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Notes : — 



A few Things about Richard Baxter, by H. M. Bealby 481 



Latin Song by Andrew Boorde. by Dr. E. F. Rimbault - 482 



Shakspeare Notes ------ 483 



Publications of the Stuttgart Society, by F. Norgate - 484 



Manuscript Shakspeare Emendations, by J. O. Halliwell 484 



The Grave-stone of Joe Miller - - - - 485 



Folk Lore : — Swearing on a Skull — New Moon — 

 Rust .-.-.-- 



Minor Notes: — Epitaph at Low Moor — Sir Thomas 

 Overl)ury's Epitaph — Bibliotheca Literaria — In- 

 scription at Dundiah Castle — Derivation of Charing 



Queries : — 



Poem by Nicholas Breton - - - - - 



The Virtuosi, or St. Luke's Club - - - 



The Rabbit as a Symbol . - . - - 



Is Wyld's Great Globe a Plagiarism from Molenax ? by 



Jolin Petheram ------ 



Minor Queries : — Poem on the Burning of the Houses 

 of Parliament — Newton's Library— Meaning of Royd 

 — The Cromwell Family — Sir John Darnell, Knt. — 

 Royal "We" — Gondomar — Wallington's Journal — 

 Epistola Lucifera, &c. — Cambrian Literature — 

 " vcRiMDR " on Coins of Vabalathus — Lines on 

 Woman — Penkenol — Fairfax Family Mansion — Post- 

 man and Tubman in the Court of Excliequer — Second 

 Exhumation of King Arthur's Remains, &c. - 



Minor Queries Answered: — Welsh Women's Hats — 

 Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday— Shakspeare, Tennyson, 

 and Claudian -.-_-. 



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487 

 487 



487 



Replies : 



The Ring Finger - » 



The Moravian Hymns 

 Cagots - . . 



Sheriffs and Lords Lieutenant 

 St. Christopher 



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General Pardons : Sir John Trenchard, by E. S. Taylor 49G 

 Replies to Minor Queries : — Dayesman — Bull ; Dun 



— Algernon Sidney — Age of Trees — Emaciated 

 Monumental Effigies — Bee Park — Sally Lunn — 

 Baxter's Pupit — Lothian's Scottish Historical Maps 



— British Ambassadors— KnoUys Family — 'Prentice 

 Pillars; 'Prentice Windows — St. Bartholomew — 

 Sun-dial Inscription — History of Faction — Barnacles 

 — Family Likenesses — Merchant Adventurers to Spain 

 — Exeter Controversy — Corrupted Names of Places 

 — Poison — Vikingr Skotar — Rhymes on Places — 

 " We three " — Burning Fern brings Rain — Plague 

 Stones — Sneezing — Abbot of Croyland's Motto — 

 Derivation of the Word " Azores " — Scologlandis and 

 Scologi 497 



Miscellaneous : — 

 Notes on Books, &c. 

 Books and Odd Volumes wanted 

 Notices to Correspondents 

 Advertisements 



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Vol. v. — No. 134. 



A FEW THINGS ABOUT RICHARD BAXTEB. 



In the year 1836, I visited Kidderminster for 

 the purpose of seeing the place where Richard 

 Baxter spent fourteen of the most valuable years 

 of his life ; and of ascertaining if any relics were 

 to be found connected with the history of this 

 remarkable man. Baxter thought much of Kid- 

 derminster, for with strong feeling he says, re- 

 specting this place, in his poem on '• Love breath- 

 ing Thanks and Praise" (Poetical Fragments, 

 1st edit. 1681) : — 

 " But among all, none did so much abound, 

 With fruitful mercies, as that barren ground, 

 Where I did make my best and longest stay, 

 And bore the heat and burden of the day ; 

 Mercies grew thicker there than summer flowers : 

 They over-numbered my daies and hours. 

 There was my dearest flock, and special charge, 

 Our hearts in mutual love thou didst enlarge : 

 'Twas there that mercy did my labours bless. 

 With the most great and wonderful success." 



While prosecuting my inquiries, I was shown 

 the house in which he is said to have resided. It 

 is situated in the High Street, and was, at the 

 time of my visit, inhabited by a grocer ; but I 

 had my doubts, from a difference of opinion I 

 heard stated as to this being the actual house. 

 After looking at this house, I visited the vestry of 

 the Unitarian Chapel, and examined the pulpit ; 

 the description of which given by your correspon- 

 dent is very correct. He omits to mention Job 

 Orton's chair, which was shoAvn me, as well as that 

 of Bishop Hall. From all I could learn at the 

 time, and since, I should say that there is not the 

 slightest probability of any engraving having been 

 published of this pulpit. Sketches may have been 

 made by private hands, but nothing I believe In 

 this way has ever been given to the public. I 

 have long taken a deep Interest In everything per- 

 taining to Richard Baxter. I some years ago 

 collected ninety-seven out of the one hundred 

 and sixty-eight works which he wrote, most of them 

 the original editions, and principally on contro- 

 versial subjects. After they had served the pur- 

 pose for which I purchased them, I parted with 



