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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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tion is made of a Scotch cause or trial, under the 

 name of "Murdiston v. Millar, in which a witness 

 gives some interesting evidence respecting the in- 

 stincts of animals, particularly of sheep. Is this 

 trial published ? and where can it be obtained ? 



Stylites. 

 [A lengthened notice of the celebrated case of Murdis- 

 ton and Millar is given in Blackwood's Magazine, vol. ii. 

 p. 83., but without any intimation where tihe trial itself 

 is to be found.] 



Grace Cups. — What is the origin of "Grace 



• Cups ?" and where is any account to be found of 



the one formerly possessed by Thomas a Becket ? 



H. L. K. 

 [The pnculum charitatis, wassail bowl, and grace-cup, 

 for promoting brotherly love, may be traced to the classi- 

 cal cup of the Greeks and Romans, called aya^ov SaCfiovoi, 

 or boni genii, each of whom at their feasts invoked this 

 supposed deity at the time of drinking. The custom of 

 wassailing, or drinking healths, however, seems to have 

 been of German origin, and introduced into this country by 

 our Saxon ancestors (Verstegan's Restitution oJtDecayed 

 Intelligence). William of Malmesbury, describing the cus- 

 toms of Glastonbury soon after the Conquest, says, that 

 on particular days the monks had " Medonem in justis et 

 vinum in charitatem," Mead in their cans, and wine in 

 the grace-cup. The ivory cup, set in gold, popularly 

 called "The Grace-cup of St. Thomas h Becket," was for- 

 merly in the Arundelian Collection, and is now possessed 

 by Henry Howard, Esq.. of Corby Castle, to whom it was 

 presented by Bernard Edward, Duke of Norfolk. The in- 

 scription round the cup is " a'inum tuum bibe cum 

 GAUDio," Drink thy wine with joy; but ronnd the lid, 

 deeply engraved, is the restraining injunction, " sobrii 

 ESTOTE," with the initials " T. B." interlaced with a mitre. 

 Kound the neck of the top is the name " God * Ferare." 

 It is engraved in the Antiquarian Repertory, vol. iii. 

 p. 170., and in Antiquarian Gleanings, by W. B. Scott, of 

 Newcastle. Mr. -John Gough Nichols {Pilgrimages to 

 Saint Mary of Wahingham, p. 229.) saj'S, that "this cup 

 Avas attributed to Becket from its bearing the initials 

 T. B. under a mitre; but modern skill in archffiological 

 chronolog}' has reduced it to a very different ajra, for it 

 is reallv of the early part of the sixteenth century." See 

 also"N. &Q." l»t S. i. 142.] 



'''■How Commentators" Sfc. — Whence is the qtio- 

 tation : 



"How commentators each dark passage shun. 

 And hold their farthing candles to the sun." 



D. 



[See Dr. Edward Young's Poems, Satire vii. line 97.] 



Quotation wanted : " Knoivledge and Wisdom." — 

 I should be greatly obliged to any of your corre- 

 spondents who would inform me where the fol- 

 lowing passage is to be found ? 

 " Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one. 



Have oft times no connection : 



The curious hand of Knowledge doth but pick 



Bare simples. Wisdom pounds them for the sick. 



In my affliction, Knowledge apprehends * 



Who is the author, what the cause and ends ; 



To rest contented here is but to bring 



Clouds without rain, and summer without spring," &c. 



J. E. W. 



[The first two lines are from Cowper's Task, book vi. 



lines 88, 89. 

 lows.] 



Francis Quarles is a claimant for what fol- 



MARRIOT THE GREAT E.\TEB. 

 (2"-^ S. ii. 6.) 



The readers of John Dunton's Life who have 

 made a note of Mr. Cunningham's communication 

 will, no doubt, think it worth while to add the 

 following particulars. 



I have before me a copy of a little tract en- 

 titled : 



The Grays Inn Greedy-Gut, or the surprising 

 Adventures of Mr. Marriott, the famous glutton, 

 loith his receipts for many choice dishes. Glasgow: 

 Printed by William Duncan, and sold at his shop 

 at Gibson's Land, Mercat Cross, 1750. 



This is little better than a chap-book, and its 

 contents are derived entirely from a 4to. tract of 

 forty or fifty closely-printed pages, a copy of which 

 is in the (old) Collection of King's Pamphlets in 

 the British Museum. Marriot having again be- 

 come a character of interest, I give the title at full 

 length : 



The Great Eater of Grayes Inne, or the life 

 of Mr. Marriot the cormorant. Wherein is set 

 forth, all the Exploits and Actions by him per- 

 formed ; with many pleasaiit Stories of his Travells 

 into Kent and other places. Also, a rare physicall 

 dispensatory, being the manner how he makes his 

 Cordiall Broaths, Pills, Purgations, Julips, and 

 Vomits, to keep his Body in temper, and free from 

 Surfeits. By G. F. Gent. London : W. Rey- 

 boulde, 1652. 



This consists of a number of chapters devoted 

 to stories of his surprising feats of eating. It 

 is evidently written by some enemy of the Gray's 

 Inn Lawyer, for most of the anecdotes related 

 are not by any means flattering. In addition to 

 the sin of gormandising, we learn that Marriot 

 was apt to entertain himself rather at the ex- 

 pense of an unhappy friend or client than at 

 his own ; and if G. F. were not a slanderer, his 

 hero even at times carried his meanness to the 

 pitch of secreting some portions of the feast in his 

 sleeve, or in a bag which he carried with him. 

 In the " character " addressed to the reader the 

 author says : 



" He loves Cook and Kitchin not so much for their law 

 as for their names' sake, and at Bacon his mouth waters." 



And we have the following sketch of his exterior : 



" He vv'alks the street like Pontius Pilate in robes of 

 purple, but not like Dives in fine linen, for he holds shirts 

 unnecessary, and his cloaths are so ornamented with 

 patches, that many are buried alive in them." 



