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diff --git a/41205.txt b/41205.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 697b08c..0000000 --- a/41205.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3675 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 129, -April 17, 1852, by Various - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 129, April 17, 1852 - A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, - Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. - -Author: Various - -Editor: George Bell - -Release Date: October 27, 2012 [EBook #41205] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES AND QUERIES, APRIL 17, 1852 *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Jonathan Ingram 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.) - - - - - -[Transcriber's note: Original spelling varieties have not been -standardized. Characters with macrons have been marked in brackets with -an equal sign, as [=e] for a letter e with a macron on top; the -paragraph sign is shown by [P]. Underscores have been used to indicate -_italic_ fonts. A list of volumes and pages in "Notes and Queries" has -been added at the end.] - - -NOTES AND QUERIES: - -A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION - -FOR - -LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. - -"When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE. - -VOL. V.--No. 129. SATURDAY, APRIL 17. 1852. - -Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition, 5_d._ - - - - -CONTENTS. - - Page - - - NOTES:-- - - An Epitaph in St. Giles's, Cripplegate, possibly by - Milton, by Thomas H. Gill 361 - - Liability to Error, by Bolton Corney 362 - - Baxter's Pulpit, by Cuthbert Bede, B.A. 363 - - Popular Stories of the English Peasantry, No. I. By - T. Sternberg 363 - - Folk Lore:--Body and Soul--Giving Cheese at a - Birth--Sneezing--Marlborough 5th November Custom--Spectral - Coach and Horses 364 - - Antiquaries of the Time of Queen Elizabeth 365 - - The Tredescants and Elias Ashmole, by S. W. Singer 367 - - Minor Notes:--Bothwell's Burial-place--Handel's - Organ at the Foundling Hospital--Correction to the - "Oxford Manual of Monumental Brasses"--Milton's - Rib-bone 368 - - QUERIES:-- - - The Danes in England, by J. J. A. Worsaae 369 - - Minor Queries:--Taylor Family--Analysis--Old - Playing Cards--Canongate Marriages--Devil, Proper - Name--Hendurucus du Booys; Helena Leonora de - Sieveri--Can a Clergyman marry himself? &c. 370 - - MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:--Jacobite Toast--Rev. - Barnabas Oley--Sweet-singers--"Philip Quarll"--Dedication - of Middleton Church--Lunatic Asylum - benefited by Dean Swift 372 - - REPLIES:-- - - St. Christopher 372 - - "Rehetour" and "Moke," two obscure Words used by - Wycklyffe, A.D. 1384, by N. L. Benmohel, A.M. 373 - - Plague Stones 374 - - Rhymes on Places 374 - - Archaic and Provincial Words 375 - - London Street Characters 376 - - Stone Pillar Worship 377 - - On a Passage in Hamlet, Act 1. Sc. 4. 377 - - "The Man in the Almanack," by S. W. Singer 378 - - Epigram on Dr. Fell 379 - - Replies to Minor Queries:--Verses in Prose--Stops, - when first introduced--Rev. Nathaniel Spinckes, &c. 379 - - MISCELLANEOUS:-- - - Notes on Books, &c. 382 - - Books and Odd Volumes wanted 383 - - Notices to Correspondents 383 - - Advertisements 383 - - - - -Notes. - - -AN EPITAPH IN ST. GILES'S, CRIPPLEGATE, POSSIBLY BY MILTON. - -The chief glory of the church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, is the -possession of Milton's dust. But this does not constitute its only -distinction. It boasts a magnificent organ, and the most beautiful -epitaph with which I am acquainted. As this last may be as much of a -stranger to many of your readers as it was to me, and may bestow upon -the curious in such matters some portion of the pleasure which its -discovery gave me, I venture to crave for it a nook in your columns. -Considerably to the right of the pulpit, at no great distance, if I -recollect aright, to the left of the main entrance, is a monument to -William Staples, a citizen of London, who died in 1650, whereon is -inscribed the following elegiac couplet: - - "Quod cum coelicolis habitus, pars altera nostri, - Non dolet, hic tantum me superesse dolet." - -Which may be thus Englished: - - "That Heaven's thy home, I grieve not, soul most dear; - I grieve but for myself, the lingerer here." - -Below the inscription are the touching words-- - - "Hoc posuit moestissima uxor, Sara." - -Putting aside all partiality for one's own discovery, I confess that I -do not know the fellow of this epitaph. It realises one's ideal of an -epitaph, inasmuch as it combines exceeding brevity and beauty of -expression with exceeding fulness of thought and feeling. Love, sorrow, -and faith, bereaved affection and trustful piety, find most ample and -exquisite utterance in these two lines. It has scarcely won the fame to -which it is entitled: I have never met with it in any collection of -epitaphs. The authorship would have done no dishonour to Milton himself, -to whose place of sepulture it lends, if possible, an additional -consecration. Curiously enough, not merely its singular excellence, but -also its date, and one or two other circumstances, give some little -encouragement to the idea of Miltonic ownership. The monument bears the -date of 1650, when Milton was in the fulness of his powers and -reputation. He was especially connected with Cripplegate Church; more -than one of his many London abodes were in its neighbourhood. There, in -the earlier part of his London life, during his residence in Aldersgate -Street, he may have often worshipped; there his father lay; there he -meant his own sepulchre to be. He who honoured "the religious memory of -Mrs. Catharine Thomson, my Christian Friend," with his most glorious -sonnet, would not have disdained to bestow a couplet upon the grief of -another obscure friend. There are, then, certain presumptions in favour -of Cripplegate Church containing an epitaph by Milton. But it does not -appear in any collection of the works of one who was so careful of his -smallest and most juvenile productions. This fact, I must confess, is -quite strong enough to demolish a likely and pleasing fancy. The -epitaph, however, though it may not be Miltonic, has every possible -merit, and may find favour with such of your readers as delight in the -literature of tombstones. - - THOMAS H. GILL. - - -LIABILITY TO ERROR. - -As I always strive to be accurate when writing for the press, an -accidental error should not give me much compunction; nevertheless, a -touch of the feeling is sure to obtrude itself on such occasions. Even -the apprehension of having added to the mass of current errors gives me -a fit of uneasiness, and having just recovered from an attack of that -description it may not be amiss to report the case for the benefit of -future patients. - -When I wrote a memorandum on James Wilson, in reply to the query of -professor DE MORGAN, I stated that the united libraries of Pemberton and -Wilson were sold in 1772. _It was guess-work._ - -I recollected that the two libraries were sold in conjunction, but could -not recollect the date. On consulting the printed _List of the original -catalogues_ of libraries sold by auction by Mr. Baker and his successors -in the years 1744-1828, which was issued by the firm in the latter year, -the date appeared to be 1757. With that evidence, I penned a short -comment on the remarkable circumstance of the two learned friends -resolving to dispose of their libraries at the same time, on their -surviving the separation from their beloved books for fourteen years, -and on their dying within about six months of each other. - -Some undefinable suspicions arose in my mind at this point of the -inquiry. Now, the original sale catalogue is in existence, and -accessible on proper application. I examined it. The sale commenced on -_Monday, February the 24th_. The year 1757 is added in _manuscript_; -and, since Pemberton and Wilson are described as _lately deceased_, it -is an undoubted error. So I tore up my sentimental scrap, leaving the -fragments on the table for the benefit of autograph collectors, and -replaced it with the six lines which conclude my reply. On reaching -home, I turned to the _Chronology of history_: the dominical letter was -just what I wished it to be! The _Book of almanacs_ added to my -comfortable sensations. - -On a re-examination of my notes, it appeared that the united libraries -were sold by Baker and Leigh. Now, according to the above-described -_List of catalogues_, the partnership between Baker and Leigh did not -take place till 1775. The phrase _lately deceased_, applied to Pemberton -and Wilson, is not very precise; the sale, however, must have been after -1774. Resolved to pursue the inquiry, I examined a copy of the catalogue -in the royal library in the British Museum. It is bound with the -catalogue of the library of Edward Stanley, Esq., secretary to the -customs, which was sold in February 1776, and follows it. The volume is -lettered 1776. As the libraries of Pemberton and Wilson were to be -_viewed on Monday the 17th_, I turned to that day in the Stanley sale; -it was _Monday the 17th_. This seemed to prove that the two collections -were sold in the same year. Chronology says otherwise: the _Monday the -17th_ of the Stanley catalogue is an error of the printer; and the -lettering, with regard to Pemberton and Wilson, is an error of the -binder! - -Believing, on the evidence above stated, that the sale was after the -year 1774, I came to the conclusion that it was in 1777--in which year -the 24th February fell on Monday. On further search at home, I met with -the catalogue in question. It is in a volume which was successively in -the possession of Dent and Heber, and contains the rare Fairfax -catalogue; also, _A catalogue of the very valuable library of Phillip -Carteret Webb, Esq._, which was sold by _Baker and Leigh_ in 1771. It -now became evident that the libraries of Pemberton and Wilson might have -been sold by _Baker and Leigh_ in 1772; and on examining the _Public -advertiser_ for that year, I found the sale advertised on Thursday the -20th of February. So I was right by _chance_, and in spite of manuscript -and printed authorities. Here ends the case. - -Another anecdote in connexion with this inquiry deserves to be recorded. -I had read the life of Pemberton in the _General biographical -dictionary_. Chalmers therein states that his course of lectures on -chemistry, "was published in 1771, by his friend Dr. James Wilson." I -applied for the volume at the British Museum. By a rare accident the -_Scheme for a course of chemistry_ was produced instead of the _Course -of chemistry_, and as the day was far advanced, and _copy_ due, I gave -up the pursuit. On examination, it turns out that the volume contains a -memoir of Pemberton in twenty-three pages. Chalmers cites Hutton and -Shaw as his authorities; and _Hutton_, as I conceive, gives the -substance of it as his own composition! Wilson, in this important -memoir, declares that his intimacy with Pemberton was the _greatest -felicity_ of his life. He dates it the 10th Aug. 1771. He died on the -29th of September in the same year. - -Wilson remarks, in his previous work, that on the successful practice of -navigation "depends, in an especial manner, the flourishing state of our -country." To this remark no one can refuse assent. The _Dissertation_ on -the history of the art has fallen into oblivion, because it exists only -in a work which has been superseded by others; but I venture to express -my opinion that a separate edition of it, with such corrections and -additions as might be required, and a continuation to the present time, -would be a desirable addition to scientific literature; and that no one -would perform the task with more ability, or more conscientiously, than -professor DE MORGAN. - - BOLTON CORNEY. - - -BAXTER'S PULPIT. - -The pulpit formerly used at Kidderminster by Richard Baxter, the eminent -author of _The Saint's Rest_, is still preserved there. In his day it -stood on the north side of the nave of the parish church (St. Mary's), -against the second pillar from the east. But in 1786, the church was -"repaired, repewed, and beautified," in the style of those good old -times: when, it being thought advisable to have a new pulpit _built_ in -a central situation, Baxter's old pulpit was condemned, and, together -with other pieces of carved work, was offered for sale (!) by the then -churchwardens, as old and useless church furniture. The churchmen of -that day appear to have held the same opinions as their wardens; so the -pulpit (with the exception of its pedestal) was purchased by the -Unitarians of the place. Their successors have carefully preserved it, -and it now stands in a room adjacent to their chapel. - -The pulpit is of oak: octagonal in its shape, and properly decorated -with flowers and architectural ornaments, in the well-known style of the -period. Gold letters, inserted in six of the panels, somewhat -ostentatiously informed the congregation that-- - - "ALICE . DAWKX . WIDOW . GAVE . THIS." - -On the face of the pulpit, and immediately beneath the preacher's desk, -is the text: - - "PRAISE . THE . LORD." - -And round the sounding-board are the words: - - "O . GIVE . THANKS. UNTO . THE . LORD. AND . CALL . UPON . HIS . - NAME. DECLARE . HIS . WORSHIP . AMONG . THE . PEOPLE." - -On the oak board at the back of the pulpit is the date: - - "ANNO . 1621." - -surmounted by a projecting crown and cushion of bold workmanship. The -mariner's compass is painted on the underside of the sounding-board, and -the entire pulpit bears manifest traces of having once been adorned with -gold and colours. - -The octagonal pillar and pedestal on which the pulpit once stood, now -serve to support the floor of a bookseller's shop in the High Street. - -Within the room where the pulpit is now preserved is placed a folio copy -of Baxter's work in four volumes, and an engraving of "the reverend and -learned Mr. Richard Baxter," taken from the original picture in the -possession of Mr. Fawcett, formerly of Kidderminster. A handsomely -carved chair, formerly the property of Bishop Hall, is also placed near -to the pulpit. - -Can any of your correspondents inform me, if any engraving of Baxter's -pulpit has been published? I have made many inquiries, but have never -met with or heard of one. Three years since, I etched on the copper a -correct representation of the present state of the pulpit; when, in -answer to my inquiries, I was told that no one had even sketched it for -many years. - -A notice of "Richard Baxter," and his 168 publications, occurs in "N. & -Q.," Vol. iii., p. 370. - -I inclose you an impression from the etching just referred to. - - CUTHBERT BEDE. - - -POPULAR STORIES OF THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY, NO. I. - -Only a few years before the advent of Ambrose Merton, it was the -sorrowful lament of Picken that he could find no legendary lore among -our English peasantry. The rapid progress of education, according to -him, had long ago banished our household traditions. Want of -acquaintance with the shy and reserved character of John Bull probably -proved a stumbling-block to our collector, for what a rich harvest has -been reaped since his day! Our mythic treasures, however, are far from -being exhausted; and if we wish to emulate our brethren of Deutschland, -we must do yet more. The popular tales and legends which abound among -our rural population, are still for the most part ungarnered. The -folk-tales of the sister kingdoms have been ably chronicled in the pages -of Croker and Chambers, but our own have been almost entirely neglected. -So much indeed is this the case, that we have had recourse to Germany in -order to recruit our exhausted nursery literature; and readers of _all_ -sizes devour with avidity the charming versions of the Messieurs Taylor, -few of them suspecting that stories of