Miscellaneous.

"Silently, one by one, on the infinite meadows of heaven,Blossom'd the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels."Longfellow'sEvangeline, Part I. iii. p. 187. of the Liverpool edition.

"Silently, one by one, on the infinite meadows of heaven,

Blossom'd the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels."

Longfellow'sEvangeline, Part I. iii. p. 187. of the Liverpool edition.

Zeus.

Schomberg's Epitaph(Vol. vii., p. 13.).—I find this entry in my note-book:—The following inscription is written on a black slab of marble, affixed to the wall of the choir of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The remains of the duke were removed to this cathedral immediately after the battle of the Boyne; and on the 10th July, 1690, they were deposited under the altar. The relatives of this great man having neglected to raise any monument to his memory, Dean Swift undertook and caused the above slab to be erected, having first vainly applied to the connexions of the deceased. His sword is in the possession of the society of the "Friendly Brothers," Dublin.

The following is the inscription on the slab:

"Hic infra situm est corpus Frederici Ducis de Schonberg ad Bubindam occisiA.D.1690. Decanus et Capitulum maximopere etiam atque etiam petierunt, ut hæredes Ducis, monumentum in memoriam parentis erigendum curarent. Sed postquam per epistolas, per amicos, diu ac sæpe orando nil profecere, hunc demum lapidem statuerunt; saltem ut scias hospes ubinam terrarum Schonbergenses cineres delitescunt."Plus potuit fama virtutis apud alienos quam sanguinis proximitas apud suos,A.D.1731."

"Plus potuit fama virtutis apud alienos quam sanguinis proximitas apud suos,A.D.1731."

Clericus (D.)

Dublin.

Pilgrimages to the Holy Land(Vol. v., p. 289.).—There is still another book to be added to the curious list of old pilgrimages to the Holy Land, furnished by your correspondentPeregrine A.I derive my knowledge of it from Brunet'sManuel, sub voceCapodilista (Gabriele), where it is described as follows:

"Itinerario di Terra Santa, e del Monte Sinai." (Without date or printer) 4to.

It is a journal of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, made in the year 1458 by a Padua nobleman, accompanied by a relative, Antonio Capodilista, a canon of the same place, and several other noble personages. It is one of the earliest productions of the press at Perugia, and the date assigned to it by M. Brunet is 1472, but by Vermiglioli 1473 or 1474. The latter authority, in hisPrincipi della Stampa in Perugia, calls it "Veramente un prezioso cimelio di tipografia e bibliografia." I am anxious to know where a copy of this very rare work is deposited, as I have been told that there is none at the British Museum.

W. M. R. E.

Album(Vol. vii., p. 235.).—The origin and the earliest notice of this kind of friendly memorial book is to be traced to the registers of the deceased that were formerly kept in every church and monastery. Such a book was called thealbum,i. e.the blank book, in which the names of the friends and benefactors to the church or monastery were recorded, that they might be prayed for at their decease, and on their anniversaries. The earliest writer belonging to this country who uses the word is the Venerable Beda, who in hispreface to his prose life of St. Cuthbert, written previous to the year 721, reminds Bishop Eadfrith that his name was registered in the album at Lindisfarne, "in albo vestræ sanctæ congregationis." (Bedæ Opera Minora, p. 47., ed. Stevenson.) Elsewhere Beda calls this book "the annal" (Hist. Eccles., lib. iv. c. 14.). At a later period it was called, both in England and abroad, theLiber Vitæ, or Book of Life, a name borrowed from St. Paul (Philippians, iv. 3.).

The earliest specimen of an English album, and perhaps the most elegant one that this or any other country ever produced, may be seen in the British Museum (Cotton MSS., Domitian VII.). It is the Album, or Book of Life, of the monastery of Durham. Nor need we add that this album affords a relief to the eye wearied with looking over the pages of a modern album, and to the mind sick of the endless but monotonous repetition of imaginary ruins, love sonnets, and moss roses.

Ceyrep.

