Chapter C: W. B

[A numismatic friend, to whom we referred this Query, writes, "If
it were not for the context, 'nam didrachma septim facit solidos,'
I should suppose the 14 to be a misprint for 4. Where _could_ this
passage be taken from? The shekel was worth a tetradrachm. The
French 'sol' was the twentieth part of a pound. The 'denier
Tournois' was a penny. The whole passage, after the first line
(which is plain enough), is to me unintelligible."]

_Sept._--What is the etymology, and what the correct use, of this Anglo-Irish word?

A. N.

[Dr. Ogilvie, in his _Imperial Dictionary_, has suggested the
following derivation: "Qy. _sapia_, in the L. _prosapia_; or Heb.
_shabet_, a clan, race, or family, proceeding from a common
progenitor."]

_Essay towards Catholic Communion_ (Vol. v., p. 198.).--_An Essay to procure Catholic Communion on Catholic Principles_, alluded to by J. Y., has just been republished by Darling, Gt. Queen Street. It is taken from Deacon's _Complete Collection of Devotions_, 1734, and the editors attribute its authorship to Dr. Brett, on the authority of Peter Hall's _Fragmenta Liturgica_, vol. i. p. 42.

If J. Y. has not seen the reprint, perhaps this note may assist him in his inquiry.

R. J. S.

[The above is not the same work as the one referred to in J. Y.'s
Query, which makes a 12mo. volume of 292 pages (edit. 1781);
whereas the reprint published by Darling is a tract of 16 pages.
There is also a slight difference in the title-pages of each.]

_Bigot._--What is the derivation of _bigot_?