May 1. 1852.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



419 



like Anubis, to show tbat he was of the country of 

 the Cynocepbale; and in confirmation of this asser- 

 "tlonhe quotes " Winckebn. Stosch. cl. i. n. 103." I 

 liave never heard either of this fact, or of the 

 tiuthority from which Fosbroke derived it. Can 

 any of your readers give me any information about 

 either ? E. A. II. L. 



[The following Is the passage quoted by Mr. Fos- 

 1)roke, from Winckelmann's Description des Pierres 

 . Gravees du fen Baron de Stosch. 4to. Florence, 1 760, 

 p. 25. : — 



" Jaspe rouge. Anubis en pied. Je vais remarquer 

 id en passant que les Chretiens Grecs du moyen !ige 

 •»nt figure S. Christophle avec tete de Chien, comme 

 Anubis, pour signifier que ce Saint etoit du pays des 

 Cynocephales. (Pin. Commentar. Vit. S. Christoph., 

 § 6. in Act. SS. Ant. Ful., vol. vi. p. 427.) Tel le volt- 

 on sur un ancien Menologe peint sur bois, dans la 

 IBibliotheque du Vatican ; cette rare piece y est entree 

 avee la bibliotheque du Marq. Capponi."] 



Cuddy., the Ass. — Your correspondents have 

 alluded to the words Donliey and Moke not ap- 

 pearing in any of our dictionaries. There is 

 another word for the same animal in general use in 

 Northumberland and the neighbouring counties, 

 Cuddy., which likewise does not appear in the dic- 

 tionaries I have looked at, — Johnson's amongst the 

 number. Can any of your correspondents give the 

 origin of this word ? J. S. A. 



Old Broad Street. 



[This word is most probably of Oriental origin, and 

 may have been imported by tiie gypsies, the ass being 

 their favourite quadruped. Persian gudda signifies an 

 ass ; and glaidda has the same signification in Hindos- 

 tanee. — Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary.'^ 



Toady. — Will any of your readers be kind 

 •enough to explain the origin of this word, which is 

 constantly used in conversation when speaking of 

 a sycophant ? F. M. 



[ Toady, or Toad-eater, a vulgar name for a fawning, 

 obsequious sycophant, was first given to a gluttonous 

 parasite, famous for his indiscriminate enjoyment and 

 praise of all viands whatever set before him. To test 

 his powers of stomach and complaisance, one of his 

 patrons had a toad cooked and set before him, which he 

 both ate and praised in his usual way. — Ogilvie's Im- 

 perial Dictionary. "l 



Mother Shipton. — "We have all heard of Mother 

 Shipton and her prophecies. Was she a real 

 character ? If so, where did she live, and at what 

 period ? Were her prophecies ever published ? 

 If so, I should like an account of them ? Jacobus. 



[Our correspondent is referred to the following 

 works relating to this renowned personage: — '1. The 

 Prophesies of Mother Shipton in the Raigne of King 

 Henry VIII., foretelling the Death of Cardinal Wohey, 

 ■the Lord Percy, and others ; as also what should happen 

 in ensuing Times : London, 1641, 4to. 2. Two Strange 

 Prop/hesies, predicting Wonderfdl Events to betide this 

 Yeare of Danger in this Climate, where some have already 



come to passe, by Mother Shipton : London, 1642, 4to. 

 (About 1642 several other tracts were published with 

 the name of Shipton.) 3. The Life and Death of Mother 

 Shipton : London, 1677, 4to. 4. Mother Shipton's Life 

 and Curious Propliecies : London, 1797, 8vo. 5. The 

 History of Mother Shipton : Newcastle, 4to. Nos. 1. 

 and 4. are in the British Museum.] 



iHepItfS. 



KALPH WIKTEHTOX. 



(Vol. v., p. 346.) 



There appears to be a slight error in the Editor's 

 reply to E. D.'s Query respecting Ralph Winterton'a 

 translation of Gerard's Meditations and Prayers. 

 I have an earlier edition than that of 1631. It is 

 dated 1627 *, printed at Cambridge by Thomas and 

 John Bucke, and possesses no less than four dedi- 

 cations, which throw some little, and rather curious 

 light on his history. The first, " To the Right 

 Worsh. my most worthy Friend and Benefactour, 

 Mr. John Bowie, Doctor of Divinitie, and Deane 

 of Salisbury," in which he mentions " the fatherly 

 care " he had experienced from that divine, " when 

 he was at Kensington, in the house of that most 

 vertuous and literate Lady, the Lady Coppen." 

 " By your indeficient liberalitie," he says, " all 

 defects were supplyed, all difficulties remooved, 

 horses provided, a man appointed, and, to conclude, 

 by the grace of God, after many a troublesome and 

 wearysome step, to my rest I returned." The 

 second Dedication is, " To the Right Worshipp. 

 vertuous and learned Lady, the Lady Coppen, 

 M-^ R. Coppen, M-" T. Coppen, her Sonnes ; M--" 

 Elizabeth Coppen, her Daughter-in-Law, &c., 

 Internall, Externall, Eternall Happiness." In this 

 he records, that " scarce had he entered her doores 

 at Kensington, but he was saluted and made wel- 

 come by a gentlewoman well deserving at his 

 hands, whose name must not be concealed, M"* 

 Francis Thorowgood, who hasted to carrie news 

 to your Ladyship. Dixirat et dicto citius. Here- 

 upon your Ladyship," he adds, " was pleased, out 

 of hand, leaving all other business, not to send to 

 mee, but to descend yourself to niee ; not so much 

 by the degrees of staires, as by a naturall inclina- 

 tion to show your hospitality," &c. ; and speaks of 

 her as understanding "the scholler's Languages 

 as well as they that do profess them ; " and as being 

 " highly honoured by Queene Elizabeth." The 

 third Dedication is " To the Right Worship, mv 

 most munificent Friend, Sir John Hanburle, of 

 Kelmash, in Northamptonshire." The fourth, 

 " To the Worsh. my very worthy Friends, M"^ 

 William Bonham (of Paternoster Rowe, in Lon- 

 don), and M"' Anne Bonham, his Wife, Mr. Na- 



[* The edition of 1627 was unknown to Watt, and 

 Is not to be found in the libraries of the British Mu- 

 seum or the Bodleian. — Ed.] 