like character form the sole -imaginative lore of their uneducated countrymen. - -Some years ago while in the country I made a practice of noting down the -more curious traditionary stories which came under my notice; and, with -the kind permission of the Editor, will transfer a few portions of my -researches to the columns of "N. & Q.," in the hope of inducing some of -your rural correspondents to embark in a similar design. I am aware that -certain antiquaries of the old _regime_ still entertain doubts as to the -utility of these collections. As vestiges, however, of primitive -fiction, they will interest the philosophical inquirer; while their -value as contributions to ethnological and philological science has been -recognised by all writers on the subject. - -Premising that these tales, however puerile, are not associated with any -such idea by the people among whom they were gathered, permit me to -introduce your readers to "Thoughtful Moll," in whom they will trace a -remarkable resemblance to _Die kluge Else_ of Grimm. It is from -Oxfordshire, and affords no bad specimen of the facetious class of -fables which often enliven the winter's evening hearth-talk. I have -endeavoured to preserve the narrators' style and dialect. - -In a certain village there once lived a young woman so extremely noted -for prudence and forethought, that she was known among her neighbours as -"Thoughtful Moll." Now this young lady had a thirsty soul of a -sweetheart, who dearly loved a drop of October, and one day when he came -a-wooing to her: "O Moll," says he, "fill us a tot o'yeal, I be most -mortal dry." So Moll took a tot from the shelf and went down the cellar, -where she tarried so long that her father sent down her sister to see -what had come of her. When she got there she found her sister weeping -bitterly. "What ails thee, wench?" said she. "O!" sobbed Moll, "don't ye -see that stwon in the arch, that stands out from the mortar like? Now, -mayhaps, when I be married an have a bwoy, an he comes down here to draw -beer, that big stwon'll fall down on'm and crush'm." "Thoughtful Moll!" -said her admiring sister, and the two sat down and mingled their tears -together. The drink not being forthcoming, another sister is despatched, -and she also stops. Meantime Dob grew chafed at the delay, and went down -himself to look after his love and his beer. When he hears the cause of -the stoppage, he falls into a violent rage, and declares he won't have -Moll unless he can find three bigger fools than herself and sisters. It -is noonday when Dob sets out on his travels; and the first person he saw -was an old woman, who was running about and brandishing her bonnet in -the sunshine: "What bist at, Dame?" says Dob. "Why," said the old woman; -"I'm a ketchin' sunshine in this here bonnet to dry me carn as a' leased -in wet." "Mass!" quoth Dob, "that's one fool." And so on he went till he -came to another Gothanite, who was dragging about the corn-fields a huge -branch of oak. "What may ye be a-doin' wi' that, Measter?" says Dob. -"Kaint ye see?" says the man; "I'm a gettin' the crows to settle on this -branch, they've had a'most all me crop a'ready." "The devil you are!" -said Dob, as he went on his way. He meets no one else for a long time, -and almost despairs of completing his number, when at last he sees an -old woman trying all she could to get a cow to go up a ladder. "What are -ye arter there, Missus?" says he. "Dwunt ye see, young mon?" says she; -"I'm a drivin' this keow up the lather t'eat the grass aff the thack." -"Deary me!" says Dob, "one fool makes many." And so he turned back, and -married Moll; with whom he lived long and happily, if not wisely.[1] - - [Footnote 1: Glossary.--_Tot_, a mug; _yeal_, ale; _leased_, - gleaned; _lather_, ladder; _thack_, thatch.] - -Besides Grimm's version, we meet with a somewhat similar fable in -Ireland. Vide Gerald Griffin's _Collegians_, p. 139. - -Another pretty numerous class of our popular stories consists of those -in which animals are made the actors. One of the most common of these -relates to the strife between the fox and the hedgehog, who, according -to the good people of Northamptonshire, are the two most astute animals -in creation. How a couple of these worthies once fell out as to which -was the swifter animal; and how, when they had put their speed to the -trial, the cunning urchin contrived to defeat Reynard by placing his -consort in the furrow which was to form the goal: so that when her mate -had made a pretence of starting, she might jump out and feign to be -himself just arrived. And how, after three desperate runs, the -broken-winded fox fell a victim to the deceit, and was compelled to -yield to his adversary; who, ever since that day, has been his most -inveterate enemy. This myth is curious on many accounts, for the -hedgehog has always been regarded as an emblem of subtlety. Grimm gives -a tale precisely similar, with the exception that it is a hare and not a -fox who is deceived by the ruse. Aldrovandus likewise tells us much on -the score of his craft; and it was probably some mythic connexion -between the animals which led Archilochus to class them together in the -adage: - - "[Greek: Poll' oid' alopex, all' echinos hen mega.]" - -Your readers will also call to mind the fable of Aelian, lib. IV. cap. -xviii. - - T. STERNBERG. - - -FOLK LORE. - -_Body and Soul._--The other day, in a village in Huntingdonshire, an -unbaptized child was buried. A neighbour expressed great sorrow for the -mother because "no bell had been rung over the corpse." On asking why -this circumstance should be so peculiarly a cause of grief, she told me -that it was "because when any one died, the soul never left the body -until the church bell was rung." Is this superstition believed in -elsewhere? And does it arise from mistaken notions regarding "the -passing bell,"--the "one short peal" which the 67th canon orders to be -rung "after the party's death?" - - CUTHBERT BEDE. - -_Giving Cheese at a Birth._--In the county of Northumberland, not far -from the Cheviots, I met with the following custom. When a woman's -confinement is near, a cheese is made, which, when the child is born, is -cut into pieces and distributed among all the houses (without exception) -in the vicinity. If the child is a boy, the pieces of cheese are sent to -the males; if a girl, to the females, each member of a family receiving -a portion. Visitors also come in for their share. Whence did this custom -arise? - - CUTHBERT BEDE. - -_Sneezing._--"The custom of blessing persons when they sneeze," says -Brand, "has, without doubt, been derived to the Christian world, where -it generally prevails, from the time of heathenism." In addition to the -interesting notice of the prevalence of this custom in Europe, and many -remote parts of Asia and Africa, given by Brand, I find traces of it -amongst the American tribes at the period of the Spanish conquest. In -1542, when Hernando de Soto, the famous conquest-actor of Florida, had -an interview with the Cacique Guachoya, the following curious incident -occurred:-- - - "In the midst of their conversation, the Cacique happened to - sneeze. Upon this, all his attendants bowed their heads, opened - and closed their arms; and making their signs of veneration, - saluted their prince with various phrases of the same purport: - 'May the sun guard you,' 'may the sun be with you,' 'may the sun - shine upon you,' 'defend you,' 'prosper you,' and the like; each - uttered the phrase that came first to his mind, and for a short - time there was a universal murmuring of these compliments."--_The - Conquest of Florida under Hernando de Soto_, by Theodore Irving, - vol. ii. p. 161. - -Whence could the natives of the New World have derived a custom so -strikingly similar to that which the ancients record? - - R. S. F. - - Perth. - -_Marlborough 5th November Custom._--At Marlborough, Wiltshire, on the -5th of November, two or three years ago, I noticed a peculiar custom the -rustics have at their bonfires, to which I could attach no meaning; and -I did not, at the time, inquire of any person there regarding it. - -They form themselves into a ring of some dozen or more round the -bonfire, and follow each other round it, holding thick club-sticks over -their shoulders; while a few others, standing at distances outside this -moving ring, with the same sort of sticks, beat those the men hold over -their shoulders, as they pass round in succession, all shouting and -screaming loudly. This might last half an hour at a time, and be -continued at intervals till the fire died out. Can any correspondent -inform me whether this _has_ any meaning attached to it? - - J. S. A. - - Old Broad Street. - -_Spectral Coach and Horses_ (Vol. iv., p. 195.).--A similar legend was -within a few years current near Bury St. Edmunds, in the same county, -where on Christmas Eve, at midnight, a coach drawn by four headless -horses, and driven by a headless coachman, might be seen to come in a -direction from the parish of Great Barton, across the fields, regardless -of fences, and proceed to a deep hole called "Phillis's Hole" near "the -two-mile spinney," in the parish of Rongham, and there find a -resting-place. A few years since, wishing to learn whether this sight -was among the things still looked for or believed in, I proceeded to the -locality at the time stated, but met with no one but a gamekeeper, whom -I found to be quite familiar with the legend. He said he had heard a -good deal in his younger days about the "coach," but had never seen it. -There was, however, an old woman then living who had seen it often, and -who declared that the coach was occupied by a gentleman and a lady, also -without heads, but he did not know what to say to it. All he knew was, -that when a man was out on dark nights, "he could draw anything into his -eye that he liked!" - - BURIENSIS. - - -ANTIQUARIES OF THE TIME OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. - -I have a copy of Weever's _Ancient Funerall Monuments_, which once -belonged to William Burton, the historian of Leicestershire; on a -fly-leaf at the end of the volume is the following list in the autograph -of that celebrated antiquary, which, perhaps, may not be without its -interest to the readers of "N. & Q." I have appended some notes of -identification, which I have no doubt some of your correspondents could -easily render more complete. - - "Antiquarii temp. Eliz. Reg. - - "1. Recorder Fletewode, Wm. - 2. Mr. Atey. - 3. Mr. Lambard, Will[=m]. - 4. Mr. Cope. - 5. Mr. Broughton ye Lawyer. - 6. Mr. Leigh. - 7. Mr. Bourgchier. - 8. Mr. Broughton ye Preacher. - 9. Mr. Holland, Joseph. - 10. Mr. Gartier. - 11. Mr. Cotton, Robt. - 12. Mr. Thinne, Francis. - 13. Jo. Stowe. - 14. -- Combes. - 15. -- Lloyd. - 16. -- Strangman. - 17. Hen. Spelman. - 18. Arthur Gregory. - 19. Anth. Cliffe. - 20. Tho. Talbot. - 21. Arthur Goulding. - 22. Arthur Agard. - 23. Will[=m] Camden. - 24. Merc. Patten. - 25. Samson Erdeswike. - 26. -- Josseline. - 27. Hen. Sacheverell. - 28. Wm. Nettleton de Knocesborough. - 29. John Ferne. - 30. Ro[=b]t. Bele. - 31. John Savile de Templo. - 32. Daniell Rogers. - 33. Tho. Saville. - 34. Henry Saville. - 35. Rog. Keymis. - 36. John Guillim. - 37. -- Dee. - 38. -- Heneage. - 39. Rich. Scarlet. - 40. -- Wodhall. - 41. Dent de B[=a]co Regis. - 42. -- Bowyer. - 43. Robt. Hare. - 44. -- Harrison, schoolemr. - 45. -- Harrison, ministr." - -1. William Fleetwood, Recorder of London, "a learned man and good -antiquary," ob. 1593. (_Wood_, ed. Bliss, i. 598.) - -2. Mr. Atey. Was this Arthur Atey, Principal of St. Alban Hall, and -Orator of the University of Oxford, who was secretary to the Earl of -Leicester, knighted by King James, and who died in 1604? - -3. William Lambarde, the learned author of the _Perambulation of Kent_, -the first county history attempted in England, died in 1601. - -4. Mr. Cope. - -5. Mr. Broughton the Lawyer, _i.e._ Richard Broughton, Justice of North -Wales, called by Sir John Wynne, in the _History of the Gwedir Family_, -"the chief antiquary of England." - -6. Mr. Leigh, probably James Leigh, author of several tracts on -heraldry, preserved in Hearne's _Curious Discoveries_. - -7. Mr. Bourgchier. Query, Sir Henry Bouchier, afterwards Earl of Bett? -or Thomas Bouchier, the learned Roman Catholic divine, who died at Rome -about 1586? - -8. Mr. Broughton the Preacher. Could this be the learned divine Hugh -Broughton, author of _The Consent of Scriptures_, born in 1549, ob. -1612? - -9. Joseph Holland, a native of Devonshire, an excellent herald, -genealogist, and antiquary, of the Inner Temple, living in 1617. - -10. Mr. Gartier. Sir Gilbert Dethick, Knight of the Garter, Principal -King-at-Arms, who was well skilled in antiquities, is perhaps intended. -He died in 1584, at eighty-one. Or more probably his son and successor, -Sir William Dethick, Knight, who was one of a select number of -antiquaries who entered into a society in 1593 (the cradle of the -present Society of Antiquaries). Sir William died in 1612. - -11. Sir Robert Cotton, the founder of the Cottonian Library, died in -1631. - -12. Francis Thynne, Esq., Lancaster Herald, died 1608. "An excellent -antiquary, and a gentleman painful and well deserving of his office -whilst he lived." (_Camden._) - -13. John Stow, author of _The Chronicles of England_ and _The Survey of -London_; died in 1605. - -14. -- Combes. Query, Thomas Combe, author of a _Book of Emblems_, reg. -Eliz. - -15. -- Lloyd, Humphry Lluyd or Lloyd, "a most noted antiquary, and -person of great skill and knowledge in British affairs," ob. 1570. -(_Wood._) - -16. Mr. James Strangeman, of Hedley Castle, Essex, cited by Salmon as an -Essex antiquary. (_Gough._) - -17. The learned Sir Henry Spelman died in 1641. - -18. Arthur Gregory, ancestor of the present Arthur Gregory, of -Styvichall in the county of Warwick, Esq., who possesses some valuable -MS. collections of his ancestor. - -19. Anthony Cliffe. In Burke's _Dictionary of the Landed Gentry_, a -person of these names is mentioned as of the city of Westminster in the -Elizabethan period, ancestor of the present family of Cliffe of -Bellevue, co. Wexford. - -20. Thomas Talbot, "an excellent genealogist, and well skilled in the -antiquities of his country." Vide Wood's _Athenae_, ed. Bliss, i. 265. - -21. Arthur Golding; the same, I suppose, who finished the translation of -a work concerning _The Trueness of Christian Religion against Atheists, -&c._, began by Sir Philip Sidney, and also published other translations. -(_Wood_ and _Gough_.) - -22. Arthur Agard, styled by Camden "antiquarius insignis." He died in -1615. - -23. William Camden, born 1551, ob. 1623. - -24. Mercury Patten, Blue-mantle Pursuivant-at-Arms, had been patronised -by Lord Burleigh; was living in the second year of James I. - -25. Samson Erdeswike, the historian of Staffordshire, died in 1603. "A -very great lover and diligent searcher of venerable antiquity." -(_Camden._) - -26. -- Josseline, secretary to Archbishop Parker, was the author of a -short account of Corpus Christi or Ben'et College, Cambridge, to the -year 1569. (_Gough._) - -27. Henry Sacheverell, of Ratcliffe-on-Sore, in the county of -Nottingham, Esq.? - -28. William Nettleton de Knocesborough? - -29. John Ferne, author of the _Blazon of Gentry_, died about 1610. He -was knighted by James I. - -30. Robert Bele, secretary to the embassy of Sir Francis Walsingham at -Paris in 1571, Clerk of the Privy Council, &c.; ob. 1601. - -31. Sir John Savile, of the Middle Temple, elder brother of Sir Henry -Savile, died in 1606-7. He was one of the Barons of the Exchequer. - -32. Daniel Rogers, "excellently well learned; one that was especially -beloved by the famous antiquary and historian W. Camden;" ob. 1590. -(_Wood._) - -33. Thomas Savile, younger brother to Sir Henry, called by Camden "his -right learned friend," ob. 1592. - -34. Henry Savile. There were two Henry Saviles, who may either of them -be intended; Sir Henry Savile, Provost of Eton, who died in 1621-2, or -his kinsman of the same names, an eminent scholar in heraldry and -antiquities, and other branches of literature. He died in 1617. - -35. Roger Keymis. See _MSS. Harleian_, 5803. and 16,120., for two of his -heraldical collections. The former is dated anno 1609. - -36. John Gwillim, gent., the well-known herald, ob. 1621. - -37. Dr. John Dee, the celebrated philosopher of Mortlake, died in 1608. - -38. -- Heneage. Query, Sir Thomas Heneage, Knight? - -39. Richard Scarlet, citizen and painter stainer, of London, temp. -Eliz., took some good notes of Christ Church, Canterbury (_Gough_), and -was the author of some heraldical collections now in the British Museum. -(_MSS. Harl._ 2021.) - -40. -- Woodhall. - -41. -- Dent de Banco Regis. - -42. William Bowyer, author of _A perfecte Kellender of all the Recordes -remayninge in the office of Recordes at the Towere of Londone_. (_MS. -Harl._ 94. 