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diff --git a/old/7n100110.txt b/old/7n100110.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ab8661 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/7n100110.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1842 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Notes And Queries,(Series 1, Vol. 2, +Issue 1), Saturday, November 3, 1849., by Various + +Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the +copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing +this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. + +This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project +Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the +header without written permission. + +Please read the "legal small print," and other information about the +eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is +important information about your specific rights and restrictions in +how the file may be used. 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Stamped Edition, 6d. + + * * * * * + +NOTES AND QUERIES. + +The nature and design of the present work have been so fully stated in +the Prospectus, and are indeed so far explained by its very Title, that +it is unnecessary to occupy any great portion of its first number with +details on the subject. We are under no temptation to fill its columns +with an account of what we hope future numbers will be. Indeed, we would +rather give a specimen than a description; and only regret that, from +the wide range of subjects which it is intended to embrace, and the +correspondence and contributions of various kinds which we are led to +expect, even this can only be done gradually. A few words of +introduction and explanation may, however, be allowed; and indeed, ought +to be prefixed, that we may be understood by those readers who have not +seen our Prospectus. + +"WHEN FOUND, MAKE A NOTE OF," is a most admirable rule; and if the +excellent Captain had never uttered another word, he might have passed +for a profound philosopher. It is a rule which should shine in gilt +letters on the gingerbread of youth, and the spectacle-case of age. +Every man who reads with any view beyond mere pastime, knows the value +of it. Every one, more or less, acts upon it. Every one regrets and +suffers who neglects it. There is some trouble in it, to be sure; but in +what good thing is there not? and what trouble does it save! Nay, what +mischief! Half the lies that are current in the world owe their origin +to a misplaced confidence in memory, rather than to intentional +falsehood. We have never known more than one man who could deliberately +and conscientiously say that his memory had _never_ deceived him; and he +(when he saw that he had excited the surprise of his hearers, especially +those who knew how many years he had spent in the management of +important commercial affairs) used to add,--because he had never trusted +it; but had uniformly written down what he was anxious to remember. + +But, on the other hand, it cannot be denied that reading and writing +men, of moderate industry, who act on this rule for any considerable +length of time, will accumulate a good deal of matter in various forms, +shapes, and sizes--some more, some less legible and intelligible--some +unposted in old pocket books--some on whole or half sheets, or mere +scraps of paper, and backs of letters--some lost sight of and forgotten, +stuffing out old portfolios, or getting smoky edges in bundles tied up +with faded tape. There are, we are quite sure, countless boxes and +drawers, and pigeon-holes of such things, which want looking over, and +would well repay the trouble. + +Nay, we are sure that the proprietors would find themselves much +benefited even if we were to do nothing more than to induce them to look +over their own collections. How much good might we have done (as well as +got, for we do not pretend to speak quite disinterestedly), if we had +had the looking over and methodizing of the chaos in which Mr. Oldbuck +found himself just at the moment, so agonizing to an author, when he +knows that the patience of his victim is oozing away, and fears it will +be quite gone before he can lay his hand on the charm which is to fix +him a hopeless listener:--"So saying, the Antiquary opened a drawer, and +began rummaging among a quantity of miscellaneous papers ancient and +modern. But it was the misfortune of this learned gentleman, as it may +be that of many learned and unlearned, that he frequently experienced on +such occasions, what Harlequin calls "_l'embarras des richesses_"--in +other words, the abundance of his collection often prevented him from +finding the article he sought for." We need not add that this +unsuccessful search for Professor Mac Cribb's epistle, and the scroll of +the Antiquary's answer, was the unfortunate turning-point on which the +very existence of the documents depended, and that from that day to this +nobody has seen them, or known where to look for them. + +But we hope for more extensive and important benefits than these, from +furnishing a medium by which much valuable information may become a sort +of common property among those who can appreciate and use it. We do not +anticipate any holding back by those whose "NOTES" are most worth +having, or any want of "QUERIES" from those best able to answer them. +Whatever may be the case in other things, it is certain that those who +are best informed are generally the most ready to communicate knowledge +and to confess ignorance, to feel the value of such a work as we are +attempting, and to understand that if it is to be well done they must +help to do it. Some cheap and frequent means for the interchange of +thought is certainly wanted by those who are engaged in literature, art, +and science, and we only hope to persuade the best men in all, that we +offer them the best medium of communication with each other. + +By this time, we hope, our readers are prepared to admit that our title +(always one of the most difficult points of a book to settle), has not +been imprudently or unwisely adopted. We wish to bring together the +ideas and the wants, not merely of men engaged in the same lines of +action or inquiry, but also (and very particularly) of those who are +going different ways, and only meet at the crossings, where a helping +hand is oftenest needed, and they would be happy to give one if they +knew it was wanted. In this way we desire that our little book should +take "NOTES," and be a medley of all that men are doing--that the Notes +of the writer and the reader, whatever be the subject-matter of his +studies, of the antiquary, and the artist, the man of science, the +historian, the herald, and the genealogist, in short, Notes relating to +all subjects but such as are, in popular discourse, termed either +political or polemical, should meet in our columns in such +juxta-position, as to give fair play to any natural attraction or +repulsion between them, and so that if there are any hooks and eyes +among them, they may catch each other. + +Now, with all modesty, we submit, that for the title of such a work as +we have in view, and have endeavoured to describe, no word could be so +proper as "NOTES." Can any man, in his wildest dream of imagination, +conceive of any thing that may not be--nay, that has not been--treated +of in a _note?_ Thousands of things there are, no doubt, which cannot be +sublimed into poetry, or elevated into history, or treated of with +dignity, in a stilted text of any kind, and which are, as it is called, +"thrown" into notes; but, after all, they are much like children sent +out of the stiff drawing-room into the nursery, snubbed to be sure by +the act, but joyful in the freedom of banishment. We were going to say +(but it might sound vainglorious), where do things read so well as in +notes? but we will put the question in another form:--Where do you so +well test an author's learning and knowledge of his subject?--where do +you find the pith of his most elaborate researches?--where do his most +original suggestions escape?--where do you meet with the details that +fix your attention at the time and cling to your memory for ever?--where +do both writer and reader luxuriate so much at their case, and feel that +they are wisely discursive?--But if we pursue this idea, it will be +scarcely possible to avoid something which might look like self-praise; +and we content ourselves for the present with expressing our humble +conviction that we are doing a service to writers and readers, by +calling forth materials which they have themselves thought worth notice, +but which, for want of elaboration, and the "little leisure" that has +not yet come, are lying, and may lie for ever, unnoticed by others, and +presenting them in an unadorned _multum-in-parvo_ form. To our readers +therefore who are seeking for Truth, we repeat "When found make a NOTE +of!" and we must add, "till then make a QUERY." + + * * * * * + +PLACE OF CAPTURE OF THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH. + +20th October, 1849. + +Mr. Editor,--Mr. Macaulay's account of the Battle of Sedgemoor is +rendered singularly picturesque and understandable by the personal +observation and local tradition which he has brought to bear upon it. +Might not his account of the capture of Monmouth derive some few +additional life-giving touches, from the same invaluable sources of +information. It is extremely interesting, as every thing adorned by Mr. +Macaulay's luminous style must necessarily be, but it lacks a little of +that bright and living reality, which, in the account of Sedgemoor, and +in many other parts of the book, are imparted by minute particularity +and precise local knowledge. It runs as follows:-- + + "On Cranbourne Chase the strength of the horses failed. They were + therefore turned loose. The bridles and saddles were concealed. + Monmouth and his friends disguised themselves as country-men, and + proceeded on foot towards the New Forest. They passed the night in + the open air: but before morning they were surrounded on every + side.... At five in the morning of the seventh, Grey was seized by + two of Lumley's scouts.... It could hardly be doubted that the chief + rebel was not far off. The pursuers redoubled their vigilance and + activity. The cottages scattered over the healthy country on the + boundaries of Dorsetshire and Hampshire were strictly examined by + Lumley; and the clown with whom Monmouth had changed clothes was + discovered. Portman came with a strong body of horse and foot to + assist in the search. Attention was soon drawn to a place well + suited to shelter fugitives. It was an extensive tract of land + separated by an inclosure from the open country, and divided by + numerous hedges into small fields. In some of these fields the rye, + the pease, and the oats were high enough to conceal a man. Others + were overgrown by fern and brambles. A poor woman reported that she + had seen two strangers lurking in this covert. The near prospect of + reward animated the zeal of the troops.... The outer fence was + strictly guarded: the space within was examined with indefatigable + diligence; and several dogs of quick scent were turned out among the + bushes. The day closed before the search could be completed: but + careful watch was kept all night. Thirty times the fugitives + ventured to look through the outer hedge: but everywhere they found + a sentinel on the alert: once they were seen and fired at: they then + separated and concealed themselves in different hiding places. + + "At sunrise the next morning the search recommenced, and Buyse was + found. He owned that he had parted from the Duke only a few hours + before. The corn and copsewood were now beaten with more care than + ever. At length a gaunt figure was discovered hidden in a ditch. The + pursuers sprang on their prey. Some of them were about to fire; but + Portman forbade all violence. The prisoner's dress was that of a + shepherd; his beard, prematurely grey, was of several days' growth. + He trembled greatly, and was unable to speak. Even those who had + often seen him were at first in doubt whether this were the + brilliant and graceful Monmouth. His pockets were searched by + Portman, and in them were found, among some raw pease gathered in + the rage of hunger, a watch, a purse of gold, a small treatise on + fortification, an album filled with songs, receipts, prayers, and + charms, and the George with which, many years before, King Charles + the Second had decorated his favourite son."--_Hist. Eng._, i. pp. + 616-618. 