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his fame was prior to 1715 or 1745. A Highland 

 broadsword was dug or ploughed up, in 1816 I 

 think, on the plain of Philipliaugh (where Mon- 

 trose was defeated), with "Andrea Ferrara" on 

 the blade. It is in the possession of the Duke of 

 Buccleuch at Bowhill, and was given to his father, 

 Duke Charles. 



I myself possess a very fine blade with " Andrea 

 Ferrara " upon it, that was in an old manor-house 

 in Warwickshire. It is a Highland broadsword. 

 I fancy also you will find that these were called 

 *' Ferrara's," as a bye-name for thin broadswords, 

 at a very early period in Highland warfare. I 

 always heard in my youth tliat he was a Spaniard, 

 celebrated for his blades of Toledo. The High- 

 landers had no means of getting any fine blades 

 except from abroad ; and in early days, before the 

 days of Mary and James VI , when Scotland was 

 at war with England, their broadswords, I think 

 you will find, were called Claymores and Ferraras. 



SCOTUS. 



P. S. — There is a Highland broadsword in the 

 possession of John Spottiswood of that ilk, that 

 was used at the pass of Killikrankie with the 

 gallant Dundee. Andrea Ferrara had vindicated 

 the cause of the ancient House of Stuart before 

 the days of Prince Charles Stuart, and had made 

 a deep impression on the followers of the Pre- 

 tender, William of Orange, before the Highlanders 

 routed the forces of the other Pretender of Ha- 

 nover at Preston Pans. 



Richard Lovelace (Vol. x., p. 446.). — I copy 

 the following extract from a short review of Love- 

 lace's poems which appeared in No. III. of the 

 Carthusian (published by Walker, 58. Barbican, 

 in 1837), where, at p. 251., the schoolboy- 

 reviewer writes : 



" The following extract from Aubrey tells an eloquent 

 tale of his desolate end : — ' Richard Lovelace, Esq., obiit 

 in a cellar in Long Acre, a little before the Restoration of 

 his Ma*'*'. Mr. Edm. Wyld, &c., hud made collections for 

 him, and given him money. He was an extraordinarj' 

 handsome man, but proud.' " 



If A. S. be not already acquainted with the 

 article from which I quote, he might find the pe- 

 rusal of it not altogether uninteresting. 



J. Sansom. 



Curran a Preacher (Vol. x., p. 388.). — I feel 

 convinced that no layman was ever permitted to 

 preach in the chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, 

 or of any other church in the United Kingdom. I 

 believe that the oration — not " sermon " — in laudem 

 decori was delivei'ed by Curran, either from the 

 rostrum in the dining-hall of Trinity College, 

 whence public orations by members of the Uni- 

 versity were sometimes declaimed ; or from the 

 organ-loft of the examination-hall. The slang- 

 phrase of " being sent to play the organ " was 

 formerly equivalent, in Trinity College, to having 



been unable to pass one of the terminal examin- 

 ations. Cannot your learned correspondent Db. 

 ToDD enlighten us on this subject ? Juverna. 



Hannah Lightfoot ; Perryn of Knightsbridge 

 (Vol. X., p. 228.). — I am informed by a nearly 

 seventy years' inhabitant of Knightsbridge, that a 

 family of that name were for many years esta- 

 blished in the hamlet. The last of them here were 

 dressmakers ; they resided in Exeter Street (a 

 different street formerly to what it is now), and 

 were much patronised by the old-fashioned gentry 

 then resident in the neighbourhood. H. G. D. 



Lines at Jerpoint Abbey (Vol. x., pp. 308. 355. 

 433.). — I possess a copy of the Memoirs of the 

 Family of Grace^ in two volumes quarto ; the 

 second contains — 



" The lines written at Jerpoint Abbey, which occupy 

 16 pages, having a separate title-page (date 1823) and 

 dedication ' To Sheffield Grace, Esq., F. S. A., this pro- 

 duction is respectfully inscribed by one who admires his 

 talents and values his friendship.' " 



No author's name is mentioned, but I have always 

 understood that the lines were written by S. C. 

 Hall, Esq. 



The copy of the Grace Memoirs (4to.) in the 

 Library of the Society of Antiquaries contains 

 " the lines," and on the title-page it is stated that 

 they were reprinted by permission of S. C. Hall, 

 Esq. J. J. H. 



Blackheath. 



Boscobel Box (Vol. x., p. 382.). — On reading 

 the four English versions of " Ipsa Jovi nemus," 

 I could not repress my surprise that the late Dr. 

 Jones of Kidderminster should have failed in dis- 

 covering the plain meaning of the passage, which 

 I conceive to be this : 



Arbor loquitur. — 



" Ipsa (quercus fui) nemus Jovi." 

 " I myself, a single oak-tree, was equivalent to a grove 

 for the purpose of concealing Jove (i. e. Charles) from his 

 pursuers." 



I need not say that the comparison of kings to 

 deities is a well-known figure of speech, as every 

 reader knows who is acquainted with the classics ; 

 and CuTHBERT Bede, himself a brother Oxonian, 

 and " a double first," can doubtless multiply ex- 

 amples in proof of my assertion. Juverna, M. A. 



Is not the meaning of the words "Ipsa Jovi 

 nemus " (pp. 382, 383.), that the single tree was 

 as good as a whole grove to Jupiter, i. e. the 

 monarch, or else to Jupiter the god? Jones's 

 translations do not appear to put the sense cor- 

 rectly. O"^'^- 



Molines of Stoke-Poges (Vol. x,, p. 444.)- — 

 The famous siege of Orleans commenced in 1428; 

 John Talbot, Earl of Salisbury, attacking the city 



