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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd g. No 91., Sept. 26. '57. 



" The vrgiiige of ship money and p'secution of some 

 sherreifs in y" star chamber for not levying it. 



" The heavy charges vppon marchandizes to the dis- 

 couragm' of trade, the multitude of monopolies and other 

 pattents, whereby the comodities and manufactures of 

 this kingedome are much burthened to the greate and 

 vniversall greivance of yo'' people, the great greife of yo"" 

 subiects by the longe intermission of Parlm", and the 

 late and former disoluing of such as haue been called 

 w'^'out the happy effect w'='* otherwise they might have 

 p'cured. 



" For the remedj' whereof and the prevention of dangers 

 that may ensue to yo"" royall person and th.e whole state, 



" TJiey doe in all humility and faithfulness beseech 

 yo'' most excellent Ma"" that you would be pleased to 

 suiiion a Pari' w'Mn some shorte and convenient time, 

 whereby the causes of theis and other great greiuances 

 •^ych yor people lyes vnder, may be taken away, and the 

 authors and counsellers of them may be then brought to 

 such legal tryall and condign punishm* as the nature of 

 the seuerall offences shall require, and the present warre 

 maj' be composed by yo"" Ma"''» wisdome w'^iout effusion 

 of blood, in such maher as may conduce to the honor and 

 safety of yo"" Ma*'"'' person, y* comfort of yo'' people and 

 the vnitinge of both j'o' realmes ag' the comon enemies 

 of the reformed religion. 



" And y o'' Ma"«» pef' shall euer pray, &c. Their names : 



Earles, Lords. 



" Bedford. Lo. North. 



Herford. Lo. Willowby. 



Essex. Vicount Lea. 



MOUSGRAUE. ViCOUNT MaNDEVILE. 



BuLLINGBROOKEr Lo. BkOOKE. 



By y way. Lo. Heyward. 



EtITLAND. Lo. SaUILL. 



LiNCOLNE. Lo. Wharton. 



ExETOR. Lo. Lovelace." 



In the Handbook of the Arts of the Middle Ages, 

 translated from the French of Jules Labarte, 

 there is a note (p. 2.) on the word mohilier. That 

 note is too long to be copied ; but its purport is 

 to introduce the word mohilia as a term descrip- 

 tive of works of art, not included in our general 

 sense of " moveables." 



Having recently met with an interesting illus- 

 tration of the use of that word, corresponding with 

 moviliario in the Historia General de Espana, 

 por Don Modesto Lafuente, tomo iv. p. 249., I 

 send it to you, particularly as there are other 

 terms, the right explanation of which may be of 

 use towards a Glossary of Archasology. The 

 translation made by Lafuente is taken from the 

 will of Ramiro I. of Arragon, of which the follow- 

 ing is an extract. Ramiro died a.d. 1061. 



" Et vassos de Auro, et de Argento et de Girca, et 

 cristalo et ' Macano,' — et meos vestitos, et acitaras, et 

 collectras, et almucellas, et servitium de mea mensa, to- 

 tum vadat," &c., &c. 



Lafuente's translation of this document is cur- 

 tailed ; it is printed as quoted by him in the His- 

 tory de San Juan de la Pena, por Briz Martinez, 

 p. 438. Apart, however, from the illustration it 



affords of the meaning of the word moviliario, 

 there is another, macano, which he adopts from 

 the original, and of which I can find no definition. 

 Ducange leaves it unexplained, as will be seen 

 from the note I have extracted from his work : — 



" En cuanto a mi Moviliario, oro, plata, vasos de estos 

 metales, de alabastro, de cristal y de macano*, mis ves- 

 tidos y servicio de mesa, vaya todo con mi cuerpo a San 

 Juan, y quede alii en maiios de los Senores de aquel Mo- 

 nasterio ; 3' lo qua de este Moviliario quisiere comprar d 

 redimir mi hijo Sancho, cdmprelo redimalo, y lo que 

 no quisiere comprar, vendase alii d. quian masdiere; y 

 aquellos vasos que mi hijo Sancho comprare d redimiere, 

 — sea peso por peso de plata, -f Y el precio, de lo que mi 

 hijo, comprare d redimiere, y el precio de todo lo demas 

 que fuere veudido, quede la mitad por mi Aninia a San 

 Juan, donde he de reposar, y la otra mitad distribiiyase a 

 voluntad de mis maestrosX, al arbitrio del abad de San 

 Juan y del obispo que fuere de aquella tierra, y del Selior 

 Sancho Galindez, y el Seiior Lope Garces y el Senor 

 Fortuno Sanz, y de otros mis grandes Barones, por la 

 Salud de mi anima partase entre los diversos monasteries 

 del reino, y en construir puentes, redimir cautivos, levan- 

 tar fortalezas, d terminar las que estan construidas en 

 fronteras de los moros para provecho y utilidad de los 

 cristianos." 



" As regards my ' Mobilia,' gold, silver, vessels of these 

 metals, of alabaster, crystal, and of ' Macano,' my wear- 

 ing apparel and table service, let all these go with my 

 body to St. Juan [de la Peiia], and remain there in the 

 charge of the Superiors of that Monastery, and whatever 

 of this 'Mobilia' my son Sancho may wish to buy or 

 redeem, let him do so, and whatever he may decline, let it 

 be sold there to the highest bidder. And those vessels 

 [of gold and silver] which my son Sancho may buy or 

 redeem, may be to be bought, at the rate of ' weight for 

 weight of silver.' And of the amount of what mj'- son 

 may buj', and of the amount received for the remainder 

 which may be sold, let the half be set aside for the good 

 of my soul at San Juan, where my body is to repose, and 

 the other half let it be distributed according to the will 

 of my Masters, and the discretion of the Abbot of San 

 Juan, and of the Bishop of that district, and of My Lords 

 Sancho Galindez, Lope Garces, and Fortuiio Sanz, and of 

 others my great Barons, that it may be divided for the 

 good of my soul, among the different monasteries of my 

 kingdom, and for the construction of Bridges, the re- 

 demption of captives, to erect fortresses or finish those in 

 course of construction on the Moorish frontiers for the 

 advantage and utilitv of the Christians." 



S. H. 



Pall Mall. 



Anonymous Manuscript. — Mr. R. W. Jacob's 

 communication (2°'^ S. iv. 203.) from a manuscript 



* Macano. Ducange, under Macanum. Charia Lusitan., 

 apud Brandaon. tom. v., Monarch. Lusitan., p. 304, "Unam 

 copam deauratam in Ma9anis, et circa bibitorium, et circa 

 pedem." Can this word relate to enamel? The enamel of 

 Arragon is described in Laborde's Notice des Emaux, 

 Paris, 1853. 



t Peso por peso di Plata. If this be rightly rendered, 

 it could hardly be the value of the materials. 



J Maestros. According to Neuman, a term of respect 

 in monastic orders, which does not appear to be confirmed 

 by Salva, or the Dictionary of the Spanish Academy. 



