Aug. 21. 1852.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



175 



Passage in the Somnium Scipionis. — In the Som- 

 nium Scipionis of Cicero there occurs this passage, 

 *' Quaeso, inqult, ne me e somno excitetis, et parum 

 rebus : audite caetera." The phrase " et parum 

 rebus " offers a difficulty which the various classi- 

 cal men to whom I have applied have been unable 

 to surmount. I am aware there are different 

 readings, but all, I believe, equally devoid of 

 meaning. Any attempt at a translation or ex- 

 planation is anxiously looked for. It is a Query 

 with me whether you would insert purely classical 

 questions, and has kept me back from sending 

 many which lam sure would interest the majority 

 of your readers. This point I would fain know. 



EliMITT. 



Walter Parsons, Porter to James I. — Can any of 

 the readers of " N". & Q." inform me where in- 

 formation regarding Parsons, who was renowned 

 for his vast musculai* power, may be found ? J, J. 



Furye Family. — At the latter end of last cen- 

 tury a Captain Furye was living in the neighbour- 

 hood of Stamford. He was an intimate friend of 

 Thomas Noel, Esq., of Exton. Would any one of 

 your readers, who knows anything of the Furye 

 family, oblige me by saying who this Captain Furye 

 married ? Jattee. 



Minor €t\xtxiti '^nSiattsti, 



Barefooted Friar. — Where are the following 

 lines to be found ? 



" He's expected at night, and the pasty's made hot, 

 They hroach the hrown ale, and they fill the black pot ; 

 And the good wife would wish the good man in the 



mire, 

 'Ere he lack'd a soft pillow, the Barefooted Friar. 



*' Long flourish the sandal, the cord, and the cope, 

 The dread of the devil, and trust of the Pope ; 

 For to gather life's roses, unscath'd hy the briar. 

 Is granted alone to the Barefooted Friar." 



J. R. Relton. 



[These lines are the last two verses of a song, en- 

 titled " The Barefooted Friar," in Sir Walter Scott's 

 Ivanhoe, ch. xviii.] 



Lord Delamer. — I should be greatly obliged to 

 any reader of " N. & Q." who can refer me to a 

 memoir or notice of the Lord Delamer, who at the 

 period of the Revolution took a part in the demo- 

 lition of some religious houses in the midland 

 counties. J. J. 



[Tliere is a well-written account of Henry Booth, 

 Lord Delamer, in Kippis' Biographia Britannica, 

 vol. ii. p. 408., containing numerous references to other 

 authorities. His lordship's Works were published in 

 1694, in one volume 8vo., noticed by Walpole in his 

 Catalogue of Royal and A'oble Authors.J 



British Critic or Theological Review. — Can 

 any of your correspondents furnish the names of 

 the editors and contributors of The British Critic 

 from the year 1827? a. 



[The last series of The British Critic commenced in 

 December, 1824, and we believe at this time was under 

 the superintendence of a London clergyman. In 1837, 

 however, a new element was introduced ; for a certain 

 portion of each number was placed at the disposal of 

 the Oxford Tract writers, who engaged to supply 

 articles gratuitously. At the end of 1837 the editor 

 resigned, and eventually Mr. Newman became editor, 

 a position which he held till the middle of 1841, when 

 circumstances occurred which occasioned it subse- 

 quently to pass from under his superintendence. Its 

 last editor was the Rev. T. Mozley, Rector of Chol- 

 derton, and late Fellow of Oriel, assisted occasionally 

 by Mr. Newman.] 



Psalm-singing at PauTs Cross. — Where is a de- 

 scription of the people singing psalms aloud at 

 Paul's Cross, in the early part of the Reformation, 

 to the annoyance of the bishops and clergy ? S. P. 



B 



eaumaris. 



[Bishop Jewel, in a letter written March, 1560, 

 seems to allude to this circumstance. His words are, 

 " The singing of psalms was begun in one church in 

 London, and did quickly spread itself, not only through 

 the city, but in the neighbouring places ; sometimes at 

 Paul's Cross there will be 6000 people singing toge- 

 ther. This was very grievous to the Papists : the 

 children began to laugh at the priests as they passed, 

 in the streets ; and the bishops were called hangmen 

 to their faces. It was said White died of rage. He 

 commends Cecyl much." Quoted in Burnet's Hist, of 

 the Reformation, Part III. book vi.] 



George Thomason. — Can any of your readers 

 inform me where the Rev. Geo. Thomason was 

 matriculated, and to which University he be- 

 longed ? He was the collector of the collection of 

 pamphlets now in the British Museum under the 

 title of the " King's Pamphlets." He is noticed 

 as such in Gent. Mag., 1816, Part IL p. 319., but 

 there erroneously called Tomlinson. I have sought 

 for him in vain in Gutch's Oxford, Wood's 

 AthencB, and Cole's Athena Cantab, in MS. I 

 should also much wish to know whether the above 

 collection was purchased by Geo. I. II. or HI. ? 

 It was presented to the Museum by Geo. III. 



E. G. B. 



[In The Obituary of Richard Smyth, published by 

 the Camden Society, occurs the following notice of 

 him: — " April 10, 1666, Geo. Thomason, bookseller, 

 buried out of Station" Hall (a poore man)." To which 

 Sir Henry Ellis has added the following note: "This 

 was George Thomason, who formed the singular col- 

 lection of books, tracts, and single sheets, from ] 640 to 

 1660; now preserved in the British Museum, and 

 known by tlie name of ♦ The King's Pamphlets.' 

 They were purchased, and presented to the British 

 Museum, by His Majesty King Geo. III. in 1762."] 



