •:  fuin-tnl  oBbrin^ 
^  .  to  our  Skrioor'*  < 

narii;„..-  .        .  .    -J 

Baroiii,  King  of  England,  ht«  povtmitr,  fICl 
246 


INDEX. 


543 


Ixirison  family  of  Groat.  Plumplead,  258 
IaiTUK>ti  (John),  chronorofttT-miikcr,  luiugram,  26 
{art  (John),  dmcendaQt  of  Shokspeure,  epiUipb. 
342 
rey  family  of  WaEgey  Hoobcs  Essex,  42,  247, 
8 

'Hastings  Chronicle,"  its coDtribotors,  75 
Hatchet,  the  old  custom  of  throwing  it,  616 
Hats,  faehion  of  vcariog  white,  136 
Hat«,  white  ones  uupoptJar  at  Oxford,  499 
HatseU  (John),  Esq.,  noticed,  494 
Hawise  of  Keveoloc,  her  seal,  254 
Hawkins  (John),  author  of  "  Life  of  Prince  Henry," 

20 
Hay  (O.  J.)  on  the  gravp  of  Pocahontaa,  123 
Haydn  (J.  JF.),  bin  canzonets,  212,  288,  467  ;  sym- 
phonies, 258 
Hayncs  (Major  John),  320,  427 
Haynes  (Rt-v.  John),  longevity,  182 
H  (C)  on  Charles  Leftley,  minor  poot,  67 
Mohtm  (4th  Lord),  his  dcatli,  136 
Smyth  (Rev.  Wm.),  family,  498 
Wyatt  family,  469 
(C  ii.)  on  the  court  and  character  of  JamM  I., 
451 

(E.)  on  the  sitoation  of  Zoar,  181 
Hi'drts,  storifs  of  broken,  614 
eath  (R.  C.)  on  the  advent  of  the  swallow,  53 
eather  burning,  281 

cbrow  MSS.  destroyofl  by  Rabbis,  399,  485 
Heinckcn  (E.  Y.)  on   '  Author  of  good,"  &c.,  123 
Heirs,  e«t«t4'S  fulling  to  the  Crown  for  want  of,  418 
Heming  family  of  Worcester,  173,  268,  366,  426, 

489 
Hennebert  (Charles),  Prof,  of  Modem  HoBtory  at 
Cambridge  117,  164 
i-nry  III.,  his  barons,  11.5,  460 
enry  VII.,  letters  and  patwrs  of  his  reign,  460 
f-nry  VIII.  and  Queen  Katliarine,  pleadings  be- 
fore the  Roman  consistory,  144 
Henshall  (S  ),  "Gothic  and  English  Gospehi,"  421 
"Hcraclitua  Ridens,"  editor's  name,  73,  469 
Heraldry,  bibhi-^raphy  of,  190 
Heralds'  VisitatiooM  printed,  62 
Henlds'  Viaitationa,  un  Index  suggested,  238 
Herbert (Geor^),  dilTenut  meanings  of  the  word 
Wit,  163  ;  obiKmre  paasagee  in  •'  The  Temple, " 
69 

erbert  (Mr.),  hia  company  of  playera,  497 
ermcntrude  on  Cliarlemugneu  posterity,  270 
FeunJ«>  fools,  249 
Harold's  posterity,  246 
T^;  '    "      f  ■  I'-en),  wiirdrobe-boolc,  618 
J;  y.  310 

ero<J        ,    ..^.i.al  tiiJe  nf  his  History,  163 
frtW  1" rater  on  Greek  Testament,  1711,  420 

Sheridan's  Greek,  103 
esdenfi  family,  co.  GloocestT,  114 
witt  family,  628 

(R  C.)  on  Black  Bear  at  Cnmnor,  439 
BaptTMmal  names.  24 

P'-' ■•    -    407 

(-'  1,-icription,  365 

I*'.--, .    .   .!., 

Sarthi'Qwu'e  TcescJa  found  in  churches,  26 


H.  (F.  C.)  on  Enigma  by  the  Earl  of  Surrey,  103 

Enigma,  motddsh,  309 

Episcopal  seal  of  St,  David's,  448 

Fitsherbert  (Mrs.),  no  childr^m,  83 

Fitz-James,  his  descendants,  202 

Ham  Castle,  inscription,  365 

Hymns  of  the  churcli,  263,  408 

Iron  Mask,  202 

L,itiu  quotation,  271 

Linos  ttttributod  to  Komble,  184 

Magicians  of  Egj-pt  of  modem  timen,  161 

Monks  and  friars,  427 

Motto  for  Burton-upon- Trent  water  company, 
269 

Murtha,  a  Chriiitiun  name,  448 

Natter,  or  adder,  184 

Oliver  (Dr.  George),  2(»2 

Paper-makers'  trade  marks,  24 

Penny  loaves  at  fimerals,  63 

Pen- tooth,  or  Pin-tooth,  43 

Pholeys,  or  Fonlahs,  63 

Quotation  &om  Mrs.  Heman<>,  443 

QuotationB  wanted,  247 
-  Psalm  xc.  9,  it*  translation,  160 

HcTolenta,  its  introduction,  24 

Rosary,  its  institution,  247 

Saints'  names  wonted,  249 

Seloh,  meaning  of  the  wonl,  621 

Simon  and  the  Dauphin,  246 

Sortes  Virgilmnfp,  246 

Stepmothers'  blessings,  26 

St.  Augustine,  curious  passage  in,  366 

St.  Patrick  and  the  ahamrock,  61 

Stum  rod,  366 

Swallow  and  the  returning  spring,  83 

Trial  of  animals,  218 

Twelfth  Day  .  Song  of  the  Wn'n,  184 
H,  (F-  D.)  on  French  coronets,  80 

Salden  mansion,  Bucks,  81 
H.  (G.)  on  the  Eiudon  stone,  Llandeilo  Fawr,  461 
H.  (H.)  on  Lewis  Morris,  12 

Quotation  wanted,  527 
High  Commission  Court,  478 
Hill  family  of  Middlesex  and  co.  Worcester,  345 
Hill  of  Hales,  ann.i,  47».  624 
Hill  (Aaron),  linc»ti  on  a  nettle,  43 
Hill  (Dr.),  and  the  petition  of  I,  116 
Hill  (Geo.)  on  Colkitto  and  Galasp,  287 

Mr.  Froude  in  ITster,  47 
Hilton  of  Hilton  Hall,  family  crest,  130 
Hindoo  gods,  135,  197,  262,  399,  449;  positiou  ot 

their  fingers,  73.  123 
Hiorae  (Mr.),  architect,  57 
Hippseus  on  Charlemagne's  posterity,  134 

Harold  (King),  his  posterity,  186 

Inquisitions  f.  Visilations,  154 

Writs  of  Humnions,  117 
H.  (J.  C.)  on  cenotaph  at  Clifton,  84 

Heather  burning.  281 
Hodgkin  (J.  E.-)  on  "To  Barb"=to  shave,  494 
Hodson  (George)  on  the  "  Kilnuldery  Hunt,"  604 
Hoffman  (D.)  on  painting  at  Ea&ter  Fowlis,  466 
Hogarth,  origin  of  the  name,  418,  507 
Holbom  viaduct,  its  construction,  319 
Holdeiv  (,H^\a\  Ql"^«^%^^3cr5,\ib*\!«*N!&»Vv."',»%>M*r^ 


Holden  (O.  M.)  cm  H- '  ■  u.-^en,  183 

Holder  (Thonius), 

Holder  (Cnpt.  Toln  ,  1.V2 

Holland  (Hogh),  po*i,  bis  petition,  5 

Hollaud  (J.)>  optician,  157 

Homilies,  why  not  notrwad,  173 

Hoo,  II  IochI  nan]i\  its  mwimng,  176,  278 

Hoods,  Ad  cnndom,  239  ;  Oxford  imd  CiiaMdge, 

517 
Hooting  thing  of  MiAlcton  Wood,  478 
Hopkirk  (Tlionms),  boUmical  writer,  36« 
Hopton  ^ilalph.  Lord),  memoiw,  S16 
Honioc  not  an  old  woninn,  476 
Horace,  CMe  xiii.,  trant^lator  of,  in  "  The  Specta- 
tor," 173 
Homeeks  (the  Mvia\  anc^shy,  468,  621 
Horrooks  (Jeremiah),  nstronomvr,  173,  248,  367, 

466.  500 
Horabnigh  family  of  PeeMffllure,  827 
Horse  trembling  at  the  night  of  n  «unel,  387 
Horses,  Greek  cuBtom  as  to,  163 
Hortjea  firet  shod  with  iron,  101 
Horsley  ( Bishop),  portniit*,  38,  203 
llortou  (W.  I.  S.)  on  Austrian  motto,  222 

Pcech  trees  never  «truek  with  lightning,  201 

Chnrcbwarden'e  query,  81 

Clerk  of  the  Cheque.  6*2 

Devil,  a  proper  nnme,  82 

Mouckton  fumily,  378 

Names,  thoir  origiw,  249 

Fdiisin^  bell  of  St.  Srpaichr><'s,  SSI 

QtiotatiDHB  wanted.  62 

"  Thou  art  like  mrto  like,"  389 

"  Tonys  Addr.«s  lo  Marj-,"  888 
Hot  ppi'   •'  -'""^    163 
Hongl;'  1  the  lapwing,  ihe  pvjptt,  77 

J<.  by  the  dog,  138 

Houlton  ^Arthur;  on  white  hats,  136 
Uoumout.  ntc>tt'>  of  Eilwnrd  tbe  Blitdc  Prince,  138 
•'  Hou?e  that  Jack  Built,"  its  author,  298 
"  HowIaI,"  editions  of  thr  \>oeia,  196 
Hoy  (John),  bis  Hv"  -  ■^,  365 

H.  (T.)  on  curl;)*  ••  mi  lUilhore,  71 

H.  (T.  A.)  on  sigin  .  ... ,,    .  Aljiry,  Queen  of  Scot*, 

519 
Hudde^jford  (Bev.  Geo.),  nnthor  of  "  Satnwguudi,*' 

322 
Hugrh,  Bi>«hnp  of  T>Tt»efi)n,  hi»  Lift',  272 
i^  '   ■:  nf  the  trhniw,  486,  80JJ 

J I  M- woni  470 

11 2&4 

"Hull  ,  ■  4»1 

Hunss!  .     i.     1 ),  and  \m  ehildreo,  488 

Huntingdonshins  Her.  li.  Hntchiiwoo'a  MS.  col- 

liTt)-)!lS    iTn 

I(, 

II  :i,  dMiiJi,  497 

Ilu  i;  .  ■  iliiit,  318 

t!  jO« 

w 
w 

I'  .'    .  'J 

W  St".  i'aiU,'  112 

Qittvejr  (Ju*cjjh),  -A  Woijuisg  (hinitJie  W]o(l^"6Q£ 


Hatchins  (Sir  Qmtm >  <■'»"!'«■    17^ 
Htttalaaaoa  (Rvr.  Sei  uomm  Im  ikt 

tonr  of  Hnnti>gd»n^ 
Hntcuinfion  (P.)  on  Biifx^u  MuAchattsea,  488 

TcMnbcloiiM  and  their  inscripCioai^  TS 
H,  (W.  F.)  on  Bword-blade  inscriptions.  HI 
Hymn9,  aatbonhip  of  cerenU,  36<»,  819.  • 
HynuiH,  Latin,  list  of  authovB,  263,  4SS 
Hyoscjamns,  its  qnalitles,  11 


loeluodic  legends,  272 

tmcs  (M.  QJ)  OB  lasdi; 

Inehgav,  ■  buooy  m 

Index,  a  General  Litt-iui  >,  i  i  i 

India,  its  Druidical  remains,  63 

Indian  army,  pabliahMl  liata  oi^  -MO 

Infidel  JKtciotief  and  Swcdenl 

Ingledew  (C.  J.  D.)  on  O^oige 

Ink  of  the  cutthfAah.  328 

lDre£titure»,  war  of,  215 

Iota  on  anonym  ooB  wodDs,  614 

Christian  (T.  P.),  dranitttist,  4SA 

Cro«aie  (John),  "  ABdmnaobr.*'  93S 

Downes  (Joscpli),  S66 

Grant  (i.  G.),  author  of  **  MmVwTfM  Pb." 

Jamei«on  (Mr.),  draroAti^t,  418 

'*  literaiy  Maginel,"  356 

Lne.i«n:  "Nerromaait' 

•*  N»mo,"  and  the  "  .\  \ 

OiMwley  (T.  J.),  miiiiM 

Thomson  (Junies),  dn 

TboiT-"  ''^^''-  '   <--'  ,^.i  «.^„«i.„,  »»; 
1.  (R.)oi.  -^06 

"  C<.  -ntifributan^  73 

Ge<lh  '.  87 

"  T,.  T  I  tilhfrr.  S6 


"  ^\  i  a  cudtndjr,  X\ 

Ireland,  t;  ■-itik>«ii«t  of,  1H% 

Irt'la-:  '  .  1  H.M.-J--.    IIA 

Irei!  .  VI8 

Irii»li  ..  !.  tr.Wi  iini^  Hill II II— ij^,  3S1«  ' 

Iron  deti'iiei*,  i 

Iron  riiri>*V  at  V 

Irvir 

In.. 

19H1 

li.hMi«ol(St,),  V 

In.].'*,  i;-f  of  ii.. 
ittt]i 

Iraii 

I  vaohof,  Uii<  uaiu«  <A  ^  W.  .^moU'*  i 


545 


J. 


