2''d S. X. Skpt. 1. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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stauke upon a cheyne, and so hangj'th it stj'll. And 

 ■whenne the egge styrreth so shulde the towne of Napels 

 quake, and when the egge brake so shulde the towne 

 synke. When he had made an ende he lette call it Na- 

 pels." 



For references to various writers who have treated of 

 the mythic Virgil, the reader is referred to Mr. Thorns' 

 Introduction to the Romance, Schmidt's Beitrage zur 

 Gescliichte der Romantischen Poesie, and to the second 

 volume, s. cxxv. of Von der Hagen's Gesammt aben- 

 theuer. ] 



Portrait of John Bdntan. — I have a paint- 

 ing in ray possession, a portrait of John Bunyan, 

 with a lace collar : above are the words " May God 

 preserve you both in love ; " and below " Aged 

 sixty years and four months." It is an old paint- 

 ing. Can you or any of your readers inform me 

 by whom it is painted ? R. Waugh. 



[A painting exactl}- answering this description was at 

 my house for a few daj's recently. It has some resem • 

 blance to .Johp Bunyan ; but upon a minute examination, 

 and comparing it with the original by Sadler, and that 

 by AVhite, the raustachios, imperial, and forehead satisfied 

 me that it was not intended for John Bunj-an. He died 

 in the sixtieth year of his age, and therefore could not be 

 "Aged sixty years and four months." — George Offok.] 



" The Battle of- Hexham." — Who wrote the 

 play entitled The Battle of Hexham? I have 

 •looked over the list of works by most of the old 

 dramatists, without being able as yet to meet with 

 it. T. H. C. 



[" The Battle of Hexham'\sa.ya G^n^siQ, English Stage, 

 vol. vi. 569.), " is a poor play in three acts by Colman, 

 jun. It is a jumble of tragedy, comedy, and opera — the 

 language is unnatural." It was first acted at the Hay- 

 market, 11 Aug. 1789.] 



Goodwin's (John) Writings. — Would you be 

 good enough to supply me with the " where and 

 when printed," &c. of the following works by 

 John Goodwin, which are not mentioned in Bohn's 

 Lowndes? — 



Calumnv Arraigned and Cast. [;4to. Lond. 1645.] 



Hagio-m'astix. [4to. Lond. 1646.] 



A Candle to the Sun. [4to. 1646.] 



Innocency and Truth triumphing together. [4to. 

 Lond. 1645.] 



Cretensis. [4to. Lond. 1646.] 



Sion College Visited. [4to. Lond. 1648.] 



Theomachia. [4to. Lond. 1644.] 



Epistle to the Parliament. []We have not been able to 

 ascertain the date, &c. of this work.] 



Delta. 



Astir. — A friend of mine, in writing to me, 

 says : — 



" Immense preparations are being made here for the 

 Prince. Private and public institutions are all astir (on 

 a stir?). (I can't find that word in a dictionary, though 

 I have seen it often used.)" 



I am myself^a member of a literary Institution 

 in which there are many dictionaries, but not one 

 of them has " astir." Can you inform me if it be 

 correct ; and, if so, where I can find it ? Is it 

 possible an Englishman would have used the word 



without looking at a dictionary at all ? I am sure 

 I should for one. H. North. 



[We have had no better success than our correspon- 

 dent. Jamieson, however, gives us the Scottish equiva- 

 lent, asteer : — 



" My minny [mother] she's a scalding wife, 

 Hads a' the house asteer." 



And again (in Supplement) : " Ye 're air asteer the day ; 

 i. e. j'ou are early abroad to-day." 



Although our lexicographers seem to agree in ignoring 

 the word " astir," we cannot help considering it legitimate 

 English ; nor should we feel any hesitation in stating 

 that, on the morning of the Duke's funeral, " long before 

 break of day, all London was as<iV."] 



Slang Nomenclature of Coins. — Will any of 

 your correspondents favour me with the deriva- 

 tion, and date of introduction, of the following 

 slang terms now in use for coins, viz. : — 



Bull and half-a-bull - - Crown and half-crown. 



Bob ----- A shilling. 



7'anner 1 q.,^ ^„„„ 



Tizzy j - • ■ - Sixpence. 



Joey ----- A groat. 

 The terms canaries (sovereigns), and browns (half- 

 pence), speak for themselves. 



I observe that " N. & Q." is a useful hand-book 

 for provincialisms, terms, and sayings ; even cur- 

 rent ones might occasionally be' recorded, or, in 

 I960, we shall have some of our great-grandchil- 

 dren writing to the Editor of " N. & Q." (doubt- 

 less .by that time a goodly volume enlarged in 

 size), with such inquiries as what was the origin 

 of — " Who's your hatter ? " and " Who shot the 

 dog ? " Abracadabra. 



[The only one of these terms of which the origin is 

 explained in the curious Dictionary of Modem Slang, 

 Cant, and Vulgar Words lately published by Hotten 

 (though all the words themselves are to be found in it) 

 is Joey, which we are told " is derived (like Bobby from 

 Sir Robert Peel) from Joseph Hume, the late respected 

 M.P. The explanation is thus given in Hawkins's His- 

 tory of the Silver Coinage of Great Britain : ' These pieces 

 are said to owe their existence to the pressing instance of 

 Mr. Hume, from whence they, for some time, bore the 

 nickname of Joeys. As they were very convenient to 

 pay short cab-fares, the hon. M.P. was extremely un- 

 popular with the drivers* who frequently received only a 

 groat where otherwise they would have received a six- 

 pence without any demand for change.' The term ori- 

 ginated with the London cabmen, who have invented 

 many others."] 



aa^jpitc^. 



BOLEYN AND HAMMOND FAMILIES. 



(2°* S. ix. 425.) 



John Hampden's first wife was a Miss Simeon, 

 of Pirton, Oxon, by whom he had three sons and 

 six daughters ; his second was the Lady Letitia 

 Vachell, the widow of Sir John *, by whom he 



* Coates calls him Sir Thomas. 

 knights ? 



Were there two 



