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Stamped Edition 4d. + + * * * * * {305} + + +CONTENTS + +NOTES:--Page + + A Note on "Small Words". 305 + Gray's Elegy, by Bolton Corney. 306 + Gray's Elegy in Portuguese. 306 + Further Notes on the Authorship of Henry VIII. 306 + Queen Elizabeth and Sir Henry Nevill, by Lord + Braybrooke. 307 + Minor Notes:--Whales--Bookbinding--Scott's + Waverley--Satyayrata. 307 + +QUERIES:-- + The Black Rood of Scotland. 308 + Minor Queries:--Trogus Pompeius--Mortuary + Stanzas--Laird of Grant--Bastille, Records of,--Orkney + under Norwegians--Swift's Works--Pride of the + Morning--Bishop Durdent and the Staffordshire Historians--Pope and + Bishop Burgess--Daniel's Irish New Testament--Ale Draper--Eugene + Aram--Latin Epigram--Couplet in Defoe--Books + wanted to refer to--Watermarks in + Writing-paper--Puzzling Epitaph--Cornish MSS.--Bilderdijk + the Poet--Egyptian MSS.--Scandinavian + Priesthood--Thomas Volusemus. 309 + +REPLIES:-- + Curfew. 311 + Engelmann's Bibliotheca Scriptorum Classicorum. 312 + Crozier and Pastoral Staff, by Rev. M. Walcott. 313 + Parsons, the Staffordshire Giant, by E.F. Rimbault, + L.L.D. 314 + Wormwood Wine, by S.W. Singer, &c. 315 + Replies to Minor Queries:--Feltham's Works--Harefinder--Fool + or a Physician--Papers of Perjury--Pilgrim's + Road--Capture of Henry VI.--Andrew + Beckett--Passage in Vida--Quem Deus--Countess + of Desmond--Confession--Cayell, Meaning of,--Lord + Kingsborough's Mexico--Aërostation--Concolinel--Andrewes's + Tortura Torti, &c. 315 + +MISCELLANEOUS:-- + Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. 319 + Books and Odd Volumes Wanted. 319 + Notices to Correspondents. 319 + Advertisements. 320 + + * * * * * + + +NOTES. + +A NOTE ON "SMALL WORDS." + + "And ten small words creep on in one dull line." + +Most ingenious! most felicitous! but let no man despise little words, +despite of the little man of Twickenham. He himself knew better, but +there was no resisting the temptation of such a line as that. Small +words he says, in plain prosaic criticism, are generally "stiff and +languishing, but they may be beautiful to express melancholy." + +The English language is a language of small words. It is, says Swift, +"overstocked with monosyllables." It cuts down all its words to the +shortest possible dimensions: a sort of half-Procrustes, which lops but +never stretches. In one of the most magnificent passages in Holy Writ, +that, namely, which describes the death of Sisera:-- + + "At her feet he bowed, he fell: at her feet he bowed, he fell, + he lay down: where he bowed, there he fell down dead." + +There are twenty-two monosyllables to three of greater length, or rather +to the same dissyllable thrice repeated; and that too in common parlance +proncounced as a monosyllable. The passage in the Book of Ezekiel, which +Coleride is said to have considered the most sublime in the whole +Bible,-- + + "And He said unto me, son of man, can these bones live? And I + answered, O Lord God, though knowest,"-- + +contains seventeen monosyllables to three others. And in the most grand +passage which commences the Gospel of St. John, from the first to the +fourteenth verses, inclusive, there are polysyllables twenty-eight, +monosyllables two hundred and one. This it may be said is poetry, but +not verse, and therefore makes but little against the critic. Well then, +out of his own mouth shall he be confuted. In the fourth epistle of his +_Essay on Man_, a specimen selected purely at random from his works, and +extending altogether to three hundred and ninety-eight lines, there are +no less than twenty-seven (that is, a trifle more than one out of every +fifteen,) made up _entirely_ of monosyllables: and over and above these, +there are one hundred and fifteen which have in them only one word of +greater length; and yet there are few dull creepers among the lines of +Pope. + +The early writers, the "pure wells of English undefiled," are full of +"small words." + +Hall, in one of the most exquisite of his satires, speaking of the +vanity of "adding house to house, and field to field," has these most +beautiful lines,-- + + "Fond fool! six feet shall serve for all thy store, + And he that cares for most shall find no more!" + +"What harmonious monosyllables!" says Mr. Gifford; and what critic will +refuse to echo his exclamation? The same writer is full of monosyllabic +lines, and he is among the most energetic {306} of satirists. By the +way, it is not a little curious, that in George Webster's _White Devil, +or Vittoria Corombona_, almost the same thought is also clothed in two +monosyllabic lines:-- + + "His wealth is summed, and this is all his store: + This poor men get, and great men get no more." + +Was Young dull? Listen, for it is indeed a "solemn sound:"-- + + "The bell strikes one. We take no note of time + Save by its loss, to give it then a tongue + Was wise in man." + +Was Milton tame? Hear the "lost archangel" calling upon Hell to receive +its new possessor:-- + + "One who brings + A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. + The mind is its own place, and in _itself_ + Can make a heav'n of hell,--a hell of heav'n. + What _matter_ where, if I be still the same, + And what I should be; all but less than he + Whom _thunder_ hath made _greater_? Here at least + We shall be free; the _Almighty_ hath not built + Here for his _envy_; will not drive us hence: + Here we may reign _secure_; and in my choice + To reign is worth _ambition_, though in hell: + _Better_ to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n!" + +A great conjunction of little words! Are monosyllables passionless? +Listen to the widowed Constance:-- + + "Thou mayst, thou shalt! I will not go with thee! + I will _instruct_ my _sorrows_ to be proud; + For grief is proud, and makes his _owner_ stout; + To me, and to the state of my great grief, + Let kings _assemble_; for my grief's so great, + That no _supporter_ but the huge firm earth + Can hold it up: here I and _sorrow_ sit; + Here is my throne: bid kings come bow to it." + +Six polysyllables only in eight lines! + +The ingenuity of Pope's line is great, but the criticism false. We +applaud it only because we have never taken the trouble to think about +the matter, and take it for granted that all monosyllabic lines must +"creep" like that which he puts forward as a specimen. The very +frequency of monosyllables in the compositions of our language is one +grand cause of that frequency passing uncommented upon by the general +reader. The investigation prompted by the criticism will serve only to +show its unsoundness. + +K.I.P.B.T. + + * * * * * + +ON GRAY'S ELEGY. + +If required to name the most popular English poem of the last century, I +should perhaps fix on the _Elegy_ of Gray. According to Mason, it "ran +through eleven editions in a very short space of time." If he means +_separate_ editions, I can point out six other impressions in the +life-time of the poet, besides those in miscellaneous collections viz. +In _Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray_, London, 1753. Folio--1765. Folio--and in +_Poems by Mr. Gray_, London, 1768. small 8o.--Glasgow 1768. 4o.--London. +A new edition, 1768. small 8o. A new edition, 1770. small 8o. So much +has been said of translations and imitations, that I shall confine +myself to the text. + +Of the _first_ separate edition I am so fortunate as to possess a copy. +It is thus entitled:-- + + "_An elegy wrote in a country church-yard_. LONDON: printed for + R. Dodsley in Pal-mall; and sold by M. Cooper in + Pater-noster-row, 1751. Price six-pense. 4o six leaves. + + "Advertisement. + + "The following POEM came into my hands by accident, if the + general approbation with which this little piece has been + spread, may be call'd by so slight a term as accident. It is + this approbation which makes it unnecessary for me to make any + apology but to the author: as he cannot but feel some + satisfaction in having pleas'd so many readers already, I + flatter myself he will forgive my communicating that pleasure to + many more. + + "The EDITOR." + +The history of this publication is given by Gray himself, in a letter to +Walpole, dated in 1751, and needs no repetition; but I must observe, as +a remarkable circumstance, that the poem was reprinted _anonymously_, in +its separate form, as late as 1763. + +I have collated the editions of 1751 and 1770, and find variations in +stanzas 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 23, 24, and 27. All the amendments, however, +were adopted as early as 1753, except the correction of a grammatical +peccadillo in the ninth stanza. + +I make this communication in the shape of a note, as it may interest men +of the world not less than certain _hermits_. + +BOLTON CORNEY. + + * * * * * + +GRAY'S ELEGY IN PORTUGUESE. + +In several numbers of the "NOTES AND QUERIES" mention is made of various +translations into foreign languages of GRAY'S _Elegy in a Country +Church-yard_. P.C.S.S. begs leave to add to the list a very elegant +translation into Portuguese, by the Chevalier Antonio de Aracejo +(afterwards Minister of Foreign Affairs at Lisbon and at Rio de +Janeiro), to whose friendship he was indebted many years ago for a copy +of it. It was privately printed at Lisbon towards the close of the last +century, and was subsequently reprinted at