Chapter D

_Scandal against Queen Elizabeth_ (Vol. ii., p. 393.).--Although many of your correspondents must be well able to reply to P.T.'s Query, I have seen no notice of it as yet. The note to Burton's _Diary_, in citing Osborn, ought to have begun with the word which precedes the words quoted. The note would then have run thus:--

"That Queen Elizabeth had a son, &c., I neglect to insert, as fitter
for a romance than to mingle with so much truth and integrity as I
profess."

In the Add. MSS. 5524. is an apparently modern note, stated to be in the handwriting of Mr. Ives, to the following effect:--

"I have heard it confidently asserted, that Queen Elizabeth was with
child by the Earl of Essex, and that she was delivered of a child at
Kenilworth Castle, which died soon after its birth, was interred at
Kenilworth, and had a stone put over it, inscribed '_Silentium_.'"

This is doubtless one of the many tales, which, as Osborn says, "may be found in the black relations of the Jesuits, and some French and Spanish Pasquilers." These slanderers were chiefly, I believe, Parsons or Persons, and Sanders, who scrupled at nothing that would tend to blacken the character and reputation of Elizabeth. Thus besides the above, and other stories of Elizabeth {12} herself, it was stated by Sanders that her mother, Anne Boleyn, was Henry VIII.'s own daughter; and that he intrigued, not only with Anne's mother, but with her sister. P.T. will find these points, and others which are hardly suited for public discussion, noticed in the article on ELIZABETH in Bayle's _Dictionary_.

CUDYN GWYN.

_Church of St. Saviour, Canterbury_ (Vol. ii., p. 478.).--I would submit to Sir Henry Ellis, that the church at Canterbury which is mentioned in the charter from which he quotes, is termed _Mater et Domina_, not on account of its greater antiquity, but by reason of its superior dignity; and that the church referred to is clearly the cathedral church. The charter is one of confirmation of privileges: it proceeded upon the "admonition of the most pious Archbishop Liuingus," and "upon consideration of the liberties _of the monasteries_ situated within Kent." It granted that the church of the Saviour (_ecclesia Salvatoris_), situated in Canterbury, the mother and lady of all the churches in the kingdom of England, should be free, and that no one should have any right therein _save the archbishop and the monks there serving God_. The whole tenor of the charter, and more particularly the words last referred to, "archiepiscopum et monachos ibidem deo famulantes," seem to me to indicate the cathedral church, and no other. If it be inquired, How then came it to pass that the cathedral, which is dedicated to Christ, should be described as _ecclesia Salvatoris?_ some persons may answer, that this apparent blunder is an indication that the charter is not genuine. But that is not my opinion. The charter is printed from the register of the cathedral, and if it had been forged by the monks, they would scarcely have made a mistake upon such a point as the dedication of their own church. Coming out of such custody, the unusual designation, as we now esteem it, seems clear proof that the charter is genuine. I would suggest, either that the cathedral, or a part of it, was really dedicated to the Saviour; or that the words are to be understood not as indicating the church of St. Saviour, but the church of the Saviour, that is, Christ.

JOHN BRUCE.

_Pope Ganganelli_ (Vol. ii., p. 464.).--In reply to the inquiry of CEPHAS, I give you the following anecdote, in the words of the Rev. Dr. Kirk, of Lichfield, who still survives (and long may he yet survive!) to bear testimony to its correctness:--

"Charles Plowden travelled with Mr. Middleton; and when at Rome, he
called with Mr. Thorpe to see me at the English college. We walked
together for some time in St. George's Hall, and he quite scandalised
me with the manner in which he spoke of Ganganelli. There is no doubt
that Mr. Plowden had a principal hand in the _Life of Ganganelli_,
which was published in London in 1785. Father Thorpe supplied the
materials (J.T. is subscribed to the letters printed), and Mr. Plowden
arranged them. I brought a packet of letters from Mr. Thorpe to Mr. C.
Plowden, and one or two other packets were brought from him to Mr.
Plowden by other students. 'The contents were so scandalous,' said
Bishop Milner in my hearing, at Oscott, 'that Mr. Weld, with whom Mr.
C. Plowden lived, insisted on the work being suppressed.' The copies
were all bought up, and I have never seen or heard of a copy since I
saw it in Coghlan's shop in 1785. Mr. Cordell, of Newcastle, wrote some
observations upon it. Mr. Conolly, S.J., told me at Oxford, October 17,
1814, that he 'once saw in a corner of Mr. C. Plowden's room, a heap of
papers, some torn, and put there apparently to be burnt. I took up one
of them,' he said, 'which was torn in two.' It contained anecdotes and
observations _against Ganganelli_."