2nd edition. + +Now, this is all extremely admirable. It is a brilliant description of +an important historical incident. But on what precise spot did it take +place? One would like to endeavour to realise such an event at the very +place where it occurred, and the historian should enable us to do so. I +believe the spot is very well known, and that the traditions of the +neighbourhood upon the subject are still vivid. It was near Woodyate's +Inn, a well-known roadside inn, a few miles from Salisbury, on the road +to Blandford, that the Duke and his companions turned adrift their +horses. From thence they crossed the country in almost a due southerly +direction. The tract of land in which the Duke took refuge is rightly +described by Mr. Macaulay, as "separated by an inclosure from the open +country." Its nature is no less clearly indicated by its local name of +"The Island." The open down which surrounds it is called Shag's Heath. +The Island is described as being about a mile and a half from Woodlands, +and in the parish of Horton, in Dorsetshire. The field in which the Duke +concealed himself is still called "Monmouth Close." It is at the +north-eastern extremity of the Island. An ash-tree at the foot of which +the would-be-king was found crouching in a ditch and half hid under the +fern, was standing a few years ago, and was deeply indented with the +carved initials of crowds of persons who has been to visit it. Mr. +Macaulay has mentioned that the fields were covered--it was the eighth +of July--with standing crops of rye, pease, and oats. In one of them, a +field of pease, tradition tells us that the Duke dropped a gold +snuff-box. It was picked up some time afterwards by a labourer, who +carried it to Mrs. Uvedale of Horton, probably the proprietress of the +field, and received in reward fifteen pounds, which was said to be half +its value. On his capture, the Duke was first taken to the house of +Anthony Etterick, Esq., a magistrate who resided at Holt, which adjoins +Horton. Tradition, which records the popular feeling rather than the +fact, reports, that the poor woman who informed the pursuers that she +had seen two strangers lurking in the Island--her name was Amy +Farrant--never prospered afterwards; and that Henry Parkin, the soldier, +who, spying the skirt of the smock-frock which the Duke had assumed as a +disguise, recalled the searching party just as they were leaving the +Island, burst into tears and reproached himself bitterly for his fatal +discovery. + +It is a defect in the Ordnance Survey, that neither the Island nor +Monmouth Close is indicated upon it by name. + +I know not, Mr. Editor, whether these particulars are of the kind which +you design to print as "NOTES." If they are so, and you give them place +in your miscellany, be good enough to add a "QUERY" addressed to your +Dorsetshire correspondents, as to whether the ash-tree is now standing, +and what is the actual condition of the spot at the present time. The +facts I have stated are partly derived from the book known as _Addison's +Anecdotes_, vol. iv., p. 12. 1794, 8vo. They have been used, more or +less, by the late Rev. P. Hall, in his _Account of Ringwood_, and by Mr. +Roberts, in his _Life of Monmouth_. + +With the best of good wishes for the success of your most useful +periodical, + +Believe me, Mr. Editor, + +Yours very truly, + +JOHN BRUCE. + + * * * * * + +SHAKESPEARE AND DEER-STEALING. + +In "The Life of Shakespeare," prefixed to the edition of his Works I saw +through the press three of four years ago, I necessarily entered into +the deer-stealing question, admitting that I could not, as some had +done, "entirely discredit the story," and following it up by proof (in +opposition to the assertion of Malone), that Sir Thomas Lucy had deer, +which Shakespeare might have been concerned in stealing. I also, in the +same place (vol. i. p. xcv.), showed, from several authorities, how +common and how venial offence it was considered in the middle of the +reign of Elizabeth. Looking over some MSS. of that time, a few weeks +since, I met with a very singular and confirmatory piece of evidence, +establishing that in the year 1585, the precise period when our great +dramatist is supposed to have made free with the deer of the knight of +Charlcote, nearly all the cooks'-shops and ordinaries of London were +supplied with stolen venison. The following letter from the lord mayor +(which I copy from the original) of that day, Thomas Pullyson, to +secretary Walsingham, speaks for itself, and shows that the matter has +been deemed of so much important as to call for the interposition of the +Privy Council: the city authorities were required to take instant and +arbitrary measures for putting an end to the consumption of venison and +to the practice of deer-stealing, by means of which houses &c. of public +resort in London were furnished with that favourite viand. The letter of +the lord mayor was a speedy reply to a communication from the queen's +ministers on the subject:-- + + "Right honorable, where yesterday I receaved letters from her Ma'tes + most honorable privie councill, advertisinge me that her highnes was + enformed that Venison ys as ordinarilie sould by the Cookes of + London as other flesh, to the greate distruction of the game. + Commaundinge me thereby to take severall bondes of xl'li the peece + of all the Cookes in London not to buye or sell any venison + hereafter, uppon payne of forfayture of the same bondes; neyther to + receave any venison to bake without keepinge a note of theire names + that shall deliver the same unto them. Whereupon presentlie I called + the Wardens of the Cookes before me, advertisinge them hereof, + requiringe them to cause their whole company to appeare before me, + to thende I might take bondes accordinge to a condition hereinclosed + sent to your Ho.; whoe answered that touchinge the first clause + thereof they were well pleased therewith, but for the latter clause + they thought yt a greate inconvenience to their companie, and + therefore required they might be permitted to make theire answeres, + and alledge theire reasons therof before theire honors. Affirmed + alsoe, that the Tablinge howses and Tavernes are greater receyvors + and destroyers of stollen venison than all the rest of the Cittie: + whereupon they craved that eyther they maye be likewise bounden, or + else authoritie may be geven to the Cookes to searche for the same + hereafter. I have therefore taken bondes of the wardens for their + speedy appearance before theire honors to answere the same; and I am + bolde to pray your Ho. to impart the same unto their Ho., and that I + maye with speede receyve theire future direction herein. And soe I + humbly take my leave. London, the xj'th of June, 1585. + + "Your honors to commaunde, + + "THOMAS PULLYSON, maior." + +I dare say that the registers of the Privy Council contain some record +of what was done on the occasion, and would enable us to decide whether +the very reasonable request of the Cooks of London had been complied +with. Whether this be or be not so, the above document establishes +beyond question that in the summer of 1585 cooks'-shops, tabling-houses +(i.e. ordinaries), and taverns, were abundantly supplied with stolen +venison, and that the offence of stealing must have been very common. + +J. PAYNE COLLIER + +Kensington, Oct. 26, 1849 + + * * * * * + +"PRAY REMEMBER THE GROTTO!" ON ST. JAMES' DAY. + +When the great popularity which the legends of the Saints formerly +enjoyed is considered it becomes matter of surprise that they should not +have been more frequently consulted for illustrations of our folk-lore +and popular observances. The Edinburgh Reviewer of Mrs. Jameson's +_Sacred and Legendary Art_ has, with great judgement, extracted from +that work a legend, in which, as he shows very clearly[A], we have the +real, although hitherto unnoticed, origin of the Three Balls which still +form the recognised sign of a Pawnbroker. The passage is so curious, +that it should be transferred entire to the "NOTES AND QUERIES." + + [A] Edinburgh Review, vol. lxxxix. p.400. + + "None of the many diligent investigators of our popular antiquities + have yet traced home the three golden balls of our pawnbrokers to + the emblem of St. Nicholas. They have been properly enough referred + to the Lombard merchants, who were the first to open loan-shops in + England for the relief of temporary distress. But the Lombards had + merely assumed an emblem which had been appropriated to St. + Nicholas, as their charitable predecessor in that very line of + business. The following is the legend: and it is too prettily told + to be omitted:-- + + "'Now in that city (Panthera) there dwelt a certain nobleman, who + had three daughters, and, from being rich, he became poor; so poor + that there remained no means of obtaining food for his daughters but + by sacrificing them to an infamous life; and oftentimes it came into + his mind to tell them so, but shame and sorrow held him dumb. + Meanwhile the maidens wept continually, not knowing what to do, and + not having bread to eat; and their father became more and more + desperate. When Nicholas heard of this, he thought it shame that + such a thing should happen in a Christian land; therefore one night, + when the maidens were asleep, and their father alone sat watching + and weeping, he took a handful of gold, and, tying it up in a + handkerchief, he repaired to the dwelling of the poor man. He + considered how he might bestow it without making himself known; and, + while he stood irresolute, the moon coming from behind a cloud + showed him a window open; so he threw it in, and it fell at the feet + of the father, who, when he found it, returned thanks, and with it + he portioned his eldest daughter. A second time Nicholas provided a + similar sum, and again he threw it in by night; and with it the + nobleman married his second daughter. But he greatly desired to know + who it was that came to his aid; therefore he determined to watch: + and when the good Saint came for the third time, and prepared to + throw in the third portion, he was discovered, for the nobleman + seized him by the skirt of his robe, and flung himself at his feet, + saying, "O Nicholas! servant of God! why seek to hid thyself?" and + he kissed his feet and his hands. But Nicholas made him promise that + he would tell no man. And many other charitable works did Nicholas + perform in his native city.' + + "These three purses of gold, or, as they are more customarily + figured, these three golden balls, disposed in exact pawnbroker + fashion, are to this day the recognised special emblem of the + charitable St. Nicholas." + +And now for the more immediate object of the present Note, which is to +show--what, when once pointed out, will, I think, readily be admitted, +namely, that in the grotto formed of oyster shells, and lighted with a +votive candle, to which on old St. James's day (5th August) the passer +by is earnestly entreated to contribute by cries of, "Pray remember the +Grotto!" we have a memorial of the world-renowned shrine of St. James at +Compostella. + +The popularity which St. James formerly enjoyed in England, and the zeal +with which his shrine was visited by natives of this country, have +recently been so clearly shown by Mr. J.G. Nichols, in his interesting +little volume, _Pilgrimages to St. Mary of Walsingham and St. Thomas of +Canterbury_, that I need not here insist upon these points. + +What the original object of making these grottoes may have been I can +only suggest: but I shall not be surprised if it should turn out that +they were formerly erected on the anniversary of St. James by poor +persons, as an invitation to the pious who could not visit +Compostella, to show their reverence for the Saint by almsgiving to +their needy brethren. + +Oysters are only allowed to be sold in London (which city, by the by, +levied a tax of two pence on every person going and returning by the +river Thames on pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James), after St. +James's day. Why is this? I wish Mr. Wansey, who is an able antiquary, +and one authorised to look into the records of Fishmongers' Company, +would give us the information upon this point which these documents may +be expected to furnish. + +WILLIAM J. THOMS. + +P.S.