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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Notes and Queries, Number 79, May 3, 1851 + A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, + Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc + +Author: Various + +Editor: George Bell + +Release Date: October 12, 2008 [EBook #26899] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES AND QUERIES *** + + + + +Produced by Charlene Taylor, Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins +and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images +generously made available by The Internet Library of Early +Journals.) + + + + + + +</pre> + +<table border="0" cellpadding="10" style="background-color: #ccccff;"> +<tr> +<td style="width:25%; vertical-align:top"> +Transcriber's note: +</td> +<td> +A few typographical errors have been corrected. They +appear in the text <span class="correction" title="explanation will pop up">like this</span>, and the +explanation will appear when the mouse pointer is moved over the marked +passage. +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><!-- Page 345 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page345"></a>{345}</span></p> + +<h1>NOTES AND QUERIES:</h1> + +<h2>A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, +GENEALOGISTS, ETC.</h2> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3><b>"When found, make a note of."</b>—CAPTAIN CUTTLE.</h3> + +<hr class="full" /> + + +<table width="100%" class="nomar" summary="masthead" title="masthead"> + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left; width:25%"> + <p><b>No. 79.</b></p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:center; width:50%"> + <p><b><span class="sc">Saturday, May 3. 1851.</span></b></p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right; width:25%"> + <p><b>Price Threepence.<br />Stamped Edition 4d.</b></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>CONTENTS.</h2> + + +<table width="100%" class="nomar" summary="Contents" title="Contents"> + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left; width:94%"> + <p><span class="sc">Notes</span>:—</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right; width:5%"> + <p>Page</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Illustrations of Chaucer, No. V.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page345">345</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Foreign English—Guide to Amsterdam</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page346">346</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Seven Children at a Birth three Times following</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page347">347</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Ramasshed, Meaning of the Term</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page347">347</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Authors of the Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, by E. Hawkins</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page348">348</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Minor Notes:—Egg and Arrow Ornament—Defoe's Project + for purifying the English Language—Great Fire of + London—Noble or Workhouse Names</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page349">349</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Queries</span>:—</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Passages in the New Testament illustrated from Demosthenes</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page350">350</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>The House of Maillé</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page351">351</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Minor Queries:— Meaning of "eign"—The Bonny + Crayat—What was the Day of the Accession of Richard the + Third?—Lucas Family—Watch of Richard + Whiting—Laurence Howel, the Original + Pilgrim—Churchwardens' Accounts, &c. of St. Mary-de-Castro, + Leicester—Aristotle and Pythagoras—When Deans first + styled Very Reverend—Form of Prayer at the Healing—West + Chester—The Milesians—Round Robbin—Experto credo + Roberto—Captain Howe—Bactria</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page351">351</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Replies</span>:—</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>The Family of the Tradescants, by Dr. E. F. Rimbault</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page353">353</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Meaning of Venville, by E. Smirke</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page355">355</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Replies to Minor Queries:—Newburgh Hamilton—Pedigree + of Owen Glendower—Mind your P's and Q's—The Sempecta at + Croyland—Solid-hoofed Pigs—Porci solide-pedes—Sir + Henry Slingsby's Diary—Criston, Somerset—Tradesmen's + Signs—Emendation of a Passage in Virgil</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page356">356</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Miscellaneous</span>:—</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page358">358</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Books and Odd Volumes wanted</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page358">358</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Notices to Correspondents</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page358">358</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Advertisements</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page359">359</a></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Notes.</h2> + +<h3>ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHAUCER NO. V.</h3> + + <p><i>The Arke of Artificial Day</i>.</p> + + <p>Before proceeding, to point out the indelible marks by which Chaucer + has, as it were, stereotyped the true date of the journey to Canterbury, + I shall clear away another stumbling-block, still more insurmountable to + Tyrwhitt than his first difficulty of the "halfe cours" in Aries, viz. + the seeming inconsistency in statements (1.) and (2.) in the following + lines of the prologue to the Man of Lawe's tale:—</p> + +<table class="nobctr"> +<tr><td>(1.)</td><td><a href="images/$lbrace.png"><img src="images/$lbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:6ex; width:1em" alt="Brace" /></a></td> +<td> +"Oure hoste saw wel that the bright sonne,<br /> + The arke of his artificial day, had ironne<br /> + The fourthe part and halfe an houre and more, +</td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> * * * *</td></tr> +<tr><td>(2.)</td><td><a href="images/$lbrace.png"><img src="images/$lbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:18ex; width:1em" alt="brace" /></a></td> +<td> + And saw wel that the shadow of every tree<br /> + Was as in length of the same quantitie,<br /> + That was the body erecte that caused it,<br /> + And therefore by the shadow he toke his wit<br /> + That Phebus, which that shone so clere and bright,<br /> + Degrees was five and fourty clombe on hight,<br /> + And for that day, as in that latitude<br /> + It was ten of the clok, he gan conclude." +</td></tr> +</table> + + <p>The difficulty will be best explained in Tyrwhitt's own + words:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Unfortunately, however, this description, though seemingly intended + to be so accurate, will neither enable us to conclude with the MSS. that + it was '<i>ten of the clock</i>,' nor to fix upon any other hour; as the + two circumstances just mentioned are not found to coincide in any part of + the 28th, or of any other day of April, in this + climate."—<i>Introductory Discourse</i>, § xiv.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>In a foot-note, Tyrwhitt further enters into a calculation to show + that, on the 28th of April, the fourth part of the day and half an hour + and more (even with the liberal allowance of a quarter of an hour to the + indefinite phrase '<i>and more</i>') would have been completed by nine + o'clock <span class="scac">A.M.</span> at the latest, and therefore at + least an hour too soon for coincidence with (2.).</p> + + <p>Now one would think that Tyrwhitt, when he found his author relating + facts, "<i>seemingly intended to be so accurate</i>," would have + endeavoured to discover whether there might not be some hidden meaning in + them, the explaining of which might make that consistent, which, at + first, was apparently the reverse.</p> + + <p>Had he investigated with such a spirit, he must have discovered that + the expression "arke of the artificial day" <i>could not</i>, in this + instance, receive its obvious and usual meaning, of the horary duration + from sunrise to sunset—</p> + + <p>And for this simple reason: That such a meaning would <i>presuppose a + knowledge of the hour</i>—of the very thing in request—and + which was about <!-- Page 346 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page346"></a>{346}</span>to be discovered by "our hoste," who "toke + his wit" from the sun's altitude for the purpose! But he knew already + that the fourth part of the day <span class="scac">IN TIME</span> had + elapsed, he must necessarily have also known what that time was, without + the necessity of calculating it!</p> + + <p>Now, Chaucer, whose choice of expression on scientific subjects is + often singularly exact, says, "Our hoste <i>saw</i> that the sonne," + &c.; he must therefore have been referring to some visible situation: + because, afterwards, when the time of day has been obtained from + calculation, the phrase changes to "<i>gan conclude</i>" that it was ten + of the clock.</p> + + <p>It seems, therefore, certain that, even setting aside the question of + consistency between (1.) and (2.), we must, <i>upon other grounds</i>, + assume that Chaucer had some meaning in the expression "arke of the + artificial day," different from what must be admitted to be its obvious + and received signification.</p> + + <p>To what other ark, then, could he have been alluding, if not to the + <i>horary</i> diurnal ark?</p> + + <p>I think, to the <span class="sc">Azimuthal Arch of the Horizon</span> + included between the point of sunrise and that of sunset!</p> + + <p>The situation of any point in that arch is called its bearing; it is + estimated by reference to the points of the compass; it is therefore + <i>visually</i> ascertainable: and it requires no previous knowledge of + the hour in order to determine when the sun has completed the fourth, or + any other, portion of it.</p> + + <p>Here, then, is <i>primâ facie</i> probability established in favour of + this interpretation. And if, upon examination, we find that it also + clears away the discrepancy between (1.) and (2.), probability becomes + certainty.</p> + + <p>Assuming, upon evidence which I shall hereafter explain, that the + sun's declination, on the day of the journey, was 13° 26' North, or + thirteen degrees and half,—the sun's bearing at rising, in the + neighbourhood of London, would be E.N.E., at setting W.N.W.; the whole + included arch, 224°; and the time at which the sun would complete + one-fourth, or have the bearing, S.E. by E., would be about 20 minutes + past nine <span class="scac">A.M.</span>,—thus leaving 40 minutes + to represent Chaucer's "halfe an hour and more!"</p> + + <p>A very remarkable approximation—which converts a statement + apparently contradictory, into a strong confirmation of the deduction to + be obtained from the other physical facts grouped together by Chaucer + with such extraordinary skill!</p> + + <p>On the other hand, it is impossible to deny that the "hoste's" + subsequent admonition to the pilgrims to make the best use of their time, + warning them that "the fourthe partie of this day is gon," seems again to + favour the idea that it is the day's actual horary duration that is + alluded to.