Chapter III: Act II: Sc. 4

"_Lear._ Oh me, my heart, my rising heart! But down."

"_Fool._ Cry to it, nuncle, as the _Cockney_ did to the eels, when
she put 'em i' th' paste alive; she knapt 'em o' th' coxcombs with
a stick, and cried 'Down, wantons, down;' 'twas her brother, that
in pure kindness to his horse buttered his hay."

_Cokeney_ was apparently used in very early times to designate _London_. In the _Britannia_, art. "Suffolk," Hugh Bigod, a rebellious baron in the time of Henry II., boasts thus:

"Were I in my castle of Bungey,
Upon the river Waveney,
I would ne care for the King of _Cockeney_."

I conceive that _Cokeney_ in this sense is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word _cycene_, a kitchen or cooking place. Nares, however, in his _Glossary_, says:

"Le pais de cocagne, in French, means a country of good cheer; in
old French _coquaine_; cocagna, in Italian, has the same meaning.
Both might be derived from _coquina_. This famous country, if it
could be found, is described as a region 'where the hills were
made of sugar-candy, and the loaves ran down the hills, crying
'Come eat me, _come eat me_.'"

Hickes gives, in his _Anglo-Saxon Grammar_, an ancient poem, describing the plenteous land of _Cokeney_ or _Cokaigne_:

"Fur in see hi west Spaynge
Is a lond ihote Cocaygne
Ther nis lond under hevenriche
Of wel of goodnis hit iliche
In Cokaygne is met and drink
Withute care, how, and swink
.......
Ther nis lac of met no cloth
.......
Ther beth rivers gret and fine
Of oile, melk, honi and wine.
Water seruith ther to nothing
Bot to siyt and to waussing.
.......
Ther is a wel fair abbei
Of white monkes and of grei
.......
The gees irostid on the spitte
Fleey to that abbai, god hit wot,
And gredith 'gees al hote, al hot.'"

Shakspeare's use of _Cockney_, in _Twelfth Night_, Act IV. Sc. 1., is somewhat obscure; but I conceive that the Clown means to express his opinion that the world is already replete with folly:

"_Seb._ I prithee vent thy folly somewhere else; thou know'st
not me.

"_Clown._ Vent my folly! He has heard that word of some great
man, and now applies it to a fool. Vent my folly! I am
afraid this great lubber, the world, will prove a
_Cockney_."

The Clown probably intends to say, that to vent his folly to the world will be like sending coals to Newcastle, or provisions to _Cocagne_; for that, as regards folly, this great lubber the world will prove to be a _Cocagne_ or _Cokeney_, _i.e._ a land of plenty. He may, however, mean to hint, in a round-about way, that _Cockneys_, or natives of London, are full of folly; or that the world is as well supplied with folly as a _Cockney_ is with food.

I do not know whether I committed a _Cockney_, a _clerical_, or a _canonical_ error, when I wrote the name of Chaucer under the following lines instead of the word _Cokeney_:--

"I have no peny, quod Pierce, polettes for to bie,
Ne neither gose ne grys, but two grene cheses,
A few curdes and creame, and an haver cake,
And two loves of beanes and branne, bake for mi folke,
And yet I say by my soule, I have no salt bacon
Ne no _Cokeney_, by Christe, coloppes to make."

_The Vision of Pierce Plowman_, printed 1550.

"At that fest thay wer seruyd with a ryche aray,
Every fyve and fyve had a _Cokenay_."

_The Turnament of Tottenham._

The sentence for which I am responsible, p. 318., should read thus: "_Cokeney_, in the above lines quoted by Webster, probably refers to any substantial dish of fresh meat which might be cut in collops." I may add that this use of the word brings it into close alliance with the Anglo-Saxon word _cocnunga_, signifying _things cooked_, _pies_, _puddings_, and _cock's-meat_.

