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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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line to Its source ; but neither has Erasmus nor 

 have they pointed out a much older authority for 

 the proverb Itself. See St. Augustine In Joan. 

 Evang., Tract, xxxvl. § 9. : 



" Ne iterum quasi fugiens Charybdim, in Scyllam in- 

 curras ;" 



And again : 



" A Charybdi quidem evasisti, sed in Scyllaeis scopulis 

 naufragasti." In medio naviga, utrumque periculosum latus 

 erita." 



J. E. B. Mayor. 



Curious Prints (Vol. x., p. 51.). — The print in- 

 quired about by I. R. R. was published in Oxford 

 ATa^azine, Dec, 1768. It represents Samuel 

 Gillam, Esq., a Surrey magistrate, who was tried 

 for ordering the soldiery to fire upon the mob In 

 St. George's Fields, May 10, 1768. The person 

 standing behind him is certainly Wilkes. See 

 Public Advertiser, Aug. 17, 1768. Edw. Hawkins. 



" Curs'd Croyland" (Vol. x,, p. 146.). —In the 

 manor of Holm-Cultram there Is a district of lands 

 which anciently belonged to the abbey, and was 

 demised to copyholders freed from tithes. These 

 lands are now called " Curs't Lands:" and It is 

 understood that the term curst is a corruption of 

 " crossed," originally used to denote the tenure 

 under the abbey and the freedom from tithe. 

 " Curs'd Croyland" may probably mean Crossed 

 Croyland. Karl. 



" To captivate''' (Vol. Ix., p. 8.). — After a dili- 

 gent search, I very much doubt If the above word 

 can be found In any old English dictionary, to 

 express a different term from that of capturing 

 in the literal sense of the word : " Captivating ; a 

 capture." (Vide Howell's Dictionary, a. d. 1660.) 



w. w. 



Malta. 



Heraldic (Vol. x., p. 164.). — Arms of Challe- 

 nor, of CO. Sussex. Az., a chev. arg. between three 

 mascles or. Crest : A wolf statant reguard'. arg., 

 pierced through the shoulder by a broken spear 

 or, the upper part In his mouth, the lower resting 

 on tlie wreath. 



NichoUs of East Grinstead. I find no arms re- 

 gistered to a family of Nicholls, of East Grinstead, 

 but a fiimlly of Nicholls, of Trewane, co. Cornwall, 

 beai-s, Sa., three pheons arg. Crest : A hand 

 couped, lying fesseways, pp^, holding a bow or 

 stringed arg. (confirmed by Camden.) 



Ploiner, of co. Sussex. Per chev. flory, coun- 

 terflory arg. and gu. three martlets counter- 

 changed. Crest : A deml-llon gu., holding a garbe 

 or. 



Brooke. There are many different families of 

 this name, bearing different arms, but I do not 

 find any registered to Brooke of Barkham. 



The same may be said of Arnold, 



BrockhlU or BrockhuU, of Aldington, co. Kent. 

 Gu., a cross eng. arg., between twelve cross 

 crosslets or. 



Burton. The same may be said of this as of 

 Brooke and Arnold. 



Milles, of Suffolk. Arg., a chev. between three 

 millrinds sa. 



Bragge, West Clandon, co. Surrey. Or, a 

 chev. gu., between three bulls pass* sa. Crest : 

 Out of a ducal coronet or, a bull's head sa. 



Harper. I cannot find the arms of this family. 



C. J. Douglas. 



Hydropathy (Vol. Ix., pp. 395. 575. ; Vol. x., 

 pp. 28. 107.). — An empirical work upon the re- 

 medial properties of common water was published 

 in 1723 by a certain Dr. Hancocke, and seems to 

 have excited considerable attention. It was en- 

 titled 



" Febrifugum Magnum ; or, Common Water the best 

 Cure for Fevers, and probably for the Plague. By John 

 Hancocke, D.D. London, 8vo., 1723." 



It was followed, three years after, by a more im- 

 portant treatise : 



" Febrifugum Magnum Morbifugum Magnum ; or, the 

 Grand Febrifuge improved. Being an essaj' to make it 

 probable that common water is good for many distempers 

 that are not mentioned in Dr. Hancocke's 'Febrifugum 

 Magnum.' 8vo., London, 1726." 



About the same period water enjoyed consider- 

 able reputation, as an universal remedy. In France, 

 Spain, and Italy. Some interesting particulars re- 

 specting its use In the latter countries will be found 

 In the Philosophical Transactions, vol xxxvi., com- 

 municated by Dr. Cyrillus, a Neapolitan professor. 

 In France, un medecin d'eau douce Is a common ap- 

 pellation for a quack. The learned Menage thus 

 comments upon the title : 



" Je ne sais pourquoi nous disons en commun proverbc 

 medecin d'eau douce, comme si I'eau douce, c'est-^-dire 

 I'eau des fontaines et des rivieres, ne pouvait etre ordonnee 

 dans nos maladies, que par des medecins ignorans. Ce- 

 pendant nous voyons tous les jours des hommes et des 

 femmes etoutfees des vapeurs, et en e'tat memo d'etre suf- 

 foquees, se guerir dans le moment par un verre ou deux 

 d'eau fraiche qu'on leur fait avaler. Et c'est peut-etre le 

 seul remfcde capable de soulager les personnes qui sont 

 v^ritablement attaquees ; car pour ce qui est des vapeurs 

 imaginaires des gens oisifs, elles sont incurables. 



" J'ai vu I'eau de la Seine produire des effets merveilleux 

 dans des malades briilez de fifevres ardentes. II est vrai 

 que cette eau a Paris est dangereuse aux Normans, par le 

 trop grand mouvement qu'elle donne h. leur bile ; mai* 

 peut-etre cela vient-il, non de la qualite de I'eau, qui est 

 trfes-bonne d'elle-meme, mais de la mauvaise qualite des 

 immondices de la ville qui s'y melent." — Menagiana, 

 tom. iii. p. 63. 



An interesting paper on the " Medicinal Effects 

 of Water " will be found In Milllngen's Curiosities 

 of Medical Experience, 2nd edit., p. 252. 



William Bates 



Birmingham, 



