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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 213, November 26, 1853 + A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, + Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. + +Author: Various + +Editor: George Bell + +Release Date: October 24, 2008 [EBook #27010] + +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 509 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page509"></a>{509}</span></p> + +<h1>NOTES AND QUERIES:</h1> + +<h2>A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, +GENEALOGISTS, ETC.</h2> + +<h3><b>"When found, make a note of."</b>—<span class="sc">Captain Cuttle</span>.</h3> + +<hr class="full" /> + + +<table width="100%" class="nomar" summary="masthead" title="masthead"> + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left; width:25%"> + <p><b>No. 213.</b></p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:center; width:50%"> + <p><b><span class="sc">Saturday, November 26. 1853.</span></b></p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right; width:25%"> + <p><b>Price Fourpence.<br />Stamped Edition 5<i>d.</i></b></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>CONTENTS.</h2> + + +<table width="100%" class="nomar" summary="Contents" title="Contents"> + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left; width:94%"> + <p><span class="sc">Notes</span>:—</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right; width:5%"> + <p>Page</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>The State Prison in the Tower, by William Sidney Gibson</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page509">509</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Inedited Letter from Henry VIII. of England to James V. of + Scotland, by Thos. Nimmo</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page510">510</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Handbook to the Library of the British Museum, by Bolton + Corney</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page511">511</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Folk Lore</span>:—Derbyshire Folk + Lore—Weather Superstitions—Weather Rhymes, + &c.—Folk Lore in Cambridgeshire</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page512">512</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Rapping no Novelty, by D. Jardine</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page512">512</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Minor Notes</span>:—Bond a Poet—The + late Harvest—Misquotation—Epitaph in + Ireland—Reynolds (Sir Joshua's) Baptism—Tradescant</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page513">513</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>Grammar in relation to Logic, by C. Mansfield Ingleby</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page514">514</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>The Coronet [Crown] of Llewelyn ap Griffith, Prince of Wales</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page514">514</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Minor Queries</span>:—Monumental Brass at + Wanlip, co. Leicester, and Sepulchral Inscriptions in + English—Influence of Politics on Fashion—Rev. W. + Rondall—Henry, third Earl of Northumberland—"When we + survey," &c.—Turnbull's Continuation of Robertson—An + Heraldic Query—Osborn filius Herfasti—Jews in + China—Derivation of "Mammet"—Non-recurring + Diseases—Warville—Dr. Doddridge—Pelasgi—Huc's + Travels—The Mousehunt—Lockwood, the Court + Jester—Right of redeeming Property</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page515">515</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Minor Queries with + Answers</span>:—Dictionary of Zingari—Sir Robert + Coke—Regium Donum—Who was the Author of "Jerningham" and + "Doveton?"—Alma Mater</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page517">517</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>Alexander Clark</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page517">517</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Amcotts Pedigree, by W. S. Hesleden</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page518">518</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Sir Ralph Winwood, by the Rev. W. Sneyd</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page519">519</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Trench on Proverbs, by the Rev. M. Margollouth, &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page519">519</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>On Palindromes, by Charles Reed, &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page520">520</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Replies to Minor Queries</span>:—The + Claymore—Temple Lands in Scotland—Lewis and Sewell + Families—Pharaoh's Ring—"Could we with ink," + &c.—"Populus vult decipi"—Red Hair—"Land of + Green Ginger"—"I put a spoke in his + wheel"—Pagoda—Passage in Virgil—To speak in + Lute-string—Dog Latin—Longevity—Definition of a + Proverb—Ireland a bastinadoed Elephant—Ennui—Belle + Sauvage—History of York—Encore—"Hauling over the + Coals"—The Words "Cash" and "Mob"—Ampers and—The + Keate Family, of the Hoo, Herts—Hour-glasses—Marriage of + Cousins—Waugh, Bishop of Carlisle—Marriage + Service—Hoby, Family of—Cambridge Graduates—"I own + I like not," &c.—"Topsy Turvy"—"When the Maggot + bites," &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page520">520</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, &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page527">527</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="#page528">528</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Notices to Correspondents</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page528">528</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Advertisements</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page528">528</a></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Notes.</h2> + +<h3>THE STATE PRISON IN THE TOWER.</h3> + + <p>A paragraph has lately gone the round of the newspapers, in which, + after mentioning the alterations recently made in the Beauchamp Tower and + the opening of its "written walls" to public inspection, it is stated + that this Tower was formerly the place of confinement for state + prisoners, and that "Sir William Wallace and Queen Anne Boleyn" were + amongst its inmates.</p> + + <p>Now, I believe there is no historical authority for saying that "the + Scottish hero" was ever confined in the Tower of London; and it seems + certain that the unfortunate queen was a prisoner in the royal + apartments, which were in a different part of the fortress. But so many + illustrious persons are known to have been confined in the Beauchamp + Tower, and its walls preserve so many curious inscriptions—the + undoubted autographs of many of its unfortunate tenants—that it + must always possess great interest.</p> + + <p>Speaking from memory, I cannot say whether the building known as the + Beauchamp (or Wakefield) Tower was even in existence in the time of + Edward I.; but my impression is, that its architecture is not of so early + a time. It is, I believe, supposed to derive its name from the + confinement in it of Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, in 1397. Of + course it was not the only place of durance of state prisoners, but it + was the prison of most of the victims of Tudor cruelty who were confined + in the Tower of London; and the walls of the principal chamber which is + on the first storey, and was, until lately, used as a mess-room for the + officers, are covered in some parts with those curious inscriptions by + prisoners which were first described in a paper read before the Society + of Antiquaries in 1796, by the Rev. J. Brand, and published in the + thirteenth volume of <i>The Archęologia</i>.</p> + + <p>Mr. P. Cunningham, in his excellent <i>Handbook</i>, says:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"William Wallace was lodged as a prisoner on his first arrival in + London in the house of William de Leyre, a citizen, in the parish of All + Hallows Staining, at the end of Fenchurch Street."</p> + +</blockquote> + +<p><!-- Page 510 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page510"></a>{510}</span></p> + + <p>Mr. Cunningham, in his notice of the Tower, mentions Wallace first + among the eminent persons who have been confined there. The popular + accounts of the Tower do the like. It was about the Feast of the + Assumption (Aug. 15) that Wallace was taken and conducted to London; and + it seems clear that he was forthwith imprisoned in the citizen's + house:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"He was lodged," says Stow, "in the house of William Delect, a citizen + of London, in Fenchurch Street. On the morrow, being the eve of St. + Bartholomew (23rd Aug.), he was brought on horseback to Westminster ... + the mayor, sheriffs, and aldermen of London accompanying him; and in the + Great Hall at Westminster ... being impeached," &c.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The authorities cited are, Adam Merimuth and Thomas de La More. His + arraignment and condemnation on the Vigil of St. Bartholomew are also + mentioned by Matthew Westminster, p. 451. Neither these historians, or + Stow or Holinshed, afford any farther information. The latter chronicler + says that Wallace was "condemned, and thereupon hanged" (<i>Chron.</i>, + fol., 1586, vol. ii. p. 313.). He was executed at Smithfield; and it is + not improbable that, if, after his condemnation, he was taken to any + place of safe custody, he was lodged in Newgate. The following entry of + the expenses of the sheriffs attending his execution is on the + Chancellor's Roll of 33 Edw. I. in the British Museum:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Et in expen<span class="over">s</span> <span class="over">t</span> + misis <span class="over">f</span>cis <a href="images/crossp.png"><img + src="images/crossp.png" class="middle" style="height:1.5ex" alt="crossed + p" /></a> eosđ Vice<sup>tes</sup> <a href="images/crossp.png"><img + src="images/crossp.png" class="middle" style="height:1.5ex" alt="crossed + p" /></a> Willo le Walleys Scoto lat<sup>o</sup>ne predone puplico + utlagato inimico et rebellione <a href="images/Rx.png"><img + src="images/Rx.png" class="middle" style="height:2ex" alt="Rx" /></a> qui + in contemptu <a href="images/Rx.png"><img src="images/Rx.png" + class="middle" style="height:2ex" alt="Rx" /></a> <a + href="images/crossp.png"><img src="images/crossp.png" class="middle" + style="height:1.5ex" alt="crossed p" /></a> Scociam se Regem Scocie falso + fecāt nōiare <span class="over">t</span> <span + class="over">t</span> ministros <a href="images/Rx.png"><img + src="images/Rx.png" class="middle" style="height:2ex" alt="Rx" /></a> in + <a href="images/crossp.png"><img src="images/crossp.png" class="middle" + style="height:1.5ex" alt="crossed p" /></a>tībus Scocie in<span + class="over">t</span>fecit at<a href="images/crossq.png"><img + src="images/crossq.png" class="middle" style="height:1.5ex" alt="crossed + q" /></a> dux<sup>t</sup> excercitū hostili<span + class="over">t</span> contr<sup>a</sup> Regē <a + href="images/crossp.png"><img src="images/crossp.png" class="middle" + style="height:1.5ex" alt="crossed p" /></a> judiciū Cu<span + class="over">r</span> <a href="images/Rx.png"><img src="images/Rx.png" + class="middle" style="height:2ex" alt="Rx" /></a> apud West<span + class="over">m</span> dist<sup>a</sup>hendo suspendendo decollando e<span + class="over">j</span> viscera concremando ac e<span class="over">j</span> + corpus q<sup>a</sup>rterando cu<span class="over">j</span> cor<a + href="images/crossp.png"><img src="images/crossp.png" class="middle" + style="height:1.5ex" alt="crossed p" /></a>is quar<span + class="over">t</span>ia ad iiij majores villas Scocie + t<sup>a</sup>smittebantur hoc anno.... <i>£</i>xj <i>s.</i> + x<i>d.</i>"</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The day of the trial, August 23, is generally given the date of his + execution. It therefore appears that the formidable Scot never was a + prisoner in the Tower.</p> + + <p>The unfortunate Queen Anne Boleyn occupied the royal apartments while + she was a prisoner in the Tower. From Speed's narrative, it appears that + she continued to occupy them after she was condemned to death. On May 15 + (1536) she was (says Stow)</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Arraigned in the Tower on a scaffold made for the purpose in the + King's Hall; and after her condemnation, she was conveyed to ward again, + the Lady Kingston, and the Lady Boloigne her aunt, attending on her."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>On May 19, the unfortunate queen was led forth to "the green by the + White Tower" and beheaded.</p> + + <p>In the record of her trial before the Duke of Norfolk, Lord High + Steward (see <i>Report of Deputy Keeper of Public Records</i>), she is + ordered to be taken back to "the king's prison within the Tower;" but + these are words of form. The oral tradition cannot in this case be relied + upon, for it pointed out the Martin Tower as the place of her + imprisonment because, as I believe, her name was found rudely inscribed + upon the wall. The Beauchamp Tower seems to have been named only because + it was the ordinary state prison at the time. The narrative quoted by + Speed shows, however, that the place of her imprisonment was the queen's + lodging, where the fading honours of royalty still surrounded Anne + Boleyn.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">William Sidney Gibson.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Newcastle-upon-Tyne.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>INEDITED LETTER FROM HENRY VIII. OF ENGLAND +TO JAMES V. OF SCOTLAND.</h3> + + <p>I lately transcribed several very interesting original manuscripts, + chiefly of the seventeenth century, but some of an earlier date, and now + send you a literal specimen of one evidently belonging to the sixteenth + century; although, notwithstanding the day of the month is given, the + year is not. If you think it worthy of a place in your very excellent + publication, you are quite at liberty to make use of it, and I shall be + happy to send you some of the others, if you choose to accept them. They + chiefly relate to the period when the Duke of Lauderdale was commissioner + for Scotch affairs at the English Court; and one appears to be a letter + addressed by the members of the Scottish College at Paris to James I. on + the death of his mother.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Thos. Nimmo.</span></p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Right excellent right high and mighty prince, our most dereste brother + and nephew, we recommende us unto you in our most hertee and affectuous + maner by this berer, your familyar servitor, David Wood. We have not only + receyved your most loving and kinde let<sup>s</sup> declaring how moch ye + tendre and regarde the conservation and mayntennance of good amytie + betwene us, roted and grounded as well in proximitie of blood as in the + good offices, actes, and doyngs shewed in our partie, whiche ye to our + greate comforte afferme and confesse to be daylly more and more in your + consideration and remembraunce (but also two caste of fair haukes, whiche + presented in your name and sent by youe we take in most thankfull parte), + and give youe our most hertie thanks for the same, taking greate comforte + and consolacion to perceyve and understande by your said letters, and the + credence comitted to your said familyar servitor David Wood, which we + have redd and considered (and also send unto youe with these our letters + answer unto the same) that ye like a <!