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have seen, about the year 1848-49, an account 

 which appeared in various Indian newspapers of a 

 clairvoyante, a little girl of European parentage, 

 but who had never been out of Calcutta. She 

 was represented as saying that Sir John was dead ; 

 but as she gave various details regarding the ship 

 and crew, it would be interesting to compare it 

 with Capt. M'^Clintock's statement, could any 

 reader of " N. & Q." lay his hands upon this nar- 

 rative. SiBKAR Ka NaKUK. 



''The Tale of a Tub." — It is assumed by the 

 biographers — by Scott and Mason certainly — 

 that Thos. Swift set up pretensions to be one of 

 the authors, if not the principal author, of this 

 work ; and that he, Thos., was the author of the 

 " Complete Key" to it, and therefore responsible 

 for what appears therein. It is certainly stated 

 in the "Key" that The Tale was written by "a 

 couple of young clergymen," " generally (and not 

 without sufficient reason) said to be Dr. Jonathan 

 and Thomas Swift." From a subsequent state- 

 ment we must infer that the first part of The 

 Tale was written solely by Thomas, who is spoken 

 of as " the author;" and the writer of" The Key" 

 says that " when he had not yet gone half way," 

 his companion. Dr. Jonathan, "carried it with 

 him to Ireland, and having kept it seven years, 

 at last published it imperfect, for indeed he was 

 not able to carry it on after the intended method ; 

 because divinity (tho' it chanc'd to be his profes- 

 sion) had been the least of his study." This is 

 follovved by some details as to the "digressions" 

 contributed by Jonathan. 



This " Key" was published by Curll, 1710 ; not 

 the very best of authorities, and even thus early 

 in personal antagonism to Jonathan. What is the 

 authority for attributing "The Key" to Thos. 

 Swift ? All I find referred to is Swift's letter to 

 Tooke, wherein Swift speaks of "The Key" as 

 perfect Grub Street, which will be forgotten in a 

 week ; and he thus concludes : 



" I cannot but think that little parson-cousin of mine 

 [Thomas] is at the bottom of this ; for having lent him 

 a copy of some part * * he affected to talk suspiciously, 

 as if he had some share in it." 



Swift, I think, means merely that the foolish 

 talk of Thomas had suggested the idea of joint- 

 authorship to the Grub Street bookseller — not 

 that Thomas wrote " The Key." T. T. T. 



Dean Swift. — Was there any relationship be- 

 tween the Swifts — through Godwin Swift, or 

 his sons or daughters — and Colledge "the Pro- 

 testant joiner," who was hanged. Jonathan was 

 very early intimate with Mrs. Goodwin, Colledge's 

 daughter, who, soon after the revolution, had 

 some appointment about the Court, with apart- 

 ments at Whitehall. Swift makes honourable 

 mention of her ; and in his Journal, May 17, 

 1711, he says: "This noble person and I were 



brought acquainted, some years ago^ by Lady 

 Berkeley." This carries us back to the time when 

 Lord Berkeley was one of the Lords Justices of 

 Ireland, and Swift was his chaplain and secretary, 

 and leads me to infer that the introduction may 

 have taken place in Dublin. Is there any evi- 

 dence that the Loudon joiner's daughter was in 

 Dublin ? 



Luttrell twice makes mention of Mrs. Goodwin, 

 and calls her sister to Colledge. I presume this 

 is a mistake, as it is not likely that Colledge had 

 both a sister and daughter of that name. 



July, 1682. " Mrs. Goodwin, sister to Stephen Colledge, 

 lately executed for treason, is committed to Newgate, on 

 the information of her own husband, for treason," 



4th Sept. 1682. " Mrs. Sarah Goodwin, sister to Stephen 

 Colledge, was tried for high treason, on the testimony of 

 her husband, for treasonable words spoken; but there 

 being no other evidence against her, she was discharged." 



D. E. S. 



Minshew and early English Dictionaries. — Can 

 any of your correspondents give me information 

 of the author of The Guide into Tongues, — " John 

 Minshew?" A copy of the 2nd edition is in my 

 possession, dated 22nd July, 1625. Also, whether 

 there exists any list of Dictionaries of the English 

 language published previous to the 1st edition of 

 Johnson ? G. D. Y. 



John Baynes. — In the month of December, 

 1779, a great reform meeting was held at York, at 

 which meeting one John Baynes, a young barris- 

 ter, made a speech which made a great sensation 

 at the time. A copy of this speech is wanted by 

 a member of his (John Baynes) family, and also 

 any particulars of the said John Baynes, who was 

 an intimate friend of Sir Samuel Romilly.* 



This gentleman also composed various scraps of 

 poetry for the London Courant, a paper published 

 prior to the year 1787. The poems came out 

 under feigned and various names. A clue is 

 wanted to these names, and also any of the poems, 

 if they are to be had. W. H. N". 



Nautical Heraldry. — On the gravestone of a 

 merchant of the sea-coast town of Bridlington, 

 Yorkshire (who died about two hundred years 

 since), besides his own family arms, are carved 

 the following, viz. on a shield, an anchor entwined 

 with a cable. Crest. Upon helmet and wreath a 

 single-masted vessel, without sails; supporters, 

 two mermaids. Motto. " Deus dabit vela." I 

 imagine these to have been the insignia of some 

 guild or company of which the deceased may have 

 been a member, but I have not been able as yet 

 to discover one. I shall be obliged if any reader 

 of "N. & Q." can inform me upon the point. 

 The device on the shield is similar to that used by 

 the Admiralty on seals, &c. C. J. 



[• An interesting a<pount of John Baynes is given in 

 the Gent. Mag. for August, 1787, p. 742. ; and his epitaph 

 by Dr. Parr in Dec. 1805, p. 1141. — Ed.] 



