Miscellaneous.

"Sit mihi nec glis servus nec hospes hirudo.""From servant lazy as dormouse,Or leeching guest, God keep my house."

"Sit mihi nec glis servus nec hospes hirudo."

"From servant lazy as dormouse,Or leeching guest, God keep my house."

"From servant lazy as dormouse,

Or leeching guest, God keep my house."

Mr. Woodwardtells us that he quotes this inscription "from memory:" it is so very pertinent that it seems a pity even to hint a correction, but, as I read it, it seemed partly familiar to me, and I find something so like the latter part of it in two ancient authors, that I am tempted to inquire whether he may not have omittedone letter, which alters the sense as given above, and yet gives a sense as good.

Among the Symbols of Pythagoras, I read the following:

"Ομωροφιους χελιδωνας μη εχειν.""Domesticas hirundines ne habeto."

"Ομωροφιους χελιδωνας μη εχειν."

"Domesticas hirundines ne habeto."

To the same effect (but, strange to say, without any reference to Pythagoras' dictum), we find it in theproverbiaof Polydore Virgil (A.D.1498):

"Hirundo suscipienda non est."

and the exposition is the same in both:

"Hirundo garrula semper,i.e.garruli et tumigeri homines recipiendi non sunt."

I find no original for the former part of the inscription. ProbablyMr. Woodwardwill agree with me, that it is difficult to decide whether a greedy or a gossipping guest would be the worst household infliction; but as a careful householder might well deprecate either, as matter of curiosity perhaps he would refer to the original inscription again, and decide whether he has or has not omitted an "n."

A. B. R.

Belmont.

Stratford Parsonage, Wilts:

"Parva sed apta Domino.1675."

"Parva sed apta Domino.

1675."

Montacute House, Somerset:

"Through this wide opening gateNone come too soon, none go too late.And yours."

"Through this wide opening gate

None come too soon, none go too late.

And yours."

Sudbury House, Derbyshire:

"Omne Bonum Dei Donum."

At Verona:

"Patet Janua, Cor magis."

The next I have seen somewhere:

"Detur digniori."

H. T. Ellacombe.

Clyst St. George.

Cross and Pile(Vol. vi., pp. 386. 513.).—Thepileis invariably on the obverse orheadside of a coin; andpileorpollboth mean the head, from whence the "poll tax" and "poll groat"—a tax paid by the head, or a personal tax, of which we have an historical example of its collector in the case of Wat Tyler.

Ruding, inAnnals of the Coinage, vol. ii. p. 119., 8vo., edit. 1819, states that Ed. I.A.D.1304, in the delivering out the stamps for the coinage, orders that threepilesand sixcrossesshall be given. It is well known to all numismatists that all, or most early coins, both Saxon and English, had a head on the obverse and a cross on the reverse—the latter being placed on the coins as symbolical of Christianity.

Pilealso means the hair, or any filament: as the "pile of velvet, the nap of woollen cloth," &c. And Jamieson, in hisScotch Dictionary, says:

"Pile.The soft hair which first appears on the chins of young men."

Coles, Ashe, Webster, and others give the same meaning.

The superstitious effect of the cross as a charm or amulet is well known; from whence the saying:

"I have never a cross in my purse to keep the Devil away."

Again:

"Priests were coin-proof against the Devil, they never being without money; of course, always had a cross in their pocket."—Gilpin'sBeehive of the Romish Church, 1636, p. 251.

And Nash, in the Supplication of Pierce Penniless to the Devil, makes Pierce to say:

"Whereas your impious excellence hath had the poore tenement of my purse anytime this half year for your dancing schole, and he, notwithstanding, hath received no penye nor crosse for farme," &c.

And the poet Skelton says:

". . . . . . . . and in his pouche,The Devil might dance therein for any crouche."P. 71.

". . . . . . . . and in his pouche,

The Devil might dance therein for any crouche."

P. 71.

Trusting the above will be satisfactory to D. W. S., I beg to conclude, thinking, you will say I have already made "much ado about nothing."

Goddard Johnson.

