2n<« S. VII. May 21. '59.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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of France during the former part of that period, and 

 partly because the subject seemed to be lost sight of by 

 those in power, as well as by others, with the exception 

 of a few, who were unable to induce the government to 

 restore the annuitj-. And when it was renewed, in 1827, 

 the sum was reduced to 277/. sterling, which amounted 

 to a little more than 21Z. (or 523 francs) for each of the 

 thirteen pastors." For views of the valleys the following 

 work may be consulted, W. Beattie's Wuldenses, or Pro- 

 testant Vallei/s of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la 

 Roche, illustrated by W. H. Bartlett and W. Brockedon, 

 4to. 1838.] 



^^ Poems and Essays" by a Lady, — Can you tell 

 me who was the author of the following work ? — 



" Poems and Essays, by a Lady lately deceased. Pub- 

 lished for the Benefit of the General Hospital at Bath, 

 2 vols. cr. 8vo. Bath, 1786." 



W. B. C. 



[This work is by a daughter of Thomas Bowdler, Esq., 

 of Ashley, co. Somerset, who died at Bath, May 2, 1785. 

 Mr. B. left three daughters, Jane, Frances, and Henrietta ; 

 the latter, we believe, was the authoress of the above 

 work.] 



The 11,000 Martyr Virgins at Cologne. —That 

 fabulous number is probably owing to a mis- 

 reading of the ancient martyrological text, which 

 stood thus : — 



" XI. M. Virgines," 



(11 M&riyv Firgins), but is erroneously read : 

 " XI. Mile Virgines." 



Dr. Michelsen. 



[Our correspondent has been anticipated in his conjec- 

 ture. Alban Butler {Lives of the Saints, Oct. 21) says, 

 " Some think this is a mistake arising from the abbre- 

 viation XI. M V. for eleven martyrs and virgins : for the 

 Chronicle of St. Tron's seems to count eleven companions." 

 — Spicileg. tom. vii. p. 475.] 



Coverdale's Bible. — In perusing Bishop Cover- 

 dale's version of the Book of Job a few weeks 

 ago two things struck me : 1st, the very numer- 

 ous and important departures of the translator 

 from our present Hebrew text. Did he follow 

 some other text? And, 2nd, the very numerous 

 archaic words contained in it. Is there any dic- 

 tionary in which these words are included ? 



Newingtonensis. 



[The original edition of Coverdale's Bible, 1535, is 

 stated in the title-page to have been " translated out of 

 the Douche and Latyn into Englishe," Douche probablj' 

 here signifying German, Deutsch. But in the " Biblio- 

 graphical description" of this edition prefixed to Bag- 

 ster's valuable reprint, 1847, we find the following 

 remarks: "The mention of its being translated ' out of 

 Douche and Latyn ' was no doubt a bookselling artifice 

 of the time, to make the work circulate better, as being 

 intimately connected with the reformed doctrines, which 

 were then equally well known by the term of German or 

 Dutch doctrines." And accordingly the reprint in ques- 

 tion bears in its title, " faithfully" translated from the 

 Ilebrue and Greeke." At the same time Coverdale him- 

 self intimates that he had availed himself of the labours 

 of other interpreters ; and this circumstance, viewed in 

 connexion with the fact that " no one of our translators 

 has ventured on such bold interpretations as Coverdale " 



(Scrivener as cited by Home), will perhaps account for 

 such *' departures " from the Hebrew as Newingtonensis 

 has noticed. Certainly Coverdale's translation will not 

 bear a close comparison with the Hebrew text. For his 

 archaic words, we think all requisite aid will be found in 

 the Dictionaries of Halliwell and Wright.] 



pretender's blue ribbon. 

 (2"=^ S. vii. 103.) 



I observe that this is a question of sufficient im- 

 portance to be recorded in "N. & Q." with re- 

 ference to the authenticity of a supposed ribbon 

 of the Order of the Garter belonging to " the 

 Pretender," destined to be admitted to the Musee 

 des Souverains at the Louvre, if believed to be 

 genuine. 



A call is made for more of the facts of the case ; 

 therefore I will draw the attention of the readers 

 of " N. & Q." to a small piece of blue ribbon in 

 my possession which was incidentally mentioned 

 by me, thirty-one years since, in a communication 

 to the Gents. Mag. for Jan. 1828 (p. 18.) ; and I 

 think the pedigree of this piece of ribbon, as 

 having belonged to the old Pretender, is rather 

 better supported than that of the ribbon dis- 

 covered at Nonancourt in France as having be- 

 longed to his son. 



My communication in 1828 was with reference 

 to an engraved ticket of admission to the private 

 meetings of the friends of the Stuarts, very curi- 

 ous in design, and beautifully executed; but at 

 that time I was not aware of its rarity. It is well 

 engraved in the Gents. Mag., and has produced 

 many inquiries. It was exhibited in Edinburgh 

 at the meeting of the Archaeological Institute in 

 1856, with the piece of ribbon in question, a piece 

 of the plaid of tlie young Pretender, and memor- 

 andums dated 1749, and apparently made at that 

 time, as to the births and then ages of the old 

 Pretender and his two sons. 



The ticket, blue ribbon, and piece of plaid, 

 came to my hands with the MS. (old, yellow, and 

 faded, and the paper apparently stained with 

 damp,) and no doubt has been expressed as to the 

 authenticity of this ticket, nor has any copy been 

 produced ; therefore I claim for it the credit of 

 being the only ticket of admission to the councils 

 of the Stuarts. 



In the Gents. Mag. for Jan. 1856, p. 41., I have 

 given reasons why I believe this ticket to have been 

 engraved by Strange (afterwards Sir Robert) ; 

 and it may not be wasting the space in " N. & Q." 

 if I give farther explanation respecting this ticket, 

 particularly as some of your readers may not have 

 access to the copy in the Gents. Mag., Jan.. 1828, 

 p. 17. The copper-plate appears to have been cut 

 into the shape of a large heraldic rose, engraved 

 with five inner leaves and five outer. The turn- 



