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NOTES AND QUETIIES. 



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Henry VIII., may be of interest to some of the 

 readers of'N.&Q." 



" For the Morfeuse. — Thake an once of fyne verde- 

 gresse, an vnce of sulphur, and make them both in smale 

 powder, and take ii fate shepes heddes and fla them and 

 cleve them and cast away theyr brenys, and syth the 

 hedes tender, and than lett them stand tyll they be coler, 

 and then take the fatt and blend the for sayd powder and 

 the fate togeder, but beware it come nere no fyre after ye 

 myxt it, but eui' ceip it coler, and a noynt the seke ther 

 w» a gaynst the fyre at eve'yng, and in the momyng 

 washe it away w* new vynagar." 



" Take wate of borage and water of fumatorie and med- 

 dell the' togeder, and let the seke drynke evy' and morne 

 ; tyll the be wole." 



Written in the fly-leaf of a copy of the Dyaloge 

 of Sir Thos. More, printed by Rastell in 1529, in 

 the library of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. 



Royalist. 



i^inor <hntxiti. 



Ferry Limits. — I should feel much obliged if 

 any of your legal or antiquarian readers could 

 throw any light on the question of ferry limits, 

 particularly as to those on the river Thames above 

 the metropolis. How far the monopoly or pri- 

 vileges extend on each side right and left of the 

 ferry line ? Lex. 



Francis Latham. — Can any of your readers 

 give me any account of Francis Lathom, who was 

 well known as the author of a number of novels 

 and romances, published in the beginning of the 

 present century ? I have not been able to dis- 

 cover the date of his death, but he published a 

 romance in 4 vols, in 1830. Probably this was his 

 last work. He resided, I think, in Norwich. 



X. 



Hamlet Quartos, — I should be much obliged to 

 any of your Shakspearian correspondents who 

 would kindly give me information on the follow- 

 ing points : 



1. Where can I see a copy of the 4to. edition of 

 Hamlet, 1 604 ? How many copies of It are known 

 to exist ? What Is their condition ? 



2. Halliwell catalogues a 4to. of Hamlet, printed 

 "for John Smithwicke (not Smethwicke), 1609." 

 Was there an edition published in that year ? Mr. 

 Collier does not mention it, either in his edition, 

 or in the " Shakspeare Society's Papers." 



3. I have a 4to. of Hamlet, " London, printed 

 by Andr. Clark, for J. Martyn and H. Herring- 

 man, 1676." This edition is not mentioned in the 

 Catalogues. Is it scarce ? 



C. Mansfield Inglebt. 

 Birmingham. 



" Teed^' " riW."— What is the origin of this 

 surname ? Mark Antomt Lower. 



Lewes. 



Dr. John Donne. — Has the will of Dr. Donne, 

 Dean of St. Paul's, been printed in extenso in any 

 work ? W. L. 



Letter hy George Lord Carew : a Watery Planet. 

 — In examining some MSS. In the State Paper 

 Office, a few days ago, I found the following cu- 

 rious passage in a letter addressed by George 

 Lord Carew, afterwards Earl of Totnes, to Sir 

 Thomas Roe, at that time (1615) ambassador at 

 the court of the Great Mogul : — 



" I will now tell you a wonder, the strangnesse of itt 

 will hardlye induce you to believe itt, but yett (as I do) 

 bestow an historical faythe vppon itt. I had itt of the 

 L. Threasurer, and, as neare as I caff, I will faythfuUy 

 report itt. There was here, in London, a marchant called 

 M"^ Havers, who was a great assurer of goodes (a Coinon 

 trade in the Cittie), and thereby he was growne vnto a 

 good Estate and esteemed to be worth 30 or 40,000'. 

 About Michellmas last, sittinge in his Comptinge house, 

 he was stroken w* a waterye plannet, and findinge him- 

 sellfe to be presentlye mortallye sicke, in his cash, or day 

 booke (writinge downe the day of the monethe) this day 

 (sayed he), I was stroken w*"" a waterye planet. Lord 

 have mercye vppon me. W'^ done, goinge towardes his 

 chamber (his face and brest beinge all wett), beinge de- 

 manded how he did, I am (sayed he) stroken w"> a 

 waterye plannet. Lord have mercye vppon me, and, 

 lyinge nott past three dayes sicke, he died. This, in my 

 opinion, is one of the strangest thinges thatt I ever heard 

 of, he beinge the first man that 1 ever heard of to dye by 

 a waterye plailet ; and what this moyst plannet meaneth 

 I am meerelye ignorant." 



Can your readers afford any Information re- 

 specting this disease ? The term has never fallen 

 under my notice before. I imagine that it could 

 not be the "sweating sickness," as that was a 

 disease then, and long before, well known. 



John Maclean. 



Hammersmith. 



An Optical Query. — Whether Friar Bacon or 

 Baptlsta Porta invented the telescope I do not 

 stop to inquire. As a marine instrument It was 

 not in use generally before about the middle of 

 the reign of James I. I conclude with some 

 Queries, after mention of the plundered merchant 

 who informed Sir Edward Howard that Sir An- 

 drew Barton the pirate was the offender. Hunt 

 was desired to show where the pirate was, and the 

 skilful and brave man volunteered " to set a 

 glass," in which the pirate's ship would be re- 

 flected, be it day or night. This duty was cheer- 

 fully assigned to him : 



" The merchant set my lord a glass. 

 So well apparent in his sight ; 

 And on the morrow by nine o'clock. 



He showed him Sir Andrew Barton, Knight." 



Percy Ballads. 



This reflector is praised for its effectiveness, 

 and the setter for his skill in setting this glass. 

 Was this really useful, or only fancied to be so ? 

 Is there mention of " setting a glass " to be found 

 elsewhere? Does any nation use anything si- 