The French and Neapolitan festivals, called _cocagne_ and _cocagna_, appear to have presented themselves in this country under the form of Cockneys' feasts and revels conducted by the King of Cockneys. Strype, in the first appendix to his edition of Stow's _London_, under the head "Stepney," describes at some length "The Cockney's Feast of Stepney;" and Dugdale, in his _Origines Juridiciales_, recapitulates an order entered on the _Register of Lincoln's Inn_, vol. iv. fo. 81a, in the 9th of Henry VIII.:

"That the _King of Cockneys_ in Childermass-day should sit and
have due service, and that he and all his officers should use
honest and lawful manner and good order, without any waste of
destruction making, in wine, brawn, chely, or other victuals: as
also that he, his marshal, butler, and constable marshal, should
have their lawful and honest commandments by delivery of the
officers of Christmas: and that the said King of Cockneys, ne none
of his officers, medyll neither in the buttry nor in the Stuard of
Christmass his office--upon pain of xi's. for every such medling.
And lastly, that Jack Straw and all his adherents should be
thenceforth utterly banisht, and no more to be used in this house
upon pain to forfeit, for every time five pounds, to be levied on
every fellow hapning to offend against this rule."

Some obliging bencher of Lincoln's Inn will perhaps have the goodness to examine, or to permit me to examine the _Register_, to ascertain whether this potentate was king of Cockneys, as Dugdale has it, or of Cockney.

A LONDONER.

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_The Word Infortuner_ (Vol. iv., p. 328.).--J. C. W. enquires, "Is _infortuner_ to be found in any old Dictionary?" I would state that I have not been able to find it; but in Cockeram's _English Dictionarie_, 1639, I find "_Infortunate_, unhappy;" and in Bailey's _Dictionary_, vol. i. 1753, "_Infortunate_, unhappy, unlucky;" "_Infortune_, misfortune," referred to Chaucer; "_Infortunes_, an astrological term, applied to Saturn and Mars, because of their unfortunate influences;" "_Infortunid_, unfortunate," referred to Chaucer; and in vol. ii of Bailey's _Dictionary_, 1727, I find "_Infortunateness_, unhappiness, unluckiness." It is singular that Cockeram gives "infortunate" in his first alphabet, which, he says, in his preface, "hath the _choicest_ words now in use, wherewith our language is enriched." "Unfortunate" he places in the second alphabet, which, he says, "contains the _vulgar_ words." Neither Cole's _English Dictionary_, 1685, nor Blount's _Glossographia_, 1670, nor Phillips' _World of Words_, 1678, contain the word "unfortunate" in any of its terminations or applications. Mr. Halliwell, in his _Dictionary of Provincial Words_, gives the word "_Infortune_, misfortune," deriving it from the Anglo-Norman.

Whilst referring thus to our early lexicographers, allow me to allude to an anecdote respecting, Dr. Adam Lyttleton, who, when compiling his Latin Dictionary, announced the verb "concurro" to his amanuensis; the latter, imagining, from an affinity of sound, that the first two syllables gave the English meaning of the verb, said, "_Concur_, I suppose, sir." To which the Doctor peevishly replied, "_Concur_, condog." The scribe wrote down what he supposed his employer dictated, and the word "condog" was inserted, and stands as one interpretation of "concurro" in the first edition of the Dictionary; it is, of course, expunged from subsequent ones. I give this statement as I find it in print. I do not vouch for its correctness, not having the first edition of the Dictionary to refer to. Strange to say, however, "condog" was regarded as a synonym, or rather as an equivalent to "concur," long before the date of the first edition of Dr. Lyttleton's _Dictionary_. In Cockeram's _Dictionarie_, before referred to, sixth edition, 1639, I find the second alphabet, among the words which the author calls _vulgar_, the verb "to agree" defined "Concurre, cohere, _condog_, condiscend." Cockeram's _Dictionary_ was evidently a work of some authority in its day; it was dedicated to Sir Richard Boyle, and reached to, at least, a _sixth_ edition, which edition is announced in the title-page as "revised and enlarged," and therefore "condog" did not owe its place in it to the error of an amanuensis or transcriber. The book, although small, contains much curious matter, to which I may, perhaps, hereafter refer. In his "premonition to the reader," he says, "where thou meetest with a word marked thus +, know you that it is now out of use, and only used of some ancient writers." Among these words thus marked as obsolete in 1639, I find, on casually opening the book, the following, "abandon, abate, bardes, insanity." He also defines _Troy weight_ as "a pound weight of twelve ounces, wherewith _bread_, precious stones, gold and silver are weighed." Blount also (1670), and Cole (1685), say bread was sold by Troy weight; the latter adds medicines to the articles sold by that standard. Cowell, in his _Law Dictionary_ (1708), says, "Electuaries, and medicinal things, and _brede_, are to be weighed by Troy weight;" Bayley, in 1753, says, "Gold, silver, drugs," &c., are weighed by Troy weight, but does not enumerate bread. Can any of your readers inform me when bread was first directed to be sold by Troy weight, and when it ceased to be so?