Rhymes upon Places(Vol. vi. p. 281.).—Perhaps you will think the following rhymes upon places worth insertion:

"I stood upon Eyemouth Fort,And guess ye what I saw?Fairmiside and Furmintong,Neuhouses and Cocklaw,The fairy fouk o' Fosterland,The witches o' Edincran,The bly-rigs o' Reston;But Dunse dings a'."

"I stood upon Eyemouth Fort,

And guess ye what I saw?

Fairmiside and Furmintong,

Neuhouses and Cocklaw,

The fairy fouk o' Fosterland,

The witches o' Edincran,

The bly-rigs o' Reston;

But Dunse dings a'."

Near the seaside village of Eyemouth, in Berwickshire, is a promontory marked with a succession of grassy mounds, the remains of a fort built there in the regency of Mary of Lorraine. A number of places are represented as visible from the fort: but here fact is not strictly adhered to.

Fosterland once existed in the parish of Bunkle as a small village; but even its vestiges are not now visible on the brown moor where it once stood. Edincran, properly Auchinchran, is an estate in the vicinity of Fosterland, as is Reston also. There is a variation as follows:

"The fairy fouk o' Fosterland,The witches o' Edincran,And the rye-kail o' RestonGar'd a' the dogs die."

"The fairy fouk o' Fosterland,

The witches o' Edincran,

And the rye-kail o' Reston

Gar'd a' the dogs die."

The rye-kail alluded to must have been a broth chiefly made from rye, which grain, it is well known, is sometimes so much tainted as to be poisonous.

C. Benson.

Birmingham.

Ἀρνίον(Vol. vi., p. 509.).—Probably your correspondent is aware of the explanation given by Dr. Wordsworth in his book on the Apocalypse, but does not think it satisfactory. Still, as he does not allude to it, I venture to transcribe it:

"The Apocalypse abounds in contrasts. For example, theLAMB, who is always calledἈμνὸς, neverἈρνίον, in St. John'sGospel, is calledἈρνίον, neverἈμνὸς, in St. John'sApocalypse, in whichἈρνίονoccurs twenty-nine times. And why doesὁ Αμνοςhere becomeτὸ Ἀρνίον? TocontrastHim more strongly withτὸ Θηρίον, that is, to mark theoppositionbetween theLAMBand the Beast."

To this a note is appended:

"This contrast is even more striking in the original, where it is aided by an exact correspondence of syllables and accents. On one side are—'Ἡ πόρνη καὶ τὸ Θηρίον:'On the other—'Ἡ Νύμφη καὶ τὸ Ἀρνίον.'See Rev. xxi. 2. 9., xxii. 17."—Is the Church of Rome Babylon?p. 58.: London, 1851.

"This contrast is even more striking in the original, where it is aided by an exact correspondence of syllables and accents. On one side are—

'Ἡ πόρνη καὶ τὸ Θηρίον:'

On the other—

'Ἡ Νύμφη καὶ τὸ Ἀρνίον.'

See Rev. xxi. 2. 9., xxii. 17."—Is the Church of Rome Babylon?p. 58.: London, 1851.

A. A. D.

Ἀρνίονandἀμνὸςboth denote a lamb. In John i. 29. 36., the latter is applied to Jesus by John theBaptist. In Acts viii. 32., and 1 Pet. i. 19., the term is manifestly derived from Isa. liii. 7., the Septuagint translation. But, in the Revelation, the word selected by the apostle is simply to be viewed as characteristic of his style. Taken in connexion with John i. 29. 36., the difference presents one of those points which so strikingly attest the authenticity of the Scripture. If the writer had drawn upon his imagination, in all likelihood he would have used the wordἀρνίονin the Gospel; but he employed another, because the Baptist actually made use of a different one,i. e.one different from that which he was in the habit of employing.

