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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[;2'«i S. X Oct. 27. '60. 



of the towne met him, delivering him the sword with an 

 oration : his Majestic delivered the Sword to Southampton 

 to bee borne, who carried the same to the house of Sir 

 Oliver Crumwell, where his entertainment was bountifuU 

 and noble, and heere some of the Vniversitie of Cam- 

 bridge attended his Majestie, where one of them deli- 

 vered him a learned oration in Latine, welcoming his 

 Majestie, intreating the Confirmation of their priviledges, 

 which his Majestie most willingly granted." 



" Heere," continues the antient Chronicler, " Sir Oliver 

 Crumwell presented him with a f aire Cup of Gold, a goodlj' 

 horse, deepe-mouthed hounds, swift Haulkes of excellent 

 wings, bestowing gold liberally amongst the King's offi- 

 cers." — The Abridgment of the Scots Chronicles, 12mo. 

 Edin. 1633. 



Monnipennie does not say so, but the fair infer- 

 ence from this is, that upon presentation of the 

 gold cup, the loyal Sir Oliver was then and there 

 dubbed Royal Cupbearer by the gratified monarch ; 

 and that the Oliver Cromwell who bore that office 

 in 1648, was his son and successor, or, if without 

 nearer kin, his more celebrated nephew. J. O. 



The Medicinal Virtoes of Spiders' Web. 

 — (2"* S. X. 138.) — In reference to the remark of 

 Dr. Munk on the want of a complete history of 

 the animal substances which have been employed 

 as remedies by the public or the faculty, I may 

 mention a work published in the seventeenth cen- 

 tury, which was probably at that period a very 

 complete compendium of animal remedies. It is 

 entitled, Gulielmi Vanden Bossche Leodii Historia 

 Medica, 4to. Bruxellas, 1639. This volume pro- 

 fesses to be a compilation from the works of some 

 140 authors, whose names head the text. The 

 plan pursued by the author is to devote one 

 chapter to the description of the animal, illus- 

 trating the same by a very graphic woodcut, and 

 the next to the medicinal virtues of the various 

 parts of its body. Some eighty animals are thus 

 very thoroughly dissected. 



The styptic property of the spider's web is 

 noticed, also its power of retarding the too rapid 

 healing of a wound. It is added — 



" Prseterea scribunt quidam (ut ipse Galenus refert) 

 Araneae telam h phlegmone tueri summse cutis ulcera." 



To the bodies, and to the eggs of the spiders, 

 the author attributes the property of dispersing 

 white specks (albugines) in the eye. I believe 

 the book is scarce. X. 



West Derby. 



Turpin's Eide to York (2""» S. ix. 433.)— 

 The following version of this story is from the 

 Memoirs of Charles Lewis, Baron de PoUnitz 

 (54th Letter, dated London, May 4, 1733), vol. ii. 

 p. 457, 1739: — 



•• As the Highwaymen are so artful in committing Rob- 

 beries, they are much more so in escaping Justice. A 

 Highwayman, who had also committed a Murder near 

 London, some Years ago, rode fifty French Leagues that 

 daj", upon the same Horse. When he came to the Place 

 where he thought himself safe, he took out his Watch ; 

 and shewing it to the People of the Ian where he sat up. 



I call you to witness, said he, that at such an Hour I came 

 hither, and I desire j'OU to 'give me a Certificate of it in 

 Writing. They gave him one accordingly, which Piece of 

 Paper saved his Life : for when he was apprehended, his 

 Judges being assured that he was the Murderer, were 

 just going to condemn him, when he asked them. At what 

 o'clock the Murder was committed ? The Judges having 

 told him the Hour, How come you to think, said he, that 

 'twas possible for me to be guilty of the Crime of which yon 

 accuse me, when 1 was that very Day fifty Leagues from 

 the Place where 'twas committed ? The Judges, thinking 

 it out of the Power of Man to be there, and so far off too, 

 in that Time, set the Culprit at Liberty. Mean time, the 

 President being persuaded he was guilty, ask'd him pri- 

 vately how it was ; and the HighAvayman, after having 

 made him promise to keep the Secret, confessed the Fact." 



c. p. J. 



Archdeacons of Dublin (2"^ S. x. 229.) — 

 The following fragments may help to assist Abhba 

 in his researches. They are taken from the Ma- 

 triculation Register of Trin. Coll., Dublin, a copy 

 of which to 1735 is in my possession, and which 

 sometimes proves useful in genealogical inquiries : 



« 1661, Mali 6. Pupillus, Michael Delane, Schol. Com. 

 Parens, [fil] Henrici Chiliarchae. /Etas. 20 annor. Natus. 

 Londini. Educat. Kinsale, sub Decano Bojle. Tutor, Pat. 

 Sheridan." 



I cannot find the name Hawley. Could Halley 

 in the following extract be a mistake ? Such might 

 very likely occur : — 



" 1665. Junii 9. Pupillus Thomas Halley Pens. Parens. 

 Mathiae fil. iEtas 18. Annor. Natus, Rochii Com. Ebora- 

 cenis. Educat. Derry, sub. MrO. Palmer. Tutor. Georgiua 

 Walker." 



The first matriculated student enrolled in this 

 Register is " Guliclmus WentworthEques Nobilis 

 Commens. Soc. &c. Dies Mensis Januarii duo- 

 decim 1637." R. C. 



Cork. 



Allow me to refer Abhba for some information 

 respecting Michael Delaune and Thomas Hawley, 

 to • Archdeacon Cotton's very valuable Fasti JSc- 

 clesice Hibernicce, vol. v. p. 114, B. E. S. 



Joseph D (2»* S. x. 229.) — There can be 



no doubt that the letter D is a misprint : the let- 

 ter should be C, i. e. Joseph Cottle, whose poem, 

 Malvern Hills, contains the lines cited in Lamb's 

 letter to Coleridge of Dec. 27, 1800. In the 4th 

 edition of Malvern Hills, there is a slight variation 

 6r two ; the lines read thus : — 



" How long, and steep, and dreary the ascent ! 

 It needs the evidence of close deduction 

 To know that ever I shall reach the height." 



The " guinea epic," it is probable, was Cottle's 

 poem of Alfred. Mr. Cottle was the friend of 

 Coleridge, Southey, and Lamb ; and whatever 

 may be thought of his poetry now, it then had the 

 commendation of his three contemporaries. Much 

 in relation to the intercourse Mr. Cottle main- 

 tained with this distinguished triumvirate, may be 

 found in his Early BecoUections, chiefly relating 



