Sept. 30, 1854.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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autojrraph of " Pet. Injjelbye," and is witnessed 

 by Tho. Redshawe, Will, liedshaw, and John 

 Stonaket (?), Jun'. 



A deed dated 26th March, 1689, made between 

 George Smith, of Midleham, York, Gent., and 

 Arthur Marshill, of Masham, Gent., upon the 

 marriage of the said George with Anne, late 

 daughter of John Hutchinson, of Rookwith, set- 

 tling the land and meadow called Breadeboone, 

 Call'e Haw, Brindon's Fall, Carr, Intack alias 

 Akeheads, and Bouthwaite Grainge in Netherdale, 

 lately occupied by Abraham Smith, the father of 

 said George, and then possessed by Henry Inman. 

 The seal and autograph of George Smith are 

 placed to this deed, and it is witnessed by Jo. 

 Hutchinson, Michaell Jaques, Abraham Smith, 

 and Men. Jaques. 



A deed, dated 4th December, 1707, between 

 James Langstrath, of Bowthwrite Grange, and his 

 wife Anne, the widow of George Smith, and 

 Thomas Hinks, of Markinton, reciting a deed of 

 the 9th December, 1670, made between Jennet, 

 the widow of Abraham Smith, and William Lay ton, 

 Henry Redshaw and Roger Wright, and conveying 

 a messuage or Stire House, and several closes at 

 Burshwate in Netherdale. This deed is witnessed 

 by Chr. Driffeild, Chr. Braithwaite, and Tho. Fo- 

 thergill. James F. Ferguson. 



Dublin. 



THE SWEDISH LANGUAGE. 



In Vol. vii., pp. 231. 366., and Vol. ix., p. 601., 

 are papers containing examples of very many 

 Swedish words current in England and Scotland. 

 And your learned correspondent Swecas con- 

 cludes his note by saying, — 



" It is a fact very little known, that the Swedish language 

 bears the closest resemblance of all modern languages to 

 the English as regards the grammatical structure, not 

 even the Danish excepted." 



This assertion is not too positive, but strictly 

 true, as the following quotation, taken at random 

 from Fredrika Bremer's writings, will prove. Its 

 insertion in " N. & Q." may be interesting to some 

 readers. I ask. Can a passage of the same length 

 in any other ancient or modern language be found 

 which exhibits such exact correspondences with 

 the English ? The translation is word for word 

 with the original, and does not profess to be ele- 

 gant. 



"Den Sorjande Modren, 



The Sorrowing Mother. 



Ser ni, nara cyrkogardens mur, denna quinnos- 



See you, near the churchyard-wall, this female 



kapnad, sittande paa en sten, och orolig som denna? 

 .form, sitting on a stone, and motionless as it? 

 Vaardslost falla loekar af granade haar ned ofver hennes 

 Neglected fall curls of grey hair down over her 



axlar, vinden leker med hennes sonderrifna kl&der. 

 shoulder, the wind sports with her tattered gar- 



Hon Sr gammal och stelnad, men ej blott af 

 ments. She is old and stiff, but not alone from 



aar. Gaa ej kallt fbrbi — gif henne en skarf ; — 

 age. Go not coldly past — give her a farthing ; — 



lange skall hon ej besvara er. 

 long shall she not trouble you. 



Se hennes krycka — hennes slocknande ogon ; smSrtan 

 See her crutch — her bursting eyes ; the grief 



omkring den tysta munnen; hvarfore sitter hon der? 

 around the closed mouth; wherefore sits she there? 



derfore att hon ej kan vara annorstades — honar der 

 because that she not can exist elsewhere — she is where 



hennes hjerta ar, vid sine barn's graf. Sorgen 

 her heart is, by her children's grave. The sorrow 



ofver dem bar gjort hennes ogons och hennes forstaand's 

 over them has made her eyes and her intellect's 



lijus skumma. Hon marker ej, hur hostlofven 

 clearness dim. She observes not how the autumn 



falla omkrong henne, hon kannen ej daa vaarvin- 

 wind falls around her, she knows not when the spring 



dar smalta snon paa grafven, men alia dagar 

 winds melt the snow on the graves, but all days 



gaar hon dit ; och sommaren's hetta och vintems kbld 

 goes she thither ; and summer's heat and winter's cold 



finner henne der, lika stilla, lika kanslolos. Ingea 

 find her there, alike still, alike insensible. None 



som kanner henne, talar till henne, och hon talar till 

 who know her, speak to her, and she speaks to 



ingen. Hon har dock ett maal, honvantar — hvad? 

 no one. She has yet an object, she waits — for what? 



Dbden ! Under laanga aar har hon sett grafvar 

 Death ! During long years has she seen the graves 



omkring sig oppnas, och i tyst och fredligt 



around her opened, and in (their) silent and peaceful 



skote emottaga jorden's trotte vandrare ; men annu sitter 

 bosom receive earth's tired travellers ; but still sits 



hon en dod, bland de doda, och vantar." 

 she a dying one, among the dead, and waits." 



E. F. WOODMAK- 



ANECDOTE OF THE BATTLE OF WOHCESTEB. 



On the Bromyard road, some three miles and a 

 half from the city of Worcester, is Cotheridge Court, 

 the manorial residence of the Berkeleys. The Mr. 

 Berkeley who held it at the date of the battle of 

 Worcester was a stout royalist, and went to help 

 the falling fortunes of his king. It so chanced 

 that he had two piebald horses, who were exactly 

 like each other, " specially Sambo," as the niggers 

 say. He made one of these horses his charger, 

 and rode him to the fight. When Cromwell had 

 gained his " crowning merits," Mr. Berkeley 

 escaped to Cotheridge as best he might ; and 

 planning a very skilful ruse, left his exhausted, 

 charger at one of his farm-houses not far from the 

 Court. He then betook himself to bed, and, as he 



