Notes and Queries, Number 72, March 15, 1851

It illustrates a line in Hotspur, the construction of which Warburton would have altered:

"I then, all smarting, and my wounds being cold,
To be so pestered," &c., i.e. at being.

May I mention a change in Troilus and Cressida which I have long entertained, but with doubt:

"And with an accent tun'd in self-same key,
Retires to chiding fortune."

Pope reads "returns," Hanmer "replies." My conjecture is "recries."

    C. B.

Bishop Frampton (Vol. iii., p. 61.).—See an interesting notice of his preaching in Pepys' Diary, Jan. 20, 1666-7; and what is said of him in Lathbury's Nonjurors, p. 203. But probably Mr. Evans is already aware of these references to Bishop Frampton, whose life is a desideratum which many will be glad to hear is going to be supplied.

    E. H. A.

Old Tract on the Eucharist (Vol. iii., p. 169.).—The author of the tract on the Eucharist, referred to by Abhba, was the Rev. John Patrick. The title of the tract, as given in the catalogues of Archbishop Wake, No. 22.; of Dr. Gee, No. 73.; and of Peck, No. 286., of the Discourses against Popery during the Reign of James II., is as follows:—

"A Full View of the Doctrines and Practices of the Ancient Church relating to the Eucharist, wholly different from those of the present Roman Church, and inconsistent with the Belief of Transubstantiation; being a sufficient Confutation of Consensus Veterum, Nubes Testium, and other late Collections of the Fathers pretending the contrary. By John Patrick, Preacher at the Charter-house, 1688. 4to."

    E. C. Harrington.

Exeter, March 3. 1851.

This tract is in 4to., and contains pp. xv. 202. It is one of the more valuable of the numerous tracts published on the Roman Catholic controversy during the reign of James II. In a collection of more than two hundred of these made at the period of publication, and now in my library, the names of the authors are written upon the titles, and this is attributed to Mr. Patrick. In another collection from the library of the late Mr. Walter Wilson, it is stated to be by Bishop Patrick. Bishop Gibson reprinted the tract in his Preservative against Popery, London, 1738, fol. vol. ii. tit. vii. pp. 176—252.; and in the table of contents says that it was written by "Mr. Patrick, late preacher of the Charter-house." Not Bishop Patrick therefore, but his brother, Dr. John Patrick, who died 1695, aged sixty-three, was the author of this tract.

    John J. Dredge.

Was Hugh Peters ever on the Stage? (Vol. iii., p. 166.).—I possess

"A Dying Father's last Legacy to an Onely Child, or Hugh Peter's Advice to his Daughter. Written by his own Hand during his late Imprisonment in the Tower of London, and given her a little before his Death. London, 1660:"

which advice he ends, p. 94., with—

"The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve you to his Heavenly Kingdom, my poor child.

"To Elizabeth Peters."

And then, after a poem at p. 97., he commences a short sketch of his life with—

"I shall give you an account of myself and dealings, that (if possible) you may wipe off some dirt, or be the more content to carry it."

That part of his life which would bear upon this subject reads thus, p. 98.:—

"When (at Cambridge) I spent some years vainly enough, being but fourteen years old when thither I came, my tutor died, and I was exposed to my shifts. Coming from thence, at London God struck me with the sense of my sinful estate by a sermon I heard under Paul's."

The wonderful success of his lecture at Sepulchre's caused it to be asserted by his enemies, that his enthusiastic style of preaching was but stage buffoonery. (See p. 100.)

"At this lecture the resort grew so great, that it contracted envie and anger … There were six or seven thousand hearers … and I went to Holland:"

thereby leaving his character to be maligned. I do not believe, from the tone of the condemned man's Legacy, that he would purposely avoid any mention of the stage, had he appeared on it, and "usually performed the part of a clown;" in fact it appears, that immediately on his coming into London he was awakened by the "sermon under Paul's, which stuck fast:" he almost directly left for Essex, and was converted by "the love and labours of Mr. Thomas Hooker. I there preacht;" so that he was mostly preaching itinerantly in Essex, when it is asserted that he was "a player in Shakespeare's company." That Legacy in question, and a book autograph of Hugh Peters, are at the service of Dr. Rimbault.

