Chapter II: Part 2

It is clear that it is to the town, not the man (though from the portraits of him he was very handsome), that the epithet applies. My version of the song differs from that given in Cromek's Burns, and also from Allan Cuningham's; and I am disposed to think my memory at fault from the so near recurrence of the word "bonnie" in the stanza.

Neither the date of the birth of Viscount Dundee, nor his age at the time of his death, is mentioned by the Scottish Peerage writers, Crawford, Douglas, or Wood.

F.R.S.L. and E.

_Was Quarles pensioned?_ (Vol. i., p. 201.).--I believe that no reply has been made to this Query. The following passage, transcribed from the "Epistle Dedicatory" to the surreptitious edition of Quarles's _Judgment and Mercy_, affords a slight negative proof to the contrary:

"And being so usefull, I dare not doubt your patronage of this
_child_, which survives a _father_ whose utmost abilities were
(till death darkened that great light in his soule) sacrificed
to your service."

Now if Charles had conferred a pension on Quarles, is it not exceedingly probable that the publisher and dedicator, Richard Royston, would have recalled so honourable a circumstance to the memory of his "most gratious sovereign King Charles" in this "Epistle Dedicatory," when he had so excellent an opportunity of doing so?

T.M.B.

_Collar of Esses_ (Vol. ii., p. 140.).--MR. J.G. NICHOLS, in his reply to the Query of [Greek: phi]., says, that "the judges" are among those who are _now_ privileged to wear these collars. Allow me to suggest to him that the privilege among them is limited to the _chiefs_ of the three courts. The other judges certainly now never wear them, and I am unaware that they ever did so. I have a large, though by no means a perfect collection of legal portraits, and there is not one puisne judge or baron so distinguished. The earliest legal worthy who is represented with this collar is in the reign of Henry VIII., and it adorns not a chief justice, but a chancellor, viz. Sir Thomas More; and he is the only chancellor upon whose shoulders it appears. This collar is formed by continuous Esses, without any ornament between them. It is united in the front by two portcullises, with a rose pendant. The print is from Holbein's picture, and presents him as chancellor, with the purse. The first chief justice wearing the collar is Sir James Dyer, Ch.C.P. in the reign of Elizabeth. The only difference between it and Sir Thomas More's is, that the rose is placed between the portcullises. I have another, in a later period of the same reign, of Sir Christopher Wray, Ch.K.B., in which the Esses are alternated with ornamental knots. I am not aware of any portrait of a chief baron before Sir Thomas Bury, in the first year of George I.; so that I am uncertain whether the collar was previously worn by that functionary.

It is curious that during the Commonwealth the Collar of Esses was worn by John Glynne, the Chief Justice of the Upper Bench, with a difference; that difference being a quatrefoil, instead of the knot, between each S; and a large jewel, surrounded by smaller ones, being substituted for the portcullises and rose.

These facts may, I hope, be of some use to MR. J.G. NICHOLS in the volume I am glad to see that he contemplates. I hope he will not forget to answer the other Query of [Greek: phi]., "Under what circumstances, and at what dates, was the privilege of wearing these collars reduced to its present limitation?"

EDWARD FOSS.

_The Story of the three Men and their Bag of Money_ (Vol. ii., p. 132.).--In _Tales, and quicke Answers, very mery, and pleasant to rede_, is the following, with the title "Howe Demosthenes defended a Mayde:"--

"There were two men on a time, the whiche lefte a great somme of
money in kepyng with a maiden, on this condition, that she
shulde nat delyuer hit agayne, except they came bothe to gether
for hit. Nat lang {172} after one of them cam to hir mornyngly
arrayde, and sayde that his felowe was deed, and so required the
money, and she delyuered it to hem. Shortly came the tother man,
and required to have the moneye that was lefte with her in
kepyng. The maiden was than so sorrowfull, both for lacke of the
money, and for one to defend her cause, that she thought to
hange her selfe. But Demosthenes, that excellent oratour, spake
for her and sayd: 'Sir, this mayden is redy to quite her
fidelitie, and to deliuer agayne the money that was lefte with
her in kepyng, so that thou wylt brynge thy felowe with thee to
receyue it.' But that he coude not do."

