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Saturday, April +13. 1850, by Various + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. 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 & Queries, No. 24. Saturday, April 13. 1850 + A Medium Of Inter-Communication For Literary Men, Artists, + Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc. + + +Author: Various + +Release Date: November 2, 2004 [EBook #13925] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES & QUERIES, NO. 24. *** + + + + +Produced by Jon Ingram, William Flis, the PG Online Distributed +Proofreading Team, and The Internet Library of Early Journals + + + + + + +</pre> + + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page377" + id="page377"></a>{377}</span> + + <h1>NOTES AND QUERIES:</h1> + + <h2>A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, + ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.</h2> + <hr /> + + <h3><b>"When found, make a note of."</b>—CAPTAIN + CUTTLE.</h3> + <hr class="full" /> + + <table summary="masthead" + width="100%"> + <tr> + <td align="left" + width="25%"><b>No. 24.</b></td> + + <td align="center" + width="50%"><b>SATURDAY, APRIL 13. 1850.</b></td> + + <td align="right" + width="25%"><b>Price Threepence.<br /> + Stamped Edition 4<i>d.</i></b></td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h3>CONTENTS.</h3> + + <table summary="Contents" + align="center"> + <tr> + <td align="left" + colspan="2">NOTES:—</td> + + <td align="right">Page</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td> </td> + + <td align="left">Skinner's Life of Monk, by W.D. + Christie</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page377">377</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Cunningham's Lives of Whitgift and + Cartwright</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page378">378</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Inedited Letter of Duke of + Monmouth</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page379">379</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Lydgate and Coverdale, by E.F. + Rimbault, LL.D.</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page379">379</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td align="left" + colspan="2">QUERIES:—</td> + + <td></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Speculum Exemplorum, &c.</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page380">380</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">The Second Duke of Ormonde, by Rev. + James Graves</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page380">380</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Mayors—What is their correct + Prefix?</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page380">380</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Quevedo and Spanish Bull-fights, by C. + Forbes</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page381">381</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Minor Queries:—Gilbert + Browne—The Badger—Ecclesiastical + Year—Sir William Coventry—The + Shrew—Chip in Porridge—Temple + Stanyan—Tandem—As lazy as Ludlum's + Dog—Peal of Bells—Sir Robert Long—Dr. + Whichcot and Lord Shaftesbury—Lines attributed to + Lord Palmerston—Gray's Alcaic Ode—Abbey of + St. Wandrille—London Dissenting + Ministers—Dutch Language—Marylebone + Gardens—Toom Shawn Cattie—Love's Last + Shift—Cheshire-round—Why is an Earwig + called a "Coach-bell?"—Chrysopolis—Pimlico, + &c.</td> + + <td align="right" + valign="bottom"><a href="#page381">381</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td align="left" + colspan="2">REPLIES:—</td> + + <td></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Blunder in Malone's Shakspeare</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page386">386</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Hints to intending Editors</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page386">386</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Replies to Minor + Queries:—Depinges—Lærig—Vox et + præterea Nihil—Havior—Mowbray + Coheirs—Sir R. Walpole—Line quoted by De + Quincey—Quem Jupiter, + &c.—Bernicia—Cæsar's Wife, &c.</td> + + <td align="right" + valign="bottom"><a href="#page387">387</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td align="left" + colspan="2">MISCELLANIES:—</td> + + <td></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Franz von Sickingen—Body and + Soul—Laissez faire—College + Salting—Byron and Tacitus—Pardonere and + Frere—Mistake in Gibbon</td> + + <td align="right" + valign="bottom"><a href="#page389">389</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td align="left" + colspan="2">MISCELLANEOUS:—</td> + + <td></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, + &c.</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page390">390</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Books and Odd Volumes wanted</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page390">390</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Notices to Correspondents</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page391">391</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td></td> + + <td align="left">Advertisements</td> + + <td align="right"><a href="#page392">392</a></td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr /> + + <h3>SKINNER'S LIFE OF MONK.</h3> + + <p>Reading for a different purpose in the domestic papers of + Charles II.'s reign in the State Paper Office, I came upon a + letter from Thomas Skinner, dated Colchester, Jan. 30. 1677, of + which I will give you what I have preserved in my notes; and + that is all that is of any interest.</p> + + <p>It is a letter to the Secretary of State, asking for + employment, and recommending himself by what he had done for + Monk's memory. He had previously written some account of Monk, + and he describes an interview with Lord Bath (the Sir John + Grenville of the Restoration); in which his Lordship expressed + his approval of the book.</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"He [Lord Bath] professed himself so well satisfied, + that he was pleased to tell me there were two persons, viz. + the King and the Duke of Albemarle, that would find some + reason to reflect upon me."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>Lord Bath gives Skinner a letter to the Duke of Albemarle + (Monk's son), who receives him very kindly, and gives him a + handsome present.</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"I have since waited on his Grace again, and then he + proposed to me (whether upon his own inclination or the + suggestion of some about him) to use my poor talent in + writing his father's life apart in the universal language; + to which end, he would furnish me with all his papers that + belonged to his late father and his secretaries. The like + favour it pleased my Lord of Bath to offer me from his own + papers, some whereof I had a sight of in his study."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>Now if any of your readers who are interested in Monk's + biography, will refer to the author's and editor's prefaces of + <i>Skinner's Life of Monk</i>, edited in 1723, by the Rev. + William Webster; and to Lord Wharncliffe's introduction to his + Translation of M. Guizot's <i>Essay on Monk</i>, they will see + the use of this letter of Skinner's.</p> + + <p>1. The life is ascribed to Skinner only on circumstantial + evidence, which is certainly strong, but to which this letter + of Skinner's is a very important edition. This letter is indeed + direct proof, and the first we have, of Skinner's having been + employed on a life of Monk, in which he had access to his son's + and his relative Lord Bath's papers; and there can be no + serious doubt that the life edited by Mr. Webster was a result + of his labours.</p> + + <p>2. This letter would show that Skinner was not on intimate + terms with Monk, nor so closely connected with him as would be + implied in Mr. Webster's and Morant's, the historian of + Colchester, description of him, that he was a physician to + Monk. Else he would not have required Lord Bath's letter of + introduction to the son. Lord Wharncliffe has, I have no doubt, + hit the mark, when he says that Skinner was probably Monk's + Colchester apothecary. Skinner says himself, in his preface, + that "he had the honour to know Monk only in the last years of + his life."</p> + + <p>3. The previous account of Monk, which gained Lord Bath's + approval, and led to Monk's son soliciting him to write a life, + is probably Skinner's addition of a third part to Bate's + <i>Elenchus Motuum</i>, <span class="pagenum"><a name="page378" + id="page378"></a>{378}</span> to which he also probably + refers in the opening of his Preface to the <i>Life of + Monk</i>:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"I have heretofore published something of a like nature + with the following sheets, though in another language, + wherein several things, through want of better information, + were imperfectly described."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>4. It appears from Skinner's letter, that his original + intention was to write a Life in Latin. Webster edited the Life + which we have, from a copy in English found in the study of Mr. + Owen, late curate at Bocking in Essex, and supposed to be in + Skinner's handwriting; and he had seen another copy, agreeing + literally with the former, which had been transcribed by + Shelton, formerly rector of St. James's in Colchester; and + which, after Mr. Shelton's death, became the property of Mr. + Great, an apothecary in Colchester. (Webster published in + 1723.)</p> + + <p>Now, Query, as these may have been copies of a translation, + can any Colchester reader help to settle affirmatively or + negatively the question of a Latin <i>Life of Monk</i> by + Skinner?</p> + + <p>I add two other Queries:—</p> + + <p>It appears from a passage in the <i>Life</i> (p. 333.), that + Skinner appended, or intended to append, a collection of + papers:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"As appears from His Majesty's royal grant or warrant to + him (Sir John Grenville), which we have transcribed from + the original, and have added in the collection at the end + of this history."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>Webster says he never could get any account of this + collection of papers. Can Colchester now produce any + information about them?</p> + + <p>Can any of your readers give any information about those + papers of the second Duke of Albemarle, and of Grenville, Earl + of Bath, to which Skinner had access? Lord Bath's papers were + probably afterwards in the hands of his nephew Lord Lansdowne, + who vindicated Monk in answer to Burnet.</p> + + <p class="author">W.D. CHRISTIE.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>CUNNINGHAM'S LIVES OF EMINENT ENGLISHMEN.—WHITGIFT + AND CARTWRIGHT.</h3> + + <p>In a modern publication, entitled <i>Lives of Eminent + Englishmen</i>, edited by G.G. Cunningham, 8 vols. 8vo. + Glasgow, 1840, we meet with a memoir of Archbishop Whitgift, + which contains the following paragraph:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"While Whitgift was footing to an archbishopric, poor + Cartwright was consigned to poverty and exile; and at + length died in obscurity and wretchedness. How pleasant + would it have been to say that none of his sufferings were + inflicted by his great antagonist, but that he was treated + by him with a generous magnanimity! Instead of this, + Whitgift followed him through life with inflexible + animosity."—<i>Cunningham's Lives</i>, ii. 212.</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>Mr. Cunningham gives no authority for these statements; but + I will furnish him with my authorities for the contradiction of + them.