The Wickliffite Version of the Scriptures. - I have in my possession a very fair MS. of Wickliff's translation of the New Testament; and should the editors of the Wickliffite Versions like to see my MS., and let me know to whom I may send it, I shall be happy to lend it them. DANIEL ROCK. Buckland, Faringdon. Hever (pp. 269. 342.). - In confirmation of the meaning assigned to this word, there is an estate near Westerham, in Kent, called "Hever's-wood." S. S. S. Steward Family (No. 21. p. 335.). - Though not an answer to his question, "O. C." may like to be informed that the arms of the impalement in the drawing which he describes are (according to Izacke's Exeter) those which were borne by Ralph Taxall, Sheriff of Devon, in 1519. Pole calls him Texshall. Modern heralds give the coat to Pecksall of Westminster. If a conjecture may be hazarded, I would suggest that the coat was a modification of the ancient arms of Batishull: a crosslet in saltier, between four owls. S. S. S. Gloves (No. 5. p. 72.). - In connection with the | subject of the presentation of gloves, I would refer your correspondents to the curious scene in Vicar's Parliamentary Chronicle, where "Master Prynne," on his visit to Archbishop Laud in the Tower in May 1643, accepts " a fair pair of gloves, upon the Archbishop's extraordinary pressing importunity;" Cromlech. As your learned correspondent "Dr. TODD" (No. 20. p. 319.) queries this word, I think it is very doubtful whether the word was in use, or not, before the period mentioned (16th century). Dr. Owain Pughe considered the word "cromlech" (crum-llech, an inclined or flat stone,) to be merely a popular name, having no reference to the original purpose of the structure. The only Triadic name that will apply to the cromlechs, is maen ketti (stone chests, or arks), the raising of which is described as one of "The three mighty labours of the Isle of Britain." GOMER. Watewich (pp. 60. 121. 236.). - May not "Watewich" be Waterbeach? S. S. S. "By Hook or by Crook." - I imagine that the expression "By hook or by crook" is in very general use throughout England. It was familiar to my ear forty years ago in Surrey, and within these four years its origin was (to my satisfaction at the moment) brought home to my comprehen- | sion in the North of Devon, where the tenant of a certain farm informed me that, by an old custom, he was entitled to take wood from some adjoining land "by hook and crook;" which, on inquiry, I understood to include, first, so much underwood as he could cut with the hook or bill, and, secondly, so much of the branches of trees as he could pull down with the aid of a crook. Whether this crook originally meant the shepherd's crook (a very efficient instrument for the purpose), or simply such a crook-ed stick as boys use for gathering hazel-nuts, is not very material. It seems highly probable that, in the vast forests which once overspread this country, the right of taking "fire bote" by "hook or crook" was recognised; and we can hardly wish for a more apt illustration of the idea of gaining a desired object by the ordinary means "a hook," if it lay close to our hand; or, by a method requiring more effort, "a crook," if it were a little beyond our reach. J. A. S. By Hook or by Crook (pp. 205, 237.281. &c.). In confirmation of this phrase having reference to forest customs, my hind told me that my plantations were plundered by hook or by crook, and he and I once caught a man in flagrante delicto, with a hook for cutting green wood, and a crook at the end of a long pole for breaking off dry branches, which could not be otherwise reached. For an early use of the term, see Bacon's Fortress of the Faithful, 1550. "Whatsoever is pleasant or profitable must be theirs by hook or by crook." S. S. S. 1 Lines on Pharaoh (No. 19. p. 298.). - I beg to inform "J. T.," that the well-known couplet about Pharaoh, and rascal rhyming to pascal, are from a certain History of the Bible, or Bible History, by the Rev. Dr. Zachary Boyd, of Todrig, who was either Principal or Professor of Divinity at Glasgow in the seventeenth century. He left considerable property to the College there, on condition that his bust should be placed in the quadrangle, and his great work printed under the care of the Academical Senatus. The bust was placed accordingly, and is, or lately was, to be seen in a niche over the inner doorway. The History was also printed, it is said, but never published. However, curious visitors have always, I believe, been allowed a peep into it - whether the MS. or the solitary printed book, I am not sure - and a few choice morsels are current. I recollect one stave of the lamentation of Jonah "Lord! what a doleful place is this! And nothing I but fishes' tripes I think it a shame that the Maitland Club of Glasgow has not, ere now, volunteered an edition of Zachary's immortal performance. The