Notes and Queries, Number 26, April 27, 1850

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ALetterofAnthonyWood's,inthewrtier'scolleciton,isthusaddressed:—

"ForJohnAubrey,Esq.TobeletfatM.rCale'yshouse,in Baldwin's Gardens ,ennne'sIGrayare Lane, London."

"TheEnglishandFrenchProphetsmad,orbewitcht,attheirassembilesin Baldwin's Gardens ."

NOTES:— Page NicholasBreton,bytheRe.vT.Corser409 NotesuponCunningham'sLondon,byE.F.Rimbau,tlLL.D.410 NotesontheDodo,byH.E.Stirckland410 Deirvaitonof"Sterilng"and"Penny"411 Hanno'sPeirplus,byS.W.Singer412 FolkLore:—Cook-eels—DivinaitonbyBibleandKey—WeatherProverb412 BibilographicalNotes,byE.F.Rimbault,LL.D.413 Pope, Petronius, and his Translators, by A. Rich, Jun.414 QUERIES:— WhenwereUmbrellasinrtoducedintoEngland?byE.F.Rimbautl,LL.D.414 MinorQueries:—DukeofMarlborough—"M.orN."—SongoftheBees—WilliamGodwin—Regimental Badges—MotherofThomasàBecket—Swordsworninpublic—EmblemandNationalMottoof415 rIeland—LaitnDistich—VerbumGræcum—PopeFeilx—"WhereEngland'sMonarch" REPLIES:— Gray's Alcaic Ode416 RepliestoMinorQueires:—Chapels—Beaver—PoinsandBardolph—GodtemperstheWind —Sterne's Koran—Lollius—Bishop Ryder—Brown Study—Seven Champions—Tempora mutantur, &c.—Vox Populi Vox Dei—Cuckoo—Ancient Tiles—Daysman—Safeguard—Finkel—Gourders of 417 Rain—Urbanus Regius—Horns— The or A eeToughthrNosthelaciaeYaP—rgniylempcc—Estlestia —QuemDeus—Shrew—Zenobia—Cromwe'llsEstates—VoxetprætereaNihil—LawofHorses —Chris'tsHosptial—Tickhill,Godhelpme! MISCELLANIES:— MSS.ofCasaubon—LaitnEpigram—"Necpluirbusimpar"—CloseTranslation—St.Antholin'sParish 422 Books MISCELLANEOUS:— Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c.423 Books and Odd Volumes wanted423 Notices to Correspondents423

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NOTES NICHOLAS BRETON. LikeM.rCOLLIER(No.23.p.364.),Ihaveformanyyearsfelt"apecuilarinterestaboutNicholasBreton," andananxiousdesiretolearnsomethingmoreofhim,notonlyrfombeingasincereloverofmanyofhis beautifullyircalandpastoralpoems,asexhibtiedin England's Helicon , disoelcaapRhPs'iteovaDnosi , and other numerous works of his own, and from possessing several pieces of his which are not generally known, butalsorfommyinitmateconnecitonwtihthepairshinwhichheissupposedtohaveilvedanddied.From thislattercircumstance,especiall,yIhadbeenmostanxioustoconnecthisnamewtihNorton,andhave frequentlycastareverenitalandthoughftuleyeonthesimplemonumentwhichhasbeensupposedtorecord hisname;hoping,yetnotwtihoutdoubts,thatsomeevidencewouldstllibefoundwhichwouldproveittobe reallythatotfhepoet.ItwasthereforewiththeutmostpleasurethatIreadMr.Collier'sconcludingparagraph, that he is "in possession of undoubted proof that he was the Nicholas Breton whose epitaph is on the chance-lwallofthechurchofNortoninNorthamptonshire." Itseemsstrangetha,tnotwtihstandingthenumberandvairetyofhiswrtiings,thelengthofitmehewasbefore thepublic,andtheesitmaitoninwhichhewasheldbyhiscontemporaries,solitlteshouldbeknown concerningBreton,andthecircumstancesofhisilfebestillinvolvedinsuchgreatobscuirty.Inlookingover hisvariouspublications,tiisremarkablehowilttleistobegleanedinthepreilminarypreifxeswhichrelateto hisownpersonalhistory,andhowveryrarelyhetouchesonanythingreferirngtohimse.flThereisaplainitve and melancholy strain running through many of his works, and I am inclined to the opinion entertained by Sir EgertonBirdgesandothers,thatcares,andmisfortunes,andconitnueddisappointmentshadbroughton melancholyanddespai,randthattheplaintiveandtouchingnatureofhiswiritngswereoccasionedbyreal sorrowsandsuffeirngs.Thisseemsatvairancewtihhisbeingthepurchaserofthemanorandlordshipof Norton, and in the possession and enjoyment of this world's goods. Thus in his JhevoaaMirseAuteanicsp Exercise dicaedenths,i,oCaMyrtoitnorombPefossteun,ek,8vo.159o,7oenhtfarestrefoshirkwo speakingofhistemporalcondtiion,heremarks,"Ihavesonckemyfortuneinthewolrde,hauingonlythelight ofvertuetoleademyhopeuntoHeauen:"andsignshimsefl"YourLa.someitmeunworthyPoet,andnow,and everpooreBeadman,Nich.Breton."Andthe"Address"aftertiissigned,"YourpoorefriendorservantN.B."I amawarethatthesephrasesaresometimesusedinaifgurativesense,butamdisposedtothinkthathere they are intended for something real. And I am at a loss how to reconcile these expressions of poverty with hisbeingthepurchaserandenjoyerofsuchanestate.Ishallwati,therefore,withconsiderableanxietytillit maysuttihepleasureorconvenienceofMr.Colilertocommunicatetotheworldtheproofshehasobtainedof {410} thepoe'tsidenitifcaitonwiththeNortonmonumen.tIwould,however,furtheradd,thatsolateas1606,the Dedicaitonto tfoesiarPehesdiLasoutuerV is dated "From my Chamber in the Blacke-Fryers," and that not one of his later productions is dated from Norton, which probably would have been the case had he been resident there. IregretthatIamunabletoaffordMr.Collieranyinformaitonrespectingthe"CrossingofProverbs,"beyond thefactofthelateMr.RoddbeingthepurchaserofM.rHebe'rsfragment,butwhetheroncommissionornot,I cannot say, nor where it now is. The same kind of proverbs are given in Wit's Private Wealth , 1603, and in some other of his works. NicholasBreton,besidesbeingapleasingandpolishedwriterolfyricandpastoralpoert,yappearstohave been a close and attentive observer of nature and manners,—abounding in wit and humour,—and a pious andreilgiousman.Hewasalsoasoldie,ragoodfisherman,andawarmadmirerofQueenElizabeth,of whomhegivesabeaufitulcharacterin" ADiaortiellofipolugeufresueapldanethingiDehtnopu, Indignitie of Man ," 4to., 1603, on the reverse of Sig. c..iii

