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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2n* S. VIII. Oct. 15. '59. 



Epistle written by St. Paul (the Second to Ti- 

 mothy), prior to St. Paul's death, a. d. 68, 

 during which this subject might occupy the minds 

 of both. After the arduous life of the Apostle, 

 and with his ardent temperament, the thorn iu 

 the flesh may have brought the Apostle into a 

 state of bodily infirmity which rendered him in- 

 capable of extending the series of his Epistles. 

 But with Luke at hand (2 Tim. iv. 6—8. 11.), 

 whose style of composition may be estimated by 

 his introduction to his Gospel and by the latter 

 portion of the Acts of the Apostles, he had no 

 want of a writer capable of conveying his senti- 

 ments, so far as regarded style, in a way superior 

 to his own. The Epistle evidently wants, how- 

 ever, the final corrections of St. Paul. In the 

 parallel case of Socrates we may safely admit that, 

 but for Xenophon and Plato, we should have had 

 in the language of Socrates himself the same 

 thoughts probably, but not the same elegance of 

 diction or ability of composition. And as the in- 

 quirer will read Xenophon's Memorahilia to ascer- 

 tain the thoughts of Socrates, so he will read the 

 Epistle to the Hebrews, whether the composition 

 of St. Luke or not, for the opinions of St. Paul on 

 the important typical relation of the Jewish re- 

 ligion to the Christian dispensation therein de- 

 veloped. This opinion coincides generally with 

 that of Origen, LarduQr, Hue, Stier, Guerike, and 

 Davidson. The last author has examined the 

 several claims of Barnabas, ApoUos, Silas, &c. 

 (Litrod. N. T., iii. 163—259.), with greater ability 

 and fairness than Stuart, whose work, however, 

 18 very useful and ample in detail. Kuinoel's 

 Troleg. to Hehreios is succinct, yet comprehensive. 



T. J. BUCKTON. 

 Lichfield. 



Eulenspiegel (2"'* S. vii. 455.) — The book 

 quoted from is Eulenspiegel im Neunzehnten 

 Jahrhundert oder Narrenwitz und Gimpelvms- 

 heit, Deutschland, gedrucht in diesem Jahr, pp. 

 272. At p. 98. is the chapter " Wie Eulenspiegel 

 Gesandtschafts-secretar wird." There is nothing 

 by which its date can be fixed, but from various 

 allusions I guess it to be about 1820. It is a 

 clever satire on the minor German courts, and 

 considering their aversion to be joked with, I 

 think the author had good reasons for not putting 

 his name or the printer's on the title-page. His 

 views in political economy are advanced for that 

 time, and he has much quiet humour ; but I can- 

 not discover, either in his matter or manner, any 

 resemblance to Haliburton. The character of the 

 well-meaning prince, who makes weak efforts to 

 break through routine, is capitally indicated. Sup- 

 posing the book to be little known I offer one 

 -example. Eulenspiegel, after he has failed to 



please in diplomacy, becomes court-jester (Hof- 

 narr), and awakens the prince's suspicions that 

 his army is inefficient and badly managed : — 



" Dei- Fiirst wurde zweifelhaft ; liess die hohen Gene- 

 rale kommen, und gab ihnen den ernsten Befehl, auf 

 Verbesserung des Kriegswesens zu denken. Sie hielteu 

 Sitzungen, und liessen manche Ordre an die Olfiziere 

 ergehn, des Dienstreglement genauer zu befolgen. Dana 

 bekamen die Grenadiere an ihren Barenkappen zwei 

 Klunkern, wo sonst nur eiue gehangen hatte." — P. 171. 



FiTZHOPKINS. 

 Paris. 



Charles Bailly, Secretary to Ma7'y Queen of 

 Scots (2°* S. viii. 267.) — There is a most in- 

 teresting memorial of the imprisonment of Charles 

 Bailly In the Tower of London, consisting of one 

 of the inscriptions cut Into the wall of one of the 

 prison chambers. . It is engraved in Bayley's 

 History of the Totcer. This Inscription is dated 

 10 September, 1571, and the readers of " N. & Q." 

 will at once recollect it from the following philo • 

 sopliic sentiment, which forms the principal part 

 of the inscription : — 



" The most unhappy man in the world is he that is 

 not patient in adversities; for men are not killed with 

 the adversities they have, but with y^ impacience which 

 they suffer." 



It is unnecessary to quote more of this inscrip- 

 tion, as a facsimile of the whole will be found In 

 Mr. Bayley's work, where also there is probably 

 (for I have not the book at hand) some account 

 of the prisoner. Geo. R. Cornek. 



[The inscription is given in Bayley, p. 149., who adds 

 that " The unhappy young man who has left us these me- 

 morials (there are two inscriptions) was an adherent to the 

 interests of Mary Queen of Scots, and secretly engaged in 

 her affairs abroad, whilst she was a prisoner in England. 

 He appears to have been bj' birth a Fleming or Brabander, 

 and not, as his name and service would indicate, a Scotch- 

 man, though perhaps of Scotch extraction. In the earlj- 

 part of the year 1571, being dispatched into the country 

 by Eidolphi tlie Florentine, with letters in cipher for his 

 unfortunate mistress, and also for the Spanish ambassa- 

 dor, the Duke of Norfolk, the Bishop of Ross, and Lord 

 Lumley, on his arrival at Dover was seized and com- 

 mitted to prison, where he seems to have undergone the 

 greatest privations and misery. The packet of letters 

 came to the hands of Lord Cobham, governor of the 

 Cinque Ports ; but Ross had sufficient address to get pos- 

 session of it, and substitute another with less dangerous 

 contents, which was despatched to the council. Baillj', 

 for some time after his commitment to prison, contrived 

 to hold correspondence with the Scottish ambassador, and 

 from one of his letters we find that he once suffered the 

 tortures of the rack without making any material dis- 

 closure ; but his communications with Ross being cut off, 

 and having a promise from Lord Burghley that he should 

 be set at liberty without stain of his honour and credit, he 

 answered all the questions which his lordship put to him 

 .... Bailly seems to have received a good education, 

 and besides the English, to have been acquainted with 

 the Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian languages."] 



The Suffragan Bishop of Ipswich (2°'^ S. viii. 

 225. 296.) — The date given by Tanner is that of 



