Chapter C

_Pamphlets respecting Ireland_ (No. 24. p. 384.)--I would refer "I." to No. 6161. in the Catalogue of Stowe Library, sold by Leigh Sotheby and Co., in January 1849. That lot consisted of two vols. of twenty-six tracts, 4to. Amongst them is "Gookin, the Author and Case of Transplanting the Irish in Connaught Vindicated, from Col. R. Lawrence, 1655." Messrs. Leigh Sotheby will probably be able to inform the Querist into whose hands these two vols. passed. The lot sold for the large sum of 4l. 18s.

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_Pimlico_ (No. 24. p. 383.).--The derivation of this word is explained from the following passage in a rare (if not unique) tract now before me, entitled _Newes from Hogsdon_, 1598:--

"Have at thee, then, my merrie boyes, and hey for old _Ben
Pimlico's_ nut-browne."

Pimlico kept a place of entertainment in or near Hoxton, and was celebrated for his nut-brown ale. The place seems afterwards to have been called by his name, and is constantly mentioned by our early dramatists. In 1609 a tract was printed, entitled _Pimlyco, or Runne Red Cap, 'tis a Mad World at Hogsdon_. Isaac Reed (Dodsley's _Old Plays_, ed. Collier, vii. 51.) says,--

"A place near Chelsea is still called Pimlico, and was
resorted to within these few years, on the same account as the
former at Hogsdon."

Pimlico is still, I believe, celebrated for its fine ale.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

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_Pimlico_ (No. 24. p. 383.).--I see, by a passage in Lord Orrery's Letters, that there was a place called Pemlicoe in Dublin:--

"Brown is fluctuant; he once lay at a woman's house in
Pemlicoe, Dublin." (_Earl of Orrery to Duke of Ormond_, Feb.
5. 1663, in _Orrery's State Letters_.)

This may be of use to "R.H.," who inquires about the origin of _Pimlico_. _Ranelaugh_, in the same parts, is doubtless also of Irish origin.

C.H.

[Pimlico in Dublin still exists, as will be seen by reference
to Thom's _Irish Almanac_, where we find "Pimlico, from Coombe
to Tripoli."]

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_Bive and Chute Lambs_ (No. 6. p. 93.).--I do not know whether my answer to your correspondent's inquiry about _bive_ and chute lambs will be satisfactory, inasmuch as the price he gives of "_bive_" lambs "apeece" is larger than the price of the "chute." Twin lambs are still called _bive_ lambs on the borders of Sussex and Kent; and chute lambs are fat lambs.

_Chuet_ is an old word signifying a fat greasy pudding. It is rightly applied to Falstaff:--

"Peace, _chewet_, peace."

_1st Part K. Hen. IV._

WM. DURRANT COOPER.

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_Latin Names of Towns_.--"M." (No. 25. p. 402.) wishes for some guide with reference to the Latin names of towns. A great deal of assistance may be obtained from an octavo volume, published anonymously, and bearing the title "Dictionnaire Interprete-manuel des Noms Latins de la Geographie ancienne et moderne; pour servir a l'Intelligence des Auteurs Latins, principalement des Auteurs Classiques; avec les Designations principales des Lieux. Ouvrage utile a ceux qui lisent les Poetes, les Historiens, les Martyrologes, les Chartes, les vieux Actes," &c. &c. A Paris, 1777.

R.G.

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_Le Petit Albert_ (No. 24. p. 385.).--I suspect this Petit Albert, in 32mo.--a size in harmony with the cognomen--is only a catchpenny publication, to which the title of _Le Petit Albert_ has been given by way of resembling its name to that of Albertus Magnus, who wrote a work or works of a character which gave rise, in the middle ages, to the accusation that he practised magical arts; and hence, probably, any abridgement or compendium of them, or any little work on such arts, would be styled by the French compiler _Le Petit Albert_. In the _Biographie Universelle_, it is affirmed that the rhapsodies known under the name of _Secrets du Petit Albert_ are not by Albertus Magnus; a statement which favours the belief that the work mentioned by your correspondent "JARLZBERG" is one of that vulgar class (like our old Moore's Almanack, &c.) got up for sale among the superstitious and the ignorant, and palmed on the world under the mask of a celebrated name. According to Bayle, Albertus Magnus has, by some, been termed _Le Petit Albert_, owing, it is said, to the diminutiveness of his stature, which was on so small a scale, that when he, on one occasion, paid his respects to the pope, the pontiff supposed he was still kneeling at his feet after he had risen up and was standing erect.

