book. If so, a careful perusal will show, I think, that the interruption of which the Padre there speaks is only an imaginary one, covering the real conclusion of the book; and that F. W. C.'s MS. really contains the whole work. H. H. GIBBS.

St. Dunstan's, Regent's Park.

ARMS OF THE MEDICI (3rd S. viii. 170.)---I do not find any reference to the tradition mentioned by A. A. in any book which I have been able to consult. After giving the various accounts of the origin of the palle, Spener (Opus Heraldicum, pars specialis, p. 253), merely says:

"Ratio suprema pilæ, quæ Francicis liliis insignis, certior est. Non quod Carolus Magnus A. 773 (uti Forcutulus perhibet) eam dederit. Sed quod Ludovicus XI. vel XII. Petro Mediceo eam concessit. Vid. M. Vulson de la Colombière, Scientia Heroica, c. 9, p. 66. Le Labourer, Origine des Armoiries, n. 31. Menestrier, Véritable Art du Blazon, c. 5, p. 54."

I have expanded the references a little. Triers has the following:

"Das Frantzösiche Wapen, welches auf der obersten Kugel erscheinet, ist ein Geschencke Ludovici XI. Königs in Franckreich, womit er des Pabsts Leonis X. Bruder, Petrum de Medici, welcher die oberste Magistrats-Person in Florentz, und Anno 1504 gestorben, beehret."-Einleitung zu der Wapen-Künst, p. 730.

New Shoreham.

J. WOODWARD.

not properly speaking a charm, but a prescription for the cure of a drunkard. I have seen it in an old French book of receipts; but stated differently, thus:

"Put two or three eels in a sufficient quantity of wine, and leave them in it till they are dead; then give the wine to a person to drink, and he will thenceforth have a disgust for wine."

Here is another, considered equally efficacious, and less nauseous to the taste:

"Procure some of the liquor which exudes from the vine after being pruned, and mix this with wine, unknown to the person who is to drink it. If he drinks it, he will lose all relish for wine afterwards."

The first charm against fleas is common in France, and is thus directed: :

"The first time you hear the cuckoo, gather up the earth from beneath your right foot, and scatter it in houses to drive away fleas,"

F. C. H.

SHERIFFS OF OXFORDSHIRE (3rd S. viii. 107.)— "1647. William Cope, Esquire. "1648.

quire."

.....

Chamberlein, of Bishops' Land, Es

See Commons Journal, Dec. 1, 1646; Nov. 17, 1647. EDWARD PEACOCK.

DERWENTWATER FAMILY (3rd S. viii. 119.)— J. M'C. B. mentions that in 1846, he met with, in Tasmania, two poor but respectable men, who were said to be lineal male representatives of the Derwentwater family, and he adds that at the time it was proposed in England to restore the title, forfeited in the rebellions of 1715 and 1745, they were urged to return to the mother country, to prosecute their claims. Want of means, however, prevented their doing this.

Unless these people are able to prove their descent from Francis Radclyffe, the first Earl of Derwentwater (so created in 1688), they could have no claim to the title of Derwentwater. It is, however, by no means impossible that they may be descended from some of the branches of the Radclyffe family. Such descendants are known to be in existence at the present day, and one of them, Mr. John Radclyffe, is a highly respectable farmer at Stearsley, in the parish of Brandsby, Yorkshire (North Riding), whose family have long occupied the farm on which he resides, under the Cholmeley family.

Such of the readers of " N. & Q." as possess a copy of Surtees's History of Durham, or have access to that work, on turning to vol. iii. p. 128, will find the pedigree of Radclyffe of Tunstall and Newton Hansard. On examining it, they will find that William Radclyffe of Ugthorpe, Gent., was eldest son and heir of his father, whom he succeeded Jan. 31st, 1614. To his name, Mr. Surtees has appended this note:

"Whose descendant in the sixth degree, William

Radclyffe (sometime of Stearsley) was a cottager at
Stillington in Yorkshire, aged about seventy in 1810.”

