Nov. 3. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



349 



pousant), Be.rni et Soubs-bise fiirent traine.z morts et 

 arrimgez devant )e Louvre, exposez h la veue des dames, 

 qui en ce dernier contemploient s'il est oit incapable de 

 manage, pource qu'il en estoit en proces." 



This is a sample of tlie atrocities and obscenities 

 of the massacre of Bartholomew Eve, August 24, 

 1572. 



Montaigne furnishes another instance of the 

 custom of marrying to save life, JSssais, livre i. 

 chapitre 40. : 



" Chacun a on'i faire le conte du Picard, auquel estant 

 Jtreschelle, on pr^sente une garce, et que (comme nostre 

 justice permet quelquefois) s'il la vouloit espouser, on lui 

 sauveroit la vie : lui, I'ayant un peu contempl^e et ap- 

 perceu qu'elle boitoit: 'Attache, attache,' dit-il, 'elle 

 cloche.' " 



G. M. 



Le Hurel, St. Martin's, Guernsey. 



KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS IK IRELAND. 



(Vol. xi., p. 407. ; Vol. xii., p. 134.) 



"Innocentius Kpiscopus Servus Servorum Dei dilectis 

 filiis Fratrihus Jerosolyniitam Hospitalis in Ibernia con- 

 fititutis saliitem et Apostolicain Benedictionem. Cum h 

 Nobis petitur quod justum est et honestum, tarn vigor 

 €quitatis quam ardo exigit rationis, ut per soUicitudinem 

 officii nostri ad debitum perduciitur efFeotum. Ea prop- 

 ter, dilecti in Domino filii, vestris Justis precibus inclinati, 

 de Keliemainan, de Villa Turinot, de Ysoude, Sancti Mi- 

 chaelis de Krevacli, Sancti Clementis Dublinensis, de 

 Taveradi, de Dovenachpatic, de Kilteltan, de Legno, de 

 Maylbochen, de Moyllach, de Terra Adae Dallart, et 

 Pagani Fratris sui, de Cluchihunciie, de Knocduine, de 

 Clunif, de Berneniesche Adas de Lenz, de Dunler, de 

 Ken, de Ciocli, de Terra Amauri de Fegpo juxta Lu- 

 veche, Sanctaj Mariaj in Arch, de terra, qiiaa fuit R. Filii 

 W., Sancti Johannis Arch, de Ratliniulin, de Jucheme 

 Kargi, de Maniblos, de Terra Waiteri de Logan, de Terra 

 W. Foreslarii in Magelin, Sancti Johannis Evangelislae in 

 Craffery, de Bruach, de Glariae, de Batmolin, de Kiliiiele, 

 de Kiliuvarin, de Katenans, de Tashsixan, de Rathsuln, 

 de Terra Philippi Vituli, de Terra Thomas Vituli, de Terra 

 Johannis (!e Feinkoyt, de Adcar, de Villa Aufrid. in 

 Ardriae, Sancti David de Nas. de Terra Rice, filii Alvered, 

 de Viha W. de Keldif, de Clane, de Juthe, de Killebech, 

 de Terra VV. Cirencester, de Dunig, de Kernach, de Mara- 

 chem, de Villa Sirlac, de Tuly, de Kiliemelin, de Rath- 

 brid, de Kilros, de Terra quae fuit Radultii de Offali, de 

 Duniieve, de Finovere, de Orengam, de Terra Thomae filii 

 Maur. de Killergi, de Struhan, de Dorric, fk- Foder, de 

 Villa David de Dnmetham, de Villa David Bach, de Terra 

 Rice. Pmene, de Gillachnescop. in Obuy, de Ardrimen 

 Tried), de toto Terra Reug. Poherii in Lagen. de Arche- 

 mang, de Cavetmu\% de Terra Rice, de Hemfort, Sancti 

 Petri de Selescar, Sancti Michaelis de Wasefort, Sancti 

 Johannis, Sancti Patricii, Sancti Brigidae, Sanctte Mariae 

 Magdalenae Waseford, Sancti Johannis, de Terra Helise de 

 Pondly, de Dufer Sanctae Mariae de Slefeultre, de Terra 

 Eog Valen de terra Osberti God. de terra VV. Bruselanc. 

 de Senerah, de Kildium, Sancti Johannis Waterford, de 

 Drukun, de Kesllivor, Sanctae Mariae deTibh. de Arfiiian, 

 de Radron, de Magolevuin, de Stangenach, de terra VV. 