It was doubtless from this collection that Mr. Keon was supplied with those papers, which he published in _Dolman's Magazine_ in 1846, concerning "The Preservation of the Society of Jesus in the Empire of Russia."

M.A. TIERNEY.

Arundel.

_Pope Ganganelli_ (Vol. ii., p. 464.).--The Rev. Charles Cordell, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, who was stationed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne about the date mentioned by your correspondent CEPHAS (he was there in 1787), was the translator of the letters of Pope Clement XIV. (Ganganelli); but as I have not the book, I do not know whether it contained also a life of that pontiff. Mr. Cordell was editor of other works.

W.S.G.

_Nicholas Ferrar's Digest_ (Vol. ii., p.446.).--One of the copies of the Gidding _Digest of the History of our Saviour's Life_, inquired after by J.H.M. (a most beautiful book), is in the library of the Marquis of Salisbury. I believe it to be the copy presented to Charles I.

W.H.C.

_Ferrar, Nicholas._--The following extract from a very interesting paper on "Illustrated Books" in the _Quarterly Review_, vol. lxxiv. p. 173, will aid J.H.M. in his researches after the curious volumes arranged by the members of the Ferrar family:

"King Charles's statues, pictures, jewels, and curiosities, were sold
and dispersed by the regicide powers; from this fate, happily, the
royal collection of manuscripts and books was preserved; neither was
it, like the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth, doled out piecemeal to
Hugh Peters and his brother fanatics. This good service was mainly
owing to Bolstrode Whitelocke. When the British Museum was founded,
King George II. presented to it the whole of the royal library; and
Ferrar's _Concordance_, with another similarly illustrated compilation
by him, is there preserved in safety. The Rev. Thomas Bowdler of
Sydenham, the representative of the last baronet of the Cotton family,
the founders of the Cottonian Library, possesses another of the Ferrar
volumes. Of those which were presented by Ferrar to George Herbert and
Dr. Jackson, no record remains."

JOHN I. DREDGE.

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_Cardinal Erskine_ (Vol. ii., p. 406.) flourished later than your correspondent G.W. supposes. He was in communication with Mr. Pitt about 1799-1800. Query, was he then in England?

W.H.C.

_The Author of Peter Wilkins_ (Vol. ii., p. 480.).--An advertisement prefixed to the edition of this remarkable work in Smith's _Standard Library_, 1839, gives the following information respecting the author:--

"In the year 1835, Mr. Nicol the printer sold by auction a number of
books and manuscripts in his possession, which had formerly belonged to
the well-known publisher Dodsley; and in arranging them for sale, the
original agreement for the sale of the manuscript of 'Peter Wilkins,'
by the author, 'Robert Pultock of Clement's Inn' to Dodsley, was
discovered. From this document it appears that Mr. Pultock received
twenty pounds, twelve copies of the work, and 'the cuts of the first
impression,' that is, a set of proof impressions of the fanciful
engravings that professed to illustrate the first edition, as the price
of the entire copyright. This curious document was sold to John Wilks,
Esq., M.P. on the 17th December, 1835."

Mr. Leigh Hunt, in his _Book for a Corner_, remarks upon this,--

"The reader will observe that the words 'by the author,' in this
extract, are not accompanied by marks of quotation. The fact, however,
is stated as if he knew it for such, by the quoter of the document."

The difference mentioned by DR. RIMBAULT between the initials in the title-page and those appended to the dedication, occurs also in Mr. Smith's edition. But the dedication to which the initials R.P. are affixed, speaks of the book as the work of the writer in the most unmistakeable terms. Was the S. in the place of the P. a typographical error, perpetuated by carelessness and oversight; or a mystification of the author, adopted when the success of the book was uncertain, and continued after the dedication had contradicted it, by that want of attention to minutiæ which was more frequently manifest in former times than at present?

