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from his own personal knowledge ; and although 

 the Frisian resemble the English more nearly than 

 any other Teutonic dialect, they could not have 

 been- confounded by one who spoke our language 

 fluently. It would be satisfactory if some gentle- 

 man who has actually visited the island would 

 settle the question. 



Allow me to repeat the inquiry contained in 

 Queries on a tour (2"'* S. i. 471.) as to the inscrip- 

 tion on the Turkish baths at Buda. 



John J. A. Boasg. 



Alverton Vean, Penzance. 



Peals of Bells (P* S. i. 154. ; iv. 243.) — Many 

 extraordinary things have been recorded in the 

 pages of " N. & Q." about bells, but the following 

 seems to surpass everything one has ever met 

 with relating to the mysteries of campanology, 

 and therefore I hope you will record it as it de- 



SGFVGS ' — — 



« CHANGE RINGING. 



St. Mary's Society, Woolwich. 



A Family Peal. 



On MONDAY, MARCH 27th, 1852, 



The following Members of this Society rang on the Bells 



of St. Mary's Church, Woolwich, a true and complete 



Peal of 



GRANDSIRE TRIPLES, 



comprising 



5,040 Changes in 2 Hours and 57 Minutes. 



Performers. 



James Banister, Treble. 

 Thomas Banister 2nd. 

 John Banister - 3rd. 

 William Banister 4th. 



George Banister - 5th. 

 Francis Henry Banister 6th. 

 Henry Banister - 7th. 

 Edward West - Tenor. 



Conducted by Wm. H. Banister (Father.) 



" The above is the only Peal on record in which the 

 Changes were rung by a Father and his Six Sons sta- 

 tioned according to Seniority. 



" Rev*. H. Brown, M.A., Rector. 

 " Tho'. Morgan & George Imms, Churchwardens." 

 H. T. Ellacombe. 



Why was Liulovicus Sforza styled Anglus f (2"* 

 S. vii. 47.) — The appellation Anglus is not con- 

 fined to Ludovico, but appears to have been a 

 family title. Why, puzzled me long since, and I 

 can give Ned Eboracensis no information ; but 

 it is, I think, clear that it has no reference to 

 Angleria, as Ludovico's elder brother, Galeazzo 

 Maria, is styled on a medallion now before me, 

 " Anglus . Dux . Mediolani . Etcetera . Papie . 

 Anglerie . Que . Comes." 



This is the only instance I recollect of etcetera 

 appearing at full length on a medal. Some one 

 may possibly be inclined to suggest that it should 

 be read Et Cetera., the latter word being the con- 

 tracted form of a place or district ; but I know of 

 none to which it would apply, and there is no 

 point after et., which is written 'E. 



Query, Is the title Anglus ever found applied 

 to any of the Visconti ? John J. A. Boase. 



Alverton Vean, Penzance. 



" Cumrage'"' (2"'' S. vii. 87.) — I have searched 

 for this word in vain in Cowell's Interpreter^ 

 Blount's Law Dictio?iary, Spelman's Gloss. Archceo- 

 lugicum, &c., without success. But, in the Promp- 

 torium Par v ■dor urn., I find (p. 36.) "Bynge, Theca, 

 cumera," with the following note of the editor's : 



" Forby gives bing in the dialect of East Anglia, Da- 

 nish, bing, cumulus. A.-S. bin prcesepe. Cumera is ex- 

 plained by Uguitio to be ' vas frumentarium de festucis.' 

 And no doubt the bin was anciently formed of wicker- 

 work, as in the German benne crates, Belg. benn, corbis." 



To this I may add that the Norfolk hay bing is 

 frequently wattled. " Cumera" may be connected 

 with cumba, a coomb, four bushels of corn. From 

 this it would appear that "cumrage" was a toll 

 upon th(; bins or vessels that contained the articles 

 to be sold in the market. But I find also in Kilian 

 "Kommer, sicamb. iuliac ; Manus injectio, vulgo 

 arrestum," and "Kommer, Usuradamnosa; Gheld 

 op kommer nemen ; Sumere faenore pecuniam." 

 Still I think the first the correct explanation, but 

 I leave it to contributors to " N. & Q." to decide. 



E. G. R. 



Abbey of Bury St. Edmund's (2""* S. vii, 128.) 

 — The first portion of the Liber Cellerarii, pre- 

 ceding letter H, is to be found in the University 

 Library, Cambridge, marked Gg. 4. 4. In Sir 

 Thomas Phillipps's collection is also the remaining 

 portion of the letter W. fi. 



Soud! Soud! (2°'' S. vii. 124.) — If the meaning 

 of this word conjectured by A. A. is to be re- 

 ceived, there is no need why we should go to the 

 Italian for it, when the French sus ! sus! lies so 

 much nearer home. In Spiers's Dictionary we 

 have, ^^ Sus, interj. come! cheer up! be of good 

 heart ! " /u. 



Inn Signs by Eminent Artists (2""^ S. iv. 299. 

 335.) — 



" George Morland painted a sign of a White Lion for a 

 publichouse at Paddington." 



" Richard Wilson, the landscape painter once conde- 

 scended to paint a sign of the 'Three Logger Heads ' for 

 the house so called, near the spot where he died." — ^ol- 

 lekens and his Times (1828), vol. i. pp. 25. 27. 



Charles Wtlie, 



The Change of Dress (2"^ S, vi. 475.) — The 

 law passed in 1747 relating to the Highland dress 

 was repealed by the exertions of the Duke of 

 Montrose, who was described by Sir Walter 

 Scott as — 



"The Lord of Graham, by every chief adored. 

 Who boasts his native philabeg restored." 



See Lockhart's Life of Scott, vol. ii. p. 283. note. 



A. 



Old Proverb (2°^ S. vii. 88.) — 



" If that you will France win, 

 Then with Scotland first begin." 



Henri/ V. Act I. Sc. 2. 



L. T. 



