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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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tion a couple of live geese to the King of Hun- 

 gary, this service being understood to be a com- 

 pulsory token of allegiance. I observe from a 

 newspaper that the geese presented this year to 

 the Emperor of Austria were decorated, the one 

 with ribbons in the Austrian, and the other in the 

 Hungarian colours. How did this custom origi- 

 nate, and when ? Is it confined to the Jews of 

 Pressburg, or is it, or any other mode of doing 

 homage to the king, imperative on the other He- 

 brew congregations of the kingdom ? 



T. Lamprat. 



Dutch Tragedy on Barneveldt. — Some years 

 ago I was shown a tragedy in Dutch on the death 

 of Barneveldt. It was in folio, with many absurd 

 engravings. I could not then read it, but the 

 owner, who valued the book for its scarcity, said 

 it contained many fine passages, and translated 

 some, which were much better than could have 

 been expected from the illustrations, though clas- 

 sical names and deities wei-e redundantly used : 

 that is all that I remember. If enough for any 

 correspondent of " N. & Q." to identify the book, I 

 shall be obliged by being told something about it. 

 The subject seems well suited to tragedy. I do 

 not know that it has been used except by La 

 Harpe ; and his play, which I have not read, is 

 said to have had little success. F. H. 



Kegisters of Clifford's Inn. — I should be 

 glad to know whether the books of admission to 

 Clifford's Inn are in existence, and how access to 

 them may be obtained ? C. J. R. 



Cod. Adrian Quyney. — Can you give me any 

 information respecting this parliamentary officer ? 

 ^Vas he connected with Shakspeare's son-in-law 

 Thomas Quyney ? C. J. R 



WiTCHCRAFr. — What are the best historical 

 authorities upon witchcraft, as it was formerly 

 punished as a capital crime in this country? Have 

 the most memorable cases and trials been any- 

 where collected ? Or, if not, where do they inci- 

 dentally occur in historical and topographical 

 works ? Investigator. 



Calkewedl HiDD. — In a MS. pedigree of 

 Hastings before me it is said of Sir Hugh Hast- 

 ings (son of Sir Hugh Hastings by Margery 

 Foliott), that he " died upon Calkeivell Hilled I 

 learn from other authorities that he died in 1369, 

 and was buried in the Friar's church at Doncas- 

 ter ? Where is Culkewell Hill, and what battle 

 or other event occurred there by which the death 

 of Sir Hugh Hastings was occasioned ? G. A. C. 



Lavali-ee's " Military Topography of Con- 

 tinental Europe." — What similar books are 

 there on other districts, and where procurable ? 



S. F. Creswell. 



The School, Tonbridge. 



The " Gloria Patri " Versified. — Over the 

 great western door of the church of Notre Dame de 

 la Chapelle at Brussels is inscribed a metrical ver- 

 sion of the "Gloria Patri " in two hexameters, as 

 follows : — 



" Gloria sit Patri, similis sit gloria Nalo, 

 Gloria Spiritui, ceu fuit, est et erit." 



I think I have seen this accurate and ingenious 

 version before. Is anything known of its origin ? 



Such short verses are Avell suited for being in- 

 scribed on the walls of churches, because their 

 rhythm and quaintness impress them readily on the 

 memory. John Ribton Garstin. 



HoDGKiNS, Suffragan of Bedford. — I should 

 feel obliged by any particulars which can be given 

 by your correspondents as to the ancestors or de- 

 scendants of Hodgkins, who is mentioned by Bp, 

 Burnet (Hist. Ref. ed. 1715, vol. ii. p. 373.) as 

 having assisted at the consecration of Archbishop 

 Parker at Lambeth in 1559.* X. 



"Inula." — The Latin word inula is conven- 

 tionally translated " the herb Elecampane " in all 

 our dictionaries. The Greek word kx&iov is also 

 translated " elecampane " by Liddell and Scott, 

 judiciously qualified by a "perhaps." Is there 

 any herb vernacularly known by this name in 

 English, or is this word ever used to denote any- 

 thing but a schoolboy's dainty ? F. D. Magens. 



Herb. — The aspiration or otherwise of the word 

 humble was some time ago discussed in youv columns 

 without decided result. The word herb I have 

 hitherto pronounced with h rough, and heard all 

 others do the same. But lately in my hearing it 

 has been given unaspirated by several well-edu- 

 cated men, who could not be suspected of inten- 

 tional or unintentional cockneyism. Which should 

 it be? S. F.C.- 



John Rogers the Martyr. — Will M. W. B., 

 whose communication appeared in " N. & Q." in 

 1852 (P' S. V. 508.), kindly send his address, or 

 that of the lady who possessed the portrait of 

 John Rogers, to the Editor, for J. L. C. 



" The Cowragious Castle Combat." — Can 

 anyone give any particulars as to the author of 

 the following poetical tract, or of the circum- 

 stances which gave rise to it ? 



" The Cow-ragious Castle Combat. Lately begun in a 

 strong Vapour and ended in a desperate Duell. By 

 James Fencer and William Wrastler. At Three of the 

 Clock of the JS'ight of the Third Day of the Third Year 

 of the Reigne of the domineering Goddess Bellona. 

 London: Printed for R. M. 1645." 



It is put in Lowndes under the name of" Fencer 

 (Jas.)," but this is a mistake, as Jas. Fencer and 

 William Wrastler are the persons whose quarrel 



[* See Ilodgkins's various preferments in "N. cSc Q.," 

 2"'« S. ii. 2. — Ed.] 



