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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[a-id S. Vni. Dec. 10, 'or, 



first " one read a chapter [from the Bible], and 

 then another, that had first supped, went to the 

 desk and read a story out of the Book of Mar- 



I beg to solicit further information respecting 

 the dates of copies, or fragments of copies, re- 

 maining in churches. John Gough Nichols. 



I In Baker's MS. (among the Harj. MSS.) vi. 

 j 93. is a letter to B. Whichcot from S. Hilder- 

 j sham, dated 1641. See also Clarke's Lives (1677), 

 I pp. 122—124., Ph. Henry's Life, by J. B. Wil- 

 S liams, pp. 270, 271., and Index. Thos. Blake's 

 j VindicicB Foederis is dedicated to S. Hildersham, 

 junior. J. E. B. Mayor. 



St. John's College, Cambridge. 



filLSEBSHAM, ARTHUR AND SAMUEL. 



(2"« S. viii. 431.) 



On Arthur Hildersham of Christ's College, 

 Cambridge, see Fuller's Worthies (8vo. ed,), i. 

 239., and Church History (ed. Brewer), v. 265. ; 

 vi. 83. 85.; Calamy's Account Qln(\. ed.), p. 195., 

 %vho elsewhere ranks him among the friends of 

 Gilpin (p. 750.), and of Fairclough (p. 636., cf. 

 Clarke's Lives, 1683, ii. 157.) Baxter intended 

 to have applied to his son for materials to draw 

 up a life of him. (Clarke, ihid. Pref.) He had 

 the good sense to dislike the coarse flattery which 

 so often disfigures the funeral sermons of his 

 party {ihid. p. 129.). He was in the habit of 

 taking notes of sermons (ibid. 135.). He was a 

 neighbour of Herring's. (Clarke's Lives, 1677, 

 pp. 160, 161.) The celebrated William Brad- 

 shaw was maintained at Emmanuel, " partly by 

 some supplies afforded him from two noble 

 Knights of the honourable house of the Hastings, 

 Sir Edward and Sir Francis, .... upon the 

 recommendation, and at the motion of that worthy 

 servant of God, now with God, Master Arthur 

 Hildersham, who was himself also allied to that 

 Family." (Jhid. p. 26.) Bradshaw was after- 

 wards recommended by Hildersham to his patron, 

 Alexander Redich {ihid. p. 43.). He was a plain 

 preacher {ibid. p. 305.). He maintained the law- 

 fulness of set forms of prayer {ihid. p. 306.) 

 He was a friend of Preston's {ibid. pp. 82. 98.) ; 

 and of Gouge's {ihid. p. 238.}. See farther Cot- 

 ton Mather's Magnalia, book ii. p. 16., book iii. 

 pp.71. 74.; LiiWy" s Autobiographi/ (ed. 1774), p. 6.; 

 Owen Stockton's Life (1681, p. G.) ; John Angler's 

 Life (1683, pp. 33. 42.) ; Nichols' Leicestershire ; 

 Brook's Puritans, ii. 376 — 388 ; Index to Han- 

 bury's Historical Memorials ; Wilson's Dissenting 

 Churches, i. 28. ; Baker's MS. (among the Har- 

 leian MSS.) iv. 77. ; Kennett's MS. (MS. Lansd. 

 984.), i. fol. 154. 



Of Samuel Hildersham there is a notice in 

 Calamy. {Account, &c. pp. 560, 743., Contin. 723.) 

 In Baker's copy of \X\q Account, I find the fol- 

 lowing notes : — 



"Sam. Hildcrsam Coll. Eman. Art. Bac. 1G12 \i.e. 

 161|.3 



" Sam. Hildersam Coll. Eman. Art. M'. 1616. Regr. 



" Sam. Hildersham, born ia Leycestershire, elected 

 Fellow of Eman. Coll. circa an. 1620. 



" Sam. Hiideraam, B.D., subscribes the three Articles, 

 as one of the University Preachers, an. 1624. Regr. 

 Acad." 



"SYR TRYAMOURE. 



(2»d S. viii. 225. 359.) 



! A careful perusal of the above poem, induced 

 ; by the discussion in your pages of certain of its 

 difficulties, has led me to venture to make the 

 . following Notes on Mr. Boys's explanations. It 

 j was not until a few days ago that, by the kindness 

 . of the original Querist, I was enabled to get a 

 ; sight of the book, or these Notes would have been 

 ; sent earlier. 



j 2. " The fyrste that rode iioghtfor thy," 



I may mean not for them, but this meaning will 

 hardly suit 1. 400., where precisely the same phrase 

 ( occurs : — 



I " Sche had grete mornyng in hur herte, 



For sche wyste not whedur-warde 



That sche was besle to goone. 

 She rodeforthe noghtfor thj 

 To the londe of Hongarj' 

 T3'lle sche come thedur wyth woo." 

 Here the phrase seems to mean never the less, 

 or notwithstanding, but it requires confirming by 

 other examples. For-thy occurs repeatedly 

 throughout the poem in its usual sense of there- 

 fore. 



3. " Mai/ sic yowrys he tcyth chaueuce." 

 Mr. Boys' suggestion of may-be being divided in 

 this instance seems to be confirmed by 1. 1008. 

 "Os it wylle be may;"" but another suggestion is 

 that be ^=by \s a. gloss on with, or vice versa. 



4. Every of, is by no means uncommon. The 

 following are additional examples from Chaucer : 



" Hei'e in this prison mosten we endure, 

 And everich of us take his aventure." 



Knightes Tale, 1188. 

 " Hath everich q/'them brought an hundred knightes." 



Ibid. 2101, 



5. In hye occurs in other parts of the poem in 

 the sense of I'/i haste. (Cf. the verb hie ==■ hasten) : 



" To a wode they wente in hye." — 1. 277. 

 " There come they to hyra hi hye." — 1. 301. 

 So in the Avoivynge of King Arthur (Cam. 

 Soc.) : 



" The Kinge base armut him in hie." — v. 13. 

 " Thaj're scheme schildus con he riue, 

 And faure felle he belj'ue, 



In hie in that bete." — xlii. 16. 

 So Chaucer : 



" But in his blacke clothes sorwefully 

 He came at his commandement on hie." 



Knightes Tale, 2981. 



