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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Jowett an Oxford man, as your correspondent 

 F. S. has shown ; but on referring to the Calendar 

 I find the Rev. F. D. Maurice took his degree at 

 Oxford in 1831, being a member of Exeter Col- 

 lege ; yet Professor Blackie imputes his Platonism 

 to Cambridge. Oxoniensis. 



Old English Words and Phrases. — I do not 

 know whether the Vulgaria Stamhrigi, published 

 by Wynkyn de Worde and Peter Troveris early 

 in the sixteenth century, has ever been examined 

 for the purpose of illustrating the English lan- 

 guage. I subjoin a few phrases and proverbs 

 which, in a recent perusal, struck me as curious 

 and noteworthy :J 



1. " Lave thy sliotte. Pone simbolum." 



2. " Scolers must lyve hardly at Oxenforde." 



3. "Leue thy jettynge. Desiste a tuis superbis gressi- 



bus." 



4. " It seemeth a seoler to were a syde gowne (Lat. toga 



longa)." 



5. " Profred seruyce stynketh." 



6. " Thou hy ttest the nayle on the heed." 



7. " Be y" dayes neuer so longe at y*' last cometli eue- 



songe." 



8. " He is euyll acolde that gotbe naked in y« frost." 



D. "It is shrewed to jape with naked swerdes. Dubium 

 est joca strictis gladiis exercere." 



10. " Say de profundis. Dicantur preces pro defunctis." 



11. " He hath ordeyned a staffe for his owne heed." 



12. "It is y= gretest madness of y^ worlde to loue and be 



not loued agayn." 



13. " R3'ght on the nose. Becta via incede." 



14. " Beware in welthe or tliou be woo." 



15. " A gyuen hors may not be loked in the tethe." 



16. "He is an euyll coke y' can not lycke his owne 



lyppes." 



17. "Malaparte. Elegans (fastidious?), curiosus." 



18. " He speketh for the nones. Loquitur ex industriS,." 



19. " Thou hast slept ynoughe yf y" deuyll be not in the." 



20. " Wysshers and welders ben small housholders." 



In the above several words seem to be used in 

 senses now obsolete, e.g. shrewed=hazardous, 

 malaparte, &c. The term " shotte " also, as equi- 

 valent to " ticket," is remarkable, as this sense is 

 lost in our phrase " to pay one's shotte." 



DUNELMENSIS. 



Noii'appearance of the Comet. — The following 

 is from Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper : — 



" The 13th of June has passed quietly away — that is 

 to say, as quietly as a private rehearsal of the Handel 

 festival with 2,500 musicians would allow — and there 

 has been no comet! Was it modesty on its part? or 

 hoarseness, as with musicians? or was it, like certain 

 literary men, when they are publishing a monthly serial, 

 all behind -hand with its tail? Whatever may have been 

 the reason that prevented the comet being punctual to its 

 appointed time, we think that the large share of fatality, 

 which has hitherto been unduly apportioned to the num- 

 ber 13, must be considerably diminished. Henceforth, 13 

 should be as free from superstition as any of its neigh- 

 bouring numerals ; and if there is one superstition the 

 less in the world, it is clear that the late comet, instead of 

 doing us any harm, has done us an infinity of good. 

 However, we foncy we can account for the postponement 

 of the comet. It is very evident that there is nothing 



important to be brought forward this session. Every 

 measure that is likely to produce a shock or a collision, is 

 put off till next year. It is thus with Reform, with the 

 Property Qualification bill, with everything. Therefore 

 the comet has been deferred till 1858, as it was con- 

 sidered far too late to be brought forward this year. The 

 consequence would have been a quantity of heat, but no 

 argument. But when Reform appears in the political 

 horizon, then you may look out for the comet. The world 

 is perfectly safe ! " 



Cut from the paper and sent to the post before 

 9 A.M., Saturday, June 13. The postmark evi- 

 dence that the 13th of June had not passed. 



H. B. C. 



Jogsi. — It is a custom in Berwickshire among 

 women-workers in the field, when their backs be- 

 come much tired by bowing low down while sin- 

 gling turnips with short shanked hoes, to lie down 

 upon their faces to the ground, allowing others to 

 step across the lower part of their backs, on the 

 lumbar region, with one foot, several times, until 

 the pain of fatigue is removed. Burton, in his 

 First Footsteps in East Africa, narrates a very 

 similar custom in females who lead the camels, on 

 feeling fatigued, and who " lie at full length, 

 prone, stand upon each other's backs, trampling 

 and kneading with their toes, and rise like giants 

 refreshed." This custom is called "jogsi" in 

 Africa ; in our country it is " straighting the 

 back." Henry Stephens. 



:^t«0r <Shmtiti. 



Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks. — Can any of 

 the readers of " N. & Q." throw light on the 

 history of a portrait, supposed to be that of Sir 

 Joseph Banks, and moreover from the hand of 

 Gainsborough ? The painting is now in the pos- 

 session of Mr. William Yetts, of Great Yarmouth, 

 who purchased it, as I am informed, about ten 

 years ago, of Mr. Muskett of Intwood Hall, in the 

 neighbourhood of Norwich. Mr. Yetts thus de- 

 scribes the picture : 



" It is of Kit-cat size. The subject is in a sitting, side 

 position ; the left hand (which is most beautifully painted) 

 is pendent. His coat is of a buff colour, with a blue 

 collar edged with gold, and there are lace rufHes. In the 

 background appears the trunk of a tree and foliage." 



Mention is made of a portrait of Sir Joseph in 

 the recently published memoir of Gainsborough. 

 This, however, could have been only a sketch, as 

 I find that it was sold by Mr. Christie for two 

 guineas, in February, 1852. E. S. Fulcher. 



Sudbury. 



Walton s "Lives." — I have before me the first 

 collected edition, containing the Lives of Donne, 

 Wotton, Hooker, and Herbert, 8vo., 1670, also 

 the fourth edition, 8vo., 1675, both published by 

 liichard Marriott before the death of Walton. 



