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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



[2»<i S. VIII. July 16. '59. 



Atchievements; the case of Christ's Votaries is the 

 same:] They are not only Conquerors, but more than 

 Conquerors, by multiplied victories." — Serm. XVII. p. 277. 



The editor observes in a note : " The words 

 above insertetl, or words to the same effect, ap- 

 peared necessary to perfect the sense." The above 

 passage stands in its original obscurity in Pearson. 



It will suffice to compare one other passage : — 



" Here is the best Elogy the Apostle will bestow upon 

 the best of natures, [that it is] Enmity against God. 

 Nay, all the sparkles of Virtue and Moral Goodness in 

 Civil Men, and Ancient Heathens, are no better. Besides 

 many other things to be said of the Virtues of those Phi- 

 losophers, their Ignorance of Christ, by Whom alone this 

 Enmity is removed, [was an essential Defect]." — Serm. 

 IX. pp. 1.55-6. 



" Here is the best eulogy the Apostle will bestow upon 

 the best of natures. Enmity against God. Naj', all the 

 sparkles of virtue and moral goodness in civil men 

 and ancient heathens are no better ; besides many other 

 things to be said of the virtues of these philosophers, as, 

 ignorance of Christ, by whom alone this enmity is re- 

 moved."— Pn. p. 200. 



Abp. Leighton, as Burnet tells us, " spent some 

 years in France, and spoke that language like one 

 born there;" and the editor of Rivington's edi- 

 tion has several Notes on the "Gallicisms" to be 

 found in the Eighteen Sermons. Thus, at p. 12., 

 Trait is noted as a French word. Johnson, by 

 the way, declares it to be "scarce English" in his 

 time; and even though now completely natu- 

 ralised, I cannot find it in Richardson. Finesse 

 occurs in Serm. XIII., with a Note, p. 229.; and 

 Tissure in Serm. XII., p. 201.: but the modern 

 editions read Fineness and Tissue. See also a 

 Note on Diligences, Serm. XVIII. p. 281. I give 

 three examples with the Notes at length : — 



" He never intended to banish Sin, but to retire it to his 

 innermost and best room." — Serm. I. p. 14. 



" To retire it, &c.] The verb Retire, in an active sense, 

 is a Gallicism ; and the Author abounds with such French 

 Idioms, being a great master of that language ; and sig- 

 nifies to Harbour or Entertain, according to that French 

 Phrase, Retirer chacun chez soy, to harbour or receive one 

 into his house." — Note. 



Retire, in its active sense, signifying to withdraw, 

 is again used by Leighton in Serm. XXXI. : — 



" I will retire My favourable Presence from them." — 

 Pn. p. 435. 



# But surely it was an established English, word 

 long before Leighton's time ; Shakspeare, Bacon, 

 and many others use it. Thus the latter says in 

 the Dedication of his Essays, dated 1597 : — 



" I did ever hold there might bee as great a vanitie in 

 refyring and withdrawing men's conceites from the 

 worlde, as in obtruding them." 



" The Wisdom from Above is pure ; this their Engage- 

 ment to Heaven for it, excludes vaunting and boasting." 

 — Serm. 1. p. 15, 



" Their Engagement to Heaven for it.'] Another Gal- 

 licism, and means the conscious sense thej' have of their 

 being obliged or beholden to Heaven for it." — Note. 



" If all our love must go to God, what remains for our 



Neighbour? Indeed all [must] go upwards, and be all 

 placed on Him ; but from thence it is refunded and regu- 

 lated downwards to men, according to His Will." — Serm. 

 X. p. 182. 



" Rfgulated."] Seems to be a coined word from the 

 French recule, which signifies derived or poured down." — 

 Note. 



In the above passage, "refunded" is changed 

 into resounded by the modern editors. (Pearson, 

 p. 220.) 



"Interpretative," in the sense of declared, 

 avowed, occurs in Serm. IX. p. 156.: "Practical, 

 and, (as they call it). Interpretative Enmity." 



ElBIONNACH. 



(To he concluded in our next.) 



CAXTON ; PINSON, ETC. 



Looking over some works in a library contain- 

 ing a good many specimens of early printing and 

 a few manuscripts, I have just met with the fol- 

 lowing, of which I think a Note may be made. A 

 small 4to. volume, in very old binding, contains 

 the following items : — 



1. Octavo Idus Augusti fiat Servic. de tranS' 

 figuracione Jhesu Xpi. dni. nostri. This consists 



of ten leaves printed in red and black, with a 

 figurative representation of God, &c. at the be- 

 ginning. It ends, " Caxton me fieri fecit." 



2. Feslum dulcissimi nominis iesu fiat Septimo 

 idus Augusti, consists of twenty-four leaves, 

 printed in red and black. It ends, " Per m© 

 Ricardura Pinson." A blank page follows, and 

 the last page is occupied with the monogram of 

 "R. P." 



3. Incipit Augustinus de virtute Psalmorum. 

 Ten folios. A device of Hercules with his club, 

 and a lion on a shield upon the last page. No 

 printer nor date. 



4. Alberti Magni de virtutibus Animce. Thirty- 

 two leaves. Ends with a device of a fortified city. 

 Text is followed by "Inipressum Antwerpias per 

 me Gerardum leeu. Anno dni M°cccc°lxxxix'', 

 xiiij. die Mensis Marcij." 



5. Johannis Nider, de Morali lep?'a. About 

 ninety leaves. At the end " Impressus per me 

 Johanem de Westfalia." No date nor place. 



Perhaps some of these items may furnish sug- 

 gestions for a note or two from some of your 

 bibliographical correspondents, who may have 

 some information concerning these tracts which 

 I am not now able to give. I have no doubt that 

 a few hours in many similar almost unvisited 

 collections of books would be abundantly re- 

 warded. What I have myself already met with, 

 both in print and in MS., has very much inter- 

 ested me. I will mention, among such as now 

 occur to my memory, a volume of Treatises by 

 St. Augustine, in a nicely- written MS. of the 

 tenth century ; a similar volume of Origen's Ho- 



