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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd s. No 41., Oct. 11. *t 



fuller men than I am will not fail to do justice to 

 this interesting subject. C. IVlANsriELD Ingleby. 

 Birmingham. 



STidkspeare and Charles Lamb. — So happy an 

 explanation of a passage in The Tempest^ which 

 has exercised commentators not a little, appeared 

 in the London Magazine, some thirty years or 

 more since, from the pen of this, certainly one of 

 the ablest expounders of the poet, that I trust 

 you will think with me it is worthy of perma- 

 nent record in the pages of " N. & Q." I have 

 not the magazine by me ; so am forced to use my 

 own words. The passage is — 



" . . for one thing she did, 

 They would not take her life : " 



and the reference is to Lycorax, Caliban's mother. 

 The one thing was, that the witch was pregnant, 

 — an exposition revealing the gentle feeling and 

 fine tact of Lamb, and flashing sunlight on the 

 great humanitarian, on him who wrote for all 

 time, and by "one touch of nature made the 

 whole world kin." Delta. 



" When we have shiffled off this mortal coil" 

 (2^^ S. i. 221.; ii. 207.) — Mr, C. M. Ingleby 

 does not question what I said, that the word 

 " coil " occurs at least nine times in Shakspeare, 

 and in every case it manifestly means turmoil, 

 tumult. Nor does he produce any passage from 

 any author to countenance his interpretation of 

 body. He says that he has demanded of several 

 friends what they understand by the passage in 

 Hamlet, and that they replied, " The body of the 

 person who makes the quietus." I would beg him 

 to ask them whether they think coil in the sense 

 of turmoil, or of body, the better contrast to quietus : 

 also whether the coil of a rope is a natural or ob- 

 vious metaphor for a human body. X. 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF MACAULAT. 



James II's Proclamation of Pardon. — By a 

 curious oversight one-third of James II.'s Pro- 

 clamation of Pardon, dated March 10, 1685 ("N. 

 & Q.," 2°'' S. i. 228.), is omitted. The proclama- 

 tion, one of which has been handed to me by a 

 descendant of one of those excepted from the 

 pardon, is printed on three sheets. The first 

 commences " James 11.," and ends " fully ex- 

 pressed." The third from " Mrs. Mary Bird " to 

 the end. The second sheet from " fully expressed" 

 to " Mrs. Mary Bird," is wanting, I presume, in 

 the copy in the Chetham Library at Manchester. 

 I send you a copy of the second sheet, which 

 renders the proclamation in " N. & Q." perfect. 



T. J. Allman. 

 42. Holbom HiU. 



''Sheet No. 2. 



" Excepted and always foreprized out of this Our 

 pardon, all Treasons committed or done in the parts be- 

 j'ond the Seas, or in any other place out of this Realm ; 

 And also excepted all offences in forging or false counter- 

 feiting the Great or Privy Seal, Sign Slanual, or Privy 

 Signets, or any of Our Monej's currant \_sic'] within this 

 Our Realm, or of unlawful Diminution of any of the said 

 Moneys by any ways or means whatsoever, and all Abet- 

 ting, Aiding, Comforting, or Procuring the said offences, 

 or any of them. 



" And also Excepted all voluntary Murders, Petty 

 Treasons, Wilful Poysonings, and all offences of being- 

 accessary to the same, or any of them, before the Fact 

 committed; And also all Piracies and Robberies com- 

 mitted upon the Sea, Robberies upon the Highways, 

 Burglaries in Houses, and all offences of being accessary 

 to the said offences or any of them. 



" And also Excepted the detestable and abominable vice 

 of Buggery, committed with Man or Beast ; all Rape and 

 Carnal Ravishment of Women ; all Ravishments and 

 wilful taking away or Marrying of any Maid Widow or 

 Damsel against her will, or without the Consent or Agree- 

 ment of her Parents, or of such as then had her in Custody, 

 and all offences of Aiding, Comforting, Abetting, or Pro- 

 curing the said offences, or any of them. 



" And also Excepted all offences of Perjury, Suborna- 

 tion of Witnesses, Razing, Forging, or Counterfeiting any 

 Deeds, Escripts, inquisitions, Indentures of Appraisraent, 

 or other Writings, or publishing the same ; Forging or 

 Counterfeiting any Examinations or Testimonies of any 

 Witness or Witnesses tending to bring any Person or 

 Persons into Danger oS his Life, and all procuring and 

 Counselling of any of the said offences. 



"And also Except, all Treasons, Offences, Misde- 

 meanours and Contempts, other then such for which 

 Judgment of Pramunire hath or may be given, or for not 

 coming to Church, of, and for which any Indictments, 

 Actions, Bill, Plaint or Information, or other Process at 

 any time within six years last past, hath been commenced, 

 sued or depended in any of his Majesties Courts at West- 

 minster, or other his Majesties Courts of Records held 

 within the Cities of London and Westminster, and County 

 of Middlesex, and is there depending or remaining to be 

 prosecuted, or whereupon any Verdict, Judgment, Out- 

 lawry, or Decree is already Given, Awarded, or Entred ; 

 And all Fines, Forfeitures and Penalties thereupon now 

 due or accrued, or which shall or may be due, accrue or 

 grow to the Kings Majesty, and all Executions for the 

 same. 



" And also Except, all Informations and other Proceed- 

 ings concerning High-ways and Bridges, or for Repairing 

 County Gaols, and all Fines and Issues set or Returned 

 thereupon since the year 1679. 



"And also Except, all offences in taking away, im- 

 bezling, or purloyning any Goods, Moneys, Chattels, 

 Jeuels, Armour, Munition, Stores, Naval Provisions, 

 Shipping Ordnance, or other Habiliments of War belong- 

 ing to Us or Our late Brother. 



" And also Except, all offences of Incest, Dilapidations, 

 or Simonj'. 



" And also Except, all Contempts and Process there- 

 upon issuing in or out of any Court of Equity. 



" And also Except, all Recognizances, Conditions or 

 Covenants, and all Penalties, Titles, and Forfeitures of 

 Offices, Conditions, or Covenants forfeited. Accrued, or 

 Grown to Us or to Our late Brother, by reason of the 

 Breach or not performing of any Office, Covenant, or Con- 

 dition whatsoever. 



" Also Excepted all Concealments, Frauds, Corruptions, 

 llisdemeaaours, and Offences whereby We or Our late 



