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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 82, May 24, 1851 + A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, + Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc + +Author: Various + +Editor: George Bell + +Release Date: March 11, 2009 [EBook #28311] + +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> + +<p><!-- Page 401 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page401"></a>{401}</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. 82.</b></p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:center; width:50%"> + <p><b><span class="sc">Saturday, May 24. 1851.</span></b></p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right; width:25%"> + <p><b>Price Threepence.<br />Stamped Edition 4<i>d.</i></b></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<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>Note upon a Passage in "Measure for Measure"</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page401">401</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Rhyming Latin Version of the Song on Robin Goodfellow, by S. W. + Singer</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page402">402</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Folk Lore:—Devonshire Folk Lore: 1. Storms from Conjuring; + 2. The Heath-hounds; 3. Cock scares the Fiend; 4. Cranmere + Pool—St. Uncumber and the offering of Oats—"Similia + similibus curantur"—Cure of large Neck</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page404">404</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Dibdin's Library Companion</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page405">405</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Minor Notes:—A Note on Dress—Curious Omen at + Marriage—Ventriloquist Hoax—Barker, the original Panorama + Painter</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page406">406</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>Minor Queries:—Vegetable Sympathy—Court + Dress—Dieu et mon Droit—Cachecope Bell—The Image of + both Churches—Double Names—"If this fair Flower," + &c.—Hugh Peachell—Sir John Marsham—Legend + represented in Frettenham Church—King of Nineveh burns himself + in his Palace—Butchers not Jurymen—Redwing's + Nest—Earth thrown upon the Coffin—Family of + Rowe—Portus Canum—Arms of Sir John Davies—William + Penn—Who were the Writers in the North Briton?</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page407">407</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Minor Queries Answered</span>:—"Many a + Word"—Roman Catholic Church—Tick—Hylles' + Arithmetic</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page409">409</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>Villenage</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page410">410</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Maclean not Junius</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page411">411</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Replies to Minor Queries:—The Ten Commandments—Mounds, + Munts, Mounts—San Graal—Epitaph on the Countess of + Pembroke</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page412">412</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Miscellaneous</span>:—</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page414">414</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="#page414">414</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Notices to Correspondents</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page414">414</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Advertisements</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page415">415</a></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Notes.</h2> + +<h3>NOTE UPON A PASSAGE IN "MEASURE FOR +MEASURE."</h3> + + <p>The Third Act of <i>Measure for Measure</i> opens with Isabella's + visit to her brother (Claudio) in the dungeon, where he lies under + sentence of death. In accordance with Claudio's earnest entreaty, she has + sued for mercy to Angelo, the sanctimonious deputy, and in the course of + her allusion to the only terms upon which Angelo is willing to remit the + sentence, she informs him that he "must die," and then continues:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i8hg3">"This outward-sainted deputy,—</p> + <p>Whose settled visage and deliberate word</p> + <p>Nips youth i' the head, and follies doth emmew,</p> + <p>As falcon doth the fowl,—is yet a devil;</p> + <p>His filth within being cast, he would appear</p> + <p>A pond as deep as hell."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>Whereupon (according to the reading of the folio of 1623) Claudio, who + is aware of Angelo's reputation for sanctity, exclaims in + astonishment:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"The <i>prenzie</i> Angelo?"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>To which Isabella replies (according to the reading of the same + edition):</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"O, 'tis the cunning livery of hell,</p> + <p>The damned'st body to invest and cover</p> + <p>In <i>prenzie</i> guards! Dost thou think, Claudio,</p> + <p>If I would yield him my virginity,</p> + <p>Thou might'st be freed?"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>Claudio, still incredulous, rejoins:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"O, heavens! it cannot be."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>The word <i>prenzie</i> has given rise to much annotation, and it + seems to be universally agreed that the word is a misprint. The question + is, what was the word actually written, or intended, by Shakspeare? + Steevens and Malone suggested "princely;" Warburton, "priestly;" and + Tieck, "precise." Mr. Knight adopts "precise," the reading of Tieck, and + thinks "that, having to choose some word which would have the double + merit of agreeing with the sense of the passage and be similar in the + number and form of the letters, nothing can be more unfortunate than the + correction of "princely;" Mr. Collier, on the other hand, follows + Steevens and Malone, and reads "princely," observing the Tieck's reading + ("precise") "sounds ill as regards the metre, the accent falling on the + wrong syllable. Mr. Collier's choice is determined by the + <i>authority</i> of the second folio, which he considers ought to have + considerable weight, whilst Mr. Knight regards the authority of that + edition as very trifling; and the only point of agreement between the two + distinguished recent editors is with respect to Warburton's word + "priestly," which they both seem to think nearly conveys the meaning of + the poet.</p> + + <p>I have over and over again considered the several emendations which + have been suggested, and it seems to me that none of them answer all the + necessary conditions; namely, that the word adopted shall be (1.) + suitable to the reputed character of Angelo; (2.) an appropriate epithet + to the word "guards," in the reply of Isabella above quoted; (3.) of the + proper metre in both <!-- Page 402 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page402"></a>{402}</span>places in which the misprint occurred; and + (4.) similar in appearance to the word "prenzie." "Princely" does not + agree with the sense or spirit of the particular passage; for it is + extremely improbable that Claudio, when confined under sentence of death + for an absurd and insufficient cause, would use a term of mere compliment + to the man by whom he had been doomed. "Precise" and "priestly" are both + far better than "princely;" but "precise" is wholly unsuited to the metre + in both places, and "priestly" points too much to a special character to + be appropriate to Angelo's office and position. It may also be remarked, + that both "princely" and "priestly" differ from the number and form of + the letters contained in "prenzie."</p> + + <p>The word which I venture to suggest is "<span + class="sc">Pensive</span>," a word particularly applicable to a person of + saintly habits, and which is so applied by Milton in "Il Penseroso:"</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Come, pensive nun, devout and pure,</p> + <p>Sober, stedfast, and demure."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>The word "pensive" is stated by Dr. Johnson to mean "sorrowfully + thoughtful, sorrowfully serious," or melancholy; and that such epithets + are appropriate to the reputed character of Angelo will be seen from the + following extracts:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"I implore her, in my service, that she make friends</p> + <p>To the strict deputy."—<i>Claudio</i>, Act I. Sc. 3.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"I have deliver'd to Lord Angelo,</p> + <p>A man of stricture, and firm abstinence."—<i>Duke</i>, Act I. Sc. 4.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i8hg3">"Lord Angelo is precise;</p> + <p>Stands at a guard with envy; scarce confesses</p> + <p>That his blood flows, or that his appetite</p> + <p>Is more to bread than stone."—<i>Duke</i>, Act I. Sc. 4.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i8hg3">"A man, whose blood</p> + <p>Is very snow-broth; one who never feels</p> + <p>The wanton stings and motions of the sense,</p> + <p>But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge</p> + <p>With profits of the mind, study and fast."—<i>Lucio</i>, Act I. Sc. 5.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>See also Angelo's portraiture of himself in the soliloquy at the + commencement of Act II. Sc. 4.:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i8hg3">"My gravity,</p> + <p>Wherein (let no man hear me) I take pride,</p> + <p>Could I, with boot, change for an idle plume</p> + <p>Which the air beats for vain."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>And, lastly, the passage immediately under consideration:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i8hg3">"This outward-sainted deputy,</p> + <p>Whose settled visage and deliberate word,</p> + <p>Nips youth i' the head, and follies doth emmew."—<i>Isabella</i>, Act III. Sc. 1.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>Thus much as to the propriety of the word "pensive," in relation to + the reputed character of Angelo.</p> + + <p>The next question is, whether the word "pensive" is an appropriate + epithet to the word "guards." If Messrs. Knight and Collier are correct + in construing "guards" to mean the "trimmings or border of robe," this + question must be answered in the negative. But it appears to me that they + are in error, and that the true meaning of the word "guards," in this + particular passage, is "outward appearances," as suggested by Monck + Mason; and, consequently, that the expression "pensive guards" means a + grave or sanctified countenance or demeanour—"the settled visage + and deliberate word" which "nips youth i' the head, and follies doth + emmew."</p> + + <p>It requires no argument to establish that the word "pensive" is + suitable to the metre in both places in which the misprint occurred and + it is equally clear that "prenzie" and "pensive" in manuscript are so + similar, both in the number, form, and character of the letters, that the + one might easily be printed for the other. The two words also have a + certain resemblance, in point of sound; and if the word "pensive" be not + very distinctly pronounced, the mistake might be made by a scribe writing + from dictation.</p> + + <p>Referring to Mrs. Cowden Clarke's admirable concordance of Shakspeare, + it appears that the word "pensive" is used by Shakspeare in the + <i>text</i> of his plays twice; namely, in <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>, Act + IV. Sc. 1., where Friar Laurence addresses Juliet thus:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"My leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>and again, in the Third Part of <i>Henry VI</i>., Act IV. Sc. 1., + where Clarence is thus addressed by King Edward upon the subject of his + marriage with the Lady Grey:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Now, brother Clarence, how like you our choice,</p> + <p>That you stand pensive, as half mal-content?"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>I also find that, according to the stage directions (both ancient and + modern) of Act II. Sc 2. of <i>Henry VIII</i>. (see Collier's + <i>Shakspeare</i>, vol. v. p. 534., <i>note</i>), the king is described + to be found "reading pensively," at a moment when he is meditating his + divorce from Katharine of Arragon, not "because the marriage of his + brother's wife had crept too near his conscience," but "because his + conscience had crept too near another lady."</p> + + <p>I might extend the argument by further observations upon the reference + last cited, but not without risk of losing all chance of a place in + "<span class="sc">Notes and Queries</span>."</p> + + <p>Query, Whether pen<i>s</i>ive was ever written or printed + pen<i>z</i>ive in Shakspeare's time? If so, that word would bear a still + closer resemblance to "prenzie."</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Leges.