4.) - -43. Robert Hare, son of Sir Nicholas Hare, Master of the Rolls, 1553, of -Caius College, Cambridge, collected the charters and privileges of the -University in three volumes, with a fourth of those relating to the town -only. (_Gough._) - -44. -- Harrison, schoolmaster. _John_ Harrison, _physician_, and _Vicar_ -of Grantchester, about the middle of the sixteenth century, was a great -historian; many of his MS. collections relative to the University of -Cambridge still remain. (_Gough._) - -45. -- Harrison, minister. William Harrison, author of "Historical -Description of the Island of Britain," prefixed to Holinshed's -_Chronicles_, living in 1587, is, I suppose, intended. - - SPES. - - -THE TREDESCANTS AND ELIAS ASHMOLE. - -Dr. Hamel, of whose memoir of the elder Tredescant and his voyage to -Russia I gave some account in Vol. iii., p. 391., being again in England -last year, pursued with unremitting zeal his researches into the history -of the Tredescants, and has given the results in a short Memoir read -before the Imperial Academy of Sciences at Petersburg on the 5th of -December last. Having been favoured with a copy of the memoir, and a -flattering letter from the writer, I think it incumbent upon me to add -to my former communication a brief abstract of this interesting paper. - -Dr. Hamel first directed his researches toward an endeavour to develope -the means by which Elias Ashmole became the possessor of the Tredescant -collection; and naturally expected that he should be able to trace the -document of 1659, upon which Ashmole rested his claim to the ownership; -but he could not find any such deed. - -He was, however, fortunate enough to trace out the original Will of John -Tredescant the younger, bearing his seal and signature, made at a -subsequent date, and formally proved, after his death in 1662, by his -widow Hester. This important document throws much light upon the -transaction respecting the Museum, and its destination. Dr. Hamel was -naturally much pleased with this discovery, and rejoiced to see for the -first time the autograph of a man about whom he had so much interested -himself, but was somewhat surprised to find that the name which has been -usually written Tr_a_descant was uniformly spelt Tr_e_descant in the -body of the Will, as well as in the signature; the seal, bearing the -same coat of arms given on a plate in the Catalogue of the Museum, being -placed between the syllable _Tre_ and _descant_. This document runs -thus: - - "THE LAST WILL AND TESTMANENT OF ME JOHN TREDESCANT. - - "In the name of God, Amen. - - "The fourth day of April in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand - six hundred sixtie-one, I, John Tredescant of South Lambeth in the - Countie of Surrey, Gardiner, being at this present of perfect - health, minde, and memorie, thanks be therefore given to Almightie - God, and calling to minde the uncertaintie of death, and being - desirous whilst I am in a Capacity to settle and dispose of such - things as God of his goodnesse hath bestowed upon me, doe make and - declare this my last Will and Testament as followeth. First and - principally I commend and yield my soule into the hands of - Almighty God my Creator, and my bodie to the Earth to be decently - (according to the quality wherein I have liued) interred as neere - as can be to my late deceased Father John Tredescant, and my sonne - who lye buried in the parish Churchyard of Lambeth aforesaid, at - the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named; hopeing by and - through the merits, death, and passion of my onely Saviour and - Redeemer Jesus Christ to have full remission of all my Sinnes, and - to see my God in the Land of the Living; and for my temporall - Estate I doe will, bequeath, and dispose thereof as followeth. - That is to saie, I will that all such debts as shall be by me - justly due and owing to anie person or persons whatsoever at the - time of my decease (if anie such be) shall be truly paid and - satisfied, and after my Funeral charges shall be defrayed, for the - doeing whereof I appoint the summe of twenty pounds or thereabouts - shall be expended by my Executrix but not more. Item, I giue and - bequeath upon the condition hereafter mentioned to my daughter - Frances Norman the summe of ten pounds of Lawfull money of - England, which I will shall be paid unto her within six moneths - after my decease, and likewise I doe forgive her the summe of - fourscore pounds or thereabouts, Principall Money, besides the - Interest thereof which I long since lent her late deceased husband - Alexander Norman. Provided that shee and her husband, if she shall - be then againe married, give my Executrix a generall release for - the same. Item, I give and bequeath to my two namesakes Robert - Tredescant and Thomas Tredescant, of Walberswick in the Countie of - Suffolk, to eache of them the summe of five shillings apiece in - remembrance of my loue, and to every childe or children of them - the [said] Robert and Thomas that shall be liuing at the time of - my decease the summe of two shillings and sixpence apiece. Item, I - giue to Mris. Marie Edmonds, the daughter of my louing Friend - Edward Harper, the summe of one hundred pounds, to be paid unto - her after my wife's decease; and in case she die before my said - wife, my will is and I doe hereby giue and bequeath the said summe - of one hundred pounds, after my wife's decease, to my Foure - God-children, vizt. Hester, John, Leonard, and Elizabeth Edmonds, - sonnes and daughters of the said Mris. Mary Edmonds Equally to be - diuided amongst them, share and share alike; and if either of them - die before he, her, or they receiue their share or portion so to - be diuided, then the said share or portion of him, her, or them so - dying to goe and be giuen to the survivor and survivors of them, - share and share alike. Item, I doe hereby giue, will, devise and - bequeath to my Cosin Katharine King, widdow, after the decease of - my wife, the Little House commonly called the Welshmans house - situate in South Lambeth aforesaid, together with that Little - Piece of Ground now enclosed thereunto adjoyning; and to her heirs - and assignes for euer. Item, I giue, devize, and bequeath my - Closet of Rarities to my dearly beloued wife Hester Tredescant - during her naturall Life, and after her decease I giue and - bequeath the same to the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, to - which of them shee shall think fitt at her decease. As for such - other of my friends and kindred as I should nominate for Rings and - small tokens of my Loue, I leaue that to the Care of my said wife - to bestow how manie and to whome shee shall think deseruing. The - rest and Residue of all my Estate Reall and personall whatsoeuer, - I wholly giue, devize, and bequeath to my deare and louing wife - Hester Tredescant, and to her heires and assignes for euer. And I - doe hereby nominate, ordaine, constitute, and appoint my said - Louing Wife Hester Tredescant full and sole Executrix of this my - last will and Testament; and I doe desire Dr. Nurse and Mr. Mark - Cottle to be Ouerseers of this my last Will and Testament, and I - giue to each of them fortie shillings apiece. Lastly, I doe hereby - revoke all Wills by me formerly made, and will that this onely - shall stand and be my last will and Testament, and no other. In - Wittnesse whereof I the said John Tredescant to this my present - last will and testament haue set my hand and seale the daie and - yeare aboue written. - - "JOHN TRE (L.S.) DESCANT. - - "Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said John - Tredescant the Testator, as and for his last Will and Testament, - in the presence of John Seatewell, Foulk Bignall, Robert Thompson, - Jun'ris, Ric. Newcourt, Jun'r, Richard Hoare, Notary Publique. - - "Probatum apud London coram venerabili viro D[=n]o Williamo - Mericke milite Legum Doctore Commissario, etc., quinto die mensis - May Anno Domini 1662, iuramento Hestore Tredescant, Relicte dicti - defuncti et Executricis, etc." - -It will be recollected that Ashmole, in his Diary, says-- - - "Decem. 12, 1659. Mr. Tredescant and his wife told me they had - been long considering upon whom to bestow their close of - curiosities when they died, and at last resolved to give it unto - me." - -Two days afterwards (on the 14th) they had given their scrivener -instructions to prepare a deed of gift to that effect, which was -executed by Tredescant, his wife being a subscribing witness on the -16th, as Ashmole records with astrological minuteness, "5 hor. 30 -minutes post meridian." On May 30th, 1662, little more than a month -after John Tredescant's death, he records-- - - "This Easter term, I preferred a bill in Chancery against Mrs. - Tredescant, for the rarities her husband had settled on me." - -Dr. Hamel succeeded in finding the protocols in this suit among the -records of the Court of Chancery, in which Ashmole sets forth, that in -December, 1659, he visited the Tredescants in South Lambeth, and that he -was entertained by Tredescant and his wife with great professions of -kindness. That Mrs. Tredescant told him that her husband had come to the -determination to bequeath to him "the rarities and antiquities, bookes, -coynes, medalls, stones, pictures, and mechanicks contained in his -Closett of Raryties, knowing the great esteeme and value he put upon -it." That Tredescant himself had afterwards said to him, that in -acknowledgment of his (Ashmole's) previous trouble concerning the -preparation of the catalogue of his museum and gardens[2], he purposed -to do so, and that in effect Ashmole and Mrs. Tredescant, as long as she -lived, should enjoy it together. Ashmole also says, Tredescant had made -it a condition that he should, after Mrs. Tredescant's decease, pay a -certain Mary Edmonds, or her children, one hundred pounds sterling. That -he did then actually let a deed be prepared, by which he made over to -him his collection of every kind of curiosities of nature and art within -or near the house (Ashmole here cunningly includes the botanic garden); -Mrs. Tredescant was to have the joint proprietorship, and nothing was to -be abstracted from the collection. - - [Footnote 2: In the preface to the catalogue the assistance of two - friends is mentioned; it appears that the other was Dr. Thomas - Warton.] - -This deed Tredescant had, on the 16th of December (1659), confirmed -under his hand and seal. Mrs. Tredescant fetched a Queen Elizabeth's -milled shilling, which Tredescant handed over to him, together with the -conveyance, and thereby he came into possession of the collection.[3] - - [Footnote 3: Ashmole says, "It was not thought fit to clogge the - deed with the payment of the said hundred pounds to Mrs. Edmonds - or her children, to the end that the same might better appear to - be a free and generous gift, and therefore the consideracion of - the deed was expressed to be for the entire affeccion and singular - esteeme the said John Tredescant had to him (Ashmole), who he did - not doubt would preserve and augment the said rarities for - posterity." He declares that he will pay the money; and in his - Diary we find that after Mrs. Tredescant's death, in 1678, he pays - to a Mrs. Lea, probably one of the daughters of Mrs. Edmonds, one - hundred pounds.] - -Mrs. Tredescant had signed the deed as witness; but, when Ashmole was -about to leave the house, she had requested him to leave it with her, as -she wished to ask some of her friends whether, by having signed it as -witness, her right as joint proprietress of the collection might not be -diminished. He left the document with her, in expectation that it would -soon be restored to him, but this was never done. Now, after the death -of Tredescant, she maintains that her husband never made such a -conveyance; but the truth is she has burnt or destroyed it in some other -manner. - -Against this Mrs. Tredescant refers to her husband's last will and -testament of the 4th of May, 1661, by which all previous dispositions of -his property, of whatever kind, were declared invalid, and strongly -urges that the museum was expressly bequeathed to her and her alone, -with the stipulation that she should leave it either to the University -of Oxford or to that of Cambridge. And she adds, that she had determined -to leave it to the University of Oxford. - -I must not now further trespass upon your space; you shall have the -sequel for your next Number. - - S. W. SINGER. - - Manor Place, So. Lambeth. - - -Minor Notes. - -_Bothwell's Burial-place._--Bothwell was imprisoned in Seeland, in the -castle of Draxholm, now called Adelersborg, near the town of Holbek. He -died there, and was buried in the neighbouring village church of -Faareveile, where I in vain have searched for this tomb or coffin. An -old coffin, half opened, standing between several other old coffins in a -vault below the floor of the church, certainly was said, according to -tradition, to contain the body of Bothwell, but no inscriptions or other -signs proved the truth of it. - - J. J. A. WORSAAE. - -_Handel's Organ at the Foundling Hospital._--It is generally understood -that the organ in the chapel of this Institution was the gift of Handel. -That great musician conducted a concert of sacred music upon the opening -of the chapel in 1749, and superintended the annual performance of his -oratorio, "The Messiah," from 1751 to 1759. In his will he left to the -charity "a fair copy of the score, and all its parts," of the same -oratorio; which score is still preserved, and has furnished the editor -of the new edition, lately produced by the Handel Society, with several -new and important readings. - -Dr. Burney, in his "Sketch of the Life of Handel," prefixed to his -_Account of the Commemoration_, 4to., 1785, says, "The organ in the -chapel of this [_i.e._ the Foundling] hospital was a _present_ from -Handel." But how are we to reconcile this statement with the following, -which I find in the _European Magazine_ for February, 1799: - - "Handel _did not give_ the organ to the Foundling Hospital. It was - built at the _expense_ of the charity, under the direction of Dr. - Smith, the learned Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, who added - demitones, &c., and some of the niceties not occurring in other - organs." - - EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. - -_Correction to the "Oxford Manual of Monumental Brasses."