358 



NOTES AND QUEEIES. 



[No. 262. 



•*21. Serenitie. Clereness of dealing and expressing him- 

 self in all his acts, specially in his definitive sentences, is 

 Tery useful ; that he speak not tanquam tBnigmata, or ob- 

 scurely, but planely or clerly ; that not only the actors, 

 but the bj'Standers, may perspicuously understand the 

 meaning thereof for their instruction and satisfaction. 



"22. Suasio, or a gentle persuasion to the oifenders or 

 party erring, showing their errors past, and advising 

 them to be better advised for the future, doth much 

 avayle, not only for the rectifying of their depraved judg- 

 ment, but for the admonition of them and others for the 

 future. 



" 23. Secrecy e is many times of great use for a judge, for 

 before a cryme be fully discovered, and the actors or abet- 

 tors apprehended, a little opennes preventeth a full dis- 

 covery ; but a secret carriage takes the best opportunity 

 and prevents all prevention. 



"24. Sanctitie is the close and crowne of all ; to doe jus- 

 tice for justice sake, to Aoejustum iuste; for it is very hard 

 for an ill man to be a good judge." 



E. Ph. Shiblet. 



Houndshill, Stratford on Avon. 



** The Dunciad." — The pause in the discussion 

 suggested to me the policy of what in mercantile 

 phrase would, I suppose, be called taking stock — 

 the collecting together the information scattered 

 over many pages of " N. & Q.," and making out what 

 Mb. Thoms calls for, a bibliographical list of The 

 Dunciad. The result, I regret to say, has been by 

 no means satisfactory. Many of your correspon- 

 dents are well informed, but very few " speak by 

 the card;" few quote literally, or describe with 

 scrupulous exactness ; and many, I suspect, make 

 blunders which they are reluctant to admit. 



Thus, C. (Vol. X., p. 130.) quotes words from 

 the prolegomena to a particular edition published 



• by Gilliver, which E. T. D. says are not to be 

 found in his copy. Am I to assume two editions 

 with same title-page, or infer inexactness in C. or 

 oversight in E, T. D.? Again, C. says (Vol, x., 



, p. 277.), " I have before me," &c., " handsome 

 quarto," &c., "printed by W. Bowyer for M. 

 Ckwper, 1743." Well, "I have before me," &c., 

 "handsome quarto," &c., "printed for M. Cooper 

 at the Globe in Paternoster Row, 1743." Are 

 these different editions ? or, as I suspect, the same 

 with a different title-page ? or, is there a mis- 

 take? 



^ So G. tells us (Vol. X., p. 258.), that the edi- 

 tion mentioned by Mb. Thoms must have been 

 published after 1730, because the edition which G. 

 has contains a reference to the declaration pro- 

 fessedly made before the Lord Mayor in 1730. 

 Uow, no such declaration is to be found in either 

 the first or second edition by Gilliver, or in the 

 editions of Dod, or Dodd, or Dob, or any pub- 

 lished in 1729. G., however, thus proves that 

 there was an edition published by Gilliver in or 

 after 1730, and that fact is worth something. 



There were probably many editions published 

 by Gilliver, — many by other booksellers. How 

 many ? in what order ? how to be distinguished ? 

 are the questions ; and I am satisfied that all the 

 isolated efforts of your correspondents will never 

 bring us to a satisfactory conclusion. 



I submit, therefore, that there ought to be a 

 careful examination by some competent person of 

 as many editions of The Dunciad as can be col- 

 lected : that such person should, as early as pos- 

 sible, publish a list in " N. & Q.," in what he 

 conceives to be the order of publication, with his 

 reasons, and, when necessary, with such notes and 

 comments as may enable others to distinguish one 

 edition from another ; for I suspect it will appear, 

 notwithstanding the tierce denunciations of the 

 pirates, that some of the piratical editions of Dod 

 differ only from the authorised of Gilliver in ,the 

 title-page. 



This honourable trust the Editor will not, I 

 hope, refuse to accept. Let him then name the 

 day up to which he will receive copies, and the 

 day on which copies so sent will be returned. I 

 propose that all copies published in Pope's life- 

 time should be submitted for examination. The 

 additional labour would be trifling ; and I have 

 shown that correct information is wanting re- 

 specting editions published as late as 1743. 



[Believing as we do, that if the mj^stery attendant on 

 the publication of The Dunciad is ever to be cleared up, 

 we must first ascertain what editions are identical, what 

 different, and, as far as possible, the order of their publi- 

 cation, we are quite willing to undertake the task sug- 

 gested by P. T. P. As we shall be glad to begin as soon 

 as possible, we propose that all copies of The Dunciad 

 intended for our inspection and report, should be for- 

 warded to us by Saturday the 18th of the present month, 

 and we hope to be able to return them on Saturday the 

 9th of December.— Ed. "N. & Q."] 



Papers Memorial to his Mother (Vol. x., p. 299.). 

 — The stone obelisk alluded to by W. Ewaet 

 may be seen in the grounds of Gopsall House, in 

 Leicestershire, the beautiful seat of Earl Howe, to 

 which place it was removed from Twickenham. 



N. L. T. 



WOBDS AND PHRASES COMMON AT POLPEBBO, BtJT 

 NOT USUAL ELSEWHEBE. 



(^Continued from p. 320.) , 



Naert, night. 



Nail, a needle. 



Natlled. Starved to so thin a condition as 

 almost to be seen through. The nattlings are the 

 small intestines. 



Natty. Smartly dressed. Every portion of the 

 dress and person set in close order, and well ar- 

 ranged. It signifies much more than neat. 



