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liad two cars, and I should be glad to know wLe- 

 ther that was then* uniform fashion. In 1C57, "a 

 Silver pot with two ears, after the manner of a Col- 

 lege Pot" was presented to the company by Mr. 

 Thomas Picrrepont, with his arms and the arms 

 of the company engraven upon it; and a like pot 

 was [)reseuled by Tiiomas Vera and William Gil- 

 bertsoii. Again, in 16G3, it was agreed that the 

 sum of 10/. which John Sweeting had directed to 

 be laid out in something to preserve his memo- 

 rial in the company, should be bestowed on a 

 silver cup, college fashion. 



If we conclude tlien that the form of a College 

 Pot was that of a mug, having two ears or spouts, 

 may I ask for a description of a Maudlen Cup, 

 equally or more satisfactory ? 



I find in 1564 one given to the Stationers' Com- 

 pany by Mr. William May, which was described 

 as " a cup all gilt, with a cover, called a Maudlen 

 Ctippo, weighing 11 ounces." This seems to show 

 that Maudlen Cups had covers : but that may not 

 have been uniformly the case. In a list of plate 

 belonging to James I. taken into the charge of 

 Sir William Heyricke, his Majestj^'s goldsmith, in 

 1G06, I find — 



"A maudiyn cup of christall (weighing) 19 oz. di." 



May I solicit the communication of similar en- 

 tries that may throw further light on this inquiry ? 

 John Gough Nichols. 



The Statiokers of the Middle Ages. — The 

 mediasviil stationers are thus described in Rees's 

 CyclopcBdia (1819) : — 



" Stationarii were men, thus called in the middle ages, 

 who trafficked in books, made large fortunes bj' lending 

 them out to be read, at exorbitant prices, not in volumes, 

 but in detached parts, according to the estimation in 

 which the author was held." 



I should feel obliged on being referred to the 

 original authority or authorities upon which this 

 statement is founded. John Gough Nichols. 



Dowager Peeresses. — The House of Lords, 

 in 1661, declared that Lady Dacre, by marrying a 

 commoner, bad forfeited her peerage : the resolu- 

 tion was come to after the House had received the 

 opinion of the Judges on the point of law. Can 

 any of your readers inform me whether the opi- 

 nion of the Judges can be now arrived at ? Does 

 it exist amongst the muniments or records of 

 Parliament ? Is the case anywhere reported ? 

 -and who were the Judges? The I'esolution is 

 upon the Journal of the House of Lords : " A dow- 

 ager peeress on remarriage with a commoner can 

 JK) longer be a dowager peeress ; she cannot be 

 •ilowayjer of one and wife to another at the same 

 lime." L. Q. 



1'rideaux of Barbadoes and Blake. — To 



which branch of the Prideauxes of Devon and 



Cornwall did the Prideauxes of Barbadoes be- 

 long ? and how was the great Admiral Blake 

 related to them? I possess a copy of the will of 

 Nicholas Prideaux, of St. Thomas in that island, 

 member of council ; he died at the latter end of the 

 seventeenth century, when he disposed of a con- 

 siderable property among his children, from one of 

 whom I descend ; and I shall be greatly obliged 

 to any genealogist who will give me information 

 on these subjects. Ina. 



Mary Queen of Scots. — In a plantation near 

 to Leyburn in Yorkshire, a few miles from Bolton 

 Castle, is a board with the following notice : — 



" Queen's Gap, the place where Mary Queen of Scots, 

 according to local tradition, was retakeu in her attempt 

 to escape from Bolton Castle, where she was a prisoner 

 under the care of Lord Scrope, a.d. 15G0." 



Is there any historical proof of such an escapade 

 having been attempted by the royal prisoner ? 



N. M. 



Proffer. — Can any of the readers of " N. & 

 Q." give a reason for the word proffer being spelt 

 with the double/.^ Offer, siffer, and dffer I can 

 understand, but why proffer ? J. 



Irish Bishops translated to England. — 

 Some years since I met, I think, with a tolerably 

 long list of Irish bishops translated to England ; 

 but not having made a note at the time, I am 

 now imable to lay my hand upon it. Can you 

 refer me to the publication in which it appeared? 



Abhba. 



Hesiod v. Milton. — The well-known lines — 



" Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth 

 Unseen, both when we wake, and when \Ye sleep," 



generally pass as Milton's. See Par. Lost, iv. 677. 

 But I find Wesley twice refers to them as Hesiod's : 

 see sermon on 1 Cor. xiv. 20, The Case of Reason 

 impartially considered, ii. 1 ; and sermon oh Ileb. 

 i. 14, Of Good Angels, Introd. 3. If this be cor- 

 rect, perhaps some of your readers can point out 

 the passage in Hesiod which has been paraphrased 

 by ]\Iilton. David Gam, 



PoRSON. — It is said that there are many letters 

 of Porson in existence, and many written by Per- 

 son's correspondents to him. Does any reader of 

 " N. & Q." possess any of them, or know how any 

 of them may be procured? 



Is a complete copy of the Catechism for the 

 Swinish Multitude obtainable? Lesby. 



English Translations of Cicero. — An Eng- 

 lish translation of Cicero's " De Senectute" inverse 

 was published in 8vo., 1725, under tlie title of 

 " Cato Major." Who was the author ? There is 

 a translation of '• Cato Major" and " Lajlius," by 

 Sam. Parker, London, 1704. Reprinted at Ox- 

 ford, 1720, 1727, ] 731. Also reprinted at London, 

 1736. In Lovi'ndes's Bibliographei's Mamud, I 