    Blowen.

Miscellaneous

NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC

All who take an interest in English philology will join in the wish expressed a few pages back by one of the highest authorities on the subject, Mr. Albert Way—namely, "that the Philological Society has not abandoned their project of compiling a complete Provincial Glossary;" and will greet as a valuable contribution towards that great desideratum, every skilful attempt to record a local dialect. As such, Mr. Sternberg's valuable little book, The Dialect and Folk Lore of Northamptonshire, will meet a hearty welcome from our philological friends; and no less hearty a welcome from those who find in "popular superstitions, fairy-lore, and other traces of Teutonic heathenism," materials for profitable speculation on the ancient mythology of these islands. We are bound to speak thus favourably of Mr. Sternberg's researches in this department, since some portion of them were first communicated by him to our Folk-Lore columns.

Books Received.—Vestiges of the Gael in Gwynedd, by the Rev. William Basil Jones, M.A. A learned essay on the subject of deep interest to the antiquaries of the Principality, involving, as it does among other questions, that of the claim of the Gael, or the Cymry, to be the aborigines of the country.

The Book of Family Crests, comprising nearly every Family Bearing, properly blazoned and explained, accompanied by upwards of Four Thousand Engravings, with the Surnames of the Bearers, Dictionary of Mottoes, and Glossary of Terms, in 2 Vols., Sixth Edition. The best criticism on this popular work, with its well blazoned title-page bearing the words SIXTH EDITION on its honour point, is to state, as a proof of its completeness, that it records the Crests of upwards of ninety Smiths, and nearly fifty Smyths and Smythes.

Illustrations of Medieval Costume in England, collected from MSS. in the British Museum, by T. A. Day and J. B. Dines. When before did English antiquaries see four plates of costume, some of them coloured, sold for one shilling? As an attempt at cheapening and so popularising archæological literature, the work deserves encouragement.

Catalogues Received.—William and Norgate's (14. Henrietta Street, Covent Garden) German Book Circular, No. 27.; G. Bumstead's (205. High Holborn) Catalogue Part 49. of Interesting and Rare Books; Cole's (15. Great Turnstile) List No. 33. of very Cheap Books; B. Quaritch's (16. Castle Street, Leicester Square) Catalogue No. 26. of Books in all Languages.

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Archæologia. Vol. 3.

Frere's Translations from Aristophanes.

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Herd's Collection of Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Vol. 2. Edin. 1778.

Blind Harry's "Wallace," edited by Dr. Jamieson. 4to. Companion volume to "The Bruce."

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Notices to Correspondents

R. C. P. "Thal," "Theam," "Thealonia," in the Charter referred to, are certain rights of toll, of which the peculiarities will be found in any Law Dictionary; and "Infangethe" was the privilege of judging any thief within the fee.

S. P. Q. R. We must refer this correspondent also to a Law Dictionary for a full explanation of the terms Sergeant and Sergeantcy. A Deed Poll is plain at the top, and is so called to distinguish it from a Deed Indented, which is cut in and out at the top.

Tyro. The work quoted as Gammer Gurton in the Arundines Cami, is the collection of Nursery Rhymes first formed by Ritson, and of which an enlarged edition was published by Triphook in 1810, under the title of Gammer Gurton's Garland, or The Nursery Parnassus, &c.

R. C. The music, &c. of "The Roast Beef of England," "Britons Strike Home," and "The Grenadier's March," will be found in Mr. Chappell's Collection of National English Airs. Webbe's Glee, "Hail Star of Brunswick," the words of which are by Young, may doubtless be got at Cramer's. We cannot point out a collection containing the words and music of "Croppies lie down."

K. R. H. M. All received.

A. E. B. is thanked for his suggested monogram, which shall not be lost sight of: also for his friendly criticism.