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FOLK LORE. Cook-eels. —deyrbFoshtirevormsif coquille , in allusion to their being fashioned like an escallop, in which sense he is borne out by Cotgrave, who has " quilncoPaiél , a fashion of an hard-crusted loafe, somewhat ilkeourstlliyardbunne."Ihavealwaystakenthewordtobe"coquerells,"rfomthevendingofsuchbunsatthe {413} barbaroussportof"throwingatthecock"onShroveTuesday.Thecockissitllcommonlycalledacockereliln E.Angila.PerhapsM.rWodderspoonwillsaywhetherthebunsofthepresentdayarefashionedinany paritcularmanner,orwhetherany"theoldestinhabtiant"hasanyrecollecitonoftheirbeingdifferently fashioned or at all impressed. What, too, are the " nusllaydsrbit " of Cotgrave? Are they tea-cakes? The apartmentinwhichteawasformerlymadewascalledthe s llit -room. Buriensis. Divination by the Bible and Key. —This superstition is very prevalent amongst the peasantry of this and adjoiningpairshes.Whenanyarticleissuspectedtohavebeenstolen,aBibleisprocured,andopenedat the 1st chap. of Ruth: the stock of a street-door key is then laid on the 16th verse of the above chapter, and thekeyissecuredinthispositionbyastring,bounditghltyroundthebook.Thepersonwhoworksthecharm thenplaceshistwomiddlefingersunderthehandleoftheke,yandthiskeepstheBiblesuspended.Hethen repeatsinsuccessionthenamesoftheparitessuspectedofthethetf;repeaitngateachnameaporitonof theverseonwhichthekeyisplaced,commencing,"Whitherthougoest,Iwillgo,"&c.Whenthenameofthe gulityispronounced,thekeyturnsofftheifngers,theBiblefallstotheground,andtheguitlofthepartyis determined. The belief of some the more ignorant of the lower orders in this charm is unbounded. I have seen itpracitcedinothercounties,thekeybeinglaidoverthe5thverseofthe19thchap.ofProverbs,insteadof the 1st chap. of Ruth.

April 10. 1850.

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S.W. Singer

"3.Whatwastheallaythatgavesilverthatdenomination?

H.E.Srtickland.

"Fortheformerofthesetherearevairousconjectures,andnothingofcertainty.

DERIVATION OF "STERLING" AND "PENNY".

Miflord,April15.

Gopeiln,also,inhis éGalrussehcrechReiensgoarhpeidseAcn , speaking of this part of Hanno's voyage, says:

"EtuttaladescrititonedequestoCapitanoerasimileaquellaperalcunScrittoreGrec,iquale palrandedell'isoladelleGorgone,diconoquellaesserunisolainmezzod'unapalude.E conciacosachehaveaintesochelipoeitdicevanleGorgoneesserfemineterirbiil,peròscirsse cheleeranopelose....Maadettopliottoparevapiùveirsimliedipensare,chehavendoHannone intesone'ilibirde'poeitcomePerseoerastatoperæreaquestaisola,ediquivireportatala testadiMedusa,essendoegliambiitosodifarcrederalmondocheluivfiasseaudatopermare; edarirputationaquestosuoviaggio,diesserpenetratofuiodoveerastatoPerseo;volesse portarduepellidiGorgone,ededicarlaneltempiodiGinnone.Ilchelifufacilcosadafare, conciosia cosa che IN TUTTA QUELLA COSTA SI TRUOVINO INFINITE DI QUELLE SIMIE GRANDE,CHEFARENOPERSONEHUMANE,DELLEBABUINE,lepelledellequailpoteva far egli credere ad ogniuno che fussero state di femine."

CONTENTS.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1850

Stand Rectory, April 16. 1850.

No. 26.

"When found, make a note of."—CAPTAIN CUTTLE.

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InregardtomyQueryIX.astothelocalhabitaitonofthefamliyof Dronte doobDohawe,rehtnooelhisirtid, hasbeensuggestedtomebytheRe.vRichardHooper(whofirstdrewmyattentiontothisarmorialbearing), thatthefamliywasprobablyforeigntoBrtiain.Itappearsthattherewasafamliynamed Dodo , in Friesland, a memberofwhich(AugustinDodo,deceasedin1501)wastheifrstedtiorofS.tAugusitne'sworks.Mr. HoopersuggeststhatpossiblythisfamilymayhavesubsequenltyadoptedtheDodoastheirarms,andthat RandleHolmema,ybyanaturalmistake,havechangedthenameofthefamil,yinhis Academy of Armory , from Dodo to the synonymous word Dronte . Can none of your genealogical readers clear up this point?