Paris in 1802, in a work +called _Traductions interlinéaires, en six Langues_, by A.M.H. Boulard. + +P.C.S.S. + + * * * * * + +FURTHER NOTES ON THE AUTHORSHIP OF SHAKSPEARE'S HENRY VIII. + +The Gentleman's Magazine for the present month contains a letter from +Mr. Spedding, the author of the essay which appeared in the August {307} +number of that magazine on the authorship of _Henry VIII._ After +expressing himself "gratified but not surprised" by the coincidence +between his views and those of Mr. Hickson in "NOTES AND QUERIES" (Vol. +ii., p. 198.), Mr. Spedding proceeds: + + "The resemblance of the style, in some parts of the play, to + Fletcher's, was pointed out to me several years ago by Alfred + Tennyson (for I do not know why I should not mention his name); + and long before that, the general distinctions between + Shakspeare's manner and Fletcher's had been admirably explained + by Charles Lamb in his note on the _Two Noble Kinsmen_, and by + Mr. Spalding in his Essay. And in respect to this I had myself + derived additional light, more, perhaps, than I am aware of, + from Mr. Hickson himself, if he be (as I suppose he is) the S.H. + of the _Westminster Review_. But having been thus put upon the + scent and furnished with principles, I followed the inquiry out + by myself, without help or communication. That two independent + inquirers should thus have arrived at the same conclusions upon + so many particulars, must certainly be considered very singular, + except upon one supposition; viz., that the conclusions are + according to reason. Upon that supposition, nothing is more + natural; and I must confess, for my own part, that I should have + been more surprised if the coincidence had been less exact." + +We will borrow one more paragraph from Mr. Spedding's communication +(which is distinguished throughout by the liberality of tone of a true +scholar), and we doubt not that the wish expressed at its conclusion is +one in which our readers join as heartily as ourselves:-- + + "I hope, however, that Mr. Hickson may be induced to pursue his + own investigation further, and to develop more fully the + suggestion which he throws out as to a difference of style + discernible in the scenes which he attributes to Shakspeare. If + I understand him rightly, he sees traces in this play of the + earlier as well as the later hand of both poets. I cannot say + that I perceive any indications of this myself, nor, if it be + so, can I well make out how it should have come to pass. But I + should be glad to hear more about it." + +It will be seen by the following extract from Mr. Emerson's +_Representative Men_, for which we are indebted to our correspondent +A.R., that the subject had attracted the attention of that distinguished +writer.-- + + "In _Henry VIII._, I think I see plainly the cropping out of the + original rock on which his (Shakspeare's) own finer stratum was + laid. The first play was written by a superior, thoughtful man, + with a vicious ear. I can mark his lines, and know well their + cadence. See Wolsey's Soliloquy, and the following scene with + Cromwell, where, instead of the metre of Shakspeare, whose + secret is, that the thought constructs the tune, so that reading + for the sense will best bring out the rhythm; here the lines are + constructed on a given tune, and the verse has even a trace of + pulpit eloquence. But the play contains, through all its length, + unmistakeable traits of Shakspeare's hand; and some passages, as + the account of the coronation, are like autographs. What is odd, + the compliment to Queen Elizabeth is in the bad rhythm." + + * * * * * + +QUEEN ELIZABETH AND SIR HENRY NEVILL. + +Many years ago I copied the following note from a volume of Berkshire +pedigrees in the British Museum, my reference to which is unluckily +lost. + + "Queen Elizabeth, in her first progress at Maidenhithe Bridge, + being mett by all the Nobility, Kn'ts, and Esquires of Berks, + they kneeling on both sides of her way, shee alighted at the + bridge foot, and walked on foote through the midst, and coming + just agaynst Sir Henry Nevill of Billingbear, made a stay, and + leyd her glove on his head, saying, 'I am glad to see thee, + _Brother Henry_.' Hee, not pleased with the expression, swore + she would make the court believe hee was a bastard, at which + shee laughed, and passed on." + +The masquing scene in _Henry VIII._, as described by Holinshed, perhaps +furnishes a clue to the Queen's pleasantry, though Shakspeare has +omitted the particular incident relating to Sir Henry Nevill. The old +chronicler, after giving an account of Wolsey's banquet, and the +entrance of a noble troop of strangers in masks, amongst whom he +suspected that the king made one, proceeds as follows:-- + + "Then the Lord Chamberlain said to the Cardinal, Sir, they + confesse that among them there is such a noble personage whom, + if your Grace can appointe out 'from the rest, he is content to + disclose himself and to accept your place.' Whereupon the + Cardinal, taking good advisement among them, at the last quoth + he, 'Me seemeth the gentleman in the black beard should be even + he.' And with that he arose out of his chaire and offered the + same to the gentleman in the black beard, with his cap in his + hand. The person to whom he offered the chaire was Sir Edward + Nevill, a comelie knight, that much more resembled the king's + person in that mask than anie other. The King perceiving the + Cardinal so deceived, could not forbear laughing, and pulled + down his visor and Maister Nevill's too." + +Sir Edward Nevill of Aldington, in Kent, was the second surviving son of +George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny, and the father of Sir Henry Nevill +above mentioned, who laid the foundation-stone and built the body and +one wing of Billingbear House, which still belongs to his descendant. +Sir Edward Nevill was beheaded for high treason in 1538, his likeness to +Henry VIII. not saving him from the fate which befell so many of that +king's unhappy favourites. + +BRATHBROOKE. + +Audley End. + + * * * * * + +MINOR NOTES. + +_Whales._--Tychsen thinks the stories of whales mistaken for islands +originated in the perplexities of inexperienced sailors when first +venturing from {308} the Mediterranean into a sea exposed to the tides. +I think Dr. Whewell mentions that in particular situations the turn of +the current occurs at a sufficient interval from the time of high or low +water to perplex even the most experienced sailors. + +F.Q. + + +_Bookbinding._--While the mischief of _mildew_ on the _inside_ of books +has engaged some correspondents to seek for a remedy (Vol. ii., 103. +173.), a word may be put in on behalf of the _outside_, the binding. The +present material used in binding is so soft, flabby, and unsound, that +it will not endure a week's service. I have seen a bound volume lately, +with a name of repute attached to it; and certainly the _workmanship_ is +creditable enough, but the _leather_ is just as miserable as any from +the commonest workshop. The volume cannot have been bound many months, +and yet even now, though in good hands, it is beginning to rub _smooth_, +and to look, what best expresses it emphatically, _shabby_, contrasting +most grievously with the leather of another volume, just then in use, +bound some fifty or seventy years ago, and as sound and firm as a drum's +head--_common_ binding too, be it observed--as the modern _cover_ is +flabby and washy. Pray, sir, raise a voice against this wretched +_material_, for that is the thing in fault, not the workmanship; and if +more must be paid for undoctored outsides, let it be so. + +NOVUS. + + +_Scott's Waverley._--Some years ago, a gentleman of my acquaintance, now +residing in foreign parts, told me the following story:-- + + "Once upon a time," the great unknown being engaged in a + shooting-match near his dwelling, it came to pass that all the + gun-wadding was spent, so that he was obliged to fetch _paper_ + instead. After Sir Walter had come back, his fellow-shooter + chanced to look at the succedaneum, and was not a little + astonished to see it formed part of a tale written by his + entertainer's hand. By his friend's urgent inquiries, the Scotch + romancer was compelled to acknowledge himself the author, and to + save the well nigh destroyed manuscript of _Waverley_. + +I do not know whether Sir Walter Scott was induced by _this_ incident to +publish the first of his tales or not; perhaps it occurred after several +of his novels had been printed. Now, if any body acquainted with the +anecdote I relate should perchance hit upon my endeavour to give it an +English garb, he would do me a pleasure by noting down the particulars I +might have omitted or mis-stated. I never saw the fact recorded. + +JANUS DOUSA. + + +_Satyavrata._--Mr. Kemble, _Salomon and Saturn_, p. 129., does not seem +to be aware that the Satyavrata in question was one of the forgeries +imposed on, and afterwards detected, by Wilford. + +F.Q. + + * * * * * + + +QUERIES. + +BLACK ROOD OF SCOTLAND. + +Can any of your correspondents give me any information on the following +points connected with "the Black Rood of Scotland?" + +1. What was the history of this cross before it was taken into Scotland +by St. Margaret, on the occasion of her marriage with Malcolm, king of +Scotland? Did she get it in England or