"Enn pœr skalar&c. &c.h. e.Crania autem illaQuæ pericraniis suberantArgento obduxit etNidado tradidit."
"Enn pœr skalar
&c. &c.
h. e.
Crania autem illa
Quæ pericraniis suberant
Argento obduxit et
Nidado tradidit."
W. B. R.
—I do not recollect that either of your correspondents on this subject has brought forward the aspersion upon Queen Elizabeth's fair fame in precisely the same form in which the Jesuit Sanders places it in the following passage:—
"Hâc Ecclesiæ contra ipsam sententiâ, et Catholicorum novis incrementis quotidianis, non mediocriter offensa Elizabetha, convocatis ordinibus, leges valde iracundas et cruentas contra veteris fidei cultores promulgat: quibus primum cavetur,ne quis Elizabetham hæreticam, schismaticam, infidelem, usurpatricemve, sub pœnâ capitis vocet. Item.Ne quis aliam quamcunque certam personam nominet, cui regnum vel in vitâ, vel post mortem ipsius, deberi dicatur, exceptâ Elizabethæ naturali prole.Ea enim sunt ipsa decreti verba. In eam enim homines vel adulationem vel necessitatem ita perduxit hæresis, ut quod illud nobilissimum regnum illegitimæ illius regis sui proli ægre unquam concessit, nuncnaturali, id est,spuriæ, soboli reginæ in cujus sexu fornicationis peccatum est fœdius, non denegarint: pariter et reipublicæ, ex proximi successoris ignoratione, extremum periculum, et Elizabethæ incontinentiam prodentes."—Nicolai SanderiHist. Schism. Angl.lib. iii. § Novæ leges latæ in Catholicos, ann. 1571, ed. 8vo. Col. Agr. 1628, p. 299.
To some of your readers this passage may seem to indicate that the use of the equivocal wordnaturalimay have given colour, not to say occasion, to the whole scandal against Queen Elizabeth. By many, I apprehend, it will be acknowledged thatspuriæis not the only, if an allowable, interpretation.
J. SANSOM.
Oxford, July 22. 1851.
—I think the following may help to throw a little light upon the use of the worddealas meaningdivide. I was in Wensleydale about a month ago; and on inquiring where the boundary between the North and West Ridings of Yorkshire ran, was told, "On the top of Penhill, where God's water deals" (i. e.the rain divides). I may further add, on my own knowledge, that in the north-west corner of Suffolk, where the country is almost entirely open,the boundaries of the different parishes are marked by earthen mounds, from three to six feet high, which are known in the neighbourhood asdoolsthe word being probably derived from the same root. I have been told, however, that it should be spelledduals, and that the derivation of it was from the Latinduoas marking two parishes; but I am sure that it is always pronounced by the country-people at a monosyllable, and therefore the chances are in favour of the former derivation being the right one.
A proposto Suffolk, another of your correspondents (Vol. iv., p. 55) lately mentioned the fashion the people there have of leaving out thevein the middle of the names of places. In this I can bear him witness also; but I do not think it is confined to those letters only:e. g.Eriswell, pronouncedAsel; Wymondham (in Norfolk)Wyndham, &c. Among those names of places in which theveis left out, your correspondent has omitted Elveden (commonly, though erroneously, Elvedon), which is always called and often spelledElden.
A. N.
—This quotation is from Cowper's lines appended to the Bill of Mortality for the parish of All Saints, Northampton, for 1787:
"Read, ye that run, the awful truthWith which I charge my page;A worm is in the bud of youth,And at the root of age."
"Read, ye that run, the awful truth
With which I charge my page;
A worm is in the bud of youth,
And at the root of age."
I know not with whom the idea originated. The imagery is frequently used by Shakspeare, but with him never indicates disease or death.
I can call to mind no similar expression in the classics.
H. E. H.
—Your correspondent FRANCISis in error as to the MSS. and correspondence of Henry Andrews being in the possession of his son, Mr. Wm. Henry Andrews. Mr. W. H. Andrews some time ago sold to me the whole of his father's MSS. correspondence, astronomical and astrological calculations, with a mass of very curious letters from persons desirous of having their "nativities cast." I have also some copies of Andrews' portrait, one of which shall be much at your service.