Yourcorrespondentsuggests(No.24.p.384.)aningeniousdeirvaitonfortheword lingSter ; but one which perhapshehasbeentooreadytoadopt,inasmuchasithelpedhisotherdeirvaitonof peny , from pecunia or pecus . I quote the following from hsAtrotsmprefighScAoc'fstiseTreachintou laHwehtodnoL,:neby,atMirS 1683:

The references which Mr. Singer has given to two works which mention the Oiseau bleu of Bourbon, are very importan,tastheonlyotherknownauthotiryforthisextinctbirdistheMS.JournalofSieurD.B.,whichthus receivesfullconfirmation.MayIaskM.rSingerwhethereitherofthesewritersmenitonsthe eriatiloS  as inhabtiingBourbon?

The name Dodo nfibeeapplrsteesmsahevtowhoadds,inbrre,tin6143,SbyTirmahoHesdeitotbehdri hisediitonof1638,"aPortuguesenameitis,andhasreferencetohersimpleness."Beforethattimethe Dutchwereinthehabtiofcaillngti Dodars , Dodaers , Toters , and Dronte . I had already made the same guessesattheetymologyofthesewordsasthosewhichMr.Singerhassuggested,butnotfeelingfully satisfiedwiththemI,putforthmyQueryVI.Iforthechanceofobtainingsomefurtherelucidaiton.

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Asitissomeitmesdesirabletoknowwherecopiesoftherarerproducitonsofawirteraretobemetwith,I maystate,thatamongsomeifveorsix-and-twentyofthisautho'rspieces,besidesthe Auspicante Jehova MairesExercise ,51.ov8real,97ntmeyad,dooiencihfhwowoIknothfnocreyponahtymn,owpIseosss also the only one of tangrraFoflulsrewolFAsmallhandf , 8vo. 1575, and A Floorish upon Fancie , 4to. 1582,bothrepirntedintheHeliconia; Marie Magdalen's Loue , with A Solemne Passion of the Soules Loue e;arrryvedan,saznatsenil-xnsierilattthees,portniprafhestir591t5,,.ov8 Fantastics: seruing for a PerpetualPrognositcaiton , 4to. 1626; and llohcSaadnaredhaenctixtwbenIaru,efercnot'sWichmoTrenn Angle.rWirttenbyNich.Breton,Gentleman , 4to. bl. lett. 1597, the only copy known and not included in Lowndes'silst,which,fromthestyleoftiscomposiitonandthesimilairtyofsomeoftheremarks,issupposed tohavebeentheoriginalworkfromwhichIzaacWatlonifrsttooktheideaofhis Complete Angler .

THOMAS CORSER.

Baldwin's Gardens. —A passage upon the east side of Gray's Inn Lane, leading into Leather Lane. Tom Browndatessomeinrtoductoryverses,preifxedtoPlayford's Pleasant Musical Companion , 1698, "from Mr. Steward's, at the Hole-in-the-Wall, in Baldwin's Gardens ." There is extant a single sheet with an engraved head,publishedbyJ.Applebee,1707,andcalled,—

Price Threepence. StampedEdtiion4d.

"Hanno encountered a troop of Ourang-outangs , which he took for savages, because these animalswalkerect,oftenhavingastaffintheirhandstosupportthemselves,aswellasforattack or defence; and they throw stones when they are pursued. They are the Satyrs and the Argipani wtihwhichPilnysaysAtlaswaspeopled.Itwouldbeuselesstosaymoreonthissubjec,tasitis avowed by all the modern commentators of the Periplus ."

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NOTES ON THE DODO.

The "Oiseaux appelez Flamands erm,.ayrele"uoqdteMbySr. Flamingos , and are devoid of interest as regards the present question.

M.rSinge'rsreasoningsontheimprobablitiyofTradescant'sspecimenotfheDodohavingbeenafabircaiton aresuperfluous,seeingthattheheadandfootofthisindividualare,asiswellknown,stlilinexistence,and form the subjects of six plates in the Dodo and its Kindred .

ThehistoryoftheDodo'sheadatCopenhagen,referredtobyM.rSinge,risfullyrecordedinthe onadtsiDdo Kindred , pp. 25. 33.

"WhenthisnameofSterilngcameifrstinisuncertain,onlywearecertaintiwasadenominaiton inuseinthetimeofH.III.orEd..Iandatferages.Butitwasnotinuseattheitmeofthecompiilng ofDoomsday,forfiitwereweshouldhavefoundtitherewherethereissogreatoccasionof mention of Firmes, Rents, and Payments. Hovended in bRihc.Iof.l377.. Nummus a  Numa, que fuiltepirmerRoyquefesotimoneiesen Rome. Issint Sterlings, alias Esterlings, queux primes fesoient le money de cest Standard en Engleterre."— ff'sehirSsomptAcc , p. 5-9.

" Spelman nisgetlresEmhtfrotionminadenotahtekatottihetosppsu,hw,oasehspuposeth, cameoverandreformedourcointothatallay.Ofthisopinionwas Camden. A Germanis, quos Angil gs,inrlteEs aptllpectfaesasooitauq;ientaliaboracurtn,isut,ov  Johannes Rex, ad argentuminsuamputiratemredigendam,pirmusevocavi;tetejusmodinummi Es,giinrlte in anitquisscirpturissemperreperiuntur . Some suppose that it might be taken up from the Starre Judæorum yallrofhtfataonmoeyllaedowtaergehtgniebo,wh,adntpdecaecye,monforkersbro currentpaymentoftheirstarsorobilgaitons;othersfromtheimpressionofastarilng,oran asteirskuponthecoin. Purceoquelerof'dmSnuretado,lntdieSteesttiveminuiut,gflrni impressitonstampsurceo.AuterspurceoqueleprimerdecestStandardfuticoynenle CasltedeSteilrnin ocSnaltd pur le Roy properyasthepsoislb..IAdndwEthruofehtfoeman partofaPenywascalledaFarthing,ordinarliyaFerling;soinrtuththepropernameofaPenyin thoseitmeswascalledaSteilrng,wtihoutanyotherreasonofitthantheuseoftheitmesand arbitraryimposition,asothernamesusuallygrow.FortheoldActof51H.I,.IIcalled oCioitosmp Mensurarum , tells us that ScerlteguindisuticreDanirsuAgnil ; and because this was the root of themeasure,especiallyofSliverCoin,thereforeallourCoinofthesameallaywasalsocalled Sterilng,asifveShiillngsSterilng,ifvePoundsStelring.