in Germany? + +2. What was its size and make? One account describes it as made of gold, +and another (_Rites of Durham_, p. 16.) as of silver. + +3. Was the "Black Rood of Scotland" the same as the "Holy Cross of +Holyrood House?" One account seems to make them the same: for in the +_Rites of Durham_, p. 16., we read,-- + + "At the east end of the south aisle of the choir, was a most + fair rood, or picture of our Saviour, _in silver_, called the + _Black Rood of Scotland_, brought out of Holyrood House by King + David Bruce, and was won at the battle of Durham, with the + picture of our Lady on the one side, and St. John on the other + side, very richly wrought in silver, all three having crowns of + gold," &c. &c. + +Another account, in p. 21 of the same work, seems to make them +different; for, speaking of the battle of Neville's Cross (18th October, +1346), it says-- + + "In which said battle a _holy Cross_, which was taken out of + Holyrood House, in Scotland, by King David Bruce, was won and + taken," &c., p. 21. + +And adds,-- + + "In which battle were slain seven earls of Scotland.... and also + lost _the said cross_, and many other most worthy and excellent + jewels ... together with the Black Rood of Scotland (so termed) + with Mary and John, made of silver, being, as it were, smoked + all over," &c., p. 22. + +4. If they were the same, how is the legend concerning its discovery by +the king, upon Holyrood day, when hunting in a forest near Edinburgh, to +be reconciled with the fact of its being taken by St. Margaret into +Scotland? If they were not the same, what was the previous history of +each, and which was the cross of St. Margaret? + +5. How is the account of Simeon of Durham, that the Black Rood was +bequeathed to Durham Priory by St. Margaret, to be reconciled with the +history of its being taken from the Scotch at the battle of Neville's +Cross? + +6. May there not be a connexion between the legend of the discovery of +the "Holy Cross" between the horns of a wild hart (_Rites of Durham_, p. +21.), and the practice that existed of an offering of a stag annually +made, on St. Cuthbert's day, in September, by the Nevilles of Raby, to +the Priory of Durham? May it not have been an acknowledgement {309} that +the cross won at the battle of Neville's Cross was believed to have been +taken by King David from the hart in the forest of Edinburgh? In the +"Lament for Robert Neville," called by Surtees "the very oldest rhyme of +the North" we read-- + + "Wel, qwa sal thir hornes blaw + Haly rod thi day? + Nou is he dede and lies law + Was wont to blaw thaim ay." + +7. Is it known what became of the "Holy Cross" or "Black Rood" at the +dissolution of Durham Priory? + +P.A.F. + +Newcastle-on-Tyne. + + * * * * * + +MINOR QUERIES. + +_Trogus Pompeius._--In Hannay and Dietrichsen's _Almanuck for the Year_ +1849, I find the following statement under the head of "Remarkable +Occurrences of the Year 1847:"-- + + "July 21. A portion of the history of Trogus Pompeius (the + author abridged by Justin) is discovered in the library of + Ossolinski at Berlin." + +Not having noticed any contemporary account of this occurrence, I should +be glad of any information respecting the nature and extent of the +discovery. + +E.L.N. + + +_Mortuary Stanzas._--Could any of your readers supply me with +information respecting the practice of appending mortuary stanzas to the +yearly bills of mortality, published in many parishes; whether there are +any extant specimens of such stanzas besides those memorable poems of +Cowper written for the parish clerk of Northampton; and whether, also, +the practice is still kept up in any parts of the country? + +[Greek: Philopatris]. + + +_Laird of Grant._--In the north of England, I have repeatedly heard the +_auld wife_ remark, on observing any unwonted act of extravagance, such +as burning more than the ordinary number of candles, &c. &c.,--"Who is +to be Laird of Grant next year?" As this saying appears to be used only +in the north, I have no other medium at present than to seek a reply +through the aid of your valuable little work. + +SENEX. + + + [A similar "saw" was formerly current in the metropolis,--"What, + three candles burning! we shall be Lord Mayor next year."] + + +_Bastille, MS. Records of._--Are there amongst the MSS. of the British +Museum any documents relating to spies, or political agents, employed by +the French and English governments from 1643 to 1715, who were +incarcerated in the Bastille? + +M.V. + + +_Orkney under the Norwegians._--Torfæus (_Orcades_), under the +transactions of the year 1430 (p. 182-3.), has an incidental mention of +the Orkneys as among the forbidden islands, "vetitæ insulas," of which +the commerce was forbidden to strangers, and confined to the mother +country, as to this day it is with Denmark and her possessions of the +Faroe Islands and Iceland, both mentioned in the paragraph of the +historian among the islands whose commerce was restricted. It would be +very desirable to know of the social state of Orkney under the +government of Norway and its native Jarls of the Norwegian race, and or +its connexion with Norway and Denmark; and some of your correspondents +may take the trouble to point out sources of information on the subject +of this Query. + +W.H.F. + +Kirkwall + + +_Swift's Works._--In Wilde's _Closing Years of Dean Swift's Life_ (2d +edit. p. 78.) is mentioned an autograph letter from Sir Walter Scott to +C.G. Gavelin, Esq., of Dublin, in the MS. library. T.C.D., in which he +states he had nothing whatever to do with the publication or revision of +the second edition of the _Works of Jonathan Swift_. This does not agree +with the statement given in Mr. Lockhart's _Life of Sir Walter Scott_, +2d edit. vol. vii. p. 215. Who was the editor, and in what does the +second edition differ from the first? + +W.H.F. + + +"_Pride of the Morning_."--Why is the small rain which falls in the +morning, at some seasons of the year, called "the pride of the morning?" + +P.H.F. + + +_Bishop Durdent and the Staffordshire Historians._--It is stated by +Sampson Erdeswich, Esq., in his _Survey of Staffordshire_, p. 164, 12mo. +1717, that-- + + "Not far from Tame, Roger Durdent held Fisherwicke of the + bishop, 24 Ed. I. And 4 Ed. II. Nicholas Durdent was lord of it, + which I suppose was procured to some of his ancestors of the + same name by their kinsman Walter Durdent, Bishop of Litchfield, + in Henry II.'s time." + +but no authority is given for this statement. + +In Shaw's _History of Staffordshire_, p. 365., fol., 1798, it is further +recorded that-- + + "Walter Durdent, in the beginning of Henry II., appears to have + granted it (Fisherwicke) to some of his relations, for we find + William Durdent of Fisherwicke temp. Henry II.; and in the 40th + of Hen. III. Roger Durdent occurs, who held Fisherwicke of the + bishop, 24 Ed. I. In the 4 Ed. II. Nicholas Durdent was lord of + it." + +Shaw refers to Erdeswick, and to the _Annals of Burton Abbey_, p. 364. + +In Dr. Harwood's edition of Erdeswick, 8vo., 1844, the same statements +are repeated, but no authority is adduced. Could any of your +correspondents obligingly furnish me with the original {310} sources of +information to which Erdeswick had access, and also with any +biographical notices of Bishop Durdent besides those which are recorded +in Godwin and Shaw? The bishop had the privilege of coining money. (See +Shaw's _Staffordshire_, pp. 233. 265.) Are any of his coins known to +numismatists? + +F.R.R. + + +_Pope and Bishop Burgess._--To what passage in Pope's writings does the +conclusion of the following extract refer?[1] + + "Digammaticæ doctrinæ idem accidit. In his _Popius_ eam in + ludibrium vertit, &c. Sed eximius Poeta neque in veteribus suæ + ipsius linguæ, nedum Græcæ monumentis versatus, tantum scilicet + de antiqua illa litera vidit, quantum _de Shakespearii_ + SAGITTARIO." + +W.W. + +[Footnote 1: 3d ed. of Dawes's _Mis. Critic_, p. xviii, note x.] + + +_Daniel's Irish New Testament._--F.G.X. will be much obliged for +information on the following points:-- + +1. Which is the most correct edition, as to printing and orthography, of +Daniel's Irish New Testament? + +2. Does the edition now on sale by the Bible Society bear the character +for incorrectness as to these points, which, judged by itself, it +appears to deserve, or is it really, though "bad, the best?" + +3. F.G.X. is far advanced with an Irish Testament Concordance. Can any +one possessed of the requisite information give him hope of the +acceptableness of such a publication? He should expect it to be chiefly +useful to clerical Irish students in acquiring a knowledge of words and +construction; but the lists of Irish Bibles disposed of of late years +would lead to the supposition of its being desirable also as pointing +out the place of passages to the native reader. + +4. Does the Cambridge University Library contain a copy of the first +edition of Daniel's translation? + +_Ale Draper--Eugene Aram._--In Hargrove's well-known history of Eugene +Aram, the hero of Bulwer's still better known novel, one of the guilty +associates of the Knaresborough murderer is designated as an "Ale +Draper." As this epithet never presented itself in my reading, and as I +am not aware that _draper_ properly admits of any other definition than +that given by Johnson, "one who deals in