</span></p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>RHYMING LATIN VERSION OF THE SONG ON ROBIN +GOODFELLOW.</h3> + + <p>In the same MS. from which I extracted Braithwait's Latin Drinking + Song, the following version <!-- Page 403 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page403"></a>{403}</span>of the well-known song on Robin Goodfellow + occurs. It is apparently by the same hand. I give the English, as it + contains but six stanzas, and affords some variations from the copy + printed by Percy; and indeed one stanza not given by him. Peck attributes + the song to Ben Jonson, but we know not on what foundation. It must be + confessed that internal evidence is against it. The publication of + Percy's <i>Reliques</i> had a no less beneficial influence on the + literature of Germany than it had on our own; and Voss had given an + admirable version of nine stanzas of this song as early as the year 1793. + The first stanza will afford some notion of his manner:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i1hg3">"Von Oberon in Feenland,</p> + <p class="i1">Dem Könige der Geister,</p> + <p>Komm' ich, Knecht Robert, abgesandt,</p> + <p class="i1">Von meinem Herrn und Meister.</p> + <p class="i2">Als Kobolt und Pux,</p> + <p class="i2">Wohlkundig des Spuks,</p> + <p class="i1">Durchschwarm' ich Nacht vor Nacht.</p> + <p class="i2">Jezt misch' ich mich ein</p> + <p class="i2">Zum polternden Reihn,</p> + <p class="i1">Wohlauf, ihr alle, gelacht, gelacht!"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>Although the classic ear may be offended by the "barbarous adjunct of + rhyme," and by the solecisms and false quantities which sometimes occur, + "et alia multa damna atque outragia," others may be amused with these + emulations of the cloistered muse of the Middle Ages. The witty author of + <i>Whistlecraft</i> has shown that he had a true relish for them, and has + successfully tried his hand, observing at the same time:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Those monks were poor proficients in divinity,</p> + <p class="i1">And scarce knew more of Latin than myself;</p> + <p>Compar'd with theirs, they say that true Latinity</p> + <p class="i1">Appears like porcelain compar'd with delf."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>Honest Barnaby had no intention of rivalling Horace: his humbler, but + not less amusing, prototypes were Walter de Mapes and his cotemporaries. + We may accept his own defence, if any is needed:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"That paltry Patcher is a bald translator,</p> + <p>Whose awl bores at the <i>words</i> but not the matter;</p> + <p>But this <span class="scac">TRANSLATOR</span> makes good use of leather,</p> + <p>By stitching <i>rhyme</i> and <i>reason</i> both together."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">S. W. Singer.</span></p> + +<p class="cenhead">A SONG ON ROBIN GOODFELLOW.</p> + + <div class="contents"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"From Oberon in faery-land,</p> + <p>The king of ghosts and goblins there,</p> + <p>Mad Robin I, at his command,</p> + <p>Am sent to view the night-sports here.</p> + <p>What revel rout is here about,</p> + <p>In every corner where I go;</p> + <p>I will it see, and merry be,</p> + <p>And make good sport with ho, ho, ho!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"As swift as lightning I do fly</p> + <p>Amidst the aery welkin soon,</p> + <p>And, in a minute's space, descry</p> + <p>What things are done below the moon.</p> + <p>There's neither hag nor spirit shall wag,</p> + <p>In any corner where I go;</p> + <p>But Robin I, their feats will spy,</p> + <p>And make good sport with ho, ho, ho!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Sometimes you find me like a man,</p> + <p>Sometimes a hawk, sometimes a hound,</p> + <p>Then to a horse me turn I can,</p> + <p>And trip and troll about you round:</p> + <p>But if you stride my back to ride,</p> + <p>As swift as air I with you go,</p> + <p>O'er hedge, o'er lands, o'er pool, o'er ponds,</p> + <p>I run out laughing ho, ho, ho!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"When lads and lasses merry be,</p> + <p>With possets and with junkets fine;</p> + <p>Unknown to all the company,</p> + <p>I eat their cake and drink their wine;</p> + <p>Then to make sport, I snore and snort,</p> + <p>And all the candles out I blow;</p> + <p>The maids I kiss; they ask who's this?</p> + <p>I answer, laughing, ho, ho, ho!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"If that my fellow elf and I</p> + <p>In circle dance do trip it round,</p> + <p>And if we chance, by any eye</p> + <p>There present, to be seen or found,</p> + <p>Then if that they do speak or say,</p> + <p>But mummes continue as they go,<a name="footnotetag1" href="#footnote1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></p> + <p>Then night by night I them affright,</p> + <p>With pinches, dreams, and ho, ho, ho!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Since hag-bred Merlin's time have I</p> + <p>Continued night-sports to and fro,</p> + <p>That, for my pranks, men call me by</p> + <p>The name of Robin Goodfellow.</p> + <p>There's neither hag nor spirit doth wag,</p> + <p>The fiends and goblins do me know;</p> + <p>And beldames old my tales have told;</p> + <p>Sing Vale, Vale, ho, ho, ho!"</p> + </div> + </div> + +<p class="cenhead"><i>The Latine of the foregoing verses</i>.</p> + + <div class="contents"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Ab Oberone lemurum</p> + <p>Cœmetriorum regulo,</p> + <p>Spectator veni lubricum,</p> + <p>Illius jussu, Robbio;</p> + <p>Quodcunque joci, sit hic loci,</p> + <p>Quocunque vado in angulo,</p> + <p>Id speculabor, et conjocabor,</p> + <p>Sonorem boans, ho, ho, ho!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Præceps feror per aerem</p> + <p>Telo trisulco citius,</p> + <p>Et translunaria penetrem</p> + <p>Momento brevi ocyus;</p> + <p>Larvatus frater non vagatur</p> + <p>Quocunque vado in angulo,</p> + <p>Nam Robbio, huic obvio,</p> + <p>Et facta exploro, ho, ho, ho!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Nunc canis nunc accipiter,</p> + <p>Et homo nunc obambulo,</p> + <p>Nunc equi forma induor</p> + <p>Et levis circumcursito;</p> +<!-- Page 404 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page404"></a>{404}</span> + <p>Si quis me prendat, et ascendat,</p> + <p>Velocius aurâ rapio,</p> + <p>Per prata, montes, vada, fontes,</p> + <p>Risumque tollo, ho, ho, ho!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Cum juvenes convivio</p> + <p>Admiscent se puellulis,</p> + <p>Ignotus vinum haurio</p> + <p>Et impleor bellariis;</p> + <p>Tunc sterto, strepo, et dum crepo,</p> + <p>Lucernam flatu adventillo,</p> + <p>Hæc basiatur; hic quis? clamatur,</p> + <p>Cachinnans reddo, ho, ho, ho!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Si quando cum consorte larva</p> + <p>In circulum tripudio,</p> + <p>Et observemur nos per arva</p> + <p>Acutiori oculo;</p> + <p>Et si spectator eloquatur</p> + <p>Nec os obhæret digito,</p> + <p>Nocte terremus et torquemus</p> + <p>Ungue spectris, ho, ho, ho!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Post incubiginam Merlinum</p> + <p>Nocturni feci ludicra,</p> + <p>Et combibonem me Robbinum</p> + <p>Vocent ob jocularia,</p> + <p>Me dæmones, me lemures,</p> + <p>Me novite tenebrio,</p> + <p>Decantant me veneficæ;</p> + <p>Vale! Valete! ho, ho, ho!"</p> + </div> + </div> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1:</b><a + href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + <p>This line is distinctly so written. We should probably read <i>or</i> + instead of <i>but</i>. <i>Mummes</i> may mean <i>mumbling</i>, + muttering.</p> + +</div> +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>FOLK LORE.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">DEVONSHIRE FOLK LORE.</p> + + <p>1. <i>Storms from Conjuring</i>.—A common Devonshire remark on + the rising of a storm is, "Ah! there is a conjuring going on somewhere." + The following illustration was told me by an old inhabitant of this + parish. In the parish of St. Mary Tavy is a spot called "Steven's grave," + from a suicide said to have been buried there. His spirit proving + troublesome to the neighbourhood, was laid by a former curate on Sunday + after afternoon service. A man who accompanied the clergyman on the way + was told by him to make haste home, as a storm was coming. The man + hurried away home; but though the afternoon had previously been very + fine, he had scarcely reached his door before a violent thunderstorm came + to verify the clergyman's words.</p> + + <p>2. <i>The Heath-hounds</i>.—The <i>brutende heer</i> are + sometimes heard near Dartmoor, and are known by the appellation of + "Heath-hounds." They were heard in the parish of St. Mary Tavy several + years ago by an old man called Roger Burn: he was working in the fields, + when he suddenly heard the baying of the hounds, the shouts and horn of + the huntsman, and the smacking of his whip. This last point the old man + quoted as at once settling the question. "How could I be mistaken? why I + heard the very smacking of his whip."</p> + + <p>3. <i>Cock scares the Fiend</i>.—Mr. N. was a Devonshire squire + who had been so unfortunate as to sell his soul to the devil, with the + condition that after his funeral the fiend should take possession of his + skin. He had also persuaded a neighbour to undertake to be present on the + occasion of the flaying. On the death of Mr. N., this man went in a state + of great alarm to the parson of the parish, and asked his advice. By him + he was told to fulfil his engagement, but he must be sure and carry a + cock into the church with him. On the night after the funeral, the man + proceeded to the church armed with the cock; and, as an additional + security, took up his position in the parson's pew. At twelve o'clock the + devil arrived, opened the grave, took the corpse from the coffin and + flayed it. When the operation was concluded, he held the skin up before + him, and remarked: "Well! 'twas not worth coming for after all, for it is + all full of holes!" As he said this, the cock crew; whereupon the fiend, + turning round to the man, exclaimed: "If it had not been for the bird you + have got there under your arm, I would have your skin too." But, thanks + to the cock, the man got home safe again.</p> + + <p>4. <i>Cranmere Pool</i>.—Cranmere Pool, in the centre of + Dartmoor, is a great penal settlement for refractory spirits. Many of the + former inhabitants of this parish are still there expiating their ghostly + pranks. An old farmer was so troublesome to his survivors as to require + seven clergymen to secure him. By their means, however, he was + transformed into a colt; and a servant boy was directed to take him to + Cranmere Pool. On arriving at the brink of the pool, he was to take off + the halter, and return instantly without looking round. Curiosity proving + too powerful, he turned his head to see what was going on, when he beheld + the colt plunge into the lake in the form of a ball of fire. Before doing + so, however, he gave the lad a parting salute in the form of a kick, + which knocked out one of his eyes.</p> + + <p class="author">J. M. (4.)</p> + + <p class="address">St. Mary Tavy, May 5. 1851.</p> + + <p><i>St. Uncumber and the offering of Oats</i> (Vol. ii., pp. 286. 342. + 381.).—A further illustration of this custom is found in the legend + of St. Rhadegund, or at least in the metrical version of it, which is + commonly ascribed to Henry Bradshaw. A copy of this very scarce poem, + from the press of Pynson, is preserved in the library of Jesus College, + Cambridge. We there read as follows:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Among all myracles after our intelligence</p> + <p class="i1">Which Radegunde shewed by her humilite,</p> + <p>One is moost vsuall had in experience</p> + <p class="i1">Among the common people noted with hert fre</p> + <p><i>By offeryng of otes</i> after theyr degre</p> + <p class="i1">At her holy aulters where myracles in sight</p> + <p class="i1">Dayly haue be done by grace day and nyght.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> +<!-- Page 405 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page405"></a>{405}</span> + <p class="hg3">"<i>By oblacion of othes</i>, halt lame and blynde</p> + <p class="i1">Hath ben restored vnto prosperite;</p> + <p>Dombe men to speke aboue cours of kynde</p> + <p class="i1">Sickemen delyuered from payne and miserie,</p> + <p class="i1">Maydens hath kept theyr pure virginite,</p> + <p class="i1">Wyddowes defended from greuous oppression,</p> + <p class="i1">And clarkes exalted by her to promocion."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>It is also remarkable that a <i>reason</i> exists in the story of this + saint for the choice of so strange an offering. As she was escaping from + her husband, a crop of <i>oats</i> sprang up miraculously, to testify in + her behalf, and to silence the messengers who had been sent to turn her + from her purpose.</p> + + <p>On this account is there not room for the conjecture that <i>St. + Rhadegund</i> is the original St. Uncumber, and that the custom of + offering oats at Poules, when a wife was weary of her husband, is + traceable to the story of the French queen, who died in 587.