370 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2'"i S. X. Nov. 10. '60. 



century. She is looking upwards with outstretched 

 arms, as in prayer. Her dress is rich, but worn 

 to rags. Poverty is shown in the scanty and 

 broken furniture, and a large jug is at her side 

 with the lip broken off. Three withered garlands 

 Lang above a tablet marked A. Below, in the 

 right hand corner, is " Bruys, Sc." ; and in the 

 centre : — 



" Ex illustri patre natus, 

 In pauperibus seclibus 

 Habito, mordans animum." 



An explanation will oblige 



S. 



Basiucan Customs : Mass said behind the 

 Altar : the Umbrella. — Those churches which 

 were built by the early Christians, or those re- 

 built on the foundations of such churches, are 

 called basilicas. In these, I believe without an 

 exception, the altar stands, not against the wall, 

 but on the line which separates the chancel from 

 the nave ; even in fact with the front of the raised 

 platform of the former : and in these churches the 

 custom is for the priest to say mass behind the 

 altar and with his face to the people. This is 

 stated, and there is every probability that it is 

 true, to have been the custom of the primitive 

 Christians. If it were so, can any correspondent 

 inform us, why and when the change took place 

 in other churches, where the priest invariably 

 says mass in front of the altar, and with his hack 

 to the people? In these basilican churches, a 

 large umbrella is generally suspended, and it is 

 said the cardinal who may take his title from 

 them, asserts the privilege of having an umbrella 

 held over his head in all solemn processions. Is 

 this idea correct, and if so, whence is its origin, 

 and when did it come first into use ? A. A. 



Poets' Corner. 



Fees for Baptism. — I had always understood, 

 since the day when I was myself baptized, that no 

 fee was ever detnanded for baptism in any parish 

 in England ; but I have lately heard that fees are 

 paid in some churches to the minister for the re- 

 gistration, if not for the ministration of the rite. 



I should be obliged for any farther informati»n 

 that any of your correspondents may be able to 

 give, especially as to the locality where such a 

 custom obtains, whether it be a single parish, or a 

 deanery, or diocese ; and also whether the fee is 

 paid for ministration or for registration of the 

 rite. Regedonum. 



Tissue Books or the Protector's Exchequer. 



— Between what dates do these records extend, 

 and have they been printed in whole or part ? 



Jamks Graves. 

 Kilkenny. 



Ultreia. — It is stated by Fosbrooke and other 

 writers, on the authority of Du Cange, that the 

 ancient pilgrims and crusaders were in the habit 



of singing a song called " Ultreia," until the phrase 

 " cantare Ultreia Ultreia " became equivalent to 

 undertaking a pilgrimage or crusade. Can any of 

 your readers inform me what this song was ? 



J. T. 



" So IN THE painter's ANIMATED FRAME." 



Can any of your correspondents point out the 

 author of the following verses, which appear in an 

 examination paper for a Trinity Fellowship at 

 Cambridge ? 



" So in the painter's animated frame, 

 Where Mars embraces the soft Paphian dame, 

 The little Loves in sport the falchion wield, 

 Or join their strength to heave his ponderous shield. 

 One strokes the plume in Tityon's gore embrued, 

 And one the spear that reeks in Typhon's blood. 

 Another's infant brows the helm sustain ; 

 He nods his crest, and frights the shrieking train." 



The versification bears the stamp of Darwin ; 

 and the verses have a close resemblance to the 

 following passage in the Economy of Vegetation^ 

 descriptive of Venus and Vulcan : — 



" Descending Venus sought the dark abode, 

 And soothed the labours of the grisly god. 

 While frowning Loves the threatening falchion wield, 

 And tittering Graces peep behind the shield. 

 With jointed mail their fairy limbs o'erwhelm, 

 Or nod with pausing step the plumed helm." 



Canto L v. 161-6. 

 The peculiar use of the verb " to nod " in both 



passages should be remarked. G. L. 



«ftu«tei tutti) ^nsJDerjf. 



Bishop Trelawnet. — In an old newspaper is 

 the following notice : — 



" On Friday last [July 1, 1720] the Bishop of Win- 

 chester gave a handsome entertainment at his Lordship's 

 house at Chelsea, in commemoration of his being deli- 

 vered with the other Bishops out of the Tower in the 

 reign of King James IL" 



The histories do not mention any bishops but 

 those of Peterboro', Chichester, Bath and Wells, 

 Ely, Bristol, and St. Asaph, with the Primate. 

 Who was the above-mentioned Prelate, if not a 

 misprint ? H. W. 



[The newspaper paragraph is quite correct. Sir Jona- 

 than Trelawney was consecrated Bishop of Bristol Nov. 8, 

 1685 ; translated to Exeter 1689, to Winchester 1707. 

 He died 19 July, 1721. That Trelawney was greatly be- 

 loved in his diocese is evident from the well-known ballad 

 recited by the Cornish peasantry on bis committal to the 

 Tower : — 



" And have they fix'd the where and when? 

 And shail Trelawney die ? 

 Then twenty thousand Cornish men 

 Will know ' The Reason Why ! ' . 



" Trelawney he's iu keep and hold ; 



Trelawney he may die ! 

 ■ But twenty thousand Cornish bold 



Will know ' The Reason Whv.' " 



