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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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James Baird, physician in Edinburgh, who died 

 May 3, 1790, being then the Senior Fellow of the 

 Koyal College of Physicians there. James, the 

 clerk, may have been of the family of Baird of 

 Newbyth, but I have seen no evidence of his filia- 

 tion. R. R. 



Brahanqons (2"'' S. i. 393.) — The word routier 

 is derived from ruptarius, the medieval Latin 

 name given to these hireling troops ; and that, in 

 its turn, most probably, from the Latin rumpo, 

 ruptum, " to destroy with violence," in reference 

 to their lawless character. They were called 

 Coterelli, or Cotteratix, from their use of a large 

 knife or coterel : a name first given to them, it is 

 said, by the people of Toulouse. According to 

 some authorities, however, they were so called 

 from cotarius, a " cottager," in consequence of 

 their habit of levying contributions on the pea- 

 santry. Henrt T. Rilet. 



" Trafalgar" (P* S. x. 145.)— The anonymous 

 drama Trafalgar, or the Sailors' Play, printed at 

 Uxbridge in 1807, was written by William Perry, 

 M.D., of Hillingdon. 



For this information I am indebted to the au- 

 thor's son, Septimus Perry, Esq., of Hillingdon. 



R. Inglis. 



ErdeswicKs " Staffordshire " (2"'* S. ii. 403.) — 

 The documents here printed show that Curll un- 

 dertook to print Erdeswick's Survey of Stafford- 

 shire, but S. N. M. is incorrect in saying "a new 

 edition ; " as, up to that time, the work had been 

 circulated only by the multiplication of manu- 

 script copies, — of which a large number are now 

 assembled in the Staffordshire collection of Wil- 

 liam Salt, Esq., F.S.A. The work of Erdeswick 

 was published by Curll in 8vo., 1717 ; republished, 

 not reprinted, by W. Mears and J. Hooke, 1723 : 

 it was re-edited by the Rev. Thomas Harwood, 

 in 1820, Svo. ; and a second, time by the same 

 editor in 1844. 



In p. 412., a similar error is committed by N. 

 E. P. Camden's Visitation of Huntingdonshire 

 was not "reprinted" by the Camden Society; but 

 printed for the first time (under the editorship of 

 Sir Henry Ellis) from the original MS. in the 

 British Museum. J. G. N. 



Horse Godmother {l""^ S. ii. 400.) — The phrase 

 for " a coarse masculine woman " is common both 

 in England and Ireland. The word horse is a 

 frequent prefix to signify coarseness, — horse- 

 laugh, horse-play, horse-chesnut, horse-radish, &c. 



Parochial Libraries (2""* S. ii. 218.) — There is 

 one at Tong Church, Salop, kept in the vestry. 

 The chalice at the same church is also worthy of 

 inspection, the bowl being formed out of a ring of 

 crystal. A. 



Gower Queries (2"'' S. ii. 409.) — Will the fol- 

 lowing further " guesses at truth " be of any use 

 to Mr. Dai.dy ? 



AnahuUa for ampulla, " anything blown or puffed 

 up, like a bottle ; " used by Horace for bombast or 

 rhodomontade. 



Honochinus for onochilus, a word used by Pliny 

 for a kind of herb. 



Metrede for metreta, " a measure." 



Scomer = scumrner, •' excrement." See Nares's 

 Glossary, 



Wowe-=.wogh (A.-S. wag), "any partition, 

 whether of boards or mudwalls, or laths and. 

 lime." (Thoresby, " Letter to Ray.") 



J. Eastwood. 



Eckington. 



Ancient Parliamentary Speech (2'^ S. ii. 430.) 

 — W. K. R. B., alluding to Sir Robert Mansel 

 vindicating the honour of the flag, asks if " the 

 incident referred to is to be found recorded in 

 print ? " Yes, and here it is : — 



" To bring these Embassadors over, were appointed Sir 

 Robt. Mansel, Vice Admiral of the narrow seas, and Sir 

 Jerome Turner his Vice Admiral ; the first commanded to 

 attend at Graveling for the Spanish Embassador, the 

 latter at Calls for the French ; but the French coming 

 first, and hearing the Vice Admiral was to attend him, 

 the Admiral the other ; in a scorn put himself in a pas- 

 sage boat of Calls, came forth with flag in top, instantly 

 Sir Jerome Turner sent to know of the Admiral what he 

 should do ? Sir Robt. Mansel sent him word, to shoot, 

 and strike him, if he would not take in the flag, this, as 

 it made the flag be pulled in, so a great complaint, and 

 'twas believed it would have undone Sir Robt. Mansel the 

 French faction put it so home ; but he maintained the 

 Act, and was the better beloved of his master ever after, 

 to his dying days." — From The Court and Character of 

 King James, written and taken by Sir A. W. (^Sir Anthony 

 Weldon'), being an eye and eare witness. 



I have one or two more Notes about the gallant 

 old Admiral, but they do not bear on the present 

 subject. J. Bennett. 



H. M. Dockyard, Portsmouth. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



l{ Punch be right in his anticipations, and the year 

 1999 sees "N. & Q." in full vigour, solving the doubts of 

 the doubtful, it may then well be a question in its pages 

 hew far the Great Art Exhibition of 1857 owed its exist- 

 ence to John Murray of Albemarle Street, and the many 

 excellent works illustrative of Art, and of the Collections 

 of Art in this country, issued by that eminent bibliopole. 

 Seriously, the knowledge of the materials for such an 

 exhibition contained in Waagen's Treasures of Art in 

 Great Britain, must have exercised no small influence in 

 promoting it ; and when we call to mind his other pub- 

 lications of the same character, such as Eastlake's Schools 

 of Painting in Italy, Head's Handbook of Painting from 

 the German of Kugler, Wornum's Italian Painters, §-c., 

 we can as little doiibt that Murray has done much, indi- 

 rectly albeit, to prepare the way for the Manchester 