</p> + + <p class="author">C. H.</p> + + <p class="address">St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge.</p> + + <p>"<i>Similia similibus curantur</i>."—The list proposed by <span + class="sc">Mr. James Buckman</span> (Vol. iii., p. 320.) of "old wives' + remedies," based on the above principle, would, I imagine, be of endless + length; but the following extract from the <i>Herbal</i> of Sir John + Hill, M.D., "Fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Bordeaux," + published in 1789, will show at how late a period such notions have been + entertained by men of education and even scientific + attainment:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"It is to be observed that nature seems to have set her stamp upon + several herbs, which have the virtue to stop bleedings; this [cranesbill] + and the tutsan, the two best remedies the fields afford for outward and + inward bleedings, become all over as red as blood at a certain + season."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Seleucus.</span></p> + + <p><i>Cure of large Neck</i>.—I send you two remedies in use here + for the cure of a common complaint, called "large neck." Perhaps they may + be worthy of a place in your "Folk Lore."</p> + + <p>A common snake, held by its head and tail, is slowly drawn, by some + one standing by, nine times across the front part of the neck of the + person affected, the reptile being allowed, after every third time, to + crawl about for a while. Afterwards the snake is put alive into a bottle, + which is corked tightly and then buried in the ground. The tradition is, + that as the snake decays the swelling vanishes.</p> + + <p>The second mode of treatment is just the same as the above, with the + exception of the snake's doom. In this case it is killed, and its skin, + sewn in a piece of silk, is worn round the diseased neck. By degrees the + swelling in this case also disappears.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Rovert.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Withyam, Sussex.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>DIBDIN'S LIBRARY COMPANION.</h3> + + <p>A few days since the writer was musing over the treasures of one of + the most amiable of the bibliographical brotherhood, when his eye rested + on a document endorsed with the following mysterious notification: "A + Squib for Dibdin, to be let off on the next Fifth of November." What in + the name of Guido Fawkes have we here! Thinking that the explosion in + "<span class="sc">Notes and Queries</span>" would do no harm, but perhaps + some good, a note was kindly permitted to be taken of it for that + publication. It was evidently written soon after the appearance of the + <i>Library Companion.</i></p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"<i>Sundry Errors discovered in the Library Companion, recently put + forth by the Rev. T. F. Dibdin</i>, F.R.S., A.S. This work exhibits the + most extraordinary instance of gross negligence that has appeared since + the discovery of the profitable art of book-making. In two notes (pp. 37, + 38.), comprised in twelve lines, occur <i>fifteen</i> remarkable + blunders, such as any intelligent bookseller could, without much trouble, + have corrected for the Rev. and learned author.</p> + + <p>"Henry's <i>Exposition of the Old and New Testaments</i> first + appeared collectively in 1710<a name="footnotetag2" + href="#footnote2"><sup>[2]</sup></a>, five<a name="footnotetag3" + href="#footnote3"><sup>[3]</sup></a> vols. folio; but the recent edition + of 1810<a name="footnotetag4" href="#footnote4"><sup>[4]</sup></a>, in + six vols. 4to., is the best<a name="footnotetag5" + href="#footnote5"><sup>[5]</sup></a>, as the last volume contains<a + name="footnotetag6" href="#footnote6"><sup>[6]</sup></a> additional + matter from the author's MSS. left at his decease.—Dr. Gill's + <i>Exposition of the New Testament</i> was published in 1746, &c., + three vols. folio; of the Old, in 1748<a name="footnotetag7" + href="#footnote7"><sup>[7]</sup></a>, &c., nine<a name="footnotetag8" + href="#footnote8"><sup>[8]</sup></a> vols. folio; but the work advancing + in reputation and price, became rare, so as to induce Mr. Bagster<a + name="footnotetag9" href="#footnote9"><sup>[9]</sup></a> to put forth a + new edition of the whole, in ten<a name="footnotetag10" + href="#footnote10"><sup>[10]</sup></a> vols. 4to. I recommend the + annotations of Gill to every theological collector, and those who have + the quarto edition will probably feel disposed to purchase Gill's <i>Body + of Practical</i><a name="footnotetag11" + href="#footnote11"><sup>[11]</sup></a> <i>Divinity</i>, containing<a + name="footnotetag12" href="#footnote12"><sup>[12]</sup></a> some account + of his life, writings, and character, in two<a name="footnotetag13" + href="#footnote13"><sup>[13]</sup></a> volumes 4to. 1773.<a + name="footnotetag14" href="#footnote14"><sup>[14]</sup></a> These two<a + name="footnotetag15" href="#footnote15"><sup>[15]</sup></a> volumes are + worth about 1<i>l.</i> 15<i>s.</i><a name="footnotetag16" + href="#footnote16"><sup>[16]</sup></a>"</p> + +</blockquote> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote2"></a><b>Footnote 2:</b><a + href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + <p>Instead of 1710, read 1707.</p> + + <a name="footnote3"></a><b>Footnote 3:</b><a + href="#footnotetag3">(return)</a> + <p>This edition is in <i>six</i> volumes.</p> + + <a name="footnote4"></a><b>Footnote 4:</b><a + href="#footnotetag4">(return)</a> + <p>It bears the date of 1811.</p> + + <a name="footnote5"></a><b>Footnote 5:</b><a + href="#footnotetag5">(return)</a> + <p>The best edition of Henry's <i>Commentary</i> was elegantly printed by + Knapton, in 5 vols. folio, 1761, known as the fifth edition.</p> + + <a name="footnote6"></a><b>Footnote 6:</b><a + href="#footnotetag6">(return)</a> + <p>This new edition is respectable, except the plates, which had been + well worn in Bowyer's <i>Cabinet Bible</i>. The <i>Commentary</i> is + printed verbatim from the former editions, and has <i>no</i> additional + matter from the author's MSS. left at his decease; no mention of anything + of the kind is made in the title, preface, or advertisement, until Mr. + Dibdin so marvellously brought it to light: upon what authority he makes + the assertion remains a mystery. A very considerable number of sets + remain unsold in the warehouse of a certain great bookseller. + <i>Query</i>. Was the Rev. gentleman's pen dipped in gold when he wrote + this puff direct?</p> + + <a name="footnote7"></a><b>Footnote 7:</b><a + href="#footnotetag7">(return)</a> + <p>Not 1748, &c.: it first appeared in 1763, &c.</p> + + <a name="footnote8"></a><b>Footnote 8:</b><a + href="#footnotetag8">(return)</a> + <p>Nine volumes folio should be <i>six</i> volumes folio.</p> + + <a name="footnote9"></a><b>Footnote 9:</b><a + href="#footnotetag9">(return)</a> + <p>It was not Mr. Bagster, but Messrs. Mathews and Leigh of the Strand, + who put forth the new edition of Dr. Gill's <i>Exposition</i>.</p> + + <a name="footnote10"></a><b>Footnote 10:</b><a + href="#footnotetag10">(return)</a> + <p>It was completed in <i>nine</i> vols. 4to.</p> + + <a name="footnote11"></a><b>Footnote 11:</b><a + href="#footnotetag11">(return)</a> + <p>The title is <i>A Body of Doctrinal Divinity</i>.</p> + + <a name="footnote12"></a><b>Footnote 12:</b><a + href="#footnotetag12">(return)</a> + <p>Dr. Gill's <i>Body of Divinity</i> was published by <i>himself</i>, + and has no account of his life, writings, and character.</p> + + <a name="footnote13"></a><b>Footnote 13:</b><a + href="#footnotetag13">(return)</a> + <p>It was in <i>three</i> vols. 4to, not in two.</p> + + <a name="footnote14"></a><b>Footnote 14:</b><a + href="#footnotetag14">(return)</a> + <p>Instead of 1773, it was published in 1769-70; nor did any new edition + appear for many years, until those recently printed in 3 vols. 8vo., and + 1 vol. 4to.</p> + + <a name="footnote15"></a><b>Footnote 15:</b><a + href="#footnotetag15">(return)</a> + <p>These two vols. should be <i>three</i> vols.</p> + + <a name="footnote16"></a><b>Footnote 16:</b><a + href="#footnotetag16">(return)</a> + <p>Dr. Gill's <i>Body of Divinity</i> is introduced under the head of + "English Bibles!"</p> + +</div> + <p>"These glaring errors are made with regard to <!-- Page 406 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page406"></a>{406}</span>modern books, and may + seriously mislead the bibliomaniacs of the next generation; but what can + be expected from an author who, in giving directions for the selection of + Hebrew Bibles, forgets the beautiful and correct editions of <span + class="sc">Vanderhooght</span> and <span class="sc">Jablonski</span>; who + tells us that Frey republished Jahn's<a name="footnotetag17" + href="#footnote17"><sup>[17]</sup></a> edition of the Hebrew Bible in + 1812; and who calls Boothroyd's incorrect and ugly double-columned 4to. + '<i>admirable</i>.'<a name="footnotetag18" + href="#footnote18"><sup>[18]</sup></a></p> + + <p>"The Rev. gentleman fully proves, in the compilation of his volume, + that he can dip his pen in gall, as well as allow it to be guided by + gold. Dr. Warton's <i>History of English Poetry</i>, a very beautiful and + correct edition, greatly enlarged from most interesting materials at a + very considerable expense, has just issued from the press in 3 vols. 8vo. + But 'Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?' It was not published by + any of the favoured houses; hence the following ominous notice of it: + 'Clouds and darkness rest upon it!'<a name="footnotetag19" + href="#footnote19"><sup>[19]</sup></a> Gentle reader, they are the clouds + and darkness of <i>Cheapside.</i> It may be possible that some propitious + golden breeze had driven all the clouds and darkness from Cornhill, + Paternoster Row, the Strand, Pall-Mall, and Bedford Street."</p> + + <p class="author">J. Y.</p> + + <p class="address">Hoxton.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote17"></a><b>Footnote 17:</b><a + href="#footnotetag17">(return)</a> + <p>Frey republished Vanderhooght's Hebrew Bible in 1811.</p> + + <a name="footnote18"></a><b>Footnote 18:</b><a + href="#footnotetag18">(return)</a> + <p>Note on page 24.</p> + + <a name="footnote19"></a><b>Footnote 19:</b><a + href="#footnotetag19">(return)</a> + <p>Note on page 667.</p> + +</div> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Minor Notes.</h2> + + <p><i>A Note on Dress.</i>—Dress is mutable, who denies it? but + still old fashions are retained to a far greater extent than one would at + first imagine. The Thames watermen rejoice in the dress of Elizabeth: + while the royal beefeaters (buffetiers) wear that of private soldiers of + the time of Henry VII.; the blue-coat boy, the costume of a London + citizen of the reign of Edward VI.; the London charity-school girls, the + plain mob cap and long gloves of the time of Queen Anne. In the brass + badge of the cabmen, we see a retention of the dress of Elizabethan + retainers: while the shoulder-knots that once decked an officer now adorn + a footman. The attire of the sailor of William III.'s era is now seen + amongst our fishermen. The university dress is as old as the age of the + Smithfield martyrs. The linen bands of the pulpit and the bar are + abridgments of the falling collar.</p> + + <p>Other costumes are found lurking in provinces, and amongst some + trades. The butchers' blue is the uniform of a guild. The quaint little + head-dress of the market women of Kingswood, Gloucestershire, is in fact + the gipsy hat of George II. Scarlet has been the colour of soldiers' + uniform from the time of the Lacedemonians. The blue of the army we + derived from the Puritans; of the navy from the colours of a mistress of + George I.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Torro.</span></p> + + <p><i>Curious Omen at Marriage</i>.—In Miss Benger's <i>Memoirs of + Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia</i>, it is mentioned that,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"It is by several writers observed that, towards the close of the + ceremony, <i>certain coruscations of joy</i> appeared in Elizabeth's + face, which were afterwards supposed to be sinister presages of her + misfortunes."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>In a note, Echard is alluded to as the authority for this singular + circumstance.</p> + + <p>Can any of your readers explain <i>why</i> such a <i>coruscation of + joy</i> upon a wedding day should forebode evil? or whether any other + instances are on record of its so doing?</p> + + <p class="author">H. A. B.</p> + + <p><i>Ventriloquist Hoax</i> (Vol. ii., p. 101.).—The following is + extracted from <i>Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in + England, Scotland, and Ireland, by R. B., Author of the History of the + Wars of England, &c.