Senatus would hardly object (if the expense were undertaken), as the circulation would be confined to true Scots. PHILOBODIUS. [The following communication from a very competent authority, and the very passage quoted by "PHILORODIUS" himself, quite justify the non-publication of Zachary's doggrel.] Zachary Boyd (No. 19. p. 298.). - Your notice of Zachary Boyd, and his extraordinary paraphrase of the Bible in the College at Glasgow, has reminded me of my having examined that strange work, and found ample cause for its not being published, though a sufficient sum was bequeathed for that purpose. The whole doggrel is only calculated to bring ridicule and contempt upon the Scriptures; but there are, besides, passages such as refer to "Job's "Curse God, and die:" to Jeshuram waxing fat; to Jonah in the whale's belly; and other parts, which utterly unfit the MS. for decent perusal. W. JERDAN. rary resident of our cold climate, and the ambassador extraordinary in the revolutions of the seasons, in the words of the Nursery Rhymes, "She comes as a stranger, and stays three months in the year." " Quid tibi vis aliud dicam? me voz mea prodit." Alciati, Emblema lx. Cuculi, Comment. T. J. 1 Prince Madoc. - I was much gratified on reading "T. T.'s" note, commenting on my observations respecting the Mandan language, as he proves | the existence of Celtic words amongst the American Indians. Regarding "T. T.'s" doubts as to the Mandans being descended from the followers of Madoc, I confess that my opinions on the point do not differ very widely from his own. The circumstances attending Madoc's emigration, in the paucity of its numbers and the entire separation from the mother country, with the character of the Indians, would almost ensure the ultimate destruction of the settlement, or the ultimate absorption of its remains by those who might have had friendly relations with the Welsh. In this most favourable view, the evidences of the presence of the Welsh seven centuries since would be few indeed at the present day. The most striking circumstance of this nature that I met with in Mr. Catlin's work, is a description of what he calls a "bull-boat," from its being covered with a bull's hide, which, in construction and form, is perfectly identical with the Welsh "cwrygl." Yet, strong as this resemblance is, it will have but little weight if unsupported by other evidence. In conclusion, I would observe, that I never supposed Prince Madoc to be the discoverer of America, but that his voyage was induced by the knowledge that other lands existed in the great ocean (see Humboldt's Examen critique). The emblems found in America, and said to be crosses, are obviously the ' tau †, or symbol of life, and can have no connection with Christianity. GOMER. Poghell (No. 12. p. 186.). — In Cornwall and Devon there are places called Poughill or Poghill, -in Domesday, Pochelle; and in the Taxatio Ecclesiastica, Pockehulle and Poghehulle. The etymology of the word, I take to be merely the addition (as is often found) of the Anglo-Saxon hill, or hull, to the old Teutonic word Pock, or Pok, an eruption or protrusion. In low Latin, Pogetum is colliculus. (See Ducange.) S. S. S. Swingeing Tureen (No. 19. p. 211., and No. 21. p. 340.). -How could "SELEUCUS" "conclude" that Goldsmith's Poor Beau Tibbs and Kitty his Wife," should have had "a silver tureen" "of ex pensive construction? It is evident that "Kitty's" husband, in the "Haunch of Venison," was the Beau Tibbs of the "Citizen of the World." There can be no doubt that, however the word be spelled, 1 the meaning is swingeing, "huge, great," which I admit was generally, if not always, in those days spelled swinging, as in Johnson-"Swinging, from swinge, huge, great;" but which ought to be, as it is pronounced, swingeing. Tureen (pp. 246. 307. 340.), ." And instead of soup in a China terrene." (Knox, Essay 57, Works. vol. ii. p. 572.) S. S. S. "A" or "An." - Quem Deus vult perdere. Allow me to refer your correspondents "PRISCIAN" and "E. S. JACKSON" (of No. 22.), to the Selections from the Gentleman's Magazine, London, 1814, vol. ii. pp. 333. and 162., for some interesting papers on the subjects of their respective inqui ries. The paper first referred to, at p. 333., is certainly well worth perusal, as the writer, "KUSTER," has examined the question with considerable care, and proves, by many curious instances, that most of those whom we have been taught to look up to as the greatest authorities in English writing Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, and others to have had no fixed rule on the subject, but to have used "a" or "an" before the same words with the most reckless inconsistency. seem The second paper, at p. 162., gives a more detailed account of the adage, "Quem Deus (potius Jupiter) vult perdere," &c., than "F. C. В." (whose object, of course, was rather to compare results than to trace derivations) has supplied in his interesting communication. C. FORBES. MISCELLANEOUS. 