 Auguill, de terra Adas Martel. de Obrid. de Terra Alx. 

 Carpentar. de Dumereth, de Typar, de Karketel, de Hules, 

 de Cathan, de Kilgiitan, de" Terra Roberti Sivvim, de 

 Lunc, de Kilkallan, deCatcordrin, de Terra Rice, de Mora, 

 No. 314.] 



de Terra Thomae filii Rad. de Terra Henrici Gmen. de 

 feudo decern Militum in honore Cathan. de Adolar. de 

 terra Golf, de Exse. de Terra Tancardcar. Sancti March- 

 aeh. Linurin, Sanctae Brigid. Linurin. de Terra Gadeberti 

 de Rupe. de imo Gantard. Inker, de Lachmecher, de 

 Holegr. de toto buedo de Amerit, de toto buedo de Tu- 

 bachleys, de toto buedo de Harr. de toto buedo de Mayer. 

 Sancti Johannis de Carcang. de Roskelan. et de Senegart, 

 Clencan, Ecclesias eum omnibus villis, decimis Cappellia, 

 pertinenciis et Appendiciis suis, nee non et alia Bona 

 vestra, sicut ea juste et pacifice possidetis, vobis et per 

 vos domui Hospitalis auctoritate Apostolica confirmamua 

 et praesentis scripti patrocinio communimus — NuUi ergo 

 omnino hominum liceat banc paginam nostras confirma- 

 tionis infringere, vel ei ausu temerario contraire ; si quis 

 autem hoc attemptare presumpserit, indignationem Omni- 

 potentis Dei et Beatorum Petri et Pauli Apostolorum ejus 

 se noverit incursurum. 



"Datum Signiae xiii. Kalendas Augusti, Pontificatufl 

 nostri Anno Decimo Quinto." 



Dr. Vella has kindly taken the above copy of a 

 MS. now existing in the Record Office of this 

 island; and it is sent with the hope that its perusal 

 may give the desired information to your corre- 

 spondent W. R. G. W. W. 



Malta. 



DRUroiCAL MONUMENT AT CAKNAC. 



(Vol. xii., pp. 205. 254.) 



In reading the latter notice, I was induced to 

 look back to the former one, and I see that L. M. 

 M. R. does not, as Outis states, mistake ; for L. M. 

 M. R. neither says, nor insinuates, nor apparently 

 supposes, that Carnac is a Cromlech. 



I should rather consider that Ovtis mistakes, ia 

 calling Carnac, in Normandy, " a serpent temple," 

 for it consists of eleven straight lines of stones. 

 What possible resemblance can these have to a 

 serpentine line so as to form a serpent temple, like 

 that large one at Abury, as described by Sir R. 

 C. Hoare, Bart., in his History of Wiltshire, where 

 the stones were placed in serpentine lines ? For a 

 full description of Carnac, see Mons. de Cambry'a 

 Monumens Celtiques ; a translation of which will 

 be found in Higsiins's Celtic Druids, p. IxxxvL 

 Where Lochmariaker may be, I know not. No 

 such place is mentioned in any description of 

 Carnac which I have ever seen. I should have 

 supposed it to be a place more likely to be found 

 in the Highlands of Scotland, than on the coast of 

 Normandy. 



Mons. de Cambry does state, that the Carnac 

 stones liad once extended to near La Trinite, in a" 

 line of 1490 toises, and that the largest stones are 

 near Kervario. 



Had OvTis studied etymology and the origin of 

 language to any great extent, he would probablj 

 have had some idea that the word Canmc, whe- 

 ther used in Egypt or in Brittany, might have its 

 root in the language of a people in the far East, 



