2 "IS. VII. May 28. '69.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



447 



Epigram (2'"^ S. vii. 418.) — I do not know 

 who was the author of the epigram quoted by 

 Abhba, but the noblemen alluded to are the 

 Earls of Spencer and Sandwich ; the former of 

 whom devised (or is said to have done so) an 

 overcoat without skirts, much worn by elderly 

 gentlemen within my remembrance, and called 

 after its inventor a Spencer. Lord Sandwich 

 brought into fashion the luncheon of seasoned 

 meat between slices of bread and butter which 

 goes by his name. \ -t-'i'iv John Pavin Phillips. 

 " Haverfordwest. 'liiJoosq !^;- 



" When Tom Macaulay's Indian sits, 

 Where London's ruins stretch afar, 

 Little he'll think of England's fame. 

 Of Waterloo and Trafalgar. 



" Yet England's Earls e'en then shall live, 

 Remember'd by our tawny censor, 

 Whilst yet he boasts his ' Sandvick ' box, 

 And \vi'aps him in his * Spencer.' " 



From an old contributor, the gravity of whose 

 character and profession shelter themselves under 

 the mask of Enscorus (which he hopes to be). 



Brest-summer, or Bressommer (2"*^ S. vii. 89, 

 404.) — On a term like this, which has excited so 

 mucli inquiry, and puzzled so many wise heads, 

 one is almost afraid to risk an opinion. The fol- 

 lowing is offered, subject to correction, and with- 

 out any wish to disparage tlie explanations given 

 by previous correspondents. 



Summer, or sommer, is the " great master- 

 beame in building " (Cotgrave), " the principal 

 beam of a floor" (Ilalliwell). What, then, is 

 bressommer, or brest-summer ? 



Bi-et is in German a board or plank. Bret- 

 summer, then, bressommer, or brest-sommer, is 

 simply the beam or girder which supports the 

 hoards or flooring, the floor-beam. 



The origin of hret is supposed to be the old 

 German pritsche, something made of wrought 

 timber, boards, or planks. {Cf. Gr. irpi^ew, to 

 saw.) Thomas Boys. 



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A Xote to the Cornivallis Papers ; embracing, with other 

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