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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 + A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, + Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc + +Author: Various + +Editor: George Bell + +Release Date: October 13, 2007 [EBook #23027] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES AND QUERIES *** + + + + +Produced by Charlene Taylor, Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins +and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images +generously made available by The Internet Library of Early +Journals.) + + + + + + +</pre> + +<table border="0" cellpadding="10" style="background-color: #ccccff;"> +<tr> +<td style="width:25%; vertical-align:top"> +Transcriber's note: +</td> +<td> +A few typographical errors have been corrected. They +appear in the text <span class="correction" title="explanation will pop up">like this</span>, and the +explanation will appear when the mouse pointer is moved over the marked +passage. +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><!-- Page 129 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page129"></a>{129}</span></p> + +<h1>NOTES AND QUERIES:</h1> + +<h2>A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, +GENEALOGISTS, ETC.</h2> + +<hr class="full" > + +<h3><b>"When found, make a note of."</b>—CAPTAIN CUTTLE.</h3> + +<hr class="full" > + + +<table width="100%" class="nomar" summary="masthead" title="masthead"> + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left; width:25%"> + <p><b>No. 69.</b></p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:center; width:50%"> + <p><b><span class="sc">Saturday, February 22. 1851.</span></b></p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right; width:25%"> + <p><b>Price Sixpence.<br />Stamped Edition 7d.</b></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<hr class="full" > + +<h2>CONTENTS.</h2> + + +<table width="100%" class="nomar" summary="Contents" title="Contents"> + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left; width:94%"> + <p><span class="sc">Notes</span>:—</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right; width:5%"> + <p>Page</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>The Rolliad, by Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page129">129</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Note on Palamon and Arcite</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page131">131</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Folk Lore:—"Snail, Snail, come out of your Hole"—The + Evil Eye—"Millery, Millery, Dousty-poll," &c.—"Nettle + in, Dock out"</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page132">132</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>The Scaligers, by Waldegrave Brewster</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page133">133</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Inedited Ballad on Truth, by K. R. H. Mackenzie</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page134">134</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Minor Notes:—Ayot St. Lawrence Church—Johannes + Secundus—Parnel—Dr. Johnson—The King's Messengers, + by the Rev. W. Adams—Parallel Passages—Cause of Rarity of + William IV.'s Copper Coinage—Burnett—Coleridge's Opinion + of Defoe—Miller's "Philosophy of Modern + History"—Anticipations of Modern Ideas or + Inventions—"Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon!"—Langley's + Polidore Vergile, &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page135">135</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Queries</span>:—</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Bibliographical Queries</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page138">138</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Shakspeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page139">139</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Green's "<span class="correction" title="text reads `Groathsworth'" + ></span> Groatsworth of Witte," by J. O. Halliwell</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page140">140</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Minor Queries:—Fronte Capillatâ—Prayer of Bishop of + Nantes—Advantage of a Bad Ear—Imputed Letters of + Sullustius or Sallustius—Rev. W. Adams—Mr. Beard, Vicar + of Greenwich—Goddard's History of Lynn—Sir Andrew + Chadwick—Sangaree—King John at Lincoln—Canes + lesi—Headings of Chapters in English Bibles—Abbot + Eustacius and Angodus de Lindsei—Oration against + Demosthenes—Pun—Sonnet (query by Milton?)—Medal + given to Howard—Withers' Devil at Sarum—Election of a + Pope—Battle in Wilshire—Colonel Fell—Tennyson's "In + Memoriam"—Magnum Sedile—Ace of Diamonds: the Earl of + Cork—Closing of Rooms on account of Death—Standfast's + Cordial Comforts—"Predeceased" and "Designed"—Lady Fights + at Atherton, &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page140">140</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Replies</span>:—</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>The Episcopal Mitre and Papal Tiara, by A. Rich, Jun., &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page144">144</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Dryden's Essay upon Satire, by J. Crossley</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page146">146</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Foundation-stone of St. Mark's at Venice</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page147">147</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Histoire des Sévarambes</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page147">147</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Touching for the Evil, by C. H. Cooper</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page148">148</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Replies to Minor Queries:—Forged Papal Bulls— + Obeism—Pillgarlick—Hornbooks—Bacon—Lachrymatories + —Scandal against Queen Elizabeth—Meaning of + Cefn—Portrait of Archbishop Williams—Sir Alexander + Cumming—Pater-noster Tackling—Welsh Words for + Water—Early Culture of the Imagination—Venville—Cum + Grano Salis—Hoops—Cranmer's + Descendants—Shakspeare's Use of the Word + "Captious"—Boiling to Death—Dozen of Bread—Friday + Weather—Saint Paul's Clock—Lunardi—Outline in + Painting—Handbell before a Corpse—Brandon the + Juggler—"Words are Men's Daughters"—"Fine by degrees, and + beautifully less"—"The Soul's dark Cottage"—"Beauty + Retire"—Mythology of the Stars—Simon + Bache—Thesaurarius Hospitii—Winifreda—Queries on + Costume—Antiquitas Sæcula Juventus Mundi—Lady + Bingham—Proclamation of Langholme Fair, &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page149">149</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Miscellaneous</span>:—</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page158">158</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Books and Odd Volumes wanted</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page158">158</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Notices to Correspondents</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page158">158</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Advertisements</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page159">159</a></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<hr class="full" > + +<h2>Notes.</h2> + +<h3>THE ROLLIAD.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(22d Ed., 1812.)</p> + + <p>Finding that my copy of <i>The Rolliad</i> ("<span class="sc">Notes + and Queries</span>," Vol. ii., p. 373.) contains fuller information + regarding the authors than has yet appeared in your valuable periodical, + I forward you a transcript of the MS. notes, most of which are certified + by the initial of Dr Lawrence, from whose copy all of them were taken by + the individual who gave me the volume.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. C. Trevelyan.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Wallington, Morpeth.</p> + +</blockquote> + +<hr class="short" > + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Advertisement. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p>Advertisement to 4th Edition. Do.</p> + <p>Explanation of Frontispiece and Title. Do.</p> + <p>Dedication. Do.</p> + <p>Rollo Family. E. T. and R. "This was the piece first published, and the origin of all that followed."</p> + <p>Extract from Dedication. Fitzpatrick. "The title of these verses gave rise to the vehicle of Criticisms on <i>The Rolliad</i>."—L.</p> + </div> + </div> +<p class="cenhead"><i>Criticisms.</i></p> + + <p>No. 1. Ellis. The passage in p. 2, from "His first exploit" to "what + it loses in sublimity," "inserted by Dr. L. to preserve the parody of + Virgil, and break this number with one more poetical + passage."—L.</p> + + <p>No. 2. Ellis. "This vehicle of political satire not proving + immediately impressive, was here abandoned by its original projector, who + did not take it up again till the second part."—L.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>No. 3. Dr. Lawrence. Verses on Mr. Dundas by G. Ellis.</p> + <p class="i2"> 4. Richardson.</p> + <p class="i2"> 5. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p class="i2"> 6. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p class="i2"> 7. Do.</p> + <p class="i2"> 8. Do.</p> + <p class="i2"> 9. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p class="i2">10. Richardson.</p> + <p class="i2">11. Do.</p> + <p class="i2">12. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p class="i2">13. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p class="i2">14. Do.</p> + </div> + </div> +<p><!-- Page 130 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page130"></a>{130}</span></p> + +<p class="cenhead"><i>The French Inscriptions by Ellis.</i></p> + +<p class="cenhead"><span class="sc">Part II.</span></p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>No. 1. Ellis</p> + <p class="i2">2. Do.</p> + <p class="i2">3. Richardson.</p> + <p class="i2">4. Do.</p> + <p class="i2">5. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p class="i2">6. R——d.</p> + <p class="i2">7. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>The passage commencing "The learned Mr. Daniel Barrington," to + "drawing a long bow," "inserted by R——d under the verbal + suggestions of Dr. Lawrence."</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>The Rose. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p>The <span class="correction" title="text reads `Lyan'">Lyars</span>. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p><span class="correction" title="text reads `Magaret'">Margaret</span> Nicholson. Lines 2-12, by Dr. Lawrence; the rest by A. (Adair.)</p> + <p>Charles Jenkinson. Ellis.</p> + <p>Jekyll. Lines 73. to 100., "inserted by Tickle;" 156. to end, "altered and enlarged by Tickle;" the rest by Lord J. Townsend. (At the end of Jekyll is the note which I have already sent to the "<span class="sc">Notes and Queries</span>," Vol. ii, p. 373.—W. C. T.)</p> + </div> + </div> +<p class="cenhead"><i>Probationary Odes.</i></p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Preliminary Discourse. G. Ellis or Tickle. Q.</p> + <p>Thoughts on Ode-writing. Tickle.</p> + <p>Recommendatory Testimonies. Tickle. "I believe all the Testimonies are his, unless the last be by Lord John Townsend."—L.</p> + <p>Warton's Ascension. Tickle.</p> + <p>Laureat Election. Richardson. "The first suggestion of the vehicle for Probationary Odes for the Laureatship came (as I understood, for I was not present) from the Rev. Dudley Bate."—L.</p> + <p>Irregular Ode. Tickle.</p> + <p>Ode on New Year. Ellis.</p> + <p>Ode No. 3. Dudley Bate.</p> + <p class="i4"> 4. Richardson.</p> + <p class="i4"> 6. Anonymous, communicated by Tickle.</p> + <p class="i4"> 7. Anonymous.</p> + <p class="i4"> 8. "Brummell." "Some slight corrections were made by L., and one or two lines supplied by others."—L.</p> + <p class="i4"> 9. Tickle. "The first draft of this ode was by Stratford Canning, a merchant in the city; but of his original performance little or nothing remains except five or six lines in the third Stanza."—L.</p> + <p class="i4">10. "Pearce, (I believe) Brother-in-law of Dudley Bate."—L.</p> + <p class="i4">11. "Boscawen, (I believe) afterwards of the Victualling Office, communicated by Tickle."—L.</p> + <p class="i4">12. Lord John Townsend,—"Three or four lines in the last stanza, and perhaps one or two in some of the former, were inserted by Tickle."—L.</p> + <p class="i4">13. "Anonymous, sent by the Post."—L.</p> + <p class="i4">14. "The Rev. O'Byrne.</p> + <p class="i6hg1">'This political Parson's a *B'liever! most odd! He b'lieves he's a Poet, but don't b'lieve in God!'—<i>Sheridan.</i></p> + <p class="i8">* Dr. O'B. pronounces the word believe in this manner."</p> + <p class="i4">15. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p class="i4">16. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p class="i4">17. Genl. Burgoyne.</p> + <p class="i4">18. R——d.</p> + <p class="i4">19. Richardson.</p> + <p class="i4">20. Ellis.</p> + <p class="i4">21. Address. Dr. Lawrence. For "William York" read "William Ebor."</p> + <p class="i6">Pindaric Ode. Dr Lawrence.</p> + <p class="i4">22. The Prose and Proclamation, "by Tickle or Richardson."—L.</p> + <p>Table of Instructions. Tickle or Richardson.</p> + </div> + </div> +<p class="cenhead"><i>Political Miscellanies.</i></p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>To the Public. R——d.</p> + <p>Odes to W. Pitt. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p>My Own Translation, prefixed to Ode 2nd. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p>The Statesmen. R——d.</p> + <p>Rondeau. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p>In the third Rondeau, for "pining in his spleen" read "moving honest spleen."—L. All the Rondeaus are by Dr. L.</p> + <p>The Delavaliad. Richardson.</p> + <p>Epigrams. Tickle and Richardson.</p> + <p>Lord Graham's Diary. "Tickle, I believe."—L.</p> + <p>Lord Mulgrave's Essays. Ellis.</p> + <p>Anecdotes of Pitt. G. Ellis.</p> + <p>A Tale. Sheridan.</p> + <p>Morals. Richardson.</p> + <p>Dialogue. Lord John Townsend.</p> + <p>Prettymania.</p> + </div> + </div> +<p class="cenhead"><i>Epigrams.</i></p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>No. 1. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p> " 32. Do.</p> + <p> " 33. Do.</p> + <p> " 37. Do.</p> + </div> + </div> +<p class="cenhead"><i>Foreign Epigrams.</i></p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>No. 1. Ellis.</p> + <p> " 2. Rev. O'Byrne.</p> + <p> " 3. Do.</p> + <p> " 4. Do.</p> + <p> " 5. Do.</p> + <p> " 6. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p> " 7. Do.</p> + <p> " 8. Do.</p> + <p> " 9. Do.</p> + <p> " 10. Do.</p> + <p> " 11. Tickle.</p> + <p> " 12. Do.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>"Most of the English Epigrams unmarked are by Tickle, some by + Richardson, D. Bate, R——d, and others."—L.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Advertisement Extraordinary. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p>Paragraph Office. Do.</p> + <p>Pitt and Pinetti. "Ellis, I believe."—L.</p> + <p>The Westminster Guide. Genl. Burgoyne.</p> + <p>A new Ballad. Lord J. Townsend or Tickle.</p> +<!-- Page 131 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page131"></a>{131}</span> + <p>Epigrams on Sir Elijah Impey. R——d.</p> + <p>—— by Mr. Wilberforce. Ellis.</p> + <p>Original Letter. A. (Adair.)</p> + <p>Congratulatory Ode. Courtenay.</p> + <p>Ode to Sir Elijah Impey. "Anonymous—I believe L. J. Townsend."—L.</p> + <p>Song, to tune "Let the Sultan Saladin." R——d.</p> + <p>A new Song, "Billy's Budget." Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p>Epigrams. R——d.</p> + <p>Ministerial Facts. "Ld. J. Townsend, I believe."—L.</p> + <p>Journal of the Right Hon. H. Dundas.</p> + <p class="i2">To end of March 7th. Tierney.</p> + <p class="i6">March 9th and 10th. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p class="i6">March 11th. Tierney.</p> + <p class="i6">March 12th and 13th. C. Grey.</p> + <p class="i6">March 14th. Tierney.</p> + <p class="i2hg3">"This came out in numbers, or rather in continuations, in the Newspaper."—L.</p> + <p>Incantation. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p>Translations. "Tickle, Richardson, R——d, and others."—L.</p> + </div> + </div> +<hr class="short" > + + <p>The "Memoranda" &c., respecting <i>The Rolliad</i>, at Vol. ii., + p. 439., recalled to my recollection a "Note" made several years back; + but the "Query" was, where to find that Note? However, I made a mental + note, "when found," to forward it to you, and by the merest chance it has + turned up, or rather, out; for it fell from within an old "Common Place + Book," when—I must not take credit for being in search of it, but, + in fact, in quest of another note. Should you consider it likely to + interest either your correspondents, contributors, or readers, you are + much welcome to it; and in that case, to have troubled you with this will + not be regretted by</p> + + <p class="author">C. W. + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Stoke, Bucks.</p> + +</blockquote> + +<p class="cenhead"><i>The Rolliad.</i>—(<i>Memorandum in Sir James Mackintosh's copy of that work.</i>)</p> + + <p class="author">"Bombay, 23rd June, 1804. + + <p>"Before I left London in February last, I received from my old friend, + T. Courtenay, Esq., M.P., notes, of which the following is a copy, giving + account of the Authors of <i>The Rolliad</i>, and of the series of + Political Satires which followed it:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Extract from Dedication. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p>Nos. 1. 2. G. Ellis.</p> + <p>No. 3. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p>No. 4. J. Richardson.</p> + <p>No. 5. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p>Nos. 6. 7. 8. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p>No. 9. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p>Nos. 10. 11. J. Richardson.</p> + <p>No. 12. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p>Nos. 13. 14. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i4"><span class="sc">Part II.</span></p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Nos. 1. 2. G. Ellis</p> + <p>Nos. 3. 4. J. Richardson.</p> + <p>No. 5. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p>No. 6. Read.</p> + <p>No. 7. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p><i>Political Eclogues.</i></p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Rose. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p>The <span class="correction" title="text reads `Lyan'">Lyars</span>. Do.</p> + <p>Margaret Nicholson. R. Adair.</p> + <p>C. Jenkinson. G. Ellis.</p> + <p>Jekyll, Lord J. Townsend and Tickell.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p><i>Probationary Odes.</i></p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>No. 1. Tickell.</p> + <p class="i2"> 2. G. Ellis.</p> + <p class="i2"> 3. H. B. Dudley.</p> + <p class="i2"> 4. J. Richardson.</p> + <p class="i2"> 5. J. Ellis. ?G.</p> + <p class="i2"> 6. Unknown.</p> + <p class="i2"> 7. (Mason's). Do.</p> + <p class="i2"> 8. Brummell.</p> + <p class="i2"> 9. Sketched by Canning, the Eton Boy, finished by Tickell.</p> + <p class="i2">10. Pearce. ?</p> + <p class="i2">11. Boscawen.</p> + <p class="i2">12. Lord J. Townsend.</p> + <p class="i2">13. Unknown. Mr. C. believes it to be Mrs. Debbing, wife of Genl. D.</p> + <p class="i2">14. Rev. Mr. O'Byrne.</p> + <p class="i2">15. Fitzpatrick.</p> + <p class="i2">16. Dr. Lawrence.</p> + <p class="i2">17. Genl. Burgoyne.</p> + <p class="i2">18. Read.</p> + <p class="i2">19. Richardson.</p> + <p class="i2">20. G. Ellis.</p> + <p class="i2">21. Do.</p> + <p class="i2">22. Do.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>"If ever my books should escape this obscure corner, the above + memorandum will interest some curious collector.</p> + + <p class="author">"<span class="sc">James Mackintosh.</span> + + <p>"The above list, as far as it relates to Richardson, is confirmed by + his printed Life, from which I took a note at Lord J. Townsend's four + days ago.</p> + + <p class="author">"<span class="sc">J. Mackintosh.</span> 18 Nov., 1823." + +<hr class="short" > + +<h3>NOTE ON PALAMON AND ARCITE.</h3> + + <p>It has probably often been remarked as somewhat curious, that Chaucer, + in describing the arrival of Palamon and Arcite at Athens, mentions the + day of the week on which it takes place:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"And in this wise, these lordes all and some,</p> + <p>Ben on the Sonday to the citee come," &c.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Nothing seems to depend on their coming on one day of the week rather + than on another. In reality, however, this apparently insignificant + circumstance is astrologically connected with the issue of the contest. + Palamon, who on the morning of the following day makes his prayer to + Venus, succeeds at last in winning Emelie, though Arcite, who commends + himself to Mars, conquers him in the tournament. The prayers of both are + granted, because both address themselves to their tutelary deities at + hours over which these deities respectively preside. In order to + understand this, we must call to mind the astrological explanation <!-- + Page 132 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page132"></a>{132}</span>of + the names of the days of the week. According to Dio Cassius, the + Egyptians divided the day into twenty-four hours, and supposed each of + them to be in an especial manner influenced by some one of the planets. + The first hour of the day had the prerogative of giving its name, or + rather that of the planet to which it was subject, to the whole day. + Thus, for instance, Saturn presides over the first hour of the day, which + is called by his name; Jupiter over the second, and so on; the Moon, as + the lowest of the planets, presiding over the seventh. Again, the eighth + is subject to Saturn, and the same cycle recommences at the fifteenth and + at the twenty-second hours. The twenty-third hour is therefore subject to + Jupiter, and the twenty-fourth to Mars. Consequently, the first hour of + the following day is subject to the sun, and the day itself is + accordingly dies Solis, or Sunday. Precisely in the same way it follows + that the next day will be dies Lunæ; and so on throughout the week. To + this explanation it has been objected that the names of the days are more + ancient than the division of the day into twenty-four parts; and Joseph + Scaliger has attempted to derive the names of the days from those of the + planets, without reference to this method of division. His explanation, + however, which is altogether geometrical, inasmuch as it depends on the + properties of the heptagon, seems quite unsatisfactory, though Selden + appears to have been inclined to adopt it. At any rate, the account of + the matter given by Dio Cassius has generally been accepted.</p> + + <p>To return to Chaucer: Theseus, as we know, had erected in the place + where the tournament was to be held three oratories, dedicated to Mars, + to Venus, and to Diana. On the day after their arrival, namely, on + Monday, Palamon and Arcite offered their prayers to Venus and Mars + respectively, and Emelie, in like manner, to Diana. Of Palamon we are + told that—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"He rose, to wenden on his pilgrimage</p> + <p>Unto the blisful Citherea benigne"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>two hours before it was day, and that he repaired to her temple "in + hire hour."</p> + + <p>In the third hour afterwards,</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Up rose the sonne, and up rose Emelie</p> + <p>And to the temple of Diane gan hie."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Her prayer also was favourably heard by the deity to whom it was + addressed; the first hour of Monday (the natural day beginning at + sunrise) being subject to Luna or Diana. The orisons of Palamon were + offered two hours earlier, namely, in the twenty-third hour of Sunday, + which is <span class="correction" title="text reads `smilary'" + >similarly</span> subject to Venus, the twenty-fourth or last hour + belonging to Mercury, the planet intermediate between Venus and the Moon. + It is on this account that Palamon is said to have prayed to Venus in her + hour.