Chapter D: Rock

_Llandudno, on the Great Orme's Head_ (Vol. v., pp. 175. 235.).--MR. WM. DURRANT COOPER, in "N. & Q.," has quite mistaken the subject of my inquiry. I am well aware of the cavern, or old copper mine, supposed to have been worked by the Romans; but the place I inquire about is of a different description, in every respect, and is only six feet across, and eight or ten feet high, and fitted up as a place of worship, with a font, altar, seats, &c. I hope some one who has seen it will be able yet to throw some light on the subject.

L. G. T.

Lichfield.

"_Wise above that which is written_" (Vol. v., pp. 228. 260.).--Professor Scholefield, in his valuable _Hints for an improved Translation of the New Testament_ (p. 64. 3rd edit.), renders the words τὸ μὴ ὑπὲρ ὃ γέγραπται φρονεῖν (1 Cor. iv. 6.), "not to be wise above that which is written," and supports this rendering by clear and (to my mind) satisfactory argument.

C. P. PH***.

_Nightingale and Thorn_ (Vol. iv., pp. 175. 242.; Vol. v., p. 39.).--The origin of this fancy has not yet been reached. The earliest mention of it that I have met with is by Gascoigne:

"And thus I sing with pricke against my brest,
Like Philomene...."--_Steele Glas_, v. 145.

Again, in _The Spanish Tragedy_:

... "Haply the gentle nightingale
Shall carol us asleep ere we be ware,
And, singing with the prickle at her breast,
Tell our delight."

And in _The Two Noble Kinsmen_:

"O for a pricke now like a nightingale,
To put my breast against."--_Act III. Sc. 4._