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NOTES AND QUEllIES. 



t2°d S. N» 65., Mar. 28. '57. 



Paul's argument about seed and seed, is a piece 

 of folly, adapted to the " foolish Galatians " 

 — stultis stultus f actus est. But while Fathers, 

 bishops, and expounders both learned and devout, 

 have thought the Orehim to be the inhabitants of 

 some little town, or Arabs, the real thorough-going 

 Neologians use very different language. They 

 contend for the sense ravens, that they may have 

 an objection. " Tota historia," says Maurer, "ya- 

 hvlarum plena est." (See that useful, but sadly 

 neglected book, Barrett's Synopsis, and Alford on 

 the Galatians.) 



It seems to me desirable that writers like the 

 one quoted by the first correspondent on this 

 topic, should refrain from classing together, under 

 the name " Rationalists," such different writers as 

 St. Jerome, Kennicott, A. Clarke, and Maurer 

 with his "Tota historia fabularum plena est." 

 The words in the sacred text, " I have com- 

 manded to sustain," are applied alike to the Ore- 

 bim, and to the widow of Sarepta. E.. W. L. 



Thanks after the Gospel (2°'> S. ii. 467. ; iii. 38. 

 57. 98. 155.) — I do not observe that any of your 

 correspondents have noticed the passage in Bishop 

 Sparrow's Bationale on this point, that seems to 

 regret that it was even then disused : — 



" After the Gospel is ended, the use was to praise God, 

 saying, 'Thanks be to God for this Gospel.' So was it of 

 old ordained (Tolet. Cone. 4. c. 11.), that the Lauds, or 

 praises, should be said, not after the Epistle, but imme- 

 diately after the Gospel, for the glory of Christ, which is 

 preached in the Gospel. In some places the fashion was 

 then to kiss the book. " 



c. 



Kathanael Culverivel. — Very little is known of 

 the life of this elegant writer, and because he was 

 a man deserving of remembrance, although the 

 author of but one small quarto volume, with which 

 few are acquainted, I reply to the inquiry (2"'' S. 

 ill. 126.) through " N. & Q " instead of to the in- 

 quirer directly. 



Nathanael Culverwel died in 1652, whilst still 

 a young man. It is probable that he was a son of 

 the celebrated Puritan divine, Ezekiel Culverwel, 

 who was settled in Essex. From the facts, that 

 Richard Culverwel, the brother of the author, was 

 appointed parochial minister of Grundisborough in 

 Suffolk during the Protectorate, and that the 

 " elegant and learned Discourse of the Light of 

 Nature," was dedicated to Dr. Tuckney, who sat 

 in the Assembly of Divines in Westminster, and 

 who, " after the coming-in of the Five Mile Act 

 shifted about in several counties " (Neal's Puritans, 

 vol. iv. p. 437.), It may be concluded that this 

 young man was of Nonconformist principles. 



Varlov ap Haret. 



Imitative Ancient Ballad (2""^ S. Hi. 207.) — I 

 think Mr. Peacock is in search of the ballad of 

 " Sir John-le- Spring, who was slain in the arms 



of his leman, In his bower at Houghton-le- Spring, 

 1311." It commences thus : 



" Pray for the sowle of Sir John-le-Spring, 



When the black monks sing — 



And the vesper bells ring ; 

 Pray for the sprite of a murdered Knight, 

 Pray for the sowle of Sir John-le-Spriug." 



The ballad entire is too long for insertion In 

 " N. & Q.," especially as it is printed in two works 

 of comparatively easy access, viz. The Bishoprick 

 Garland, edited by the late Sir Cuthbert Sharp ; 

 and Richardson's Local Historians Table Book, 

 " Legendary Division," vol. I. p. 20. Should these 

 works, from their local nature, not be within Mr. 

 Peacock's Immediate reach, if he will communi- 

 cate with me personally, I shall have very much 

 pleasure in sending him a copy of the ballad.* I 

 am not enabled, however, to Indorse the opinion 

 that it was the production of Robert Surtees 

 (clarum et venerabile nomen .'), although the mea- 

 sure of it seems too ringing and precise for a 

 genuine early ballad. Robert S. Salmon. 



Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Naked- Boy Court: Bleeding -Heart Yard (2"^ 

 S. ii. 38.) — In Herefordshire, where they are 

 wild, and in Norfolk, the autumnal crocus, which 

 has flowers Avithout leaves, which latter do not 

 appear till spring, Is called commonly from this 

 circumstance Naked-hoys. Why should not the 

 court in question take Its name from a profu^on 

 of these flowers, which may have grown there in 

 some former time, when perhaps It was a garden ? 

 The various Lavender Hills, Laurel Groves, Elm 

 Tree Courts, &c., of the metropolis seem to render 

 this not improbable. Had Mr. Dickens known 

 that the dark red wallflower in the. west of Eng- 

 land Is called Bleeding Heart (In Norfolk, Bloody 

 Warrior), he might have added another to the 

 amusing etymologies of the locality Immortalised 

 In Little Dorrit. E. G. R. 



The Letters and Conversation of Brother Lau- 

 rmce, translated from the French (2"*^ S. Ii. 489.) — 

 This was published by Hamilton, Adams & Co., 

 London, 1830. Should Eirionnach not be able 

 to meet with a copy of this little book, the writer 

 will be happy to lend his. Richard Rathbonb. 

 Woodcote, Liverpool. 



Mason's Short-hand: Systems of Short-hand 

 (2°'i S. Ii. 393. ; Hi. 209.) — Mr. Thompson Coo- 

 per in his remarks on Mason's Short-hand having 

 given all the praise to the wrong parties, allow me 

 to say the Gurneys never invented a system of 

 their own; they merely republished^lason, with all 

 his imperfections, but without his originality. Ma- 



♦ This oflfer, and two similar ones from other kind cor- 

 respondents, show the good feeling which exists amongst 

 our contributors : one, J. 0., has however sent through us 

 a copy of the ballad to Mb, Peacock. 



