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NOTES AND QUEHIES. 



(;2nd g. No 54, Jan. 10. '67. 



1499, qusB longe caeteris receatioribus honestior est illius 

 concilii editio." 



" In this 32nd letter, printed in Brown, vol. ii. p. 331., 

 the bishop, after reciting that the house of God is not to be 

 turned into a house of scurrility, and that it is detestable 

 to profane the Circumcision of Christ, which is a token 

 of spiritual circumcision, with the filth of libidinous plea- 

 sures, thus proceeds : ' Quapropter vobis mandamus, in 

 virtute obedientiaa firmiter injungentes quatenus festum 

 stultorum, cum sit vanitate plenum et voluptatibus spur- 

 cum, Deo odibile et dtemonibus amabilcj de cetero in ec- 

 clesia Lincoln, die venerandaj solennitatis Circumcisionis 

 Domini nullatenus permittatis fieri.' " 



" In Mr. Edwards's ' Bedford Missal ' is the following 



inscription under the month of February : ' Comment 



en Fevrier on souloit faire la feste aux fols et aux mors.' " 



" ' Triomphe de I'Abb^ des Cornards,' &c., 1587. 12mo. 



Brunet, ii. 589. 



" On the ' Prince de la Grange,' see Ereljii's account in 

 Archaeol., xviii. 315. 



" Guillaume .Rucher a fait un gros volume des Rois 

 de I'Epinette h I'lsle de Flandres," &c. Menestrier's 

 • Art du Blason,' p. 64. 



" ' Stultorum ferise appellabantur Quiriualia.' Festus, 

 y. Stultus. 

 "Koi des Menestriers et des Jongleurs, 

 des Merciers. Cotgrave. 

 des Charpentiers. 

 des Barbiers. 

 des Arbalestriers, 

 des Ribauds. v- D'Artlghy, iv. 305. Cotgr. v. 



Ribauld. 

 des Poetes. 

 de la Bazoche. 

 d'Armes. 

 de I'Espinette." 



W. D. M. 



A " VBNTtJBE " IN THE " GOOD OLD TIMES *' OF 

 QUEBN ELIZABETH. 



Sir Francis Drake being dead, a dispute arose 

 between his relatives, the Drakes, as to the dis- 

 posal of certain money, and proceedings were in- 

 stituted in the Exchequer, where the following 

 statement was made by one of the Drakes : 



"To the Right Hon'able Thomas «Erle of Dorsett Lord 

 High Threasorer of England S' George Howne Knight, 

 Lord of Barwicke Chancello' of the Kings Ma«i«» Exche- 

 quer S"" Thomas Flemynge Knight Lord Chief Baron 

 and the rest of the Barons there. 

 "Pas' A" 2 ft Jacobi. 

 " In humble wise complayneth and sheweth unto yo' 



food Lordshipps your daylie Orato' Francys Drake esquier 

 ole Executor of the last will and Testament of Richard 



Drake Esquier his late deceased S"' Francys 



Drake Knight deceased did in his lief time undertake a 

 voyage, viz. in the yeare of our Lord God 1585 from this 

 Realme of England unto the West Indees to Saincto Do- 

 mingo, Cartagena • • • • Indees with two of 



the Shipps of the late Queene Elizabeth thone called the 

 Elizabeth Bonaventure thother called the Ayd w"^ div's 

 M'channts Shipps. In w"'' voyage the said late Queene 



did adventure . TnoWsand pounds in money 



and did also adventure in the said voyage in the said 

 Shippings and otherwise Tenn thowsand pounds more 

 amountinge in the whole to Twenty Thowsaml pounds 

 And the said S'' Fra« retomed from the said 



voyage into this Realme in the yeare 1586, the said late 

 Queene did upon his said retourne appoynt S' Willm 

 Wynter Knight deceased Captaine Martyne Forbisher 

 deceased ..<..... Knight deceased Sir Richard Mar- 

 tyne Knight S'' John Harte Knight deceased Christopher 

 Carliell esquier deceased and Thomas Smythe then Cus- 

 tom' of London likewise deceased Commissioners to take 

 a .... 1 1 ... of the said voyage att the hands of the 

 said S'' Francys Drake which said Comniissioners entet- 

 inge into the said accompt did fynd and agree that the 

 charge of the said Fleete before the goinge fourth thereof 

 out of the Realme did . ^ . . . ; . Fifty seaven Thowsand 

 pounds and that the Gould Bullion Piatt, mohey .Jewells 

 Pearles Brasse Ordihaunce Shippinge and other Warres 

 and m'chauntdize vf^^ were retotlrned in the said voyage 

 the third beinge taken .....*.. Marryners and de- 

 fray all other charges did amounte unto Forty five thow- 

 sand nyne hundred eight pounds eighteen shillings and 

 sixpence as by an Accompt thereof ratyfied and allowed 



by the said Commissioners may appere and 



ytt was agreed and ordered by the said Commission' (the 

 devident being made and the valew knowne of the goods 

 soe brought home) that there should bee payd to cv'y , 

 adventorer in that Journey Fifteen shillings in the pound ' 

 And whiche . . . . i . . appeareth b}' the said Accompt 

 that the whole some w*'' was payed to the said late 

 Queene and the rest of the adventorers of the said fifteen 

 shillings in the pound did amount but unto the soiiie of 



Forty two thowsand Seaveri , i Fifty pounds 



and that there did remayne in the hands of the said S"^ 

 Francys Drake of the' said fifteen shillings in the pound 

 dew to the said late Queene and thother adventorers the 



Some of three thowsand one hundred pounds 



fyfteen shillings and six pence w''' beinge added to the 

 Forty two thowsand Seaven hundred and fifty pounds 

 payd doth make upp the Some of Forty five thowsafld 

 nyne hundered eight pounds eighteen shillings six pence 

 &ft &c." 



By the foregoing wd learn that the late Queeii 

 Elizabeth, with other adventurers, risked a large 

 sum of money with the hope, as we may presume, 

 of gainittg considerable profit) or at least some- 

 thing in the way of interest for their money, from 

 the " ventute ; ' but on the returii of the expe- 

 dition, and after making up an account of profit 

 and loss, the adventurers were content to pUt up 

 with a dividend of fifteen shillings in the pound. 

 It does not appear whethet a dissolution of part- 

 nership took place. 



It may possibly be of some slight interest to the 

 future historian to know the following facts rela- 

 tive to the capture by Sir Francis Drake of the 

 treasure ships of the famous SpftUish Armada. 

 We give verbatim the interrogatories Which were 

 put to the witnesses, and the depositions made by 

 them in answer : 



" Exchequer Depositions, 3 James I., Michaelmas, 



Devon. No, 19. 



"Iilterrogatories to bee administred to Witnesses produced 



on the parte and behalfe of Thomas Drake Esquier Com- 



playnjlte against Frauncys Drake Esquier and Jonas 



Bodenham defendanntes. 



1 Inprimis do j'©"* knowe the plaj'ntife and deffendannts 

 and did yo'" knowe Sir Frauncis Drake Knighte deceassed 

 and Richard Drake Esquier deceassed in theire lief tymes 

 yea or noe. 



" 2 Item do yo^ not knowe or underst^tle thatt the 



