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[Aug. 4. 1855. 



Norman Superstition (Vol. xii., p. 53.). — In 

 reference to the Norman superstition, it is to be 

 observed that a nail taken from the gallows is a 

 wide-spread superstition in Asia. It is mentioned 

 in the Mischnah — De Sabbatho — of the things 

 which are permissible on the Sabbath : " Exeunt 

 cum ovo locustae, et cum dente vulpis, et cum 

 clavo de suspenso, medicinae gratise." (They go 

 out with the egg of a locust, the tooth of a fox, 

 and with a nail from the gallows of one who has 

 been hanged, as a medicine.) Leopold Dukes. 



r-« Vox populi, vox Dei" (Vol. vi., p. 185.). — 

 Your correspondent CiiEBicus (D.) ascribes to the 

 celebrated John Wesley the dissentient rejoinder 

 once made to that well-known proverb, " Vox 

 populi, vox Dei." " No, it cannot be the voice of 

 God, for it was vox populi that cried out ' Crucify 

 him, crucify him ! ' " and I have seen it elsewhere 

 ascribed to him. It appears, however, to have 

 had a much earlier origin, and Wesley did but 

 quote from Arthur Warwick, whose Spare Mi- 

 nutes, or Resolved Meditations and Premeditated 

 Resolutions, had reached a sixth edition in 1637. 

 I am unable to give you the exact reference to 

 the page where the words occur, not having the 

 volume by me, and having omitted to make a 

 " note " at the time of reading the work. The 

 words, however, are as follows : 



" That the voice of the common people is the voice of God, 

 is the commoa voice of the people ; yet it is as full of 

 falsehood as commonness. For who sees not that those 

 black-mouthed hounds, upon the mere scent of opinion, 

 as freely spend their mouths in hunting counter, or like 

 Action's dogs in chasing an innocent man to death, as if 

 they followed the chase of truth itself, in a fresh scent. 

 Who observes not that the voice of the people, yea, of 

 that people that voiced themselves the people of God, did 

 prosecute the God of all people, with one common voice, 

 * He is worthy to die.' I will not therefore ambitiously 

 beg their voices for my preferment, nor weigh m}' worth 

 in that uneven balance, in which a feather of opinion 

 shall be moment enough to turn the scale, and make a 

 light piece go current, and a current piece seem light." 



John Booker. 



David and Goliath (Vol. xii., p. 46.). — Among 

 the copes preserved in the library of the Cathedral 

 of Durham, there is one of rich crimson silk, on 

 which is embroidered a figure of David holding in 

 his hand the head of the vanquished Goliath. 

 This cope is believed to have been the one pre- 

 sented to the church by King Charles I. : 



" Charles certainly made to the church of Durham a 

 present of this description, and if this be the robe, sin- 

 gular reflections present themselves to the mind upon 

 a consideration of its chief embellishment." — Eaine's 

 Srief Account of Durham Cathedral, p. 47., 1833. 



Charles I.'s visit to Durham was in 1633. The 

 copes are preserved in a glass case, in accordance 

 with Mr. Eaine's suggestion. 



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