J.  Oti 


I i>tus  307 


1., 


\\ 


Newluift  II  ui  Ftimtv,  116 
J.  (A.)  on  Inehgaw,  is,.  hit*;  2H« 
"Jack  of  Ncwbun.'."  rjuuli^d,  478 
Jackson  (S.)  on  ballad  qucrir^,  37G 

r -•  - '        '  -  '  ■•'<7 
I  ■.•:n 

^i,,,.,  lit   l(>riiiif  ii'K    .C7«> 

JaMb  nftr 

J«go(BeT.  J  s  188 

James  I.,  cuiul  au<i  cluir't<:i<.-c  uf,  4dl ;  iveutiAOte  in 

his  nfign,  434 
Jamos  II.,  capturo  at   F^vorshftm,   391 ;    nt  8t. 

OermttJi)?.  13 

Jnmra  V.  of  .Sco*'-  -^    '  •    - -1  •    ■    300 

Jamea  (K<'V.  E<1  nt,  74 

Jamoson  (Mr.),  L^    ,  ,       :..  4 IS 

June  the  fool,  2o 

Jay  (Sir  Jiunk-t),  Knt..  3I.D.,  418 

Jnjdec  on  th<> )  •  i 

Bvr]iholr.  ni  -Knmoniiki,  615 

JohnKi'i)  '.'!:•  ,-.,.■.,   -^ 

81op(I>    1   ..  -,  414 

Jeffrov  T-  .  M  -n-  <latr 

of  r 
Jeftr^  ■  I    ■  ■         i     i     ■■'.ir.iJ  I'im--  r-f  lu> 

«Li  ,,  4'.W 

Je-DiJ  r>'lH»|  ftiii!  po«t,  132 

"  Ji-Wi>Li  >iy  ■    ' 
Jtiwiit  (li)  on  "i ! 

d'  ■'  -  - 
J.  (J 


W  <if  Chwiek,  876 
'  mily.  447 
Und,  133 

^^9 


Trusty;  Triut.  nu  (i^tJ  h^  Uluk^gmK,  231 
John  aWiMTiHtftl  111  .Tfiii,  4flO 


Johii- 

JoD(«  (11.  <  >.  I  on  tirei 
Jonwffl  T,.)'rn  tl.-r- . 
Jonc' 

JoUr- 

Jonsoii  I  1^ 
340 

Jucl 

JUJUII 

Jumi 

JuV'i 


Shjikipaive,  217,  S34 
3»6;  du»- 


>), »,;.!, 


Juz<ji 
Jut 


1. 


222 

476 


•II  -•iiiikspitiri' s  jxini.iit,  33<i. 

,"'  ^^-.'<..doma,  397 

p  Rosonhagm.  IG 
ftM  given  to  oon»ty 


Grenndtcr,*'  484 

will,  137 

.  177 


U'AbhcbcHjdrt  &miiv,  4U8 


Jaxta  Turrim  on  Haydn's!  sympibonicB,  2S8 
Hiiy*W8  canzonet*.  212 
Hood,  Ad  fundi'm,  239 
Laini>«^  (John  Kredorick),  185 
Holborn  Tiadtiu-t,  a  19 
Roliinson  (Roh«srt),  of  Ountriiige,  408 
Sack,  a  win^  328 

K. 

Kunicufilu's  "Age  of  Pctw  th*'  Oivnt,"  515 
Kappu  on  Sir  W  m.  Pole's  cUarters,  98 

Talbot  papers,  437 
Keightloy  (Thomaa)  on  Sliuk^tpeare  criticLsms,  340 
Kelly  (Wm.)  ou  John  Daniel  und  other  pluyers, 
240 

Joseph,  aRhbiihop  of  Miice<doni4i,  397 

Proverb :  The  devil  and  the  eoUitr,  282 

Sh*kspearc  (Tbonuw),  383 
Kompt  (TlolKirtX  on  Charles  Lamb  and  Alice  W — , 
346 

Pttseion  for  witn««eing  exccutiunft,  S3 

Penny  loavt*  at  funfnile>,  35 
Kemys  f  Lnwreneo),  confined  in  th''  Tower,  7 
Kerry,  the  Kiiij^hta  of,  1.;Uit  tu,  417 
Kon  (Bishop),  his  tkree  Hjthhs,  44 
Kennedy  (K^-v.  Jtunes),  biography,  241 
Kf  r  (8ir  John )  styling  liimsolf  Ltjrd,  492 
KossclBtadt  (Count),  mask  uf  Shukapearc,  228,  342 
Kileti,  or  KoUk,  a  i^cottinh  game,  84 
Kilkeany  catj>  battle,  433 
Kilrudderj-.  the  seat  of  tlio  Earl  of  Mcalll,  404. 

442,  oO() 
"  Kilruddery  Hunt,"  a  ballad,  401.  442,  469 
"  KiraboUon  P:irk."  a  po<m,  479 
Kindlio  Tenant  ri;jht,  105 
King  (Richui-d  John)  on  words  and  ploocfl  in  D«- 

Tonahire,  374 
Kings  !  an  eicltniation  in  diUdren**  play.  46C 
Kirby  (Rev.  V        '  ^  I'v,  22 

Kirkwoo<l  (J.  Astwick,  Beds.  29 

Kirkwood  (J;.  ,.mTn.>riaii,  20 

K(J.  M.)on 

Spanish  .i 
Knight  (R«'V.  Sain.  JohuK^bt,  longevity.  3S0 
KnowlcB  (E.  n.\.  ou  Win.  Diuibar.  p«»et.  150 
Knox  (Andrew),  Bishop  of  Raphue,  371,  430 
Knox  (Thomas),  Kishop  of  the  IbU>s,  411 
Kohol,  Anibic  word.  349 
Kustcp  (Ludolph),  DJ).,  bia  death,  ll.'j 

L. 

L  ,•      •       -         ' '•fashion  in,  3J)7.  COS 

I. 

Luu, :  iay.  224,  291 

L.  (A  li)  on  Charles  il.S  illt^gitimate  rhiWBfn, 
409 

Reeniiaiifs,  /nti[i,  Jtunes  I.,  434 

.Senlin?-w)ix  fi'in«»VMl,  &c.,  419 

Zu..,  :  117 

Lielinft  '  '^  Borlaw,  203 

Or  '  •'  ■■    \l 


Li' 

Lull      ■       '     ' 

Morris  (Lvwis).  I4ii,  o'io 


|''tu1."  38 
U 


..^ 


646 


INDEX- 


Ia  Lftngno  Romane,  258 

Lamb  (Cliarles)    and  Alice  W— ,  846;  unpnb* 

lished  letter,  364 
Lamballo  fthePrinwBs  de),  118 
Lambert  (General),  medal,  34 
Lambeth  degrees  in  medicine,  481 
Lamont  (Dr.  David),  his  death,  22,  867 
Lampe  (John  FredA  musical  composer,  92,  184 
Lancashire  wills,  wnere  kept,  377 
Ijancftster  castle,  witches  confined  in  it,  2fi9,  385 
Landalc  (Mr.)  of  Dartford,  intended  coffin,  364 
Language  used  in  the  courts  of  the  Roman  Pro- 
curator in  Palestine,  356,  444 
Lanterns  of  the  dead,  1 15 
Lapland  and  its  fauna,  44 
Lapwing  (pupa),  its  folk  lore,  10,  77,  124 
Lascelles  (John)  of  Horucastle,  his  family,  400, 

623 
Lasso,  the  earliest  notice,  399,  442,  466,  490 
Latrans  on  De  la  Barca  arms,  143 
Laud  (Abp.)  his  satirical  papers,  1 
Iiaurel  water  a  poison,  11,  63 
Law  family  of  Lauriston,  150 
Lawn  and  cnipe,  409 
L  (C.  A.)  on  misquotations  by  great  anthoritici, 

625 
Lee  (the  Laird  of)  in  1685,  34,  65 
Leo  (George)  on  Brown  of  Coulston,  258 
Leo  (John),  actor,  hi^  character,  199 
Lee  (Thomas)  of  Damhall,  Chehhirc,  98 
Lee  (W.)  on  Jos<>ph  Astun  of  Manchester,  370 
Butterfield  (Itob.),  "  Maschil,"  448 
Book  bindingH,  405 
Cobbett's  political  principles,  442 
Customs  at  Christmas,  395 
Cliarade :  "  Sir  Geoffnty,"  425 
Curll's  Voiture  Letters,  *4  25 
"  Eikon  Basilik(>,"  various  editions,  484 
Eugene  (Prince),  hin  prayer,  491 
"  Golden  Calf,  the  Idol  of  Worship,"  467 
Hammond  (Anthony),  M.P.,  330 
"  Hcraditus  Ridens,"  469 
Horse  frightened  at  a  camel,  387 
Long  grass,  464 
Lawn  and  crape,  409 
Passion  for  witnessing  executions,  446 
"  Postboy  robb'd  of  his  Mail,"  448 
Shakers,  a  sect,  424 
Storm  of  1703,  504 

Younge  (John),  of  Pembroke  Hall,  386 
Leek  pjirish,  co.  Stafford,  its  history,  490 
Leftli'y  (Charles),  minor  poet,  57 
Leigh  family  of  Sluidbum,  co.  York,  116,  165 
Leighton  family,  1 35 
Le  Neve  (John),  "  Monumenta  Anglicana,"  224, 

470 
Lennep  (John  H.  ran)  on  St.  Willibrord :   Frisic 
literature,  123 
Toad-eater,  its  etymology,  142 
Lepel  (Gen.  I^icholas),  personal  history,  98 
Leslie  (Dr.  John),  Bishop  of  Raphoe  and  Clogher, 

458 
L'Estrange  (Joseph),  his  case,  478 
L'Ertiange  (Sir  Roger)  and  Dr.  Walter  Pope,  462 
L'Estnnge  (Thomas)  on  Crogan  hill,  899 


••  Letter  Box,"  edited  by  Oliver  Olditaft,  »1 

Lewin  (Sir  GrMory),  noticed,  6 

Lewis  (Wm.  LUiington),    of    Bepton   Gnminar 

School,  241,  808  .'.       ,,, 

L.  (F.)  on  Matthew  Lock,  miwiaan,  185 
L.  (H.  M.)  on  Arthur  Dobbs,  104 
Shaksperiana,  459 

Walker  (Rer.  George)  of  liondondeny. «« 
Lindsay  (J.  C.)  on  AmericanismB,  188 
Herodotus's  Travelii,  163 
Orbis  centrum,  104 
Trousers,  early  nee  of  the  word,  1S6 
Willo  (J.  G.),  hia  engravings,  75 
Liquor:  the  verb  "To  liquor,"  133,  221 
Linpipinm,  the  tippet  of  the  English  canons,  4M 
Lisle  (Robert  Lort  de).  hie  family,  164, 224 
"  Literary  Humourist,"  noticed,  98 
"Literary  Magnet,"  author  of  a  play,  366 
Livermore  (SuTiet),    the   pil^m   stranger,  it. 

220,  883 
L.  (J.),  Duhtin,  on  Dobbe'a  "  Trade  and  Impiow. 
ment  of  Ireland,"  104 
F-nigmii.  by  the  Eaxl  of  Surrev,  65 
Epitaph:  "Hoc  cet  nosciro,'    126 
Titana  and  Dragona ;  origin  of  the  vine,  2lo 
Zoar,  its  ntnation,  802,  369 
Lloyd  (Charles),  the  poet,  10 
Lloyd  (Miss  EliiabethX  poem,  261 
Lock  (Matthew),  composer  of  music,  135 
Lockhart  (Sir  James),  the  Laird  of  Lee,  34. 6i 
Lot'frwife,  memorial  of,  117,  141, 181,  262,101 
London,  its  fiuhionable  quarters  in  the  seTentetttli 

century,  8,  92 
London,  the  Visitation  o^  printed,  62 
London  rubbish  heap,  129 
London  smoke  and  London  light,  2.58,  329,  387 
Iiongevity,  remarkable  cases,  22,  33,  44,  123, 17^ 

182,  257,  258,  330,  453 
Longcnty  of  cleroymen,  22,  44, 82,  123,  182,  257 
Loo,  inventor  of  tlie  game,  468 
Ix>rd,  its  derivation,  211 
liOid  of  a  Manor  on  Digby  po<ligreo,  240 
Dor*  (GuBtave),  artist,  281 
Holy  house  of  Jjoretto,  145 
Lord's  Prayer,  custom  of  kneeling  when  read  ia 

thel/esBons,  517 
Loretto  holy  house,  removal  to  Milan,  73,  145 
liover  (SamuelX  "  Irish  Songs,"  433 
Lover's  Leap  in  the  Dargle,  Wicklow,  li^nda,  W 
Lower  (Mark  Antony)  on  Sir  John  Calf,  215 

Sargent  (John),  Esq.,  214 
Lowther  (Col.  James),  birth  and  death,  98 
Loyalty  medals,  &c ,  479,  523 
L.  (R.  C.)  on  dimensions  of  balloons,  96 
Baptismal  names,  105 
English  climate  oommendid,  96 
Longevity  of  clergymen,  123 
Pig  and  whistle  sign,  122 
Lucian:  "  NecromAntia,  a  Dialoge,"  321 
Lunatic  asylums,  a  Roman  historian  on,  117 
Lund  (John),  of  Pontefract,  a  poet>  282 
Lnther  (Martin)  on  the  comet  of  1631,  114,  364 
Lntin  in  Switzerland,  894 
I^jmdi  law  in  the  twelfth  centnzy,  133 
Lynch  (Sir  Thomas),  goretnor  of  Jaaaiei^  4tt 


INDEX. 


