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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2«a g. N* 97., jj-qv. 7. '57. 



staff, and in his left a chain with some implement, 

 apparently of torture, at the end. 



From the other is a half length of a nun, clothed 

 in white, and with a black hood, her left hand on 

 her breast, and holding out her right hand ; both 

 monk and nun looking upwards. 



On the breasts of the Virgin, the monk, and 

 the nun, and also on the white flag, and the little 

 "bag" in the Virgin's hand, is a shield with the 

 following coat : — 



" Gules, party per fess, paly of 9, gules and argent. In 

 chief, a Maltese Cross of the 'Second." 



This painting was purchased in Spain. Can 

 any of tlie readers of " N. & Q. give me informa- 

 tion on the subject — to what convent, &c., it 

 once belonged, or as to the arms thereon, &c. ? 



John Gabland, F.L.S. 



Dorchester. 



Likeness of Mary Queen of Scots. — I have a 

 work, published in 1822, in two volumes, by a 

 young lady, called The Royal Exile, or. Poetical 

 Epistles of Mary Queen of Scots, during her Cap- 

 tivity in England; with other Original Poems. 

 Also, by her father, The Life of Queen Mary, Sfc. 

 It is dedicated to Mrs. Hannah More, in which is 

 an engraving of a medallion which was kindly 

 presented by Mr. Chalmers ; it was originally in- 

 tended for his Life of Mary, but was finished too 

 late. It is perhaps the most authentic likeness of 

 that queen in existence. The medallion was en- 

 graved (while she was Dauphiness of France) by 

 Primare. Is such a medallion in existence ? also, 

 who was the writer of the work ? The inscription 

 round the medallion is, " mabia . stowab . begi . 

 scoTi . angli." R. W. Jacob. 



Dryden^s Lines on Milton. — In talking with 

 friends, I find that the opinion prevails more ge- 

 nerally than could be supposed, that Dante and 

 not Virgil was meant by Dryden. This has led 

 me to investigate the question farther, and I find 

 that the error arises from the fact that Italy being 

 the country named by Dryden, he could not have 

 meant Virgil, because he is said to have been a 

 Roman poet, and not an Italian. But I contend 

 for his being an Italian as much as Dante. Italy 

 had an existence in the time of Virgil, and is con- 

 stantly spoken of by him in his works. Moreover, 

 it is referred to in the Scriptures. 



It is singular that Dante is never once spoken 

 of by Dryden that I can find. Dr. Johnson in 

 his Life of Dryden never spoke of Dante, nor is 

 that poet referred to throughout the whole of The 

 Spectator. The probability is that Dante and his 

 works were not known in England in Dryden's 

 time. Again, the wording of the line — 



" Three poets in three distant ages bom," 

 seems to me to settle the question. 



Any information you can give on this question 



will excite a good deal of interest among a large 

 circle of readers. I. Y. 



Savoy Registers. — Any information explanatory 

 of the accompanying extracts from the Register 

 of the Savoy will be acceptable to the inquirer. 



S. R. 

 " Court of the Savot, 1716: — 



" In the year 1716 were brought to the precincts of the 

 prison of the Savoy, for divers Treasonable Acts and 

 Misdeameanors against the present King's Majesty : 



" Detained from Jany. f Sir Mark Kennaway, Kt. 



to March, thence 

 taken to the Lord 

 Primate's Secretarie 

 at Lambeth Palace 

 to await the meet- 

 ing of Parliament 



« Bulteel 

 Smythe 

 Winch 

 Strathspaye 

 Wish awe 

 Ivimey 



Herbert Foult. 

 Evan Boteler, Gent., and some 

 30 other adherents of the De- 

 posed King. 



(An old insurgent.) 



Sir W. Tringham being also an 

 old offender (annuis malefac- 

 toris et impertabilis). Fined 

 £100, and his possessions were 

 taken in Confiscation by Edw* 

 Chaplin. 



Were ordered to depart the Realm 

 — Bulteel went to the Infirmary 

 and there died, his latest Succes- 

 sor is now in the Queen's House- 

 hold. Prynne. 



Ivimey, Winch and Strathspaye 

 went to Gibraltar." 



A Gunpowder Plot Query. — A very old custom, 

 coeval, apparently, with the annual bonfires and 

 fireworks, prevails in the West Riding of York- 

 shire, of preparing, against the anniversary of 

 Gunpowder Plot a kind of oatmeal gingerbread, 

 if I may so call it, and religiously partaking of 

 the same on the " dreadful" day, and subse- 

 quently. The local name of the delicacy is Par- 

 kin, and it is usually seen in the form of massive 

 loaves, substantial cakes, or bannocks. The ap- 

 propriateness of fireworks in commemorating 

 Gunpowder Treason is obvious ; can any corres- 

 pondent of " N. & Q." account for the connection 

 of Parkin with the same ? Secondly, Is the custom 

 peculiar to the Riding or to Yorkshire ? Thirdly, 

 Has it anything to do with the Meal-Tub Plot, 

 and can " Parkin " be a corruption of " Perkin." 



Guy Fawkes. 



Arvel. — What is the origin of the word arvill, 

 as meaning " funeral feast, ' and used by the in- 

 habitants of the West Riding of Yorkshire ? 



E. S. W. 



[The derivation of this word seems to have puzzled 

 our etymologists. The learned Jonathan Boucher, in his 

 Glossary, says: "I am inclined to suppose that arwi/l 

 (the undoubted etymon of arvel-bread) is compounded of 

 ar, over, or upon, and wylo, to weep, howl, or lament. Of 

 this insignificant Celtic vocable wylo, the Heb. y^'i is the 

 theme, and "oAoA.v^<o, uMo, yell, howl, wail, all of them, 