</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"After some years (writes Walton, in his <i>Life of + Hooker</i>), the Doctor [Whitgift] being preferred to the + see, first of Worcester and then of Canterbury, Mr. + Cartwright, after his share of trouble and imprisonment + (for setting up new presbyteries in divers places against + the established order), having received from the Archbishop + many personal favours, retired himself to a more private + living, which was at Warwick, where he became master of an + hospital, and lived quietly and grew rich;... the + Archbishop surviving him but one year, <i>each ending his + days in perfect charity with the other</i>."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>To the same effect is the statement in Strype, which I + borrow from Dr. Zouch's second edition of <i>Walton's + Lives</i>, p. 217.:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"Thomas Cartwright, the Archbishop's old antagonist, was + alive in 1601, and grew rich at his hospital at Warwick, + preaching at the chapel there, saith my author, very + temperately, according to the promise made by him to the + Archbishop; which mildness of his some ascribed to his old + age and more experience. But the latter end of next year he + deceased. And now, at the end of Cartwright's life, to take + our leave of him with a fairer character, it is remarkable + what a noble and learned man, Sir H. Yelverton, writes of + some of his last words—'<i>that he seriously lamented + the unnecessary troubles he had caused in the Church, by + the schism he had been the great fomenter of, and wished to + begin his life again, that he might testify to the world + the dislike he had of his former ways</i>;' and in this + opinion he died."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>I find it stated, moreover, on the authority of Sir G. + Paul's <i>Life of Whitgift</i>, that Cartwright acknowledged + the generosity of Whitgift, and admitted "his bond of duty to + the Archbishop to be so much the straiter, as it was without + any desert of his own."—<i>Carwithen's History of the + Church of England</i>, i. 527. 2nd edit.</p> + + <p>Lest this should not suffice to convict Mr. Cunningham of + error, I will adduce two extracts from <i>The Life of Master + Thomas Cartwright</i>, written by the Presbyterian Sa. Clarke, + in 1651, and appended to his <i>Martyrologie</i>.</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"About the same time [viz. 1580], the Earl of Leicester + preferred him [Cartwright] to be master of his hospital at + Warwick, which place was worth to him about one hundred + pounds."—Clarke, p. 370.</p> + + <p>"For riches, he sought them not; yea, he rejected many + opportunities whereby he might have enriched himself. His + usual manner was, when he had good sums of gold sent him, + to take only one piece, lest he should seem to slight his + friend's kindness, and to send back the rest with a + thankful acknowledgement of their love and his acceptance + of it; <i>professing that, for that condition wherein God + had set him, he was as well furnished as they for their + high and great places</i>."—Ib. p. 372.</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>So much for the "poverty," the "wretchedness," + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page379" + id="page379"></a>{379}</span> of Cartwright, and the + "inflexible animosity" of Whitgift. The very reverse of all + this is the truth.</p> + + <p class="author">J.K.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>INEDITED LETTER OF THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH.</h3> + + <p>Several notices of the Duke of Monmouth having appeared in + "NOTES AND QUERIES," you may be glad to have the following + letter, which I copied <i>literatim</i> some years ago in the + State Paper Office from the domestic papers of the year 1672. + The letter was written to Lord Arlington, then Secretary of + State. Monmouth was at the time commanding the English force + serving under Louis XIV. against the Dutch, and was in his + twenty-third year. Mr. Ross had been his tutor; and was at this + time, I believe, employed in the Secretary of State's + office.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"ffrom the Camp nigh</p> + + <p class="i2">"Renalle the 29 Jun</p> + </div> + </div> + + <blockquote> + <p>"M<sup>r</sup> Ross has tolld mee how mutch I am obliged + to you for your kindness w<sup>ch</sup> I am very sensible + of and shall try to sho it upon all occations. I will asur + you the effects of your kindness will make me live within + compas for as long as I receave my mony beforehand I shall + do it w<sup>th</sup> a greadell of easse.</p> + + <p>"I wont trouble you w<sup>th</sup> news becaus Mr. Aston + will tell you all ther is. I will try to instrokt him all + as well as I can. I wont trouble you no longer, only I doe + asur you ther is nobody mor your humble servant than I + am.</p> + + <p>"MONMOUTH."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p class="author">C.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>LYDGATE AND COVERDALE, AND THEIR BIOGRAPHERS.</h3> + + <p>Dan John Lydgate, as Warton truly observes, was not only the + poet of his monastery, but of the world in general. Yet how has + he been treated by his biographers? Ritson, in his + <i>Bibliographia Poetica</i>, says, "he died at an advanced + age, after 1446." Thomson, in his <i>Chronicles of London + Bridge</i>, 2nd edition, p. 11., says, "Lydgate died in the + year 1440, at the age of sixty;" and again, at p. 164. of the + same work, he says, "Lydgate was born about 1375, and died + about 1461!" Pitt says that he died in 1482; and the author of + the <i>Suffolk Garland</i>, p. 247., prolongs his life + (evidently by a typographical blunder), to about the year 1641! + From these conflicting statements, it is evident that the true + dates of Lydgate's birth and decease are unknown. Mr. + Halliwell, in the preface to his <i>Selection from the Minor + Poems</i> of John Lydgate, arrives at the conclusion from the + MSS. which remain of his writings, that he died before the + accession of Edward IV., and there appears to be every adjunct + of external probability; but surely, if our record offices were + carefully examined, some light might be thrown upon the life of + this industrious monk. I am not inclined to rest satisfied with + the dictum of the Birch MS., No. 4245. fo. 60., that no + memorials of him exist in those repositories.</p> + + <p>The only authenticated circumstances in Lydgate's biography + (excepting a few dates to poems), are the following:—He + was ordained subdeacon, 1389; deacon, 1393; and priest, 1397. + In 1423 he left the Benedictine Abbey of Bury, in Suffolk, to + which he was attached, and was elected prior of Hatfield + Brodhook; but the following year had license to return to his + monastery again. These dates are derived from the Register of + Abbott Cratfield, preserved among the Cotton MSS. Tiber, B. + ix.</p> + + <p>My object in calling the attention of your readers to the + state of Lydgate's biography is, to draw forth new facts. + Information of a novel kind may be in their hands without + appreciation as to its importance.</p> + + <p>I take this opportunity of noticing the different dates + given of Myles Coverdale's death.</p> + + <p>Strype says he died 20th May, 1565, (<i>Annals of + Reformation</i>, vol. i. pt. ii. p. 43., Oxf. ed.), although + elsewhere he speaks of his as being alive in 1566. Neale + (<i>Hist of Pur.</i>, vol. i. p. 185.) says, the 20th May, + 1567. Fuller (<i>Church Hist.</i>, p. 65. ed. 1655) says he + died on the 20th of January, 1568, and "Anno 1588," in his + <i>Worthies of England</i>, p. 198., ed. 1662.</p> + + <p>The following extract from "The Register of Burials in the + Parish Church of St. Bartholomew's by the Exchange" sets the + matter at rest. "Miles Coverdall, doctor of divinity, was + buried anno 1568., the 19th of February."</p> + + <p>That the person thus mentioned in the register is Miles + Coverdale, Bishop of Exeter, there can be no doubt, since the + epitaph inscribed on the tomb-stone, copied in <i>Stow's + Survey</i>, clearly states him to be so. It is, perhaps, + unnecessary to observe that the date mentioned in the extract + is the old style, and, therefore, according to our present + computation, he was buried the 19th of February, 1569.</p> + + <p>Can any of your correspondents throw any light upon the + authorship of a work frequently attributed to Myles Coverdale, + and thus entitled, "A Brieff discours off the Troubles begonne + at Frankford in Germany, Anno Domini, 1554. Abowte the Booke + off common prayer and Ceremonies, and continued by the Englishe + Men theyre, to the ende off Q. Maries Raigne, in the which + discours, the gentle reader shall see the verry originall and + beginninge off all the contention that hathe byn, and what was + the cause off the same?" A text from "Marc 4." with the date + MDLXXV. Some copies are said to have the initials "M.C." on the + title-page, and the name in full, "Myles Coverdale," at the end + of the preface; but no notice is taken of this impression in + the excellent introductory remarks prefixed by Mr. Petheram to + the reprint of 1846. If the valuable work was really + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page380" + id="page380"></a>{380}</span> written by Myles Coverdale + (and it is much in his style), it must have been + interspersed with remarks by another party, for in the + preface, signed, as it is said by Coverdale, allusion is + made to things occuring in 1573, four years after his + death.</p> + + <p class="author">EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>QUERIES.</h2> + + <h3>SPECULUM EXEMPLORUM:—EPISTOLA DE MISERIA + CURATORUM.</h3> + + <p>Who was the compiler of the <i>Speculum Exemplorum</i>, + printed for the first time at Deventer, in 1481? A copy of the + fourth edition, Argent, 1490, does not afford any information + about this matter; and I think that Panzer (v. 195.) will be + consulted in vain. Agreeing in opinion with your correspondent + "GASTROS" (No. 21. p. 338.) that a querist should invariably + give an idea of the extent of his acquaintance with the subject + proposed, I think it right to say, that I have examined the + list of authors of <i>Exempla</i>, which is to be found in the + appendix to Possevin's <i>Apparatus Sacer</i>, tom. i. sig. + β 2., and that I have read Ribadeneira's notice of the + improvements made in this <i>Speculum</i> by the Jesuit Joannes + Major.</p> + + <p>Who was the writer of the <i>Epistola de Miseria + Curatorum?</i> My copy consists of eight leaves, and a large + bird's-cage on the verse of the last leaf is evidently the + printer's device. Seemiller makes mention of an Augsburg + edition of this curious tract. (<i>Biblioth. Acad. Ingolstad. + Incunab. typog.</i> Fascic. ii. p. 142. Ingolst. 1788.)</p> + + <p class="author">R.G.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>THE SECOND DUKE OF ORMONDE.</h3> + + <p>The review of Mr. Wright's <i>England under the House of + Hanover, illustrated by the Caricatures and Satires of the + Day</i>, given in the <i>Athenæum</i> (No. 1090.), cites a + popular ballad on the flight and attainder of the second Duke + of Ormonde, as taken down from the mouth of an Isle of Wight + fishmonger. This review elicited from a correspondent + (<i>Athenæum</i>, No. 1092.) another version of the same ballad + as prevalent in Northumberland. I made a note of these at the + time; and was lately much interested at receiving from an + esteemed correspondent (the Rev. P. Moore, Rochenon, co. + Kilkenny), a fragment of another version of the same ballad, + which he (being at the time ignorant of the existence of any + other version of the song) had taken down from the lips of a + very old man of the neighbourhood, viz.:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"My name is Ormond; have you not heard of me?