" noiqu,iæglAnsuiraneDsinndusrotuus,ilgntSreutrimanraginabira32tp,aednooterusnn mediospicæ.SterlingusetDenariussonttoutun.LeShliilngconsistoitde12sterilngs.Le substancedecestdenieroustelringpenyalpirmesfuitvicessimaparsunicæ " . — Indentures of the Min , t naIIVd..dE

So much for the derivation of tSreilgn tonhatn.oica,hwcihyapplieevidentlyllaotrodnigiralerthethtame MayIbeallowedtohazardasuggesitonastotheoriginof peny ti,yssynonT?miuaveltntoheywereeacheq theDenairus.

"Concerning the second, viz. reoamtthteereoswhecierspnerrocthtfucekisgdinointhfmohtah beenmade,itisgoldorslive,rbutnotatlogetherpure,butwithanallayofcoppe,ratleastfromthe timeofKingH.I.andH.II.,thoughpossiblyinancienteritmesthespecieswhereofthecoinwas mademightbepuregoldorsilver;andthisallaywasthatwhichgavethedenominaitonofSterilng to that coin, viz. ro,dlognilretSStGnglierteherwlilebiSilver.Whereinuinqblrae,

Ihavetothank"Mr.S.W.SINGER"(No.22.p.353).forgivingsomeinterestingrepilestomy"DodoQueires" (No.17.p.261.).IrtustthatMr.S.willbeinducedtopursuetheinquiryfurther,andespeciallytoseekfor some Portuguese DehtotpxehctudsanslIriopr,monIaeltwbaionedit598.of1ofotehMsaacerenaccount statethatthesupposedproofofthediscoveryofBourbonbythePortuguesein1545,ontheauthortiyofa stonepillar,thefigureofwhichLeguathascopiedfromDuQesne,whocopieditrfomFlacourt,turnsouttobe {411} inaccurate.OnreferringtoFlacour'ts Histoire de la Grande Isle Madagascar , 4to., Paris, 1658, p. 344, wheretheoriginalfigureofthismonumenitsgiven,IifndthatthestonewasnoftoundinBourbonatal,lbutin "lI'sletdesPortugais,"asmallislandatthemouthoftheirverFanshere(seeFlacour,tp.32).,neartheS.E. exrtemtiyofMadagascar.FromthisplaceFlacourtremovedittotheneighbouringsettlementofFortDauphin in1653,andengravedthearmsofFranceontheoppositesidetothoseofPortugal.Wearethereforestlil wtihoutanyhistoircalrecordofthefirstdiscoveryofBourbonandMauiritus,though,fromtheunanimous consentoflatercompliers,wemayfairlypresumethatthePortuguesewerethediscoverers.

HANNO'S PERIPLUS.

"1.Whencethatdenominaitoncame?

"2. How ancient that denomination was?

MaywenotderiveitrfomDenariusbymeansofetiheratypographicalorcleircalerrorintheintiialletter.This wouldatoncegiveanewname—theverythingtheywereinwantof—andwemayveryeasilyunderstandtis beingshortenedintoPenn.y

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"M.rHampson"hasservedthecauseoftruthindefendingHannoandtheCarthaginiansfromthechargeof cruetl,ybroughtagainstthembyM.rAttorney-GeneralBanniste.rAveryslenderinvestigaitonofthebearings ofthenarraitonwouldhavepreventedi.tIknownothowDr.Falconerdealswtihi,tnothavinghisilttlevolume at hand; but in so common a book as the royiHtsrevoyeimscDiMofitar , which forms part of Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia hatedateestht,tssiti Go ir ll æ were probably some species of ourang-outang . Purchas says they might be the baboons or Pongos of those parts.

Theamusing,andalwaysinterestingtI,ailan,Hakluyt,inthemiddleotfhesixteenthcentur,ygivesaverygood versionofthe[Greek:ANNONOSPERIPLOUS,]withapreilminarydiscourse,whichwouldalsohave undeceivedM.rBanniste,rhadhebeenacquaintedwtih,tiandpreventedMr.Hampson'spleasantexposure ofhiserro.r

Ramusio says, "Seeing that in the Voyage of Hanno there are many parts worthy of considerate attention, I havejudgedthatitwouldbehighlygraitfyingtothestudiousifIwereheretowrtiedownafewexrtactsfrom certainmemorandawhichIformerlynotedonhearingarespectablePortugesepilo,tinrfequent conversationswtihtheCountRaimondodellaTorre,atVenice,lilusrtatethisVoyageofHanno,whenreadto him,fromhisownexpeirence."Thereare,ofcourse,someerroneousnotionsintheinformaitonofthepliot, andinthedeductionsmaderfomtibyRamusio;buttheformerhadthesagactiytoseethetruthrespecitng this slIdanGoonrgahriyemufllofmennandwo . I will not spoil the naïveté pmetgnitaarntirabonatyfoteh rtanslation;merelypremisingthathejudgedtheIslandtobethatofFernandoPo.

TherelationwehaveisevidentlyonlyanabirdgmentorsummarymadebysomeGreek,studiousof Carthaginianaffairs,longsubsequenttothetimeofHanno;andjudgingfromapassageinPliny(.Iii.c.67.)i,t appearsthattheancientswereacquaintedwithotherextractsrfomtheoirgina,lyett,houghitsauthentictiyhas beendoubtedbySrtaboandothers,thereseemstobelittlereasontoquesitonthattiisacorrect outline of the voyage. That the Carthaginians were oppressors of the people they subjugated may be probable; yet we mustnot,onsuchslendergroundsasthisnarrationaffords,presumethattheywouldwantonlyklilandlfay human beings to possess themselves of their skins!