</p> + + <p>Arcite's vows were made later in the day than those of Palamon and + Emelie. We are told that</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"The nexte hour of Mars following this,"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>(namely after Emelie's return from the temple of Diana)</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Arcite unto the temple walked is</p> + <p>Of fierce Mars."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>The first hour of Mars is on Monday, the fourth hour of the day; so + that as the tournament took place in April or May, Arcite went to the + temple of Mars about eight or nine o'clock.</p> + + <p>It may be well to explain the word "inequal" in the lines—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"The thridde hour inequal that Palamon</p> + <p>Began to Venus temple for to gon,</p> + <p>Up rose the sonne, and up rose Emelie."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>In astrology, the heavens are divided into twelve houses, + corresponding to a division of the ecliptic into twelve equal parts, the + first of which is measured from the point of the ecliptic which is on the + horizon and about to rise above it, at the instant which the astrologer + has to consider, namely, the instant of birth in the case of a nativity, + or that in which a journey or any other enterprise is undertaken.</p> + + <p>The hours inequal here spoken of similarly correspond to a division of + the ecliptic into twenty-four parts, so that each house comprehends the + portions of the ecliptic belonging to two of these hours, provided the + division into houses is made at sunrise, when the first hour commences. + It is obvious that these astrological hours will be of unequal length, as + equal portions of the ecliptic subtend unequal angles at the pole of the + equator.</p> + + <p>With regard to the time of year at which the tournament takes place, + there seems to be an inconsistency. Palamon escapes from prison on the + 3rd of May, and is discovered by Theseus on the 5th. Theseus fixes "this + day fifty wekes" for the rendezvous at Athens, so that the tournament + seems to fall in April. Chaucer, however, says that—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Gret was the feste in Athenes thilke day,</p> + <p>And eke the lusty seson of that May</p> + <p>Made every wight to be, in swiche pleasance," &c.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Why the 3rd of May is particularly mentioned as the time of Palamon's + escape, I cannot tell: there is probably some astrological reason. The + mixture of astrological notions with mythology is curious: "the pale + Saturnus the colde" is once more a dweller on Olympus, and interposes to + reconcile Mars and Venus. By his influence Arcite is made to perish after + having obtained from Mars the fulfilment of his prayer—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Yeve me the victorie, I axe thee no more."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="grk">ε</span>. + +<hr class="short" > + +<h3>FOLK LORE.</h3> + + <p>"<i>Snail, Snail, come out of your Hole.</i>"—In Surrey, and + most probably in other counties where <!-- Page 133 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page133"></a>{133}</span>shell-snails abound, + children amuse themselves by charming them with a chant to put forth + their horns, of which I have only heard the following couplet, which is + repeated until it has the desired effect, to the great amusement of the + charmer.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Snail, snail, come out of your hole,</p> + <p>Or else I'll beat you as black as a coal."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>It is pleasant to find that this charm is not peculiar to English + children, but prevails in places as remote from each other as Naples and + Silesia.</p> + + <p>The Silesian rhyme is:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Schnecke, schnecke, schnürre!</p> + <p>Zeig mir dein viere,</p> + <p>Wenn mir dein viere nicht zeigst,</p> + <p>Schmeisz ich dich in den Graben,</p> + <p>Fressen dich die Raben;"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>which may be thus paraphrased:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Snail, snail, slug-slow,</p> + <p>To me thy four horns show;</p> + <p>If thou dost not show me thy four,</p> + <p>I will throw thee out of the door,</p> + <p>For the crow in the gutter,</p> + <p>To eat for bread and butter."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>In that amusing Folk's-book of Neapolitan childish tales, the + <i>Pentamerone</i> of the noble Count-Palatine Cavalier Giovan-Battista + Basile, in the seventeenth tale, entitled "La Palomma," we have a similar + rhyme:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Jesce, jesce, corna;</p> + <p>Ça mammata te scorna,</p> + <p>Te scorna 'ncoppa lastrico,</p> + <p>Che fa lo figlio mascolo."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>of which the sense may probably be:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Peer out! Peer out! Put forth your horns!</p> + <p>At you your mother mocks and scorns;</p> + <p>Another son is on the stocks,</p> + <p>And you she scorns, at you she mocks."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">S. W. Singer.</span> + + <p><i>The Evil Eye.</i>—This superstition is still prevalent in + this neighbourhood (Launceston). I have very recently been informed of + the case of a young woman, in the village of Lifton, who is lying + hopelessly ill of consumption, which her neighbours attribute to her + having been "<i>overlooked</i>" (this is the local phrase by which they + designate the baleful spell of the <i>evil eye</i>). An old woman in this + town is supposed to have the power of "ill-wishing" or bewitching her + neighbours and their cattle, and is looked on with much awe in + consequence.</p> + + <p class="author">H. G. T. + + <p>"<i>Millery! Millery! Dousty-poll!</i>" &c.—I am told by a + neighbour of a cruel custom among the children in Somersetshire, who, + when they have caught a certain kind of large white moth, which they call + a <i>miller</i>, chant over it this uncouth ditty:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Millery! Millery! <i>Dousty</i>-poll!</p> + <p>How many sacks hast thou stole?"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>And then, with boyish recklessness, put the poor creature to death for + the imagined misdeeds of his human namesake.</p> + + <p class="author">H. G. T. + + <p><i>"Nettle in, Dock out."</i>—Sometime since, turning over the + leaves of Clarke's <i>Chaucer</i>, I stumbled on the following passage in + "Troilus and Cressida," vol. ii. p. 104.:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Thou biddest me that I should love another</p> + <p>All freshly newe, and let Creseidé go,</p> + <p>It li'th not in my power levé brother,</p> + <p>And though I might, yet would I not do so:</p> + <p>But can'st thou playen racket to and fro,</p> + <p><i>Nettle' in Dock out</i>, now this now that, Pandare?</p> + <p>Now foulé fall her for thy woe that care."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>I was delighted to find the charm for a nettle sting, so familiar to + my childish ear, was as old as Chaucer's time, and exceedingly surprised + to stumble on the following note:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"This appears to be a proverbial expression implying inconstancy; but + the origin of the phrase is unknown to all the commentators on our + poet."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>If this be the case, Chaucer's commentators may as well be told that + children in Northumberland use friction by a dock-leaf as the approved + remedy for the sting of a nettle, or rather the approved charm; for the + patient, while rubbing in the dock-juice, should keep + repeating,—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Nettle in, dock out,</p> + <p>Dock in, nettle out,</p> + <p>Nettle in, dock out,</p> + <p>Dock rub nettle out."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>The meaning is therefore obvious. Troilus is indignant at being + recommended to forget this Cressida for a new love, just as a child cures + a nettle-sting by a dock-leaf. I know not whether you will deem this + trifle worth a corner in your valuable and amusing "<span + class="sc">Notes</span>."</p> + +<hr class="short" > + +<h3>THE SCALIGERS.</h3> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Lo primo tuo rifugio e 'l primo ostello</p> + <p class="i1">Sarà la cortesia del gran Lombardo,</p> + <p>Che <i>'n su</i> la Scala porta il santo uccello."</p> + <p class="i8">Dante, <i>Paradiso</i>, xvii. 70.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>The Scaligers are well known, not only as having held the lordship of + Verona for some generations, but also as having been among the friends of + Dante in his exile, no mean reputation in itself; and, at a later period, + as taking very high rank among the first scholars of their day. To which + of them the passage above properly belongs—whether to Can Grande, + or his brother Bartolommeo, or even his father Alberto, commentators are + by no means agreed. The question is argued more largely than + conclusively, both in the notes to Lombardi's edition, and also in Ugo + Foscolo's <i>Discorso nel testo di Dante</i>.</p> + + <p>Perhaps the following may be a contribution to the evidence in favour + of Can Grande. After <!-- Page 134 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page134"></a>{134}</span>saying, in a letter, in which he professes + to give the history and origin of his family,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Prisca omnium familiarum Scaligeræ stirpis insignia sunt, aut + <i>Scala singularis</i>, aut Canes utrinque scalæ innitentes."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Joseph Scaliger adds—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Denique principium Veronensium progenitores eadem habuerunt insignia: + <i>donec</i> in eam familiam Alboinus et <i>Canis Magnus</i> Aquilam + imperii cum Scala primum ab Henrico VII<sup>o</sup>, deinde à Ludovico + Bavaro acceptam nobis reliquerunt."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Alboinus, however, who received this grant upon being made a + Lieutenant of the Empire, and having the Signory of Verona made + hereditary in his family, only bore the eagle "<i>in quadrante + scuti</i>."</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Sed Canis Magnus, cum eidem à Cæsare Ludovico Bavaro idem privilegium + confirmatum esset, totum scutum Aquilâ occupavit, <i>subjectâ Alitis + pedibus Scalâ</i>."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Can Grande, then, was surely the first who carried the "santo uccello" + <i>in su</i> la Scala; and his epithet of Grande would also agree best + with Dante's words, as neither his father nor brothers seem to have had + the same claim to it.</p> + + <p>I would offer a farther remark about this same title or epithet Can + Grande, and the origin of the scala or ladder as a charge upon the shield + or coat of this family. Cane would at first sight appear to be a + designation borrowed from the animal of that name. There would be + parallels enough in Italy and elsewhere, as the Ursini, Lewis the Lion + (VIII. of France), our own Cœur de Lion, and Harold Harefoot. + Dante, too, refers to him under the name "Il Veltro," <i>Inferno</i>, + canto 1. l. 101. But Joseph Scaliger, in the letter to which I referred + before, gives the following account of it:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Nomen illi fuerat <i>Franscisco</i>, à sacro lavacro, <i>Cani</i> à + gentilitate, <i>Magno</i> à merito rerum gestarum. Neque enim + <i>Canis</i> ab illo <i>latranti animali</i> dictus est, ut recte monet + Jovius, sed quod linguâ Windorum, unde principes Veronenses oriundos + vult, <i>Cahan</i> idem est, quod linguâ Serviana <i>Kral</i>, id est + Rex, aut Princeps. Nam in gente nostrâ multi fuerunt Canes, Mastini, + Visulphi Guelphi."—P. 17.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This letter consists of about 58 pages, and stands first in the + edition of 1627. It is addressed "ad Janum Dousam," and was written to + vindicate his family from certain indignities which he conceived had been + put upon it. Sansovino and Villani, it appears, had referred its origin + to Mastin II., "qui," to use Scaliger's version of the matter,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Qui primus dictator populi Veronensis perpetuus creatus est, quem et + <i>auctorem</i> nobilitatis Scaligeræ et <i>Scalarum</i> antea + <i>fabrum</i> impudentissime nugantur hostes virtutis majorum + nostrorum."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>It was bad enough to ascribe their origin to so recent a date, but to + derive it from a mere mechanic was more than our author's patience could + endure. Accordingly he is not sparing of invective against those who so + disparage his race.</p> + + <p><i>Vappa</i>, <i>nebulo</i>, and similar terms, are freely applied to + their characters; <i>invidia</i>, <span title="kakoêtheia" class="grk" + >κακοήθεια</span>, + &c., to their motives. The following is a specimen of the way he + handles them:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Dantes Poëta illustrissimum Christianissimorum Regum Franciæ genus à + laniis Parisiensibus deducit, utique tam vere, quam ille tenebrio nostrum + à scalarum fabro: quas mirum, ni auctor generis <i>in suspendium eorum + parabat</i>, quos vaticinabatur illustri nobilitate suæ + obtrectaturos."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Now the charge of a ladder upon their shield was certainly borne by + the several branches of this family long before any of them became + masters of Verona; and I should suggest that it originated in some + brilliant escalade of one of the first members of it. Thus, of course, it + would remind us all of perhaps the earliest thing of the kind—I + mean the shield and bearings of Eteoclus before Thebes:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"<span title="Eschêmatistai d' aspis ou smikron tropon;" class="grk">Εσχημάτισται δ' ἀσπὶς οὐ σμικρὸν τρόπον·</span></p> + <p><span title="Anêr d' hoplitês klimakos prosambaseis" class="grk">Ἀνὴρ δ' ὁπλιτης κλίμακος προσαμβάσεις</span></p> + <p><span title="Steichei pros echthrôn purgon, ekpersai thelôn." class="grk">Στείχει πρὸς ἐχθρῶν πύργον, ἐκπέρσαι θέλων.</span>"</p> + <p class="i16">Sept. c. Thebas, 461.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Waldegrave Brewster.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>H——n, Jan. 28. 1851.</p> + +</blockquote> + +<hr class="short" > + +<h3>INEDITED BALLAD ON TRUTH.</h3> + + <p>I send you herewith a copy of an ancient ballad which I found this day + while in search of other matters. I have endeavoured to explain away the + strange orthography, and I have conjecturally supplied the last line. The + ballad is unhappily imperfect. I trust that abler antiquaries than myself + will give their attention to this fragmentary poem.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i6hg3">"<span class="scac">A BALADE OF TROUTHE.</span></p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i4">(Harl. MSS. No. 48. folio 92.)</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"What more poyson . than ys venome.</p> + <p>What more spytefull . than ys troozte.<a name="footnotetag1" href="#footnote1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></p> + <p>Where shall hattred . sonere come.</p> + <p>Than oone anothyr . that troozte showthe.</p> + <div class="linenum">5</div><p>Undoyng dysplesure . no love growthe.</p> + <p>And to grete<a name="footnotetag2" href="#footnote2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> men . in especyall.</p> + <p>Troozte dare speke . lest<a name="footnotetag3" href="#footnote3"><sup>[3]</sup></a> of all.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"And troozte . all we be bound to.</p> + <p>And troozte . most men now dothe fle.<a name="footnotetag4" href="#footnote4"><sup>[4]</sup></a></p> + <div class="linenum">10</div><p>What be we then . that so do.</p> + <p>Be we untrewe . troozte saythe ee.<a name="footnotetag5" href="#footnote5"><sup>[5]</sup></a></p> + <p>But he y<sup>t</sup> tellethe troozte . what ys he.</p> + <p>A besy foole . hys name shalle ronge.<a name="footnotetag6" href="#footnote6"><sup>[6]</sup></a></p> + <p>Or else he hathe an euyle tonge.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> +<!-- Page 135 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page135"></a>{135}</span> + <div class="linenum">15</div><p class="hg3">"May a tong . be trew and evyle.</p> + <p>Trootze ys good . and evyle ys navtze.<a name="footnotetag7" href="#footnote7"><sup>[7]</sup></a></p> + <p>God ys trootze . and navzt ys y<sup>e</sup> devyle.</p> + <p>Ego sum veritas . o<sup>r</sup><a name="footnotetag8" href="#footnote8"><sup>[8]</sup></a> lord tavzt.<a name="footnotetag9" href="#footnote9"><sup>[9]</sup></a></p> + <p>At whyche word . my conceyt lavzt.<a name="footnotetag10" href="#footnote10"><sup>[10]</sup></a></p> + <div class="linenum">20</div><p>To se<a name="footnotetag11" href="#footnote11"><sup>[11]</sup></a> our Lorde . yff<a name="footnotetag12" href="#footnote12"><sup>[12]</sup></a> foly in hym be.</p> + <p>To use troozt . that few doth but he.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"To medyle w<sup>t</sup> trouthe<a name="footnotetag13" href="#footnote13"><sup>[13]</sup></a> . no small game.</p> + <p>For trouthe told . of tyms ys shent.</p> + <p>And trouthe known . many doth blame.</p> + <div class="linenum">25</div><p>When trouthe ys tyrned . from trew intent.</p> + <p>Yet trouthe ys trouthe . trewly ment.<a name="footnotetag14" href="#footnote14"><sup>[14]</sup></a></p> + <p>But now what call they trouthe . trow ye.</p> + <p>Trowthe ys called colored honestè.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Trouthe . ys honest without coloure.</p> + <div class="linenum">30</div><p>Trouthe . shameth not in no condycyon.</p> + <p>Of hymself . without a trespasowre.</p> + <p>By myst and knowne . of evyle condycyon.</p> + <p>But of trouthe thys ys y<sup>e</sup> conclusyon.</p> + <p>Surely good ordre there ys brokyne.</p> + <div class="linenum">35</div><p>Where trouthe may not . nor dare be spokyne.<a name="footnotetag15" href="#footnote15"><sup>[15]</sup></a></p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Trouthe many tyms ys cast.</p> + <p>Out of credence . by enformacyon.</p> + <p>Yet trouthe crepthe<a name="footnotetag16" href="#footnote16"><sup>[16]</sup></a> out at last.</p> + <p>And ovyr mastrythe cavylacyon.<a name="footnotetag17" href="#footnote17"><sup>[17]</sup></a></p> + <div class="linenum">40</div><p>That I besech Cryst . every nacyon.</p> + <p>May use trouthe . to God and man.</p> + <p>* * that he * not * syn * * ."</p> + <p> * * * * * *</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>I would fill up the lacuna—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Now that he do not syn . we can."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Perhaps, I repeat, some more able antiquaries will give their + attention to this, and satisfy me on the <i>points</i> of punctuation, + date, &c.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie.</span> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1:</b><a + href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + <p>Truth, I presume, is meant, though it does not seem to agree with the + context, which is pure nonsense in its present condition.</p> + + <a name="footnote2"></a><b>Footnote 2:</b><a + href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + <p>Great.</p> + + <a name="footnote3"></a><b>Footnote 3:</b><a + href="#footnotetag3">(return)</a> + <p>Least.</p> + + <a name="footnote4"></a><b>Footnote 4:</b><a + href="#footnotetag4">(return)</a> + <p>Flee.</p> + + <a name="footnote5"></a><b>Footnote 5:</b><a + href="#footnotetag5">(return)</a> + <p>Yea.</p> + + <a name="footnote6"></a><b>Footnote 6:</b><a + href="#footnotetag6">(return)</a> + <p>Ring, I fancy.</p> + + <a name="footnote7"></a><b>Footnote 7:</b><a + href="#footnotetag7">(return)</a> + <p>Naught.</p> + + <a name="footnote8"></a><b>Footnote 8:</b><a + href="#footnotetag8">(return)</a> + <p>Our.</p> + + <a name="footnote9"></a><b>Footnote 9:</b><a + href="#footnotetag9">(return)</a> + <p>Taught.</p> + + <a name="footnote10"></a><b>Footnote 10:</b><a + href="#footnotetag10">(return)</a> + <p>Laughed.</p> + + <a name="footnote11"></a><b>Footnote 11:</b><a + href="#footnotetag11">(return)</a> + <p>See.</p> + + <a name="footnote12"></a><b>Footnote 12:</b><a + href="#footnotetag12">(return)</a> + <p>If.</p> + + <a name="footnote13"></a><b>Footnote 13:</b><a + href="#footnotetag13">(return)</a> + <p>Here the orthography changes.</p> + + <a name="footnote14"></a><b>Footnote 14:</b><a + href="#footnotetag14">(return)</a> + <p>Meant.</p> + + <a name="footnote15"></a><b>Footnote 15:</b><a + href="#footnotetag15">(return)</a> + <p>I think there must be some allusion here, which can only be arrived at + by knowing the date of its composition.</p> + + <a name="footnote16"></a><b>Footnote 16:</b><a + href="#footnotetag16">(return)</a> + <p>An elision for creepeth; possibly an intermediate etymological state + of <i>creeps</i>.</p> + + <a name="footnote17"></a><b>Footnote 17:</b><a + href="#footnotetag17">(return)</a> + <p>From "to cavil."</p> + +</div> +<hr class="full" > + +<h2>Minor Notes.</h2> + + <p><i>Ayot St. Lawrence Church</i> (Vol. iii., pp. 39. 102.). Ayot St. + Lawrence, Herts, is another deserted church, like that of + Landwade,—in fact a ruin, with its monuments disgracefully exposed. + I was so astonished at seeing it in 1850, that I would now ask the reason + of its having been allowed to fall into such distress, and how any one + could have had the power to build the present Greek one, instead of + restoring its early Decorated neighbour. I did not observe the 2 ft. 3 + in. effigy alluded to in <i>Arch. Journ.</i> iii. 239., but particularly + noted the elegant sculpture on the chancel arch capital.</p> + + <p>I would suggest to Mr. Kelke, that the incumbents of parishes should + keep a separate register, recording <i>all</i> monuments, &c. as they + are put up, as existing, or as found in MS. church notes, or published in + county histories. In the majority of parishes the trouble of so doing + would be trifling, and to many a pleasant occupation.</p> + + <p class="author">A. C. + + <p><i>Johannes Secundus</i>—<i>Parnel</i>—<i>Dr. + Johnson.</i>—In Dr. Johnson's <i>Life of Parnel</i> we find the + following passage:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"I would add that the description of <i>Barrenness</i>, in his verses + to Pope, was borrowed from Secundus; but lately searching for the passage + which I had formerly read, I could not find it."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>I will first extract Parnel's description, and then the passage of + Secundus; to which, I suppose, Dr. Johnson referred.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"This to my friend—and when a friend inspires,</p> + <p>My silent harp its master's hand requires,</p> + <p>Shakes off the dust, and makes these rocks resound,</p> + <p>For fortune placed me in unfertile ground;</p> + <p>Far from the joys that with my soul agree,</p> + <p>From wit, from learning—far, oh far, from thee!</p> + <p>Here moss-grown trees expand the smallest leaf,</p> + <p>Here half an acre's corn is half a sheaf.</p> + <p>Here hills with naked heads the tempest meet,</p> + <p>Rocks at their side, and torrents at their feet;</p> + <p>Or lazy lakes, unconscious of a flood,</p> + <p>Whose dull brown Naiads ever sleep in mud."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Secundus in his first epistle of his first book (edit. Paris, p. + 103.), thus writes:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Me retinet salsis infausta Valachria terris,</p> + <p class="i1">Oceanus tumidis quam vagus ambit aquis.</p> + <p>Nulla ubi vox avium, pelagi strepit undique murmur,</p> + <p class="i1">Cœlum etiam largâ desuper urget aquâ.</p> + <p>Flat Boreas, dubiusque Notus, flat frigidus Eurus,</p> + <p class="i1">Felices Zephyri nil ubi juris habent.</p> + <p>Proque tuis ubi carminibus, Philomena canora,</p> + <p class="i1">Turpis in obscœnâ rana coaxat aquâ."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Varro</span>. + + <p><i>The King's Messengers, by the Rev. W. Adams.</i>—Ought it not + to be remarked, in future editions of this charming and highly poetical + book (which has lately been translated into Swedish), that it is grounded + on one of the "examples" occurring in <i>Barlaam and Josaphat</i>?"