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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[Sept. 1. 1855. 



" Mr. CuRLL replies : 



" * Sir, No other Answer can be given to Lewis's 

 Impertinence, than imputing it to that Ignorance and 

 Impudence for •which he is so conspicuously remarkable. 

 " ' Your Humble Servant, E. C 



"To -which Lewis returned another of his elegant 

 Billets : 



« Sir, The Porter of the Bedford Head told me that he 

 came from Mr. Bampstead for a Key to the Dunciad. I 

 told him that my young Man had got one in Manuscript, 

 ■which should be sent as soon as he returned out of the 



City ; but how I come to be abused by C 1, 1 do not 



know; every body knows his Character. 



" ' Your Humble Servant, W. L.' 



"This second Note the Gentleman likewise sent to 

 Mr. CuRLL, with the following Letter : 



" • To Mr. CuRLL, 

 " ' Sir, The great Concern that Mr. Lewis labours 

 under for the ill Language given you under his own 

 Hand, cannot be better expressed than by his own Note, 

 which I herewith send You, being one that wishes You 

 perfectly well. ' J. D-' 



" Now it so happens that Mr. Curll's Key to the 

 Dunciad faithfully unlocks all the wards of that impu- 

 dent Lihel, and Lewis's Boy's Key is in favour of the 

 Libeller. 



" * To Mr. William, Lewis at the Shed under Tom's 

 Coffee House : 



' 'Tis well for C 1 his character is known ; 



Thou 'rt but a Mute even at Dulness' throne. 

 Thy Style and faulty Spelling is thy Own.' " 



In conclusion I would add, that I bave been for 

 some time endeavouring to purchase copies of 

 The Key to the Dunciad. I have failed, however, 

 in doing so. I must therefore leave to the fortu- 

 nate possessors of either Curll's or Lewis' Key 

 (if the latter was ever printed) the following out 

 of the question which is clearly raised by the 

 advertisement I have just quoted. W. J. Thoms. 



NOTE ON EARLY SEALS. 



It would be a mere waste of space to occupy 

 any portion of the columns of " N. & Q." with 

 remarks on the value of early seals to all persons 

 engaged in archseological studies. 



Many thousand seals of great Interest and value 

 have been engraved; but they are so scattered 

 through numerous publications as to be of little 

 practical use to the antiquary, from the difficulty 

 of a ready reference, even when the volumes con- 

 taining them occupy places on his own booic- 

 shelves. 



Permit me, through your pages, to suggest the 

 republication of all existing woodcuts and en- 

 gravings of ancient seals that can be readily pro- 

 cured. I do not ask any particular editorial care, 

 or indeed anything beyond a mere reprint of the 

 seals, with a brief note to each, stating the date of 

 the document to which the original is appended. 

 No particular arrangement is requisite, nor need 



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there be any provision for an index ; as it is part 

 of my plan that each subscriber, or purchaser, 

 should separate the seals, and re-arrange them as 

 most convenient to himself by inserting them in a 

 blank paper book. 



I cannot doubt that the numerous societies in- 

 terested in archfeology, publishing their transac- 

 tions, and also many private publishers of works . 

 containing such Illustrations, would willingly per- 

 mit the use of their plates and woodcuts (or casts 

 from them) for a purpose so largely and obviously 

 useful. 



There are, of course, many small difficulties to 

 be overcome ; but I apprehend these would 

 speedily melt away in the hands of an energetic 

 publisher, possessing the confidence of the learned 

 societies. Such a work must of necessity be in- 

 complete ; but every monthly instalment, sup- 

 posing it to be published In numbers, would be a 

 boon of such value to the working archaeologist, 

 that I cannot for a moment doubt Its ultimate 

 success. GiLBEKT J. Fkench. 



CHDECHWARDENS ACCOUNTS OF SAXILBT, CO. 

 LINCOLN. 



The following extracts have been taken from 

 the churchwardens' account-book of the parish of 

 Saxilby in the county of Lincoln. They give an 

 interesting picture of the furniture and adorn- 

 ments of a small village church at the period of 

 the spoliation, and of the subsequent restoration 

 of the Catholic ritual in the reign of Queen Mary. 



Edwaed Peacock. 



Bottesford Moors, Kirton-in-Lindsey. 



" EMANUELL. 



Thys is the accompte of me, Thomas Poole, churche 

 maister of the p'ysshe of Saxulbie, of all my receytes ITor 

 too years affore the dat hereof, made aSbre the p'ysshoners 

 thex'^daieof Januarij,A<' Do. 1551, AnnoquitoS^Sexti, 

 I'ra D'nicals C. 



In p'mis for churche metell - - - xiijs. 



Item, for one old tabernacle - - - vjrf. 



Item, for Jesus chapell . - - vijs. iiijrf. 



Item, for old coope - - - - xvjcZ. 



Money laied ffurthe by me, Thomas Poole, for ij years : 

 Item, in expens' to the visitac'on at Scampton vc?. 

 Item, in expens' to y« visitac'on at Scampton, 



ij tymes ----- xvd. 

 Item, at Netlam, at bysshopse visitac'on, for 



making of bill - - - - iiij<f. 



Item, for makyng a pulpit in the churche - ijs. 

 Item, to Jamys Abraam for the artycles - vjcf. 

 Item, in allowance at the fall of the money - iiis. vjd." 



Then follows the accompt by the other church- 

 warden, Thomas Smythe. 



" Money receyved. 

 Item, of Wystaw, for the sepulcre candlestycke ijs. iijcf. 

 Item, of Anthony Weston, for tabernacles in 

 the churche - . - - viijs. 