P. T.

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_Foreign Ambassadors_ (Vol. iv., p. 442.).--There is a list of French ambassadors, envoys, ministers, and other political agents at the court of England, in the _Annuaire_ of the Societe de l'histoire de France for 1848, which is the twelfth volume of the series. The list commences in 1396, and is continued to 1830.

I believe there is a copy of this most useful publication in the British Museum. If so, it should appear in the _experimental_ catalogue of 1841, under the head of ACADEMIES--EUROPE--FRANCE--PARIS--_Societe de l'histoire de France!_

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_Petition for the Recall from Spain of the Duke of Wellington_ (Vol. iv., p. 233.).--AEGROTUS asked if a copy of the petition to the above effect from the Corporation of London to the Crown can be found, as it is a droll historical document, which should not sink into oblivion; he jumps at the conclusion that it does exist, but I think is mistaken. Through the kindness of a friend who is in the Corporation, I have had the journals searched, and have not been successful in finding any address to the above tenor. There are abundance congratulating the Prince Regent on the successes of the Duke, but none of censure. I have likewise ascertained that some of the oldest servants of the City feel quite sure that no such address was ever carried. If AEGROTUS can give me any grounds for his belief, or anything likely to aid my inquiry, I will renew the search.

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[List of volumes and pages in "Notes and Queries", Vol. I-IV]

