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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2°<i S. X. Nov. 10. 'CO. 



this docquet of an original warrant may assist to 

 throw additional light upon the matter : — 



« 7 Nov. 1605. 



"A warr' unto Beniamen Johnson to let a certaiae 

 priest knowe that offered to do good service to the State, 

 that lie should securely come and goe to and from the 

 LL's, ^v''^ they promised in the said warrant upon their 

 honors." 



Who was the certain priest in communication 

 with the poet ? 



A letter from the Isle of Wight, written during 

 King Charles's imprisonment there, states that his 

 Majesty spends his whole time in the perusal of 

 Ben Jonson's works, in which he takes much de- 

 light. 



Geo. Vertue, in 1749, had in his possession some 

 transcripts relative to Ben Jonson, and also ex- 

 tracts from the accounts of Lord Stanhope, Trea- 

 surer of the Chamber to King James from a.d. 

 1613 to 1616 relative to the payment of the 

 players for acting of plays in and between those 

 years at court. 



Query. What has become of the original ac- 

 counts of Lord Stanhope ? 



Eaymond Delacourt. 



Definition of Wit. — Sydney Smith, in his 

 Lectures on Moral Philosophy, examines and dis- 

 cards several definitions of wit, and ends by fram- 

 ing one for himself. This, he admits, was severely 

 handled by critics. Can anyone tell me where I 

 may find it discussed ? C. J. Robinson. 



Mathias Lobel. — This person, a Fleming, who 

 was contemporary with Gerard, the herbalist, and 

 died 1616, spent the last years of his life in Eng- 

 land, and collected several new plants, which 

 were published, 1655, under the title of Stirpium 

 niustrationes. Was he the apothecary, styled Dr. 

 Lobel, who played a part in the poisoning of Sir 

 Thomas Overbury ? Edward F. Eimbault. 



Shaftesbury Cartularies. — Can any reader 

 inform an antiquary whether the cartulary of the 

 monastery of Shaftesbury, Dorset — which was in 

 the hands of Sir John Lowe's trustees in 1680 — 

 exists ? And if so, where ? Also, whether another 

 cartulary, once in the possession of Mr. Schutz, of 

 Shotover, Oxford, and which belonged to the 

 same monastery, is forthcoming ? 



A third — a register of gifts to the monastery — 

 was in the hands of Mr. Giles Templeman, of the 

 Inner Temple, 1822. A reference to its present 

 owner would oblige the undersigned. 



These three cartularies are perfectly distinct 

 from the one in the British Museum, Harl. MS. 

 61. M. D. A. 



Thomas Rosoman. — This gentleman, who was 

 many_ years proprietor of Sadler's Wells Theatre, 

 dietjl in 1782, and was buried in the churchyard of 



Hampton, Middlesex. Is anything known of his 

 antecedents, or of the lady to whom he was mar- 

 ried ? Did he leave any family? 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



Canadian Song. — The correspondent of the 

 Times, in his account of the Prince of Wales's 

 progress through Canada, has made frequent men- 

 tion of a favourite national song with which he 

 was greeted in many places. 



The beginning, or the burthen of this song, is — 



" II y a longtemps que je t'aime: — jamais je ne t'ou- 

 blierai."' 



Can any contributor to " N. & Q." say whether 

 this song is published in Canada ? And whether 

 it is to be procured anywhere in London, and 

 where ? 



The writer of this has inquired at two or three 

 music shops unsuccessfully. 



If any publisher were to import it into England, 

 he would probably find the speculation a good 

 one. Stylites. 



Meaning of Platey. — In some parts of Kent, 

 when there is only a partial crop of hops or fruit, 

 the people call it a platey (Query whether this is 

 the right way of spelling the word ?) one. Again, 

 when you ask a poor person, who is not very well, 

 how he is, his reply almost always is — " On, very 

 ordinary.''^ 



Are the above terms in use elsewhere P And 

 what is the derivation of the word platey ? 



J. C. S. 



Queen's College, Cambridge. 



Inscription. — I shall feel obliged to any of 

 your numerous readers who are in the habit of 

 collecting such curiosities, if they would assist me 

 in identifying the following inscription, which 

 graces the entrance to some west-country man- 

 sion : — 



" Welcome to all through this wide- opening gate, 

 None come too early, none depart too late." 



F. Phillott. 



Colonel Graves. — Information is requested 

 respecting Colonel Graves, one of Sir Thomas 

 Fairfax's, officers who commanded the cavalry at 

 the raising of the siege of Taunton in 1645. 



George H. Lee. 



Christopher Ebdon. — An interior view of the 

 nave and choir of Durham Cathedral, drawn by 

 Christopher Ebdon, and engraved by T. Miller, 

 was published in 1769. Is anything known of the 

 draughtsman ? Edward F. Rimbault. 



Consecration of a Mausoleum. — I am 

 anxious to have a mausoleum in my demesne con- 

 secrated, and shall thank any of your readers who 

 will be good enough to tell me how to go about it. 



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