Dec. 25. 1852.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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in Johnson's mind, as he gives the lines in his 

 Dictioiiary, as an example under the word stirrup. 



St. Luke (Vol. vi., p. 507.). — More than forty 

 years have elapsed since I saw the Rev. Richard 

 Lyne's elegant verses on St. Luke, in print, I think 

 in the Morning Chronicle. I suspect that (as was 

 not unusual at that time) a request was appended 

 to them for a translation, for I find that I sent the 

 following youthful attempt at a paraphrase : 



"'St. Luke to man a twofold bounty gives, 

 The art of Med'cine, and Religion's ties : 

 How useful that to soothe him while he lives ; 

 More useful this to cheer him when he dies." 



n. 



Inscription at Dewsbury (Vol. vl., p. 534.). _ — 

 This inscription seems to be Hebrew in English 

 characters, not very accurately representing the 

 original words ; but I do not know whether this 

 inaccuracy may not be the fault of the transcriber 

 or printer. I need not trouble you with the 

 Hebrew characters, as it will probably answer 

 your correspondent's purpose sufficiently to be told 

 that the meaning is : 



" Therefore in the midst of life we are in death, 

 For all flesh is as grass." 



J. H. T. 



Miles Coverdale (Vol. vi., p. 552.). — In reply 

 to the Query of your correspondent M. W. B., as 

 to the remains of Miles Coverdale, I beg to inform 

 you, that when the church of St. JBartholomew the 

 Less was about to be demolished, particular search 

 was made for the remains of the venerable Re- 

 former ; and on the 21st of September, 1840, a 

 skeleton was found under the floor of the church, 

 in the precise spot where, from tradition, it was 

 expected that his body would be discovered. 

 These remains were removed with the greatest 

 care, and were re-interred on the 4th October in 

 a vault prepared for them in the south aisle of the 

 Church of St. Magnus, London Bridge. 



A pamphlet of eight pages 4to. was printed at 

 the time *, containing an account of the search and 

 its results. A copy of it was presented to me by 

 Messrs, Bagster, the well-known publishers of 

 Paternoster Row, one of whom was present at the 

 search for the remains, as was also Mr. Ofibr and 



* We are indebted to another correspondent for the 

 following note : — " If M. W. B. have not seen this ac- 

 count, and will call at, or send an address to, 15. Pater- 

 noster Row, he will be welcome to a sight of the pam- 

 phlet — ' A correct Account of the Exhumation of the 

 Remains of Myles Coverdale, some time Bishop of 

 Exeter and Rector of St. Magnus the Martyr, London 

 Bridge, who was interred in the Chancel of St, Bartho- 

 lomew's, near the Exchange, by N. Whittock: London, 

 Sherwood & Co., 1840.' J. B." 



a few other persons. It appears, however, that no 

 inscription was discovered, and that the only cir- 

 cumstance by which the remains were identified, 

 was that of their being found exactly in the spot 

 where, according to tradition, the body of the Re- 

 former had been interred. The pamphlet iS illus- 

 trated by a lithograph and a woodcut, representing 

 the finding of the remains, and their appearance 

 when found. J. B. B. 



Deodorising Peat (Vol. vi., p. 509.). — In answer 

 to your correspondent A. A. D., on the above 

 subject, I may state that it can be obtained at 

 2/. 15*. per ton, sacks included, of Mr. P. Shor- 

 diche, Percy AVharf, Great Scotland Yard, at 

 whose office testimonials may be seen. A friend 

 lately wrote to me from the country on the above 

 subject. I went, guided by an advertisement, to 

 an office at the bottom of St. James's Street, where 

 I obtained three explanatory pamphlets gratis, 

 containing testimonials from high authorities in 

 science. Arthdb C. Wilson. 



'■'■ My Mind to me a Kingdom is" (Vol. vi., 

 p. 555.). — I do not find "My mind to me a king- 

 dom is," in Beloe's Anecdotes ; but I find a song so 

 closely resembling it in sentiment, quoted from 

 Gibbon's Madrigals, and supposed to be written 

 by Sir Christopher Hatton, that possibly M. M. 

 may have confused the two in his memory. 



Thos. D. Eatox. 



[We take this opportunity of explaining that this 

 Query was re-inserted inadvertently, the question 

 having been fully discussed in our 1st Vol., pp. 302. 

 355. 489. We are not the less obliged to those Cor- 

 respondents who have referred us to Percy's Reliques^ 

 &c.] 



Ball the Priest and Jack Straw (Vol. vi., p. 485.). 

 — "\V. W. may find in Froissart, whose Chroniques 

 cannot but have a place in the library of the 

 Knights at Malta, that Ball the priest and Jack 

 Straw, after the murder of their companion Wat 

 Tyler by Walworth, were found " en une masure 

 mussez, en se cuidant embler," and that " on leur 

 trencha les testes, et a Tillier aussi, et furent mises 

 sur le pont de Londres " (vol. ii. ch. Ixxvii.). Ball 

 is indeed changed by Froissart into Valee ; but 

 Jacques Straw retains his name better, whilst 

 Smithfield becomes Scnutejillc, and Mile End 

 Milliande. Froissart gives the heads of one of 

 Ball's sermons, ch. Ixxiv., and makes him a com- 

 munist by anticipation ; but this entertaining his- 

 torian had too great a contempt for the people to 

 be a fair narrator in such a cause. 



Henbt Walter. 



Richard III. (Vol. vi., p. 486.). — Permit me to 

 refer Mr. Chadwick to Peck's Desiderata Curiosa^ 

 lib. vii. number viii. I have a poem by Mr. Hull, 