cloth," may I ask whether the +word was ever in "good use" in the above sense? + +My main purpose in writing, is to propound the foregoing Query; but +while I have the pen in hand permit me to ask,-- + +1. Whether it be possible to read the celebrated "defence," so called, +which was delivered by Aram on his trial at York, without concurring +with the jury in their verdict, and with the judge in his sentence? In +short, without a strong feeling that the prisoner would not have been +hanged, but for that over-ingenious, and obviously evasive, address, in +which the plain averment of "not guilty" does not occur. + +2. Has not the literary character, especially the philological +attainments, of this noted malefactor been vastly over-rated? And + +3. Ought not the "memoirs" of "this great man" by Mr. Scatcherd to be +ranked among the most remarkable attempts ever made, and surely made + + "--in vain, + To wash the murderer from blood-guilty stain?" + +D. + +Rotherfield + + +_Latin Epigram._--Can any of your correspondents inform me who was the +author of the following epigram:-- + + IN MEMORIAM G.B.M.D. + + "Te tandem tuus Oreus habet, quo civibus Orei + Gratius haud unquam misit Apollo caput; + Quippe tuo jussu terras liquere, putantque + Tartara se jussu linquere posse tuo." + +The person alluded to was Sir W. Browne, M.D., the founder of the Browne +medals in the University of Cambridge. Some old fellow of King's College +may be able to inform me. + +The medals were first given about the year 1780, and in the first year, +I presume, out of respect to the memory of the donor, no subject was +given for Epigrams. It has occurred to me, that perhaps some wag on that +occasion sent the lines as a quiz. + +W.S. + +Richmond, Surrey + + +_Couplet in De Foe_-- + + "Restraint from ill is freedom to the wise, + And good men wicked liberties despise." + +This couplet is at the end of the second letter in De Foe's _Great Law +of Subordination_, p. 42. Is it his own? If not, where did he get it? + +N.B. + + +_Books wanted to refer to_.-- + + "Hollard's Travels (1715), by a French Protestant Minister, + afterwards suppressed by the author." + + "Thomas Bonnell, Mayor of Norwich, Life of." + + "Canterbury, Letters and Memoirs on the Excommunication of two + Heretics, 1698." + + "The Book of Seventy-seven French Protestant Ministers, + presented to Will'm III." + +If any of your readers can refer me to the above works I shall be glad. +They may be in the British Museum, although I have searched there in +vain for them. + +J.S.B. + + +_Water-marks in Writing-paper._--Can any of your correspondents indicate +any guide to the dating of {311} paper by the water-mark. I think I have +read of some work on that subject, but have no precise recollection +about it. I have now before me several undated MSS. written on paper of +which it would be very desirable to fix the exact date. They evidently +belonged to Pope, Swift, and Lady M.W. Montague, as they contain their +autographs. They are all of that size called _Pro Patria_, and two of +them have as water-mark a figure of Britannia with a lion brandishing a +sword within a paling, and the motto _Pro Patria_ over the sword. Of one +of these the opposite page has the initials GR, and the other has IX; +but the paper has been cut off in the middle of the water-mark and only +exhibits half the figure IV. Another sheet has the royal arms (1. +England and Scotland impaled, 2. France, 3. Ireland, 4. the white horse +of Hanover,) within the garter, and surmounted by the crown, and on the +opposite page GR. within a crowned wreath. There is no doubt that they +were all manufactured between 1715 and 1740; but is there any means of +arriving at a more precise date? + +C. + + +_Puzzling Epitaph._--The following curious epitaph was found in a +foreign cathedral:-- + + EPITAPHIUM. + + "O quid tuæ + be est biæ; + ra ra ra + es et in + ram ram ram + ii." + +The following is plainly the solution of the last four lines:-- + + _ra, ra, ra_, is thrice _ra_, i.e. _ter-ra=terra_. + _ram, ram, ram_, is thrice _ram_, i.e. _ter-ram=terram_. + _ii_ is _i_ twice, _i.e. i-bis=ibis_. + +Thus the last four lines are,-- + + "Terra es et in terram ibis." + +Can any one furnish a solution of the two first lines? + +J. BDN. + + + [We would suggest that the first two lines are to be read "O + _super_ be, quid _super_ est, tuæ _super_ biæ," and the + epitaph will then be-- + + "O superbe quid superest tuæ superbiæ + Terra es, et in terram ibis."--ED.] + + +_MSS. of Cornish Language._--Are there any ancient MSS. of the Cornish +language, or are there any works remaining in that language, besides the +_Calvary_ and _Christmas Carol_ published by the late Davies Gilbert? + +J.A. GILES. + + +_Bilderdijk the Poet._--Banished from his native country, disowned by +his own countrymen, the Dutch poet Willem Bilderdijk pitched his tent +for a while on the hospitable soil of Old England. Prince William V. +residing in 1795 at Hampton Court, he resolved to stay there; but, +possessing no income at all, and, like the sage of antiquity, having +saved nothing from the shipwreck but his genius, he shifted his +dwelling-place to London, where he gave lessons in drawing, languages, +and various, even medical, sciences. He was married in England to +Katharine Wilhelmina Schweickhardt, on the 18th of May, 1797. His +residence in the birthplace of "NOTES AND QUERIES" makes me ask, if +there be still persons living, who remember him as teacher, friend, or +poet? A presentation-copy of Mrs. Bilderdijk's translation of _Rodrick, +the Last of the Goths_, was offered to Southey, accompanied by a Latin +letter from her spouse. The poet-laureate visiting Leyden in the summer +of 1825, Bilderdijk would not suffer him to remain lodged in the inn, +where an injury to his leg urged him to favour the landlord with a +protracted stay. Southey was transported accordingly to the Dutch poet's +house; and did not leave it before he was cured, several weeks having +elapsed in the meanwhile. Mention of this fact is made in a poem the +British bard addresses to Cuninghame. I do not know whether it is +alluded to in Southey's _Life_. + +Bilderdijk's foot was crushed accidentally, in the sixth year of his +age, by one of his play-fellows; and thus he, who, by his natural +disposition seemed to be destined to a military career, was obliged to +enlist in the _militia togata_. He fought the good fight in verse. It is +remarkable that Byron and Sir Walter Scott, his cotemporaries, were also +lame or limping. + +JANUS DOUSA. + + +_Egyptian MSS._--What is the age of the oldest MS. found in Egypt? Are +there any earlier than the age of Alexander? + +J.A. GILES. + + +_Scandinavian Priesthood._--Will one of your correspondents do me the +favour to let me know the best authority I can refer to for information +as to the priesthood of the Scandinavians; the mode of their election, +the rank from which they were generally chosen, whether they were +allowed to marry, &c.? + +MAX BRANDESON. + + +_Thomas Volusemus (or Wilson?)._--Is anything known of Thomas Volusemus +(Wilson?) who edited the works of his father-in-law, Patrick Adamson, +titular Archbishop of St. Andrew's, which were published in London A.D. +1619? + +H.A.E. + + * * * * * + + +REPLIES. + +CURFEW. + +We have received the following Replies to NABOC'S inquiry (Vol. ii., p. +103.) as to where the custom of ringing the curfew still remains. + +_Bingley in Yorkshire._--In the town of Bingley, {312} in Yorkshire, the +custom of ringing the curfew existed in the year 1824. It may have been +discontinued since that year, but I do not know that it has. + +It is also the custom at Blackburn, in Lancashire; and it was, if it is +not now, at Bakewell in Derbyshire. + +H.J. + + +_Bromyard, Herefordshire._--The curfew is still rung at Bromyard, +Herefordshire, at nine P.M., from the 5th of November, until Christmas +Day; and the bell is afterwards tolled the number of the day of the +month. Why it is merely confined to within the above days, I could never +ascertain. + +G.F.C. + + +_Waltham-on-the-Wolds._--The curfew is still rung at +Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire, at five A.M., eight P.M. in +summer, and at six A.M., seven P.M. in winter; the bell also tolling the +day of the month. + +R.J.S. + + +_Oxfordshire._--I see that NABOC's inquiry about the curfew is answered +at p. 175. by a reference to the _Journal of the British Archæological +Association_. The list there is probably complete: but lest it should +omit any, I may as well mention, from my own knowledge, Woodstock, Oxon, +where it rings from eight to half-past eight in the evening, from +October to March; Bampton and Witney, Oxon, and Stow, in Gloucester; at +some of which places it is also rung at four in the morning. + +C. + + +_Chertsey, Surrey._--In the town of Chertsey in Surrey, the curfew is +regularly tolled for a certain time at eight every evening, but only +through the winter months. There is also a curious, if not an uncommon, +custom kept up with regard to it. After the conclusion of the curfew, +and a pause of half a minute, the day of the month is tolled out: one +stroke for the 1st, two for the 2nd, and so on. + +H.C. DE ST. CROIX. + + +_Penrith._--The curfew bell continues to be rung at Penrith, in +Cumberland, at eight o'clock in the evening, and is the signal for +closing