-- Page 511 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page511"></a>{511}</span>good and uertuous + prince, have somoche to herte and mynde the god rule and order uppon the + borders (with redresse and reformacion of such attemptats as have been + comytted and done in the same), not doubting but if ye for your partie as + we intende for ours (doe effectually persiste and contynue in so good and + uertuose purpose and intente), not only our realmes and subjectts shall + lyue quyetly and peasably without occasion of breche, but also we their + heddes and gouernors shall so encrease and augment our syncere love and + affecōn as shall be to the indissoluble assurammente of good peace + and suretie to the inestimable benefit, wealth, and comoditie of us our + realmes and subjectts hereafter.</p> + + <p>Right excellent right high and mightie prynce, our most derest brother + and nephew, the blessed Trynytie have you in his government.</p> + + <p>Given under our signet at Yorke place besides Westminster, the 7th day + of December.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Your lovyng brother and uncle,</p> + <p class="i2"><span class="sc">Henry VIII.</span></p> + </div> + </div> +</blockquote> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[This letter, which is not included in the <i>State Papers</i>, "King + Henry VIII.," published by the Record Commissioners, was probably written + on the 7th December, 1524-25, as in the fourth volume of that collection + is a letter from Magnus to Wolsey, in which he says, p. 301.: "Davy Wood + came hoome about the same tyme, and sithenne his hider comming hath + doone, and continually dooth myche good, making honourable reaport not + oonly to the Quenes Grace, but also to all other. He is worthy thankes + and gramerces." This David Wod, or Wood, was a servant of the queen, + Margaret of Scotland.]</p> + +</div> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>HANDBOOK TO THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH +MUSEUM.</h3> + + <p>In the <i>Report</i> of the royal commissioners on the British Museum, + printed in 1850, we read—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"We are of opinion that, with reference to such a measure as the one + now suggested [giving information to persons at a distance as to the + existence of works in the library], and to other measures and regulations + generally affecting the use of the library, it is desirable to prepare + and publish a compendious <i>Guide to the reading-room</i>, as described + and <i>suggested</i> by lord Seymour at Q. 9521."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The reference is erroneous. At Q. 9521. there is not a word on the + subject! At Q. 9522. we read—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"(<i>Lord Seymour</i>—to Antonio Panizzi, Esq.) You have heard + also <i>some witnesses</i> state that it would be a great advantage to + those who frequent the reading-room if they had put into their hands some + short printed guide to the reading-room, to tell them what books of + reference there were, and to tell them how they were to proceed to get + books, and other information, from the want of which they state they have + been at a great loss? (<i>Mr. Panizzi.</i>) I do not believe that it is + often the case that persons are at a loss for want of such a guide, but + <i>it might be done</i>," etc.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Now, the suggestion of a <i>short printed guide to the + reading-room</i> was evidently considered as of some importance. The + principle of <span class="scac">SUUM CUIQUE</span> is also of some + importance. We observe that lord Seymour the examiner ascribes the + suggestion to <i>some witnesses</i>—but lord Seymour the reporter + claims the credit of it for himself! It is the after-thought of his + lordship of which I have to complain.</p> + + <p>If we turn to the evidence, it will appear that Mr. Peter Cunningham + suggested a printed "catalogue of the books in the reading-room," Q. + 4800.—I must now speak of myself. When summoned before the + commissioners as a witness, I took with me the printed <i>Directions + respecting the reading-room</i> for the express purpose of pointing out + their inconsistency and insufficiency, and of advocating the preparation + of a guide-book.</p> + + <p>I cannot repeat my arguments. It would occupy too much space. I can + only refer to the questions 6106-6116. The substance is this:—I + contended that every person admitted to the reading-room should be + furnished with instructions <i>how to proceed</i>—instructions as + to the <i>catalogues which he should consult</i>—and instructions + for <i>asking for the books</i>. On that evidence rests my claim to the + credit of having suggested a <i>Guide to the reading-room</i>. Its + validity shall be left to the decision of those who venerate the motto of + Tom Hearne—<span class="sc">Suum cuique</span>.</p> + + <p>The trustees of the British Museum seem to have paid no attention to + the recommendation of the royal commissioners. They issue the same + <i>Directions</i> as before. <i>After</i> you have obtained admission to + the reading-room, you are furnished with instructions as to the mode of + obtaining it!—but you have no guide to the numerous catalogues.</p> + + <p>What Mr. Antonio Panizzi, the keeper of the department of printed + books, says <i>might be done</i>, Mr. Richard Sims, of the department of + manuscripts, says <i>shall be done</i>. His <i>Handbook to the library of + the British Museum</i> is a very comprehensive and instructive volume. It + is a triumphant refutation of the opinions of those who, to the vast + injury of literature, and serious inconvenience of men of letters, slight + common sense and real utility in favour of visionary schemes and pedantic + elaboration.</p> + + <p>There is no want of precedents for a work of this class, either abroad + or at home. As to the public library at Paris—I observe, in my own + small collection, an <i>Essai historique sur la bibliothčque du roi</i>, + par M. le Prince; a <i>Histoire du cabinet des médailles</i>, par M. + Marion du Mersan; a <i>Notice des estampes</i>, par M. Duchesne, + &c.</p> + + <p>For a precedent at home, I shall refer to the <i>Synopsis of the + contents of the British Museum</i>. The <i>first</i> edition of that + interesting work, with the <!-- Page 512 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page512"></a>{512}</span>valued autograph of <i>G. Shaw</i>, is now + before me. It is dated in 1808. I have also the <i>sixtieth</i> edition, + printed in this year. I cannot expect to see a sixtieth edition of the + <i>Handbook</i>, but it deserves to be placed by the side of the + <i>Synopsis</i>, and I venture to predict for it a wide circulation.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Bolton Corney.</span></p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>FOLK LORE.</h3> + + <p><i>Derbyshire Folk Lore.</i>—Many years ago I learned the + following verses in Derbyshire, with reference to magpies:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"One is a sign of sorrow; two are a sign of mirth;</p> + <p>Three are a sign of a wedding; and four a sign of a birth."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>The opinion that a swarm of bees settling on a dead tree forebodes a + death in the family also prevails in Derbyshire.</p> + + <p>In that county also there is an opinion that a dog howling before a + house is an indication that some one is dying within the house; and I + remember an instance where, as I heard at the time, a dog continued + howling in a street in front of a house in which a lady was dying.</p> + + <p>It is also a prevalent notion that if the sun shines through the + apple-trees on Christmas Day, there will be an abundant crop the + following year.</p> + + <p>I never heard the croaking of a raven or carrion crow mentioned as an + indication of anything, which is very remarkable, as well on account of + its ill-omened sound, as because it was so much noticed by the + Romans.</p> + + <p class="author">S. G. C.</p> + + <p><i>Weather Superstitions.</i>—If it rains much during the twelve + days after Christmas Day, it will be a wet year. So say the country + people.</p> + + <p>"If there is anything in this, 1853 will be a wet year, for it has + rained <i>every</i> day of the twelve." So wrote I under date January + 9.</p> + + <p>No one, I think, will deny that for once the shaft has hit the + mark.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">R. C. Warde.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Kidderminster.</p> + + <p><i>Weather Rhymes, &c.</i>—The following are very common in + Northamptonshire:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Rain before seven,</p> + <p>Fine before eleven."</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Fine on Friday, fine on Sunday.</p> + <p>Wet on Friday, wet on Sunday."</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"The wind blows cold</p> + <p>On Burton Hold (Wold).</p> + <p class="i1">Can you spell <i>that</i> with four letters?</p> + <p class="i1">I can spell <i>it</i> with two."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Burton Hold, or Wold, is near Burton Latimer.</p> + + <p class="author">B. H. C.</p> + + <p><i>Folk Lore in Cambridgeshire</i> (Vol. viii., p. 382.).—The + custom referred to by <span class="sc">Mr. Middleton</span>, of ringing + the church bell early in the morning for the gleaners to repair to the + fields, and again in the evening for their return home, is still kept up + not only at Hildersham, but also in most of the villages in this + neighbourhood. I have heard this "gleaners' bell" several times during + this present autumn; the object of course being to give all parties a + fair and equal chance. Upon one occasion, where the villages lie rather + close together, I heard four of these bells sounding their recall from + different church towers; and as I was upon an eminence from whence I + could see the different groups wending their way to their respective + villages, it formed one of the most striking pastoral pictures I have + ever witnessed, such, perhaps, as England alone can furnish.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Norris Deck.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Cambridge.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>RAPPING NO NOVELTY.</h3> + + <p>It may be interesting to the believers in modern miracles to learn + that at all events "rapping" is no new thing. I now send you the account + of an incident in the sixteenth century, which bears a strong resemblance + to some of those veracious narrations which have enlightened mankind in + the nineteenth century.</p> + + <p>Rushton Hall, near Kettering in Northamptonshire, was long the + residence of the ancient and distinguished family of Treshams. In the + reign of Queen Elizabeth, the mansion was occupied by Sir Thomas Tresham, + who was a pedant and a fanatic; but who was an important character in his + time by reason of his great wealth and powerful connexions. There is a + lodge at Rushton, situate about half a mile from the old hall, now in + ruins; but covered all over, within and without, with emblems of the + Trinity. This lodge is known to have been built by Sir Thomas Tresham; + but his precise motive for selecting this mode of illustrating his + favourite doctrine was unknown until it appeared from a letter written by + himself about the year 1584, and discovered in a bundle of books and + papers inclosed, since 1605, in a wall in the old mansion, and brought to + light about twenty years ago. The following relation of a "rapping" or + "knocking" is extracted from this letter:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"If it be demanded why I labour so much in the Trinity and Passion of + Christ to depaint in this chamber, this is the principal instance + thereof; That at my last being hither committed<a name="footnotetag1" + href="#footnote1"><sup>[1]</sup></a>, and I usually having my servants + here allowed me, to read nightly an hour to me after supper, it fortuned + that Fulcis, my then servant, reading in the <i>Christian Resolution</i>, + in the treatise of <i>Proof that there is a God, &c.</i>, there was + upon a wainscot table at that instant three loud knocks <!-- Page 513 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page513"></a>{513}</span>(as if it had + been with an iron hammer) given; to the great amazing of me and my two + servants, Fulcis and Nilkton."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">D. Jardine.</span></p> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1:</b><a + href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + <p>This refers to his commitments for recusancy, which had been + frequent.</p> + +</div> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Minor Notes.</h2> + + <p><i>Bond a Poet, 1642, O.S.</i>—In the <i>Perfect Diurnall</i>, + March 29, 1642, we have the following curious notice:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Upon the meeting of the House of Lords, there was complaint made + against one Bond, a poet, for making a scandalous letter in the queen's + name, sent from the Hague to the king at York. The said Bond attended + upon order, and was examined, and found a delinquent; upon which they + voted him to stand in the pillory several market days in the new Palace + (Yard), Westminster, and other places, and committed him to the + Gatehouse, besides a long imprisonment during the pleasure of the house: + and they farther ordered that as many of the said letter as could be + found should be burnt."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>His recantation, which he afterwards made, is in the British + Museum.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">E. G. Ballard.</span></p> + + <p><i>The late Harvest.</i>—In connexion with the present late and + disastrous harvest, permit me to contribute a distich current, as an old + farmer observed to-day, "when I was a boy:"</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"When we carry wheat o' the fourteenth of October,</p> + <p>Then every man goeth home sober."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Meaning that the prospect of the "yield" was not good enough to permit + the labourers to get drunk upon it.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">R. C. Warde.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Kidderminster.</p> + + <p><i>Misquotation.</i>—In an article entitled "Popular Ballads of + the English Peasantry," a correspondent of "N. & Q." (Vol. v., p. + 603.) quotes as "that spirit-stirring stanza of <i>immortal John</i>," + the lines:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Jesus, the name high over all," &c.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>These lines were not written by <i>John</i>, but by <i>Charles + Wesley</i>. Here is the proof:</p> + + <p>1st. A hymn of which the stanza quoted is the first, appears (p. 40.) + in the <i>Collection of Hymns</i> published by John Wesley in 1779; but + in the preface he says, "but a small part of these hymns are of my own + composing."