Gesmas and Desmas(Vol. vii., p. 238.).—For the information of your correspondent A. B. R., I copy the passage referred to by you in the disputed Gospel of Nicodemus, formerly called the Acts of Pontius Pilate. The extract is from an English version, printed for William Hone, Ludgate Hill, 1820:

"But one of the two thieves who were crucified with Jesus, whose name wasGestas, said to Jesus, If thou art the Christ, deliver thyself and us."—vii. 10."But the thief who was crucified on his right hand, whose name wasDimas, answering, rebuked him, and said, Dost not thou fear God, who art condemned to this punishment? We indeed receive rightly and justly the demerit of our actions; but this Jesus, what evil hath he done?"—vi. 11."After this, groaning, he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom."—vi. 12.

"But one of the two thieves who were crucified with Jesus, whose name wasGestas, said to Jesus, If thou art the Christ, deliver thyself and us."—vii. 10.

"But the thief who was crucified on his right hand, whose name wasDimas, answering, rebuked him, and said, Dost not thou fear God, who art condemned to this punishment? We indeed receive rightly and justly the demerit of our actions; but this Jesus, what evil hath he done?"—vi. 11.

"After this, groaning, he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom."—vi. 12.

It thus appears the names have been differently received: here they appearGESTAStheimpenitent, andDIMASthe penitent.

I have a fine old engraving, nineteen inches by fourteen, bearing date "Greg. Huret, Lugd. inv. et sculp. 1664;" published in Paris,cum priv. Regis.

The three crosses, with their inscriptions (each in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin), appear.

The Latin on the cross of the thief on the right hand of our Lord (and, from the expression of countenance, confessed the penitent) isDISMASLATRO: the other isGESTASLATRO.

W. C. H.

Chelsea.

"Quod fuit esse" (Vol. vii., p. 235.).—Allow me to suggest the following meaning of the epitaph in Lavenham churchyard, which is the subject of A. B. R.'s Query. The wordesthas evidently been omitted in the third line: with this restored, the lines will read as a couple of hexameters:

"Quod fuit esse, quod est; quod non fuit esse, quod esse;Esse quod (est), non esse; quod est, non est, erit, esse."

"Quod fuit esse, quod est; quod non fuit esse, quod esse;

Esse quod (est), non esse; quod est, non est, erit, esse."

And the literal meaning, will be: "What was existence, is that which lies here; that which was not existence, is that which is existence; to be what is now, is not to be; that which is now, is not existence, but will be hereafter."

This, perhaps, is as enigmatical as the original: but the following lines will render the meaning plainer, though it is difficult to preserve the brevity of the Latin in an English version:

All that I really was lies here in dust;That which was death before is life, I trust.To be whatis, is not, I ween, tobe;Isnot, butwill bein eternity.

All that I really was lies here in dust;

That which was death before is life, I trust.

To be whatis, is not, I ween, tobe;

Isnot, butwill bein eternity.

H. C. K.

—— Rectory, Hereford.

I think your correspondent A. B. R. is not quite correct in his version of the epitaph of which he inquires the sense. It is evidently intended for two hexameter verses, and, as I have heard it, runs thus:

"Quod fuit esse, quod est; quod non fuit esse, quod esse;Esse quod est, non esse; quod est, non est, erit, esse."

"Quod fuit esse, quod est; quod non fuit esse, quod esse;

Esse quod est, non esse; quod est, non est, erit, esse."

I inclose a similar epitaph in another churchyard (thelocaleof which I do not know), which may serve to elucidate its meaning:

"That which a Being was, what is it? show:That being which it was, it is not now.To be what 'tis is not to be, you see;That which now is not shall a Being be."

"That which a Being was, what is it? show:

That being which it was, it is not now.

To be what 'tis is not to be, you see;

That which now is not shall a Being be."