Moore'sAlmanackwas known by that name long before Andrews had any connection with it, but he was for upwards of forty years its compiler for the Company of Stationers, whose liberal (?) treatment of Andrews may be collected from the following postscript to a letter addressed to me by his son:—
"My father's calculations, &c., for Moore'sAlmanack, continued during a period of forty-three years; and although through his great talent and management he increased the sale of that work from 100,000 to 500,000, yet, strange to say, all he received for his services was 25l.per ann.!! Yet I never heard him murmur even once about it; such was his delight in pursuing his favourite studies, that his anxiety about remuneration was out of the question. Sir Richard Phillips, who at times visited him at Royston, once met him in London, and endeavoured to persuade him to go with him to Stationers' Hall, and he would get him 100l.; but he declined going, saying that he was satisfied."
Andrews was also computer to the Board of Longitude, and Maskelyne'sLettersevidence the value and correctness of his calculations.
The only materials left by Andrews for a memoir of his life I believe I possess, and some day I may find leisure to put them into order for publication.
ROBT. COLE.
—The Query (Vol. iv., p. 68.) "What was scurvy ale?" may perhaps be answered by an extract from a little work,The Polar Sea and Regions, published by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. In the account of Baffin's voyage, in which he discovered the bay called after him Baffin's Bay, we are told that—
"Finding the health of his crew rather declining, he sailed across to Greenland, where an abundance ofscurvy grass boiled in beerquickly restored them; and the Lord then sent them a speedy and good passage homeward."
Johnson explains scurvy-grass as spoonwort.
W. FRASER.
—Will you have the goodness to inform your correspondent that I have a pamphlet, printed soon after the famous siege was over, giving a particular account of it, though it altogether omits mentioning the name of an ancestor of mine who distinguished himself in the relief of that place. I shall be happy to afford E. A. any information or assistance he may require.
B. G.
about which MR. MCCABEasks, is a very old custom in England. Matt. Paris, in his description of Abbot William's funeral at St. Albans, A.D. 1235, tells us how—
"Corpus apertum est. &c. Et quicquid in corpore repertum est, in quadam cuna repositum est, sale conspersum. Et in cœmiterio, est humatum. Corpus autem interius, aceto lotum et imbutum et multo sale respersum et resutum. Et hoc sic factum est circumspecte et prudenter, ne corpus per triduum et amplius reservandum, tetrum aliquem odorem olfacientibus generaret et corpus tumulandum, contrectantibus aliquod offendiculum praesentaret."—Vitæ S. Albani Abbatum, p. 87. ed. Wats, Paris, 1644.
DA.ROCK.
Buckland, July 24. 1851.
In the 86th and two following sections of the Second Book of Herodotus is the description of the ancient Egyptian methods of preserving thebodies of the dead. These were more or less embalmed with aromatic spices, according to the condition of the person, and then corned with saltpetre (λιτρον,nitre) for seventy days; strictly,salted. Is it possible that the early Christians, in adopting this practice, may have been influenced by that very obscure passage, Mark ix. 49.: "Every one shall besaltedwith fire?"
ALFREDGATTY.
The custom of placing a plate of salt on the body of the dead is very general in Wales. I remember, when a child, inquiring the reason of the practice, and being told by an old woman that it was to prevent the body from swelling. My remark, thatanyweight might answer the same purpose, was met by the reply; "there's no weight so heavy as salt gets when it is on the dead." This proves that some feeling of superstition mingles with the custom. Has not the use of salt in baptism, amongst the Italians &c., come allusion to the banishment of the evil spirit?
SELEUCUS.
—That the use of the wordrepudiate, in the sense of refuse, repel, reject, abandon, disown, cast off, is by no means modern; and that such phrases as "I repudiate the idea," "I repudiate the sentiment," "I repudiate the proposal," are strictly correct, is evident from the use of the word by "standard classical authors" in the original language from which it has come down to us. Sallust, for instance, in hisHistory of Catiline's Conspiracy, says that Lentulus advised him to seek assistance everywhere, even amongst the dregs of the populace; asking him at the same time, "Why, since the senate had already adjudged him to be an enemy to the republic, he shouldrepudiate the slaves?" i. e., refuse to enrol them in his levies.