</p> + + <p>2nd. In his <i>Plain Account of Christian Perfection</i>, he says:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"In the year 1749, my brother printed two volumes of <i>Hymns and + Sacred Poems</i>. As I <i>did not see them</i> before they were + published, there were some things in them which I did not approve of; but + I quite approved of the main of the hymns on this + head."—<i>Works</i>, vol. xi. p. 376., 12mo. ed. 1841.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>3rd. The lines quoted by your correspondent form the ninth stanza of a + hymn of twenty-two stanzas (which includes the six in John Wesley's + <i>Collection</i>), written "after preaching (in a church)," and + published in "<i>Hymns and Sacred Poems</i>. In two volumes. By Charles + Wesley, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Oxford. Bristol: printed and sold + by Felix Farley, 1749." A copy is in my possession. The hymn is No. 194.; + and the stanza referred to will be found in vol. i. p. 306.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. W. Thomas.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Dewsbury.</p> + + <p><i>Epitaph in Ireland.</i>—The following lines were transcribed + by me, and form part of an epitaph upon a tombstone or mural slab, which + many years past was to be found in (if I mistake not) the churchyard of + Old Kilcullen, co. Kildare:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Ye wiley youths, as you pass by,</p> + <p>Look on my grave with weeping eye:</p> + <p>Waste not your <i>strenth</i> before it blossom,</p> + <p>For if you do <i>yous</i> will <i>shurdley</i> want it."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. F. Ferguson.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Dublin.</p> + + <p><i>Reynolds (Sir Joshua's) Baptism.</i>—I have been favoured by + the incumbent of Plympton S. Maurice with a copy of the following entry + in the Register of Baptisms of that parish, together with the appended + note; which, if the fact be not generally known, may be of interest to + your correspondent A. Z. (Vol. viii., p. 102.) as well as to others among + the readers of "N. & Q.":</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"1723. Joseph, son of Samuel Reynolds, clerk, baptised July the + 30th."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>On another page is the following memorandum:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"In the entry of baptisms for the year 1723, the person by mistake + named <i>Joseph</i>, son of Samuel Reynolds, clerk, baptized July 30th, + was <i>Joshua</i> Reynolds, the celebrated painter, who died February 23, + 1792."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Samuel Reynolds, the father, was master of Plympton Grammar School + from about 1715 to 1745, in which year he died. During that period his + name appears once in the parish book, in the year 1742, as "minister for + the time being" (not incumbent of the parish): the Rev. Geo. Langworthy + having been the incumbent from 1736 to 1745, both inclusive.</p> + + <p>Query, Was Sir Joshua by mistake <i>baptized Joseph</i>? or was the + mistake made after baptism, in <i>registering the name</i>?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. Sansom.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Oxford.</p> + + <p><i>Tradescant.</i>—The pages of "N. & Q." have elicited and + preserved so much towards the history of John Tradescant and his family, + that the accompanying extract from the register of St. Nicholas Cole + Abbey, in the city of London, should have a place in one of its + Numbers:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"1638. <i>Marriages.</i>—John Tradeskant of Lambeth, co. Surrey, + and Hester Pooks of St. Bride's, London, maiden, married, by licence from + Mr. Cooke, Oct. 1."</p> + +</blockquote> + +<p><!-- Page 514 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page514"></a>{514}</span></p> + + <p>This lady erected the original monument in Lambeth churchyard upon the + death of her husband in 1662. She died 1678.</p> + + <p class="author">G.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Queries.</h2> + +<h3>GRAMMAR IN RELATION TO LOGIC.</h3> + + <p>Dr. Latham (<i>Outlines of Logic</i>, p. 21., 1847, and <i>English + Language</i>, p. 510., 2nd edition) defines the conjunction to be a part + of speech that connects <i>propositions</i>, not <i>words</i>. His + doctrine is so palpably and demonstrably false, that I am somewhat at a + loss to understand how a man of his penetration can be so far deceived by + a crotchet as to be blind to the host of examples which point to the + direct converse of his doctrine. Let the learned Doctor try to resolve + the sentence, <i>All men are either two-legged, one-legged, or + no-legged</i>, into three constituent propositions. It cannot be done; + <i>either</i> and <i>or</i> are here conjunctions which connect words and + not propositions. In the example, <i>John and James carry a basket</i>, + it is of course quite plain that the <i>logic</i> of the matter is that + <i>John carries one portion of the basket, and James carries the + rest</i>. But to identify these two propositions with the first + mentioned, is to confound grammar with logic. The former deals with the + method of expression, the latter with the method of stating (in thought) + and syllogising. To take another example, <i>Charles and Thomas stole all + the apples</i>. The fact probably was, that Charles' pockets contained + some of the apples, and Thomas' pockets contained all the rest. But the + business of grammar in the above sentence is to regulate the <i>form</i> + of the expression, not to reason upon the <i>matter</i> expressed. A + little thought will soon convince any person accustomed to these subjects + that <i>conjunctions always connect words, not propositions</i>. The only + work in which I leave seen Dr. Latham's fundamental error exposed, is in + Boole's <i>Mathematical Analysis of Logic</i>; the learned author, though + he seems unsettled on many matters of logic and metaphysics, has clearly + made up his mind on the point now under discussion. He says:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The proposition, every animal is <i>either</i> rational <i>or</i> + irrational, cannot be resolved into, <i>Either</i> every animal is + rational, <i>or</i> every animal is irrational. The former belong to pure + categoricals, to latter to hypotheticals [Query <i>disjunctives</i>]. In + <i>singular</i> propositions such conversions would seem to be allowable. + This animal is <i>either</i> rational <i>or</i> irrational, is equivalent + to, <i>Either</i> this animal is rational, <i>or</i> it is irrational. + This peculiarity of <i>singular</i> propositions would almost justify our + ranking them, though truly universals, in a separate class, as Ramus and + his followers did."—P. 59.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This certainly seems unanswerable.</p> + + <p>If Dr. Latham is a reader of "N. & Q.," I should be glad if he + would give his reasons for adhering to his original doctrine in the face + of such facts as those I have instanced.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">C. Mansfield Ingleby.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Birmingham.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>THE CORONET [CROWN] OF LLEWELYN AP GRIFFITH, +PRINCE OF WALES.</h3> + + <p>A notice, transferred to <i>The Times</i> of the 5th instant from a + recent number of <i>The Builder</i>, on the shrine of Edward the + Confessor, after mentioning that "to this shrine Edward I. offered the + Scottish regalia and the coronation chair, which is still preserved," + adds, "Alphonso, about 1280, offered it the golden coronet of Llewelyn, + Prince of Wales, and other jewels."</p> + + <p>Who was Alphonso? And would the contributor of the notice favour the + readers of "N. & Q." with the authority <i>in extenso</i> for the + offering of this coronet?</p> + + <p>The period assigned for the offering is certainly too early; Llewelyn + ap Griffith, "the last sovereign of one of the most ancient ruling + families of Europe" (<i>Hist. of England</i>, by Sir James Mackintosh, + vol. ii. p. 254.), having been slain at Builth, Dec. 11, 1282. Warrington + (<i>Hist. of. Wales</i>, vol. ii. p. 271.), on the authority of Rymer's + <i>Fœdera</i>, vol. ii. p. 224., says: "Upon stripping Llewelyn + there were found his Privy Seal; a paper that was filled with dark + expressions, and a list of names written in a kind of cypher;" omitting, + it will be observed, any reference to Llewelyn's coronet. That monarch's + crown was probably obtained and transmitted to Edward I. on the capture, + June 21, 1283, or shortly after, of his brother David ap Griffith, Lord + of Denbigh, who had assumed the Welsh throne on the demise of Llewelyn; + the Princess Catherine, the daughter and heir of the latter, and <i>de + jure</i> sovereign Princess of Wales, being then an infant. Warrington + states (vol. ii. p. 285.) that when David was taken, a relic, highly + venerated by the Princes of Wales, was found upon him, called + <i>Crosseneych</i>, supposed to be a part of the real cross brought by + St. Neots into Wales from the Holy Land; and he adds that, besides the + above relic, which was voluntarily delivered up to Edward by a secretary + of the late Prince of Wales, "the crown of the celebrated King Arthur, + with many precious jewels, was about this time presented to Edward," + citing as his authorities <i>Annales Waverleienses</i>, p. 238.; Rymer's + <i>Fœdera</i>, vol. ii. p. 247.</p> + + <p>There are some particulars of these relics in the <i>Archęologia + Cambrensis</i>; but neither that periodical, nor the authorities referred + to by Warrington, are at the moment accessible to me.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Cambro-Briton.</span></p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<p><!-- Page 515 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page515"></a>{515}</span></p> + +<h2>Minor Queries.</h2> + + <p><i>Monumental Brass at Wanlip, Co. Leicester, and Sepulchral + Inscriptions in English.</i>—In the church of Wanlip, near this + town, is a fine brass of a knight and his lady, and round the margin the + following inscription, divided at the corners of the slab by the + Evangelistic symbols:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Here lyes Thomas Walssh, Knyght, lorde of Anlep, and dame Kat'ine his + Wyfe, whiche in yer tyme made the Kirke of Anlep, and halud the Kirkyerd + first, in Wirchip of God, and of oure lady, and seynt Nicholas, that God + haue yer soules and mercy, Anno Dni mill<span class="over">m</span>o + CCC<sup>mo</sup> nonagesimo tercio."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Mr. Bloom states, in his <i>Mon. Arch. of Great Britain</i>, p. 210., + that—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"There are, perhaps, no sepulchral inscriptions in that tongue + (English) <i>prior to the fifteenth century</i>; yet at almost the + beginning of it, some are to be met with, and they became more common as + the century drew to a close."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Is there any monumental inscription in English, earlier than the above + curious one, known to any of your correspondents?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">William Kelly.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Leicester.</p> + + <p><i>Influence of Politics on Fashion.</i>—Can any one of the + numerous readers of "N. & Q." explain the meaning of the following + passage of the note of p. 305. of Alison's <i>History of Europe</i>, 7th + edition?—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"A very curious work might be written on the influence of political + events and ideas on the prevailing fashions both for men and women; there + is always a certain analogy between them. Witness the shepherd-plaid + trousers for gentlemen, and coarse shawls and muslins worn by ladies in + Great Britain during the Reform fervour of 1832-4."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Henri van Laun.</span></p> + + <p class="address">King William's College, Isle of Man.</p> + + <p><i>Rev. W. Rondall.</i>—Can any of your correspondents give + information respecting the Rev. William Rondall, Vicar of Blackhampton, + Devonshire (1548), who translated into English a portion of the writings + of the learned Erasmus?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Historicus.</span></p> + + <p><i>Henry, third Earl of Northumberland.</i>—The above nobleman + fell on the battle field of Towton (Yorkshire), 29th March, 1461, and was + interred in the church of St. Denys, or Dionisius, in York, where his + tomb, denuded of its brass, is still pointed out. Pray does an account + exist, in any of our old historians, as to the removal of the body of the + above nobleman from that dread field of slaughter to his mansion in + Walmgate in the above city, and of his interment, which doubtless was a + strictly private one? Again, does any record exist of the latter event in + any book of early registers belonging to the above church? Doubtless many + readers of "N. & Q." will be able to answer these three Queries.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">M. Aislabie Denham.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Piersebridge, Darlington.</p> + + <p><i>"When we survey," &c.</i>—Where are the following lines + to be found?</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"When we survey yon circling orbs on high,</p> + <p>Say, do they only grace the spangled sky?</p> + <p>Have they no influence, no function given</p> + <p>To execute the awful will of Heaven?</p> + <p>Is there no sympathy pervading all</p> + <p>Between the planets and this earthly ball?</p> + <p>No tactile intercourse from pole to pole,</p> + <p>Between the ambient and the human soul?</p> + <p>No link extended through the vast profound,</p> + <p>Combining all above, below, around?"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Alledius.</span></p> + + <p><i>Turnbull's Continuation of Robertson.</i>—Some years ago, a + continuation of Robertson's work on <i>Scottish Peerages</i> was + announced by Mr. Turnbull, Advocate of Edinburgh.—I shall be glad + to be informed whether it as published; and by whom or where.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Fecialis.</span></p> + + <p><i>An Heraldic Query.</i>—Will any one of your contributors from + Lancashire or Cheshire, who may have access to ancient ordinaries of + arms, whether in print or in manuscript, favour me by saying whether he + has ever met with the following coat: Per <i>pale</i>, argent and sable, + a fess embattled, between three falcons counterchanged, belled or? It has + been attributed to the family of Thompson of Lancashire, by Captain Booth + of Stockport, and an heraldic writer named Saunders; but what authority + attaches to either I am not aware. Is it mentioned in Corry's + <i>Lancashire</i>?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Heraldicus.</span></p> + + <p><i>Osborn filius Herfasti.</i>—Were Osborn, son of Herfast, + abbot of S. Evroult, and Osborn de Crepon (filius Herfasti patris + Gunnoris comitissę), <i>brothers</i>? or were there two Herfasts?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. Sansom.</span></p> + + <p><i>Jews in China.</i>—A colony of Jews is known to exist in the + centre of China, who worship God according to the belief of their + forefathers; and the aborigines of the northern portion of Australia + exercise the rite of circumcision. Can these colonists and aborigines be + traced to any of the nations of the lost tribes?