Lyt  teUon  ( Lortl )  on  Aristotle's  poUtica,  625 
BttU  of  Burk*-'s.  2fl7 
Chaperon,  312 
Cobhttm  pyramid,  '121 
CarmuJgeon,  its  tlorivotiou,  37" 
Hjtnn  writers,  312 
It«lics,  their  proper  u»p,  200 
Judicial  Committee  of  Priry  Coixacil,  M3 
Proverbial  siiyingA,  13fl 
QuotatiouH,  523 
"  StUmapiiri<H."  it*  antlor,  322 
Wiitv  ivml  wise,  202 

M. 

on  epitaph  on  a  dog,  460 
I^>seDhagcn  {Tli'X.  Philip^.  16 
Mac  Cain?  (W,  B.j  ou  Dinan,  iVi  |rgi.>Ji<ls  and  trn- 
dilions,  273 
Che«?,  its  untiquilr,  417 
ColibtTti,  446 

Cui-st'iil,  arrondis84>motit  uf  Dinnii,  389 
Jjupwing:  w-itchcraft,  10 
Loo,  inventor  of  the  guirif,  ir>>i 
Mnc  Culloeli  ( Edgar)  on  Sir  iulniaiul  Andios,  425 

lJu<!d  (H.nry),  028 
Mscdocnpll  (JuniPBi,  of  Doncfi^l,  faniilj,  47 
M'DoiiftM  ( Wm.  KiisBell),  editor  of  "  The  Literary 

Humotiri.'it,"  98 
Macdufl  ^Sli.jlto)  on  Kindlic  Tenant  rijfht,  105 
Maohftbeu  |  Jehudah),  "  Qrden  dc-  Oniciones,"  498 
Mai'hjiillftn,  jinrliiinient  house  nf,  174,  247 
MciK.  (T,)  on  Dr.  Rob.n  Wrtui-hon,  31 
Mjvoknv  (A.)  on  Ensign  Satherlund,  322 
McK(  '  '      ^ 
Ma. 

mains,  5d 
Mc£enzi<.'  (Dr.  Murdo),  Biithop  of  Orkuoy  and 

Zetland,  4o3 
Maclean  fJoho)  on  folk  lore  in  aontli-ea8t  of  Ire- 
kncl  446 
Pr<^-d<»«th  ctiffinu  nnd  mcmumcnts,  124 
M'Mininiif  {¥..  W.J  on  Ixjnl  Clonniell's  Diary.  629 
Macraj  (J.)  ou  Mary,  Qaeen  of  Soot-s  ftOS 

ZiK-liokkf'fi  "  Mcditntions  on  Life  and  Deatli," 
448 
Hodnian'sfood  tuting  uf  oat  meal  ])Orridge,  35, 64, 81 
Madiid.  Spanish  liuea  on,  436 
^B*,  early  notice  of,  182 
[iciiuus  the  mrjdem  onee  of  Egypt>  151 
'en  Castle,  in  Dorsetshin-,  101,  141 
(A.  J.)  on  St.  Mary's,  B*<vcrley,  ol 

EpilAphs  from  the  Po ...:>  ...y  317 

:"  To  man,"  its  con  ■,397,467 

cheater  Free  Lihrar)  *  „     .  »2il 

Maps  of  Roman  Britaia,  196.  385 
Marana   (Joan  PaidX   mtthor  of  "The  Turkiah 

Spy,"  2»)0 
Marg&n  AnnnU,  Vv^ 
Margarvt  <Que*'ni  oi  AHj<m,  lettens  26 
Marham  in  Devun^litre,  874 

r.ry,  319 
1.498,622 
HarkWid  (J.  it >  oil  Ihutnas  Hmtiry,  509 


eKcnzie  (Kev.  Colin),  his  longi'vity,  4r>» 
aekinzio  (Cnpt„  J.  D.)  on  fowls  wtth  htu 


Morklnnd  (J.  H.)  on  Family  burying  ground,  400 

Miit-ihiti.in  of  sepulchral  monumentfi,  158 
Marriagu  before  a  justice  of  tlie  peace,  400, 469, 526 
Marriages,  early,  23 

Marrow  bone^  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 
"  Ca»«tle  Builders,"  ita  author,  614 
r>  '  '  '       -  acre«t,  469 
J  y  of  Slaidbum,  00.  York,  116 

il.i...ii  ^  ., ite  and  Robert  Combcrbach,  95 
Martin  family  of  Alresford  Hall,  K-i^ex,  154,  222, 

349 
Mary  Queen  of  Scots  and  Sbakapeare,  338 ;  do- 
fended  hy  M.  LouiH  Wieaencr,  411,  508 ;   her 
miafortuned,   1 1 2,   403 ;  offered    to  be   rescued 
from  prison  by  Bothwell,  321 ;  signet  ting,  519 
Masaachusott:*  atone.  298 
"HaaoBcrc  of  the  InnoL*ents,"  pictnre  ut  Bruges; 

74.  163 
Maasareeno  (.Tohu  Clotworthy.  Isl  Viscotmt),  344 
Muasie  (Joseph),  political  writer,  241 
Maason  (Gustnve)  on  Mary  Queen  of  Seots,  411 
Master  (Robert  Mo&ley),  liis  longerity,  454 
Master  (R.i>v.  fcltreynsham),  his  longerily,  123 
Masters  (Mary),  poeto*s.  154 
Mntfelon,  (St.'Marj'),  «/iVw  Whiteehiipel,   83,  161, 

223 
Matilda  (Empress),  Arnulpbus'  Lifo  of,  1 16 
Matthews  (Henry),  on  horses  first  sbodwitli  iron, 

101 
Maurice  (Rcr.  F,),  "  Family  Worship,"  321 
May:  Tri-Milchi.  44 
May  (Sir  EdwanJ).  bart.,  of  MayfieJd,  35,  65,  66, 

84,  142,  201,  40U,  487 
Meacham  (John),  a  minor  poet,  259 
Meath,  eKctioneering  bill  in  1826,  493 
Meccah,  visitors  to,  213 
Medals,  loyalty,  479,  523 
Medical  degrees  conferred  by  the  Abp.  of  Oantar- 

bury,  481 
Medical  legislation,  481 
Medmenham  Club,  482 
Melefca  on  Cary  family,  468 

Charlemagne's  posterity,  365 
Foreign  honours,  407 
"  Mwlitations  on  Life  and  Doulli,"  400 
Morganatic  marriages,  328,  515 
Neology  witftrirly  defined,  132 

r./'  •■  M,-t.  347 

."-I  198 

Memlinc  (Huns),  artist,  163 

Mendelssohn's  onitorio,  "  ^t.  Paul,"  112 

Meriton  (G»»orge),  a  legal  wTiter,  480 

Merlin,  the  Birth  of,  a  ballad.  372 

"  Mermaid,"  a  CHricature  of  Mary  Queen  of  Seotf, 

338 
3Iennaid  Tavern  club,  498 
Men-ywealher  (!•'.  8.)  on  Crowe  field,  153 

Stone    bridge  in   St.   Martin'a-in-tho-Fielda, 
136 
Meachinea  (Ronolph  de),  ancestry,  164,  310,  382, 

606 


548 


INDEX. 


Mfltoyud  (Eliza)  on  Thomas  Bontley,  609 
Hewburn  (Fra.)  on  the  Hampebire  downs  lands, 
377 

Glossary  of  Scotch  words,  614 

Nomination  of  bishops,  468 

Population  of  tho  Vulo  of  Avon,  367 
M.  (O.  O.)  on  painting  at  Easter  Fowlis,  192 
Miodeton  Wood,  Iioutinp;  thing of|  478 
Micro8coiK>,  Text-Book  of  the,  312 
Middle-passing  in  a  battle,  616 
Middleton  (A.  B.)  on  passage  in  "  Tom  Jones,"  386 
Mikias,  or  Kilometer,  at  Boida,  618 
Hilbonie  family  of  Oloucester,  173 
Milbonm  ^T.)  on  Millrame  fiimily,  173 
Milton  ^Jonn),  portmita,  06;  connection  between 
his  tnird  wife  and  Mr.  Comberbacb,  96 ;  alln- 
nons  in  his  Sonnets,  118,  242 ;  rdattonship  to 
Dr.  Nathan  Paget,  193,  826 
Ministerial  wooden  spoon,  214 
Minshull  (J.  B.)  on  Paget  and  Milton's  wife,  193 
Miscegenation,  the  latest  Yankee  word,  278 
<•  Miscellanea  Curiosa,"  280,  860 
Misquotations  by  great  authorities,  464,  626 
Mitehel  (Wm.),  ^e  Tinclarian  Doctor,  74,  124, 

369 
MiteheU  (Qeo.)  on  Petrarch,  edit  1620-3,  437 
Mitley  family  of  Yorkshire,  269 
M.  {J.),  Edinburgh,  on  Zacbanr  Boyd,  64 

Beton  (Cord.),  and  Abp.  Qawin  Dunbur,  112, 
403 

Fables  of  La  Fontaine,  494 

Oifford  (Sir  Roberf),  69 

Homecks  (tho  Miss),  468 

Irvine  town  council  records,  471 

Peerages,  old  Scottish,  492 

Paminger  (Leonard),  mus^ul  composer,  76 

Prints,  old.  458,  616 

Buthren  (Lord)  of  Freiliuid,  210 

Buthren,  Earl  of  Ford  und  Brentford,  188 

Stewart  (Mrs.  Duguid),  verses,  484 

Tinclarian  Doctor,  369 

Wilson  (Beau),  un<l  J^w  of  Lauriston,  160 

Wool,  English,  in  1682, 96 
M  (J.  C.)  on  "  Cui  bono  ?  "  102 

Curmudgeon,  its  etymology,  319 
Mogunce,  the  wickc<l  spirit,  478 
Monun  (Charles,  4th  liord),  his  death,  136 
Mohun  (Lord),  and  Duko  Ilamilton,  ballad,  312 
Molly  wash-dish,  the  wag-tail,  346,  424 
Molton,  South,  Devon,  374 
Molyncux    (Tliomas    More),  was  he  knighted? 

298,  366 
Monasteries,  MSS.  on  their  diasolufcion,  67 
Monckton  family,  378 
Money,  Romano-British,  298 
Money,  its  value,  temp.  Edward  III.,  282 
Monks  and  friars,  346,  427 
Monograms  of  painters,  380 
Montagu  (Edward  Wortley),  flight  from  West- 
minster school,  378 
Montalombert  (Count  do)  family,  328 
Moatgomeiy  (8id  Viscount),  and  the  palpitations 

of  his  heart,  498 
HoDinsantai  inaeriptions,  their  prewrvatioD,  481, 
628 ;  woriu  on,  64 ;  in  Bristol,  87,  289 


Moodie  (J.  W.  D.)  on  baach-drwipiiig^  297 
Moore  (Geo.),  MD.,  on  tho  Newton  ftona^  110, 

380 
Moore  (Sir  John),  monument  *t  Conuuu,  169, 269, 

329 
Moore  (Dr.  MordecaiX  hia  family,  164 
Mooro  (Peter),  house  in  We«tmin»t«r,  166 
Mordaunt  barony,  416,  468 
Mordaunt  (John  Viscount),  416 
More  (Hannah),  translator  of  her  "  Dnaaa,   174 
Morell  (Mrs.  Ann),  pezwitage,  488 
Morgan  (I*rof.  A.  de)  on  anonymous  contribotiow. 
807 

Bull  of  Burke's,  366 

Bunyun  (John),  a  ncgU'ctt'd  author.  4o.> 

Duchayla  (C.  D.  M.  B.).  527 

"Hamlet,'  Act  III.  Sc.  2,  "  VC17  p«eeock,' 
387 

Horrocks  (Jeremiah),  367 

Judicial  Committee  of  PriTj  Council,  864  ) 

"Miscclhmea  Curiosa,"  387 

PabUcationofdiariem  107,  261,  861 
Mor^natic  and  Ebenburtig.  23A.  328.  441,  615 
Monce,  or  Morris  (CoL  JohnX  family,  476 
Momington  (IxodX  noticed,  198 
Morris  or  Moricc  family,  476 
Morris  (Lewis),  letter  to  Sir  Wm.  Jones,  12, »: 

memoir,  142,  219,  S26,  405 
Morton  family  of  Bawtrey,  419 
Moees,  etymology  and  meaning  of  the  ntme,  Sti 

408 
Mother,  Buceeflsi<»>  throngli  tlio,  459,  525 
Mother  Goose,  her  legend.  268,  331,  384 
Mutto :  "  Pais  ce  que  tn  dois,"  &<*.,  34 
Motto  scroll,  rale  htt  tincturinfr.  516 
Mottoes  and  coats  of  anns,  works  on,  77 
Mottoes  wanted,  116,  269 
Mounds  of  human  remains,  101 
Mount  Athos,  itn  monastic  liUnirics  437 
Mozarabic  liturgy,  its  collects  transf«>rred  to  tk 

English  Pniyer-Book,  123,  207 
Mozecu  (Thomas),  comedian  nnd  Hinjrer,  602,  'iHi 
Muir  (Thomas),  his  transportation,  27U 
Mulgrare  (Lord),  story  of  hia  chaplain,  204 
Munchausen  (Baron),  anticipated,  397,  468 
Murray  (A.  E.)  on  John,  or  Jno.,  460 
Murtha,  a  Christian  name,  356,-  448 
M.  (Y.  S.)  on  angelic  vision  of  tho  dying;  448 

N. 

