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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. U5. 



J. S. (Vol. iv., p. 410.), in reply to my Query, in- 

 formed me had passed through the press of Messrs. 

 Blackwood and Sons, "with a preface or dis- 

 sertation containing many particulars relating to 

 the authoress and her relatives," my object in 

 mentioning the subject in "N. &Q." has been 

 satisfactorily answered. I am also obliged to 

 J. S. (the editor, I apprehend, of this new edition) 

 for having corrected the errors into which I had 

 imintentionally fallen ; nor will my neiglibour, the 

 Rev. C. H. Crauford, I am sure, feel less obliged. 



It now ai)pears that this new reprint is copied 

 verbatim et literatim from the third impression 

 printed at London, by John Haviland for Hanna 

 Barres, 1625. My Query also has been the means 

 of ascertaining from another correspondent, P. B. 

 (the initials, I believe, of one of the most correcf 

 of bibliographers in names and dates), a notice ot 

 what he believes to be the _first edition printed by 

 John Haviland for William Barret, 1624. But, as 

 Blackwood's edition is dated 1625, and is called 

 the thi7-d edition, is it not very probable that an 

 earlier one appeared than even that of 1624? 



Should the notice I have attracted to Mrs. 

 Joceline's Mothers Legacie, and the letter accom- 

 panying it, addressed, " in the immediate prospect 

 of death, to her truly loving and most dearly be- 

 loved husband," be the means of extending the 

 sale and the perusal of this beautiful little pocket 

 volume, "replete with practical wisdom and hal- 

 lowed principles, that no human being who is not 

 past feeling can read without deep emotion," I 

 shall be truly gratified : and it will be another in- 

 stance of the utility and value of " N. & Q." being 

 the mediunt of bringing such books before the 

 public eye. J. M. G. 



Worcester. ^ 



Winifreda; Stevens' " Rural Felicity " (Vol, iv., 

 p. 277.). — For a repetition of the sentiment by 

 Stevens, vide also his " Parent : " 

 " A fond father's bliss is to number his race, 

 And exult on the bloom that just buds on their face, 

 With their prattle he'll dearly himself entertain, 

 And read in their smiles their loved mother again ; 

 Men of pleasure be mute, this is life's lovely view. 

 When we look on our young o?ies our youth we renew." 

 Stevens' Songs, Tolly's ed. 1823. p. 223. 



J. B. COLMAN. 



Eye, Nov. 17. ISol. 



'•^Posie of other MerCs Flowers'''' (Vol. iv., 

 p. 58.). — A literary friend of mine has found 

 the passage in Montaigne, book iii. chapter 12., 

 about three- fourths of the way through it : 



" We invest ourselves with the faculties of others, 

 and let our own lie idle : as some one may say to me 

 that 1 have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, 

 and have brought nothing of my own but the thread 

 that ties them together." 



ESTE. 



Abigail (Vol. iv., p. 424.). — T have always sup- 

 posed that the term " Abigail" had reference to 

 the handmaid, who is described in sacred history 

 as coming before David, and appeasing his wrath. 

 I am far from wishing, as I am certain all your 

 readers are, together with yourself, to tamper with 

 holy things. With this understanding, let me 

 therefore suggest, that other names recorded in 

 the Bible have been used much in the same way 

 as marking distinctive character. Witness Joseph, 

 Solomon, Jehu, Job. C. I. K. 



Legend of St. Molaisse (Vol li., p. 79. ; Vol. iii., 

 p. 478.). — This manuscript was purchased for the 

 British Museum, and is MS. Add. 18,205. In- 

 stead of being of the eleventh, it is probably of the 

 fourteenth or fifteenth century. jx. 



Collars of SS. (Vol. iv., pp. 147. 236.). — In 

 compliance with the wish of Mr. E. Foss, that all 

 Information bearing on this subject might be sent 

 to you, I beg to state that I have carefully 

 examined two monuments in this neighbourhood 

 on which this ornament appears. 



The first is in Macclesfield church. In the 

 north aisle is an altar-tomb, with the effigies of a 

 knight in plate armour, with a collar of SS. At 

 his feet is a ball ; and under his head, which is 

 uncovered, a helmet with crest and lambrequin. 

 The crest is too much defaced to be made out, 

 but in a sketch made in 1584 is figured as a stag's 

 head. Tradition assigns this tomb to one of the 

 family of Downes; but it is surrounded by the 

 monumental efligies of the Savages (one being 

 that of the hero of Bosworth), and bears the 

 arms of Archbishop Savage, who is said to have 

 repaired it. 



The other, which is an exceedingly beautiful 

 monument, and in excellent preservation, is in the 

 chancel of Barthomley church. It is an embattled 

 altar-tomb : on the sides are figures, somewhat 

 mutilated, of knights and ladies, sculptured in bas- 

 relief, under richly crocketted gothic canopies. 

 The knight is in plate armour, with a coif de 

 mailles and pointed helmet (exactly of the same 

 character as the eflSgy of Edward the Black Prince 

 in Canterbury Cathedral), and wears a collar of 

 SS. most elaborately carved. It is known as the 

 tomb of Sir Robert FuUeshurst, one of the four 

 esquires of the gallant James Lord Audley at the 

 battle of Poictiers, who died in 13 Rich. ll. (In 

 Bunbury church, there is an alabaster altar-tomb 

 to Sir Hugh Calveley, the famous Captain of 

 " Companions" at the battle of Najara, who died 

 1394. It is so exactly similar in every respect, 

 with the exception of the collar of SS., to that of 

 Sir Robert FuUeshurst, that of the sketches I have 

 made of both you could not distinguish one from 

 the other.) 



There are also said to be effigies bearing the 