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Historicus.</span></p> + + <p><i>Derivation of "Mammet."</i>—The Rev. B. Chenevix Trench, in + his book on the <i>Study of Words</i>, 4th edition, p. 79., gives the + derivation of the old English word <i>mammet</i> from "Mammetry or + Mahometry," and cites, in proof of this, Capulet calling his daughter "a + whining <i>mammet</i>." Now Johnson, <!-- Page 516 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page516"></a>{516}</span>in his + <i>Dictionary</i>, the folio edition, derives <i>mammet</i> from the word + <i>maman</i>, and also from the word <i>man</i>; and mentions + Shakspeare's</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"This is no world to play with <i>mammets</i>, or to tilt with + lips."—<i>Henry IV.</i> (First Part), Act II. Sc. 3.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>As both Dr. Johnson, the Rev. Ch. Trench, and many others, agree that + <i>mammet</i> means "puppet," why not derive this word from the French + <i>marmot</i>, which means a puppet.—Can any of the readers of the + "N. & Q." give me a few examples to strengthen my supposition?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Henri van Laun.</span></p> + + <p class="address">King William's College, Isle of Man.</p> + + <p><i>Non-recurring Diseases.</i>—Among the many diseases to which + humanity is subject, there are some which we are all supposed to have + once, and but once, in our lifetime. Is this an unquestioned fact? and if + so, has anything like a satisfactory explanation of it been offered?</p> + + <p class="author"><span lang="he" class="heb" title="P" ><bdo dir="rtl">פ</bdo></span>.</p> + + <p><i>Warville.</i>—There being no <i>w</i> in the French language, + whence did Brissot de Warville derive the latter word of his name?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Uneda.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Philadelphia.</p> + + <p><i>Dr. Doddridge.</i>—A poem entitled "To my Wife's Bosom," and + beginning</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Open, open, lovely breast,</p> + <p>Let me languish into rest!"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>occasionally appears with the name of the Rev. Dr. Doddridge as the + author. Is it his?</p> + + <p class="author">M. E.</p> + + <p class="address">Philadelphia.</p> + + <p><i>Pelasgi.</i>—In an article which appeared some time ago in + Hogg's <i>Instructor</i>, Thomas de Quincey, speaking of the Pelasgi, + characterises them as a race sorrowful beyond conception.—What is + known of their history to lead to this inference?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">T. D. Ridley.</span></p> + + <p class="address">West Hartlepool.</p> + + <p><i>Huc's Travels.</i>—I was lately told, I think on the + authority of a writer in the <i>Gardener's Chronicle</i>, that the + travels of Messrs. Huc and Gabet in Thibet, Tartary, &c., was a pure + fabrication, concocted by some Parisian <i>littérateur</i>. Can any of + your readers confirm or refute this statement?</p> + + <p class="author">C. W. B.</p> + + <p><i>The Mousehunt.</i>—I should feel much obliged to any reader + of "N. & Q." who would refer me to any mention of in print, or give + me any information from his own personal experience, respecting a small + animal of the weasel tribe called the mousehunt, an animal apparently but + little known; it is scarcely half the size of the common weasel, and of a + pale mouse-colour. It is said to be well known in Suffolk, whence, + however, after some trouble, I have been unsuccessful in obtaining a + specimen; young stoats or weasels having been sent me instead of it. I + could not find a specimen in the British Museum. Some years ago I saw two + in Glamorganshire; one escaped me; the other had been killed by a ferret, + but unfortunately I neglected to preserve it. Near the same spot last + year a pair of them began making their nest, but being disturbed by some + workmen employed in clearing out the drain in which they had ensconced + themselves, were lost sight of and escaped.</p> + + <p>Mr. Colquhoun, in <i>The Moor and the Loch</i>, ed. 1851, says:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The English peasantry assert that there are two kinds of weasel, one + very small, called a 'cane,' or 'the mousekiller.' This idea, I have no + doubt, is erroneous, and the 'mousekillers' are only the young ones of + the year, numbers of these half-grown weasels appearing in summer and + autumn."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The only description I have met with in print is in <i>Bell's Life</i> + of Dec. 7, 1851, where "Scrutator," in No. 15. of his Letters "On the + Management of Horses, Hounds, &c.," writes:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"I know only of one species of stoat, but I have certainly seen more + than one species of weasel.... There is one species of weasel so small + that it can easily follow mice into their holes; and one of these, not a + month ago, I watched go into a mouse's hole in an open grass field. + Seeing something hopping along in the grass, which I took for a large + long-tailed field mouse, I stood still as it was approaching my position, + and when within a foot or two of the spot on which I was standing, so + that I could have a full view of the animal, a very small weasel + appeared, and quickly disappeared again in a tuft of grass. On searching + the spot I discovered a mousehole, in which Mr. Weasel had made his + exit."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. R. D. Salmon.</span></p> + + <p><i>Lockwood, the Court Jester.</i>—In some <i>MS.</i> accounts + temp. Edw. VI., Mary, and Elizabeth, now before me, payments to + "Lockwood, the king's jester," or "the queen's jester, whose name is + Lockwood," are of almost annual occurrence. He appears to have travelled + about the country like the companies of itinerant players.</p> + + <p>Are any particulars known respecting him, and where shall I find the + best account of the ancient court jesters? I am aware of Douce's work, + and the memoirs of Will. Somers, the fool of Henry VIII.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">William Kelly.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Leicester.</p> + + <p><i>Right of redeeming Property.</i>—In some country or district + which I have formerly visited, there exists, or did recently exist, a + right of redeeming property which had passed from its owner's hands, + somewhat similar to that prescribed to the Jews in Leviticus xxvi. 25. + &c., and analogous to the custom in Brittany, with which Sterne's + beautiful story has made us <!-- Page 517 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page517"></a>{517}</span>familiar. Can you help me to remember + where it is?</p> + + <p class="author">C. W. B.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Minor Queries with Answers.</h2> + + <p><i>Dictionary of Zingari.</i>—Can you direct me to a glossary or + dictionary of this language? I have seen Borrow's <i>Lavengro</i>, and am + not aware whether either of his other works contains anything of the + sort. I should imagine it cannot be a perfect language, since the + Rommanies located in our locality invariably use the English articles and + pronouns; but knowing nothing more of it than what I glean from casual + intercourse, I am unable to decide to my own satisfaction.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">R. C. Warde.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Kidderminster.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[A dictionary of the Zincali will be found in the first three editions + of the following work: <i>The Zincali; or, an Account of the Gypsies of + Spain</i>; with an original Collection of their Songs and Poetry, and a + copious Dictionary of their Language. By George Borrow, 2 vols., 1841. + This dictionary is omitted in the fourth edition of 1846; but some + "Specimens of Gypsy dialects" are added. Our correspondent may also be + referred to the two following works, which appear in the current number + of Quarritch's Catalogue: "Pott, Die Zigeuner in Europa und Asien, vol. + i. Einleitung und Grammatik, ii. Ueber Gaunersprachen, Wörterbuch and + Sprachproben, 2 vols. 8vo. sewed, 15<i>s.</i> Halle, 1844-45." + "Rotwellsche Grammatik oder Sprachkunst; Wörterbuch der Zigeuner-Sprache, + 2 parts in 1, 12mo. half-bound morocco, 7<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> Frankfurt, + 1755."]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>Sir Robert Coke.</i>—Of what family was Sir Robert Coke, + referred to in <i>Granger</i>, vol. iii. p. 212., ed. 1779, as having + collected a valuable library bestowed by George, first Earl of Berkeley, + on Sion College, London, the letter of thanks for which is in + Collins?</p> + + <p class="author">T. P. L.</p> + + <p class="address">Manchester.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[Sir Robert Coke was son and heir to Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief + Justice of the Kings Bench. The Cokes had been settled for many + generations in the county of Norfolk. Camden has traced the pedigree of + the family to William Coke of Doddington in Norfolk, in the reign of King + John. They had risen to considerable distinction under Edward III., when + Sir Thomas Coke was made Seneschal of Gascoigne. From him, in the right + male line, was descended Robert Coke, the father of Sir Edward. See + Campbell's <i>Lives of Chief Justices</i>, vol. i. p. 240.]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>Regium Donum.</i>—What is the origin and history of the + "Regium Donum?"</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Henri van Laun.</span></p> + + <p class="address">King William's College, Isle of Man.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[In the year 1672, Charles II. gave to Sir Arthur Forbes the sum of + 600<i>l.</i>, to be applied to the use of the Presbyterian ministers in + Ireland. He professed not to know how to bestow it in a better manner, as + he had learnt that these ministers had been loyal, and had even suffered + on his account; and as that sum remained undisposed of in "the settlement + of the revenue of Ireland," he gave it in his charity to them. This was + the origin of the <i>Regum donum</i>. As the dissenters approved + themselves strong friends to the House of Brunswick, George I., in 1723, + wished too to reward them for their loyalty, and, by a retaining fee, + preserve them stedfast. A considerable sum, therefore, was annually + lodged with the heads of the Presbyterians, Independents, and Baptists, + to be distributed among the necessitous ministers of their + congregations.]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>Who was the Author of "Jerningham" and "Doveton?"</i> (Vol. viii., + p. 127.).—<span class="sc">Mr. Anstruther</span> begs to decline + the compliment; perhaps the publisher of the admirable <i>History of the + War in Affghanistan</i> can find a head to fit the cap.</p> + + <p class="address">Oswestry.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[On a reference to our note-book, we find our authority for + attributing the authorship of these works to Mr. Anstruther is the + <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i> for September, 1837, p. 283. In the review of + <i>Doveton</i> the writer says, "There is in it a good deal to amuse, and + something to instruct, but the whole narrative of <i>Mr. Anstruther</i> + is too melodramatic," &c. However, as he declines the compliment, + perhaps some of our readers will be able to find the right head to fit + the cap.]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>Alma Mater.</i>—In Ainsworth's <i>Latin Dictionary</i> I + observed he limits the use of that expression to Cambridge. I have been + accustomed to see it used for Oxford, or any other university. What is + his reason for applying it to Cambridge alone?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Ma. L.</span></p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[Bailey, too, in his <i>Dictionary</i>, applies the epithet + exclusively to Cambridge, <i>Alma mater Cantabrigia</i>: so that it seems + to have originated with that university. It is now popularly applied to + Oxford, and other universities, by those who have imbibed the milk of + learning from these places. The epithet has lately been transplanted to + the United States of America.]</p> + +</div> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Replies.</h2> + +<h3>ALEXANDER CLARK.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. viii., p. 18.)</p> + + <p>In communicating a few particulars about Alexander Clark, I must + disappoint your correspondent <span class="sc">Perthensis</span>; + <i>my</i> subject answering in no respect to Peter Buchan's "drucken + dominie," the author of the <i>Buttery College</i>. Alexander Clark, who + has fallen in my way, belongs to the class of "amiable enthusiasts;" a + character I am somewhat fond of, believing that in any pursuit a dash of + the latter quality is essential to success.</p> + + <p>Clark was by profession a gardener; and as my friends in the north + always seek to localise their worthies, I venture to assign him to + Annandale. My first acquaintance with him arose from his <!-- Page 518 + --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page518"></a>{518}</span><i>Emblematical Representation</i> falling + into my hands; and, pursuing my inquiries, I found this was but one of + some half-dozen visionary works from the same pen. In his <i>View of the + Glory of the Messiah's Kingdom</i>, we have the origin of his taking upon + himself the prophetic character; it is entitled:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"A Brief Account of an Extraordinary Revelation, and other Things + Remarkable, in the Course of God's Dealings with Alexander Clark, + Gardener at Dumcrief, near Moffat, Anandale, in the Year 1749."</p> + + <p>"In the month of August, 1749," says he, "at a certain time when the + Lord was pleased to chastise me greatly in a bed of affliction, and in + the midst of my great trial, it pleased the Almighty God wonderfully to + surprise me with a glorious light round about me; and looking up, I saw + straight before me a glorious building in the air, as bright and clear as + the sun: it was so vastly great, so amiable to behold, so full of majesty + and glory, that it filled my heart with wonder and admiration. The place + where this sight appeared to me was just over the city of Edinburgh; at + the same instant I heard, as it were, the musick bells of the said city + ring for joy."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>From this period, Clark's character became tinged with that enthusiasm + which ended in his belief that he was inspired; and that in publishing + his—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Signs of the Times: showing by many infallible Testimonies and Proofs + out of the Holy Scripture, that an extraordinary Change is at Hand, even + at the very Door,"—</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>he was merely "emitting what he derived directly, by special favour, + from God!"</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The Spirit of God," he says on another occasion, "was so sensibly + poured out upon me, and to such a degree, that I was thereby made to see + things done in secret, and came to find things lost, and knew where to go + to find those things which were lost!"