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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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lished in 1625, and therefore one of Bacon's 

 latest works, Arminians and Arians are associated 

 together, and their peculiar opinions are charac- 

 terised as " speculative heresies." 



One cannot wonder that Bacon was a Cal- 

 Tinist. Whitgift was his tutor at Cambridge ; 

 Calvinism was during his time in the ascendant ; 

 the king was a strong Calvinist, and we know 

 that royal favour was, unhappily, at all times 

 much too precious in Bacon's sight. It would, 

 indeed, have been surprising to find him an 

 Arminian. David Gam. 



INDEXES TO EPISCOPAL REGISTEBS. 



The immense value of the registers of insti- 

 tutions, &c. preserved in the archives of the 

 several dioceses, is known to all antiquarian in- 

 quirers, whilst the absence of indexes is, in gene- 

 ral, too painfully felt. It might, therefore, be 

 well to note in " N. & Q." the existence of any 

 such indexes, for the advantage of those who are 

 interested in the facts. As a first instalment I 

 can mention two. 



In the Registrar's Office for the Diocese of 

 Norwich there is preserved an index, made by 

 Bishop Tanner, when he was Chancellor of Nor- 

 wich, in the beginning of the last century. The 

 entries are arranged under counties, archdeacon- 

 ries, rural deaneries, and parishes, and consist of 

 notices of the dedication of each church ; an ab- 

 stract from the Taxatio Spiriiualis, called "The 

 Norwich Doomsday;" the names of all patrons, 

 incumbents, and principals of religious houses, 

 with the dates of their institutions, and references 

 to the registers ; miscellaneous notices of the 

 greatest curiosity and value from the will-books, 

 with dates and references ; and additions of the 

 most varied kind from the Le Neve MSS. and 

 other authentic sources. 



It consists of two thick folio volumes, originally 

 intended as books of common-places for sermons, 

 the printed headings of the various subjects in 

 Latin, and some entries under them, being still 

 extant, but upside down, at the bottom of the 

 pages. And it is such a monument of patient 

 and intelligent Industry as in any case, except 

 Tanner's, would of itself alone entitle the com- 

 piler to perpetual renown. In the office its value 

 is fully appreciated, and it is affectionately named 

 after its author, " Tanner." 



The second is a series of synoptical indexes 

 to the episcopal registers of the diocese of Win- 

 chester^ in four small quarto volumes, beautifully 

 written. An Index is devoted to each volume of 

 the registers, from the earliest of Bishop John de 

 Pontlssera to Bishop Gardiner's registers. Each 

 index is alphabetical, and something more than a 

 mere reference is given in most Instances. 



This invaluable adjunct to the Winton regis- 



ters has been suffered, by some extraordinary 

 accident, to remain in the possession of the ac- 

 curate and diligent compiler of it, W. T. Alchin, 

 Esq., the librarian of the Corporation of London, 

 to whose courtesy I (amongst other literary in- 

 (julrers) am indebted for permission to consult 

 it. B. B. Woodward. 



Haverstock Hill. 



PROVERBS AVORTH PRESERVING. 



I think the following pict-up proverbs and pro- 

 verbial sayings are worth enshrining in " N. & Q." 

 Some have been met with in print, others only 

 heard. If not preserved when first found, like 

 winged seeds, they are often blown away and for- 

 gotten. 



" Hasty people drink the wine of life scalding hot." 

 " Death's the only master who takes his servants with- 

 out a character." 

 " Old age cools hot blood." 

 " A kind heart often saves a weak head." 

 " Yesterday's dew and tomorrow's sunshine feed the 

 hopes of the fool." 

 " A sour-faced wife fills the tavern." 

 " Folly jumps into the river, and wonders why Fate 

 has let him." 



" Content's the mother of good digestion." 

 " Wlien Pride and Poverty marry together, their chil- 

 dren are Want and Crime." 



" Oaks are never grown in hothouses." 



" A blazing fire and a smiling wife 

 Kill temptation, and misery, and strife." 



" Want one's housekeeper, and misery one's bedfellow, 

 bring but few guests to the front door." 



" Where hard work kills ten, idleness kills a hundred 

 men." 



" Foll3'' and pride walk side by side." 



" He that borrows binds himself with his neighbour's 

 rope." 



" The Devil and his servants never go to sleep at the 

 same time." 



" He that's too good for good advice, is too good for his 

 neighbour's company." 



" Friends and photographs never flatter." 



" Dreams by night may give us delight, 

 But dreams by day must lead us astraj'." 



" Wisdom's always at home to those who call." 

 " A silver tongue and a brazen face cover a heart of 

 steel." 

 " The firmest friends ask the fewest favours." 



Hubert Bower. 



FOOD OF PARADISE. 



On the passage " In the sweat of thy face shalt 

 thou eat bread, till thou return unto the earth," 

 the Quarterly Reviewer (No. 209. p. 233.) says, 

 " originally a curse, it has become in the present 

 state of the world a blessing." Writing on the 

 manufacture of bread, the Reviewer has misap- 

 prehended the words of Moses, in supposing bread 

 to have been an accursed product. For, first, the 



