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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»i S. VII. Mak. 12. '59. 



*' Christian Policie" — Such is the running title 

 of a book in small quarto to which my attention 

 has recently been directed. The work Is mainly 

 on the office and duty of kings. It seems to have 

 been originally written in Spanish by a certain 

 Fr. Juan de Sancta Maria, and translated into 

 English by Edward Blount, who dedicates it to 

 " James Hay, Earle of Carlile," &c. The original 

 title-page is lost, but the following note occurs 

 upon a blank leaf at the beginning : — 



" This hook had a new title-leafe putt to it since the 

 warrs begun in England, and was sett downe in the 

 order following : ' Policy vnveiled, wherein may be learned 

 the order of true policy in kingdomes and commonwealths, 

 the matters of justice and government, the addresses, 

 maximes, and reasons of state, the science of governing 

 well a people, and wher the subject may learn true obe- 

 dience vnto their kings, princes, and soueraignes. Writ- 

 ten in Spanish, and translated into English by J. M. of 

 Mag. Hall, in Oxford.' The bookes differ not one sylla- 

 ble, saue onely in this frontispeice." 



Perhaps the fact, and the reason for it mentioned 

 in this note, may be worth recording. And cer- 

 tainly the volume itself is both curious and in- 

 structive, not least on account of the style in 

 which it is written. The translator makes abun- 

 dant use of the racy and idiomatic English of two 

 hundred and thirty years ago, as well as of various 

 words and phrases which were then scarcely esta- 

 blished. I presume the work is not common, and 

 it is possible that more might be said of it than is 

 known by B. II. C. 



[We subjoin a copy of the original title-page : " Chris- 

 tian Policie : or the Christian Commonwealth. Published 

 for the good of Kings, and Princes, and such as are in 

 Authoritie vnder them, and trusted with State Affaires : 

 as also for all true hearted Subiects. Written in Spanish, 

 and translated into English. London : Printed by Thomas 

 Harper, for Richard Collins, and are to be sold at liis 

 shop in Paul's Churchyard at the signe of the Three 

 Kings. 1632."! 



Delays of^ Chancery. — Which are the longest 

 Chancery suits on record ? 



Alexandee Andrews. 



Manuscript of Bishop Grosseteste's " Castle of 

 Love." — Can any reader of " N. & Q." inform me 

 what has become of the MS, which Halliwell used 

 for his privately printed edition of Bishop Grosse- 

 teste's Castle of Love ? The learned editor him- 

 self has lost sight of the MS., but believes it has 

 been sold by auction. E.^F. W. 



Bev. Mr. Doiiglas. — There was published, in 

 1784, Edwin the Banished Prince, a tragedy, by 

 the Rev. Mr. Douglas. Can any of your readers 

 inform me whether the author of this piece (of 

 which only a few copies were printed) was the 

 Rev. Jas. Douglas, F.S.A., author o£ Nenia Bri- 

 tannica, and other works ? Iota. 



" Bellum Orammaticale." — Can any of your 

 readers give me any account of a piece with the 



following title: Bellum Grammaticale, by Chris- 

 topher Irvine (Edinburgh?), 1658? A Latin 

 drama, with the same title, was published at Lon- 

 don in 1633. Was C. Irvine's Bellum Gramma- 

 ticale another edition of this piece, or an original 

 Latin drama with the same title ? Iota. 



William Worship of Lincolnshire was of S. 

 John's College, Cambridge, B.A. 1595-6 ; Fellow, 

 7th April, 1598 ; M.A. 1599 ; B.D. 1606 ; D.D. 

 1613. He published Sermons 1612, 1614, 1616. 

 We have seen only that of 1614, which was 

 preached at Nottingham Assizes, and is dedicated 

 to his good friend Mr. Dr. Hall. We presume 

 that Dr.Worship was beneficed in Nottinghamshire. 

 We hope to obtain more precise information re- 

 specting him. C. H. & Thompson Cooper. 

 Cambridge. 



Chaucer. — In the Aldine edition of the Works 

 of Chaucer, edited by the late Sir Harris Nicolas, 

 and published by Pickering, 6 vols. 12mo., 1845, 

 a Memoir of the poet is prefixed by the editor, 

 and Tyrwhitt's "Essay" and " Introductory Dis- 

 course" are reprinted; but not one word is said 

 as to the source from which the text of this edition 

 was taken. Besides the Canterbury Tales, it com- 

 prises the Romance of the Rose, IVoilus and Cre- 

 seide. Legend of Good Women, Goodly Ballad, 

 Boolie of the Duchesse, Assembly of Fouls, and 

 smaller pieces. To these is added Chaucer's 

 Dreme, reprinted from Speght's edition, 1597. 

 Are the other pieces also reprinted from Speght ? 

 or can anyone state, from comparison, what course 

 was taken by the editor in preparing this Aldine 

 edition for the press ? /x. 



Episcopal Homage. — Will some one of your 

 correspondents, learned in the practical business 

 of our ecclesiastical law, inform me at what pre- 

 cise period of his various inductory ceremonies it 

 is, that a newly-elected bishop performs homage 

 to the sovereign for his see ? Is it before con- 

 firmation, and before restitution of his temporali- 

 ties, or afterwards ? and what are the words of 

 the oath, or whatever it is, of homage ? I ask 

 this question simply with a view to the date of an 

 historical paper, and I hope that no correspondent 

 will take advantage of my Query to introduce any 

 disputed question of theological rights or wrongs. 



W.'W. 



" Hop-plance." — Can any correspondent of 

 " N. & Q." give an authority for the meaning of 

 this word, as distinct from hop-garden ? It is 

 used in a terrier of land in Kent, dated 1630. ju. 



Druidical Circles, Sfc. — Will any of your cor- 

 respondents have the goodness to inform me how 

 and where it appears that the huge stones and 

 circles of stones sometimes met with are Druidi- 

 cal ? I find no allusion to it in the older lyriters. 



