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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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mistake ascribed to Dr. John Inglis, Bishop of Nova 

 Scotia, viz. Vindication of Christian Faith, and 

 Defence of Chirch Establishments. The author 

 of these works was not the bishop, but a divine 

 of the same name — the late Dr. John Inglis, one 

 of the ministers of Edinbui-gh. G. J. 



Early Fly-leaf Scribbling. — In a volume 

 of Nicholas de Lyra, " Postella super Pentateuch," 

 among the Royal MSS., is the following distich in 

 a very early hand : — 



" Qui svare lib's p'ciosis ne'tit honore, 

 lllius a manib3 p'cul iste I'ber ;" 



which probably should be read, 



" Qui servare libria preciosis nescit honorem, 

 lllius a manibu' sit procul iste liber." 



A. A. 

 Poets' Corner. 



« THE ROLLIAD." 

 Translations of Lord Belgrave's quotation. 

 IV. By Lord Mornington and Lord Graham. 

 " With lightest heels opposed to heaviest head, 

 To Lord Atrides Lord Achilles said." 



Which is which, and who were they ? 

 IX. By Mr. Pitt. 

 "Frantic with rage uprose the fierce Achilles. 

 ' How comfortably calm,' said Nestor Willis." 

 Willis, the mad doctor ? " Comfortably calm," 

 when used ? 



XL By Mr. Bastard. 



" ' The Trojan I oppose,' he said, ' 'tis true ; ' 

 But I abuse and hate Atrides too." 

 Bastard, M.P. for Devon ? What is known of 

 his politics ? In The Journal of the Rt. Hon. Henry 

 Dundas, March 12, 1787, R. p. 523., is, — 



" Bastard forgot his last abuse of Pitt and talked again 

 about confidence ; but was against the Bill — what's con- 

 fidence without a vote ? " 



XII. By Lord Fauconberg. 



" Enraged Achilles never would agree, 

 A * petty vote,' a ' menial slave ' was he." 



Who was he ? Where did he use those phrases ? 



XIII. By Mons. Alderman Le Mesurier. 

 " By gar, Achille he say, I make a you 



Parler anoder language, ventre blue ! " 



Was he one of the Jersey Le Mesuriers ? Did 

 he really speak French-English ? Dundas {Diary, 

 March 10, R. 520.) says, — 



" Le Mesurier begged our attention to a little French 

 air, ^Soiis le nom de I'amitie en finesse on abonde ' — cursed 

 mal-a'propos." 



XIV. By Lord Westcote. 



" Pliant and prompt in crane-necked curves to wheel, 

 Achillea rose, and turned upon his heel." 



Who was he ? Did he change sides ? 



XV. By Mr. Wilbraham Bootle. 



" In oily terras he urged the chiefs to peace, 

 For none was more than he the friend to Greased 



Who? Was he a Russia- merchant ? Is the 

 allusion to tallow, or flattery ? 



XVI. By Lord Bayham. 



" His conscious hat well lined with borrowed prose 



• The lubber chief in sulky mien arose. 

 Elate with pride his long-pent silence broke, 

 And, could he but have read, he might have spoke." 



Who ? When did he break down ? 



XIX. By Lord Fauconberg. 

 "Achilles swore he felt by no means hurt 



At putting on great Agamemnon's shirt. 



He prized the honour, did not mind the trouble, 



And only wished the profit had been double." 



Who ? What office did he get ? Who held it 

 before ? 



XX. By Lord Winchelsea. 



" With formal mien, and visage most forlorn, 



The courtly hero spoke his silent scorn." 

 Is any portrait of Lord Winchelsea known ? 

 When did he use such language ? 



XXL By Lord Sydney. 



" The chief, unknowing how he should begin. 

 First darts around, th' opposing ranks to thin, 

 The lightnings of his ej^e, the terrors of his chin.' 



Any portrait known ? There are other allusions 

 to his personal appearance : "Thrice hath Sydney 

 cocked his chin." (The Incantation, R. 520.) 



The full title of the edition from which I quote 

 is,— 



" The RoUiad in two parts. Probationary Odes for the 

 Laureatship, Political Eclogues, and Miscellanies, with 

 Criticisms and Illustrations. London, Ridgway, 1812." 



To avoid prolixity I have referred to the volume 

 by R. FiTZHOPKiNS. 



Garrick Club. 



Forest of St. Leonard, Sussex. — Andrew 

 Boord in his Book of Knowledge says, — 



" In the Forest of Saint Leonards in Southsex there 

 doth never singe Nightingale, althoughe the Foreste 

 rounde aboute in tyme of the yeare is replenyshed with 

 Nightjmgales ; they wyl syng round aboute the Forest 

 and never within the precincte of the Forest; as divers 

 Kepers of the Foreste and other credible persons dwellyng 

 there dyd shew me." 



Can any of your readers say whether the night- 

 ingales of St. Leonard's Forest are still dumb, or 

 whether any such tradition as Andrew Boord re- 

 cords be still remaining among the older of the 

 native inhabitants ? H. E. 



Kyrymyry or Kermery Work. — Reference is 

 made to hanaps and washing-basins of Kyrymyry 

 or Kermery work in Our English Homg. May I 

 inquire the meaning of the term in decorative 

 art ? J. A. 