Q. S.

Straw Bail(Vol. vii., p. 85.).—In connexion with, though not as a reply to,Mr. Curtis'sQuery touching the origin of the expression "A man of straw," I beg to bring under notice a phrase I heard for the first time a few days ago, but which may nevertheless be well known to others. A seaman, talking to me of a strike for wages among the crew of a ship, said that the captain, as the rate of wages had not been raised, had manned his ship with a "lot of straw-yarders." On my asking the meaning of the expression, I was told that a "straw-yarder" was a man about the docks who had never been to sea, and knew little or nothing of the duties of a seaman.

Brutoniensis.

Pearl(Vol. vi., p. 578.; Vol. vii., pp. 18. 166.).—In the Old German,merikriozis pearl; and in the Ang.-Sax. it ismeregreot,—the latter frommere, sea, andgreot, grit, sand, orgrot, anatom. These are so similar to the Greekmargaritas, and themargaritaof the sister language (Latin), that we may be excused believing they have a common origin; more especially as we find the first syllable (at least?) in almost all the cognate Indo-Germanic or Indo-European languages: Latin,mare; Celt.,mor; Gothic,marei; Sax.,mæreormere; Old Germ.,meri; Slavon.,moreandmorze; Swed.,mar; Iceland,mar; Esthon.,merri; Lett.,marrios.

Among modern languages, we have,—Span.,margarita; Ital.,margaritaandmaugherita; Fr.,marguerite, but used only in the proverb, "Il ne faut pas jeter les marguerites devant les pourceaux." Johnson, Webster, and Halliwell givemargariteas an English word. Probably all derived from the Latin.

At the same time, although not occurring (as far as I am aware) in either Greek or Latin, the wordpearlis found in some shape in most of the same Indo-Germanic languages: thus, Ital. and Span.,perla; Low. Lat.,perla; French,perle; Eng.,pearl; Dan.,paarl; Swed.,perlaorp[)a]rla; Bohem.,perle; Ang.-Sax.,pearlandpærl; Low. Sax.,berel. Webster says the wordpearlmay be radically the same asberyl. In the Celtic we find, Irish,pearla, and Welshperlyn.

The Germans derivepearlfrombeer, a berry, making thusberleorbeerlein; as in Latinbaccaalso means a pearl.

Some of your correspondents can, no doubt, inform us whether any analogous words topearlandmargaritaexist in the Sanscrit?

A. C. M.

Exeter.

Sermons by Parliamentary Chaplains(Vol. vii., p. 34.).—On the day of Thanksgiving, 19th July, 1648, Mr. Obadiah Sedgwick was ordered to preach before the House, and his sermon to be printed. Where can a copy of it be seen?

Joseph Rix.

St. Neot's.

Etymological Traces of the Social Position of our Ancestors(Vol. vii., pp. 13, 14.).—Your correspondent may find the passage to which he wishes to refer again, in one of the back volumes of Dickens'sHousehold Words, in an article with the title of "History in Words."

Another correspondent, in the succeeding page of the same Number, will obtain the information he requires by consulting Dunlop'sHistory of Fiction.

W. L. N.

Tuebeuf(Vol. vii., p. 207.).—J. E. J. will find Tubœuf is a town in France, in the department of Mayenne. On May 9, 1194, Richard I. sailed from England on his expedition against Philip II. of France; and he was accompanied by Master Eustace, Dean of Salisbury, for the purpose of his conducting such business of the Great Seal as might be necessary while the king remained abroad. The Doncaster Charter appears to have been sealed on the 22nd of the same month of May, and I shall feel obliged if J. E. J. will give me a copy of Eustace's title, and the date and place, as they appear on the document. The addition to his name in other charters is "tunc gerentis vices cancellarii." He himself became Chancellor and Bishop of Ely on the death of Longchamp.

Edward Foss.

Street-End House, near Canterbury.