shops, &c. + +_Newcastle-upon-Tyne._--The curfew is still rung by all the churches of +Newcastle-upon-Tyne at eight in the evening; and its original use may be +said to be preserved to a considerable extent, for the greater bulk of +the shops make it a signal for closing. + +G. BOUCHIER RICHARDSON. + + +_Morpeth._--The curfew bell is still rung at eight P.M. at Morpeth in +Northumberland. + +E.H.A. + + +_Exeter._--The curfew is rung in Exeter Cathedral at eight P.M. + +The present practice is to toll the bell thirty strokes, and after a +short interval to toll eight more; the latter, I presume, denoting the +hour. + +G.T. + + +_Winchester._--Curfew is still rung at Winchester. + +AN OLD COMMONER PREFECT. + + +_Over, near Winsford, Cheshire._--The custom of ringing the curfew is +still kept up at Over, near Winsford, Cheshire; and the parish church, +St. Chads, is nightly visited for that purpose at eight o'clock. This +bell is the signal amongst the farmers in the neighbourhood for "looking +up" their cattle in the winter evenings; and was, before the +establishment of a public clock in the tower of the Weaver Church at +Winsford, considered the standard time by which to regulate their +movements. + +A READER. + + + [We are indebted to the courtesy of the Editor of the _Liverpool + Albion_ for this Reply, which was originally communicated to + that paper.] + + +_The Curfew_, of which some inquiries have appeared in the "NOTES AND +QUERIES," is generally rung in the north of England. But then it is also +common in the south of Scotland. I have heard it in Kelso, and other +towns in Roxburghshire. The latter circumstance would appear to prove +that it cannot have originated with the Norman conqueror, to whom it is +attributed. + +W. + + * * * * * + +ENGELMANNS BIBLIOTHECA SCRIPTORUM CLASSICORUM. +(Vol. ii., p. 296.) + +The shortest reply to MR. DE MORGAN'S complaint against a foreign +bookseller would be, that _Engelmann himself_ printed for any of the +purchasers of a large number of his Catalogues the titles to which MR. +DE MORGAN objects so much. + +Will you allow me to add one or two remarks occasioned by MR. DE +MORGAN'S strictures? + +1. Engelmann is not, strictly speaking, a bookseller, and his catalogues +are not booksellers' catalogues in the sense in which that term is +generally received here. He is a publisher and compiler (and an +admirable one) of general classified catalogues for the use of the trade +and of students, without any reference to his stock, or, in many +instances, to the possibility of easily acquiring copies of the books +enumerated: and although he _might_ execute an order from his +catalogues, getting orders is _not_ the end for which _he_ publishes +them. + +2. Some foreign houses in London, as well as in other countries, bought +a large number of his Catalogues, not as a _book_ but as a _catalogue_, +to be supplied to their customers at the bare cost, or, where it appears +advisable, to be delivered gratis to purchasers of a certain amount. + +3. It appears to me pardonable if, under these circumstances, a notice +is inserted on the title, that orders may be directed to the house which +has purchased a number, and supplies them without any immediate profit; +and I may add that I do {313} not believe any of the houses concerned +would object to a notice being taken of such a proceeding in your paper. + +4. The error in omitting the words "from 1700" on the title-page, is one +to which MR. DE MORGAN'S notice first directed my attention, classics +printed before that date not being commonly in demand among foreign +booksellers. + +5. The practice of compiling catalogues for general use, with the names +of the purchasers of any number of copies of the catalogue inserted on +the title or wrapper, is very common in Germany. + +Hinrichs of Leipsic issues-- + +1. A Six-monthly Alphabetical Catalogue, with a systematic index; + +2. A Quarterly Catalogue, systematically arranged, with an alphabetical +index; + +Vandenhoeck of Gottigen issues _half-yearly_-- + +1. A Bibliotheca Medico-Chirurgica et Pharmaceuto-Chemica; + +2. A Bibliotheca Theologica, for Protestant theology; + +3. A Bibliotheca Classica et Philologica; + +4. A Bibliotheca Juridica; + +and Engelmann, from time to time, numerous general catalogues;-- + +all of which are not only supplied to London houses, with English +titles, but may be had all over Germany, with the firms of different +booksellers inserted as publishers of the catalogue. + +Will you make use of the above in any way in which you may think it of +advantage to your readers? + +ANOTHER FOREIGN BOOKSELLER. + + * * * * * + +CROZIER AND PASTORAL STAFF. + +(Vol. ii., p. 248.) + +A correspondent inquires what was the difference between a crozier and a +pastoral staff. The crozier (_Crocia_, Mediæval Latin), Fr. _Crosse_, +Ital. _Rocco Pastorale_, German. _Bischofstab_, is the ornamental staff +used by archbishops and legates, and derives its name from the cross +which surmounts it. A crozier behind a pall is borne on the primatial +arms of Canterbury. The use of the crozier can only be traced back to +the 12th century. _Cavendish_ mentions "two great crosses of silver, +whereof one of them was for his archbishoprick and the other for his +legatry, always before" Cardinal Wolsey. The fact did not escape Master +_Roy_, who sings thus:-- + + "Before him rydeth two Prestes stronge, + And they beare two Crosses right longe, + Gapinge in every man's face." + +_Hall_ says that he removed from Whitehall "with one cross." In the +Eastern Church patriarchs only have a crozier; a patriarch has two +transverse bars upon his crozier, the Pope carries three. + +The pastoral staff was the ensign of bishops. Honorius describes it as +in the form of a shepherd's crook, made of wood or bone, united by a +ball of gold or crystal, the lower part of the staff being pointed. + + "In Evangelio Dominus Apostolis præcepit, ut in prædcatione + nihil præter virgam tollerent. Et quià Episcopi pastores gregis + Dominici sunt, ideò baculum in custodiâ præferunt: per baculum, + quo infirmi sustentatur, auctoritas doctrinæ designatur; per + virgam, quà improbi emendantur, potestas regiminis figuratur. + Baculum ergò Pontifices portant, ut infirmos in Fide per + doctrinam erigant. Virgam bajulant, ut per potestatem inquietos + corrigant: quæ virga vel baculus est recurvus, ut aberrantes à + grege docendo ad poenitetiam trabat; in extremo est acutus, ut + rebelles excommunicando retrudat; hæreticos, velut lupos, ab + ovili Christi potestativè exterreat."--_In Gemmâ Animæ_, lib. i. + cap. 218, 219., _apud Hitterpium_. + +In its primitive form it appears to have been a staff shaped like a T, +and used to lean upon. It was gradually lengthened, and in some cases +was finished at the top like a mace. The pastoral staff is mentioned in +the _Life of S. Cæsarius of Arles_. Gough says that the pastoral staff +found in the coffin of Grostete, Bp. of Lincoln, who died in 1254, was +made of red wood ending in a rudely shaped ram's horn. It was inscribed: + + "Per baculi formam + Prælati discite normam." + +In the first prayer-book of the Reformed English Church, 2 Edward VI., +at the time of the holy communion the bishop is directed to have "_his +pastoral staff in his hand, or else borne by his chaplain_." It was used +in solemn benedictions; and so lately as at the coronation of Queen +Elizabeth. The second book of King Edward VI., published A.D. 1552, +being revived in that reign, the use of the staff was discontinued, as +we find by the consecration service of Archbishop Parker. + + "Postq' hæc dixissent, ad reliqua Communionis solemnia permit + Cicestren. nullu. Archie'po tradens Pastorale + baculum."--_Bramhall_, vol. iii. p. 205., Part i. Disc. 5. App., + Oxon. 1844. + +A crozier was borne at the funerals of Brian Duppa, of Winton, A.D. +1662; Juxon of London, 1663; Frewen of York, 1664; Wren of Ely, 1667; +Cosin of Dunelm, 1671; Trelawney of Winton, 1721; Lindsay of Armagh, +1724. It is engraven on the monuments of Goodrich of Ely, 1552; Magrath +of Cashel, 1622; Hacket of Lichfield, 1670; Creggleton of Wells, +Lamplugh of York, 1691; Sheldon, 1677; Hoadley of Winton, and Porteus of +London. Their croziers (made of gilt metal) were suspended over the +tombs of Morley, 1684, and Mews, 1706. The bishop's staff had its crook +bent outwards to signify that his jurisdiction extended over his +diocese; that of the abbot inwards, as his authority was limited to his +house. The crozier of Matthew Wren was of silver {314} with the head +gilt. When Bp. Fox's tomb was opened at Winchester some few years since, +his staff of oak was found in perfect preservation. A staff of wood +painted in azure and gilt, hangs over Trelawney's tomb in Pelynt Church, +Cornwall. The superb staff of the pious and munificent founder of the +two St. Marie Winton Colleges is still preserved at Oxford, as is also +that of the illustrious Wykehamist, Bp. Fox, to whose devotion we owe +Corpus Christi College in that university. One of the earliest tombs +bearing a staff incised, is that of Abbot Vitalis, who died in 1082, and +may be seen in the south cloister of St. Peter's Abbey in Westminster. +There were croziered as well as mitred abbots: for instance, the +superior of the Benedictine abbey at Bourges had a right to the crozier, +but not to the mitre. The Abbot of Westminster was croziered and mitred. +I intended to write a reply, but have enabled with a note. + +MACKENZIE WALCOTT, M.A. + +7. College Street, Westminster + + +J.Z.P. will find a fully satisfactory answer to his Query, in regard to +the real difference between the crozier and the pastoral staff, on +referring to the article headed "Crozier," in the _Glossary of +Architecture_. It is there stated, that "the crozier of an archbishop is +surmounted by a cross; but it was only at a comparatively late time, +about the 12th century, that the archbishop laid aside the pastoral +staff, to assume the cross as an appropriate portion of his personal +insignia." From which it may be inferred, that the only existent real +difference between the crozier and the pastoral staff is, that the +former is surmounted by a cross, and the latter is as it was before the +12th century, viz., surmounted by "a head curled round something in the +manner of a shepherd's crook;" and the difference in regard to their +use, that the crozier pertains to the archbishops, and the pastoral +staff to the bishops. + +R.W. ELLIOT + +Cheltenham, Sept. 16. 