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sister to the Major, who his second child was, and 

 how Highfield passed from tlie name of Kemeys ? 



G. SXEINMAN StEINMAN. 



JAnes from a Common-place Book: Hill. — In a 

 common-place book, about the middle of the last 

 century, are the following lines, under the head 

 "Omens:" — 



" In robes of state the woodman's son appears, 

 And awes tlie judgment seat with halberdiers. 

 With his stern brother holds supreme command, 

 Potent and treacherous upon sea and land. 

 Beneath their sway, the patriot nobles groan, 

 And oaths are coined to rob them of their own. 

 Lo, two foul birds around the scaffold fly. 

 And croak with rancour, voice and necks awry. 



. The Doctor skilled in auguries foresaw 

 The fate of him who framed the exclusive law. 



" Hill." 



What Hill is intended, and to whom and what 

 do the lines refer ? P. H. 



Mrs. Mauley. — Is anything known of the hus- 

 band of Mrs. Manley, the authoress of the Nevi 

 Atalantis, &c. ? Was he an officer of the Customs 

 in Devonshire, and was his Christian name Wil- 

 liam ? Cl. Hopper. 



Etymology of'''' Buxo^n." — Can Mr. Keightlet, 

 or any other learned etymological correspondent, 

 tell how the word buxom came to be applied to 

 stout, well-conditioned females ? The sense in 

 which it is used by Milton is quite different to 

 this, e. g. — 



"and up and down unseen, 



Wing silently the buxom air imbalm'd 

 With odours." 



Paradise Lost, bk. ii. I. 842. 

 And again : 



" With steady wing 

 Now on the polar winds, then with quick fan 

 Winnows the buxom air." 



Bk. V. 1. 268. 

 It evidently here means "pliable, yielding." 

 One lexicographer says it is synonymous with 

 boughsome, i.e. bending. Oxoniensis. 



Alexander, MaitJand. — Information is desired 

 about the descendants or children of Alexander 

 Maitland, fourth son of Charles, third Earl of 

 Lauderdale. H. 



Rubrical Query.— From what part of the church 

 should the notices of Feasts and Fasts, of the cele- 

 bration of the Holy Communion, be given, and 

 "briefs, citations, and excommunications read ?" 

 These are to be followed by the sermon, and 

 " then shall the priest return to the Lord's table, 

 and begin the offertory." Now practically these 

 notices are always given from the north side of 

 the Lord's table or altar ; but ought they not, 

 strictly speaking, to be given from the pulpit or 

 ambo ? 



Dr. Eock, in describing the Anglo-Saxon 



churches, and especially the ambo for the Gospel, 



says : 



" From this ambo, the sermon, whether preached by 

 Bishop or Priest, was delivered, the decrees of Synods 

 were promulgated, and excommunications were uttered," 

 &c. — Church of our Fathers, vol. i. p. 212. 



If the older ritual is to throw light upon the 

 rubrics, then the pulpit would be rather the place 

 for giving those notices than the altar. 



William Fbaser, B.C.L. 



Alton Vicarage, Staffordshire. 



Portrait of Galileo. — In the Bodleian Gallery 

 there is a portrait of Galileo, the painter of which 

 is unknown to Dr. Bandinel, to whom I have ap- 

 plied. A similar portrait (except that the back- 

 ground is much darker) has been in the possession 

 of my family for more than a century. Perhaps 

 some of your correspondents could afford me a 

 clue towards discovering the artist. The picture 

 is one of considerable merit, and evidently antique. 



DUNELMENSIS. 



Samuel Hales of Chatham. — Information is de- 

 sired respecting Samuel Hales of Chatham, who 

 was born ci7'ca 1654, and married circa 1680, 



Elizabeth ; died circa 1700. He had 



three sons and two daughters, whose names arc 

 registered, and whose descendants are now living. 

 It is understood that he died at sea " in command 

 of a vessel trading to the Straits," and docu- 

 mentary evidence exists which tends to show that 

 he was the son of Edwaid Hales of Chilston, 

 Esq. (born circa 1626-28, and married circa 1652, 

 to Elizabeth Evelyn). This Edward Hales was 

 the only son of Samuel Hales, the second son of 

 the first Sir E. Hales, of Woodchurch, Kent. 

 Anyone who can throw any light on the birth and 

 parentage of this Samuel Hales will greatly oblige 

 your constant reader, Finis cokonat opus. 



P.S. — It is satisfactorily ascertained that Ed- 

 ward Hales of Chilston left a family. 



Solomon's Seal. — Did the signet ring of King 

 Solomon represent by any engraving on its sur- 

 face an emblem of the Jewish faith ? or was it 

 only an imaginary decree forming a kind of fan- 

 ciful protection to the faithful children of the 

 prophet Mahommed, and a fearful JEgis to the 

 Genii ? In either case has it any reference to the 

 flower so called ? I should perhaps have said, did 

 the similarity of the flower to the engraving sug- 

 gest the name ? M.A. (Balliol.) 



The Theodosian Code. — Have there been any 

 modern editions of this Code ? Have any addi- 

 tional remains been discovered and published 

 since the old editions ? What are the existing 

 remains of ante- Justinianian law ? A. 



" Ovtinian Lectures."'' — Any information respect- 

 ing them will oblige G. B. M. 