</i>, Remarks of London, &c., 12mo., 1684, p. + 137. It may serve as a pendant to the ventriloquist hoax mentioned by + C. H., Vol. ii., p. 101.:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"I have a letter by me, saith Mr. Clark, dated July 7, 1606, written + by one Mr. Bovy to a minister in London, where he thus writes: 'Touching + news, you shall understand that Mr. Sherwood hath received a letter from + Mr. Arthur Hildersham, which containeth this following narrative: that at + Brampton, in the parish of Torksey, near Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, an + ash-tree shaketh both in the body and boughs thereof, and there proceed + from thence sighs and groans, like those of a man troubled in his sleep, + as if it felt some sensible torment. Many have climbed to the top + thereof, where they heard the groans more plainly than they could below. + One among the rest being a-top, spoke to the tree; but presently came + down much astonished, and lay grovelling on the earth speechless for + three hours, and then reviving said, <i>Brampton, Brampton,</i> thou art + much bound to pray.' The author of this news is one Mr. Vaughan, a + minister who was there present and heard and saw these passages, and told + Mr. Hildersham of it. The Earl of Lincoln caused one of the arms of the + ash to be lopped off, and a hole to be bored into the body, and then was + the sound or hollow voice heard more audibly than before; but in a kind + of speech which they could not comprehend nor understand."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author">K. P. D. E.</p> + + <p><i>Barker, the original Panorama Painter.</i>—Mr. Cunningham, at + p. 376. of his admirable <i>Handbook of London,</i> says that Robert + Barker, who originated the Panorama in Leicester Square, died in 1806. + Now, Barker, who preceded Burford, and eventually, I think, entered into + partnership with him, married a friend of my family, a daughter of the + Admiral Bligh against whom had been the mutiny in the <i>Bounty</i>. I + remember Mr. Barker, and his house in Surrey Square, or some small square + on the Surrey side of London Bridge; also its wooden rotunda for painting + in; and this, too, at the time when the picture of Spitzbergen was in + progress <!-- Page 407 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page407"></a>{407}</span>and you felt almost a chill as the + transparent icebergs were splashed on.</p> + + <p>If there have not been two Messrs. Barker connected with the Panorama, + Mr. Cunningham must be incorrect in his date, for I was not in existence + in 1806.</p> + + <p class="author">A. G.</p> + + <p class="address">Ecclesfield.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>MINOR QUERIES.</h2> + + <p><i>Vegetable Sympathy.</i>—I have been told that Sir Humphrey + Davy asserted that the shoots of trees, if transplanted, will only live + as long as the parent stock—supposing that to die naturally. How is + this to be accounted for, if true?</p> + + <p class="author">A. A. D.</p> + + <p><i>Court Dress</i>—When was the present court dress first + established as the recognised costume for state ceremonials? and if there + are extant any orders of the Earl Marshal upon the subject, where are + they printed?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Henco.</span></p> + + <p><i>Dieu et mon Droit.</i>—When was this first adopted as the + motto of our sovereigns? I have heard widely different dates assigned to + it.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Leicestrensis.</span></p> + + <p><i>Cachecope Bell.</i>—In the ancient accounts of the + churchwardens of the parish of St. Mary-de-Castro, Leicester, and also in + those of St. Martin in the same town, the term "cachecope," "kachecope," + "catche coppe," or "catch-corpe-bell," is not of unfrequent occurrence: + <i>e. g.</i>, in the account for St. Mary's for the year 1490, we + have:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"For castynge ye cachecope bell, j<i>s.</i></p> + + <p>"It. To Thos. Raban for me'dyng ye kachecope bell whole, + iiij<i>d.</i>"</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>I have endeavoured in vain to ascertain the meaning and derivation of + the word, which is not to be found in Mr. Halliwell's excellent + <i>Dictionary of Archaic Words</i>. Can you enlighten me on the + subject?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Leicestrensis.</span></p> + + <p><i>The Image of both Churches.</i>—A curious work, treating + largely of the schism between the Catholics and Protestants in the reign + of Queen Elizabeth, was printed at Tornay in 1623, under the following + title: <i>The Image of bothe Churches, Hierusalem and Babel, Unitie and + Confusion, Obedience and Sedition, by P. D. M.</i> What is the proof that + this was written by Dr. Matthew Paterson?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Edward F. Rimbault.</span></p> + + <p><i>Double Names.</i>—Perhaps some one would explain why so many + persons formerly bore two names, as "Hooker <i>alias</i> Vowel." + Illegitimacy may have sometimes caused it: but this will not explain + those cases where the bearers ostentatiously set forth both names. + Perhaps they were the names of both parents, used even by lawfully born + persons to distinguish themselves from others of the same paternal + name.</p> + + <p class="author">T.</p> + + <p>"<i>If this fair flower</i>," &c.—Would you kindly find a + place for the lines which follow? I have but slender hopes of discovering + their author, but think that their beauty is such as to deserve a + reprint. They are not by Waller; nor Dryden, as far as I know. I found + them in a periodical published in Scotland during the last century, and + called <i>The Bee</i>.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Lines supposed to have been addressed, with the present of a white + rose, by a Yorkist, to a lady of the Lancastrian faction.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg1">'If this fair flower offend thy sight,</p> + <p class="i1">It in thy bosom bear:</p> + <p class="hg1">'Twill blush to be outmatched in white</p> + <p class="i1">And turn Lancastrian there!'"</p> + </div> + </div> + +</blockquote> + + <p>I observe that amongst the many "Notes" and quotations on the subject + of the supposed power of prophecy before death, no one has cited those + most beautiful lines of Campbell in "Lochiel's Warning:"</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"'Tis the <i>sunset</i> of life gives me mystical lore,</p> + <p>And coming events cast their shadows before."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. J. Bernhard Smith.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Temple.</p> + + <p><i>Hugh Peachell—Sir John Marsham.</i>—Can any of your + correspondents give me information respecting one Hugh Peachell, of whom + I find the following curious notice in a bundle of MSS. in the State + Paper Office, marked "<i>America and West Indies, No.</i> 481<span + class="scac">A</span>."</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"St. Michael's Toune in ye Barbados, Sept. 30. [1670]. Jo Neuington, + Addrese w. Mr. James Drawater, Merch<sup>t</sup> at Mr. Jo. Lindapp's, at + ye Bunch of Grapes in Ship yard by Temple barre.—All ye news I can + write from here is, y<sup>t</sup> one Hugh Peachell, who hath been in + this Island allmost twenty years and lived w<sup>th</sup> many persons of + good esteem, and was last with Coll. Barwick. It was observed that he + gained much monyes, yet none thrived lesse than hee; and falling sicke + about 3 weeks since, was much troubled in his conscience, but would not + utter himself to any but a minister, who being sent for He did + acknowledge himself ye person y<sup>t</sup> cut of ye head of King + Charles, for w<sup>ch</sup> he had 100<sup>lbs</sup> and w<sup>th</sup> + much seeming penitence and receiving such comforts as the Devine, one + parson Leshely, an emminent man here, could afford him, he dyed in a + quarter of an hour afterwards. This you may report for truth, allthough + you should not have it from any other hand. He had 100<sup>lbs</sup> for + ye doing of itt. There is one Wm. Hewit condemned for ye same, I think + now in Newgate; he will be glad you acquaint him of this if he have it + not allready."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Oldmixon, in his <i>British Empire in America</i>, mentions a Sir John + Marsham of Barbados; was he a knight or baronet, and when did he die?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. Downing Bruce</span>, F.S.A.</p> + + <p class="address">Middle Temple.</p> + + <p><i>Legend represented in Frettenham Church.</i>—Perhaps some one + of your numerous readers may <!-- Page 408 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page408"></a>{408}</span>be able to give an explanation of the + following legend, for such I suppose it to be:—</p> + + <p>In the parish church of Frettenham, co. Norfolk, several alabaster + carvings were discovered some years ago, near the chancel arch, having + traces of colour. The most perfect, and the one which had most claims to + merit as a piece of sculpture, represented a very curious scene. A horse + was standing fixed in a kind of stocks, a machine for holding animals + fast while they were being shod. But it (the horse) had only three legs: + close by stood a Bishop, or mitred Abbot, holding the horse's missing + fore quarter, on the hoof of which a smith was nailing a shoe. Of course + the power which had so easily removed a leg would as easily replace + it.</p> + + <p>The details of the story may be very safely conjectured to have + been—a Bishop or high church dignitary is going on a journey or + pilgrimage; his horse drops a shoe; on being taken to a smith's to have + it replaced, the animal becomes restive, and cannot be shod even with the + help of the stocks; whereupon the bishop facilitates the operation in the + manner before described. One feels tempted to ask why he could not have + replaced the shoe without the smith's intervention.</p> + + <p>What I want to know is, of whom is this story told? I regret that not + having seen the carving in question, I can give no particulars of dress, + &c., which might help to determine its age; nor could my informant, + though he perfectly well remembered the subject represented. He told me + that he had often mentioned it to people likely to know of the existence + of such a legend, but could never gain any information respecting it.</p> + + <p class="author">C. J. E.</p> + + <p class="address">King's Col. Cambridge, May 9. 1851.</p> + + <p><i>King of Nineveh burns himself in his Palace</i>.—In a review + of Mr. Layard's work on Nineveh (<i>Quarterly</i>, vol. lxxxiv. p. 140.) + I find the following statement:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The act of Sardanapalus in making his palace his own funeral pyre and + burning himself upon it, is also attributed to the king who was + overthrown by Cyaxares."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>May I ask where the authority for this statement is to be found?</p> + + <p class="author">X. Z.</p> + + <p><i>Butchers not Jurymen</i>.—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"As the law does think it fit</p> + <p>No butchers shall on juries sit."—Butler's <i>Ghost</i>, cant. ii.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>The vulgar error expressed in these lines is not extinct, even at the + present day. The only explanation I have seen of its origin is given in + Barrington's <i>Observations on the more Ancient Statutes</i>, p. 474., + on 3 Hen. VIII., where, after referring in the text to a statute by which + surgeons were exempted from attendance on juries, he adds in a note:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"It may perhaps be thought singular to suppose that this exemption + from serving on juries is the foundation of the vulgar error, that a + surgeon or butcher from the barbarity of their business may be challenged + as jurors."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Sir H. Spelman, in his <i>Answer to an Apology for Archbishop + Abbott</i>, says,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"In our law, those that were exercised in slaughter of beasts, were + not received to be triers of the life of a man."—<i>Posth. + Works</i>, p. 112.; <i>St. Trials</i>, vol. ii. p. 1171.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>So learned a man as Spelman must, I think, have had some ground for + this statement, and could scarcely be repeating a vulgar error taking its + rise from a statute then hardly more than a hundred years old. I hope + some of your readers will be able to give a more satisfactory explanation + than Barrington's.</p> + + <p class="author">E. S. T. T.</p> + + <p><i>Redwing's Nest</i>.—I trust you will excuse my asking, if any + of your correspondents have found the nest of the redwing? for I lately + discovered what I consider as the egg of this bird in a nest containing + four blackbirds' eggs. The egg answers exactly the description given of + that of the redwing thrush, both in Bewick and Wood's <i>British Song + Birds;</i> being bluish-green, with a few largish spots of a dark brown + colour. The nest was not lined with mud, as is usually the case with a + blackbird's, but with moss and dried grass.</p> + + <p>Has the egg of the redwing been ever seen in this situation + before?</p> + + <p class="author">C. T. A.</p> + + <p class="address">Lyndon.