"Goe, soule, the bodies guest" (Vol. vii., p. 175.).—Your correspondent is mistaken in thinking that his "additions" are a new discovery. Both stanzas were printed, with slight variations from this copy, by Sir H. Nicolas, at the end of his edition of Davison'sPoetical Rhapsody, 1826, pp. 413—415.; and both are mentioned by Mr. Hannah, when he says (p. 103.):

"In E (the mark by which Mr. H. designates that copy in Nicolas), one stanza is interpolated after line 36, and a second at the end."

As I entirely agree with Sir H. Nicolas that the lines in question are "a wanton interpolation," I think Mr. Hannah was perfectly justified in contenting himself with this acknowledgment of their existence.

Bells versus Storms(Vol. vi., p. 508.).—While returning my acknowledgments to your correspondents theRev. H. T. Ellacombeand W. S. G., I would briefly refer to the subject again, which may be of interest to some of our readers.

Dr. Fuller says:

"That bells are no effectual charm against lightning. The frequent firing of abbey churches by lightning confuteth the proud motto commonly written on the bells in their steeples, wherein each intitled itself to a six-fold efficacy.'Men's death I tell, by doleful knell,Lightning and thunder, I break asunder,On Sabbath all, to church I call,The sleepy head, I raise from bed,The winds so fierce, I do disperse,Men's cruel rage, I do assuage.'""It has anciently been reported," observes Lord Bacon, "and is still received, that extreme applauses and shouting of people assembled in multitudes, have so rarefied and broken the air, that birds flying over have fallen down, the air not being able to support them; and it is believed by some that great ringing of bells in populous cities hath chased away thunder, and also dissipated pestilent air. All which may be also from the concussion of the air, and not from the sound."

'Men's death I tell, by doleful knell,Lightning and thunder, I break asunder,On Sabbath all, to church I call,The sleepy head, I raise from bed,The winds so fierce, I do disperse,Men's cruel rage, I do assuage.'"

'Men's death I tell, by doleful knell,

Lightning and thunder, I break asunder,

On Sabbath all, to church I call,

The sleepy head, I raise from bed,

The winds so fierce, I do disperse,

Men's cruel rage, I do assuage.'"

"It has anciently been reported," observes Lord Bacon, "and is still received, that extreme applauses and shouting of people assembled in multitudes, have so rarefied and broken the air, that birds flying over have fallen down, the air not being able to support them; and it is believed by some that great ringing of bells in populous cities hath chased away thunder, and also dissipated pestilent air. All which may be also from the concussion of the air, and not from the sound."

W. W.

Malta.

The following note in connexion with the baptism of bells may be interesting, as it shows the manner of working, at that time.

Among theCentum Gravaminaoffered to Pope Adrian in 1521 by the Princes of Germany, as given in Herbert'sHenry VIII., p. 139., this is the 51st:

"That suffragans used to baptize bels under pretence of driving away divels and tempests; and for this purpose did invite many rich godfathers, who were to touch the rope while the bell was exorcised, and its name invoked (unto which all the people must answer). And that a banquet was used to be made thereupon, at the cost of the layicks, amounting in little towns to a hundred florins, whither the godfathers were to come, and bring great gifts, &c., whereas they desired that the said bels might be baptized not onely by suffragans, but by any priest, with holy water, salt, herbs, without such costs."

H. T. Ellacombe.

Clyst St. George.

WillMr. Goleoblige me and your readers with a reference to theGolden Legend, from which he has sent a quotation bearing on bells and storms.

H. T. Ellacombe.

Clyst St. George.

Exercise Day(Vol. vii., p. 205.).—The extract from the borough chamberlain's accounts, referred to by your correspondentLeicestriensis, relates rather to a religious assembly or meeting established by authority in the reign of Elizabeth, and designed as a check on the growing tendency towards Puritanism, which marked that period. In this diocese (at that time the diocese of Chester) Bishop Downham instituted a "monthly exercise," which was confirmed by his successor Dr. Chadderton, in an injunction bearing date Sept. 1, 1585. (See Appendix to Strype'sAnnals, vol. i.) It is there decreed that all parsons, vicars, curates, and schoolmasters shall resort to this exercise, there either to speak or write; and certain penalties are enforced on any neglect of its observance. In the churchwardens' accounts of this parish is an entry of similar import to that quoted byLeicestriensis: "1656, Pd. for minister diner at the exercise day, 00.00.06," the only perceptible difference being in the degree of hospitality extended to the clergy by their entertainers.