</p> + + <p>For I have lately forsaken my own counterie;</p> + + <p>I fought for my life, and they plundered my + estate,</p> + + <p>For being so loyal to Queen Anne the great.</p> + + <p>Queen Anne's darling, and cavalier's delight,</p> + + <p>And the Presbyterian crew, they shall never have + their flight.</p> + + <p>I am afraid of my calendry; my monasteries are all + sold,</p> + + <p>And my subjects are bartered for the sake of English + gold.</p> + <hr class="short" /> + <hr class="short" /> + + <p>But, as I am Ormond, I vow and declare,</p> + + <p>I'll curb the heartless Whigs of their wigs, never + fear."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>I do not quote the versions given in the <i>Athenæum</i>, + but, on a comparison, it will be seen that they all must have + been derived from the same original.</p> + + <p>The success of your queries concerning the Duke of Monmouth + impel me to propose a few concerning the almost as unfortunate, + and nearly as celebrated, second Duke of Ormonde. Many scraps + of traditionary lore relative to the latter nobleman must + linger in and about London, where he was the idol of the + populace, as well as the leader of what we should now call the + "legitimist" party.</p> + + <p>With your leave. I shall therefore propose the following + Queries, viz.:—</p> + + <p>1. Who was the author of the anonymous life of the second + Duke of Ormonde, published in one volume octavo, some years + after his attainder?</p> + + <p>2. Was the ballad, of which the above is a fragment, printed + at the time; and if so, does it exist?</p> + + <p>3. What pamphlets, ballads, or fugitive pieces, were issued + from the press, or privately printed, on the occasion of the + Duke's flight and subsequent attainder?</p> + + <p>4. Does any contemporary writer mention facts or incidents + relative to the matter in question, between the period of the + accession of George I., and the Duke's final departure from his + residence at Richmond?</p> + + <p>5. Does any traditionary or unpublished information on the + subject exist in or about London or Richmond.</p> + + <p class="author">JAMES GRAVES.</p> + + <p>Kilkenny.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>MAYORS.—WHAT IS THEIR CORRECT PREFIX?</h3> + + <p>I wish to ask, of any of your numerous readers, what may be + considered the most proper official prefix for Mayors, whether + Right Worshipful or Worshipful? Opinions, I find, differ upon + the subject. In the <i>Secretary's Guide</i>, 5th ed. p. 95. it + is said that Mayors are Right Worshipful; the late Mr. Beltz, + <i>Lancaster Herald</i>, was of opinion that they were + Worshipful only; and Mr. Dod, the author of a work on + Precedence, &c., in answer to an inquiry on the point, + thought that Mayors of <i>cities</i> were Right Worshipful, and + those of <i>towns</i> were only Worshipful. With due deference, + however, I am rather inclined to think that all Mayors, whether + of cities, or of towns, ought properly to be styled "the + <i>Right</i> Worshipful" for the following reason:—all + Magistrates are Worshipful, I believe, although not always in + these days so designated, and a mayor being the + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page381" + id="page381"></a>{381}</span> chief magistrate ought to have + the distinctive "<i>Right</i>" appended to his style. And + this view of the subject derives some support from the fact + of a difference being made with regard to the Aldermen of + London (who are all of them magistrates), those who have + passed the chair being distinguished as the Right + Worshipful, whilst those below the chair are styled the + worshipful only; thus showing that the circumstance of being + Mayor is considered worthy of an especial distinction. + Probably it may be said that custom is the proper guide in a + case like this, but I believe that there is no particular + custom in some towns, both prefixes being sometimes used, + and more frequently none at all. It seems desirable, + however, that some rule should be laid down, if possible, by + common consent, that it may be understood in future what the + appropriate Prefix is. I shall be glad if some of your + heraldic or antiquarian readers will give their opinions, + and if they know of any authorities, to quote them.</p> + + <p class="author">J.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>QUEVEDO—SPANISH BULL-FIGHTS.</h3> + + <p>The clear and satisfactory reply that "MELANION" received in + No. 11. to his query on the contradictions in <i>Don + Quixote</i>, tempts me to ask for some information respecting + another standard work of Spanish literature, written by a + cotemporary of the great Cervantes.</p> + + <p>How is it, that in the <i>Visions of Don Quevedo</i>, a work + which passes in review every amusement and occupation of the + Spanish people, <i>the national sport of bull-fighting</i> + remains <i>entirely unnoticed</i>?</p> + + <p>The amusement was, I presume, in vogue during the 16th and + 17th centuries; and the assignations made, and the intrugues + carried on, within the walls of the amphitheatre would have + supplied many an amusing, moralising penitent, male and female, + to the shades below—the "fabulæ manes" with whom Quevedo + held converse. As my copy of the <i>Visions</i> is an anonymous + translation, and evidently far from being a first-rate one, I + shall not be surprised if I receive as an + answer,—"<i>Mistaken as to your fact, read a better + translation</i>:" but as in spite of its manifold, glaring + defects, I have no reason to suspect that the text is + <i>garbled</i>, I think I may venture to send the query.</p> + + <p>In "Vision 7." I find Nero accusing Seneca of having had the + insolence to use the words, "I and my king." I have often heard + of Henry VIII., Wolsey, and "Ego et rex meus;" but as I never + heard Quevedo quoted as an illustration, I look upon this as + one of the suspicious passages in my copy of his work.</p> + + <p class="author">C. FORBES.</p> + + <p>Temple.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>MINOR QUERIES.</h3> + + <p><i>Gilbert Browne</i>.—"G.C.B." is desirous of + information respecting the family from which was descended + Gilbert Browne of the Inner Temple, who died about a century + ago, and was buried in North Mymms Church, Herts, where there + is a monument to him (vide Clutterbuck's <i>History</i>); also + as to the arms, crest, and motto, as borne by him, and whether + he was in any way related to Michael Browne of Hampton Court, + Herefordshire, who married Elizabeth Philippa, daughter of Lord + Coningsby, as stated in Collins's <i>Peerage</i>. He also + desires information as to any enrolment of arms previous to the + Visitations, by which the bearings of families who had grants + of land from the Conqueror may be ascertained; as, for + instance, a family who began to decay about the end of the 14th + century, having previously been of great rank and position.</p> + + <p><i>The Badger</i>.—Can any body point out to me any + allusion, earlier than that in Sir T. Browne's <i>Vulgar + Errors</i>, to the popular idea that the legs of the badger + were shorter on one side than on the other, whence Mr. Macaulay + says, "I think that Titus Oates was as uneven as a badger?"</p> + + <p class="author">W.R.F.</p> + + <p><i>Ecclesiastical Year</i>.—<i>Note</i> in an old + parish register, A.D. 1706. "Annus Domini Secundum Ecclesiæ + Anglicanæ Supputationem incipit 25to Mensis Martij."</p> + + <p><i>Query</i> the <i>authority</i> for this? the + <i>reason</i> seems easy to define.</p> + + <p class="author">NATHAN.</p> + + <p><i>Sir William Coventry</i>.—Pepys mentions in his + <i>Diary</i>, that Sir William Conventry kept a journal of + public events. Is anything known of this journal? It is not + known of at Longleat, where are several papers of Sir William + Conventry's.</p> + + <p>A MS. letter from Lord Weymouth to Sir Robert Southwell, + giving an account of Sir W. Conventry's death, was sold at the + sale of Lord de Clifford's papers in 1834. Can any of your + readers inform me where this letter now is?</p> + + <p class="author">C.</p> + + <p><i>Shrew</i>.—Is <i>shrew</i>, as applied to the + shrew-mouse, and as applied to a scolding woman, the same word? + If so, what is its derivation?</p> + + <p>The following derivations of the word are cited by Mr. Bell. + <i>Saxon</i>, "Schreadan," to cut; "Schrif," to censure; + "Scheorfian," to bite; "Schyrvan," to beguile. <i>German</i>, + "Schreiven," to clamour; none of which, it is obvious, come + very near to "Schreava," the undoubted Saxon origin of the word + shrew.</p> + + <p>Now it was a custom amongst our forefathers to endeavour to + provide a remedy against the baneful influence of the + shrew-mouse by plugging the wretched animal alive in a hole + made in the body of an ash tree, any branch of which was + thenceforth held to be possessed of a power to cure the disease + caused by the mouse. It thereupon occurred to me that just as + <i>brock</i>, a still existing name for the badger, is clearly + from the Saxon <i>broc</i>, persecution, + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page382" + id="page382"></a>{382}</span> in allusion to the custom of + baiting the animal; so <i>schreava</i> might be from + <i>schræf</i>, a hollow, in allusion to the hole in the ash + tree; and on that supposition I considered "shrew," as + applied to a woman, to be a different word, perhaps from the + German <i>schreyen</i>, to clamour. I have, however, found + mentioned in Bailey's Dictionary a Teutonic word, which may + reconcile both senses of "shrew,"—I mean + <i>beschreyen</i>, to bewitch. I shall be obliged to any of + your subscribers who will enlighten me upon the subject.</p> + + <p class="author">W.R.F.</p> + + <p><i>A Chip in Porridge</i>.—What is the origin and + exact force of this phrase? Sir Charles Napier, in his recent + general order, informs the Bengal army that</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"The reviews which the Commander-in-Chief makes of the + troops are not to be taken as so many 'chips in + porridge.'"</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>I heard a witness, a short time since, say, on entering the + witness-box—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"My Lord, I am like a 'chip in porridge'; I can</p> + + <p>say nothing either for or against the + plaintiff."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="author">Q.D.</p> + + <p><i>Temple Stanyan</i>.—Who was Temple Stanyan, + concerning whom I find in an old note-book the following quaint + entry?</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"Written on a window at College, by Mr. Temple Stanyan, + the author of a <i>History of Greece</i>:—</p> + </blockquote> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Temple Stanyan, his window.</p> + + <p>God give him grace thereout to look!</p> + + <p>And, when the folk walk to and fro',</p> + + <p>To study man instead of book!"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="author">A.G.</p> + + <p><i>Tandem</i>.—You are aware that we have a practical + pun now naturalised in our language, in the word + "<i>tandem</i>." Are any of your correspondents acquainted with + another instance?</p> + + <p class="author">Σ.</p> + + <p>"<i>As lazy as Ludlum's dog, as laid him down to + bark.</i>"—This comparison is so general and familiar in + South Yorkshire (Sheffield especially) as to be frequently + quoted by the first half, the other being mentally supplied by + the hearer. There must, of course, be some legend of Ludlum and + his dog, or they must have been a pair of well-known + characters, to give piquancy to the phrase. Will any of your + readers who are familiar with the district favour me with an + explanation?</p> + + <p class="author">D.V.S.