2n'> S. Ko 6§^ Jan. 24. '67.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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death master of the Scottish incorporation in London. 

 He died the 23d of January, 1675,* aged 39. To whose 

 memory tiiis monument was caused to be erected by 

 John Allan, lilsq., Mr. Andrew M'=Dougal,t &c., faithful 

 executors of his last will.' 



His Epitaph engraven on the Monument, §*c. 



" ' In vain an epitaph should the(e) commend 

 Thou that was pious, just, a faithful friend, 

 Doom'd to a trade, yet blest with all that can 

 Adorn the person of a gentleman. 

 Industrious wisdom thy estate did plant, 

 Yet more thou wert, a zealous protestant. 

 Skill in thy art, thee to the court did bring, 

 And made the(e) suit the genius of a King. 

 Could I say more, 'twere but thy merits due, 

 And all that read thy name would say 'twas true.' " 



G.N. 



iHtnor ^xittiti tatt!) ^n^toer^. 



Thomas Bromley. — The above-mentioned 

 •writer published a treatise entitled The Way to 

 the Sabbath of Rest, about 1670, which was re- 

 printed in 1710 and 1761. The editor of the 

 edition of 1710 states the author was of All Souls 

 College, Oxon, that he held many MSS. of his, 

 which hef)urpospd to print, if the first publication 

 proved acceptable to the public. It is somewhat 

 remarkable that no notice of him is to be found in 

 Wood's AthencB Oxonienses. I shall be glad to 

 know if he i)ublished any other treatise than that 

 mentioned above, or if anything is known of the 

 author's MSS. \ whether they exist, and if so, 

 where they may be found ? C. J. S. 



[We have before us the edition of 1692 of The Way to 

 the Sabbath of Rest, 4to. Tlie preface states that " this 

 Treatise was writ and published by the author in his 

 Youth, about forty j'ears since ; " so that the first edition 

 appeared about 1652. The editions of 1710, London, 8vo. 

 and " reprinted at Germantown, Philadelphia," 4to., 1759, 

 contain two other Discourses by Bromley, namely. The 

 Journeys of the Children of Isi'ael, and A Treatise of Ex- 

 traordinary Divine Dispensations, under the Jewish and 

 Gospel Dispensations. We suspect the latter edition was 

 edited by the Rev. Thomas Hartley, Rector of Winwick, 

 in Northamptonshire, who, it will be remembered, added 

 A Short Defence of the Mystical Writers to his Paradise 

 Restored, 8vo., 1764. In the Sloane MS., 2569, is a short 

 Sermon from Mount Olives, by Thomas Bromley, probably 

 the same individual, as the volume contains several mys- 

 tical pieces. Cf. « K & Q.," 2n'i S. ii. 488.] 



The Battle of Prague. — It is not known, I am 

 told, who composed this once famous piece of 

 music. Are there any surmises on the subject ? 



Henry T. Rilet. 



[This piece has been attributed to Franz Kotzwara or 

 Koczwara, a musician born in Prague, who came to Lon- 

 don about the year 1791, after which he published some 

 songs and instrumental music] 



[* 1678. •{• Andrew Mackdowall. These various read- 

 ings occur in The New View of London, yvhere the epi- 

 taph is given. As it is omitted in Str3'pe'3 Stow, and 

 Seymour's London and Westminster, we suspect that it 

 has been destroyed.] 



Sir Robert Steele. — There was published in 

 1 840, by Sir Robert Steele, The Marine Officer, 

 2 vols. Is the author still living ? X. 



[Col. Sir Robert Steele, of Beaminster House, Dorset, 

 died at Paris, in the early part of the year 1842. See 

 Gent. Mag. for Feb. 1842, p. 229.] 



Letters of the Pascals. — In 1844 there was an- 

 nounced as " sous presse, pour paraitre incessara- 

 ment," under the editorship of M. Faugere, the 

 Lettres, Opuscules, et Memoircs de Gilberte et 

 Jacqueline, Sceurs de Pascal, et de Marguerite 

 Perier, sa Niece, I have made more than one un- 

 successful attempt to procure the work. Is it out 

 of print ? So I have been told. Or, was it never 

 printed ? This answer I have also received. If 

 you, or any of your readers, can give me informa- 

 tion on the subject, I shall be obliged. H. M. T. 



[This work was published with the following title in 

 1845 : Lettres, Opuscules et Memoires de Madame Perier et 

 de Jacqueline, Sceurs de Pascal, et de Marguerite Perier, sa 

 Niece, publics sur les manuscrits ofiginaux par M. P. 

 Faug^re. Paris, Auguste Yaton, Libraire-Editeur, Rue 

 du Bac, 46. 1845. 8m] 



" Heptameron."' — 



"Heptameron, or the History of the Fortunate Lovers; 

 written by the most Excellent and most Virtuous Princess, 

 Margaret de Valois, Queen of Navarre." 



This is a small 8vo. which I have recently ac- 

 quired, and am inclined to think it rare. It is 

 Englished by Robert Codrington, M. A., and 

 printed at London, 1654. I wish to know if I am 

 right as to its rarity ; also where the French ori- 

 ginal may be seen, and to have some account of 

 the translator. J. C. Witton. 



Bath. 



[The British Museum contains several editions of the 

 French original ; in the King's library are the following 

 copies : L'' Heptameron des Nouvelles de Marguerite de 

 Valois ; remis en son vray ordre, par Claude Gruget, 

 4to., Paris, 1559 ; Le Meme, 4to., Paris, 1560 ; Le Meme, 

 16mo., Paris, 1567; Le Meme, avec des figures gravees 

 d'apres les dessins de Freudenberg et Dunker, 3 vols. 8vo., 

 Berne, 1780-1. This is a beautiful large paper copy. 

 Robert Codrington, the translator, was a miscellaneous 

 writer, born of an ancient family in Gloucestershire in 

 1602, and educated at Oxford. He died of the plague, in 

 London in 1665. For a list of his publications and trans- 

 lations, see Wood's Athence by Bliss, iii. 699. Codrington's 

 editions oi Heptameron are considered rare ; the sale prices 

 in Lowndes are 2Z. 2s. and 2Z. 8s. A new translation of 

 this work, by Walter K. Kelly, has recently been pub- 

 lished among Bohn's Extra Volumes.] 



The Lottery Diamond. — What is the story at- 

 tached to this diamond ? And in whose posses- 

 sion is it at present ? Henry T. Riley. 



[This is called the Pigot diamond, weight 47^ carats, 

 for the disposal of which a lottery was permitted Jan. 2, 

 1801 ; it was afterwards sold at Christie's auction for 

 9500 guineas, Maj' 10, 1802, and knocked down to Messrs. 

 Parker & Birketts, pawnbrokers, of Princes Street. It is 

 stated in The Times of May 12, 1802, that Mr. Christie 