+---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+
| Notes and Queries Vol. I. |
+---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+
| Vol., No. | Date, Year | Pages | PG # xxxxx |
+---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+
| Vol. I No. 1 | November 3, 1849 | 1 - 17 | PG # 8603 |
| Vol. I No. 2 | November 10, 1849 | 18 - 32 | PG # 11265 |
| Vol. I No. 3 | November 17, 1849 | 33 - 46 | PG # 11577 |
| Vol. I No. 4 | November 24, 1849 | 49 - 63 | PG # 13513 |
+---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+
| Vol. I No. 5 | December 1, 1849 | 65 - 80 | PG # 11636 |
| Vol. I No. 6 | December 8, 1849 | 81 - 95 | PG # 13550 |
| Vol. I No. 7 | December 15, 1849 | 97 - 112 | PG # 11651 |
| Vol. I No. 8 | December 22, 1849 | 113 - 128 | PG # 11652 |
| Vol. I No. 9 | December 29, 1849 | 130 - 144 | PG # 13521 |
+---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+
| Vol. I No. 10 | January 5, 1850 | 145 - 160 | PG # |
| Vol. I No. 11 | January 12, 1850 | 161 - 176 | PG # 11653 |
| Vol. I No. 12 | January 19, 1850 | 177 - 192 | PG # 11575 |
| Vol. I No. 13 | January 26, 1850 | 193 - 208 | PG # 11707 |
+---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+
| Vol. I No. 14 | February 2, 1850 | 209 - 224 | PG # 13558 |
| Vol. I No. 15 | February 9, 1850 | 225 - 238 | PG # 11929 |
| Vol. I No. 16 | February 16, 1850 | 241 - 256 | PG # 16193 |
| Vol. I No. 17 | February 23, 1850 | 257 - 271 | PG # 12018 |
+---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+
| Vol. I No. 18 | March 2, 1850 | 273 - 288 | PG # 13544 |
| Vol. I No. 19 | March 9, 1850 | 289 - 309 | PG # 13638 |
| Vol. I No. 20 | March 16, 1850 | 313 - 328 | PG # 16409 |
| Vol. I No. 21 | March 23, 1850 | 329 - 343 | PG # 11958 |
| Vol. I No. 22 | March 30, 1850 | 345 - 359 | PG # 12198 |
+---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+
| Vol. I No. 23 | April 6, 1850 | 361 - 376 | PG # 12505 |
| Vol. I No. 24 | April 13, 1850 | 377 - 392 | PG # 13925 |
| Vol. I No. 25 | April 20, 1850 | 393 - 408 | PG # 13747 |
| Vol. I No. 26 | April 27, 1850 | 409 - 423 | PG # 13822 |
+---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+
| Vol. I No. 27 | May 4, 1850 | 425 - 447 | PG # 13712 |
| Vol. I No. 28 | May 11, 1850 | 449 - 463 | PG # 13684 |
| Vol. I No. 29 | May 18, 1850 | 465 - 479 | PG # 15197 |
| Vol. I No. 30 | May 25, 1850 | 481 - 495 | PG # 13713 |
+---------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+
| Notes and Queries Vol. II. |
+----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol., No. | Date, Year | Pages | PG # xxxxx |
+----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. II No. 31 | June 1, 1850 | 1- 15 | PG # 12589 |
| Vol. II No. 32 | June 8, 1850 | 17- 32 | PG # 15996 |
| Vol. II No. 33 | June 15, 1850 | 33- 48 | PG # 26121 |
| Vol. II No. 34 | June 22, 1850 | 49- 64 | PG # 22127 |
| Vol. II No. 35 | June 29, 1850 | 65- 79 | PG # 22126 |
+----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. II No. 36 | July 6, 1850 | 81- 96 | PG # 13361 |
| Vol. II No. 37 | July 13, 1850 | 97-112 | PG # 13729 |
| Vol. II No. 38 | July 20, 1850 | 113-128 | PG # 13362 |
| Vol. II No. 39 | July 27, 1850 | 129-143 | PG # 13736 |
+----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. II No. 40 | August 3, 1850 | 145-159 | PG # 13389 |
| Vol. II No. 41 | August 10, 1850 | 161-176 | PG # 13393 |
| Vol. II No. 42 | August 17, 1850 | 177-191 | PG # 13411 |
| Vol. II No. 43 | August 24, 1850 | 193-207 | PG # 13406 |
| Vol. II No. 44 | August 31, 1850 | 209-223 | PG # 13426 |
+----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. II No. 45 | September 7, 1850 | 225-240 | PG # 13427 |
| Vol. II No. 46 | September 14, 1850 | 241-256 | PG # 13462 |
| Vol. II No. 47 | September 21, 1850 | 257-272 | PG # 13936 |
| Vol. II No. 48 | September 28, 1850 | 273-288 | PG # 13463 |
+----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. II No. 49 | October 5, 1850 | 289-304 | PG # 13480 |
| Vol. II No. 50 | October 12, 1850 | 305-320 | PG # 13551 |
| Vol. II No. 51 | October 19, 1850 | 321-351 | PG # 15232 |
| Vol. II No. 52 | October 26, 1850 | 353-367 | PG # 22624 |
+----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. II No. 53 | November 2, 1850 | 369-383 | PG # 13540 |
| Vol. II No. 54 | November 9, 1850 | 385-399 | PG # 22138 |
| Vol. II No. 55 | November 16, 1850 | 401-415 | PG # 15216 |
| Vol. II No. 56 | November 23, 1850 | 417-431 | PG # 15354 |
| Vol. II No. 57 | November 30, 1850 | 433-454 | PG # 15405 |