Stillington is about four miles from Stearsley.
Mr. Surtees was an excellent genealogist, and
very particular in accepting any allegation re-
specting a pedigree, without good proof of its
truth. And he certainly would never have ad-
mitted any statement into his history without being
satisfied of its correctness. I have always under-
stood that the Radclyffes of Stearsley say, their
family did originally come from Ugthorpe, near
Whitby, and this is a confirmation of Mr. Sur-
tees's statement. They are, and I believe always
have been, Roman Catholics.

J. F. W.
SETH SWEETSER (3rd S. viii. 47.)-There are
many of that name in our neighbourhood, espe-
cially in Reading, Mortimer, and Sulhamstead in
Berkshire. Joseph Sweetzer keeps a little general
shop at the latter place. I am much interested
in the Pilgrim Fathers, as some of my family
went over with Penn, and were Quakers.

Bradney.

JULIA R. BOCKETT.

NOLO EPISCOPARI (3rd S. vii. 42, 306, &c.)-See
Fuller's History of Cambridge.

"Amongst the bishops of this house (Emmanuel) Richd
Holdsworth, fourth master, must not be forgotten, who
might, but wd not, be bishop of Bristol: not out of covet-
ousness (from whh none more free), because so small the
revenues thereof; or laziness to decline pains, none being
more laborious in his calling; or scruple of conscience,
none being more zealous in a certain episcopacy; but for
some secret reasons whh these troublesome times suggested
unto him. He was a most excellent preacher, both by
his pious life and patient death."

R. Holdsworth (often called Oldisworth) was
also Archdeacon of Huntingdon. He was one of
the deprived loyal clergy in 1643-4, and is duly
commemorated in Walker's Sufferings, &c.; Ward's
Lives of the Gresham Professors. His works were
edited by Thos. Fuller, in 1651. See also Fuller's
Worthies of England, "Northumberland."

JUXTA TURRIM.

THE OLD MAIDS' SONG (3rd S. viii. 116.)-I
have a copy of this curious old ballad, written
down between forty and fifty years ago, but at
the moment I have not been able to "lay hands
on it." The version given by A. T. is tolerably
correct, but he will allow me, I am sure, to supply
one verse, which is, I believe, the second in the
one which I have referred to. It runs thus:

"We'll petition George the King,
Poor old maidens ;

We'll petition George the King,
Poor old maidens !

We'll petition George the King,
A tax upon all men to bring,
For it is a shameful thing

That we should die old maidens."

I often heard this ballad sung in my boyish
days, and the tune, a very plaintive, and as A. T.

says, doleful one, is still fresh in my mind, note
for note, as I used to hear it.
L. JEWITT, F.S.A.

Derby.

PRINTED GRANTS OF ARMS (3rd S. vi. 126, 198.)
To the lists of printed grants of arms should be
added those north country grants (temp. Elizabeth)
which are printed in the Appendix to Tonge's
Visitation of Yorkshire, published by the Surtees
Society.
J. WOODWARD.

"AMICUS PLATO," ETC. (1st S. iii. 389, 464, 484;
I believe, as stated by Bohn; but are adapted from
3rd S. viii. 160.)-These words are not in Cicero,
Aristotle (Nicom. Eth., i. 4), who, speaking of
ideas as represented by Plato and Socrates, whose
opinions he disputes, adds,-'Aupoîv yàp ŏvтow píλow,
ὅσιον προτιμᾶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν· “ Although both are
dear to me, truth must be preferred "=" Amicus
Plato, amicus Socrates, sed magis amica veritas."
I doubt if Cicero wrote such Latin: the word
amica meaning a courtesan, and giving a ludi-
crous and immoral sense to what Cicero rever-
enced in the highest degree, "divine philosophy."
T. J. BUCKTON.

Miscellaneous.

NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.

The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Notes and
a Memoir by John Bruce. In Three Volumes. (Bell &
Daldy.)