</p> + + <p>In the third or fourth century, an Indian prince names Josaphat was + converted to Christianity by a holy hermit called Barlaam. This subject + was afterwards treated of by some Alexandrian priest, probably in the + sixth century, in a beautiful tale, legend, or spiritual romance, in + Greek, and in a style of great ease, beauty, warmth, and colouring. The + work was afterwards attributed to Johannes Damascenus, who died in 760. + In this half-Asiatic Christian prose epic, Barlaam employs a number of + even then ancient folk-tales and fables, spiritually interpreted, in + Josaphat's conversion. It is on the fifth of these "examples" that Mr. + Adams has built his richly-glittering fairy palace.</p> + + <p><i>Barlaam and Josaphat</i> was translated into almost <!-- Page 136 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page136"></a>{136}</span>every European + dialect during the Middle Age, sometimes in verse, but usually in prose, + and became an admired folk-book. Among the versions lately recovered I + may mention one into Old-Swedish (a shorter one, published in my + <i>Old-Swedish Legendarium</i>, and a longer one, not yet published); and + one in Old-Norwegian, from a vellum MS. of the thirteenth century, + shortly to appear in Christiania.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">George Stephens.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Stockholm.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Parallel Passages.</i>—Under "Parallel Passages" (Vol. ii., + p. 263.) there occur in two paragraphs—"<i>There is an acre sown + with royal seed,</i>" concluding with "<i>living like gods, to die like + men,</i>" from Jeremy Taylor's <i>Holy Dying</i>; and from Francis + Beaumont—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"<i>Here's an acre sown indeed</i></p> + <p><i>With the richest royalest seed.</i></p> + <p> . . . . . .</p> + <p><i>Though gods they were, as men they died.</i>"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Which of these twain borrowed the "royal seed" from the other, is a + manner of little moment; but the correspondence of living as gods, and + dying as men, both undoubtedly taken from Holy Scripture; the phrase + occurring in either Testament: "I have said, Ye are gods ... But ye shall + die like men" (Psalm lxxxii. 6, 7.); quoted by our Saviour (John, x. + 34.): "Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are + Gods?"</p> + + <p class="author">J. G. M. + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Hallamshire.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Cause of Rarity of William IV.'s Copper Coinage.</i>—The + copper coinage of William IV. is become so scarce, that possibly a doubt + may some day arise, whether any but a very limited issue of it was ever + made; it may be well, therefore, to introduce a <i>note</i> on the cause + of its disappearance, while the subject is comparatively recent.</p> + + <p>When the copper coins of the last reign appeared, a slight tinge in + the colour of the metal excited the suspicion of those accustomed to + examine such things, that it contained gold, which proved to be the fact; + hence their real value was greater than that for which they passed + current, and they were speedily collected and melted down by + manufacturers, principally, I believe, as an alloy to gold, whereby every + particle of that metal which they contained was turned to account. I have + been told that various Birmingham establishments had agents in different + parts of the country, appointed to collect this coinage.</p> + + <p class="author">R. C. H. + + <p><i>Burnet.</i>—In the list of conflicting judgments on Burnet, + quoted by your correspondents (Vol. i., pp. 40. 120. 181. 341. 493.), I + find no reference to the opinion of his contemporary, Bishop Nicolson. + That writer takes a somewhat partial view of the character and merits of + the historian, and canvasses, by anticipation, much of what has been + urged against him by our more modern critics. But, as the weight of + authorities already cited appears to militate against Burnet, I am + induced to send you some of Bishop Nicolson's remarks, for the sake of + those readers who may not have immediate access to them. I quote from his + <i>English Historical Library</i>, 2nd edition, p. 119.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"In the months of December and January in the year following (1680), + the historian (G. Burnet) had the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for + what he had already done; and was desired to proceed to the finishing of + the whole work, which was done accordingly. This historian gives a + punctual account of all the affairs of the Reformation, from its first + beginning in the reign of Henry VIII., till it was finally completed and + settled by Queen Elizabeth, <span class="scac">A.D.</span> 1559. And the + whole is penned in such a masculine style as becomes an historian, and + such as is this author's property in all his writings. The collection of + records which he gives in the conclusion of each volume are good vouchers + of the truth of all he delivers (as such) in the body of his history; and + are much more perfect than could reasonably be expected, after the pains + taken, in Queen Mary's days, to suppress everything that carried the + marks of the Reformation upon it. The work has had so much justice done + it, as to meet with a general acceptance abroad, and to be translated + into most of the European languages; insomuch that even the most piquant + of the author's enemies allow it to have a <i>reputation firmly and + deservedly established</i>. Indeed, some of the French writers have + cavilled at it; but the most eminent of them (M. Varillas and M. Le + Grand) have received due correction from the author himself."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Henry H. Breen</span>. + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>St. Lucia, Dec. 1850.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Coleridge's Opinion of Defoe.</i>—Wilson, in his <i>Memoirs + of the life and Times of Defoe</i>, vol. ii. p. 205., having quoted the + opinion of the Editor of Cadell's edition of <i>Robinson + Crusoe</i>,—"that Defoe wanted many of those qualities, both of + mind and manner, which fitted Steele and Addison to be the inimitable + <i>arbitri elegantiarum</i> of English society, there can be no + doubt,"—Coleridge wrote in the margin of his copy, "I doubt this, + particularly in respect to Addison, and think I could select from Defoe's + writings a volume equal in size to Addison's collected papers, little + inferior in wit and humour, and greatly superior in vigor of style and + thought."</p> + + <p class="author">Ts. + + <p><i>Miller's "Philosophy of Modern History."</i>—In the memoir, + chiefly autobiographical, prefixed to the last edition (published by Mr. + Bohn, 1848-9) of this most able and interesting work, we find the + following words, p. xxxv.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"In the preceding period of my lecturing, I collected a moderate + audience [seldom exceeding ten persons] in the Law School [his friend, + Alexander Knox, being always one], sufficient to encourage me, or at + least to permit me, to persevere, but not to animate my exertions by + publicity. But as I was approaching the sixteenth century, the number of + my hearers <!-- Page 137 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page137"></a>{137}</span>increased so much, that I was encouraged + to remove to the Examination Hall, from which time my lectures attracted + a large portion of public attention, strangers forming a considerable + portion of the auditory."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>It is worthy of remark, in connexion with this production of a + highly-gifted scholar and divine, whose name does honour to Trinity + College, Dublin, that Dr. Sullivan's <i>Lectures on the Constitution and + Laws of England</i>, which have since deservedly acquired so much fame, + were delivered in presence of only <i>three</i> individuals, Dr. Michael + Kearney and two others—surely no great encouragement to Irish + genius! In fact, the Irish long seemed unconscious of the merits of two + considerable works by sons of their own university,—Hamilton's + <i>Conic Sections</i> and Sullivan's <i>Lectures</i>; and hesitated to + praise, until the incense of fame arose to one from the literary altars + of Cambridge, and an English judge, Sir William Blackstone, authorised + the other.</p> + + <p>In the memoir to which I have referred, we find a complete list of the + many publications which Dr. Miller, "distinguished for his services in + theology and literature," sent forth from the press. We are likewise + informed that there are some unpublished letters from Hannah More, + Alexander Knox, and other distinguished characters, with whom Dr. Miller + was in the habit of corresponding.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Abhba</span>. + + <p><i>Anticipations of Modern Ideas or Inventions.</i>—In Vol. + iii., pp. 62. 69., are two interesting instances of this sort. In + Wilson's <i>Life of Defoe</i>, he gives the titles of two works which I + have often sought in vain, and which he classes amongst the writings of + that voluminous author. They run thus:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"<i>Augusta triumphans</i>, or the way to make London the most + flourishing city in the universe. I. By establishing a university where + gentlemen may have an academical education under the eye of their friends + [<i>the London University anticipated</i>]. II. To prevent much murder, + &c., by an hospital for foundlings. III. By suppressing pretended + madhouses, where many of the fair sex are unjustly confin'd while their + husbands keep mistresses, and many widows are lock'd up for the sake of + their jointures. IV. To save our youth from destruction by suppressing + gaming tables, and Sunday debauches. V. To avoid the expensive + importation of foreign musicians by promoting an academy of our own, + [<i>Anticipation of the Royal Academy of Music</i>], &c. &c. + London: T. Warner. 1728. 8vo."</p> + + <p>"<i>Second Thoughts are Best</i>; or a further Improvement of a late + Scheme to prevent Street Robberies, by which our Streets will be so + strongly guarded and so gloriously illuminated, that any Part of London + will be as safe and pleasant at Midnight as at Noonday; and Burglary + totally impracticable [<i>a remarkable anticipation of the present state + of things in the principal thoroughfares</i>]. With some Thoughts for + suppressing Robberies in all the Public Roads of England [<i>rural police + anticipated</i>]. Humbly offer'd for the Good of his Country, submitted + to the Consideration of Parliament, and dedicated to his Sacred Majesty + Geo. II., by Andrew Moreton, Esq. [supposed to be an assumed name; a + common practice of De Foe's]. London. W. Meadows, 1729."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author">R. D. H. + + <p>"<i>Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon!</i>"—The above text is + often quoted as not being in accordance with the present state of our + astronomical knowledge, and many well-known commentators on the Bible + have adopted the same opinion.</p> + + <p>I find Kitto, in the <i>Pictorial Bible</i>, characterising it as "an + example of those bold metaphors and poetical forms of expression with + which the Scriptures abound." Scott (edit. 1850) states that "it would + have been improper that he (Joshua) should speak, or that the miracle + should be recorded according to the terms of modern astronomy."</p> + + <p>Mant (edit. 1830) says: "It is remarkable that the terms in which this + event is recorded do not agree with what is now known rewarding the + motion of the heavenly bodies."</p> + + <p>Is it certain that Joshua's words are absolutely at variance and + irreconcileable with the present state of astronomical knowledge? + Astronomers allow that the sun is the centre and governing principle of + our system, and that it revolves on its axis. What readier means, then, + could Joshua have found for staying the motion of our planet, than by + commanding the revolving centre, in its inseparable connexion with all + planetary motion, to stand still?</p> + + <p class="author">I. K. + + <p><i>Langley's Polidore Vergile.</i>—At the back of the title of a + copy of Langley's <i>Abridgement of Polidore Vergile</i>, 8vo., Lond. + 1546, seen by Hearne in 1719, was the following MS. note:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"At Oxforde, the yere 1546, browt down to Seynbury by John Darbye, + pryse 14<i>d</i>. When I kept Mr. Letymer's shype I bout thys boke when + the Testament was obberagatyd that shepe herdys myght not red hit. I prey + God amende that blyndnes. Wryt by Robert Wyllyams, kepynge shepe uppon + Seynbury Hill."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>At the end of the dedication to Sir Ant. Denny is also written:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Robert Wyllyams Boke, bowgyt by John Darby at Oesforth, and brot to + Seynbury."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The Seynbury here mentioned was doubtless Saintbury in + Gloucestershire, on the borders of Worcestershire, near Chipping Campden, + and about four miles distant from Evesham.</p> + + <p class="author">P. B. + + <p><i>Luther and Ignatius Loyola.</i>—A parallel or counterpoising + view of these two characters has been quoted in several publications, + some of recent date; but in all it is attributed to a wrong source. Mr. + M<sup>c</sup>Gavin, in his <i>Protestant</i>, Letter CXL., (p. 582, ed. + 1846); Mr. Overbury, in his <i>Jesuits</i> (Lond. 1846), p. 8., and, of + course, the authority from which he borrows, Poynder's <i>History of the + Jesuits</i>; and Dr. Dowling's <i>Romanism</i>, p. 473. <!-- Page 138 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page138"></a>{138}</span>(ed. New York, + 1849)—all these give, as the authority for the contrasted + characters quoted, Damian's <i>Synopsis Societatis Jesu</i>. Nothing of + the kind appears <i>there</i>; but in the <i>Imago primi Sæculi Soc. + Jesu</i>, 1640, it will be found, p. 19.</p> + + <p>The misleader of these writers seems to have been Villers, in his + <i>Prize Essay on the Reformation</i>, or his annotator, Mills, p. + 374.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Novus</span>. + + <p>P.S. (Vol. ii., p. 375.).—The lines quoted by Dr. Pusey, I have + some notion, belong to a Romish, not a Socinian, writer.</p> + + <p><i>Winkel.</i>—I thought, some time since, that the places + bearing this name in England, were taken from the like German word, + signifying <i>a corner</i>. I find, on examination, that there is a + village in Rhenish Prussia named "Winkel." It seems that Charlemagne had + a wine-cellar there; so that that word is no doubt taken from the German + words <i>wein</i> and <i>keller</i>, from the Latin <i>vinum</i> and + <i>cella</i>.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Aredjid Kooez</span>. + + <p><i>Foreign Renderings.</i>—In addition to those given, I will + add the following, which I once came across at Salzburg:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"George Nelböck recommande l'hôtel aux <i>Trois Alliés</i>, vis-à-vis + de la maison paternelle du célèbre Mozart, lequel est nouvellement fourni + et offre tous les comforts à Mrs. les voyageurs."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Translated as follows:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"George Nelböck begs leave to <i>recommand</i> his hotel to the Three + Allied, situated <i>vis-à-vis</i> of the birth house of Mozart, which + offers all comforts to the <i>meanest</i> charges."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Also the following:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"M. Reutlinger (of Frankfort on Main) <i>takes</i> leave to + <i>recommande</i> his well furnished magazine of all kind of + travelling-luggage and <i>sadle</i>-works."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Aredjid Kooez</span>. + + <p><i>Samuel Johnson—Gilbert Wakefield.</i>—Whoever has had + much to do with the press will sympathise with <span class="sc">Mr. + Charles Knight</span> in all that he has stated ("<span class="sc">Notes + and Queries</span>," Vol. iii., p. 62.) respecting the + accidental—but not at first discovered—substitution of + <i>modern</i> for <i>moderate</i>. If that word <i>modern</i> had not + been detected till it was too late for an explanation on authority, what + strange conjectures would have been the consequence! Happily, <span + class="sc">Mr. Knight</span> was at hand to remove that + stumbling-block.</p> + + <p>I rather fancy that I can rescue Samuel Johnson from the fangs of + Gilbert Wakefield, by the supposition of an error of the press. In 1786, + Wakefield published an edition of Gray's <i>Poems</i>, with notes; and in + the last note on Gray's "Ode on the Death of a Cat," he thus animadverts + on Dr. Johnson:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Our critic exposes himself to reproof from the manner in which he has + conveyed his severe remark: <i>show a rhyme is sometimes made</i>. The + omission of the relative, a too common practice with our writers, is an + impropriety of the grossest kind: and which <i>neither gods or men</i>, + as one expresses himself, nor any language under heaven, can endure."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Now in Dr. Johnson's <i>Life of Gray</i>, we find this + sentence:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"In the first stanza 'the azure flowers that blow' show resolutely a + rhyme is sometimes made when it cannot easily be found."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>My notion is, that the word <i>how</i> has been omitted in the + printing, from the similarity of blow, show, how; and thus the sentence + will be—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"<i>The azure flowers that blow</i> show how resolutely a rhyme is + sometimes made when it cannot easily be found."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>But Gilbert Wakefield was a critic by profession, and apparently as + great in English as he was in Greek.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Varro.</span> + + <p><i>Passage in Gray's Elegy.</i>—I do not remember to have seen + noted the evident Lucretian origin of the verse—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn,</p> + <p class="i1">Nor busy housewife ply her evening care;</p> + <p>No children run to lisp their sire's return,</p> + <p class="i1">Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Compare Lucretius, lib. 3. v. 907.:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"At jam non domus accipiet te læta; neque uxor</p> + <p>Optima, nec dulces occurrent oscula nati</p> + <p>Præripere, et tacitâ pectus dulcedine tangent."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Echo</span>. + +<hr class="full" > + +<h2>Queries.</h2> + +<h3>BIBLIOGRAPHICAL QUERIES.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(<i>Continued from</i> Vol. iii., p. 87.)</p> + + <p>(39.) Does any one now feel inclined to vindicate for Inchofer, + Scioppius, Bariac, or Contarini, the authorship of the <i>Monarchia + Solipsorum</i>? Notwithstanding the testimony of the Venice edition of + 1652, as well as the very abundant evidence of successive witnesses, in + favour of the first-named writer, (whose claim has been recognised so + lately as the year 1790, by the <i>Indice Ultimo</i> of Madrid), can + there be the smallest doubt that the veritable inventor of this satire + upon the Jesuits was their former associate, <span + class="sc">Jules-Clement Scotti</span>? For the interpretation of his + pseudonyme, "Lucius Cornelius Europæus," see Niceron, <i>Mém.</i> xxxix. + 70-1.</p> + + <p>(40.) Mr. Cureton (<i>Ant. Syr. vers. of Ep. of S. Ignat.</i> Preface, + p. ii., Lond. 1845) has asserted that—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The first Epistles published, bearing the name of St. + Ignatius—one to the Holy Virgin, and two to the Apostle St. John, + in Latin,—were printed in the year 1495. Three years later there + appeared an edition of eleven Epistles, also in Latin, attributed to the + same <!-- Page 139 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page139"></a>{139}</span>holy Martyr. But nearly seventy years more + elapsed before any edition of these Epistles in Greek was printed. In + 1557, Val. Paceus published twelve," &c.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Two connected Queries may be founded upon this statement:—(1.) + Is not Mr. Cureton undoubtedly in error with respect to the year 1495? + for, if we may believe Orlandi, Maittaire, Fabricius (<i>B. G.</i>), and + Ceillier, the three Latin Epistles above named had been set forth + previously at Cologne, in 1478. (2.) By what mysterious species of + arithmetic can it be demonstrated that "nearly <i>seventy</i> years" + elapsed between 1498 and 1557? The process must be a somewhat similar one + to that by which "<span class="scac">A.D.</span> 360" is made equivalent + to "five-and-<i>twenty</i> years after the Council of Nice." (Pref., p. + xxxiv.) In the former instance "<i>seventy</i>" is hardly a literal + translation of Bishop Pearson's "<i>sexaginta</i>:" but whether these + miscalculations have been already adverted to, and subsequently amended, + or not, I cannot tell.</p> + + <p>(41.) In the same Preface (p. xxiv.) a very strange argument was put + forward, which, as we may learn from the last <i>Quarterly Review</i>, p. + 79., where it is satisfactorily refuted, has been since repeated by Mr. + Cureton. He maintains that the Syriac text of the Ignatian Epistles + cannot be an epitome, because that "we know of no instances of such + abridgment in any Christian writer." To commence with the West,—is + not Mr. Cureton acquainted with the manner in which Rufinus dealt with + the <i>History</i> of Eusebius? Have we here no specimens of + abbreviation; no allusion in the prologue to "omissis quæ videbantur + superflua?" Has Mr. C. never looked into that memorable combination of + the independent works of three contemporaries, entitled <i>Historia + Tripartita?</i> and, not to wander from the strictest bounds of + bibliography, will any one presume to boast of having a copy of this book + printed prior to that now near me, (a spectacle which De Bure could never + get a sight of), "per Iohannem Schüszler regie vrbis Augustensis ciuem," + anno 1472? But let us go to the East in search of compendiums. Did not + Theodorus Lector, early in the sixth century, reduce into a harmony the + compositions of Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodoret? How does Assemani speak + of the first two <span class="correction" title="text reads `patts'" + >parts</span> of the Ecclesiastical History of Zacharias Rhetor, supposed + to have been written <i>in Syriac</i>, about the year 540? "Prima est + <i>epitome</i> Socratis, altera Theodoreti." (<i>Biblioth. Orient.</i>, + tom. ii. cap. vii.) On this occasion, manifestly, ancient records are + encountered in an abridged Syriac form; a circumstance which will not + strengthen the Curetonian theory relative to the text of the Ignatian + Epistles. Again, bearing in mind the resemblance that exists between + passages in the interpolated Epistles and in the Apostolic Constitutions, + with the latter of which the <i>Didascalia</i> of Ignatius seems to have + been commingled, let us inquire, Did not Dr. Grabe, in his <i>Essay upon + the Doctrine of the Apostles</i>, published in 1711, unanswerably prove + that the <i>Syriac</i> copy of this <i>Didascalia</i> was much more + contracted than the <i>Arabic</i> one, or than the <i>Greek</i> + Constitutions of the Apostles? Is it not true that extracted portions of + these Constitutions are found in some old MS. collections of Canons? Has + not Cotelier furnished us with an "<i>Epitome</i>," compiled by + Metaphrastes from Clementine counterfeits, concerning the life of S. + Peter? And, to descend from the tenth to the sixteenth century, are we + not indebted to Carolus Capellius for an "<i>Epitome Apostolicarum + Constitutionum, in Creta insula repertarum</i>," 4to., Ingolstad. + 1546?</p> + + <p>(42.) When <span class="sc">Mr Merryweather</span> (Vol. iii., p. 60.) + was seeking for monastic notices of extreme longevity, did he always find + it feasible to meet with Ingulphus's History of Croyland Abbey "<i>apud + Wharton, Anglia Sacra</i>, 613?" and if it be not enough to have read an + account of an ecclesiastic who is said to have attained to the delectable + age of 168 years, is it not questionable that anything will suffice + except it be the narrative of the <i>Seven Sleepers</i>? The third + "Lectio" relating to these Champions of Christendom, as it is given in a + Vatican MS., makes the period of their slumber to have been about 370 + years. Who was the author of that finely-printed and illustrated quarto + volume, the <i>Sanctorum Septem Dormientium Historia, ex Ectypis Musei + Victorii expressa</i>, published, with the full approbation of the + Censors, Romæ, 1741? "Obscurus esse gestio" is his declaration about + himself (p. 63.). Has he remained incognito?