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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd g. vni. Oct. 22. '59. 



Ayl tear d Family Crest. — What is the crest of 

 the Ayl ward family of Suffolk? I think there 

 are some Aylwards in Essex. Should there be no 

 arms to any Aylwards of Suffolk, those of Essex 

 would be thankfully received. R. A. 



[In Burke's Armory are the following arms (crests not 

 given) of the Aylward families : — 



" Aylward (Suffolk). Ar. on a saltire az. between 

 four griffins' heads erased gu. a leopard's face and four 

 lozenges or. 



" Aylwahd. Ar. on a cross, az. a leopard's face be- 

 tween four lozenges or.> 



The Duchess of Marlborough. — The late Mr. 

 Weir, in his Account of Lincolnshire, vol. i. (all 

 that was published) p. 271., says that this cele- 

 brated woman was born at Burwell near Louth, 

 in Lincolnshire, but does not give any authority 

 for the assertion. I am not well read in the bio- 

 graphy of the Duchess, and shall be glad to be in- 

 formed thi-ough the pages of " N. & Q." what 

 evidence there is that Mr. Weir's statement is 

 correct. Pishet Thompson. 



[Mr. Weir's authority is no doubt Allen's History of 

 Lincolnshire, 4lo., 1834, vol. ii. p. 194., which states that 

 "Burwell House was the birthplace of Sarah Duchess of 

 Marlborough, whose ascendency in the affections of Queen 

 Anne bad a material influence on the political events of 

 that reign." The family manor-house of the Jennings 

 was at Sandridge in Hertfordshire; and Miss Strickland 

 states, without giving her authoritj', that " Sarah Jen- 

 nings was born at a small house at Holj^well, near St. 

 Albans, on the very day of Charles II. 's restoration, 1660." 

 • — Queens of England, vii. 13., edit. 1852.3 



Paul Gemsege. — Who was "Paul Gemsege," 

 the replyer (if I may coin the word) to so many 

 Queries of antiquarian and historical purport in 

 the Gentleman s Magazine of the last century ? 



J. H. Van Lennep. 



[This is the anagram of Dr. Samuel Pegge, an English 

 divine of the last centurj-, known as one of the most eru- 

 dite and indefatigable antiquaries of his time. He died 

 in 1796. By an ingenious transposition of the letters of 

 his name, he formed the plausible signature of Paul 

 Gemseg?. Consult any modern Biographical Dictionary, 

 except Knight's, for an account of Dr. Pegge.] 



Bible, Misprint in Seventh Commandment In 



the reign of Charles I. the Company of Stationers 

 are said to have printed an edition of the Bible in 

 which the word "not" was omitted from the 

 Seventh Commandment. Is this a fact ? and if 

 it be, is there a copy of such a Bible in existence? 

 The accusation is advanced or repeated in Ma- 

 dan's Thelypthora (vol. i. p. 69., 2nd ed.), and 

 quoted as authentic by the author of the Pursuits 

 of Literature (1. Dialogue). Tradition says that 

 a heavy fine was imposed for the carelessness of 

 the Company in this matter. Nix. 



[According to Townle)' (Biblical Lilerature, iii. 318.) 

 the whole impression was recalled. He says: "In 1632, 

 Barker and Lucas, the king's printers, printed an edition 

 of the Bible of 1000 copies, in which a serious mistake 

 was made by leaving out the word not in the Seventh 



Commandment, causing it to be read ' Thou shalt com- 

 mit adulter^'.' His Majesty King Charles I. being made 

 acquainted with it by Dr. William Laud, Bishop of Lon- 

 don, order was given for calling the printers into the 

 high-commission, where, upon the fact being proved, the 

 whole impression was called in, and the printers heavily 

 fined. With this fine, or a part of it, a fount of fair Greek 

 types and matrices were provided, for publishing such 

 MSS. as might be prepared, and should be judged worthy 

 of publication ; of this kind were the Catena and Theo- 

 phylact, edited by Lyndsell." Mr. Offor, however, in- 

 forms us that he has seen two copies with this unfor- 

 tunate misprint, one in the possession of Mr. Stevens, the 

 American bookseller, which was exhibited by him to the 

 Society of Antiquaries about three or four j'ears since ; and 

 which it was then said was about to be sent to America.] 



HENRT SMITH. 



(2"<» S. viii. 254., &c.) 



I have a (slightly imperfect) copy of 



" The Sermons of Maister Henrie Smith, Gathered into 

 One Volume. Printed according to his corrected Copies 

 in his Life time? At London : Printed by Peter Short for 

 Thomas Man, dwelling in Pater Noster row, at the Signe 

 of the Talbot. 1594." 



It contains thirty-seven Sermons, viz. : — 



1. A Preparatiue to Mariage. 



2, 3. A Treatise of the Lord's Supper, in two Sermons. 

 4, 5. The Examination of Vsur^', in two Sermons. 



6. The Benefite of Contentation. 



7. The Affinilie of the Faithfull. 



8. The Christian Sacrifice. 



9. The True Triall of the Spirits. 



10. Tlie Wedding Garment. 



11. The Waie to Walke in. 



12. The Pride of Nabuchadnezzar. 



13. The Fall of Nabuchadnezzar. 



14. The Restitution of Nabuchadnezzar. 



15. The Honour of Humilitie. 



16. The Young-Man's Taske. 



17. The Triall of the Righteous. 



18. The Christian's Practise. 



19. The Pilgrim's Wish. 



20. The Godly Man's Request. 



21. 22. A Glasse for Drunkards, in two Sermons. 

 23, 24. The Art of Hearing. (Two Sermons.) 



25. The Heauenly Thrift. 



26. The Magistrates' Scripture. 



27. The Triall of Vanitie. 



28. The Ladder of Peace. 



29. The Betraying of Christ. 



30. The Petition of Moses. 



31. The Dialogue betwene Paul and Agrippa. 



32. The Humilitie of Paul. 



33. A Looking Glasse for Christians. 



34. Foode for New Borne Babes. 



35. The Banquet of Job's Children. 



36. Satan's Compassiug the Earth. 



37. A Caueat for Christians. 

 Then follow three Prayers : 



" One for the Morning, another for the Euening, the 

 third for a Sicke Man, v/hereunto is annexed a Godly 

 Letter to a Sicke Friend, and a comfortable Speech of a 

 Preacher vpon his Death-bed. Anno 1591." 



Then, without any break or additional title, 