This is the 69th tale in the collection. I cite from the reprint which appeared in 1831, under the title of _The Hundred Merry Tales: or Shakspeare's Jest Book_.

C.H. COOPER

Cambridge, July 29. 1850.

The story of _the three men and their bag of money_ (Vol. ii., p. 132.) is here stated to be "in the Notes to _Rogers's Italy_": but it is in the _body_ of the work, as a distinct story, headed, "The Bag of Gold."

ROBERT SNOW.

_Will. Robertson of Murton_ (Vol. ii., p. 155.) is stated by Douglas in his _Baronage_, p. 413., to be descended in the fourth decree from Alexander Robertson, fifth baron of Strowan. The pedigree of Robertson of Strowan is given in the same vol.

F.R.S.L. and E.

_Long Meg of Westminster._--I am not quite of DR. RIMBAULT'S opinion, that Long Meg of Westminster is a fictitious personage. I believe her to have been as much a real wonton as Moll Cutpurse was a century later.

If the large stone shown as Long Meg's grave had been anywhere else within the walls of Westminster Abbey than where it is, I should have had great dockets about the Westminster tradition. But Long Meg, there is reason to believe from the numerous allusions to her in the Elizabethan dramatists, was a heroine after the Reformation, and her burial, therefore, in the cloisters, where few people of wealth or good reputation were buried between 1538 and 1638, seems to me a common occurrence. Had Islip or Esteney buried her among the abbots in the cloister, I could then have joined in DR. RIMBAULT'S surprise. I have altered the passage, however, to "marking, the grave, _it is said_." This will meet, I trust, DR. RIMBAULT'S objection, though I have Gifford to support me in the passage as it at present stands:

"There is a penny story-book of this tremendous virago
[Westminster Meg], who performed many wonderful exploits about
the time that Jack the Giant Killer flourished. She was buried,
as all the world knows, in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey,
where a huge stone is still pointed out to the Whitsuntide
visitors as her gravestone."

--Gifford's _Ben Jonson_, viii. 78.

Let me add, that I am much obliged to DR. RIMBAULT, as well as to other correspondents, for corrections and still more valuable additions to my book, printed in "NOTES AND QUERIES."

PETER CUNNINGHAM

_The Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Antholin's_ (Vol. i., pp. 180, 260.).--In my additions to Mr. Cunningham's _Handbook for London_, I noticed two folio volumes of churchwardens' accounts, belonging to the parish of St. Antholin's, that had _accidentally_ got away from the custody of their proper guardians. This notice roused from his slunbers one of the said guardians, the present overseer of the parish, W.C., Junior, who stated in your journal of February 23. that

"The churchwardens' accounts are in good preservation, and
present (in an unbroken series) the parish expenditure for
nearly three centuries."

The worthy overseer also wishes to impress your readers with a belief that I had been misled by Thorpe's _Catalogue_, and that the books to which I referred were merely _extracts_. In justice to myself, I therefore give the entries in Thorpe's _Catalogue verbatim as they occur_. Your readers will then be better able to judge which is the "true" Dromio:--

"The Churchwardens' Accounts from 1615 to 1752 of the Parish of
St. Antholin's, London. Folio, 3l. 3s.

"This curious and interesting volume appears to have been kept
purposely for the various clergymen to write their receipts for
preaching the morning lectures at the above church for nearly a
century and a half. It contains the autographs of many eminent
divines; among others, John Goodwin, R. Pearson, J. Berriman, J.
Withers, J. Cooksey, R. Vann, T. Shepperd. W. Scott, R. Chambre,
J. Todd, Lilly Butler, J. Botham, C. Evans, T. Clarke, J.
Williams, J. Povey, J. Hotchkis, W. Stringfellow, W. Pott, C.
Bancroft, R. Clarke, W. Gearing, and many others."

"The Chuchwarden and Overseers of the Parish of St. Antholin's
in London, Accounts from 1638 to 1700 inclusive. Folio, 3l. 3s.