1850. + + * * * * * + +PARSONS, THE STAFFORDSHIRE GIANT. + +(Vol. ii., p. 135.) + +Harwood's note in Erdeswick's _Staffordshire_, quoted by your +correspondent C.H.B., is incorrect, inasmuch as the writer has confused +the biographies of two distinct "giants"--WALTER PARSONS, porter to King +James I., and WILLIAM EVANS, who filled the same office in the +succeeding reign. + +The best account of these two "worthies" is that found in Fuller, and +which I extract from the original edition now before me:-- + + WALTER PARSONS, born in this county [Staffordshire], was first + apprenticed to a smith, when he grew so tall in stature, that a + hole was made for him in the ground to stand therein up to the + knees, so to make him adequate with his fellow-workmen. He + afterwards was porter to King _James_; seeing as gates generally + are higher than the rest of the building, so it was sightly that + the porter should be taller than other persons. He was + proportionable in all parts, and had strength equal to height, + valour to his strength, temper to his valour, so that he + disdained to do an injury to any single person. He would make + nothing to take two of the tallest _yeomen_ of the _guard_ (like + the _Gizard_ and _Liver_) under his arms at once, and order them + as he pleased. + + "Yet were his parents (for aught I do understand to the + contrary) but of an ordinary stature, whereat none will wonder + who have read what _St. Augustine_ (_De Civitate Dei_, lib. xv. + cap. 23.) reports of a woman which came to _Rome_ (a little + before the sacking thereof by the _Goths_), of so giant-like a + height, that she was far above all who saw her, though infinite + troopes came to behold the spectacle. And yet he addeth, _Et hoc + erat maximæ admirationis, quod ambo parentes ejus, &c_. This + made men most admire, that both her parents were but of ordinary + stature. This _Parsons_ is produced for proof, that all ages + afford some of extraordinary height, and that there is no + general decay of mankind in their _dimensions_, which, if there + were, we had ere this time shrunk to be lower than _Pigmyes_, + not to instance in a lesse proportion. This _Parsons_ died Anno + Dom. 1620."--Fuller's _History of the Worthies of England_, 1662 + (_Staffordshire_), p. 48. + + "WILLIAM EVANS was born in this county [Monmouthshire], and may + justly be accounted the _Giant_ of our age for his stature, + being, full two yards and a half in height. He was porter to + King _Charles I._, succeeding, _Walter Persons_ [sic] in his + place, and exceeding him two inches in height, but far beneath + him in an equal proportion of body; for he was not onely what + the _Latines_ call _compernis_, knocking his knees together, and + going out squalling with his feet, but also haulted a little; + yet made a shift to dance in an antimask at court, where he drew + little Jeffrey, the dwarf, out of his pocket, first to the + wonder, then to the laughter, of the beholders. He dyed _Anno + Dom_. 1630." _Ibid. (Monmouthshire)_, p. 54. + +From these extracts it will be seen that the Christian name of Parsons +was _Walter_, not William, as stated by Harwood. _William_ was the +Christian name of Evans, Parsons' successor. The bas-relief mentioned by +the same writer represents William Evans and Jeffrey Hudson, his +diminutive fellow-servant. It is over the entrance of _Bull-head Court_, +Newgate Street; not "a bagnio-court," which is nonsense. On the stone +these words are cut: "The King's Porter, and the Dwarf," with the date +1660. This bas-relief is engraved in Pennant. + +There is a picture of Queen Elizabeth's giant porter at Hampton Court +but I am not aware that any portrait of Parsons is preserved in the +Royal Collections. + +EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. + + * * * * * {315} + +EISELL AND WORMWOOD WINE. + +(Vol. ii., p. 249.) + +If Pepys' friends actually did _drink up_ the two quarts of _wormwood +wine_ which he gave them, it must, as LORD BRAYBROOKE suggests, have +been rendered more palatable than the _propoma_ which was in use in +Shakspeare's time. I have been furnished by a distinguished friend with +the following, among other Notes, corroborative of my explanation of +_eisell_: + + "I have found no better recipe for making wormwood wine than + that given by old Langham in his _Garden of Health_; and as he + directs its use to be confined to 'Streine out a _little_ + spoonful, and drinke it with a draught of ale or wine,' I think + it must have been so atrociously unpalatable, that to _drink it + up_, as Hamlet challenged Laertes to do, would have been as + strong an argumentum ad stomachum as to digest a crocodile, even + when appetised by a slice of the loaf." + +It is evident, therefore, that but small doses of this nauseously bitter +medicament were taken at once, and to take a large draught, _to drink +up_ a quantity, "would be an extreme pass of amorous demonstration +sufficient, one would think, to have satisfied even Hamlet." Our +ancestors seem to have been partial to medicated wines; and it is most +probable that the wormwood wine Pepys gave his friends had only a slight +infusion of the bitter principle; for we can hardly conceive that such +"pottle draughts" as two quarts could be taken as a treat, of such a +nostrum as the _Absinthites_, or wormwood wine, mentioned by Stuckius, +or that prescribed by the worthy Langham. + +S.W. SINGER. + +Mickleham, Sept. 30. 1850. + + +_Eisell_ (Vol. ii., p. 242.).--The attempt of your very learned +correspondent, MR. SINGER, to show that "eisell" was _wormwood_, is, I +fear, more ingenious than satisfactory. It is quite true that wormwood +wine and beer were ordinary beverages, as wormwood bitters are now; but +Hamlet would have done little in challenging Laertes to a draught of +wormwood. As to "eisell," we have the following account of it in the +"Via Recta ad Vitam longam, or a Plaine Philosophical Discourse of the +Nature, Faculties, and Effects of all such Things as by way of +Nourishments, and Dieteticale Observations make for the Preservation of +Health, &c. &c. By Jo. Venner, Doctor of Physicke at Bathe in the Spring +and Fall, and at other Times in the Burrough of North-Petherton, neere +to the Ancient Haven Towne of Bridgewater in Somersetshire. London, +1620." + + "Eisell, or the vinegar which is made of cyder, is also a good + sauce, it is of a very penetrating nature and is like to + verjuice in operation, but it is not so astringent, nor + altogether so cold," p. 97. + +J.R.N. + + * * * * * + +REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES. + + +_Feltham's Works_ (Vol. ii., p. 133.).--In addition to the works +enumerated by E.N.W., Feltham wrote _A Discourse upon Ecclesiastes_ ii. +11.; _A Discourse upon St. Luke_ xiv. 20.; and _A Form of Prayer +composed for the Family of the Right Honourable the Countess of +Thomond_. These two lists, I believe, comprise the whole of his +writings. The meaning of the passage in his _Remarks on the Low +Countries_, appears to be this, that a person "courtly or gentle" would +receive as little kindness from the inhabitants, and show as great a +contrast to their boorishness, as the handsome and docile merlin (which +is the smallest of the falcon tribe, anciently denominated "noble"), +among a crowd of noisy, cunning, thievish crows; neither remarkable for +their beauty nor their politeness. The words "after Michaelmas" are used +because "the merlin does not breed here, but visits us in October." +_Bewick's British Birds_, vol. i. p. 43. + +T.H. KERSLEY. + +King William's College, Isle of Man. + + +_Harefinder_ (Vol. ii., p. 216.).--The following lines from Drayton's +_Polyolbion_, Song 23., sufficiently illustrates this term:-- + + "The man whose vacant mind prepares him to the sport + The _Finder_ sendeth out, to seeke out nimble _Wat_,-- + Which crosseth in the field, each furlong every flat, + Till he this pretty beast upon the form hath found: + Then viewing for the course which is the fairest ground, + The greyhounds forth are brought, for coursing then in case, + And, choycely in the slip, one leading forth a brace; + The Finder puts her up, and gives her coursers' law," + &c. + +In the margin, at the second line, are the words, _The Harefinder_. What +other instances are there of _Wat_, as a name of the hare? It does not +occur in the very curious list in the _Reliquiæ Antiquæ_, i. 133. + +K. + + +_Fool or a Physician--Rising and Setting Sun_ (Vol. i., p. 157.).