J.M.

Oxford, April 19.

[_Of Le Petit Albert_, of which it appears by Graesse's
_Bibliotheca Magica_ there were editions printed at Cologne
in 1722, Lyons 1775, and even at Paris in 1837, we are told
in Colin de Plancy's _Dictionnaire Infernal_, s. v. Albert le
Grand, "On a quelquefois defendu ce livre, et alors il s'est
vendu enormement cher."]

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_Walter Lynne_ (No. 23. p. 367.).--"G.P." may look for Walter Lynne into Johnson's _Typographia_, i. 556., of which copies may be had very reasonably at Mr. Miller's (see end of No. 15.), 43. Chandos Street.

Your intimation of brevity is attended to; though, in truth, little more could come from

NOVUS.

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_Emancipation of the Jews_ (No. 25. p. 491.).--"H.M.A." inquires--1. If the story mentioned in the Thurloe State Papers, that the Jews sought to obtain St. Paul's Cathedral for a Synagogue, has been confirmed by other writers? In Egan's _Status of the Jews in England_, I find the following passage:--

"Monteith informs us, that during the Commonwealth, overtures
were made on behalf of the Hebrews to the Parliament and
Council of War, through the medium of two popular adherents
of the parliamentarians; the Jews offered to pay for the
privileges then sought by them, the sum of 500,000l.; several
debates took place on the subject, but the _ultimatum_ of the
Puritans being 800,000l., the negotiation was broken off."

The authorities cited on this point by the learned writer are, Monteith's _History of Great Britain_, p. 473.; and Thurloe's _State Papers_, vol. ii. p. 652.

On reference to Monteith, I find the following passage:--

"What is very remarkable in this is, that the Jews, who
crucified the Son of God, by whom Kings reign, took then
occasion of the conjuncture which seemed favourable to them.
They presented a petition to the Council of War, who crucified
Him again in the person of the King, His Vicegerent in the
kingdoms over which God had set him. By their petition, they
requested that the act of their banishment might be repealed
and _that they might have St. Paul's Church for their
synagogue_, for which, _and the library of Oxford_, wherewith
they desired to begin their traffic again, they offered five
hundred thousand pounds, but the Council of War would have
eight."--Monteiths's _Hist. of the Troubles of Great Britain_,
p. 473.

I conclude that the author of the _Status of the Jews_, by omitting to notice the alleged desire of the Jews to obtain St. Paul's Cathedral, considered that the acrimonious statements of Monteith were not borne out by accredited or unprejudiced authorities; for it is but justice to state, it has been admitted by some of our most eminent critics, that Mr. Egan's book on the Jews displays as dispassionate and impartial a review of their condition in this country as it evinces a profundity of historical and legal research.

"H.M.A.'s" second question I am unable to answer, not being sufficiently versed in the religious dogmas of the Jews.

B.A.

Christ Church, Oxford.

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_Emancipation of the Jews_ (No. 25. p. 401.).--"MR. AUSTEN," who inquires (p. 401.) about the Jews during the Commonwealth will do well to refer to a chapter on the Jews in Godwin's _History of the Commonwealth_, and to Sir Henry Ellis's notes on a remarkable letter describing a Jewish synagogue in London immediately after the Restoration, in the second series of his _Letters_; and in these two places he will, I think, find references to all known passages on the subject of Cromwell's proceedings as regards the Jews.

C.H.

