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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd s. N« 63., Mab. 14. '57. 



while boys just arrived at manhood hold their 

 heads higher, and show tokens of great satisfaction, 

 if any good-natured lass affixes the coveted mark, 



D.R.F. 

 Butler and Chatterton. — 



« One of tlie Chaplains of the Bishop of Exeter has 

 found a line of Kowley in Hudibras." Horace Walpole to 

 Cole, June 19, 1777. — Historical and Literary/ Curiosities, 

 by Charles John Smith. 



Can any one of your readers direct me to the 

 line, or inform me who was the chaplain ? Has 

 the letter from which the above extract is taken 

 been published in any of the collections of Horace 

 Walpole's Correspondence ? * H. J. 



Sheffield. 



Rastell, and Methwold or MetKotd. — MS. Diary 

 of events between 1631 and 1635. At the end of 

 a MS., written temp. Car. I , is a diary of some 

 events between these years in the handwriting of 

 a person unknown. A clue may be afforded by 

 the following extracts, which seem to show that 

 he was brother-in-law to persons of the name of 

 liastcll and Methold or Methwold, viz. : 



"I write to my brother Biistell the 24"' March, 1G31." 

 " I write to my brother Methold, President of the East 

 Indies, into the Downes, 27 March, 1633, of the comitt- 

 ment of Sir Maurice Druramond, Usher of the Privy 

 Chamber, for some affront to the Earl of Carlile." 



The MS. in 1648 belonged to "Onslow Gardy- 

 ner," as is indicated by the autograph on a fly-leaf. 

 Can any of your correspondents throw light upon 

 the subject ? G. 



Alteration of Climate and Progressive Variation 

 of the Seasons in England. — I should feel in- 

 debted to any of your correspondents who would 

 refer me to data on this subject. Allusions bear- 

 ing upon the point in chronicles or letters before 

 1600 would be especially valuable. 



Vincent Sternberg. 



The Letters of Abelard, — In an old number of 

 the Quarterly Reviexo (No. cxvi., April 1837), is 

 a notice of the " Original Letters, Manuscripts, 

 and State Papers," collected by W. Upcott ; and 

 among the letters of eminent persons of early 

 times it states that the above contained " a small 

 collection" of Peter Abelard's Letters, "of inesti- 

 mable value in showing us the state of learning 

 and of education at the same period." Now I 

 would ask, was the above a published work, or 

 merely a miscellaneous and inedited collection ? 

 No vestiges of them are to be found in the British 

 Museum, and I have been informed that they 

 were probably disposed of by sale at the collector's 

 death. Can any of your learned readers, who 



[* This Query, which appeared ift " N. & Q." 1'* S. x. 

 826., remains unanswered. The letter is printed in Wal- 

 pole's Letters, edit. 1840, vol. v. p. 466.] 



with me are disposed to consider Abelard as a 

 " Representative Man," give any clue to the hahi- 

 tat of these most precious documents ? Ardens. 



PascaVs Letters. — Can you give me the ex- 

 planation of the following letters, used by B. Pas- 

 cal as subscription to his third letter ? 

 « E. A. A. B. P. A. F. D. E. P." 



L. G. R. 



[In M'Crie's edition of TTie Provincial Letters, 1847, 

 occurs the following note to Letter III. : " In NicoU's edi- 

 tion this letter is signed with the initials E. A. A. B. P. A. 

 F. D. E. P., which seem merely a chance medley of letters, 

 to quiz those who were so anxious to discover the au- 

 thor." Under the difficulty, however, perhaps a guess 

 may be allowed. The letter concludes, " Tell all our 

 friends the news of the censure, and lo^^e me while I am, 

 E. A. A. B. P. A. F. D. E. P.," id est, Et Ami Affectionne', 

 Blaise Pascal, Ami Fidfele, Devout Et Parfait.] 



Old Work on Chess. — Has the following black- 

 letter 12mo. ever been reprinted? Is it scarce, or 

 of value ? 



" The Pleasaunt and wittie Playe of the Cheasts re- 

 newed, with Instructions both to learne it easely and to 

 play it well. Lately translated out of Italian into French ; 

 And now set furth in Englishe by James Eowbotham, 

 Printed at London by Eowlande Hall for James Kow- 

 bothum, and are to be sold at hys shoppe vnder Bowe 

 churche in Cheape syde, 1562." 



It has 108 pages, and is illustrated with dia- 

 grams. Any information about it will oblige 



Henry Kensington. 



[The bibliography of this work is curious. The ear- 

 liest practical writer on chess is Lucena, whose treatise, 

 entitled Arte breue, e introduccion inuy necessaria para 

 saber jugar at Axedres, con ciento y cincuente Jiiegos de 

 partido, Salamanca, 4to., was published about 1495. This 

 work was copied by Damiano, who published a treatise 

 at Rome in 1512, entitled Libro da imparare giuocara a 

 Scacchi, &c., 4to., which was translated into English by 

 James Rowbotham in 1562. Another edition of the En- 

 glish translation was printed by Thomas Marshe in 1569. 

 In 1813, Mr. J. H. Sarratt also translated the works of 

 Damiano, Rui Lopez, and Salvio, on the Game of Chess. 

 It is a curious fact that Damiano's work was in its turn 

 copied without acknowledgment by D. Antonio Porto. 

 Rowbotham's translation sold for 4Z. 14s. M. at Towne- 

 ley's sale. Cf. Lowndes's Manual and Penny Cyclo., art. 

 Chess.} 



" The Catalogue of Honor." — Who is the author 

 of the following work : The Catalogue of Honor, or 

 Tresury of True Nobility peculiar and proper to the 

 Isle of Great Britaine. London, printed by Wm. 

 Jaggard, 1610, fol. ? Is it a rare work, and what 

 may be its value ? D. Lloyd. 



[This work was originally commenced \>y Robert 

 Glover, Somerset Herald, and completed by his nephew, 

 Thomas Milles, Customer of the port of Sandwich, and 

 Keeper of Rochester Castle. A MS. in the Bodleian Li- 

 brary has the following remark: "I* Peter Le Neve, 