_--Permit me to -correct an error in the above carefully compiled and useful manual. On -p. 15. of the "Descriptive Catalogue" a brass is described, No. 32. of -their collection, to "Edward Peach, 1439;" no place is mentioned in -connexion with this brass. The notice should stand thus: - - "1839. Edward Peach, _S. Chad's (R.C.) Church, Birmingham_. - - [+] - - "Hic jacet dmus Edwardus Peach quondam rector istius ecclesie - qui obiit die Nativitatis _Beate_ Marie Virginis Anno Domini - _milessimo_ _D_CCCXXXIX," &c. - -The brass is so well _designed_ and _executed_, that it might easily -pass for an old example. By some error "s[=a]cte" has been printed for -"Beate," "millessimo" for "milessimo," and "CCCC" for "DCCC" in the -Oxford version of the inscription. - - W. SPARROW SIMPSON, B.A. - -_Milton's Rib-bone._--In Vol. v., p. 275., mention is made of Cromwell's -skull; so it may not be out of place to tell you that I have handled one -of Milton's ribs. Cowper speaks indignantly of the desecration of our -divine poet's grave, on which shameful occurrence some of the bones were -clandestinely distributed. One fell to the lot of an old and esteemed -friend, and between forty-five and forty years ago, at his house, not -many miles from London, I have often examined the said rib-bone. That -friend is long since dead; but his son, now in the vale of years, lives, -and I doubt not, from the reverence felt to the great author of -_Paradise Lost_, that he has religiously preserved the precious relic. -It might not be agreeable to him to have his name published; but from -his tastes he, being a person of some distinction in literary pursuits, -is likely to be a reader of "N. & Q.," and if this should catch his eye, -_he_ may be induced to send you some particulars. I know he is able to -place the matter beyond a doubt. - - B. B. - - Pembroke. - - - - -Queries. - - -THE DANES IN ENGLAND. - -Since I arrived in England my friend Mr. Thoms has called my attention -to the following Note by the "English Opium Eater" in the _London -Magazine_ for May, 1823, p. 556., on a subject of great interest to me -with reference to the views I have advanced in my recently published -volume, entitled _An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, -Scotland, and Ireland_. - - "I take this opportunity of mentioning a curious fact which I - ascertained about twelve years ago, when studying the Danish. The - English and Scotch philologists have generally asserted that the - Danish invasions in the ninth and tenth centuries, and their - settlements in various parts of the island (as Lincolnshire, - Cumberland, &c.), had left little or no traces of themselves in - the language. This opinion has been lately reasserted in Dr. - Murray's work on the European languages. It is, however, - inaccurate. For the remarkable dialect spoken amongst the lakes of - Cumberland and Westmoreland, together with the names of the - mountains, tarns, &c., most of which resist all attempts to unlock - their meaning from the Anglo-Saxon, or any other form of the - Teutonic, are pure Danish, generally intelligible from the modern - Danish of this day, but in all cases from the elder form of the - Danish. Whenever my Opera Omnia are collected, I shall reprint a - little memoir on this subject, which I inserted about four years - ago in a provincial newspaper: or possibly, before that event, for - the amusement of the lake tourists, Mr. Wordsworth may do me the - favour to accept it as an appendix to his work on the English - Lakes." - -Can any reader of "N. & Q." refer me to the paper in which this "little -memoir" was inserted? (it was probably in a Cumberland or Westmoreland -paper somewhere about the year 1819;) or inform me whether it ever -appeared as an appendix to any work of Wordsworth's on the English -lakes? - - J. J. A. WORSAAE. - - -Minor Queries. - -_Taylor Family._--A great favour would be conferred by any -Worcestershire correspondent who could furnish any information as to the -family, arms, place of burial, of Samuel Taylor, who was Mayor of -Worcester in 1731-32, and again in 1737. Are any descendants or -connexions still resident in that neighbourhood? The information is -required for genealogical purposes. - - E. S. TAYLOR. - -_Analysis._--Is algebra rightly termed analysis? Edgar Poe, a very queer -American author, maintains the negative: he also enters into the -question as to whether games of skill and chance are useful to the -analytical powers, and gives the preference to draughts over chess, and -to whist over either. But he seems to think the chief applications of -analysis are to the interpretation of cryptographies, the -disentanglement of police puzzles, and the solution of charades! - -There is, however, plausibility in his theory that a good analyst must -be both poet and mathematician. This is Ruskin's "imagination -penetrative:" such a faculty belonged to the minds of Verulam and -Newton, of Kepler and Galileo. I do not, however, see the necessity of -Ruskin's threefold division of the "imaginative faculty." Would not -"imagination analytic and creative" suffice? - - MORTIMER COLLINS. - -_Old Playing Cards._--In 1763 Dr. Stukeley exhibited to the Antiquarian -Society a singular pack of cards, dating before the year 1500. They were -purchased in 1776, by Mr. Tutet, and on his decease they were bought by -Mr. Gough. In 1816 they had passed into the possession of Mr. Triphook, -the bookseller. Query, where are they now? - - EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. - -_Canongate Marriages._--According to the _Newgate Calendar_, vol. ii. p. -269., there seems to have existed, about the year 1745, a sort of -_Gretna Green_ in the Canongate of Edinburgh. It is long since I read -that _famous_ work, but I made an excerpt at the time, which is as -follows: - - "It was customary for some of the ministers of the Church of - Scotland, who were out of employment, to marry people at the - ale-houses, in the same manner that the Fleet marriages were - conducted in London. Sometimes people of fortune thought it - prudent to apply to these marriage brokers; but, as their chief - business lay among the lower ranks of people, they were deridingly - called by the name of 'Buckle the Beggars.' Most of these - marriages were solemnized at public-houses in the Canongate." - -This statement "comes in such a questionable shape," and from so -"questionable" a quarter, that really one cannot be blamed for -questioning it. Surely the ministers referred to must have been men -deprived of their charges? Can any correspondent of "N. & Q." speak to -this subject? I am certain that the Scottish clergy of that age would -never have suffered any _Buckle the Beggars_ to rank with them as -regular preachers, though "out of employment." - - R. S. F. - - Perth. - -_Devil, Proper Name._--Will any of your correspondents kindly inform me -whether there are any persons now existing of the name of Devil; or who -bear the devil on their coat of arms? In 1847 I saw upon the panel of a -carriage in London the _devil's head_ for a crest. To what family does -this belong? "Robin the Devil" is mentioned in _Rokeby_, cant. vi. st. -32. The following is from the _Monthly Mirror_, August, 1799: - - "Formerly there were many persons surnamed 'the Devil.' In an - ancient book we read of one Rogerius Diabolus, Lord of Montresor." - "An English monk, Willelmus, cognomento Diabolus. Again, Hughes le - Diable, Lord of Lusignan. Robert, Duke of Normandy, son of William - the Conqueror, was surnamed 'the Devil.' In Norway and Sweden - there were two families of the name of 'Trolle,' in English, - 'Devil;' and every branch of these families had an emblem of the - devil for their coat of arms. In Utrecht there was a family called - 'Teufel' (or Devil); and in Brittany there was a family of the - name of 'Diable.'" - - W. R. DEERE SALMON. - -_Hendurucus du Booys; Helena Leonora de Sieveri._--Their portraits -engraved by Cornelius Vischer from paintings by Vandyke. Who were they? - - G. A. C. - -_Can a Clergyman marry himself?_--If a clergyman were to perform the -marriage service in his own case, would it be valid? Has such an -occurrence ever been known? - - CONSTANT READER. - -_Ground Ice._--Has any satisfactory explanation been given of the mode -in which the peculiar substance termed _ground ice_ is formed in certain -rivers. I am most familiar with it as seen in the Wiltshire Avon. It is -seen in some rivers in Lincolnshire, where I am told it is called -_ground-gru_. One who has noticed it in the Teviot says, that the -inhabitants there call it "sludge." - -The fact of ice being formed at the _bottom_ of streams, where we should -expect a higher temperature, is so curious an anomaly, that it would be -desirable to collect instances where and at what depths it is observed. - - J. C. E. - -_Astrologer-Royal._--I remember, in a former volume of "N. & Q.," some -mention is made of Almanacks, Astrologers, &c. It escaped me at the time -to tell you that the ancient office of King's Astrologer happens not to -have been subjected to formal abolition, and, being hereditary, it is -now vested in the person of Mr. Gadbury, resident at Bristol. He is -auctioneer to the Court of Bankruptcy, and a very worthy man. He tells -me there is neither salary nor privilege attached to his nominal post. - - B. B. - - Pembroke. - -_William, second Duke of Hamilton._--Can any of your numerous -correspondents inform me if there is any monumental inscription, or -other memorial, dedicated to the memory of William, second Duke of -Hamilton, who expired on the 12th of September, 1651, from the effects -of a wound received at the battle of Worcester on the 3rd of the same -month? He was interred before the high altar in Worcester Cathedral, -having died at the Commandery in that city; but there is neither - - "storied urn or animated bust" - -as a record of his sepulture within that venerable pile. - -In making an inspection of the Commandery, an old building, probably -once belonging to the Knights Templars, I was gravely told, and my -informant even showed me the very spot beneath the floor of one of the -rooms, in which, as tradition points out, he is said to have been -buried. - - J. B. WHITBORNE. - -_The Ring Finger._--Having observed various remarks on the ring finger -in your last volume, I shall be much obliged if you can give me any -information on the subject. As a lady of my acquaintance has had the -misfortune to lose that finger, it has been said that she cannot be -legally married in the Church of England in consequence, and had better, -if ever solicited, cross the border to Scotland to make the marriage -binding. - - A RING. - -_Bishop of London's Palace in Bishopsgate._--Historians agree that King -Henry VII., on his arrival in London after the battle of Bosworth, took -up his residence for a few days at the Bishop of London's palace, and -Bacon tells us[4] this palace was in Bishopsgate Street. Can any of your -readers inform me where it stood? - - J. G. - - [Footnote 4: [Where? Our correspondent should have given the - reference.--ED.]] - -_Earls of Clare_ (Vol. v., p. 205.).--Can H. C. K., who appears to have -access to an old pedigree of this family, answer any of the following -Queries? - -1. Which was the Richard Earl of Clare whose daughter married William de -Braose, who was starved to death at Windsor in 1240? - -2. Who was Isabel de Clare, who married William de Braose, grandson of -the above? - -3. Who was Alice, daughter of Richard Earl of Clare, who married William -third Baron Percy? - -4. Who was Mabel, daughter of an Earl of Clare, who married Nigel de -Mowbray, a baron at the coronation of Richard I.? - -5. Who was ---- de Clare, treasurer of the church of York, living -between 1150 and 1200? - - E. H. Y. - -_Lothian's Scottish Historical Maps._-- - - Ptolemy's Scotland, A.D. 146. - Richard's Ditto, A.D. 446. - Roman Ditto, A.D. 80 to 446. - Pictish Ditto, A.D. 446 to 843. - Picts and Scots Ditto, A.D. 843 to 1071. - Sheriffdoms, Earldoms, and Lordships of the 15th Century. - Highlands in Clans, 1715-45. Track of Prince Charles Stuart. - -I should be glad to hear where this progressive series, or any of them, -might be met with. I understand it was considered a very complete Atlas -of Scotland in the olden times; but on applying to my Edinburgh -bookseller, I was informed they were out of print. I think they bear -date 1834, and I should think the plates are still in existence. They -were said to be very accurate, and the price was under a pound. They -were published by John Lothian, formerly Geographer and Map Publisher, -Edinburgh. - - ELGINENSIS. - -_Sally Lunn._--Partial to my sweet tea-cake, I often think when eating -it of Sally Lunn, the pretty pastrycook of Bath, to whose inventive -genius we are said to be indebted for this farinaceous delicacy. Is -anything known of Sally Lunn? is she a personage or a myth? - - SHIRLEY HIBBERD. - -"_Bough-House._"--At the late assizes for the county of Suffolk, the -witnesses in two separate cases spoke of a "bough-house," and the -explanation given was, that certain houses where beer, &c. was sold at -fair-time only had boughs outside to indicate their character. As an -illustration of the familiar proverb, "Good wine needs no _bush_," and -as the word does not occur in Forby's _Glossary of East Anglia_, it may -perhaps deserve a place. - - BURIENSIS. - -_Dyson's Collection of Proclamations._--The curious collection of old -proclamations, &c., in the library of the Society of Antiquaries is -sometimes referred to as _Dyson's_, sometimes as _Ames's_. Was Dyson the -original collector? and, if so, when did he live? - - EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. - -"_The Hour and the Man._"--Can any of your correspondents inform me what -is the origin of this expression? It occurs in _Guy Mannering_, and -printed in Italics, but not within inverted commas. Is it a quotation? - - T. D. - - -Minor Queries Answered. - -_Jacobite Toast._-- - - "God bless the King, I mean the Faith's Defender. - God bless--no harm in blessing--the Pretender; - Who that Pretender is, and who is King, - God bless us all--that's quite another thing." - -Can any of your readers say who is the author of the above? - - G. M. B. - - [The above lines, "intended to allay the violence of party - spirit!" were spoken extempore by the celebrated John Byrom, of - Manchester, a Nonjuror, but better known as the inventor of the - Universal Short Hand. They will be found in his _Miscellaneous - Poems_, vol. i. p. 342. edit. 1773.] - -_Rev. Barnabas Oley._--The part played by this active and loyal -clergyman, who was deprived of his vicarage of Great Gransden in -Huntingdonshire during the interregnum, is generally known to readers of -the early history of that period. Walker, who has a notice of him -(_Sufferings of the Clergy_, p. 141.), says he died in 1684, but does -not tell us whether he was married or not. I believe he was, and left -descendants; and the object of this Query is to ascertain what were the -names of his children, and with whom they intermarried. - - D. - - Rotherfield. - - [We do not think Barnabas Oley was ever married, as his will, - preserved among Bishop Kennett's Collections, does not mention - either wife or children among the legacies to "his near kindred - and blood." His will, with its codicils, are curious documents, - and ought to be printed. See the _Lansdowne MSS._, No. 988. fol. - 94.] - -_Sweet-singers._--Swift says, in his _Abstract of Collins_, "Why should -not William Penn the Quaker, or any Anabaptist, Papist, Muggletonian, -Jew, or _Sweet-singer_, have liberty to come into St. Paul's church?" -Wanted, some historical notice of the Sweet-singers. - - A. N. - - [Timperley, in his _Dictionary of Printing_, has the following - note respecting them: "May 27, 1681. The Sweet-singers of the city - of Edinburgh renounce the _printed_ Bible at the Canongate - tolbooth, and all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions, and burn - all story books, ballads, romances, &c."] - -"_Philip Quarll._"--Did a Mr. Bicknell write _Philip Quarll_? Was he the -author of any other books? Is there a recent edition of _Philip Quarll_? -and, if not, why not? - - E. C. R. - - Sunderland. - - [Lowndes states that this work has been "frequently reprinted." - The only editions known to us are the first in 1727, and the one - published in a series by Harrison and Co. in 1731. The editor's - initials are P. L.] - -_Dedication of Middleton Church._--What is the dedication of the little -church at Middleton, Essex (near Sudbury, Suffolk)? I cannot find it in -the _Liber Regis_, in Wright's _Essex_, nor in Lewis's _Topographical -Dictionary_. - - W. SPARROW SIMPSON. - - [The indefatigable Newcourt, in his _Repertorium_, vol. ii. p. - 418., was unable to give the dedication, and has left a blank for - it to be supplied by some future antiquary.] - -_Lunatic Asylum benefited by Dean Swift._--Which of the lunatic asylums -benefited by the "will" of Dean Swift; either founded or endowed by the -bulk of his property?