2"* S. No 30., July 26. '56.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Satellite. — What is considered to be the de- 

 rivation of the word satelles, a satellite ? A. A. D, 



Varnishing Old Boohs. — I should feel greatly 

 indebted to any reader of " N. & Q." who has had 

 practical experience on the subject, for informa- 

 tion as to the advantages and disadvantages (if 

 any) of varnishing old books. That the appear- 

 ance of volumes thus treated is for a time im- 

 proved, will be generally admitted ; but the really 

 important question is, are bindings thereby pre- 

 served, and is commencing decay arrested ? 



The former series of "N. & Q." contains some 

 receipts for book varnishes ; but the questions I 

 have ventured to propose have not, as far as I 

 remember, yet met with consideration in your 

 pages. The subject is one of daily increasing 

 importance ; and if fully treated by those com- 

 petent to do so, will, I am sure, prove valuable 

 and interesting to a large number of your readers. 

 The rapid deterioration of bindings iu some Lon- 

 don libraries has been the subject of frequent 

 and anxious remark. And the more general use 

 of gas in dwelling-houses is already committing 

 sad havoc on many private collections. W.' M. 



Finsbury Place. 



The Coitntry Parson's Honest Advice. — I should 

 be glad to know the author of the following 



verses : — 



" The Country Farsou's Honest Advice to that Jicdieious 

 Lawyer and Worthy Minister of State — My Lord 

 Keeper. 



" Be wise as Somerset, as Soiiier's brave, 

 As Pembroke aiiy, and as Richmond grave, 

 Humble as Oxford [Orford?] be, and Wharton's zeal, 

 For Church and Loyalty, would fitt thee well ; 

 Like Sarum I would have thee love the Church, 

 He Scorns to leave his Mother in the Lurch. 

 For the well governing your family. 

 Let pious Haversham thy pattern be : 

 And if it be thy fate again to marry, 



And S— y r's daughter -^ill thy year out tarry, 



May'st thou use her as Mohun did his' tender wife, 

 And may she lead his virtuous Lady's life. 

 To Summ up all : Devonshire's chastity, 

 Bolton's meritt, Godolphin's probity, 

 Halifax his modesty, Essex's sense, 

 Montague's management, Culpepper's pence ; 

 Tenison's learning, and Southampton's wit. 

 Will make thee for an able statesman fit." 



I want to know the author and the person to 

 whom it is addressed ? * I find it in a MS. {circa 

 1690 or 1700), containing an account of the feasts 

 and fasts of the Church, history of the black- 

 letter Saints in our Calendar, and an exposition 

 of the Church Catechism. J. C. J. 



Hospital Oui'Patients. — The governors of an 

 hospital established in a town containing 31,000 



[* We have before us a printed copj' of these lines, as 

 a small folio broadside, circa 1733-4. Thej' are addressed, 

 we have not the least doubt, to Lord Chancellor Talbot, 

 who received the Great Seal Nov. 29, 1733.— Ed.] 



inhabitants, and embracing a district, chiefly agri- 

 cultural, of 104 square miles, have been called 

 upon to decide as to the expediency of altering the 

 days of attendance of the out-patients at the hos- 

 pital. Out-patients are at present assisted with 

 advice and medicine (but in no other respect are 

 chargeable to the charity) on Mondays, Thurs?' 

 days, and Saturdays at eleven, a. m. It is pro-* 

 posed to alter the days to Tuesdays and Saturdays; 

 thus requiring attendance twice a-week instead of 

 thrice. 



It is expected that the alteration will be better, 

 not only for the medical men, but also for the out- 

 patients. 



That a waste of drugs will be prevented, as it 

 is alleged that the patients cannot possibly con- 

 sume the medicine in the interval between Thurs- 

 day and Saturday. 



And it is asserted that no hospital in the king- 

 dom receives its out-patients more than twice a- 

 week. 



I shall be much obliged to any of your corre- 

 spondents who will kindly tell me whether the 

 last assertion is correct, naming at the same time 

 the town, or stating its numerical population, 

 from which their experience is drawn. And also 

 whether their experience would lead them to 

 hope for the benefits which are said to be ex- 

 pected from the change. Remigius. 



Bohert Sansum or Sampson. — B. S. I. would 

 feel obliged for information respecting Robert 

 Sansum (or Sampson), Commander of the Reso- 

 lution, and Rear. Admiral of the White, who fell 

 at Lowestoft on June 3, 1665. " 



Where was he born ? Where buried ? What 

 arms did he bear ? Was he related to a Colonel 

 Sainpson, whose name appears in the list of pro- 

 posed Knights of the Royal Oak ? 



Coffer. — What is the exact meianing of this 

 word in the following passage ? It occurs in the 

 deposition of a witness in a suit in the Ecclesias- 

 tical Court of Durham about the state of the 

 church of Lesbury in Northumberland, in 1630-li 

 The witness says, " He doth well remember that 

 ther were divers coffer jeastes of oak above the 

 vestrye." Socios Dunelm. 



Responsibility of Animals to Man. — I met lately 

 an interesting account of the process by which, 

 during the Middle Ages, animals and insects (flies, 

 rats, and others), were cited to appear in the 

 courts, and to show cause why they should not be 

 destroyed as a nuisance ? And on their failure to 

 appear, their extermination was decreed in due 

 form of law. I shall feel greatly obliged to any 

 of your correspondents who can refer me to the 

 work (I think a recent periodical) in which the 

 narrative occurs ? J. E. T. 



