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NOTES ANB QtJEEIj:S. 



r2nds. N037., Sept. 13. '56* 



Although the work is ^yith.out publisher's na^a^, 

 there can be little doubt frgn^ Jiis addregs that 

 that publisher was Pope's — sometimes dupe and 

 sometimes tormentor — Edmund Curll. The style 

 would establish that fact : but, independently of 

 that, it is established by the advertisement just 

 printed ; by the list of " New Editions of Books " 

 at the end of the tract, which consists of books 

 Gnrll is known to have published ; and by tlie cir- 

 cumstance that on the title-pnge of C.odrus, or 

 the Dunciad Dissected^ Printed for E. Curll in the 

 Strand, 1728. Price Qd., we read, "Where may 

 be had The Progress of Dulness, The Pope- 

 lAD, and a Key to the Dunciad. Price 2*. 6fi." 



There is a story told of a noble lord who, after 

 purchasing a pony, with the appearance of which 

 he had been greatly struck, asked the seller what 

 his faults were. " He has only two," was the 

 reply, " first he's vei;y hard to catch, and next, 

 he's worth very little when you've caught him." 

 I fear the same may be said of many of the pam- 

 phlets and flying-sheets of bygone days, which one 

 desires to get hold of, in the hope of their throw- 

 ing light upon obscure points of literary history. 

 The Progress of Didness has proved very hard to 

 catch. I hope the readers of " N. & Q." may not 

 think it worth very little now they have got hold 

 of it. William J. Thoms. 



EAItLY INVENTORY. 



Among a large collection of newspaper-cuttings 

 that has just come into my possession I have found 

 the following. It seems worthy of preservation in 

 "N. &Q." ■ K. P. D. E. 



" To the Editor of the 'Poncaster pazetffij 



"Sir, — If yoxi think the accompanying transcript of 

 an original document, in m}- possession, worth insertion, 

 it is at your service. It is singular fof its orthography, 

 and interesting as giving a list of the goods, with the 

 valuation, of a small farmer of the period, fl^ie inventor}' 

 is on parchment, and well written in the peculiar hand of 

 the time, and appears to have been for some testamentary 

 purpose. As several of the terms are obsojete, I append a 

 glossarv, " I am, Sir, &c. 



« Doncaster, March 21, 1842. « W. S. Jun. 



« 158J5. 

 " The Inventorie of all ye goods moveable & unraove- 

 able yt was Wyllm. Atkynsons of haytefetd Woodhouse 

 w'thn ye psliinge* of haj-tefeld latelye dysceassed & 

 praysed by iiijor honest men the thyrde daye of Januarie 

 Andrew Marre John Woomwok Eychart Atkynson & lly- 

 chart Watson 1586. 



In p'imis his purse girdell & moneye in it - ijs 



It all his apperell - - - - Jj? 



It ij payr of lynyng sheets'' - *■ ■■ xvs 



It iij matterresses - - - - vijs 



It ij payr of hemp ware & one payr of harden 



shets<= - ■ ' . . _ . ixs 



It ij towels ----- iijs 



It bolsters pyllowbers and pyllowes* - - vjjjs 



It ij coverlets - - - '. jjj " 



It one payre of bedstocks - - - ' jujd 



It iiijor chests an.d arkes'^ - - - f.^ 



It hemp & lyne crackled & imcracldedf - ^ys jiijrf 



It all ye candelr^-shes about ye houses - xijd 



It one crakle & an old chest '' - - xjjci 



It iiijor brasse potts better & worse - - xxs 



It iiijor panes better and worse - - jijs 



It X pace of pewder ' - - - - yjs yiijd 



I't iij candelstvckes ij skom,ers & ij salts'^ - ijs vjijc' 

 It one reckinge one payre of J;onges qj}^ payf e 



pothokes J - - ' - " - ' ' - xijijri 



It flesh at ye roofe™ - - . . jijj yiijd 

 It one spet one fryinge pan one brancl^reth one 



hatchet one spade" - -' - xvid 

 It kyts stands lombes b9ules .dyshes cjiyrn 



flackets & one old syth" - - ' - iijs 



It bords shelves & quyshingesP - - 'ijj 



It two kyne & ij styrkesi . - - lijj // 



It have & corne in ye lath with straw - xviijs 



It corne growing upon ye gronde ■* - - xiiis iiijd 



It ij stees wth maner and fewell"^ - - iijs iiijd 



It iiij gesse yonger & elder - - . ijs 



It iiij henes and a cok - ., - xxd 



It hustments about ye house! - - ijs 



Sua ^totalis - - - ^j/i yijs xd 

 " Debts yt I dyd ow. 

 In p'imis to John Sp3'vye for a met of rj'C* - iijs 



It to John Woomwok one bushell of rye" - yiij*^ 



It Rychart Atkynson ye yonger - - vie? 



It to Rychart Atkjmson ye elder - - xiid 



It to Agnes Stones - - .. . ^i[,j 



It to Margerye Sausbye . - _ iijjs 



It to Robert Gamble for pease - - yid 



It to Agnes Atkynson my daughter - - ys 



Sua totalis - - - - xvs viijd 



.Given in declaration - - xZt xijs ijd 

 by me John JLi.d|on." 



» Parish. 



^ Sheets. 



" Ware — uncertain, the word is not clear in the ori- 

 ginal. 



"* Pillowbef s — pillow cas.es. 



<' Arke — a chest to put corn or fruit in. 



*■ Probably hackled and unhackled, or dressed and un- 

 dressed. 



e Eushlightg, .or cap.dlfis with rush wicks. 



^ Crakle — the instrument by which the b.erap .or lijie 

 was dressed. Pece— the old form Q.f spelling piece. 



1 Pewter dishes and plates. 



^ Skomer — a skimmer or shallow vessel to take off 

 cream. 



' Reckinge — an iron bar across the chimney, on which 

 to suspend culinary utensils. Pothbkes — the hooks at- 

 tached to the bar. 



"> Salted meat. 



° Brandreth — a trivot, an iron with three feet to set a 

 vessel over the fire. 



° Lombes boules — bowls out of which lambs were 

 fed ; sheep are not mentioned in the inventory, but the 

 use of these bowls shows that they were at that time 

 bred in those low lands. Churn flackets — churn barrels 

 or bottles. 



p Quj'shinges — cushions. 



1 Kyne — cows. Styrlces — stirks or steers. There is 

 no mention of horses ; the stirks would be used for plough- 

 ing and other draught purposes. 



"■ Stees — ladders. Maner — manure. 



