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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2°'» S. VII. Mak. 26. '59. 



For if at first the fox he do transport, 

 The goose the meantime doth devour the come ; 

 And if the goose, then here appeares the sport, 

 The fox or barly must the next before, 

 Which if the come, the goose doth then devour, 

 And if the fox, the goose goeth then to wrack. 

 For to prevent this mischief in an hour, 

 Reade how he safe might carry ore this pack ? " 



Sesolv. — 



"First, he caried over the goose, then afterwards 

 fetched the corn, then carries back the goose, then brings 

 over the fox ; and, lastly, carryes over the goose again." 



At the end of the volume are numerous witty 

 stories, e. g. "woemen writers:" — 



" One asking a question, why woemen either all or most 

 part when they write practise Roman hand ? It was an- 

 swered him that it stood with greate reason, for hee had 

 never heard of any woman that made good Secret — ary." 



The last passage I shall quote is touching 

 " cooking his goose." 



" The King of Swedeen's Goose. 



"The King of Swedland coming to a towne of his ene- 

 myea with very little company, his enemyes, to slight his 

 forces, did hang out a goose for him to shoote ; but per- 

 ceiving before night that thes few souldiers had invaded 

 and set their cheife houlds on fire, thej demanded of him 

 what his intent was? To whom he replied, 'to roast your 

 goose,' " 



which I suppose henceforth became a proverb. 



J. C. J. 



C0NFBS80B TO THE BOYAL HOUSEHOLD. 



The following extracts, chronologicallj ar- 

 ranged, are oflFered, in addition to preceding no- 

 tices, as throwing some light on the history of 

 this office : — 



" CoNFESSOK. Alexander Chapman ; wages, 40/. per 

 annum." — Royal Household Regulations, printed for So- 

 ciety of Antiquaries, 1790, p. 332. 



Mr. Chapman (it would appear, p. 329.) was 

 also "one of the Chaplains that attend by two 

 and two every month." He was on " the esta- 

 blishment of the Household of Prince Henry, 

 A.D. 1610." In the "Orders for His Highness' 

 Chapel " it is prescribed thus : — 



" The Confessor shall duly administer the communion 

 unto the Household the first Sunday in every month, 

 whereof notice shall be given by the said Confessor some 

 fourteen daj'S before every such time, to the end those 

 that are to communicate may prepare themselves for the 

 same." 



" And the said Confessor shall every day, at a conve- 

 nient hour, read divine service in the said chapel unto 

 the household ; and especial notice shall be taken by the 

 yeoman of the vestry of those that shall omit, or at anj' 

 time fail (being in the house) to repair to divine service, 

 and to the sermons that there shall be preached : to the 

 end that due animadversion may be used to such de- 

 faulters, without they be impedimented by their neces- 

 sary attendance in their offices, or by some other very 

 urgent occasions." — Ibid, p. 336. 



" 1625, Oct. 25, Salisbury'. Sec. Conway to Lancelot 

 Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester. To admit Dr. Middle- 



ton to the place of Confessor of the Household." — Calendar 

 of State Papers, Domestic, 1625—1626, p. 133. 



A " Mr. Midleton," from the Household Regu- 

 lations above referred to, appears amongst Prince 

 Henry's chaplains in 1610. 



"1625, Nov. 4. Bishop's Waltham. Bp. Andrewes to 

 Sec. Conway. Nothing has been done in the matter of 

 the Confessorship but with the King's knowledge. Mr. 

 Beckett, the present Confessor, who was appointed by 

 Bp. Mountague, has been labouring under palsy for some 

 years past. The King signified that he would have Mr. 

 Beckett continue in his place for life, whereupon he was 

 orderly sworn by Bp. Andrewes. This it was likely His 

 Majesty did not call to remembrance. His memory being 

 informed, his pleasure shall be fulfilled." — Calendar, ut 

 supra, p. 143. 



In the " Establishment of the Household of 

 King William and Queen Mary, a.d. 1689," the 

 Confessor, who is mentioned in addition to Dean, 

 Sub-dean, and Clerk of the Closet, is set down 

 for the following items : viz. — 



" To the Confessor for himself and to provide surplices, 

 10/. wages, per annum, and 26/. 10s. Od. board wages." — 

 Royal Household Regulations, p. 408. 



All these are of course notices of the office 

 since the Reformation : other and much earlier 

 allusions to it are met with in the " Household 

 Book of Edward IV." (ibid. xii. xiii.), where a 

 "Confessor" and "Bishop-Confessor" are men- 

 tioned. J. K. 

 Highclere. 



MUSICAL NOTES BY DR. GAUNTLETT. 



Latin Church Music. — Of the hymn tunes or 

 chants, Lambillotte affirms that they must be all 

 rewritten. Of the Psalm chants Bernard writes 

 that many of the endings neither express the cha- 

 racter of the tone to which they are assigned, nor 

 are they peculiar to the tone, being alike expres- 

 sive of the endings of others. Mr. Dyce declares 

 " if the rules be of any value or force, the endings 

 of the chants must for th^most part be considered 

 irregular and inaccurate." 



Latin Psalm Chants. — Although these chants 

 are invariably assailed and slandered by modern 

 professors, it must be remembered to their credit 

 that the only two retained in the English cathe- 

 drals hold the post of honour. These are " the 

 Grand Chant," and the so-called "Tallis's Chant." 



The Key in Music. — As the eye can only see 

 colour in patches, so the ear can only receive 

 sounds in sections or fields, called keys. Every 

 sound has some relation, and a knowledge of these 

 relations is a knowledge of the key and its sounds. 

 Hence the importance of knowing what sounds 

 are in a key, and what break the key. 



Music and Mathematics. — It has been said that 

 " music rests on mathematics and acoustics." Cer- 

 tainly notj for it rests upon itself, mathematics 



