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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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moschata in the Dutch dictionary ; and the dis- 

 tinction between stinhen and rieken is as clearly 

 marked as in stench and smell, stinken having al- 

 ways a bad meaning, and rieken generally a good 

 one. The words do not run like verse. Is Van 

 Vloudel a Dutch author ? E. M. 



Armorial. — In the old moated house of the 

 Wallers at Groombridge, by Tonbridge Wells, 

 there is a painting of a female witli the following 

 armorial bearings : Per pale, 1. Azure a maunch 

 argent, a crescent cadency. 2. Sable a fess be- 

 tween three sheep or animals resembling them, 

 argent. 



Also, on another picture are three coats with — 

 Per pale, dexter, Waller ; middle, a saltire engrailed 

 ermine between four roundels, on a chief a doe 

 couchant sinister, on three bends eight martlets, 

 3, 2, 1. 



If any correspondent can inform the writer to 

 whom the above armorial beai"ings belong he will 

 much oblige Abmiger. 



Senex's " Map of Ireland." — I have a good- 

 sized and rather well-executed map, entitled " A 

 New Map of Ireland, from the latest Observation," 

 by John Senex, and " inscrib'd to the Right Hon. 

 Simon Lord Lovat, &c., 1720." Were any other 

 maps issued by the same individual ? Abhba. 



Anglin : Lacount. — Is the name "Anglin" 

 known as an original English, Scotch, or Irish 

 name ? And if so, to what locality does it belong ? 

 If not, is it known as a French name, or as a 

 Scandinavian one ? Is the name " Lacount" to 

 be found in the British Isles ? G. A. S, L. 



Sir Edward Dering. — According to Mr. 

 Forster's Arrest of the Five Members (p. 230.), 

 Sir E. Dering was, in 1641-2, expelled the House 

 of Commons for the preface to his speeches against 

 the Grand Remonstrance. But, at p. 350., we 

 find him taking part in the proceedings of the 

 Committee at Grocers' Hall. Had he been re- 

 stored to his position in the meanwhile ? 



G. M. G. 



AiSLABiE OF Studlet, Co. York. — Elizabeth, 

 daughter of John, 6th Earl of Exeter, married 

 Wm. Aislabie, Esq., son and heir of John Aisla- 

 bie, Esq., of Studley, and died leaving issue 

 several children. Who were these children ? What 

 connexion was there between George Aislabie, of 

 Studley, Esq., whose daughter married Sir Wm. 

 Robinson, Bart., and the above-named Elizabeth? 



P. R. 



Paul Washington alias Haine, of Christ's 

 College, Cambridge, in or about 1629, wrote a 

 pamphlet against Archbishop Ussher. Any in- 

 formation respecting this pamphlet or its author 

 will be acceptable to C. H. & Thompson Cooper. 



Cambridge. 



Robert Remington, of Peterhouse, B.A. 1579- 

 80, was subsequently knighted, and made Pre- 

 sident of Munster. He was the younger brother 

 of Richard Remington, successively archdeacon of 

 Cleveland and the East Riding of York. Any 

 farther particulars relative to Sir Robert Rem- 

 ington will be acceptable to 



C. H. & Thompson Cooper. 



Cambridge. 



Vowel Sounds. — Is there any work in exist- 

 ence tracing the change of sound which the vowels 

 have undergone since printing was introduced ? 



In such words as Aaron, Naaman, Caaba, Ca- 

 naan, Salaam, Baal, Kraal, was not the double a 

 intended to represent the sound " ay," as in 

 " day " ? And ought not the accent to fall on the 

 syllable which contains the double a? J. J. S. 



Alfteri. — Who is the author of an English in- 

 terlinear translation of Merope, according to the 

 Hamiltonian system, published about thirty years 

 since ? Is there an English translation of Orestes 

 by Mr. W. R. Wright, in the second edition of 

 Horce lonicce and other Poems, London, 1816 ? 



A. Z. 



Maelstrom. — Where shall I find the following 

 line? 



" He looked down on the Maelstrom and the men in 

 misery." 



H. M. Parker. 



Interludes. — In the Amateurs' Magazine, pub- 

 lished about the end of 1855 and 1856, I find the 

 titles of the following interludes and dramatic 

 sketches : — No. IV. Nov. 1855, "Furnished Apart- 

 ments," an interlude. Same number, "Two Scenes 

 in a Cathedral." No. V. Dec. 1855, "The Lucky 

 Picture," an interlude. No. VI. " A Scene in a 

 Scottish University." 



As I cannot obtain a sight of this publication, 

 could you oblige me by giving the names or ini- 

 tials of the authors, if these are to be found in the 

 magazine ? A. Z. 



" The Manuscript." — There was published a 

 book with the following title, The Travels of Hu' 

 maims in search of the Temple of Happiness, an 

 allegory, by William Lucas, London, 1809, 12mo. 

 At the end of the volume there is a short inter- 

 lude, called " The Manuscript." What is the 

 subject of this piece, and who are the dramatis 

 personce ? A. Z. 



The Reay Country. — Will you allow me, ^ 

 through your " N. & Q.," to ask. How first came 

 the name of the Reay Country to be so desig- 

 nated, its original name having been, as you are 

 aware, Strathnaver, from Strath, in Scotch a val- 

 ley, and Naver, the river which watered it, or 

 ran through it ? Did the first proprietor or 

 tenant-in- chief give his name to it ? or was it 

 called the Reay Country from the reays, or red 