B. H. Cowper.

Who was the greatest General(Vol. vi., p. 509.).—In reply to the following Query, "Who was the greatest general, and why and wherefore did the Duke of Wellington give the palm to Hannibal?" I think the following note appended to the eloquent sermon of Dr. Croly, preached on the death of the Duke, Sept. 19th, not only shows the humility of the Duke in giving preference to Hannibal over himself, but it contains so just a comparison between the two generals, that it deserves recording in the valuable and useful pages of the "N. & Q." as well as being a perfect and true answer to C. T.:

"It has been usual," the note says, "to compare Wellington with Hannibal. But those who make the comparison seem to forget the facts:—"Hannibal, descending from the Alps with a disciplined force of 26,000 men, met the brave Roman Militia, commanded by brave blockheads, and beat them accordingly. But, as soon as he was met by a man of common sense, Fabius, he could do nothing with him; when he met a manœuvring officer, the Consul Nero, he was outmanœuvred, and lost his brother Asdrubal's army, which was equivalent to his losing Italy; and when he met an active officer, Scipio, he was beaten on his own ground. Finally, forced to take refuge with a foreign power, he was there a prisoner, and there he died.""His administrative qualities seem to have been of the humblest, or of the most indolent, order. For fourteen years he was in possession of, or in influence with, all the powers of southern Italy, then the richest portion of the peninsula. Yet this possession was wrested from him without an effort; and where he might have been a monarch, he was only a pensioner. Hispunicfaith, his flight, his refuge, and his death in captivity, might find a more complete resemblance in the history of Napoleon."

"It has been usual," the note says, "to compare Wellington with Hannibal. But those who make the comparison seem to forget the facts:—

"Hannibal, descending from the Alps with a disciplined force of 26,000 men, met the brave Roman Militia, commanded by brave blockheads, and beat them accordingly. But, as soon as he was met by a man of common sense, Fabius, he could do nothing with him; when he met a manœuvring officer, the Consul Nero, he was outmanœuvred, and lost his brother Asdrubal's army, which was equivalent to his losing Italy; and when he met an active officer, Scipio, he was beaten on his own ground. Finally, forced to take refuge with a foreign power, he was there a prisoner, and there he died."

"His administrative qualities seem to have been of the humblest, or of the most indolent, order. For fourteen years he was in possession of, or in influence with, all the powers of southern Italy, then the richest portion of the peninsula. Yet this possession was wrested from him without an effort; and where he might have been a monarch, he was only a pensioner. Hispunicfaith, his flight, his refuge, and his death in captivity, might find a more complete resemblance in the history of Napoleon."

The following, concluding sentence of Dr. Croly's note conveys a truer and far more just comparison with another great general:

"The life of the first Cæsar forms a much fairer comparison with that of Wellington. Both nobly born; both forcing their way up through the gradations of service, outstripping all their age; forming their characters by warfare in foreign countries; always commanding small armies, yet always invincible (Cæsar won the World at Pharsalia with only 25,000 men): both alike courageous and clement, unfailing in resources, and indefatigable in their objects; receiving the highest rewards, and arising to the highest rank of their times; never beaten: both of first-rate ability in council. The difference being in their objects; one to serve himself, the other to serve his country; one impelled by ambition, the other by duty; one destroying the constitution of his country, the other sustaining it. Wellington, too, has given the soldier and statesman his 'Commentaries,' one of the noblest transcripts of a great administrative mind."

J. M. G.

Worcester.

Beech-trees struck by Lightning(Vol. vi., p. 129.).—On Thinnigrove Common, near Nettlebed, Oxon, a beech-tree, one of three or four growing round a pit, was shattered by lightning about thirteen or fourteen years ago. A gentleman who has lived sixty years in the neighbourhood of the beech woods near Henly, tells me that he remembers three or four similar cases. Single beech-trees, which are very ornamental, generally grow very low and wide-spreading, which may be the reason why they often escape. On the other hand, in the woods where they run up close and very high, they present so many points of attraction to the electric fluid, that probably for that cause it is not often the case that one tree in particular is struck.

Corylus.

Portsmouth.