</p> + + <p><i>Earth thrown upon the Coffin</i>.—Is there anything known + respecting the origin of the ceremony of throwing earth upon the coffin + at funerals? The following note is from a little German tale, <i>Die + Richtensteiner</i>, by Van der Velde, a tale of the time of the Thirty + Years' war. Whether the ceremony is still performed in Germany as there + described, I do not know.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Darauf warfen, nach der alten, frommen Sitte, zum letzten Lebewohl, + der Wittwer, und die Waisen drei Hände voll Erde auf den Sarg hinunter + ... Alle Zuschauer drangten sich nur um das Grab ... und aus hundert + Händen flog die Erde hinab auf den Sarg."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author">J. M. (4.)</p> + + <p><i>Family of Rowe</i>.—Lysons, in his work <i>Environs of + London</i>, gives an extract from the will of Sir Thomas Rowe, of + Hackney, and, as his authority, says in a note:—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"<i>Extracts of Wills in the Prerogative Office</i>, by E. Rowe Mores, + Esq., in the possession of Th. Astle, Esq., F.R.A.S."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Can any of your numerous readers inform me in whose possession the + above now is? And whether, wherever it is, it is open to inspection?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Tee Bee.</span></p> + + <p><i>Portus Canum</i>.—Erim, one of the biographers of Becket, + states that the archbishop's murderers <!-- Page 409 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page409"></a>{409}</span>(<i>S. Thom. + Cantuar</i>., ed. Giles, vol. i. p. 65.), having crossed from France, + landed at <i>Portus Canum</i>. It has been conjectured that this means + Hythe, which is close to Saltwood Castle, where the knights were received + by Ranulph de Broc (<i>English Review</i>, December, 1846, p. 410.). Is + the conjecture right? I believe Hasted does not notice the name.</p> + + <p class="author">J. C. R.</p> + + <p><i>Arms of Sir John Davies</i>.—Can any of your correspondents + inform me what were the arms, crest, and motto (if any), borne by Sir + John Davies, the eminent lawyer and poet? In a collection which I have + made of the armorial bearings of the families of Davies, Davis, and + Davys, amounting to more than fifty distinct coats, there occur the arms + of <i>three</i> Sir John Davies or Davys, but there is nothing to + distinguish which of them was <i>the</i> Sir John.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Llaw Gyffes.</span></p> + + <p><i>William Penn</i>.—Will <span class="sc">Mr. Hepworth + Dixon</span>, or some of your correspondents, be so good as to send a + reply to this Query?</p> + + <p>What was the name, and whose daughter was the lady to whom William + Penn (the son of William Penn and Miss Springett) was married?</p> + + <p class="author">A. N. C.</p> + + <p><i>Who were the Writers in the North Briton?</i>—The + <i>Athenæum</i> of Saturday, May 17, contains a very interesting article + on the recently published <i>Correspondence of Horace Walpole with + Mason</i>, in which certain very palpable hits are made as to the + identity of Mason and Junius. In the course of the article the following + Query occurs:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"In the second Part of the folio edition of the <i>North Briton</i> + published by Bingley, in the British Museum, are inserted two folio pages + of manuscript thus headed:—</p> + +<p class="cenhead">'The Extraordinary<br /> +NORTH BRITON.<br /> +By W. M.'</p> + + <p>This manuscript is professedly a copy from a publication issued June + 3rd, 1768, by Staples Steare, 93. Fleet Street, price three-pence. It is + a letter addressed to Lord Mansfield, and an appeal in favour of Wilkes, + on whom, the writer says, judgment is this day to be pronounced. It is + written somewhat in the style of Junius. The satire is so refined that + the reader does not at first suspect that it is satire,—as in + Junius's <i>Letters</i>, wherein the satirical compliments to the King + have been mistaken for praise, and quoted in proof of inconsistency.</p> + + <p>"Who was this 'W. M.'? Who were the writers in the <i>North + Briton?</i>—not only 'The Extraordinary' <i>North Briton</i>, + published by Steare, but the genuine <i>North Briton</i>, published by + Bingley. These questions may perhaps be very simple, and easily answered + by persons better informed than ourselves."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>As the inquiries of your correspondent W. M. S. (Vol. iii., p. 241.) + as to the Wilkes MSS. and the writers of the <i>North Briton</i> have not + yet been replied to, and this subject is one of great importance, will + you allow me to recall attention to them?</p> + + <p class="author">F. S. A.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Minor Queries Answered.</h2> + + <p>"<i>Many a Word</i>."—Your correspondent's observations are + perfectly correct: we daily use quotations we know not where to find. + Perhaps some of your friends may be able to reply whence</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Many a word, at random spoke</p> + <p>Will rend a heart that's well-nigh broke."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="author">S. P.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[The lines will be found in Walter Scott's <i>Lord of the Isles</i>, + Canto V. St. 18.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"O! many a shaft, at random sent</p> + <p>Finds mark the archer little meant!</p> + <p>And many a word, at random spoken</p> + <p>May soothe or wound a heart's that broken!"]</p> + </div> + </div> + +</div> + + <p><i>Roman Catholic Church</i> (Vol. iii., p. 168.).—Many thanks + for your reference to the <i>Almanach du Clergé de France</i>; but as I + have failed to obtain the requisite information through my booksellers, + might I beg the additional favour of knowing what is the cost of the + book, and where it can be procured?</p> + + <p class="author">E. H. A.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[The <i>Almanach</i> to which our correspondent refers is or was + published by <i>Gaume frères à Paris</i>, and sold also by Grand, rue du + Petit-Bourbon, 6, in the same city. Its price, judging from the size of + the book, is about a couple of francs.]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>Tick</i> (Vol. iii., p. 357.).—<span class="sc">Mr. De la + Pryme's</span> suggestion as to the origin of the expression "going tick" + is ingenious; nevertheless I take it to be clear that "tick" is merely an + abbreviation of ticket. (See Nares's <i>Glossary</i>, and Halliwell's + <i>Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words</i>, under "Ticket.") In + addition to the passages cited by them from Decker, Cotgrave, Stephens, + and Shirley, I may refer to the Act 16 Car. II. c. 7. s. 3., which + relates to gambling and betting "upon ticket or credit."</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">C. H. Cooper</span>.</p> + + <p class="address">Cambridge, May 3. 1851.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[In the <i>Mirrour for Magistrates</i>, p 421., we read:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Of <i>tickle credit</i> ne had bin the mischiefe."</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>"Tickle credit," says Pegge, "means easy credit, alluding to the + credulity of Theseus."—<i>Anonymiana</i>, cent. ii. 44. Mr. Jon + Bee, in his <i>Sportsman's Slang Dictionary</i>, gives the following + definition:—</p> + + <p>"<i>Tick</i>", credit in small quantities; usually <i>scored</i> up + with chalk (called <i>ink</i> ironically), which being done with a sound + resembling 'tick, tick, tick,' gives the appellation 'going to + <i>tick</i>,' '<i>tick</i> it up,' 'my <i>tick</i> is out,' 'no more + <i>tick</i>!'"]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>Hylles' Arithmetic</i>.—Having seen it mentioned in the + public papers that a copy of the first edition of Cocker's + <i>Arithmetic</i> (considered unique) was lately sold at an exceedingly + high price by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, I am induced to send you a + <!-- Page 410 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page410"></a>{410}</span>copy of the title-page of an arithmetical + work in my possession which seems a curiosity in its way; but whether + unique or not, my slender bibliographical knowledge does not enable me to + determine. It is as follows:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The Arte of Vulgar Arithmeticke, both in Integers and Fractions, + <i>devided into two Bookes, whereof the first is called Nomodidactus + Numerorum</i>, and the second <i>Portus Proportionum</i>, with certeine + Demonstrations, reduced into so plaine and perfect Method, <i>as the like + hath not hetherto beene published in English</i>. <i>Wherevnto</i> is + added a third Booke, entituled <i>Musa Mercatorum</i>: comprehending all + the most necessarie and profitable Rules <i>vsed in the trade of + Merchandise</i>. In all which three Bookes, the Rules, Precepts, and + Maxims are <i>onely composed in meeter for the better retaining of them + in memorie</i>, but also the operations, examples, demonstrations, and + questions, <i>are in most easie wise expounded and explaned, in the + forme</i> of a dialogue, for the reader's more cleere vnderstanding. <i>A + knowledge pleasant for Gentlemen, commendable for Capteines</i> and + Soldiers, profitable for Merchants, and generally <i>necessarie for all + estates and degrees</i>. Newly collected, digested, and in some part + deuised by a <i>welwiller to the Mathematicals</i>."</p> + +<p class="cenhead">"<i>Ecclesiasticus</i>, cap. 19.</p> + + <p>"Learning unto fooles is as fetters on their feete and manicles vpon + their right hand; but to the wise it is a Iewell of golde, and like a + Bracelet vpon his right arme.</p> + +<p class="cenhead">"<i>Boetius</i>. I. <i>Arith</i>. cap. 2.</p> + + <p>"<i>Omnia quæcunque a primæua natura constructa sunt, Numerorum + videntur racione formata. Hoc enim fuit principale in animo conditoris + exemplar</i>. Imprinted at London by <i>Gabriel Simson</i>, dwelling in + Fleete Lane, 1600."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The volume (which is a small quarto of 270 folios) is dedicated "To + the Right Honorable sir Thomas Sackuill, Knight, Baron of Buckhurst, Lord + Treasurer of England," &c. &c., by Thomas Hylles.</p> + + <p>Perhaps one or other of your correspondents will kindly inform me + whether this volume is a rarity, and also oblige me with some information + regarding Thomas Hylles, its author.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Sn. Davie</span>, Jun.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[Professor De Morgan, in his "<i>Arithmetical Books from the Invention + of printing to the present Time</i>," describes Hylles' work "as a big + book, heavy with mercantile lore;" and the author as being, "in spite of + all his trifling, a man of learning." A list of the author's other works + will be found in Watt's <i>Bibliotheca Britannica</i>, and Lowndes's + <i>Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature</i>, under the word + <i>Hills</i> (Thomas). See also Ames's <i>Typographical + Antiquities</i>.]</p> + +</div> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Replies.</h2> + +<h3>VILLENAGE.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. iii., p. 327.)</p> + + <p>Your correspondent H. C. wishes to know whether bondage was a reality + in the time of Philip and Mary; and, if so, when it became extinct. It + was a reality much later than that, as several cases in the books will + show. Dyer, who was appointed chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas + in 1559, settled several in which man claimed property in his fellow-man, + hearing arguments and giving judgment on the point whether one should be + a "villein regardant" or a "villein in gross." Lord Campbell, in his + <i>Lives of the Chief Justices</i>, gives the following, tried before + Dyer, <i>C.J.</i>:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"A. B., seised in fee of a manor to which a villein was regardant, + made a feoffment of one acre of the manor by these words: 'I have given + one acre, &c., and further I have given and granted, &c., John + S., my villein.' Question, 'Does the villein pass to the grantee as a + villein in gross, or as a villein appendant to that acre?' The Court + being equally divided in opinion, no judgment seems to have been + given."—<i>Dyer</i>, 48 b. pl. 2.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Another action was brought before him under these + circumstances:—Butler, Lord of the Manor of Badminton, in the + county of Gloucester, contending that Crouch was his villein regardant, + entered into certain lands, which Crouch had purchased in Somersetshire, + and leased them to Fleyer. Crouch thereupon disseised Fleyer, who brought + his action against Crouch, pleading that Butler and his ancestors were + seised of Crouch and his ancestors as of villeins regardant, from time + whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. The jury found + that Butler and his ancestors were seised of Crouch and his ancestors + until the first year of the reign of Henry VII.; but, confessing + themselves ignorant whether in point of law such seisin be an actual + seisin of the defendant, prayed the opinion of the Court thereon. Dyer, + <i>C.J.