"An interesting record of the expenses of this parish for
sixty-four years. It commences with the gifts of various sacks
of coals, faggots, &c., to the poor, receipts for flesh
licences, collections, interest money, the Lady Martaine's
gifts, Sir W. Craven's gifts, the Merchant Tailors' Company's
gifts, Mercers' ditto, the Company of Ironmongers _forty
fagots_, the Company of Mercers a load of charcoal, the gift of
the late King James seven loads of Newcastle coals,--_this royal
bequest appears to have been annual gift for ever. Query, if now
in payment?_ ANNUAL gifts of Lady Coventry for putting out two
poor children born in this parish. Lady Martin's, and many
others, are annual gifts, which ought to be forthcoming to the
parish at this time."

This last note contains some Queries which I should be glad to see answered.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. {173}

_The Plant "Haemony"_ (Vol. ii. p. 88. and p. 141.).--The mystical meaning of "Haemony" is evolved by Coleridge in a passage which occurs in his _Statesman's Manual_, appendix B., and which cannot fail to interest the readers of _Comus_.

"It is found in the study of the Old and New Testament, if only
it be combined with a spiritual partaking of the Redeemer's
blood, of which, mysterious as the symbol may be, the
sacramental wine is no mere or arbitrary _memento_. This is the
only certain, and this is the universal, preventive of all
debasing superstitions; this is the true haemony ([Greek:
haima], blood, [Greek: oinos], wine), which our Milton has
beautifully allegorised in a passage strangely overlooked by all
his commentators. Bear in mind, reader! the character of a
militant Christian, and the results (in this life and in the
next) of the redemption by the blood of Christ, and so peruse
the passage."

T.M.B.

_Mildew in Books_ (Vol. ii., p. 103.).--Your correspondent B. suggests that "any hints as to the cause or remedy of _mildew in books_ will be most acceptable". I venture therefore an opinion that the cause is to be found in the defective bleaching and manufacture of the rags from which the paper is made and the careless or intentional admixture of linen with cotton rags. The comparatively modern method of bleaching with oxymuriate of lime, or chlorine in substance, with the ad-libitum and unacknowledged admixture of gypsum (to give weight and firmness to the paper) are, I believe, the true causes of the defects in question, which are to be found more in modern books and prints than in those of an earlier date, and do not arise from damp, as the term "_mildew_" might seem to imply, although the same appearance no doubt arises from that cause alone in the older paper. But paper made and bleached by the processes I have mentioned will become covered with brown spots, however dry it may be kept.

I have a folio edition of _La Armeria Real de Madrid_, printed at Paris, without date, but subsequently to 1838 by the preface. The paper is very stout and fine, and was free from blemish when I purchased it three years ago, but at present it is covered with brown patches, and the beauty of the work destroyed, although it has been kept in a very dry room.

For such defects I should be equally delighted with B. to discover a remedy; but I fear that so long as our paper manufacturers study expedition and economy in preference to quality, the case is hopeless. The ashes left after the combustion of a sheet of paper clearly indicate the amount of modern sophistication, and greatly exceed those of more ancient paper. In fact, some paper may now be classed, with more propriety, among mineral than vegetable productions. Mildew, arising from damp in old books, may be arrested, if not removed, by exposure to light, air, and a dry atmosphere.

HENRY WILKINSON.

_The Carpenter's Maggot_ (Vol. ii., p. 104.).--The ancient tune known as the _Carpenter's Maggot_, and until lately played at the annual dinner of the Livery of the Carpenters' Company, may be found at p. 258. of the first volume of a rare work entitled _The Dancing Master_, sm. obl. 1721. The same volume contains a choice assemblage of "Maggots", i.e. Barker's Maggot, Cary's Maggot, Draper's Maggot, Hill's Maggot, Huntington's Maggot, M. Coppinger's Maggot, &c.

The word Maggot, from the French _Magot_, means a whim, or a fancy. The bird "magpie", originally "maggoty-pie," was so called on account of its whimsical drollery. "A maggoty-pated fellow" is often used to imply a _whimsical_ man.

I do not trace the word, as applied to a tune, earlier than the end of the seventeenth century. Before that time, tunes of a similar description were termed _Fancies_.