</p> + + <p>This can be only hypothetically accounted for by observing that in + this, as in many other instances, Chaucer seems to delight in a sort of + disguised phraseology; as though to veil his true meaning, and designedly + to create scientific puzzles to exercise the knowledge and discernment of + his readers.</p> + + <p class="author">A. E. B.</p> + + <p class="address">Leeds, April 14. 1851.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>FOREIGN ENGLISH—GUIDE TO AMSTERDAM.</h3> + + <p>I doubt not many of your readers will have been as much amused as + myself with the choice specimens of Foreign English enshrined in your + pages. When at Amsterdam, some years since, I purchased a <i>Guide</i> to + that city, which I regard as a considerable literary curiosity in the + same line. It was published at Amsterdam, by E. Maascamp, in 1829, and + contains from beginning to end a series of broken English, professing all + the while to be written by an Englishman.</p> + + <p>It commences with the following "Advertisement:"</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The city of Amsterdam—remarkable as being one of the chief + metropoles of Europe, and as being in many respects the general market of + whole the universe; justly celebrated for—its large interior + canals, on both of their sides enlivened and sheltered by ranges of + large, thick, and beautiful trees, and presenting, on large broad and + neatly kept, most regularly pav'd quays, long chains of sumptuous + habitations, or rather palaces of the principal and <i>weathy</i> + merchants; moreover remarkable by its Museum for the objects of the fine + arts, &c., its numberless public edifices adapted either to the + <i>cultivation</i> of arts, or to the exertions of trade, or to + <i>establishments</i> charitable purposes, or of temples of all manners + of divine worship—the city of Amsterdam, we say," &c. It is + dated "This 15<sup>the</sup> of Juin, 1829."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>In page 14. the author gives us an account of his habits, + &c.:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"I live in Amsterdam since some considerable time I drink no strong + liquors, nor do I smoke tobacco and with all this—I have not been + <i>attacked</i> by those agues and fevers w<sup>h</sup> frequently reign + here from the month of Juin to the end of the autumn: and twenty + foreigners whom I know, do follow the same system, and are still as + healthy as I myself; while I have seen a great many of natives taking + their drams and smoking their pipes <i>ad libitem</i>, and moreover + <i>chawing</i> tobacco in a quite disgusting manner, who," &c.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>An Amsterdam Sunday, p. 42.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"On sundays and holydays the shops and warehouses, and, <i>intra + muros</i>, those of public entertainment are <i>close</i>: the devotees + go to church, and sanctify the sabbath. Others go to walk outside the + towngates: after their walk, they hasten to fine public-play-gardens, + where wine, thea, &c. is sold. Neither the mobility remains idle at + <i>these</i> entertainments. Every one invites his damsel, and joyously + they enter play-gardens of a little less brilliancy than the former. + There, at the crying sound of an instrument that <i>rents</i> the ear, + <!-- Page 347 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page347"></a>{347}</span>accompanied by the delightful + handle-organs and the rustic triangle, their tributes are paid to + Terpsichore; every where a similitude of talents: the dancing outdoes not + the musician."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Description of the Assize Court:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The forefront has a noble and sublime aspect, and is particularly + characteristical to what it ought to represent. It is built in a division + of three fronts in the corinthic order: each of them consists in four + raizing columns, resting upon a general basement, from the one end of the + forefront to the other, and supporting a cornish, equally running all + over the face; upon this cornish rests a balustrad, like the other pieces + altogether of Bremen-hardstone. The middle front, serving for the chief + entrance, is adorned with the provincial arms, sculpted by Mr. Gabriel, + &c.... Every where a sublime plan, and exact execution is exhibited + here, and the whole tends as much to the architects, who are the + undertakers of it, as they have earned great praizes by building anew the + burnt Lutheran church."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>I will not trespass on your space by any further extracts; but these + will suffice to show that my book is <i>sui generis</i>, and worth + commemoration.</p> + + <p class="author">C. W. B.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>SEVEN CHILDREN AT A BIRTH THREE TIMES +FOLLOWING.</h3> + + <p>Your correspondent N. D.'s papers (Vol. ii., p. 459., and Vol. iii., + p. 64) have reminded me of another remarkable instance of fecundity + related by the well-known civil engineer <span class="sc">Jan Adriaensz. + Leeg-Water</span>, in his <i>Kleyne Chronycke</i>, printed at Amsterdam + in 1654:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Some years since," says he, p. 31., "I was at <i>Wormer</i>, at an + inn near the town-hall: the landlady, whose name was <i>Frankjen</i>, + told me of the Burgomaster of <i>Hoorn</i>, who in the spring went over + the (Zuyder?) sea to buy oxen, and going into a certain house he found + seven little children sitting by the fire, each with a porringer in its + hand, and eating rice-milk, or pap, with a spoon; on which the + Burgomaster said 'Mother, you are very kind to your neighbours, since + they leave their children to your care.' 'No,' said the woman, they are + all my own children, which I had at one birth; and if you will wait a + moment, I will show you more that will surprise you.' She then fetched + seven other children <i>a birth</i> older: so she had fourteen children + at two births. Then the woman said to the Burgomaster, 'I am now + <i>enceinte</i>, and I think in the same way as before: if you come here + next year, call upon me again.' And so, the next year, when the + Burgomaster went over the sea, he called upon the woman and the woman had + again brought forth seven children at a birth. Thus the woman had at + three births twenty-one children."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>I subjoin the original of which the above is a literal + translation.</p> + + <p class="author">J. S.</p> + + <p class="address">Woudenberg, April, 1851.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>RAMASSHED, MEANING OF THE TERM.</h3> + + <p>In the curious volume recently edited by Sir Henry Ellis for the + Camden Society, entitled <i>The Pilgrymage of Syr R. Guylforde, + Knyght</i>, a singular term occurs, which may claim a note of + explanation. It is found in the following passage:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Saterdaye to Suse, Noualassa, and to Lyungborugh; and at the sayd + Noualassa we toke moyles to stey us vp the mountayne, and toke also + marones to kepe vs frome fallynge. And from the hyght of the mounte down + to Lyuyngborugh I was ramasshed, whiche is a right strange + thinge."—P. 80.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Sir Henry has not bestowed upon us here any of those erudite + annotations, which have customarily enhanced the interest of works edited + under his care.</p> + + <p>Sir Richard Guylforde was on his homeward course from the Holy Places + by way of Pavia, where he visited the convent and church which contained + the shrine and relics of St. Augustine, as also the tomb of Lionel, Duke + of Clarence, second son of Edward III., whose monumental inscription (not + to be found in Sandford's <i>Genealogical History</i>) the worthy knight + copied.</p> + + <p>On the 13th Feb. 1506, Sir Richard approached the ascent of Mont Cenis + by the way of S. Ambrogio and Susa. At the village of Novalese, now in + ruins, the party took mules, to aid their ascent, and <i>marroni</i>, + long-handled mattocks, or pick-axes, to prevent their falling on the + dangerous declivities of the snow. The journey was formerly made with + frightful expedition by means of a kind of sledge—an expedient + termed <i>la ramasse</i>—which enabled the traveller, previously to + the construction of that extraordinary road, well known to most readers, + to effect in a few minutes a perilous descent of upwards of 6000 feet. + The <i>ramasse</i>, as Cotgrave informs us, was—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"A kind of high sled, or wheelbarrow, whereon travellers are carried + downe certaine steep and slippery hils in Piemont."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Its simplest form had probably been a kind of fagot of + brushwood,—<i>ramazza</i>, or a besom, not much unlike the rapid + locomotive of witches, who were called in old times <i>ramassières</i>, + from their supposed practice of riding on a <i>ramée</i>, <i>ramasse</i>, + or besom. At the present time even, it occasionally occurs that an + adventurous traveller crossing the Mont Cenis is tempted to glide down + the rapid descent, in preference to the long course of the zigzag road; + and remember to have heard at Lauslebourg the tale, doubtless often + related, of an eccentric <i>Milord</i> who ascended the heights thrice + from that place, a journey of some hours, for the gratification of the + repeated excitement caused by a descent on the <i>ramasse</i> in about as + many minutes. The cranium of a horse, as it was stated, was the vehicle + often preferred for this curious adventure: and the <!-- Page 348 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page348"></a>{348}</span>traveller + guided or steadied his course by trailing a long staff, a practice for + security well known to the Alpine tourist. This may probably have been + the use of the "marones" taken by Sir Richard Guyldeford and his party at + Novalese.</p> + + <p>The terms, to be "ramasshed," is not, as I believe, wholly disused in + France. It was brought to the metropolis with the strange amusement known + as the <i>Montagne Russe</i>. In the valuable <i>Complément du + Dictionnaire de l'Académie</i>, compiled under the direction of Louis + Barré, we find the following phrase:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Se faire ramasser, se dit aujourd'hui, dans une acception + particulière, pour, Se faire lancer dans un char, du haut des élévations + artificielles qui se trouvent dans les jardins publics."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Such a disport had been known previously to the expedition to Moscow, + and the favourite divertisement <i>à la Russe</i>, so much in vogue + amongst the Parisians for a few subsequent years. Roquefort informs us + that—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"<i>Ramasse</i> étoit le nom d'un jeu que nous avions apporté des + Alpes, où il est encore en usage pendant l'hiver, et principalement en + temps de neige."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Albert Way.</span></p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>AUTHORS OF THE POETRY OF THE ANTI-JACOBIN.</h3> + + <p>The following notices of the writers of many of the poetical pieces in + the <i>Anti-Jacobin</i> may prove interesting to many of your readers. + They are derived from the following copies, and each name is + authenticated by the initials of the authority upon which each piece is + ascribed to particular persons:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p><span class="scac">C.</span> Canning's own copy of the poetry.</p> + <p><span class="scac">B.</span> Lord Burghersh's copy.</p> + <p><span class="scac">W.</span> Wright the publisher's copy.</p> + <p><span class="scac">U.</span> Information of W. Upcott, amanuensis.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>The copy of the <i>Anti-Jacobin</i> to which I refer is the fourth, + 1799, 8vo.