Chapter C: P. E
_Muffs worn by Military Men on a March_ (Vol. viii., p. 281.).--In the year 1592 the Duke of Nevers was despatched by Henry IV. with all speed to a place called Bully, in order to cut off the retreat of the Duke of Guise, lately defeated near Bures. Sully speaks of him thus:
"The Duke of Nevers, the slowest of men, began by sending to make
choice of the most favourable roads, and marched with a slow pace
towards Bully, with his hands and his nose in his muff, and his whole
person well packed up in his coach."--_Memoirs of Sully_, vol. i. p.
235., English edit., Edinburgh, 1773.
FRANCIS JOHN SCOTT.
Tewkesbury.
"_Earth says to Earth_" (Vol. vii., pp. 498. 576.).--A fac-simile of these lines, discovered in the chapel of the Guild of the Holy Cross at Stratford-on-Avon (with many other curious plates), may be seen in Fisher's _Illustrations of the Paintings_, &c., edited by J. G. Nichols, Esq., and published in 1802, and afterwards continued.
ERICA speaks of "Weaver's" Account. Unless this is a misprint for "Wheler's" (_Account of Stratford-on-Avon_), perhaps he will oblige me with the full title of Weaver's work.
ESTE.
_Poetical Tavern Signs_ (Vol. viii., p. 242.).--I would add the following sign-inscription to those noted by R. C. WARDE. It was on the walls of a tavern half-way up Richmond Hill, three miles south of Douglas, Isle of Man, kept by a man of the name of Abraham Lowe:
"I'm Abraham Lowe, and half-way up the hill,
If I were higher up, what's funnier still,
I should be belowe. Come in and take your fill
Of porter, ale, wine, spirits, what you will.
Step in, my friend, I pray no farther go;
My prices, like myself, are always low."
J. G. C.
_Unkid_ (Vol. viii., p. 221.).--Is not the word _hunks_, so common in people's mouths,--_An old hunks_, an old miser or miserable wretch, to be referred to the same derivation as _unkid_, _hunkid_?
F. B--w.
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_Camera Lucida_ (Vol. viii., p. 271.).--CARET will find Dr. Wollaston's description of his invention, the "Camera Lucida," in the 17th volume of _Nicholson's Journal_.
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