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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 144. 



also under the south wall of the cathedral, not, however, 

 without perforating the great buttress on that side." 

 'riiis event is commemorated by the anagram quoted 

 above, and in " N. & Q.," Vol. v., p. 150. — See Mil- 

 ners Survey of fVinchester, vol. ii. p. 89.] 



Hunchback styled "il/y Lord." — Why is a hunch- 

 back called " My Lord." J. Beateley. 



[Grose states that " in the British Apollo it is said, 

 that the title of ' Lord ' was first given to deformed per- 

 sons in the reign of Richard III., from several persons 

 labouring under that misfortune being created peers by 

 him ; but it is more probably derived from the Greek 

 word AopSos, crooked." — Classical Dictionary of the 

 Vulgar 2'ongue.'\ 



Boscovich. — What is the title of the work in 

 which this philosopher impugned the doctrine of 

 matter and substituted that of forces, or points of 

 repulsion? This is not meant for a correct ac- 

 count of his philosophy, but merely an inquiry 

 after the book. A. N. 



[^PhilosophicB Naturalis Theoria, 4to, 1759. For an 

 account of the system developed in tliis work, see the 

 article " Physics " in the Encyclopedia Britannica.'\ 



BALLAD OF "THE THREE SISTERS." 



(Vol. v., pp. 316. 591.) 



The following Lancashit'e ballad, although quite 

 different in its termination and story from those 

 given by your correspondents, has not only similar 

 circumstances, but begins in very nearly the same 

 words. I suspect it to be the oldest of the several 

 versions. It is supposed to be sung by the second 

 sister : 



There was a King of the north countree, 



Bow down, bow down, bow down ! 

 There was a King of the north countree. 

 And he had daughters one, two, three. 



I'll be true to my love, and my love 'II be 

 true to me ! 

 To the eldest he gave a beavor hat, 



Bow down, &c. 

 To the eldest, &c. 

 And the youngest she thought much of that. 



I'll be true, &c. 

 To the youngest he gave a gay gold chain, 



Bow down, &c. 

 To the youngest, &c. 

 And the eldest she thought much of the same. 



I'll be true, &c. 

 These sisters were walking on the bryn [shore]. 



Bow down, &c. 

 These sisters, &c. 

 And the elder pushed the younger in. 



I'll be true, &c. 



Oh, sister ! oh, sister ! oh, lend me your hand ! 



Bow down, &c. 

 Oh, sister ! &c. 

 And I will give you both houses and land. 



I'll be true, &c. 

 I'll neither give you my hand nor glove. 



Bow down, &c. 

 I'll neither, &c. 

 Unless you give me your true love. 



I'll be true, &c. 

 Away she satik, away she swam. 



Bow down, &c. 

 Away, &c. 

 Until she came to a miller's dam. 



I'll be true, &c. 

 The miller and daughter stood at the door. 



Bow down, &c. 

 The miller, &c. 

 And watched her floating down the shore. 



I'll be true, &c. 

 Oh, father ! oh, father ! I see a white swan, ' 



Bow down, &c. 

 Oh, father ! &c. 

 Or else it is a fair wo-man. 



I'll be true, &c. 

 The miller he took up his long crook. 



Bow down, &c. 

 The miller, &c. 

 And the maiden up from the stream he took. 



I'll be true, &c. 

 I'll give to thee this gay gold chain, 



Bow down, &c. 

 I'll give to thee, &c. 

 If you'll take me back to my father again. 



I'll be true, &c. 

 The miller he took the gay gold chain. 



Bow down, &c. 

 The miller he took, &c. 

 And he pushed her into the water ag.ain. 



I'll be true, &c. 

 The miller was hanged on his high gate. 



Bow down, &c. 

 The miller was hanged, &c. 

 For drowning our poor sister Kate. 



I'll be true, &c. 

 The cat's behind the buttery shelf, 



Bow down, &c. 

 The cat's behind the buttery shelf; 

 If you want any more, you may sing it yourself f 

 I'll be true to my love, and my love '11 be 

 true to me ! 



It will be remembered that Mr. Haxliweix 

 gives a nursery rhyme, — 



" John Cook had a little grey mare," &c. 

 Which ends, — 



" The bridle and saddle were laid on the shelf. 

 He, haw, hum. 

 If you want any more, you may sing it yourself, 

 He, haw, hum." 



Seleucijs. 