</i>, and the other judges agreed upon this to a verdict for the + defendant, for "the lord having let an hundred years pass without + redeeming the villein or his issue, cannot, after that, claim them." + (<i>Dyer</i>, 266. pl. 11.)</p> + + <p>When Holt was chief justice of the King's Bench, an action was tried + before him to recover the price of a slave who had been sold in Virginia. + The verdict went for the plaintiff. In deciding upon a motion made in + arrest of judgment, Holt, <i>C.J.</i>, said,—"As soon as a negro + comes into England he is free: one may be a villein in England, but not a + slave." (<i>Cases temp. Holt</i>, 405.)</p> + + <p>As to the period at which villenage in England became extinct, we find + in <i>Litt</i>. (sec. 185.):—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Villenage is supposed to have finally disappeared in the reign of + James I., but there is great difficulty in saying when it ceased to be + lawful, for there has been no statute to abolish it; and by the old law, + if any freeman acknowledged himself in a court of record to be a villein, + he and all his after-born issue and their descendants were villeins."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Even so late as the middle of the eighteenth century, when the great + Lord Mansfield adorned <!-- Page 411 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page411"></a>{411}</span>the bench, it was pleaded "that villenage, + or slavery, had been permitted in England by the common law; that no + statute had ever passed to abolish this <i>status</i>;" and that + "although <i>de facto</i> villenage by birth had ceased, a man might + still make himself a villein by acknowledgment in a court of record." + This was in the celebrated case of the negro Somersett, in which Lord + Mansfield first established that "the air of England had long been too + pure for a slave." In his judgment he says,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"... Then what ground is there for saying that the <i>status</i> of + slavery is now recognised by the law of England?... At any rate, + villenage has ceased in England, and it cannot be revived."—<i>St. + Tr.</i>, vol. xx. pp. 1-82.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>And Macaulay, in his admirable <i>History of England</i>, speaking of + the gradual and silent extinction of villenage, then, towards the close + of the Tudor period, fast approaching completion, says:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Some faint traces of the institution of villenage were detected by + the curious as late as the days of the Stuarts; nor has that institution + ever to this hour been abolished by statute."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Tee Bee</span>.</p> + + <p><i>Villenage</i> (Vol. iii., p. 327.).—In reply to the question + put by H. C., I beg to say that in Burton's <i>Leicestershire</i> + (published in 1622), a copy of which is now before me, some curious + remarks occur on this subject. Burton says, under the head of + "Houghton-on-the-Hill," that the last case he could find in print, + concerning the claim to a villein, was in Mich. 9 & 10 Eliz. + (<i>Dyer</i>, 266. b.), where one Butler, Lord of the Manor of Badminton + in Gloucestershire, did claim one Crouch for his villein regardant to his + said manor, and made an entry upon Crouch's lands in Somersetshire. Upon + an answer made by Crouch, an <i>ejectione firmæ</i> was brought in the + King's Bench; and upon the evidence it was moved, that as no seizure of + the body had been made, or claim set up by the lord, for sixty years + preceding, none could then be made. The Court held, in accordance with + this, that no seizure could be made. I do not know what the reference + means; perhaps some of your legal correspondents may do so.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Jaytee</span>.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>MACLEAN NOT JUNIUS.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. iii., p. 378.)</p> + + <p>Your correspondent <span class="sc">Ægrotus</span> (<i>antè</i>, p. + 378.) is not justified in writing so confidently on a subject respecting + which he is so little informed. He is evidently not even aware that the + claims of Maclean have been ably and elaborately set forth by Sir David + Brewster, and, as I think, conclusively, on the evidence, set aside in + the <i>Athenæum</i>. He has, however, been pleased to new vamp some old + stories, to which he gives something of novelty by telling them "with a + difference." I remember, indeed, four or five years since, to have seen a + letter on this subject, written by Mr. Pickering, the bookseller, to the + late Sir Harris Nicolas, in which the same statements were made, + supported by the same authorities,—which, in fact, corresponded so + exactly with the communication of <span class="sc">Ægrotus</span>, that I + must believe either that your correspondent has seen that letter, or that + both writers had their information from a common story-teller.</p> + + <p>Respecting the "vellum-bound copy" locked up in the ebony cabinet in + possession of the late Marquis of Lansdowne, Mr. Pickering's version came + nearer to the authority; for he said, "<i>My informant saw</i> the bound + volumes and the cabinet <i>when a boy</i>." The proof then rests on the + recollection of an Anonymous, who speaks positively as to what took place + nearly half a century since; and this anonymous boy, we are to believe, + was already so interested about Junius as to notice the fact at the time, + and remember it ever after. Against the probabilities of this we might + urge, that the present Marquis—who was born in 1780, and came to + the title in 1809, is probably as old, or older than Anonymous; as much + interested in a question believed by many persons, <span + class="sc">Ægrotus</span> amongst them, intimately to concern his father, + and quite as precocious, for he was Chancellor of the Exchequer in + 1805—never saw or heard of either the volumes or the cabinet; and, + as <span class="sc">Ægrotus</span> admits, after a search expressly made + by his order, they could not be found. Further, allow me to remind you, + that it is not more than six weeks since it was recorded in "<span + class="sc">Notes and Queries</span>" that a "vellum-bound" Junius was + lately sold at Stowe; and it is about two months since I learnt, on the + same authority, that a Mr. Cramp had asserted that vellum-bound copies + were so common, that the printer must have taken the Junius copy as a + pattern; so that, if <span class="sc">Ægrotus's</span> facts be admitted, + they would prove nothing. There is one circumstance, however, bearing on + this question, which perhaps <span class="sc">Ægrotus</span> himself will + think entitled to some weight. It was not until 1812, when George + Woodfall published the private letters of Junius, that the public first + heard about "a vellum-bound" copy. If therefore the Anonymous knew before + 1809 that some special interest did or would attach more to one + vellum-bound book than another, he must be Junius himself; for Sampson + Woodfall was dead, and when living had said nothing about it.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Ægrotus</span> then favours us with the anecdote + about "old Mr. Cox" the printer, and that Maclean corrected the proofs of + <i>Junius' Letters</i> at his printing-office. Of course, persons + acquainted with the subject have heard the story before, though not with + all the circumstantialities now given. Where, I might ask, is the + authority for <!-- Page 412 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page412"></a>{412}</span>this story? Who is responsible for it? But + the emphatic question which common sense will ask is this: Why should + Junius go to Mr. Cox's printing-office to correct his proofs? Where he + wrote the letters he might surely have corrected the proofs. Why, after + all his trouble, anxiety, and mystification to keep the secret, should he + needlessly go to anybody's printing-office to correct the proofs, and + thus wantonly risk the consequences?—in fact, go there and betray + himself, as we are expected to believe he did? The story is absurd, on + the face of it. But what authority has <span class="sc">Ægrotus</span> + for asserting that Junius corrected proofs at all? Strong presumptive + evidence leads me to believe that he did not: in some instances he could + not. In one instance he specially desired to have a proof; but it was, as + we now know, for the purpose of forwarding it to Lord Chatham. Junius was + also anxious to have proofs of the Dedication and Preface, but it is by + no means certain that he had them; the evidence tends to show that they + were, at Woodfall's request, and to remove from his own shoulders the + threatened responsibility, read by Wilkes: and the collected edition was + printed from Wheble's edition, so far as it went, and the remainder from + slips cut from the <i>Public Advertiser</i>, both corrected by Junius; + but we have no reason to believe that Junius ever saw a proof, even of + the collected edition,—many reasons that tend strongly to the + contrary opinion. Under these circumstances, we are required to believe + an anonymous story, which runs counter to all evidence, that we may + superadd an absurdity.</p> + + <p>Mr. Pickering further referred to Mr. Raphael West, as one who "could + tell much on the subject." Here <span class="sc">Ægrotus</span> enlarges + on the original, and tells us what this "much" consisted of. The story, + professedly told by Benjamin West, about Maclean and Junius, on which Sir + David Brewster founded his theory, may be found in Galt's <i>Life of + West</i>. But Galt himself, in his subsequent autobiography, admits that + the story told by West "does not relate the actual circumstances of the + case correctly;" that is to say, Galt had found out, in the interval, + that it was open to contradiction and disproof, and it has since been + disproved in the <i>Athenæum</i>. So much for a story discredited by the + narrator himself. Of these facts <span class="sc">Ægrotus</span> is + entirely ignorant, and therefore proceeds by the following extraordinary + circumstantialities to uphold it. "The late President of the Royal + Academy knew Maclean; and his son, the late Raphael West, <i>told the + writer of these remarks</i> [<span class="sc">Ægrotus</span> himself] + that <i>when a young man</i> he had seen him [Maclean] in the evening at + his father's house in Newman Street, and <i>once heard him repeat a + passage in one of the letters which was not then published</i>;" and + <span class="sc">Ægrotus</span> adds, "a more correct and veracious man + than Mr. R. West could not be." So be it. Still it is strange that the + President, who was said to have told his anecdote expressly to show that + Maclean was Junius, never thought to confirm it by the conclusive proof + of having read the letters before they were published! Further,—and + we leave the question of extreme accuracy and <i>veraciousness</i> to be + settled by <span class="sc">Ægrotus</span>,—the President West was + born in 1738; he embarked from America for Italy in 1759; on his return + he visited England in 1763, and such was the patronage with which he was + welcomed, that his friends recommended him to take up his residence in + London. This he was willing to do, provided a young American lady to whom + he was attached would come to England. She consented; his father + accompanied her, and they were married on the 2nd of September, 1765, at + St. Martin's Church. Now Maclean embarked for India in December, 1773, or + January, 1774, and was lost at sea, when "the young man," Master Raphael, + could not have been more than seven years of age,—nay, to speak by + the card, as Master Raphael heard one of Junius' letters read before it + was published, and as the last was published in January, 1772, it + follows, assuming that he was the eldest child, born in nine months to + the hour, and that it was the very last letter that he heard read, he + <i>may have been</i> five years and seven months old—a very "young + man" indeed; or rather, all circumstances considered, as precocious a + youth as he who found out the vellum-bound copy years before it was known + to be in existence.</p> + + <p>I regret to have occupied so much of your space. But speculation on + this subject is just now the fashion. "<span class="sc">Notes and + Queries</span>" is likely hereafter to become an authority, and if these + circumstantial statements are admitted into its columns, they must be as + circumstantially disproved.</p> + + <p class="author">M. J.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Replies to Minor Queries.</h2> + + <p><i>The Ten Commandments</i> (Vol. iii., p. 166.).—The + controversy on the division of the Ten Commandments between the Romanists + and Lutherans on the one side, and the Reformers or Calvinists on the + other, has been discussed in the following works—1. Goth + (Cardinalis), <i>Vera Ecclesia, &c.