2'>'i S. V. 125., May 22. '58.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



415 



Dives. — Where is Dives mentioned by any old 

 author ? and who first introduced the term in con- 

 nexion witli the rich man mentioned in the para- 

 ble of Lazarus ? T. Crosfield. 



Archbishops Francis and Narcissus Marsh. — 

 The latter of these prelates succeeded the former 

 in the see of Dublin, and was subsequently ad- 

 vanced to the primacy. 



Narcissus Marsh is stated by D' Alton (Memoirs 

 of the Archbishops of Dublin) to have been a 

 native of Wiltshire, and of a family lonj^ settled 

 in Kent. He was Provost of Trinity College, and, 

 in 1682, was consecrated Bishop of Ferns by his 

 namesake Francis, then Abp. of Dublin. He was 

 subsequently advanced successively to the arch- 

 bishopricks of Cashel, Dublin, and Armagh, and 

 died in 1702, unmarried, having munificently 

 founded the public library in Dublin which bears 

 his name, and contains his MS. Diary. 



There is a stately monument to his memory in 

 St. Patrick's Cathedral, with a long inscription, 

 which is given in Ware. 



Dr. Francis Marsh was of a Gloucestershire 

 family, and was the first who settled in Ireland. He 

 married Mary, elder daughter of Jeremy Taylor, 

 Bishop of Down and Connor, and was ancestor of 

 the present Sir Henry Marsh, Bart. See JBaro- 

 nctage and Burkes Landed Gentry. 



My Query is. Were they related to each other ? 

 I have not been able to discover any connexion, 

 tliough I have heard that they were cousins. 



John Ribton Gakstin. 



Dublin. 



Elogium of Martin Luther. — 



" Elogium Martini Lutheri, 



" Ex ipsius Nomine et Cognomine. 



" Depinget dignis te nemo coloribus unquam ; 

 Nomen ego, ut potero, sic celebrabo tuum. 



' Magnicrepus. 

 Ambitiosus. 

 Bidiculus. 

 Tabificus. 

 Impius. 

 Nycticorax. 

 Ventosus. 

 Schistnaticus. 



Mcndax. Morosus. Morio. Monstrum. 



Atrox. Astutus. Apostata. Aeraso. 



Khetor. Rabiosus. Rabula. Kaptor. 



Tumidus. Tencbrosus . Transfuga. Turpis. 



Inconstans. Impostor. Iniquus. Ineptus. 



Nebulo. 

 Van us. 



Stolidus. 



Nugator. 



Vilis. 



Seductor. 



Noxa. Nefjndus. 



Vulticcula. Vecors. 



Larvatus. Ijatro. 

 Vinosus. Vappa. 

 Tcmpestus. Turbo. 



' Lascivus. I-eno. 



Ventripotens. Vultur. 



Tartareus. Torris. 



lIiEresiarcha» Horreiidus. Ilypocrita. Hydra. 



Erro. Execrandus. Eft'rons. Effrcnus. 



Ketrogradus. Reprobus. Resupinus. Rana. 



Vesamia. Varius. Veterator. Vipera. 



Sacrilegus. Satanus. Seutina. Sophista. 



Scurra. 



JLanista. 



Volutus. 



Tyrannus. 



Hermaphroditus. 



Erinnys. 



Rebellis. 



Virus. 



Scelestus." 



Can any one furnish the name of the author of 

 this curious specimen of morbid ingenuity ? It is 

 said to have been composed by a French Jesuit. 



S. H. G. 



Book of Common Prayer. — Can any of your 

 readers inform me when this book was first pub- 

 lished in French, and under what circumstances ? 

 I have a beautiful copy of La Litvrgie Angloise, 

 small 4to., h. Londres, par Jehan Bill, 1616, in 

 a woodcut border, supported by Fides et Humi- 



litas, with Le Livre des Pseavmes de David in the 

 same border, but without the Psalms in Metre. 

 Is there any work containing a bibliographical 

 history of the Book of Common Prayer tracing 

 its translation into other languages ? 



George Offob. 



Children's Games, Time of Henry Vlll. — Sir 

 Thomas More represents a boy being sent to 

 school, meeting with some lads at play, forgetteth 

 all the " nurtur turtur " his parents had taught 

 him, " falleth to wurke wyth them at some suche 

 prety playes of lykelyhed as chyldre be wont to 

 playe, as chyrystone marybone, bokyll pyt, spurne 

 poynt, cobnutte or quaytyng." None of these 

 out-door games are mentioned in the Index to 

 Strutt's Sports. I suppose that the last " quayt- 

 yng" means "quoiting." Can any of your anti- 

 quarian readers assist me with a description of the 

 others ? They occur in The second Parte of the 

 Cofutacion of Tyndals Answere, small fol. Rastell, 

 1533, p. ciii. George Offor. 



English Liturgy, Latin Translation. — I have 

 before me a Latin translation of the English Li- 

 turgy, in 8vo., with the following imprimatur: — 



" Londini, Excudebat E. Jones, Impensis A. Small and 

 T. Cliilde, et Prostant apud Jacobum Knapton ad insigne 

 Coron£e in Csemiterio D. Paiili, mdcxcvi." 



I am anxious to learn, 1. By whom this trans- 

 lation was made ? 2. Whether it possesses ainj 

 and what authority? and, lastly, when it first ap- 

 peared? Enivri. 



Sanscrit Elementary Boohs. — Apropos of lite 

 Times' article of January 16th last, on the study 

 of Indian languages, will any Sanscrit scholar in- 

 form me which are the most approved elementary 

 books (in English), such as may be used with 

 profit by one who has little time at his disposal ? 



Bruno. 



Pro:- Roman Civilisation in Britain. — Have any 

 of the numerous readers of " N. & Q." ever heard 

 or read of a pr^e-Iloman civilisation in these 

 islands ? My reason for making the inquiry is, 

 that I heard a person the other day expressing 

 his belief that, prior to the invasion of Britain by 

 the Romans — perhaps ages before the founda- 

 tions of the seven-hilled city were laid — a state 

 of civilisation existed in these islands approxi- 

 mating to, if not rivalling, that of some of the 

 most famous nations of antiquity, such as the 

 Phoenicians, &c. Inquirer. 



Visitation of Hertfordshire. — I wish to know in 

 whose hands a MS. "Visitation of Hertfordshire" 

 (lot 1019. of the Macartney library and MSS. sold 

 in Jan. 1854) now is. R. W. Hackwood. 



Pirates in Iceland. — In his Letters from High 

 Latitudes, Lord Duffei'in states that during the 