</p> + + <p class="author">R. G. + +<hr class="short" > + +<h3>SHAKSPEARE'S "ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA."</h3> + + <p>The first scene of the third act of Shakspeare's play of "Antony and + Cleopatra," at first sight, appears to be totally unconnected with what + goes before and what follows. It may be observed that the dramas founded + on the Roman history are much more regular in their construction than + those founded on the English history. Indeed, with respect to the drama + in question, I am not aware of any scene, with the exception of that I + have mentioned, which does not bear more or less on the fortunes of the + personages from whom the play derives its name. Hence I am led to + conjecture that the dramatist here alludes to some event of the day, + which was well known to his audience. The speech of Ventidius seems to + point to something of the kind:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i10hg3">"O Silius, Silius!</p> + <p>I have done enough: a lower place, note well,</p> + <p>May make too great an act: for learn this, Silius;</p> + <p>Better leave undone, than by our deed acquire</p> + <p>Too high a fame, when him we serve's away," &c.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Some of your numerous readers will doubtless <!-- Page 140 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page140"></a>{140}</span>be able to inform me + whether there is any instance in the annals of that age of an inferior + officer outshining his superior, and being cashiered or neglected in + consequence.</p> + + <p>Malone assigns to the play the date of 1608.</p> + + <p class="author">X. Z. + +<hr class="short" > + +<h3>GREENE'S "GROATSWORTH OF WITTE."</h3> + + <p>The interesting article by the <span class="sc">Hermit of + Holyport</span>, on the early German translation of Greene's <i>Quip for + an Upstart Courtier</i>, will, I am sure, be read with attention by all + lovers of our early literature. My object in addressing you on the + subject is to draw the attention of your foreign correspondents, and + perhaps the notice of your new contemporary, to the great importance of + discovering whether the <i>Groatsworth of Witte</i> was also translated + into German. The earliest edition I have seen is that of 1617, but it was + printed as early as 1592; and I have long been curious to ascertain + whether the remarkable passage respecting Shakspeare has descended to us + in its genuine state. In the absence of the English edition of 1592, this + information might be obtained from a translation published before 1617. + Perhaps, however, some of your readers may be able to point out the + existence of an earlier edition. I have sought for that of 1592 for + several years without any success.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. O. Halliwell</span>. + +<hr class="full" > + +<h2>Minor Queries.</h2> + + <p><i>Fronte Capillatâ.</i>—The following lines recurred to my + memory after reading in your last number the translation of the epigram + by Pasidippus in the article on "Fronte capillatâ," &c.; it is many + years since I read them, but have forgotten where. Can you or any of your + correspondents inform me who is the author of them?</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Oh! who art thou so fast proceeding,</p> + <p class="i1">Ne'er glancing back thine eyes of flame?</p> + <p>Known but to few, through earth I'm speeding,</p> + <p class="i1">And Opportunity's my name.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"What form is that, that scowls beside thee?</p> + <p class="i1">Repentance is the form you see;</p> + <p>Learn then the fate may yet betide thee,</p> + <p class="i1">She seizes them, who seize not me."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Henry M. Burt</span>. + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Gibson Square, Feb. 4. 1851.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Prayer of Bishop of Nantes.</i>—In Allison's <i>History of + the French Revolution</i>, ed. 1849, at page 432. vol. i., there occurs + the following passage:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The Bishop of Nancy commenced, as customary, with the prayer: + 'Receive, O God, the homage of the Clergy, the respects of the Noblesse, + and the humble supplications of the Tiers Etat.'"</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This formula was, the historian tells us, received with a storm of + disapprobation by the third order. Will any of your contributors be so + obliging as to inform me where the form of prayer spoken of as + <i>customary</i> is to be found?</p> + + <p class="author">J. M. + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Liverpool.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Advantage of a Bad Ear.</i>—Can any of your readers supply + the name of the man of mark in English history, who says "he encouraged + in himself a bad ear, because it enabled him to enjoy music he would not + have enjoyed without?"</p> + + <p>I have looked through the lives of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Hampden, + Hobbes, Andrew Marvell, and Fletcher of Saltoun, without finding it; + though it is possible it may be in some of these after all. The list + given will point to the kind of personage in question.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Tn</span>. + + <p><i>Imputed Letters of Sullustius or Sallustius</i> (Vol. iii., p. + 62.).—I am sorry to say that the printer has completely spoiled my + Query, by printing <i>Sullustius</i> instead of <i>Sallustius</i> + throughout the whole article. I subjoin a few more particulars concerning + them. In the edition printed at Cambridge (4to. 1710), and published + under the auspices of the learned Wasse, they are included. They are + there entitled <i>Orationes ad C. Cæsarem, de Republica Ordinanda</i>. + Cortius rejects them, and De Brosses accepts them. Douza, Crispinus, + Perizonius, Clericus, &c., all speak in favour of their authenticity. + Allen does not mention them, and Anthon rejects them entirely. With these + additional hints I doubt not but that some of your obliging + correspondents will be able to give me a reply.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie.</span> + + <p><i>Rev. W. Adams.</i>—When did Mr. Adams, the accomplished + author of the <i>Sacred Allegories</i>, die? This is unaccountably + omitted in the "Memoir" prefixed to the collected edition of his + <i>Allegories</i> (London, Rivingtons, 1849). Can any characteristic + anecdote be related of him, suitable for giving <i>point</i> to a sketch + of his life for foreign readers?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">George Stephens.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Stockholm.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Mr. Beard, Vicar of Greenwich.</i>—Any information relating + to "Mr. Beard, Vicar of Greenwich," who, in the year 1563, was + recommended by Loftus, Archbishop of Armagh, and Brady, Bishop of Meath, + as a proper person to be preferred to the bishopric of Kildare, will be + very acceptable to—</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Spes.</span> + + <p><i>Goddard's History of Lynn.</i>—It has been always understood + that Mr. Guybon Goddard (who was Recorder of this borough in 1651 or + thereabouts) collected a quantity of materials for a history of Lynn, and + that in 1677 or 1678 an offer to purchase them was made by the + corporation to his son, Thomas Goddard, but it seems without success. The + fact of such materials having been <!-- Page 141 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page141"></a>{141}</span>collected is recognised + by Goddard's brother-in-law, Sir Wm. Dugdale (who refers to it in some + part of his works), as also by Parkin, in his <i>History of Freebridge + and King's Lynn</i>, p. 293., where he is called a curious collector of + antiquities. My Query is, Can any of your correspondents inform me where + this collection can be met with?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">John Nurse Chadwick.</span> + + <p><i>Sir Andrew Chadwick.</i>—It is stated that on the 18th Jan. + 1709-10, Sir Andrew Chadwick, of St. James's, Westminster, was knighted + by Queen Anne for some service done to her, it is supposed for rescuing + her when thrown from her horse. Can any of your correspondents inform me + if such was the fact, and from what source they derive their + information?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">John Nurse Chadwick.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>King's Lynn.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Sangaree.</i>—Your periodical having been the means of + eliciting some interesting particulars respecting the origin of the word + <i>grog</i>, perhaps you will allow me to claim a similar distinction for + the word <i>sangaree</i>. You are aware that this word is applied, in the + West Indies, to a beverage composed of Madeira wine, syrup, water, and + nutmeg. The French call it <i>sangris</i>, in allusion, it is supposed, + to the colour of the beverage, which when mixed has the appearance, as it + were, of grey blood <i>(sang gris)</i>: but as there is reason to believe + that the English were the first to introduce the use of the thing, they + having been the first to introduce its principal ingredient, Madeira + wine, I am disposed to look upon <i>sangaree</i> as the original word, + and <i>sangris</i> as nothing more than a corruption of it. Can any of + your readers (among whom I trust there are many retired West India + planters) give the etymology of this word?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Henry H. Breen.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>St. Lucia, Dec. 1850.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>King John at Lincoln.</i>—Matthew Paris, under the year 1200, + gives an account of King John's visiting Lincoln to meet William, king of + Scots, and to receive his homage:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Ubi Rex Johannes, [he says] contra consilium multorum, intravit + civitatem intrepidus, quod nullus antecessorum suorum attentare ausus + fuerat."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>My Query is, What were they afraid of?</p> + + <p class="author">C. W. B. + + <p><i>Canes lesi.</i>—May I also put a question with respect to an + ancient tenure in Dorsetshire, recorded by Blount, edit. 1679, p. + 46.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Juliana, &c., tenuit dimidiam hidam terræ, &c., per + serjantiam custodiendi <i>Canes</i> Domini Regis <i>lesos</i>, si qui + fuerint, quotiescunque Dominus Rex fugaverit in Forestâ suâ de + <i>Blakemore</i>: et ad dandum unum denarium ad clancturam Parci Domini + Regis de <i>Gillingham</i>."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Blount's explanation of <i>Canes lesos</i>, is "leash hounds or park + hounds, such as draw after a hurt deer in a leash, or liam;" but is there + any reason why we should not adopt the more simple rendering of "hurt + hounds;" and suppose that Dame Juliana was matron of the Royal Dorset Dog + Hospital?</p> + + <p>Ducange gives no such word as <i>lesus</i>; neither does he nor any + authority, to which I have access, help me to understand the word + <i>clanctura</i>. I trust, however, that some of your correspondents + will.</p> + + <p class="author">C. W. B. + + <p><i>Headings of Chapters in English Bibles.</i>—The arguments or + contents which are prefixed to each chapter of our English Bibles seem + occasionally to vary; some being more full and comprehensive than others. + When and by whom were they compiled? what authority do they possess? and + where can we meet with any account of them?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Liturgicus.</span> + + <p><i>Abbot Eustacius and Angodus de Lindsei.</i>—Can any of your + learned readers inform me in what reign an Abbot <i>Eustacius</i> + flourished? He is witness to a charter of Ricardus de Lindsei, on his + granting twelve denarii to St. Mary of <i>Greenfeld</i>, in Lincolnshire: + there being no date, I am anxious to ascertain its antiquity. He is there + designated "<i>Eustacius Abbe Flamoei</i>." Also witnessed by Willo' + decano de Hoggestap, Roberto de Wells, Eudene de Bavent, Radulpho de + Neuilla, &c. The latter appears in the Doomsday Book. The charter is + to be found among Ascough's Col., B. M.</p> + + <p>I should also be glad to know whether the Christian name + <i>Angodus</i> be German, Norman, or Saxon. Angodus de Lindsei grants a + carrucate of land in Hedreshille to St. Albans, in the time of the + Conqueror. If this person assumed the name of <i>Lindsei</i> previous to + the Doomsday inquisition, ought not his name to have appeared in the + Doomsday Book,—he who could afford to make a grant of 100 acres of + land to the Abbey of St. Albans?</p> + + <p class="author">J. L. + + <p><i>Oration against Demosthenes.</i>—Mr. Harris of Alexandria + made a discovery, some years ago, of a fragment of an oration against + Demosthenes. Can you, or any of your kind correspondents, favour me with + an account of it? I cannot recall the particulars of the discovery, but I + believe the oration, with a <i>fac-simile</i>, was privately printed.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie.</span> + + <p><i>Pun.</i>—<span class="scac">C. H. KENYON</span> (Vol. iii., + p. 37.) asks if Milton could have seriously perpetrated the pun "each + tome a tomb." I doubt whether he intended it for a pun. But his Query + induces me to put another. Whence and when did the aversion to, and + contempt for, a pun arise? Is it an offshoot from the Reformation? Our + Catholic fellow-countrymen surely felt no such aversion; for the claim + which they make of supremacy for <!-- Page 142 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page142"></a>{142}</span>their church is based + upon a pun, and that a very sorry one.</p> + + <p class="author">A. R. + + <p><i>Sonnet (query by Milton?)</i> (Vol. iii., p. 37.).—May I + inquire from your correspondent whether he possesses the book, <i>A + Collection of Recente and Witty Pieces by Several Eminente Hands</i>, + London, 1628, from which this sonnet is stated to be extracted. The lines + look suspiciously modern, and I should, before making any further + observations upon them, be glad to be assured of their authenticity + through the medium of your pages.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Jas. Crossley</span>. + + <p><i>Medal given to Howard.</i>—Hepworth Dixon, in his <i>Life of + Howard</i>, mentions a Russian General Bulgarhow, who was presented by + his countrymen with a gold medal, as "one who had deserved well of his + country." The General's reply stated that <i>his</i> services to mankind + reached his own country only; but there <i>was</i> a man whose + extraordinary philanthropy took in all the world,—who had already, + with infinite toil and peril, extended his humanity to all + nations,—and who was therefore alone worthy of such a distinction; + to him, his master in benevolence, he should send the medal! And he did + so. Can any of your readers inform me who now possesses this medal, and + where it is to be found?</p> + + <p class="author">W. A. + + <p><i>Withers' Devil at Sarum</i>.—Where is Withers' <i>Devil at + Sarum</i>, mentioned in Hudibras, to be met with? It is not in any of his + collected works that I have seen.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">James Waylen</span>. + + <p><i>Election of a Pope.</i>—I have read somewhere that some + cardinals assembled in a water-closet in order to elect a pope. Can any + of your readers refer me to any book where such a fact is mentioned?</p> + + <p class="author">T. + + <p><i>Battle in Wiltshire</i>.—A pamphlet dated (in MS.) Dec. 12. + 1642, describes an engagement as taking place in Wiltshire between Rupert + and Skippon. If this be so, how comes it to pass that not only the + general histories are silent as to the event, but that even the + newspapers omit it? We know that Rupert was at the sack of Cirencester, + in February, 1642-3; and Cirencester is on the borders of Wiltshire: but + is there any authority for the first-mentioned visit to this county, + during the period from the affair at Brentford to the taking of + Cirencester?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">James Waylen</span>. + + <p><i>Colonel Fell</i>.—Can you inform me who are the + representatives or descendants of Lieut.-Colonel Robert Edward Fell, of + St. Martin's in the Fields, London, where he was living in the year 1770? + He was the great-grandson of Thomas Fell, of Swarthmore Hall, co. + Lancaster, Esq., Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster during the + Commonwealth, whose widow married George Fox, founder of the Quakers.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">De H</span>. + + <p><i>Tennyson's "In Memoriam."</i>—Perhaps some of your readers + may be able to explain the reference in the following verse, the first in + this beautiful series of poems:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"I held it truth, with him who sings</p> + <p>To one clear harp in divers tones,</p> + <p>That men may rise on stepping-stones</p> + <p>Of their dead selves to higher things."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>The following stanza, also in the poem numbered 87., much needs + interpretation:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Or cooled within the glooming wave,—</p> + <p>And last, returning from afar,</p> + <p><i>Before the crimson-circled star</i></p> + <p><i>Had fallen into her father's grave.</i>"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author">W. B. H. + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Manchester.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Magnum Sedile.</i>—Can any of your correspondents throw light + on the singular arched recesses, sometimes (though rarely) to be found on + the south side of chancels, west of the sedilia. The name of <i>magnum + sedile</i> has been given to them, I know not on what authority; but if + they were intended to be used as stalls of dignity for special occasions, + they would hardly have been made so wide and low as they are generally + found. A good example occurs at Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire,—certainly + not monumental; and another (but more like a tomb) at Merton, near + Oxford, engraved in the <i>Glossary of Architecture</i>. Why should they + not have been intended for the holy sepulchre at Easter? as I am not + aware that these were necessarily restricted to the north side. Is there + any instance of a recess of this kind on the south side, and an Easter + sepulchre on the north, in the same church?</p> + + <p class="author">C. R. M. + + <p><i>Ace of Diamonds—the Earl of Cork.</i>—In addition to + the <i>soubriquets</i> bestowed upon the nine of diamonds of "the Curse + of Scotland," and that of "the Grace Card," given to the six of hearts + (Vol. i., pp. 90. 119.), there is yet another, attached to the ace of + diamonds, which is everywhere in Ireland denominated "the Earl of Cork," + the origin of which I should be glad to know.</p> + + <p class="author">E. S. T. + + <p><i>Closing of Rooms on account of Death.</i>—In the + <i>Spectator</i>, No. 110., July, 1711, one of Addison's papers on Sir + Roger de Coverley, the following passage occurs:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"My friend, Sir Roger, has often told me with a good deal of mirth, + that at his first coming to his estate he found three parts of his house + altogether useless; that the best room in it had the reputation of being + haunted, and by that means was locked up; that noises had been heard in + his long gallery, so that he could not get a servant to enter it after + eight o'clock at night; that the door of one of his chambers was nailed + up, because there went a story in the family that a butler had formerly + hanged himself in it; and that his mother, who lived to a great age, had + shut up half the rooms in the house, in which either her husband, a son, + <!-- Page 143 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page143"></a>{143}</span>or daughter had died. The knight seeing + his habitation reduced to so small a compass, and himself in a manner + shut out of his own house, upon the death of his mother ordered all the + apartments to be flung open, and exorcised by his chaplain, who lay in + every room one after another, and by that means dissipated the fears + which had so long reigned in the family."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The practice of shutting up rooms in which members of the family had + died was retained up to the end of the last century. I learn from a + friend that, in a country house in the south of England, his mother's + apartment, consisting of a sitting-room, bed-room, and dressing-room, was + closed at her death in 1775. The room in which his grandfather had died + in 1760 was likewise closed. These four rooms were kept locked up, with + the shutters shut, till the year 1793, when the next owner came into + possession, who opened them, and caused them to be again used. Probably + other cases of the same sort may be known to your correspondents, as + having occurred in the last century; but the custom appears to be now + extinct.</p> + + <p class="author">L. + + <p><i>Standfast's Cordial Comforts.</i>—I have lately procured a + copy of an interesting book, entitled</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"A Little Handful of Cordial Comforts: scattered throughout several + Answers to Sixteen Questions and Objections following. By Richard + Standfast, M.A., Rector of Christ Church in Bristol, and Chaplain in + Ordinary to King Charles II. Sixth Edition. Bristol, 1764. 18mo. pp. + 94."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Can any of your readers give me further particulars of Mr. Standfast, + or tell me where to find them? In what year was the work first published? + It was reprinted in Bristol in 1764, "for Mr. Standfast Smith, + apothecary, great-grandson of the author." Has any later edition + appeared?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Abhba.</span> + + <p><i>"Predeceased" and "Designed."</i>—J. Dennistoun, in his + <i>Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino</i>, ii. p. 239., says—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"His friend the cardinal had lately predeceased him."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Can any of your readers give me an instance from any one of our + standard classical authors of a verb active "to decease"?</p> + + <p>The same author uses the word <i>designed</i> several times in the + sense of <i>designated</i>. I should be glad of a few authorities for the + use of the word in this sense.</p> + + <p class="author">W. A. + + <p><i>Lady Fights at Atherton.</i>—A poem, published in 1643, in + honour of the King's successes in the West, has the following reference + to a circumstance connected with Fairfax's retreat at Atherton Moor:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"When none but lady staid to fight."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>I should be glad to learn to what this refers, and whether or not the + real story formed the basis of De Foe's account of the fighting lady at + Thame, laid about the same period, viz. the early part of the year + 1643.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">James Waylen</span> + + <p><i>Sketches of Civil War Garrisons, &c.</i>—During the civil + war, sketches and drawings were, no doubt, made of the lines drawn about + divers garrisons. Some few of these have from time to time appeared as + woodcuts: but I have a suspicion that several remain only in MS. still. + If any of your readers can direct me to any collection of them in the + British Museum or Oxford, they would shorten a search that has long been + made in vain.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">James Waylen.</span> + + <p><i>"Jurat? crede minus:" Epigram.</i>—Can any of your learned + readers inform me by whom the following epigram was written? I lately + heard it applied, in conversation, to the Jesuits, but I think it is of + some antiquity:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Jurat? crede minus: non jurat? credere noli:</p> + <p>Jurat, non jurat? hostis ab hoste cave."