</p> + + <p><i>Anecdote of a Peal of Bells</i>.—There is a story, + that a person had long been absent from the land of his + nativity, where in early life, he had assisted in setting up a + singularly fine peal of bells. On his return home, after a + lapse of many years, he had to be rowed over some water, when + it happened that the bells struck out in peal; the sound of + which so affected him, that he fell back in the boat and died! + Can any of your readers give a reference where the account is + to be met with?</p> + + <p class="author">H.T.E.</p> + + <p><i>Sir Robert Long.</i>—"ROSH." inquires the date of + the death of <i>Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Long</i>, who founded, + in 1760, a Free School at Burnt-Yates, in the Parish of Ripley, + co. Yorks., and is said to have died in Wigmore Street, London, + it is supposed some years after that period.</p> + + <p><i>Dr. Whichcot and Lord Shaftesbury.</i>—It is stated + in Mr. Martyn's <i>Life of the First Lord Shaftesbury</i>, that + Dr. Whichcot was one of Shaftesbury's most constant companions, + and preached most of his sermons before him; and that the third + Earl of Shaftesbury, the author of the Characteristics, is said + to have published a volume of Whichcot's sermons from a + manuscript copy of the first Lord Shaftesbury's wife. Can any + of your readers give any further information as to the intimacy + between Whichcot and Shaftesbury, of which no mention is made + in any memoir of Whichcot that I have seen?</p> + + <p class="author">C.</p> + + <p><i>Lines attributed to Henry Viscount + Palmerston.</i>—Permit me to inquire whether there is any + better authority than the common conjecture that the beautiful + verses, commencing,—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Whoe'er, like me, with trembling anguish brings</p> + + <p>His heart's whole treasure to fair Bristol's + springs,"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>were written by Henry Viscount Palmerston, on the death of + his lady at the Hot-wells, June 1 or 2, 1769. They first + appeared p. 240. of the 47th vol. of the <i>Gentleman's + Magazine</i>, 1777.</p> + + <p>They also have been attributed to Dr. Hawkeworth, but his + wife survived him. There is a mural tablet under the west + window of Romsey Church, containing some lines to the memory of + Lady Palmerston, but they are not the same. Perhaps some of + your correspondents are competent to discover the truth.</p> + + <p class="author">INDAGATOR.</p> + + <p><i>Gray's Alcaic Ode</i>.—Can any of your readers say + whether Gray's celebrated Latin ode is actually to be found + entered at the Grande Chartreuse? A friend of mine informs me + that he could not find it there on searching.</p> + + <p class="author">C.B.</p> + + <p><i>Abbey of St. Wandrille</i>.—Will "GASTROS" kindly + allow me to ask him a question? Does the <i>Chronicle of the + Abbey of St. Wandrille</i>, which he mentions (No. 21. p. + 338.), include notices of any of the branches of that + establishment which settled in England about the time of the + Conquest; and one of which, the subject of my query, formed a + colony at Ecclesfield, near Sheffield?</p> + + <p>I feel an interest in this little colony, because my early + predecessors in this vicarage were elected from its monks. + Moreover, some remains of their convent, now incorporated into + what is called "the <span class="pagenum"><a name="page383" + id="page383"></a>{383}</span> hall," and forming an abutment + which overlooks my garden, are affording an appropriate + domicile to the curate of the parish.</p> + + <p class="author">ALFRED GATTY.</p> + + <p>Ecclesfield, March 26. 1850.</p> + + <p><i>Queries as to "Lines on London Dissenting Ministers" of a + former Day</i>.—Not having made <i>Notes</i> of the + verses so entitled, I beg to submit the following + <i>Queries</i>:—</p> + + <p>1. Does there exist any printed or manuscript copy of lines + of the above description, in the course of which Pope's "Modest + Foster" is thus introduced and apostrophised:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"But see the accomplish'd orator appear,</p> + + <p>Refined in judgment, and in language clear:</p> + + <p>Thou only, Foster, hast the pleasing art</p> + + <p>At once to charm the ear and mend the heart!"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>Other conspicuous portraits are those of THOMAS BRADBURY, + ISAAC WATTS, and SAMUEL CHANDLER. The date of the composition + must be placed between 1704 and 1748, but I have to solicit + information as to who was its author.</p> + + <p>2. Has there been preserved, in print or manuscript, verses + which circulated from about 1782-1784, on the same body of men, + as characterised, severally, by productions of the vegetable + world, and, in particular, by <i>flowers</i>? The + <i>bouquet</i> is curious, nor ill-selected and arranged. One + individual, for example, finds his emblem in a + <i>sweet-briar</i>; another, in a <i>hollyhock</i>; and a + third, in a <i>tulip</i>. RICHARD WINTER, JAMES JOUYCE, HUGH + WASHINGTON, are parts of the fragrant, yet somewhat thorny and + flaunting nosegay. These intimations of it may perhaps aid + recollection, and lead to the wished-for disclosure. It came + from the hand, and seemed to indicate at least the theological + partialities of the lady<a id="footnotetag1" + name="footnotetag1"></a><a href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a> + who culled and bound together the various portions of the + wreath.</p> + + <p class="author">W.</p> + + <p><i>Dutch Language</i>.—"E. VEE" will be indebted to + "ROTTERODAMUS," or any other correspondent, who can point out + to him the best <i>modern</i> books for acquiring a knowledge + of the Dutch language,—an Anglo-Dutch Grammar and + Dictionary.</p> + + <p><i>Horns</i>.—1. Why is Moses represented in statues + with horns? The idea is not, I think, taken from the Bible.</p> + + <p>2. What is the reason for assigning horns to a river, as in + the "Tauriformis Aufidus."</p> + + <p>3. What is the origin of the expression "to give a man + horns," for grossly dishonouring him? It is met with in late + Greek.</p> + + <p class="author">L.C.</p> + + <p>Cambridge, March 27.</p> + + <p><i>Marylebone Gardens</i>.—In what year did Marylebone + Gardens finally close?</p> + + <p class="author">NASO.</p> + + <p><i>Toom Shawn Cattie</i>.—I find these words (Gaelic, + I believe, from <i>Tom John Gattie</i>) in an old Diary, + followed by certain hieroglyphics, wherewith I was wont to + express "<i>recommended for perusal</i>." I have lost all trace + of the recommender, and have hunted in vain through many a + circulating library list for the name, which I believe to be + that of some book or song illustrating the domestic life of our + Western Highlanders. Can any of your readers assist me in + deciphering my own note?</p> + + <p class="author">MELANION.</p> + + <p><i>Love's Last Shift</i>.—In the first edition of + Peignot's <i>Manuel du Biblioplide</i>, published in 1800, the + title of Congreve's "Mourning Bride" is rendered "L'Epouse du + Matin." Can any of your readers inform me whether it is in the + same work that the title of "Love's Last Shift" is translated + by "Le dernier Chemise de l'Amour?" if not, in what other book + is it?</p> + + <p class="author">H.C. DE ST. CROIX.</p> + + <p><i>Cheshire-round</i>.—"W.P.A." asks the meaning of + the above phrase, and where it is described.</p> + + <p><i>Why is an Earwig called a "Coach-bell?"</i>—Your + correspondents, although both kind and learned, do not appear + to have given any satisfactory answer to my former + query—why a lady-bird is called Bishop Barnaby? Probably + there will be less difficulty in answering another + entomological question—Why do the country-people in the + south of Scotland call an earwig a "coach-bell?" The name + "earwig" itself is sufficiently puzzling, but "coach-bell" + seems, if possible, still more utterly unintelligible.</p> + + <p class="author">LEGOUR.</p> + + <p><i>Chrysopolis</i>.—Chrysopolis is the Latin name for + the town of Parma, also for that of Scutari, in Turkey. Is the + etymological connection of the two names accidental? and how + did either of them come to be called the "Golden City?"</p> + + <p class="author">R.M.M.</p> + + <p><i>Pimlico</i>.—In Aubrey's <i>Surrey</i>, he mentions + that he went to a <i>Pimlico</i> Garden, somewhere on Bankside. + Can any of your correspondents inform me of the derivation of + the word "Pimlico," and why that portion of land now built on + near to Buckingham House, through which the road now runs to + Chelsea, is called Pimlico?</p> + + <p class="author">R.H.</p> + + <p>April 1. 1850.</p> + + <p><i>Zenobia</i>.—I have read somewhere that Zenobia, + Queen of Palmyra, was of Jewish origin, but am now at a loss to + retrace it. Could any of your correspondents inform me where I + have read it?</p> + + <p class="author">A. FISCHEL.</p> + + <p><i>Henry Ryder, Bishop of Killaloe</i>.—"W.D.R." + requests information in reference to the paternity of Henry + Ryder, D.D., who was born in Paris, and consecrated Bishop of + Killaloe in 1692.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page384" + id="page384"></a>{384}</span> + + <p><i>Belvoir Castle.</i>—In the <i>Harleian + Miscellany</i>, vol. iv. p. 527., is a Pindaric Ode upon + Belvoir Castle, which Mr. Nichols reprinted in his <i>History + of the Hundred of Framland.</i> Can any of your readers inform + me who was the author of this very singular production?</p> + + <p class="author">T.R. Potter.</p> + + <p><i>St. Winifreda.</i>—Can any of your readers refer me + to any history or recent discoveries relative to St. + Winifreda?</p> + + <p class="author">B.</p> + + <p><i>Savile, Marquis of Halifax.</i>—It is stated in + Tyers's <i>Political Conferences</i> (1781), that a Diary of + his was supposed to be among the Duke of Shrewsbury's MSS.; and + when Mr. Tyers wrote, in the hands of Dr. Robertson. Can any of + your readers give information about this Diary?</p> + + <p class="author">C.</p> + + <p><i>Salt at Montem.</i>—Will you allow me, as an old + Etonian, to ask the derivation of "salt," as it used to be + applied to the money collected at Eton Montem for the Captain + of the Colleges? Towards investigating the subject, I can only + get as far as <i>Salt</i> Hill, near Slough, where there was a + mount, on which, if I remember rightly, the Captain waved a + flag on Montem day. A brief account of the origin of Montem + would be interesting; and it is especially worth noting now + that the pageant is suppressed.</p> + + <p class="author">A.G.</p> + + <p>Ecclesfield, March 14, 1850.</p> + + <p><i>Ludlow's Memoirs.</i>—"C." is anxious to learn if + the manuscript of Ludlow's Memoirs is known to exist, or to + receive any information as to where it might probably be + found.</p> + + <p>Ludlow died at Vevay, in Switzerland, in 1693, and the + Memoirs were published at Vevay shortly after.</p> + + <p>There is no will of Ludlow's in Doctor's Commons.</p> + + <p><i>Finkle or Finkel.</i>—I should be glad if any of + your numerous correspondents could give me the derivation and + meaning of the word <i>Finkle</i>, or <i>Finkel</i>, as applied + to the name of a street. There is a street so designated in + Carlisle, York, Richmond in Yorkshire, Kendal, Sedberg, Norwich + (in 1508 spelt Fenkyl, and in 1702 Fenkel), and, I believe, in + many other of our more ancient cities and towns. In the + township of Gildersome, a village some few miles from Leeds, + there is an ancient way, till lately wholly unbuilt upon, + called Finkle Lane; and in London we have the parish of St. + Benedict Finck, though I do not imagine that the latter is any + way synonymous with the word in question. The appellation of + Finkle is, without doubt, a descriptive one; but the character + of the lane so styled in Gildersome seems to negative the idea + that it has any reference to the peculiarity of trade or class + of persons carried on or inhabiting the locality distinguished + by this title.