</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This <i>second sight</i>, if I may so call it, set our author upon + drawing aside the veil from the prophetic writings; and his view of their + mystical sense is diffused over the indigested and rambling works bearing + the following titles:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"A View of the Glory of the Messiah's Kingdom." 1763.</p> + + <p>"Remarks upon the Accomplishment of Scripture Prophecy."</p> + + <p>"A Practical Treatise on Regeneration." 1764.</p> + + <p>"The Mystery of God opened," &c. Edinburgh. 1768.</p> + + <p>"An Emblematical Representation of the Paradise of God, showing the + Nature of Spiritual Industry in the Similitude of a Garden, well ordered, + dressed, and kept, with Sundry Reflections on the Nature of Divine + Knowledge, 1779."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>In his <i>Address to the Friendly Society of Gardeners</i>, Clark + gives some account of his worldly condition; of his early training in + religious habits; his laborious and industrious devotion to his + profession, with which he seems to have been greatly enamoured, although + poorly paid, and often in straits. Subsequently to the great event of his + life—his vision—our subject appears to have come south, and + to have been in the employment of Lord Charles Spencer at Hanworth in + Middlesex. Like most of the prophets of his day, Clark was haunted with + the belief that the last day was approaching; and considering himself + called upon to announce to his acquaintance and neighbours that this + "terrible judgment of God was at hand," he got but contempt and ridicule + for his pains:—more than that, indeed, for those raising the cry + that he was a madman, they procured the poor man's expulsion from his + situation. Under all these discouraging circumstances, he maintained his + firm conviction of the approaching end of time: so strongly was his mind + bent in this direction, that "I opened the window of the house where I + then was," says he, "thinking to see Christ coming in the clouds!"</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"I was three days and three nights that I could not eat, drink, nor + sleep; and when I would close my eyes, I felt something always touching + me; at length I heard a voice sounding in mine ears, saying 'Sleep not, + lest thou sleep the sleep of death:' and at that I looked for my Bible, + and at the first opening of it I read these words, which were sent with + power, 'To him that overcometh,'" &c.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Poor Clark, like his prototype Thomas Newans, laboured hard to obtain + the sanction of the hierarchy to his predictions:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"I desire no man," he says, "to believe me without proof; and if the + Reverend the Clergy would think this worth their perusal, I would very + willingly hear what they had to say either for or against."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The orthodoxy of the "Reverend the Clergy" was not, however, to be + moved; and Alexander Clark and his books now but serve the end of + pointing a moral. With more real humility and less presumption, there was + much that was good about him; but letting his heated fancies get the + better of the little judgment he possessed, our <i>amiable enthusiast</i> + became rather a stumbling-block than light to his generation.</p> + + <p class="author">J. O.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>AMCOTTS PEDIGREE.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. viii., p. 387.)</p> + + <p>Although I may not be able to furnish your inquirer with full pedigree + of this family, my Notes may prove useful in making it out.</p> + + <p>From a settlement after marriage in 1663, of Vincent Amcotts of + Laughton, in the county of Lincoln, gentleman, I find his wife's name to + be Amy; but who she was is not disclosed. It appears she survived her + husband, and was his <!-- Page 519 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page519"></a>{519}</span>widow and relict and executrix living in + 1687. Their eldest daughter Elizabeth married John Sheffield, Esq., of + Croxby, and I have noted three children of theirs, viz. Vincent, who died + s.p.; Christopher, who, with Margaret, his wife, in 1676 sold the Croxby + estate; and Sarah. What farther as to this branch does not appear, + although my next Vincent Amcotts may be, and probably was, a descendant. + This Vincent Amcotts was of Harrington, in the county of Lincoln, Esq.; + and who, from his marriage settlement dated May 16 and 17, 1720, married + Elizabeth, the third of the four daughters of John Quincy of Aslackby, in + the county of Lincoln, gentleman: and I find the issue of this marriage + to be Charles Amcotts of Kettlethorpe, in the county of Lincoln, Esq., + who died in 1777 s.p.; Anna Maria, whom married Wharton Emerson; + Elizabeth, who died previous to her brother Charles; and Frances, who + married the Rev. Edward Buckworth of Washingborough, in the county of + Lincoln, Clerk, Doctor of Laws.</p> + + <p>After the death of Charles Amcotts, we find Wharton Emerson at + Kettlethorpe, having assumed the name of Amcotts: he was created a + baronet in 1796, the title being limited in remainder to the eldest son + of his daughter Elizabeth. Sir Wharton Amcotts married a second wife, + Amelia Campbell, by whom he had a daughter, but what became of her does + not appear. Elizabeth, the daughter and heir of Sir Wharton Amcotts by + his first wife Anna Maria Amcotts, married in 1780 John Ingilby, Esq., of + Ripley, who in the next year was created a baronet: and they appear to + have had eleven children, viz. John Charles Amcotts, the present Sir + William Amcotts Ingelby, in whom both titles are vested, Elizabeth, + Augusta, Anna Maria, and Ann; which last three died in infancy; Diana, + Vincent Bosville, who died at a year old, and Julia and Constance. Thus + far my Notes extend.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. S. Hesleden.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Barton-upon-Humber.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>SIR RALPH WINWOOD.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. viii., p. 272.)</p> + + <p>I have an original letter of Sir Ralph Winwood's in French, addressed + "A Monsieur Mons<sup>r</sup> Charles Huyghens, Secrétaire du Conseil + d'estat de Mess<sup>rs</sup> les Estats ą la Haye," which, as it may + possibly be interesting to your correspondent H. P. W. R., I here + transcribe:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Mons<sup>r</sup>.—Vos derničres m'ont rendu tesmoignage de + vostre bonn' affection en mon endroict. Car je m'asseure que vous + n'eussiez jamais recommendé vostre filz ą ma protection si mon nom n'eust + esté enregistré au nombre de vos meilleurs et plus affectionnés amys. Je + m'en vay, dans peu de jours, trouver Sa Ma<sup>té</sup> en son retour + d'Escoce, et j'espere sur la fin du moys de 7<sup>bre</sup> de me rendre + ą ma maison ą Londres. Sur ce temps-lą, s'il vous plaira d'envoyer + v<sup>re</sup> filz vers moy, il sera le bien venu. Son traittement + rendra tesmoinage de l'estime que je fais de vostre amitié. De vous + envoyer des nouvelles, ce seroyt d'envoyer <i>Noctuas Athenas</i>. Tout + est co’ icy. La mort de Concini a rendu la France heureuse. Mais l'Italie + est en danger d'estre exposée ą la tirannie d'Espagne. Je vous baise les + mains, et suis, Mons<sup>r</sup>, vostre plus affectionné + servit<sup>r</sup>,</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i4"><span class="sc">Rodolphe Winwood.</span></p> + <p class="hg3">"De Londres, le 7<sup>me</sup> de Juillet."</p> + </div> + </div> +</blockquote> + + <p>The year is not indicated, but the allusion to the death of Concini + (the celebrated Maréchal d'Ancre, who was assassinated by order of Louis + XIII.) proves that this letter was written in 1617, and very shortly + before the death of the writer, which occurred on the 27th of October in + that year.</p> + + <p>M. Charles Huyghens, to whom the letter is addressed, was probably the + father of Constantine Huyghens, the Dutch poet-politician, who was + secretary and privy counsellor to the Stadtholders Frederick Henry, and + William I. and II., and who, not improbably, was the son here mentioned + as recommended to the protection of Sir R. Winwood, and who, at that + date, would have been twenty-one years of age.</p> + + <p>Constantine was himself the father of the still more celebrated + Christian Huyghens, the astronomer and mathematician. The seal on the + letter, which is in excellent preservation, is a shield bearing the + following arms: 1. and 4. a cross botonné, 2. and 3. three + fleurs-de-lis.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. Sneyd.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Denton.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>TRENCH ON PROVERBS.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. viii., p. 387.)</p> + + <p>I hope that neither Mr. Trench nor his critic E. M. B. will consider + me interfering by my making an observation or two on the correct + rendering of the latter part of Ps. cxxvii. 2. Mr. Trench is perfectly + correct by supposing an ellipsis in the sentence alluded to, and the + words</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p><span lang="he" class="heb" title="YITEIN LIYDIYDWO SHEINA'" ><bdo dir="rtl">יִתֵּן לִידִידוֹ שֵׁנָא</bdo></span></p> + </div> + </div> + <p>should have been translated, "He will give to his beloved whilst he + [the beloved] is asleep." The translation of the authorised version of + that sacred affirmation is unintelligible. Mr. Trench has the support of + Luther's version, which has the sentence thus:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Seinen Freunden giebt er es schlafend."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>The celebrated German Jewish translator of the Old Testament agrees + with Mr. Trench. The following is Dr. Zunz's rendering:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Das giebt er seinem Liebling im Schlaf."</p> + </div> + </div> +<p><!-- Page 520 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page520"></a>{520}</span></p> + + <p>The following is the Hebrew annotation in the far-famed Moses + Mendelsohn's edition of the Book of Psalms:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p><span lang="he" class="heb" title="YTNHW HQB-H LYDYDW 'SHR HW' CHPTS BW B`WDNW YSHN WBLY MRCHH:" ><bdo dir="rtl">יתנהו הקב־ה לידידו אשר הוא חפץ בו בעודנו ישן ובלי מרחה׃</bdo></span></p> + </div> + </div> + <p>"The holy and blessed One will give it to his beloved, in whom He + delights, whilst he is yet asleep and without fatigue."</p> + + <p>I need not adduce passages in the Hebrew Psalter, where such + ellipsises do occur. E. M. B. evidently knows his Hebrew Bible well, and + a legion of examples will immediately occur to him.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Moses Margoliouth.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Wybunbury, Nantwich.</p> + + <p>If E. M. B. will refer to Hengstenberg's <i>Commentary on the + Psalms</i>, he will find that Mr. Trench is not without authority for his + translation of Ps. cxxvii. 2. I quote the passage from Thompson and + Fairbairn's translation, in Clark's <i>Theological Library</i>, vol. iii. + p. 449.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"<span lang="he" class="heb" title="SHN'" ><bdo + dir="rtl">שנא</bdo></span> for <span lang="he" + class="heb" title="SHNH" ><bdo + dir="rtl">שנה</bdo></span> is not the accusative, but + the preposition is omitted, as is frequently the case with words that are + in constant use. For example, <span lang="he" class="heb" title="BQR, `RB" + ><bdo dir="rtl">בקר, + ערב</bdo></span>, to which <span lang="he" class="heb" + title="SHNH" ><bdo dir="rtl">שנה</bdo></span> here is + poetically made like. The exposition <i>He gives sleep</i>, instead of + <i>in sleep</i>, gives an unsuitable meaning. For the subject is not + about the sleep, but the gain."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author">C. I. E.</p> + + <p class="address">Winkfield.</p> + + <p>Has the translation of Ps. cxxvii. 2., which Mr. Trench has adopted, + the sanction of any version but that of Luther?</p> + + <p class="author">N. B.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h3>ON PALINDROMES.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol vii., p. 178. &c.)</p> + + <p>Several of your correspondents have offered Notes upon these singular + compositions, and <span class="sc">Agricola de Monte</span> adduces</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"<span title="NIPSON ANOMŹMATA, MŹ MONAN OPSIN" class="grk">ΝΙΨΟΝ ΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑ, ΜΗ ΜΟΝΑΝ ΟΨΙΝ</span>"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>as an example. As neither he nor <span class="sc">Mr. Ellacombe</span> + give it as found <i>out</i> of this country, allow me to say that it was + to be seen on a benitier in the church of Notre Dame at Paris. If it were + not for the substitution of the adjective <span title="MONAN" class="grk" + >ΜΟΝΑΝ</span> for the adverb <span title="MONON" class="grk" + >ΜΟΝΟΝ</span>, the line would be one of the best + specimens of the recurrent order.</p> + + <p>I notice that a correspondent (Vol. vii., p. 336.) describes the + Palindrome as being universally <i>sotadic</i>. Now, this term was only + intended to apply to the early samples of this fanciful species of verse + in Latin, the production Sotades, a Roman poet, 250 <span + class="scac">B.C.</span> The lines given by <span + class="sc">Bœoticus</span> (Vol. vi., p. 209.),</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor?"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>owe their authorship to his degraded Muse, and many others which would + but pollute your pages.</p> + + <p>The hexameter "Sacrum pingue," &c. given by <span + class="grk">Ω</span>. <span class="grk">Φ</span>. (Vol. vi., p. + 36.), is to be found in Misson's <i>Voyage to Italy</i>, copied from an + old cloister wall of Santa <span class="correction" title="Original reads `Marca'." + >Maria</span> Novella at Florence. These ingenious verses are Leoline<a + name="footnotetag2" href="#footnote2"><sup>[2]</sup></a>, and it is noted + that "the sacrifice of Cain was not a living victim."</p> + + <p>I have seen it stated that the English language affords but <i>one</i> + specimen of the palindrome, while the Latin and Greek have many. The late + Dr. Winter Hamilton, the author of <i>Nugę Literarię</i>, gives this + solitary line, which at the best is awkwardly fashioned:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Lewd did I live & evil did I dwel."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Is any other known?</p> + + <p>Some years since I fell in with that which, after all, is the most + wonderful effort of the kind; at least I can conceive of nothing at all + equal to it.</p> + + <p>It is to be found in a poem called <span title="Poiźma Karkinekon" class="grk" + >Ποίημα + Καρκινεκὸν</span>, + written in ancient Greek by a modern Greek called Ambrosius, printed in + Vienna in 1802, and dedicated to the Emperor Alexander. It contains 455 + lines, every one of which is literal palindrome.</p> + + <p>I have some hesitation in giving even a quotation; and yet, + notwithstanding the forced character of some of the lines, your readers + will not fail to admire the classic elegance of this remarkable + composition.