</p> + +<table class="nobctr"> +<tr><td>Page.</td><td colspan="4" align="center">VOL. I.</td></tr> +<tr><td> 31.</td><td>Introd. to Poetry</td><td>Canning.</td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top"> 35.</td><td valign="top">Inscript. for Door of Cell, &c.</td><td>Canning,<br />Frere, </td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:4ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top"> 71.</td><td valign="top">Sapphics: Knifegrinder</td><td>Frere,<br /> Canning,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:4ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>103.</td><td>Invasio</td><td colspan="3">Hely Addington, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">136.</td><td valign="top">La Sainte Guillolem</td><td>Canning,<br />Frere,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:4ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Hammond, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">169.</td><td valign="top">Soldier's Friend</td><td>Canning,<br />Frere,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:4ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Ellis, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td> </td><td>Sonnet to Liberty</td><td colspan="3">Lord Carlisle, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>201.</td><td>Dactylics</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Gifford, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td> </td><td>Ipsa mali Hortatrix, &c.</td><td colspan="3">Marq. Wellesley, <span class="scac">U.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Frere, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>236.</td><td>Parent of countless Crimes, &c.</td><td colspan="3">Marq. Wellesley, <span class="scac">U.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Frere, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>263.</td><td>The Choice</td><td colspan="3">Geo. Ellis, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>265.</td><td>Duke and taxing Man</td><td colspan="3">Bar. Macdonald, <span class="scac">C.</span>, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>267.</td><td>Epigram</td><td colspan="3">Frere, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>301.</td><td>Ode to Anarchy</td><td colspan="3">Lord Morpeth, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>303.</td><td>You have heard of Reubel</td><td colspan="3">Frere, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>371.</td><td>Bard of the borrow'd Lyre</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Hammond, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>380.</td><td>Ode to Lord Moira</td><td colspan="3">Geo. Ellis, <span class="scac">C.</span>, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>422.</td><td>Bit of an Ode to Mr. Fox</td><td colspan="3">Geo. Ellis, <span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Frere, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>452.</td><td>Anne and Septimius</td><td colspan="3">Geo. Ellis, <span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>486.</td><td>Foe to thy Country's Foes</td><td colspan="3">Geo. Ellis, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>489.</td><td>Lines under Bust of Ch. Fox</td><td colspan="3">Frere, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>490.</td><td>—— under Bust of certain Orator</td><td colspan="3">Geo. Ellis, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>525.</td><td>Progress of Man</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Gifford, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Frere, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>558.</td><td>Progress of Man</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Hammond, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>598.</td><td>Vision</td><td colspan="3">Geo. Ellis, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Gifford, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>627.</td><td>Ode: Whither, O Bacchus!</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="5" align="center"> <br />VOL. II.</td></tr> +<tr><td> 21.</td><td>Chevy Chace</td><td colspan="3">Bar. Macdonald, <span class="scac">C.</span>, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top"> 98.</td><td valign="top">Progress of Man</td><td>Canning,<br />Frere, </td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:4ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Geo. Ellis, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>134.</td><td>Jacobin</td><td colspan="3">Nares, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>168</td><td>Loves of the Triangles</td><td colspan="3">Frere, <span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>200.</td><td>Loves of the Triangles </td><td colspan="3">Geo. Ellis, <span class="scac">C.</span>, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>204.</td><td>Loves of Triangles: So with dark Dirge </td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">205.</td><td colspan="4">"Romantic Ashboun." The road down Ashboun<br /> + Hill winds in front of Ashboun Hall,<br /> + then the residence of the Rev. —— Leigh, who<br /> + married a relation of Mr. Canning's, and to<br /> + whom Mr. Canning was a frequent visitor. <span class="scac">E.</span> <span class="scac">H.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>236.</td><td>Brissot's Ghost</td><td colspan="3">Frere, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">274.</td><td valign="top">Loves of the Triangles</td><td>Canning,<br />Gifford,<br />Frere,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:6.5ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">B.</span>, <span class="scac">W.</span>, <span class="scac">C.</span> <br /><span class="scac">C.</span> <br /><span class="scac">C.</span> </td></tr> +<tr><td>312.</td><td>Consolatory Address</td><td colspan="3">Lord Morpeth, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">315.</td><td valign="top">Elegy</td><td>Canning,<br />Gifford,<br />Frere,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:6.5ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">B.</span>, <span class="scac">C.</span> <br /><span class="scac">C.</span> <br /><span class="scac">C.</span> </td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">343.</td><td valign="top">Ode to my Country</td><td>Frere,<br />B. B.,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:4ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3">Hammond, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>388.</td><td>Ode to Director Merlin</td><td colspan="3">Lord Morpeth, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">420.</td><td valign="top">The Lovers</td><td>Frere,<br />Gifford,<br />G. Ellis,<br />Canning,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:9ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td> <br /><span class="scac">C.</span> <br /> <br /><span class="scac"> B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top">451.</td><td>Frere,<br />Gifford,<br />Ellis,<br />Canning,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:9ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td valign="top"><span class="scac"> B.</span> <br /> <br /><span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>498.</td><td>Affectionate Effusion</td><td colspan="3">Lord Morpeth, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>532. +<!-- Page 349 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page349"></a>{349}</span> +</td><td>Translation of a Letter</td><td>Gifford,<br />Ellis,<br />Canning,<br />Frere,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:9ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td valign="top"> <br /><span class="scac">C.</span> <br /><span class="scac"> B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>602.</td><td>Ballynahinch</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">C.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td> </td><td>Viri eruditi</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">B.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>623.</td><td>New Morality</td><td>Canning,<br />Frere,<br />Gifford,<br />Ellis,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:9ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td valign="top"><span class="scac">B.</span><br /> <br /><span class="scac">C.</span> </td></tr> +<tr><td> </td><td>From Mental Mists</td><td colspan="3">Frere, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td> </td><td>Yet venial Vices, &c.</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">624.</td><td colspan="4">Bethink thee, Gifford, &c. These lines were<br /> + written by Mr. Canning some years before he<br /> + had any personal acquaintance with Mr. Gifford.</td></tr> +<tr><td>625.</td><td>Awake! for shame!</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>628.</td><td>Fond Hope!</td><td colspan="3">Frere, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>629.</td><td>Such is the liberal Justice</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">631.</td><td valign="top">O Nurse of Crimes</td><td>Frere,<br />Canning,<br />G. Ellis,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:6.5ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>632.</td><td>See Louvet</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">633.</td><td valign="top">But hold severer Virtue</td><td>Frere,<br />Canning,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:4ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">634.</td><td valign="top">To thee proud Barras bows</td><td>Frere,<br />Canning,<br />Ellis,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:6.5ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td valign="top">635.</td><td valign="top">Ere long perhaps</td><td>Gifford,<br />Ellis,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:4ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td> </td><td valign="top">Couriers and Stars</td><td>Frere,<br />Canning,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:4ex; width:0.75em" alt="brace" /></a></td><td><span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td>637.</td><td>Britain beware</td><td colspan="3">Canning, <span class="scac">W.</span></td></tr> +</table> + + <p>Wright, the publisher of the <i>Anti-Jacobin</i>, lived at 169. + Piccadilly, and his shop was the general morning resort of the friends of + the ministry, as Debrell's was of the oppositionists. About the time when + the <i>Anti-Jacobin</i> was contemplated, Owen, who had been the + publisher of Burke's pamphlets, failed. The editors of the + <i>Anti-Jacobin</i> took his house, paying the rent, taxes, &c., and + gave it up to Wright, reserving to themselves the first floor, to which a + communication was opened through Wright's house. Being thus enabled to + pass to their own rooms through Wright's shop, where their frequent + visits did not excite any remarks, they contrived to escape particular + observation.</p> + + <p>Their meetings were most regular on Sundays, but they not unfrequently + met on other days of the week, and in their rooms were chiefly written + the poetical portions of the work. What was written was generally left + open upon the table, and as others of the party dropped in, hints or + suggestions were made; sometimes whole passages were contributed by some + of the parties present, and afterwards altered by others, so that it is + almost impossible to ascertain the names of the authors. Where, in the + above notes, a piece is ascribed to different authors, the conflicting + statements may arise from incorrect information, but sometimes they arise + from the whole authorship being assigned to one person, when in fact both + may have contributed. If we look at the references, vol. ii. pp. 420. + 532. 