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KOTES AND QUEHIES. 



[2n* S. No 63., Mar. 14. '57. 



the following June. He desires to be buried at Ampthill, 

 and alms to be given to the pavislies through which his 

 funeral would pass, and a marble monument to be erected 

 to his memory, witli an inscription mentioning his father 

 and motlter, his brother William, and his brothers Ed- 

 ward and Francis, the one dead at the Hague, the other 

 at Paris during the late usurpation ; and his executors 

 miglit add what they pleased about his own services in 

 America and elsewhere. Ke prays his executors to be 

 * earnest solicitors with his Highness for the money due 

 to him.' 



" His executors fulfilled his injunctions by erecting a 

 white marble monument to his memory in the north-east 

 corner of the chancel of Ampthill Church, in the upper 

 part of which the cannon ball which caused his death is 

 enclosed, with the words / Instrumentum mortis et immor- 

 talitatis.' The inscription on tlie monument is long, 

 and may be read in Pennant's Journey from Chester to 

 London, Appendix, p. 447." 



BSIUASUS. 



(2»'» S. iU. 155.) 

 I am sorry to say I am not convinced by P. 

 First I will reply to his questions, the last first, 

 ami then the other will explain itself. What does 

 " quid credas aut cui credas " mean ? Terence 

 himself shall explain — " Tibi credo hoc." So 

 that the meaning of " quid credas" is, In what to 

 rely upon some one not expressed, the accusa- 

 tive not depending on the verb at all, but on a 

 preposition understood, as in the Greek accusa- 

 tive ir\-fiTronai rrjc Ke<pa\r]v, and SO we find, in place 

 of this accusative, a genitive " Cui omnium rerum 

 credit," which means in all things. I still there- 

 fore, affirm that credo does not properly mean to 

 believe at all without a dative or preposition after 

 it expressed or understood. But this is not all: 

 credo certainly never means to believe a person 

 except when followed by a dative or preposition. 

 We, however, use "credible" of witnesses as well 

 as facts, which is precisely the same as saying 

 " reliable." I will now add a few examples, 1st 

 of analogous words ; 2nd of irregular words ; 

 3rd of English words ending in "ble" with an ac- 

 tive signification — there are so many in English 

 that it would be impossible to give them all : 



Ist. Medicabilis ; of persons. 



Navigabilis ; capable of being sailed (in), which is 



just as absurd as relied (on). 

 Laughable ; to be laughed (at). 

 Accountable ; to be accounted (for). 

 Acquaintable ; to be acquainted (with). 

 Available ; to be availed (of). 

 Eatable; to be bated or fought (for), and so de- 



bateable ; to be debated (about). 

 Habitable ; to be dwelt (in). 



Indictable (offence) (for which) we maybe indicted. 

 Companable ; fit to be companied (with), (unless it 



is active). Chaucer, vid. Richardson. 

 Indispensable; to be dispensed (with). 

 Disposable; to be disposed (of). 

 Infallible proofs ; by which we cannot be deceived, 



or it may be active, &c. &c. 



2nd. Capable, Accustomable, Actionable, Advantage- 

 able, Clergj'able, Serviceable, Charitable, Fashion- 

 able, &c. &c. 



3rd. Accordable, Agreeable, Alliable, Comfortable, Con- 

 ducible. Sensible, Chanceable, Communicable 

 (person). Compatible, Concordable, Conformable, 

 Conscionable, Conversable, Delectable, Durable, 

 Irascible, Reasonable, Stable, Passible, Passable, 

 Responsible, &c. &c. 



And yet we are told that words ending in " ble " 

 are always synonymous with passive infinitives. 

 The English of the whole matter is, that our lan- 

 guage is alive, and so shows its life by invention 

 of new words, which are sure to be distasteful to 

 some people who will call them " newspaper slip- 

 slop," and the like; just as if some of the noblest 

 writing did not come out in the gigantic English 

 newspapers, which do, and must, influence our 

 language as much as our other writers. J. C. J. 



Speech addressed to Charles II. (2"'^ S. iii. 148.) 

 — 1 pi-esume that the Declaration to which 

 Clericus (D.) refers is one a copy of which now 

 lies before me, forming part of a volume with this 

 title : — 



" Recueil de quelques Pieces ci-devant publiees. En 

 faveur de ceux de la Religion Reform^e en France. Avec 

 la Declaration du Roy du 28 May, 1669. Contenant ce 

 qui doit etre observe par ses Subjects de la Religion Re- 

 formee." 



This volume is in 12mo., and has no name of 

 place or printer, nor date ; but probably was 

 printed about 1670-80. It contains a short pre- 

 face " au Lecteur," an index of thirteen pieces 

 collected in the volume, followed by the docu- 

 ments themselves, with separate titles and paging. 

 Fii'st comes a decree against the " enlevement dea 

 enfans protestants," made in 1665 ; next the Edict 

 of Nantes, and its supplemental articles ; and, 

 thirdly, one with this title — 



" Declaration du Roy en faveur de ses sublets de la 

 Religion pretendue Reforme'e. Confirmative des Edicts de 

 Pacification, Declarations, Reglemens et Articles h, eux 

 cy-deuant Accordez. Donne k Paris le 8 Juillet, 1643. 

 Et Verifie en Parlement le 3 Aoust 1643." 



The last piece in the book is — 



" Declaration du Roy contenant ce qui doit estre d'ores- 

 navant observe par ceux de la Religion Pretendue Re- 

 formee. Verifiee en Parlement le 28 May, 1669." 



This is the declaration alluded to in the first 

 title-page, and is probably the one respecting 

 which Cleeicus inquires : it makes 16 pages in 

 all (including title), and consists of a preamble, of 

 49 articles, and the verification. Perhaps your 

 correspondent would like to see the book ; if so, 

 let him say. For my part, I am anxious to know 

 more of the contents of the MSS. to which he 

 refers, as they might be very useful to M. Lievre, 