</i>, Venet., 1750 (Art. xvi. § + 7.); 2. Chamieri <i>Panstratia</i> (tom i. l. xxi. c. viii.); 3. Riveti + <i>Opera</i> (tom. i. p. 1227., and tom. iii. <i>Apologeticus pro vera + Pace Ecclesiastica contra H. Grotii Votum</i>.); 4. Bohlii <i>Vera + divisio Decalogi ex infallibili principio accentuationis</i>; 5. + Hackspanii <i>Notæ Philologicæ in varia loca S. Scripturæ</i>; 6. + Pfeifferi <i>Opera</i> (Cent. i. Loc. 96.); 7. Ussher's <i>Answer to a + Jesuit's Challenge (of Images) and his Serm. at Westminster before the + House of Commons, out of Deuteronomy, chap. iv. ver</i>. 15, 16., <i>and + Romans, chap. i. ver.</i> 23.; 8. Stillingfleet's <i>Controversies with + Godden, Author of "Catholics no Idolaters," and</i> <!-- Page 413 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page413"></a>{413}</span><i>with + Gother, Author of "The Papist Misrepresented," &c.</i></p> + + <p>The earliest notices of the division of the Decalogue, are those of + Josephus, lib. iii. c. 5. s. 5.; Philo-Judæus <i>de Decem Oraculis</i>; + and the Chaldaic Paraphrase of Jonathan. According to these, the third + verse of Exod. xx. contains the first commandment; the fourth, fifth, and + sixth, the second. The same distinction was adopted by the following + early writers:—Origen (<i>Homil. viii. in Exod.</i>), Greg. + Nazienzen (<i>Carmina Mosis Decalogus</i>), Irenæus (lib. iii. c. 42.), + Athanasius (<i>in Synopsi S. Scripturæ</i>), Ambrose (<i>in Ep. ad Ephes. + c. vi.</i>).</p> + + <p>It was first abandoned by Augustine, who was instigated to introduce + this innovation by the unwarranted representation of the doctrine of the + Trinity by the First Tablet containing three commandments. The schoolmen + followed his example, and accommodated the words of God to the + legislative requirements of their new divinity, progressive development, + which terminated in the Church of Rome, in compelling them to command + what He strictly prohibits (See Ussher's <i>Answer</i>.)</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Hath God himself any where declared this to be only an explication of + the first commandment? Have the prophets or Christ and His apostles ever + done it? How then can any man's conscience be safe in this matter? For it + is not a trifling controversy whether it be a distinct commandment or an + explication of the first; but the lawfulness or unlawfulness of the + worship of images depends very much upon it, for if it be only an + explication of the first, then, unless one takes images to be gods, their + worship is lawful, and so the heathens were excused in it, who were not + such idiots; but if it be a new and distinct precept, then the + worshipping any image or similitude becomes a grievous sin, and exposes + men to the wrath of God in that severe manner mentioned in the end of it. + And it is a great confirmation that this is the true meaning of it, + because all the primitive writers<a name="footnotetag20" + href="#footnote20"><sup>[20]</sup></a> of the Christian Church not only + thought it a sin against this commandment, but insisted upon the force of + it against those heathens who denied that they took their images for + gods; and, therefore, this is a very insufficient account of leaving out + the second commandment (that the people are in no danger of superstition + or idolatry by it.)."—Stillingfleet's <i>Doctrines of the Church of + Rome, 25. Of the Second Commandment</i>.</p> + + <p>"If God allow the worship of the represented by the representation, he + would never have forbidden that worship absolutely, which is unlawful + only in a certain respect."—Ibid. <i>Answer to the + Conclusion</i>.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>With your permission I shall return to this subject, not of Images, + but of the Second Commandment, in reply to <span class="sc">Mr. + Gatty's</span> Queries on the division at present adopted by the Jews, + &c.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">T. Jones.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Chetham's Library, Manchester.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote20"></a><b>Footnote 20:</b><a + href="#footnotetag20">(return)</a> + <p>Thus St. Augustine himself: "In the first commandment, any similitude + of God in the figments of men is forbidden to be worshipped, not because + God hath not an image, but because no image of Him ought to be + worshipped, but that which is the same thing that He is, nor yet that for + Him but with Him."—See what is further cited from Augustine by + Ussher in his <i>Answer</i>.</p> + +</div> + <p><i>Mounds, Munts, Mount</i> (Vol. iii., p. 187.).—If R. W. B. + will refer to Mr. Lower's paper on the "Iron Works of the County of + Sussex" in the second volume of the <i>Sussex Archælogical + Collections</i>, he will find that iron works were carried on in the + parish of Maresfield in 1724, and probably much later. It is therefore + probable that the lands which he mentions have derived their names from + the pit-mounts round the mouths of the pits through which the iron ore + was raised to the surface. In Staffordshire and Shropshire the term + <i>munt</i> is used to denote fire-clay of an inferior kind, which makes + a large part of every coal-pit mount in those counties. If the same kind + of fire-clay was found in the iron mines of Sussex, it is not necessary + to suggest the derivation of the word <i>munt</i>.</p> + + <p>I take this opportunity of suggesting to <span class="sc">Mr. Albert + Way</span> that the utensil figured in page 179. of the above-mentioned + work is not an ancient mustard-mill, but the upper part of an iron mould + in which cannon-shot were cast. The iron tongs, of which a drawing is + given in page 179., were probably useful for the purpose of drawing along + a floor recently cast shot while they were too hot to be handled.</p> + + <p class="author">V. X. Y.</p> + + <p><i>San Graal</i> (Vol. iii., pp 224. 281.).—Roquefort's article + of nine columns in his <i>Glos. de la L. Rom.</i>, is decisive of the + word being derived from <i>Sancta Cratera;</i> of <i>Graal, Gréal</i>, + always having meant a vessel or dish and of all the old romancers having + understood the expression in the same meaning, namely, <i>Sancta Cratera, + le Saint Graal, the Holy Cup or Vessel</i>, because, according to the + legend, Christ used it at the Paschal Supper; and Joseph of Arimathea + afterwards employed it to catch the blood flowing from his wounds. Many + cities formerly claimed the honour of possessing this fabulous relic. Of + course, as Price shows, it was an old Oriental magic-dish legend, + imitated in the West.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">George Stephens</span>.</p> + + <p class="address">Stockholm.</p> + + <p><i>Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke</i> (Vol. iii., pp 262. + 307.).—It has been asserted that the second part of this epitaph + was written by Lady Pembroke's son; among whose poems, which were + published in 1660, the whole piece was included. (Park's <i>Walpole</i>, + ii. 203. <i>note</i>; Gifford's <i>Ben Jonson</i>, viii. 337.) But it is + notorious, that no confidence whatever can be placed in that volume (see + this shown in detail in Mr. Hannah's edit. of Poems by Wotton and + Raleigh, pp. 61. 63.); nor have we any right to distribute the two parts + between different authors. There are at least <i>four</i> <!-- Page 414 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page414"></a>{414}</span>old copies of + the whole; two in MSS. which are referred to by Mr. Hannah; the one in + Pembroke's <i>Poems</i>; and the one in that Lansdowne MS., where it is + ascribed to William Browne. Brydges assigned it to Browne, when he + published his <i>Original Poems</i> from that MS. at the Lee Priory Press + in 1815, p. 5. Upon the whole, there seems to be more direct evidence for + Browne than any other person.</p> + + <p class="author">R.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>MISCELLANEOUS.</h2> + +<h3>NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.</h3> + + <p><i>A History of the Articles of Religion: to which is added a Series + of Documents from</i> <span class="scac">A.D.</span> <i>1536 to</i> <span + class="scac">A.D.</span> <i>1615; together with Illustrations from + Contemporary Sources</i>, by Charles Hardwick, M.A., is the title of an + octavo volume, in which the author seeks to supply a want long felt, + especially by students for Holy Orders; namely, a work which should show + not the <i>doctrine</i> but the <i>history</i> of the Articles. For, as + he well observes, while many have enriched our literature by expositions + of the <i>doctrine</i> of the Articles, "no regular attempt has been made + to illustrate the framing of the Formulary itself, either by viewing it + in connection with the kindred publications of an earlier and a later + date, or still more in its relation to the period out of which it + originally grew." This attempt Mr. Hardwick has now made very + successfully; and it is because his book is historical and not polemical, + that we feel called upon to notice it, and to bear our testimony to its + interest, and its value to that "large class of readers who, anxious to + be accurately informed upon the subject, are precluded from consulting + the voluminous collectors, such as Strype, Le Plat, or Wilkins." Such + readers will find Mr. Hardwick's volume a most valuable handbook.</p> + + <p>A practical illustration that "union is strength," is shown by a + volume which has just reached us, entitled, <i>Reports and Papers read at + the Meetings of the Architectural Societies of the Archdeaconry of + Northampton, the Counties of York and Lincoln, and of the Architectural + and Archæological Societies of Bedfordshire and St. Alban's during the + Year </i><span class="scac">MDCCCL</span>. <i>Presented gratuitously to + the Members.</i> Had each of these Societies, instead of joining with its + fellows, put forth a separate Report, the probability is, it would not + only have involved such Society in an expense far beyond what it would be + justified in incurring, but the Report itself would not have excited half + the interest which will now be created by a comparison of its papers with + those of its associate Societies; while, with the reduced expense, the + benefit of a larger circulation is secured. The volume is one highly + creditable to the Societies, and to the authors of the various + communications which are to be found in it.</p> + + <p>Messrs. Puttick and Simpson (191. Piccadilly) will be engaged on + Monday and two following days in the Sale of a Library rich in works on + every branch of what is now known as Folk Lore and Popular Antiquities, + and which may certainly, and with great propriety, be styled "a very + curious collection." The mere enumeration of the various subjects on the + title-page of the Catalogue, ranging, as they do, from Mesmerism and + Magic, to Celestial Influences, Phrenology, Physiognomy, &c., might + serve for the Table of Contents to a History of Human Weakness.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Books Received</span>.—<i>Neander's History of + the Planting and Training of the Christian Church by the Apostles, + translated from the third edition of the original German by J. E. + Ryland</i>, is the fourth volume of the Standard Library which Mr. Bohn + has devoted to translations of the writings of Neander; the first and + second being his <i>Church History</i>, in two volumes, and the third his + <i>Life of Christ</i>.—<i>Cosmos, a Sketch of the Physical + Description of the Universe by Alexander Von Humboldt, translated from + the German by E. C. Otté</i>, vol. iii., is the new volume of Bohn's + Scientific Library, and completes his edition of the translation of the + great work of the Prussian philosopher.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Catalogues Received</span>.—Adam Holden's (60. + High Street, Exeter) Catalogue Part XXXI. of Books in every Department of + Literature; J. Wheldon's (4. Paternoster Row) Catalogue Part III. for + 1851, of a valuable Collection of Topographical Books; J. Rowsell's (28. + Great Queen Street) Catalogue No. XLIII. of a select Collection of + Second-hand Books.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h3>BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.</h3> + + <p><span class="sc">Diana (Antoninus) Compendium Resolutionem + Moralium.</span> Antwerp.-Colon. 1634-57.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Passionael efte dat Levent der Heiligen.</span> + Folio. Basil, 1522.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Cartari—La Rosa d'Oro Pontificia.</span> 4to. + Rome, 1681.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Broemel, M. C. H.</span>, <span + class="sc">Fest-Tanzen der Ersten Christen</span>. Jena, 1705.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">The Complaynt of Scotland</span>, edited by Leyden. + 8vo. Edin. 1801.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Thoms' Lays and Legends of various Nations.</span> + Parts I. to VII. 12mo. 1834.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">L'Abbé de Saint Pierre, Projet de Paix + Perpetuelle.