--I should be glad if any of the readers of "NOTES AND QUERIES" +could explain to that Erasmus alludes, when he says, "Culmeis ornatus +torquibus, brachium habet ova serpentum," which L'Estrange translated, +"Straw-works,--snakes, eggs for bracelets;" and Mr. Nichols, who +honestly states that he is unable to explain the allusion, as he does +not find such emblems elsewhere mentioned,--"adorned with straw +necklaces and bracelets of serpents' eggs." + + * * * * * + +NOTE OF A MS. VOLUME OF CHRONICLES AT REIGATE. + +Amongst the objects of the useful medium of literary communication +afforded by the publication of "NOTES AND QUERIES," one appears to be a +record of the casual notice of "some book or some edition, hitherto +unknown or imperfectly described." I am induced therefore to inquire, +whether the existence of an ancient MS. volume of Chronicles, which I +have recently noticed in the little library adjoining Reigate Church, is +already known to those who investigate out monastic annals? This volume +may probably not have escaped their research, especially since the +republication and extension of Wharton's Collection, have been recently +proposed. A chronological series of chronicles relativing to the see of +Canterbury was announced amongst the projected publications of the +"Anglia Christiana Society." + +The Reigate library, of which brief mention is made in Manning's and +Bray's _History of Surrey_ (vol. i. p. 314.) without any notice of its +contents, is preserved in the upper chamber of a building on the north +side of the chancel, erected in 1513, and designated as a "vestibulum" +in a contemporary inscription. The collection is small, and amoungst the +most interesting volumes is a small folio, in the original oaken boards +covered with white leather, presented to the library, 7. June, 1701, by +William Jordan, of Gatwick, in the adjacent parish of Charlwood, +probably the same person who was member for the borough of Reigate in +1717. Of previous possessors of the book nothing is recorded. It +comprises several concise chronicles, which may be thus described:-- + +1. "Cathologus Romanorum Pontificum:"--imperfect, commencing with fol. +11; some leaves also lost at the end. It closes with the year 1359, in +the times of Innocent VI. + +2. "De Imperatoribus Romanis:"--from Julius Caesar to the election and +coronation of Charles IV. after the death of the emperor Lewis of +Bavaria, and the battle of Cressy, in 1347. + +3. "Compilacio Cronicorum de diversis Archiepiscopis ecclesie +Cantuariensis:"--the chronicle of Stephen Birchington, a monk of +Canterbury, printed by Wharton, from a MS. in the Lambeth collection. +The text varies in many particulars, which may be of minor moment, but +deserve collation. The writing varies towards the close, as if the +annals had been continued at intervals; and they close with the +succession of Archibishop William de Witleseye, in 1368, as in the text +printed by Wharton (_Anglia Sacra_, vol. i. pp. 1-48.). + +4. "De principio mundi, et etatibus ejusdem.--De insulis et civitatibus +Anglie:"--forming a sort of brief preface to the following--"Hic incipit +Bruto de gestis Anglorum." The narrative begins with a tale of a certain +giant king of Greece, in the year 3009, who had thirty daughters: the +eldest, Albina, gave her name to Albion. The history is continued to the +accession of William Rufus. + +5. "Incipit Cronica de adquisicione Regni Anglie per Willelmum Ducem +Normannorum," &c. closing in 1364, with the birth of Edward of +Engolesme, eldest son of the Black Prince. Wharton speaks of "Historiae +de regibus Anglorum, de Pontificibus Romanis, et de Imperatoribus +Romanis," as found together with the chronicle of the archibishops of +Canterbury; both in the Lambeth MS. and in another formerly in the +possession of William Reede, Bishop of Chichester: and he was inclined +to attribute the whole to the pen of Birchington. + +6. "Gesta Scotorum contra Anglicos:"--commencing in 1066, with the times +of Malcolm, king of Scotland, and ending in 1346, with the capture of +David II., and the calamitous defeat of the Scots near Durham. + +At the commencement of the volume are found some miscellaneous writings +of less interesting character. I noticed, however, an entry relating to +the foundation of a chapel at "Ocolte," now written Knockholt, in Kent, +by Ralph Scot, who had erected a mansion remote from the parish church, +and obtained license for the consecration of the chapel in the year +1281, in the time of Archbishop Kilwareby. + +The writing of the MS. appears to be of the latter half of the +fourteenth century. Possibly there may be reader of these "NOTES AND +QUERIES," more familiar with such inquiries than myself, who may have +examined other contemporary MSS. of the compilations of Stephen +Birchington. I shall be thankful for any information regarding them, and +especially as regards the existence of any transcript of the Canterbury +Annals, extended beyond the year 1368, with which this copy as well as +that used by Wharton closes; whilst he supposes that in the chronicle as +cited by Jocelin, chaplain to Matthew Parker, they had been carried as +far as the year 1382. + +ALBERT WAY. + + * * * * * + +THE MORNING CHRONICLE, ETC.--WHEN FIRST ESTABLISHED. + +It is read in the _Newspaper Directory_ that _The Morning Chronicle_ was +established in 1770, _The Morning Herald_ in 1781, _The Times_, 1st +January, 1788. I believe that not one of these dates is correct, and +that of _The Morning Herald_ to be wrong by fifteen years or more. Can +you, or any of the readers of "NOTES AND QUERIES," give me the exact +dates, or tell me where I can find the earlier volumes; say, the first +ten, or either or all? + +D. + + * * * * * + +VALUE OF A REPOSITORY FOR "NOTES."--NEW EDITION OF HERBERT'S "AMES." + + [The suggestions in the following Paper are so extremely valuable, + that we are not only pleased to give it insertion, but hope that our + readers will take advantage of our columns to carry out Dr. + Maitland's recommendations.] + +Sir,--My attention has been particularly engaged by one suggestion in +your Prospectus, because it seems to hold out a hope that your intended +work will furnish what has long been a _desideratum_ in literature. We +really do want something that may form a "supplement to works already in +existence--a treasury for enriching future editions of them;" while it +may also receive (as I have no doubt you meant to include,) such +contributions of moderate extent, as may tend to render fuller and more +correct some works which have little or no chance of future editions. In +this way you may be of great use in every department of literature; and +especially in works of reference. With them, indeed, correctness is +everything; perfect accuracy is not to be attained, and the nearest +possible approximation to it can be made only by many little careful +steps, backwards as well as forwards. + +By works of reference, however, I do not mean Dictionaries, though I +would include them, as a class of works for which I have a singular +respect, and to which my remark particularly applies. There are many +other books, and some which very properly aspire to the tile of History, +which are, in fact and practically, books of reference, and of little +value if they have not the completeness and accuracy which should +characterise that class of works. Now it frequently happens to people +whose reading is at all discursive, that they incidentally fall upon +small matters of correction or criticism, which are of little value to +themselves, but would be very useful to those who are otherwise engaged, +if they knew of their existence. + +I might perhaps illustrate this matter by referring to various works; +but it happens to be more in my way to mention Herbert's edition of +Ames's _Typographical Antiquities_. It may be hoped that some day or +other, the valuable matter of which it consists will be reduced to a +better form and method; for it seems hardly too much to say, that he +appears to have adopted the very worst that could have been selected. I +need not tell you that I have no idea of undertaking such a thing, and I +really have no suspicion (I wish I had) that anybody else is thinking of +doing it:--or, in other words, I am not attempting to make use of your +columns by insinuating a preparatory puff for a work in progress, or +even in contemplation. I only mention the book as one of a class which +may be essentially benefited by your offering a receptacle for +illustrations, additions, and corrections, such as individually, or in +small collections, are of little or no value, and are frequently almost +in the very opposite condition to those things which are of no value to +any body but the owner. For instance, when I was in the habit of seeing +many of the books noted by Herbert, and had his volumes lying beside me, +I made hundreds, perhaps thousands, of petty corrections, and many from +books which he had not had an opportunity of seeing, and of which he +could only reprint incorrect descriptions. All of these, though trifling +in themselves, are things which should be noticed in case of a reprint; +but how much time and trouble would it cost an editor to find and +collate the necessary books? That, to be sure, is his business; but the +question for the public is, _Would_ it be done at all? and could it in +such cases be done so well in any other way, as by appointing some place +of rendezvous for the casual and incidental materials for improvement +which may fall in the way of readers pursuing different lines of +inquiry, and rewarded, as men in pursuit of truth always are, whatever +may be their success as to their _immediate_ object, by finding more +than they are looking for--things, too, which when they get into their +right places, show that they were worth finding--and, perhaps, unknown +to those more conversant with the subject to which they belong, just +because they were in the out-of-the-way place where they were found by +somebody who was looking for something else. + +S.R. MAITLAND. + + * * * * * + +A FLEMISH ACCOUNT. + +T.B.M. will be obliged by references to any early instances of the use +of the expression "_A Flemish account_," and of any explanation as to +its origin and primary signification. + + * * * * * + +BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROJECT. + +Of the various sections into which the history of English literature is +divisible, there is no one in which the absence of collective materials +is more seriously felt--no one in which we are more in need of authentic +_notes_, or which is more apt to raise perplexing _queries_--than that +which relates to the authorship of anonymous and pseudonymous works. + +The importance of the inquiry is not inferior to the ardour with which +it has sometimes been pursued, or the curiosity which it has excited. On +all questions of testimony, whether historical or scientific, it is a +consideration of the position and character of the writer which chiefly +enables us to decide on the credibility of his statements, to account +for the bias of his opinions, and to estimate his entire evidence at its +just value. The remark also applies, in a qualified sense, to +productions of an imaginative nature. + +On the number of the works of this class, I can only hazard a +conjecture. In French literature, it amounts to about one-third part of +the whole mass. In English literature, it cannot be less than one-sixth +part--perhaps more. Be it as it may, the SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT of all +that has been revealed in that way, and of all that is dicoverable, is +essential to the perfection of literary history, of literary biography, +and of bibliography. + +At the present moment, I can only announce the project as a stimulus to +unemployed aspirants, and as a hint to fortunate collectors, to prepare +for an exhibition of their cryptic treasures.--On a future occasion I +shall describe the plan of construction which seems more eligible--shall +briefly notice the scattered materials which it may be expedient to +consult, whether in public depositories, or in private hands--and shall +make an appeal to those whose assistance may be required, to enable a +competent editor to carry out the plan with credit and success. + +On the prevalence of anonymous writing, on its occasional convenience, +and on its pernicious consequences, I shall make no remarks. Facts, +rather than arguments, should be the staple commodity of an instructive +miscellany. + +BOLTON CORNEY. + +Barnes Terrace, Surrey, + +29th Oct., 1849. + + * * * * * + +NOTES FROM FLY-LEAVES.--NO. 1. + +Many scholars and reading-men are in the habit of noting down on the +fly-leaves of their books memoranda, sometimes critical, sometimes +bibliographical, the result of their own knowledge or research. The +following are specimens of the kind of Notes to which we allude; and the +possessors of volumes enriched by the Notes and memoranda of men of +learning to whom they formerly belonged, will render us and our readers +a most acceptable service by forwarding to us copies of them for +insertion. + +_Douce on John of Salisbury_. MS. Note in a copy of Policraticus, Lug. +Bat. 1639. + + "This extraordinary man flourished in the reign of Henry II., and + was, therefore, of Old Salisbury, not of New Salisbury, which was + not founded till the reign of Henry III. Having had the best + education of the time, and being not only a genius, but intimate + with the most eminent men, in particular with Pope Hadrian (who was + himself an Englishman), he became at length a bishop, and died in + 1182. He had perused and studies most of the Latin classics, and + appears to have decorated every part of his work with splendid + fragments extracted out of them."