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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 140. 



been written by Baxter, some reference would 

 have bfeen made to it in Hin own Life mid Times, 

 ■where lie refers to the history of the whole of 

 tis publications, including even those of a mere 

 pamphlet form, consisting only of a few sheets. 

 It is very possible that such a work was written 

 by a Mr. Baxter ; but not Richard, or that Richard 

 Baxter may have contributed the preface to such 

 a book, a thing he was very much in the habit of 

 doing, I have in my possession a small work en- 

 titled — 



" The Doctrine of Self- Posing, or a Christian's Duty 

 of putting Cases of Difficulty to Himself, being the 

 Sum of some Sermons Preached at Upton-on-Severn, in 

 the Coimty of Worcester, by B. Baxter, late Minister 

 of the Gospel there, but now removed, with a Preface 

 by Richard Baxter, 1666." 



It is not improbable that the Rev. B. Baxter was 

 the author of the Heavy Shove. That such a 

 title was ever given to the Call to the Unconverted, 

 is very improbable. Baxter gives a particular ac- 

 count of the circumstances under wliich this work, 

 as well as the Saints' Rest, were written, but not a 

 ■word does lie state about any alteration in their 

 titles. I can find nothing in the first edition of the 

 Saints' Rest that will warrant the supposition that 

 Baxter ever intended any other titles to these 

 works than those by which they are universally 

 known. If any alteration has ever taken place in 

 the titles of some of Baxter's publications, it must 

 have been made by other hands. H. H. Bealby. 



North Brixton. 



" We Three" (Vol. v., p. 338.). — The Logger- 

 heads as an inn sign is not so uncommon as your 

 correspondent fancies. That at Pentre, near Mold, 

 is of considerable age, and one can only perceive 

 the outline of human heads on the board. The 

 exact date I could not discover. In Liverpool 

 there is one called the " Loggerheads Revived," 

 where the figures are painted with considerable 

 force. The prevailing charticteristic is two men of 

 stout and jovial aspect grinning at the spectator. 



Agmond. 



Age of Trees (Vol. iv., pp. 401. 488.). — I may 

 temind your correspondent of the curious old 

 linden tree at Freyburg, in Switzerland, planted 

 in remembrance of the battle of Morat, by a 

 citizen who returned safely. The battle was fought 

 June 22, 1476. Agmond. 



^ The Diphthong ''ai" (Vol. v., p. 581.). — I be- 

 lieve your correspondent R. Price is in error in 

 attributing inconsistency to Walker in respect of 

 tlie sound ai in pail, and the sound ai/e. It ap- 

 pears to me that Walker's opinion is that the 

 former is a simple vowel, " formed by one con- 

 formation of the organs;" and the latter a com- 

 pound vowel, in pronouncing which " the organs 

 alter their position." This opinion involves no in- 

 consistency, though it may be erroneous. Spurrell, 



in his English-Welsh Pronouncing Dictionary y 

 asserts the contrary opinion, namely, that ai, a, ay, 

 &c., are merely different ways of writing the same 

 sound, which he considers a diphthong, composed 

 of e Welsh and e English, the Welsh e being 

 identical with a in mare, e in there, ea in pear, and 

 other words, as pronounced by the generality of 

 Englishmen. He also treats o in note as a diph- 

 thong, which Walker considers simple. The Welsh 

 o is simple, and differs from the diphthongal 

 English. There does not appear to be any reason 

 for distinguishing between the pronunciation of 

 pail and pale, as the pronunciation of words ought 

 to regulate their spelling, rather than the spelling 

 govern their pronunciation. Ap Rhisiart. 



The Symbol of the Pelican (Vol. v., pp. 211, 

 212.). — I should be glad if your correspondent 

 Mariconda will favour me with the title of a 

 book or books printed by Rocco Bernabo, in which 

 the device may be seen. In George Wither's Col- 

 lection of Eniblemes*, book iii. p. 154., there is a 

 representation of this symbol surrounded by the 

 motto " Pro lege et pro grege ; " but although the 

 page is headed 



" Our Pelican, by bleeding, thus, 

 Fulfiird the Law, and cured us ; " 

 the represent ation (both of the bird and its young) 

 is that of an eagle. A, M» 



John Hope (Vol. v., p. 582.).— In 1768 he suc- 

 ceeded his father as member for Linlithgow, a» 

 the nominee of his relation the Earl of Hopetoun, 

 who, it appears, allowed him an annuity — I infer 

 of 200/. a year — towards defraying his expensed 

 when attending parliament. He appears to have 

 been somewhat more liberal in his political opi- 

 nions than the earl approved, and in consequence 

 of his voting against government on the question 

 of giving Luttrell the seat for Middlesex, the 

 earl withdrew his support, and John Hope was 

 declared on petition " not duly elected." I collect 

 the above i'aw particulars from a pamphlet which 

 he published in 1772, entitled Letters on Certain 

 Proceedings in Parliament during the Sessions 

 1769, 1770, written by John Hope, Esq., late 

 representative for the county of Linlithgow. 



If your correspondent has any wish to see the 

 pamphlet, I will forward it to you. N. J. 



Sfoup (Vol. v., p. 560.). — As a contributioii 

 towards the list of examples of exterior holy water 

 stoups requested by Mr. Cuthbebt Bede, I beg 

 to inform him that one exists outside the south 

 porch of the clmrch of Hungarton in this county^ 



* " A collection of Emblemes, ancient and moderne, 

 quickened with Metricall Illustrations, and disposed 

 into Lotteries both Morall and Divine, that instruction 

 and good Counsell may bee furthered by an honest and 

 pleasant recreation. By George "Wither, London: 

 printed by Augustine Matthewes, 1634." 