</span> 3 Vols. 12mo. Utrecht, 1713.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Chevalier Ramsay, Essai de Politique</span>, où l'on + traite de la Nécessité, de l'Origine, des Droits, des Bornes et des + différentes Formes de la Souveraineté, selon les Principes de l'Auteur de + Télémaque. 2 Vols. 12mo. La Haye, without date, but printed in 1719.</p> + + <p>The Same. Second Edition, under the title "Essai Philosophique sur le + Gouvernement Civil, selon les Principes de Fénélon," 12mo. Londres, + 1721.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Pullen's Etymological Compendium</span>, 8vo.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Cooper's (C. P.) Account of Public Records</span>, + 8vo. 1822. Vol. I.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Lingard's History of England.</span> Sm. 8vo. 1837. + Vols. X. XI. XII. XIII.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Miller's (John, of Worcester Coll.) Sermons.</span> + Oxford, 1831 (or about that year).</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Wharton's Anglia Sacra.</span> Vol. II.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Phebus</span> (Gaston, Conte de Foix), Livre du + deduyt de la Chasse.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Turner's Sacred History.</span> 3 vols. demy 8vo.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Knight's Pictorial History of England.</span> Vol. + IV. Commencing from Abdication of James II.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Lord Dover's Life of Frederick the Great.</span> 8vo. + 1832. Vol. II.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Ladies' Diary for 1825 and 1826.</span></p> + + <p>*** Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, <i>carriage + free</i>, to be sent to <span class="sc">Mr. Bell</span>, Publisher of + "NOTES AND QUERIES," 186. Fleet Street.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h3>Notices to Correspondents.</h3> + + <p><span class="sc">Quidam.</span> <i>Vernon's</i> Anglo-Saxon Guide + <i>should be followed up by Thorpe's</i> Analecta <i>and</i> Anglo-Saxon + Gospels.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Silenus.</span> <i>If our correspondent will refer to + our First Volume</i>, pp. 177. 203. 210. 340., <i>and our Second + Volume</i>, p. 3., <i>he will find the history of the well-known couplet + from the</i> Musarum Deliciæ,</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"For he that fights, and runs away,</p> + <p>May live to fight another day,"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p><i>fully illustrated.</i></p> + + <p><span class="sc">Writing Paper.</span> <i>Will our correspondent, who + sometime since</i> <!-- Page 415 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page415"></a>{415}</span><i>sent us a specimen manufactured at + Penshurst, favour us for the information of another correspondent with + the name of the maker?</i></p> + + <p><span class="sc">Record of Existing Monuments.</span> <i>We hope next + week to return to this important subject. In the meantime, Mr. A. J. + Dunkin, of Dartford, announces that the first part of his</i> <span + class="sc">Monument. Anglic.</span> <i>is in the press, and will be + published in July.</i></p> + + <p><span class="sc">Replies Received.</span>—<i>Meaning of + Crambe—Ex Pede Herculem—Cardinal Azolin—Charles Lamb's + Epitaph—Poem on the Grave—Bunyan and the Visions of + Hell—Colfabias—Coptic Language—Benedicite—Amicus + Plato—Doctrine of the Resurrection—Registry of Dissenting + Baptisms—The Bellman—Babington's + Conspiracy—Epitaph—Quotations—Prayer of Mary Queen of + Scots—Robertii Sphæria—Ob—Blake Family—To + endeavour oneself—Cart before the Horse—Anonymous + Ravennas—Family of Sir J. Banks—Mind your P's and + Q's—Mazer Wood.</i></p> + + <p><span class="sc">Notes and Queries</span> <i>may be procured, by + order, of all Booksellers and Newsvenders. It is published at noon on + Friday, so that our country Subscribers ought not to experience any + difficulty in procuring it regularly. Many of the country Booksellers, + &c., are, probably, not yet aware of this arrangement, which will + enable them to receive</i> <span class="sc">Notes and Queries</span> + <i>in their Saturday parcels.</i></p> + + <p><i>Errata.</i>—Page 380. col. 1. lines 12. and 13. for + <i>"Prichard"</i> read <i>"Richards;"</i> p. 389., in the Query on the + "Blake Family," for "Bishop's H<i>a</i>ll" read "Bishop's H<i>u</i>ll;" + p. 390. col. 2. l. 29., for "<i>frag</i>ments" read "payments;" and l. + 30., for "South <i>Green</i>" read "South Lynn;" p. 393. col. 2. l. 11., + for "T<i>ur</i>ners" read "T<i>an</i>ners."</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<p class="cenhead">MECHI'S MANUFACTURES.</p> + + <p>MR. MECHI respectfully informs his Patrons, the Public, that his + MANUFACTURES at the GREAT EXHIBITION will be found in the <span + class="sc">Gallery</span> at the <span class="sc">North-east + Corner</span> of the <span class="sc">Transept</span>.</p> + + <p>4. 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Fcp. 8vo., 10<i>s.</i>; bound, 12<i>s.</i></p> + + <p>London: <span class="sc">Longman</span>, <span + class="sc">Brown</span>, <span class="sc">Green</span>, and <span + class="sc">Longmans</span>.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<p><!-- Page 416 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page416"></a>{416}</span></p> + +<table> +<tr><td valign="top"> + + <div class="figleft" style="width:80%;"> + <a href="images/french.png"><img style="width:100%" src="images/french.png" + alt="Gilbert French manufacturer's plate" title="Gilbert French manufacturer's plate" /></a> + </div> +</td><td> + +<h2>GREAT EXHIBITION.</h2> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>CENTRAL AVENUE.</h3> + +<hr class="short" /> + + <p>An Illustrated Priced Catalogue of Church Furniture Contributed by</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>GILBERT J. FRENCH,</p> + <p><span class="sc">Bolton, Lancashire,</span></p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>forwarded Free by Post on application.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + + <p>Parcels delivered Carriage Free in London, daily.</p> + +</td></tr></table> + +<div style="clear: both"></div> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h3>PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE,</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">50. REGENT STREET.</p> + +<p class="cenhead">CITY BRANCH: 2. ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS.<br /> +Established 1806.</p> + +<p class="cenhead">Policy Holders' Capital, 1,192,818<i>l.</i></p> + +<p class="cenhead">Annual Income, 150,000<i>l.</i>—Bonuses Declared, 743,000<i>l.</i><br /> +Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 2,001,450<i>l.</i></p> + +<p class="cenhead"><i>President.</i><br /> +The Right Honourable EARL GREY.</p> + +<p class="cenhead"><i>Directors.</i><br /> +The Rev. James Sherman, <i>Chairman.</i><br /> +Henry Blencowe Churchill, Esq., <i>Deputy-Chairman.</i></p> + + +<table class="nobctr" summary="directors" title="directors"> + <tr> + <td class="rightbsing" style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> + <p>Henry B. Alexander, Esq.<br /> + George Dacre, Esq.<br /> + William Judd, Esq.<br /> + Sir Richard D. King, Bart.<br /> + The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird<br /> + Thomas Maugham, Esq.</p> + + </td> + <td class="nob" style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> + <p>William Ostler, Esq.<br /> + Apsley Pellatt, Esq.<br /> + George Round, Esq.<br /> + Frederick Squire, Esq.<br /> + William Henry Stone, Esq.<br /> + Capt. William John Williams.</p> + + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<p class="cenhead">J. A. Beaumont, Esq. <i>Managing Director.</i></p> + +<p class="cenhead"><i>Physician</i>—John Maclean, M.D. F.S.S., 29. Upper Montague Street, Montague Square.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<p class="cenhead">NINETEEN-TWENTIETHS OF THE PROFITS ARE DIVIDED AMONG THE INSURED.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<p class="cenhead">Examples of the Extinction of premiums by the Surrender of +Bonuses.</p> + + +<table class="allbctr" summary="Examples of the Extinction of premiums by the Surrender of Bonuses." title="Examples of the Extinction of premiums by the Surrender of Bonuses."> + <tr> + <td class="allb" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"> + <p>Date<br /> + of<br /> + Policy.</p> + + </td> + <td class="allb" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"> + <p>Sum<br /> + Insured.</p> + + </td> + <td class="allb" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" colspan="2"> + <p>Original Premium.</p> + + </td> + <td class="allb" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"> + <p>Bonuses added<br /> + subsequently, to be<br /> + further increased<br /> + annually.</p> + + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>1806</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>£2500</p> + + </td> + <td class="nob" style="text-align:right"> + <p>£79 10 10</p> + + </td> + <td class="nob" style="text-align:center"> + <p>Extinguished</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>£1222 2 0</p> + + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>1811</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p> 1000</p> + + </td> + <td class="nob" style="text-align:right"> + <p>33 19 2</p> + + </td> + <td class="nob" style="text-align:center"> + <p>Ditto</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p> 231 17 8</p> + + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>1818</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p> 1000</p> + + </td> + <td class="nob" style="text-align:right"> + <p>34 16 10</p> + + </td> + <td class="nob" style="text-align:center"> + <p>Ditto</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p> 114 18 10</p> + + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<p class="cenhead">Examples of Bonuses added to other Policies.</p> + + +<table class="allbctr" summary="Examples of Bonuses added to other Policies." title="Examples of Bonuses added to other Policies."> + <tr> + <td class="allb" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"> + <p>Policy<br /> + No.</p> + + </td> + <td class="allb" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"> + <p>Date.</p> + + </td> + <td class="allb" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"> + <p>Sum<br /> + Insured.</p> + + </td> + <td class="allb" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"> + <p>Bonuses<br /> + added.</p> + + </td> + <td class="allb" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center"> + <p>Total with Additions,<br /> + to be further<br /> + increased.</p> + + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p> 521</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>1807</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>£900</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>£982 12 1</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>£1882 12 1</p> + + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>1174</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>1810</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>1200</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>1160 5 6</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p> 2360 5 6</p> + + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>3392</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>1820</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>5000</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p>3558 17 8</p> + + </td> + <td class="vertbsing" style="text-align:center"> + <p> 8558 17 8</p> + + </td> + </tr> +</table> + + <p>Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained upon application to + the Agents of the Office, in all the principal towns of the United + Kingdom, at the City Branch, and at the Head Office, No. 50. Regent + Street.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + + <p>Beautifully printed in 8vo., price 7<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i>; or postage + free, 8<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i>; illustrated by Eighty splendid Pictures, + engraved by <span class="sc">George Measom</span>.</p> + + <p>DEDICATED TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.</p> + + <p>GILBERT'S DESCRIPTION of the CRYSTAL PALACE: its Architectural History + and Constructive Marvels. By <span class="sc">Peter Berlyn</span> and + <span class="sc">Charles Fowler</span>, Jun., Esqs. The Engravings depict + the various peculiarities and novelties of this wonderful Building, as + well as the Machinery, &c., used in its construction. The combined + ambition of the Proprietor, Authors, and Artists, has been to produce a + Book worthy of being purchased by every Visitor to the Exhibition as an + attractive and interesting memento.</p> + + <p>"The authors exhibit, by means of a series of very clever engravings, + its gradual progress to a complete state."—<i>The Examiner</i>.</p> + + <p>"The book is based on public and professional documents, and fully + illustrated by plates. 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