--_Harris's Philosophical + Arrangements_, p. 457. + +See more relating to John of Salisbury in Fabricii, _Bib. Med. AEtatis_, +iv. 380.; in Tanner, _Biblioth. Britannico Hibernica_; in Baillet's +_Jugemens des Savans_, ii. 204. See Senebier, _Catalogue des Manuscrits +de Geneve_, p. 226. + +"Johannes Sarisb. multa ex Apuleio desumpsit," Almclooven, Plagiaror. +Syllab. 36.; and it might have been justly added, that he borrowed from +Petronius. See the references I have made on the last leaf. + +Janus Dousa, in his _Notes on Petronius_, had called John of Salisbury +"Cornicula;" but Thomasius, in p. 240 of his work, _De Plagio +Literario_, vindicates him satisfactorily. See _Lipp. ad. Tacit. Annal +XII_. (pezzi di _porpora_), not noticed by any editor of Petronius. Has +various readings. See my old edition. + + Lacrimas commodabat. + ---- commendabat. Saris. better. + + Itaque cruciarii unius parentes + ---- cruciati ---- ----. Saris. + +The above is from Zanetti's _Collection of Ialian Novels_, 4 vol. 8vo. +Venet. 1754. + +Mezeray, the French historian, translated this work 1640, 4to; and there +is an old French translation of it in 1360 by Denis Soulechat. + +The article pasted on the inside of the cover (viz. the following +extract) + "_Surisberiensis (J.) Policraticus, &c., 8vo. L. Bat. 1595; very + scarce, vellum 6s. This book is of great curiosity; it is stated in + the preface that the author, J. of Salibury, was present at the + murther of Thomas a Becket, whose intimate friend he was; and that + 'dum pius Thomas ab impio milite cedetur in capite, Johannis hujus + brachium fere simul percisum est_,'" +is from Lilly's Catalogue, and the passage relating to Becket was copied +from that of Payne, to whom I communicated it, and which is found in the +first edition only, being perhaps purposely omitted in all the others. + +F.D. + + [We believe the majority of the books in Mr. Douce's valuable + library, now deposited in the Bodleian, contain memoranda, like + those in his _John of Salisbury_; and any of our Oxford friends + could not do us a greater service than by communicating other + specimens of the _Book-noting_ of this able and zealous antiquary.] + + * * * * * + +LIBER SENTENTIARUM.--INQUISITION OF THOULOUSE. + +Mr. Editor,--In or about 1756, an ancient manuscript in folio, on +vellum, was deposited in the British Museum by Dr. Secker, then Bishop +of Oxford, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, and still, I take for +granted, remains in that institution. It was intitled upon the cover, +_Liber Sententiarum_; but contained the Acts and Decisions of the +Inquisition of Thoulouse, from the year 1307 to 1323. It had been +purchased by the contributions of the Archbishops of Canterbury and +York, of the Bishop of Oxford himself, and of various other prelates, +the lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the House of Commons of that time, +the Viscount Royston, &c. + +Can any of your readers inform me whether any or what portions of this +manuscript have been hitherto communicated to the world, either in the +way of publication or translation, or of abridgment, in whole or in +part? An analysis of this manuscript would be interesting to many +readers of ecclesiastical history. + + INQUISITORIUS. + + * * * * * + +NEW FACTS ABOUT LADY ARABELLA STUART. + +The following extracts, from "The Declaration of the Accompte of +Nicholas Pay, gentleman, appoynted by warraunte of the righte honorable +the lordes of the kinges ma'ts Privie Councell, to receave and yssue +sondrye somes of money for the provycon of dyett and other chardges of +the ladye Arbella Seymour, whoe by his hignes comaundemente and pleasure +shoulde haue bene remoued into the countye Palatyne of Duresme, under +the chardge of the Reverende Father in God Will'm lorde Bishpp of +Duresme; but after was stayed and appointed to remayne at Eastbarnett +duringe his hignes good pleasure," are new to the history of this +unfortunate lady. The account includes all sums of money "receaved and +yssued ffrom the xiiij'th daye of Marche 1610, untill the vij'th daye of +June 1611," and the account itself (as preserved in the Audit Office) +"was taken and declared before the right honorable Roberte Earle of +Salisbury, Lord Highe Threas of Englande and S'r Julius Caesar, Knighte, +Chancellor and Under-Threas of Th'exchequer the xij'th of Ffebruary +1611" [1611/12]. The extracts throw some fresh light on her movements on +her road from London to Durham. At East Barnet, it is well known, she +eluded the vigilance of her keepers, and threw the king and council into +the utmost consternation. + + PETER CUNNINGHAM. + + "Allowed for money payde for Dyett, lodginge and other necessarie + chardges and expences of the said ladye Arbella Seymour and suche + p'sons as were appointed to attende her in her journey into the + countie Palatyne of Duresme: as hereafter followeth. + + "At Highgate for sixe days begonne the xv'th daye of Marche 1610 and + ended the xxj'st of the same month, on w'ch day her ladishipp + removed to Barnet--xviij'li. v'i. iij'd. + + "At Barnett for xj'th dayes begonne the xxj'st of March 1610 and + ended the first of Aprill 1611, beinge that daye removed to + Estbarnett--lxxj'li. v'i. viij'd. + + "Chardges of the Stable for the xvij'en dayes + abovemenconed--xxxviij'li. x'i. ix'd. + + "Lodginge of some of the retinewe of the lady Arbella and the said + lorde Bishopp, and for other necessaries duringe the xvij'en days + aforesaid--xij'li. xix'i. + + "Ryding and postinge chardges--viz. for posthorses from Lambeth to + Highgate and from thence to Barnett. To Mr. Beeston and others for + their chardges three severall tymes to Barnett from London and from + Highgate. To the servauntes of the lord bishp of Duresme sente at + severall tymes to the lordes of the Councell and for other + businesses concerninge this service; and to Sir James Crofte, + Knight, for the chardges of himselfe, his men, and horses attendinge + at London in this service--ix'li. xviij's. vj'd. + + "Rewardes to sondryre p'rsons, viz. to messengers sent from the + Courte during the staye of the Lorde Bishopp at Highgate and + Barnett. To diuerse p'rsons who tooke paynes at Highgate and + Barnett. Geven in the Inne for glasses broken, and in rewardes to + the meanar servauntes at Barnett, xxx's. &c. In all the some of + xij'li. ix's. vj'd. + + "Also allowed to the sayde Accomptaunte for money by his owne handes + yssued and payde in this service from the time of her ladishipps + removinge from the Inne in Barnett to the house of Thomas Conyers + Esquir in Estbarnett, as hereafter is menconed: + + "Expences of dyett for the lady Arbella her servauntes and others + appointed to attende her at Estbarnett by the space of lxviij dayes + begonne the first of April 1611, and ended the vij'th of June + following at cix's. iij'd. p'r diem--ccclxxj'li. xj's. v'd. + + "Chardges of the Stable, viz.--for three lytter horses, one sumpter + horse, and fyve coche horses for xxvj dayes at ij's. the horse by + daye and night. For the Stable at Estbarnett for lxviij dayes + begonne the first of Aprill 1611 and ended the vij'th of June + followinge: and for hyer of a coche of Thomas Webster employed in + this service by the space of xxiij dyes at xx's. per + diem--lxxvij'li. vj's. ix'd. + + "Boardwages of Cochemen, Lyttermen and Sumpter-man and their men at + viij's. and iij's. iij'd. and iij's. each per diem--l'li. x's. + + "Enterteynement to sondrye p'rsons appointed to attende the said + lady Arbella Seymour. To Nicholas Pay the accomptaunte xxxv'li. x's. + To William Lewen for his attendaunce in the office of caterer of + poultrye at iiij's. per diem to himselfe and his horse. To Richarde + Mathewe for his attendance in the butterye and pantrye at iij's. per + diem for himselfe and his horse. To Thomas Mylles for his + attendaunce in the larder and kitchen at iij's. per diem for + himselfe and his horse--lxvj'li. ij's. + + "To rydinge and posting-chardges, viz. of Henry Mynors at severall + tymes from Barnett to Whitehall and backe againe for dyreccons in + this service from the lordes of the privie Councell xxxv's. and for + post-horses to carye the ladye Arbella Seymour her servauntes from + Barnett to London xvij's. For the hier of horses at severall tymes + for S'r James Crofte betweene Barnett and London in attendinge the + lordes of the Councell in this service xl's.--iiij'li. xij's. + + "For caryadges for removing the ladie Arbella and her companie + from Lambeth to Highgate and from thence to Barnet, + &c.--lxxviij'li. xv's. + + "In rewardes to sondrye p'rsons, viz. to the servauntes in Mr. + Conyers house and laborers to make clean the house, + &c.--iiij'li. xv's. + + "To Mathias Melwarde one of the Princes chaplaynes for his paynes in + attending the ladye Arbella Seymour to preache and reade prayers + duringe her aboade at Estbarnett--v'li. + + "Houserent paid to Thomas Conyers Equier, for the rent of his house + in Estbarnett for the lady Arbella Seymour and her companie for x'en + weekes at xx's. the week--x'li. + + "Payde out the Receipte of the Exchequier to thandes of the ladye + Arbella Seymour for her own furnishinge in her journey into the + Bishoprycke of Durham--cc'li. + + "Money payde to Thomas Moundeforde, Doctor of physicke and an + Apothecarye appointed by order of the lordes of the privie Councell + to geve their attendaunce uppon the saide lady Arbella: viz. for the + enterteynement of the saide Doctor Moundeforde for cl'tie dayes + begonne the viij'th of Ffebruarie 1610 and ended the vij'th of Julie + following 1611 at xxx's. per diem--ccxxv'li. + + "Ffor the enterteynement of his Apothecarye for ninety dayes at + xiij's. iiij'd. per diem--lx'li. + + "Ffor twoe cabbanetts furnished w'th thinges necessary and used in + the tyme of the saide ladye Arbella for sycknes--xij'li. + + "For chardges of horsehier and other expences of the saide Doctor + Moundeford--iij'li. + + "Payde to Sir James Crofte, Knighte, appoynted by order from the + lordes of the privie Councell to geve his attendaunce uppon the + saide lady Arbella Seymour for his enterteynement at xxx's. per + diem--clj'li. x's. + + "Some Tottall of the Allowances and paymentes--M,ciijviij'li. + viij's. x'd. + + "R. SALISBURY. + + "JUL. CAESAR." + + * * * * * + +POEM MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE LANSDOWNE MSS. + +In vol. 61. of the _Lansdowne MSS._ in the British Museum occurs the +following remarkable letter from the Bishop of London (John Aylmer) to +Lord Burghley. I wish to be informed to what "foolish rhime," which had +been printed in Oxford and London, it applies? It is a question of some +literary importance to me at the present moment, and I am glad to have +the opportunity of putting it by means of your new hebdomadal +undertaking. I hope to meet with a reply in your "NOTES AND QUERIES" of +next week. + + "_To the Lord Treasurer_, + + "Yt may please your good L. to understand, that upon inquiry made + for the setting forth of this foolish rime, I finde that it was + first printed at Oxford, by Joseph Barnes, and after here by Toby + Cooke, without licence, who is now out of towne, but as sone as he + returneth, I will talke with him about it. I marvell that they of + Oxford will suffer such toyes to be sett forth by their authority; + for in my opinion it had been better to have thanked God, than to + have insulted upon men, and especially upon princes. And so I take + my leave of your good L., praying God to send you health to his + honour and all our good. From my pallace at London, this xxix'th of + Aprill 1589. + + "Your good L. to command in X'o., + + "JOHN LOND." + +If the above refer to any production in verse upon the defeat of the +Armada, Lord Burghley (who had probably made inquiries of the Bishop) +seems to have been actuated by some extraordinary and uncalled-for +delicacy towards the King of Spain. Waiting an explanation, I am your + +HEARTY WELL-WISHER. + +Lond. Oct. 23. 1849. + +I cannot find that Aylmer's letter has ever been noticed by any of our +literary antiquaries. + + * * * * * + +MADOC'S EXPEDITION TO AMERICA. + +Mr. Editor,--Can any of your readers direct me to the different authors +who have treated of the asserted expedition of Madoc to America; or to +any Papers upon that subject which have appeared in any Periodicals, or +Transactions of learned societies. + +A STUDENT. + + * * * * * + +LORD CHATHAM'S SPEECH ON THE AMERICAN STAMP ACT. + +Mr. Editor,--The following is an extract from Lord Brougham's _Character +of Chatham_, vol. i. p. 27. + + "The Debates on the American Stamp Act in 1764 are the first that + can be said to have been preserved at all, through the happy + accident of Lord Charlemont, assisted by Sir Robert Dean, &c. &c., + and accordingly _they have handed down to us some Notes of Lord + Chatham's celebrated Speech upon that Question_." + +Can any of your readers inform me where these "NOTES" of this +"celebrated speech" are to be found? + +D. + + * * * * * + +DORNE, THE BOOKSELLER.