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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 265- 



Peace standing with olive branch and spear : 



"bELLO . ET . PACE." Ex. 1713. 



There are also five varieties of the halfpenny, 

 all of which are patterns and were never in cir- 

 culation : 



1. " ANNA . D . G . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . KEG." 



Head to the left. ^. Britannia seated, holding 

 an olive branch, and surmounted by a crown. No 

 legend or date. 



2. As No. 1. 5^,. Slightly different. Britannia 

 holds a rose. 



3. Obv. as before. ^. A rose and thistle on a 

 single stem, surmounted by a crown. 



4. Obv. and rev. as before, but no crown on rev. 



5. Head and legend on obv. and rev. alike : 



'^ ANNA DEI GRATIA." E. S. TaYLOR. 



Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk. 



It seems to be in vain to attempt to eradicate 

 some errors ; but I confess that I am much as- 

 tonished to see in the pages of " N. & Q." the 

 thousand-times refuted statement that there were 

 only three farthings struck of Queen Anne. I 

 have seen at least a hundred letters from different 

 individuals, in each of which it is stated that the 

 British Museum has two, and that the writer has 

 the third ; and in some instances asks if he is en- 

 titled to a reward of lOOOZ. or 1200Z. Every 

 collector has three or four specimens ; the Museum 

 has four in gold, four in silver, and eight in copper. 

 Mr. Miles, who commenced a collector and ended 

 &s a dealer, finding it in vain to argue and ex- 

 plain, always kept about half-a-dozen of these 

 farthings in a drawer, which he exhibited to any 

 one who demanded a high price for a specimen he 

 happened to possess, and offered to purchase for 

 three shillings, or sell any or all in the drawer at 

 five shillings each. Edw. Hawkins. 



Peter Burman (Vol. x., p. 363.). — It may, per- 

 haps, contribute in some degree to satisfy H. B. C.'s 

 inquiry, if I send the following extract from a 

 funeral oration on the death of Petrus Burmannus, 

 delivered at Leyden, April 26, 1741, by Her- 

 mannus Oosterdyk Schacht, and printed at the 

 end of Petri Burmanni Orationes, Hagte Comitis, 

 1759. 



" Vultus ipsi serenus, placidus, et quadam cum gravi- 

 tate conjunctam hilaritatem prse se ferens, apud amicos 

 facetus, jocosus, apertus, nunquam simulans, semper veri- 

 dicus, oderat quippe mendacium ceu omnium vitiorum 

 nequissimum, ab omni assentatione et adulatione alienis- 



simus Ha3c autem genii hilaritas, hi inter amicos 



agitati joci, sparsique sales, a tetricis quibusdam et mo- 

 rosis aequo animo subinde baud tolerabantur, quorum in- 

 dignationem non semper effugere potuit, sed conscius ea 

 quae dixerat, animo nocendi aut lasdendi cupido non fuisse 

 prolata, parum inde movebatur, et siquid in ipsum dice- 

 retur inclementius, arma, quibus se defenderet, habebat 

 paratissima, sed quidquam etiam evenerit, memores illi 

 ira; rarissimae fuerunt, et si quid illarum superesse sentiret, 

 id quamprimum excutere memoriamque illius delere co- 



natus est. Hajc ingenuitas uti hinc ipsi adversaries et 

 ininiicos quosdam concitavit, sic illinc plurimos amicos et 



benevolos conciliavit 



" Optime noverat Burmannus et aliquando non sine in- 

 dignatione conpererat, non defuisse quosdam, qui obtrec- 

 tandi prurigine concitati, ansa ex quibusdam loquendi 

 formulis sumta, contumeliose de ipsius sententiis, quoad 

 veram Eeligionem fuerunt locuti ; at liisce calumniis, 

 saltem aliquibus ex iis, originem forte dedit Latinse lin- 

 guaj vel non sufficiens cognitio vel turpis illius ignorantia, 

 qua accidit, ut quscdam illius dicta et scripta baud bene 

 intellecta ita ab iis accepta et traducta fuerint, ut fere 

 haeresios adcusari potuerint; sed genuina linguae illius 

 intelligentia nihil minus in illis dictionibus reperiri satis 

 ostendit. Errasse certe illos nisi fallor norunt illi, qui 

 Burmanno familiarius usi, pluribus occasionibus, quae illi 

 de sacris mens esset, perspicere potuerunt. Ne taedeat 

 Vos, acquissimi et pra3Judiciis exuti Auditores, si dixero, 

 defunctum nostrum et Reverendo Honerto et mihi non 

 adeo Ion go ante fatalem diem temporis spatio ad se voca- 

 tis, sponte, nemine incitante, sententiam suam de Deo, 

 Jesu Christo solo hominum redemptore, de peccantium 

 conversione ad Deum, de spe vitte asternse per solam Dei 

 clementiam et servatoris Jesu Christi merita adipiscendse, 

 et de peccatorum poenitentia, forti, clara, et, quantum per- 

 mittebat infirmitas, distincta voce protulisse, seque salutem 

 suam ajternam non alio fundamento sperare et exspectare 

 testatum fuisse; neque destitisse prius, quam vocis et 

 virium infirmitas ulteriores couatus subflaminaret." 



Dublin. 



Hannah LigJitfoot (Vol. x., p. 329.). — The 

 "gentleman named Dalton" was James Dalton, 

 Esq., M.D., then high in the H. E. I. Company's 

 medical service at Madras, whence he came to 

 England, and deceased in 1823, leaving by this 

 lady four children : Henry Augustus, of the 

 Royals, or 1st foot regiment ; Hawkins Augustus, 

 of the iloyalNavy'; Charlotte Augusta; (all three 

 of whom died a few years afterwards ;) and Caro- 

 line Augusta, now the wife of Daniel Prytherch, 

 Esq., of Caermarthen, by whom she has a nu- 

 merous family. E. D. 



^'■Albert sur les Operations deVAme'" (Vol. x., 

 p. 102.). — M. Charlier has misinterpreted the 

 passage for which A. J. inquires. It is, — 



".So ist auch aus dem obigen Grund viel leichter, als 

 aus" denen librigen bekannten und gemeinen theore- 

 malibus zu erklaren, wie die subtile Tractatio de Taran- 

 tismo und Hydrophobia aufzusehen ; nehmlich dass bey 

 jenemdie verletzte und krancke Person nicht elender zu 

 tanzen anfange, biss ihr derselbe Thon vorgespielt wird, 

 welchen diejenige Tarantul, so dieselbe Person verletzet 

 hat, zu lieben pflegt ; welches ja vorher ein soldier 

 Mensch weder gehort noch erfahren ; dannoch verursachet 

 das beygebrachte GifFt eine solche sonderbahre Verfin- 

 derung; welche specialis relatio animae gegen dasselbe 

 Gifft se}', kann nicht determinirt werdcn ; so viel ist 

 gewiss, dass dieser Thon nicht im Gifft als in der Materia 

 stecke, sondern wie bey der Tarantul nach dem Gehor die 

 Erwehlung eines solchen toni geschieht, so kommt bey 

 der verletzten Person das Hauptwerk nicht auf blosse 

 cbrperliche Dinge, sondern auf die Seele an. Und eben 

 dergleichen Beschaffenheit hat es mit der Hydrophybia, 

 wann darinnen die Menschen, eben also wie ein Toller 

 Hund vor dem Wasser, einen Abscheu und Furcht haben ; 



