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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2'«i S. N" 67., Jan. 31. '57. 



FRANCIS GOUIiDMAN, THE LEXICOGRAPHER. 



Francis Gouldman, M.A., of Christ's College, 

 Cambridge, is stated by Newcourt {Repertorium, 

 ii. 449.) and Kennett (Note in Wood's Annals, 

 ed. Bliss, i. 439.) to have held the living of South 

 Okendon, Essex, fx-om March 26, 1634, until his 

 death ; he was succeeded by Offspring Blackall, 

 Jan. 24, 1689. Walker (Attempt, &c., pt. ii. 

 p. 251.) notices Gouldman's ejectment, and Calamy 

 names Burnaby as the intruder displaced by him 

 at the Restoration. The following extract from 

 Baker's MSS. shows how little his enemies could 

 find to object against this laborious scholar, whom 

 Adam Littleton (in the Latin preface to his Dic- 

 tionary, ed. 1678) commends alike for learning 

 and integrity, and Worthington for his pains in 

 editing Boyse's Notes on the Evangelists and Acts, 

 and the ninth volume of the Critici Saa-i (Wor- 

 thington's Miscellanies, Epist. 22, also in Mr. 

 Crossley's admirable edition of Wortbington's 

 Diary, published by the Chetham Society, vol. ii. 

 pt. 1. p. 96.). J. E. B. Mayor. 



St. John's College, Cambridge. 



Among " Ejectments of the Parochial Clergy from the 

 Books of the Committee for plundred Ministers, and the 

 Earle of Manchester's Books." — Baker's MSS. xxvii. 

 464. (Cambridge University Library.) 



*' Essex. Depositions of Witnesses against Francis Gould- 

 man, Rector of South Okeiiden, taken upon Oath before 

 the Com. for Scandalous Ministers for the s^ County, at 

 Ongar, 9o Aprill, 1644. 



"1. Inprimis, William Reinolds of South Okenden 

 afores"* yeoman sworne and examined doth say, that the 

 6^ Mr. Gouldman about the time of the Propositions did 

 say in this Pulpitt, that those that rayse armes against 

 y anointed, {^sic. Qy. anointed King ?] are anoynted 

 knaves, and that the Pari, raise armes against the King. 



" 2. Rob. Beomont, John Patch, and Earth. White of 

 South Okenden afores<i yeomen depose, that the s"* Mr. 

 Goldman did say in his Pulpitt about last winter was 

 twelvemonth, that an Asses head was once sold for 80 

 pieces of silver, but he hoped they would be at a cheaper 

 rate, for there were many gathered together. 



"3. W™. Reinolds further deposeth, that the s^i Mr. 

 Goldman refused to read divers ordinances of Pari, ap- 

 pointed to be read in the Church, saj'ing, they were not 

 fit to be read in the Church, and he looked to hear from 

 the Bp. first. 



" 4. All the s<i Deponents further say, that the s^ Mr. 

 Gouldman never prayed for y« Pari. 



" 5. John Patch deposeth, that the 8"^ Mr. Gouldman 

 refused to joyn in the Association, and sayd there would 

 come an Army out of the north, w"'' would prevent all 

 these Taxes. This was spoken about y^ time when the 

 Lord Gray went out. 



" 6. John Patch and W">. Reinolds further depose, that 

 the s<i Mr. Gouldman refused to lend any thing to the 

 Lord Fairfax, saying. Shall I take my children's bread, 

 and give it to My Lord Fairfax ? 



" 7. All the forenamed Deponents further say, that the 

 s"i Mr. Goldman preached but once on the Sabbath or on 

 the Fast dayes, and never catechised his Parishioners, for 

 the space of nine yeares together, or thereabouts . 



" 8. John Patch and W™. Reinolds likewise depose, that 

 the s** Mr. Gouldman is an enemy to frequent preaching 



and Lectures, and hath lately sayd in his Pulpitt, the 

 people cannot be contented now to have the word preached 

 on the Sabbath, but they must have Lectures forsooth. 



" 9. W™. Reinolds and Rob. Beomont likewise depose 

 that the s'^ Mr. Goldman had a Cart brought Broome to 

 his House all day long on a Fast day, and that day he sayd. 

 What, must we fast still ? W""" Reinolds further de- 

 poseth, that the s"! Mr. Goldman did say, It went against 

 his conscience to pay the Rates to the Parliament. 



" 10. All the forementioned Deponents further depose, 

 that Mr. Blunt, Curate to the s"^ Mr. Goldman, sayd in the 

 Pulpit in the hearing of Mr. G. that our Savior Christ 

 had nothing to leave us but his Cross and his Crown of 

 Thornes, and his naj-les and the appurtenances thereof, 

 the beautifying of the Church, and the engraveing and 

 the needlework : And the Separatists, Brownists, Ana- 

 baptists, and Schismaticks take away these our Legacies 

 W^^ our Saviour left us. 



"And that the s'l Curate the last Sabbath day did say 

 in the hearing likewise of the s* Mr. G., We must now 

 have new upstart Reformation forsooth, and none are so 

 well liked of now as those that delight to preach and 

 pray by the Spirit (as they call it). And they are never 

 out, because they are never in. 



" The Parsonage of South Okenden is worth 120"^ per 

 an. Mr. Gouldman hath a wife and five children, his 

 personall estate is near 50"''. per annum. 



" We returne his answere : he appeareth to be ill af- 

 fected, and an Idle Minister. 



" Ric. Everard, W>n. Masham, Ed. Bickhead, H. Hol- 

 croft, W"". Martin, Car. H. Mildmay, W«n. Astwood. 



" An Ejectment granted an. 1644, the day not men- 

 tioned. 



"[This Idle Minister was the Compiler of the Dic- 

 tionary', that bears his name.] 



" Nov. 8. 1645. Ordered a fifth part to Abigail, the wife 

 of Franc. Gouldman — from whome y" Rectory of South 



Okinden is sequestred unless cause be shewn to the 



contrary, &c." 



Minav ^att^. 



Riddle of Chcsremon. — A riddle of Chagremon, 

 concerning the vine, in two trochaic tetrameters, 

 is cited in Cocondrius de Tropis, in Rhct, Grmc, 

 vol. viii. p. 790., ed. Walz : 



""Eapos y) vufjii^ri, rixvov rt ixera, Oipovi es iiiTTepov' 

 '^v xmkmvi, S' otxETai aiiv t<^ avifnoi iceKapjacVi). ' 



Where Boissonade says : 



"Puto dictam fuisse"vitem veris conjugem obflorem; 

 aestatis filiam ob fructum qui tunc maturescit; serius, 

 autumno nempe, fieri matrem, vini scilicet ; dein hieme 

 vento attonsam." 



It is clear that the first verse is defective, Inas- 

 much as it wants a verb ; and that the inter- 

 pretation of Boissonade, which supposes the vine 

 to be the daughter of the summer, and which 

 interpolates the autumn, notwithstanding the 

 silence of the original, is untenable. The sense 

 is restored by reading reKi'o7 for TeKvov, in line 1., 

 and in line 2. the metre requires raveVy. 



Chseremon was a tragic poet, anterior to Ari- 

 stotle and Theophrastus, both of whom quote 

 verses from his dramas. Many extracts from his 

 plays occur in Athenaeus. His fragments are col- 