If anything could add to the wide and deserved popula-
rity of Cowper's Poems, it would be such an edition of them
as has just been issued by Messrs. Bell & Daldy. In the
first place, this new Aldine Cowper is printed by Messrs.
Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, and is as handsome
a book as can be; and in the second and more important
place, it has had the advantage of being superintended
by a gentleman who has been for years a diligent and
admiring student of Cowper's writings; who, while hold-
ing, in Cowper's own words-

-

"True Piety is cheerful as the day,"

appreciates most fully the purity of his moral and religious
teaching, and sympathises most fully with all the poet's
best and holiest feelings; yet is at the same time able to
season his admiration when Truth demands it, and to
point out candidly and distinctly the failings and short-
comings of Cowper-the result of his peculiar tempera-
ment and the mistaken judgment of his friends. The
Memoir which Mr. Bruce has prefixed to the present edi-
admirers of Cowper, on perusing the carefully-written
tion of the Poems, and reading anew the painful story of
his tangled life, will, we doubt not, share our satisfaction
that the Editor, under the conviction "that our know-
ledge of facts relating to Cowper is cumulative," deter-
mined to put aside the Memoir written by the late
Mr. Mitford, and incorporate, in a fresh sketch of the
Poet's life, much of the new materials which his own
industry and the kindness of a large circle of literary
friends has enabled him to collect. We say much, for
though very much that is new will be found in Mr.
Bruce's sketch, which occupies some two hundred pages,
still, as he tells us, the various letters and papers con-
nected with the poet which have never seen the light,

and with which he has been favoured, would have so
extended it, as to have rendered it inconsistent with the
size and general character of the present edition. These
papers and documents have therefore been reserved for a
separate publication. For that separate publication the
readers of the present Memoir will look anxiously, and
for nothing with greater curiosity and interest, than for
any new light which Mr. Bruce may be enabled to throw
upon the romantic history of his cousin Theodora's watch-
ful interest and never-changing attachment to the Poet.
And here one word to show Mr. Bruce's views on the
subject of Cowper's mental alienation: "That Cowper
was in the first instance driven mad by over-much re-
ligion, which at one time was the prevalent belief, we
consider to be certainly a mistake. His madness, it will
have been seen, was rather occasioned by want of reli-
gion than by excess of it, and the reception of definite
views of Christianity, although it did not work his cure,
exercised, on his first recovery, a very beneficial effect
upon his health both of body and mind." As an Editor
of the Poems, Mr. Bruce has exhibited most praiseworthy
care in the collation of his text. Those only who have
themselves performed similar tasks can tell the amount
of time and labour which are expended to trace home the
several poems of a writer to their original authorities,
and to show how they have grown up under his forming
hand. The brief notes in which the readings of the
various editions are given tell how conscientiously the
Editor's duty in this respect has been fulfilled; while the
notes illustrative of the passing allusions which now call
for explanation are terse, clear, and intelligent. And we
may sum up our notice of these welcome volumes, by
asserting our conviction that, while Cowper's poetry has
"by its simplicity and ease, and by the purity of its moral
and religious teaching, taken its place among English
classics," Mr. Bruce's edition of that poetry is clearly
destined to take its place among the Standard Editions of
such Classics.

Surrey Archæological Collections relating to the History
and Antiquities of the County, published by the Surrey
Archæological Society. Vol. III. (L. Reeve & Co.)
This goodly volume of nearly four hundred pages is very
creditable to the body of local antiquaries by whom it has
been produced. The papers are not only good in them-
selves, and sufficiently varied in their character, illustrat-
ing, as they do, the Churches of Merstham, Crowhurst,
and Cheam; the Families of Uvedale, Burgh, Bowyer,
Duncumbe, &c.; the Manor of Kennington, the Old Inns
of Southwark, the Mints of Surrey, Surrey Etymologies,
and last, though not least, the Visitation of Surrey; but
they have the great merit of being one and all strictly
confined to local objects a point too often lost sight of
in similar societies. The families, localities, celebrities,
and antiquities of Surrey generally are pleasantly treated
and well illustrated, and it will be a great reflection upon
the county, if its influential men do not support a Society
so well calculated to preserve a record of everything con-
nected with Surrey, which ought to be had in remem-
brance.