Names,  modem  Greek  and  Turkiafa,  68 
Names  descriptive  of  individual  character,  71, 2(9 
Napoleon  the  First,  his  several  levies,  ISfi 
Nash  (R.  W.  H.)  on  acioatic :  Chriat,  365 
Natter,  and  natter-jack,  64,  125,  184,  224 
Neef;  its  derivation,  346,  427 
Neil  (Samuel)  on  Ben  Junson's  lines  on  Shak- 
speare's  portrait,  340 

Shakspeue  folio,  1632,  233 

Shoksperian  criticisms,  230 

Wit,  its  various  meaning^  808 
"  Nemob"  and  tho  "  AnU^Nemo,"  846 
Neokgjr  wittingly  tvj^iati,  1S2 
Newharen  in  ^anoe,  116, 141,  106 


I  K  D  E  X. 


(ewinglon  P  ■"      '-  -• '  '^l^go,  141 
TewingtQii'  Mlyjwe,  417i  420 

•flebr..v, .,.  ,  ;J9 

Septungint  intorpolatcd  by  Jews.  429,  524 
lewlin  (J.  W.  M.)  oo  Nicholas  NawUd,  65 
lewlin  (Nicholas),  faiaily  &od  amu,  66 
[etvspiipt^TS,  Bets  of  EngUah  eotiDty,  fi  IS 
an  Btone,  110.  215,  380,  428 
Yc&r's  Day  caatoma  in  t$coU&nd,  153,  221, 
»50 
Nictean  barks,  26 S 

ficholfi  ( Julm  Ouugh)  on  tbo  Ardoits  of  Worwick- 
ahiti-,  492 
Divine  MctliUition  on  De«lb,  189 
ficholaon  {li,}  on  passage  in  "  Cymbeliftf!."  234 
ProsppiT),  Duke  of  Miluq,  bis  hulk,  228 
Sbikf I  ■  •^',  50 

Tom  f  ii's  MiJortaiiunent,  U8 

■  G 
-  113  ;  diacovered 
by  C«pi.  8{wke,  lid 

(J.  6.)  on  Elmo,  a  fomale  Cbri«ti«n  hjuiuv  97 
Epitaph  upon  Charl(>s  I..  13 
Justacei  as  applic^l  to  county  nugiiitnitoc;  430 
orfolt  folk  lore,  230 
Norman  (£.  J.)  "  Sonnd  of  ihc  grass  growing," 

194 
Normaodj,  expulnion  of  the  Ifn^^li^b  from.  44 
Norreys<(Capt.  John)  at  Currickfergus,  90 
North  (T.)  on  ring  mottoe*.  33 
Northomptonshim  iuLabitjuits  of  Celtie  extraction, 

898 
NorthninT>rijm  motirr,  66 
orwifh  ulc  •••  -    '  ■•♦  efFect«,  613 
ot(v  und  I  Is  to  anonymous  contribu- 

tors, 23K. 

btki?r,  a  monk  of  ot.  Oull,  biaantipbou.  177 
.  (T.  C.)  on  Bowyer  House,  Cambi'rwoU,  lol 
Bndd  );n^nry),  o28 
Har\cv  familr,  247 

K.        -      '•"        ■     ■"  •'      ui 

206 

y.  (Vf.  L.)  on  the  hooting  thing  of  Mickleton 
Wood,  478 


}ath  ;idininistcred  to  shcrifit*,  l£7 
»lb  as  tukcn  in  India.  277 
)atb  "fi  otfii-iu.'^  13.5,  221 
YB,  (J.).  Dubhn,  ua  swaliowa  burblogera  of  mvm- 

mer,  122 
yConrul!  fM-^nrirfV  '•  ThoBiMfdl  Quaker,"  437 
d  liyBp,  Jomandi<8,l57i  177 
.  215 
[J-  >'i\rDi>,  jun.,  02 

K  ramca),  two    auLboia    of   tiutfe 


^Krb 


■>,  Mill  Tindimtm  doctor,  74 
OlJTer    I  iv^c),  |yroanli(|mirie.s  137.  202 

'Nfill  ^^biiiH-;,  (<xp<.-dltion  ugainat  tho  Mcotsi,  48 
bia  centmtn,  104 
.er  of  tbe  Coeklo  in  Ftnooo,  IIT.  164.  221 


Order  of  the  Elephant,  323 

Order  of  A'ictoria  and  AlU-rt.  281.  322 

Orientation  of  St  PetiT's  at  Rome,  516 

Oa*i>ley  (T.  J.),  inquired  afttr,  418 

Out-set,  or  out-copt,  514 

Owl,  a  proscrib-'d  bird,  71,  143 

"  Owl,"  a  sutiricid  jperiodiciiL  512 

Oxford  (De  Vvtv,  Earl  of)  au<l  the  battle  of  Ead- 

cot  Bridge,  344 
OxonienKi.*:  on  Baptiismal  uamc9,  22 

Beverley  minsfw,  limvs  on,  62 

Burton  ( JoJini.  D.U.,  13 

Clmrlcs  U^  bis  illegitimate  children,  211 

Cliurcli  music,  267 

Colkitto.  183 

Easton  Mandit  parittb  registers.  483 

Kpieram  on  Infintrir.  269 

]>iadinan'B  food  tasting  of  oatmeal,  C4 

Owl,  a  proficribed  bird,  7 1 

Rub  Roy,  allusions  in,  231 

Sea  of  ^laes,  \&5 

Wigan  (Jolm).  3I.D.,  37 

Witty  cla«>sioal  quotations,  369 


Pack  (Major  Ricbardsowl,  bio^inijiliy.  118 

Pagot  (Dr.  Nathan),  rcktionBliip  to  Milton,  193, 

325 
Painter  to  hia  Mi^caty,  56 
Paiiitor3,  burlrequr,  34.j,  407 
Paintor'a  rinivns*,  Kinmp  duty  on,  99,  141,  1S2 
Pill;    ■  •  .  -.  93 

Pur  musical  composer,  76 

Pi,  I  — '  -"'Tiilicn<iuii.  IG7.  290 

Pm  1  6o 

Pii| .  rica.  :222 

Piipworth  St.  Agnes,  co.  Cambridji:!',  212,  271 
Pftpwivrlli  St.  Evta-ard,  oo.  Cambridge,  212,  271 
Ptipwortb  (Wyatt)  on  Matthew  Brett ijiijham,  03 

Fuinmil  and  tomb  of  Quetn  Elizubcth,  628 

Handct's  grove,  60 

Orientation  :  St.  Pt-tt-re  at  Bonn>.  filfi 

Vaulurj^h  (Sir  John).  drnwingB,  198 
Parddiu's  "  Devises  liftroiqura,"  339,  447, 485,  628 
Poraprani,  mcieut  Oreok,  25? 
Parietines.  its  meaning,  281,  428 
Park  (JufltiecAlkn),  revercnee  for  the  Lord's  Day. 

28 
Parker  (Mary  Ann),  the  riiCBBinavigator,  76 

PnrI-"    •' :...>....  '^Tie  of  auteiuhUng,  438 

Pji :  1 3  copy,  66 

Pui  ^  y.  CO.  Northampton,  248 J 

Easton  Maudit,  483 
Panon  CheJf,  itji  meaning,  2S1 
Pastiwio  Ofwras,  169 

"  Patienc*  on  a  tnonament,"  "where  to  be  seen,  418 
Pntriek  (St^  and  the  Hhumrock,  40,  60.  79,  104 
P.  (D.>on  the  English  Protestant  cborch  in  Rome, 
488 

Cninceliti  bearing,  522 

Fleur-de-lv  s  uu  the  marim'r'a  compaifl,  61 

Hei  ,301.524 

Lf.y.i .  ,123 

MebdiiiiCii,  ^ii2 


650 


INDEX. 


P,  (D.)  on  old  cathedral  of  Boolognp,  506 

Wise  (FrancU),  B.D.,  121 
Peacock  (Edward)  on  arms  wanted,  311 

Baxter  (Thomas),  "The  Ciide  Squared,"  348 

CaUis  (Robert).  134 

Clarges  (Francis),  M.P,  311 

Copley  (Christopher),  201 

Eastern  king's  device,  248  ^ 

Oainsboroogh  Prayer-Book,  164 

Torre  (James),  Yorkshire  antiquary,  607 
Peckard  (Rev.  PeterX  D.I^.,  his  Mi«.,  36 
Pedigree,  evidence  in  proof  of  one,  469,  620 
"Peine  fort  et  dure,"  punishment  for  not  pleading, 

266,  324 
Pelham  family,  321 
Penni  (LuccaX  monogram,  380 
Pennsylvania,  slavery  prohibited  in,  480 
Penny  loaves  at  funerals,  36,  63,  296 
Pen-tooth,  or  pin-tootb,  provincialism,  43 
Pentycross  (Rev.  Thomas)  of  Wallingford,  272 
Percy  (Bp.  Thomas),  entries  in  the  Wilby  register, 

244 ;  in  that  of  Easton  Maudit,  483 
Perkins  &mi]y,  co.  Leicester,  76 
Pershore  Abbey,  its  architect,  182 
Petrarch,  value  of  the  edition,  1620-3^  437  ;  edit 

1674,  74 
Petrie  collection  of  ancient  music,  498 
Pews  before  the  Reformation,  43 
P.  (Or.),  New  YorJk,  on  the  Empress  Maud,  116 
Philander  (Joakim),  "  The  Golden  Calf,"  467 
Philip  (King),  lines  on,  103 
Pbilipps  (Sir  Erasmus),  epitaph,  264 
Phillips  (Claudy),  musician,  epitaph,  264 
Phillips  ^Jonas  B.),  American  dramatist,  96,  386 
Phillips  (J.  P.)  on  children's  game,  394 

Holland  (J.),  optician,  167 

Johnson  (Dr.  Samuel)  and  baby-talk,  396 

Morris  (Lewis),  86,  219 

Pack  (Mi^or  Richardson  X  118 

Shakspearo  relic,  466 

Shoful,  a  slang  word,  146 

Williams  (Mrs.),  Miscellanies,  264 
Phillott  (F.)  on  Lord,  Lady,  their  derivation,  211 

Owl,  an  ill-omened  bird,  143 

Wit,  its  various  uses,  82 
Pholeys,  or  Fulas,  of  Gambia,  12,  44,  63 
Picton  (J,  A.)  on  Maiden  Castle,  141 

Team,  its  proper  definition,  187 

Wit,  origin  of  the  wonl,  161 
Piesse  (Charles)  on  Vichy,  166 
Piesse  (Septimus)  on  Laurel  water,  63 

Nile,  its  sources  discovered  in  1668, 113 
Pig  and  Whistle,  a  sign,  122 
Pigott  (Henry),  long«'vity,  332 
Pinkerton  (Wm.)  on  Cromwell's  head,  178,  305 

"Est  Kosa  flos  veneris,"'  16 

Mitchel  (Wm.),  the  Tindarian  Doctor,  124 

Paradin's  "  Devises  Heroiques,"  486 

Prototype  of  CoUins's  "  To-morrow,"  461 

Robin  Adair  :  Kilruddery  Hunt,  &c.,  600 

St  Patrick  and  the  shamrock,  40,  79 

Shakspeare  and  Mary  Queen  of  Soote,  388 

Yenables  (Col.  Robert),  99 
Pit  and  gallows,  when  last  inflicted,  298 
Pitt  diamond,  ita  hiatory,  867 


Pitt  (Wm.)  and  Charlea  Fojt,  their  antorr,  74 
Place  (Mr.)  and  "  The  aergymana  Law,'  817 
Plagiarisms,  general,  "The  Ororea  of  Blaiwy," 

&&,  432,  487,  628 
Plain  (TimothyX  Qom  de  plame,  298.  388 
Plato's  foresight  of  Shakspeare,  63 
"  Play  uppe  The  Brides  of  Enderby,"  878 
"  Plymouth  Beauty,"  a  print,  458 
Plymouth  Sound,  draught  of,  820 
P.  (M.)  on  Arabella  Fermor,  619 
Markham  (LadyX  622 
Monumental  inaeriptions  at  Dunkirk,  616 
Pocahontas,  an  Indian  princess,  her  grave,  123 
Poets  Lttureat,  lists  of,  312 
Pole  (Sir  William),  his  charters,  98 
Polhill  (Edw.)  of  Borwasb,  his  death,  419 
Pomeroy  (Rev.  Joseph^  hia  coffin.  424 
"Pomponius  Mela  and  Solinufl,"  edit.  1618, 96,  Ui 
Pope  (Alex.),  epigram  on  Chesterfield,   166,  248; 
portrait  noticed  by  Sterne,  136  ;  supposed  dis- 
covery of  his  portrait,  72,  137 
Pope  (Rev.  F.  S.^  of  Whitby,  20 
Pope  (Luke),  author  of  "  History  of  Middlesex," 

400 
Pope  (Dr.  Walter),  poem  "  The  Old  Man's  Wiih,' 

461 
Porchester  church,  inscription,  479,  530 
Porter  (Endvmion),  his  family,  117 
Porter  funily  monumental  inscriptions,  289,  U8, 

629 
Porter  (Mrs.  Sarah),  Qaeen    of  the   Touten  tt 

Tunbridge  Wells,  a  print,  468 
Portlock  (Capt.   Nathaniel),    noticed,    376,  iii, 

489 
Postage  stamps,  exchange  of  foreign,  418 
Post-offlce,  historical  account,  410 
Potato  and  point,  6o 
Potiphar,  an  officer  of  the  court,  347 
Potter  (Bamaby).  Bishop  of  Carlisle,  214 
Poidet  (George),  noticed!,  213 
Powell  (Rev.  Jame«),  his  longevity,  123 
P.  (P.)  on  engraving  by  Bartolozzi,  377 

Mutilation  of  sepulchral  monuments,  22 
"  Patience  on  a  monument,"  418 
Red  Cross  Knighta,  or  Templars,  489 
Welsh  burial  offerings.  387 
Witches  in  Lancaster  Castle,  386 
Pratt  family  of  Coleshill,  Berks,  174,  249 
Pratt  (Geo.)  on  Pratt,  baronets  of  Coleshill,  174 
Prayers,  Private,  for  the  laity,  193,  270 
Prester  (John)  in  the  arms  of  the  see  of  Chichester, 

279 
Prestoniensis  on  longevity  of  clergymen,  66,  123 
Prideaux  (John),  Bp.  of  Worcester,  portrait,  243 
Primrose,  the  primtOa,  132,  202 
Primula:  the  primrose^  132,  202 
Prior  (Matthew),  origin  of  the  "  Thief  and  Corde- 
lier,^' 476,  628 
Private  soldier,  meaning  of  the  phrase,  144,  186 
Privy  Council,  meeting  of  the  Judicial  Committee 
of;  193,  267,  364,  383 

FroTwiM  and  Fhraiea^:  — 

Coniiah  proverbs,  208,  276 
Oni  bono,  ita  proper  wm,  193 


INDEX. 