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_As lazy as Ludlum's Dog_ (No. 24. p. 382.).--This proverb is repeated somewhat differently in _The Doctor, &c._, "As _lazy_ as _Ludlum's_ dog, as _leaned_ his head against a wall to bark." I venture to suggest that this is simply one of the large class of alliterative proverbs so common in every language, and often without meaning. In Devonshire they say as "Busy as Batty," but no one knows who "Batty" was. As I have mentioned _The Doctor, &c._, I may was well jot down two more odd sayings from the same old curiosity-shop:--"As proud as old COLE's dog which took the wall of a dung-CART, and got CRUSHED by the wheel." And, "As queer as Dick's hat-band, that went nine times round his hat and was fastened by a rush at last."

J.M.B.

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_St. Winifreda_ (No. 24. p. 384.).--Your Querist will find some information in Warton's _Hist. Eng. Poetry_, vol. i. p. 14., note, 1824.

J.M.B.

Totnes, April 18. 1850.

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"_Vert Vert_" (No. 23. p. 366.)--It may be of some assistance to your Querist "ROBERT SNOW," in his endeavour to trace illustrations from Gresset's "Vert Vert," to know that the mark of RAUX, who is said to have painted these subjects, was composed of ten small ciphers; seven of which were placed in a circle: the other three formed a tail, o o o o thus, o o something like the Roman capital Q. This artist, o o o o between the years 1750 and 1800, was employed in the decoration of the Sevres porcelain: his usual subjects were bouquets or groups of flowers; and his mark will be found underneath the double L, interlaced, inclosing some capital letter or letters denoting the year such ware was manufactured.

W.C. Jun.

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"_Esquire_" _and_ "_Gentleman_."--The amusing article in No. 27., on the title of "Esquire," recalled to my memory the resolution passed by the corporation of Stratford-on-Avon, when they presented the freedom of that town to Garrick. It runs something like this:--

"Through love and regard to the memory of the immortal
_Mr._ William Shakspeare, and being fully sensible of the
extraordinary merits of his most judicious representative,
David Garrick, _Esquire_."

Had David a better right to the title than the great poet? Shakespeare, in the latter part of his life, was no doubt _Master Shakspeare_, a title so common as even to be bestowed upon the geometer of Alexandria. In Bayford's collection is preserved a Catalogue advertising "_Master_ Euclid's Elements of Plain Geometry."

J.O. HALLIWELL.

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_Pope Felix and Pope Gregory_.--"E.M.B." (No. 26. p. 415.) inquires who was "Pope Felix," whom AElfric called the "fifth father" of S. Gregory the Great? This is a much disputed question, and a great deal depends upon the meaning to be attached to the unsatisfactory expression "atavus," used by Pope Gregory himself, in _Evangel. Hom._ xxxviii. Sec. 15., and found also in the dialogues commonly attributed to him. (Lib. iv. cap. xvi.) Your correspondent may consult Beda, _Hist. Eccl. Gen. Anglor._, lib. ii. cap. 1., with the note by Mr. Stevenson, who supposes that Pope Felix _III._ was alluded to by his "venerable" author: This is the opinion of Bollandus (ad 25 Feb.), as well as of Cardinal Baronius; (_Annall._ ad an. 581; _et Martyrol. Rom._ die Feb. 25. Conf. De Aste, in _Martyrolog. Disceptat._, p. 96.; Beneventi, 1716); but Joannes Diaconus (_S. Greg. Vit._ lib. i. cap. i.) employs these decisive terms, "_quartus_ Felix, sedis Apostolicae Pontifex." It is of course possible to translate "atavus meus" merely "my ancestor;" and this will leave the relationship sufficiently undefined.

R.G.

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_Love's last Shift_ (No. 24. p. 383).--"The Duchess of Bolton (natural daughter of the Duke of Monmouth) used to divert George I. by affecting to make blunders. Once when she had been at the play of _Love's last Shift_, she called it '_La derniere chemise_ de l'amour.'"--_Walpoliana_, xxx.