"Cum ab senatu hostis judicatus sit, quo consilioservitia repudiet?"—Sall. Cat.44.
Cicero, in his Offices, in opposition to the opinion of the peripatetic school, that anger is implanted in us by nature for useful ends, lays it down as a principle, that "on all occasionsanger ought to be repudiated;" that is, "cast out of the mind," and says that "it is to be wished that persons who are at the head of the state should be like the laws, which inflict punishment not in anger but in justice."
"Illa(iracundia) vero omnibus in rebusrepudianda est."—Cic. de Off.I. xxv. 13.
Cicero knew nothing of the Christian grace of "being angry and sinning, not;" he knew nothing of the severity of love. In another place he tells us that on one occasion Themistocles declared in the Athenian assembly, that he had a plan to propose which would be of great advantage to the state, but ought not to be made public. He was willing, however, to communicate it to any one person whom they might select. Aristides, rightly named the Just, being the person selected, Themistocles disclosed his plan to him: which was, secretly to set fire to the Lacedæmonian fleet in the dockyard of Gytheum, by which means they would effectually crush the power of the Lacedæmonians. Aristides returned to the assembly, and at once declared that Themistocles' plan was certainly very advantageous, but by no means honourable; whereupon the Athenians, rightly considering that what was not attended with honour, could not be attended even with advantage in reality, without hearing another word, "repudiated the whole affair;" that is, utterly rejected the proposal.
"Itaque Athenienses, quod honestum non esset, id ne utile quidem putaverunt;totamque eam rem, quam ne audierant quidem, auctore Aristide,repudiaverunt."—Cic. de Off.III. xi. 12.
In a third place, he relates that some persons forged a will of one Minucius Basilus, who had died in Greece; and, in order that they might the more easily obtain their end, put down Marcus Crassus and Quintus Hortensius, two of the most influential men in Rome at that time, as co-legatees with themselves, who although they suspected the will to be forged, yet did notrepudiate the little legacycoming to them through other persons' fraud, because forsooth they were not privy to the actual commission of the forgery.
"Qui cum illud falsum esse suspicarentur, sibi autem nullius essent conscii culpæ, alieni facinorismunusculum non repudiaverunt."—Cic. de Off.III. xviii. 4.
A little further research might easily multiply instances, but I think these are quite sufficient to prove that we moderns are but following the ancients in using the wordrepudiatewithout reference to anyobligationexpressed or implied.
F. F. F.
—Your correspondent H. C. K. has dealt, I fear, somewhat too harshly with "repudiate." Surely "repudiare" is "to reject what one is ashamed of, scorns, or disdains." Two instances immediately suggest themselves inCicer. pro Plancio, 18 (44). 20 (50). In the former—
"Respuerent aures, nemo agnosceret, repudiarent,"
perhaps the word is a gloss upon "respuerunt." The latter, however, is unexceptionable:
"Nunquam enim fere nobilitas, integra præsertim atque innocens, a Populo Romano supplex repudiata fuit."
Why then should "repudiate" necessarily imply the notion of "obligation?" and why should I, if I "repudiate" the criticism of H. C. K., be held to "talk nonsense?"
May I be allowed room for a couple of Queries? 1. Is our modern usage of "ringlet" found beforethe time of Milton? 2. What is the earliest authority for "outburst?"
CHARLESTHIRIOLD.
Cambridge, July 29. 1851.
—I have read with pleasure the paragraphs in your "NOTES ANDQUERIES" on "the letterv," and beg space for a further notice, with an especial reference to the patronymic ofRayorWray. One family uses the motto, "Juste etVrai," whose name isWray; and another the same motto, whose name isRay. And it will be remembered that John Ray, the naturalist, changed the orthography of his name fromWraytoRay, as he concluded it had been formerly written; and in one of the letters published by the Ray Society,[9]allusion is made to the adjective or substantivevrai, as if that distinguished philosopher and divine had either derived his name thence, or it had the same signification as that French word. Are we then to take this as an instance of the silentvordouble uorv; and as any proof that families writing their namesWrayandRaywere originally of one patronymic and one common root, and that presumptively Norman?
[9]Vide theCorrespondence of John Ray. Edited by Edwin Lankester, M.D. London, 1848, pp. 65, 66.
