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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2na s. NO 94,^ qct, 17. '67. 



is not, however, in P. Wood's list of Prynne's 

 works ; and, moreover, the year 1640 was one of 

 those spent by Prynne in prison. 



5. England s Complaints to Jesiis Christ against 

 the Bishops' Canons, Src. (No printer or place.) 

 Printed, 4to., anno dom. 1640. 



6. Mercurius' Rusticus ; or the Countries Com- 

 plaint of the Barbarous Out-rages committed by 

 the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdome. 

 (No printer's name or place and publisher.) 12mo. 

 Printed in the yeere 1646. 



[By Dr. Bruno Eyves.] 



7. The Secret History of the Reigns of K. 

 Charles II. and K. James II. (No name or place.) 

 18mo. Printed in the year 1690. 



8. The Life and Reigne of King Churls, or 

 the Pseudo-Martyr discovered. ISmo. London, 

 printed for W". Reybold, at the sign, &c., 1651. 



[By John Milton.] 



Lethbediensis. 



Scripture History. — Can I find a work which 

 satisfies the following conditions ? It is to be a 

 Scripture History, in consecutive narrative, of both 

 the Old and New Testaments, with the interval 

 filled up ; adapted to young people ; free, or nearly 

 free, from lengthened reflexion or exhortation, 

 and not so visibly sectarian that young people 

 should easily detect it ; but distinctly recognising 

 the supernatural in the events recorded, though 

 without any particular dwelling on this point as 

 regards the Old Testament narrative, in opposi- 

 tion to any kind of rationalism or anti-superna- 

 turalism. Does such a work exist ? If not, what 

 comes nearest to it ? M. 



^^ Sordet cognita Veritas." — Where is this fine 

 saying to be found ? It is said to be in Seneca, 

 but I almost doubt the assertion. H. W. C. 



Howe's Sermon before the Parliament of 1659. — 

 Although chaplain to the Protector, Howe appears 

 to have preached but once before the Parliament. 

 In an advertisement of the period, the sermon is 

 entitled Man's Duty in Magnifying God's Work, 

 by Jno. Howe, preacher at Westminster. Can any 

 of the readers of " N. & Q." give any information 

 as to the existence of and whereabouts of this 

 sermon ? Rogers, in his excellent Life of Hoive, 

 says : -=- 



" I have searched the British Museum, and Dr, Wil- 

 liams' library (where, if anywhere, it might be expected 

 to be found), as also the Catalogues of the Bodleian, Sion 

 College, and Lambeth libraries, but without success." 



J. W. DlBOUL. 



Great Yarmouth. 



Time of Residence alloived a Widow in Par- 

 sonage House. — Is there any legal time allowed to 



the widow or family of a clergyman for holding 

 on the parsonage house after his decease, and how 

 long ? or is it a matter of custom or courtesy ? 

 Hodgson mentions none I think. Henbi. 



" Diumale of Wurtzburg." — Can any of your 

 correspondents inform me whether the beautiful 

 little Diumale of Wurtzburg (Herbipolensis), 

 24mo., printed at Basle, 1503, ought to have any 

 title, or whether it begins with the Kalendar ? 



J. C. J. 



" Epithome seu Rudimentum Noviciorum." — I 

 want a description of the first page of Epithome 

 seu Rudimentum Noviciorum, printed at Lubeck, 

 1475, by Luk Brandis de Schak, large folio. 



J. C. J. 



Electric Fluid. — What is the effect of the elec- 

 tric fluid on the eyes as to appearance, &c., when 

 a person is struck blind by lightning ? And can 

 such blindness ever be removed, either by time or 

 any operation? Elise. 



Manchester. 



Davenport and Dr. Johnson. — Can any of your 

 correspondents favour me with particulars re- 

 lating to the family to which William Davenport, 

 the protege of Dr. Johnson, belonged ? W. T. 



TyndaVs Sermon on Spilsbury. — In my collec- 

 tion of Worcestershire publications, I have a pam- 

 phlet of thirty-nine pages, with the following for 

 the title-page, surrounded by a mourning border: 



" The Consideration of our Latter End recommended, 

 as the means of obtaining true Wisdom. A Sermon 

 preached at Bromsgrove. On Occasion of the Death of 

 Mr. John Spilsbury; who died the 27th of January, 1769, 

 in the 75th Year of his Age. By Thomas Tyndaf. Bir- 

 mingham : Printed by John Baskerville. mdcclxix." 



I believe this pamphlet to be very scarce ; my 

 copy has been carefully preserved by a previous 

 possessor, and half-bound and lettered. It so far 

 differs from o'ther works by Baskerville, in being 

 anything but a specimen of typographical beauty. 

 I wish to know any particulars concerning the 

 preacher, or the deceased. A wife of Mr. James 

 Spilsbury, who died April 27, 1710, is buried at 

 Kidderminster. (Nashs Worcestershire, ii. 53.) 



CUTHBERT BeDE, B.A. 



Suffragan Bishop. — I do not find in Lewis' 

 and Pegge's account of suffragan bishops, or in 

 Mb. Mackenzie Walcott's list, published in 

 "N. & Q.," 2°'^ S. ii. 1., the name of Marmaduke 

 Bradley, the thirty-third and last Abbat of 

 Fountains, who is said to have been suffragan 

 bishop of Hull. Is there any authority for the 

 statement ? Patonce. 



Burning for Heresy. — It is stated by Mr. 

 Amosj in his work on The English Constitution in 

 the Reign of Charles II., that the last persons 

 burned for heresy were two Arminians who suf- 



