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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[Sept. 22. 1855. 



scientiously affirm that he presented in his own 

 character the most perfect combination of the 

 good Christian, true gentleman, and ripe scholar, 

 that it has ever been my good fortune to meet 

 ■vrith. We strolled together into the churchyard 

 of the parish, and .among the inscriptions on the 

 graves, where 



" The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep," 

 ■we found the following lines : 



" Could he disclose, who rests below, 

 The things be3'ond the grave that lie, 

 We more should learn than now we know, 

 But know no better how to die." 



This was four years ago, and now — 



" When gathering clouds around I view, 

 And days are dark, and friends are few," 



I turn to the recollections of the past as a solace 

 for the present. Among other pleasing remi- 

 niscences, there comes before me the incident I 

 have just described ; and as I never met with the 

 above lines elsewhere, and as, more especially, the 

 friend who was then with me did not remember 

 to have seen them in all his extensive reading, it 

 ■will greatly interest me if you can tell me whether 

 they are original or not ; and if not, from whence 

 they are taken. Oliver. 



Captain Swaine. — Whitelock's Memorials, 

 June 12, 1654 : "Gordon, a chief commander of 

 the enemy, came in upon articles to Captain 

 Swayn " (spelt Swaine in the index). Who was 

 Captain Swaine ? S. 



The Divining Rod. — Can any of your correspon- 

 dents prove, disprove, explain, or settle in any 

 way, the long agitated question of the alleged 

 virtues of the divining rod ? Surely the marvels 

 of this gnorous-magnetic-gravitation-mesmerising 

 age may help to explain this ancient and well- 

 attested phenomenon. Wm. D'O. Bayley. 



Anonymous Plays. — Can any of your readers 

 give me any information regarding the authorship 

 of the following plays ? — 



1. " Raymond, a Tragedy descriptive of the Age of 

 Chivalrj', 8vo. 1793." 



2. " Tlie Gallant Moriscoes ; or, Robbers of the Pyrenees, 

 a Dramatic Performance, 8vo. 1795." 



3. "Edmond, Orphan of the Castle, a Tragedy, 8vo. 

 1799." 



4. " Daemon of Daneswall, a Tragedy, 8vo. 1802." 



R.J. 



Glasgow. 



Cavaliers surprised at Brachley. — In 12 E. 

 (73.) f. 11., and 12 F. (2*.) 1. 148., Brit. Mus., are 

 accounts of one of the first encounters between 

 the Cavaliers and Roundheads. Three troops 

 (apparently raw recruits) of the former, under 

 Sir John Byron, and two of his brothers, on 

 their march from Nottingham to Oxford, were 



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surprised,^ Aug. 28, 1642, at Brackley, in North- 

 amptonshire ; and lost seventy or eighty taken 

 prisoners, of whom forty-six, mentioned by name, 

 were afterwards, Saturday, Sept. 10, lodged in 

 Newgate, "where they do now lye in great 

 misery ; and had they not relife sent them in of 

 charity, they might perish." I wish to know 

 whether there are any documents showing the 

 subsequent fate of these unfortunate men. 



FuRvus. 

 Radford. 



Ready Reckoners. — What is the date of the 

 earliest Ready Reckoner published in this country ? 

 Professor de Morgan fixes their era at about 

 the middle of the seventeenth century. I have 

 one in my possession. Comes Commercii, or the 

 Tradei's Companion, by Edward Hatton, Gent., 

 1727, the fifth edition, with additions. From one 

 or two dates in it, I am inclined to think the first 

 edition had been published about 1698. From 

 the great quantity of information about waterside 

 (there were no docks then), and Custom House 

 business which it contains, I am of opinion that a 

 new edition, adapted to the present state of trade, 

 would be a valuable addition to the counting- 

 house library. Meton. 



" Trumpeter unus erat^' &fc. — I remember the 

 following lines in a book for young people. Can 

 I be informed where they are to be lound ? 



", Trumpeter unus erat, qui coatum scarlet habebat, 

 Et per queau periwig pendet, like tail of a dead pig." 



X. 



Coleridge's '^Religious Musings." — In various 

 works I see references to Coleridge's Religious 

 Musings, as to particular poems or sets of verses. 

 Now in none of his volumes, or any of his works, 

 can I find any verses so denominated ; and I have 

 not only his Works (4 vols.), but many single 

 volume collections. I have one rare volume, 

 printed in 1797. Can you give me any explana- 

 tion ? You will oblige, " C. V. L. G. 



Penzance. 



William Creswell. — Can London collectors give 



me any information respecting William Creswell, 



printer, of Jewin Street, in 1774; and of 30. Duke 



Street, West Smithfield, about 1781 ? Furvus. 



Radford. 



^''Dickey Sam." — Whence this expression as 

 applied to the inhabitants of the great commercial 

 port of Liverpool ? W. T. M. 



Hong Kong. 



Joseph Clunne. — This autograph is on the back 



of the title-page of True Treasure, or Thirtie holy 



Voices, &fc., by Philip Skippon, Maior-Generali, 



• the most unworthy souldier of Christ Jesus, 



London, 1644. This little volume, being only 