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"<span title="Eu Elisabet, Alla t' ebasileue." class="grk">Εὖ Ἐλισάβετ, Ἄλλα τ' ἐβασίλευε.</span></p> + <p><span title="Elabe ta kaka, kai akaka katebale." class="grk">Ἔλαβε τὰ κακὰ, καὶ ἄκακα κατέβαλε.</span></p> + <p><span title="Areta pźgase de sa gź patera." class="grk">Ἀρετὰ πήγασε δὲ σᾶ γῆ πατέρα.</span></p> + <p><span title="Sōmati sō phene phene phōs itamōs." class="grk">Σώματι σῶ φένε φένε φῶς ἰταμῶς.</span></p> + <p><span title="Su dź Hźrōs hoios ō Rhōs hoios hōrź hźdus:" class="grk">Σὺ δὴ Ἥρως οἷος ὦ Ῥῶς οἷος ὥρη ἡδύς:</span></p> + <p><span title="Noi su laōi alaōi alusion." class="grk">Νοὶ σὺ λαῷ ἀλαῷ ἀλύσιον.</span></p> + <p><span title="Neme źthź laōi tōi alźthź emen." class="grk">Νέμε ἤθη λαῷ τῷ ἀληθῆ ἔμεν.</span></p> + <p><span title="Su eso ethnei ekei entheos eus." class="grk">Σὺ ἔσο ἔθνει ἐκεῖ ἔνθεος εὖς.</span></p> + <p><span title="Hō Rhōs ele ti su lusiteles ōrō." class="grk">Ὧ Ῥῶς ἔλε τί σὺ λυσιτελὲς ὤρω.</span></p> + <p><span title="Alla ta en nōi bale, labōn nea t' alla" class="grk">Ἀλλὰ τὰ ἐν νῷ βάλε, λαβῶν νέα τ' ἄλλα</span></p> + <p><span title="Sōtźr su eso ō elee thee leō, hos eus rhźtōs" class="grk">Σωτὴρ σὺ ἔσο ὦ ἔλεε θέε λεῶ, ὃς εὖς ῥητῶς</span></p> + <p><span title="Son hade sōtźra idia rhźtōs edanos." class="grk">Σὸν ἅδε σωτῆρα ἰδιὰ ῥητῶς ἐδανὸς.</span>"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Charles Reed.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Paternoster Row.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote2"></a><b>Footnote 2:</b><a + href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + <p>Leo was a poet of the twelfth century.</p> + +</div> + <p>Here is a Palindrome that surrounds a figure of the sun in the mosaic + pavement of Sa. Maria del Fiori at Florence:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"En giro torte sol ciclos et rotor igne."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Could any of your correspondents translate this enigmatical line?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Mosaffur.</span></p> + + <p class="address">E. I. Club.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Replies to Minor Queries.</h2> + + <p><i>The Claymore</i> (Vol. viii., p. 365.).—I believe there is no + doubt that the true Scottish claymore is the heavy two-handed sword, + examples of which are preserved at Dumbarton Castle, and at <!-- Page 521 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page521"></a>{521}</span>Hawthornden, + and respectively attributed to William Wallace, and to Robert the Bruce. + The latter is a very remarkable specimen, the grip being formed either of + the tusk of a walrus or of a small elephant, considerably curved; and the + guard is constructed of two iron bars, terminated by trefoils, and + intersecting each other at right angles. The blade is very ponderous, and + shorter than usual in weapons of this description.</p> + + <p>The claymore of modern times is a broadsword, double or single-edged, + and provided with a basket hilt of form peculiar to Scotland, though the + idea was probably derived from Spain. Swords with basket hilts were + commonly used by the English cavalry in the reigns of Charles I. and II., + but they are always of a different type from the Scotch, though affording + as complete a protection to the hand. I possess some half-dozen examples, + some from Gloucestershire, which are of the times of the civil wars. + There are many swords said to have been the property of Oliver Cromwell; + one is in the United Service Museum: all that I have seen are of this + form.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. J. Bernhard Smith.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Temple.</p> + + <p><i>Temple Lands in Scotland</i> (Vol. viii., p. 317.).—Your + correspondent <span class="sc">Abredonensis</span>, upon a reference to + the undernoted publications, will find many interesting particulars as to + these lands, viz.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>1. "Templaria: Papers relative to the History, Privileges, and + Possessions of the Scottish Knights Templars, and their Successors the + Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, &c. Edited by James Maidment. Sm. + <span class="correction" title="Original reads `4vo'.">4to</span>. + 1828-29."</p> + + <p>2. "Abstract of the Charters and other Papers recorded in the + Chartulary of Torphichen, from 1581 to 1596; with an Introductory Notice + and Notes, by John Black Gracie. Sm. 4to. 1830."</p> + + <p>3. "Notes of Charters, &c., by the Right Hon. Thomas Earl of + Melrose, afterwards Earl of Haddington, to the Vassals of the Barony of + Drem, from 1615 to 1627; with an Introductory Notice, by John Black + Gracie. Sm. 4to. 1830."</p> + + <p>4. "Fragmenta Scoto-Monastica: Memoir of what has been already done, + and what Materials exist, towards the Formation of a Scottish Monasticon; + to which are appended, Sundry New Instances of Goodly Matter, by a Delver + in Antiquity (W. B. Turnbull). 8vo. 1842."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The "Introductory Notices" prefixed to Nos. 2. and 3. give full + particulars of the various sales and purchases of the Superioritus, + &c., by Mr. Gracie and others.</p> + + <p class="author">T. G. S.</p> + + <p class="address">Edinburgh.</p> + + <p><i>Lewis and Sewell Families</i> (Vol. viii., p. 388.).—Your + correspondent may obtain, in respect to the Lewis family, much + information in the <i>Life and Correspondence of Matthew Gregory + Lewis</i>, two vols. 8vo., London, 1839, particularly at pp. 6. and 7. of + vol. i. He will there find that Matthew Lewis, Esq., who was Deputy + Secretary of War for twenty-six years, married Frances Sewell, youngest + daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Thos. Sewell; that Lieut.-Gen. Whitelocke + and Gen. Sir Thos. Brownrigg, G.C.B., married the other two daughters of + Sir Thos. Sewell; and that Matthew Gregory Lewis, who wrote the <i>Castle + Spectre</i>, &c., was son of Matthew Lewis, Esq., the Deputy + Secretary of War.</p> + + <p>With regard to the Sewell family. The Right Hon. Sir Thos. Sewell, who + was Master of the Rolls for twenty years, died in 1784; and there is, I + believe, a very correct account of his family connexions in the + <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i> for 1784, p. 555. He died intestate, and his + eldest son, Thos. Bailey Heath Sewell, succeeded to his estate of + Ottershaw and the manors of Stannards and Fords in Chobham, Surrey. This + gentleman was a magistrate for the county of Surrey; and in the spring of + 1794, when this country was threatened by both foreign and domestic + enemies, he became Lieut.-Col. of a regiment of Light Dragoons + (fencibles), raised in Surrey (at Richmond) by George Lord Onslow, + Lord-Lieut. of the county, in which he served six years, till the + Government not requiring their services they were disbanded. Lieut.-Col. + Sewell died in 1803, and was buried in the church at Chobham, where there + is a monument to his memory. Of his family we have not farther knowledge + than that he had a son, Thos. Bermingham Heath Sewell, who was a cornet + in the 32nd Light Dragoons, and lieutenant in the 4th Dragoon Guards + during the war of the French Revolution. The <i>History and Antiquities + of Surrey</i>, by the Rev. Owen Manning and Wm. Bray, in three vols. + folio, 1804, has in the third volume much concerning the Sewell + family.</p> + + <p class="author">D. N.</p> + + <p><i>Pharaoh's Ring</i> (Vol. viii., p. 416.).—The mention of the + ring conferred on, or confided to, Joseph by the Pharaoh of Egypt, as + stated in Genesis xli. 42., reminds me of a ring being shown to me some + years ago, which was believed by its then possessor to be the identical + ring, or at all events a signet ring of the very Pharaoh who promoted + Joseph to the chief office in his kingdom.</p> + + <p>It was a ring of pure gold, running through a hole in a massive wedge + of gold, about the size, as far as I recollect, of a moderate-sized + walnut. On one of its faces was cut the hieroglyphic (inclosed as usual + with the names of Egyptian kings in an oval), as I was assured, of the + king, the friend of Joseph, as was generally supposed by the readers of + hieroglyphics: I pretend to no knowledge of them myself.</p> + + <p>The possessor of the ring, who showed it to me, was Mr. Sams, one of + the Society of Friends, a bookseller at Darlington. Since railroads have + <!-- Page 522 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page522"></a>{522}</span>whirled me past that town, I have lost my + means of periodical communication with him. He had, not long before I saw + him last, returned from the Holy Land, where he assured me he had visited + every spot that could be identified mentioned in the New Testament. He + had also been some time in Egypt, and had brought home a great quantity + of Egyptian antiquities. The lesser ones he had in the first floor of a + carver and gilder's in Great Queen Street, between the Freemason's Tavern + and Lincoln's Inn Fields. He was then anxious that these should be bought + for the British Museum, and I think that at his request I wrote to the + Earl of Aberdeen to mention this, and that the answer was that there was + already so large a collection in the Museum, that more, as they must most + of them be duplicates, would be of no use.</p> + + <p>What has become of them I know not. I was told that a number of his + larger antiquities, stone and marble, were for some time placed on + Waterloo Bridge, that being a very quiet place, where people might view + them without interruption. I did not happen to be in London that season, + and therefore did not see them.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. Ss.</span></p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[The whole of Mr. Sams's collection of Egyptian antiquities were + bought by Joseph Mayer, Esq, F.S.A., of Liverpool, about two years ago, + to add to his previous assemblage of similar monuments, and are placed by + him, with a very valuable collection of medięval antiquities, in the + Egyptian Museum, 8. Colquitt Street, Liverpool. The small charge of + sixpence for each visit opens the entire collection to the public; but it + is a lamentable fact, that the curiosity or patriotism of the inhabitants + does not cover Mr. Mayer's expenses by a large annual amount.]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>"Could we with ink,"</i> &c. (Vol. iii., pp. 127. 180. 257. + 422.).—Have not those correspondents who have answered this Query + overlooked the concluding verse of the gospel according to St. John, of + which it appears to me that the lines in question are an amplification + without improvement? Mahomet, it is well known, imitated many parts of + the Bible in the Koran.</p> + + <p class="author">E. G. R.</p> + + <p><i>"Populus vult decipi"</i> (Vol. vii., p. 578.; Vol. viii, p. + 65.).—As an illustration of this expression the following anecdote + is given. When my father was about thirteen years old, being in London he + was, on one occasion in company with Dr. Wolcot (Peter Pindar), who, + calling him to him, laid his hand on his head, and said, "My little boy, + I want you to remember one thing as long as you live—the people of + this world love to be cheated."</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Uneda.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Philadelphia.</p> + + <p><i>Red Hair</i> (Vol. vii., p. 616.; Vol. viii., p. 86.).—It is + frequently stated that the Turks are admirers of red hair. I have lately + met with a somewhat different account, namely, that the Turks consider + red-haired persons who are fat as "first-rate" people, but those who are + lean as the very reverse.</p> + + <p class="author">M. E.</p> + + <p class="address">Philadelphia.</p> + + <p><i>"Land of Green Ginger"</i> (Vol. viii., p. 227.).—The + authority which I am able to afford <span class="sc">Mr. + Richardson</span> is simply the tradition of the place, which I had so + frequently heard that I could scarcely doubt the truth of it; this I + intended to be deduced, when I said I did not recollect that the local + histories gave any derivation, and that it was the one "generally + received by the inhabitants."</p> + + <p>To any mind the solution brought forward by <span class="sc">Mr. + Buckton</span> (Vol. viii., p. 303.) carries the greatest amount of + probability with it of any yet proposed; and should any of your + correspondents have the opportunity of looking through the unpublished + history of Hull by the Rev. De la Pryme, "collected out of all the + records, charters, deeds, mayors' letters, &c. of the said town," and + now placed amongst the Lansdowne MSS. in the British Museum, I am + inclined to think it is very likely it would be substantiated.</p> + + <p>In Mr. Frost's valuable work on the town, which by the way proves it + to have been "a place of opulence and note at a period long anterior to + the date assigned to its existence by historians," he differs materially + from <span class="sc">Mr. Richardson</span>, in considering that Hollar's + plate was "engraved about the year 1630," not in 1640 as he states. There + is also another which appeared between the time of Hollar and Gent, in + Meisner's <i>Libellus novus politicus emblematicus Civitatum</i>, + published in 1638, which though not "remarkable for accuracy of design," + is well worthy of notice. It bears the title "Hull in Engellandt," and + also the following curious inscriptions, which I copy for the interest of + your readers:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Carcer nonnunquam firmum propugnaculum. Noctua clausa manet in + carcere firmo; Insidias volucrum vetat enim cavea."</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Wann die Eull eingesperret ist,</p> + <p>Schadet ihr nicht der Feinde list,</p> + <p>Der Kefig ist ihr nicht unnütz,</p> + <p>Sondern gibt wieder ihr Feind schütz."</p> + </div> + </div> +</blockquote> + + <p>These lines refer to a curious engraving on the left side of the plan, + representing an owl imprisoned in a cage with a quantity of birds about, + endeavouring to assail it.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">R. W. Elliot.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Clifton.</p> + + <p><i>"I put a spoke in his wheel"</i> (Vol. viii., p. 351.).—Does + not this phrase mean simply interference, either for good or evil? I + fancy the metaphor is really derived from putting the bars, or spokes, + into a capstan or some such machine. A number <!-- Page 523 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page523"></a>{523}</span>of persons being + employed, another puts his spoke in, and assists or hinders them as he + pleases. Can a <i>stick</i> be considered a <i>spoke</i> before it is put + into its place, in the nave of the wheel at least? We often hear the + observation, "Then I put in my spoke," &c. in the relation of an + animated discussion. May I venture to suggest a pun on the preterite of + the verb <i>to speak</i>?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">G. William Skyring.</span></p> + + <p><i>Pagoda</i> (Vol. viii., p. 401.).—May not the word + <i>pagoda</i> be a corruption of the Sanscrit word "Bhagovata," + sacred?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Bishop of Brechin.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Dundee.</p> + + <p><i>Passage in Virgil</i> (Vol. viii., p. 270.).