--The +inquiry of your correspondent C. FORBES, respecting the authorship of +the two well-known sayings on these subjects, seems to have received no +reply. He thinks that we owe them both to that "imperial Macchiavel, +Tiberius." He is right with respect to the one, and wrong with regard to +the other. The saying, "that a man after thirty must be either a fool or +a physician," had, as it appears, its origin from Tiberius; but the +observation that "more worship the rising than the setting sun," is to +be attributed to Pompey. + +Tacitus says of Tiberius, that he was "solitus eludere medicorum artes, +atque eos qui post tricesimum ætatis annum ad internoscenda corpori +{316} suo utilia vel noxia alieni consilia indigerent." _Annal_. vi. 46. +Suetonius says: "Valetudine prosperrimâ usus est,--quamvis a tricesimo +ætatis anno arbitratu eam suo rexerit, sine adjumento consiliove +medicorum." _Tib._ c. 68. And Plutarch, in his precepts _de Valetudine +tuendâ_, c. 49., says-- + + [Greek: "Aekousa Tiberion pote Kaisara eipein, hos anaer huper + hexaekonta [sic vulgò, sed bene corrigit Lipsius ad Tac. loc. + cit. triakonta] gegonos etae, kai proteinon iatro cheira, + katagelastos estin."] + +These passages sufficiently indicate the origin of the saying; but who +first gave it the pointed form in which we now have it, by coupling +_fool_ with _physician_, I am not able to tell. + +The authority for giving the other saying to Pompey, is Plutarch, who +says that when Pompey, after his return from Africa, applied to the +senate for the honour of a triumph, he was opposed by Sylla, to whom he +observed, [Greek: "Oti ton aelion anatellonta pleiones ae duomenon +proskunousin,"] that more worship the rising than the setting +sun--intimating that his own power was increasing, and that of Sylla +verging to its fall. (_Vit. Pomp_. c. 22.) + +J.S.W. + +Stockwell, Sept. 7. + + +_Papers of Perjury_ (Vol. ii., p. 182.).--In the absence of a "graphic +account," it may interest your correspondent S.R. to be referred to the +two following instances of "perjurers wearing papers denoting their +crime." In _Machyn's Diary_, edited by the accomplished antiquary, John +Gough Nichols, Esq., and published by the Camden Society, at p. 104. +occurs the following:-- + + "A.D. 1556, April 28th.... The sam day was sett on the pelere in + Chepe iij. [men; two] was for the preuerment of wyllfull + perjure, the iij. was for wyllfull perjure, with _paper sett + over their hedes_." + +In the same works at p. 250., we have also this additional illustration: + + "A.D. 1560--I. The xij. day of Feybruary xj. men of the North was + of a quest; because they gayff a wrong evyde [nee, and] thay + ware paper _a-pon their hedes_ for perjure." + +J. GOODWIN. + +Birmingham. + + +_Pilgrims' Road to Canterbury._--Being acquainted with the road to which +your correspondent S.H. (Vol. ii., p. 237.) alludes, he will, perhaps, +allow me to say, that in the neighbourhood of Kemsing a tradition is +current, that a certain line of road, which may be traced from Otford to +Wrotham, was the pilgrims' road from _Winchester_ to Canterbury. How far +this may be correct I know not. + +I have not been able to discover any road in the neighbourhood of this +city which goes by the name of the _pilgrims'_ road. + +If any of your correspondents would furnish any particulars respecting +this road, I shall feel much obliged. + +R.V. + +Winchester. + + +_Capture of Henry VI._ (Vol. ii., p. 228.).--In his correction of your +correspondent, CLERICUS CRAVENSIS, MR. NICHOLS states:-- + + "Both Sir John Tempest and Sir James Harrington of Brierley, + near Barnesley, were concerned in the king's capture, and each + received 100 marks reward; but the fact of Sir Thomas Talbot + being the chief actor, is shown by his having received the + larger reward of 100l." + +In this statement appears entirely to have been overlooked the grant of +lands made by King Edward IV. to Sir James Harrington-- + + "For his services in taking prisoner, and withholding as such in + diligence and valour, his enemy Henry, lately called King Henry + VI." + +This grant, which was confirmed in Parliament, embraced the castle, +manor, and domain of Thurland; a park, called Fayzet Whayte Park, with +lands, &c. in six townships in the county of Lancaster; lands at Burton +in Lonsdale, co. York; and Holme, in Kendal, co. Westmoreland, the +forfeited lands of Sir Richard Tunstell, and other "rebels." So +considerable a recognition of the services of Sir James Harrington would +seem to demand something more than the second-rate position given to +them by your correspondent. The order to give Sir James Harrington +possession of the lands under his grant will be found in Rymer. The +grant itself is printed in the _Nugæ Antiquæ_, by Henry Harrington, 1775 +(vol. ii. p. 121.), and will, I believe, be found in Baines' +_Lancashire_. Mr. Henry Harrington observes that the lands were +afterwards lost to his family by the misfortune of Sir James and his +brother being on the wrong side at Bosworth Field; after which they were +both attainted for serving Richard III. and Edward IV., "and commanding +the party which seized Henry VI. and conducted him to the Tower." + +H.K.S.C. + +Brixton. + + +_Andrew Becket_ (Vol. ii., p. 266.), about whom A.W. HAMMOND inquires, +when I knew him, about twelve years ago, was a strange whimsical old +gentleman, full of "odd crotchets," and abounding in theatrical anecdote +and the "gossip of the green-room." But as to his ever having been "a +_profound_ commentator on the dramatic works of Shakspeare," I must beg +leave to express my doubts. At one period he filled the post of +sublibrarian to the Prince Regent; and that he was "ardently devoted to +the pursuits of literature" cannot be a question. + +His published works, as far as I can learn, are as follows:-- {317} + + 1. A Trip to Holland, 1801. + + 2. Socrates, a dramatic poem, 8vo. 1806. + + 3. Lucianus Redivivus, or Dialogues concerning Men, Manners, and + Opinions, 8vo. 1812. + + 4. Shakspeare's Himself, or the Language of the Poet asserted; + being a full but dispassionate Examin of the Readings and + Interpretations of the several Editors, 2 vols. 8vo. 1815. + +EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. + + +_Passage in Vida_ (Vol. i., p. 384.).--Your correspondent A.W. asks for +some light on the lines of Vida, _Christiad_, i. 67.: + + "Quin age, te incolumi potius.... + ... + Perficias quodcumque tibi nunc instat agendum." + +He cannot construe "te incolumi." No wonder. Will not all be set right +by reading, "Quin age, et incolumi," &c.? + +J.S.W. + +Stockwell, Sept. 7. + + +"_Quem Deus vult perdere_" (Vol. i., p. 347., &c.).--To the +illustrations of the saying "_Quem Deus vult perdere prius dementat_," +which have been given, may be added the following from the _Fragments of +Constantinus Manasses_ (edited with _Nicet. Eugen_., by Boissonade. +Paris, 1819), book viii. line 40.:-- + + [Greek: "Ho gar theos aptomenos anthropou dianoias + Haenika to dusdaimoni kirnaesi penthous poma, + Ouden pollakis sugchorei bouleusasthai sumpheron."] + +J.E.B. MAYOR. + +Marlborough College. + + +_Countess of Desmond_ (Vol. ii., pp. 153. 186.).--R. is referred to +Smith's _History of Cork_, and _European Magazine_, vol. viii., for +particulars respecting the Countess of Desmond. They show her picture at +Knowle House, Kent, or Penshurst (I forget which); and tell the story of +the fall from the cherry (or plum) tree, adding that she cut three sets +of teeth! + +WEDSECNARF. + + +_Confession_ (Vol. ii., p. 296.).--The name asked for by U.J.B. of the +Catholic priest, who, sooner than break the seal of confession, suffered +death, is John of Nepomuc, Canon of Prague. By order of the Emperor +Wenceslas, he was thrown off a bridge into the Muldaw, because he would +not tell that profligate prince the confession of his religious empress. +This holy man is honoured as St. John Nepomucen on the 16th of May, in +the kalendar of Saints. + +D. ROCK. + + + [U.J.B., if desirous of further particulars respecting St. John + Nepomuc, may consult Mrs. Jameson's interesting _Legends of the + Monastic Orders_, pp. 214. 217.--ED.] + + +_Cavell, meaning of_ (Vol. i., p. 473.).--I concur entirely with the +etymology of the word _cavell_ given at p. 473. A lake having been +drained in my country, the land is still divided into _Kavelingen_; as +lots of land were formerly measured by strings of cord, _kavel_, +_kabel_, _cable_. Vide Tuinman _Trakkel_, d. n. t. p. 165. _Kavelloten_ +is to receive a cavell by _lot._ cf. _Idem, Verrolg_, p. 97. + +JANUS DOUSA. + + +_Lord Kingsborough's Antiquities of Mexico._--Has Lord Kingsborough's +splendid work on Mexican hieroglyphics ever been completed or not? + +J.A. GILES. + + + [This magnificent work has been recently completed by the + publication of the eighth volume, which may, we believe, be + procured from Mr. Henry Bohn.--ED.] + + +_Aërostation_ (Vol. ii., p. 199.).--The article BALLOON, in the _Penny +Cyclopædia_, would give C.B.M. a good many references. The early works +there mentioned are those of Faujas de St. Fond, Bourgeois, and Cavallo; +to which I add the following: Thomas Baldwin, _Airopaidia, containing +the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion from Chester, Sept_. 