Passage in Tennyson(Vol. vi., p. 272.).—It appears to me that Tennyson has fallen into the error of a Latin construction. I call it an error, because in that language the varied terminations of the cases and numbers make that plain which we have no means of evidencing in English. I should translate it "Numenii strepitus volantis"—"The call of the curlew dreary (drearily) gleams about the moorland,as he flieso'er Locksley Hall." The summer note of the curlew is a shrill clear whistle, but in winter they sometimes indulge in a wild melancholy scream.

Corylus.

Portsmouth.

Inscriptions in Churches(Vol. vi., p. 510.).—I differ from your reply toNorwood'sQuery, in which you refer to the colloquy between Queen Elizabeth and Dean Nowell as the origin of these inscriptions. No doubt they were derived from the custom of our ante-Reformation ancestors, of painting figures and legends of saints upon the walls of churches; but the following instance will suffice to prove that they originated in the reign of Edward VI., and not in Queen Elizabeth's.

In the interesting paper by the Rev. E. Venables in theTransactions of the Cambridge Camden Society, on "The Church of St. Mary the Great, Cambridge," he gives, under the year1550, the following extracts from the churchwardens' accounts:

Shortly after the accession of Queen Mary in 1553, the following entry occurs:

They do not appear to have been restored after this, for in the year 1840 some of the plaister between two of the windows of the south aisle peeling off, discovered traces of "wryghtynge" beneath; and I and another member of the Cambridge Camden Society spent some time in laying it bare, and after much difficulty made out that it was the Lord's Prayer in English, headed, "The Lord's Prayer, called the Paternoster," and written in the church text of the period, the whole enclosed in a sort of arabesque border; it was not merely whited over, but had evidently been partially effaced, or partly "washed oute," before being "concealed under its dreary shroud of whitewash." On examination there were traces of more of this writing between the other windows, but we had not time to make any further investigation, for the church was then being cleaned, and in a few days all that we had laid bare was again concealed under a veil of whitewash.

Thus, I think, we may assign to the reign of Edward VI., not merely the obliteration of the numerous frescoes of St. Christopher, the great dome, &c., which are now so constantly coming to light, but also the origin of "wryghtynge of yechyrch walls with scriptures" in their stead, some ten or twelve yearsearlierthan the remarkable colloquy between Queen Elizabeth and the worthy Dean of St. Paul's.

Norris Deck.

Cambridge.

Dutensiana(Vol. vi., p. 376.).—Lowndes gives a list of Dutens' works, which does not include "Correspondence interceptée," of which hewasthe author; and I have seen a presentation copy of it proving this.

W. C. Trevelyan.

Early Phonography(Vol. vi., p. 424.).—"Have the modern phonographists ever owned their debt of gratitude to their predecessors in the phonetic art?"

The subjoined advertisement may perhaps be considered an answer to this Query:

"Hart's Orthography, 1569; or, 'An Orthographie conteyning the due order and reason, howe to write or paint thimage of manne's voice, most like to the life or nature. Composed by J. H. [John Hart], Chester Heralt;' reprinted from a copy in the British Museum. Cloth, 2s."An unanswerable defence of Phonetic Spelling, and one of the earliest schemes of Phonetic Orthography. A considerable portion of the book being printed in the author's Phonetic Alphabet (given in the present edition in Phonetic Longhand), we have thus exhibited the pronunciation of the age of Shakspeare."

"An unanswerable defence of Phonetic Spelling, and one of the earliest schemes of Phonetic Orthography. A considerable portion of the book being printed in the author's Phonetic Alphabet (given in the present edition in Phonetic Longhand), we have thus exhibited the pronunciation of the age of Shakspeare."

W. C. Trevelyan.

Kentish Local Names; Dray(Vol. vi., p. 410.).—In the low embanked land in the west of Somersetshire, between Bristol and Taunton, the worddroveis used in the same acceptation; anddriftway, I think, is also a term for ancient British roads in some parts of the kingdom.

W. C. Trevelyan.

Monument at Modstena(Vol. vi., p. 388.).—This monument was first published inArchæologia Æliana. I believe it is an incised slab; but I have written to a friend in the north to inquire whether I am correct.