--HENNO RUSTICUS. + +Sir,--I gladly avail myself of the "NOTES AND QUERIES," to request +information on the following points:-- + +I. 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Stamped Edition, 6d. + + * * * * * + +NOTES AND QUERIES. + +The nature and design of the present work have been so fully stated in +the Prospectus, and are indeed so far explained by its very Title, that +it is unnecessary to occupy any great portion of its first number with +details on the subject. We are under no temptation to fill its columns +with an account of what we hope future numbers will be. Indeed, we would +rather give a specimen than a description; and only regret that, from +the wide range of subjects which it is intended to embrace, and the +correspondence and contributions of various kinds which we are led to +expect, even this can only be done gradually. A few words of +introduction and explanation may, however, be allowed; and indeed, ought +to be prefixed, that we may be understood by those readers who have not +seen our Prospectus. + +"WHEN FOUND, MAKE A NOTE OF," is a most admirable rule; and if the +excellent Captain had never uttered another word, he might have passed +for a profound philosopher. It is a rule which should shine in gilt +letters on the gingerbread of youth, and the spectacle-case of age. +Every man who reads with any view beyond mere pastime, knows the value +of it. Every one, more or less, acts upon it. Every one regrets and +suffers who neglects it. There is some trouble in it, to be sure; but in +what good thing is there not? and what trouble does it save! Nay, what +mischief! Half the lies that are current in the world owe their origin +to a misplaced confidence in memory, rather than to intentional +falsehood. We have never known more than one man who could deliberately +and conscientiously say that his memory had _never_ deceived him; and he +(when he saw that he had excited the surprise of his hearers, especially +those who knew how many years he had spent in the management of +important commercial affairs) used to add,--because he had never trusted +it; but had uniformly written down what he was anxious to remember. + +But, on the other hand, it cannot be denied that reading and writing +men, of moderate industry, who act on this rule for any considerable +length of time, will accumulate a good deal of matter in various forms, +shapes, and sizes--some more, some less legible and intelligible--some +unposted in old pocket books--some on whole or half sheets, or mere +scraps of paper, and backs of letters--some lost sight of and forgotten, +stuffing out old portfolios, or getting smoky edges in bundles tied up +with faded tape. There are, we are quite sure, countless boxes and +drawers, and pigeon-holes of such things, which want looking over, and +would well repay the trouble. + +Nay, we are sure that the proprietors would find themselves much +benefited even if we were to do nothing more than to induce them to look +over their own collections. How much good might we have done (as well as +got, for we do not pretend to speak quite disinterestedly), if we had +had the looking over and methodizing of the chaos in which Mr. Oldbuck +found himself just at the moment, so agonizing to an author, when he +knows that the patience of his victim is oozing away, and fears it will +be quite gone before he can lay his hand on the charm which is to fix +him a hopeless listener:--"So saying, the Antiquary opened a drawer, and +began rummaging among a quantity of miscellaneous papers ancient and +modern. But it was the misfortune of this learned gentleman, as it may +be that of many learned and unlearned, that he frequently experienced on +such occasions, what Harlequin calls "_l'embarras des richesses_"--in +other words, the abundance of his collection often prevented him from +finding the article he sought for." We need not add that this +unsuccessful search for Professor Mac Cribb's epistle, and the scroll of +the Antiquary's answer, was the unfortunate turning-point on which the +very existence of the documents depended, and that from that day to this +nobody has seen them, or known where to look for them. + +But we hope for more extensive and important benefits than these, from +furnishing a medium by which much valuable information may become a sort +of common property among those who can appreciate and use it. We do not +anticipate any holding back by those whose "NOTES" are most worth +having, or any want of "QUERIES" from those best able to answer them. +Whatever may be the case in other things, it is certain that those who +are best informed are generally the most ready to communicate knowledge +and to confess ignorance, to feel the value of such a work as we are +attempting, and to understand that if it is to be well done they must +help to do it. Some cheap and frequent means for the interchange of +thought is certainly wanted by those who are engaged in literature, art, +and science, and we only hope to persuade the best men in all, that we +offer them the best medium of communication with each other. + +By this time, we hope, our readers are prepared to admit that our title +(always one of the most difficult points of a book to settle), has not +been imprudently or unwisely adopted. We wish to bring together the +ideas and the wants, not merely of men engaged in the same lines of +action or inquiry, but also (and very particularly) of those who are +going different ways, and only meet at the crossings, where a helping +hand is oftenest needed, and they would be happy to give one if they +knew it was wanted. In this way we desire that our little book should +take "NOTES," and be a medley of all that men are doing--that the Notes +of the writer and the reader, whatever be the subject-matter of his +studies, of the antiquary, and the artist, the man of science, the +historian, the herald, and the genealogist, in short, Notes relating to +all subjects but such as are, in popular discourse, termed either +political or polemical, should meet in our columns in such +juxta-position, as to give fair play to any natural attraction or +repulsion between them, and so that if there are any hooks and eyes +among them, they may catch each other. + +Now, with all modesty, we submit, that for the title of such a work as +we have in view, and have endeavoured to describe, no word could be so +proper as "NOTES." Can any man, in his wildest dream of imagination, +conceive of any thing that may not be--nay, that has not been--treated +of in a _note?_ Thousands of things there are, no doubt, which cannot be +sublimed into poetry, or elevated into history, or treated of with +dignity, in a stilted text of any kind, and which are, as it is called, +"thrown" into notes; but, after all, they are much like children sent +out of the stiff drawing-room into the nursery, snubbed to be sure by +the act, but joyful in the freedom of banishment. We were going to say +(but it might sound vainglorious), where do things read so well as in +notes? but we will put the question in another form:--Where do you so +well test an author's learning and knowledge of his subject?--where do +you find the pith of his most elaborate researches?--where do his most +original suggestions escape?--where do you meet with the details that +fix your attention at the time and cling to your memory for ever?--where +do both writer and reader luxuriate so much at their case, and feel that +they are wisely discursive?--But if we pursue this idea, it will be +scarcely possible to avoid something which might look like self-praise; +and we content ourselves for the present with expressing our humble +conviction that we are doing a service to writers and readers, by +calling forth materials which they have themselves thought worth notice, +but which, for want of elaboration, and the "little leisure" that has +not yet come, are lying, and may lie for ever, unnoticed by others, and +presenting them in an unadorned _multum-in-parvo_ form. To our readers +therefore who are seeking for Truth, we repeat "When found make a NOTE +of!" and we must add, "till then make a QUERY." + + * * * * * + +PLACE OF CAPTURE OF THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH. + +20th October, 1849. + +Mr. Editor,--Mr. Macaulay's account of the Battle of Sedgemoor is +rendered singularly picturesque and understandable by the personal +observation and local tradition which he has brought to bear upon it. +Might not his account of the capture of Monmouth derive some few +additional life-giving touches, from the same invaluable sources of +information. It is extremely interesting, as every thing adorned by Mr. +Macaulay's luminous style must necessarily be, but it lacks a little of +that bright and living reality, which, in the account of Sedgemoor, and +in many other parts of the book, are imparted by minute particularity +and precise local knowledge. It runs as follows:-- + + "On Cranbourne Chase the strength of the horses failed. They were + therefore turned loose. The bridles and saddles were concealed. + Monmouth and his friends disguised themselves as country-men, and + proceeded on foot towards the New Forest. They passed the night in + the open air: but before morning they were surrounded on every + side.... At five in the morning of the seventh, Grey was seized by + two of Lumley's scouts.... It could hardly be doubted that the chief + rebel was not far off. The pursuers redoubled their vigilance and + activity. The cottages scattered over the healthy country on the + boundaries of Dorsetshire and Hampshire were strictly examined by + Lumley; and the clown with whom Monmouth had changed clothes was + discovered. Portman came with a strong body of horse and foot to + assist in the search. Attention was soon drawn to a place well + suited to shelter fugitives. It was an extensive tract of land + separated by an inclosure from the open country, and divided by + numerous hedges into small fields. In some of these fields the rye, + the pease, and the oats were high enough to conceal a man. Others + were overgrown by fern and brambles. A poor woman reported that she + had seen two strangers lurking in this covert. The near prospect of + reward animated the zeal of the troops.... The outer fence was + strictly guarded: the space within was examined with indefatigable + diligence; and several dogs of quick scent were turned out among the + bushes. The day closed before the search could be completed: but + careful watch was kept all night. Thirty times the fugitives + ventured to look through the outer hedge: but everywhere they found + a sentinel on the alert: once they were seen and fired at: they then + separated and concealed themselves in different hiding places. + + "At sunrise the next morning the search recommenced, and Buyse was + found. He owned that he had parted from the Duke only a few hours + before. The corn and copsewood were now beaten with more care than + ever. At length a gaunt figure was discovered hidden in a ditch. The + pursuers sprang on their prey. Some of them were about to fire; but + Portman forbade all violence. The prisoner's dress was that of a + shepherd; his beard, prematurely grey, was of several days' growth. + He trembled greatly, and was unable to speak. Even those who had + often seen him were at first in doubt whether this were the + brilliant and graceful Monmouth. His pockets were searched by + Portman, and in them were found, among some raw pease gathered in + the rage of hunger, a watch, a purse of gold, a small treatise on + fortification, an album filled with songs, receipts, prayers, and + charms, and the George with which, many years before, King Charles + the Second had decorated his favourite son."--_Hist. Eng._, i. pp. + 616-618. 