Pec. 18. 1852.] 



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in the possession of the Misses Pigott, of Upton 

 Magnae, " said to have been one of four presented 

 by the unfortunate Charles I. prior to his execu- 

 tion. It bears a small but beautiful miniature of 

 the royal martyr. Inside the ring and reverse 

 of the portrait is inscribed, over a death's-head, 

 "Jan. 30. 1648." Inside of the ring is engraved, 

 ♦' Martyr Populi." 



By the insertion of the above in your valuable 



Eeriodical, perhaps some further information may 

 e brought to light : I should like to learn if there 

 is any trace of the other three rings mentioned. 



Salopian. 



Manucapior. — Can any of your readers inform 

 me what were the office and functions of a manu- 

 capior on a knight of the shire, or a burgess sum- 

 moned to parliament to represent a borough or 

 town in olden time ? In the Parliamentary Writs, 

 published by order of the Kecord Commissioners, 

 and so ably edited by Sir Francis Palgrave, this 

 officer is frequently mentioned. An Inquirer. 



The University Cap. — It has been truly said 

 there is nothing new under the sun. Is it possible 

 that a portion of our academical costume has been 

 adapted from the Chinese ? The identical trencher 

 cap, with scarcely any variation, I recently met 

 with in a Chinese work, which was embellished 

 with wood-cuts and drawings. On inquiry, I learn 

 that this was the head-dress of their ancient kings. 

 In the volume in question were nine figures in 

 various draperies, but all wearing these caps, some 

 with tassels, others without. Had " N. & Q." been 

 an illustrated work, I should have felt much plea- 

 sure in enclosing a. facsimile drawing. 



Claebnce Hopper. 



Obsolete Words. — What is the meaning of the 

 "words fleshed, pork-pisee, wheale ? They occur in 

 the following extracts : 



" No prophet with his deedes fleshed him in his 

 sinne." — Danl. Dyke's 3Iysteries (Lond. 1634.), p. 136. 



" Euery waue turns thee ouer, like a Pork-pisee be- 

 fore a Tempeste." — Hall's Heaven vpon Earth, p. 399. 

 of the collected edit, of his works, 1622. 



" Our people had beene filled and fedde with gall of 

 dragons, in stead of wine, with wheale in stead of milk." 

 — Translator's Preface to the Bible, 1620. 



E. C. Waede. 

 Kidderminster. 



The Reprint, in 1808, of the First Folio Edition 

 of Shakspeare. — Can any reader of " N. & Q." 

 inform me whether the reprint of the edition of 

 1623 has ever been carefully collated with an un- 

 mutilated copy of that edition ; and what is the 

 result of such collation ? All that I can state re- 

 specting the reprint is, that whenever I have re- 

 ferred to it for a reading said to be peculiar to the 



first edition, I have found the reading there. This 

 however goes but a little way towai'ds establishing 

 the credit of the reprint. Varro. 



New England Hymns. — A relative residing at 

 Auburn, in the state of New York, sends me oc- 

 casionally an American newspaper. I received on 

 the 7th instant the American Courier, published at 

 "Philadelphia, Saturday, November 13, 1852," 

 which contains, amongst other amusing things, an 

 article entitled "Wanderings in Iceland in 1852, 

 by a Yankee." 



The Yankee, for the first time in his life, sees a 

 number of whales. " The sight of them," says be, 

 " of course called up the words of the good old 

 New England hymn : 



' Ye monsters of the bubbling deep,] 

 Your Mivker's praises spout ; 

 Up from the sands ye codlings peep. 

 And wag your tails about.' 



" You see," continues the Yankee, addressing 

 the editor of the American Courier, " I'm very 

 fond of quotations, particularly from poetry : you 

 must admit that this is every way a most appro- 

 priate one. Why couldn't good old Cotton Mather 

 have given us some more of this sort ? Perhaps 

 he did : but if so, I've forgotten them." 



" N. & Q.," some time back, contained notices of 

 some of the Moravian hymns : it seems to me that 

 the "good old New England hymns," by "good 

 old Cotton Mather," are equally deserving of 

 notice. The above verse Is all I possess of the 

 New England hymnology : but perhaps some of 

 your United States readers and contributors (I 

 see you have them) will favour us with a i^sv more 

 specimens of " good old Cotton Mather's poetry." 



L. L. L. 



Kirton in Lindsey. 



Puritan Corruption of Scripture. — It Is known 

 that Field's large folio edition of the Bible, printed 

 in 1660, and used generally in churches until it 

 was exhausted, exhibits a memorable corruptlcHi 

 of the verse (Acts vi. 3.), having " whom ye may 

 appoint," instead of " whom we may appoint!" 

 Many other Impressions also, issued between the 

 years 1640 and 1660, contain the same deprava- 

 tion of the language of the Apostles. Can any of 

 your correspondents state precisely the number of 

 such editions, or add to the information afforded 

 about this matter by Stackhouse's History of ti%e 

 Bible ? 



The recollection of this circumstance was sug- 

 gested to me by perceiving the demand made, at 

 a " Protestant Defence " meeting very lately held 

 in London, for " a form of Church-government 

 upon a reasonable and moderate basis, in which 



