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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



[2nd s. 2fo 69., Ai'RiL 25. '57. 



" Exposition of Ecclesiastes" &,~c. — " An Expo- 

 sition of Ecclesiastes or the Preacher, London, 

 printed in the year 1680." I should be glad to 

 know who is the author of the above work, and to 

 what sect he belonged. There is neither Intro- 

 duction, Preface, nor first-words of any kind to 

 afford a clue. The book is a mystical paraphrase 

 upon Ecclesiastes, " opening up the internal sense 

 of the Word" in a manner almost Swedenborgian. 

 The terminology is so peculiar that, although 

 many terms are Calvinistic, it is difficult to 

 understand the writer's doctrinal views. One 

 peculiarity is the prevalence of logical words 

 compounded of two, three, and four simple words. 

 The style is sometimes more like a legal docu- 

 ment than a scriptural exposition. 



Varlov ap Harrt. 



Saint Accursius. — Who was this saint in the 

 Tloman calendar ? I cannot find his name in any 

 Martyrology, though the name is still given in 

 religion. I lately met an Italian Capuchin priest 

 from Tuscany, a missionary to India, who bore 

 the name of " Fr. Accursius," which had been be- 

 stowed on him on his profession in the Franciscan 

 Order ; so that there must be some good grounds 

 for the use of the name. A. S. A. 



Hugil Hall, in Westmoj'eland. — Will some of 

 the correspondents of "N. & Q." afford me in- 

 formation of any kind regarding the above place, 

 as to its former and present possessors, its history, 

 or anything remarkable about the place ? Hugil 

 Hal, or Height of Hugil, was an estate near Win- 

 dermere Lake, in the parish of Stavely, about ten 

 miles from Kendal, in the county of Westmore- 

 land. In the seventeenth century it was possessed 

 by Peter Collinson, whose direct descendant of 

 the same name was a well known botanist ; he 

 was intimate with Franklin and Linnajus, the 

 latter of whom gave the name "Collinsonia" to a 

 genus of plants, in compliment to his friend. 

 Peter Collinson was elected a F. R. S. in 1728, 

 and died in 1768 at the age of seventy-four. His 

 descendants are still existing, and any pedigree of 

 the family would be very acceptable, or even a 

 reference to those works where they are men- 

 tioned. In India there are no large public li- 

 braries to refer to on such subjects, or, doubtless, 

 some of the valuable English county histories 

 might be consulted with advantage : it is there- 

 fore hoped that some of your antiquarian readers 

 may be able to satisfy my curiosity. A. S. A. 



Barrackpore, E. I. 



Gabriel Leaver, Christopher Norton, and Ed- 

 ward Thredder. — These names are subscribed as 

 those of attestors to certain attested copies, Dec. 

 10 to 17, 1728, of deeds relating to lands, &c., in 

 Albury, Shere, Wonersh, Witley, Godalming, 

 Guildford, &c,, and other places in the vicinity. 



Leaver, Norton, and Thredder were either at- 

 tornies or attornies' clerks ; information respecting 

 them is solicited from gentlemen having Surrey 

 titles passing through their hands. J. K. 



Early Travels in Palestine. — I wish to obtain 

 information respecting an ancient work now be- 

 fore me, entitled Domini Ludolphi Ecclie prochialis 

 in Suchen pastoris Lihellus de Itinere ad Terrain 

 Sanctam. The date of the journey ^ems to bo 

 about 1336 : that of the book I am anxious to 

 ascertain. Dunelmensis. 



Curious Customs in Cathedrals. — Who is it that 

 has the right of riding on horseback into the nave 

 of York Cathedral ? And why is he allowed to 

 do so? And has this strange privilege been 

 exercised latterly ? I am told there is such a 

 right existing in a Yorkshire county family. 

 There is also, I believe, a right in Exeter, by 

 which the mace-bearer of the corpoj-atlon of tlie 

 city may wear his hat during divine service in tlio 

 Cathedral there. How did this originate, and is 

 it ever exercised now ? Are there any more of 

 these curious customs connected with our cathe- 

 drals ? William Fbaseb, B.C.L. 



Alton Vicarage, Staffordshire. 



Quotations Wanted. — 



" Whence did the wondrous mystic art arise 

 Of painting speech, and speaking to the ej'es ? 

 Tliat we by magic lines arc taught 

 How both to color, and embody thought? " 



D. 



A. Fragment. 

 " Man is a pilgrim Spirit, clothed in flesh, 

 And tented in the wilderness of Time. 

 His native place is near th' eternal throne ; 

 And his creator God." 



W. P. 



Mahomet. — Will some correspondent give me a 

 list of works relating to the life of this Heresiarch, 

 more especially to those which treat of the my- 

 thical element ? Of course I do not require re- 

 ference to Irving, Boulainvilliers, the Cyclopsedias, 

 &c. What English poems have Mahomet for a 

 hero ? GtJthe attempted, but abandoned the 

 theme. Threlkeld. 



Dante and Lord John Russell. — Where is to be 

 found Lord John Russell's version of the story of 

 Francesca from the fifth Canto of the Inferno ? 



M. N. 



Boswellian Personages. — Among the "Memo- 

 randa" of your contemporary, the Illustrated News, 

 it is recorded that the late Viscountess Keith was 

 the lust survivor of all who are mentioned in the 

 immortal work of Boswell. This statement is at 

 variance with the remarkable fact stated in the 

 obituary notice of the lady referred to, namely, 