623., we shall see Mr. Canning naming several authors, whereas Lord + Burghersh assigns all to one author. Mr. Canning's authority is here more + to be relied upon. "New Morality" Mr. Canning assigns generally to the + four contributors; Mr. Wright has given some interesting particulars by + appropriating to each his peculiar portion.</p> + + <p>Gifford was the working editor, and wrote most of the refutations and + corrections of the "Lies," "Mistakes," and "Misrepresentations."</p> + + <p>The papers on finance were chiefly by Pitt: the first column was + frequently for what he might send; but his contributions were uncertain, + and generally very late, so that the space reserved for him was sometimes + filled up by other matter. He only once met the editors at Wright's.</p> + + <p>Upcott, who was at the time assistant in Wright's shop, was employed + as amanuensis, to copy out for the printer the various contributions, + that the authors' handwriting might not be detected.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Edw. Hawkins.</span></p> + + <p><i>The Anti-Jacobin</i> (Vol. iii., p. 334.).—In a copy of the + <i>Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin</i>, now in my possession, occurs this note + in the autograph of Mr. James Boswell:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"These lines [<i>Lines written by Traveller at Czarco-zelo</i>] were + written by William PITT—as I learnt from his nephew on the 28th of + May 1808, at a dinner held in honour of his memory."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The sirname is in large capital letters; the <i>year</i> is + indistinctly written. This is the note which is indicated in the + auction-catalogue of the library of Mr. Boswell, No. 2229.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Bolton Corney</span>.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Minor Notes.</h2> + + <p><i>Egg and Arrow Ornament.</i>—Mr. Ruskin, in his <i>Stones of + Venice</i>, vol. i. p. 305., says—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The Greek egg and arrow cornice is a nonsense cornice, very noble in + its lines, but utterly absurd in its meaning. Arrows have had nothing to + do with eggs (at least since Leda's time), neither are the so-called + arrows like arrows, nor the eggs like eggs, nor the honeysuckles like + honeysuckles: they are all conventionalized into a monotonous + successiveness of nothing—pleasant to the eye, useless to the + thought."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The ornament of which Mr. R. thus speaks is indifferently called egg + and tongue, egg and dart, as well as egg and arrow. It seems to me that + the <i>egg</i> is a complete misnomer, although common to all the + designations; and I fancy that the idea of what is so called was + originally derived from the full-length shield, and therefore that the + ornament should be named the <i>shield and dart</i>, an association more + reasonable than is suggested by any of the ordinary appellations. Can any + of <!-- Page 350 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page350"></a>{350}</span>your correspondents offer any confirmation + of this?</p> + + <p class="author">B. J.</p> + + <p class="address">Liverpool, March 31. 1851.</p> + + <p><i>Defoe's Project for purifying the English Language.</i>—Among + the many schemes propounded by De Foe, in his <i>Essay upon Projects</i>, + published in 1696, there is one which still remains a theory, although + eminently practicable, and well worthy of consideration.</p> + + <p>He conceived that there might be an academy or society formed for the + purpose of correcting, purifying, and establishing the English language, + such as had been founded in France under Cardinal Richelieu.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The work of this society," says Defoe, "should be to encourage polite + learning, to polish and refine the English tongue, and advance the so + much neglected faculty of correct language; also, to establish purity and + propriety of style, and to purge it from all the irregular additions that + ignorance and affectation have introduced; and all these innovations of + speech, if I may call them such, which some dogmatic writers have the + confidence to foster upon their native language, as if their authority + were sufficient to make their own fancy legitimate."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Never was such society more needed than in the present day, when you + can scarcely take up a newspaper, or a periodical, a new poem, or any + modern literary production, without finding some new-coined word, + perplexing to the present reader, and a perfect stumbling-block in the + way of any future editor.</p> + + <p>Some of these words are, I admit, a welcome addition to our common + stock, but the greater part of them are mere abortions, having no analogy + to any given root.</p> + + <p>A society similar to the one proposed by Defoe might soon be + established in this country, if a few such efficient authorities as Dr. + Kennedy would take the initiative in the movement.</p> + + <p>He who should first establish such a society, and bring it to a + practicable bearing, would be conferring an inestimable boon on + society.</p> + + <p>I trust that these hints may serve to arouse the attention of some of + the many talented contributors to the "<span class="sc">Notes and + Queries</span>," and in due season bring forth fruit.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">David Stevens</span>.</p> + + <p class="address">Godalming, April 19. 1851.</p> + + <p><i>Great Fire of London</i>.—Our popular histories of England, + generally, contain very indefinite statements respecting the extent of + destruction wrought upon the city of London by the Great Fire. I have + therefore thought it may be interesting to others, as it has been to + myself, to peruse the following, which purports to be "extracted from the + Certificates of the Surveyors soon after appointed to survey the + Ruins."</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"That the fire that began in London upon the second of September, + 1666, at one Mr. Farryner's house, a baker in Pudding Lane, between the + hours of one and two in the morning, and continued burning until the + sixth of that month, did overrun the space of three hundred and + seventy-three acres within the walls of the city of London, and + sixty-three acres three roods without the walls. There remained + seventy-five acres three roods standing within the walls unburnt. + Eighty-nine parish churches, besides chappels burnt. Eleven parishes + within the walls standing. Houses burnt, Thirteen thousand two + hundred.</p> + +<table class="nobctr"> +<tr><td>"JONAS MOORE,<br /> +"RALPH GATRIX,</td><td><a href="images/$rbrace.png"><img src="images/$rbrace.png" class="middle" style="height:4ex" alt="Brace" /></a></td><td>Surveyors."</td></tr> +</table> + +</blockquote> + + <p>I copy this from a volume of tracts, printed 1679 to 1681; chiefly + "Narratives" of judicial and other proceedings relating to the (so + called) "Popish Plots" in the reign of Charles II.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Wm. Franks Mathews</span>.</p> + + <p><i>Noble or Workhouse Names</i>—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The only three noble names in the county were to be found in the + great house [workhouse]; mine [Berners] was one, the other two were + Devereux and Bohun."—<i>Lavengro</i>, iii. 232.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The above extract reminds me of a list of names of the poor about St. + Alban's, which I forwarded some months since, viz. Brax, Brandon, De + Amer, De Ayton, Fitzgerald, Fitz John, Gascoigne, Harcourt, Howard, + Lacey, Stanley, Ratcliffe.</p> + + <p class="author">A. C.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Queries.</h2> + +<h3>PASSAGES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ILLUSTRATED +FROM DEMOSTHENES.</h3> + + <p>Acts xvii. 21.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time + in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Can any of your biblical correspondents inform me in what commentary + upon the New Testament the coincidence with the following passages in + Demosthenes is noticed, or whether any other source of the historical + fact has been recorded? In the translation of Petrus Lagnerius, Franc. + 1610 (I have not at hand the entire works), we find these words:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Nihil est omnium, Athenienses, in præsentiâ nocentius, quam quod vos + alienati estis a rebus, et tantisper operam datis, dum audientes sedetis, + si quid Novi nuntiatum fuerit" (4. contr. <i>Phil</i>.).</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Again:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Nos vero, dicetur verum, nihil facientes, hic perpetuo sedemus + cunctabundi, tum decernentes, tum interrogantes, si quid Novi in foro + dicatur."—4 <i>Orat. ad Philipp. Epist.</i></p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Pricæus, in his very learned and valuable <i>Commentarii in varios + N.T. Libros</i>, Lond. 1660, fol., at p. 628, in v. 21., says + only—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Videantur quæ ex Demosthene, Plutarcho, aliis, <i>Eruditi</i> + annotarunt."</p> + +</blockquote> + +<p><!-- Page 351 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page351"></a>{351}</span></p> + + <p>Matthew xiii. 14.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By + hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, + and shall not perceive."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This proverb seems to have been common to all ages and countries. It + is of frequent occurrence in the New Testament (Mark iv. 12.; viii. 18.; + John xii. 40.; Acts xxviii. 25.; Romans xi. 8.), and, as in Matthew, is + referred to Isaiah. But, in the Old Testament, there is earlier authority + for its use in Deuteronomy xxix. 4. It occurs also in Jeremiah v. 21.; in + Ezekiel xii. 2., and, with a somewhat different application, in the + Psalms, cxv. 5.; cxxxv. 16.</p> + + <p>That it was employed as an established proverb by Demosthenes seems to + have been generally overlooked. He says:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p><span title="'Hoi men houtôs horôntes ta tôn êtuchêkotôn erga, hôste totês paroimias, horôntes mê horan, kai akouontas mê akouein. (Kata Aristogeitonos," class="grk" + >"Οἱ μὲν + οὕτως + ὁρῶντες τὰ + τῶν + ἠτυχηκότων + ἔργα, ὥστε + τὸτῆς + παροιμίας, + ὁρῶντες μὴ + ὁρᾶν, καὶ + ἀκούοντας + μὴ ἀκούειν. + (Κατὰ + Ἀριστογείτονος,</span> + A Taylor, Cantab. vol. ii. pp. 494-5.)</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>It is quoted, however, by Pricæus (p. 97.), who also supplies exactly + corresponding passages from Maximus Tyrius (<span + class="scac">A.D.</span> 190), Plutarch (<span class="scac">A.D.</span> + 107-20), and Philo (<span class="scac">A.D.</span> 41). Of these, the + last only can have been prior to the publication of St. Matthew's Gospel, + which Saxius places, at the earliest, in the reign of Claudius.</p> + + <p>Hugo Grotius has no reference to Demosthenes in his <i>Annotationes in + Vet. Test.,</i> Vogel & Doderein, 1776; but cites Heraclitus the + Ephesian, who, according to Saxius, flourished in the year 502 <span + class="scac">B.C.</span>, and Aristides, who, on the same authority, + lived in the 126th year of the Christian era. Has any other commentator + besides Pricæus alluded to the passage in Demosthenes?</p> + + <p class="author">C. H. P.</p> + + <p class="address">Brighton, April 21.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>THE HOUSE OF MAILLÉ.</h3> + + <p>The house of Maillé (vide Lord Mahon's <i>Life of Condé</i>) + contributed to the Crusades one of its bravest champions. Can any of your + numerous contributors give me information as to the name and achievements + of the Crusader?</p> + + <p>Claire Clémence de Maillé, daughter of the Maréchal Duke de Brezé, and + niece of Richelieu, was married in 1641 to the Duc d'Enghien, afterwards + the Great Condé; and Lord Mahon, somewhere in his life of the hero, makes + mention of the princess as the "last of her family."