Messrs. Longman will shortly publish—“Journal and
Correspondence of Miss Berry," edited, with Introduction
and Notes, by Lady Theresa Lewis-" Mozart's Letters,"
edited by Dr. Nohl, translated by Lady Wallace.-" Epi-
Ancient and Modern, Humorous, Witty, Satirical,
Moral, and Panegyrical," collected and classified by John
Booth, B.A., Cantab.

grams,

Messrs. Macmillan are about to publish-"An attempt
to ascertain the State of Chaucer's Works, as they were
left at his Death," with some Notices of their Subsequent
History, by Henry Bradshaw of King's College-" Essays
on Art:"" Mulready-Dyce-Holman Hunt-Herbert-

Poetry, Prose, and Sensationalism in Art-Sculpture in
England-The Albert Cross, &c., by Francis Palgrave
Turner, M.A., late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford-
"A Defence of Fundamental Truth," being a Review
of the Philosophy of Mr. John Stuart Mill, by James
M'Cosh, LL.D.

Mr. Hotten announces- "History of Signboards from the
Earliest Times to the Present Day," with Anecdotes of
Famous Taverns, Remarkable Characters, Ancient Marts
of Business, Coffee and other Old Houses in the large and
small towns up and down the Country, by Jacob Lar-
wood, assisted by John Camden Hotten-"Christmas
Carols," an entirely new Gathering of Ancient and Modern,
including several never before given in any Collection;
with the Music of the more Popular Religious Carols,
edited, with Notes, by William Henry Husk, Librarian to
the Sacred Harmonic Society-" Romany in Europe;
Complete History of the Gipsies, since their first appear-
ance among the Nations of the West; with Notices of
their Customs, Language, the various Laws enacted, &c.,
and the Books relating to them, by William Pinkerton,
F.S.A., F.A.S.L.

BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES
WANTED TO PURCHASE.

LIVES OF THE WARRIORS, by Sir Edward Cust. Part I. Murray, 1865.
EUROPEAN MAGAZINE. Vol. XXIII.
LONG LIVERS, 8vo. 1722.

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Notices to Correspondents.

F. C. H. We are quite sure our Correspondent never intended to use the
term Protestant in an offensive sense. It is needless, therefore, to_insert
his defence of a term which he must know does not occur in the Book of
Common Prayer, the Canons, or the Articles of the Church of England.
J. SALISBURY. The late Joseph Hunter published a List of the Com-
manders of the Army at Agincourt, 1850, 12mo.

A. N. The Widow of the Wood, 1755, 8vo, is by Benjamin Victor.—
A World without Souls, 1806, 12mo, by the Rev. J. W. Cunningham.
HIBERNICUS. A Bang-Beggar was a kind of beadle kept in many
parishes to take up or chase away mendicants from the locality.
Scorus. Mrs. Blackacre was a lady passionately fond of law proceed-
ings, as noticed in Wycherley's Plain Dealer.

J. CLEMENT. The Bowie Knife was named from Col. James Bowie.
who resided in Louisiana, but was by birth a Georgian. He was a man
of daring, and of great muscular powers.

R. C. Raid, or rade, a hostile incursion,“ properly (says Jamieson) of
the equestrian kind," is derived by that author from the A.-S. rad, rade,
and the verb ridan, to ride. Conf. in old English raid and rode. “Whither
make ye a rode to-day."

R. INGLIS. The Table of Contents to C. Goodal's Poems and Transla-
tions, 1689, makes nearly six pages.

GEORGE PRIDEAUX. For the Latin original of the hymn “Jerusalem
the Golden," see our last volume, p. 283.