</p> + + <p class="author">W.M.</p> + + <p>Cowgill, March 13. 1850.</p> + + <p><i>Coxcombs vanquish Berkeley, &c.</i>—In Lewis's + <i>Biography of Philosophy</i> (vol. iv. p. 7.) occurs the + following quotation:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley with a grin."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>Who is the author of this line? for I cannot find it in + Pope, to whom a note refers it.</p> + + <p class="author">R.F. Johnson.</p> + + <p><i>Derivation of Sterling.</i>—What is the derivation + of <i>Sterling</i>? Some authors say from "Easterling," a race + of German or Dutch traders; but is it not more likely from + "steer," a bull, or ox, viz. a coin originally stamped with a + figure of that animal? Of this, and parallel cases, we have + many instances among the ancients. I find also, that, in a + decree issued in the time of Richard I., the word is used, and + explained by "peny" as a synonym. Now peny or penny is clearly + from <i>pecunia</i>, and that from <i>pecus</i>, so that we + have the two words brought side by side, one through the Latin, + and the other through the Saxon language.</p> + + <p class="author">R.F. Johnson.</p> + + <p><i>Hanging out the Broom.</i>—In some parts of England + a singular custom prevails. When a married woman leaves home + for a few days, the husband hangs a broom or besom from the + window. When, how, and where did this originate, and what does + it signify?</p> + + <p class="author">R.F. Johnson.</p> + + <p><i>Trunck Breeches.—Barba Longa.—Mercenary + Preacher.</i>—In reading Smith's <i>Obituary</i>, edited + by Sir H. Ellis for the Camden Society, I find the following + entries:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"1640. May 29<sup>th</sup>, old M<sup>r</sup> Grice, in + Aldersgate S<sup>t</sup>, who wore <i>trunck</i> breeches, + died."</p> + + <p>"1646. Oc<sup>r</sup> 1. William Young, Chandler, within + Aldersgate, a discreet Juryman, and <i>Barba Longa</i>, + died."</p> + + <p>"Fe<sup>r</sup> 21., old M<sup>r</sup> Lewis, the + <i>Mercenary Preacher</i>, buried."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>Can any of your correspondents explain the meaning of + "<i>Trunck</i> Breeches," "<i>Barba Longa</i>," and + "<i>Mercenary Preacher</i>?"</p> + + <p class="author">X.Y.Z.</p> + + <p>Suffolk, March 4.</p> + + <p><i>Apposition.</i>—Can any one give me a little + information upon the following passage?—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Quin age, te incolumi potius (potes omnia + quando,</p> + + <p>Nec tibi nequiequam pater est qui sidera + torquet)</p> + + <p>Perficias quodcunque tibi nunc instat agendum."</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i4"><i>Hieronym. Vid. Christ.</i> lib. i. + 67.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>I want to know in what case <i>te incolumi</i> is; and, if + in the ablative absolute, can any one bring a parallel + construction from the writers of the Augustan age, where the + law of <i>apposition</i> appears to be so far violated?</p> + + <p class="author">A.W.</p> + + <p><i>Pamphlets respecting Ireland.</i>—"J." wishes to be + informed where copies may be found of the + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page385" + id="page385"></a>{385}</span> following pamphlets, described + in Ware's <i>Irish Writers</i>, under the head "Colonel + Richard Laurence," and "Vincent Gookin, Esq.," son of Sir + Vincent Gookin, who, in the year 1634, published "a bitter + invective, by way of letter, against the nation." Vincent + Gookin's pamphlet is dated London, 1655, 4to. Any + particulars relative to <i>his</i> family and descendants + will oblige.</p> + + <p>The title of Col. R. Laurence's book is,—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"The interest of Ireland in the first Transplantation + stated; wherein it set forth the benefit of the Irish + Transplantation: intended as an Answer to the scandalous + seditious Pamphlet, entitled 'The Great Case of + Transplantation Discussed.' London, 1655."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>The author of the pamphlet was Vincent Gookin, Esq., + Surveyor-General of Ireland. He did <i>not</i>, at first, put + his name to it; but when Laurence's answer appeared, he then + owned himself as the author of it, and published a pamphlet + under this title:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"The Author and Case of Transplanting the Irish into + Connaught Vindicated from the unjust Aspersion of Colonel + Richard Laurence and Vincent Gookin, Esq. London, + 1655."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p><i>Portrait of Sir John Poley.</i>—Perhaps some of + your numerous correspondents can answer whether the portrait of + Sir John Poley in Bexstead Hall, alluded to No. 14. p. 214., + has been engraved.</p> + + <p class="author">J.</p> + + <p>February 5.</p> + + <p>"<i>Tace is Latin for a candle.</i>"—Whence is this + expression derived, and what is its meaning? I met with it, + many years ago, in a story-book, and, more lately, in one of + the Waverley Novels, in which particular one I do not just now + recollect. It seems to be used as an adage, coupled with an + admonition to observe silence or secrecy.</p> + + <p class="author">W.A.F.</p> + + <p><i>Poins and Bardolph.</i>—Can any of your + correspondents skilled in Shakspearian lore inform me whence + Shakspeare took the names <i>Poins</i> and <i>Bardolph</i> for + the followers of Prince Hal and Falstaff?</p> + + <p class="author">C.W.S.</p> + + <p><i>Flemish Work on the Order of St. Francis.</i>—Can + any of your correspondents tell me any thing about, or enable + me to procure a copy of, a book on the order of St. Francis, + named, <i>Den Wijngaert van Sinte Franciscus vâ Schoonte + Historien Legenden, &c.</i> A folio of 424 leaves, + beautifully printed. The last page has,—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"Gheprent Thantwerpen binnen die Camer poorte Int huys + vâ delft bi mi, Hendrich Eckert van Homberch. Int iaer ons + heeren M.CCCCC. efi XVIII. op den XII. dach vâ + December."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>The only copy I ever saw of it, which belonged to a friend + of mine, had the following note on a fly-leaf in an old and + scarcely legible hand:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"Raer boeck ende sêer curieus als gebouwt synde op de + Wijsen voor meesten deel op de fondamenten van den fameus + ende extra raer boeck genoempt <i>Conformitatis Vita S. + Francisci cum Vitá Jesu Christi</i>, de welch in dese + diehwils grateert wordt gelijck gij in lesen sult + andesvinden maer onthout wer dese latijn spreckwoordt, + <i>Risum teneatis amici</i>."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p class="author">Jarlzberg.</p> + + <p><i>Le Petit Albert.</i>—Can any of your correspondents + give me any information respecting a book entitled <i>Secrets + Merveilleux de la Magie Naturelle et Cabalistique du Petit + Albert, et enrichi du fig. mystérieuses, et de la Manière de + les faire. Nouvelle Edition, cor. et aug. A Lion</i>, 1743. + 32mo.? The <i>avertissement</i> says,—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"Voici une nouvelle édition du <i>Livres des merveilleux + Secrets</i> du Petit Albert, connu en Latin sous le titre + d'Alberte Parvi Lucii, <i>Libellus de Mirabilibus Naturæ + Arcanis</i>. L'auteur à qui on l'attribue, a été un de ces + grands-hommmes qui par le peuple ignorant ont été accusez + de magie. C'étoit autrefois le sort de tous les grands + esprits qui possédoient quelque chose d'extraordinaire dans + les sciences, de les traiter de magiciens. C'est peut-être + par cette raison, que le petit trésor est devenu très rare, + parceque les superstitieux ont fait scrupule de s'en + servir; il s'est presque comme perdu, car une personne + distinguée dans le monde a eu la curiosité (à ce qu'on + assure) d'en offrir plus de mille florins pour un seul + exemplaire, encore ne l'a-t-on pu découvrir que depuis peu + dans la bibliothêque d'un très-grand homme, qui l'a bien + voulu donner pour ne plus priver le public d'un si riche + trésor," &c.</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>Who was Albertus Parvus? when and where was his work + published?</p> + + <p class="author">Jarlzberg.</p> + + <p><i>English Translations of Erasmus' Encomium + Moriæ.</i>—An English translation of <i>The Praise of + Folly</i> (with Holbein's plates), I think by Denham, Lond. + 1709, alludes to <i>two</i> previous translations; one by Sir + Thomas Challoner, 1549; the other it does not name. I should + like to know whose is the intermediate translation, and also + what other translations have been made of that curious + work?</p> + + <p class="author">Jarlzberg.</p> + + <p><i>Symbols of the Four Evangelists</i>.—St. Matthew + <i>an angel</i>; St. Mark, <i>a lion</i>; St. Luke, <i>an + ox</i>; St. John, <i>an eagle</i>. It is on account of its + being a symbol of the Resurrection that the <i>lion</i> is + assigned to St. Mark as an emblem; St. Mark being called the + historian of the Resurrection. (This title he probably obtained + from his gospel being used on Easter Day.) The reason why the + lion is taken as a symbol of the Resurrection is to be found in + the fabulous history of the animal; according to which the + whelp is born dead, and only receives life at the expiration of + three days, on being breathed on by its father.—What are + the reasons assigned for the other three Evangelists' + emblems?</p> + + <p class="author"> + Jarlzberg.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page386" + id="page386"></a>{386}</span> + + <p><i>Portrait by Boonen.</i>—Can any of your + correspondents state the precise time when Boonen, said to be a + pupil of Schalcken, flourished? And what eminent geographer, + Dutch or English, lived during such period? This question is + asked with reference to a picture by Boonen,—a portrait + of a singular visaged man, with his hand on a globe, now at Mr. + Peel's in Golden Square; the subject of which is desired to be + ascertained. It may be the portrait of an astrologer, if the + globe is celestial.</p> + + <p class="author">Z.</p> + + <p><i>Beaver Hats.</i>—On the subject of beaver hats, I + would ask what was the price or value of a beaver hat in the + time of Charles II.? I find that Giles Davis of London, + merchant, offered Timothy Wade, Esq., "five pounds to buy a + beaver hat," that he might he permitted to surrender a lease of + a piece of ground in Aldermanbury. (Vide <i>Judicial Decree, + Fire of London, dated 13. Dec. 1668. Add. MS. 5085.</i> No. + 22.)</p> + + <p class="author">F.E.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>REPLIES.</h2> + + <h3>BLUNDER IN MALONE'S SHAKSPEARE.</h3> + + <p>I regret that no further notice has been taken of the very + curious matter suggested by "Mr. Jebb" (No 14. p. 213.), one of + the many forgeries of which Shakspeare has been the object, + which ought to be cleared up, but which I have neither leisure + nor materials to attempt; but I can afford a hint or two for + other inquirers.</p> + + <p>1. This strange intermixture of some <i>John</i> + Shakspeare's confession of the Romish faith with <i>William</i> + Shakspeare's will, is, as Mr. Jebb states to be found in the + <i>Dublin</i> edition of Malone's <i>Shakspeare</i>, 1794, v. + i. p. 154. It is generally supposed that this Dublin edition is + a copy (I believe a piracy) of the London one of 1790; but by + what means the <i>three</i> introductory paragraphs of John + Shakspeare's popish confession were foisted into the real will + of William is a complete mystery.