551 


Proverbi  and  FhraBM  :  — 

Every  dug  h;ii)  his  day,  und  a  cat  litis  tvu 

Su'di^iijs,  97.  18n 
Fatherhood  of  God,  5U 
Hntter  :  As  tnad  as  a  hnttor,  24.  64,  125 
I  got.  my  kail  through  the  resk  for  that,  77 
Langoiige given  to  maa  to  conceal  his  thoughts, 

34.  216 
Nocdii  must  when  tlu>  Deril  drives,  136,  203 
One  half  of  the  world  knows  not  how  the  other 

lives,  136 
One  ewallow  does  not  make  ii  Biimmor,  53,  83 
"R<'veLuns  a  »os  moutoiis,"  .'146,  408 
Sotfc :  "  Est  Jlosa  floa  vpnoris,"  15,  64 
Tag,  rap,  and  bohtftil,  TjlS 
Thou  art  like  unto  like,  an  tlie  Devil  sjiid  to 

the  Collier,  282,  389 
Wc  praise  the  food  as  we  find  it,  117 
We  praise  the  fool  as  wo  fin<l  him,  117 
jwtlt  (C.  G.)  on  iEnigmata,  257 
Bull  of  Burke's,  41d 
"  Haiulet,"  passage  in,  426 
"Troilufi  and  Creasidn,"  possnge  in,  426 
l^co  (Gt«o.)  on  monumental  iusmptions  in  Bri«- 
tol,  87,  36S 

ithey's  birlh'plnce,  249 
xc.  9,  its  translation,  .57,  83,  102,  160 
."  I  Settc  .Salmi,"  its  author,  98,  409 
Ihick.  his  nurtem  origin,  394 
Pumiee  stone,  its  domestic  nseg.  56 
Punishment  for  not  pleading,  2.5.5,  324 
ippet-show  exhibitions  of  Uie  lust  cewturj',  52 

cell  (Henry),  song  "  Let  the  dreadful  engines," 
472 

4ntory,  a  papin  superstition,  373 
'nmell  (T.)  on  Lewis  Morris,  142 
'^'Purser  (Richard),  a  centenarian,  170 
P.  (W.)  on  the  broad  arrows,  105 
Cold  in  June,  164 
£pitupli%  reeonis  of,  191 
Glass,  its  early  use  in  England,  629 
Homilies  read  in  churches,  173 
Monasteries,  manuscripts  on,  67 
Painirr  to  Uis  Majrsly,  56 
fit.  Swif hill's  Day,  164 
Tomlmfones  and  memorials,  .528 
P,  (W.  P.)  on  mrtiiuscript  English  Chromde,  54 
Cock  Kobin's  Jesith  in  a  church  w  indow,  98 
Cttckoo  song,  465 
Pumice  slone,  its  uses,  56 
P.  (Y.)  on  bupial-pluce  of  »t.ill-b<jm  children,  34 
Madman's  food  tasting  of  oatmeal  porridge,  35 

Q. 

juivir,  "the  Great  River,"  43fi,  487 
b'  YmnU  in  Wales,  194 
scrs' m  ser^'anta,  530 

|nea8y  =  li.  171 

lestuian,  j....,,  ..„,  ,,|,„,,,  ^4^  65,  81,  183 

Qaotationi :  ^ 

A  human  hear*  should  heol  for  two,  271 
"Aut  tn  e»  MoniB  aut  nnlluV  61,  84 
Author  of  good !  to  Tlie.- 1  torn,  123,  271 


Qaototlons :  — 

Deutlj  luith  a  thousand  ways  to  let  oat  life, 

142 
For  me  let  hoary  Fielding  bite  the  ground, 

495,  523 

Ood  and  the  doctor  we  alike  adore,  62,  469, 

527 
God  fVom  a  beautiful  necessity  is  love,  271 
Oreca  wuvt.»  the  oak  for  ever  o'tr  thy  rest,  378, 

443 
Be  digged  a  pit.  193 

He  act  lis  sets  the  morning  star,  495,  523 
I  had  no  frii-nd  to  care  for  mo,  437 
Knowledge  that  leaves  no  trace  of  acts  be- 
hind, 322 
No  spot  on  earth  but  has  supplied  a  grave, 

378 
Null  tun  quod  tetigit  non  ornavit,  197 
O  God  of  glory !     Thou  hast  treasured  up,  75 
Perhaps  it  was  right  to  dissemble  your  lore, 

119,  184 
Qui  Christum  noscit,  &a,  83,  105,  126,  247 
Spartam,  quam  nactus  es,  oma,  260,  307,  444 
This  book,  when  brass  and  marble  fail,  878, 

627 
This  world's  a  good  world  to  live  in,  114 
Westward  the  course  of  empire  takes  its  way, 

496,  623 
Woman's  will,  300 

Quotations,  on  verifjiug,  290 

R, 

Radrot  Bridge  Iwltle,  398,  488 

Raffl.-s  (R<?v.  Dr. ),  autographs,  259 

Itaid,  early  use  of  the  word,  400 

Raine  (Henry),  marriage  portion  to  females,  475 

Raleigh  (Sir  Walter),  documents   regarding,  108, 

184,  200,  207,  351  ;  unpublished  particulars,  7 
Raudell  (Mrs.  Maria  Elixa),  her  MSS.,  419 
Rnpier  family  pedigree,  213 
Ratldin,  its  reduction  in  1575,  89 
R.  (C.  J.)  on  Heming  family  of  Worcester,  173^ 

Leigh  family  of  Yorkshire,  166 

Quotations  wanted,  62 

Richardson  family,  I60 

Rowe  (Cheyne),  an  autlior,  298 

Rowc  (John),  «eijeant-at-law.  10 

Seal  found  in  Yorksbire,  165 

Sevenoke  (Sir  William),  arms,  37 

Torrington  family,  56 
Reardon  {3.)  on  Sir  E»Iward  May.  66 
Red  Cross  Knights,  or  Templars',  407.  489 
Redmond  (S.)  on  groat  battle  of  cats,  133 

Brown  (Robert  Dillon),  M.P.,  369 

Folk  lore  in  Ireland,  3.53 

"  Lneh  Tutor,"  its  autlior,  479 

Murtlui.  a  Christian  name,  356 

Oath  taken  in  India,  277 

Pbigiarisma  .  "  The  Gi-oves  of  Blarney,"  432 

"Rui'ful  Quaker,"  by  Maurice  O'Connoll,  437 

*•  Robin  Adair,"  442 

Sun-dancing  on  Easter  Sundjty  moruing,  448 

Surnames,  443 

VostiT  (Dan.)  and  John  Gougli,  517 


552 


INDEX 


Reliable,  the  use  of  tlie  word  defended,  68, 80, 366, 

329 
Resurrection  Onto,  St.  Qilos'-in-the-FieldB,  67,  166 
Retreat  applied  to  a  muster  of  troops,  119,  202,  218 
Revalcnta,  its  origin,  24,  200 
Reynolds  (James)  ou  St.  Mary  Matfolon,  83,  161 
Reynolds  (Adm.  John),  biogni])hy,  37 
R.  (H.  £  )  on  marrow-bones  and  clcarers,  524 
Rheged  ( viyan)  on  whipultrc,  or  holly,  38fi 
Rhodes  (W.  B.),  dramatic  pioccs,  35 
Richard  III.,  letters  and  papers  of  his  reign,  450 
Richardson  family.  72,  123,  165,  527 
Richardson  (Charles),  LL.l3.,  his  early  work,  71 
Richardson  (Rer.  Christopher),  parentage,  218, 271 
Richardson  (Sir  Thomns),  noticed,  124 
Richmond  court  rolls,  437 
Richmond  (Frances  Stuart,  Duchess  of),  engniTcd 

as  Britannia  on  coins,  37 
Rifling,  its  early  invention,  435 
Bimbault  (Dr.  E.  F.)  on  the  Black  Bear  at  Cum- 
nor,  438 

Bentloy  (Thomas)  of  Chiswick,  449 

Braham  (John),  the  rocalist,  444 

Dove  ^Robert),  his  bequests,  429 

Exhibition  of  sign-boards,  14 

Oratorio  of  "  Abel,"  467 

Resurrection-gate,  St.  Gilcs's-in-the-Fields,  67 

Shurley  (John),  voluminous  writer,  80 

"  Three  blue  beans  "  and  the  ballot,  444 
Ring  mottooH,  33 
Rivctus  (AndrcHfl),  aniigram,  53 
Rix  (Joseph),  M.U.,  on  James  Prendcvillo,  269 
Rix  (S.  W.)  on  Mrs.  Ijurbauld's  Prose  }{ymns,  38 
R.  (M.  S.)  on  cenotaph  to  79th  regiment  at  Clif- 
ton, 11 

Chevne  (Capt.  Alexander),  34 
R  (N.  H.)  on  book  hawking,  70 

James  II.  at  St.  Germain's,  13 
Robespierre's  remains,  11 
Robin,  a  parricide,  847,  407 
Robin  Hood,  hiH  birtli-place,  203 
Robinson  (C.  J.)  on  Cary  family  in  Holland,  898, 
525 

French  leave,  origin  of  the  term,  494 
"Rob  Roy,"  alluMons  in,  281 
Robsart  (Amv),  h<>r  death,  489 
Rod  used  in  ladies'  schools,  203 
Roffo  (Alfred)  on  John  Frederick  Lampe,  184 

Postioeio  Opcnis,  169 

Purcell's song,  "Let  tJie drcadM engines," 472 
Rogation  days,  works  on,  131 
'•  RoUiad,"  characters  in  it,  198 
Romaine  (Rev.  Wm.),  Christian  name  of  his  wife, 

298 
Roman  camps,  churches  within,  178,  329,  441 
Roman  gamex,  39,  65,  139,  244 
Romano- Uritii^h  money,  208 
Rome,  the  English  church  in,  431,  488 
Rosary,  its  original  institution,  154,  247 
Rose :  "  Est  Rosa  flos  veneris,"  15,  64 
Rose  (Edward  Hampden),  works,  259,  327 
Rosenhagen  (Rev.  Philip),  a  Joniiu  claimant,  16 
Roes  parochial  records,  272 
Rotation  Office,  213 
Bound  towers  of  InUad,  115 


Rowe  ^Cheyne),  an  author,  298 

Rowe  (John),  seqeant-at-lkw,  10 

Rowlands  (W.  B.)  on  battle*  in  England,  488 
Delalaunde  (Sir  Thomas),  377 
Virsira  testimony  to  our  Lord's  mdrent,  42 

Rowley  (Rev.  Joshua),  longevity,  68,  82 

Roxburgli  (Duke  of),  his  hymns,  288,  86£ 

Royal  anna  explained,  lOO 

Royal  cadency,  213,  310,  366 

R.  (S.  Y.)  on  Ursula,  Lady  Altham,  284 
Adand  (Rev.  John),  820 
Arde8oif(J.  P.),R.N.,  435 
Bailley  (Sir  Charles),  284 
Ballard  (Colonel),  820 
Bentley  (Nathaniel),  "  Dirty  Dick,"  482 
Bolton  (James),  botanical  artist^  S45 
Bristow  (John),  97 
Brook  (AbrahamX  356 
Bryan  (Mrs.  Maiqg^aret),  355 
Budd  (Ilonry)  of  Guernsey,  417 
Chaignean  (William),  11 
Chandler  (Richanl),  1 51 
Cherington  (Viscount),  347 
Ckrendon  (R.  V.),  496 
darkes  (three  Charles).  435 
Cotterell  (Lieut-Colonel),  297 
Cook  (Thomas!  alderman  of  Yonghal,  53 
Coventry  (Sir  John),  K.B.,  191 
Cranidge  (John),  M.A.,  280 
Cumming  (James),  212 
Dare  (Joaiah),  497 

Davys  (John\  rector  of  Custlc  Ashby,  8W 
Deverell  (Mrs.  Mary),  379 
Dudgeon  (William),  172 
Elton  (Lient.-Col.  and  Capt.  Ocorge),  319 
Forrest  (Capt.  Thomas),  477 
Fortcscue  (JameH),  D.D.,  3,54 
Goodyer  (John)  of  Maplcilurham,  173 
Hamilton  (Geo.):  Capt.  Edward.-*,  458 
Harris  (Moses),  engraver,  45« 
Holder  (Thomas  and  Capt.  Tobie\  152 
Hopkirk  (Thomas),  356 
Hartley  (Thomas)  of  Malham,  497 
Jay  (Sir  James),  Knt.,  M.D.,  418 
Jenny  (ThomiiH\  rebel  and  poot,  132 
Lewis  (\Vm.  Lillington),  241 
Lund  (John)  of  Pontcfract^  282 
Massie  (Joseph),  political  writer,  241 
Molyneux  Cnioraas  More),  298 
Parker  (Mary  Ann),  circumnavigator,  75 
Pope  (Luke),  author  of  "  History  of  ^Cddli 

sex,"  400 
Portlock  (Capt.  Nathaniel),  375 
Polhill  (Edward),  Plsq.,  of  Burwash,  419 
Spence  (William),  entomologist,  214 
Stephens  (Peter),  Esq.,  419 
Sutton  (John)  M.D.,  175 
Townscnd  (Thomas).  Ejsij.,  barrister,  419 
Verral  (William)  of  Lowes.  322 
Watson  (John),  rector  of  Kirby  Cane,  401 
Wilkinson  (Rev.  Thomas),  459 
Williams  (John)  alias  Anthony  PAHquio,  17 
Wolfe,  raffdener  to  Henry  VIII.,  194,  269 
Wood  (Wm.),  author  of  "  A  Snrrny  of  Todii 
195 


r 


INDEX. 


