Aug. 14. 1852.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Gu. a bend ermine, a label or, 

 borne by - - - - 



Gu. a fess ermine in chief, a label 

 or, borne by - 



Quarterly arg. and azure a bend 

 gules, borne by - - - 



The same, the bend charged with 

 3 fleurs-de-lis of the first (some 

 times or), borne by 



Per pale gu. and sab. a cross 

 bottonee (sometimes crosslet) 

 fitchee between 4 fleurs-de-lis 

 or, borne by - 



The same coat, varying the tinc- 

 tures and the cross, borne by - 



Vert a stagcouchant argent attired 

 or, borne by - 



Vert 3 stags courant argent, borne 



by 



Kay, Key, and 

 llye 



Rees 



Do. 



- Ray and Rae 



Reed and Ry the 



Reade andRede 



Ray 



Rae and Reay 

 (See Burke's 

 Supplement) 



Gu. (sometimes az.) a fess between 

 3 ostriches' heads, with horse- 

 shoes in the beak, or, borne by Ryed or Ryede 



(The crest of the fumily of Wray 

 and Ray is an osti'ich, in the 

 beak a horseshoe.) 



These instances may suffice to show the seem- 

 ingly kindred origin of several branches of each 

 fiunily. It will be seen none exactly resemble the 

 coat given by your correspondent as that adopted 

 by John Ray. 



The adoption of the family motto, T am more 

 inclined to think, must be looked on as a mere 

 jeu-de-mot — an heraldic pun (of which many in- 

 stances may be adduced*) originating in the simple 

 choice, but more often the whimsical caprice, of 

 the adopter. The family of Ilomfray bear for 

 motto, " L'homme vrai aime son pays :" on which 

 Burke has the following (Vide Commoners,, vol. i. 

 p. 236.) : 



" The name of ' Homfray ' is derived from the 



* " Vero nihil verius" is the family motto of Vere. 

 Vernon bears " Ver non semper viret,"— capable of a 

 double signification ; " Sapere aude " for Wysc ; and 

 " Vows should be respected " for Vowe ; " Quod dixi, 

 dixi " for Dixie ; " Vincenti dabitur " for Vincent ; 

 " Ne vile velis" for Neville: and many others may be 

 added, each having some peculiarity to recommend 

 them : for quaintness some, as " Do no yll, quoth 

 Doyle," D'Oyley. Wykeham and Curzon are other 

 specimens : but the most remarkable for applicability 

 is the motto borne by the family of Dymoke, Here- 

 ditary Cliampions of England, viz. " Pro rege Dimico," 

 assumed probably at the time of tlie alliance of the 

 family with the great house of Marmyon ; or at all 

 events in allusion to the tenure of Scrivelsby, from 

 which the office cf champion was derived. 



French words ♦ Homme vrai,' and the several families 

 of Humfrey, various as the spelling may he, claim a 

 common progenitor. The branch Homfray of I.andafF, 

 &c. is the only one, however, which has preserved the 

 correct (?) orthography." 



If this argument, ingenious as it is, be capable 

 of proof, whence, may I ask, arises the far more 

 frequent use of the terminate phrey or phry, and 

 their variations ? Bailey gives tlie etymon of 

 Humfrey (or\\y') from '•'■Home, Eng." and the Saxon 

 for " peace," " q.d. one who makes peace at home," 

 — a very domesticated original, truly, and a most 

 worthy and becoming commentary on the pre- 

 nomen Homme vrai. Have we not received this 

 name, like Godfrey, from the German ; or may not 

 th ph be derived from the Greek — perhaps from 

 'Ojxixppwv, or some other compound of ^pT^v, of like 

 signification? — unanimity, concord, &c., being 

 implied in this, as in the other " j)eace-loving " 

 derivative. H. AV. S. S. 



Southampton. 



THE DEMONSTRATIVE " THAT IN THE OPENING OF 

 "MEASUHE FOR MEASURE." 



(Vol. vi., p. 79.) 



The only point upon which I wish to prolong the 

 discussion with Mr. Hickson relates \o Measure for 

 Measure; being the "question of fact" respecting 

 which he now makes the following admission : 



" If we do say to a messenger ' take that to,' &c., the 

 words indicate that they accompany the act of trans- 

 ferring the missive; and whoever sliould not accom- 

 pany the words with such acts, would use them 

 improperly." 



This admission is all that I contend for. It is 

 the pi'ecise hypothesis upon which I have all along 

 based my interpretation of the passage in the 

 opeiiing of Meastire for Measure ; but I under- 

 stood Mr. Hickson, ia his first communication, 

 to deny it. 



If he will refer to my original statement, he will 

 find that my hypothesis was this : that the abso- 

 lute a(!t of transfer commences with " Then no 

 more remains;" and ends with "there is your 

 commission." 



Mr. Hickson will surely not deny that there 

 may be such a thing as a protracted presentation ! 

 Particularly when we have its exact counterpart 

 in the equally protracted presentation subse* 

 quently made to Angelo, commencing with "Hold, 

 therefin-e, Angelo," and ending with " take your 

 commission ! " 



Tiiese parallels are of frequent occurrence with 

 Shakspeare, and seem to proceed from design. At 

 all events, when carefully studied, they become 

 extremely useful as corroborative analogies in 

 cases of doubt. A. E. B. 



Leeds,. 