--Vide _Memoirs_. - - SAMPSON LOW, Jun. - - 169. Fleet Street. - - [St. Patrick's, or Swift's Hospital, for the reception of lunatics - and idiots, situated near Dr. Steevens's Hospital, adjoining to - James Street, Dublin. It was opened in 1757. For some account of - it see Scott's "Memoir of Dean Swift," _Works_, vol. i. pp. 438. - 527.] - - - - -Replies. - - -ST. CHRISTOPHER. - -(Vol. v., p. 295.) - -Some years ago I remember meeting with the following explanation of the -beautiful legend of St. Christopher, and unfortunately forgot to take a -_Note_ of it. It recurred to my mind on lately reading Mr. Talbot's work -on English etymologies, the writer of which appears to take a similar -view of the allegorical meaning. - -Part of the legend is founded on the meaning of the Greek [Greek: -Christopheron], coupled with a circumstance in the original legend, -which is of German origin, and is an allegorizing of our blessed Lord's -bearing the sins of the world, and _offering_ himself up on the altar of -the cross. In a Latin document of A.D. 1423, the name is abbreviated -into _X'poferus_; in an English one of the same date it is spelt -_Christopfore_; and in French, _Christopfre_. _Christopfer_ signifies -_Christ's sacrifice_: that is, the sacrifice of the cross continually -offered up in the sacrament of the altar, or the mass, the _messopfer_, -so named from the German _opfer_, a sacrifice; Welsh _offeiriad_, a -priest; _offrwm_, a sacrifice; _offeren_, the mass; Irish, _oifrionn_, -or _aifrionn_. - -The perfection of our blessed Lord's humanity, His resistance of evil, -and mighty strength displayed in bearing the sins of the universe, are -shadowed out in the great stature and vast strength of the giant -Christopher. According to the legend, when he had succeeded in reaching -the shore, and had set down his burden, he said: "Chylde, thou hast put -me in grete peryll, thou wayest alle most as I had had the world upon -me; I might bere no greater burden;" and the child answered, -"Christopher, marvel thou nothing, for thou hast not only borne all the -world upon thee, but its sins likewise." - -Mr. Talbot says, the name Christopher, _Christoffer_, may have been -given to children born on Good Friday, the day of the Great Sacrifice, -as those born on Christmas, Easter, and All Saints were named Pascal, -Noel, Toussaint. - - JARLTZBERG. - - -"REHETOUR" AND "MOKE," TWO OBSCURE WORDS USED BY WYCKLYFFE, A.D. 1384. - -(Vol. i., pp. 155. 278.) - -I. REHETOUR. - - (See the _Three Treatises_, published by Dr. Todd, Dublin, 1851. - Text, pages xxv, xxvi and lxv; Note on Rehetours, p. clxxi-ii.) - -It is certain that Monastery and Minster were originally one word in -Latin; it is generally believed that Rhythm and Rhyme were one in Greek; -and it is possible that _Rehetour_ and _Caterer_ had one prototype in -Spanish: of this last pair only one survived; it is naturally that -which, by being equal to the other in sense, excels it in harmony with -the English tongue. - -Convinced that the office assigned to the _Rehetours_ in the lordly -household could not have been filled by any such character as ascribed -to the _Rehateur_, _Reheater_, or _Rehaiteur_; convinced, moreover, that -the Scottish _Rehator_, _Rehatoure_, and the English _Rehetour_ must be -either both restored to their common kindred, or else consigned to -common oblivion, I chose the former alternative; and after a careful -inquest held on these twin foundlings, together with _Rehete_, -_Reheting_, two other departed strangers of the same age, I venture to -pronounce the following verdict:-- - -1. A native of Spain, _Regatero_ (see Stephen's _Spanish Dictionary_, -1726, and all that is said about _Regaton_ in the _Diccionario_ of the -Academy, Madrid, 1737, folio), travelling in Great Britain, changed to -_Rehetour_, _Rehator_, &c. - -2. By trade a retailer of provisions, huckster, or purveyor, his -character strongly partook of the nature of his commodities, so as to -become tainted; this appears from the quotations in Jamieson's _Etym. -Dictionary_, and is attested by the Spanish proverb, _Ni compres de -Regaton, ni te descuides en meson_: Wycklyffe in all three passages -expresses his apprehension of "harm." The French _regrattier_ from -_gratter_ (to scratch, scrape), and _Regatero_, _Regaton_, from _gato_ -(a cat), whether they be, or be not, truly thus derived, bear equally -marks of a contemptible impression. - -3. In Wycklyffe's simile the _Rehetours_ take care of the bodily, the -ecclesiastics of the spiritual food, the Pope being the steward of the -household. The Scottish _Rehatour_ we find no longer as an ordinary -plain dealer, but in a state of depravity, so as to be a mere byeword, -even in the sense of blackguard, which word itself, if we believe Nares -(see his _Glossary_) that it owes its existence to those menials of the -court, cannot have been barely "a jocular name," but their disposition -must have corresponded to their black exterior, otherwise the joke could -not have remained a lasting stigma. I believe, however, the word -_blackguard_, by inserting the _l_, merely simulates a vernacular -origin, it being properly _Beguards_ (see Boiste, _Dictionnaire -Universel_), from _Beghardus_ (see _Mediaeval Glossaries_), once a German -participle _bek[=a]rt_ (now _bekehrt_), _converted_, applied to the -Frater _conversus_, secular begging monks who, increasing in number and -misdeeds, soon became universally notorious, and ultimately (mixed up -with impostors who assumed their dress) would serve in any capacity -rather than the honest and irreproachable. - -4. If _Caterer_ proceeded from the Spanish, it arrived -thus--_Recatero_--_Recaterer_--_Caterer_; the _c_ for _g_ being either -the natural result from the accent which the majority of speakers -withdrew from the latter syllable of the word, or is accounted for by -"_Recatear lo mismo que regatear_:" the derivation from _re_ and -_cautus_, as given by Covarrubias, likewise protects the _c_. - -5. It is possible that the primitive root _Kat_ or _Gat_, in the sense -of hollow, hole, cavity, cave, &c., whence _Gate_, _Cot_, _Cottage_, -_Cattegat_ (Sinus Codanus), probably also _Regatta_, was the first -element of both the Spanish and the English term; the spot or situation -where the eatables were originally exposed for sale thus causing them -first to be called _cates_ (a plural noun like wages), then the singular -_cate_, &c., the noun of agent having most probably preceded the verb -_cater_, which has come last. A similar derivation is certain with -regard to _huckster_, which, besides _huckeback_, joins the Swedish -_hokare_, German _Hoeker_, &c., from the bending, crooked, or squatting -position in some brook or crook or corner. - -6. The verb _Rehete_ is aptly derived by Jamieson from _Rehaiter_; both -are extinct, yet their kindred _heiter_ (formerly _haiter_), with its -two verbs _erheitern_ and _aufheitern_, are still in full vigour among -the Germans, to whom they afford serenity of mind, mood, and weather. -The French compound word for wishing, _souhaiter_, refers its verb -_haiter_ to the Swedish _heta_, German _heissen_, Anglo-Saxon _hetan_, -as in _Ulf het araeran cyrice_, "ULF bid rear the church" (see Latham, -_Engl. Lang._ 1850, p. 99.): now if also from the _haiter_ of that -compound we may suppose a derivative _Rehaiter_, or at least one of the -kind to have served Chaucer in his participle _Reheting_, which has been -the puzzle of his commentators in the following passage from _Troilus_ -(III. line 350.): - - "And all the reheting of his sikes (sighs) sore, - At ones fled, he felt 'hem no more;" - -we may easily understand thereby that, as it were, a rebidding, an -importunate insisting upon, the repetition of his sighs, ceased and -were at an end; so that in the time of Edward III. a person complaining -of a troublesome cough, headache, &c., might call it a reheting cough, -&c. - -II. MOKE. - - (See the said _Three Treatises_, pages cxxxvii, and Notes, pages - ccxx. ccxxiii-iv.) - -Wyckliffe using the possessive "_their moke_," not the mere "a," as we -would say, I would not give "a pin," "a button," &c., together with the -evidence of the Irish _muc_, and the obsolete German _Mocke_, which has -been defined "Sus foeminea, quae ob foetus alitur," hardly leaves a doubt -that he means that animal, which may be traced also in the words _muck_, -_mucky_, &c. The reader may judge for himself by the following -passage:-- - - "Crist gave his life for hise brether, and so rewled hise shepe; - thei wolen not _gyue her moke_ to help _here_ nedy brethern, but - leten _here shep_ perishen, and taken of hem." - -In allusion to their not feeding their flock, but suffering their sheep -to perish, he prefers to mention an eatable object. - - N. L. BENMOHEL, A.M. - - 2. Trinity College, Dublin. - - [MR. BENMOHEL is wrong in supposing the word _Beghard_ to signify - _bekehrt_, conversus, and to be a name given to the Fratres - Conversi of monasteries, who, by the way, were not "secular - begging monks," nor necessarily monks at all. Any person, by a - donation to a convent, could be enrolled amongst its _fratres_ or - _sorores_, entitled to the prayers of the monks, and to a share of - their superabundant merits; and, being clothed at his death in the - habit of the order, was a _frater conversus_. Another class of - _conversi_ were lay monks (not necessarily _begging_ monks), who - attended on the other monks, and performed certain lay duties in - monasteries. MR. BENMOHEL will see some account of them in Dr. - Todd's _Introduction to the Book of Obits and Martyrol. of - Christ's Church Cathedral, Dublin_, p. xxvii. - - The _Beghards_, on the other hand, were not, properly speaking, - monks at all, inasmuch as they were not under any monastic vow. - They professed poverty, and lived on alms generally; but in other - respects their mode of life was various, and their orthodoxy and - morality very doubtful. They are generally denounced by the - ecclesiastical authorities; and, except in some few places and - under certain regulations, were never recognised by the Church. - The best account of them will be found in Mosheim's posthumous and - unfinished treatise, _De Beghardis et Beguinis_. The name is - evidently, as Mosheim shows, a compound of _beg_ (from the old - Saxon _beggen_, mendicare) and _hard_, or _hart_, a servant, - famulus, servus: the same word which we still use in the - composition of such words as shepherd, cow-herd, swine-herd. So - that _Beghard_ is not otherwise different from our word _beggar_, - than in so far as it was formerly applied to a religious sect. - - MR. BENMOHEL'S explanation of _Rehetour_ is very ingenious, and - may very possibly be true. His interpretation of _Muck_ is not so - satisfactory.] - - -PLAGUE STONES. - -(Vol. v., p. 226.) - -At the bottom of a street leading from Bury St. Edmunds to the Newmarket -road, stands an octagonal stone of Petworth marble with a hole in it, -which is said to have been filled with water or vinegar in the time of -the small-pox in 1677, for people to dip their money in on leaving the -market. What truth may attach to the traditionary use of the stone I -know not; but the stone is the base of a cross called St. Peter's Cross, -and the hole is the socket for the shaft. - - BURIENSIS. - -Are the stones mentioned by your correspondent J. J. S. as plague stones -anything more than the "holy stones" common at the meeting of old cross -roads in Lancashire, and perhaps other counties? The square hole in them -is surely nothing more than the socket in which the way-side cross was -formerly placed. Perhaps, however, he is speaking of a different and -less common kind of stone, in which case, if a list is made, it must be -by some competent person, able to distinguish the one from the other. - - P. P. - -In compliance with the suggestion of J. J. S., I may note that what I -suppose (since reading his communication in "N. & Q.") to be a "plague -stone" is to be seen close to Gresford in Denbighshire. I met with it -last summer, and could not then imagine what it could be. It is a large -hexagonal (I think) stone, with a round cavity on the top, which -certainly was full of water when I passed it. This cavity is pretty -deep, and the stone must be nearly three feet high, by from two to three -across. I regret I made no measurements of it. It is situated about a -quarter of a mile from the town on the road to Wrexham, under a -wide-spreading tree, on an open space where three roads meet. Should -this be seen by any Gresfordite, perhaps he would send you a more -accurate description of this stone, with any legend that may be attached -to it. - - G. J. R. G. - - -RHYMES ON PLACES. - -(Vol. v., p. 293.) - -Notwithstanding his name, which appears to indicate northern origin, -your correspondent W. FRASER may possibly be unacquainted with Robert -Chambers's amusing work, entitled _Popular Rhymes of Scotland_, which -contains numerous verses on both places and families, besides other -curious matter. - - E. N. - -The following doggrel I have heard in Surrey: - - "Sutton for good mutton, - Cheam for juicy beef, - Croydon for a pretty girl, - And Mitcham for a thief" - - A. A. D. - -I beg to contribute the inclosed, which I have heard from a former -incumbent of the parish of Sutton Long in Somersetshire. - - "Sutton Long, Sutton Long, at every door a tump of dung. - Some two; some three; it's the dirtiest place that ever you see." - -It was an ancient saying in the parish, and I believe the word _tump_ is -Somersetshire for heap. - -A village in Essex, called Ugley, possesses the unfortunate saying: - - "Ugly church, ugly steeple; - Ugly parson, ugly people." - -The first line is literally true; to give an opinion on the second would -descend too much into personalities. - - METAQUO. - -A particularly appropriate rhyme is that of - - "Stow on the Wold (Would?) - Where the wind blows cold." - - S. L. P. - - Oxford and Cambridge Club. - - -ARCHAIC AND PROVINCIAL WORDS. - -(Vol. v., pp. 173. 196. 250.) - -_Provincial Words._--Though the Rev. Wm. Barnes has almost -perfectionated the catalogue of Dorset provincialisms in the Glossary to -his beautiful poems in the Dorset dialect, I still sometimes meet with a -stray omission, viz.: - -_Blasty._ To feed a fire with the dust of furze, &c. - -_Clean-sheaf._ Altogether, _e.g._ "I've clean-sheaf vargot." - -_Crudelee._ To crow, as a baby does. - -_Eickered._ Blotchy. - -_Giblets._ The smaller pieces of a shirt. - -_Scousse._ To barter. - -_Snyche._ Eager; ready to snap at. - -_Squeapity._ To squeak, as an ungreased wheel. - -_Stump._ Disturbance. - -_Treaden._ The sole of the foot. - - C. W. B. - -In addition to the names already given, the following occur to my -mind:-- - - Spelling. Pronunciation. - - Alwalton, Hunts Allerton - Caldicott, Hunts Cawcott - Overton, Hunts Orton - Brewood, Staffordshire Brood - Chaddesley, Worcestershire Chaggeley. - -In connexion with this inquiry, would it not be interesting to make out -a list of proper names of individuals, the pronunciation of which is -different from the spelling; and, if possible, to trace (for example) -how Trevelyan and St. John became _Trevethlan_ and _Sinjin_, and the -high-sounding Cholmondeley sank, in the bathos of pronunciation, to -plain Chumley? - - CUTHBERT BEDE, B.A. - -_The Word "Pick."