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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd S. N» 62., Dec. 27, '56. 



tion, that "the Sacrament was not by Christ's 

 ordinance worshipped" (p. 101.). Referring to 

 the Latin original of the same Article, I find the 

 passage runs thus : 



" Sacramentum Eucharistia ex institutione Christi 

 nee odorabatur." 



A much less perverse mode of interpretation 

 than has been applied to the Articles on other 

 points might here raise an argument on behalf 

 of Archdeacon Denison, that it was "incensing" 

 or "smelling" to the elements, and not adoring 

 them, that the Article prohibited. A. B. R. 



Belmont. 



Dagger Money. — The corporation of Newcastle- 

 upon-Tyne are bound to entertain the Judges of 

 Assize, and to protect them to Carlisle. The 

 latter duty they perform by presenting each of 

 the judges with a gold twenty-shilling piece of 

 Charles I. to buy a dagger, and the money so 

 given is called " dagger-money." They always 

 present it in the coinage of Charles I., for which 

 they sometimes have to pay high prices, when it 

 happens to be scarce in tlie numismatic market. 

 This ceremony of payment was duly performed at 

 the autumn assizes of this present year, a.d. 

 1856. F. S. 



Inedited Poetry by Burns. — When Burns was 

 in Edinburgh, he was introduced by a friend to 

 the studio of a well-known painter, whom he 

 found engaged on a representation of " Jacob's 

 dream." After minutely examining the work, he 

 wrote the following verse on the back of a little 

 sketch, which is still preserved in the painter's 

 family. The verse is so very characteristic of the 

 man, that I venture to send it to " N. & Q." for 

 embalment. 



" Dear — — I'll gie ye some advice, 



You'll tak it no uncivil ; 

 You shouldna paint at Angels man, 



But try and paint the Divil. 

 To paint an Angel's kittle wark, 



Wi' auld Nick thei-e's less danger ; 

 You'll easy paint a weel-kent face, 



But no sa weel a stranger." 



w. 



The Origin of Stained Glass. — My dressing- 

 room has a window towards the east, much co- 

 vered by foliage, at this season gay with autumnal 

 tints. Viewed from the adjoining chamber these 

 brilliant mornings, the golden rays of the sun 

 falling on the faded and transparent leaves 

 sparkling with dew, the general appearance is as 

 if the window were glazed with painted glass. 



C. T. 



Norwood. 



Meaning of '■^Unkempt." — I am sorry to appear 

 as an opponent to any statement of Dr. Johnson's ; 

 but might I not suggest that the word unkempt 



(which he takes from the old word to kem, now to 

 comb,) is really taken from the fact of one John 

 Kemp having brought the art of weaving into 

 England In the year 1331 : and thus the word 

 means "unwoven," and so "uncombed," — in the 

 same manner as the term " macadamise" or 

 " burke," &c., are derived ? K. 



On a Bastard Child murdered by its Mother. — 

 Epitaph from The Student, vol. i. p. 118. : — 



" Love, spite of Honor's dictates, gave thee breath ; 

 Honor, in spite of Love, pronounced thy death." 



Idem Latine, 



" Spreta jussit Amor Fama te, parvule, nasci ; 

 Famaque te, spreto jussit Amore, mori." 



Y. B. N. J. 



Omissions of the " Biographie Universelle," and 

 the " Supplement." — In reading history one is 

 often induced to refer to biographical dictionaries 

 for fuller details, or for memoirs of the persons 

 introduced sur le tapis. We have of these works 

 very good specimens, as far as they go. In the 

 Biog. Brit., Chalmers and Gorton ; but the very 

 copious French Biographie Universelle, with its 

 Supplement, leaves very far behind all other works 

 of that description. Having this presentiment, I 

 must declare I have lately been singularly disap- 

 pointed. The year 1759 was distinguished by two 

 as gallant English naval victories as have ever 

 been recorded ; and both within the space of three 

 months of each other. On Monday, August 20, 

 1759, Admiral Boscawen defeated M. de la Clue, 

 who in L'Ocean of 80 guns commanded the grand 

 fleet of France ; and on Tuesday, Nov. 20, of the 

 same year, Hawke gained his superb victory over 

 M. de Conflans, who in Le Soleil Royal of 80 

 guns commanded the fleet of Louis XV. M. de 

 la Clue, on the 20th August, behaved as a brave 

 high-spirited admiral, was wounded in the action, 

 and died In consequence of those wounds. The 

 conduct of M. de Conflans was diametrically op- 

 posite to that of M. de la Clue, and so dastardly 

 was It considered, that In France it was derisively 

 called " La Bataille de M. Conflans," according to 

 Charles Lacretelle.* But to return to my sub- 

 ject, from which I have, in explanation, digressed, 

 I would observe that neither in the Biographie 

 UniverseUk or Le Supplement, can I find any 

 memoires of either De la Clue or Le Marechal de 

 Conflans, as he was styled. *• 



Richmond, Surrey. 



"Bantering," '■'■buffooning," '■'■ alarum d," "cabi' 

 net." — In accordance with Dr. Trench's sugges- 

 tion, I send a contribution towards ascertaining the 

 period of the Introduction of particular words Into 



* See Histoire de France pendant le dlx-huitieme Steele, 

 par Charles Lacretelle, 14 tomes, 4J&me e'dition, Paris, 

 1819— 182G, tome S'^me, pp. 365—367. 



