Aug. 18. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



123 



bering from fifty to sixty thousand men, extended from 

 the upper Adige along the whole line of the Mincio to 

 Mantua — every hill-top fortified and bristling, with an 

 army exulting in the consciousness of strength, superior 

 in numbers to the enemy, and now scattered to the winds, 

 so that no rappel or trump of war can call together one- 

 third of their number. The King of Piedmont's disasters 

 were ascribable not only to his want of proficiency in the 

 science of war, but to his utter ignorance or neglect of 

 the very details of service, especially in the organisation 

 of a good commissariat. At a moderate calculation, one- 

 tenth of the riedmontese, it was thought, fell not from 

 the fire of the enemy, but from want of food and excessive 

 fatigue. For three days, and during the hardest fighting, 

 the troops were without proper supplies of food, men 

 dropping from hunger on the road, because fresh troops 

 were not detailed at the right moment, or necessary pro- 

 visions seasonably furnished. Bread and corn, it is be- 

 lieved, were sent at intervals to the men, but the wag- 

 goners took to flight, and cutting their traces, escaped 

 with their horses, leaving their loaded waggons in the 

 road. The ammunition carts were said to have been de- 

 serted in like mannei". These things were not accidents, 

 but criminal oversights, because sufficient escorts were 

 not sent to control the drivers, or take their place in case 

 of need." 



He represents the condition and appearance of 



the successful Austrians " almost fit for parade," 

 under Radetzky, as forming a striking contrast to 

 the " soiled dress and fatigued looks of the Pied- 

 montese" (p. 259.), and (p. 251.) he recounts the 

 way in which both Austrians and Piedmontese 

 trifled with the mediating English and French 

 ministers, at a time when Lamartine offered the 

 protection of France to " oppressed nationalities." 

 The Report of the Committee on the state of the 

 Army before Sevastopol will establish a parallel 

 betwixt the condition of the English army in 1854 

 and that of the Piedmontese in 1848 ; betwixt the 

 Russians and French now, and the Austrians 

 then ; whilst the diplomacy of the English and 

 French at Cremona, deceived by Austrians and 

 Piedmontese in August, 1848, has its parallel in 

 the affiiir of the Viennese Note of August, 1853, 

 when those mediating powers were equally but 

 more dangerously deceived by Turkey, Russia, 

 and Austria. T. J. Buckton. 



Lichfield. 



Shakspeare and his Descendants (?). — It may be 

 interesting to some of your readers to learn that 

 " William Shakspeare, of Knowle, in the county 

 of Warwick," was tenant to the precipe on the 

 suffering a recovery in 12 Geo. II. I have no 

 ground for supposing him related to Shakspeare, 

 except the similarity of name, and the vicinage. 



Eden Warwick. 



Birmingham. 



" Win of ape." — Chaucer uses this expression 

 in The Mancipels Prologue : 



" I trow that ye have dronken win of ape." 



Tyrwhitt has very properly cited a correspond- 

 ing French proverb : " Vin de singe." To this 

 No. 303.] 



must be added that Le Roux de Lincy (Livre de 

 Proverbes Franqais, Paris, 1842, p. 157.) gives a 

 proverb .far more detailed than that quoted by 

 Tyrwhitt. .:: J 



It may not prove uninteresting to the reader to 

 learn, that the most ancient known source of this 

 phrase is in a Talmudical parable, which is given 

 in my Rahhinische Blumenlese (Leipzig, 1844), 

 p. 192., the translation of which is as follows :j t(:,.^ 



" When Noah began to plant a vineyard, Satan came 

 and asked him, ' What dost thou plant here ? ' 'A vine- 

 yard.' ' What property has it .' ' ' Its fruits are, green or 

 dried, sweet and pleasant ; wine is made of the fruits, 

 which rejoiceth the heart' (Ps. civ. 15.) 'We shall,' 

 said Satan, ' have a treat together.' * Good ! ' said Noah. 

 What did Satan ? He brought a lamb, a lion, a pig, and 

 an ape with him ; slaughtered them in the vineyard, and 

 let the earth drink up their blood. Thereby he signified, 

 that man, before he has tasted wine, is innocent as a lamb, 

 which knows nothing ; and, ' as a sheep under the shearer, 

 is dumb' (Is. liii. 7.). When he drinks moderately, he is 

 as a lion, and supposes that there is none like him on 

 earth ; if he drinks above measure, he becomes as a pig, 

 and rolls about in nonsense. But if he is thoroughly 

 drunk, he becomes as an ape ; he hops about, and jabbers, 

 knowing neither beginning nor end of his speech." 



Leopold Dukes. 



<Mtxiti. 



NAMBT PAMBY. 



I am desirous to ascertain all that is known of 

 the authorship and literary history of the follow- 

 ing broadsides : 



1. " Namby Pamby; or, A Panegyric on the New 



Versification address'd to A P , Esq., by Capt. 



Gordon, author of the Apology for Parson Alberony and 

 The Humourist [s. 1. v. a.]." 



2. " Namby Pamby's Answer to Captain Gordon [s. 1. 

 V. a.]." 



3. " A Satyr to the Author of Namby Pamby, address'd 

 to Amb. P ps, Esq., by a Lady, 1726." 



With respect to No. 1., I am aware that the 



initials "A P " are intended for Ambrose 



Phillips, and that Namby Pamby was a nick- 

 name frequently bestowed upon him ; also that 

 Henry Carey wrote a poem called Namby Pamby^ 

 in ridicule of Ambrose Phillips; but I wish to 

 know whether Captain Gordon is a real or fic- 

 titious name; whether the author of No, 1, is 

 really the author of the pamphlet entitled A mo- 

 dest Apology for Parson Alheroni, London, 1719 ; 

 and whether this poem (No. 1.), which commences 

 with the lines, — 



" All ye poets of the age ! 



All ye witlings of the stage ! 



Learn your jingles to reform; 



Crop your numbers, and conform," 



is identical with the poem written by Henry 

 Carey, which I have never seen.* 



[* This poem is by Harry Carey, and is appended to 

 his Chrononhotonthologos, 12mo., 1777.] 