_--Presuming that the proposal at Vol. v., p. 173., -involves the discussion and illustration of the words inserted, allow -me, as a Lancashire man, to express my belief that the word _pick_ has -invariably the sense of "to throw," and not "to push." It is in fact -another form of the verb "to pitch;" the two terminations being almost -convertible, especially in words formed from the Saxon, as "fetch" from -"feccean," "stitch" from "stician," "thatch" from "theccan," the earlier -form of the latter word being retained in the well-known lines of "Bessy -Bell and Mary Gray." _Pick_, in the sense of "throw," will be found in -Shakspeare's _Henry VIII._, Act V. Sc. 3.: - - "I'll _pick_ you o'er the pales." - -And in _Coriolanus_, Act I. Sc. 1.: - - "As high as I could _pick_ my lance." - -And see the notes of the various commentators on these passages. If the -subject be worth further illustration, I may mention that in the -district of the cotton manufacture, the instrument by which the shuttle -is _thrown_ across the loom is called a _picker_; and each thread of the -woven fabric, being the result of one throw of the shuttle, is, by using -the word in a secondary sense, called a _pick_. I have heard a story of -a worthy patron of the Arts, more noted for his wealth than his taste, -who, attributing certain freedom of touch in a picture, for which he had -given a commission, to a want of due pains in elaboration, expressed his -dissatisfaction by saying, "there were not the right number of _picks_ -to the inch;" the threads of calico, when received from the weaver, -being usually counted under the microscope as a test of the goodness of -the work. - - J. F. M. - -_North Lincolnshire Provincialisms_ (Vol. v., pp. 173. 250.).--I have -noted the following North Lincolnshire provincialisms since the -appearance of MR. RAWLINSON'S suggestion:-- - -_Beat._ A bundle of flax. - -_Blower._ A winnowing machine. - -_Bumble._ A rush used to make the seats of chairs. - -_Bun._ The stalk of hemp. - -_Casson._ Cow dung. - -_Charking._ The wall lining a well. - -_Choo._} - -_Huigh._} Words used in driving pigs. - -_Connifolde._ To cheat; to deceive. - -_Coul Rake._ An instrument used to scrape mud from roads. - -_Dozel._ A toppen; a ball placed on the highest point of a corn-rick. - -_Feat._ Clever. - -_Fingers-and-toes._ Turnips are said to go to fingers and toes when -instead of forming bulbs they branch off into small knotty substances. - -_Gizen._ To stare vacantly. - -_Grave._ To dig turf. - -_Gyme._ A breach in a bank. - -_Hales._ The handles of a plough. - -_Hethud._ A viper. - -_Kedge._ Trash; rubbish. - -_Kelp._ The handles of a pail. - -_Ketlack._ Wild mustard. - -_Kittlin._ A kitten. - -_Lew._ A word used in driving geese. - -_Livery._ Sad; heavy; said of freshly-ploughed soil. - -_Mazzen._ To stupify; to make dizzy. - -_Meant._ Meaning of. - -_Nobut._ Only. - -_Nout._ Nothing. - -_Nozzel._ The spout of a pump. - -_Rate._ To revile. - -_Snail-shelley._ Cankered; said of wood. - -_Tod._ Dung. - - K. P. D. E. - - -LONDON STREET CHARACTERS. - -(Vol. v., p. 270.) - -I believe more than one of the courts to be haunted by persons who may -have suggested Mr. Dickens's "Little Old Lady." More than twenty years -ago a female of about fifty was a constant attendant on the Court of -Queen's Bench in Banco: I never saw her at a Nisi Prius sitting. She was -meanly but tidily dressed, quiet and unobtrusive in manners, but much -gratified by notice from any barrister. It was said she had been ruined -by a suit, but I could not learn anything authentic about her; though I -several times spoke and listened to her, partly from curiosity and -partly from the pleasure which she showed at being spoken to. Her -thoughts seemed fixed upon the business of the day, and I never -extracted more than, "Will they take motions?--Will _it_ come on -next?--I hope he will bring it on to-day!" but who was "he," or what was -"it," I could not learn; and when I asked, she would pause as if to -think, and pointing to the bench, say, "That's Lord Tenterden." I have -seen her rise, as about to address the court, when the judges were going -out, and look mortified as if she felt neglected. I cannot say when she -disappeared, but I do not remember having seen her for the last eight -years. - -I have heard that an old woman frequented Doctors' Commons about seven -years ago. She appeared to listen to the arguments, but was reserved and -mopish, if spoken to. She often threw herself in the way of one of the -leading advocates, and always addressed him in the same words: "Dr. -----, I am _virgo intacta_." - -The sailor-looking man described by Charles Lamb lasted a long time. I -remember him in Fleet Street and the Strand when I was boy, and also an -account which appeared in the newspapers of his vigorous resistance when -apprehended as a vagrant; but I cannot fix the dates. I think, however, -it was about 1822. His portrait is in Kirby's _Wonderful and Eccentric -Museum_, vol. i. p. 331. Below it is, "Samuel Horsey, aged fifty-five, a -singular beggar in the streets of London." The date of the engraving is -August 30, 1803. As the accompanying letter-press is not long, I copy -it: - - "This person, who has so long past, that is to say, during - nineteen years, attracted the notice of the public, by the - severity of his misfortunes, in the loss of both his legs, and the - singular means by which he removes himself from place to place, by - the help of a wooden seat constructed in the manner of a - rocking-horse, and assisted by a pair of crutches, first met with - his calamity by the falling of a piece of timber from a house at - the lower end of Bow Lane, Cheapside. He is now fifty-five years - of age, and commonly called the King of the Beggars: and as he is - very corpulent, the facility he moves with is very singular. From - his general appearance and complexion, he seems to enjoy a state - of health remarkably good. The frequent obtrusion of a man - naturally stout and well made, but now so miserably mutilated as - he is, having excited the curiosity of great numbers of people - daily passing through the most crowded thoroughfares of the - metropolis, has been the leading motive of this account, and the - striking representation of his person here given." - -The likeness is very good. Among the stories told of him, one was that -his ample earnings enabled him to keep two wives, and, what is more, to -keep them from quarrelling. He presided in the evenings at a "cadgers' -club," planted at the head of the table, with a wife on each side. Not -having been present at these meetings I do not ask anybody to believe -this report. - - H. B. C. - - U. U. Club. - -I believe Mr. Dickens's sketch, in the _Bleak House_, of the woman who -haunts the various Inns of Court, to be a clever combination of -different real characters. It is principally taken from a stout painted -old woman, long since dead, and who I believe was really ruined by some -suit in Chancery, and went mad in consequence, and used to linger about -the Courts, expecting some judgment to be given in her favour. Mr. -Dickens seems to have combined this woman's painful history with the -person and appearance of the diminutive creature mentioned by MR. ALFRED -GATTY. This latter personage is the daughter of a man for many years -bedmaker in one of the Inns of Court (I think Gray's Inn), and much of -her eccentricity is assumed, as, when begging from the few lawyers who -are old enough to remember her father as their bedmaker, no one is more -rational and collected. Though this little woman is well known from her -singular appearance and demeanour, there is no romance about her -history, and her craziness (if it really exists) is not to be attributed -to the Court of Chancery,--at which, as it is in the position of the -dying lion in the fable, every donkey (I mean no disrespect to Mr. -Dickens) must have its fling. - -If any correspondent really feels an interest in this little creature's -history, I can undertake, with very little trouble, to supply the -fullest particulars. - - B. N. C. - - Oxford. - -Although I have for many years ceased to be an inhabitant of the -metropolis, I am much gratified at the suggested record of these -worthies, and think it would be a most interesting book, were truthful -particulars got together concerning them, with good portraits--I mean -striking likenesses--of these beings, who, as ALFRED GATTY observes, -"come like shadows, so depart." I will inform him something about the -"half-giant," of whom Charles Lamb says, that he "was brought low during -the riots of London." I almost doubt this, for just about then he lived -in the parish of St. Mary-le-Strand; indeed, before then, my grandfather -was there overseer, or otherwise a parochial authority, and he had him -apprehended and imprisoned as a rogue and a vagabond. I have often heard -my father talk about him; indeed, he knew this man well, and I regret -that I have forgotten his name. He always spoke of him as having been _a -sailor_, and that he had his legs carried away by a cannon-ball. This -burly beggar had two daughters, to each of whom he is said to have given -500_l._ on her wedding; and it was also said he left a handsome sum of -money at his death. But, doubtless, some curious correspondent will be -able to forward the desideratum with farther information. I only tell -the little I know. - -The old porter, John, at the King's printing-office, whom I remember as -quite a character, "N. & Q." have peculiar facilities to immortalise. We -sexagenarians all remember the blackee at the crossing by Waithman's in -Bridge Street. He was said to have died very rich, and reported to have -sold his "walk," when he retired from business, for 1000_l._ - -But other "characters" might amusingly be introduced, such as those two -or three last roses in summer who continue to wear pig-tails or -pantaloons. I would even not omit Baron Maseres, and such -peculiarities--the German with his Bible and beard, without a hat--_et -hoc genus omne_. There is a large work of the kind, exhibiting portraits -and biographies of these illustrious personages in Edinburgh; it is now -scarce and valuable. I remember spending a most interesting evening over -it with a Scotchman, who knew and described many of the characters -developed. - - B. B. - - Pembroke. - - -STONE PILLAR WORSHIP. - -(Vol. v., p. 121.) - -SIR J. EMERSON TENNENT has accumulated many interesting particulars, but -by no means exhausted the subject. O'Brien, in his _Essay on the Round -Towers_, advocates the opinion of their being idolatrous -objects--remnants of Buddhism. The _Lia fail_ is celebrated in Irish -history. The episcopal city of Elphin has its name from a celebrated -pillar stone, which remained erect until Charles II.'s time, when it -fell in accordance with an ancient prophecy. This is attested by the -cotemporary evidence of O'Flaherty. Clogher has its name from another -celebrated stone, designated "The Golden Stone," which I believe was -oracular. There was in the city of Dublin, until recently, a curious -remnant of this veneration for stones, and in which we could probably -trace the transition from the Pagan to the Christian usage. At the base -of the tower of St. Audoen's Church was a rude-looking stone, something -like a spud-post, let into the wall, but so as to abut upon the street. -On the upper part of this stone was carved a cross in very low relief. -The stone was designated "The Lucky Stone," and the lower classes of the -people, especially hawkers and itinerant vendors of small wares, -believed that their success in business depended on their making a daily -visit to this stone, which they kissed; and thus a portion of the stone -became perfectly smooth and polished. There was a tradition, too, that -whenever the stone was removed, it was miraculously conveyed back to its -place. Thus it was said to have been stolen away to Galway, but to have -been restored to its original site on the following day. However this -may be, it remained attached to the church tower until about the year -1828, when some alterations being made in the church, it disappeared -from its place. The belief was, that one of the churchwardens, a man in -trade, had removed the stone into his own place of business, with a view -of engrossing all the luck to himself. Whether he succeeded or not, I do -not know; but after an interval of twenty years the identical stone -reappeared in front of a large Roman Catholic chapel lately erected near -St. Audoen's Church. It remained there, a conspicuous and -well-remembered object, near the donation-box, which it perhaps -assisted; but about six months ago it again disappeared, having been -removed, I know not where. - - R. T. - - -ON A PASSAGE IN HAMLET, ACT I. SC. 4. - -(Vol. v., p. 169.) - -Theobald long since observed-- - - "I do not remember a passage throughout our poet's works more - intricate and depraved in the text, of less meaning to outward - appearance, or more likely to baffle the attempt of criticism in - its aid." - -He then proposes his reading: - - "The dram of _base_ - Doth all the noble substance of _worth out_ - To his own scandal;" - -observing that "the dram of base" means the _alloy_ of baseness or vice, -and that it is frequent with our poet to use the _adjective of quality_ -instead of the substantive signifying the thing. - -It would be tedious to enumerate all the hapless attempts at emendation -which have been subsequently made, but I must be allowed to refer to -that adopted by MR. SINGER as long since as the year 1826, when he -vindicated the original reading, _doubt_, from the unnecessary meddling -of Steevens and Malone. MR. SINGER thus printed the passage: - - "The dram of _bale_ - Doth all the noble substance _often_ doubt, - To his own scandal." - -_Bale_ was most probably preferred to _base_ as more euphonous, and -nearer to the word _eale_ in the _first_ quarto; but MR. S. would now -perhaps adopt _base_, as suggested by the word _ease_, in the _second_ -quarto, for the reasons given by Theobald and your correspondent A. E. -B. - -It is evident that _dout_ cannot have been the poet's word, for, as your -correspondent remarks, the meaning is obviously, that "the dram of base" -renders all the noble substance doubtful or suspicious, not that it -extinguishes it altogether. This will appear from what precedes: - - "Or by some habit that too much _o'erleavens_ - The form of plausive manners," &c. - -Under present impressions, therefore, I should prefer, as the least -deviation from the old copies, to read: - - "The dram of _base_ - Doth, all the noble substance _o'er_, a doubt, - To his own scandal:" - -i.e. _doth cast a doubt over_ all the noble substance, _bring into -suspect_ all the noble qualities by the leaven of one dram of baseness. -This, according to your correspondent's own showing, is the very sense -required by the context, "the base _doth_ doubt to the noble, i.e. -_imparts_ doubt to it, or renders it doubtful." And when we recollect -the frequent use of the elision _o'er_ for _over_ by the poet, and the -ease with which _of_ might be substituted for it by the compositor, I -cannot but think it conclusive. To me the proposed reading, "_offer_ -doubt," does not convey a meaning quite so clear and unequivocal. - -Conjectural emendation of the text of our great poet is always to be -made with extreme caution, and that reading which will afford a clear -sense, with the slightest deviation from the first editions, is always -to be preferred. The errors are chiefly typographical, and often clearly -perceptible, but but they are also not unfrequently perplexing. - -That MR. COLLIER and MR. KNIGHT, who do not often sin in this way, -should on the present occasion have countenanced such a wide departure -from the old copies as to read _ill_ and _doubt_, may well have -surprised A. E. B., as it certainly did - - PERIERGUS BIBLIOPHILUS. - - -"THE MAN IN THE ALMANACK." - -(Vol. v., p. 320.) - -Nat Lee's _Man i' th' Almanack stuck with Pins_ has no reference to -"pricking for fortunes;" but to the figure of a man surrounded by the -signs of the zodiac found in old almanacks, and intended to indicate the -favourable, adverse, or indifferent periods for bloodletting. From the -various signs are _lines_ drawn to various parts of the naked figure; -and these lines give it very much the appearance of