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author">F. R. R. + + <p><i>Meaning of Gulls.</i>—What is the origin of the word "gulls," + as applied in Wensleydale (North York) to hasty-pudding, which is a + mixture of oatmeal and milk or water boiled?</p> + + <p class="author">D. 2. + + <p><i>The Family of Don.</i>—Can any of your correspondents furnish + me with information regarding the family of Don, of Pitfichie, near + Monymusk, Aberdeenshire; or trace how they were connected with the Dons + of Newton Don, Roxburghshire?</p> + + <p class="author">A. A. + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Abridge.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Wages in the last Century.</i>—I should like to have any + particulars of the price of labour at various periods in the last + century, especially the wages of domestic servants. May I be permitted to + mention that I am collecting anecdotes of the manners and customs, social + and domestic, of our grandfathers, and should be much obliged for any + curious particulars of their ways of living, their modes of travelling, + or any peculiarities of their daily life? I am anxious to form a museum + of the characteristic curiosities of the century; its superstitions, its + habits, and its diversions.</p> + + <p class="author">A. A. + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Abridge.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Woman, Lines on.</i>—Can any of your correspondents inform me + who was the author of the following lines:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i10hg3">"She was ——</p> + <p>But words would fail to tell her worth: think</p> + <p>What a woman ought to be,</p> + <p>And she was that."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>They are to be found on several tombstones throughout the country.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Scrutator.</span> + +<p><!-- Page 144 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page144"></a>{144}</span></p> + +<hr class="full" > + +<h2>Replies.</h2> + +<h3>THE EPISCOPAL MITRE AND PAPAL TIARA.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. iii., p. 62.)</p> + + <p>In answer to the question of an "<span class="sc">Inquirer</span>" + respecting the origin of the peculiar form and first use of the episcopal + mitre, I take the liberty of suggesting that it will be found to be of + Oriental extraction, and to have descended from that country, either + directly, or through the medium of other nations, to the ecclesiastics of + Christian Rome. The writers of the Romish, as well as Reformed Churches, + now admit, that most, if not all, of the external symbols, whether of + dress or ceremonial pageantry, exhibited by the Roman Catholic + priesthood, were adopted from the Pagans, under the plea of being + "indifferent in themselves, and applicable as symbolical in their own + rites and usages" (Marangoni, <i>Delle cose gentili e profane trasportate + nel uso ed ornamento delle chiesi</i>); in the same manner as many Romish + customs were retained at the Reformation for the purpose of inducing the + Papists to "come in," and conform to the other changes then made + (Southey, <i>History of the Church</i>). Thus, while the disciples of Dr. + Pusey extract their forms and symbols from the practices of Papal Rome, + the disciples of the Pope deduce theirs from the practices of Pagan + Rome.</p> + + <p>With this preface I proceed to show that the episcopal <i>mitre</i> + and the papal <i>tiara</i> are respectively the copies each of a distinct + head-dress originally worn by the kings of Persia and the conterminous + countries, and by the chiefs of their priesthood, the Magi. The + nomenclature alone indicates a foreign extraction. It comes to us through + the Romans from the Greeks; both of which nations employed the terms + <span title="mitra" class="grk">μίτρα</span>, + Lat. <i>mitra</i>, and <span title="tiara" class="grk" + >τιάρα</span>, Lat. <i>tiara</i>, to designate + two different kinds of covering for the head in use amongst the Oriental + races, each one of a distinct and peculiar form, though as being + foreigners, and consequently not possessing the technical accuracy of a + native, they not unfrequently confound the two words, and apply them + indiscriminately to both objects. Strictly speaking, the Greek <span + title="mitra" class="grk">μίτρα</span>, in its + primitive notion, means a long <i>scarf</i>, whence it came to signify, + in a secondary sense, various articles of attire composed with a scarf, + and amongst others the Oriental <i>turban</i> (Herod. vii. 62.). But as + we descend in time, and remove in distance from the country where this + object was worn, we find that the Romans affixed another notion to the + word, which they used very commonly to designate the Asiatic or Phrygian + cap (Virg. <i>Æn.</i> iv. 216.; Servius, l.c.); and this sense has + likewise been adopted in our own language:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"That Paris now with his unmanly sort,</p> + <p>With <i>mitred</i> hat."—Surrey, Virgil, <i>Æn.</i> iv.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Thus the word <i>mitra</i> in its later usage came to signify a + <i>cap</i> or <i>bonnet</i>, instead of a turban; and it is needless to + observe that the priests of a religion comparatively modern, when they + adopted the term, would have taken it in the sense which was current at + their own day. Now, though the common people were not permitted to wear + high bonnets, nor of any other than a soft and flexible material, the + kings and personages of distinction had theirs of a lofty form, and + stiffened for the express purpose of making them stand up at an imposing + elevation above the crown of the head. In the national collection at + Paris there is preserved an antique gem, engraved by Caylus (<i>Recueil + d'Antiq.</i>, vol. ii. p. 124.), on which is engraved the head of some + Oriental personage, probably a king of Parthia, Persia, or Armenia, who + wears a tall upstanding bonnet, <i>mitred</i> at the top exactly like a + bishop's, with the exception that it has three incisions at the side + instead of a single one. These separate incisions had no doubt a + symbolical meaning amongst the native races, although their allusive + properties are unknown to us; but it is not an unwarrantable inference, + nor inconsistent with the customs of these nations as enduring at this + day, to conclude that the numbers of one, two, or three, were + appropriated as distinctions of different degrees in rank; and that their + priests, the Magi, like those of other countries where the sovereign did + not invest himself with priestly dignities, imitated the habiliments as + they assumed the powers of the sovereign, and wore a bonnet closely + resembling his in form and dignity, with the difference of one large + <i>mitre</i> at each side, in place of the three smaller ones.</p> + + <p>If this account be true respecting the origin of the mitre, it will + lead us by an easy step to determine the place where it was first + used—at Antioch, the "Queen of the East," where, as we are told in + the Acts of the Apostles, the followers of Christ were first called + "Christians;" thus indicating that they were sufficiently numerous and + influential to be distinguished as a separate class in that city, while + those in Rome yet remained despised and unknown. Antioch was the imperial + residence of the Macedonian dynasty, which succeeded Alexander, who + himself assumed the upright bonnet of the Persian king (Arrian. iv. 7.), + and transmitted it to his successors, who ruled over Syria for several + hundred years, where its form would be ready at hand as a model + emblematic of authority for the bishop who ruled over the primitive + church in those parts.</p> + + <p>The tiara of the popes has, in like manner, an Eastern origin; but + instead of being adopted by them directly from its native birth-place, it + descended through Etruria to the Pagan priesthood of ancient Rome, and + thence to the head of the Roman Catholic Church. The <span title="tiara" class="grk" + >τιάρα</span> of the Greeks, and <i>tiara</i> + of the Latins, expresses the cloth cap or <i>fez</i> of the Parthians, + Persians, Armenians, &c., <!-- Page 145 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page145"></a>{145}</span>which was a low scull-cap amongst the + commonalty, but a stiff and elevated covering for the kings and + personages of distinction (Xen. <i>Anab.</i> ii. 5, 23.). This imposing + tiara is frequently represented on ancient monuments, where it varies in + some details, though always preserving the characteristic peculiarity of + a tall upright head-dress. It is sometimes truncated at its upper + extremity, at others a genuine round-topped bonnet, like the Phrygian cap + when pulled out to its full length, and stiffened so as to stand + erect—each a variety of form peculiar to certain classes or degrees + of rank, which at this period we are not able to decide and distinguish + with certainty. But on a bas-relief from Persepolis, supposed to have + belonged to the palace of Cyrus, and engraved by Ferrario (<i>Costume + dell' Asia</i>, vol. iii. tav. 47.), may be seen a bonnet shaped very + much like a beehive, the exact type of the papal tiara, with three bands + (the <i>triregno</i>) round its sides, and only wanting the cross at the + summit, and the strawberry-leaved decoration, to distinguish it from the + one worn by Pio Nono: and on a medal of Augustus, engraved on a larger + scale in Rich's <i>Companion to the Latin Dictionary</i>, art. Tutulus, + we find this identical form, with an unknown ornament of the top, for + which the popes substituted a cross, reappearing on the skull of a pagan + priest. I may add that the upright tiaras represented on works of ancient + art, which can be proved, or are known to be worn by royal personages, + are truncated at the summit; whence it does not seem an improper + inference to conclude that the round and conical ones belonged to persons + inferior to the kings alone in rank and influence, the Magi; which is the + more probable, since it is clear that they were adopted by the highest + priests of two other religions, those of Pagan and of Christian Rome.</p> + + <p>If space admits, I would also add that the official insignia and + costume of a cardinal are likewise derived from the pagan usages of + Greece. Amongst his co-religionists he is supposed to symbolize one of + the Apostles of Christ, who went forth ill clothed and coarsely shod to + preach the Gospel; whereas, in truth, his comfortable hat, warm cloak, + and showy stockings, are but borrowed plumage from the ordinary + travelling costume of a Greek <i>messenger</i> (<span title="apostolos" class="grk" + >ἀποστόλος</span>). + The sentiment of travelling is always conveyed in the ancient bas-reliefs + and vase paintings by certain conventional signs or accessories bestowed + upon the figure represented, viz., a broad-brimmed and low-crowned hat + (<span title="petasos" class="grk" + >πέτασος</span>, Lat. + <i>petasus</i>), with long ties (<i>redimicula</i>) hanging from its + sides, which served to fasten it under the chin, or sling it behind at + the nape of the neck when not worn upon the head; a wrapping cloak (<span + title="himation" class="grk" + >ἱμάτιον</span>, Lat. + <i>pallium</i>) made of coarse material instead of fine lamb's wool; and + a pair of stout travelling boots laced round the legs with leathern + thongs (<span title="endromides" class="grk" + >ἐνδρομίδες</span>), + more serviceable for bad roads and rough weather than their + representatives, red silk stockings. All these peculiarities may be seen + in the following engravings (Winhelm. <i>Mon. Ined. Tratt., Prelim.</i>, + p. xxxv.; Id., tav. 85.; <i>Rich's Companion</i>, art. "Ceryx" and + "Pallium").</p> + + <p>I regret that the nature of your publication does not admit the + introduction of woodcuts, which would have enabled me to present your + readers with the best of all demonstrations for what I advance. In + default of that I have endeavoured to point out the most compendious and + accessible sources where the figures I refer to may be seen in + engravings. But if any reader of <span class="sc">"Notes and + Queries"</span> should not have an opportunity of consulting the books + cited, and is desirous of pursuing the investigation to satisfy himself, + I would willingly transmit to him a drawing of the objects mentioned + through Mr. Bell, or any other channel deemed more convenient.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">A. Rich, junr.</span> + + <p><i>The Episcopal Mitre</i> (Vol. iii., p. 62.)—Godwyn, in his + <i>Moses and Aaron</i>, London, 1631, b. i., c. 5., says that—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"A miter of fine linnen sixteene cubits long, wrapped about his head, + and a plate of purple gold, or holy crowne, two fingers broad, whereon + was graven Holinesse to the Lord, which was tied with a blew lace upon + the forefront of the miter,"</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>was that "which shadowed and signified the kingly office of our + Saviour Christ," in the apparel of the Jewish high priest, and ordered + (Lev. xvi. 4.): and again, in his <i>Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia</i>, + Oxford, 1631, lib. iii. sec. 1. cap. 8., he says that the</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"<i>Mitra</i> did signifie a certaine attire for women's heads, as a + coife or such like."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>For further illustration see Virgil's <i>Æneid</i>, lib. iv. l. + 216.:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Mæoniâ mentum mitrâ crinemque madentem."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Again, lib. ix. l. 616.:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Et tunicæ manicas et habent redimicula mitræ."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>During the ennobling of the clergy by the Roman emperors, in the + seventh and eighth centuries, a crown was found necessary, and anciently + cardinals wore mitres; but, at the council of Lyons, in 1245, they were + appointed to wear hats.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Blowen.</span> + + <p><i>The Episcopal Mitre</i> (Vol. iii., p. 62.).—<span + class="sc">An Inquirer</span> will find much curious matter respecting + the mitre, collected both from classical writers and antiquaries, in + <i>Explications de plusieurs Textes difficiles de l'Ecriture par le R. P. + Dom.</i> [<i>Martin</i>], 4to., à Paris, 1730. To any one ambitious of + learnedly occupying some six or seven columns of <span class="sc">"Notes + and Queries"</span> the ample foot references are very tempting; I + content myself with transcribing two or three of the entries in the + index:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p><i>"Mitre des anciens, leur nature, et leur forme; était la <!-- Page + 146 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page146"></a>{146}</span>marque du + Sacerdoce; se portait ordinairement à la tête, et quelquefois aux mains. + Forme des mitres dans leur origine, et dans les tems postérieurs,</i>" + &c.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This dissertation, which is illustrated by several plates, will repay + for the time spent in reading it. I presume <span + class="sc">Inquirer</span> is acquainted with Godwyn's <i>Moses and + Aaron</i>, where he will find something.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. Dn.</span> + + <p><i>Episcopal Mitre.</i>—The origin of the peculiar form of the + episcopal mitre is the cloven tongues which descended on the Apostles on + the day of Pentecost, with the gift of the Holy Spirit. Of this the mitre + is an emblem.</p> + + <p class="author">L. M. M. R. + +<hr class="short" > + +<h3>DRYDEN'S ESSAY UPON SATIRE.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. ii., pp. 422. 462.)</p> + + <p>The Query proposed by your correspondent, as to the authorship of the + <i>Essay on Satire</i>, is a very interesting one, and I am rather + surprised that it has not yet been replied to. In favour of your + correspondent's view, and I think it is perhaps the strongest argument + which can be alleged, is Dean Lockier's remark:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Could anything be more impudent than his (Sheffield's) publishing + that satire, for writing which Dryden was beaten in Rose Alley (and which + was so remarkably known by the name of the 'Rose Alley Satire') as his + own? Indeed he made a few alterations in it, but these were only verbal, + and generally for the worse."—Spence's <i>Anecdotes</i>, edit. + Singer, p. 64.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Dean Lockier, it must be observed, was well acquainted with Dryden + from 1685 to the time of his death; and appears to speak so positively + that he would seem to have acquired his knowledge from Dryden's own + information. His first introduction to that great poet arose from an + observation made in Dryden's hearing about his Mac Fleckno; and it is + therefore the more likely that he would be correctly informed as to the + author's other satires. Dean Lockier was, it may be added, a good critic; + and his opinions on literary subjects are so just, that it is to be + regretted we have only very few of them.</p> + + <p>I confess I do not attach much weight to the argument arising from the + lines on the Earl of Mulgrave himself contained in the poem. To transfer + suspicion from himself, in so general a satire, it was necessary to + include his own name amongst the rest; but, though the lines are somewhat + obscure, it is, after all, as respects him, compared with the other + persons mentioned, a very gentle flagellation, and something like what + children call a make-believe. Indeed Rochester, in a letter to his friend + Henry Saville (21st Nov. 1679), speaks of it as a panegyric.</p> + + <p>On the other hand, Mulgrave expressly denied Dryden's being the + author, in the lines in his <i>Essay on Poetry</i>,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Tho' praised and punished for another's rhymes."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>and by inference claimed the poem, or at least the lines on Rochester, + as his own. Dryden, in the Preface to his Virgil, praises the <i>Essay on + Poetry</i> in the highest terms; but says not a word to dispute + Mulgrave's statement, though he might then have safely claimed the + <i>Essay on Satire</i>, if his own; and though he must have been aware + that, by his silence, he was virtually resigning his sole claim to its + authorship. It was subsequently included in Mulgrave's works, and has + ever since gone under the joint names of himself and Dryden.</p> + + <p>On the question of internal evidence critics differ. Your + correspondent can see in it no hand but Dryden's; while Malone will + scarcely allow that Dryden made even a few verbal alterations in it + (Life, p. 130.); and Sir Walter Scott is not inclined to admit any + further participation on the part of the great poet than "a few hints for + revision," and denies its merit altogether—a position in which I + think very few, who carefully peruse it, will agree with him.</p> + + <p>I am disposed to take a middle course between your correspondent and + Dryden's two biographers, and submit that there is quite sufficient + internal evidence of joint ownership. I cannot think such lines + as—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"I, who so wise and humble seem to be,</p> + <p>Now my own vanity and pride can't see;"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>or,—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"I, who have all this while been finding fault,</p> + <p>E'en with my master who first satire taught,</p> + <p>And did by that describe the task so hard,</p> + <p>It seems stupendious, and above reward."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>or,—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"To tell men freely of their foulest faults,</p> + <p>To laugh at their vain deeds and vainer thoughts:"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>would proceed from Dryden, while it is to be noticed that the + inharmonious rhymes "faults" and "thoughts" were favourites of Mulgrave, + and occur twice in his <i>Essay on Poetry</i>.</p> + + <p>Neither can I doubt that the verses on Shaftesbury,—the four + "will any dog;" the four "For words and wit did anciently agree," the + four "Mean in each action;" the two "Each pleasure has its + price"—are Dryden's additions, with many others, which a careful + reader will instantly appropriate.</p> + + <p>I can find no sufficient authority for the statement of Malone and Sir + W. Scott, that Pope revised the <i>Essay on Satire</i>. It is well known + he corrected that on Poetry.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Jas. Crossley.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Manchester, Feb. 10. 1851.</p> + +</blockquote> + +<p><!-- Page 147 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page147"></a>{147}</span></p> + +<hr class="short" > + +<h3>FOUNDATION-STONE OF ST. MARK'S AT VENICE.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. iii., p. 88.)</p> + + <p>I recollect having seen the stone in question in the collection of the + late Mr. Douce, in whose possession it had been for some years before his + communication of it to the Society of Antiquaries. It is quite evident + that he was satisfied of its authenticity, and it was most probably an + accidental purchase from some dealer in antiquities, who knew nothing + about it. I happen to know that it remained in the hands of Sir Henry + Ellis at the time of Mr. Douce's death, and your correspondent H. C. R. + will most probably find it among the other collections of Mr. Douce now + in the museum at Goodrich Castle.</p> + + <p>The doubt expressed by your correspondent is evidently founded upon + the engraving and accompanying paper in the 26th volume of the + <i>Archæologia</i>; and as it conveys such a grave censure of the + judgment of the director of the council and secretaries of the + Antiquarian Society, it appears to me that it is incumbent upon him to + satisfy his doubts by seeing the stone itself, and, if he should be + convinced of his error, to make the <i>amende honorable</i>.</p> + + <p>It is to be regretted that he did not state "the points which have + suggested this notion of its being a hoax." For my own part, I cannot see + the motive for such a falsification; and if it is one, it is the + contrivance of some one who had more epigraphic skill than is usually + found on such occasions.</p> + + <p>There is nothing in the objection of your correspondent as to the size + and form of the stone which would have any weight, and it is not + necessary to suppose that it "must have been loose in the world for 858 + years." On pulling down the old church, the foundation-stone in which + this was imbedded may have been buried with the rubbish, and exhumed in + comparatively recent times. It had evidently fallen into rude and + ignorant hands, and suffered by being violently detached from the stone + in which it was imbedded.</p> + + <p>Every one who knew the late Mr. Douce must have full confidence in his + intimate knowledge of mediæval antiquity, and would not easily be led to + imagine that he could be deceived on a point like this; but are we to + presume, from a vague <i>idea</i> of your correspondent's, that the + executive body of the Society of Antiquaries would fail to detect a + forgery of this nature?</p> + + <p class="author">S. W. S., <i>olim</i> F. S. A. + + <p><i>Foundation-stone of St. Mark's, Venice</i> (Vol. iii., + p.88.).—This singular relic is now preserved in the "Doucean + Museum," at Goodrich Court, Herefordshire, with the numerous objects of + art and antiquities bequeathed by Mr. Douce to the late Sir Samuel + Meyrick. I believe that nothing can now be ascertained regarding the + history of this stone, or how it came into the possession of Mr. Douce. + Sir Samuel enumerates it amongst "Miscellaneous Antiquities," No. 2., in + his interesting Inventory of this Collection, given in the <i>Gentleman's + Magazine</i>, Feb., 1835, p. 198. The Doucean Museum comprises, probably, + the finest series of specimens of sculpture in ivory existing in any + collection in England. The Limoges enamels are also highly deserving of + notice.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Albert Way.</span> + +<hr class="short" > + +<h3>HISTOIRE DES SÉVARAMBES.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. iii., pp. 4. and 72.)