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never before imprinted, 4to , London, by G. Eld 

 for T. T., 1609," are known to be in existence ? 



Is this the same edition as that which Professor 

 Tycho Mommsen has just discovered in Germany, 

 his copy stating that they " are [to be solde by 

 John Wright dwelling] at Christ Church-gate " ? . 



The Professor in his letter to The Athenceum 

 announcing his discovery, also mentions another 

 edition, "sold by William Aspley," of the same 

 date ; perhaps you can tell me how many editions 

 there were of the Sonnets, as in Mr. Halliwell's 

 Shahsperiana I can only find the one "imprinted 

 by G. Eld for T. T.," mentioned ? 



2. Whose is the Sonnet, " If music and sweet 

 poetry agree." — Will you, or some of your 

 readers, kindly inform me who is supposed to be 

 the author of a sonnet commencing : 



" If music and sweet poetry agree, 

 As they needs must, the sister and the brother," 



published in the Passionate Pilgrim^ 1599, as 

 Shakspeare's, by W. Jaggard ? 



It is omitted — I suppose upon good grounds 

 • — in many of the recent English editions of the 

 poems of Shakspeare; but M. Francois Hugo, I 

 see, gives it a place in his Sonnets de Shahspere 

 just published, adding in a note : 



" Ce sonnet est emprunt^ k un rceueil de poemes imprime 

 en 1599, avec le nom de Shalsspere, sous ce titre ; ' Le 

 Pelerin passionne.' II nous a paru completement isole 

 dans la collection oil le hasard et peut-ctre la fraude I'a 

 fait entrer ; et nous croyons I'avoir remia ici h. sa veritable 

 place." 



Ignoto. 



Richard Johnson and the Seven Champions of 

 Christendom. — Where is any biographical in- 

 formation to be found respecting Richard John- 

 son, whose writings must at one time have been 

 extremely popular ? and has any attempt been 

 made tojcompile abibliographicalaccount of them, 

 more especially of his best-known work. The 

 Seven Champions of Christendom ? What is the 

 date of the first edition of it, and what the date of 

 the last ? F. R. S. 



Fisher's " Poetical Rhapsodies. — There was a 

 volume entitled Poetical Rhapsodies published in 

 1818, by J. B. Fisher. Is anything known re- 

 garding the author ? He also published a poem 

 called The Hermitage. R. Inglis. 



Richard, King of the Romans. — During the in- 

 terregnum (1256 — 1273), subsequent to the death 

 of William (Earl of Holland), the Germanic em- 

 pire was so distracted, that no native prince would 

 suflTer himself to be put in nomination as William's 

 successor. The choice of the electors, therefore, 

 fell upon two foreigners : one party at Frankfort 

 selecting Richard Earl of Cornwall, son of King 



John of England, who had the mnjorlty of votes ; 

 and the other choosing Alfonso, King of Castile. 

 Richard was crowned King of the Romans at Aix- 

 la-Chapelle, and visited Gei-many four times, but 

 lost his dignity by attending to the civil wars in 

 England. At his death, Alfonso, who had never 

 quitted Spain since his election, was set aside ; 

 and Rodolph, Count of Hapsburg, the founder of 

 the Austrian dynasty, elected (1273). Such is 

 the account I have been able to collect from books 

 of reference ; but I have heard it asserted that a 

 vice-emperor was always electe<l at the same time 

 with the emperor ; and that this vice-emperor, 

 in case of his surviving the emperor, always suc- 

 ceeded to the throne, his title being " King of the 

 Romans." As I have never met with the title 

 save in the case of Richard, I should like to know 

 if there is any foundation for the above hypo- 

 thesis ? And any farther particulars respecting 

 him and the title would be very desirable, as 

 notices of him in ordinary reading are exceedingly 

 scanty. E. S. Taylob. 



Bead Roll. — What was the meaning of a 

 " Bead Roll," in a country parish, in the year 

 1558? 



I see an entry in an old churchwarden's parish 

 account-book, as follows : 



" Item, received of Harry Way for to be put into the 

 Bead RoUe, 3s. id." 



" Item, received of Katharine Way for 6 names to be 

 put into the Bede Boll, 6s. 8d." 



These entries are found among receipts for 

 " kynelles," and for " pittes ; " meaning, I believe,' 

 for ringing for funerals, and for special graves. 



I have seen in some old book, but I cannot re- 

 collect where, that the " Bede Roll " was the roll 

 of dead persons, for whom masses were to be 

 offered ; and I suppose that a gift to this fund was 

 equivalent to paying for prayers for the dead. 



It was after this date, I suppose, that the " Bede 

 Roll " became a charity list, if that was ever the 

 case in England. 



Perhaps whoever answers these questions would 

 refer to the books where information is to be 

 found, and would thereby confer a double obliga- 

 tion on F. M. H. 



Legend of the Alligator. — Whence comes the 

 saying that alligators have shed false tears ever 

 since they partook of the garlic made use of as an 

 article of food by the Israelites while employed in 

 building the pyramids ? M. A. Ball. 



Dr. Hawkins and the Queen of Bohemia. — There 

 was printed, in small 4to., at Heidelbergh (1633), 

 a very uncommon tractate, De Melancholia., 

 written by William Hawkins, M.D., an English- 

 man, and dedicated to his countryman John 

 More, M.D. 



It wag written for a most illustrious " Heroine," 