2nd edition. + +Now, this is all extremely admirable. It is a brilliant description of +an important historical incident. But on what precise spot did it take +place? One would like to endeavour to realise such an event at the very +place where it occurred, and the historian should enable us to do so. I +believe the spot is very well known, and that the traditions of the +neighbourhood upon the subject are still vivid. It was near Woodyate's +Inn, a well-known roadside inn, a few miles from Salisbury, on the road +to Blandford, that the Duke and his companions turned adrift their +horses. From thence they crossed the country in almost a due southerly +direction. The tract of land in which the Duke took refuge is rightly +described by Mr. Macaulay, as "separated by an inclosure from the open +country." Its nature is no less clearly indicated by its local name of +"The Island." The open down which surrounds it is called Shag's Heath. +The Island is described as being about a mile and a half from Woodlands, +and in the parish of Horton, in Dorsetshire. The field in which the Duke +concealed himself is still called "Monmouth Close." It is at the +north-eastern extremity of the Island. An ash-tree at the foot of which +the would-be-king was found crouching in a ditch and half hid under the +fern, was standing a few years ago, and was deeply indented with the +carved initials of crowds of persons who has been to visit it. Mr. +Macaulay has mentioned that the fields were covered--it was the eighth +of July--with standing crops of rye, pease, and oats. In one of them, a +field of pease, tradition tells us that the Duke dropped a gold +snuff-box. It was picked up some time afterwards by a labourer, who +carried it to Mrs. Uvedale of Horton, probably the proprietress of the +field, and received in reward fifteen pounds, which was said to be half +its value. On his capture, the Duke was first taken to the house of +Anthony Etterick, Esq., a magistrate who resided at Holt, which adjoins +Horton. Tradition, which records the popular feeling rather than the +fact, reports, that the poor woman who informed the pursuers that she +had seen two strangers lurking in the Island--her name was Amy +Farrant--never prospered afterwards; and that Henry Parkin, the soldier, +who, spying the skirt of the smock-frock which the Duke had assumed as a +disguise, recalled the searching party just as they were leaving the +Island, burst into tears and reproached himself bitterly for his fatal +discovery. + +It is a defect in the Ordnance Survey, that neither the Island nor +Monmouth Close is indicated upon it by name. + +I know not, Mr. Editor, whether these particulars are of the kind which +you design to print as "NOTES." If they are so, and you give them place +in your miscellany, be good enough to add a "QUERY" addressed to your +Dorsetshire correspondents, as to whether the ash-tree is now standing, +and what is the actual condition of the spot at the present time. The +facts I have stated are partly derived from the book known as _Addison's +Anecdotes_, vol. iv., p. 12. 1794, 8vo. They have been used, more or +less, by the late Rev. P. Hall, in his _Account of Ringwood_, and by Mr. +Roberts, in his _Life of Monmouth_. + +With the best of good wishes for the success of your most useful +periodical, + +Believe me, Mr. Editor, + +Yours very truly, + +JOHN BRUCE. + + * * * * * + +SHAKESPEARE AND DEER-STEALING. + +In "The Life of Shakespeare," prefixed to the edition of his Works I saw +through the press three of four years ago, I necessarily entered into +the deer-stealing question, admitting that I could not, as some had +done, "entirely discredit the story," and following it up by proof (in +opposition to the assertion of Malone), that Sir Thomas Lucy had deer, +which Shakespeare might have been concerned in stealing. I also, in the +same place (vol. i. p. xcv.), showed, from several authorities, how +common and how venial offence it was considered in the middle of the +reign of Elizabeth. Looking over some MSS. of that time, a few weeks +since, I met with a very singular and confirmatory piece of evidence, +establishing that in the year 1585, the precise period when our great +dramatist is supposed to have made free with the deer of the knight of +Charlcote, nearly all the cooks'-shops and ordinaries of London were +supplied with stolen venison. The following letter from the lord mayor +(which I copy from the original) of that day, Thomas Pullyson, to +secretary Walsingham, speaks for itself, and shows that the matter has +been deemed of so much important as to call for the interposition of the +Privy Council: the city authorities were required to take instant and +arbitrary measures for putting an end to the consumption of venison and +to the practice of deer-stealing, by means of which houses &c. of public +resort in London were furnished with that favourite viand. The letter of +the lord mayor was a speedy reply to a communication from the queen's +ministers on the subject:-- + + "Right honorable, where yesterday I receaved letters from her Ma'tes + most honorable privie councill, advertisinge me that her highnes was + enformed that Venison ys as ordinarilie sould by the Cookes of + London as other flesh, to the greate distruction of the game. + Commaundinge me thereby to take severall bondes of xl'li the peece + of all the Cookes in London not to buye or sell any venison + hereafter, uppon payne of forfayture of the same bondes; neyther to + receave any venison to bake without keepinge a note of theire names + that shall deliver the same unto them. Whereupon presentlie I called + the Wardens of the Cookes before me, advertisinge them hereof, + requiringe them to cause their whole company to appeare before me, + to thende I might take bondes accordinge to a condition hereinclosed + sent to your Ho.; whoe answered that touchinge the first clause + thereof they were well pleased therewith, but for the latter clause + they thought yt a greate inconvenience to their companie, and + therefore required they might be permitted to make theire answeres, + and alledge theire reasons therof before theire honors. Affirmed + alsoe, that the Tablinge howses and Tavernes are greater receyvors + and destroyers of stollen venison than all the rest of the Cittie: + whereupon they craved that eyther they maye be likewise bounden, or + else authoritie may be geven to the Cookes to searche for the same + hereafter. I have therefore taken bondes of the wardens for their + speedy appearance before theire honors to answere the same; and I am + bolde to pray your Ho. to impart the same unto their Ho., and that I + maye with speede receyve theire future direction herein. And soe I + humbly take my leave. London, the xj'th of June, 1585. + + "Your honors to commaunde, + + "THOMAS PULLYSON, maior." + +I dare say that the registers of the Privy Council contain some record +of what was done on the occasion, and would enable us to decide whether +the very reasonable request of the Cooks of London had been complied +with. Whether this be or be not so, the above document establishes +beyond question that in the summer of 1585 cooks'-shops, tabling-houses +(i.e. ordinaries), and taverns, were abundantly supplied with stolen +venison, and that the offence of stealing must have been very common. + +J. PAYNE COLLIER + +Kensington, Oct. 26, 1849 + + * * * * * + +"PRAY REMEMBER THE GROTTO!" ON ST. JAMES' DAY. + +When the great popularity which the legends of the Saints formerly +enjoyed is considered it becomes matter of surprise that they should not +have been more frequently consulted for illustrations of our folk-lore +and popular observances. The Edinburgh Reviewer of Mrs. Jameson's +_Sacred and Legendary Art_ has, with great judgement, extracted from +that work a legend, in which, as he shows very clearly[A], we have the +real, although hitherto unnoticed, origin of the Three Balls which still +form the recognised sign of a Pawnbroker. The passage is so curious, +that it should be transferred entire to the "NOTES AND QUERIES." + + [A] Edinburgh Review, vol. lxxxix. p.400. + + "None of the many diligent investigators of our popular antiquities + have yet traced home the three golden balls of our pawnbrokers to + the emblem of St. Nicholas. They have been properly enough referred + to the Lombard merchants, who were the first to open loan-shops in + England for the relief of temporary distress. But the Lombards had + merely assumed an emblem which had been appropriated to St. + Nicholas, as their charitable predecessor in that very line of + business. The following is the legend: and it is too prettily told + to be omitted:-- + + "'Now in that city (Panthera) there dwelt a certain nobleman, who + had three daughters, and, from being rich, he became poor; so poor + that there remained no means of obtaining food for his daughters but + by sacrificing them to an infamous life; and oftentimes it came into + his mind to tell them so, but shame and sorrow held him dumb. + Meanwhile the maidens wept continually, not knowing what to do, and + not having bread to eat; and their father became more and more + desperate. When Nicholas heard of this, he thought it shame that + such a thing should happen in a Christian land; therefore one night, + when the maidens were asleep, and their father alone sat watching + and weeping, he took a handful of gold, and, tying it up in a + handkerchief, he repaired to the dwelling of the poor man. He + considered how he might bestow it without making himself known; and, + while he stood irresolute, the moon coming from behind a cloud + showed him a window open; so he threw it in, and it fell at the feet + of the father, who, when he found it, returned thanks, and with it + he portioned his eldest daughter. A second time Nicholas provided a + similar sum, and again he threw it in by night; and with it the + nobleman married his second daughter. But he greatly desired to know + who it was that came to his aid; therefore he determined to watch: + and when the good Saint came for the third time, and prepared to + throw in the third portion, he was discovered, for the nobleman + seized him by the skirt of his robe, and flung himself at his feet, + saying, "O Nicholas! servant of God! why seek to hid thyself?" and + he kissed his feet and his hands. But Nicholas made him promise that + he would tell no man. And many other charitable works did Nicholas + perform in his native city.' + + "These three purses of gold, or, as they are more customarily + figured, these three golden balls, disposed in exact pawnbroker + fashion, are to this day the recognised special emblem of the + charitable St. Nicholas." + +And now for the more immediate object of the present Note, which is to +show--what, when once pointed out, will, I think, readily be admitted, +namely, that in the grotto formed of oyster shells, and lighted with a +votive candle, to which on old St. James's day (5th August) the passer +by is earnestly entreated to contribute by cries of, "Pray remember the +Grotto!" we have a memorial of the world-renowned shrine of St. James at +Compostella. + +The popularity which St. James formerly enjoyed in England, and the zeal +with which his shrine was visited by natives of this country, have +recently been so clearly shown by Mr. J.G. Nichols, in his interesting +little volume, _Pilgrimages to St. Mary of Walsingham and St. Thomas of +Canterbury_, that I need not here insist upon these points. + +What the original object of making these grottoes may have been I can +only suggest: but I shall not be surprised if it should turn out that +they were formerly erected on the anniversary of St. James by poor +persons, as an invitation to the pious who could not visit +Compostella, to show their reverence for the Saint by almsgiving to +their needy brethren. + +Oysters are only allowed to be sold in London (which city, by the by, +levied a tax of two pence on every person going and returning by the +river Thames on pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James), after St. +James's day. Why is this? I wish Mr. Wansey, who is an able antiquary, +and one authorised to look into the records of Fishmongers' Company, +would give us the information upon this point which these documents may +be expected to furnish. + +WILLIAM J. THOMS. + +P.S.