</p> + + <p>I am not sufficiently familiar with Vossius or his works to form any + opinion as to the accuracy of the conclusion which <span class="sc">Mr. + Crossley</span> has arrived at. There is at least much obscurity in the + matter, to which I have long paid some little attention.</p> + + <p>My Copy is entitled,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The History of the Sevarambians: A People of the South continent. In + <i>Five</i> Parts. Containing an Account of the Government, &c. + Translated from the Memoirs of Capt. <i>Siden</i>, who lived fifteen + years amongst them. Lond. 1738." (8vo. pp. xxiii. and 412.)</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>I have given this to show how it differs from that spoken of by <span + class="sc">Mr. C.</span> as being in <i>two</i> parts, by Capt. Thos. + <i>L</i>iden, and not a reprint, but a translation from the French, which + Lowndes says was "considerably <i>altered</i> and <i>enlarged</i>."</p> + + <p>If this be so, we can hardly ascribe to Vossius the edition of 1738. + The preface intimates that the papers were written in Latin, French, + Italian, and Dutch, and placed in the editor's hands in England, on his + promising to methodise them and put them all into one language; but I do + not observe the slightest allusion to the work having previously appeared + either in English or French, although we find that Barbier, in his + <i>Dict. des Anon.</i>, gives the French edit. 1 pt. Paris, 1677; 2 pt. + Paris, 1678 et 1679, 2 vols. 12mo.; Nouvelle edit. Amsterdam, 1716, 2 + vols. 12mo.; and ascribes it to Denis Vairasse d'Alais.</p> + + <p>There is a long account of this work in <i>Dict. Historique</i>, par + Marchand: à la Haye, 1758, fo. sub. nom., Allais, as the author, + observing—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Il y a diversité d'opinions touchant la langue en laquelle il a été + écrit ou composé."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The earliest he mentions is the English one of 1675, and an edition in + the French, "à Paris, 1677;" which states on the title, <i>Traduit de + l'Anglois</i>, whereas the second part is "imprimée à Paris <i>chez + l'Auteur</i>, 1678," from which Marchand concludes that Allais was the + writer, adding,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"On n'a peut-être jamais vu de Fiction composée avec plus d'art et + plus d'industrie, et il faut avouer <!-- Page 148 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page148"></a>{148}</span>qu'il y en a peu où le + vraisemblable soit aussi ingénieusement et aussi adroitement + conservé."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Wm. Taylor, of Norwich, writes to Southey, asking,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Can you tell me who wrote the <i>History of the Sevarambians</i>? The + book is to me curious. Wieland steals from it so often, that it must have + been a favourite in his library; if I had to impute the book by guess, I + would fix on Maurice Ashby, the translator of Xenophon's + <i>Cyropædia</i>, as the author."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>to which Southey replies,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Of the Sevarambians I know nothing!" (See <i>Gent. Mag.</i> N.S. xxi. + p. 355.)</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Sir W. Scott, in his <i>Memoirs of Swift</i>, p. 304. (edit. 1834), + speaking of <i>Gulliver's Travels</i>, says—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"A third volume was published by an unblushing forger, as early as + 1727, without printer's name, a great part of which is unacknowledged + plunder from a work entitled <i>Hist. des Sévarambes</i>, ascribed to + Mons. Alletz, suppressed in France and other Catholic kingdoms on account + of its deistical opinions."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>It would seem from this, that Sir Walter was not aware of the English + work, or knew much of its origin or the author.</p> + + <p class="author">F. R. A. + + <p><i>Histoire des Sévarambes.</i>—The second edition of Gulliver's + Travels, entitled <i>Travels into several Remote Nations of the World, by + Lemuel Gulliver</i>, 2 vols. 8vo., London, 1727, is accompanied with a + spurious third volume, printed at London in the same year, with a similar + title-page, but not professing to be a second edition. This third volume + is divided into two parts: the first part consists, first, of an + Introduction in pp. 20; next, of two chapters, containing a second voyage + to Brobdingnag, which are followed by four chapters, containing a voyage + to Sporunda. The second part consists of six chapters, containing a + voyage to Sevarambia, a voyage to Monatamia, a voyage to Batavia, a + voyage to the Cape, and a voyage to England. The whole of the third + volume, with the exception of the introduction and the two chapters + relating to Brobdingnag, is derived from the <i>Histoire des + Sévarambes</i>, either in its English or French version.</p> + + <p class="author">L. + +<hr class="short" > + +<h3>TOUCHING FOR THE EVIL.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. iii., pp. 42. 93.)</p> + + <p>There is ample evidence that the French monarchs performed the + ceremony of touching for the evil.</p> + + <p>In a MS. in the University Library, Cambridge<a name="footnotetag18" + href="#footnote18"><sup>[18]</sup></a>, is this memorandum:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The Kings of England and <i>Fraunce</i> by a peculiar guift cure the + King's evill by touching them with their handes, and so doth the seaventh + sonne."—<i>Ant. Miraldus</i>, p. 384.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Fuller intimates that St. Louis was the first king of France who + healed the evil. "So witnesseth Andrew Chasne, a French author, and + others."<a name="footnotetag19" + href="#footnote19"><sup>[19]</sup></a></p> + + <p>Speaking of the illness of Louis XI., "at Forges neere to Chinon," in + March, 1480, Philip de Commines says:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"After two daies he recovered his speech and his memory after a sort: + and because he thought no man understood him so wel as my selfe, his + pleasure was that I should alwaies be by him, and he confessed himselfe + to the officiall in my presence, otherwise they would never have + understood one another. He had not much to say, for he was shriven not + long before, because the Kings of Fraunce use alwaies to confesse + themselves when they touch those that be sick of the King's evill, which + he never failed to do once a weeke. If other Princes do not the like, + they are to blame, for continuall a great number are troubled with that + disease."<a name="footnotetag20" + href="#footnote20"><sup>[20]</sup></a></p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Pierre Desrey, in his <i>Great Chronicles of Charles VIII.</i>, has + the following passage relating to that monarch's proceedings at Rome in + January, 1494-5:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Tuesday the 20th, the king heard mass in the French chapel, and + afterwards touched and cured many afflicted with the king's evil, to the + great astonishment of the Italians who witnessed the miracle."<a + name="footnotetag21" href="#footnote21"><sup>[21]</sup></a></p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>And speaking of the king at Naples, in April, 1495, the same + chronicler says:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The 15th of April, the king, after hearing mass in the church of the + Annonciada, was confessed, and then touched and cured great numbers that + were afflicted with the evil—a disorder that abounded much all over + Italy—when the spectators were greatly edified at the powers of + such an extraordinary gift.</p> + + <p>* * * * *</p> + + <p>"On Easter day, the 19th of April, the king was confessed in the + church of St. Peter, adjoining to his lodgings, and then touched for the + evil a second time."<a name="footnotetag22" + href="#footnote22"><sup>[22]</sup></a></p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Fuller, in remarking upon the cure of the king's evil by the touch of + our English monarchs, observes:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The kings of France share also with those of England in this + miraculous cure. And Laurentius reports, that when Francis I., king of + France, was kept prisoner in Spain, he, notwithstanding his exile and + restraint, daily cured infinite multitudes of people of that disease; + according to this epigram:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p><i>'Hispanos inter sanat rex chæradas, estque</i></p> + <p class="i1"><i>Captivus Superis gratus, ut antè fuit.'</i></p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg1">'The captive king the evil cures in Spain:</p> + <p>Dear, as before, he doth to God remain.'</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>"So it seemeth his medicinal quality is affixed not <!-- Page 149 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page149"></a>{149}</span>to his + prosperity, but person; so that during his durance, he was fully free to + exercise the same."<a name="footnotetag23" + href="#footnote23"><sup>[23]</sup></a></p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Cavendish, relating what took place on Cardinal Wolsey's embassy to + Francis I., in 1527, has the following passage:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"And at his [the king's] coming in to the bishop's palace [at Amiens], + where he intended to dine with my Lord Cardinal, there sat within a + cloister about two hundred persons diseased with the king's evil, upon + their knees. And the king, or ever he went to dinner, provised every of + them with rubbing them and blessing them with his bare hands, being + bareheaded all the while; after whom followed his almoner distributing of + money unto the persons diseased. And that done, he said certain prayers + over them, and then washed his hands, and so came up into his chamber to + dinner, where as my lord dined with him."<a name="footnotetag24" + href="#footnote24"><sup>[24]</sup></a></p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Laurentius, cited by Fuller in the page already given, was, it seems, + physician in ordinary to King Henry IV. of France. In a treatise entitled + <i>De Mirabili Strumarum Curatione</i>, he stated that the kings of + England never cured the evil. "To cry quits with him," Dr. W. Tucker, + chaplain to Queen Elizabeth, in his <i>Charismate</i>, denied that the + kings of France ever originally cured the evil</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"but <i>per aliquam propaginem</i>, 'by a sprig of right,' derived + from the primitive power of our English kings, under whose jurisdiction + most of the French provinces were once subjected."<a name="footnotetag25" + href="#footnote25"><sup>[25]</sup></a></p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Louis XVI., immediately after his coronation at Rheims, in 1775, went + to the Abbey of St. Remi to pay his devotions, and to touch for the evil. + The ceremony took place in the Abbey Park, and is thus described in a + paper entitled <i>Coronation of the Kings of France prior to the + Revolution</i>, by Charles White, Esq.:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Two thousand four hundred individuals suffering under this + affliction, having been assembled in rows in the park, his majesty, + attended by the household physicians, approached the first on the right. + The physician-in-chief then placed his hand upon the patient's head, + whilst a captain of the guards held the hands of the latter joined before + his bosom. The king, with his head uncovered, then touched the patient by + making the sign of the cross upon his face, exclaiming, 'May God heal + thee! The king touches thee.' The whole two thousand four hundred having + been healed in a similar manner, and the grand almoner having distributed + alms to each in succession, three attendants, called <i>chefs de + goblet</i>, presented themselves with golden salvers, on which were three + embroidered napkins. The first, steeped in vinegar, was then offered to + the king by Monsieur; the second, dipped in plain water, was presented by + the Count d'Artois; and the third, moistened with orange water, was + banded by the Duke of Orleans."<a name="footnotetag26" + href="#footnote26"><sup>[26]</sup></a></p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The power of the seventh son to heal the evil (mentioned in the MS. I + have cited) is humourously alluded to in the <i>Tatler</i> (No. 11.). I + subjoin the passage, which occurs in a letter signed "D. Distaff."</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"<i>Tipstaff</i>, being a seventh son, used to cure the <i>king's + evil</i>; but his rascally descendants are so far from having that + healing quality, that by a touch upon the shoulder, they give a man such + an ill habit of body, that he can never come abroad afterwards."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>I imagine that by the seventh son is meant the seventh son of a + seventh son.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">C. H. Cooper.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Cambridge, Feb. 4. 1851.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>P.S. Since the above was written, I have observed the following notice + of the work of Laurentius in Southey's <i>Common Place Book</i>, 4th + Series, 478. (apparently from a bookseller's catalogue):</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Laurentius (And.) De Mirabili Strumas Sanandi VI. Solis Galliæ + Regibus Christianissimis divinitas concessa, (<i>fine copy</i>,) + 12<i>s.</i> Paris, 1609.</p> + + <p>"This copy possesses the large folded engraving of Henry IV., assisted + by his courtiers in the ceremony of curing the king's evil."</p> + +</blockquote> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote18"></a><b>Footnote 18:</b><a + href="#footnotetag18">(return)</a> + <p><i>Dd.</i> 2. 41. fo. 38 b.</p> + + <a name="footnote19"></a><b>Footnote 19:</b><a + href="#footnotetag19">(return)</a> + <p>Fuller, <i>Church History</i>, edit. 1837, i. 228.</p> + + <a name="footnote20"></a><b>Footnote 20:</b><a + href="#footnotetag20">(return)</a> + <p>Danett's Translation. edit. 1614, p. 203.</p> + + <a name="footnote21"></a><b>Footnote 21:</b><a + href="#footnotetag21">(return)</a> + <p>Monstrelet edit. 1845, ii. 471.</p> + + <a name="footnote22"></a><b>Footnote 22:</b><a + href="#footnotetag22">(return)</a> + <p>Ibid. 476.</p> + + <a name="footnote23"></a><b>Footnote 23:</b><a + href="#footnotetag23">(return)</a> + <p>Fuller, <i>Church History</i>, edit. 1837, i. 227.</p> + + <a name="footnote24"></a><b>Footnote 24:</b><a + href="#footnotetag24">(return)</a> + <p>Cavendish, <i>Life of Wolsey</i>, edit. Singer, 1825, vol. i. p. + 104.</p> + + <a name="footnote25"></a><b>Footnote 25:</b><a + href="#footnotetag25">(return)</a> + <p>Fuller, <i>Church History</i>, edit. 1837, i. pp. 227, 228.</p> + + <a name="footnote26"></a><b>Footnote 26:</b><a + href="#footnotetag26">(return)</a> + <p><i>New Monthly Magazine</i>, vol. liii. p. 160.</p> + +</div> +<hr class="full" > + +<h2>Replies to Minor Queries.</h2> + + <p><i>Forged Papal Bulls</i> (Vol. ii., p. 491.).—In your Number, + 20th Dec., J. E. inquires where is the instrument for counterfeiting the + seal of the Pope's Bulls, which was dredged up from the ruins of old + London Bridge. It is in my possession, and your correspondent will find + an account of it, with woodcuts of the instrument itself and the seal, in + the <i>Proceedings of the Archæological Association</i>, 11th Feb. + 1846.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Geo. R. Corner.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Eltham.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Obeism.</i>—As your correspondent T. H. (Vol. iii., p. 59.) + desires "any information" on the subject of <i>Obeism</i>, in the absence + of more and better, I offer my mite: that in the early part of this + century it was very common among the slave-population in the West Indies, + especially on the remoter estates—of course of African + origin—not as either a "religion" or a "rite," but rather as a + superstition; a power claimed by its professors, and assented to by the + <i>patients</i>, of causing good or evil to, or averting it from them; + which was of course always for a "consideration" of some sort, to the + profit, whether honorary, pecuniary, or other, of the dispenser. It is by + the pretended influence of certain spells, charms, ceremonies, amulets + worn, or other such incantations, as practised with more or less + diversity by the adepts, the magicians and conjurers, the "false + prophets" of all ages and countries.</p> + +<p><!-- Page 150 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page150"></a>{150}</span></p> + + <p>On this matter, a curious phenomenon to investigate would be, the + process by which the untonsured neophyte is converted into the bonneted + doctor; the progress and stages of his mind in the different phases of + the practice; how he begins by deceiving himself, to end in deceiving + others; the first uninquiring ignorance; the gradual admission of ideas, + what he is taught or left to imagine; the faith, of what is fancied to be + so, the mechanical belief; then the confusion of thought from the + intrusion of doubt and uncertainty; the adoption of some undefined + notions; and, finally, actual unbelief; followed by designed and + systematic injustice in the practice of what first was taken up in + sincerity, though even this now perhaps is not unmixed with some fancy of + its reality. For this must be the gradation more or less gone through in + all such things, whether Obeism, Fetichism, the Evil Eye, or any sort of + sorcery or witchcraft, in whatever variousness of form practised; cheats + on the one hand, and dupes on the other the <i>primum mobile</i> in every + case being, some shape or other of <i>gain</i> to the practitioner.</p> + + <p>It seems, however, hardly likely that Obeism should now be "rapidly + gaining ground again" there, from the greater spread of Christianity and + diffusion of enlightenment and information in general since the + slave-emancipation; as also from the absence of its feeding that formerly + accompanied every fresh importation from the coast: as, like mists before + the mounting sun, all such impostures must fade away before common sense, + truth, and facts, whenever these are allowed their free influence.</p> + + <p>The conclusion, then, would rather be, that Obeism is on the decline + only more apparent, when now seen, than formerly, from its attracting + greater notice.</p> + + <p class="author">M. + + <p><i>Obeahism.</i>—In answer to T. H.'s Query regarding Obeahism, + though I cannot answer his question fully, as to its origin, &c., yet + I have thought that what I can communicate may serve to piece out the + more valuable information of your better informed correspondents. I was + for a short time in the island of Jamaica, and from what I could learn + there of Obeahism, the power seemed to be obtained by the Obeah-man or + woman, by working upon the fears of their fellow-negroes, who are + notoriously superstitious. The principal charm seemed to be, a collection + of feathers, coffin furniture, and one or two other things which I have + forgotten. A small bundle of this, hung over the victim's door, or placed + in his path, is supposed to have the power of bringing ill luck to the + unfortunate individual. And if any accident, or loss, or sickness should + happen to him about the time, it is immediately imputed to the dreaded + influence of Obeah! But I have heard of cases where the unfortunate + victim has gradually wasted away, and died under this powerful spell, + which, I have been informed by old residents in the island, is to be + attributed to a more natural cause, namely, the influence of poison. The + Obeah-man causes a quantity of <i>ground glass</i> to be mixed with the + food of the person who has incurred his displeasure; and the result is + said to be a slow but sure and wasting death! Perhaps some of your + medical readers can say whether an infusion of <i>powdered glass</i> + would have this effect. I merely relate what I have been told by + others.</p> + + <p>While speaking of the superstition of the negroes, I may mention a + very curious one, very generally received and universally believed among + them, called the <i>rolling calf</i>, which, if you wish, I will give you + an account of in my next.</p> + + <p class="author">D. P. W. + + <p><i>Pillgarlick</i> (Vol. ii., p. 393.; Vol. iii., pp. 42. + 74.).—It seems to me that the passage quoted from Skelton by + F. S. Q. completely elucidates the meaning of this word. Let us premise + that, according to all principles of English etymology, + <i>pill-garlick</i> is as likely to mean "the pillar of garlick" as to be + a syncopated form of "<i>pill'd garlick</i>." Now we see from Skelton's + verse that in his time the peeling of garlick was proverbially a degraded + employment—one which was probably thrust off upon the lowest inmate + of the servants' hall, in an age when garlick entered largely into the + composition of all made dishes. The disagreeable nature of the occupation + is sufficient to account for this. Accordingly we may well suppose that + the epithet "a poor pill-garlick" would be applied to any person, in + miserable circumstances, who might be ready to undertake mean employment + for a trifling gratuity.</p> + + <p>This, I think, satisfactorily answers the original question, "Whence + comes the expression?" The verse quoted by F. S. Q. satisfactorily + establishes the orthography, viz., pi<i>ll</i> garlick. A Query of some + interest still remains—In what author do we first find the compound + word?</p> + + <p class="author">R. D. H. + + <p><i>Pillgarlick</i> (Vol. iii., p. 74.).—That <i>to pill</i> is + merely another form of the word <i>to peel</i>, appears from the book of + Genesis, c. xxx., v. 37, 38: "And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, + and of the hazel and chesnut tree: and <i>pilled</i> white strakes in + them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. And he set the + rods which he had <i>pilled</i> before the flocks," &c.</p> + + <p>On first seeing your correspondent's Query, it occurred to me that + perhaps "poor Pillgarlick" was in some way akin to "Pillicock," of whom + Edgar, in <i>King Lear</i>, records that "Pillicock sat on Pillicock's + hill;" but the connexion between these two worthies, if any, I confess + myself quite unable to trace.</p> + + <p>I conceive that Pillgarlick means "peeler of garlick," <i>i.e.</i> + scullion; or, to borrow a phrase from a witness in a late case at the + Middlesex sessions, <!-- Page 151 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page151"></a>{151}</span>which has attracted some attention, "a + person in a low way of life."</p> + + <p>The passage from Skelton, cited by your correspondent F. S. Q., may, I + think, be explained thus: the will is so powerful in man's moral + constitution, that the reason must content itself with an inferior place + (as that of a scullion compared with that of the master of the house); or + if it attempts to assert its proper place, it will find it a hopeless + endeavour—as hopeless as that of "rosting a stone."</p> + + <p class="author">X. Z. + + <p><i>Hornbooks</i> (Vol. ii., pp. 167. 236.).—In answer to <span + class="sc">Mr. Timbs</span>, I send you the following particulars of a + <i>Hornbook</i> in the British Museum, which I have this morning + examined.</p> + + <p>It is marked in the new catalogue (Press Mark 828, a. 55.). It + contains on one side the "Old English Alphabet"—the capitals in two + lines, the small letters in one. The fourth line contains the vowels + twice repeated (perhaps to <i>doubly</i> impress upon the pupil the + necessity of learning them). Next follow, in two columns, our ancient + companions, "ab, eb, ib," &c., and "ba, be, bi," &c. After the + formula of exorcism comes the "Lord's Prayer" (which is given somewhat + differently to our present version), winding up with "i. ii. iii. iiii. + v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x." On the other side is the following whimsical + piece of composition:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p><i>"What more could be wished for, even by a literary gourmand under + the Tudors, than to be able to Read and Spell; To repeat that holy charm + before which fled all unholy Ghosts, Goblins, or even the old Gentleman + himself to the very bottom of the Red Sea, and to say that immortal + prayer, which secures heaven to all who </i>ex animo<i> use it, and those + mathematical powers, by knowing units, from which spring countless + myriads."