Chapter M: P. S

Inverness.

[Consult Herbert's edition of Ames's _Typographical Antiquities_,
vol. i. pp. 59-61. 134.; Dibdin's _Typographical Antiquities_,
vol. i. pp. 241-255.; and Wharton's _History of English Poetry_.]

_Archbishop of Spalatro._--In a note to the account of Chelsea College, in Lysons' _Environs of London_, which contains a list of the first fellows of the college, called by Archbishop Laud "Controversy College," of which Dr. Sutcliffe was founder and provost, I read--

"Many vacancies having occurred by the promotion of some of the
fellows above-mentioned to bishoprics, and by the death of others,
King James, by his letters patent, Nov. 14, 1622, substituted
others in their room, among whom was _the celebrated Archbishop of
Splalato, then Dean of Windsor_."

I wish to ask who this archbishop was? and should be glad to learn any further particulars respecting him, especially as to whether he ever acted as a bishop in England? _Splalato_ is, I presume, an error of the press for _Spalatro_.

W. FRAZER.

[Mark Antony de Dominis, born about 1561, was educated among the
Jesuits, and was Bishop of Segni, and afterwards Archbishop of
Spalatro. Bishop Bedell met with him at Venice, and corrected,
previous to publication, his celebrated work _De Republica
Ecclesiastica_. When Bedell returned to England, Dominis came over
with him. Here he preached and wrote against the Romanists, and
the king gave him the Deanery of Windsor, the Mastership of the
Savoy, and the rich living of West Ildesley in Berkshire. De
Dominis's wish seems to have been to re-unite the Romish and
English churches. He returned to Rome in 1622, where he abjured
his errors, but on the discovery of a correspondence which he held
with some Protestants, he was thrown into prison, where he died in
1625. He was a man of great abilities and learning, although
remarkable for a fickleness in religious matters. He was author of
a work entitled _De Radiis Visus et Lucis in Vitris Perspectivis
et Iride Tractatus_, and was the first person, according to Sir
Isaac Newton, who had explained the phenomena of the colours of
the rainbow. We are also indebted to him for Father Paul's
_History of the Council of Trent_, the manuscript of which he
procured for Archbishop Abbot.--See Chalmers's _Biographical
Dictionary_, _s.v._ DOMINIS.]

_Play of "The Spaniards in Peru."--John Heywood._--Who was the author of _The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru, expresst by Instrumentall and Vocall Musick, and by Art of Perspective in Scenes_, &c., said to have been represented in the Cock Pit, in Drury Lane, at three in the afternoon punctually, 1658? Thus it stands in Jacob, but is not mentioned by Langbaine. The author of the _British Theatre_, however, mentions a remarkable circumstance in regard to it, which is, that Oliver Cromwell, who had prohibited all theatrical representations, not only allowed this piece to be performed, but even himself actually read and approved of it.

Also, what are the exact dates of the birth and death of John Heywood, in Henry VIII.'s time?

JAMES F. HASKINS.

[Sir William Davenant was the author of _The Spaniards in Peru_,
which was subsequently incorporated in his piece, _Playhouse to
be Let_. See his _Works_, fol. 1673, p. 103.; also Genest's
_Account of the English Stage_, vol. i. p. 38.]

_Selion._--I have frequently met with the word "selion" in deeds relating to property in various parts of the Isle of Axholme, co. Lincoln. The term is used in the description of property; for instance, "All that _selion_ piece or parcel of land situate, &c." It does not signify any particular quantity, for I have known it applied to fields of all sizes, from five acres down to a quarter of an acre. Will some of your numerous correspondents furnish an explanation of the word, and from whence derived?