--I should be glad if any of the readers of "NOTES AND QUERIES" +could explain to that Erasmus alludes, when he says, "Culmeis ornatus +torquibus, brachium habet ova serpentum," which L'Estrange translated, +"Straw-works,--snakes, eggs for bracelets;" and Mr. Nichols, who +honestly states that he is unable to explain the allusion, as he does +not find such emblems elsewhere mentioned,--"adorned with straw +necklaces and bracelets of serpents' eggs." + + * * * * * + +NOTE OF A MS. VOLUME OF CHRONICLES AT REIGATE. + +Amongst the objects of the useful medium of literary communication +afforded by the publication of "NOTES AND QUERIES," one appears to be a +record of the casual notice of "some book or some edition, hitherto +unknown or imperfectly described." I am induced therefore to inquire, +whether the existence of an ancient MS. volume of Chronicles, which I +have recently noticed in the little library adjoining Reigate Church, is +already known to those who investigate out monastic annals? This volume +may probably not have escaped their research, especially since the +republication and extension of Wharton's Collection, have been recently +proposed. A chronological series of chronicles relativing to the see of +Canterbury was announced amongst the projected publications of the +"Anglia Christiana Society." + +The Reigate library, of which brief mention is made in Manning's and +Bray's _History of Surrey_ (vol. i. p. 314.) without any notice of its +contents, is preserved in the upper chamber of a building on the north +side of the chancel, erected in 1513, and designated as a "vestibulum" +in a contemporary inscription. The collection is small, and amoungst the +most interesting volumes is a small folio, in the original oaken boards +covered with white leather, presented to the library, 7. June, 1701, by +William Jordan, of Gatwick, in the adjacent parish of Charlwood, +probably the same person who was member for the borough of Reigate in +1717. Of previous possessors of the book nothing is recorded. It +comprises several concise chronicles, which may be thus described:-- + +1. "Cathologus Romanorum Pontificum:"--imperfect, commencing with fol. +11; some leaves also lost at the end. It closes with the year 1359, in +the times of Innocent VI. + +2. "De Imperatoribus Romanis:"--from Julius Cæsar to the election and +coronation of Charles IV. after the death of the emperor Lewis of +Bavaria, and the battle of Cressy, in 1347. + +3. "Compilacio Cronicorum de diversis Archiepiscopis ecclesie +Cantuariensis:"--the chronicle of Stephen Birchington, a monk of +Canterbury, printed by Wharton, from a MS. in the Lambeth collection. +The text varies in many particulars, which may be of minor moment, but +deserve collation. The writing varies towards the close, as if the +annals had been continued at intervals; and they close with the +succession of Archibishop William de Witleseye, in 1368, as in the text +printed by Wharton (_Anglia Sacra_, vol. i. pp. 1-48.). + +4. "De principio mundi, et etatibus ejusdem.--De insulis et civitatibus +Anglie:"--forming a sort of brief preface to the following--"Hic incipit +Bruto de gestis Anglorum." The narrative begins with a tale of a certain +giant king of Greece, in the year 3009, who had thirty daughters: the +eldest, Albina, gave her name to Albion. The history is continued to the +accession of William Rufus. + +5. "Incipit Cronica de adquisicione Regni Anglie per Willelmum Ducem +Normannorum," &c. closing in 1364, with the birth of Edward of +Engolesme, eldest son of the Black Prince. Wharton speaks of "Historiæ +de regibus Anglorum, de Pontificibus Romanis, et de Imperatoribus +Romanis," as found together with the chronicle of the archibishops of +Canterbury; both in the Lambeth MS. and in another formerly in the +possession of William Reede, Bishop of Chichester: and he was inclined +to attribute the whole to the pen of Birchington. + +6. "Gesta Scotorum contra Anglicos:"--commencing in 1066, with the times +of Malcolm, king of Scotland, and ending in 1346, with the capture of +David II., and the calamitous defeat of the Scots near Durham. + +At the commencement of the volume are found some miscellaneous writings +of less interesting character. I noticed, however, an entry relating to +the foundation of a chapel at "Ocolte," now written Knockholt, in Kent, +by Ralph Scot, who had erected a mansion remote from the parish church, +and obtained license for the consecration of the chapel in the year +1281, in the time of Archbishop Kilwareby. + +The writing of the MS. appears to be of the latter half of the +fourteenth century. Possibly there may be reader of these "NOTES AND +QUERIES," more familiar with such inquiries than myself, who may have +examined other contemporary MSS. of the compilations of Stephen +Birchington. I shall be thankful for any information regarding them, and +especially as regards the existence of any transcript of the Canterbury +Annals, extended beyond the year 1368, with which this copy as well as +that used by Wharton closes; whilst he supposes that in the chronicle as +cited by Jocelin, chaplain to Matthew Parker, they had been carried as +far as the year 1382. + +ALBERT WAY. + + * * * * * + +THE MORNING CHRONICLE, ETC.--WHEN FIRST ESTABLISHED. + +It is read in the _Newspaper Directory_ that _The Morning Chronicle_ was +established in 1770, _The Morning Herald_ in 1781, _The Times_, 1st +January, 1788. I believe that not one of these dates is correct, and +that of _The Morning Herald_ to be wrong by fifteen years or more. Can +you, or any of the readers of "NOTES AND QUERIES," give me the exact +dates, or tell me where I can find the earlier volumes; say, the first +ten, or either or all? + +D. + + * * * * * + +VALUE OF A REPOSITORY FOR "NOTES."--NEW EDITION OF HERBERT'S "AMES." + + [The suggestions in the following Paper are so extremely valuable, + that we are not only pleased to give it insertion, but hope that our + readers will take advantage of our columns to carry out Dr. + Maitland's recommendations.] + +Sir,--My attention has been particularly engaged by one suggestion in +your Prospectus, because it seems to hold out a hope that your intended +work will furnish what has long been a _desideratum_ in literature. We +really do want something that may form a "supplement to works already in +existence--a treasury for enriching future editions of them;" while it +may also receive (as I have no doubt you meant to include,) such +contributions of moderate extent, as may tend to render fuller and more +correct some works which have little or no chance of future editions. In +this way you may be of great use in every department of literature; and +especially in works of reference. With them, indeed, correctness is +everything; perfect accuracy is not to be attained, and the nearest +possible approximation to it can be made only by many little careful +steps, backwards as well as forwards. + +By works of reference, however, I do not mean Dictionaries, though I +would include them, as a class of works for which I have a singular +respect, and to which my remark particularly applies. There are many +other books, and some which very properly aspire to the tile of History, +which are, in fact and practically, books of reference, and of little +value if they have not the completeness and accuracy which should +characterise that class of works. Now it frequently happens to people +whose reading is at all discursive, that they incidentally fall upon +small matters of correction or criticism, which are of little value to +themselves, but would be very useful to those who are otherwise engaged, +if they knew of their existence. + +I might perhaps illustrate this matter by referring to various works; +but it happens to be more in my way to mention Herbert's edition of +Ames's _Typographical Antiquities_. It may be hoped that some day or +other, the valuable matter of which it consists will be reduced to a +better form and method; for it seems hardly too much to say, that he +appears to have adopted the very worst that could have been selected. I +need not tell you that I have no idea of undertaking such a thing, and I +really have no suspicion (I wish I had) that anybody else is thinking of +doing it:--or, in other words, I am not attempting to make use of your +columns by insinuating a preparatory puff for a work in progress, or +even in contemplation. I only mention the book as one of a class which +may be essentially benefited by your offering a receptacle for +illustrations, additions, and corrections, such as individually, or in +small collections, are of little or no value, and are frequently almost +in the very opposite condition to those things which are of no value to +any body but the owner. For instance, when I was in the habit of seeing +many of the books noted by Herbert, and had his volumes lying beside me, +I made hundreds, perhaps thousands, of petty corrections, and many from +books which he had not had an opportunity of seeing, and of which he +could only reprint incorrect descriptions. All of these, though trifling +in themselves, are things which should be noticed in case of a reprint; +but how much time and trouble would it cost an editor to find and +collate the necessary books? That, to be sure, is his business; but the +question for the public is, _Would_ it be done at all? and could it in +such cases be done so well in any other way, as by appointing some place +of rendezvous for the casual and incidental materials for improvement +which may fall in the way of readers pursuing different lines of +inquiry, and rewarded, as men in pursuit of truth always are, whatever +may be their success as to their _immediate_ object, by finding more +than they are looking for--things, too, which when they get into their +right places, show that they were worth finding--and, perhaps, unknown +to those more conversant with the subject to which they belong, just +because they were in the out-of-the-way place where they were found by +somebody who was looking for something else. + +S.R. MAITLAND. + + * * * * * + +A FLEMISH ACCOUNT. + +T.B.M. will be obliged by references to any early instances of the use +of the expression "_A Flemish account_," and of any explanation as to +its origin and primary signification. + + * * * * * + +BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROJECT. + +Of the various sections into which the history of English literature is +divisible, there is no one in which the absence of collective materials +is more seriously felt--no one in which we are more in need of authentic +_notes_, or which is more apt to raise perplexing _queries_--than that +which relates to the authorship of anonymous and pseudonymous works. + +The importance of the inquiry is not inferior to the ardour with which +it has sometimes been pursued, or the curiosity which it has excited. On +all questions of testimony, whether historical or scientific, it is a +consideration of the position and character of the writer which chiefly +enables us to decide on the credibility of his statements, to account +for the bias of his opinions, and to estimate his entire evidence at its +just value. The remark also applies, in a qualified sense, to +productions of an imaginative nature. + +On the number of the works of this class, I can only hazard a +conjecture. In French literature, it amounts to about one-third part of +the whole mass. In English literature, it cannot be less than one-sixth +part--perhaps more. Be it as it may, the SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT of all +that has been revealed in that way, and of all that is dicoverable, is +essential to the perfection of literary history, of literary biography, +and of bibliography. + +At the present moment, I can only announce the project as a stimulus to +unemployed aspirants, and as a hint to fortunate collectors, to prepare +for an exhibition of their cryptic treasures.--On a future occasion I +shall describe the plan of construction which seems more eligible--shall +briefly notice the scattered materials which it may be expedient to +consult, whether in public depositories, or in private hands--and shall +make an appeal to those whose assistance may be required, to enable a +competent editor to carry out the plan with credit and success. + +On the prevalence of anonymous writing, on its occasional convenience, +and on its pernicious consequences, I shall make no remarks. Facts, +rather than arguments, should be the staple commodity of an instructive +miscellany. + +BOLTON CORNEY. + +Barnes Terrace, Surrey, + +29th Oct., 1849. + + * * * * * + +NOTES FROM FLY-LEAVES.--NO. 1. + +Many scholars and reading-men are in the habit of noting down on the +fly-leaves of their books memoranda, sometimes critical, sometimes +bibliographical, the result of their own knowledge or research. The +following are specimens of the kind of Notes to which we allude; and the +possessors of volumes enriched by the Notes and memoranda of men of +learning to whom they formerly belonged, will render us and our readers +a most acceptable service by forwarding to us copies of them for +insertion. + +_Douce on John of Salisbury_. MS. Note in a copy of Policraticus, Lug. +Bat. 1639. + + "This extraordinary man flourished in the reign of Henry II., and + was, therefore, of Old Salisbury, not of New Salisbury, which was + not founded till the reign of Henry III. Having had the best + education of the time, and being not only a genius, but intimate + with the most eminent men, in particular with Pope Hadrian (who was + himself an Englishman), he became at length a bishop, and died in + 1182. He had perused and studies most of the Latin classics, and + appears to have decorated every part of his work with splendid + fragments extracted out of them."--_Harris's Philosophical + Arrangements_, p. 457. + +See more relating to John of Salisbury in Fabricii, _Bib. Med. Ætatis_, +iv. 380.; in Tanner, _Biblioth. Britannico Hibernica_; in Baillet's +_Jugemens des Savans_, ii. 204. See Senebier, _Catalogue des Manuscrits +de Genève_, p. 226. + +"Johannes Sarisb. multa ex Apuleio desumpsit," Almclooven, Plagiaror. +Syllab. 