</p> + + <p>Claire Clémence had an only brother, who held the exalted post of High + Admiral of France, and in 1646 he commanded a French fleet which + disembarked 8000 men in the marshes of Sienna, and himself shortly + afterwards fell at the siege of Orbitello. The admiral having died + unmarried, the Brezé estates became the property of the princess, who + transmitted them to her descendants, the last of whom was the unfortunate + Duc d'Enghien, who perished at Vincennes.</p> + + <p>Thus much is patent; but I think it probable his lordship was not + aware that a branch of the family was exiled, and with the La Touches, La + Bertouches, &c., settled in the sister kingdom, most likely at the + Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Their descendants subsequently passed + over into this country, and have contributed to the lists of the legal + and medical professions. Up to the present century a gentleman bearing + the slightly altered name of Mallié held a commission in the British + army. Even now, the family is not extinct, and the writer being lately on + a visit to a lady, probably the sole representative <i>in name</i> of + this once powerful house, noticed in her possession a series of four + small engravings, representing the Great Condé; his mother, a princess of + Montmorency, pronounced to be the "handsomest woman in Europe;" the old + Maréchal de Maillé Brezé; and his daughter, Claire Clémence.</p> + + <p>Our <i>Pall Mall</i> is, I believe, derived from <i>Pailée Maillé</i>, + a game somewhat analogous to cricket, and imported from France in the + reign of the second Charles: it was formerly played in St. James's Park, + and in the exercise of the sport a small hammer or <i>mallet</i> was used + to strike the ball. I think it worth noting that the <i>Mallié</i> crest + <i>is</i> a mailed arm and hand, the latter grasping a <i>mallet</i>.</p> + + <p>Be it understood that the writer has no pretensions to a knowledge of + heraldic terms and devices; so, without pinning any argument on the + coincidence, he thought it not without interest. He is aware that the + mere fact of a similarity between surnames and crests is not without its + parallel in English families.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">A New Subscriber</span>.</p> + + <p class="address">Birmingham, April 22. 1851.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Minor Queries.</h2> + + <p><i>Meaning of "eign."</i>—What is the meaning of the word "eign" + in Presteign, also the name of a street and a brook? Is it connected with + the Anglo-Saxon <i>thegen</i> or <i>theign?</i></p> + + <p class="author">H. C. K.</p> + + <p class="address">Hereford.</p> + + <p><i>The Bonny Cravat.</i>—Can any of your readers give a probable + explanation of the meaning of the sign of an inn at Woodchurch, in Kent, + which is "The Bonny Cravat," now symbolised as a huge white neckcloth, + with a "waterfall" tie?</p> + + <p class="author">E. H. Y.</p> + + <p><i>What was the Day of the Accession of Richard III.?</i>—Sir + Harris Nicolas, in his <i>Chronology of History</i> (2nd edition, p. + 326.) decides for June 26, 1433, giving strong reasons for such opinion. + But his primary reason, founded on a fac-simile extract from the + Memoranda Rolls in the office of the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer + of <!-- Page 352 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page352"></a>{352}</span>Ireland, printed, with fac-simile, in the + second <i>Report of the Commissioners on Irish Records</i>, 1812, p. + 160., gives rise to a doubt; for, as Sir Harris Colas states,</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"It is remarkable that the printed copy should differ from the + fac-simile in the identical point which caused the letter to be + published, for in the former the 'xxvij<sup>th</sup> of June' occurs, + whereas in the fac-simile it is the 'xxvj<sup>th</sup> of June.' The + latter is doubtless correct; for an engraver, who copies precisely what + is before him, is less likely to err than a transcriber or editor."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This is most probably the case; but perhaps some of your + correspondents in Ireland will settle the point accurately.</p> + + <p class="author">J. E.</p> + + <p><i>Lucas Family.</i>—Can any of your correspondents inform me + what were the names of the sons of John Lucas, of Weston, co. Suffolk, + who lived at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth + century? One of them, Thomas, was Solicitor-General, and a Privy + Councillor, to Henry VII., and had estates in Suffolk.</p> + + <p class="author">W. L.</p> + + <p><i>Watch of Richard Whiting.</i>—In Warner's <i>History of + Glastonbury</i> mention is made of the watch of Richard Whiting, the last + abbot. It is stated in the <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i> of 1805 to have + been in the possession of the Rev. Mr. Bowen, of Bath. Since then, I + think, it was sold by auction; at least I have heard so. Perhaps some of + your readers know what has become of it, and can say where it now is. The + name "Richard Whiting" is said to be engraved inside it.</p> + + <p class="author">C. O. S. M.</p> + + <p><i>Laurence Howel, the Original Pilgrim.</i>—The unfortunate + Laurence Howel published in 1717 (the year in which he was committed to + Newgate) a little volume, entitled <i>Desiderius; or, the Original + Pilgrim, a Divine Dialogue, showing the most compendious Way to arrive at + the Love of God. Rendered into English, and explained, with Notes.</i> By + Laurence Howel, A.M. London; printed by William Redmayne, for the Author, + 1717. In the preface he tells us, that the work was originally written in + Spanish; afterwards translated into Italian, French, High-Dutch and + Low-Dutch, and about the year 1587 into Latin from the High-Dutch, by + Laurentius Surius. There were subsequently two more Latin versions: one + by Vander Meer, from the French and Dutch copies, compared with the + original; and another by Antonius Boetzer in 1617. The author's name, he + says, was unknown to all the editors, and the several editions had + different titles; by some it was called the <i>Treasure of Devotion</i>, + by others the <i>Compendious Way to Salvation</i>. The last, however + (Boetzer's, I presume), bears that of <i>Desiderius</i>. As this was the + author's title, Mr. Howel adopted it for his translation, adding, he + says, that of the <i>Original Pilgrim</i>, to distinguish it from others + of the same name, or very like it. He there informs us that Mr. Royston + (the distinguished publisher in Charles II.'s and James II.'s reigns) had + declared that Bishop Patrick took his <i>Parable of the Pilgrim</i> from + it, and that it had formed the ground-work of the writings of many + authors in that style.</p> + + <p>Can any of your readers give me the titles of the editions in Spanish, + or any language, of this interesting little book? I should be much + obliged for any information regarding it. Is Howel's little translation + scarce? Has the authorship of the original ever been hinted at?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Richard Hooper</span>.</p> + + <p class="address">University Club, March 22. 1851.</p> + + <p><i>The Churchwardens' Accounts, &c., of St. Mary-de-Castro, + Leicester.</i>—Nichols, in his <i>History of Leicestershire</i>, + has given numerous extracts from the accounts of this ancient collegiate + establishment (founded in 1107), and also from a book relating to the + religious guild of The Trinity connected with the church. All these + documents have now, however, entirely disappeared,—how, or at what + period since the publication of the work, is unknown; but I find by a + newspaper-cutting in my possession (unfortunately without date or + auctioneer's name), that a very large collection of ancient documents, + filling several boxes, and relating to this church and others in the + county, was sold by auction in London some years ago, probably between + the years 1825 and <span class="correction" title="Original reads `1850', corrected by errata in issue 80." + >1830</span>. I shall feel obliged if any of your correspondents can + inform me in whose possession they now are, and if they can be + consulted.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Leicestrensis</span>.</p> + + <p><i>Aristotle and Pythagoras.</i>—What reason (if any) is there + for supposing that Aristotle derived his philosophy from Pythagoras + himself?</p> + + <p class="author">D. K.</p> + + <p><i>When Deans first styled Very Reverend.</i>—Can any of your + correspondents state at what period Deans of Cathedrals were first + designated as "Very Reverend?" Forty years ago they prayed at Christ + Church, Oxford, for the Reverend the Deans, the Canons, &c. The + inscription on the stone covering the remains of Sir Richard Kaye, Bart., + Dean of Lincoln, who died in 1809, terms him "the Reverend."</p> + + <p class="author">X. X.</p> + + <p><i>Form of Prayer at the Healing</i> (Vol. iii., pp. 42. 93. + 148.).—As my note on this subject has been misunderstood, I would + prefer this Query. What is the earliest edition of the Prayer Book in + which the Form for the Healing appears? Mr. Lathbury states 1709, which + is I believe the generally received date; but it is found in one printed + in London in 1707 immediately before the Articles. Its appearance in the + Prayer Book is entirely unauthorised; and it would be curious to + ascertain also, whether it found a place in the Prayer Books printed at + Oxford or Cambridge.</p> + + <p class="author">N. E. R. (a Subscriber).</p> + +<p><!-- Page 353 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page353"></a>{353}</span></p> + + <p><i>West Chester.</i>—In maps of Cheshire, 1670, and perhaps + later, the city of Chester is thus called. Why is it so designated? It + does not appear to be so called now. Passing through a village only six + miles from London last week, I heard a mother saying to a child, "If you + are not a good girl I will send you to West Chester." "Go to Bath" is + common enough; but why should either of these places be singled out? The + Cheshire threat seems to have been in use for some time, unless that city + is still called West Chester.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">John Francis X</span>.</p> + + <p><i>The Milesians.</i>—With respect to the origin of the Milesian + race little seems to be known, even by antiquaries who have given their + attention to the archæology of Ireland, the inhabitants of which country + are reputed to have been of Milesian origin. The Milesian race, also, is + thought to have come over from Spain, a conjecture which is rather + confirmed by the etymology of the names of some Irish towns, where the + letters <i>gh</i>, as in Drogheda and Aghada, if so convertible, have the + same pronunciation as the Spanish <i>j</i> in Aranjuez and Badajoz, and + also by the expression and cast of features marked in many of the + peasants of the south-west of Ireland, which strikingly resemble those of + the children of Spain.</p> + + <p>There is also another subject of antiquity in Ireland, and closely + connected with her early history, of the true origin of which the world + seems much in ignorance, viz. her Round Towers. Possibly some of your + able correspondents will kindly supply some information on one or both of + these subjects.</p> + + <p class="author">W. R. M.</p> + + <p><i>Round Robbin.</i>—In Dr. Heylin's controversy with Fuller on + his Church History, the following quotation<a name="footnotetag1" + href="#footnote1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> occurs:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"That the Sacrament of the Altar is nothing else but a piece of bread, + or a little <i>predie round robbin</i>."