Godalming,Aprli11.1850.

David Stevens.

[In Brand'soPupalrnAituqitiestadeststii9-,188iii.ol.).vnopudecalpisykeeththat(ed.Ellis the 50th Psalm.]

Weather Proverb. popsoflitularoisucruitnoproroul.erutareoftahTW—aeehttsommaegnorbvearserthrop fair weather is betokened according as the rainbow is seen in the morning or evening, is recorded in the followingGerman"saw,"whichisnealryidenitcalwtihourwel-lknownEnglishProverb:

Regenbogen am Morgen Macht dem Schäfer sorgen; Regenbogen am Abend Ist dem Schäfer labend.

InM.rAkerman'srecenltypublishedvolumecalled Spring Tide , a pleasant intermixture of fly-fishing and phliology,wehaveaWiltshireversionofthisproverb,cuirousfortisoldSaxonlanguageandits comparatively modern allusion to a "great coat" in the third and sixth lines, which must be interpolations.

"The Rainbow in th' marnin' Gies the Shepherd warning' Toca'rhisgirtcwoatonhisback The Rainbow at night IstheShepherd'sdeilgh,t For then no girt cwoat he lack."

No one, we believe, has yet remarked the philosophy of this saying; namely that in the morning the rainbow is seeninthecloudsinthewest,thequarterrfomwhichwegetmostrain,andofcourse,intheeveningi,nthe opposite quarter of the heavens.

WiillamJ.Thoms.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. 1. A pleasant Dialogue between a Soldier of Barwicke and an English Chaplain; wherein are largely handed such reasons as are brought in for maintenance of Popish traditions in our English Church. 8vo. circa 1581. ThisworkisrfequenltyattributedtoBarnabyRich;butfromBancrotf's stionoPisuosgnreaD , p. 42, the author isascertainedtohavebeenAnthonyGlib.y 2.TheTrumpetofFame;orSirFrancisDrake'sandSirJohnHawkin'sFarewe:llwtihanencouragementto allSaliorsandSouldiersthataremindedtogointhisworthieenterpirse,&c.12mo.London,byT.Creede, 1595. Thispoeitcalrtactisofthegreatestrartiy,andwasunknowntoAmes,Herber,tWartonandRitson.AMS. note,inacontemporaryhand,saystheauthorwasoneHenryRoberts,whoseiniitalsareappendedtothe work. 3.TheMasitve,orYoungWhelpeoftheOldeDogge.EpigramsandSatyrs,byH.P.4to.London,by.T Creede, circa 1600. As an Epigram in this collection also appears in Henry Peacham's Minerva Britanna tiw,ilsahtrivatghin,ioat isfairtosurmisethathewastheauthorotfhisveryrarevolume,inpreferencetoHenryParrott. 4.Pasquil'sJests,mixedwithMotherBunch'sMerirments.WhereuntoisaddedadozenofGulles.Prettyand pleasanttodriveawaythetediousnesseofawinte'rsevening.4to.1608. In the herBrhiBtisirgpalboi ,09thwioon16frfsimotxetcaranaccobeseeneheiditnutfotvol,mayi.,ndat,a statementthat"anearileredtiioniswithouttheGulls."Thepresentcopy(whichpassedthroughmyhands someyearsago),atlhougheariler,hastheGulls. 5.HolieHistorieofourLordandSaviourJesusChrist'sNaitvtiie,Life,Actes,Miracles,Docirtne,Death, Passion,Resurrection,andAscension.GatheredintoEnglishMeeter,andpubilshedtowtihdrawallvajne witsfromallunsaverieandwickedirmesandfables&c.12mo.London,byR.Field,1594. {414} AmesandHerbertsaythisbookwaswrtitenby Henry Id.tRsarebooHtnallauthor'snamewoHllna;dbtuteh is not mentioned by Warton. 6.NewsrfomtheStars;o,rErraPate'rsGhos,tbyMeritonLatroon.12mo.1673. "RichardHead,abrokenbookselle,randtheauthorofthe English Rogue dna,tsini,rwtitihs.HeturnedPap his voyage to Spain was drowned."— MS. note in a contemporary hand.

POPE, PETRONIUS, AND HIS TRANSLATORS.

EdwardF.Rimbaul.t

ThevindicaitonofPoperfomthechargeofborrowinghiswell-knownsenitment—" Worth makes a man," &c. —rfomPetronius,isnotsocompletelymadeoutby"P.C.S.S."astimightbe;forsurelythereisasufficient simiiltudeofidea,ifnotofexpression,betweenthecoupletofPopeandthesentenceofPertonius,asgiven inallfourofthetranslaitonsctiedbyhim(No.23.p.362).—"The heart makes the man," &c.—to warrant a notionthattheonewassuggestedbytheother.Butthesurmiseofplagiairsmoirginatesinamisconcepiton of the terms employed by the Latin author— suivtr , rfguasalit moreand,yllaicepse crocmluil ,—which have beenmisunderstoodbyeveryoneofthesertanslators. tuirsV islydisewlaasobllaliedappmentto superioirty( Cic. Fin. wihhc31.v.).—Thesensein fsuragilat tdeePtmionrofromcseucbelylaismpeyelobyd aprecedingpassageinthesamechapter,whereTirmalchiocallshispet mimuilssuragfumerpu —a very clever ehplexnsaihetipetehtybiddangthat"hecanerdaatishg,trfrteaeporemmomtsac,ypud—asla accounts,andturnapennytohisownprofti." Croicllum  is a diminutive of corculum (keli luilmsco , from osculum ), itself a diminutive of cor eehra,t"siaslonlyputfor"thtsusobedthybeemmcohughotd,orwhcihw, authors, Lucretius, Horace, Terence, &c, in the same sense as our w , tiwisdom , ielletnc . t The entire passage, ifcorrecltyrtanslated,mightthenbeexpressedasfollows:

