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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2«'<» S. VII. June 4, 'o9. 



a spirit, call it a ghost (gbeist)," — and so the 

 word became of universal use. A. A. 



Poets' Corner. 



Quotation : On Waltzing (2"'' S. vli. 359.) — 

 The " Lines on Waltzing" are quoted not quite 

 correctly. They are as follows in a copy which 

 I have, under a picture dated 1815 : — 



" What! the girl I adore by another embraced? 

 What! the balm of her lip shall another man taste? 

 What ! touched in the twirl hy another man's knee? 

 What! panting recline on another than me? 

 Sir, she is yours : from the grape you have pressed 



the soft blue : 

 From the rose you have shaken the tremulous dew : 

 What you have touched 3'ou may take : Pretty 

 waltzer, adieu. 



« By Sir H. E., Bart." 



Before I looked into a Baronetage on the sub- 

 ject, my memory suggested Sir Henry Englefield. 



It appears, however, that of fourteen baronets 

 whose surnames had at that time the initial E., no 

 less than six had the letter H. for the initial of 

 their Christian name. These were Sir Henry 

 Edwardes ; Sir Howard Elphinstone ; Sir Henry 

 Charles Englefield ; Sir Henry Etherington ; Sir 

 Hugh Everard ; Sir Henry Every. 



The baronetcy of Englefield has since become 

 extinct. T. C. 



Torture (2"'> S. vii. 359. 406.)— H. Kensington 

 will find ample intelligence on torture and its 

 mode of application, with cuts of infernal imple- 

 ments, in Foxe's Acts and Monuments ; Morland's 

 Persecutions of the Waldenses ; Clarke's Alartyr- 

 ology ; Tanner's Societatis Jesu, folio, Prague, 

 1675; Theatrum Crudelitatem Hcereticorum Nostri 

 Temporis, small 4to., Antwerp, 1604. A Flemish 

 mode of torture is depicted by the burying a monk 

 to his necjc, his head only being above ground, and 

 then knocking it to pieces with bowls. In a series 

 of plates published in Paris, "Le Moyen Age et la 

 Renaissance," under the head of " Prisons — Exe- 

 cutions — Tortures," are some very descriptive of 

 the mode of torturing in presence of a judge. A 

 taste of these horrors, and the Chinese punish- 

 ments, would satiate the Beelzebub of Vampires 

 or Ghouls. George Offor. 



Torture (2"^ S. vii. 859.) — Your correspondent 

 Mb. Henry Kensington will find an instance re- 

 corded in the Annual Register for 1767. The most 

 harrowing instance in modern times (among Euro- 

 peans, I mean) was probably tlie impalement alive 

 of the Arab who slew General Kleber during the 

 French invasion of Egypt. J. 



^ Catch-cope Bells (2"« S. vii. 417.) — This ques- 

 tion was asked in P' S. iii. 407. At the time I 

 ventured to suggest that the word might mean 

 cache-corps, i.e. funeral, or passing-bell, which 

 suggestion will be found in P* S. iv. 299. 



J. Eastwood. 



On buying a Bible (2"'^ S. vii. 434.) —Michael 

 Bruce died at his father's house, near Kinross, in 

 Scotland, in 1767. His Bible was found on his 

 pillow, and on the blank leaf this verse was writ- 

 ten, viz, : 



" 'Tis very vain for me to boast 

 How small a price my Bible cost: 

 The day of judgment will make clear, 

 'Twas very cheap — or very dear." 



These lines are extracted from the Life of the 

 poet published in 1837; whether they appeared in 

 print at an earlier date I know not, but they are 

 so similar to the lines furnished by G. N. as to 

 point to a common origin. John Husband. 



I have the following version of the lines quoted 

 by G. N. in manuscript, and, like him, I should 

 be glad to know whence they came : — 



" This was the price the volume cost. 



Was't cheap or dear? Ah, who can tell ? 

 The answer lies in heaven, or hell. 

 In the soul saved, or doublj' lost. 

 The day of judgment will make clear, 

 'Twas very cheap, or very dear." 



C. W. Bingham. 



Quotation (2"'' S. vii. 393.) — In " Madagascar, 

 with other Poems, 2nd edition, by AV. Davenant, 

 Knight, 1648," J. Y. will find these lines at p. 77. : 



" Epitaph on J. Walker. 



" Envy'd, and loved, here lies the Prince of mirth, 

 Who laugh'd, at tlie grave bus'nesse of the Earth, 

 Look'rt on ambitious States-men with such ej'es, 

 As might discerne them guiltv, could not wise," &c. 

 &c. 



Belater-Adime, 



Culverkeys (2"'^ S. vii. 303.) — I think this is 

 white clover ; Cleofer-wort in Saxon, from deafer, 

 to cleave. As to key, the parts of a clover leaf 

 much resemble the top of an ancient key. White 

 clover blossoms at the same time as the cowslip, 

 and flourishes in a like situation ; moist, not wet. 

 The ash and catkin keys I consider of another 

 class ; and they resemble keys on a lady's chate- 

 laine. F. C. B. 



Cabry and Halcroiv Families (2"'^ S. vi. 70. 

 396.; 2"" S. vii. 400.)— If W. H.F. will kindly for- 

 ward his address to J. F. C, 22. High Street, 

 Bloomsbury, London, he will greatly oblige him. 



Feminine of " his'n " (2°^ S. vii. 386.) — Your 

 correspondent J. P. does not quote the lines cor- 

 rectly. They appeared in poor Tom Hood's Co??»'c 

 Annual for 1832, and are introduced in a supposed 

 dialogue between two rustics, "Huggins" and 

 "Duyrgins," who celebrate the charms of their re- 

 spective fair enslavers. One of the shepherds 

 declares that, 



" Search through all great and little Bampstead, 

 You'll only find one Peggy Plumbstead." 



The correct version of the stanza quoted by J. 