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>In the East Riding of Yorkshire the term is designative of a petition, + in which all the names are signed radiating from a centre, so as to + render it impossible to discover who was the first to sign it. What is + the derivation of it?</p> + + <p class="author">R. W. E.</p> + + <p class="address">Cor. Chr. Coll., Cambridge.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1:</b><a + href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + <p><i>Appeal of Injured Innocence</i>, p. 462.</p> + +</div> + <p><i>Experto crede Roberto.</i>—What is the origin of this + saying?</p> + + <p class="author">N. B.</p> + + <p><i>Captain Howe.</i>—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Captain Howe, the King's (George II.) nephew by an illegitimate + source."—<i>Pictorial History of England</i>, iv. 597.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Can you inform me how this captain was thus related to George II.?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">F. B. Relton</span>.</p> + + <p><i>Bactria.</i>—Can you refer me to a work worthy the name of + <i>The History of Bactria</i>, or to detached information concerning + Bactriana, under the Scythian kings? I also want a guide to the + Græco-Bactrian series of coins.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Blowen</span>.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Replies.</h2> + +<h3>THE FAMILY OF THE TRADESCANTS.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. ii., pp. 119. 286.)</p> + + <p>The family of the Tradescants is involved in considerable obscurity, + and the period of the arrival of the first of that name in England is + not, for a certainty, known. There were, it seems, three of the + Tradescants at one time in this country—grandfather, father, and + son. John Tradescant (or Tradeskin, as he was generally called by his + contemporaries) the elder was, according to Anthony Wood, a Fleming or a + Dutchman. He probably came to England about the latter end of the reign + of Elizabeth, or in the beginning of that of James the First. He is + reported to have been a great traveller, and to have previously visited + Barbary, Greece, Egypt, and other Eastern countries. Upon his first + arrival here he is said to have been successively gardener to the Lord + Treasurer Salisbury, Lord Weston, the Duke of Buckingham, and other + noblemen of distinction. In these situations he remained until the office + of royal gardener was bestowed upon him in 1629.</p> + + <p>To John Tradescant the elder, posterity is mainly indebted for the + introduction of botany in this kingdom. "He, by great industry, made it + manifest that there is scarcely any plant existing in the known world, + that will not, with proper care, thrive in our climate." In a visit made + by Sir W. Watson and Dr. Mitchell to Tradescant's garden in 1749, an + account of which is inserted in the <i>Philosophical Transactions</i>, + vol. xlvi. p. 160., it appears that it had been many years totally + neglected, and the house belonging to it empty and ruined; but though the + garden was quite covered with weeds, there remained among them manifest + footsteps of its founder. They found there the <i>Borago latifolia + sempervivens</i> of Caspar Bauhine; <i>Polygonatum vulgare + latifolium</i>, C.B.; <i>Aristolochia clematitis recta</i>, C.B.; and the + <i>Dracontium</i> of Dodoens. There were then remaining two trees of the + <i>Arbutus</i>, which from their being so long used to our winters, did + not suffer from the severe cold of 1739-40, when most of their kind were + killed in England. In the orchard there was a tree of the <i>Rhamnus + catharticus</i>, about twenty feet high, and nearly a foot in diameter. + There are at present no traces of this garden remaining.</p> + + <p>In the Ashmolean Library is preserved (No. 1461.) a folio manuscript + (probably in the handwriting of the elder Tradescant) which purports to + be "The Tradescants' Orchard, illustrated in sixty-five coloured drawings + of fruits, exhibiting various kinds of the apple, cherry, damson, date, + <!-- Page 354 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page354"></a>{354}</span>gooseberry, peares, peaches, plums, + nectarines, grape, Hasell-nutt, quince, strawberry, with the times of + their ripening."</p> + + <p>Old John Tradescant died in the year 1652, at which period he was + probably far advanced in years, leaving behind him a son (also of the + same name) who seems to have inherited his father's talents and + enthusiasm. There is a tradition that John Tradescant the younger entered + himself on board a privateer going against the Algerines, that he might + have an opportunity of bringing apricot-trees from that country. He is + known to have taken a voyage to Virginia, whence he returned with many + new plants. The two Tradescants were the means of introducing a variety + of curious species into this kingdom, several of which bore their name. + Tradescants' <i>Spiderwort</i> and <i>Aster</i> are well known to this + day, and Linnæus has immortalised them among the botanists by making a + new genus under their names of the <i>Spiderwort</i>, which had been + before called <i>Ephemeron</i>.</p> + + <p>When the elder Tradescant first settled in England, he formed a + curious collection of natural history, coins, medals, and a great variety + of "uncommon rarities." A catalogue of them was published in 12mo. in the + year 1656, by his son, under the name of <i>Museum Tradescantianum</i>; + to which are prefixed portraits, both of the father and son, by Hollar. + This Museum or "Ark," as it was termed, was frequently visited by persons + of rank, who became benefactors thereto; among these were Charles the + First, Henrietta Maria (his queen), Archbishop Laud, George Duke of + Buckingham, Robert and William Cecil, Earls of Salisbury, and many other + persons of distinction: among them also appears the philosophic John + Evelyn, who in his <i>Diary</i> has the following notice:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Sept. 17, 1657, I went to see Sir Robert Needham, at Lambeth, a + relation of mine, and thence to John Tradescant's museum."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Thus John Tradeskin starves our wondering eyes</p> + <p>By boxing up his new-found rarities."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Ashmole, in his <i>Diary</i> (first published by Charles Burman in + 1717), has three significant entries relating to the subject of our + notice, which I transcribe <i>verbatim</i>:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Decem. 12, 1659. Mr. Tredescant and his wife told me they had been + long considering upon whom to bestow their closet of curiosities when + they died, and at last had resolved to give it unto me.</p> + + <p>"April 22, 1662. Mr. John Tredescant died.</p> + + <p>"May 30, 1662. This Easter term I preferred a bill in Chancery against + Mrs. Tredescant, for the rarities her husband had settled on me."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The success of Ashmole's suit is well known; but the whole transaction + reflects anything but honour upon his name. The loss of her husband's + treasures probably preyed upon the mind of Mrs. Tradescant; for in the + <i>Diary</i> before quoted, under April 4, 1678, Ashmole says:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"My wife told me that Mrs. Tradescant was found drowned in her pond. + She was drowned the day before at noon, as appears by some + circumstance."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This was the same Hesther Tradescant who erected the Tradescant + monument in Lambeth churchyard. She was buried in the vault where her + husband and his son John (who "died in his spring") had been formerly + laid.</p> + + <p>The table monument to the memory of the Tradescants was erected in + 1662. The sculptures on the four sides are as follows, viz. on the + <i>north</i>, a crocodile, shells, &c., and a view of some Egyptian + buildings; on the <i>south</i>, broken columns, Corinthian capitals, + &c., supposed to be ruins in Greece, or some Eastern country; on the + <i>east</i>, Tradescant's arms, on a bend three fleurs-de-lys, impaling a + lion passant; on the <i>west</i>, a hydra, and under it a skull; various + figures of trees, &c., in relievo, adorn the four corners of the + tomb; over it is placed a handsome tablet of black marble. The monument, + by the contribution of some friends to their memory, was in the year 1773 + repaired, and (according to Sir John Hawkins) the following lines, + "<i>formerly</i> intended for an epitaph, inserted thereon." Other + authorities say that they were merely <i>restored</i>.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Know, stranger, ere thou pass beneath this stone,</p> + <p>Lye John Tradescant, grandsire, father, son;</p> + <p>The last dy'd in his spring; the other two</p> + <p>Liv'd till they had travell'd Art and Nature through,</p> + <p>As by their choice collections may appear,</p> + <p>Of what is rare, in land, in sea, in air;</p> + <p>Whilst they (as Homer's <i>Iliad</i> in a nut)</p> + <p>A world of wonders in one closet shut;</p> + <p>These famous antiquarians that had been</p> + <p><i>Both Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen</i>,</p> + <p>Transplanted now themselves, sleep here; and when</p> + <p>Angels shall with their trumpets waken men,</p> + <p>And fire shall purge the world, these hence shall rise,</p> + <p>And change this garden for a Paradise."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>A number of important errors concerning this once celebrated family + have been made by different writers. Sir John Hawkins, in a note to his + edition of Walton's <i>Angler</i> (edit. 1792, p. 24.), says:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"There were, it seems, three of the Tradescants, grandfather, father, + and son: the son is the person here meant: the two former were gardeners + to Queen Elizabeth, and the latter to King Charles I."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The epitaph above quoted satisfactorily proves, I think, that the + Tradescants were never gardeners to the maiden Queen. "The rose and lily + queen" was certainly Henrietta Maria, the queen of Charles the First. I + have now before me (from the cabinet of a friend) a small silver medal + struck to commemorate the marriage of Charles the First. It has on the + obverse the busts of Charles and Henrietta, the sun shining from the + clouds above <!-- Page 355 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page355"></a>{355}</span>them: the inscription is CH: MAG: ET: HEN: + MA: BRIT: REX: ET: REG. The reverse contains in the field, Cupid mixing + <i>lilies with roses</i>; the legend being FVNDIT: AMOR: LILIA: MIXTA: + ROSIS. In the exergue is the date 1625. The Tradescant mentioned by + Walton in 1653 was the <i>second</i> of that name, not the son, as stated + by Sir John Hawkins.</p> + + <p>The editor of the last edition of Evelyn's <i>Diary</i> (vol. ii. p. + 414.) says, speaking of the Tradescants:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"They were all eminent gardeners, travellers, and collectors of + curiosities. The two first came into this country in the reign of James + I., and the second and third were employed in the Royal Gardens by + Charles I."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Here is a <i>positive</i> statement that the elder Tradescant and his + son came into England in the reign of <i>James I.</i> But there is no + <i>proof</i> of this given. It is merely the writer's assertion. At the + end of the same note, speaking of Tradescant's Ark, the editor + observes:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"It formed the foundation of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and a + catalogue of its contents was printed by the youngest John Tradescant in + 1656, with the title of <i>Museum Tradescantianum</i>. He died in + 1652."