2'"» S. VII. Fkb. 12. '69.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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di Viterbo, in chiesa e in tempo di messa, anzi nel tempo 

 stesso dell' elevazione della sacra Ostia, con una stoc- 

 cata nel cuore proditoriamente ammazzb Arrigo, nipotc 

 d' Airigo 3, Ke d' Inghiltena ; in vendetta deli' obbro- 

 brjosa morte che Adoardo, cugino dell' ucciso, aveva per 

 giusta ragione di stato fatta in Londra subire a Simone di 

 Monforte, suo genitore. Trasferito in Londra il corpo del 

 morto Arrigo, fu sopra di una colonna, a capo del ponte 

 sul Tamigi, riposto il di lui cuore entro una coppa d' ore, 

 per ricordare agl' Inglesi 1' oltraggio ricevuto (il Landino, 

 Vellutello, Daniello, e Venturi tutti d' accordo dicono la 

 coppa con entro il cuore d' Arrigo posta in mano alia 

 statua del medesimo Arrigo, innalzato sopra il di lui 

 scpolcro nella capella dei Ke. Gio. Villani pero, piii favo- 

 revolmente al parlare del Poeta nostro, riferisce collocata 

 quella coppa su di una colonna sopra il ponte del Taraigi. 

 Cron. Lib. 7. cap. 40.). Questa notizia premessa, ecco la 

 costruzione insieme e spiegazione de' presenti due versi. 

 Colui, Guido di Monforte ; ingrembo a Dio, espressione en- 

 fatica invece di dire nella casa di Dio ed alia di lui pre- 

 senza ; fesse,'da. fendere ; taglio, firi lo cuor di Arrigo, che 'n 

 s«Z Tamigi (riportaci tal lezione, invece della volgata, 

 che 'n su Tamigi, trovata nel ms. di Filippo Villani, il ch. 

 aiitore degli Aneddoti, Verona, 1790, n. v. fac 12.) sul 

 ponte del Tamigi ; ancor si cola gli Espositori tutti in- 

 tendono per antitesi detto invece di si cole, si onora; chi 

 sa pero che non fosse quella coppa forata a guisa di cola- 

 tojo, accio se ne vedesse il sangue a scolare, e cosi mag- 

 giormente si eccitassero gli animi alia vendetta; e che 

 aticor si cola non vaglia quanto ancora se ne sta nel cola- 

 tojo." 



The Florentine editor of Dante, 1838, adds 



" II Biagioli trova questa seconda opinione del Lombar- 

 di indegna di lui, non che di Dante, e ridicola quanto 

 mai si pub dire; ne in questo sappiamo come il Lom- 

 bardi possa aver luogo a buona difesa." 



Anon. 



Hamlets " Eisell" — The " Eisell " controversy 

 makes no less than seventeen appearances in vo- 

 lumes ii. iii. and iv. of the P' S. of" N. & Q.," 

 one of the articles thereupon extending to more 

 than four pages ! Allow me to add a brief quota- 

 tion to the mass of evidence already adduced. 



"The Saxon etymon of Iseldon, according to Mr. Sha- 

 ron Turner, is Ysseldune, i. e. the Down of the Yssel, which 

 I take to have been the original name of some river, most 

 likely of the river of Wells, which joined or fell into 

 the Fleet River ; but I consider also that Ysel or Eysel is 

 the same as Ousel, the diminutive of Ouse, or JiJt/se in the 

 British language, signifying either a river or water. . . . 

 Slany places situated on or near rivers have the prefix of 

 Isel or Isle." (^Yseldon; a Perambulation of Islington, b3' 

 T. E. Tomlins, Esq.) 



CUTHBERT BeDE. 



Shakspeare Query. — Who was " W. C. O.," the 

 author of "Memoir of William Shakespeare, Esq." 

 {sic) in two volumes of Poems by William Shake- 

 speare, with Illustrative Remarks Original and Se- 

 lect, published by C. Chappie, Pall Mall, in 1804? * 

 My chief reason for asking the question is that I 

 do not find this edition named in Wilson's Shak- 



[* By VValley Chamberlaine Oulton, dramatic writer, 

 and continuator of Victor's History of the Theatres of 

 London, and other works.] 



speariana, nor in Mr, Halliwell's still later list. 

 Is it not time to issue another catalogue of Shak- 

 speariana ? and could it not be done by your 

 numerous contributors sending you the nam:', 

 date, &c. of every book about Shakspeare not in 

 Wilson's or Halliwell's Catalogues ? A " List of 

 Books Wanted" by J. R. Smith, contains many 

 useful hints about miscellaneous Shakspearlana in 

 periodicals, &c. Este, 



Shakspeare' s Sonnets. — It appears exceedingly 

 probable (as t very briefly pointed out in the corner 

 of a periodical several years ago), that the 107lh 

 sonnet, at least, was addressed to the ICarl of 

 Southannpton : — 



" Not mine own fears, nor the'prophetic soul 

 Of the wide world, dreaming of things to come — 



[This evidently refers to some event of notoriety and 

 public interest.] 



Can j-et the lease of ray true love control, 

 Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom. 

 [An allusion to Southampton's imprisonment in the 

 Tower for his share in the conspiracy of Essex.] 



The mortal Bloon hath her eclipse endured ; 



[The death of Elizabeth.] 

 And the sad augurs mock their own presage ; 

 [Apprehensions respecting the fate of Southampton.] 



Incertainties now crown themselves assured, 

 And peace proclaims olives of endless age. 

 [The accession of Jamts.] 



Now with the drops of this most balmy time 

 My Love * looks fresh, &c. &c. 

 [The release of Southampton from imprisonment, and 

 restoration of his titles and estates.] 



And tliou, in this, shalt find thy monument. 

 When tyrants' crests and tombs of brass are spent." 

 [Another allusion to Elizabeth.] 

 The 78th, 80th, and some other sonnets appear 

 to contain references to Ben Jonson. J. G. Jl. 



CURIOUS INACCUKACr : DE QUINCY AND COLERIDGE 

 — PYTHAGORAS ON BEANS. 



It liiis often been said that "nothing is so plea- 

 sant as to correct a critic." As to the pleasure 

 of administering such retributive justice, I will* 

 not decide, but I think I have found an occasion 

 in which it ought to be done. 



Soon after the death of S. T. Coleridge, in 1834, 

 there appeared in Tail's Magazine several articles 

 from the pen of De Quincy on the deceased ; in 

 one of which an insidious charge of plagiary was 

 put forward in the shape of the following dialogue 

 between Poole and the writer, both foremost 

 friends of the deceased : — 



" Poole {loquitur). Pray, my j'oung friend, did you 



* " The love I dedicate to your lordship is without 

 end ; " " What I h^ve done is yours, what I have to do is 

 yours." (Preface to Bape of Lucrece.) 