If your correspondent F.T.P. wishes to have a copy of the tune from my volume, he is quite welcome. I append my London address to this Reply, in order that he may favour me with a communication.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

3. Augustus Square, Park Village East.

_Martello Towers_ (Vol. ii., p. 9. and p. 110.).--The interesting account of Le Tellier's defence in Corsica, shows clearly what first drew the attention of our government to these forts but E.V.'s queries do not yet seem satisfactorily answered. The late Duke of Richmond, it is said, gave the plan of the first erected along the British Channel. But as to their name and origin I apprehend that (as in the case of Charles Martel, whose blows also fell so numberless and effectual on the heads of enemies, Vol. i., p. 86.) the old Frank word _martel_ is much more likely to have originated the name than any _locality_, town, or tower, in either Spain or Corsica and the following extract from Dr. Robertson's _Life of Charles V._ (bk. c. p. 452., 8vo. ed.) should not be passed over in their history:--

"The commerce of the Mediterranean was greatly interrupted by
his cruisers (viz. Haseen Aga's, about 1541), and such frequent
alarms given to the coast of Spain, that there was a necessity
of erecting watch towers at proper distances, and of keeping
guards constantly on foot, in order to descry the approach of
his squadrons, and to protect the inhabitants from his
descents."

The doctor then gives marginal reference to _Jovii Hist_. L. 40. p. 266. for authority. I have not Jovius, nor access to him here but I would be obliged by learning whether he gives any and what more specific account of these towers, or how they were called.

LAMBDA. {174}

_Highland Kilts._--I have waited a "reasonable time" to learn a little about _kilts_ from your correspondents; but seeing that no one has yet entered the arena, I forward an additional glove to cast before any member of the Scottish societies luxuriating in London. It is from a work written by one of themselves, hight Dr. Macculloch, who, in his _Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland_ (vol. i. p. 176.), gives a whole chapter on northern attire, which is well worth attention. To be sure, he is rather merciless on some of Sandy's present likings, showing them to be of no standing as to time; and he declares that the kilt resembles the loricated skirts of the Roman tunica, only just as much as Macedon does Monmouth. I will not mention how he laughs at the groups of masquerading Highlanders; but will proceed to lay an extract before you, which may incite inquiry and reply:

"A few enthusiasts have amused themselves with deriving the
Highland kilt from one of the dresses of the Romans, to which
the resemblance is sufficiently vague. These worthy antiquaries
forget the anger they feel at the bare notion that the Romans
ever interfered with the Highlanders...."

"The Roman theory of the kilt is, indeed, demolished at one
blow, by the fact, that this article of dress in an independent
form, or the philibeg, (feala beg), is of very modern
introduction, and, what is still worse, that it was the
invention of an Englishman. It was first introduced at Tyndrum
about a century past, (_this was published in_ 1824), by
Rawlinson, the superintendent or agent for the lead mines; who,
finding his labourers encumbered with their belted plaids,
taught them to separate the two into the present form."

[Greek: S]

_Derivation of Penny._--Not from the Celtic _Pen_, but from the German _Pfennig_, _pf_ being softened into _p_, as in _pfau, peacock_, and _ig_ into _y_, as in _hereig, hearty_.

B.H.K.

_Scarf_ (Vol. ii, p. 126.).--The custom of the Church for many centuries, which is the authority for the wearing of the scarf, or stole, sanctions the use of it by all orders of the clergy now existing in the Church of England, but with certain distinctions in the manner of wearing it. By deacons it is worn, as in ancient times, over the left shoulder only, hanging down before and behind; by priests, over both shoulders, hanging down in front only, and was formerly crossed on the breast and passed through the girdle at the waist; bishops have always worn it over both shoulders, and not crossed. It was once considered in some sort as a mark of authority, and as peculiarly appropriate to preachers; thus the sub-deacon wore no stole, because he had no authority to preach the Gospel in public. So in the Roman Catholic Church at the present day, when a number of clergymen are assembled together, except on a few extraordinary occasions, no person wears the stole but the presiding or principal clergyman, and the person who preaches or officiates. The stole was originally a linen handkerchief used for wiping the face, but being afterwards made of embroidered silk and other rich materials, it was retained as a decoration. Previous to the Reformation, the stole was one of the vestments used in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, and consequently, in preaching also, but not at vespers or the ordinary services. The authorities for these statements are Paley's _Gothic Architecture_, the Oxford _Manual for Brasses, Popular Tracts illustrating the Prayer-book_, No. 2., and _An Explanation of the Construction, &c., of a Catholic Church_.

