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Vol. VI.— No. 142.] 



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Ancient American Languages, by Kenneth R. H. Mac- 

 kenzie ... ... 



^Replies to Minnr Queries : — Royal " We " — " Tiie Man 



in tVie Moon" — Anima Masis, &c T)e Laudibus 



Sanctae Crucis — Oii^/o7<rt n vZtri — Seventh Daughter 

 of a Seventh Daughter— A strange Cow— Uoyal Arms 

 in Churches — St. Christoiiher — Oasis — Lord Bacon 

 as a Poet — Longevity — Grinning lilie a Cheshire Cat 



— Spanish Vessels wreclied on the Irisli Coast— IJoy 

 bishop at Eton — Descendants of John Rogers — Joliu 

 Kogers, the Protoraartyr—Uestive- Apple Sauce with 

 Pork — Spanish " Veiwe Bowes " — " Cme Decane " 

 &c — The Moon and her Influences— Bronze Medals 



— Wyle Cop — Ceiebrated Fly — Mummy Wheat — 

 Squire Brown's Fox Cha<e — Seth's Pillars — Edmund 

 Bohun — Etymology of Mushroom — The Plant 

 Haemony— Shakspeare, Tennyson, &c. 



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Notes on Books, &c. - . . . . 



Books and Odd Volumes wanted - - . . 



Notices to Correspondents - . . . 



Advertisements - - . . . . 



CONTENTS. 

 "Notes : — Page 



Francis Davison and Dr. Donne - . - - 49 



Folk Lore: — Sites of Buildings changed — Folk Lore of ; 



Kacouss People — Charms — Weather Prophecy - 50 



Poem by Edward Bedingfield, by Edward Peacock, Jun. 50 

 Minor Notes : — Cnrious Mistranslation — Street Cross- 

 ings — Travelling Expenses at the Close of the Seven- 

 teenth Century — " The Bore " in the Severn - - 51 



^I'ERIES : — 



Prints -...---52 



King Magnus' Burial-place at Downpatrick, by John W. 



Hanna - . . - - ' - - 52 



Curfew, by J, Sansom - . - - -53 



Minor Queries: — Fishing by Electricity — As salt as 



Fire — " There were three ladies," X-c Pronhecies 



fulfilled — The Chase Family — Mummies of Eccle- 

 siastics in Germany — The Merry-thought, or Wish- 

 bone — Bells on Horses' Necks — Dissertation on a 

 Salt Box — Meaning of .Mcohol— " Hip, hip, hurrah ! " 



— Armorial Bearings of Cities and Towns — Hands 

 jn the Pockets — John de Huderesfield — John, King 

 of France, at Somerton — Tapestry from Richmond 

 Palace — '"Prayer moves the hand," &c. — Portrait 

 of Oliver Cromwell — Birthplace of Wickliff» — 

 Reverend applied to the Clergy — Foubert Family — 

 Cambridge Disputations — Tenure of Land - - -53 



Minor Queries Answered : — " To lie at the catch "— 

 Words printed in Italics in the Bible— Bays's Troops 



— Courtier and learned Writer - . . - 50 



Replies : — 



Yankee and Yankee^Doodle, by T. Westcott - - 56 



Plague Stones - - - . . . fi8 



Burials in Woollen . - . . . - 53 



" Merchant of Venice," Act III. Sc. 2. - - - .59 



Hannah Woolly, by T. Westcott - - . - 59 



Etymology of the Word " Devil," by Richard F. Little- 



VoL. VI. — No. 142. 



FHA.NCIS DAVISON AND DR. DONNE. 



The editor of Select Poetry, chiefin devotional, of 

 the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, collected for the 

 Parker Society, ascribes to Francis Davison (and I 

 dare say rijrhtly) a translation of Psalm cxxxvii., 

 which is likewise attributed to Dr. Donne, and if 

 I mistake not to others. It is found in vol. ii. 

 p. 328., and I should be very glad to know who 

 was really the author, as it does not seem the 

 worst of the " Geneva Jigs :" — 



" By Euphrates' flowry side 



We did bide, 

 From deare Judah far absented. 

 Tearing th' aire with mournful cries. 



And our eles 

 With their streames the streame augmented : 

 '* When poor Sion's doleful state. 



Desolate, 

 Sacked, burned, and enthralled, 

 And Thy temple spoii'd, which we 



Ne'er should see 

 To our mirthless mind recalled. 



" Our mute harps, untun'd, unstrung. 



Up we hoong 

 On greene wiilowes noare bssids us. 

 When, we sitting so forlorne, ' 



Thus in scorne 

 Our proud spoilers 'gan deride us : — 



** Come, sad captives, leave your groanes. 



And your moanes 

 Under Sion's ruynes bury; 

 To your harps sing us some laies 



In the praise 

 Of our God, and let's be merry. 



" Can, ah, can we leave our grounes, ] 



And our moanes 

 Under Sion's ruynes bury ? 

 Can we in this land sing laies 



To the jiraise 

 Of our God, and here be merry ? 



*' No, deare Salem ! if I faile 



To bewaile 

 Tliine affliction miserable. 

 Let my nimble joynts become 



StifFe and nombe ; 

 To touch warbling harp unable. 