8. 1785. +Chester, 1786, 8vo. (pp. 360.). + +Vincent Lunardi published the account of his voyage (the first made in +England) in a series of letters to a friend. The title is torn out in my +copy. The first page begins, "An Account of the First Aërial Voyage in +England. Letter I. London, July 15. 1784." (8vo. pp. 66 + ii. with a +plate.) It ends with a poetical epistle to Lunardi by "a gentleman well +known in the literary world" (query, the same who is thus cited in our +day?) from which the following extracts are taken as a specimen of the +original balloon jokes:-- + + "The multitude scarcely believed that a man, + With his senses about him could form such a plan, + And thought that as Bedlam was so very nigh, + You had better been there than turned loose in the sky. + + * * * * * + + "In their own way of thinking, all felt and all reasoned, + Greedy aldermen judged that your flight was ill-seasoned, + That you'd better have taken a good dinner first, + Nor have pinched your poor stomach by hunger or thirst. + + "In perfect indifference the beau yawned a blessing, + And feared before night that your hair would want dressing; + But the ladies, all zeal, sent their wishes in air, + For a man of such spirit is ever their care. + + "Attornies were puzzled how now they could sue you, + Underwriters, what premium they'd now take to do you; + While the sallow-faced Jew, of his monies so fond, + Thanked Moses he never had taken your bond." + +Mr. Baldwin ascended in Lunardi's balloon, the latter being present at +the start, though not taking part in the voyage. + +M. + + +_Concolinel_ (Vol. ii., p. 217.).--I have been many years engaged in +researches connected with {318} the _original_ music of Shakspeare's +Plays, but it has not been my good fortune to meet with the air of +_Concolinel_. The communication of your correspondent R. is of the +greatest interest, and I should be for ever grateful if he would allow +me to see the manuscript in question, in order that I might test the +_genuineness_ of the air "stated, in a recent hand, to be the tune of +_Concolinel_ mentioned by Shakspeare." + +This air has double claims on our attention, as its existence, in any +shape, is placed amongst the "doubtful" points by the following note +extracted from the Rev. J. Hunter's _New Illustrations of Shakspeare_, +vol. i. p. 268.:-- + + "Concolinel. In the absence of any thing like sufficient + explanation or justification of this word, if word it is, I will + venture to suggest the possibility that it is a corruption of a + stage direction, _Cantat Ital._, for _Cantat Italicé_; meaning + that here Moth sings an Italian song. It is quite evident, from + what Armado says, when the song was ended, 'Sweet air!' that a + song of some sort was sung, and one which Shakespeare was + pleased with, and meant to praise. If Moth's song had been an + English song, it would have been found in its place as the other + songs are." + +I, for one, cannot subscribe to Mr. Hunter's suggestion that our great +poet intended an _Italian_ song to be sung in his play and for this +reason, that Italian music for a _single voice_ was almost unknown in +this country in 1597, at which date we know _Love's Labour's Lost_ was +in existence. Surely _Concolinel_ is just as likely to be the burden of +a song as _Calen o Custure me_, mentioned in _Henry the Fifth_ (Act iv. +sc. 4.), of which there is now no doubt. + +I may just mention, in passing, that I have discovered the air of _Calen +o Custure me_ in a manuscript that once belonged to Queen Elizabeth, and +have ample proof that it was an especial favourite with her maiden +majesty. The commentators were at fault when they pointed out the more +modern tune of the same name in Playford's _Musical Companion_, 1667. + +EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. + +S. Augustus Square, Regent's Park. + + +_Andrewes's Tortura Torti_ (Vol. ii., p. 295.).--On what forms Mr. +Bliss's third quotation, which _does_ appear in some shape in Bernard, +_De Consid. ad Eugen._, iii. 4. 18., the _Bibliotheca Juridica_, &c., of +Ferraris observes, under the head of _Dispensatio_: "Hinc dispensatio +sine justa causa non dispensatio sed dissipatio dicitur communiter a +doctoribus, ut observant et tenent Sperell;" then referring to several +Romish canonists, &c., the last being Reiffenstuel, lib. i., _Decretal_, +tit. 2., n. 450., of which I give the full reference, his volumes being +accessible in the British Museum, if not elsewhere. + +NOVUS. + + +_Swords worn in Public_ (Vol. ii., p. 218.)--A very respected and old +friend of mine, now deceased, used to relate that he had often seen the +celebrated Wilkes, of political notoriety, walking in the public +streets, dressed in what is usually termed court dress, wearing his +sword. Wilkes died in 1797. In connexion with this subject it may be +interesting to your readers to know that in 1701 it was found necessary +to prohibit footmen wearing swords. An order was issued by the Earl +Marshal in that year, declaring that-- + + "Whereas many mischiefs and dangerous accidents, tending not + onely to the highest breach of the peace, but also to the + destruction of the lives of his Ma'ties subjects, have happend + and been occasioned by Footmen wearing of Swords, for the + prevention of the like evill accidents and disturbance for the + future, I doe hereby order that no Foot-man attending any of the + Nobilitye or Gentry of his Ma'ties Realms, during such time as + they or any of them shall reside or bee within the Cities of + London or Westm'r, and the Liberties and Precincts of the same, + shall wear any Sword, Hanger, Bagonet, or other such like + offensive weapon, as they will answer the Contempt hereof." + Dated 30th Dec. 1701. + +F.E. + + +_Speech given to Man to conceal his Thoughts_ (Vol. i., p. 83.).--The +maxim quoted by your correspondent F.R.A. was invented, if I may rely +upon the _notebook_ of memory, by the Florentine Machiavelli. The German +writer Ludwig Börne says:-- + + "Macchiavelli, der die Freiheit liebte, schrieb seinem Prinzen + so, dass er alle rechtschaffenen Psychologen in Verlegenheit und + in solche Verwirrung gebracht, dass sie gar nicht mehr wussten, + was sie sprachen und sie behaupteten, Macchiavelli habe eine + politische Satyre geschrieben." + +Le style c'est l'homme! + +JANUS DOUSA. + + +_The Character "&,", and Meaning of "Parse"_ (Vol. ii., pp. 230. +284.).--This character, being different from any of the twenty-four +letters, was placed at the end of the alphabet, and children, after +repeating their letters, were taught to indicate this symbol as +_and-per-se-and_. Instead of spelling the word _and_, as composed of +three letters, it was denoted by a special symbol, which was "_and by +itself, and_." Hence the corruption, an _ampussy and_. + +The word _parse_ is also derived from the Latin _per se_. To _parse_ a +sentence is to take the words _per se_, and to explain their grammatical +form and etymology. + +L. + + +_Wife of Edward the Outlaw_ (Vol. ii., p. 279.).--With reference to the +Query of E.H.Y. (Vol. ii., p. 279.), there seems to be much confusion in +all the accounts of Edward's marriage. I think it is evident, from an +attentive consideration of the various authorities, that the Lady Agatha +was {319} either sister to Giselle, wife of _Stephen_, King of Hungary +(to whom the young princes must have been sent, as _he_ reigned from +A.D. 1000 till A.D. 1038), and sister also to the Emperor Henry II., or, +as some writers seem to think, she was the daughter of Bruno, that +emperor's brother. (See a note in Dr. Lingard's _History_, vol. i. p. +349.) + +That she was not the _daughter_ of either Henry II., Henry III., or +Henry IV., is very certain; in the first case, for the reason stated by +your correspondent; and in the second, because Henry III. was only +twelve years old when he succeeded his father Conrad II. (in the year +1039), which of course puts his son Henry IV. quite out of the question, +who was born A.D. 1049. It strikes me (and perhaps some of your +correspondents will correct me if I am wrong) that the two English +princes _may_ have respectively married the two ladies to whom I have +referred, and that hence may have arisen the discrepancies in the +different histories: but that the wife of Edward the Outlaw was _one_ of +these two I have no doubt. + +O.P.Q. + + +_Translations of the Scriptures_ (Vol. ii., p. 229.).--C.F.S. may +perhaps find _The Bible of every Land_, now publishing by Messrs. +Bagster, serviceable in his inquiries respecting Roman Catholic +translations of the Scriptures. The saying of the Duke of Lancaster is +found in the first edition of Foxe's _Acts and Monuments_, and in the +modern reprint, iv. 674.; the original of the treatise from which it is +taken being in C.C. College, Cambridge. (See Nasmith's _Catalogue_, p. +333.) + +NOVUS. + + +_Scalping_ (Vol. ii., p. 220.).--W.B.D. confounds beheading with +scalping. 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Fleet +Street aforesaid.--Saturday, October 12. 1850. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Notes & Queries, No. 50. Saturday, +October 12, 1850, by Various + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 13551 *** |