</p> + + <p>2. Malone, in a subsequent part of his prolegomena to both + of those editions (Lond. v. i. part II. 162., and Dublin, v. + ii. p. 139.), printed a pretended will or confession of the + faith of <i>John</i> Shakspeare, found in a strange, incredible + way, and evidently a forgery. This consisted of fourteen + articles, of which the first <i>three</i> were missing. Now the + <i>three</i> paragraphs foisted into <i>William's</i> will + would be the kind of paragraphs that would complete + <i>John's</i> confession; but they are not in confession. Who, + then, forged <i>them</i>? and foisted + <i>them</i>—<i>which Malone had never seen</i>—into + so prominent a place in the Dublin reprint of Malone's + work?</p> + + <p>3. Malone, in his inquiry into the <i>Ireland</i> forgeries, + alludes to this confession of faith, admits that he was + mistaken about it, and intimates that he had been imposed on, + which he evidently was; but he does not seem to know any thing + of the second forgery of the three introductory paragraphs, or + of their bold introduction into William Shakspeare's will in + the Dublin edition of his own work.</p> + + <p>It is therefore clear that Mr. Jebb is mistaken in thinking + that it was "a blunder of <i>Malone's</i>." It seems, as far as + we can see, to have been, not a blunder, but an audacious + fabrication; and how it came into the Irish edition, seems to + me incomprehensible. The printer of the Dublin edition, Exshaw, + was a respectable man, an alderman and a Protestant, and + <i>he</i> could have no design to make William Shakspeare pass + for a papist; nor indeed does the author of the fraud, whoever + he was, attempt <i>that</i>; for the three paragraphs profess + to be the confession of <i>John</i>. So that, on the whole, the + matter is to me quite inexplicable; it is certain that it must + have been a premeditated forgery and fraud, but by whom or for + what possible purpose, I cannot conceive.</p> + + <p class="author">C.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>HINTS TO INTENDING EDITORS.</h3> + + <p><i>Beaumont and Fletcher; Gray; Seward; Milton.</i>—By + way of carrying out the suggestion which you thought fit to + print at page 316, as to the advantages likely to arise from + intimations in your pages of the existence of the MS. + annotations, and other materials suitable to the purposes of + intending editors of standard works, I beg to mention the + following books in my possession, which are much at the service + of any editor who may apply to you for my address, + viz.:—</p> + + <p>1. A copy of Tonson's 10 vol. edit. of Beaumont and Fletcher + (8vo. 1750), interleaved and copiously annotated, to the extent + of about half the plays, by Dr. Hoadly.</p> + + <p>2. Mr. Haslewood's collection of materials for an edit. of + Gray, consisting of several works and parts of works, MS. + notes, newspaper cuttings, &c., bound in 6 vols.</p> + + <p>3. A collection of works of Miss Anne Seward, Mr. Park's + copy, with his MS. notes, newspaper cuttings, &c.</p> + + <p>As a first instalment of my promised notes on Milton's + <i>Minor Poems</i>, I have transcribed the following from my + two copies, premising that "G." stands for the name of Mr. + Gilchrist, and "D." for that of Mr. Dunster, whose name is + misprinted in your 316th page, as "Duns<i>ton</i>."</p> + + <p><i>Notes on Lycidas.</i></p> + + <p>On l. 2. (G.):—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"O'er head sat a raven, on a <i>sere</i> bough."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>Jonson's Sad Shepherd</i>, Act. I. Sc. 6.</p> + + <p>On l. 26. (D.):—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i10">"Whose so early lay</p> + + <p>Prevents <i>the eyelids of the blushing + day</i>."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>Crashaw's Music's Duel.</i></p> + + <p>On l. 27. + (D.):—</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page387" + id="page387"></a>{387}</span> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Each sheapherd's daughter, with her cleanly + peale,</p> + + <p>was come <i>afield</i> to milke the morning's + meale."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>Brown's Britannia's Pastorals</i>, B. iv. Sc. 4. p. 75. + ed. 1616.</p> + + <p>On l. 29. (G.):—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"And in the <i>deep fog batten</i> all the day."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>Drayton</i>, vol. ii. p. 512. ed. 1753.</p> + + <p>On l. 40. (G.):—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"The <i>gadding</i> winde."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>Phineas Fletcher's</i> 1st <i>Piscatorie Eclogue</i>, st. + 21.</p> + + <p>On l. 40. (D.):—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"This black den, which rocks emboss,</p> + + <p><i>Overgrown</i> with eldest moss."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>Wither's Shepherd's Hunting</i>, Eclogue 4.</p> + + <p>On l. 68. (D.) the names of Amaryllis and Neæra are combined + together with other classical names of beautiful nymphs by + Ariosto (<i>Orl. Fur.</i> xi. st. 12.)</p> + + <p>On l. 78. (D.) The reference intended by Warton is to + <i>Pindar, Nem.</i> Ode vii. l. 46.</p> + + <p>On l. 122. (G.):—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Of night or loneliness <i>it recks me</i> not."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>Comus</i>, l. 404.</p> + + <p>On l. 142. (G.):—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"So <i>rathe</i> a song."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>Wither's Shepherd's Hunting</i>, p. 430. ed. 1633.</p> + + <p>On l. 165. (G.):—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Sigh no more, ladies; ladies, sigh no more."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>Shakspeare's Much Ado</i>, ii. 3.</p> + + <p>On l. 171. (G.):—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Whatever makes <i>Heaven's forehead</i> fine."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>Crashaw's Weeper</i>, st. 2.</p> + + <p class="author">J.F.M.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES.</h3> + + <p><i>Depinges</i> (No. 18. p. 277., and No. 20. p. + 326.).—I have received the following information upon + this subject from Yarmouth. Herring nets are usually made in + four parts or widths,—one width, when they are in actual + use, being fastened above another. The whole is shot overboard + in very great lengths, and forms, as it were, a wall in the + sea, by which the boat rides as by an anchor. These widths are + technically called "<i>lints</i>" (Sax. lind?); the uppermost + of them (connected by short ropes with a row of corks) being + also called the "<i>hoddy</i>" (Sax. hod?), and the lowest, for + an obvious reason, the "<i>deepying</i>" or "<i>depynges</i>," + and sometimes "<i>angles</i>."</p> + + <p>At other parts of the coast than Yarmouth, it seems that the + uppermost width of net bears exclusively the name of + <i>hoddy</i>, the second width being called the first + <i>lint</i>, the third width the second lint, and the fourth + the third lint, or, as before, "depynges."</p> + + <p class="author">W.R.F.</p> + + <p><i>Lærig</i>.—Without contraverting Mr. Singer's + learned and interesting paper on this word (No. 19. p. 292.), I + hope I shall not be thought presumptuous in remarking that + there must have been some other root in the Teutonic language + for the two following nouns, leer (Dutch) and lear (Flemish), + which both signify leather (lorum, Lat.), and their diminutives + or derivatives leer-ig and lear-ig, both used in the sense of + <i>tough</i>.</p> + + <p>Supposing the Ang.-Sax. "lærig" to be derived from the same + root, it would denote in "ofer linde lærig," the leather + covering of the shields, or their capability to resist a + blow.</p> + + <p>I will thank you to correct two misprints in my last + communication, p. 299.; pisan for pison, and + 'Ιοαννης for + 'Ιωαννης.</p> + + <p>By the by, the word "pison" is oddly suggestive of a + covering for the breast (<i>pys</i>, Nor. Fr.). See <i>Foulques + Fitzwarin</i>, &c.</p> + + <p class="author">B.W.</p> + + <p>March 16th.</p> + + <p><i>Lærig</i> (No. 19. p. 292.).—The able elucidation + given by Mr. Singer of the meaning of this word, renders, + perhaps, any futher communication on the point unnecessary. + Still I send the following notes in case they should be deemed + worthy of notice.</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"Ler, leer—vacuus. Berini Fabulæ, v. 1219. A.-S. + ge-lær."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p class="author"><i>Junii Etymol. Anglicanum.</i></p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"Lar, lær—vacuus."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p class="author"><i>Schilteri Glossarium Teutonicum.</i></p> + + <p>Respecting "Lind," I find in the version by Thorkelin of + <i>De Danorum Rebus Gestis Poema Danicum Dialecto + Anglo-Saxonica</i> (Havniæ, 1815), that "Lind hæbbendra" is + rendered "Vesilla habens;" but then, on the other hand, in + Biorn Haldorsen's <i>Islandske Lexicon</i> (Havniæ, 1814), + "Lind" (v. ii. p. 33) is translated "Scutum tiligneum."</p> + + <p class="author">C.I.R.</p> + + <p><i>Vox et præterea nihil</i> (No. 16. p. 247.).—The + allusion to this proverb, quoted as if from the <i>Anatomy of + Melancholy</i>, by "C.W.G." (No. 16. p. 247.), may be found in + Addison's <i>Spectator</i>, No. 61, where it is as + follows:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"In short, one may say of the pun as the countryman + described his nightingale—that it is '<i>vox et + præterea nihil</i>.'"</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>The origin of the proverb is still a desideratum.</p> + + <p class="author">Nathan.</p> + + <p><i>Vox et præterea nihil</i> (No. 16. p 247.).—In a + work entitled <i>Proverbiorum et Sententiarum Persicarum + Centuria</i>, a Levino Warnero, published at Amsterdam, 1644, + the XCVII. proverb, which is given in the Persian character, is + thus rendered in Latin,—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"Tympanum magnum edit clangorem, sed intus vacuum + est."</p> + </blockquote><span class="pagenum"><a name="page388" + id="page388"></a>{388}</span> + + <p>And the note upon it is as follows:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"Dicitur de iis, qui pleno ore vanas suas laudes + ebuccinant. Eleganter Lacon quidam de luscinia + dixit,—</p> + </blockquote> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Φωνα τυ + τις εσσι + και + ουδεν + αλλο,</p> + + <p>Vox tu quidem es et aliud nihil."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>This must be the phrase quoted by Burton.</p> + + <p class="author">HERMES.</p> + + <p><i>Supposed Etymology of Havior</i> (No. 15. p. 230., and + No. 17. p. 269.).—The following etymology of "heaviers" + will probably be considered as not satisfactory, but this + extract will show that the term itself is in use amongst the + Scotch deerstalkers in the neighbourhood of Loch Lomond.</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"Ox-deer, or 'heaviers,' as the foresters call them + (most likely a corruption from the French 'hiver'), are + wilder than either hart or hind. They often take post upon + a height, that gives a look-out all round, which makes them + very difficult to stalk. Although not so good when December + is past, still they are in season all the winter; hence + their French designation."—<i>Colquhoun's Rocks and + Rivers</i>, p. 137. (London, 8vo. 1849.)</p> + </blockquote> + + <p class="author">C.I.R.</p> + + <p><i>Havior</i>.—Without offering an opinion as to the + relative probability of the etymology of this word, offered by + your various correspondents (No. 17. p. 269.), I think it right + that the use of the word in Scotland should not be + overlooked.