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>It was not the <i>youngest</i> John Tradescant that died in 1652, but + the <i>oldest</i>, the <i>grandfather</i>—the first of that name + that settled in England.</p> + + <p>The following is a list of the portraits of the Tradescant family now + in the Ashmolean Museum; both father and son are in these portraits + called <i>Sir</i> John, though it does not appear that either of them was + ever knighted. Mr. Black, in his excellent catalogue of the Ashmolean + Library, also calls the elder Tradescant <i>Sir</i> John. (See p. + 1266.)</p> + + <p>1. Sir John Tradescant, sen., three-quarter size, ornamented with + fruit, flowers, and garden roots.</p> + + <p>2. The same, after his decease.</p> + + <p>3. The same, a small three-quarter piece, in water colours.</p> + + <p>4. A large painting of his wife, son, and daughter, + quarter-length.</p> + + <p>5. Sir John Tradescant, junior, in his garden, with a spade in his + hand, half-length.</p> + + <p>6. The same with his wife, half-length.</p> + + <p>7. The same, with his friend Zythepsa of Lambeth, a collection of + shells, &c. upon a table before them.</p> + + <p>8. A large quarter piece inscribed Sir John Tradescant's second wife + and son.</p> + + <p>Granger says he saw a picture at a gentleman's house in Wiltshire, + which was not unlike that of the deceased Tradescant, and the inscription + was applicable to it:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Mortuus haud alio quam quo pater ore quiesti,</p> + <p>Quam facili frueris nunc quoque nocte doces."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>I may add, in conclusion, that several beautiful drawings of the + Tradescant monument in Lambeth churchyard are preserved in the Pepysian + library. These drawings were engraved for the <i>Philosophical + Transactions</i>, vol. lxiii. p. 88.; and are printed from the same + plates in the <i>Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica</i>, vol. ii.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Edward F. Rimbault</span>.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>MEANING OF VENVILLE.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. iii., pp. 152. 310.)</p> + + <p>I observe, in p. 310. of the present volume, that two correspondents, + P. and K., have contributed conjectures as to the meaning and origin of + the term <i>venville</i>, noticed and explained <i>antè</i>, p. 152. The + <i>origin</i> of the word is of course to some extent open to conjecture; + but they may rest assured that the <i>meaning</i> of it is not, nor ever + has been, within the domain of mere conjecture with those who have had + any opportunities of inquiry in the proper quarter. The term has not the + slightest reference to the ceremony of delivering possession, which P. + has evidently witnessed in the case of his father, and which lawyers call + livery of seisin; nor is there on Dartmoor any such word as <i>ven</i> + signifying peat, or as <i>fail</i>, signifying turf. No doubt a fen on + the moor would probably contain "black earth or peat," like most other + mountain bogs; and if (as K. says) <i>fail</i> means a "turf or flat + clod" in Scotland, I think it probable that a Scotchman on Dartmoor might + now and then so far forget himself as to call peat or turf by a name + which would certainly not be understood by an aboriginal Devonian. The + local name of the peat or other turf cut for fuel is <i>vaggs</i>, and + this has perhaps been confounded in the recollection of K.'s informant + with <i>ven</i>. At all events, I can assure both P. and K. (who, I + presume, are not familiar with the district) that the tenants of venville + lands have no functions to perform, as such, in any degree connected with + either turf-cutting, or "fenging fields," and that they do not + necessarily, or generally, occupy peat districts, or rejoice in</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"All the infections that the sun sucks up</p> + <p>From bogs, fens, flats," &c.;</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>but, on the contrary, they are the owners of some of the most + valuable, salubrious, and picturesque purlieus of the forest. With regard + to the name "fengfield," although I am pretty familiar with the records + of the forest extant for the last five hundred years past, I do not + remember that it is ever so named or spelt in the muniments of the manor + or forest. It is so written by Risdon, and in some few other documents + entitled to little weight, and from which no safe inference can be drawn. + Whatever be the etymological origin of the term, it should be assumed as + indisputable by any one who may hereafter exercise his ingenuity or his + fancy upon it, that the four most prominent <!-- Page 356 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page356"></a>{356}</span>incidents to the tenure + are—1. payment of fines; 2. situation in an ancient vill; 3. + attendance on the lord's court; 4. enjoyment of certain rights of common. + It may be that neither the <i>fine</i> nor the <i>vill</i> forms a + component part of the name; but K. need have no scruple in believing that + an abbreviated Latin or "legal term" (invented, of course, by the + stewards or bailiffs of the lord) may have become naturalised among those + of the inhabitants of the Moor whom it concerns. The tenants or retainers + of a manor have no alternative but to submit to any generic name by which + the steward may please to distinguish them. Thus the "priors" and + "censors" of Dartmoor forest are content to be called by those names, + because they were designated as "prehurdarii" and "censarii" in the court + rolls some hundred years ago. The tenants of a certain lordship in + Cornwall know and convey their tenements by the name of <i>landams</i> to + this day, merely because the stewards two hundred years ago, when the + court rolls were in Latin, well knowing that <i>landa</i> was the Latin + for <i>land</i>, and that transitive verbs in that language require an + accusative case, recorded each tenant as having taken of the lord "unam + landam, vocatam Tregollup," &c. Indeed so easily does a clipt exotic + take root and become acclimated among the peasantry of the Moor, whose + powers of appropriation are so much disparaged by the sceptical doubts of + K., that since the establishment of local courts the terms <i>fifa</i> + and <i>casa</i> have become familiar to them as household words and the + name and uses of that article of abbreviated Latinity called a + '<i>bus</i> are, as I am credibly informed, not unknown to them.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">E. Smirke</span>.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Replies to Minor Queries.</h2> + + <p><i>Newburgh Hamilton</i> (Vol. iii, p. 117).—In Thomas Whincop's + <i>List of Dramatic Authors</i>, &c., the following notice of + Hamilton occurs:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + +<p class="cenhead">"Mr. Newburgh Hamilton.</p> + + <p>A Gentleman, who I think was related to, at least lived in the family + of Duke <i>Hamilton</i>; he wrote two Plays, called</p> + + <p>I. <i>The Doating Lovers</i>, or <i>The Libertine Tam'd</i>; a Comedy + acted at the Theatre in <i>Lincoln's Inn</i>-<i>Fields</i>, in the year + 1715, with no success: but supported to the third night, for the Author's + Benefit; when the Boxes and Pit were laid together at the unusual Price + of six Shillings each Ticket.</p> + + <p>II. <i>The Petticoat Plotter</i>; a Comedy of two Acts, performed at + the Theatre Royal in <i>Drury-Lane</i>."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author">T. C. T.</p> + + <p><i>Pedigree of Owen Glendower</i> (Vol. iii., p. 222.).—A + contributor who is not a Cambrian, sends the following pedigree of Owen + Glyndowr, with the authority from whence he has obtained it, viz. Harl. + MS. 807., Robert Glover's Book of Pedigrees and Arms, drawn up in part + about 1574.</p> + + <p class="author">H. E.</p> + +<pre> + + MADOCUS + | LEWELLINUS ultimus + GRIFFITH, Dominus de Bromfeld, == Filia JACOBI Princeps Walliæ. + obiit 1270, sepultus apud Valcraeys. | AUDLEY | + | |____________ + | | + ______________________________________|____________ PHILIP AP YEVOR, == UNICA, filia + | | | | Lord of Iscoyd. | et hæres. +MADOC VICHAN, Dñs LEONLINUS, GRIFFITH VAWER 4 filius, Dñs de |_____________ +de Bromfeld, cujus Dñs de GWYNN, Dñs de Kynllieth. | +custôdiam in minori Chirke Yale avus Owyn | +ætate, Rex H. 3. Glyndore THOMAS AP LLYN ap === ALIONORA, +dedit Johanni Com. | Owen ap Meredeth | filia et +Warennæ, 1270, qui | ap Owen ap Rhese | hæres. +adificavit Castrum | ap Griffin ap Rese ap | +de Holt. | Thewdor. | + | _____________________________________| + | | | + GRIFFITH VICHAN, === ELENA. Filia nupta Tudor + pater Owyn | ap Grono. + Glyndoure | + ____________| + | + OWEN GLYNDOWRE + proditor Rex H. 4. + | + | JOHANNIS SCUDAMORE, miles, + ALICIA, filia et hæres, duxit filiam et hæredam + nupta —— Scudamore. Oweni Glendoure proditoris + Regis H. 4. +</pre> +<p><!-- Page 357 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page357"></a>{357}</span></p> + + <p><i>Mind your P's and Q's</i> (Vol. iii., p. 328.)—This + expression arose from the ancient custom of hanging a slate behind the + alehouse door, on which was written P. or Q. (i. e. <i>Pint</i> or + <i>Quart</i>) against the name of each customer, according to the + quantity which he had drunk, and which was not expected to be paid for + till the Saturday evening, when the wages were settled.</p> + + <p>The expression so familiar to schoolboys of "<i>going tick</i>," may + perhaps be traced to this, a <i>tick</i> or mark being put for every + glass of ale.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">C. De la Pryme</span>.</p> + + <p><i>The Sempecta at Croyland</i> (Vol. iii., p. 328.).—He was not + there, however; and I am sorry to say, I do not remember where he was + personally, or exactly where the account of him is to be found. I have no + doubt of its being in one or other of the fourteen volumes of Martene's + <i>Thesaurus et Amplissima Collectio</i>. I do not now possess those + books, and have not access to them; but I think your correspondent will + find what he wants without much difficulty if (as I suspect) it is with + some other pieces in rhyme, and therefore likely to catch the eye in + turning over a volume chiefly in prose. Perhaps the name "Francis" may be + in the index. If he does not, I shall be happy to seek for + information.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">S. R. Maitland.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Gloucester.</p> + + <p><i>Solid-hoofed Pigs</i> (Vol. iii., p. 263.).—I saw a pig of + this kind a few years ago, in possession of Sir William Homan, Bart., of + Dromroe, near Cappoquin, in the county of Waterford.</p> + + <p>I do not know whether he has any of that breed at present; but have + little doubt that a note, addressed to Sir William on the subject, would + receive a courteous reply.</p> + + <p class="author">H. C.</p> + + <p class="address">Thurles, April 9. 1851.</p> + + <p><i>Porci solide-pedes</i> (Vol. iii., p. 263.).—A correspondent + of "<span class="sc">Notes and Queries</span>" inquires about the breed + of solid-hoofed pigs. Some years, perhaps twenty years, ago there were + several pigs of that sort in the possession of Robert Ramsden, Esq., of + Coulton Hall, Notts, of which he was good enough to give some to my + father. I believe they were considered of Chinese origins, but how + remotely I do not know. They were very easily fattened, but always of + small size; and I think, unless my memory much deceives me, on removing + the horny portion of the hoof, the rudiments of a cloven hoof, like that + of the ordinary swine, were to be seen.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">E. G. Selwyn.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Blackheath, April 17. 1851.