Under a separate heading, perhaps you will also indulge me with a Query as to the coat of arms, under the portrait by Bathon, 1760, after W. Hibbart, of Joannes Rajus, A.M., prefixed to Dr. Derham'sLife of John Ray, published by George Scott, M.A. and F.R.S.: London, 1760. The shield is, gules, on a fesse, between three crescents, three cross crosslets. Is it inferable that that coat was ever borne by patent or admissible prescriptive right, by any of his ancestors? Several families in the north of England, whence his father came, also have registered in respectable armories crescents against their names. The poor origin of John Ray is obviated, in some degree, by what is said in a Life of him, published inThe Portrait Gallery of British Worthies, by Charles Knight. I suppose he himself used the armorials in question, and was related to the family of nearly the same name, bearing crescents, viz. Reay.
The glasses of some of your correspondents may assist one more shortsighted than themselves.
H. W. G. R., Presbyter,and Member of the Ray Society.
1. Mead Place, Derby, Aug. 2. 1851.
I beg leave to correct a remark of W. S. W***. as toTiverton, Devon, which was never pronouncedTerton; it is Twiverton, near Bath, which is pronouncedTwerton.
S. S.
—The name "Whig" is derived from the Celticugham, a sort of large saddle, with bags attached to it, in use among the freebooters of the borders of Scotland: hence those robbers were known to the Highlanders by the name ofWhiggam-more, or "big-saddle thieves;" and when the Civil War broke out, the Highlanders and Irish, who supported the king, called themselvesa taobh Righ,i. e."the king's party," and gave the name ofWhiggamore thievesto their opponents.Whiggammoreandtaobh Righsoon became shortened toWhigandTory, and in aftertimes served to distinguish the supporters of the rival houses of Hanover and Stuart. The modern signification of the terms is different,Whigbeing taken to mean "liberal," andTory"exclusive."
FRAS.CROSSLEY.
—I do not understand this Query. What is meant by "planets for the months?" There are twelve months, and in common parlance only seven planets. Nor do I see what is meant by "precious stones symbolizingthoseplanets." In heraldry, the arms of sovereigns and royal personages are blazoned by the names of the sun, moon, and planets, for colours, as those of noblemen are by precious stones. If this is what is asked after, the following table will explain it:—
Colours.Pr. Stones.Planets.OrTopazSolArgentPearlLunaSableDiamondSaturnGulesRubyMarsAzureSapphireJupiterVertEmeraldVenusPurpureAmethystMercury
C.
—The two following extracts may throw some light upon the origin of the title of baronet. James I. probably adopted this title, which he found to have been so long existing in Ireland, for the new order of nobility he was about to establish. And it should be remembered that the order of baronet was instituted for the purpose of promoting the plantation of Ulster.
The names mentioned in the second extract are probably those of the baronets whom Spenser mentions as being, in existence in his time. There was, thirty years ago, a "Baron of Galtrim;" perhaps there is still.
EUDOX: "You say well, for by the increase of Freeholders, their numbers hereby will be greatly augmented; but how should it passe through the higher house, which still must consiste all of Irish?"
IREN: "Marry, that also may bee redressed by ensample of that which I heard was done in the like case by King Edward III. (as I remember), who being greatly bearded and crossed by the Lords of the cleargie, they being there [i. e.in the Parliament ofIreland] by reason of the Lords Abbots, and others, too many and too strong for him, so as hee could not for their frowardnesseorder and reforme things as hee desired, was advised to direct out his writts to certaine Gentlemen of the best ability and trust, entitling them therein Barons, to serve and sitt as Barons in the next Parlament. By which meanes hee had so many Barons in his Parlament, as were able to weigh down the Cleargie and their friends: the which Barons, they say, were not afterwards Lords, but onely Baronets, as sundry of them doe yet retayne the name."—Spenser's "View of the State of Ireland," in theAncient Irish Histories, Dublin Edition, 1809, pp. 223, 224.
"BARONETS."Seint Leger, Baronet of Slemarge, meere Irish.Den, Baronet of Por man ston, waxing Irish.Fitz Gerald, Baronet of Burnchurch.Welleslye, Baronet of Narraghe.[Ancestor of the Duke of Wellington.]Husee, Baronet of Galtrim.S. Michell, Baronet of Reban.Marwarde, Baronet of Scryne.Nangle, Baronet of Navan."Campion's "Historie of Ireland," written in the yeare 1571, p. 12. (In theAncient Irish Histories, Dublin edition, 1809.)