—On this part of + Johnson's letter, Mr. Croker observes:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"I confess I do not see the object, nor indeed the meaning, of this + allusion."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The allusion is to Eclogue viii. 43.:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Nunc scio, quid sit Amor: duris in cotibus illum</p> + <p>Aut Tmarus, aut Rhodope, aut extremi Garamantes,</p> + <p>Nec generis nostri puerum nec sanguinis, edunt."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>As the shepherd in Virgil had found Love to be not the gentle being he + expected, but of a savage race—"a native of the rocks"—so had + Johnson found a patron to be "one who looked with unconcern on a man + struggling for life," instead of a friend to render assistance.</p> + + <p>Supposing Johnson's estimate of Lord Chesterfield's conduct to be + correct, I cannot help thinking the allusion to be eminently happy.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. Kelway.</span></p> + + <p><i>To speak in Lutestring</i> (Vol. viii., p. + 202.).—<i>Lutestring</i>, or <i>lustring</i>, is a particular kind + of silk, and so is <i>taffeta</i>; and thus the phrase may be explained + by Shakspeare's <i>Love's Labour's Lost</i>, Act V. Sc. 8.:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Junius intended to ridicule such kind of affectation by persons who + were, or ought to have been, grave senators.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. Kelway.</span></p> + + <p><i>Dog Latin</i> (Vol. viii., p. 218.).—A facetious friend, + alluding particularly to law Latin with its curious abbreviations, says + that it is so called because it is <i>cur-tailed</i>!</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. Kelway.</span></p> + + <p><i>Longevity</i> (Vol. viii., p. 113.).—I recollect seeing an + old sailor in the town of Larne, county Antrim, Ireland, in the year + 1826-27, of the name of Philip Lake, aged 110, who was said to have been + a cabin boy in Lord Anson's vessel, in one of his voyages. If any of your + correspondents can furnish the registry of his death it would be + interesting.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Fras. Crossley.</span></p> + + <p>Mary Simondson, familiarly known as "Aunt Polly," died recently at her + cottage near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, at the advanced age of 126 + years.</p> + + <p class="author">M. E.</p> + + <p class="address">Philadelphia.</p> + + <p><i>Definition of a Proverb</i> (Vol. viii., p. 243.)—<span + class="sc">C. M. Ingleby</span> inquires the source of the following + definition of proverb, viz. "The wisdom of many, and the wit of one."</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"To Lord John Russell are we indebted for that admirable definition of + a proverb: 'The wisdom,' &c."—See Notes to Rogers's + <i>Italy</i>, 1848.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The date is added since, in an edition of 1842; this remark makes no + part of the note on the line, "If but a sinew vibrate," &c.</p> + + <p class="author">Q. T.</p> + + <p><i>Ireland a bastinadoed Elephant</i> (Vol. viii., p. 366.).—I + venture to suggest whether this expression may not be something more than + a bull, as <a href="images/oldew.png"><img src="images/oldew.png" + class="middle" style="height:1.5ex" alt="Old English W" /></a>. inclines + to call it. If any one will look at a physical map of Ireland at some + little distance, a very slight exercise of the "mind's eye" will serve to + call up in the figure of that island the shape of a creature kneeling and + in pain. Lough Foyle forms the eye; the coast from Bengore Head to + Benmore Head the nose or snout; Belfast Lough the mouth; the coast below + Donaghdee the chin; County Wexford the knees. The rest of the outline, + according to the imagination of the observer, may assume that of an + elephant, or something, perhaps, "very like a whale." Some fanciful + observation of this kind may have suggested the otherwise unaccountable + simile to Curran.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Polonius.</span></p> + + <p><i>Ennui</i> (Vol. vii., p. 478.; Vol. viii., p. 377.).—The + meaning of this admirable word is best gleaned from its root, viz. + <i>nuit</i>. It is somewhat equivalent to the Greek <span + title="agrupnia" class="grk" + >ἀγρυπνία</span>, and + signifies the sense of weariness with doing nothing. It gives the lie to + the <i>dolce far niente</i>: vide Ps. cxxx. 6., and Job vii. 3, 4. + <i>Ennui</i> is closely allied to our <i>annoy</i> or <i>annoyance</i>, + through <i>noceo</i>, <i>noxa</i>, and their probable root <i>nox</i>, + <span title="nux." class="grk">νὺξ.</span> It is precisely + equivalent to the Latin <i>tędium</i>, which may be derived from + <i>tęda</i>, which in the plural means a torch, and through that word may + have a side reference to night, the <i>tędarum horę</i>: cf. Ps. xci. 5. + The subject is worthy of strict inquiry on the part of comparative + philologists.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">C. Mansfield Ingleby.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Birmingham.</p> + + <p><i>Belle Sauvage</i> (Vol. viii., p. 388.).—Your Philadelphian + correspondent asks whether Blue Bell, Blue Anchor, &c., are + corruptions of some other emblem, such as that which in London + transformed <i>La Belle Sauvage</i> into the <i>Bell Savage</i>.</p> + + <p>This is not the fact. The Bell Savage on Ludgate Hill was originally + kept by one Isabella Savage. A cotemporary historian, writing of one of + the leaders in a rebellion in the days of Queen <!-- Page 524 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page524"></a>{524}</span>Mary, says, "He then + sat down upon a stone opposite to Bell Savage's Inn."</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">James Edmeston.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Homerton.</p> + + <p><i>History of York</i> (Vol. viii., p. 125.).—There is a + <i>History of York</i>, published in 1785 by Wilson and Spence, described + to be an abridgment of Drake, which is in three volumes, and may be a + later edition of the same work to which <span class="sc">Mr. + Elliot</span> alludes.</p> + + <p class="author">F. T. M.</p> + + <p class="address">86. Cannon Street.</p> + + <p><i>Encore</i> (Vol. viii., p. 387.).—If A. A. knows the meaning + of "this French word" I am a little surprised at his Query. Perhaps he + means to ask why a French word should be used? It probably was first used + at concerts and operas (<i>ancora</i> in Italian), where the performers + and even the performances were foreign, and so became the fashion. Pope + says:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"To the same notes thy sons shall hum or snore,</p> + <p>And all thy yawning daughters cry <i>encore</i>."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>It was not, I think, in use so early as Shakspeare's time, who makes + Bottom anticipate that "the Duke shall say, Let him roar <i>again</i>, + let him roar <i>again</i>," where the jingle of "encore" would have been + obvious. It is somewhat curious that where we use the French word + <i>encore</i>, the French audiences use the Latin word "bis."</p> + + <p class="author">C.</p> + + <p><i>"Hauling over the Coals"</i> (Vol. viii., p. 125.).—This + saying I conceive to have arisen from the custom prevalent in olden + times, when every Baron was supreme in his own castle, of extracting + money from the unfortunate Jews who happened to fall into his power, by + means of torture. The most usual <i>modus operandi</i> seems to have been + roasting the victims over a slow fire. Every one remembers the treatment + of Isaac of York by Front-de-Bœuf, so vividly described in Sir + Walter Scott's <i>Ivanhoe</i>. Although the practice has long been + numbered amongst the things that were, the fact of its having once + obtained is handed down to posterity in this saying, as when any one is + taken to task for his shortcomings he is <i>hauled over the + coals</i>.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">John P. Stilwell.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Dorking.</p> + + <p><i>The Words "Cash" and "Mob"</i> (Vol. viii., p. 386.).—<span + class="sc">Mr. Fox</span> was right: <i>mob</i> is not genuine + English—teste Dean Swift! A lady who was well known to Swift used + to say that the greatest scrape she ever got into with him was by using + the word <i>mob</i>. "Why do you say that?" he exclaimed in a passion; + "never let me hear you say that again!" "Why, sir," she asked, "what am I + to say?" "The rabble, to be sure," answered he. (Sir W. Scott's <i>Works + of Swift</i>, vol. ix.) The word appears to have been introduced about + the commencement of the eighteenth century, by a process to which we owe + many other and similar barbarisms—"beauties introduced to supply + the want of wit, sense, humour, and learning." In a paper of <i>The + Tatler</i>, No. 230., much in the spirit, and possibly from the pen, of + Swift, complaint is made of the "abbreviations and elisions" which had + recently been introduced, and a humorous example of them is given. By + these, the author adds,</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Consonants of most obdurate sound are joined together without one + softening vowel to intervene; and all this only to make one syllable of + two, directly contrary to the example of the Greeks and Romans, and a + natural tendency towards relapsing into barbarity. And this is still more + visible in the next refinement, which consists in pronouncing the first + syllable in a word that has many, and dismissing the rest. Thus we cram + one syllable and cut off the rest, as the owl fattened her mice after she + had bit off their legs to prevent their running away; and if ours be the + same reason for maiming our words, it will certainly answer the end, for + I am sure no other nation will desire to borrow them."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>I have only to add (see <i>Blackwood's Magazine</i>, vol. ii., 1842) + that "mob is <i>mobile</i>."</p> + + <p><i>Cash</i> appears to be from the French <i>caisse</i>, a chest, + cash.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. W. Thomas.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Dewsbury.</p> + + <p><i>Cash</i> is from the French <i>caisse</i>, the moneychest where + <i>specie</i> was kept. So <i>caissier</i> became "cashier," and + <i>specie</i> "cash."</p> + + <p><i>Mob</i>, Swift tells us (<i>Polite Conversation</i>, Introd.), is a + contraction for <i>mobile</i>.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Clericus Rusticus</span> has not, I fear, Johnson's + <i>Dictionary</i>, where both these derivations are given.</p> + + <p class="author">C.</p> + + <p><i>Ampers &.</i> (Vol. ii., pp. 230. 284.; Vol. viii. + <i>passim</i>).—<span class="sc">Mr. Ingleby</span> may well ask + what "and-per-se-and" can mean. The fact is, this is itself a corruption. + In old spelling-books, after the twenty-six letters it was customary to + print the two following symbols with their explanations</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>&c. et cetera.</p> + <p>& (per se), and.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Children were taught to read the above "et-cee, et cetera" and + "et-per-se, and." Such, at least, was the case in a Dublin school, some + ninety years ago, where my informant, now many years deceased, was + educated. As <i>se</i> was not there pronounced like <i>cee</i>, but like + <i>say</i>, there was no danger of confounding the two names. In England, + where a different pronunciation of the Latin word prevailed, such + confusion would be apt to occur; and hence, probably, English teachers + substituted <i>and</i> for <i>et</i>; from which, in course of time, the + other corruptions mentioned by <span class="sc">Mr. Lower</span> were + developed.</p> + + <p class="author">E. H. D. D.</p> + +<p><!-- Page 525 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page525"></a>{525}</span></p> + + <p><i>The Keate Family, of the Hoo, Herts</i> (Vol. viii., p. + 293.).—The following account is taken from Burke's <i>Extinct and + Dormant Baronetcies of England</i>, Lond. 1841:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"William Keate of Hagbourne, in Berkshire, left five sons. The second + son, Ralph Keate of Whaddon, in Wiltshire, married Anne, daughter of John + Clarke, Esq., of Ardington, in Berkshire, and had with other issue + Gilbert Keate, Esq., of London, who married, first, John, daughter of + Niclolas Turbervile, Esq. of Crediton, in Devon, and, secondly, + Elizabeth, daughter of William Armstrong, Esq., of Remston, Notts, and by + her had another son, Jonathan Keate, Esq., of the Hoo, in the county of + Hertford, which estate he acquired with his first wife, Susannah daughter + of William, and sister and heir of Thomas Hoo, of the Hoo and Kimpton, + both in Hertfordshire. Mr. Keate was created a baronet by King Charles + II., 12th June, 1660. Sir Jonathan was sheriff of the county of Hertford, + 17 Charles II., and knight of the same shire in Parliament, in the + thirtieth of the same reign. By his first wife he had issue, Gilbert Hoo, + his heir, Jonathan, Susan, Elizabeth: all died <i>sine prole</i>. He + married, secondly, Susanna, daughter of John Orlebar, citizen of London, + but by her had no issue. He died 17th September, 1700. The baronetcy + became extinct in the person of Sir William Keate, D.D., who died 6th + March, 1757."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span title="Halieus" class="grk">Ἁλιεύς</span></p> + + <p><i>Hour-glasses</i> (Vol. viii., p. 454.).—In the church of + Wiggenhall, St. Mary the Virgin, the iron frame of an hour-glass, affixed + to a wooden stand, immediately opposite the pulpit, still remains.</p> + + <p class="author">W. B. D.</p> + + <p>An iron hour-glass stand still remains near the pulpit in the church + of Ashby-Folville, in this county (Leicester). It is fixed to the wall + containing the staircase to the rood-loft.</p> + + <p>In the old church of Anstey, recently pulled down and rebuilt, was an + ancient hour-glass stand, consisting of a pillar of oak, about four feet + high, the top of which is surmounted by a light framework of wood for the + reception of the hour-glass. This specimen is preserved in the museum of + this town.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">William Kelly.</span></p> + + <p><i>Marriage of Cousins</i> (Vol. viii., p. 387.).—If there is + any foundation for such a statement as is contained in the Query of J. P. + relative to the marriage of cousins, it consists rather in the marriage + of first cousins once removed than of second cousins. It will be seen + that the latter relationship belongs to the same generation, but it is + not so with the former, which partakes more of the nature of uncle and + aunt with nephew and niece.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. Sloane Sloane-Evans.</span></p> + + <p>Cornworthy Vicarage, Totnes.</p> + + <p>There is no legal foundation for the statement that marriage with a + second cousin is valid, and with a first cousin invalid. The following + quotation from Burn's <i>Ecc. Law</i> by Phill., vol. ii. p. 449., will + probably be considered to explain the matter:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"By the civil law first cousins are allowed to marry, but by the canon + law both first and second cousins (in order to make dispensations more + frequent and necessary) are prohibited; therefore, when it is vulgarly + said that first cousins may marry, but second cousins cannot, probably + this arose by confounding these two laws, for first cousins may marry by + the civil law, and second cousins cannot by the canon law."