"Theitmehasbeen,myfriends,whenImyselfwasnobetteroffthanyouare;butIgainedmy present position solely by my own talents ( virtute ). Wit ( ulmoccrli ehm)msektaro,na(—ralllitety,I iswisdomthatmakesmenofus)—everythingelseisworthlesslumbe.rIbuyinthecheapestand sellinthedearestmarke.tBut,asIsaidbefore,myownshrewdness( tasfrugali ) made my fortune. IcamefromAsianotallerthanthaltampstand;andusedtomeasuremyheightagainstitdayby da,yandgreasemymuzzle( mrustro )meco."beadaramphelaketomhiowtimotlrf

Thenfollowsomeadditionalexamplesoftheyouth'ssagacti,ynotadaptedforrtanslaiton,butequally instancesofworldlywisdom.ThuseveryoneotfheacitonswhichTrimalchioenumeratedasthecausesofhis prospetiryareemanaitonsrfomthe head , not the hear ; t ng;eelialfmorehrseluostafcrityotsafon,fotletntcel thatthesenitmentheprofessesi,nsteadofbeingsimliartoi,sexacltythereverseofthatexpressedbyPope.

Thisexplanaitonseemssosaitsfactorythatwemightbewellcontentedtoresthere.ButsomeMSS.havethe reading ocirmuicll instead of mulcoilrc srptiroedesmotheit,eferegunnieno,eadnreceivedasthe.fItahteb interpretaitonabovegivenwillonlybeslightlymodified,butnotdesrtoyed,bytheintroducitonofanother image,theessenitalpointremainingthesame.Theinsertionofavowel, i colecnnontiitwh,rpceuledsla cor andtisdiminutives,butsuggestsaderivationrfom[Greek:korukos],dim.[Greek:korukion],aleathernsack or bag, which, when well stuffed, the Greeks used to suspend in the gymnasium, like the pendulum of a clock (asmaybeseemonafictilevase),tobuffettoandrfowtihblowsofthefist.Thestuffedbagwillrepresentthe humanheadontheendofitstrunk;andthewordmayhavebeenaslangoneoftheda,yorcoinedbythe AsiaticTirmalchio,whosegenerallanguageisfliledwithprovincialpatois.Thertanslaitonwouldthenbe,in thefamliiarstyleoftheoirgina,l—"The noddle makes the man," &c.

Anthony Rich, Jun.

QUERIES. WHEN WERE UMBRELLAS INTRODUCED INTO ENGLAND? ThomasCorya,tinhis udCrieits ilanumeelbrv,.iplo..4,.31susgiveurioaccitonsuehtfoeulyarethfose tIal.ySpeakingoffans,hesays: "Thesefansareofameanpirce,foramanmaybuyoneofthefairestofthemforsomuchmoney ascountervaliethoneEngilshgroa.tAlsomanyofthem(thetIailans)docarryotherifnethingsofa fargreaterpirce,thatwlilcostattheleastaduca,twhichtheycommonlycallintheItaliantongue umbrellaes , that is, things that minister shadow unto them for shelter against the scorching heat ofthesun.Thesearemadeofleather,somethinganswerabletotheformofaltiltecanop,yand hoopedintheinsidewithdiverselttilewoodenhoopsthatextendthe umbrella ytlraegnapreti compass.Theyareusedespeciallybyhorsemen,whocarrythemintheirhandswhentheyirde, fastening the end of the handle upon one of their thighs: and they impart so long a shadow unto them,thattikeepeththeheatofthesunfromtheupperpartsotfheirbodies." L.t-Col.(atferwardsGen.)Wofle,writingrfomParis,intheyear1752,says: "Thepeoplehereuseumbrellasinhotweathertodefendthemrfomthesun,andsomethingofthe samekindtosecurethemfromsnowandrain.Iwonderapracitcesousefulisnotintroducedin England,(wheretherearesuchfrequentshowers,)andespeciallyinthecountry,wheretheycan be expanded without any inconveniency." {415} Quer,ywhatisthedateoftheifrstinrtoductionofthe erllaumb into England?

Edward F. Rimbault

MINOR QUERIES. Duke of Marlborough. foeht72).cno.p1121-accounttainsanrofretsigeRla(p8751aryeethAnnuThe— circumstancesconnectedwiththetiralofoneBarnard,sonofasurveyorinAbingdonBulidings,Westminste,r onachargeofsendingletterstotheDukeofMalrborough,threateninghislfiebymeans"toofataltobe eludedbythepowerofphysic,"unlesshisgrace"procuredhimagenteelsupportforhislfie."Theincidents arertulyremarkable,poinitngmostsuspiciouslytowardBarnard;butheescaped.Cananyofyourreaders refermetowhereIcanifndanyfurtheraccountorelucidaitonofthisaffair? Buirensis. " M. or N. oM.N.rads"reaiti?slht"nieanswersVidethevineintoebgecatCchurCheth,msihf—O"orwatwh andsomeoftheoccasionalofifcesinhetilurg.y J.C. I[thasbeensuggestedthat"M.orN".originatedinamisreadingof"NOM",aconrtactionfor "nomen].enoyrotcfaisatsaotnghhtuono,a.nit"pxalusiseeTnhiiosaiinnglcyeratn Song of the Bees. ni,gignnltitebetresihesinndutoflheatuohrwsateh—Who "Wewatchforthelightotfhemoontobreak and colour the grey eastern sky Withitsblendedhuesofsaffronandlake,"&c. IhavealwaysunderstoodthemtobeD.rAikin's,butlattelrythathasbeenconrtadicted. Buirensis. WilliamGodwin. acneIanifdnuntaccoheloftrocruoyednopserlltesnterwhemaynofC—naidaeegntnevs ofthelfieofWliilamGodwin,authorof aMdnvelieliams,CSatl.ebLeWoin,ll &c., or any reference to his last hours?Hissentiments,poltiicalandreilgious,aresaidtohavebeen raepucil . N. Woodbridge, April 15. Regimental Badges. tontedgradgeslabneatgemiehrofsrpcoytrannfienintsrifehthetinle,wentrehe—W and under what circumstances were they so granted? J.C. London,Aprli15.1850.

