Chapter C: W. G

_The King's Standard._--Will some of your correspondents kindly inform me where I can meet with a drawing of this standard _in blazon_? _The Relation of the King's setting up his Standard at Nottingham_: 4to. Lond. 1642, gives an _engraving_ of the same under the title; but I cannot trace the mode in which the banner in question was _coloured_.

AMANUENSIS.

_James Wilson, M.D._--In 1761 James Wilson, M.D., published in two volumes, octavo, a reprint of the mathematical tracts of his then deceased friend Benjamin Robins. To them he added an appendix containing a dissertation on the controversy about the invention of fluxions, which dissertation is very little cited. He makes various statements on his own authority, describing himself as having been the friend of Brook Taylor and of Dr. Pemberton. Among other things he furnishes something which might be cited in answer to my query in Vol. v., p. 103., affirming that _all_ Collins's papers fell into Jones's _possession_ about the year 1708. Dr. Wilson and Martin Folkes were joint executors of Robins, as the former states. Query, who was James Wilson, M.D.? What was his probable age in 1712? What means exist for forming an opinion as to his judgment and veracity, over and above his publications as aforesaid?

A. DE MORGAN.

Minor Queries Answered.

_Prestwich's Respublica._--I have a copy of a work called Prestwich's _Respublica, or a Display of the Honours, Ceremonies, and Ensign of the Commonwealth_, 1787; in which is an Alphabetical Roll of the Names and Armorial Bearings of many of the Present Nobility of these Kingdoms. The volume concludes with John Aspinhall, and a note states that the remainder of the roll should be given in the second volume. Has the second volume ever been published, as I cannot ascertain that it has? If so, how many years after the first?

G. P. P.

[It was the intention of Sir John Prestwich to continue this work,
but not having received the encouragement he expected, and
suffering also from ill health, the second volume was not
published. See Nichols' _Literary Anecdotes_, vol. ix. p. 23.]

_Instance of Longevity._--

"In the obituary register for the ancient parish of St. Leonard,
Shoreditch, is to be found the following very singular entry,
viz.: 'Thomas Cam, died on the 28th of January, 1588, at the
astonishing age of 207 years. He was born in the year 1381, in the
reign of King Richard II., and lived in the reigns of twelve kings
and queens.'"--_Times_, Dec.--1848?

Can this be authenticated; is there any truth in the story? Surely so venerable a patriarch must have attracted the notice of some of his cotemporaries. Your correspondent O. C. D. will, I fear, place this "instance" in the category of "ante-register longevities."

W. R. DEERE SALMON.

[At the time the above paragraph was going the round of the
papers, a friend consulted the parish clerk of St. Leonard,
Shoreditch, respecting its authenticity, and was informed that
some mischievous individual had altered the figure 1 into 2. It is
correctly given by Sir Henry Ellis in his _History of Shoreditch_,
p. 77., as follows:--"Thomas Cam, aged 107, 28 January, 1588."]

_Solidus Gallicus, &c._--Will any of your correspondents kindly construe for me the following sentences?

"Valebat siclus sanctuarii tetradrachma Atticum: quod Budaeus
estimat 14 solidis Gallicis, aut circiter: nam didrachma septim
facit solidos, sicuti drachma simplex duos, et sesquialterum,
minus denario turonico."

What was the value of "solidus Gallicus," or French sol, or sous; for this I presume to be its meaning in 1573, the date of the passage? And what was the value of the "denier Tournois," if that be the meaning of "denarium Turonicum?"

References are useless, for I have no access to libraries.