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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd s. ifo 70., May 2. '57. 



of the Unterberg, where he sits with a crown of 

 gold on his head, and a sceptre in his hand. (76., 

 No. 28.) Again, in the Odenberg, in Hess, 

 Charles V. is concealed with his whole army. 

 Before a war breaks out, the mountain opens, the 

 emperor comes out, blows his horn, and removes 

 with his army to another hill (i6.. No. 26.) King 

 Arthur, whose return to life was expected by our 

 ancestors, is also described in a legend as living in 

 the cavity of a mountain, attended by his court 

 and army. 



There are likewise other popular stories, founded 

 on the same general idea, of a permanent state of 

 enchantment in a subterranean abode. Thus we 

 hear that in repairing the ancient castle of Schild- 

 heiss, in a mountainous and wooded part of Bo- 

 hemia, the workmen found numerous passages 

 and vaults under ground. In one vault a king 

 sat on a chair, shining and glittering with jewels : 

 on his right hand there stood motionless a beau- 

 tiful damsel, who held the king's head, as if he 

 were asleep. As the workmen approached too 

 near, the damsel was metamorphosed into a ser- 

 pent, which vomited flames (76. No. 25.) 



There is also a German story, of a newly 

 married countess being waked at night at her 

 husband's side by a fairy, and led by a subter- 

 ranean passage to a chamber, glittering with gold 

 and jewels, and full of little men and women. In 

 a short time the king appeared, and conducted 

 the countess to a bed, where the queen lay in 

 the pains of childbirth. The countess rendered 

 her assistance, and delivered her of a little son. 

 The fairy then led the countess back to her bed, 

 and gave her three wooden staffs, which she was 

 to lay under her pillow, and which were to be 

 turned into gold : this change was effected by the 

 morning {lb., No. 41.) 



In other legends, the notion of subterranean 

 treasures appears : thus there was near Salzburg 

 a hill, which was hollow, and contained palaces, 

 churches, convents, gardens, and fountains of gold 

 and silver. The treasures were guarded by gob- 

 lins, who sometimes went at night into the city of 

 Salzburg, to celebrate divine service in the cathe- 

 dral {lb.. No. 27.) 



Concerning the wells on the Capitol, some in- 

 formation will be found in the treatise of Broc- 

 chi, Delia Statojtsico del Suolo cli Roma (Roma, 

 1820), p. 152. Certain cells and cisterns, Avhich 

 existed under the surface of the Capitoline Hill, 

 and were csX\&di favisscB Capitolince, are mentioned 

 by ancient writers. Gellius cites the explanation 

 which the antiquarian Varro had received from 

 Q. Catulus, the restorer of the Capitol, who died 

 in 60 B.C. : — 



" Voluissc se areain Capitolinam deprimere, ut pluribus 

 gradibus in asdem conscenderctur, suggestusque pro fa- 

 stigii magnitudine altior iieret ; sed f'acere id iion quisse, 

 quoniam favissse impedissent. Id esse cellas quasdam et 



cisternas, quae in area sub terra assent ; ubi reponi sole- 

 rent signa Vetera, quEC ex eo templo collapsa essent, et 

 alia quaedam religiosa e donis conservatis." — Noct. Att., 

 ii. 10. 



Respecting Catulus, see Drumann, Geschiclite 

 Boms, iii. p. 179. 



A similar account is given by Festus, p. 88., 

 ed. Miiller : — 



" Favissse : locum sic appellabant, in quo erat aqua 

 inclusa circa templa. Sunt autem qui putant favissas 

 esse in Capitolio cellis cisternisque similes, ubi reponi 

 erant solita ea, quaj in templo vetustate erant facta inu- 

 tilia." 



G. C. Lewis. 



rONDON DIRECTORIES. 



As was observed by an anonymous scribe in a 

 recent number of the Bibliotheque bleu, a collection 

 of the London directories is a desideratum ; and I 

 recommend to some patriotic citizen the formation 

 of such a collection, for the purpose of presenta- 

 tion to a centrical and accessible library, as an act 

 which would do honour to his name. 



Who can describe the earliest work of the 

 class ? I come forward as a candidate for that 

 small mark of distinction, but am prepared to 

 yield to better claims. The volume is entitled — 



"A collection of the names of the merchants living in 

 and about the citj^ of London ; very usefull and necessar3^ 

 Carefully collected for the benefit of all dealers that shall 

 have occasion with any of them ; directing them at the 

 first sight of their name, to the place of their abode. 

 London, printed for Savi. Lee, and are to be sold at his 

 shop in Lumbard-street, near Popes-head- Alley : and Dan. 

 Major at the Flying Horse in Fleetstreet. 1677." Very 

 small octavo. 



It consists of sixty-four leaves, and the verso 

 of the fly-title has "Licensed Oetob. 11. 1677. 

 lloger L'estrange." The modest author shall 

 now be heard : 



'•' Preface. 



To the merchants Mid tradei-s of the city of London. 



Gentlemen, 

 Although the publishing of the ensuing pamphlet (or 

 catalogue) may at the first view, seem to several persons 

 a ridiculous and preposterous attempt, yet the author of 

 this poor collection humbly hopes, that it will not be ex- 

 ploded or rejected bj' you, for whose ease and convenicncy 

 (together with j^our forein correspondents) he principally 

 intended it: and if it prove so successful, as to receive a 

 favourable acceptance from j-our hands, the censure of all 

 other persons not concerned in the conveniency arising 

 by it, will not discourage the author to proceed and make 

 such improvements of this small emhrio, as may soon 

 bring it to a perfect birth. lie humbly hopes no apology 

 will be required for such erratas or escapes as have been 

 committed as to the orthographj', or true writing of the 

 respective names of this catalogue, as well for that he 

 hath found it a very difficult thing, to procure so ample 

 an account of names as he hath done ; as also in regard 

 his main design is, to publish this forthwith,, to the end 

 that if those persons that are concerned in the use of it, 

 do give it a favourable receptance, he may set forth an 



