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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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weasel tribe, tame, in their houses, for the same 

 purpose for which we use the cat. The habits of 

 the two animals in destroying birds and mice were 

 similar, and their names seem to have been occa- 

 sionally confounded. It is stated by Dureau de 

 la Malle, in his Dissertation cited above, that the 

 polecat is susceptible of domestication. 



The word catus, as we have already seen, is 

 used by Palladius to denote an animal kept for 

 the destruction of moles. This was probably some 

 animal of the weasel tribe, and not a cat. Isido- 

 rus, Orig. xii. 2. 38., has the following article : 

 " Musio [murio ?] appellatus, quod muribus infes- 

 tus sit. Hunc vulgus catum a captura, vocant." 

 It has been conjectured that the word is derived 

 from the old adjective cato,. which signified cun- 

 ning, wise. On the other hand, caluhis, as well as 

 catellus, appears to be a diminutive form of canis. 

 Taros and ydra for cat occur in mediaeval Greek. 

 Ducange, Gloss. Med. Gr. in v. 



The v/ordfeles is lost in the Romance languages, 

 which use derivatives of caius. The same is the 

 case with the modern Celtic and Teutonic lan- 

 guages. Diez, Rom. Wort, in jGatto, p. 166., 

 traces these forms to a Celtfc origin, which is im- 

 probable. G. C. Lewis. 



HARE TRACTS BY WYNKTN DE WORDE AND 

 PTNSON. 



The enclosed are notes of five tracts printed by 

 Wynkyn de Worde, and one by Richard Pynson, 

 which are either not mentioned in Dibdin's Typo- 

 graphical Antiquities, or are different editions 

 from those mentioned ; they are bound up in a 

 volume which contains also Nos. 169. 192, 193, 

 194. 370. 380. 405. 413. of Dibdin's list of the books 

 printed by W. de W., and No. 850. of those 

 printed by John Rastell. I sent to Dr. Dibdin 

 an account of the contents of the valuable volume 

 many years ago, but it was after the publication 

 of his T. A., and I know not whether he ever 

 made use of my information ; if not, it may interest 

 some of your readers to know of these (probably) 

 very rare tracts of Caxton's successor. The 

 volume is preserved in the valuable library at 

 Bamburgh Castle, and was probably previously 

 in the library of John Sharp, Archbishop of York, 

 the principal part of which was by his grandson 

 John Sharp, (one" of the trustees of the charity,) 

 bequeathed to Lord Crewe's trustees. 



1. "In the name of God here begynneth the rule of the 

 ly vyiige of the bretherne and systers of the order of peny- 

 tentes." (Below this title is a woodcut of a vision of St. 

 Francis, &c.) 



" Thus endeth the rule of the lyvj'nge of the bretherne 

 and sj'sters of ye ordre of penytentes. Enprynted at 

 London in Flete strete, at ye sygne of the sonne by Wyn- 

 kyn de Worde. In the j-ere of our lorde a.m.ccccc. 

 & X." 



4to. on twelve leaves, to C. 3. At the end is 



" Mons perfecciouis otherwyse in Englysshe, the hyll 

 of perfeccon." 



device No. 5. of Dibdin's Typographical Anti- 

 quities. 



2. Under a woodcut of a bishop ; 



"Mons perfecciouis otherwyse in En 

 perfeccon." 



On the reverse a woodcut of the crucifixion : — 



"Exhortacio facta Cartusientibus et aliis religiosis p 

 venerandu in xpo patrem et diim dominii Johem Alcok 

 Eliens. episcopQ." 



" Enprynted at Westmestre by Wynkyn the Worth ye 

 yere of our Lorde M.cccc.lxxxxvi., and in the yere of 

 the reyne of the moost vyctorj-ous prynce our moost na- 

 turell sovereyn lorde Henry the seventh, at the instaunce 

 of the ryght reverende relygyoua fader Thomas pryour 

 of ye house of saynt Anne the ordre of the Chartrouse, 

 and fynyshyd the xxij daye of the moneth of Septembre 

 in the yere abovesayd." 



4to. on twenty-eight leaves, to E. 4. At end 

 woodcut of transfigui-ation. 



Dibdin, No. 104., gives two later editions, viz. 

 May, 1497, and May, 1501. 



3. " Here begynneth a lytell treatyse of the dyengc 

 creature enfected with sj'kenes uncurable with many 

 sorowfull complayntes." (Woodcut of a dying man ; oii 

 reverse a dying man with demons.) "Here endeth a 

 lytell treatyse of the dyenge creature. Enprynted at 

 London in Flete Strete in the sygne of the sonne by 

 Wynkj'n de Worde, Anno diii m.ccccc.vi." (Woodcut 

 of 'pope, cardinall, and kings kneeling to the Vir^jin.) 

 " O holy Mary, moder of God, praye for us synners." 



4to. on sixteen leaves. On reverse of last leaf, 

 device No. 6. : an edition of the following year 

 (1507) is mentioned. No. 174. 



4. Below the same woodcut of a bishop as in 

 No. 2., 



"Desponsacio virgini Xristo. Spousage of a virgj'n to 

 Cryste." 



On the reverse, woodcut of crucifixion. 



" An exhortacyon made to Relygyouse S3'sters in the 

 tyme of theyr consecracj-on by the Eeverende Fader in 

 God Johan Alcok bysshop of Ely." 



" Enprynted at Westmjmstre by Wynken de Worde." 

 (Device, "No. 5. of Dibdin.) 



4to, ten leaves, to B. 3. 



5. " Here begynneth ye rule of our holy fader S. 

 Austen y' noble doctour." (Below woodcut of a writer 

 at his desk.) " Thus endeth ye rule of our blessyd fader 

 Saynt Austen, bysshop of Yponens, y* noble doctour. 

 Enprynted at London in Flete Strete at the sj'gne of the 

 Sonne by Wynkvn de Worde." (Device, No. 7. of Dib- 

 din.) 



4to. six leaves, to A. 6. 



6. " The boke of conforte agaynste all tribulacions." 

 (Above a woodcut of the crucifixion ; on reverse the same 

 cut. On fourth leaf a woodcut of the judgment of Pilate.) 

 " Sanguis eius super nos et sup filios nostros." (On leaf 

 14 the crucifixion again) ; on the 21st leaf, " Here after 

 foloweth the Prologe of the auctour upon the mater of 

 the seven mortal synnes and of the doughters or 

 braunches of them, and wythe theyr remedyes." (On re- 

 verse cut of author at desk ; on foL 32. cut of David and 

 Goliah.) " Here folowen the x comaudementes." 



4to. fifty-six leaves. 



