2Dd s. No 45., Nov. 8. '56.] 



NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



371 



Tu scala regni coelestis. 



Tu Kegis gloriae thalamus. 



Tu area pietatis et gratiae. 



Tu mater misericordiiB. 



Tu refugium peccatoris. 



Tu es mater Salvatoris. 



Tu ad liberandum exulem hominem FUium Dei susce- 



pisti in uterum. 

 Per te expugnato hoste antique, sunt aperta fidelibus 



regna ccelorum. 

 Tu cum Filio tuo sedes in Gloria Dei Patris. 

 Tu ipsum pro nobis exora, quem ad judicandum credi- 



mus esse venturum. 

 Te ergo qusesumus tuis famulis subveni, precioso san- 

 guine Filii tui sunius redempti. 

 Eterna fac nos virgo Maria cum Sanctis omnibus glori* 



numerari. 

 Salva nos populum tuum Domina, ut simus participes 



hereditatis tuas. 

 Et rege nos et extolle nos usque in seternum. 

 Per singulos dies, pia, te salutamus, 

 Et laudare te cupimus in seternum devota mente et 



voce. 

 Dignare dulcis Maria nunc et semper sine delicto nos 



conservare. 

 Miserere nostri domina miserere nostri. 

 Fiat misericordia tua domina super nos, quemadmodum 



speravimus in te. 

 In te dulcis Maria speramus, ut nos defendas in aBter- 



num." 



When was this composed, by whom, and who 

 allowed its use instead of the I'e Deum f J. C. J. 



ElepTiants in India. — I would be glad to learn 

 in what number of Chambers's Edinburgh Journal 

 a paragraph appeared on the use of the elephant 

 in India, in which the number of elephants em- 

 ployed by Gen. Sir Jasper Nicolls, at that time 

 Commander-in-Chief of the Indian army, was 

 particularly mentioned? The paragraph oc- 

 curred, I think, in the volume for 1845. Aikam. 



John Moncrieff of Tippermalluch. — This per- 

 son appears to have acquired great fame in Scot- 

 land for his " extraordinary skill and knowledge 

 in the art of physick," which enabled him, says The 

 Publisher, " to perform many stupendous cures." 



His book, bearing the following title, now lies 

 before me : 



" Tippermallucli's Receipts. Being a Collection of 

 many Useful and Easy Remedies for most Distempers, 

 written by that worthy and ingenious Gentleman J. M. 

 of T. The Second Edition, small octavo. Printed for 

 W. Coke, Leith. 1775." 



Can any of your readers supply a notice of this 

 Scottish empiric ? A specimen of my book, which 

 savours of the old school, may not be out of place ; 

 take therefore a receipt : 

 " For Mischievous Acts, and putting of Devils to the Flight. 



" St. John's wort hung in a house hinders mischievous 

 acts, and puts to flight evil spirits ; for the which cause 

 it is called fuga dcemonum. Whoever carries upon him 



eringo roots shall be preserved from witchcraft. The 

 loadstone keeped upon a man, removes disorder between 

 man and wife. A pyot (magpie) roasted, speedily re- 

 covers the sick to health, and relieves all who have been 

 enchanted from their birth. Mugwort, hung upon thq 

 door, keeps the house from witchcraft." 



J.O. 



Claret and Coffee, were they known to Bacon ? — 



" ' Many examples,' says Lord Bacon, ' may be put of 

 the force of custom, both upon mind and body ; ' and 

 though there is no truth more familiar, the enumeration 

 of examples never fails to strengthen our sense of its im» 

 portance. Addison dwells upon one grand feature, that 

 it renders things pleasant which at the commencement 

 were painful. He quotes an observation of Bacon, that 

 the palate acquires a peculiar relish for liquors, such as 

 coffee or claret, which at first taste are disagreeable ; and 

 the assertion holds of a thousand particulars." — Quarterly 

 Review, Sept. 1856, No. cxvii. p. 325. 



Was claret known by that name to Bacon ? and 

 did he ever taste or hear of coS'ee ? H. B. C. 



U. U. C. 



Colouring Natural Flowers. — I have read some- 

 where, that if colouring matter be introduced into 

 the stems of plants, the flowers on that stem will 

 have that colour. I have tried water-colour, 

 without any eifect. Can any of your correspon- 

 dents give me any information on this subject ? 



Flora. 



" Cudaschcet." — I should be glad to obtain any 

 information respecting a 12mo. vol., which has 

 fallen into my hands, with the following title-page : 



" Cudaschffit da Cuffvert et consolatium Incunter Tuotta 

 Crusch et AtBictiun. Schi, eir incunter La Moart suessa, 

 &c. &c. &c. In X Chiapittels Tres Jan. C. Linard V. D. 

 M. In Fillisur. Stampo in Tschlin. Trass Nuot. C. 

 Janet. A Cuost del Authur. Anno mdclxxxii." 



From the residence of the author at Fillisur, a 

 village on the Albula, I presume it to be in the 

 Romance of the Grisons ; but no authority to 

 which I have access enables me to identify it, or 

 to discover the whereabouts of Tschlin. Is it 

 Lyons ? C. W. Bingham. 



Razors Sharpened by Acid. — It has been stated 

 that the best way to sharpen razors is to dip them 

 in a weak solution of some acid. Perhaps some of 

 your readers would give the name of the acid, the 

 strength of the solution, and the time required to 

 immerse the razor. Rothbart. 



H. Kirke White's Mother. — Can any correspon- 

 dent give me any information respecting the family 

 of Kirke White's mother, " whose maiden name 

 was Neville, and who belonged to a respectable 

 family in Staffordshire " ? Tee Bee. 



" The Law and Lawyers," S^c. — Who was the 

 writer of a book entitled The Law and Lawyers 

 laid open, in Twelve Visions ? To which is added, 

 Plain Truth, in Three Dialogues, between I'ruman, 