W. C. Trevelyan.

Book-plates(Vol. iii., p. 495.).—Mr. Parsons, it appears, limits his inquiries to English book-plates, about which I cannot offer any information. It is certain, however, that book-plates were used on the Continent at a very early period. I remember to have seen one, from a wood-block, which was cut by Albert Dürer for his friend Pirkheimer. As it is sixteen years since I saw it at the Imperial Library at Vienna, I cannot be expected to give a precise description; but (as far as I recollect) the wording of it was as follows: "Bilibaldi Pirckheimeri et Amicorum."

A copy which I possess of Vesalius's great anatomical work (Basil, 1555) has the book-plate of a former Duke of Mecklenburg pasted inside the cover. It is a woodcut, ten inches by six and a half, representing the ducal arms, surrounded by an ornamented border. Beneath are the date and inscription:

I do not know what the first six letters stand for, nor is it worth inquiring. The latter part of the inscription—"Ulrich Herzog zu Mecklenburg"—identifies the former possessor of the volume.

Jaydee.

"World without end" (Vol. vi., p. 434.).—Besides the places named by F. A., this phrase occurs in the authorised version of the Bible, in Is. xlv. 17., Ep. iii. 21. There is no doubt it is idiomatic, and is even now occasionally used in conversation. Our translators render at least three Hebrew words "world," and as many Greek ones. One of the latter, and two of the former, properly refer totime, like the Latinævum sæculum; and this alsoappears to have been the original meaning of "world," as it is one which it certainly has frequently in the Scriptures. "World without end" is the idiomatic rendering, equivalent to "in sæcula sæculorum," which is a literal following of an idiom common in both the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, and to be found in the Chaldee of the Book of Daniel. "World without end" does not occur, so far as I am aware, in the modern European languages, which generally either follow the Latin "in sæcula sæculorum;" or the German, and say, "eternally to eternity."

B. H. Cowper.

Gloucester Ballads(Vol. iv., p. 311.).—Since I inserted these ballads, I have been informed, that the one entitled a "Gloucester Ditty" was from the pen of Charles Dibdin, who, paying a visit to the "fair city," was pressed by some friends to leave them a memento of such. Of my own knowledge, I cannot vouch for the truth of this story; my informant's veracity is, however, unquestionable. I have recently obtained another copy; like the former, it is without a date, but bears the well-known imprint, "Raikes, Southgate Street."

The "Old Harry" is intended for one "Harry Hudman, King of the Island," a low district in Gloucester, a mock officer chosen by the lower orders. Harry kept the throne many years, but was at length outvoted; but resolving to retain by stratagem what he could not by free choice, invited his competitor to a glass; and while the latter was taking his draught, Harry jumped into his seat, was chaired through the island, and was thus king another year. There was a ballad relating to this worthy, commencing—

"There was a man of renown,In Gloucester's fam'd town."

"There was a man of renown,

In Gloucester's fam'd town."

Another verse informs us that—

"Old coffins ne'er new,And old pulpits too,Can be bought at his shop in the island."

"Old coffins ne'er new,

And old pulpits too,

Can be bought at his shop in the island."

The "Taylor's Tale" alluded to is a ballad, written by person of that name, on the manners and customs of the island. I have not been able to obtain copies of either of these just noticed ballads; and should any correspondent of "N. & Q." possess such, they would oblige me by their insertion.

H. G. D.

Satirical Prints; Pope(Vol. vi., p. 434.).—I have never seen this print that your correspondent refers to. It will no doubt be found, however, to be a plate illustrating ascenein the following tract: "A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope, &c.: London, printed and sold by W. Lewis in Russell Street, Covent Garden, 1742," see pp. 45, 46, 47, 48, 49., where is given rather a warm description of the whole scene. Should this tract not be had byGriffin, he may turn to D'Israeli'sQuarrels of Authors, article "Pope and Cibber," note p. 193., col. 2., edit. 8vo., Moxon, 1840; where D'Israeli adds:

"This story, by our comic writer, was accompanied by a print, that was seen by more persons, probably, than read theDunciad."