553 


B.  (S.  Y.)  on  Yeomans  (John),  of  Chelfiea,  420 

Bbme  (R.  II.)  on  £sqau««'  butN  4^8 

Bnfmlina,  a  cjmrle  of  the  Braces,  lo4 

Iftoadale  tenure,  194 

Rtttitren,  Earl  of  Ford  and  Brc'ntfuii  188 

Buthvcn  (lAird),  notiw-d,  210 

Buthren  (Patrick),  noticed,  270,  294 

S^  (Walter)  on  ErMmus  «nd  Sir  Thoa. Moro,  61 

Ralph  FJtz-Hal)ept,  414 
Bjc-Hoiue  plot  cards,  9,  141 

p. 

8.  on  eroeution  for  witchcruft,  21 

Lomoat  (Dr.  Durid),  22 
Back,  A  win^  328,  4«8 
Sad<lli'9  mArk.  116 
8.  (A.  Q.)  om  bwgUAge  a«d  in  Roman  courts,  444 

**  Sp&rtarei,  quain  nactiis  en,  omn,"  307 
Sage  (E.  J.)  on  Harvey  of  Wangey  House,  42,  326 
fit  Albftn's,  Chronicles  ot,  460 
St.  Andrew's,  Holbom,  its  nonimentat  380 
St  Augofltioe  and  the  myoteiy  of  tlio  Trinity.  40, 

61,  79 ;  curious  puaa^  is,  3d5 
fit.  Boochos,  noticeii,  249 
St  Dominic  awl  the  evil  spirit,  34fi,  407 
St,  Germain's,  its  eonrt  (^iHp.  JauieJi  11.,  13 
St  Giles' 8-in-the- Fields,  its  ResTureCtion  gate,  07, 

165 
St,  Ishmael,  a  Welsh  bi-'^"   • ''' 
8t  Leonard's  (Lord),  h.  k.  "l 

St   Mary  Matfelan,  au  iiapel^  83,  161, 

223 
St  Patrick  and  the  shamrock,  40,  60.  79.  104 ;  his 
wife  and  wife's  mother,  104;  Mamoin  of  his 
Life.  2o 
Peter's  at  Rome,  its  ort^ntatittn,  516 
St.  Remigius,  or  Remi.  noticed,  249 
St.  Komuiu.-!,  noticeJ,  249 
St.  Sepulchre's  passing-bell,  170,  331,  388,  439 
St.  Switliin  on  an  anwdote,  477 
Austrian  motto,  300 
Corpse :  Defend,  296 
Dor,  a  <lrone  bee,  4 16 
Leading  apes  in  holt,  424 
Pre-denth  coffins,  423 
Sentences  containing  but  one  vowel,  626 
Wig,  its  etymology.  427 
St.  Swithin  s  Day  in  1623,  1628.  164 
St.  T.  on  the  climate  of  Bermuda,  122 
I  Bccket  (Captain).  134 

I  Blind  aleliouset.  137 

I  F  ■      •       io>rd.  497 

I  1  .-*,  163 

^H  Moore  (Dr. 

^^M  Napoleon,  th 

^^M  RApier  fiiniily,  Votkahire.  213 

^H  Sancnjf^  ( AKp.  \  his  siatera.  21 3 

^H  Sanato:  irunr,  483 

^^P  Slave rv  i  in  Pe]itiCTlTaiiia»  480 

1  :  .17 

St.  Uii 1^ .  ...     J  virgins,  274 

St  (W.)  on  Sir  John  Coniagaby,  349 


K 


imilr,  154 


S&lden  mansion,  Bucks,  81 

"  Salmagundi,  a  MisctJlany  of  Poetry,"  its  i 

322.  388,  467 
Salmun  in  the  Thames,  479 
Salter  (Sir  Jolin),  ceremony  at  Iub  tomb,  155 
Salreyae  (BichurdX  inscription  in  ChiswiokaiiitBei^ 

12 
Seaatoiy  and  Sanitaxy  explAined.  48S 
San  Clemento,  discovery  of  a  painting  in  the  Baai* 

lica,  319 
Bancroft  (Abp),  his  sisters,  213,  290 
Sandy,  L  e.  Alexander,  who  was  he  ?  191 
"Sans  Culotides,"  by  Cincinnatu.s  Rigshnw.  74 
Saigcnt  (John),  author  of  "  Theiline,"  214 
Saunders,  or  Shakspeare  (Hugh),  Principal  of  St 

AJban's  HalJ,  469 
Saurin  (Jamra),  English  translation   of  hia  Ser- 
mons, 77 
Saviour,  painting  of  Our,  74,  157,  290 
Savoy  rent,  437 
Saxony,  the  arms  of,  12,  64,  81 
Scapth  fiunily,  134,  204,  270 
Si'hnrf  (George)  on  portrait.^ of  ShAkspeaav  333 
Schin  on  "  As  mad  as  a  batter,"  24 
Chaperon,  Chnperoue,  384 
Dialects  of  the  suburbs,  112 
ReliuUe,  329 
Schleswick :  the  Danne-Werke,  127 
Schleewig-Hobteiu,  historical  uoticeft,  212 
Schoniberg  (Sir  Alex.),  Knt,,  noticed,  402 
Scotch  customs  on  New  Yc-irs  Day,  153,  221 
Sootcij  rhymes  sung  by  ehihlrfn,  393 
Scotch  words,  plossary  of,  .J14 
Scotland,  forfeited  estates  in,  321 
Scott  (Reginald),  noticed.  195 
Scott  (Sir  Tliomas)  of  .Scott's  Hall,  Kent,  196 
Scott  (Sir  Walter),  early  notice  of,  147 ;  origin  of 
the  names  of  "  Wuverlcy  "  and  "  Ivanhoe,  *  176 
Scottish,  and  Scotch,  21 
Scottish  formula  of  the  Geneml  Assembly,  35 
Scottish  peerages,  old,  402 
"  Sea  of  GLtss,"  155,  221 
S— forth  (LordX    hond    between  him  and  Lord 

Beay,  459 
Seal,  episcopal,  of  St  David's?  357,  448 
Sealing-wax  r«noved,  419 
Seala,  Attgk>-SAXon  imd  other  mediirval,  445 
Seals,  easts  for,  419,  450,  507 ;  ciuts  of  ancient, 

118,  185 
Secret  Society  for  swearing,  155 
Sedgwick  (D.)  on  authors  of  hymns,  280 
S.  (£L  L.)  on  broken  hearts,  514 
Chaignean,  66 

Danish  right  of  succession,  181 
Great  battle  of  cat«,  247 
Lord's  Prayer  read  in  the  TA>ssons,  517 
Old  tale  with  a  new  title,  355 
Selah,  its  meaning,  433,  521 
Seneca's  prophecy,  298,  368,  440 
Sentences  containing  but  one  vow-1,  41'-',  626 
Sepia,  the  ink  of  the  enttle  tish.  322.  408 
Septuagint  altered  by  the  Jinr*,  419,  470,  624 
Sepulc&vl  monuments,  their  mutilation,  21,  101, 

168 
Seraglio  library  at  Constanduople,  415.536 


J:^ 


Seremu9(Dr.  Jacob),  noticed,  214 

Sourat  (Claude  Ambroise),  noticciJ,  420 

Sevenoke  (Sir  Wni.),  bis  urmH,  37,  65 

Shakers,  a  sect,  424 

SbakKpeart.'  (Joan),  deacemljints,  341 

SlmkBpeare  (John)  of  St.  Mary's  Hall,  Oxford, 
459 

Shaksprare  (Thonuia)  of  Lutlerwortb,  lu»  Ixjnd, 
339  Sfi3 

ShaJupeare  (Win.),  da{«  of  hia  Lirth.  225  :  Strat- 
ford bna^  227  ;  profcswon,  232  ;  arms  232  ; 
epitaph,  179,  233;  inventory  of  his  goods,  341 ; 
desccndiints  of  hia  sister  Jonn,  341  ;  rolica  at 
Haverfordwest,  4o6 

Shakapeariana :  — 

As  You  Like  It :  The  palm  in  the  Forest  of 

Ardei).  231 
Batler  (Archer),  Easay  AB  SQudcspearc,  343 
Caldecott's  Sliak«pearian  majiuscripts,  480 
Cax>ell  (Edw.),  "  Notes  nn  Shukupeare,"  77 
Comedy  of  Errors :  Antipholus  or  AntipbilaB, 

230 
Coriohinna.  Act  II.  Sc.  1,  "  Favoring  the  first 

contpUint,"  281 
Cymbeline,  Act  V.  Sc.  1,  "Totliedoer'a  thrift," 

234 
Dasdemooa,  ber  character,  342 
Quden,  at  the  Tlants  and  Flowers  named  id 

Shalupearc'fe  Works,  370 
Hamlet,  Aet  II.  Sc.  2,  "  Abnsos  me  to  damn 

me,"  341 ;  Act  III.  Sc.  2:  "  Vcrv  peacock," 

232,  387,  426 
Hamlet,  Act  III.  Sc.  2 :  "  Paiocke,"  233 
Hamlet,  Act  V.  Sc.  2 :    "  Moat  fond  and  win' 

nowfd  opinions,"  .50 
Hamlet'a  futLtr  njid  ntotlier,  339 
Hamlet'e  gho^t,  50 
Icony,  as  used  by  Sliukspoare,  231 
Jeat  Booka,  146 
Kesselatadt  (Count),  mask  of  SfaAkapearr,  228, 

342 
Lore's  Labour  Lost,  Act  HL  Sc  1 :  "A  wkitely 

wanton,"  230 
Hary  Queen  of  Scots  and  SlmkspeArr.  338 
Measure  for  Measure,  Act  III.  Sc.  I :   "And 

folliea    doth    emituv,"     229.    340;     "Die, 

periah!  mi^ht  but  my  bending  doMm,"  229 
Memorial  of  ii  I":      ■    >  •     T,ilirur)',  45 
Merry    Wivea  >!  Act  II.  He   3: 

"  Moii.«ii>ur  Mr ,     .:30 

MldtfMmmer'd  Nighi  a  Uream,  Act  II.  Sc.  1  : 

"  But  riwiiirr,  fairv, '  49 
Plato's  foresight  of  Shnkspeare,  63 
Portrait*,  177',  233,  260,  333—338,  340,  370, 

416 
Pivicpcro,  Duke  of  Milan,  the  bulk  in  which 

he  WHS  «•  f  ■'-'■•    •■■>6 
Pu.k  •.iw\  1  .  llow,  340 

.'^c'vt  ii  .\li>-  j'ictcd,  2«'» 

'  .'7hnka|H<anau  literature,  232 
It  HI.  Sc.  1:  "Moat  bu»y-lPBs," 

Teiiii)«.t,  Act  IV.  Sc.  I :  "  Now  is  lh«  jwkin 
ttsdar  the  linr,"  40 


Shokspeariana : — 

Troilus  and  Cressida,  Act  UL  Sc  I: 
touch  of  nature/'  341,  426^ 

Trust :  Trustv,  as  used  by 

Twelfth  Nigbt,  Act  IL  Se.  3 : 
co»  thv  pralillity,"   229 

Works  I'v  Dyce,  166,  3dU;C«i 
250,429  ;  Second  folio,  1633, 2tl 
350;  Keightlt-y,  530 
Shamrock,  a  plant,  41,  60,  79 
Sheen  priory,  drawings  by  WyngrwU^  37^^ 
Sheldon  (John)  on  Savoy  rent,  4S? 
Shelley  (B.  P.),  sonnets  on  tl. 
Shem  on  Randulpb  dc  Moecl 

Verdon  (Sir  John)  and  Hi's  lu  3r«.  'JM 

Walsingham  (Sir  Francia),  not  m  K-O,  | 

Whitmore  family,  159,  289 
Shepherd  (Mrs.  CathcnneX  a  centenaBi  I 

132 
Sheppard  (James),  executed,  a  print,  4i* 
Sheridan  (Richard  BriuRlt^j),  iuterraent.  Ii 
Lord  Belffmre's  Greek,  103  ;  psL^^qnic 
Glcnbervje,  176 ;  "  The  School  for  5 
Shirley  |E.  P.)  on  certjficat©  of  ConlbnaityJ 

Ebsabeth  (Queen),  funeml  and  toabt  IM 
S.  (H.  J.)  on  Bunyan's  tomb  in  Banblil] 

Shftksperian  cbanuners,  419 

Smith  (Capt.  John),  family,  i9S 

Travers  (Walter),  liia  will,  27 
Shoful,  a  aUiQg  word,  145,  428 
Shurley  (John),  his  works,  80 
Sibber  sauces  explained,  160.  623 
Sidesman,  paroihiii!  ofRar,  34.  ft6,  81, 
8igma>Thcta  on  Monut  Atho«.  437 

Bond  between  Lords  ^?<raforth  uati  '. 

