2»* S. No 82., Jdly 25. '67.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



It 



lowing account of those he can remember, had be not 

 been requested thereto by several persons of judgment in 

 bells and ringing. Printed by Leonard Lichfiekl, near 

 East-Gate, Oxford, 1732. 



2. « Thomas Lester, Bell-foundef, at the' Three Bells 

 In White Chappie, London, successor to y« late ingenious 

 M"". Richd. Phelps, hath cast y« following bell and peals, 

 &c., from August, 1738." 



The bell referred to is the tenor bell of Bow 

 Chtlrch, Cheapside ; weight, 53 cwt. 



W. ty. MacHat. 



Curtain Lecture (2"^ S. iv. 28.) — 1 have before 

 me a small, but rare, volume ; some account of 

 which may be interesting to Vox. Here is the 

 title : —• 



" A Curtaine Lecture : as it is read by a Countrey Far- 

 mer's Wife to her Good Man; by a Country Gentle- 

 woman or Lady to her Esquire or Knight ; by a Soul- 

 dier's Wife to her Captain or Lievtenant ; by a Citizen's 

 or Tradesman's Wife to her Husband ; by a Court Lady 

 to her Lord. Concluding with an imitable {sic) Lecture, 

 read by a Queene to her Soveraigne Lord and King. 

 London : printed for John Aston, and are to be sold at 

 his Shop, at the signe of the Bull's Head in Cateaton- 

 street. 1638,'* 



Then follows the dedication : — 



" To the generous Reader, hut especially to Bftihelours and 

 Virgins, 



" This Age affording more Poets than Patrons (for nine 

 Muses may trauel long 'ere they can find one Mecsenas) 

 inade me at a stand to whom I might commend the dedi- 

 cation of this small Tractate, especially bearing this 

 Title. To any Matron I durst not, though never so 

 modest ; lest her conscience might alledge unto her shee 

 had been guilty of reading the like Lectures. To a 3Iar- 

 ried man 1 feared to do it, lest having been often terrified 

 with his Curtaine clamours, I might rather adde to his 

 affliction, than insinuate into his affection. Therefore to 

 yon, O single Batchelotirs, and singular Virgins, I recom- 

 mend both the patronage and perusal of these papers ; 

 and the rather, because in you it can neither breed dis- 

 trust, nor beget distaste ; the Maides not coming yet to 

 read, nor the You7ig men to be Auditors. But howsoever 

 1 proclaime this work free from all offence, either to the 

 single or the double. 



" Marriage is honourable, and therefore I say unto thee. 

 Marry; feare nothing, Audaces fortuna juvat : for it may 

 be suspected, if there were fewer Batchelours, there would 

 be more honest wives ; therefore, I say again, Marry at 

 all adventure. If thou hast children, think them thine 

 owne, though they be not ; thou art sure to have a wife 

 of thine owne, though the issue be another man's. Be 

 valiant, feare not words, they are but wind, and you live 

 at land, and not at sea : with which admonishment, and 

 encooragement withall, I bid you generously farewell. 



« T. H." 



It is possible that the term "Curtain Lectures" 

 has not been much circulated by the title of this 

 work, as it appears to be scarce, — Lowiides only 

 having seen one copy, which is in the British 

 Museum.-^ H. B., F.R.C.S. 



Tobacco and Wounds (2°'^ S. iii. 385.) — From 

 Salmon's Ars Chirurgica (1697), it appears that 

 tobacco was quite noted for its healing properties. 



[* The British Museum copy is that of 1637.] 



As an ingredient in recipes for plaisters, poultices 

 (emplasters, cataplasters), and ointments, it. oc- 

 curs at least twenty times. I extract the follow- 

 ing : book iv. c. 9. xciv. : — 



" The Medicines also which you apply to such poisoned 

 wounds must be of a thin or liquid substance, that it may 

 the more easily pass to the bottom of the wound; and 

 they must be of a drying and digestive quality, to resolve 

 or draw out the virulency or poison of the matter. Such 

 are ointment of tobacco, made thin with oil of tobacco," 

 &c. 



Ointment. Book iv. c. 19. xc. : "^ Ung. Ni- 

 cotianje Jiii., pouder of Tobacco, ^i-j Gum Elemi, 

 ^fs. ; mix, and make an ointment." 



Ernplaster. An emplaster for binding wounds 

 is composed of different proportions of " Juices of 

 Tobacco and Melitot, Frankincense, Fir-Rosin, 

 Bees'wax, Sheep's suet. Turpentine, Powder of 

 Virginia Tobacco." C. D. H. 



" Tre," "P<' and ''Pen'' (2"'' S. iv. 50.) — 

 These prefixes, together with many others, such 

 as Z«M, Caer, Ros, Sfc, are very common in Corn- 

 wall ; they are thought to be relics of the Picts, 

 who were driven to the west by the Saxons and 

 Angles. For several centuries the Picts con- 

 tinued with the Gaels of Cornwall : and these pre- 

 fixes are evidently memorials of them, and also of 

 the Cimbric people, who were agriculturists of 

 Cornwall. The Rev. W. Beal, who has written 

 an instructive little work on Britain and the Gael, 

 thinks that the meaning of I're is mansion, town, 

 or little village. Pol means poo), or head ; and 

 that Pen, means head, end, and ruler. These 

 being prefixed to words to which meanings are 

 given, the names of many places will have a de- 

 finite meaning : for example, hane means old or 

 ancestors ; Trehane would mean, the old mansion, 

 OT the mansion of one's ancestors. Many others 

 might be noticed, but space will not allow. E. 'S. 



Launceston. 



" By Tre, Pol, and Pen, you may know Cornish men." 



The above are words of the old Cornish lan- 

 guage, which was a dialect of the Celtic. The 

 word Cornish, means a reaping-hook ; and the 

 county was so called from its resemblance to that 

 article, a hook leading into the sea. 



Tre, means a country; Pol, a hole or mine; 

 and Pen, a high land, or a mountain, — the primi- 

 tive word is Be7i, but, when the letter B has a 

 point over it, it is pronounced as P. These words 

 are still in use in the Celtic, and have the same 

 meaning as the Gaelic, still spoken in Ireland and 

 the Highlands of Scotland. 



The Cornish people are descendants of the old 

 Celtic stock ; and most of the places in that county 

 bear still their old names. Many of the churches 

 were dedicated to Celtic saints. J. M. C. 



Ivory Carvers at Dieppe (2"'' S. iii. 509. ; iv. 

 37.)-^ I ani obliged by the information respecting 



