Oct. 13. 1855.] 



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saltice engrailed sable ; to which the Devon family 

 have added four mullets. 



In Vol. iv., p. 191., a correspondent asked if 

 thei'e was any connexion between Sir Henry Wot- 

 ton (of the Kent family) and the celebrated Dr. 

 William Wotton. As this Query has not been 

 answered, may I beg to reiterate it, as it may have 

 been overlooked? 



If you can inform me whence I can obtain farther 

 particulars respecting the Wottons of Devon, you 

 will much oblige. W. 



Bombay. • 



" Hard Lines." — Whence is this expression, so 

 common, particularly among seafaring men, de- 

 rived ? S. A. H. 



[it'ne was formerly synonymous witli Lot. Thus the 

 Bible version of Psalm xvi. v. 6., is " The lines are fallen 

 unto me iu pleasant places ; yea, I have a goodly 

 heritage," — while in the Prayer Book we read, " The 

 lot has fallen unto me in a fair ground ; yea, I have a 

 goodly heritage." Hard Lines is therefore equivalent to 

 Hard Lot'] 



Scotch Song. — Can any of your correspondents 

 give me the words of a Scotch song, sung to the 

 air of "The Campbells are coming," and entitled 

 Moh MolandsonS (or RoUinson's) Bonnet ? or, 

 perhaps, if not able to give them, tell me where I 

 can find them ? R. W. Hackwood. 



[The song is entitled "Rob Eoryson's Bonnet," and may 

 be purchased at any country fair in Scotland, Jprice one 

 halfpenny. We give the first verse as an index to guide 

 the purchaser : 



" You've a' heard tell o' Rob Roryson's bonnet ; 

 You've a' heard tell o' Rob Roryson's" bonnet ; 

 It was not the bonnet, but the head that was in it, 

 Gar'd a' body speak o' Rob Roryson's bonnet ? " 



About twenty verses of equal elegance follow. ] 



Bishop Wilcocks — In Mr. Mackenzie Walcott's 

 interesting Memorials of Westminster, he men- 

 tions a fact of Bishop Wilcocks, p. 88. (who, by 

 the way, was not chosen at " the Golden Election " 

 Demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, but in 1692, 

 three years afterwards), that Pope Clement VIII. 

 called him " the blessed heretic." What authority 

 is there for this story ? Magdalenbnsis. 



[This story relates to the bishop's son, Joseph Wil- 

 cocks, F.S.A., who being at Rome during the pontificate 

 of Clement XIII. (Rezzonico), became acquainted with 

 his Holiness, who denominated him " the blessed heretic." 

 His talents and learning are displayed in a posthumous 

 work, entitled Roman Conversations, 2 vols., 8vo., where 

 the anecdote is given in the preface, p. xli.. edit. 1797. 

 He died in 1791. In the same preface (p. viii.) it is 

 stated, " that his father. Bishop Wilcocks, was chosen a 

 demy of Magdalen at the same election with Mr. Boulter 

 and Mr. Addison, and from the merits and learning of the 

 elect, this was commonly called by Dr. Hough, President 

 of the college, the golden dection."] 



No. 311.] 



Medals for Militart/ Service. — Can any one in- 

 form me how old the custom is of awarding medals 

 for military service ? L. G. 



[There is scarcely any record of medals as rewards in 

 the army or navy before the time of the Commonwealth. 

 The House of Commons resolved to grant rewards and 

 medals to the fleet, whose oificers (Blake, Monck, Penn, 

 and Lawson) and men gained the glorious victory over 

 the Dutch fleet, ofi" the Texel, in 1653. In 1692, an act 

 was passed for applying the tenth part of the proceeds of 

 prizes for medals and other rewards for olHcers, seamen, 

 and marines. Subsequent to Lord Howe's victor}', June 

 1, 1794, it was thought expedient to institute a naval 

 medal. Blake's medal of 1653 was bought by William IV. 

 for 160 guineas. — Haydn's Dictionary of Dates.] 



" Humane Prudence." — I have in my possession 

 a small volume entitled Humane Prudence, or the 

 Art hy which a Man may advance Himself and his 

 Fortune, which appears, from the character of the 

 type, manner of spelling, and other characteristics, 

 to have been printed about the beginning of the 

 last century, or end of the preceding one. The 

 title-page is wanting, and also a few pages at the 

 end ; " The Epistle Dedicatory " is, however, 

 perfect, and is addressed " To the Virtuous and 

 most Ingenious Edw. Hungerford, Esq.," and 

 subscribed " W. de Britaine." 



The work consists nearly entirely of quaint 

 maxims and sentences, illustrated by quotations 

 in several languages, particularly from the Deca- 

 meron of Boccacio. Will you, or any of you, 

 readers, kindly inform me who was its authorr 

 who " Edw. Hungerford, Esq.," was, and any 

 other particulars you or they may know of the 

 work ? A Young Subscribeb. 



Terrington St. Clements. 



[This work is entitled Humane Prudence, or the Art by 

 which a Man may raise Himself and his Fortune to Gran- 

 deur. It first appeared in 1682, and seems to have been a 

 popular work, as we have before us the tenth edition, 

 published in 1710. The compiler was author of The Dutch 

 Usurpation, and their Behaviour to the Kings of Great Bri- 

 tain, 4X0., 1672, reprinted in The Harleian Miscellany, edit. 

 1809, vol. iii. p. 1. The name, AVilliam de Britaine, wo 

 take to hepseudo, as noticed in "N. & Q.," Vol. x., p. 67.] 



Quotation ivanted. — Can you favour me with 

 a reference to the following quotations, which, 

 I take, are the Greek and Latin versions of the 

 old proverb, " Charity begins at home" ? — 



" $tA.€t 5'eavTOv y.a.Wov ovSels ovSeva," 

 "Proximus sum egomet mihi." 



FuiT. 



[The Latin version will be found in Terent. Andria, 

 Act IV. Sc. 1. 1. 12. ; and the Greek, " *iAel 8'eauTou n\elov 

 ovSels ovSeva," is quoted from Menander in the note on 

 Andria, ActJI. Sc. 5. 1. 16. of Valpy's Delphin edition.] 



Landwehr. — Where is the best account of this 

 institution to be found ? R. J. A. 



[The Landwehr (national defence) consists of able- 

 bodied burghers, chosen to defend the country when 

 threatened. They are exercised in time of peace, but 