</p> + + <p><i>Sir Henry Slingsby's Diary</i> (Vol. iii., p. 323.).—The + council of "<span class="sc">The Camden Society</span>" will no doubt be + pleased to find that your correspondents are good enough to keep in view + the welfare of that Society, and to suggest works suitable for their + publication.</p> + + <p>If Sir Henry Slingsby's <i>Diary</i> had never been published, it + would indeed have been an excellent book for the Camden Society; but be + kind enough to inform your correspondent P. B. that, besides some + quotations printed in Seward's <i>Anecdotes</i>, and large extracts + published at Edinburgh, in an octavo volume, in 1806, the whole + <i>Diary</i>, with a great deal of illustrative matter relating to the + Slingsby family, was published in one volume, 8vo., London, 1836, under + the very competent editorship of the Rev. Daniel Parsons, of Oriel + College, Oxford.</p> + + <p>It appears from the preface to that publication, that the original MS. + is not now known to be in existence. Mr. Parsons printed from a copy of + the original, made by Sir Savile Slingsby, in 1714-5, which then remained + at Scriven.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Ettie</span>.</p> + + <p><i>Criston, Somerset</i> (Vol. iii., p. 278.).—Perhaps <span + class="sc">Priston</span> is the place inquired for. This is a village + near Keynshem, where a Mr. <i>Vaughan</i> Jenkins has some property. + <i>Criston</i>, as a place in Somerset, is unknown to</p> + + <p class="author">J.</p> + + <p class="address">Bath, April 18.</p> + + <p><i>Criston</i> (Vol. iii., p. 278.).—There is a small village in + Somersetshire called Christon, about five miles N.W. of Axbridge.</p> + + <p class="author">C. I. R.</p> + + <p><i>Tradesmen's Signs</i> (Vol. iii., p. 224.).—In the delightful + little volume on Chaucer, in Knight's shilling series, entitled + <i>Pictures of English Life</i>, the author has the following on the + Tabard, at p. 19.:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The sign and its supports were removed in 1776, when all such + characteristic features of the streets of London in the olden time, + disappeared <i>in obedience to a parliamentary edict</i> for their + destruction."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>It would appear, however, by the subsequent quotation from Brand's + <i>Antiquities</i>, vol. ii. p. 359., that the edict above referred to + was not carried into execution against all signs; or that, if so, it was + soon repealed:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Lord Thurlow, in his speech for postponing the further reading of the + Surgeons' Incorporation Bill, July 17th, 1797, stated 'that by a statute + still in force, the barbers and surgeons were each to use a pole.'"</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author">R. W. E.</p> + + <p class="address">Cor. Chr. Coll., Cambridge.</p> + + <p><i>Emendation of a Passage in Virgil</i> (Vol. iii., p. + 237.).—The emendation of <span class="sc">Scriblerus</span> is + certainly objectionable, and by no means satisfactory, for these + reasons:—1st. "Ac sunt in spatio" is by no means elegant Latin, + which "addunt se in spatia" is; for the word "addunt" is constantly used + in the same way elsewhere.</p> + + <p>2nd. The word "spatium" is seldom used to signify a chariot + course.</p> + + <p>"Spatia," the plural, was the proper expression, and is only so + deviated from in poetry in a single instance. (Juv. <i>Sat.</i> vi. 582.) + It is used in <!-- Page 358 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page358"></a>{358}</span>the plural in Virg. <i>Æn</i>. v. 316. + 325. 327.; Statius, <i>Theb.</i> vi. 594.; Horace, <i>Epist.</i> 1. xiv. + 9.</p> + + <p><i>Vide</i> Smith's <i>Dictionary of Antiquities</i>, under art. + Circus, p. 232.</p> + + <p>Surely there is nothing unintelligible in the expression, "addunt se + in spatia," which is the reading given in almost all the best + editions.</p> + + <p class="author">J. E. M.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Miscellaneous.</h2> + +<h3>NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.</h3> + + <p>Archdeacon Cotton, whose endeavours to ascertain and record the + succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies in Ireland + are probably known to many of our readers (at least, by the Queries which + have appeared in our Columns), has just completed his <i>Fasti Ecclesiæ + Hiberniæ</i>, in 4 vols. 8vo. From the nature of the work, it is obvious + that it could never have been undertaken with a view to profit. The + printing, &c., has cost upwards of six hundred pounds, and the + Archdeacon, naturally unwilling to lose the whole of this outlay, is + circulating a prospectus offering copies at fifty shillings the set. Of + these, there are but two hundred. The utility of a book which contains + the names and preferments of every occupant of an Irish see, dignity, or + prebend, from the earliest period to the present day, so far as existing + materials permits, is so obvious, that it can scarcely be doubted that it + must eventually find a place in all public and official libraries.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Catalogues Received.</span>—J. Miller's (43. + Chandos Street) Catalogue No. XXII. of Books Old and New; D. Nutt's (270. + Strand) List of Valuable Books, Foreign Theology, Canon Law, Monastic + History, Fathers of the Church, &c.; Nattali and Bond's (23. Bedford + Street, Covent Garden) Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Books in all + Languages; W. Heath's (29½. Lincoln's Inn Fields) Catalogue No. III. for + 1851, of Valuable Second-hand Books in all classes of Literature; T. D. + Thomson's (13. Upper King Street, Russell Square) Catalogue Part XIV. of + Second-hand Books English and Foreign; J. Tupling's (320. Strand) + Catalogue of Books on Divinity, so classified as to form a guide to + Students in their choice; J. Lilly's (7. Pall Mall) Catalogue No. III. of + Valuable Books relating to English History, Antiquities, &c.; Olive + Lasbury's (10. Park Street, Bristol) Catalogue No. XI. of Books now on + Sale; J. Petheram's (94. High Holborn) Catalogue Part CXXII. of Books Old + and New; W. S. Lincoln's (Cheltenham House, Westminster Road) Catalogue + No. LXVIII. of Cheap Second-hand Books.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.</h3> + + <p><span class="sc">History of Jenny Spinner, the Hertfordshire + Girl</span>, written by herself. London. 18 mo. J. Wheble, Warwick + Square. 1800.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Anti-Jacobin Review</span>. Vols. LI. and LII.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Britton's Architectural Antiquities</span>. Vol. + III., No. 7., giving an account of St. Nicholas' Chapel in King's Lynn, + by Rev. Edw. Edwards, with Plate. 5<i>s</i>. will be given for this + <i>separate Number</i>.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">The Prophetic Messenger</span>, edited by Rev. J. + Baylee of Birkenhead, Nos. 3. and 15.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">La Prison de Dartmoor, ou Récit Historique des + Infortunes</span>, &c., <span class="sc">des Prisonniers Français en + Angleterre</span>, &c. Par L. Catel. 8vo. 2 Tomes. Paris, 1847.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Cureton, Pillar of the Creed of the + Sunnites.</span></p> + + <p><span class="sc">Pond's Catalogue of 1112 Stars reduced from + Observations made at Greenwich from 1816 to 1833.</span></p> + + <p><span class="sc">Taylor, a General Catalogue of the Principal fixed + Stars</span>, Madras, 1844.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Macdonald, Dissertatio de Necrose et Callo</span>, + 1795. Edinburgh.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Dieffenback, Travels in New Zealand.</span> 4to. + 1843.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Dianæ (Anton.) Resolutionum Moralium Summa.</span> + 4to.</p> + + <p>* * * Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, <i>carriage + free</i>, to be sent to <span class="sc">Mr. Bell</span>, Publisher of + "NOTES AND QUERIES," 186. Fleet Street.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.</h2> + + <p><span class="sc">Our Progress in the Colonies.</span> <i>We cannot + resist bringing before our readers the following passage from a letter + which accompanied some very interesting communications from</i> <span + class="sc">Adelaide, South Australia</span>, <i>received by us this + week</i>:—</p> + + <p>"<i>A lover and a student of all that is interesting or curious in + literary antiquity</i>, <i>my position necessarily debars me from all + access to original manuscripts</i>, <i>and to such volumes as are only to + be found in large public libraries</i>; <i>and also keeps me in ignorance + of much that is going on in the literary world</i>. <i>Thus there is a + blank in the course of my favourite study which is well filled up by your + excellent and interesting periodical</i>. <i>It is indeed a great boon to + all situated as I am at a distance from the fountain head of antiquarian + knowledge.</i>"</p> + + <p><i>Such an acknowledgment of our utility to our brethren abroad</i>, + <i>is most gratifying to us</i>. <i>We trust those of our readers who + have friends and relatives who are fond of literary pursuits</i>, + <i>resident in the colonies</i>, <i>will do them and us the kindness of + directing their attention to</i> "<span class="sc">Notes and + Queries</span>."</p> + + <p>V. <i>is requested to say how we can address a letter to him</i>.</p> + + <p>W. P. A. The Catalogue of Sir T. Phillip's MSS. <i>is privately + printed</i>. <i>There are copies</i>, <i>we believe</i>, <i>at the + Bodleian</i>, <i>the Athenæum</i>, <i>and the Society of + Antiquaries.</i></p> + + <p>E. B. P. <i>Correct in this supposition.</i></p> + + <p>W. A. <i>The Camden Society could not undertake the publication of the + proposed</i> Monumentarium Anglicanum, <i>without neglecting the objects + for which it was more immediately instituted</i>.</p> + + <p>D. K.'s <i>Query was in type before we received his reminder</i>. + <i>We do not acknowledge the receipt of Queries</i>, <i>from an anxiety + not to occupy space unnecessarily</i>.</p> + + <p>C. W. <i>and</i> B. W. E. <i>are both thanked for the friendly tone of + their communications</i>.</p> + + <p>X. Y. Z. <span class="sc">Hallam's Literature of Europe.</span> <i>The + supplemental notes on the</i> Literature of Europe <i>have not yet been + incorporated in any edition of that work</i>. <i>They form a separate + volume adapted to all the existing editions.</i></p> + + <p><span class="sc">Monumentarium Anglicanum.</span> <i>We continue to + receive valuable communications upon this subject</i>, <i>which we shall + take an early opportunity of bringing before our Readers.</i></p> + + <p><span class="sc">De H.</span> <i>A private communication awaits this + correspondent</i>. <i>Will he furnish us with his address?</i></p> + + <p><i>Among many communications which we are this week obliged to + postpone for want of room</i>, <i>we may mention</i> <span class="sc">Mr. + Peter Cunningham's</span> <i>Reply to</i> <span class="sc">Mr. + Foss</span> <i>on the</i> Outer Temple—<i>An interesting paper + on</i> The Lay of The Last Minstrel, <i>and many Replies</i>.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Replies Received</span>. <i>Post + Conquestum—Quakers' Attempt to Convert the Pope—Statute + Sessions or Sittings—Thanksgiving Book—Locke + MSS.—Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin—Nullis Fraus, + &c.—Meaning of Tye—Apple Pie Order—Lancelot + Lyttelton—Villenage—God takes those soonest—Sir H. + Slingsby—Inscription on a Clock—Christ's Cross Row—Four + Want Ways—Francis Moore—Witte van Hemstede—Dutch + Church, Peter Sterry, &c.—Mistletoe—Obeism—San + Graal—Cleopatra—Auriga—Shakespeare's Use of + Delighted—Dutch Books.</i></p> + + <p><span class="sc">Vols</span>. 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