"BARONETS.
"BARONETS.
"Seint Leger, Baronet of Slemarge, meere Irish.Den, Baronet of Por man ston, waxing Irish.Fitz Gerald, Baronet of Burnchurch.Welleslye, Baronet of Narraghe.[Ancestor of the Duke of Wellington.]Husee, Baronet of Galtrim.S. Michell, Baronet of Reban.Marwarde, Baronet of Scryne.Nangle, Baronet of Navan."Campion's "Historie of Ireland," written in the yeare 1571, p. 12. (In theAncient Irish Histories, Dublin edition, 1809.)
"Seint Leger, Baronet of Slemarge, meere Irish.
Den, Baronet of Por man ston, waxing Irish.
Fitz Gerald, Baronet of Burnchurch.
Welleslye, Baronet of Narraghe.
[Ancestor of the Duke of Wellington.]
Husee, Baronet of Galtrim.
S. Michell, Baronet of Reban.
Marwarde, Baronet of Scryne.
Nangle, Baronet of Navan."
Campion's "Historie of Ireland," written in the yeare 1571, p. 12. (In theAncient Irish Histories, Dublin edition, 1809.)
T. J.
—Your correspondents will find some "curious memoirs" of this person in theAnthologia Hibernicafor June, 1793, p. 424. The memoirs are embellished with a plate "correctly copied from an extreme rare print in the collection of J. Bindley, Esq."
R. H.
—From Burke'sLanded Gentry, 1846, under "Plowden of Plowden" (A.D.1194), it would appear that Edmund was of Wansted, Hampshire, and ancestor of the Plowdens of Lassam, Hants, and that he "was styled in his will, July 29, 1655, Sir Edmund, lord earl palatine, governor, and captain general, of the province of New Albion." I would suggest to your Transatlantic readers the interest that would be derived from a compilation of surnames in the United States; and in cases where it can be ascertained, the date of introduction, position of first immigrant, ancestry, and descendants. The names and subsequent history of those families who remained loyal during the American Revolution, are worthy of record; most of whom have, I believe, prospered in the world since the confiscation of their property.
The names of the followers of William the Conqueror are often alluded to; but the "comers over" at the conquest of Wales, Scotland, and Ireland are but seldom thought of, though they lend to their descendants' pedigree a degree of historical interest.
A. C.
—This proverb is to be found in Ray's first edition (1670), and is quoted in a little book entitledScarronides, et cet., a burlesque on the second book of Virgil'sÆneid. Æneas, reposing on the "toro alto," is likened to "Ludlam's curr, on truckle lolling;" whilst a marginal note says "'Tis a proverb, Ludlam's dog lean'd his head against a wall when he went to bark." Both here and in Ray the name is speltLudlam.
CRANMORE.
—The piece quoted by MR. BARTONhad long since been pointed out by Warton (Essay on Pope), who has also collected many others which Popemayhave known and made use of, some which hemust.
V.
—The explanation of the stanza in question would occupy more space than I think you would spare me. It will suffice to note that a very sufficient one will be found in Todd's edition ofSpenser(1803) in vol. iii., at the close of canto ix. book ii.; and that the letter of Sir K. Digby is given at full length, before the editor's own commentary and explanation, in that place.
V.
Belgravia.
—In reply to the inquiry whether there is still a law against the use of bells as a summons to divine services, except in churches, which has not been answered, permit me to quote the following sentences from a judgment of Lord Chief Justice Campbell, as reported in theTimesof August 14.
"First, with regard to the right of using bells at all. By the common law, churches of every denomination had a full right to use bells, and it was a vulgar error to suppose that there was any distinction at the present time in this respect. At the same time, those bells might undoubtedly be made use of in such a manner as to create a nuisance; and in that case a Protestant church and a Roman Catholic one were equally liable."
The case (Soltanv.De Weld) from the judgment in which the above remarks are extracted was tried at the Croydon Assizes, and related to the use of bells by a Romanist community in such a manner as was alleged to be a nuisance.