being _stuck with -pins_. - -I have not ready access to any old English almanacks; but a German one -of the early part of the sixteenth century contained the figure as above -described, with this inscription: - - "In dieser Figur sihet man in welchem - Zeichen guet, mittel, oder boess lassen sey." - -Surrounding the frame, the words "guet," "mittel," or "boess" are placed -against each sign of the zodiac from which the lines are drawn; and -underneath the figure are the following verses: - - "Im Glentz und in des Sommers zeit, - So lass du auff der rechten seyt, - In Winters zeit, und in dem Herbst, - Auff der lincken;--dass du nit sterbst." - -Some former possessor has written on the margin: - - "Signa coeli sunt 12. sqr: - - "Quatuor _boni_: Aries, Libra, Sagittarius, et Aquarius. - - "Et etiam quatuor _medii_, sqr.: Cancro, Virgo, - Scorpio, et Pisces. - - "Et quatuor _mali_: Geminij, Leo, Capricornus et - Taurus." - -Similar figures no doubt occur in our old English almanacks. I will -merely add that the figure above described is pasted on the back of the -title-page of an edition of _Regimen Sanitatis_, with an interlineary -version in German verse, bearing the following imprint: "Impressum -Auguste per Johannem Froschauer, Anno D[=m] MDij." 4to. - -The book also bears a German title which, as it mentions the subject of -bloodletting [lassen], I may as well transcribe: [P] _Diss ist das -Regiment der Gesuntheyt durch all monat des ganzen iars, wie man sich -halten sol mit essen und trincken, und auch von lassen._ I presume that -the rules for bloodletting which accompany the old almanacks are chiefly -derived from this _Regimen Sanitatis_, which is founded upon that of the -school of Salerno, as they form a principal feature in its precepts. - -This edition of the book does not appear to have been known to Sir -Alexander Croke: I will therefore give the general precepts for the -twelve months which are prefixed to it. - - "Januarius { Ante cibum vina - { tu sumas pro medicina. - - Februarius { Non minuas, non balnearis, - { Mala ne patiaris. - - Marcius { Hic assature - { tibi sunt balnea quoque cure. - - Aprilis { Ut vivas sane minuas venam - { Medicinam. - - Mayus { Carnes arescentes - { non sume sed recentes. - - Junius { Sanus eris totus - { si fons erit tibi potus. - - Julius { Ut tua te vita - { non vitas balnea vita. - - Augustus { Potio te laedit - { te quippe minutio sedat. - - September { Tempore Septembris - { prodest agrimonia membris. - - October { Sumere que potes - { et musti pocula potes. - - { Hoc tibi scire datur - November { quod reuma Novembri curatur, - { Potio sit sana - { atque minutio bona. - - December { Sit tepidus potus - { frigori contrarie totus." - -Such were the popular dietetics, and the almanacks were made the vehicle -of communicating them. As late as the year 1659, Edmund Gayton, author -of the _Festivous Notes on Don Quixote_, put forth a book in verse -entitled _The Art of Longevity, or a Dietetical Institution_. He had -graduated in physic at Oxford, but in his book he plays the part of a -Merry Andrew more than that of a physician. The book, however, is -curious as well as rare. - - S. W. SINGER. - - -EPIGRAM ON DR. FELL. - -(Vol. v., pp. 296. 333.) - -Your correspondent E. F. may very probably have been informed, by ladies -intimate with the Sheridan family, that Tom Sheridan composed the lines -on Dr. Fell, respecting whose author and subject inquiries were made by -a querist in page 296.; but it is nevertheless quite untrue. My memory -of those lines goes back to a date earlier than Tom Sheridan's capacity -for writing an epigram; and this on Dr. Fell may be found, if memory -does not deceive me, in the _Elegant Extracts in Verse_, of a date at -least as early as Tom Sheridan's work. The subject of the epigram was -Dr. Fell, who held the deanery of Christ Church with the bishopric of -Oxford, in the times of Charles II. and James II. Its author probably -put it into circulation anonymously, as is usual with such brief -specimens of personal satire. - -As lodged in my memory, the third line was,-- - - "But this I'm sure I know full well." - -That Dr. Fell, with some learning and a character for loyalty, had -somewhat in him which a discerning observer could not like, is become -notorious since the publication of his correspondence with the -obsequious and unprincipled Earl of Sunderland respecting Locke, whom -James II. wished the Dean to deprive of the income he received as a -student of Christ Church. (See Appendix to _Fox's History of Early Part -of Reign of James II._) Dr. Fell there tells the Earl that he had long -watched Mr. Locke, and made "strict inquiries," but that no person had -ever heard him speak a word against the government. He adds, that -language disparaging Locke's political friends had frequently been used -for the treacherous purpose of provoking such replies as might have been -used to his ruin, but hitherto all in vain; and that, as he had -withdrawn to the Continent, some other plan must now be adopted. He -accordingly proposes a mode of ensnaring him, subjoining, that if the -King would simply order his expulsion, the mandate should be obeyed, -without asking for any proof of his deserving such a sentence. This was -accordingly done; but in two short years the circumstances of all the -parties were changed. The Bishop and Dean was gone to appear before Him -who has said, "Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment;" the King had -withdrawn to the Continent, expelled by his own terrors, and deprived of -his inheritance; Locke was returning to his native land, to be counted -one of its chief ornaments; the Earl of Sunderland had betrayed his -master, and was desiring to be allowed to do any dirty work for another. - - H. W. - - -Replies to Minor Queries. - -_Verses in Prose._--I consider the following _not_ to be an instance of -casual versification by prose authors: - - "Fides antiquitatis religione firmatur. Stato tempore in sylvam, - - "'Auguriis patrum et prisca formidine sacram,' - - "omnes ejusdem sanguinis populi legationibus coeunt." - - _Tacit. Germ._ cap. 39. - -But I consider it to be a quotation from some lost Roman poet. It is too -lofty and sonorous to be casual, though such quotations are unusual to -the historian. - - A. N. - -_Stops, when first introduced_ (Vol. v., pp. 1. 133., &c.).--In order to -assist SIR HENRY ELLIS in his inquiry into the use of stops in the early -days of typography, I examined some of the earlier specimens of printing -which my library afforded, and made the following notes. P. T. had not -found the semicolon earlier than 1636, with the exception of Gerard's -_Herbal_, 1597. It is, however, probable that the communication of A. J. -H. (p. 164.), by which it appears that the semicolon was used in 1585, -may render my notes of no use. However, I send my contribution, such as -it is. - -In an edition of Latimer's _Sermons_, small 4to., black letter, judged -to be the edition of 1584, the stop in question is not found. The note -of interrogation is very curiously formed,--a colon surmounted by a -comma, thus [,:] I might also observe that, to one of such limited -knowledge as myself, the paging is singular,--only one numeral on each -leaf. - -In _Caroli Sigonii de Republica Hebraeorum_, libri vij, Hanoviae, 1608, no -semicolon occurs. But in Purchas' _Pilgrimage_, 1613, all the four stops -are used. So also in _The Spanish Mandevile of Myracles_, 1618. - - S. S. S. - -_Rev. Nathaniel Spinckes_ (Vol. v., p. 273.).--Anne Spinckes married -Anthony Cope, Esq., second son of Sir John Cope, fifth baronet, but had -_no issue_.--See Debrett's _Baronetage_. - - S. L. P. - - Oxford and Cambridge Club. - -_"'Twas they," &c._ (Vol. v., p. 10.).-- - - "'Twas they unsheath'd the ruthless blade, - And Heaven shall ask the havock it has made." - -AMICUS asks where this couplet is to be found. It appears to me that it -has been derived from an imperfect translation of the last two lines of -Martial's epigram, L. iv. Ep. 44., in which he describes the effects of -a recent eruption of Vesuvius: - - "Cuncta jacent flammis, et tristi mersa favilla: - Nec Superi vellent hoc licuisse sibi." - -It is a _petit morceau_ of heathen blasphemy, in supposing that the gods -ought to repent of what they have done. - - W. N. D. - -_Madrigal, Meaning of_ (Vol. v., p. 104.).--NEMO will find all that I -could collect upon this subject in the introduction to my _Bibliotheca -Madrigaliana_, published by J. Russell Smith, 8vo., 1847. - - EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. - -_Absalom's Hair_ (Vol. iv., pp. 131. 243.).--In answer to P. P., who -says that "Absalom's long hair had nothing to do with his death, his -head itself, and not the hair upon it, having been caught in the boughs -of the tree," RT. refers to the "respectable antiquity" of the popular -tradition. In the Vulgate edition of the Bible (Venetiis, 1760, ex -Typographia Balleoniana) there is a rude woodcut, evidently of much -older date than 1760, in which Absalom is represented as hanging by his -hair. Perhaps some of your correspondents can mention similar woodcuts -of a far earlier date. - -In a family Bible (black letter, 1634), I find the following MS. note on -2 Sam. xiv. 26.: "And when he polled his head ... he weighed the hair of -his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight;" which suggests -a solution of the difficulty which has puzzled many commentators, who, -to make Absalom's hair of the full weight, have to suppose that it was -plastered with pomatum and sprinkled with gold dust: - - "Ye lesser shekel weighed a quarter of an ounce, ye greater half - an ounce. We cannot therefore suppose yt ye loppings of Absalom's - hair weighed either 50 or 100 oz. But yt wn it was cut off his - serv'ts might have sold it for 12lb 10s or 25lb to ye Ladys of - Jerusalem, who were ambitious of adorning yr heads wth ye Hair of - ye beautifull Absalom: wth ye locks of ye Ks son...." - -It is recorded that when Absalom was buried "they laid a very great heap -of stones on him." Was this in detestation and abhorrence (cf. Joshua -vii. 26., viii. 29.), or in honourable memory of a prince and chief? If -the former, did it give rise to the custom of flinging stones in the -graves of malefactors? - - CUTHBERT BEDE, B.A. - -_Bowbell_ (Vol. v., pp. 28. 140. 212.).--Several of your correspondents -have pointed out instances of the use of the word _Bowbell_ as nearly -synonymous with _Cockney_. The following lines are, I believe, of -earlier date than any which have been quoted on this subject; but it is -not quite clear in what sense the word _Bowbell_ is there used. - -They are from a satirical poem by John Skelton, who died in 1529; and -the subject of them is Sir Thomas More. - - "But now we have a knight - That is a man of might, - All armed for to fight, - To put the truth to flight - By _Bowbell_ policy." - - JUVENIS. - -_Quid est Episcopus?_ (Vol. v., p. 255.).--I know not to whom Bingham -may refer these words in the edition of 1843; but in that of 1840 he -expressly refers them to "the author of the _Questions upon the Old and -New Testament_, under the name of _St. Austin_." But, the spurious book -being part of the collection printed as _S. Augustini Opera_, the -reference "Aug.," &c. very properly occurs there "at the foot of the -page." - - A. N. - -_Nightingale and Thorn_ (Vol. iv., pp. 175. 242.).--As an addition to -the examples already adduced concerning this fable, I give the -following: - - "Come, let us set our careful breasts, - Like Philomel, against the thorn, - To aggravate the inward grief - That makes her accents so forlorn." - - Hood, _Ode to Melancholy_. - - CUTHBERT BEDE, B.A. - -_The Article "An"_ (Vol. v., p. 297.).--"_Hospital_" is to be found with -the prefix "an" in Addison, and probably in the works of all other -writers who need the word and the prefix; but, as to there being only -_six_ words beginning with _h_ to which the case of the said prefix will -apply, I cannot assent to the assertion. Witness the following words, -which will form decided exceptions to a supposed rule of that -kind:--_Harangue_, _hereafter_, _historical_, _hour_, _hostler_, -_hyperbole_, _hypothesis_, _hysteric_. Can any one speak these words in -succession with the prefix "a" to each without impediment? I trow not. - - C. I. R. - -The six words mentioned by NIL NEMINI, that begin with the letter _h_, -and have the article "an" prefixed, are not quite the same as those I -was taught at school. This is my list "_Heir_, _honest_, _honour_ -(including _honourable_), _hour_, _herb_, and _hospital_." - - CUTHBERT BEDE. - -_The Countess of Desmond_ (Vol. v., p. 323.).--Having succeeded in -eliciting notices of various pictures of Oliver Cromwell attributed to -Cooper, without discovering the original miniature bequeathed to Richard -Burke by Sir Joshua Reynolds, I am tempted to mention that I once saw a -portrait of the Countess of Desmond, hitherto not described by any of -her biographers, but very much resembling the Windsor picture and -Penant's engraved print, though evidently the work of an inferior -artist. The portrait in question was a short time in my father's -possession, soon after the year 1800, having been delivered to him by -the executor of Mrs. Elizabeth Berkeley, an eccentric old lady, well -known as a correspondent of the _Gentleman's Magazine_, who left the -picture, with many others, to Lord Braybrooke. But it was soon claimed -by a Mr. Grimston of Sculcoates, in Yorkshire, who seemed to be entitled -to a great portion of the collection, and my father was glad to be -allowed to retain two fine views of Venice, painted by Canaletti for -Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, who was the father of Mrs. Berkeley's -husband, and which are still at Audley End. Perhaps this statement made -from memory at the end of fifty years may be of no value, but it shows -the existence of another likeness of the person always described as the -Countess of Desmond, and as it came originally from the collection of an -Irish prelate, it probably, like the lady herself, belonged to the -Emerald Isle. - - BRAYBROOKE. - -_Friday at Sea_ (Vol. v., pp. 200. 330.).--Stranger still to your -correspondent W. FRASER and the readers of "N. & Q." must the assurance -be that the "Birkenhead" troop-ship (whose disastrous loss was -accompanied by such a terrific sacrifice of life), sailed from -Portsmouth harbour on the _2nd January last--the identical day_ (_being -a Friday_) on which the lamented Capt. Symons in the "Amazon" left this -port, no more to return. Can we wonder that uneducated minds, usually -prone to superstitious observances, should at least _marvel_ at these -strange coincidences? - - H. W. S. TAYLOR. - - Southampton. - -_Marriage of Mrs. Claypole_ (Vol. v., p. 298.).--In an old annual -obituary for 1712, there is mention made of the Protector's family, and -of the marriage of Mrs. Claypole. I think it gives the date required by -B. N., but the phraseology is rather old-fashioned, and may be open to a -second interpretation. I send you the extract entire:-- - - "Elizabeth (and not Mary, as stated in your note) became the wife - of John Claypole, Esquire, of Northamptonshire, made Master of the - Horse to the Protector, one of his House of Lords, a Knight and - Baronet, on July 16th, 1657, he being then Clerk of the Hanaper; - the said Elizabeth dyed August 7th, 1658, and was buried in Henry - VII.'s chappel in a vault made on purpose." - -There is no mention of the writer's name in the volume, but I have found -such of the details respecting the Cromwell family as I examined to -coincide with the received authorities. - - T. O'G. - - Dublin. - -_Rev. John Paget_ (Vol. iv., p. 133.; Vol. v., pp. 66. 280. 327.).