2''-i S. VII. May 14. '59.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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would inform me where I can find any biographical 

 sketch of him, and which may state what church 

 preferment he obtained upon revisiting England. 



Dei^ta. 



[We cannot supply our correspondent with a memoir 

 of the above clergyman, but recollect to have heard the 

 following anecdote of him. Previous to the sailing, in 

 May, 1787, of the large detachment of the first convicts 

 from this country to New South Wales, it was debated 

 whether, as nearly one-third of them were women, they 

 might be suffered to intermarry with the male culprits 

 on arrival in the colonj', there being no doubt that many 

 of them were under matrimonial engagements in this 

 country. It was decided that they should be at liberty to 

 enter the nuptial state, should they desire to do so when 

 in the new colon}-. The Bishop of London (Dr. Lowth) 

 was waited upon bj' Mr. Johnson on the subject, and before 

 the close of the interview Mr. Johnson said, " My Lord, 

 and if I wish to be married, pray who is to marry me?" 

 to which the bishop with great naivete said, " Mr. John- 

 son, I recommend you to get married before your depar- 

 ture." Mr. Johnson acted upon the bishop's advice.] 



Priest in Ordinary, Chaplain in Ordinary, to 

 the Queen, — I observe that your correspondents 

 have lately been making son.e observations as to 

 the royal confessor : may I ask what difference 

 there is in the duties of a priest and a chaplain ? 



s.o. 



[" The chaplains in ordinary wait four in each month, 

 preach on Sundays and holidays; read Divine Service 

 when required on week-days, and say grace in the ab- 

 sence of the clerk of the closet. The priests in ordinary, 

 properly speaking, form part of the choir." — Hook's 

 Church Diet , art Chapel Royal. There are fortj'-eight 

 chaplains termed Chaplains in Ordinary to the Queen 

 (or King) : their duties are to preach one sermon an- 

 nually on a particular Sunday. These are generally men 

 of learning or position in the Church, and are appointed 

 by the Dean. The Priests in Ordinarj' of Her Majesty's 

 Chapels Royal (they are priests of all the Chapels Royal) 

 are, properly speaking, the minor canons or choral- priests, 

 and they are ten in number, five of them being in wait- 

 ing every month. They never preach except as deputies 

 for a chaplain when absent. They are appointed by the 

 Dean, and their stipends are 52A 8s. 8c?. each.] 



Religious Persecution in the Cevennes in the 

 Reign of Louis XIV. — Where can I find a full 

 history of the above, both as regards the political 

 and religious phase of the events ? T. J. A. 



[Our correspondent ma}' consult the following work : 

 " Memoirs of the Wars of the Cevennes under Col. Caval- 

 lier, in Defence of the Protestants persecuted in that 

 Country ; and of the Peace concluded between him and 

 the Mareschal D. of Villars ; of his Conference with the 

 King of France after the Conclusion of the Peace : with 

 Letters relating thereto, from Mareschal Villars, and 

 Chamiliar, Secretary of State: as also, a Map describing 

 the Places mentioned in the Book. Written in French by 

 Colonel Cavallier, and translated into English. Dublin, 

 1726." 8vo.] 



The Phenix. — There has come lately into my 

 possession an 8vo. volume entitled The Phenix. 

 It is a collection of tracts, and contains amongst 

 others seemingly of interest a full account of 

 William Penn's trial. The volume is complete in 



itself, but is lettered on the back Vol. I. The 

 " undertakers," as the collectors and editors term 

 themselves, anticipated to continue the work. 

 Did The Phenix extend to more than one volume, 

 and if so, to how many ? S. S. S. 



[This work made 2 vols. 8vo. 1707—8. The Preface to 

 vol. ii., which gives some account of the collection, was 

 written « by the ingenious and Rev. Christopher O'Brien, 

 a Nonjuring Clergyman." (Dunton's certificate in Lans- 

 downe MS. 1024, p. 368. b.) A list of the Contents of 

 each volume is given in Darling's Cyclopadia Biblio- 

 graphica. See also " N. & Q." 2nd S. iv. 419. The re- 

 mainders of the edit. 1707, were reissued in 1721, with 

 a new and altered title-page, to which was prefixed a 

 paper on " The Book of Sports," making 12 pages.] 



Hyde Park in CromwelVs Time. — I have a 

 copy of a curious 4to. tract wanting the title- 

 page. The leaf a 2 commences thus : — 



" A Serious Letter sent by a Private Christian to the 

 Lady Consideration, the first day of May, 1656. 



" Lady. I am informed, fine M^^. Dust, Madam Spot, 

 and my Lady Paint, are to meet at Hide Park this after- 

 noon : much of pride will be there," &c. 



It then proceeds with a description of the 

 fashionable follies in Hyde Park on May Day in 

 a satirical strain, curiously interlarded with quo- 

 tations from the Scriptures condemning frivolity 

 and calling to religious reflection. The tract is 

 signed at the end with the author's initials, W. B., 

 and has this postscript : — 



" For Christ's sake do not tear nor fling this about, but 

 tell the Lords and Ladies of it ; and ask for the Green 

 Book, or the Ladies Trj'all." 



I want to know who is W. B., and what is the 

 tract's title in full, including printer's name, &c. 



F. 



[The work is entitled " The Yellow Book : or a Serious 

 Letter sent by a Private Christian to the Lady Consider- 

 ation, the first day of May, 1656, which she is desired to 

 Communicate in Hide Park to the Gallants of the Times 

 a little after sun-set : also, a Brief Account of the names 

 of some vain persons that intend to be there, whose Com- 

 pan}" the new Ladies are desired to forbear. London, 

 Printed, and are to be sold by Mr. Butler in Lincoln's- 

 Inn-Fields, neer the Three Tun Tavern, by the Market- 

 place, 1656." The author, W. B-. is unknown. It is 

 probably one of William Bagwell's facetious produc- 

 tions.] 



3Siei?liti, 



ambiguous rROPEU NAMES IN PROPHECIES. 



(2"" S. iv. 201. 352. ; v. 37. 174.) 



In former articles several predictions were col- 

 lected, both from ancient and modern history, 

 which misled some person of note respecting the 

 place or mode of his death, by the ambiguity of 

 a proper name or other material word, at the 

 same time that they professed to warn him of his 

 danger. In ancient times such deceitful oracles 

 were attributed to the envy or malignity of the 