John Booker.

Prestwich.

The Iron Mask(Vol. v., p. 474.; Vol. vii., p. 234.).—Your correspondent A. S. A. asks with much complacency, "What authorityMr. James Cornishhas for asserting (Vol. v., p. 474.) that the mysterious secret of theMasque de ferhas ever been satisfactorily explained?"Mr. James Cornishdoes not make statements of historical facts without authority: he therefore begs to refer A. S. A. to Delort,Histoire de l'Homme au Masque de fer, Paris, 1825; and toThe True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called "The Iron Mask," &c., by the Hon. George Agar Ellis: London, 1826.

I repeat "my sanguine" expectations that "Junius" will yet be "unearthed." "Matthias" made an equal boast with the "mighty shade," that he would be for ever unknown.

Your Journal "N. & Q." has left no doubt about the author ofThe Pursuits of Literature.

James Cornish.

Shakspeare's Use of the Word "Delighted"(Vol. ii., pp. 113. 139. 200. &c.).—The following passage from Douce'sIllustrationshas not been referred to by any of your contributors on this point; to some it may be unknown:

"With respect to the much contested and obscure expression ofbathing the delighted spirit in fiery floods, Milton appears to have felt less difficulty in its consideration than we do at present; for he certainly remembered it when he made Comus say:"' ... one sip of thisWillbathethe droopingspirits in delightBeyond the bliss of dreams.'"

"' ... one sip of thisWillbathethe droopingspirits in delightBeyond the bliss of dreams.'"

"' ... one sip of this

Willbathethe droopingspirits in delight

Beyond the bliss of dreams.'"

W. T. M.

Hong Kong.

Samuel Daniel(Vol. vi., p. 603.).—A copy of an original letter of Samuel Daniel, sent to Lord Keeper Egerton with a present of hisWorks newly augmented, 1601, is printed inCensura Literaria, ed. 1808, vol. vi. p. 391.

John Daniel, who publishedSongs for the Lute, Viol, and Voice, 1606, is supposed to have been the brother of the poet, and the publisher of his works in 1623. He was of Christ Church, Oxford; and took his degree of Bachelor of Music in 1604. At the commencement of the reign of Charles I., he was one of the court musicians, and his name occurs among the "Musicians for the Lutes and Voices," in a privy seal, dated Dec. 20, 1625, exempting the musicians belonging to the court from the payment of subsidies.

John Daniel'sSongswere "printed by T. E. for Thomas Adams, at the Signe of the White Lyon, Paule's Church Yard, folio, 1606." They are dedicated, in rhyme, to "Mrs. Anne Greene, the worthy Daughter to Sir William Greene, of Milton, Knight."

Edward F. Rimbault.

English Bishops deprived by Queen Elizabeth, 1559 (Vol. vi., pp. 100. 203.; Vol. vii., p. 260.).—I regret that I am unable to furnish A. S. A. with any additional information respecting the Marian bishops. None of the authorities I used give the dates he requires. Possibly, Mr. Charles Butler'sHistorical Memoires of the English, Irish, and Scottish Catholics, 4 vols. 8vo., 1822, might answer his Queries.

I have ascertained from Calamy'sLife and Times(vol. i. p. 409.), that Thomas White, thedeprived Bishop of Peterborough, died in London, May 30, 1698; and that Robert Frampton, the deprived Bishop of Gloucester, died May 25, 1708 (vol. ii. p. 119.).

John I. Dredge.