Arun.

_Smoke-money_ (Vol. ii., p. 120.).--It may _contribute_ to answering B.'s Query, to know that smoke-pennies are also yearly levied from most of the inhabitants of the New Forest, and understood by them to be an indication for their right of cutting peat in the waste of the forest.

Lambda.

_Common, Mutual, Reciprocal._--1. What is equally related to A., B., (C., &c.), is _common_ to them.

2. What A. and B. entertain, feel, do, &c. towards one another, is said to be _mutual_.

3. What A. entertains, feels, does, &c. to B. in return for the same entertained, felt, done, &c. by B. towards him, is said to be _reciprocal_. Thus:

1. A., B., (C., &c.), have a _common_ friend X.

2. A. and B. entertain a _mutual_ esteem for each other.

3. B. has a regard for A., and A. has a _reciprocal_ regard for B.

In the passage quoted by Mr. Gatty (Vol. i., p. 440.), I think, with deference to the eminent historian whom he cites, that _reciprocal_ should have been written instead of _mutual_.

B.H.K.

_Juice Cups._--Should no more satisfactory Reply to the Query of N.B. (Vol. ii., p. 89.) present itself, the following suggestions may be acceptable to him. Without pretending to _professional_ knowledge on the point, I conceive that the use of an inverted cup in the centre of a fruit pie is two-fold. It answers the purpose of supporting the crust, which, being usually thin and light, has but little strength in itself, probably less than that of a meat pie, while, by the shrinking of the fruit in baking it is left unsupported: and it further serves, not indeed as some good ladies seem to suppose, to increase the quantity of juice, but to keep a portion of it in reserve; so that the pie may not become too dry when a few spoonfuls of its more liquid contents have been taken out. {175} This, I conceive, it effects in the following manner. It contains, when inserted, a considerable quantity of cold air. This expands as the pie is heated in the oven, until it drives out from under the cup all, or nearly all, of the fluid that has originally collected under it; and then, continuing to expand, much of the air escapes through the air-holes of the pie into the oven. As the pie cools, the portion of air remaining under the cup, and which, while heated, was sufficient to fill it, contracts; and then the pressure of the external atmosphere, entering through the air-holes of the pie, and acting upon the surface of the juice round about the cup, forces a portion of it into the cup, just on the same principle that water rises into the chamber or cylinder of a pump when a partial vacuum is formed in it. Having once risen into the cup, the same law of hydrostatic pressure keeps it there until the cup is raised sufficiently to admit air under its edge, when the juice of course escapes.

J.T.S.

_Curfew_ (Vol. ii., p. 103.).--Your correspondent Naboc will find the information he seeks upon this subject in a valuable communication to the _Journal of the British Archæological Association_, vol. iv. p. 133, by Mr. Syer Cuming. To Mr. C.'s list may be added, Charter House, London; Newport, S.W.; and Lowestoft, Suffolk.

E.B. Price.

_Derivation of Totnes._--From the Anglo-Saxon _toten_ or _totten_, to project, to rise above, and _ness_ or _nes_, nose, (French _nez_, German _nase_, Latin _nasus_). Tooting, Tottenham, &c.

B.H.K.

_Dogs in Monuments._--S.S.S. (Vol. i., p. 405.) is informed that a dog, at the feet of monumental effigies of females, is as common as a lion accompanying male figures. It is most probable that the dog was meant to represent affection, fidelity, &c., just as the lion signified courage, generosity, &c. There are, however, some instances (Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, Ingham, Norfolk) where the dog's _name_ is inscribed; and then it was doubtless the intention to give a favourite _pet_ the honour of a monument, that of itself, as well as of its mistress, should "witness live in brass."

T.S. Lawrence.

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