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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd s. No G3., Mar. 14. '57. 



slave, and victory^ or some such word, was pro- 

 bably the antecedent to which. 



But quarry is used in a third sense, the only 

 one to be found in our ordinary dictionaries, 

 namely, that of the living game, the object of 

 pursuit. This seems to have originated with 

 Spenser, that perverter of words from their true 

 meaning : for he has — 



" Whilst they together for the quarry strove." 



F. Queene, vi. 2. 20., 



meaning the lady. In this he was followed by 

 Milton in — 



" Sagacious of his quarry from afar," 



Par. Lost, x. 281., 



and then by Akenside and other poets. 



Bale. — This is another perplexity to lexico- 

 graphers. To me it has always seemed to be 

 merely another form of bane : for I and n, it is 

 well-known, are commutable, ex. gr. infantile, in- 

 fantine. There is little difference of sense be- 

 tween baleful and baneful, much less than between 

 home and born, which were originally the same, 

 the latter referring to gestation, while now it is 

 confined to parturition. 



The mention of bale induces me to notice an- 

 other passage of Shakspeare. In Hamlet (Act I. 

 Sc. 4.) the text is — 



" . . . . The dram of eale 

 Doth all the noble substance, of a doubt 

 To his own scandal." 



Here eale is, beyond doubt, a mere misprint for 

 evil, or for ill. In our ordinary editions, however, 

 the word given is base ; whence Delius, who is 

 bringing out an edition of Shakspeare in Germany, 

 has, as he probably thinks very cleverly, given 

 bale as the true reading. Would any born En- 

 glishman have done so ? I think not. As for 

 often dout, the usual correction for of a doubt, I 

 simply reject it. Thos. Keightley. 



INEDITED LETTERS OF DE. FRANKLIN. 



I enclose you copies of two letters of Dr. 

 Franklin, which do not appear ever to have been 

 printed ; they seem to be leaves out of his letter 

 book, tlie drafts or copies of the letters sent. 

 The erasures and interlineations in No. 10. are 

 as in the original, which is in my possession. You 

 will perhaps think them worth preserving by 

 printing them in your valuable periodical. 



W. C. Trevelyan. 

 Wallington. 



« No. 10. 

 " Dr. Franklin presents his best Respects to Lord 

 Stanhope, with many Thanks to his Lordship and Lord 



Chatham for the * Communication of so authentic a Copy 



of the Motion. Dr. F. ic fiill -» f fiU'd with Admiration 



of ife. 



(^ that truly great Man. He has 



Course of Life, often 



sometimes Eloquence without Wisdom, and j-om'C^:."L?.a. 

 Wisdom without Eloquence; k:t r;- r in, the present 

 Instance he sees both united ; and both, as he thinks, in 

 the highest Degree possible. 



" Craven Street, Jan. 23, —75." 

 ^ This appears to relate to Lord Chatham's mo- 

 tion (Jan. 20) for an Address to his Majesty for 

 recalling the troops from Boston. 

 « No. 19. 

 " Grafton Street, Feb. 20, 1775. 

 " Not having had a convenient opportunity to talk 

 with Lord Hyde until this morning, on the subject I 

 mentioned when I had, my worthy friend, the pleasure to 

 see 3'ou last, I now give you the earliest information of 

 his Lordship's sentiments upon mj' proposition. 



" He declares he has no personal objections, and that 

 he is always desirous of the conversation of Men of 

 Knowledge. Consequently, in that respect, would have 

 a pleasure in yours. But he apprehends, that on the 

 present American contest, your principles and his, or 

 rather those of Parliament, are as yet so wide from each 

 other, that a meeting merely to discuss them, might give 

 you unnecessary trouble. Should you think otherwise ; 

 or should any propitious circumstances approximate such 

 distant sentiments, he would be happy to be used as a 

 channel to convey what might tend to harmony, from a 

 Person of credit, to those in power. 



" And I will venture to advance, from my knowledge 

 of his Lordship's opinion of Men and things, that nothing 

 of that nature would suffer in the passage. 

 " I am, with a sincere regard, 



" Your most obed' Serv. 



" Howe." 

 Addressed — 

 " To Doctor Franklin." 



(^Draft of Answer.') 

 " No. 20. 

 « Craven Street, Feb. 20. —75. 

 " Having nothing to offer on the American Business 

 in Addition to what Lord Hyde is alreadj' acquainted 

 with from the Papers that have passed, it seems most 

 respectful not to give his Li' the Trouble of a Visit, since 

 a mere Discussion of the Sentiments contained in those 

 Papers is not in his Opinion likely to produce any good 

 Effect. I am thankful, however, to his Lordship for the 

 Permission of Waiting on him, which I shall use if any- 

 thing occurs that may give a Chance of Utility in such 

 an Interview. 



" W^ith sincere Esteem and Respect, I have the honour 

 to be, my Lord, 



" Your Lordship's most obed* 



" hum' Serv*, 



" B. F. 

 " Lord Howe." 



From the originals in the possession of Mrs. 

 Alex. Wyndham, Westlodge, Blandford, Dorset- 

 shire. 



MEMORIAL OF WILLIAM TYNDALE. 



In the library of St. Paul's Cathedral (13 D. 

 21.) is a copy of Sermones discipuli de tempore et de 

 Sanctis, una cum promptuario exemplorum, printed 

 Argentina;, 1495. In the very full and complete 