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The writer asks: Will the literary men and the antiquarians of England suffer such a loss, without at least making an effort to avert it? There is time enough for the attempt, and time in itself is a great auxiliary. We have saved Shakespeare's house at Stratford, let us do our best to save Chaucer's house at Southwark. Unquestionably it will be a disgrace to the country, if the old Tabard is destroyed without some more urgent necessity than the building of a pile of warehouses. According to the same article, the White Hart, close to the Tabard a house mentioned in Shakspeare's Henry VI., and famous as the scene of the first introduction of Sam Weller to Mr. Pickwick --has been demolished within the last few weeks. We have recently lost many of these curious old buildings, and we can hardly afford to part with the most interesting of all."

I may add that, as the lease of the old Tabard was sold by auction on the 9th of June last at Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change Alley, Cornhill, by Messrs. Rushworth, Jarvis, & Abbott, of Saville Row, Regent Street and Change Alley, Cornhill, it is to be feared that we shall lose this old relic; but I think, before it is taken down, the Corporation should have a model taken and have it preserved in the Guildhall Library. It may also be worth noting that the building materials of the old Spread Eagle Inn, in Gracechurch Street, were sold by auction on the 29th ultimo, and the workmen have commenced pulling it down; but it is to be hoped that a photograph has been taken, or some drawing preserved of this inn, which was I believe one of the oldest in London. A. H.

DEVONSHIRE HOUSEHOLD TALES.-No. II.

III. JACK HANNAFORD.

There was an old soldier, who had been long in the wars-so long that he was quite out at elbows, and he did not know where to go to find a living. So he walked up moors, down glens, till at last he came to a farm from which the good man had gone away to market. The wife of the farmer was a very foolish woman; the farmer was foolish enough too, and it is hard to say which of the two was the most foolish. When you've heard my tale, then you may decide. Now, before the farmer goes to market says he to his wife, "Here is ten pound all in gold, take care of it till I come home."

If the man had not been a fool he would never have given the money to his wife to keep. Well, he went off in his cart to market, and the wife said to herself "I will keep the ten pound quite safe from thieves;" so she tied it up in a rag, and she put the rag up the parlour chimney.

"There!" said she, "no thieves will ever find it now, that is quite sure."

Jack Hannaford, the old soldier, came and rapped

at the door.

"Who is there?" asked the wife. "Jack Hannaford."

"Yes, he did," replied Jack Hannaford; "he said that he was out of leather, and his pockets were empty; so you was to send him a few shillings to buy a fresh stock of leather."

"He shall have them, bless his poor soul!" And away went the wife to the parlour chimney, and she pulled the rag with the ten pounds in it from the chimney, and she gave the whole of the sum to the soldier, telling him that her old man was to use as much as he wanted, and to send back the rest.

It was not long that Jack waited after he had received the money. He went off as fast as he

could walk.

Presently the farmer came home and asked for his money. The wife told him that she had sent it by a soldier to her former husband in Paradise to buy him leather for cobbling the shoes of the saints and angels of heaven. The farmer was very angry, and he swore that he had never met with such a fool as his wife. But the wife said that her husband was a greater fool for letting her have the money.

There was no time to waste words; so the farmer mounted his horse, and rode after Jack Hannaford. The old soldier heard the horse-hoofs clattering on the road behind him, so he knew it must be the farmer pursuing him. He lay down on the ground, and shading his eyes with one hand, looked up into the sky, and pointed heavenwards with the other hand.

"What are you about there?" asked the farmer, pulling up.

"Lord save you!" exclaimed Jack, "I've seen a rare sight!"

"What was that?"

"A man going straight up into the sky, as if he were walking on a road!"

"Can you see him still?" "I can."

"Where?"

"Get off your horse, and lie down."
"If you will hold the horse."
Jack did so readily.

"I cannot see him," said the farmer. "Shade your eyes with your hand, and you'll soon see a man flying away from you.'

Sure enough he did so; for Jack leaped on the horse, and rode away with it. The farmer walked home without his horse.