36.; and it might have been justly added, that he borrowed from +Petronius. See the references I have made on the last leaf. + +Janus Dousa, in his _Notes on Petronius_, had called John of Salisbury +"Cornicula;" but Thomasius, in p. 240 of his work, _De Plagio +Literario_, vindicates him satisfactorily. See _Lipp. ad. Tacit. Annal +XII_. (pezzi di _porpora_), not noticed by any editor of Petronius. Has +various readings. See my old edition. + + Lacrimas commodabat. + ---- commendabat. Saris. better. + + Itaque cruciarii unius parentes + ---- cruciati ---- ----. Saris. + +The above is from Zanetti's _Collection of Ialian Novels_, 4 vol. 8vo. +Venet. 1754. + +Mezeray, the French historian, translated this work 1640, 4to; and there +is an old French translation of it in 1360 by Denis Soulechat. + +The article pasted on the inside of the cover (viz. the following +extract) + "_Surisberiensis (J.) Policraticus, &c., 8vo. L. Bat. 1595; very + scarce, vellum 6s. This book is of great curiosity; it is stated in + the preface that the author, J. of Salibury, was present at the + murther of Thomas à Becket, whose intimate friend he was; and that + 'dum pius Thomas ab impio milite cedetur in capite, Johannis hujus + brachium fere simul percisum est_,'" +is from Lilly's Catalogue, and the passage relating to Becket was copied +from that of Payne, to whom I communicated it, and which is found in the +first edition only, being perhaps purposely omitted in all the others. + +F.D. + + [We believe the majority of the books in Mr. Douce's valuable + library, now deposited in the Bodleian, contain memoranda, like + those in his _John of Salisbury_; and any of our Oxford friends + could not do us a greater service than by communicating other + specimens of the _Book-noting_ of this able and zealous antiquary.] + + * * * * * + +LIBER SENTENTIARUM.--INQUISITION OF THOULOUSE. + +Mr. Editor,--In or about 1756, an ancient manuscript in folio, on +vellum, was deposited in the British Museum by Dr. Secker, then Bishop +of Oxford, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, and still, I take for +granted, remains in that institution. It was intitled upon the cover, +_Liber Sententiarum_; but contained the Acts and Decisions of the +Inquisition of Thoulouse, from the year 1307 to 1323. It had been +purchased by the contributions of the Archbishops of Canterbury and +York, of the Bishop of Oxford himself, and of various other prelates, +the lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the House of Commons of that time, +the Viscount Royston, &c. + +Can any of your readers inform me whether any or what portions of this +manuscript have been hitherto communicated to the world, either in the +way of publication or translation, or of abridgment, in whole or in +part? An analysis of this manuscript would be interesting to many +readers of ecclesiastical history. + + INQUISITORIUS. + + * * * * * + +NEW FACTS ABOUT LADY ARABELLA STUART. + +The following extracts, from "The Declaration of the Accompte of +Nicholas Pay, gentleman, appoynted by warraunte of the righte honorable +the lordes of the kinges ma'ts Privie Councell, to receave and yssue +sondrye somes of money for the provycon of dyett and other chardges of +the ladye Arbella Seymour, whoe by his hignes comaundemente and pleasure +shoulde haue bene remoued into the countye Palatyne of Duresme, under +the chardge of the Reverende Father in God Will'm lorde Bishpp of +Duresme; but after was stayed and appointed to remayne at Eastbarnett +duringe his hignes good pleasure," are new to the history of this +unfortunate lady. The account includes all sums of money "receaved and +yssued ffrom the xiiij'th daye of Marche 1610, untill the vij'th daye of +June 1611," and the account itself (as preserved in the Audit Office) +"was taken and declared before the right honorable Roberte Earle of +Salisbury, Lord Highe Threas of Englande and S'r Julius Cæsar, Knighte, +Chancellor and Under-Threas of Th'exchequer the xij'th of Ffebruary +1611" [1611/12]. The extracts throw some fresh light on her movements on +her road from London to Durham. At East Barnet, it is well known, she +eluded the vigilance of her keepers, and threw the king and council into +the utmost consternation. + + PETER CUNNINGHAM. + + "Allowed for money payde for Dyett, lodginge and other necessarie + chardges and expences of the said ladye Arbella Seymour and suche + p'sons as were appointed to attende her in her journey into the + countie Palatyne of Duresme: as hereafter followeth. + + "At Highgate for sixe days begonne the xv'th daye of Marche 1610 and + ended the xxj'st of the same month, on w'ch day her ladishipp + removed to Barnet--xviij'li. v'i. iij'd. + + "At Barnett for xj'th dayes begonne the xxj'st of March 1610 and + ended the first of Aprill 1611, beinge that daye removed to + Estbarnett--lxxj'li. v'i. viij'd. + + "Chardges of the Stable for the xvij'en dayes + abovemenconed--xxxviij'li. x'i. ix'd. + + "Lodginge of some of the retinewe of the lady Arbella and the said + lorde Bishopp, and for other necessaries duringe the xvij'en days + aforesaid--xij'li. xix'i. + + "Ryding and postinge chardges--viz. for posthorses from Lambeth to + Highgate and from thence to Barnett. To Mr. Beeston and others for + their chardges three severall tymes to Barnett from London and from + Highgate. To the servauntes of the lord bishp of Duresme sente at + severall tymes to the lordes of the Councell and for other + businesses concerninge this service; and to Sir James Crofte, + Knight, for the chardges of himselfe, his men, and horses attendinge + at London in this service--ix'li. xviij's. vj'd. + + "Rewardes to sondryre p'rsons, viz. to messengers sent from the + Courte during the staye of the Lorde Bishopp at Highgate and + Barnett. To diuerse p'rsons who tooke paynes at Highgate and + Barnett. Geven in the Inne for glasses broken, and in rewardes to + the meanar servauntes at Barnett, xxx's. &c. In all the some of + xij'li. ix's. vj'd. + + "Also allowed to the sayde Accomptaunte for money by his owne handes + yssued and payde in this service from the time of her ladishipps + removinge from the Inne in Barnett to the house of Thomas Conyers + Esquir in Estbarnett, as hereafter is menconed: + + "Expences of dyett for the lady Arbella her servauntes and others + appointed to attende her at Estbarnett by the space of lxviij dayes + begonne the first of April 1611, and ended the vij'th of June + following at cix's. iij'd. p'r diem--ccclxxj'li. xj's. v'd. + + "Chardges of the Stable, viz.--for three lytter horses, one sumpter + horse, and fyve coche horses for xxvj dayes at ij's. the horse by + daye and night. For the Stable at Estbarnett for lxviij dayes + begonne the first of Aprill 1611 and ended the vij'th of June + followinge: and for hyer of a coche of Thomas Webster employed in + this service by the space of xxiij dyes at xx's. per + diem--lxxvij'li. vj's. ix'd. + + "Boardwages of Cochemen, Lyttermen and Sumpter-man and their men at + viij's. and iij's. iij'd. and iij's. each per diem--l'li. x's. + + "Enterteynement to sondrye p'rsons appointed to attende the said + lady Arbella Seymour. To Nicholas Pay the accomptaunte xxxv'li. x's. + To William Lewen for his attendaunce in the office of caterer of + poultrye at iiij's. per diem to himselfe and his horse. To Richarde + Mathewe for his attendance in the butterye and pantrye at iij's. per + diem for himselfe and his horse. To Thomas Mylles for his + attendaunce in the larder and kitchen at iij's. per diem for + himselfe and his horse--lxvj'li. ij's. + + "To rydinge and posting-chardges, viz. of Henry Mynors at severall + tymes from Barnett to Whitehall and backe againe for dyreccons in + this service from the lordes of the privie Councell xxxv's. and for + post-horses to carye the ladye Arbella Seymour her servauntes from + Barnett to London xvij's. For the hier of horses at severall tymes + for S'r James Crofte betweene Barnett and London in attendinge the + lordes of the Councell in this service xl's.--iiij'li. xij's. + + "For caryadges for removing the ladie Arbella and her companie + from Lambeth to Highgate and from thence to Barnet, + &c.--lxxviij'li. xv's. + + "In rewardes to sondrye p'rsons, viz. to the servauntes in Mr. + Conyers house and laborers to make clean the house, + &c.--iiij'li. xv's. + + "To Mathias Melwarde one of the Princes chaplaynes for his paynes in + attending the ladye Arbella Seymour to preache and reade prayers + duringe her aboade at Estbarnett--v'li. + + "Houserent paid to Thomas Conyers Equier, for the rent of his house + in Estbarnett for the lady Arbella Seymour and her companie for x'en + weekes at xx's. the week--x'li. + + "Payde out the Receipte of the Exchequier to thandes of the ladye + Arbella Seymour for her own furnishinge in her journey into the + Bishoprycke of Durham--cc'li. + + "Money payde to Thomas Moundeforde, Doctor of physicke and an + Apothecarye appointed by order of the lordes of the privie Councell + to geve their attendaunce uppon the saide lady Arbella: viz. for the + enterteynement of the saide Doctor Moundeforde for cl'tie dayes + begonne the viij'th of Ffebruarie 1610 and ended the vij'th of Julie + following 1611 at xxx's. per diem--ccxxv'li. + + "Ffor the enterteynement of his Apothecarye for ninety dayes at + xiij's. iiij'd. per diem--lx'li. + + "Ffor twoe cabbanetts furnished w'th thinges necessary and used in + the tyme of the saide ladye Arbella for sycknes--xij'li. + + "For chardges of horsehier and other expences of the saide Doctor + Moundeford--iij'li. + + "Payde to Sir James Crofte, Knighte, appoynted by order from the + lordes of the privie Councell to geve his attendaunce uppon the + saide lady Arbella Seymour for his enterteynement at xxx's. per + diem--clj'li. x's. + + "Some Tottall of the Allowances and paymentes--M,ciijviij'li. + viij's. x'd. + + "R. SALISBURY. + + "JUL. CAESAR." + + * * * * * + +POEM MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE LANSDOWNE MSS. + +In vol. 61. of the _Lansdowne MSS._ in the British Museum occurs the +following remarkable letter from the Bishop of London (John Aylmer) to +Lord Burghley. I wish to be informed to what "foolish rhime," which had +been printed in Oxford and London, it applies? It is a question of some +literary importance to me at the present moment, and I am glad to have +the opportunity of putting it by means of your new hebdomadal +undertaking. I hope to meet with a reply in your "NOTES AND QUERIES" of +next week. + + "_To the Lord Treasurer_, + + "Yt may please your good L. to understand, that upon inquiry made + for the setting forth of this foolish rime, I finde that it was + first printed at Oxford, by Joseph Barnes, and after here by Toby + Cooke, without licence, who is now out of towne, but as sone as he + returneth, I will talke with him about it. I marvell that they of + Oxford will suffer such toyes to be sett forth by their authority; + for in my opinion it had been better to have thanked God, than to + have insulted upon men, and especially upon princes. And so I take + my leave of your good L., praying God to send you health to his + honour and all our good. From my pallace at London, this xxix'th of + Aprill 1589. + + "Your good L. to command in X'o., + + "JOHN LOND." + +If the above refer to any production in verse upon the defeat of the +Armada, Lord Burghley (who had probably made inquiries of the Bishop) +seems to have been actuated by some extraordinary and uncalled-for +delicacy towards the King of Spain. Waiting an explanation, I am your + +HEARTY WELL-WISHER. + +Lond. Oct. 23. 1849. + +I cannot find that Aylmer's letter has ever been noticed by any of our +literary antiquaries. + + * * * * * + +MADOC'S EXPEDITION TO AMERICA. + +Mr. Editor,--Can any of your readers direct me to the different authors +who have treated of the asserted expedition of Madoc to America; or to +any Papers upon that subject which have appeared in any Periodicals, or +Transactions of learned societies. + +A STUDENT. + + * * * * * + +LORD CHATHAM'S SPEECH ON THE AMERICAN STAMP ACT. + +Mr. Editor,--The following is an extract from Lord Brougham's _Character +of Chatham_, vol. i. p. 27. + + "The Debates on the American Stamp Act in 1764 are the first that + can be said to have been preserved at all, through the happy + accident of Lord Charlemont, assisted by Sir Robert Dean, &c. &c., + and accordingly _they have handed down to us some Notes of Lord + Chatham's celebrated Speech upon that Question_." + +Can any of your readers inform me where these "NOTES" of this +"celebrated speech" are to be found? + +D. + + * * * * * + +DORNE, THE BOOKSELLER.--HENNO RUSTICUS. + +Sir,--I gladly avail myself of the "NOTES AND QUERIES," to request +information on the following points:-- + +I. 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