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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[Dec. 8. 1855. 



on splendid stallions, carefully flanked by a ser- 

 geant at each stirrup to guard them. 



Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, Bart., Lord 

 Mayor in 1811, was so proud of his horsemanship, 

 that he was to be seen every day displaying him- 

 self to his civic subjects, gracefully disporting on 

 a white horse. This probably suggested the fol- 

 lowing epigram : 



" Hunter, Mayor. 



An Emp'ror of Rome, who was famous for whim, 



A consul his horse did declare : 

 The City of London, to imitate him, 



Of a Hunter have made a Lord Mayor." 



D.S. 



" Actis cevum implet,^' Sfc. (Vol. xi., p. 125.). — 

 In the Consolatio ad Liviam de morte Drusi 

 Neronis, found among the works of Ovid, though 

 by many ascribed to C. Pedo Albinovanus, we 

 read, vv. 447 — 450. : 



" Quid numeras annos ? Vixi maturior annis. 

 Acta senem faciunt ; haec numeranda tibi. 

 His cevum Juit implendum, non segnibus annis. 

 Hostibus eveniat longa senecta meis." 



This is probably the passage inquired after. — 

 From the Navorscher. John Scott. 



Norwich. 



Servetus's " Christianismi Restitutio " (Vol. xli., 

 p. 368.). — Mr. Pettigrew, alluding to the 

 original edition of 1553, says, " A perfect reprint 

 was effected in 1790, by whose agency I know 

 not." Ebert, in his Lexikon, informs us that the 

 editor was Von Murr, and that the book was 

 published by Rau of Niirnberg. The volume is 

 printed, pa^je for page, like the original. The 

 date of reprinting is at the end, but printed in a 

 character so small, that a cursory observer would 

 mistake it for a mere ornamental line to mark the 

 close of the volume. I had a copy of this reprint 

 In my hands a few years ago, and believe it is not 

 particularly scarce. Mr. Pettigrew's letter, 

 however, would lead one to suppose that It was of 

 extreme rarity, for Immediately after the sentence 

 I have quoted from him, he goes on to say, " Four 

 copies are ail that are known of this edition." 

 But the word this does not refer to the edition 

 mentioned in the preceding sentence, but to Dr. 

 Mead's reprint, which had been mentioned In an 

 earlier part of Mr. Pettigrew's letter. Ebert 

 says there are two copies of the original edition of 

 1553 ; one being in the Imperial Library at 

 Vienna, the other that which was in the possession 

 of Dr. Mead, and from which he made the im- 

 perfect reprint, so prematurely seized and confis- 

 cated by the order of the then Bishop of London. 



Jaydee. 



Does a Circle round the Moon foretell bad 

 Weather f (Vol. x., p. 463.) — As a rule, a circle 

 round the moon Indicates rain and wind. When 

 seen with a north, or north-east wind, we may 



No. 319.] 



look for stormy weather, especially if the circle be 

 large ; with the wind in any other quarter we 

 may expect rain ; so also when the ring is small, 

 and the moon seems covered with mist. If, how- 

 ever, the moon rise after sunset, and a circle be 

 soon after formed round It, no rain is foreboded. 

 Here (Kuik, Netherlands), we have this proverb : 



" Een kring om de maan, 



Die lian vergaan ; 



Maar een kring om de zon 



Geeft water in de ton." 

 " A ring round the moon 



May pass away soon ; 



But a ring round the sun 



Gives water in the tun." 



Another version obtains among seamen, — 



" Een kring om de maan, 

 Dat kan nog gaan ; 

 Maar een kring om de zon 

 Daar huilen vrouw en kind'ren om." 



" A ring round the moon 

 May soon go by ; 

 But a ring round the sun 

 Makes wife and child cry." 



From the Navorscher. 



J. s. 



Norwich. 



Passage in Sceptical Greek Poet (Vol. xli., 

 p. 304.). — The imputation of scepticism to So- 

 phocles Is strange, but I think the following is the 

 passage required : 



" Adyw iJ.ev efijKovcr', oirtoTra S' ov ^aAa, 

 Tbv neKdrav KiKTjuav irOTe ToO Albs 



'l^iova SpoiidSa Kar a^irv/ca 



AeV/xiof (is 6/3o\' 6 



UayKparris Kpovov irais' 



'Akkov S' oxiTLv' eyojy' oiSa 



KAvuf, ovS' ecriSov fioCpa 

 TovS' ixBCovt avfTvxoi'Ta. BvarSiV, 

 'Os out' epfas riv oure vo<7^i<Ta.^, 

 *AAA' icros ei* i<rots avrjp 

 'ilXkvd' !>&' avafiios." 



Fhiloctetes, 1. 676—686. 



H. B. C. 



U. U. Club. 



Conge (Vol. xli., p. 354.). — The old historians 

 of Yarmouth supply two explanations of this word. 

 The elder Manship derives It from congee, "so as 

 all men resorted thither to have leave of the pro- 

 vost to lade, unlade," &c. (Booke of the Founda- 

 cion and Antiquitye of Greate Yarmouthe, edited 

 by C. J. Palmer, Esq., 1847, pp. 9. 52.) Manship 

 the younger conjectures that the word is " derived 

 of the Latin congiarium, which Is a dole or liberal 

 gift of some prince or noble person bestowed upon 

 the people ; " but adds, " lest I should pass the 

 bounds of my knowledge therein, I will curb my 

 pen's passage from diving any farther into that 

 matter." {History of Great Yarmouth, by Henry 

 Manship, Town Clerk, temp. Eliz., edited by C. J. 

 Palmer, Esq., 1854, pp. 56. 247.) See also Swin- 

 den, p. 21. S. W. llix. 



Beccles. 