ARUN.
—The meaning of this proverb will be found in Jamieson'sScottish Dictionary, 4to. ed:—To "cone" or "cunne" thanks, is "to give thanks; to express a sense of obligation; to leave a sense of obligation."
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COMMITTEE FOR THE REPAIR OF THETOMB OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER.JOHN BRUCE, Esq., Treas. S.A.J. PAYNE COLLIER, Esq., V.P.S.A.PETER CUNNINGHAM, Esq., F.S.A.WILLIAM RICHARD DRAKE, Esq., F.S.A.THOMAS W. KING, Esq., F.S.A.SIR FREDERICK MADDEN, K. II.JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS, Esq., F.S.A.HENRY SHAW, Esq., F.S.A.SAMUEL SHEPHERD, Esq., F.S.A.WILLIAM J. THOMS, Esq., F.S.A.The Tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer in Westminster Abbey is fast mouldering into irretrievable decay. A sum on One Hundred pounds will effect a perfect repair. The Committee have not thought it right to fix any limit to the contribution; they themselves have opened the list with a subscription from each of them of Five Shillings; but they will be ready to receive any amount, more or less, which those who value poetry and honour Chaucer may be kind enough to remit to them.Subscriptions have been received from the Earls of Carlisle, Ellesmere, and Shaftesbury, Viscounts Strangford and Mahon, Pres. Soc. Antiq., the Lords Braybrooke and Londesborough, and many other noblemen and gentlemen.Subscriptions are received by all the members of the Committee, and at the Union Bank, Pall Mall East. Post-office orders may be made payable at the Charing Cross Office, to William Richard Drake, Esq., the Treasurer, 46. Parliament Street, or William J. Thomas, Esq., Hon. Sec., 25. Holy-well Street, Millbank.
COMMITTEE FOR THE REPAIR OF THE
TOMB OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER.
The Tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer in Westminster Abbey is fast mouldering into irretrievable decay. A sum on One Hundred pounds will effect a perfect repair. The Committee have not thought it right to fix any limit to the contribution; they themselves have opened the list with a subscription from each of them of Five Shillings; but they will be ready to receive any amount, more or less, which those who value poetry and honour Chaucer may be kind enough to remit to them.
Subscriptions have been received from the Earls of Carlisle, Ellesmere, and Shaftesbury, Viscounts Strangford and Mahon, Pres. Soc. Antiq., the Lords Braybrooke and Londesborough, and many other noblemen and gentlemen.
Subscriptions are received by all the members of the Committee, and at the Union Bank, Pall Mall East. Post-office orders may be made payable at the Charing Cross Office, to William Richard Drake, Esq., the Treasurer, 46. Parliament Street, or William J. Thomas, Esq., Hon. Sec., 25. Holy-well Street, Millbank.
LONDON HOMŒOPATHIC HOSPITAL,32. Golden Square.Patroness.—H.R.H. the DUCHESS OFCAMBRIDGE.Vice-Patron.—His Grace the DUKE OFBEAUFORT, K.G.President.—F.M. the MARQUIS OFANGLESEY, K.G., G.C.B.Vice-President.—His Grace the ARCHBISHOP OFDUBLIN.Treasurer.—John Dean Paul, Esq., 217. Strand.Open daily at 1 o'clock for the reception of out-patients without letters of recommendation. In-patients admitted every Tuesday, at 3 o'clock.Subscriptions are earnestly solicited in aid of the funds of the Charity, and will be thankfully received by the Treasurer; the bankers, Messrs. Strahan and Co., Temple Bar; Messrs. Prescott and Co., Threadneedle Street; and byRALPHBUCHAN, Honorary Secretary.32. Golden Square.
LONDON HOMŒOPATHIC HOSPITAL,
32. Golden Square.
Open daily at 1 o'clock for the reception of out-patients without letters of recommendation. In-patients admitted every Tuesday, at 3 o'clock.
Subscriptions are earnestly solicited in aid of the funds of the Charity, and will be thankfully received by the Treasurer; the bankers, Messrs. Strahan and Co., Temple Bar; Messrs. Prescott and Co., Threadneedle Street; and by
RALPHBUCHAN, Honorary Secretary.
32. Golden Square.