+----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. II No. 58 | December 7, 1850 | 457-470 | PG # 21503 |
| Vol. II No. 59 | December 14, 1850 | 473-486 | PG # 15427 |
| Vol. II No. 60 | December 21, 1850 | 489-502 | PG # 24803 |
| Vol. II No. 61 | December 28, 1850 | 505-524 | PG # 16404 |
+----------------+--------------------+---------+-------------+
| Notes and Queries Vol. III. |
+-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol., No. | Date, Year | Pages | PG # xxxxx |
+-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. III No. 62 | January 4, 1851 | 1- 15 | PG # 15638 |
| Vol. III No. 63 | January 11, 1851 | 17- 31 | PG # 15639 |
| Vol. III No. 64 | January 18, 1851 | 33- 47 | PG # 15640 |
| Vol. III No. 65 | January 25, 1851 | 49- 78 | PG # 15641 |
+-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. III No. 66 | February 1, 1851 | 81- 95 | PG # 22339 |
| Vol. III No. 67 | February 8, 1851 | 97-111 | PG # 22625 |
| Vol. III No. 68 | February 15, 1851 | 113-127 | PG # 22639 |
| Vol. III No. 69 | February 22, 1851 | 129-159 | PG # 23027 |
+-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. III No. 70 | March 1, 1851 | 161-174 | PG # 23204 |
| Vol. III No. 71 | March 8, 1851 | 177-200 | PG # 23205 |
| Vol. III No. 72 | March 15, 1851 | 201-215 | PG # 23212 |
| Vol. III No. 73 | March 22, 1851 | 217-231 | PG # 23225 |
| Vol. III No. 74 | March 29, 1851 | 233-255 | PG # 23282 |
+-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. III No. 75 | April 5, 1851 | 257-271 | PG # 23402 |
| Vol. III No. 76 | April 12, 1851 | 273-294 | PG # 26896 |
| Vol. III No. 77 | April 19, 1851 | 297-311 | PG # 26897 |
| Vol. III No. 78 | April 26, 1851 | 313-342 | PG # 26898 |
+-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. III No. 79 | May 3, 1851 | 345-359 | PG # 26899 |
| Vol. III No. 80 | May 10, 1851 | 361-382 | PG # 32495 |
| Vol. III No. 81 | May 17, 1851 | 385-399 | PG # 29318 |
| Vol. III No. 82 | May 24, 1851 | 401-415 | PG # 28311 |
| Vol. III No. 83 | May 31, 1851 | 417-440 | PG # 36835 |
+-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+
| Vol. III No. 84 | June 7, 1851 | 441-472 | PG # 37379 |
| Vol. III No. 85 | June 14, 1851 | 473-488 | PG # 37403 |
| Vol. III No. 86 | June 21, 1851 | 489-511 | PG # 37496 |
| Vol. III No. 87 | June 28, 1851 | 513-528 | PG # 37516 |
+-----------------+-------------------+---------+-------------+
| Notes and Queries Vol. IV. |
+-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+
| Vol., No. | Date, Year | Pages | PG # xxxxx |
+-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+
| Vol. IV No. 88 | July 5, 1851 | 1- 15 | PG # 37548 |
| Vol. IV No. 89 | July 12, 1851 | 17- 31 | PG # 37568 |
| Vol. IV No. 90 | July 19, 1851 | 33- 47 | PG # 37593 |
| Vol. IV No. 91 | July 26, 1851 | 49- 79 | PG # 37778 |
+-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+
| Vol. IV No. 92 | August 2, 1851 | 81- 94 | PG # 38324 |
| Vol. IV No. 93 | August 9, 1851 | 97-112 | PG # 38337 |
| Vol. IV No. 94 | August 16, 1851 | 113-127 | PG # 38350 |
| Vol. IV No. 95 | August 23, 1851 | 129-144 | PG # 38386 |
| Vol. IV No. 96 | August 30, 1851 | 145-167 | PG # 38405 |
+-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+
| Vol. IV No. 97 | Sept. 6, 1851 | 169-183 | PG # 38433 |
| Vol. IV No. 98 | Sept. 13, 1851 | 185-200 | PG # 38491 |
| Vol. IV No. 99 | Sept. 20, 1851 | 201-216 | PG # 38574 |
| Vol. IV No. 100 | Sept. 27, 1851 | 217-246 | PG # 38656 |
+-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+
| Vol. IV No. 101 | Oct. 4, 1851 | 249-264 | PG # 38701 |
| Vol. IV No. 102 | Oct. 11, 1851 | 265-287 | PG # 38773 |
| Vol. IV No. 103 | Oct. 18, 1851 | 289-303 | PG # 38864 |
| Vol. IV No. 104 | Oct. 25, 1851 | 305-333 | PG # 38926 |
+-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+
| Vol. IV No. 105 | Nov. 1, 1851 | 337-358 | PG # 39076 |
| Vol. IV No. 106 | Nov. 8, 1851 | 361-374 | PG # 39091 |
| Vol. IV No. 107 | Nov. 15, 1851 | 377-396 | PG # 39135 |
| Vol. IV No. 108 | Nov. 22, 1851 | 401-414 | PG # 39197 |
| Vol. IV No. 109 | Nov. 29, 1851 | 417-430 | PG # 39233 |
+-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+
| Vol. IV No. 110 | Dec. 6, 1851 | 433-460 | PG # 39338 |
+-----------------+--------------------+---------+------------+
| Vol I. Index. [Nov. 1849-May 1850] | PG # 13536 |
| INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME. MAY-DEC., 1850 | PG # 13571 |
| INDEX TO THE THIRD VOLUME. JAN.-JUNE, 1851 | PG # 26770 |
+------------------------------------------------+------------+