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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



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Grammars for Public Schools (Vol. x., p. 254.). 

 — The following may be added to the list : 



« Elementa Liuguaj Grsecae ; novis plerumque Regulis 

 tradita, brevitate sua memoriae facilibus Pars prima, com- 

 plectens Partes Orationis declinabiles, et Analogiam duas 

 in unam Syllabus contrahendi, ex ipsa VocaUum Natura 

 deductam, et Regulis universalibus traditam. In usum 

 Tyronum Juniorum Classis Grtecje in Academia Glas- 

 guensi Editio nova prioribus auctior et emendatior. Studio 

 Jacobi Moor, LL.D., in eadem Acad. Litt. Gra;c. Prof." 

 Glasgow, 1770, 8vo. 



" Of Moor's Grammar the subsequent editions are verj' 

 numerous. Some editors have illustrated his book with 

 annotations; and some authors have, without much 

 scruple, availed themselves of his labours." — Lives of 

 Scottish Writers, by David Irving, LL.D., Edin., 1851, 

 vol. ii. p. 300. 



To this day his Grammar is a popular school- 

 book, and I believe some years ago was put into 

 an English dress ; but I have not had an oppor- 

 tunity of seeing the edition. 



This eminent Grecian, who assisted the Messrs. 

 Foulis in bringing forward so many beautiful 

 editions of the classics, was born at Glasgow, 

 June 22, 1712 ; elected to the Greek chair, June 

 27, 1746 ; resigned on May 5, 1774 ; and died at 

 Glasgow on Sept. 17, 1779. G. N. 



Gules, a Lion rampant or (Vol. x., p. 184.). — 

 The arms blazoned as in this Query are not borne 

 by any ancient family of Devonshire. Those fa- 

 milies whose arms approach the nearest to them 

 are Ameredith, Ivie, Morice, and Northmore; but 

 the crest does not accord with either of them. 



J. D. S. 



Haberdasher (Vol. x., p. 304.). — I do not think 

 that any instance of the application of the appel- 

 lation or nickname, " What d'ye lack," to haber- 

 dashers will be found in the works of Taylor the 

 Water-poet. I have searched for one without 

 success. In " An Apology for Watermen" (Tay- 

 lor's Works, London, 1630, p. 267.) he speaks of 

 mercers, drapers, and goldsmiths as using this cry, 

 but does not mention haberdashers ; which we 

 may be sure he would have done, if he had been 

 aware of any peculiar application of the expres- 

 sion to them. He mentions the " habberdasher of 

 small wares" in " The Praise of Hempseed." 



A. F. B. 



Diss. 



German, Hafertasche ; French, Havresac ; bags- 

 man, pedlar, habei-dasher. H. F. B. 



The Evil Eye in Scripture (Vol. viii., p. 142.). 

 — The passage quoted by L. from James iv. 5. 

 is less conclusive than Mark vii. 21, 22. : "From 



within proceeds an evil eye." 



See also Deut. xv. 9., and xxviii. 54. ; and Mat- 

 thew XX. 15. ^ J. P. 

 Birmingham. 



" The arch-flatterer is a man's self" (Vol. viii., 

 p. 142.).- 



" Self-love, that grand flatterer within, willingly en- 

 tertains another from without, who will but soothe up and 

 second the man in the good opinions he has conceived of 

 himself." — Plutarch, " How to know a Flatterer from a 

 Friend." 



Again : 



" We ourselves are our greatest flatterers." — Seneca's 

 Morals hy way of Abstract, by R. L'Estrange, 1682, p. 167. 



J. P. 



Eirmingham. 



Topham the Antiquary (Vol. x., p. 366.). — In 

 addition to what has already been given respecting 

 Mr. Topham's library, add the following from 

 Sims' s Handbook to the Library of the British 

 Museum, p. 150. : 



" Topham Charters. — This small but interesting col- 

 lection of original deeds was purchased at the sale of Mr. 

 Topham's library, in February, 1804. They are fifty-six 

 in number, all charters, and' relate to lands granted to 

 various religious houses in England, more especially to 

 the Hospital of St. Giles, at Norwich. A short descrip- 

 tion, in manuscript, of each document will be found 

 bound up in the same volume with the Lansdowne Collec- 

 tion of Charters and Rolls, and can be had upon appli- 

 cation to an attendant in the room. These charters have 

 but one set of numbers, and 'are marked from 1 — 56 con- 

 secutively, with the letter T prefixed to each number." , 



J. Yeowbll. 



Impossibilities of History (Vol. viii., p. 72.). — 

 The diabolical descent of the Plantagenets is not 

 from Robert the Devil, father of William the 

 Conqueror, but from the Counts of Anjou, whose 

 pedigree is as follows. 



Ingerger was the father of Fulque le Rous, 

 Earl of Anjou, who was father of Fulque le Bon, 

 Earl of Anjou, the father of Geoffrey Grisegonelle, 

 Earl of Anjou, father of Fulque jN'erra, Earl of 

 Anjou, who was father of Geoffrey Martel I., Earl 

 of Anjou (ob. s./>.), and of Hermengarde, Countess 

 of Anjou, who married Geoffrey, Earl of Gatinois, 

 by whom she had Geoffrey le Barbu, Earl of 

 Anjou (ob. s.p.), and Fulque le Rechin, Earl of 

 Anjou, who married a witch. Their issue was 

 Geoffrey Martel II., Earl of Anjou (ob. s.p.), and 

 Fulque V., Earl of Anjou and King of Jerusalem, 

 who married Ermengarde, by whom she had Geof- 

 frey Plantagenet, Earl of Anjou, who married 

 Matilda, daughter of Henry I., King of England. 

 These were the parents of Henry II. 



The witch-countess always attended divine ser- 

 vice, but made a point of leaving the church just 

 before the consecration of the Holy Eucharist. 

 This of course gave rise to many remarks not 

 very favourable to the orthodoxy of the countess, 

 nor particularly agreeable to her husband, who 

 was not the mildest of men, as his nickname im- 

 plies. He determined to put a stop to them, and 

 ordered four of his retainers to seize the countess 