Mother of Thomas à Becket. eew—hTonnwllk-elcdnegmoritnaigoroinfoethdayahsfhtsilroducedbeenint into the airotciPaldnngEofyorstHil atuteh,norompf"Btyohoripmesaeeag".ArosenhtdnoinXtonript.Sc (552.vol.i.)isapictorialrepresentationofthe"BaptismoftheMotherofBecke,tfromtheRoyalMS.2B.vi.i"

Now,LordCampbe,llinhis oesivLsnaecllrofhtehC , repudiates the story in toto; but without assigning any otherreasonfordoingso,thananinferencefromtheslienceofBeckethimselfandhissecretary,Fitzstephen, onthepoin.t

Cananyofthelearnedgenltemen,whosedistinguishednamesadornyourvaluablepages,directanhumble studenttothefountainofrtuth,forthesettlementofthis evatarueqiost ?

W. Franks Mathews. Kidderminste,rApril7.1850. Swords worn in public. —Can any of your correspondents say when swords ceased to be worn as an article ofordinarydress,andwhetherthepracitcewasaboilshedbyactofparliament,orthattheygraduallywentout of fashion. J.D.A. April 17. 1850. Emblem and National Motto of Ireland. —How long has the harp been the emblem, and Erin-go-bragh  the nationalmottoofrIeland?TothisIgiveanotherquer,y—WhaitsthenationalmottoofEngland? E.M.B. LaitnDisitchandTranslation. shnglierteha—hWoewfthefouthorsoitaLiDnwollgniindEtsicstah, translation? "Mtiitturindiscomihipiscisabarchiepisco— —Pononponatur,quiapotusnonmihidatu.r" "Ihadsentmeaifshinagreatdishbythearchbish— —Hopisnothere,forhegavemenobee.r" E.M.B. Verbum Græcum. —Who was the author of "Like the verbum Græcum Spermagoraiolektiholukanopolides, Wordsthatshouldonlybesaiduponhoildays, When one has nothing else to do." The verbum Græcum ahpo'sentiselfisinArist aatsyLrtsi , 457. E.M.B. PopeFeilx. enoitnemflÆnidsc'riohiW—opes"Px,"Feli HonolymihdayoftheBirtroytS.rGge ?Æflc,rini speakingotfheancestorsofSt.Gregory,statesthat" Felix se eawfaesta papa ixelaftfsiiehafse,arwedF"—" thepiouspopewashisffithfather,"( i.e. great grandfather's grandfather). E.M.B. April 15. 1850. " WEngheregh.asthourpdhcaedna'I"aron,"chndlaM's yuoruslnayfo"—Wilssendnikehtvehaseribcrbs toinformmewhowastheauthoroftheilnes "WhereEngland'smonarchalluncoveredsat AndBradshawbulliedinabroad-brimm'dhat." And also of these, quoted by Henry Martyn as "well-known:" "I'd preach as though I ne'er should preach again, I'd preach as dying unto dying men." H.G. Miflord,Aplir15.1850. {416} LaitnEpigram. nfimorwmewhoaersredohwnacdsatehatuohrnaulhos—Ianydtoyourofmcudebileghbo whatisthedateofthefollowingepigram.Thepeculiairtyofi,tyourreaderswlilobserve,consistsinthefact, thatwhilereaddirecltyticontainsastrongcompliment;yettiiscapableofbeingreadbackwards,still formingthesamedescirpitonofverse,butconveyingaperfectreverseofthecompilment:— "Laustua,nontuarfaus;virtusnoncopiarerum, Scandere te fecit hoc decus eximium, Paupeirbustuadas;nunquamstatjanuaclausa; Fundereresquæris,nectuamulitpilcas. Condiitotuastistabiils!nontemporeparvo Vivere te faciat hic Deus omnipotens."

When reversed, it reads thus:—

"OmnipotensDeushicfaciattevivereparvo Tempore!Nonstabliisstituacondtiio. Mulitplicastua,necquæirsresfundere;clausa Januasta,tnunquamdastuapaupeirbus. Eximiumdecushocfectitescanderererum Copia, non virtus; fraus tua, non tua laus."

Any additional information would much oblige.

Aplir15.1850.

O.