"Jenny's Bawbee" (Vol. vii., p. 207.).—This is a very old song, a fragment of which (all we have) appeared in David Herd'sCollection of Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, 2 vols. 12mo., Edinb. 1776. As it is very short, I quote it:

"An' a' that e'er my Jenny had,My Jenny had, my Jenny had,A' that e'er my Jenny had,Was ae bawbee."There's your plack, and my plack,An' your plack, an' my plack,An' my plack, an' your plack,An' Jenny's bawbee."We'll put it a' in the pint-stoup,The pint-stoup, the pint-stoup,We'll put it in the pint-stoup,And birle't a' three."

"An' a' that e'er my Jenny had,My Jenny had, my Jenny had,A' that e'er my Jenny had,Was ae bawbee.

"An' a' that e'er my Jenny had,

My Jenny had, my Jenny had,

A' that e'er my Jenny had,

Was ae bawbee.

"There's your plack, and my plack,An' your plack, an' my plack,An' my plack, an' your plack,An' Jenny's bawbee.

"There's your plack, and my plack,

An' your plack, an' my plack,

An' my plack, an' your plack,

An' Jenny's bawbee.

"We'll put it a' in the pint-stoup,The pint-stoup, the pint-stoup,We'll put it in the pint-stoup,And birle't a' three."

"We'll put it a' in the pint-stoup,

The pint-stoup, the pint-stoup,

We'll put it in the pint-stoup,

And birle't a' three."

There is a capital song founded upon this rude fragment, by the late Sir Alexander Boswell. It was published anonymously in 1803, and commences thus:

"I met four chaps yon birks amang,Wi hinging lugs and faces lang;I spier'd at neebour Bauldy Strang,Wha's they I see?"Quo' he, Ilk cream-fac'd pawky chielThought he was cunning as the diel,And here they cam' awa to stealJenny's bawbee."

"I met four chaps yon birks amang,Wi hinging lugs and faces lang;I spier'd at neebour Bauldy Strang,Wha's they I see?

"I met four chaps yon birks amang,

Wi hinging lugs and faces lang;

I spier'd at neebour Bauldy Strang,

Wha's they I see?

"Quo' he, Ilk cream-fac'd pawky chielThought he was cunning as the diel,And here they cam' awa to stealJenny's bawbee."

"Quo' he, Ilk cream-fac'd pawky chiel

Thought he was cunning as the diel,

And here they cam' awa to steal

Jenny's bawbee."

Copies of this latter song may be seen in Johnson'sScottish Musical Museum, edit. 1839, vol. v. p. 435.; and in Graham'sSongs of Scotland, 1848, vol. ii. p. 48.

Edward F. Rimbault.

The old Scotch ballad with the above title, on which Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart., founded his humorous song, with the same name, may be found inThe Book of Scottish Songs, recently published inThe Illustrated London Library, p. 229.

J. K. R. W.

Irish Convocation(Vol. vi., p. 317.).—I am unable to answerW. Fraser'sQueries as to when the Irish Convocation last met, and where their deliberations are recorded; but that gentleman will find some account of its nature and constitution in a recently published pamphlet, entitledThe Jerusalem Chamber, by the Rev. H. Caswall, M.A., pp. 39, 40.

J. C. B.

Spontaneous Combustion(Vol. vii., p. 286.).—Is there such a thing; meaning, I presume, of thehuman body? One of the latest and best authenticated cases is given inThe Abstainer's Journal(Glasgow), No. III., March, 1853, p. 54. In the narrative is included the official medical report from theJournal of Medical Science, Dec. 1852.

W. C. Trevelyan.

Do the Sun's Rays put out the Fire?(Vol. vii., p. 285.).—

"Why does the sun, shining, on a fire, make it dull, and often put it out?"1st. Because the air (being rarefied by the sunshine) flows more slowly to the fire; and"2ndly. The chemical action of the sun's rays is detrimental to combustion."The sun's rays are composed of three parts; lighting, heating, and actinic or chemical rays. These latter interfere with the process of combustion."

"Why does the sun, shining, on a fire, make it dull, and often put it out?

"1st. Because the air (being rarefied by the sunshine) flows more slowly to the fire; and

"2ndly. The chemical action of the sun's rays is detrimental to combustion.

