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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 244. 



plished under the care of Bishop Wilson and the 

 Kev. C. Cruttwell at Bath, in 1785. It forms 

 three handsome volumes in royal 4to., and, to the 

 disgrace of our Bible-loving community, is now 

 selling for about the value of its binding. In my 

 collection of English Bibles are more than forty 

 editions of the authorised version published be- 

 tween the years 1611 and 1640. Geokge Offor. 

 Hackney. 



In answer to Mr. Hooper's inquiry, whether 

 any copy of the great folio, 1613, is to be found 

 which is not defective in some sheets, I may in- 

 form him that I possess a folio black-letter by 

 Kobert Barker. The title, &c. is wanting ; and 

 it commences with the text, which is however 

 perfect, with the exception of the last page in 

 Revelations. It has the mistake "Emorite" in 

 Gen. X. 16., which marks the earlier edition of 

 1611 (a mistake not corrected for a considerable 

 time, as is evident in a 4to. of 1630 which I have), 

 though it does not exhibit the repetition in Exodus 

 xiv. 9. to be found in that edition. It is beauti- 

 fully clean throughout, and would by no means 

 excite such pious reflections as Mr. Hooper's 

 more venerable though not more ancient copy. 



I must conclude this note with a Query about 

 this same Bible. In the title of " Newe Testa- 

 ment" it purports to be "^ Imprinted at London 

 by Robert Barker, Printer to the King's most 

 excellent Maiestie, Anno Dom. 1513." 



The date, 1513, is a strange misprint, no doubt 

 .intended for 1613, as is evident from other con- 

 siderations. I have not been able to discover any 

 notice of so important an error, and I would 

 therefore wish to ask whether it is known to col- 

 lectors ? and if so, where any copies are to be seen 

 which exhibit it ? J. R. G. 



Dublin. 



BOOKS BURNT BT THE HAKGMAN. 



(Vol. ix., p. 425.) 



In turning^ over Evelyn's Diary (edit. 1854), 

 I have- met with a few examples of book-burning, 

 which I beg to contribute to the list you are 

 forming. 



" 16th May, 1661. The Scotch Covenant was 

 burnt by the common hangman in divers places in 

 London. Oh prodigious change!" exclaims the 

 diarist, vol. i. p. 352. The curious will find a pic- 

 torial representation of the committal of the Co- 

 venant to the flames in a little volume entitled 

 The Phcenix (in allusion to the futility of attempt- 

 ing to put down a national movement by such 

 means), " Edinburgh, printed in the year of Co- 

 venant-breaking," 



" 17th June, 1685. The Duke (Monmouth) landed 

 with but 150 men; but the whole kingdom was 



alarmed, fearing that the disatFected would join them, 

 many of the train-bands flocking to him. At his 

 landing he published a Declaration, charging his 

 majesty with usurpation and several horrid crimes, on 

 pretence of his own title, and offering to call a free 

 parliament. This Declaration was ordered to be 

 burnt by the hangman, the Duke proclaimed a traitor, 

 and a reward of 50001. to any who should kill him," 

 — Vol, ii, p, 225, 



"5th May, 1686, This day was burnt at the Old 

 Exchange by the common hangman, a translation of a 

 book written by the famous Mons. Claude, relating 

 only matters of fact concerning the horrid massacres 

 and barbarous proceedings of the French king against 

 his Protestant subjects, without any refutation of any 

 facts therein ; so mighty a power and ascendant here 

 had the French ambassador, who was doubtless in great 

 indignation at the pious and truly generous charity of 

 all the nation for the relief of those miserable sufferers 

 who came over for shelter." — Vol. ii, p. 253. 



The book here alluded to was, I presume, an 

 English version of Les Plahites des Protestans 

 cruellement opprimez dans le Royaume de France, 

 Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1686, in which the 

 Minister of Charenton gives a lively picture of the 

 excesses committed at the revocation of the Edict 

 of Nantes, 



"1699 — 1700, The Scotch book about Darien was 

 burnt by the hangman by vote of parliament. The 

 volume which met this warm reception in London was 

 An Enquiry into the Causes of the Miscarriage of the 

 Scots Colony at Darien ; or, an Answer to a Libel ea» 

 titled A Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien, See 

 Votes of the Commons, 15th January, 1699-1700." — 

 Vol. ii, p. 357, 



The above-named book (Glasgow, 1700) was, I 

 think, a reply to that written by Herostratus, 

 Junior, alias Harris, or Herries *, and no doubt 

 savoured strongly of the national disgust at the 

 treatment the Scots had met with from William 

 and his government in their attempt to carry out 

 a century and a half ago a favourite colonial 

 scheme of our own day ! D. 



CLASSIC AUTHORS AND THE JEWS (Vol. ix. possim) l 

 JEWS AND EGYPTIANS (Vol. ix., p. 34.). 



If one great cause of error has been wrong 

 identification, a correct discovery of the same 



* Although no one will say there was a want of 

 provocation in the proceedings of the Scots in regard 

 to this publication, it is but just to remark here that 

 they lighted the first fire ; for Mr, Burton, speaking of 

 this book of " Walter Herries, Surgeon," observes that 

 it was, " along with other pamphlets on the English 

 side of the question, ordered by the Scots parliament 

 to be burned, as ' blasphemous, scandalous, and calum- 

 nious.' " — Act. Par. 10 — 211. : see the Darien Papers, 

 Edinburgh, 1849. 