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author">J. G.</p> + + <p class="address">Exon.</p> + + <p><i>Waugh, Bishop of Carlisle</i> (Vol. viii., p. 271.), was the son of + Thomas and Margaret Waugh, of Appleby, in Westmoreland; born there 2nd + February, 1655; educated at Appleby school; matriculated at Queen's + College, Oxford, 4th of April, 1679; took his degree of M.A. the 7th of + July, 1687; and elected Fellow on the 18th of January following. He + married Elizabeth, widow of the Rev. Mr. Fiddes, rector of Bridewell, in + Oxford, who was the only surviving child of John Machen, Esq., of + ——, in the county of Oxford, by whom he left son, John Waugh, + afterwards chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Karleolensis.</span></p> + + <p><i>Marriage Service</i> (Vol. viii., p. 150.).—I have been many + years in holy orders, and have always received the fee together with the + ring on the Prayer Book, as directed in the Rubric. The ring I return to + the bridegroom to place upon the bride's finger; the fee (or offering) I + deposit in the offertory basin, held for that purpose by the clerk, and + on going to the chancel (the marriage taking place in the body of the + church) lay it on the altar. Note.—In the parish in which I first + ministered, the marriages had always been commenced in the body of the + church, as directed; in the second parish in which I ministered, that + custom had only been broken by the present incumbent a few years + since.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">A Rector.</span></p> + + <p>I have seen the Rubric carried out in this particular, in St. Mary's + Church, Kidderminster.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Cuthbert Bede, B.A.</span></p> + + <p><i>Hoby, Family of</i> (Vol. viii., p. 243.).—In answer to <span + class="sc">Mr. J. B. Whitborne</span>, I beg to state that the Rev. Sir + Philip Hoby, Baronet, was in the early part of the last century + chancellor of the archdiocese of Dublin. He was an intimate friend of + Archbishop Cobbe, and there is a picture of him in canonicals at + Newbridge, co. Dublin.</p> + + <p class="author">T. C.</p> + + <p><i>Cambridge Graduates</i> (Vol. viii., p. 365.).—Your + correspondent will find a list of B.A.'s of Cambridge University from the + years 1500 to 1717 in Add. MS. 5885., British Museum.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Glaius.</span></p> + +<p><!-- Page 526 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page526"></a>{526}</span></p> + + <p><i>"I own I like not," &c.</i> (Vol. viii., p. 366.).—The + lines—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"I own like not Johnson's turgid style," &c.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>are by Peter Pindar, whose works I have not, and so cannot give an + exact reference. The extract containing them will be found in Chambers' + <i>Cyclopędia of English Literature</i>, vol. ii. p. 298.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">P. J. F. Gantillon, B.A.</span></p> + + <p><i>"Topsy Turvy"</i> (Vol. viii., p. 385.).—This is ludicrously + derived, in <i>Roland Cashel</i>, p. 104., from <i>top side t'other + way</i>.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">P. J. F. Gantillon, B.A.</span></p> + + <p><i>"When the Maggot bites"</i> (Vol. viii., pp. 244. 304. + 353.).—Another illustration of this phrase may be found in Swift + (Introduction to <i>Tale of a Tub</i>):</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The two principal qualifications (says he) of a fanatic preacher are, + his inward light, and his head full of <i>maggots</i>; and the two + different fates of his writings are to be burnt or worm-eaten."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The word <i>maggot</i> is sometimes used for the whim or crotchet + itself; thus Butler:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"To reconcile our late dissenters,</p> + <p>Our brethren though by different venters;</p> + <p>Unite them and their different <i>maggots</i>,</p> + <p>As long and short sticks are in faggots."—<i>Hudibras</i>, part <span class="scac">III.</span> canto 2.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>So also it is used by Samuel Wesley (father of the founder of the + Methodists) in his rare and facetious volume entitled <i>Maggots, or + Poems on several Subjects never before handled</i>, 12mo., 1685.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">William Bates.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Birmingham.</p> + + <p><i>"Salus populi," &c.</i> (Vol. viii., p. 410.).—The saying + "Salus populi supreme lex" is borrowed from the model law of Cicero, in + his treatise <i>de Legibus</i>, <span class="scac">III</span>. 3. It is + made one of the duties of the consuls, the supreme magistrates, to regard + the safety of the state as their highest rule of conduct:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Regio imperio duo sunto; iique pręeundo, judicando, consulendo + Prętores, Judices, Consules appellantor. Militię summum jus habento, + nemini parento: <i>ollis salus populi suprema lex esto</i>."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The allusion appears to be to the formula used by the senate for + conferring supreme power on the consuls in cases of emergency: "Dare + operam, ne quid respublica detrimenti caperet." (See Sallust, <i>Bell. + Cat.</i> c. 29.)</p> + + <p class="author">L.</p> + + <p>Aristotle regards the safety of the citizens as the great end of law + (see his <i>Ethics</i>, b. <span class="scac">I</span>. ch. 4.); and + Cicero (<i>de Finibus</i>, lib. ii. c. 5.) lays down a similar + principle.</p> + + <p class="author">B. H. C.</p> + + <p><i>Theodoro Paleologus</i> (Vol. viii., p. 408.).—The + inscription referred to was printed in <i>Archęologia</i>, vol. xviii., + and with some account of the Paleologi to which a Querist was referred in + "N. & Q.," Vol. v., p. 280. (see also pp. 173. 357.). It is + astonishing how much will be found in that "Californian mine," if the + most excellent indices of the several volumes are only consulted. Your + correspondent could in the present case have pointed out the errors of + the inscription already in print had the indices to "N. & Q." + attracted him.</p> + + <p class="author">J.</p> + + <p><i>Worm in Books</i> (Vol. viii., p. 412).—In reply to <span + class="sc">Alethes</span> I beg to acquaint him that I have tried various + means for destroying the worm in old books and MSS., and the most + effectual has been the chips of Russia leather; indeed, in but one + instance have I known them fail.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Newburiensis.</span></p> + + <p><i>The Porter Family</i> (Vol. viii., p. 364.).—1. The reason of + the word <i>Agincourt</i> being placed above the inscription in Bristol + Cathedral is, that the Porter family were descendants of Sir William + Porter who fought at Agincourt.</p> + + <p>2. Charles Lempriere Porter was the son of Dr. Porter.</p> + + <p>3. This family was descended from Endymion Porter of classic and loyal + memory.<a name="footnotetag3" href="#footnote3"><sup>[3]</sup></a></p> + + <p class="author">J. R. W.</p> + + <p class="address">Bristol.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote3"></a><b>Footnote 3:</b><a + href="#footnotetag3">(return)</a> + <p>[The biographical notices of Endymion Porter are extremely scanty. Can + our correspondent furnish any particulars respecting him?—<span + class="sc">Ed.</span>]</p> + +</div> + <p><i>Buckle</i> (Vol. viii., p. 304.).—This word is in common use + by the artizans who work upon sheet-iron, to denote the curl which a + sheet of iron acquires in passing through a pair of rollers. The word has + been derived from the French <i>boucle</i>, a curl. The shoe-buckle has + got its name from its curved form. In the days in which every man in this + country, who was in easy circumstances, wore a wig, it was well known + that to put a wig in <i>buckle</i>, meant to arrange its curls in due + form.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"When Hopkins dies, a thousand lights attend</p> + <p>The wretch, who living sav'd a candle's end:</p> + <p>Should'ring God's altar a vile image stands,</p> + <p>Belies his features, nay, extends his hands;</p> + <p>That live-long wig which Gorgon's self might own,</p> + <p>Eternal <i>buckle</i> takes in Parian stone."—Pope, <i>Moral Essays</i>, Epistle <span class="scac">III</span>.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author">N. W. S.</p> + + <p><i>The "Forlorn Hope"</i> (Vol. viii., p. 411.).—This is no + quotation; but the expression arose in the army from its leader or + captain, who, being often a disappointed man, or one indifferent to + consequences, now ran the "forlorn hope" either of ending his days or + obtaining a tomb in Westminster Abbey. From the captain, after a time, + the term descended to all the little gallant band. In no part of our + community will you find such <!-- Page 527 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page527"></a>{527}</span>meaning expressions (often very slang + ones) used as in the army. A lady, without hearing anything to shock + "ears polite," might listen to the talk of a mess table, and be unable to + understand clearly in what the conversation consisted. "He is gone to the + bad"—meaning, he is ruined. "A wigging from the office" (a very + favourite expression)—a reprimand from the colonel. "Wigging" + naturally arising from tearing the hair in anger or sorrow, and the + office of course substituting the place from whence it comes for the + person who sent it. Besides may others, <i>quę nunc</i>, &c.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">A Dragoon.</span></p> + + <p><i>Nightingale and Thorn</i> (Vol. iv., p. 175., &c.).—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"If I had but a pottle of sack, like a sharp prickle,</p> + <p>To knock my nose against when I am nodding,</p> + <p>I should sing like a nightingale."—Fletcher, <i>The Lover's Progress</i>, Act III. Sc. 2.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. J. Bernhard Smith.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Temple.</p> + + <p><i>Burial in Unconsecrated Ground</i> (Vol. vi., p. 448.; Vol. viii., + p. 43.).—The following curious entry occurs in the parish register + of Pimperne, Dorset:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Anno 1627. Vicesimo quinto Octobris.</p> + </div> + </div> +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Peregrinus quidam tempore pestes in communi campo mortuus eodem loco + quo inventus sepultus."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>There was a pestilence in England in 1625. In 1628 sixteen thousand + persons died of the plague at Lyons.</p> + + <p class="author">W. E.</p> + + <p>I do not know whether the case recorded in <i>London Labour and the + London Poor</i>, vol. i. p. 411.—by the way, is that work ever to + be completed, and how far has it gone?—of a man buried at the top + of a house at Foot's Cray, in Kent, has been noticed by any + correspondent.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">P. J. F. Gantillon, B.A.</span></p> + + <p><i>Sangaree</i> (Vol. iii., p. 141.).—I take it that the word + ought to be spelled <i>sansgris</i>, being derived from the French words + <i>sans</i>, without, and <i>gris</i>, tipsy, meaning a beverage that + would not make tipsy. I have been a good deal in the French island of + Martinique, and they use the term frequently in this sense as applied to + a beverage made of white wine ("Vin de Grave"), syrup, water, and nutmeg + with a small piece of fresh lime-skin hanging over the edge of the glass. + A native of Martinique gave me this as the derivation of the word. The + beverage ought not to be stirred after the nutmeg is put in it, as the + fastidious say it would spoil the flavour.</p> + + <p class="author">T. B.</p> + + <p><i>Point of Etiquette</i> (Vol. viii., p. 386.).—The title + <i>Miss</i>, without the Christian name, belongs to the eldest unmarried + daughter of the representative of the family only. If he have lost his + own children, his brother is <i>heir presumptive</i> merely to the family + honours; and can neither assume nor give to his daughter the titles to + which they are only expectants. The matter becomes evident, if you test + the rule by a peerage instead of a squirage. Even the eldest daughter of + a baronet or landed gentleman loses her title of Miss, when her brother + succeeds to the representation, provided he have a daughter to claim the + title.</p> + + <p class="author">P. P.</p> + + <p><i>Etymology of "Monk" and "Till," &c.</i> (Vol. viii., pp. 291. + 409.).—Will you allow me one word on these two cases? <i>Monk</i> + is manifestly a Greek formative from <span title="monos" class="grk" + >μονος</span>, and denotes a + <i>solitaire</i>.</p> + + <p>The proposed derivation of <i>till</i>, from <i>to-while</i>, is not + new; but still clearly mistaken, inasmuch as the word <i>till</i> is + found in Scotch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and others of the family. A + word thus compounded would be of less general use. Besides which, + <i>to-while</i> would scarcely produce such a form as <i>till</i>; it + would rather change the <i>t</i> into an aspirate, which would appear as + <i>th</i>.</p> + + <p class="author">B. H. C.</p> + + <p><i>Forrell</i> (Vol. vii., p. 630.).—Your correspondent <span + class="sc">T. Hughes</span> derives this word (applied in Devonshire, as + he tells us, to the cover of book) from <i>forrell</i>, "a term still + used by the trade to signify an inferior kind of vellum." Is it not more + natural to suppose it to be the same word which the French have made + <i>fourreau</i>, a cover or sheath? (See Du Cange, vv. <i>Forellus, + Forrellus</i>.)</p> + + <p class="author">J. H. 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The present volume contains a very elaborate index, + which, <!-- Page 528 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page528"></a>{528}</span>combined with the analytical tables of + contents, give to the entire series all the usefulness of a compendious + encyclopędia of natural philosophy and astronomy.</p> + + <p><i>Willich's Income Tax Tables, Fourth Edition, 1853-1860</i>, price + <i>One Florin</i>, show at one view the amount of duty at the various + rates fixed by the late act, and are accompanied by a variety of + statistical information, tending to show that the wealth of the nation + has increased in as great, if not a greater, ratio, than the population. + The price at which the work is issued serves to lead our attention to a + little pamphlet, published at sixpence, or 25 <i>mils</i>, by Mr. Robert + Mears, entitled <i>Decimal Coinage Tables for simplifying and + facilitating the Introduction of the proposed new Coinage</i>.</p> + + <p><i>The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus + Vitalis, translated with Notes, and the Introduction of Guizot</i>, by + Thomas Forrester, M.A. Vol. I., is a new volume of the interesting Series + of Translations of the early <i>Church Historians of England</i> + publishing by Mr. Bohn, to which we propose calling the especial + attention of our readers at some future period. 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