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minster, co. Devon, is an altar-tomb with the re- 

 cumbent figure of Alice de Mohun, holding an 

 image of the Virgin and child between her up- 

 lifted hands ; and in the wall of the north aisle of 

 the dependent church of Membury is a facsimile 

 of the same figure. 'J'his lady was a munificent 

 benefactor to the church at Axminster, and pro- 

 bably the rebuilder of it in the thirteenth century. 

 She also erected the aisle at Membury. I cannot 

 find where she was buried, whether with her father 

 at Dunkeswell, with her first husband the Lord of 

 Bampton, or with her second husband at Breaton ; 

 but one, at least, of the monuments above-men- 

 tioned must have been without an interment. 



J. D. 



Missal in Latin and English (2°'^ S. v. 323, 

 324.) — Mb. Offob may consult the well-known 

 hymn, " Pange lingua gloriosi." He will find it 

 in the Breviary, under Sept. 14. The following 

 lines will satisfy his doubts : — 

 " Quando ponii noxialis 

 In necem morsu ruit ; 

 Ipse lignum tunc notavit 



Damna ligni ut solveret. 

 Hoc opus nostra salutis 



Ordo depoposcerat. 



Multiformis proditoris • 



Ars ut artem falleret ; 



Et medelam ferret inde 



Hostis unde laeserat." 



P. P. P. 



Mrs. Fyson (2"'J S. v. 315.) — The late Mrs. 

 Fyson of Holme Hale, who died about fifty years 

 since, was considered to possess the power of 

 witchcraft. I never heard of any person having felt 

 the effects of her power in that " black art." 

 Persons having lost articles by being stolen went 

 to her, considering she had the power of restoring 

 them, compelling the thief to return them secretly. 

 I have heard speak of two persons going on such 

 an occasion, and just before they arrived at her 

 house, one said to his companion, " I wonder if 



we shall find the old w at home." He knocked 



at the door, was told to come in, as " the old 



w was at home," and Informed him he might 



return immediately, as she would not give hhn 

 any information on the business he came about. 



Mrs. Fyson was a doctress, and I well remember 

 taking a female cousin to her who had a very 

 sore ankle, which had been under a surgeon's care 

 a considerable time, without deriving any benefit 

 from his attendance. When we came to Mrs. 

 Fyson and told her the purport of my cousin's 

 coming, she asked permission to see her ankle, 

 which was then much inflamed ; asked If It was 

 natural, or If caused by hurt. She applied a 

 plaster to the sore, and gave her others to take 

 home, with directions to apply a fresh one about 

 every two days, and to drink a decoction from 

 stinging-nettles, or, as she expressed it, "You 

 must drink half a teacup of stinging-nettle tea 



twice a-day," and let me see you again next week. 

 My cousin attended strictly to her prescription, 

 and in about six weeks her ankle became well, 

 and remained whole to the day of her death. 



Young females were frequent visitors to the 

 old woman to have their fortunes told, and to 

 consult her on love affairs, for which she made 

 them pay smartly. 



Mrs. Fyson by her mean habits saved a con- 

 siderable sum, from 500Z. to 1000/., for which a 

 young fellow of the name of Parfray married her. 

 He built a windmill, and attempted a watermill ; 

 soon made away with all the money, and Mrs. 

 Fyson died In penury and want. I well remember 

 her coming to a village shop, where she bought 

 some shoe oil and oiled her shoes as tliey were 

 upon her feet. Having the character of a witch, 

 she attracted a deal of attention wherever she 

 went. Anon. 



Old French Argot (2'>i S. v. 387., &c.) — The 

 correct title is — 



" Voyage Mervilleux du Prince Fan-Fe'redin dans Ja 

 Eomancie, contenant plusieurs Observations, Historiques, 

 Ge'ographiques, Physiques, Critiques, et Morales." Paris, 

 1735, pp. 275. 



The book is in the British Museum. A note in 

 the Catalojjue says : " A satire on the work of A. 

 L. Du Fresnoy, entitled De V Unage des Romans, 

 by G. H. Bougeant." It is an amusing satire, but 

 I think It throws no light on the obscure word 

 " Fanfreddonnair." H. B. C. 



Dock (2"'i S. V. 359.) — If the dock In courts of 

 justice be, as seems most likely, so called from 

 being a place In which the prisoner is shut up 

 like a ship in a naval dock, then it is hardly fair 

 to say that no English dictionary defines the term ; 

 e. g. Bailey's Dictionary : ' Dock (some derive 

 It from Soxeii' from SexofJ-ai, Gr. to receive, q. d. a 

 reception for ships; others of duyken, Belg. to lie 

 hid), a place for shipping, dr^ or wet." Richard- 

 son says, the meaning of duyken Is depress, and 

 prefers to define dock as " a place sunk lor the re- 

 ception, for building or repairing ships, and for 

 other purposes." He also quotes passages from 

 Warner's Albioii's England, and B. Jonson, which 

 show that the legal application of the term Is by 

 no means modern. J. Eastwood. 



Interments in Churches (2°'* S. v. 274.) — There 

 Is no general law forbidding interments within 

 churches; but the Home Secretary by an Order 

 In Council can peremptorily close both church and 

 churchyard on the representation of a visiting 

 commissioner ; and power to do this is given in a 

 Burial Act passed in the sixteenth and seventeenth 

 year of her Majesty's reign. Alfeed Gattt. 



St. Patrick's Crosier (2"'^ S. v. 375.)— There is 

 no legend alluded to In the representation of St. 

 Patrick bearing a cross with two bars, nor is there 