Mr. Leigh Hunt informs us that the Countess of Northumberland, to whom the dedication is made, was the lady to whom Percy addressed his _Reliques of Ancient Poetry_. "She was a Wriothesley descended of Shakspeare's Earl of Southampton, and appears to have been a very amiable woman."

Permit me to take this opportunity of saying, that there is a misprint in the poem by Barry Cornwall (Vol. ii., p. 451.), by which the title of a poem from which a quotation is made, appears as the name of a _dramatis persona_. "Paris" is the title of a poem by the Rev. Geo. Croly, from which the "motto" is quoted.

G.J. DE WILDE.

_Peter Wilkins_ (Vol. ii., p. 480.).--In the preface to a garbled and mutilated edition of this work, which appeared Lond. 1839, sq. 12mo., it is stated that the author was Robert Pultock, of Clement's Inn, which is in accordance with the initials to the dedication. Those of R.S. on the title I consider as mere fiction. Lowndes gives the 1st ed. 1750, 2 vols. 12mo. and I have a note of a reprint, Dublin, Geo. Falkner, 1751, 2 vols. 12mo., "illustrated with several cuts." My copy is Lond. 1816, 2 vols. 12mo., with a few indifferent engravings.

F.R.A.

_"The Toast," by Dr. King_ (Vol. ii., p. 480.).--DR. RIMBAULT will find the _key_ to the characters named in this poem printed in Davis's _Second Journey round the Library, &c._, p. 106.

F.R.A.

[W.A. informs us that there is a key to this work in Martin's _Account
of Privately Printed Books_.]

_The Widow of the Wood_ (Vol. ii., p. 406.).--The history of this publication can hardly be given without raking up a piece of scandal affecting an honourable family still in existence. If DR. RIMBAULT wishes to see the book, and has any difficulty in meeting with it, I shall be happy to forward him my copy by the post on learning his address. I inclose you mine, and will thank you to communicate it to him if he should wish for it.

The maiden name of this "widow" was Anne Northey. Her second husband was Sir Wm. Wolseley; her _fourth_, Mr. Hargrave, father of the celebrated jurist. Every copy of the work which could be found was destroyed by the latter gentleman.

H.C.

_Damasked Linen_ (Vol. ii., p. 199.).--It may interest R.G.P.M. to learn that portion of the damasked linen which formed part of the establishment of James II. when in Ireland, still exists in the possession of R. Ely, Esq., of Ballaghmore Castle in the Queen's County. I have seen with that gentleman several large napkins beautifully damasked with the then royal arms, together with the initials J.R. of large size, and elaborately flourished. The tradition of the family is, that they were obtained from the plunder of James's camp equipage, after the defeat of the Boyne. Mr. Ely's ancestor was in William's army.

X.Y.A.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.

Every one who had an opportunity of inspecting the glorious assemblage of masterpieces of workmanship and design which were collected together at the _Exhibition of Ancient and Mediæval Art_ last spring, must have felt a desire to possess some more lasting memorial of that unparalleled display than the mere catalogue. {14} So strong, indeed, was this feeling at the time, as to call several announcements of works in preparation, commemorative of the Exhibition, including one by the accomplished Honorary Secretary of the Committee, Mr. Franks. Mr. Franks has, however, we regret to hear, now abandoned that intention, so that of these promised memorials, we shall probably only see the one which has just been published under the title of _Choice Examples of Art Workmanship, selected from the Exhibition of Ancient and Mediæval Art at the Society of Arts_; and, whether as a pleasant record to those who visited the collection, or as a compensation for their disappointment to those who were not so fortunate, the book will, doubtless, find favour with the rapidly increasing class who take an interest in works of this character. That the publishers anticipate a large sale, is obvious, from the remarkably low price at which they have published this beautiful volume, which contains upwards of sixty engravings, drawn from the gems of the collection, by Mr. De la Motte, and engraved under his superintendence; and furnishes representations of objects of the most varied kinds, from the _Nautilus Cup_ belonging to Her Majesty, to Mr. Vulliamy's _Ivory Bas-reliefs_ ascribed to Fiamingo, Mr. Slade's matchless specimens of _Glass_, and Dr. Rock's _Superaltare_.