</i></p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Now for my "Query." Can any of your correspondents oblige me with the + probable date of this <i>literally</i> literary treasure, or refer me to + any source of information on the subject?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie.</span> + + <p><i>Bacon</i> (Vol. iii., p. 41.).—The explanation given in a + former number from old Verstegan, of the original meaning of the family + name of Bacon, and the application of the word to the unclean beast, with + the corroboration from the pages of Collins's <i>Baronetage</i>, is very + interesting. The word, as applied to the salted flesh of the <i>dead</i> + animal, is another instance of the introduction of a foreign term for a + <i>dead</i> animal, in opposition to the Anglo-Saxon name of the living + animal. It was used in this sense in France at a very early period; and + Ampère, in his <i>Histoire Littéraire de la France avant le 12ième + Siècle</i>, iii. 482., mentions the word among other instances of + Gallicisms in the Latin of the Carolingian diplomas and capitularies, and + quotes the capitularies of Charles the Fat. <i>Bacco, porc salé,</i> from + the <i>vulgar</i> word <i>bacon</i>, <i>jambon</i>. The word was in use + as late as the seventeenth century in Dauphiné, and the bordering cantons + of Switzerland, and is cited in the <i>Moyen de Parvenir</i>, ch. 38. The + passage is curious, as it would seem to intimate that Lord Bacon was one + of the personages introduced in that very extraordinary production of the + Rabelaisian school.</p> + + <p>I have frequently heard the word employed by the country people in the + markets of Geneva.</p> + + <p class="author">J. B. D. + + <p><i>Lachrymatories</i> (Vol. ii., pp. 326. 448.).—In illustration + of the question as to the <i>probable</i> use of those small vases so + commonly found in sepulchral monuments, I extract the following from + <i>Wayfaring Sketches among the Greeks and Turks</i>. 2d edit. + Introduction, pp. 6, 7. London: Chapman, 1849.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The poorest of the sepulchres is certain to contain (in Greece) at + least a few of these beautiful vases, the lachrymatories, &c.</p> + + <p>* * * * *</p> + + <p>When found in the graves of females, their form would generally seem + to indicate that they had been used for containing scents, and other + requisites of the toilet; in one that was found not long since, there was + a preparation evidently (?) of rouge or some such paint for the face, + &c., <i>the mark left by the pressure of two fingers of a small hand + was distinctly visible</i> (?)."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>To me, ignorant as I am of antiquarian matters, this sounds very + curious; and I send it you in case you may find it worthy of insertion, + as provocative of discussion, and with the utilitarian idea that <i>I</i> + may gain some information on the subject.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">C. D. Hamont.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Greenock, Jan. 16. 1851.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Scandal against Queen Elizabeth</i> (Vol. iii., p. 11.).—An + intercepted letter, apparently from a popish priest, preserved among the + Venetian correspondence in the State Paper Office, gives the following + account of the death-bed of the Queen; which, as illustrative of the + observations of your correspondent <span class="sc">Cudyn Gywn</span>, + may not be uninteresting:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p class="author">"London, 9 Martii, 1603. + + <p>"About 10 dayes synce dyed the Countess of Notingham. The Queene loved + the Countess very much, and hath seemed to take her death very heavelye, + remayning euer synce in a deepe melancholye, w<sup>th</sup> conceipte of + her own death, and complayneth of many infirmyties, sodainlye to haue + ouertaken her, as impostūmecoñ in her head, aches in her bones, and + continuall cold in her legges, besides notable decay in + iudgem<sup>t</sup> and memory, insomuch as she cannot attend to any + discourses of governm<sup>t</sup> and state, <i>but delighteth to heare + some of the 100 merry tales, and such like, and to such is uery + attentiue;</i> at other tymes uery impatient, and testye, so as none of + the Counsayle, but the secretary, dare come in her presence."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>May we not class this story of her majesty's <!-- Page 152 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page152"></a>{152}</span>predilection for the + hundred merry tales among the "black relations of the Jesuits?"</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Spes.</span> + + <p><i>Meaning of Cefn.</i>—What is the meaning of the Welsh word + "Cefn" used as prefix?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Josephus.</span> + + <p>1. The first meaning of the word "Cefn" is, "the back;" <i>e.g.</i> + "Cefn dyn," "the back of a man."</p> + + <p>2. It also signifies "the upper part of the ridge of some elevated and + exposed land." As a prefix, its meaning depends upon the fact whether the + word attached to it be an adjective or a substantive. If an adjective be + attached, it has the <i>second</i> signification; <i>i.e.</i> it is the + upper part of some exposed land, having the particular quality involved + in the adjective, such as, "Cefndu," "Cefngwyn," "Cefncoch," the black, + white, or red headland.</p> + + <p>When a substantive is attached, it has the <i>first</i> signification; + <i>i.e.</i> it is the <i>back</i> of the thing signified by the + substantive; such as, "Cefnllys," the back of the court.</p> + + <p class="author">E. L. + + <p><i>Portrait of Archbishop Williams</i> (Vol. iii., p. 8.).—There + is a portrait of this prelate in the library of the Dean and Chapter of + Westminster, in the Cloisters. The greater part of the archbishop's + library was given to this library, but only one volume of it seems to + have been preserved. It is of this library the remark is made in J. + Beeverell, <i>Délices de la Grande Bretagne</i>, p. 847., 12mo., + 1707:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Il se trouve dans le cloistre une bibliothèque <i>publique</i>, qui + s'ouvre soir et matin pendant les séances des Cours de Justice dans + Westminstre."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="grk">μ</span>. + + <p><i>Sir Alexander Cumming</i> (Vol. iii., p. 39.).—In answer to + an inquiry relative to Sir Alexander Cumming, of Culter, I may refer to + the <i>Scottish Journal</i> (Menzies, Edin. 1848) <i>of Topography, + Antiquities, Traditions, &c.</i>, vol. ii. p. 254., where an extract + from a MS. autobiography of the baronet is given. The work in which this + occurs is little known; but, as a repertory of much curious and + interesting information, deserved a more extensive circulation than it + obtained. It stopped with the second volume, and is now somewhat scarce, + as the unsold copies were disposed of for waste paper.</p> + + <p><i>Pater-noster Tackling</i> (Vol. iii., p. + 89.).—<i>Pater-noster fishing-tackle</i>, so called in the shops, + is used to catch fish (perch, for instance) which take the bait at + various distances between the surface and the bottom of the water. + Accordingly, hooks are attached to a line at given intervals throughout + its length, with leaden shots, likewise regularly distributed, in order + to sink it, and keep it extended perpendicularly in the water.</p> + + <p>This regularity of arrangement, and the resemblance of the shots to + <i>beads</i>, seems to have caused the contrivance to have been, somewhat + fancifully, likened to a <i>chaplet</i> or <i>rosary</i>. In a rosary + there is a bead longer than the rest, for distinction's sake called the + <i>Pater-noster</i>; from whence that name applies to a rosary; and, + therefore, to anything likened to it; and, therefore, to the article of + <i>fishing-tackle</i> in question.</p> + + <p>The word <i>pater-noster</i>, i.e. <i>pater-noster-wise</i>, is an + heraldic term (<i>vide</i> Ash's <i>Dictionary</i>), applied to + <i>beads</i> disposed in the form of a cross.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Robert Snow.</span> + + <p><i>Welsh Words for Water</i> (Vol. iii., p. 30.).—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"It is quite surprising," says Sharon Turner (<i>Trans. of the Royal + Society of Literature</i>, vol. i. pt. i. p. 97.), "to observe that, in + all the four quarters of the world, many nations signify this liquid by a + vocable of one or more syllables, from the letter M."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>He mentions the Hebrew word for it, <i>mim</i>; in Africa he finds + twenty-eight examples, in Asia sixteen, in South America five, in North + America three, in Europe three; and elsewhere, in Canary Islands one, in + New Zealand one. He adds—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"We trace the same radical in the Welsh <i>more</i>, the sea, and in + the Latin <i>mare, humor, humidus.</i><a name="footnotetag27" + href="#footnote27"><sup>[27]</sup></a></p> + + <p>"All these people cannot be supposed to have derived their sound from + each other. It must have descended to them from some primitive source, + common to all."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>From the expression used by J. W. H., "the connexion of the Welsh + <i>dwr</i> with the Greek <span title="hudôr" class="grk" + >ὕδωρ</span> is remarkable," he appears not to + have known that Vezron found so many resemblances in the Doric or Laconic + dialect, and the Celtic, that he thereupon raised the theory that the + Lacedæmonians and the Celts were of the same—the + Titanic—stock.</p> + + <p class="author">T. J. + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote27"></a><b>Footnote 27:</b><a + href="#footnotetag27">(return)</a> + <p>He may have added the Armoric or Breton <i>mor</i>, <i>mar</i>; and + the Irish <i>muir</i>, <i>mara</i>.</p> + +</div> + <p><i>Early Culture of the Imagination</i> (Vol. iii., p. 38.).—The + germ of the thought alluded to by <span class="sc">Mr. Gatty</span> is as + ancient as the time of Plato, and may be found in the <i>Republic</i>, + book ii. c. 17. If this will aid <span class="sc">Mr. Gatty</span> in his + research, it is gladly placed at his disposal by</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>January 20. 1851.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Venville</i> (Vol. iii., p. 38.).—R. E. G. inquires + respecting the origin of this word, as applied to certain tenants round + Dartmoor Forest. The name is peculiar to that district, and is applied + chiefly to certain <i>vills</i> or villages (for the most part also + parishes), and to certain tenements within them, which pay fines to the + Lord of Lidford and Dartmoor, viz. the Prince of Wales, as Duke of + Cornwall. The fines are supposed to be due in respect either of rights of + common on the forest, or of trespasses committed by cattle on it; for the + point is a <i>vexata quæstio</i> between the lord and tenants of Dartmoor + and the tenants of the Venville lands, which lie along the boundaries of + it. <!-- Page 153 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page153"></a>{153}</span>In the accounts rendered to the lord of + these fines, there was a distinct title, headed <i>"Fines Villarum"</i> + when these accounts were in Latin; and I think it cannot be doubted that + the lands and tenures under this title came to be currently called + <i>Finevill</i> lands from this circumstance. Hence Fenvill, Fengfield, + or Venvill; the last being now the usual spelling and pronunciation. + R. E. G. may see a specimen of these accounts, and further observations + on them, in Mr. Rowe's very instructive <i>Perambulation of Dartmoor</i>, + published a year or two ago at Plymouth.</p> + + <p class="author">E. S. + + <p><i>Cum Grano Salis</i> (Vol. iii., p. 88.) simply means, with a grain + of allowance; spoken of propositions which require qualification. The + Cambridge man's explanation, therefore, does not suit the meaning. I have + always supposed that salis was added to denote a small grain. I find in + Forcellini that the Romans called a small flaw in crystals + <i>sal</i>.</p> + + <p class="author">C. B. + + <p><i>Hoops</i> (Vol. iii., p. 88.).—The examples given in + Johnson's article <i>Farthingale</i> will sufficiently answer the + question. Farthingales are mentioned in Latimer with much indignant + eloquence:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"I trow Mary had never a verdingale."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>If the question had been, not whether they were in use as early as + 1651, but whether they were in use in 1651, perhaps there would have been + more difficulty, for they do not appear in Hollar's dresses, 1640.</p> + + <p class="author">C. B. + + <p><i>Cranmer's Descendants</i> (Vol. iii., p. 8.).—It may be of + some interest to C. D. F. to be informed, that the newspapers of the time + recorded the death of Mr. Bishop Cranmer of Wivelescombe, co. Somerset, + on the 8th April, 1831, at the age of eighty-eight. He is said to have + been a direct descendant of the martyred archbishop, to whose portraits + he bore a strong personal resemblance.</p> + + <p class="author">J. D. S. + + <p><i>Shakspeare's Use of the Word "Captious"</i> (Vol. ii., p. + 354.).—Why may not the word have the same meaning as it has now? A + <i>captious</i> person is not primarily a deceitful person, but either + one who catches at any argument to uphold his own cause, or, more + generally, one who catches or cavils at arguments or expressions used by + another, and fastens a frivolous objection on them; one who takes + exception to a point on paltry and insufficient grounds:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Yet in this captious and intenible sieve</p> + <p>I still pour in the waters of my love."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p><i>i.e.</i> yet into this sieve, which catches at, and yet never holds + them, I still pour the waters of my love.</p> + + <p>There seems to me a double meaning of the word <i>captious</i>, + indicating an under-current of thought in the author; first, the literal + sense, then the inferential: "this sieve catches at and seems as if it + would intercept the waters of my love, but takes me in, and disappoints + me, because it will not uphold them." The objection to explaining + <i>captious</i> by simply <i>fallacious</i>, is that the word means this + by inference or consequence, rather than primarily. Because one who is + eager to controvert, <i>i.e.</i> who is captious, generally, but not + always, acts for a sophistical purpose and means to deceive. Cicero, I + believe, uses <i>fallax</i> and <i>captiosus</i> as distinct, not as + synonymous, terms.</p> + + <p class="author">E. A. D. + + <p><i>Boiling to Death</i> (Vol. ii., p. 519.).—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Impoysonments, so ordinary in Italy, are so abominable among English, + as 21 Hen. 8. it was made high treason, though since repealed; after + which the punishment for it was to be put alive in a caldron of water, + and there boiled to death: at present it is felony without benefit of + clergy."—Chamberlayne's <i>State of England</i>,—an old copy, + without a title-page.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Judging from the list of bishops and maids of honour, I believe the + date to be 1669.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Wedsecnarf</span>. + + <p><i>Dozen of Bread</i> (Vol. ii., p. 49.).—The Duchess of + Newcastle says of her <i>Nature's Picture</i>:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"In this volume there are several feigned stories, &c. Also there + are some morals and some dialogues; but they are as the advantage loaf of + bread to the baker's dozen." 1656.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Wedsecnarf</span>. + + <p><i>Friday Weather</i> (Vol. iii., p. 7.).—A very old friend of + mine, a Shropshire lady, tells me that her mother (who was born before + 1760) used to say that Friday was always the fairest, or the foulest, day + of the week.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Wedsecnarf</span>. + + <p><i>Saint Paul's Clock</i> (Vol. iii., p. 40.).—In reply to <span + class="sc">Mr. Campkin's</span> Query, I send you the following extract + from Easton's <i>Human Longevity</i> (London, 1799):</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"James Hatfield died in 1770, aged 105. Was formerly a soldier: when + on duty as a centinel at Windsor, one night, at the expiration of his + guard, he heard St. Paul's clock, London, strike <i>thirteen</i> strokes + instead of twelve, and not being relieved as he expected he fell asleep; + in which situation he was found by the succeeding guard, who soon after + came to relieve him; for such neglect he was tried by a court-martial, + but pleading that he was on duty his legal time, and asserting, as a + proof, the singular circumstance of hearing St. Paul's clock strike + thirteen strokes, which, upon inquiry, proved true—he was in + consequence acquitted."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. B. Colman</span>. + + <p><i>Lunardi</i> (Vol. ii., p. 469.).—I remember seeing Lunardi's + balloon pass over the town of Ware, previous to its fall at Standon. I + have seen the <i>moonstone</i> described by your correspondent C. J. F., + but all that I can remember of an old song on the occasion is. "They + thought it had been the man in the moon," alluding to the men in the + fields, who ran away frightened. But a servant girl had <!-- Page 154 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page154"></a>{154}</span>the courage to + take the rope thrown out by Lunardi, and was well rewarded. It caused a + great sensation, and many of the principal inhabitants of Ware and + Wadesmill assembled with Lunardi at the Feathers Inn, at the latter + place.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. Taylor.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Newick, Sussex.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Outline in Painting</i>.—J. O. W. H. (Vol. i., p. 318.) and + H. C. K. (Vol. iii., p. 63.) are earnestly referred, for resolution of + their doubts, to the work by Mr. Ruskin, in 2 vols. large 8vo., entitled + <i>Modern Painters</i>, by a <i>Graduate of Oxford</i>, published by + Smith and Elder, 1846.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Robert Snow</span>. + + <p><i>Handbell before a Corpse</i> (vol. iii., p. 68.).—Your + correspondent <span lang="he" class="heb" title="B" ><bdo + dir="rtl">ב</bdo></span>. has too inconsiderately dismissed the + Query which he has undertaken to answer touching the custom of ringing a + handbell in advance of a funeral procession. He says, "I have never + considered it as anything but <i>a cast of the bell-man's office</i>, to + add more solemnity to the occasion."</p> + + <p>The custom is <i>invariably</i> observed throughout Italy, and is + common in France and Spain. I have witnessed at least some hundreds of + funerals in various cities and villages of Piedmont, Sardinia, Tuscany, + the Roman States, Naples, Elba, and Sicily; and in Malta; yet never knew + I one without the handbell.</p> + + <p>Its <i>object</i>, as first explained to me in Florence, is to clear + the way for the procession; to remind passengers and loiterers to take + off their hats; and to call the pious to their doors and windows to gaze + upon the emblems of mortality, and to say a prayer for the repose of the + departed soul.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Nocab</span>. + + <p><i>Brandon the Juggler</i> (Vol. ii., p. 424.).—Your + correspondent T. <span class="sc">Cr</span>. is referred to Scot's + <i>Discoverie of Witchcraft</i>, p. 308. (edit. 1584) for a notice of + this person and his pigeon.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Jas. Crossley</span>. + + <p>"<i>Words are Men's Daughters</i>" (Vol. iii., p. 38.).—This + line is taken from Dr. Madden's <i>Boulter's Monument</i> (Dublin, 1745, + 8vo.), a poem which was revised by Dr. Johnson, but to which little + attention has been paid by his biographers. Mr. Croker observes (edit. of + Boswell, 1848, p. 107. note)—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Dr. Madden wrote very bad verses. The few lines in Boulter's monument + which rise above mediocrity may be attributed to Johnson."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Those who take the trouble to refer to the poem itself, will, + notwithstanding Mr. Croker's hasty criticism, find a great many fine and + vigorous passages, in which the hand of Johnson is clearly + distinguishable, and which ought not to be allowed to remain unnoticed. + Perhaps on a future occasion I may, in support of this opinion, give some + specimens from the poem. The line as to which T. J. inquires,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Words are men's daughters, but God's Sons are things,"—</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>and which is in allusion to Genesis vi. 2. 4., is, I entertain no + doubt, one of Dr. Johnson's insertions.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Jas. Crossley.</span> + + <p>"<i>Fine by degrees, and beautifully less</i>" (Vol. iii., p. + 105.).—This line is from Prior's "Henry and Emma," a poem, upon the + model of the "Nut-brown Maid." I copy part of the passage in which it + occurs, for the sake of any of your readers who may be lovers of + <i>context</i>, and may not have the poem at hand to refer to.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2hg3">"<i>Henry</i> [addressing Emma].</p> + <p class="hg3">"Vainly thou tell'st me what the woman's care</p> + <div class="linenum">420</div><p>Shall in the wildness of the woods prepare;</p> + <p>Thou, ere thou goest, unhappiest of thy kind,</p> + <p>Must leave the habit and the sex behind.</p> + <p>No longer shall thy comely tresses break</p> + <p>In flowing ringlets on thy snowy neck;</p> + <p>Or sit behind thy head, an ample round,</p> + <p>In graceful braids with various ribbon bound:</p> + <p>No longer shall the bodice aptly lac'd</p> + <p>From thy full bosom to thy slender waist,</p> + <p>That air and harmony of shape express,</p> + <div class="linenum">430</div><p>Fine by degrees, and beautifully less:</p> + <p>Nor shall thy lower garments' artful plait,</p> + <p>From thy fair side dependent to thy feet,</p> + <p>Arm their chaste beauties with a modest pride,</p> + <p>And double every charm they seek to hide."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">C. Forbes.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Temple, Feb. 10.</p> + +</blockquote> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[We are also indebted for replies to this Query to Robert Snow, Fras. + Crossley, A. M., J. J. M., A. H., S. T., E. S. T. T., V., W. K., R. B., + and other correspondents. C. H. P. remarks:</p> + + <p>"Pope, who died in 1744, twenty-three years after Prior, evidently had + this line in view when he wrote as follows:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"'Ladies, like variegated tulips, show;</p> + <p class="hg1">'Tis to their changes half their charms they owe;</p> + <p>Fine by defect, and delicately weak,</p> + <p>Their happy spots the nice admirer take.'"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>And J. H. M. tells us, "The late Lord Ellenborough applied the line + somewhat ignobly, when speaking of bristles, in a dispute between two + brushmakers."]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>"The Soul's dark Cottage"</i> (Vol. iii., p. 105.).—The + couplet <span class="sc">"Effaress"</span> inquires for, is to be found + in Waller's poems. It is a production of his later years, and occurs in + the epilogue to his "Poems of Divine Love," and "Of the Fear of God," + &c., thus:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,</p> + <p>Lets in new light through chinks that time has made,</p> + <p>Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become,</p> + <p>As they draw nigh to their eternal home.</p> + <p>Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view,</p> + <p>That stand upon the threshold of the new."</p> + </div> + </div> +<p><!-- Page 155 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page155"></a>{155}</span></p> + + <p>There is another couplet worth citing—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"The seas are quiet, when the winds give o'er;</p> + <p>So calm are we, when passions are no more."