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But the Council, not feeling authorised to commence a series of literary publications, yet impressed with the value of the work, have suggested its independent publication to their Secre tary, Dr. Rimbault, under whose editorial care it accordingly Printed by THOMAS CLARK SHAW, of No. 8. New Street Square, at No. 5. New Street Square, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London; and published by GEORGE BELL, of No. 186. Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid. - Saturday, April 20. 1850. リ A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. No. 26.] "When found, make a note of." - CAPTAIN CUTTLE. SATURDAY, APRIL 27. 1850. CONTENTS. NOTES: Page Nicholas Breton, by the Rev. T. Corser - 409 LL.D. 410 Notes on the Dodo, by H. E. Strickland 410 Derivation of "Sterling" and "Penny" 411 Hanno's Periplus, by S. W. Singer 412 Folk Lore: Cook-eels-Divination by Bible and Key Weather Proverb 412 Replies to Minor Queries: - Chapels - Beaver - Poins and Bardolph God tempers the Wind - Sterne's Koran - Loilius - Bishop Ryder - Brown Study Seven Champions - Tempora mutantur, &c. - Vox Populi Vox Dei-Cuckoo-Ancient Tiles-Daysman - Safeguard - Finkel - Gourders of Rain - Urbanus. Regius Horns - The or A Temple - Ecclesiastical Year - Paying through the Nose Quem Deus Shrew- Zenobia - Cromwell's Estates-Vox et præterea Nihil-Law of Horses - Christ's Hospital Tickhill, God help me! MISCELLANIES: MSS. of Casaubon - Latin Epigram" Nec pluribus impar"-Close Translation - St. Antholin's Parish Books MISCELLANEOUS: Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. Notices to Correspondents NICHOLAS BRETΟΝ. 415 416 417 423 Price Threepence. doubts, that some evidence would still be found which would prove it to be really that of the poet. It was therefore with the utmost pleasure that I read Mr. Collier's concluding paragraph, that he is "in possession of undoubted proof that he was the Nicholas Breton whose epitaph is on the chancelwall of the church of Norton in Northamptonshire." It seems strange that, notwithstanding the number and variety of his writings, the length of time he was before the public, and the estimation in which he was held by his contemporaries, so little should be known concerning Breton, and the circumstances of his life be still involved in such great obscurity. In looking over his various publications, it is remarkable how little is to be gleaned in the preliminary prefixes which relate to his own personal history, and how very rarely he touches on any thing referring to himself. There is a plaintive and melancholy strain running through many of his works, and I am inclined to the opinion entertained by Sir Egerton Bridges and others, that cares, and misfortunes, and continued disappointments had brought on melancholy and despair, and that the plaintive and 422 touching nature of his writings were occasioned by real sorrows and sufferings. This seems at variance with his being the purchaser of the manor and lordship of Norton, and in the possession and enjoyment of this world's goods.. Thus in his Auspicante Jehova Maries Exercise, 8vo. 1597, one of the rarest of his works, in the dedication to Mary, Countess of Pembroke, speaking of his temporal condition, he remarks, "I haue soncke my fortune in the worlde, hauing only the light of vertue to leade my hope unto Heauen:" and signs himself "Your La. sometime vnworthy Poet, and now, and euer poore Beadman, Nich. Breton." And the "Address" after it is signed, poore friend or seruant N. B." I am aware that these phirases are sometimes used in a figurative sense, but am disposed to think that here they are intended for something real. And I am at a loss how to reconcile these expressions of poverty with his being the purchaser and enjoyer of such an estate. I shall wait, therefore, re, with considerable anxiety till it may suit the pleasure or convenience 423 423 Like Mr. COLLIER (No. 23. p. 364.), I have for many years felt "a peculiar interest about Nicholas Breton," and an anxious desire to learn something more of him, not only tonly from being a sincere lover of many of his beautiful lyrical and pastoral poems, as exhibited in England's Helicon, Davison's Poetical Rhapsodie, and other numerous works of his own, and from possessing several pieces of his which are not generally known, but also from my intimate connection with the parish in which he is supposed to have lived and died. From this latter circumstance, especially, I had been most anxious to connect his name with Norton, and bave frequently cast a reverential and thoughtful eye on the simple monument which has been supposed to record his name; hoping, yet not without 1 "Your SECOND EDITION. 26 |