Dalwick,  or  Dawiok  parish.  497 

Fenton  family  pedigree,  497 

Goldsmith's  art,  works  on,  436 

Heirs  WBnt*^  fi^r  e*t«t«»^  418 

Hogarth,  origin     '  '  ilB 

Rabbi  Abrahn  ^  >LS8^ 

Stricklan?'  "^  ,.-.> 

Swintoii  > 

Sign-boardij,  i 

Sign  manual,  ciirious  one,  4;i6,  A29 
Signet  of  a  geotleiuun,  281,  327 
Siligo,  ♦.  e.  rxe,  13 
Simon  and  the  Dauphin,  194,  446 
Siva,  an  Hind  '   "i 

S.  (J.  B.)  on  I 
8.  (J.  K.)  oil 
Skilkta,  vesfsr 
Sliivei^  probi! 
Sleigh  (John)  oo  i< 

Lynch  law  in  ' 
Slipper  (R^v.  "^ 
Slop  (Dr.)  of 
SJoj>er  (Sir  Yi 
Smifti  fiinjily  ■ 
Smith  (A.)  on  i 
Smith  ((.'apt.  John  i 
Smith  (kiehard),  i:. 

Smith  (W,  J.)  ou  hycok:^ «riu»,  iti  ^^^»^i^^ 
Smith  (W.  J.  B.)  on  tha  Dor,  or  b»elJU, 

Uernldic  qoeiy,  478 


Smith  (TT.  J.  B.)  on  the  Iron  nask  at  Woolwich,  202 
'  Owl,  an  ill-omened  bird,  1 4<J 

k"  Sir  Augfe  ana  Klsi,"  4H8 
Bttifh  (Will.)  on  the  British  Instittttion,  165 
Lanipo  (,J.  F.).  his  death,  185 
mith  (Z.  C, )  on  Buck  Whalloy,  155 
myth  (Ror.  Wm.)  of  Duaott«r,  498 
-     Sobit-aki  (Princfsa  Maria  Clfinontina),  her  flight, 
421 
Socmtes'  ottth  by  the  dog,  86,  138.  203 
>.      Soldier,  origin  and  nieuning  of  a  privuto,  144,  185 
*' Solomon's  Song,"  poeticAl  versioti    17'>:^,  :^22 

Song!  and  B&lltdi: — 

Boih^y  (the  Unfortunnte  Mias),  in  Latin,  7ft 

Billy  Taylor,  172,  223 

JridoR  of  Enderby,  496 
ioTigh  and  Crow,  243 
httptcr  of  Kings,  by  CVtUins,  18 

Jomic,  triineUted,  76,  172,  223 
'Churchman  (Richard)  on  his  death,  209 

Fairies'  noag,  321 

Fan>wcll  of  the  Irish  Greniuii«>r  to  hi«  Ladyp 
Love,  484 

Folk  ballads,  modem,  20» 

Groves  of  Blarney.  432 

How  to  be  Happy,  by  Collins,  20 

LivitatioD  to  Ovea  Bray's  at  Loiighiiustowo, 
503 

"Isit  to  try  me?"  241,380 

"  It  WB*  the  Kaight  Sir  Aag^,"  370 

Johnny  Adair,  404.  442,  500 

Jollv  Nope,  by  Oliner  Basaelin,  '25 

Kilniddety  Hunt,  404,  442.  469.  602 

Let  the  dreadful  engines,  472 

Lists  of  Nttseby  Wold,  37C 

Lord  Kalcotn.  376 

Merlin,  his  birth,  372 

Mohnn  (Lord)  and  Ihik«  ILuDiltoo,  312 

"  Now,  brave  boys,  we're  on  for  murchin',''  464 

I  Prai«e  of  Yorkshire  ale,  481 

Katr^itcber's  daughter.  Latin  and  Greek,  224 

Robin  Adair,  notes  on  the  &ung,  4(14,  442,  500 

Robin  Rough  head,  616 

Rule,  great  Shakspeare,  4 00 

eir  Aag*^  and  Els^-.  .176,  488 

Time  took  by  the  fort^loek  at  Kiltentan,  503 

When  I  were  Iwrn  iu  Plymouth  old  town,  516 

Wilikins  and  his  Diuah,  Latin  and  Greek, 
224 

Wren  song.  109,  184 

Yoang  LoveU'd  Bride,  243 
Sophia  Dorothea  of  Z«lle,  her  marriage,  5la 
Sortet  Virgiliantp,  origin,  lOfi,  '24fl 
Sonthoy  (Robert),  inscription   on  hiii  tomb,   88 ; 

birth-place,  249 
8pal  on  Hindoo  goda,  262 
Spanish  Jews' Book    ' "'  ,    IDS 

f^pamjwhuwk  vi'iWfl  J7,"i 

Spp|,„,T,  /„,,,;i,-  ,....■. 

Sp.l  id,  182,  523 

SpM  1  can  Schcmf, 

214 
Sp»oce  (William),  entomologist,  214 
fljwncer  (Beckwith)  of  Yorkshire,  4ft8 


Spensrr  (Edmtind),  Latin  traoelotion  of  his  "  Ca- 
lendar,'" 118 
Spoon,  the  ministerial  wooden,  214 
Spottiswoode  (Abp.  John  and  Bp.  James),  415  ' 
Spring ->a  tunc  on  a  musical  instrument,  119,  164 
S.  (S.)  on  William  Dell,  D.D.,  75 
S.  (T.)  on  Boitipreaux's  "Rienzi,"  320 

Mrs.  Fitxhcrbert,  59 
Stage,  C'oUier-Congrovc  controrersy,  38 
Stamford,  projected  college  at,  1 
Stamford  seal,  an  early  one,  113,  185 
Stamfordiensia  on  ehnrchoii  in  Roman  camps,  173 

•Stamford  seal,  186 
Stanhope  (Sir  Michael),  residence  at  Hford,  516 
Stanley  (Dr.  Arthur  Feurhyn),  allusion  in  his  ser- 
mon, 516 
Stephens  (Prof.  Gcorgi),  "  The  Danish  Warrior  to 

his  Kindred,"  313 
ytepmothcrs'  bleedings,  or  back  friend^  25 
Sterne    (Laurence),    his  Life,    332 ;     "  Tristnun 

Shandy,"  414,  524 
Sfeuart  (Dr.  Adam),  a  Scotch  minister,  118,  242 
Stewart  family  of  Orkney,  42G 
St^'wart  (IVIre.  Dugald),  poom,  147,  484 
Stirpe  (E.)  on  the  bloody  hand,  .54 
S.  ('r.  0.)  on  William  Dudgeon,  271 

Timothy  Plain,  pgfvff.  Stewart  Threipland,  388 
Stone,  its  decay  in  buildings,  68,  138 
Stone  bridge  in  St.  Martin's-in-the-Fjulds,  136 
Stories,  similar  onee  in  diffen'nt  localities,.375 
Storm  of  1703,  504 

Story  (Robert),  consenratire  poet,  369 
Storv  (Rev.  Wm.  Armine),  pedigree,  8i7 
Strickland  (Sir  Wm.)  of  E.  R.  Yorkshire,  400 
Stuart  adlierents,  work  on,  420 
Stum  rod,  299,  365 
Stylites  on  Chaperon,  280,  609 

Cuckoo  song,  508 
Suicide,  funeral  of  one  at  Scone,  170 
Suicide  of  a  Newfoundland  dog,  615 
Summer  IshuulH,  works  on,  1 22 
Sun  dancing  on  Easter-day,  394,  448 
Superville  (Daniel  de),  Sermons  Ininslatcd,  77 
Surnames,  early,  443,  487 
Surrey  (Henry  Howard,  Earl  of),  enigma,  65,  103, 

146,  249,  311 
"  Su.ssex  Advertiser,"  early  numbers,  75 
Sutherhind  (Ensign),  noticed,  322,  388 
Sutton  family,  447 

Suttou  (John),  M.D.  of  Leicester,  176 
Sutton  Coldfleld,  its  old  orthography,  379,  524 
Swallows  a  sign  of  reluming  spring,  53,  83,  122; 

precursors  of  death,  269,  366 
Swuns,  the  games  of,  436 
Swedenborginns,  account  of,  377 
Swift  (Dean)  and  Hnghcs,  278 
Swifte  (£.  L.)  on  Shakspeare's  profexsion,  232 

Twelfth  night  and  pnnm'ng,  142 
Swinburne  (Mr.),  secretary  to  Sir  II.  Faushaw,  12 
Swinton  (Kiith<Tiue),  her  iKSue,  45U 
Sword-bl«<le  inscriptions,  113 
S.  (W.  W.)  on  the  lapwing  (Jinpn),  77 

Wilb)'  parish  registz-r*',  243 
Sydney  (Lortl),  noticed  in  the  "  RoUind,''  198 
Sydney  postage  stomp,  184 


n^am^S^i^^ 


596 


I  K  D  E  X. 


Sjiccs  {Ofo.),  "  Expoaition  of  Ecdesiautes,"  271 

8yk»-fl  (Jjimos)  oil  I3urton  family,  140 
Syiufs   (.Will.),   Maatcr  of  St.  Savioar'*    Bckool, 
Soothwark,  400 


T.  (A.  D.)  on  siiiesmcn.  183 
Talbot  pupers,  437.  489 
Tal*",  au  old  one  witli  »  imw  till^,  Sofi 
Talle;rraud's  autxim,  3-I,  216 
Tallin's  Bemce  at  Westminster  Abb*y,  267 
Tamar  tnonor-houso,  its*  liKrality,  i67 
Tea,  its  jirontmcLition,  -435 
Tm  statistics,  IT^,  20.0 
Team,  the  proper  definition  of,  187 
^Tedded  grass,  43,  14o 

pnuout   (Sir  J.    Emorsoii)  on   Scbleswiek:   the 
Dann<>-Werke.  127 
Tennyson  (Alfred),  puoage  in  the  "  Tiro  Voioaa," 

75,"  105,  143 
Torencr,  trausUtorB  of,  117,  164,  269 
Tewkesbury  Animla,  460 
Text.  Gesiier" s  mi-  '       "on  of  one,  279 

Thackeray  (Wm.  *'  :i  literarv  journal,  99 

"Thai:; '  T.i.  ..f  .-^44  • 

Thomi  iiinprinoes,  478 

H.  ^     ,       .     .      -  497 

Thome  (^W.  J.)  ou  thti  bust  ol'iiliaJi8|i«a]^^ 227.  H2 
ThotoBOu  (JunM),  house  and  ctUax,  163 
Thomson  (James),  dramatist,  4M 
Thomson  (Wm.),  Scottlbh  diwnatijit,  437 

Thor'a  hamm  ■■   •' '■    <  "'^    '^'i 

Thornton  (!'•  icin^boafd*,  14 

Throgmortcii  d,  43 

Throwing  the  hatehet,  an  old  custom,  616 
Thurlow  (Lord  Chancellor),  residence.,  200 
Thurmond  on  Brandt's  "  Ship  of  Foolca,"  437 
Till  (W.  J.)  on  common  law,  222 

Puniihm.?nt :  "  Peine  fort  et  dure,"  324 

Quotations  wunt*^!,  183 

]V!,  i<-    M^    Thomas  More),  366 

I'  proof  of  one,  .V20 

Tippet  1  I  of  Iho  En^iah  cMMtttt,  446 

Titans  nud  dmguiM,  destruction  of,  210 
Toful-eater,  its  etymolopv,  142 
Todd  I  Dr.  J.  n.)  on  Abp.  Hamilton,  310 
Tom  or  John  Drum's  entertainment,  148 
Tombs  (J.)  on  Op)    '    '         ptiona,  309 

Tw..mh-day 
Tombatont",  nn  aui:  >' 

Tonit)!9ton(«  and  Lhiur  i,  78,  30B 

ToTukis'jt  "  Alljunuizar,  172 

"  Tony's  Addrc&s  to  Mary,    ii&b 
Tiv.lhm-hf,  MV  lure  euro,  393 
T.  ""  ;  ..rtnuf  cf '11    -  13H 

':  igUnd  in  I>.  i*; 