Mr. Charles Knight has just put forth a small pamphlet, entitled _Case of the Authors as regards the Paper Duty_, in which he shows most ably and most clearly the social advantages which must result from the repeal of a tax which, as Mr. Knight proves, "encourages the production of inferior and injurious works by unskilled labourers in literature."

The _Gentleman's Magazine_ of the present month is a capital number. Mr. Cunningham has commenced in it, what promises to be an interesting series of papers upon a subject which that gentleman's well-known tact and judgment ill prevent from being objectionable, _The Story of Nell Gwyn_; and the numerous friends of the late Mr. Amyot--and how numerous were his friends!--cannot but be pleased with the characteristic portrait which accompanies the interesting memoir of that kind-hearted and accomplished gentleman.

_Oracles from the British Poets, A Drawing-Room Table Book and pleasant Companion for a Round Party_, by James Smith exhibits a good idea carried out with excellent taste, and justifies the author's motto:

"Out of them scatter'd Sibyl's leaves,
Strange prophecies my fancy weaves."

A game which, while it amuses the family circle, will make its members acquainted with so many beautiful passages from our poets as are here assembled, must find a welcome in many a home at the present season. The publisher of the _Oracles_ has availed himself of the demand, at this period of the year, for "Song of knight and lady bright," to re-issue in one volume instead of two, and at a reduced price, his _Pictorial Book of Ballads Traditional and Romantic_.

_A Monumentarium of Exeter Cathedral_, carefully compiled by the Rev. J.W. Hewett, the result of six months regular labour, has been printed in the _Transactions of the Exeter Architectural Society_. By this work Mr. Hewett has done good service to all genealogists, local and general historians, &c., and we know no greater benefit that could be conferred on this branch of literature, than that some of our now super-abundant brass-rubbers should follow Mr. Hewett's example, and note with accuracy all the inscriptions, monuments, coats of arms, &c., preserved in the churches in their respective neighbourhoods. They may then either hand them over for publication to the nearest Archæological Society, or the Archæological Institute, or the Society of Antiquaries; or transmit a copy of them to the MS. department of the British Museum.

Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, of Wellington Street, will sell, on Monday next and two following days, the valuable Collection of Ancient and Modern Engravings of the late James Brown, Esq.

We have received the following Catalogues:--W.S. Lincoln's (Cheltenham House, Westminster Road) Sixty-fourth Catalogue of Cheap Second-hand English and Foreign Books; John Miller's (43. Chandos Street) Catalogue Number Sixteen of Books Old and New.

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LELAND'S HISTORY OF IRELAND. Vol. II.

GRETSER OPERA OMNIA. Folio. Ingolst. 1616.

HEYWOOD'S SPIDER AND FLIE. London. 1556. Title-page and first leaf of Table.

ESSAY ON MUSIC, ENCYC. METROPOLITANA.

HODGSON'S LADY JANE GREY.

ZACCHIAS QUESTIONES MEDICO LEGALES.

PULLEYN'S ETYMOLOGICAL COMPENDIUM. London. 8vo. 1850.

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ETYMOLOGICUS _will find a full reply to his Query, under the word _"Aiguillette,"_ in the _Dictionnaire Infernal_ of M. Collin de Plancy; and by so doing he will also learn why we do not here enter into a fuller explanation_.

MARCH. _There is no question but that we derived the name _April fool_ from the French _Poisson d'Avril_. See Ellis'_ Brand, vol. i. p. 82 (ed. 1841).

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CURIOSUS. _The best account of the Domestic Fool is in Douce's _Illustrations of Shakespeare_, and Flägel's_ Geschichte der Hofnarren.

PHILO-STEVENS. _Rask's _Anglo-Saxon Grammar_, by Thorpe; and Vernon's _Guide to Anglo-Saxon_, are considered the best elementary books_.

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