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>How different were the effusions of Waller's earlier muse! In the year + 1645, Humphrey Mosley published "<i>Poems, &c</i>., written by Mr. + Ed. Waller, of Beaconsfield, Esquire, lately a Member of the Honourable + House of Commons." The title-page also states that—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"All the Lyrick Poems in this Booke were set by Mr. Henry Lawes of the + King's Chappell, and one of his Majesties Private Musick."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>It is not a little remarkable that the same publisher, in the same + year, should have also given to the world the first edition of that + precious volume—Milton's <i>Minor Poems</i>; and, in the + advertisement prefixed, he thus adverts to the circumstance:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"That incouragement I have already received from the most ingenious + men, in their clear and courteous entertainment of <i>Mr. Waller's</i> + late choice Peeces, hath onece more made me adventure into the world, + presenting it with these <i>ever-green and not to be blasted + laurels</i>."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Had Humphrey Mosley any presentiment of the deathless fame of + Milton?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">S. W. Singer</span>. + + <p><i>"The Soul's dark Cottage," &c</i>. (Vol. iii., p. + 105.).—This admired couplet can never escape recollection. It was + written by Waller. From the tenor of some preceding lines, and the place + which the verses occupy in the edition of 1693, they must be among the + latest of his compositions.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Bolton Corney</span>. + +<div class="note"> + <p>[A. H. H., R. B., C. J. R., H. G. T., and other friends have replied + to this Query.</p> + + <p>The Rev. J. Sansom points out a kindred passage in his poem of + <i>Divine Love</i>, canto vi. p. 249.:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"The soul contending to that light to fly</p> + <p>From her dark cell," &c.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>H. G. sends a beautiful parallel passage from Fuller (<i>Holy State + Life of Monica</i>): "Drawing near her death, she sent most pious + thoughts as harbingers to heaven, and her soul saw a glimpse of happiness + through the chinks of her sickness-broken body." And J. H. M. informs us + that amongst Duke's Poems is a most flattering one addressed to Waller, + evidently allusive to the lines in question.]</p> + +</div> + + <p>"<i>Beauty Retire</i>" (Vol. iii., p. 105.).—The lines beginning + "Beauty Retire," which Pepys set to music, taken from the second part of + the <i>Siege of Rhodes</i>, act iv. scene 2., are printed in the 5th + volume of the <i>Memoirs</i>, p. 250., 3rd edition.</p> + + <p>I believe the music exists in the Pepysian Library, but any of the + Fellows of Magdalene College could ascertain the fact.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Braybrooke</span>. + + <p><i>Mythology of the Stars</i> (Vol. iii., p. 70.).—I would here + add to my recommendation of Captain Smyth's <i>Celestial Cycle</i> + (<i>antè</i>, p. 70.), that soon after it appeared it obtained for its + author the annual gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society; and that + it is a book adapted to the exigencies of astronomers of all degrees, + from the experienced astronomer, furnished with every modern refinement + of appliances and means of observation, to the humbler, but perhaps no + less zealous beginner, furnished only with a good pair of natural eyes, + aided, on occasion, by the common opera-glass. Such an observer, if he + goes the right way to work, will make sure of a high degree of + entertainment and instruction, and may reasonably hope to light on a + discovery or two, worthy, even in the present day, of being recorded.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Robert Snow</span>. + + <p><i>Simon Bache</i> (Vol. iii., p. 105.).—<i>Thesaurarius + Hospitii</i>.—The office of "Thesaurarius Hospitii," about which + A. W. H. inquires, means, I believe, "Treasurer of the Household." In + Chauncy's <i>Hertfordshire</i>, vol. ii. p. 102., the inscription on + Simon Bache is given in the same terms as by your correspondent. The + learned author then gives, at p. 103., the epitaph on another monument + also in Knebworth Church, erected to the memory of John Hotoft, in which + occur these two lines:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Hospitii regis qui Thesaurarius olim</p> + <p>Henrici sexti merito pollebat honore."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>At p. 93. of the same volume, Sir Henry Chauncy speaks of the same + John Hotoft as an eminent man, and sheriff of the county, and adds:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"He was also Treasurer of the King's Household afterwards; he dyed and + was buried in the chancel of this church, where his monument remains at + this day."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Who Simon Bache was, or how he came to be buried at Knebworth, I + cannot tell. The name of "Bach" occurs in Chauncy several times, as that + of mayors and assistants, at Hertford, between 1672 and 1689.</p> + + <p class="author">J. H. L. + + <p><i>Winifreda</i> (Vol. iii., p. 108.).—It may perhaps interest + <span class="sc">Lord Braybrooke</span> and J. H. M. to know, that I have + in my possession the copy of Dodsley's <i>Minor Poems</i>, which belonged + to John Gilbert Cooper, and which was bought at the sale of his grandson, + the late Colonel John Gilbert-Cooper-Gardiner. The song of "Winifreda" is + at page 282. of the 4th volume; and a manuscript note, in the handwriting + of the son of the author of <i>Letters concerning Taste</i>, states it to + have been written "by John Gilbert Cooper." The <i>praise</i> bestowed by + Cooper on the poem, and which J. H. M. conceives to militate against his + claim to the composition, is obviously intended to apply to the + <i>original</i>, and not to Cooper's elegant translation.</p> + + <p class="author">A. + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Newark.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Queries on Costume</i> (Vol. iii., p. 88.).—Addison's paper + in the <i>Spectator</i>, No. 127., seems to be <!-- Page 156 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page156"></a>{156}</span>conclusive that hooped + petticoats were not in use so early as the year 1651. The anecdote in + connection with the subject related in Wilson's <i>Life of De Foe</i>, + has always appeared to me very questionable, not only on that + consideration, but because Charles was at the time a fine tall young man + of more than twenty-one years of age, and at the only period that he + could have been in the neighbourhood referred to, he was on horseback and + attended by at least two persons, who were also mounted. Neither can the + circumstances related be at all reconciled with the particulars given by + Clarendon and subsequent writers, who have professed to correct the + statements of that historian by authority.</p> + + <p class="author">J. D. S. + + <p><i>Antiquitas Sæculi Juventus Mundi</i> (Vol. ii., p. 218.; Vol. iii., + p. 125.).—Permit me again to express my opinion, with due deference + to the eminent authorities cited in your pages, that the comprehensive + words of Lord Bacon, "Antiquitas sæculi juventus mundi," were not + borrowed from any author, ancient or modern. But it would be a compliment + which that great genius would have been the first to ridicule, were we to + affirm that no anterior writer had adopted analogous language in + expressing the benefits of "the philosophy of time." On the contrary, he + would have called our attention to the expressions of the Egyptian priest + addressed to Solon, (see a few pages beyond the one referred to in his + <i>Advancement of Learning</i>):</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Ye Grecians are ever children, ye have no knowledge of antiquity nor + antiquity of knowledge."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The words of Bacon to me appear to be a condensation of the well-known + dialogue in Plato's <i>Timæus</i>, above quoted, as will, I hope, appear + in the following paraphrase:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Apud vos propter inundationes ineunte modò sæculo nihil scientiarum + est augmentationis. Quoad nos <i>juventus mundi</i> ac terræ Aegyptiacæ, + quâ nulla hominum exitia fuerunt, progrediente tempore, <i>antiquitas</i> + fit <i>sæculi</i>, et antiquissimarum rerum apud nos momumenta + servantur."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author">T. J. + + <p><i>Lady Bingham</i> (Vol. iii., p. 61.).—Lady Bingham, whose + daughter, afterwards Lady Crewe, was unsuccessfully courted by Sir + Symonds D'Ewes (for which see his autobiography), was Sarah, the daughter + of John Heigham, Esq., of Gifford's Hall in Urekham Brook, Suffolk, of + the same family with Sir Clement Heigham, Knt., of Barrow, Suffolk, + Speaker of the House of Commons. She was married by banns at St. Olave's, + Hart Street, Jan. 11, 1588, to Sir Richard Bingham, Knt., of co. Dorset. + She married, secondly, Edward Waldegrave, Esq., of Lawford, Essex, to + whom she was second wife, and by him had Jemima, afterwards Lady Crewe. + Edward Waldegrave, married to his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of + Bartholomew Averell, of Southminster, Essex, had by her an only daughter, + Anne, who married Drew, afterwards Sir Drew Drury, Bart., of + Riddlesworth, Norfolk. He, Edward Waldegrave, was descended from a + younger branch of the family of Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, in the parish + of Bures, Suffolk, from whence descends the present Earl Waldegrave.</p> + + <p>Lady Bingham lies buried in the chancel of Lawford church, where a + stone in the floor states her age to have been sixty-nine, and that she + was buried Sept. 9. 1634. There is also another stone in the floor for + Edward Waldegrave, Esq., who married Dame Sarah Bingham, by whom he had + one daughter, Jemima, who was married to John Stearne (a mistake + evidently for Stene, the seat of James Lord Crewe). Edward Waldegrave was + buried Feb. 13, 1621, aged about sixty-eight.</p> + + <p>The large monument in Lawford church is for the father of this Edward + Waldegrave, who died in 1584.</p> + + <p class="author">D. A. Y. + + <p><i>Proclamation of Langholme Fair</i> (Vol. iii., p. 56.).—<span + class="sc">Monkbarns</span> wishes the meaning of the choice expressions + in the proclamation. They may be explained as + follows:—<i>Hustrin</i>, hustling, or riotously inclined, being so + consonanted to make it alliterate with <i>custrin</i>, spelt by Jamieson, + <i>custroun</i>, and signifying a pitiful fellow. Chaucer has the word + <i>truston</i> in this sense.</p> + + <p><i>Land-louper</i>, one who runs over the country, a vagabond.</p> + + <p><i>Dukes-couper</i> I take to be a petty dealer in ducks or poultry, + and to be used in a reproachful sense, as we find "pedlar," "jockey," + &c.</p> + + <p><i>Gang-y-gate swinger</i>, a fighting man, who goes swaggering in the + road (or <i>gate</i>); a roisterer who takes the wall of every one. + <i>Swing</i> is an old word for a stroke or blow.</p> + + <p><i>Durdam</i> is an old word meaning an uproar, and akin to the Welsh + word <i>dowrd</i>. <i>Urdam</i> may be a corruption of <i>whoredom</i>, + but is more probably prefixed to the genuine word as a co-sounding + expletive.</p> + + <p><i>Brabblement</i> seems to be a derivative from the Scotch verb + "bra," to make a loud and disagreeable noise (see Jamieson); and + <i>squabblement</i> explains itself.</p> + + <p><i>Lugs</i>, ears; <i>tacked</i>, nailed; <i>trone</i>, an old word, + properly signifying the public weighing-machine, and sometimes used for + the pillory.</p> + + <p><i>A nail o' twal-a-penny</i> is, of course, a nail of that size and + sort of which twelve are bought for a penny.</p> + + <p><i>Until he down of his hobshanks, and up with his muckle doubs</i>, + evidently means, until he goes down on his knees and raises his hands. + <i>Hobshanks</i> is, I think, still in common use. Of <i>doubs</i> I can + give no explanation.</p> + + <p class="author">W. T. M. + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Edinburgh, Jan. 29th.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Burying in Church Walls</i> (Vol. iii., p. 37.).—To <!-- Page + 157 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page157"></a>{157}</span>the + examples mentioned by N. of tombs in church walls, may be added the + remarkable ones at Bottisham, Cambridgeshire. There are several of these + in the south aisle, with arches <i>internally and externally</i>: the + wall between resting on the coffin lid. They are, of course, coeval with + the church, which is fine early Decorated. They are considered, I + believe, to be memorials of the priors of Anglesey, a neighbouring + religious house. They will, no doubt, be fully elucidated in the memoir + of Bottisham and Anglesey, which is understood to be in preparation by + members of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. At Trumpington, in the same + county, is a recessed tomb of Decorated date, in the south wall of the + chancel, externally.</p> + + <p class="author">C. R. M. + + <p><i>Defender of the Faith</i> (Vol. ii., pp. 442. 481.; Vol. iii., pp. + 9. 94.).—Should not King Edward the Confessor's claim to <i>defend + the church as God's Vicar</i> be added to the several valuable notices in + relation to the title <i>Defender of the Faith</i>, with which some of + your learned contributors have favoured us through your pages?</p> + + <p>According to Hoveden, one of the laws adopted from the Anglo-Saxons by + <i>William</i> was:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Rex autem atque vicarius Ejus ad hoc est constitutus, ut regnum + terrenum, populum Dei, et super omnia <i>sanctam ecclesiam</i>, + revereatur et ab injuriatoribus <i>defendat</i>," &c.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Which duty of princes was further enforced by the words—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Illos decet vocari reges, qui vigilant, <i>defendunt</i>, et regunt + Ecclesiam Dei et populum Ejus, imitantes regem psalmographum," + &c.—Vid. <i>Rogeri de Hoveden Annal.</i>, par. post., §. Regis + Officium; ap. Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores post Bedam, ed. Francof. 1601, + p. 604. Conf. Prynne's <i>Chronol. Records</i>, ed. Lond. 1666, tom i. p. + 310.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This law appears always to have been received as of authority after + the Conquest; and it may, perhaps, be considered as the first seed of + that constitutional church supremacy vested in our sovereigns, which + several of our kings before the Reformation had occasion to vindicate + against Papal claims, and which Henry VIII. strove to carry in the other + direction, to an unconstitutional excess.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. Sansom.</span> + + <p><i>Sauenap, Meaning of</i> (Vol. ii., p. 479.).—The word + probably means a <i>napkin</i> or <i>pinafore</i>; the two often, in old + times, the same thing. The Cornish name for <i>pinafore</i> is + <i>save-all</i>. (See Halliwell's <i>Arch. Dict.</i>) I need not add that + <i>nap</i>, <i>napery</i>, was a common word for linen.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">George Stephens.</span> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Stockholm.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Sir Thomas Herbert's Memoirs</i> (Vol. ii., p. 476.).—The + memoirs of Charles I. by Sir Thomas Herbert were published in 1702. I + transcribe the title from a copy in my possession:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Memoirs of the two last years of the reign of that unparall'd prince, + of ever blessed memory, king Charles I. By sir Tho. Herbert, major + Huntingdon, col. Edw. Coke, and Mr. Hen. Firebrace, <i>etc</i>. London, + Rob. Clavell, 1702, 8vo."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The volume, for a publication of that period, is of uncommon + occurrence. It was printed, as far as above described, "from a + <i>manuscript</i> of the Right Reverend the Bishop of Ely, lately + deceased." The remainder of the volume consists of reprinted + articles.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Bolton Corney</span>. + + <p><i>Robert Burton</i> (Vol. iii., p. 106.).—The supposition that + the author of the <i>Anatomy of Melancholy</i> was born at Fald, + Staffordshire, instead of Lindley, Leicestershire, seems probable from + the fact, that in an edition of the <i>History of Leicestershire</i>, by + his brother William, I find that the latter dates his preface "From + Falde, neere Tutbury, Staff., Oct. 30. 1622." In this work, also, under + the head "Lindley," is given the pedigree of his family, commencing with + "James de Burton, Squier of the body to King Richard the First;" down to + "Rafe Burton, of Lindley, borne 1547; died 17 March, 1619;" leaving + "Robert Burton, bachelor of divinity and student of Christ Church, Oxon; + author of the <i>Anatomy of Melancholy</i>; borne 8 of Febr. 1578;" and + "William Burton, author of this work (<i>History of Leicestershire</i>), + borne 24 of Aug. 1575, now dwelling at Falde, ann. 1622."</p> + + <p class="author">T. T. + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Leicester.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p><i>Drachmarus</i> (Vol. iii., p. 105.).—If your correspondents + (Nos. 66 and 67.) who have inquired for a book called <i>Jartuare</i>, + and for a writer named "Drachmarus," would add a little to the length of + their questions, so as not by extra-briefness to deaden the dexterity of + conjecturers, perhaps they might be nearer to the reception of replies. + Many stranger things have happened than that <i>Drachmarus</i> should be + renovated by the context into Christian <i>Druthmar</i>.</p> + + <p><i>Averia</i> (Vol. iii., p. 42.).—I have long desired to know + the exact meaning of <i>averia</i>, but I have not met with a good + explanation until lately. It is clear, however, from the following legal + expression, "<i>Nullus distringatur per averia carucæ.</i>" <i>Caruca</i> + is the French <i>charrue</i>, and therefore <i>averia</i> must mean + either cart-horses or oxen which draw the plough.</p> + + <p class="author">P. + + <p><i>Dragons</i> (Vol. iii., p. 40.).—I think the <i>Draco</i> of + the Crusaders' times must have been the <i>Boa constrictor</i>. If you + will look into St. Jerome's <i>Vitas Patrum</i>, you will find that he + mentions the trail of a "draco" seen in the sand in the Desert, which + appeared as if a <i>great beam</i> had been dragged along. I think it not + likely that a crocodile would have <!-- Page 158 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page158"></a>{158}</span>ventured so far from + the banks of the Nile as to be seen in the Desert.</p> + + <p class="author">P. + +<hr class="full" > + +<h2>Miscellaneous.</h2> + +<h3>NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.</h3> + + <p>The members of the Percy Society have just received the third and + concluding volume of <i>The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, a new + Text, with Illustrative Notes, edited by Thomas Wright, Esq</i>. It is + urged as an objection to Tyrwhitt's excellent edition of the + <i>Canterbury Tales</i>, that one does not know his authority for any + particular reading, inasmuch as he has given what he considered the best + among the different MSS. he consulted. Mr. Wright has gone on an entirely + different principle. Considering the Harleian MS. (No. 7334.) as both + "the oldest and best manuscript he has yet met with," he has "reproduced + it with literal accuracy," and for the adoption of this course Mr. Wright + may plead the good example of German scholars when editing the + <i>Nibelungen Lied</i>. That the members of the Society approve the + principle of giving complete editions of works like the present, has been + shown by the anxiety with which they have looked for the completion of + Mr. Wright's labours; and we doubt not that, if the Council follow up + this edition of the <i>Canterbury Tales</i> with some other of the + collected works which they have announced—such as those of + Hoccleve, Taylor the Water Poet, &c.—they will readily fill up + any vacancies which may now exist in their list of members.</p> + + <p>Mr. Parker has just issued another handsome, and handsomely + illustrated volume to gladden the hearts of all ecclesiologists and + architectural antiquaries. We allude to Mr. Freeman's <i>Essay on the + Origin and Development of Window Tracery in England</i>, which consists + of an improved and extended form of several papers on the subject of + Tracery read before the Oxford Architectural Society at intervals during + the years 1846 and 1848. To those of our readers who know what are Mr. + Freeman's abilities for the task he has undertaken, the present + announcement will be a sufficient inducement to make them turn to the + volume itself; while those who have not yet paid any attention to this + interesting chapter in the history of Architectural progress, will find + no better introduction to the study of it than Mr. Freeman's able volume + with its four hundred illustrations.</p> + + <p>Mr. Foss has, we hear, gone to press with two additional volumes of + his <i>Judges of England</i>, which will carry his subject down to the + end of the reign of Richard III.</p> + + <p><i>The Athenæum</i> of Saturday last announces that the remaining + Stowe MSS., including the unpublished Diaries and Correspondence of + George Grenville, have been bought by Mr. Murray, of Albemarle Street, + from the Trustees of the Duke of Buckingham. The correspondence will form + about four volumes, and will be ready to appear among our next winter's + novelties. The Grenville Diary reveals, it is said, the secret movements + of Lord Bute's administration—the private histories of Wilkes and + Lord Chatham—and the features of the early madness of George III.; + while the Correspondence exhibits Wilkes, we are told, in a new + light—and reveals (what the Stowe Papers were expected to reveal) + something of moment about Junius; So that we may at length look for the + solution of this important query.</p> + + <p>Messrs. Puttick and Simpson (191. Piccadilly) will sell, on Monday and + Tuesday next, a collection of Choice Books, mostly in beautiful + condition. Among the more curious lots are, an unpublished work of + Archbishop Laud, on <i>Church Government</i>, said to have been presented + to Charles I. for the instruction of Prince Henry; and an unique Series + of Illustrations for Scotland, consisting of several thousand engravings, + and many interesting drawings and autographs.</p> + + <p>We have received the following Catalogues:—Bernard Quaritch's + (16. Castle Street, Leicester Square) Catalogue (No. 24.) of Books in + European and Oriental Languages and Dialects, Fine Arts, Antiquities, + &c.; Waller and Son's (188. Fleet Street) Catalogue of Autograph + Letters and Manuscripts, English and Foreign, containing many rare and + interesting Documents.</p> + +<hr class="short" > + +<h3>BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.</h3> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p><span class="sc">Conder's Provincial Coins.</span> Publisher's name I cannot recollect.</p> + <p><span class="sc">Historical Register</span> for 1st February, 1845, price <i>6d</i>. No. 5.; also for 22d February, 1845, price <i>6d</i>. No. 8., and subsequent Numbers till its discontinuation. Published by Wallbridge, 7. 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There was an extra charge for the Index; and + No. 65. was a double Number, price</i> 6d. <i>The taking of the Index + was, as Lubin Log says, "quite optional."</i> <!-- Page 159 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page159"></a>{159}</span></p> + + <p><span class="sc">Philo-Stevens.</span> <i>We do not know of any Memoir + of the late Mr. Price, the Editor of Warton's</i> History of English + Poetry. <i>There is not certainly one prefixed to any edition of Warton. + Mr. Price was a thorough scholar, and well deserving of such a + memorial.</i></p> + + <p>E. S. T. <i>Only waiting for an opportunity of using them.</i></p> + + <p><span class="sc">Martin Family</span> (of Wivenhoe). <span + class="sc">Clericus</span>, <i>who sought for information respecting this + Family, may, by application to our publisher, learn the address of a + gentleman who has collected evidence of their pedigree.</i></p> + + <p><span class="sc">De Navorscher.</span> <i>Mr. Nutt, of 270. 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