S. Wmson.

Raising the Wind(Vol. vi., p. 486.).—We say "the wind rises," and this is common in Virgil (seeÆneid.iii. 130. 481.; v. 777.:Georgics, i. 356.; ii. 333.; and iii. 134.). The transition from rising to raising is easy; and as there is no sailing without a breeze, so there is no getting along without money: in both cases, thewindis essential to progress. As to the mode of obtaining the "needful," I know not much, but probably whistling will be found as effectual in one case as in the other.

B. H. Cowper.

Milton in Prose(Vol. vi., p. 340.).—I know of one performance in the French language, which answers the description ofMilton in Prose: it is a rhapsody entitledLe Paradis Terrestre, Poëme imité de Milton, by Madame Dubocage: London, 1748. The French themselves had so poor an opinion of it, that one of their wits, the Abbé Yart, has ridiculed it in the following epigram:

"Sur cet écrit, charmante Dubocage,Veux-tu savoir quel est mon sentiment?Je compte pourperdus, en lisant ton ouvrage,Le Paradis, mon temps, ta peine, et mon argent."

"Sur cet écrit, charmante Dubocage,

Veux-tu savoir quel est mon sentiment?

Je compte pourperdus, en lisant ton ouvrage,

Le Paradis, mon temps, ta peine, et mon argent."

Henry H. Breen.

St. Lucia.

The Arundelian Marbles(Vol. iv., p. 361.).—Mr. W. Sidney Gibson, in his account of this celebrated collection, quotes portions of an interesting letter, from James Theobald to Lord Willoughby de Parham, but he does not say from whence he obtained it. I have now before me two copies, one inHistorical Anecdotes of the Howard Family, a new edition, 1817, p. 101.; the other in a work entitledOxoniana(published by Richard Phillips, 4 vols. 12mo., no date), vol. iii. p. 42. Now both these copies differ fromMr. Gibson's, and all three are at variance respecting some of those minor details which are of so much importance in inquiries of this description. Where is agenuinecopy of Mr. Theobald's letter to be found?

Edward F. Rimbault.

Pambotanologia(Vol. vi., p. 462.).—Inivriwill find a full account of this work in Pulteney'sHistorical and Biographical Sketches of the Progress of Botany in England, vol. i. p. 181.

George Munford.

East Winch.

Can a Man baptize himself?(Vol. vi., pp. 36. 110.).—This question has not yet received anycorrect answer. The following quotation from theSummaof St. Thomas Aquinas will resolve it as far as your querist W. is concerned:

"Similiter autem Forma mutaretur, si diceretur 'Ego baptizo me;' et ideo nullus potest baptizare seipsum propter quod etChristusa Joanne voluit baptizari."—Summa, 3tiaPars, Quæstio lxvi. Art. v. Arg. 4.

TheRev. A. Gatty, while right in the negative answer which he gives to the question of W., is quite wrong in the reasons on which he founds it. "Christian fellowship" isnotof necessity a requisite for administering the sacrament of holy baptism. I quote again from theSummaof St. Thomas:

"Ad primum ergo dicendum, quod Baptismum a schismaticis recipere non licet, nisi in articulo necessitatis: quia melius est de hâc vitâ cum signoChristiexire, a quocumque detur, etiam si sit Judæus vel Paganus, quam sine hoc signo, quod per Baptismum confertur."—Summa, 2ndaPars, Quæstio xxxix. Art. iv. Arg. 1.

As our own Church apparently only recognises sacerdotal baptism in her formularies, in answering such a question as that of W. we must have recourse to the schoolmen and casuists of earlier times.

W. Fraser.

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R. G. L.The meaning and derivation ofDittoare obvious. It means"the same,"from the Italianditto,the said.

Touchstone.Music is sometimes engraved, sometimes printed from moveable types.

J. C.,who inquires whether Shelley first imagined the name ofMab,has, we fear, never read Shakspeare's Romeo and Juliet, or Mercutio's account of "the Fairie's midwife." We almost envy him.

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"And coming events cast their shadows before,"

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