Dec. 25. 1852.] 



:notes and queries. 



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city of Worcester, I forward you a description 

 thereof, in the hope that some of your corre- 

 spondents may discover to what it originally be- 

 longed, should my own suggestion be incorrect. 

 It appears to me to be the face of a buckle or 

 ornament, worn by an officer or soldier in the 

 centre of the cross belt of his accoutrements; it 

 seems to be made of a mixed metal, bearing a good 

 polish nearly as bright as silver ; at the back still 

 remain the four places where the buckle, or what- 

 ever other fastenraents they may have originally 

 been, was attached. Its shape is oval, and measures 

 one inch and three quarters by one inch and a half ; 

 it has a shield with a saltire, in the centre of which 

 is a smaller shield, with a lion rampant thereon, 

 the whole surmounted by a regal crown as the 

 crest ; around it is the following inscription : 



" HONESTY . GLOalA . FAX . MENTIS." 



I beg to suggest the following Queries, replies 

 to which will be esteemed. 



To whom did the arms belong ? 



On what occasion was it worn ? 



Where can a copy of the inscription be referred 

 to? 



On a closer examination with a friend, since 

 writing the above, we think it is stamped on a thin 

 piece of silver, filled in with pewter. 



T. D. Whitboene. 



Jewish Sahhatical Year, ^c. — Can any of your 

 readers refer me to any passage in profane history 

 which proves that the Jews ever observed the sab- 

 batical year, and the year of jubilee, in the manner 

 directed in the twenty-fifth chapter of Leviticus ? 



Xenophon. 



Samuel Daniel. — If you or any of your corre- 

 spondents will inform me where further informa- 

 tion may be obtained of Samuel Daniel (poet and 

 historian) than what is supplied in Wood's Athence 

 Oxoniensis, the Biographia Britannica, and Head- 

 ley's Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry, a 

 great obligation will be conferred on I. M. 



Consecrated Rings used for Cure of Epilepsy. — 

 In Georgii Lilii Anglorum Begum Chronicon, 

 Venetiis, 1548 : 



" Edouardus Sanctus Rex strumam, item gutturis 

 vitium, quod nonnulli scrophulara dicunt, solo tactu 

 in quara plurimis sanasse dicitur, quam curationem, ad 

 posteros Angliae Reges, divina \irtute, quasi hEcredi- 

 tariam emanasse ferunt. 



" A°. 10S5. Edouardus Rex obiit, divino, uti fertur, 

 vicina; mortis prssagio admonitus, annulo quem is 

 paulo antea cuidam pauperi D. Joannis Evangelistje 

 nomine eleemosynam ab eo petenti dederat, a peregrino 

 quodam Hierosolima redeunti, sibi reddito. Sepultus 

 est in Vestmonasterii temple, ac paulo post inter Divos 

 relatus, annulusque ille in eiusdem templi arcliiviis re- 

 conditus, comitiali morbo laborantibus mirifice, uti 

 aiunt, salutaris, et hinc natum, ut Angliaj Reges quo- 



tannis, annulos solemni caerimonia sacratos, contracta 

 membra divina virtute dissolveiites, populo erogent," 



When did the use of these consecrated rings by 

 our sovereigns cease ? or were the touch and the 

 gift of the ring in course of time combined in one 

 ceremony, when a piece of coin was substituted 

 for the ring ? W. C. Trevelyan. 



Epigram on the Popes. — Who are the Popes 

 alluded to in the following epigram ? 



" Paule, Leon, Jules, Clement, 

 Ont mis notre France en tourment. 

 Jules, Clement, Leon, Paule, 

 Ont pertrouble toute la Gaule, 

 Paule, Clement, Leon, et Jules, 

 Ont beaucoup gagne par leurs bulles. 

 Jules, Clement, Paule, Leon, 

 Ont fait de maux un million." 



Henbt H. Breex. 



St. Lucia. 



Chaucer. — Alkln says, in his Biographical Dic- 

 tionary, that this poet " is supposed to have for a 

 time pursued the study of the law at the Temple." 

 What authority is there for this ? In particular, 

 does it appear, by any record of the Inner Temple, 

 that Chaucer ever was a student there ? J. !N. B. 



John De Castro and his Brother Bat. — Who 

 was the author of The History of Mr. John De 

 Castro and his brother Bat, commonly culled Old 

 Crab ? The story is a very humorous one ; it 

 was published in the United States by Wells and 

 Lilly about the year 1815. aSB. 



Philadelphia. 



Kinderley. — Can any of your readers afford 

 information as to the parentage, &c. of Jefiery 

 Kinderley of Soiith Molton, Lincolnshire, who 

 was buried at Spalding in 1714? He is said to 

 have sheltered De Foe, who wrote at his house 

 these lines : 



" This place by heaven was sure design'd, 

 To be a prison for mankind. 

 For who lives here must live confined." 



What are the arms of Kinderley ? A. F. B. 



Diss. 



Dr. Henniker. — In The Flowers of Wit, a book 

 in 2 vols., edited, I think, by the Eev. H. Kett, 

 some twenty or thirty years ago, appears a jeu 

 d'esprit in this form (as well as memory serves) : 

 Dr. Henniker being asked by King Charles to de- 

 fine wit, answered, " 'Tis what a pension would be 

 to your humble servant, — a good thing well ap- 

 plied." The same is attributed to the same person 

 in earlier and later collections of facetlse. Can any 

 of your readers give an authority for this ; or in- 

 formation as to the profession, &c. of Dr. Henniker ? 



AlTCH. 