REPLIES. GRAY'S ALCAIC ODE. Circumstancesenablemetogiveareply,whichIbeilevewlilbefoundcorrec,ttotheinquiryof"C.B."inp. 382.ofyour24thNumbe,r"WhetherGra'yscelebratedLaitnOdeisactuallytobefoundenteredatthe GrandeChartreuse?"Thefactis,thattheFrenchRevoluiton—thatwhilrwindwhichsweptfromtheearthall thatcamewithintisreachandseemedelevatedenoughtoofferopposition—sparednotthepoormonksof theChartreuse.ArabblerfomGrenobleandotherplaces,attackedthemonastery;burn,tplundered,or destroyedtheirbooks,papers,andproperty,anddispersedtheinmates;whliethebuildingswereletf standing,notrfommoitvesofrespec,tbutbecausetheywouldhavebeenrtoublesomeandlaboiroustopull down,andwerenotsufifcienltycombustibletoburn. InrtaveillngontheContinentwtiharfiend,duringthesummerof1817,wemadeapilgrimagetotheGrande Charrteuse,reachingitrfomthesideoftheEchelles.Itwasaninterestingmoment;foratthatveryitmethe scatteredremainsofthesocietyhadcollectedtogether,andwerejustcomeagaintotakepossessionofand reinhabit their old abode. And being their jour de spaciment , the whole society was before us, as they returnedfromtheirilttlepilgrimageupthemountain,wheretheyhadbeenvisitingSt.Bruno'schapeland spirng;anditwasimpossiblenottothinkwithrespectofthesel-fdevoitonofthesemen,who,atferhavingfor manyyearspartaken(inagreaterorlessdegree)ofthehabtisandcomfortsofacivilisedlife,hadthus voluntarliywithdrawnthemselvesoncemoretotheirsternyetbeauitfulsoiltude(truly,asGraycallsti,a locus severus ed,ppospossanytimtu,eusyabsnoisserotopractisethe),htreereideorwr,hoitevesitirosehtf means,exceptwhattheywerethemselvesenabledtothrowintoacommonstockf;ornealrythewholeoftheir propertyhadbeenseizedbythegovernmentduirngtheRevoluiton,andwassitllheldbyi.t Our conversation was almost wholly with two of the fathers (they use the prefix Dom ), whose names I forget, and have mislaid my memorandum of them. One of these had been in England, when driven out; and was there protected by the Weld family in Dorsetshire, of whom he spoke in terms of sincere gratitude and respect.TheothertoldusthathewasanaitveofChamber,yandhaddonenomorethancrossthemountains to get home. On asking him for Gray's Ode, he shook his head, saying, the Revolution had robbed them of that,andeverythingelse;butrepeatedtheifrstilneofti,sothattherewasnomistakeastotheobjectofmy inquiry. From what occurred afterwards, it appears, however, to be questionable whether he knew more than thefirstline;forIwasinformedthatlaterEnglishrtavellershadbeenattempting,rfomalaudabledesireof diffusinginformation,towtireoutthewholeinthepresentAlbumoftheChartreuse,bycontirbuitngalineor stanza,astheirrecollecitonserved;buttha,tatfera,llthispic-niccomposiitonwasnotexacltywhatGray wrote.Ofcourse,hadourfriendtheDomknownhowtosupplythedeifciencies,hewouldhavedonei.t ThereisatranslaitonoftheOdebyJamesHayBeaitte,sonoftheprofessorandpoet,printedamongsthis poems, which is much less known than its merits deserve. And I would beg to suggest to such of your readers asmayinthecourseoftheirtravelsvistithismonastery,thatbooks(needIsay proper ones?) would be a mostacceptablepresenttotheilbrary;also,thatthereisaregularAlbumkepi,tnwhichthosewhoi,nthisage of"talent"and"intelligence,"considerthemselvesabletowrtiebetterilnesthanGray's,areatilbertytodoso if they please.

A very happy conjecture appeared in the European Magazine some time between 1804 and 1808, as to the conclusionofthestanzastoM.rBeattie.Thecornerofthepaperonwhichtheyhadbeenwtirtenastornoff; andM.rMasonsuppileswhatisdeficientinthefollowingmanne,rthewordsaddedbyhimbeingpirntedin tIailcs:—

"Enoughforme,itfosomefeelingbreast Myilnesasecretsympathy impart ; Andastheirpleasinginlfuence lfows confes , t Asignofsofrtelfection eavethehaetrh ."

{417} This,tiwillbeseen,isprosaicenough;butthecorrespondentofthe E. Mag. supposes the lines to have endeddfiferently;andthatthepoeti,nsomepeculiarftiofmodest,ytoreoffthename.Hisversionisthis:—

"Enoughformei,ftosomefeelingbreas,t Myilnesasecretsympathy convey ; And as their pleasing influence is imprest , A sigh of soft reflection heave for Gray ."

One word upon another poet, Byron v np.390.ofyour42htNmueb.rTreheancebdnotbuoahthttes,icitu.Ta noblewriterhadthispassageofTactiusinhismind,whenhecommittedthecoupletinquestiontopaper;bu,t inallprobabiilty,heconsidereditsowellknownasnottoneedacknowledgment.Othershavealludedtotiin thesameway.ThelateRe.vW.Crowe,B.C.L.,ofNewCollege,Oxford,andpublicoratorofthatUniversti,yin someilnesrectiedbyhissonattheinstallationofLordGrenville,hasthefollowing:—

"And when he bids the din of war to cease, Hecallsthesilentdesolaiton—peace."

I wonder where Lord Byron stole stanzas 1, 2, 3, 4, of the second canto of sybodfhoTAdriBee ; to say nothing of some more splendid passages in the first and second cantos of dloChedliraH ?

REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES.

W (. 1 ).

Chapels. uQreihsofitnoiesAG.rM"otecivrlusoethniY"TTgnrmeraflooliwbeofsekswillpshaheter—P touching the word Chapel (No. 21.).

Spelman ( Glossary, sub voce ) endeavours to convince us that llepaca  is the same as capsella , the diminuitveof capsa ; thus making chapel masrllcean"a,tsrtsnihtnife,i"y(tiropeso sc. of relics). Richardson isalsoinfavourofthisetymon,notwithstandingtisharshnessandinsipidtiy.Ithinkthecommondeirvaiton (from capella , diminutive of capa ) very much preferable to any other, both on the score of philology and of histor.yDucangehasquotedseveralpassages,alltendingtoevincethat claelap (explained by the Teutonic voccus lipptedthofaesuomsevnemtfotSt.Martin,comrpsinigihslcaoontdo(dohkna)sepwsaylaicla merely his hat transfeymicallynemtenoeawshtntosiiryehtoperderrot,aamnheT).ontienmsretirwemoss whichthatrelicwaspreserved,andatferwards,byanaturalexpansion,becametheordinarydesignaitonof thesmallersanctuaires.ThisderivationisdistinctlaffirmedbWalarfedSrtaboabout842,andbamonkof