"The sun's rays are composed of three parts; lighting, heating, and actinic or chemical rays. These latter interfere with the process of combustion."

The above is an extract from Rev. Dr. Brewer'sGuide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar, 6th edition, p. 50., which may perhaps prove interesting to C. W. B. At p. 58. of the same book, H. A. B. will find, I think, an answer in the affirmative to his Query (Vol. vii., p. 286.): "Is there such a thing as spontaneous combustion?"

C—— S. T. P.

W—— Rectory.

Dover Castle(Vol. vii., p. 254.).—The "j cenovectorum cum j rota ferro ligata" was a wheel-barrow. In thePromptorum Parvulorumoccurs (p. 25.) "barowe cenovectorum."

E. G. R.

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We hope next week, in addition to many other interesting articles, to lay before our readers a copy of a remarkable and inedited Proclamation of Henry VIII. on the subject of the Translation of the Scriptures; and some specimens of theRigby Correspondence.

Hercules.The custom (which we hope does not very generally obtain) of sending green ribbons, called willows, tied round bridal cards, to rejected suitors of the bride, is no doubt derived from that alluded to by Shakspeare and Herrick, and especially Fuller, who tell us the willow "is a sad tree, whereof such as have lost their love make their mourning garments."

Robin Hood.A Subscriber would be obliged byH. K. (Vol. vi., p. 597.)giving a precise reference to the Act of the Scotch Parliament prohibiting "the plays and personages of Robin Hood." &c.

C. Mansfield Inglebywill find the proverb "When Our Lord falls in Our Lady's lap," &c., in our Number for the12th Feb., p. 157.

Viator.The imprecatory Epitaph referred to has already appeared in our columns.

W. A. C.is thanked. The rhymes have, however, been already frequently printed by Brockett, Brand, &c.

B. L. (Manchester).The ordinary use of arms by the English nobility is supposed to date from about the year 1146. The arms on the shield of Geoffrey de Mandeville in the Temple Church have been considered among the earliest examples of heraldic bearings in England. He died in 1144.

Hy. Ce.Our Correspondent is probably correct. The lines are not in the reprint of theMusarum Deliciæ:so we amend our reply toDavid BrowninNo. 177.,by stating that the lines

"That same man, that runneth awaie,May again fight, an other daie"—

"That same man, that runneth awaie,

May again fight, an other daie"—

are from Udall's translation of the Apothegms of Erasmus.

Does a Corpse passing make a Right of Way? A. S.will find an elaborate answer to this Query in our3rd Vol., p. 519.He is also referred topp. 477.and507.of the same volume, andpp. 124. 240., Vol. iv.

A. B. Mosaicis so named from the tesselated pavements of the Romans, which being worked in a regular and mechanical manner, were calledOpus musivum, opera quæ ad amussim facta sunt.Hence the Italianmusaico,the Frenchmosaique,and our Englishmosaic.See"N. & Q.," Vol. iii., pp. 389. 469. 521.

C. Gonville.How can we forward a letter to this Correspondent?

M. C.The answer to Mr. Canning's famous riddle is "Cares—Caress."

Brookthorpe.The epitaph,

"If Heaven is pleased,"&c.,

is sometimes said to have been written on Burnet, and at others on Coleman the Jesuit. See our5th Vol., pp. 58. 137.,&c.

Photographic Notes and Queries.Several articles are necessarily postponed until next week, when we will also give Replies to several Correspondents. We hope by that time to be able to report upon the new Camera.

The Rev. J. L. Sissonis thanked for the very beautiful specimen of his skill which he has forwarded to us. We hope to write to him in the course of a day or two.

Errata.—P. 284. col. 1. lines 27. 28. for "built a new house on a pinnacle, on which," read "built a new house, on a pinnacleofwhich." Line 31., dele full-stop after "yreret," and insert colon. P. 288. col. 2. l. 28. for "trull" read "hull,"i. e."hurl."

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