</p> + + <p>In Jamieson's admirable <i>Dictionary</i>, the following + varieties of spelling and meaning (all evidently of the same + word) occur:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"<i>Aver</i> or <i>Aiver</i>, a horse used for labour; + commonly an old horse; as in Burns—</p> + + <p>"'Yet aft a ragged cowte's been kenn'd To mak a noble + <i>aiver</i>.'</p> + + <p>"'This man wyl not obey.... Nochtheles I sall gar hym + draw lik an <i>avir</i> in ane cart'—<i>Bellend. + Chron.</i></p> + + <p>"'<i>Aiver</i>, a he-goat after he has been gelded: till + then he is denominated a <i>buck</i>.</p> + + <p>"<i>Haiver</i>, <i>haivrel</i>, <i>haverel</i>, a gelded + goat (East Lothian, Lanarkshire, Sotherland).</p> + + <p>"<i>Hebrun</i>, <i>heburn</i>, are also synonymes.</p> + + <p>"<i>Averie</i>, live-stock, as including horses, cattle, + &c.</p> + + <p>"'Calculation of what money, &c. will sustain their + Majesties' house and <i>averie</i>'—<i>Keith's + Hist.</i></p> + + <p>"'<i>Averia</i>, <i>averii</i>, 'equi, boves, jumenta, + oves, ceteraque animalia quæ agriculturæ + inserviunt.'"—Ducange.</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>Skene traces this word to the low Latin, <i>averia</i>, + "quhilk signifies ane beast." According to Spelman, the + Northumbrians call a horse <i>aver</i> or <i>afer</i>.</p> + + <p>See much more learned disquisition on the origin of these + evidently congenerous words under the term <i>Arage</i>, in + Jamieson.</p> + + <p class="author">EMDEE.</p> + + <p><i>Mowbray Coheirs</i> (No. 14. p. 213.).—Your + correspondent "G." may obtain a clue to his researches on + reference to the <i>private</i> act of parliament of the 19th + Henry VII., No. 7., intituled, "An Act for Confirmation of a + Partition of Lands made between <i>William</i> Marquis Barkley + and Thomas Earl of Surrey."—Vide <i>Statutes at + Large</i>.</p> + + <p class="author">W.H. LAMMIN.</p> + + <p><i>Spurious Letter of Sir R. Walpole</i> (No. 19. p. + 304.)—"P.C.S.S." (No. 20. p. 321.) and "LORD BRAYBROOKE" + (No. 21. p. 336.) will find their opinion of the letter being + spurious confirmed by the appendix to <i>Lord Hervey's + Memoirs</i>, (vol. ii. p. 582.), and the editor's note, which + proves the inaccuracy of the circumstances on which the + inventor of the letter founded his fabrication. In addition to + Lord Braybrooke's proofs that Sir Robert was not disabled by + the stone, for some days previous to the 24th, from waiting on + the king, let me add also, from Horace Walpole's authority, two + conclusive facts; the first is, that it was not till <i>Sunday + night</i>, the 31st <i>January</i> (<i>a week after</i> the + date of the letter) that Sir Robert made up his mind to resign; + and, secondly, that he had at least two personal interviews + with the king on that subject.</p> + + <p class="author">C.</p> + + <p><i>Line quoted by De Quincey</i>.—"S.P.S." (No. 22. p. + 351.) is informed that</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"With battlements that on their restless fronts</p> + + <p>Bore stars"...</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>is a passage taken from a gorgeous description of + "Cloudland" by Wordsworth, which occurs near the end of the + second book of the Excursion. The opium-eater gives a long + extract, as "S.P.S." probably remembers.</p> + + <p class="author">A.G.</p> + + <p>Ecclesfield, March 31. 1850.</p> + + <p><i>Quem Jupiter vult perdere priùs + dementat</i>.—Malone, in a note in <i>Boswell's + Johnson</i> (p. 718., Croker's last edition), says, that a + gentleman of Cambridge found this apophthegm in an edition of + Euripides (not named) as a translation of an iambic.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Ον Θεος + Δελει + 'απολεσαι, + πρωτ' + 'αποφρενοι."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>The Latin translation the Cambridge gentleman might have + found in Barnes; but where is the <i>Greek</i>, so different + from that of Barnes, to be found? It is much nearer to the + Latin.</p> + + <p class="author">C.</p> + + <p><i>Bernicia</i>.—In answer to the inquiry of "GOMER" + (No. 21. p. 335.), "P.C.S.S." begs leave to refer him to + Camden's <i>Britannia</i> (Philemon Holland's translation, + Lond. fol. 1637), where he will find, at p. 797., the following + passage:—</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"But these ancient names were quite worn out of use in + the English Saxon War; and all the countries lying north or + the other side of the arme of the sea called Humber, began, + by a Saxon name, to be called [Old English: + Northan-Humbra-ric] that is, the Kingdome of + Northumberland; which name, notwithstanding being now + cleane gone in the rest of the shires, remayneth still, + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page389" + id="page389"></a>{389}</span> as it were, surviving in + Northumberland onely; which, when that state of kingdome + stood, was known to be a part of the <i>Kingdome of + Bernicia</i>, which had <i>peculiar petty kings</i>, and + reached from the River Tees to Edenborough Frith."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>At p. 817. Camden traces the etymology of <i>Berwick</i> + from <i>Bernicia</i>.</p> + + <p class="author">P.C.S.S.</p> + + <p><i>Cæsar's Wife</i>.—If the object of "NASO'S" Query + (No. 18. p. 277.) be merely to ascertain the origin of the + proverb, "Cæsar's wife must be above suspicion," he will find + in Suetonius (Jul. Cæs. 74.) to the following + effect:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"The name of Pompeia, the wife of Julius Cæsar,</p> + + <p>having been mixed up with an accusation against</p> + + <p>P. Clodius, her husband divorced her; not, as he + said,</p> + + <p>because he believed the charge against her, but + because</p> + + <p>he would have those belonging to him as free + from</p> + + <p>suspicion as from crime."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="author">J.E.</p> + + <p class="note">[We have received a similar replay, with the + addition of a reference to Plutarch (Julius Cæsar, cap. 10.), + from several other kind correspondents.]</p> + + <p><i>Nomade</i> (No. 21. p. 342.).—There can be no doubt + at all that the word "nomades" is Greek, and means pastoral + nations. It is so used in Herodotus more than once, derived + from νομος, pasture: + νεμω, to graze, is generally supposed to be + the derivation of the name of Numidians.</p> + + <p class="author">C.B.</p> + + <p><i>Gray's Elegy</i>.—In reply to the Query of your + correspondent "J.F.M." (No. 7. p. 101.), as well as in allusion + to remarks made by others among your readers in the following + numbers on the subject of Gray's <i>Elegy</i>, I beg to state + that, in addition to the versions in foreign languages of this + fine composition therein enumerated, there is one printed among + the poem, original and translated, by C.A. Wheelwright, B.A. of + Trinity College, Cambridge, published by Longman & Co. + 1811. (2d. edition, 1812.) If I mistake not, the three + beautiful stanzas, given by Mason in his notes to Gray, viz. + those beginning,—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"The thoughtless world to majesty may bow,"</p> + + <p>"Hark! how the sacred calm that breathes + around,"</p> + + <p>"Him have we seen," &c.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>(the last of which is so remarkable for its Doric + simplicity, as well as being essential to mark the concluding + period of the contemplative man's day) have not been admitted + into any edition of the <i>Elegy</i>.</p> + + <p>With the regard to the last stanza of the epitaph, its + meaning is certainly involved in some degree of obscurity, + though it is, I think, hardly to be charged with irreverence, + according to the opinion of your correspondent "S.W." (No. 10. + p. 150.). By the words <i>trembling hope</i>, there can be no + doubt, that Petrarch's similar expression, <i>paventosa + speme</i>, quoted in Mason's note, was embodied by the English + poet. In the omitted version, mentioned in the beginning of + this notice, the epitaph is rendered into Alcaics. The + concluding stanza is as follows:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Utra sepulti ne meritis fane,</p> + + <p class="i2">Et parce culpas, invide, proloqui,</p> + + <p>Spe nunc et incerto timore</p> + + <p class="i2">Numinis in gremio quiescunt."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="author">ARCHÆUS.</p> + + <p>Wiesbaden, Feb. 16. 1850.</p> + + <p><i>Cromwell's Estates</i> (No. 18. p. 277., and No. 21. p. + 339.).—I am much obliged to "SELEUCUS" for his answer to + this inquiry, as far as regards the seignory of Gower. It also + throws a strong light on the remaining names; by the aid of + which, looking in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, I have + identified <i>Margore</i> with the parish of Magor (St. + Mary's), hundred of Caldecott, co. Monmouth: and guess, that + for Chepstall we must read <i>Chepstow</i>, which is in the + same hundred, and the population of which we know was stout in + the royal cause, as tenants of the Marquis of Worcester would + be.</p> + + <p>Then I guess Woolaston may be <i>Woolston</i> (hundred of + Dewhurst), co. Gloucester; and Chaulton, one of the + <i>Charltons</i> in the same county, perhaps <i>Charlton + Kings</i>, near Cheltenham; where again we read, that many of + the residents were slain in the civil war, <i>fighting on the + king's side</i>.</p> + + <p>This leaves only Sydenham without something like a probable + conjecture, at least: unless here, too, we may guess it was + miswritten for Siddington, near Cirencester. The names, it is + to be observed, are only recorded by Noble; whose inaccuracy as + a transcriber has been shown abundantly by Carlyle. The record + to which he refers as extant in the House of Commons papers, is + not to be found, I am told.</p> + + <p>Now, if it could be ascertained, either that the name in + question had been Cromwell's, or even that they were a part of + the Worcester estates, before the civil war, we should have the + whole list cleared,—thanks to the aid so effectually + given by "SELEUCUS'S" apposite explanations of one of its + items.</p> + + <p>Will your correspondents complete the illustrations thus + well begun?</p> + + <p class="author">V.</p> + + <p>Belgravia, March 26.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>MISCELLANIES.</h2> + + <p><i>Franz von Sickingen</i>.—Your correspondent + "S.W.S." (No. 21. p. 336.) speaks of his having had some + difficulty in finding a portrait of Franz Von Sickingen; it may + not therefore, by uninteresting to him to know (if not already + aware of it) that upon the north side of the nave of the + cathedral of Treves, is a monument of Richard Von + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page390" + id="page390"></a>{390}</span> Greifenklan, who defended + Treves against the said Franz; and upon the entablature are + portraits of the said archbishop on the one side, and his + enemy Franz on the other. Why placed there it is difficult + to conceive, unless to show that death had made the prelate + and the robber equals.</p> + + <p class="author">W.C.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>BODY AND SOUL.</h3> + + <h4>(<i>From the Latin of Owen.</i>)</h4> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>The sacred writers to express the whole,</p> + + <p>Name but a part, and call the man a <i>soul</i>.</p> + + <p>We frame our speech upon a different plan,</p> + + <p>And say "some<i>body</i>," when we mean a man.</p> + + <p>No<i>body</i> heeds what every<i>body</i> says,</p> + + <p>And yet how sad the secret it betrays!</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="author">RUFUS.</p> + <hr /> + + <p>"<i>Laissez faire, laissez passer.