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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



[No. 150. 



at Paul's Crosse on the Sunday of Quinquagesima, 

 an. 1389, by R. Wimbeldon." 



" . . . . Also IMaiilen Hildegare, in the booke of 

 her prophesie, the third parte, the xi vision, the 

 seuenth cha. meueth this reason. Right as on seucn 

 dales God made the world, so in 7000 yeere the worlde 

 sliall passe : and right as in tlie sixt day man was made 

 and fourmed, soe in 6000 yeere, he was brought againe 

 and refourmed ; and as in the seuenth daye the world 

 was full made, and God left off his working, right 

 so in the 7000 yeere, the number of them that shuUen 

 be saued, shall be fulfilled, and rest shall be to seyntes 

 full in bodie and soule. If that it be so, as it 

 seemoth to followe of this Maydens wordes, — tliat 

 7000 j'eeres in passing of the worlde, accordeth to 

 seuen daiesin his making it, see what lacketh that these 

 7000 yeeres ne beth fulfilled."— Vol. i. p. 718. 



Who was "Maiden Hildegare?" I do not 

 find her name in the Kalendar or Martyrology. 

 Is the book of her prophecy preserved ? 



R. C. Warde. 



Kidderminster, 



Church Brasses subsequent to 1688 (Vol. vi., 

 p. 149.). — Monumental brasses of the period re- 

 ferred to Mr. W. Ewart are extremely scarce ; I 

 can only refer him to three examples, namely, 



1. Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. Edward Tay- 

 lor, 1693. 



2, 3. St. Mary Cray, Kent. Philadelphia Green- 

 Tvood, 1747. Benjamin Greenwood, 1773. 



The following verge so closely upon the period 

 in question, that they may, perhaps, interest Mr. 



EWAET : 



Great Chart., Kent. Nicholas Toke and three 

 wives, 1680. 



Henfield, Sussex. Kenwelmersli and grandson, 

 1683. 



Ashton le Walls, Northants. George Butler, 

 1685. 



The brass noted by your correspondent is in- 

 teresting from its having the maker's name at- 

 tached, a very rare peculiarity. 



W. Sparrow Simpson, B. A. 



Irish Language in the West Indies (Vol. v., 

 p. 537.). — The statement that " the Irish lan- 

 guage is spoken in the West India Islands, and 

 that in some of them it may be said to be almost 

 vernacular," is true of the little Island of Monl- 

 serrat, but has no foundation with respect to the 

 other colonies. The circumstance, as regards 

 Montserrat, is thus explained. 



Much dissension, on the score of religion, having 

 arisen among the early settlers In these islands, 

 the Roman Catholics, chiefly Irishmen, withdrew 

 from St. Christopher's and formed a separate 

 colony in Montserrat. Thither they were fol- 

 lowed by their co-religionists in the other islands, 

 and in a few years their numbers had increased so 

 rapidly that they were able to supply sufficient 



hands for the field Avithout the aid of slaves. A 

 colony formed under such circumstances pre- 

 sented the social features of an Irish county rather 

 than of a tropical settlement ; and when, at a later 

 period, It became necessary to introduce African 

 labourers, the Irish language was so commonly 

 spoken all over the island, that the blacks had to 

 adopt It as they would any other language. This 

 fact is amusingly illustrated by the following anec- 

 dote, quoted by Mr. Montgomery Martin : — 



" It is said that a Connaught man, on arriving at 

 Montserrat, was, to his astonishment, hailed in ver- 

 nacular Irish by a negro from one of the first boats that 

 came alongside. ' Thunder and turf,' exclaimed Pat, 

 ' liow long have you been here?' ' Three months,' an- 

 swered Quashy.' ' Three months ! and so black al- 

 ready ! Hanutn a jowl,' says Pat, thinking Quashy a 

 ci-devant countryman, ' I'll not stay among ye : ' and in 

 a few hours the Connaught man was on his return, witli 

 a white skin, to the Emerald Isle." 



Henry II. Bbeen. 



St. Lucia. 



Cowdray Family (Vol. vl,, p. 75.). — For the 

 Information of your correspondent W. H. L., I beg 

 to state, that In Sims' Index to Heralds' Visitations, 

 Si'c, he will find the following references to MSS. 

 &c. in the British Museum, viz. : 



Hampshire, p. 116. : Cowdrey of Heriott. — 1544, 

 fo. 35 h., 5865, fo. 34. ; for arms, &c., 5865, fo. 3 h. 



Wiltshire, p. 303. : Cordray of Chute. — 888, 

 fo. 18. ; 1111, fo. 90. ; 1165, fo. 72. ; 1181,fo. 22. ; 

 1443, fo. 174 6.; 1565, 11.28 i. 62 &.; 5184, fo. 56. 



A. C. M. 



Exeter. 



Beef-eatei's (Yol.yx.^ p. 176.). — I consider this 

 to be a corruption of the French le huffct, which 

 Is now used for the apartment In which refresh- 

 ments are supplied to the guests at royal balls or 

 concerts In France. The final syllable is like that 

 of charretier added to churrette, or layetier to 

 layette, &c. Dr. Ash (English Dictionary) has 

 Beaufet, a corrupt spelling, for a buffet. 



Boiste (Dictionnaire Universel) has Buffeter (le 

 vei-he), and Buffeteur Qe substantif) ; with a 

 signification as regards drinhing, and not eating. 

 The buffeteur Is described as a carrier avIio uses a 

 gimlet "percer les tonneaux en route, pour voler 

 le vin," *. 



Richmond, Surrey. 



" To differ with'' (Vol. vl., p. 185.).— " To differ 

 with " Is not the same thing as " to differ from." 

 OnQ person differs with another when he disagrees 

 with him: one thing differs from another. Sc. 



Fh(Ehe Hassel (Yol.y'i., p. 170.). — Your corre- 

 spondent H. M. Bealby will find a portrait and 

 sliort memoir of this female in Hone's Year Book, 

 col. 209. K- 