--Will -the following facts, taken from Oldfield and Dyson's _History and -Antiquities of Tottenham_, 1790, pp. 48-50., be of any use to CRANMORE? -He is quite right as to the substitution of the baptismal name _James_ -to the Baron of the Exchequer, instead of John, as Dugdale has it: for -he is called "James Pagitt, Esq.," in the inscription to his memory in -Tottenham Church. He was a baron from 1631 till his death in 1638. - -The authors describe him as "son of Thomas of the Inner Temple, London, -son of Richard Crawford, in the county of Northampton, son of Thomas of -Barton Seagrave, &c., in the said county." He married three wives: 1. -Katherine, daughter of Dr. Lewin, Dean of the Arches; 2. Bridget, -daughter of Anthony Bowyer; and 3. Margaret, daughter of Robert Harris -of Lincoln's Inn. The latter we find, in Ashmole's _Antiquities of -Berks_, vol. iii. p. 88., had been married twice before, and that her -father was of Reading. - -Baron Paget had no children by his last two wives; but by his first, -besides two daughters, he had two sons: Justinian of Hadley, Middlesex, -_custos brevium_ of the Court of King's Bench; and Thomas. - -If Cranmore can communicate to me any details of his history, I shall -feel obliged by his doing so. - - EDWARD FOSS. - -_Mary Queen of Scots and Bothwell's Confession_ (Vol. iv., p. -313.).--AEGROTUS refers, I presume, to a document which he will find in a -little volume entitled, _Les Affaires du Comte de Bodnee_, published at -Edinburgh by the Bannatyne Club in 1829. The narrative was written in -the old French, at Copenhagen. The original is still preserved in the -Royal Library of the Castle of Drottningholm in Sweden. Bothwell wrote -it on "la vielle des Roys," 1568, and appears to have given it to the -Chevalier de Dauzay, the French ambassador, to be communicated to the -King of Denmark. Dauzay received it on the 13th of January, 1568, and -placed it before the ministers of the King on the 16th of January. M. -Mignet, in his history, throws discredit on this confession, styling it -"a very adroit narrative" (_L'Histoire de Marie Stuart_, vol. i. -appendix H.); though such a self-crimination, at such a time, would seem -to any impartial mind to weigh strongly in favour of the ill-fated young -queen, whose character it tends to exculpate. - - F. S. A. - -_Introduction of Glass into England_ (Vol. v., p. 322.).--It is -impossible to determine at what period the use of glass utensils for -domestic purposes was first introduced into this country; but being -manufactured by the Egyptians and Phoenicians, we may very probably owe -the introduction of it to them. Window glass appears to have been used -in the churches of France as early as the sixth century; and according -to Bede, artificers skilled in the art of glass-making were invited into -England by Abbot Benedict in the seventh century; and the churches or -monasteries of Wearmouth and Garrow were glazed and adorned by his care. -Wilfrid, Bishop of Worcester, about the same time took similar steps for -substituting glass in lieu of the heavy shutters which were then in use; -and great astonishment was excited, and supernatural agency suspected, -when the moon and stars were seen through a material which excluded the -inclemency of the weather. York Cathedral was glazed about the same -time; and in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, when a great stimulus -was given to the erection of religious edifices, glass was generally -employed in the windows. It appears to have been used in domestic -architecture but very sparingly, till a much later period, when it came -to be gradually adopted in the residences of the wealthy. As late as the -middle of the sixteenth century it was recommended, in a survey of the -Duke of Northumberland's estates, that the glass in the windows should -be taken down, and laid by in safety during the absence of the Duke and -his family, and be replaced on his return; as this would be attended -with smaller cost than the repair rendered necessary by damage or decay. -In Ray's _Itinerary_ it is mentioned that in Scotland, even in 1661, the -windows of ordinary houses were not glazed, and those only of the -principal chambers of the King's palaces had glass; the lower ones being -supplied with shutters, to admit light and air at pleasure. - -Plate glass for mirrors and coach windows was introduced into England by -the second Duke of Buckingham, who brought over workmen from Venice, and -established a manufactory at Lambeth, where the works were carried on -successfully according to the process in use at Venice. - -The first manufactory for cast plate glass, according to the process -invented by Abraham Thevart, was established in 1773, at Prescot in -Lancashire, by a society of gentlemen, to whom a royal charter was -granted, under the name of the "British Plate Glass Company." - - D. M. - -_Maps of Africa_ (Vol. v., p. 236.).--As your correspondent has no faith -in Spruner, but appears to have confidence in Kiepert, it may serve him -to be informed that there is a General Map of Africa by Kiepert -published in 1850, and that Drs. Barth and Overweg, the travellers in -Africa, have this map with them: also, that Kiepert published a map of -Algiers, Fez, and Morocco, Tunis, Tripoli, &c. There is also another map -by Kiepert, of the Roman Empire in the first centuries of the Christian -era, which includes the northern coast of Africa. - - S. W. - -_Cromwell's Skull_ (Vol. v., p. 275.).--In answer to J. P., I beg to -inform him that the skull of Cromwell is in the possession of W. A. -Wilkinson, Esq., of Beckenham, Kent, at whose house a relation of mine -saw it. I have no doubt that Mr. Wilkinson would feel pleasure in -stating the arguments on which the genuineness of the interesting relic -is based. - - L. 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We could have wished that -it had not been included in this series, for we fear that circumstance -may deter many from purchasing it; and the writings of Browne may still -be read by all with interest and advantage, for, "of the esteem of -posterity," said Johnson, "he will not easily be deprived, while -learning shall have any reverence among men; for there is no science in -which he does not discover some skill; and scarce any kind of knowledge, -profane or sacred, abstruse or elegant, which he does not appear to have -cultivated with success;" and these writings, with Mr. Wilkins's notes, -may now be placed upon our shelves for fifteen shillings! - -If, when speaking of the discovery of electro-magnetism by Professor -Oersted, Sir John Herschel did not hesitate to declare "that the -Electric Telegraph, and other wonders of modern science, were but mere -effervescences from the surface of this deep recondite discovery which -Oersted had liberated, and which was yet to burst with all its mighty -force upon the world," he paid only a just compliment to the merits of -the great physicist--and he really did no more--it is obvious that Mr. -Bohn, in giving as a new volume of his _Scientific Library_, a -translation of _The Soul in Nature, with Supplementary Contributions_, -by Hans Christian Oersted, has rendered a great service to scientific -men. 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Fleet -Street aforesaid.--Saturday, April 17, 1852. - - - - - [Transcriber's Note: List of volumes and content pages in "Notes - and Queries", Vol. I.-V.] - - +---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+ - | Notes and Queries Vol. I. | - +---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+ - | Vol., No. | Date, Year | Pages | PG # xxxxx | - +---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+ - | Vol. I No. 1 | November 3, 1849 | 1 - 17 | PG # 8603 | - | Vol. I No. 2 | November 10, 1849 | 18 - 32 | PG # 11265 | - | Vol. I No. 3 | November 17, 1849 | 33 - 46 | PG # 11577 | - | Vol. I No. 4 | November 24, 1849 | 49 - 63 | PG # 13513 | - +---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+ - | Vol. I No. 5 | December 1, 1849 | 65 - 80 | PG # 11636 | - | Vol. I No. 6 | December 8, 1849 | 81 - 95 | PG # 13550 | - | Vol. I No. 7 | December 15, 1849 | 97 - 112 | PG # 11651 | - | Vol. I No. 8 | December 22, 1849 | 113 - 128 | PG # 11652 | - | Vol. I No. 9 | December 29, 1849 | 130 - 144 | PG # 13521 | - +---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+ - | Vol. I No. 10 | January 5, 1850 | 145 - 160 | PG # | - | Vol. I No. 11 | January 12, 1850 | 161 - 176 | PG # 11653 | - | Vol. I No. 12 | January 19, 1850 | 177 - 192 | PG # 11575 | - | Vol. I No. 13 | January 26, 1850 | 193 - 208 | PG # 11707 | - +---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+ - | Vol. I No. 14 | February 2, 1850 | 209 - 224 | PG # 13558 | - | Vol. I No. 15 | February 9, 1850 | 225 - 238 | PG # 11929 | - | Vol. I No. 16 | February 16, 1850 | 241 - 256 | PG # 16193 | - | Vol. I No. 17 | February 23, 1850 | 257 - 271 | PG # 12018 | - +---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+ - | Vol. I No. 18 | March 2, 1850 | 273 - 288 | PG # 13544 | - | Vol. I No. 19 | March 9, 1850 | 289 - 309 | PG # 13638 | - | Vol. I No. 20 | March 16, 1850 | 313 - 328 | PG # 16409 | - | Vol. I No. 21 | March 23, 1850 | 329 - 343 | PG # 11958 | - | Vol. I No. 22 | March 30, 1850 | 345 - 359 | PG # 12198 | - +---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+ - | Vol. I No. 23 | April 6, 1850 | 361 - 376 | PG # 12505 | - | Vol. I No. 24 | April 13, 1850 | 377 - 392 | PG # 13925 | - | Vol. I No. 25 | April 20, 1850 | 393 - 408 | PG # 13747 | - | Vol. I No. 26 | April 27, 1850 | 409 - 423 | PG # 13822 | - +---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+ - | Vol. I No. 27 | May 4, 1850 | 425 - 447 | PG # 13712 | - | Vol. I No. 28 | May 11, 1850 | 449 - 463 | PG # 13684 | - | Vol. I No. 29 | May 18, 1850 | 465 - 479 | PG # 15197 | - | Vol. I No. 30 | May 25, 1850 | 481 - 495 | PG # 13713 | - +---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+ - | Notes and Queries Vol. II. | - +----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+ - | Vol., No. | Date, Year | Pages | PG # xxxxx | - +----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+ - | Vol. II No. 31 | June 1, 1850 | 1- 15 | PG # 12589 | - | Vol. II No. 32 | June 8, 1850 | 17- 32 | PG # 15996 | - 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| Vol. II No. 47 | September 21, 1850 | 257-272 | PG # 13936 | - | Vol. II No. 48 | September 28, 1850 | 273-288 | PG # 13463 | - +----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+ - | Vol. II No. 49 | October 5, 1850 | 289-304 | PG # 13480 | - | Vol. II No. 50 | October 12, 1850 | 305-320 | PG # 13551 | - | Vol. II No. 51 | October 19, 1850 | 321-351 | PG # 15232 | - | Vol. II No. 52 | October 26, 1850 | 353-367 | PG # 22624 | - +----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+ - | Vol. II No. 53 | November 2, 1850 | 369-383 | PG # 13540 | - | Vol. II No. 54 | November 9, 1850 | 385-399 | PG # 22138 | - | Vol. II No. 55 | November 16, 1850 | 401-415 | PG # 15216 | - | Vol. II No. 56 | November 23, 1850 | 417-431 | PG # 15354 | - | Vol. II No. 57 | November 30, 1850 | 433-454 | PG # 15405 | - +----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+ - | Vol. II No. 58 | December 7, 1850 | 457-470 | PG # 21503 | - | Vol. II No. 59 | December 14, 1850 | 473-486 | PG # 15427 | - 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| Vol. III No. 70 | March 1, 1851 | 161-174 | PG # 23204 | - | Vol. III No. 71 | March 8, 1851 | 177-200 | PG # 23205 | - | Vol. III No. 72 | March 15, 1851 | 201-215 | PG # 23212 | - | Vol. III No. 73 | March 22, 1851 | 217-231 | PG # 23225 | - | Vol. III No. 74 | March 29, 1851 | 233-255 | PG # 23282 | - +-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+ - | Vol. III No. 75 | April 5, 1851 | 257-271 | PG # 23402 | - | Vol. III No. 76 | April 12, 1851 | 273-294 | PG # 26896 | - | Vol. III No. 77 | April 19, 1851 | 297-311 | PG # 26897 | - | Vol. III No. 78 | April 26, 1851 | 313-342 | PG # 26898 | - +-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+ - | Vol. III No. 79 | May 3, 1851 | 345-359 | PG # 26899 | - | Vol. III No. 80 | May 10, 1851 | 361-382 | PG # 32495 | - | Vol. III No. 81 | May 17, 1851 | 385-399 | PG # 29318 | - | Vol. III No. 82 | May 24, 1851 | 401-415 | PG # 28311 | - | Vol. III No. 83 | May 31, 1851 | 417-440 | PG # 36835 | - +-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+ - | Vol. III No. 84 | June 7, 1851 | 441-472 | PG # 37379 | - | Vol. III No. 85 | June 14, 1851 | 473-488 | PG # 37403 | - | Vol. III No. 86 | June 21, 1851 | 489-511 | PG # 37496 | - | Vol. III No. 87 | June 28, 1851 | 513-528 | PG # 37516 | - +-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+ - | Notes and Queries Vol. IV. | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol., No. | Date, Year | Pages | PG # xxxxx | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol. IV No. 88 | July 5, 1851 | 1- 15 | PG # 37548 | - | Vol. IV No. 89 | July 12, 1851 | 17- 31 | PG # 37568 | - | Vol. IV No. 90 | July 19, 1851 | 33- 47 | PG # 37593 | - | Vol. IV No. 91 | July 26, 1851 | 49- 79 | PG # 37778 | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol. IV No. 92 | August 2, 1851 | 81- 94 | PG # 38324 | - | Vol. IV No. 93 | August 9, 1851 | 97-112 | PG # 38337 | - | Vol. IV No. 94 | August 16, 1851 | 113-127 | PG # 38350 | - | Vol. IV No. 95 | August 23, 1851 | 129-144 | PG # 38386 | - | Vol. IV No. 96 | August 30, 1851 | 145-167 | PG # 38405 | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol. IV No. 97 | Sept. 6, 1851 | 169-183 | PG # 38433 | - | Vol. IV No. 98 | Sept. 13, 1851 | 185-200 | PG # 38491 | - | Vol. IV No. 99 | Sept. 20, 1851 | 201-216 | PG # 38574 | - | Vol. IV No. 100 | Sept. 27, 1851 | 217-246 | PG # 38656 | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol. IV No. 101 | Oct. 4, 1851 | 249-264 | PG # 38701 | - | Vol. IV No. 102 | Oct. 11, 1851 | 265-287 | PG # 38773 | - | Vol. IV No. 103 | Oct. 18, 1851 | 289-303 | PG # 38864 | - | Vol. IV No. 104 | Oct. 25, 1851 | 305-333 | PG # 38926 | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol. IV No. 105 | Nov. 1, 1851 | 337-358 | PG # 39076 | - | Vol. IV No. 106 | Nov. 8, 1851 | 361-374 | PG # 39091 | - | Vol. IV No. 107 | Nov. 15, 1851 | 377-396 | PG # 39135 | - | Vol. IV No. 108 | Nov. 22, 1851 | 401-414 | PG # 39197 | - | Vol. IV No. 109 | Nov. 29, 1851 | 417-430 | PG # 39233 | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol. IV No. 110 | Dec. 6, 1851 | 433-460 | PG # 39338 | - | Vol. IV No. 111 | Dec. 13, 1851 | 465-478 | PG # 39393 | - | Vol. IV No. 112 | Dec. 20, 1851 | 481-494 | PG # 39438 | - | Vol. IV No. 113 | Dec. 27, 1851 | 497-510 | PG # 39503 | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Notes and Queries Vol. V. | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol., No. | Date, Year | Pages | PG # xxxxx | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol. V No. 114 | January 3, 1852 | 1- 18 | PG # 40171 | - | Vol. V No. 115 | January 10, 1852 | 25- 45 | PG # 40582 | - | Vol. V No. 116 | January 17, 1852 | 49- 70 | PG # 40642 | - | Vol. V No. 117 | January 24, 1852 | 73- 94 | PG # 40678 | - | Vol. V No. 118 | January 31, 1852 | 97-118 | PG # 40716 | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol. V No. 119 | February 7, 1852 | 121-142 | PG # 40742 | - | Vol. V No. 120 | February 14, 1852 | 145-167 | PG # 40743 | - | Vol. V No. 121 | February 21, 1852 | 170-191 | PG # 40773 | - | Vol. V No. 122 | February 28, 1852 | 193-215 | PG # 40779 | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol. V No. 123 | March 6, 1852 | 217-239 | PG # 40804 | - | Vol. V No. 124 | March 13, 1852 | 241-263 | PG # 40843 | - | Vol. V No. 125 | March 20, 1852 | 265-287 | PG # 40910 | - | Vol. V No. 126 | March 27, 1852 | 289-310 | PG # 40987 | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol. V No. 127 | April 3, 1852 | 313-335 | PG # 41138 | - | Vol. V No. 128 | April 10, 1852 | 337-358 | PG # 41171 | - +-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+ - | Vol I. Index. [Nov. 1849-May 1850] | PG # 13536 | - | INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME. MAY-DEC., 1850 | PG # 13571 | - | INDEX TO THE THIRD VOLUME. JAN.-JUNE, 1851 | PG # 26770 | - | INDEX TO THE FOURTH VOLUME. 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