</i>"—I think your + correspondent "A MAN IN A GARRET" (No. 19. p. 308.) is not + warranted in stating that M. de Gournay was the author of the + above axiom of political economy. Last session Lord J. Russell + related an anecdote in the House of Commons which referred the + phrase to an earlier date. In the <i>Times</i> of the 2nd of + April, 1849, his Lordship is reported to have said, on the + preceding day, in a debate on the Rate-in-Aid Bill, that + Colbert, with the intention of fostering the manufactures of + France, established regulations which limited the webs woven in + looms to a particular size. He also prohibited the introduction + of foreign manufactures into France. The French vine-growers, + finding that under this system they could no longer exchange + their wine for foreign goods, began to grumble. "It was then," + said his Lordship, "that Colbert, having asked a merchant what + he should do, he (the merchant), with great justice and great + sagacity, said, 'Laissez faire et laissez passer'—do not + interfere as to the size and mode of your manufactures, do not + interfere with the entrance of foreign imports, but let them + compete with your own manufactures."</p> + + <p>Colbert died twenty-nine years before M. de Gournay was + born. Lord J. Russell omitted to state whether Colbert followed + the merchant's advice.</p> + + <p class="author">C. ROSS.</p> + + <p><i>College Salting and Tucking of Freshmen</i> (No. 17. p. + 261., No. 19. p. 306.).—A circumstantial account of the + tucking of freshmen, as practised in Exeter College, oxford, in + 1636, is given in Mr. Martyn's <i>Life of the First Lord + Shaftesbury</i>, vol. i. p. 42.</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>"On a particular day, the senior under-graduates, in the + evening, called the freshmen to the fire, and made them + hold out their chins; whilst one of the seniors, with the + nail of his thumb (which was left long for that purpose), + grated off all the skin from the lip to the chin, and then + obliged him to drink a beer-glass of water and salt."</p> + </blockquote> + + <p>Lord Shaftesbury was a freshman at Exeter in 1636; and the + story told by his biographer is, that he organised a resistance + among his fellow freshmen to the practice, and that a row took + place in the college hall, which led to the interference of the + master, Dr. Prideaux, and to the abolition of the practice in + Exeter College. The custom is there said to have been of great + antiquity in the college.</p> + + <p>The authority cited by Mr. Martyn for the story is a Mr. + Stringer, who was a confidential friend of Lord Shaftesbury's, + and made collections for a Life of him; and it probably comes + from Lord Shaftesbury himself.</p> + + <p class="author">C.</p> + + <p><i>Byron and Tacitus</i>.—Although Byron is, by our + school rules, a forbidden author, I sometimes contrive to + indulge myself in reading his works by stealth. Among the + passages that have struck my (boyish) fancy is the couplet in + "<i>The Bride of Abydos</i>" (line 912),—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Mark! where his carnage and his conquests + cease!</p> + + <p>He makes a solitude, and calls it—peace!"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>Engaged this morning in a more legitimate study, that of + Tacitus, I stumbled upon this passage in the speech of Galgacus + (Ag. xxx.),—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>"Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem adpellant."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>Does not this look very much like what we call "cabbaging?" + If you think so, by adding it to the other plagiarisms of the + same author, noted in some of your former numbers, you will + confer a great honour on</p> + + <p class="author">A SCHOOLBOY.</p> + + <p><i>The Pardonere and Frere</i>.—If Mr. J.P. Collier + would, at some leisure moment, forward, for your pages, a + complete list of the variations from the original, in Smeeton's + reprint of <i>The Pardonere and Frere</i>, he would confer a + favour which would be duly appreciated by the possessors of + that rare tract, small as their number must be; since, in my + copy (once in the library of Thomas Jolley, Esq.), there is an + autograph attestation by Mr. Rodd, that "there were no more + than twenty copies printed."</p> + + <p class="author">G.A.S.</p> + + <p><i>Mistake in Gibbon</i> (No. 21. p. 341.).—The + passage in Gibbon has an error more interesting than the mere + mistake of the author. That a senator should make a motion to + be repeated and chanted by the rest, would be rather a strange + thing; but the tumultuous acclamations chanted by the senators + as parodies of those in praise of Commodus, which had been + usual at the Theatres (Dio), were one thing; the vote or decree + itself, which follows, is another.</p> + + <p>There are many errors, no doubt, to be found in Gibbon. I + will mention one which may be entertaining, though I dare say + Mr. Milman has <span class="pagenum"><a name="page391" + id="page391"></a>{391}</span> found it out. In chap. 47. + (and <i>see</i> note 26.), Gibbon was too happy to make the + most of the murder of the female philosopher Hypatia, by a + Christian mob at Alexandria. But the account which he gives + is more shocking than the fact. He seems not to have been + familiar enough with Greek to recollect that + 'ανειλον means + <i>killed</i>. Her throat was cut with an oyster-shell, + because, for a reason which he has very acutely pointed out, + oyster-shells were at hand; but she was clearly not "cut in + pieces," nor, "her flesh scraped off the bones," till after + she was dead. Indeed, there was no scraping from the bones + at all. That they used oyster-shells is a proof that the act + was not premeditated. Neither did she deserve the title of + modest which Gibbon gives her. Her way of rejecting suitors + is disgusting enough in Suidas.</p> + + <p class="author">C.B.</p> + + <p><i>Public Libraries</i>.—In looking through the + Parliamentary Report on Libraries, I missed, though they may + have escaped my notice, any mention of a valuable one in + <i>Newcastle-on-Tyne</i>, "Dr. Thomlinson's;" for which a + handsome building was erected early last century, near St. + Nicholas Church, and a Catalogue of its contents has been + published. I saw also, some years ago, a library attached to + <i>Wimborne Minster</i>, which appeared to contained some + curious books.</p> + + <p>The Garrison Library at <i>Gibraltar</i> is, I believe, one + of the most valuable English libraries on the continent of + Europe.</p> + + <p class="author">W.C.T.</p> + + <p>Edinburgh, March 30. 1850.</p> + <hr /> + + <h3>NOSCE TEIPSUM,—AN EXCEPTION.</h3> + + <h4>(<i>From the Chinese of Confucius, or elsewhere.</i>)</h4> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>I've not said so to <i>you</i>, my friend—and + I'm not going—</p> + + <p><i>You</i> may find so many people better worth + knowing.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="author">RUFUS.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>MISCELLANEOUS.</h2> + + <h3>NOTES ON BOOKS, CATALOGUES, SALES, ETC.</h3> + + <p>Mr. Thorpe is preparing for publication a Collection of the + Popular Traditions or Folk Lore of Scandinavia and Belgium, as + a continuation of his <i>Northern Mythology and + Superstitions</i>, now ready for the press.</p> + + <p>Mr. Wykeham Archer's <i>Vestiges of Old London</i>, of which + the Second Part is now before us, maintains its character as an + interesting record of localities fast disappearing. The + contents of the present number are, the "House of Sir Paul + Pindar, in Bishopgate Without," once the residence of that + merchant prince, and now a public-house bearing his name; + "Remains of the East Gate, Bermondsey Abbey;" which is followed + by a handsome staircase, one of the few vestiges still + remaining of "Southhampton House," the residence of the + Wriothesleys, Earls of Southampton. A plate of "Street + Monuments, Signs, Badges, &c.," gives at once variety to + the subjects, and a curious illustration of what was once one + of the marked features of the metropolis. "Interior of a Tower + belonging to the wall of London," in the premises of Mr. Burt, + in the Old Bailey, presents us with a curious memorial of + ancient London in its fortified state; it being the only + vestige of a tower belonging to the wall in its entire height, + and with its original roof existing. The last plate exhibits + some "Old Houses, with the open part of Fleet Ditch, near Field + Lane;" and the letter-press illustration of this plate + describes a state of filth and profligacy which we hope will + soon only be known among us as a thing that <i>has + been</i>.</p> + + <p>We have received the following Catalogues:—Messrs. + Williams and Norgate's (14. Henrietta Street) German Catalogue, + Part I. comprising Theology, Ecclesiastical History, and + Philosophy; John Petheram's (94. High Holborn) Catalogue, Part + CX. No. 4. for 1850, of Old and New Books; John Miller's (43. + Chandos Street) Catalogue, Number Four for 1850 of Books Old + and New; and E. Palmer and Son's (18. 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By a provoking accident, some few copies of the + last No. were worked off before the words "Saxoniæ," "Saxonia" + and "audactes," in p. 365. col. 2. were corrected to + "Saxoni<i>ce</i>" and "audacte<i>r</i>."</p> + <hr class="adverts" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page392" + id="page392"></a>{392}</span> + + <h4>THE EDINBURGH REVIEW,</h4> + + <center> + No. CLXXXIV., is Published THIS DAY. + </center> + + <center> + CONTENTS: + </center> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>1. NATIONAL OBSERVATORIES—GREENWICH.</p> + + <p>2. SYDNEY SMITH'S SKETCHES OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY.</p> + + <p>3. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS.</p> + + <p>4. LANDOR'S POETRY.</p> + + <p>5. THE POLYNESIANS—NEW ZEALAND.</p> + + <p>6. BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL TAXATION.</p> + + <p>7. THE VILLAGE NOTARY—MEMOIRS OF A HUNGARIAN + LADY.</p> + + <p>8. LEWIS ON THE INFLUENCE OF AUTHORITY IN MATTERS OF + OPINION.</p> + + <p>9. AGRICULTURAL COMPLAINTS.</p> + + <p>10. 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Fleet Street. + </center> + <hr /> + + <center> + Just Published, 2 vols. 8vo., 20<i>s.</i> cloth, + </center> + + <p>THE WORKS OF VIRGIL, TRANSLATED (in blank verse). The first + four Pastorals, the Georgics, and the first four Æneids, by the + Rev. RANN KENNEDY. The last six Pastorals and the last eight + Æneids by CHARLES RANN KENNEDY. Dedicated to H.R.H. the Prince + Albert.</p> + + <p>London: GEORGE BELL, 186. Fleet Street.</p> + <hr /> + + <center> + Preparing for immediate Publication, in 2 vols. small 8vo. + </center> + + <p>THE FOLK-LORE of ENGLAND. By WILLIAM J. THOMAS, F.S.A., + Secretary of the Camden Society, Editor of "Early Prose + Romances," "Lays and Legends of all Nations," &c. One + object of the present work is to furnish new contributions to + the History of our National Folk-Lore; and especially some of + the more striking Illustrations of the subject to be found in + the Writings of Jacob Grimm and other Continental + Antiquaries.</p> + + <p>Communications of inedited Legends, Notices of remarkable + Customs and Popular Observances, Rhyming Charms, &c. are + earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully acknowledged by the + Editor. They may be addressed to the care of Mr. BELL, Office + of "NOTES AND QUERIES," 186. Fleet Street.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote1" + name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote + 1:</b><a href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + + <p>A daughter of the late Joseph Shrimpton, Esq., of High + Wycombe.</p> + </blockquote> + <hr class="full" /> + + <p>Printed by THOMAS CLARK SHAW, of No. 8. New Street Square, + at No. 5. 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