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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2n« S. VIII. Oct. 15. '59. 



tifie me in imitating that -which I blame so much in 

 him : But nothing I could say would satisfie them. Some 

 ■went even so far as to say, shall we go and venture our 

 Lives for a Man zvho seems so indifferent about preservitig 

 his own ? Thus I have been drawn in to do a thing for 

 -which I condemn my Self. ¥>• Ma — ty knows that in my 

 Nature I am neither cruell nor revengefull." 



The letter dated from Pinkie House details the 

 success with -which — 



" It has pleased God to prosper Y"^ Ma — ' Arms under 

 my command. On the IT'^ I entered Edinburg Sword 

 in hand, and got possession of y« Town, -without our 

 being obliged to shed one Drop of Blood, or commit the 

 least Violence : And this Morning, I have gain'd a most 

 Signal Victory with little or no loss." 



Farther on the Prince remarks : — 



"If I had obtained this Victory over Foreigners, my 

 Joy -wo'd have been complete ; But as it's over English- 

 men, it has thrown a Damp upon it that I little imagined. 

 The Men I have defeated, were y Ma — ' Enemys, it is 

 true; But they might have become y"^ Friends and Duti- 

 fuU S — cts when they had got their Eyes open'd to see 

 y« true Interest of their Country, which I am come to 

 save, not to destroj'. For this reason I have discharg'd 

 all publick Kejoicings." 



The fourth and last document contained in the 

 packet is " A Journal of the Marches of His R. 

 H." Army from the 8*^ of Nov'"', the time he 

 entered England, till his return to Scotland, the 

 20**^ of Dec^'." 



I have given a sufficient extract from the dif- 

 ferent MSS. to identify them, if they are known. 

 The proclamations were, I doubt not, published 

 far and wide, but where did the letters and 

 journal come from? Perhaps yourself, or one of 

 the numberless readers of " N. & Q." may be 

 able to throw some light on the subject. If the 

 letters and Journal have not been published, I 

 have no doubt that Mr. Philipps will allow me to 

 copy them in extenso. John Pavin Phillips. 



Haverfordwest. 



^tn0r ©unrtc*. 



Sir John Hart. — When was John Harte, or 

 Hart, elected an Alderman of the City of London ? 

 and when was he knighted ? Sir John Hart was 

 Lord Mayor of London in 1589 ; and was, I be- 

 lieve, M.P. for London from 1593 to 1601. His 

 epitapii may, I think, still be seen in one of the 

 churches in London dedicated to St. Swithin. 



W. N. S. 



'■'■Sunt Monachi nequam." — I shall be thankful 

 if any of your readers can assist me in tracing the 

 following Latin epigram : — 



" Sunt monachi nequam, nequam sunt unus et alter, 

 Praeter Petrum omnes ; est sed et hie monachus." 



I have seen it attributed to H. Stephanus, but 

 have not succeeded in finding it in any collection 

 of his poems, or in the Apologie pour Herodote. 



The epigram is imitated from one in the Greek 



Anthology, attributed toPhocylides or Demodocus. 

 There is also an English imitation by Person, 

 against Hermann. Both these are given in the 

 Anthologia Polyglotta of Dr. Wellesley (p. 433.) ; 

 but the Latin is not included in that collection. 



H. S. Mamsel. 

 Oxford. 



The First Marquis of Antrim. — 



" Murder will Out : or the King's Letter, justifying 

 the Marquess of Antrim, and declaring that what he did 

 in the Irish Rebellion was by Direction from his Royal 

 Father and Mother, and for the Service of the Crown. 

 London ; Printed 1689." 



Can you state whether the above-named small 

 tract is rare or well known ? 



Do you, or any of your contributors, know 

 where I could find an account of Lord Dunluce, 

 afterwards Earl and Marquis of Antrim, previ- 

 ously to his marriage with the Duchess of Buck- 

 ingham ? G. H. 



The Mysterious Cheque-hearer. — The Journal 

 des Demoiselles (20me Annee, 5me Serie, p. 131.) 

 contains the following anecdote : — 



" A few years before the revolution of 1789, an Amster- 

 dam house sent advice to a great banker of London, re- 

 questing him to pay a large sum — say twenty thousand 

 guilders — to the person who should offer half of a torn- 

 up card, of which the other half was inclosed in the letter 

 of advice. When the man of the card presented himself, 

 the banker addressed to him sundry questions, to which 

 the stranger obstinately refused an answer. The unknown 

 only declared, that he insisted upon payment, whereupon 

 the banker fulfilled his request. Surprised at this mys- 

 tery, our London merchant hastened to Pitt, to tell him 

 of what had happened. 'Do you know the name of the 

 person to whom you have paid out the twenty thousand 

 guilders?' said the Minister. 'No, I do not.' 'But if 

 you saw him, you still would be able to recognise him? ' 

 ' Indeed I would.' Pitt then opened a drawer and showed 

 the banker a great many portraits, amongst which the 

 merchant recognised that of his mysterious visitor. ' Give 

 him all he asks for,' said Pitt, ' he won't abuse it.' 



Query, Who was the man with the card, and 

 what was his business in London ? 



J. H. VAN Lennep. 



Manpadt House, near Haarlem, 

 Sept. 22, 1859. 



Mr. Willett, Purchaser of Orleans Pictures. — A 

 Mr. Willett purchased some of the pictures at the 

 Orleans gallery sale at the end of last century. 

 Can you tell me who he was, his address, or 

 where his collection is or was, or what became of 

 it ? or can you put me in the way of ascertaining 

 this, as I am anxious to trace a picture he bought 

 there ? P- 



Queenhorough Castle, Isle of Sheppey. — Can 

 any of your readers inform me at what date this 

 castle was completed by Edward III. ? Hasted 

 states that it was commenced in 1361, and 

 finished about six years afterwards, and that the 

 king then paid a visit to it, but he gives no au- 