I  rkshire  abUN.i..i>,  i  >i,  J!M)7 

J  raosumentti,  I'td,  248 

1  ,  '    i^ )  ou  cufio«»»  «u]^gic«l  anecdote, 

Athrurr,  or  Afhmiry,  499 

ri.     '   ■    •    ■       -...7 

h.  .V.  iOO 

May  [c>i:  iMVM-A),  497 


Tottenham  (H.  L.)  on  RiehaTdMm  tu^,' 
Wolfe,  gardener  to  Hcurr  VHI...  449 
Tout,  touter,  211,  311.  429.  4«9 
Townsend  (Thomaa),  tiarrister  awl  csthar.  4lf  ' 
Towter,  origiii  of  the  wonl,  211,  311.  ISSlMI 
Toyne  (F.  £.)  on  Motf&mbie  litogj.  liil 
Trade  winds,  269,  311 

Tnpp  (Dr.  Joseph),  ttwilHlatin—  «rf MiiW^  W 
Travers  (Christoplior)  of  Ooncaster.  419 
Travers  (JohnV  Ilector  <jf  FitrmcJii4i.  Berakfl 
Tnivera  (Waller),  g-l 

Tra vers  (Walter),  I>.L'  ^^f'^ 

Trepolpeu  (P.  W.)  ou  C^rui^li  piuwx-lA,  30^0 
Trevor  (tSir  Marcus),  Viscomit  Dmiguadi^  Jl 
Trowsere,  origin  of  the  weed,  136,  SSQ 
Trust :  tm.sty,  as  uaed  by  Sfaakjipau*,  S1»BI  ^ 
Tucker  (Al&ed)  on  an  enigma,  7M5  "" 

Tucker  (Samuel)  on  Hanry  I>«nttii^  29fi 
'*  Turkish  Spy,"  ita  anther.  2»0 
Turner  (Thomaa),   "  Miaeeli»aa>    Obbm 

387.  443 
Turnspit  dogt!,  164 

T.  (W.),  WorcuUr,  on  the  bttUAJWh,  114 
Twelt^h-day  ciwtora,  109,  184 
IVelflh-night  and  pnnidn^  86,  14S 
Tydides  noticetl,  23 


V. 


riick,  a  Christ!  136 

Ulster  arms  :  '  y  Rjind."  A4.  •• 

Tni<t«r,  leading  r.-^^^  ,.,  kito  sfaictoeaUi  caatHj; ' 
ITrbigorus  (Baro),  Alehcmieal  wxitetv  7< 
Vuyto  on  Order  of  th*  Cockle  in  Trmxu*.  )1T 
Roman  games,  39, 139 


children,  366 
V.  (E.)  on  enigma  b^  the  Earl  of  i^vtrtj,  10 

Haccombo  and  its  privilq^s,  97 

Mnist^  ita  ueantng,  U17 

ResBrrKtion  pitc,  185 
Venn"        :■•"•■  •      <      '     r.»,imi 

V<>  •   2M 

Ver.  ,  ...............  .,^,  !*• 


Vc 


uithor  or  •^UMiflM*  Bfttm  * 


\'iriior  vu  l>c  Foe  and  Dr.  liviamAcna^  9M 
\'ic}iv  and  iu  miaeisl  tuaa^  117,  IMA 
VirtJna  and  A11rt.rt,  Otdwof.  281,  XiA 
V;no<'ur   I  J,   A.   C)  on  tlw   )Xajgith 
liomr.  431 
Portrait  of  unr  Sftvioas;  1^7 

Til,,-     .,ri,Ml.    ,,r     'JM 

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INDEX. 


557 


w. 

W.  on  Decay  of  stone  in  buildings,  68 

Marriage  before  a  justice  of  the  peace,  526 
Wadham  Islands,  origin  of  the  name,  1»4 
W.  (A.  E.)  on  birth-place  of  Robin  Hood,  298 

Barley,  an  exclamation,  358 
Wagstaffe  (Dr.  Jonathan),  299 
Wainwright  (Thomas)  of  Warrington,  epitaph,  423 
"Walcott  (M.  E.  C.)  on  the  Liripipium,  or  tippet, 
456 
St.  Maiy  Matfelon,'161 
Winchester  College,  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  Londonderry,  &nuly,  480 
Walker  (Obadiah),  "  Of  Education,  especially  of 

Young  Gentlemen,"  38 
Wall  (Wm.),  D.D.,  his  longevity,  22 
Walsingham  (Sir  Francis),  not  a  K.G.,  132 ;  letter, 

352 
Walsingham  (Sir  Thomas),  descendants,  437 
Warren  (C.  F.  S.)  on  Charles  II.'s  illegitimate 
children,  289 
Fitzjames  (James),  his  descendants,  184    • 
Harold  II.,  his  posterity,  217 
Ivan  r\''.,  his  relatives,  515 
Leicester  (Earl  of),  his  epitaph,  146 
Mordaunt  barony,  468 
Newhaven  in  France,  141 
Oliver  de  Durden,  146 
Raleigh  (Su-  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,  Yorbshue,  82 
Wateon  (John),  rector  of  Kirby  Cane,  401 
Watson  (Wm.),  LL.D.,  "The  Clergyman's  Law," 

517 
Wauchop  (Dr.  Robert),  blind  from  infancy,  31 
Waverley,  the  name  of  Sir  W.  Scott's  novel,  17^ 
W.  (E.)  on  Quadalquivir,  the  Great  River,  487 
Weale  (W.  H.  J.)  on  Hans  Mcmlinc,  163 
Wedgwood  (Josiah),  noticed,  449 
Wegh,  a  certain  weight  or  quantity,  38 
Welsh,  consonants  in,  364 

Weston  (Richard  Lord),  anagram  of  his  name,  62 
WethereU  (J.)  on  Sutton  Coldfield,  379 
W.  (G.)  on  mottoes  and  coats  of  arms,  77 
W.  (H.)  on  Cromwell's  head,  119 
Whalley  (Thomas),  date  of  his  birth,  166 
Whately  (Abp.),  his  witticisms,  128 
Wheatley  (John),  his  coiBn,  424 
Whipultre,  the  holly,  386 

Whitechai)ol,  a/ias  St.  Mary  Matfelon,  83, 161,  223 
iVhiting  (Nathaniel),  rector  of  Aldwincle,  420 
'hitmore  family  of  Shropshire,    169,   220,  286, 
289 
Whitraore  (W.  H.)  on  arms  of  Sir  E.  Andros,  346 
Coote,  Lord  Bellomont>  aram,  845. 
Foster  arms,  447 
Felham  family,  321 


Whittled  down,  a  prorincialism,  436,  627 
Wiesener  (M.  Loms),  "Marie  Staart  et  le  Comte 

de  Bothwell,"  411 
Wig,  its  etymol<»%  427 
Wiaan  (John),  MJ).,  biogr^hy,  37,  228 
Wilby  parish  registers,  243 
Wild  men,  a  Scottish  sect,  35 
Wilde  (Jean),  travels  to  Meccah,  213 
Wilde  (Richard  Henry),  poem,  284 
Wildmoor  and  Whitmore,  co.  Stafford,  220,  289 
Wilkinson  (Rev.  Thomas),  rector  of  Great  Hough* 

ton,  459 
Wilkinson  (Rev.  Thomas),  inquired  after,  480 
Wilkinson  (T.  T.)  on  Hwiry  Crabtwe,  192 
Fletcher's  Arithmetie,  173 
Horrocks  (Jeremiah),  as&onomer,  178 
Publication  of  Diaries,  216,  803 
Turner's  "Miscellanea  Curiosa,"  443 
Wille  (J.  G.),  his  e^mrrings,  75 
Williams  family  of  ^emarvon,  175,  269 
Williams  (Mra.  Anna),  "  Miscellanies,"  254 
Williams  (C.)oa  pariiament  honae  at  Macbynlleth, 

174 
Williams  (John),  alias  Anthony  Pasquin,  176 . 
Willibrord  (St.),  noticed,  123 
Willis,  the  mad  doctor,  198 
Wills,  on  publishing  tlM»e  of  persons  Teeantly  de- 
ceased, 257 
Wills  at  Llaadaff,  242 ;  Lancasbire^  irbore  Jtept, 

377 
Wills  (W.  H.)  on  Britannia  on  copper  coiii%  87 
Wilson  (Beau),  noticed,  150,  284 
Wilson  (Professor),  his  &ther,  282 
Wilson  (T.)  on  Halifax  law,  66 
Winchelsea  (Lord),  noticed,  198 
Window-glass,  its  eoriy  use,  400,  529 
Winnington  (Sir  Thomas  £.)  on  Aldine  Tofaime, 
144 
"  Centuiy  of  Inventions,"  830 
Gainsborough  Prayer-Book,  144 
Heraldic,  380 

Inscription  at  Ham  Castle,  297 
Isle  of  Axholme,  434 
Kihruddery  Hunt,  469 
London  smoke,  329 
Porchester  church,  inscription,  479 
Richardson  family,  123 
Salvejrne  (Richam),  12 
Wit,  its  old  meaning,  162 
Winton  (Lord),  escape  from  the  Tower,  175 
Wise  (Rev.  Francis),  librarian,  100,  121 
Wish:  " The  Old  Woman's  Wish,  a  Poem,"  462 
Wistman's  Wood,  Devonshire,  375 
Wit  defined,  30,  82,  161,  202,  308 
Witch  trials  in  the  seventeenth  centmy,  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  Heniy  VIIL,  194, 269. » 
WoUe  (Qen.  James),  portrait  fagr  €tar* 
Woman's  will,  lines  on,  800 
Wonderful  eharactexa^  "woAt  on,  "* 


558 


I  N  D  E  X. 


Wood  (E.  J.)  on  Hindoo  gods,  197 
Passing-bell  of  St  Sepulchre,  429  : 
Pedigree,  the  proof  of  one,  620 

Wood  (John),  rector  of  Cadleigh,  437 

Wood  (Wm.),  author  of  "  A  Surrey  of  Trade,"  196 

Woodward  (J.)  on  baptismal  names,  184 
Crancelin  bearing,  522 
Coote,  Earl  of  Bellamont^  627 
D'Olbreuse  (Eleanor),  11 
Fitz-James,  Duke  of  Berwick,  309 
Order  of  Victoria  and  Albert,  281 
Order  of  the  C!ockle  in  France,  184 
Patrician  families  of  Bmsself^  174 

Woof  (B.)  on  crest  of  the  May  family,  487 

Wool,  English,  in  1682,  96,  279    - 

Worcester  (Edward,  2nd  Marquis  of),  136 

Worcester  (Marquis  of),  "  Century  of  Inventions," 
166,  330,  386 

Workard  (J.  J.  B.)  on  Elkanah,  how  accented,  201 
Esquire,  used  by  a  tradesman,  201 
"  "Eet  Bosa  floe  veneris,"  64 
Harrison  (John),  his  anagram,  26 
Heraldic  Visitation  of  London,  62 
Jane  the  Fool,  26 
"  Jolly  Nose,"  a  song,  25 
Oath,  "  ex  officio,"  221 
Order  of  the  Ship  in  France,  221 
Publication  of  wills,  267 
St  John  Climachus,  his  "  Qimax,"  241 
Weston  (Richard,  Lord),  anagram  on  his  name, 

62 
Wit,  as  used  byGeorge  Herbert,  163 

Wortley  (S.  E.)  on  Wortley  scholarship,  420 

Wortley  scholarship,  420 

W.  (B.)  on  Greatorex  of  Worcester,  489 
Hemming  fitmily  of  Worcester,  426 
Mav  (Sir  Edward),  65.  142 
Order  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem,  66 
Sevenoke  (Sir  William),  arms,  66 

Wraxall  (Sir  Nathaniel),  "  Memoirs,"  611 

Wright  (Robert)  on  Gen.  Wolfe's  portrait,  36 

Wright  (Thomas)  of  Birkenshaw,  186 


Writs  of  summons,  117 

Wroeites,  a  sect  at  Melboame^  493 

W.  (T.  T.)  on  Jeremiah  Horrocks,  466 

W.  (W.),  Malf/i,  on  Baid,  origin  of  the  word,  W 

Sparrowhawk  vessel,  375 
W.  (W.  H.  J.)  on  Henry  VUL  and  Bomaa  Cot- 

sistorv,  144 
Wyat  (Sir  ThomasX  enigma,  249,  311 
Wyatt  family  of  Macclesfield,  459 
Wyngrerde   (A   van   Den),   drawings   of  ^ns 

priory,  379,  406 
Wynn  (Miss  Frances  \^liiams),  Diaries,  4M 


X.  on  Reliable,  its  use  defended,  85 

Trust  and  trusty,  291 
X.  P.  on  mutilation  of  s^nlchral  monumentfi,  21 
X.  (X.  A.)  on  paper-makcra*  marks,  66 


y. 

Yeomans  (John),  schoolmaster  at  Chelsea,  420 

Yorath  (Ivan),  his  longevity,  439 

Yoric  House,  Strand,  8,  9 

Yorke  (Capt)  of  the  London  trained  hands  U 

Yorke  (Thomas),  high  sheriff  of  Wiltshire,  19» 

Young  (Dr.  Edwatd),  epigram  on  Lord  Clualff- 

Add,  166,  248 
Young  (the  Misses),  noticed,  266 
Young  (Bev.  Peter)  of  Wigton,  his  loi^evitj,  44 
Younge  (Thomas)  and  his  wife,  epitaph,  397 
Yveteaux  (M.  des),  sonnet,  81 

Z, 

iSapata,  Spanish  family,  367 
Zoar,  its  situation,  117,  141,  181,  262,  301,  3o9 
Zschokke  (Heinricb),  "  Meditations  on  liSt  ui 
Death,"  400,  448,  606 


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