Nov. 25. 1854.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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dannnach unterschiedener BeschafFenheitund naturlicher 

 WUrkung derer Materien iu das Corpus, bringet die Scele 

 unterschiedene Wiirkungen vor," &c. — D. Mich. Alberti, 

 Tractatus de occultis Anima huniaruB Qualitatibus, Schrif- 

 ten, pp. C05, Halle, 1721. 



M. Charlier probably used a modern dictionar}', 

 in which Thon is rendered as " argile " only ; but 

 with such a knowledge of the language as did not 

 exempt him from this mistake, his compliment to 

 Dr. Alberti, on having Men explique its action, is 

 of little value. It will also be seen from the 

 above, that, so far from believing tarantula and 

 hydrophobia to be the same malady. Dr. Alberti 

 points out only one quality common to both. 



The Medicinische und Philosophische Schriften 

 is a duodecimo of 648 pages, containing seventeen 

 essays. A portrait-frontispiece represents the 

 author as a Avell-looking man in a large wig. 

 Beneath is inscribed, — 



" Dr. Michael Alberti, Eegise Majest. Boruss. Consiliar. 

 Aulicus, Medic, et Philosoph. Natural, in Kegia Frideri- 

 ciana. Prof. Publ. Ordinarius. Natus An. 1682, d. 13 No- 

 vembr." 



H. B. C. 



U. U. Club. 



Oxford Jeu d: Esprit (Vol. x., p. 364.). —I be- 

 lieve I can answer correctly two of the Queries of 

 your correspondent G. L. S. 



The very amusing burlesque poem, from which 

 the line 



) " H pa vv fioi TvpvoKTi. SotJLov Slo. BvpCa yovvo'iJ.tv" 



is taken — the 96th line in a composition of 102 

 lines, — was generally attributed to 'S.ivKhaipos ^Kifx- 

 lii^pios, as he calls himself, i. e. Wm. Sinclair of St. 

 Mary Ilall, and now, if I am rightly Informed, the 

 respected incumbent of St. George's, Leeds. It 

 is headed, — 



" Uniomacbia 



Canino Anglico, Grajce et Latine. 



Ad codicum fidem accuratissime recensuit; 



annotationibus Heavysteniii ornavit ; et 



suas insuper notulas adjecit, 



Habbakukius Dundcrheadius, 



Coll. Lug. Bat. dim Soc. etc. etc." 



and was published by Talboys In 1833. 



Johannis Gilpini iter Latine redditiim was first 

 published, I think, about the year 1834. A second 

 edition, published in 1841, lies now before me. 

 Its author was always supposed to be Charles 

 Wm. Bingham, Fellow of New College, and now 

 rector of Melcombe Horsey, Dorset. As I see 

 that he is an occasional contributor to your pages, 

 perhaps he will contradict the impeachment, if it 

 be unfounded. M. A., Oxon. 



Volkre's Chamber (Vol. x., p. 327.). — Allow 

 me to suggest to your correspondent eT. B. Whit- 

 borne that "Volkre's Chamber" means the peo- 

 ple's chamber, Volk being the word used for 

 people, or folk, in Norway. In Miss Bremer's 

 Works, this word is used in reference to the com- 



mon room used by the servants, and volke or peo- 

 ple who came up to the seigneur's house. There 

 appears very little doubt but that the meaning 

 of " Volka Meadow " is people's meadow ; as it 

 seems that it is a field appropriated to the use of 

 the town-people in general. E. S. W. 



Norwich. 



[Dr. S. R. Meyrick suggests that "Volkre's Chamber" 

 may be a corruption of " Sepulchre's Chamber," where the 

 Host was deposited on Good Friday, together with the 

 crucifix, on which occasion a solemn office was performed 

 called Tenebrce, and apertures made at the sides that the 

 people might witness the ceremonies. See Gent. Mag., 

 vol. xcvi. pt. ii. pp. 396. 584., where will be found an en- 

 graved plan of this curious chamber, ] 



" Lord, dismiss us' with thy blessing " (Vol. x., 

 p. 288.). — There are two hymns beginning with 

 this line. One of them is in what some hymno- 

 logists call " peculiar metre " (8, 7, 4's), and has 

 three stanzas. It begins thus : 



" Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing. 

 Fill our hearts with joy and peace." 



The other is in 8 and 7's, and consists of eight 

 lines only, besides a Hallelujah chorus. It begins 

 thus : 



" Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing. 

 Bid us all depart in peace." 



One or other of these, but more frequently the 

 former, is to be found in most collections of hymns ; 

 and in none that I have searched do I find the 

 author of either named. In one collection, " de- 

 signed as an appendix to Dr. Watts's Psalms und 

 Hymns" and bearing the name of " T. Cloutt," of 

 Walworth, both these hymns are inserted ; and at 

 first I thought I had found an answer to your 

 correspondent's Query, as the former hymn 

 (No. 631.) was marked " J. C— n," and the latter 

 (No. 632.) " A— s." On looking, however, to the 

 list of authors, I found that " J. C — n " stands for 

 "Rev. Mr. Jay's Collection," and "A — s" for 

 " Anonymous." 



By the way, I may as well add that Cloutt's col- 

 lection is now better known as " Russell's ; " the 

 Rev. T. Cloutt having abandoned his maid-servant- 

 like patronymic, and taken the more aristocratic 

 name of Russell. I quote from the seventh edition 

 of the Collection. H. Martin. 



Halifax. 



Wesley was the author of the hymn, — 

 " Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing." 



E.T. 



This is given In Bickersteth's Psalmody with 

 the name of "Burder" attached In the index. 



H. G. T. 

 Weston-super-Mare. 



Roman Inscription (Vol. x., p. 205.). — Noticing 

 a communication respecting the Roman inscrip- 

 tion found at Irchester, near Wellingborough, I 



