'in*> S. V; 180.J JUNE 26. '68.] 



NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



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Countess Mastersoh (a title in her own right) of 

 Antigua ; how she derives that title, and what 

 families were connected with this branch in Ire- 

 laud. Such information will still oblige S. R. 



Newcourfs ^^Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Paro- 

 chiale Londinense" (1" S. xii. 381. ; 2"^ S. i. 261. ; 

 ii. 304. 374. 396.) —If any steps should be taken to 

 comjjlete this valuable work, either by reprinting 

 the whole of it, or, as su<igested by Sir Henry 

 Ellis, in the shape of a Supplement from the 

 reoristers of the diocese, I may as well state in 

 "N. & Q." that William Cole's annotated copy 

 inquired after (!•' S. xii. 381.) is now in the li- 

 bi-ary of the Corporation of the City of London, 

 Guildhall. On the fly-leaf is his unmistakeable 

 autograph, " W" Cole, Coll. Regal. Cantab, a.m. 

 1744," as well as his book-plate. It formerly 

 belonged to the library of the late Craven Ord, 

 Esq., F.R.S. and F.S.A., as it also contains his 

 book-plate. May we hope that Newcourt's own 

 interleaved copy with additions, as- well as those 

 annotated by Bishop Kennett artd Peter le Neve, 

 may yet be discovered, and, when found, a Note 

 made of them in the pages of " N. & Q." ? 



J. Yeowell. 



Lion Coward (2°^ S. v. 505.) — P. P. remarks 

 that " Guillim does not admit couard among 

 heraldic terras at all, nor gives any print of an 

 animal thus degraded." Now in my edition, that 

 of 1660, I find such a print, desci:ibed as fol- 

 lows : — 



" He beareth, argentj a Lyon Rampand, Coward, Pur- 

 pure, by the name of JRowch. This is termed a Lyon 

 Coward, for that in cowardly sort he clappeth his tail 

 between his legs, which is projjel' to all kinds of beasts 

 (having tails) in case of extremity and ftear, than which 

 nothing is more contrary to the magnanimity and noble 

 stomack of the Lyon, who will not shrink or be abashed 

 at any encounter, so valiant and resolute is he of nature." 

 W. J. BerJihard Smith. 



Your correspondent i*. P. with find a definition 

 of this term in Randle Holmes's Armory : — 



" He beareth, vert, a lion ramp, regard, coward, oi"; 



" The lion and all other beasts with long tails, in what 

 posture soever they be, except dormant, seiant, and cou- 

 cbant, if they cast their tails between their hinder legs, 

 thus, have the addition of coward added to them in their 

 blazoning. Per pale g. and or a lion ramp, tail bet. his 

 hinder legs, and reflected betw. his fore feet, and so to 

 the back of his head, counterchanged. By the name of 

 Schetzell-Zur Merx-Hausen." 



" He beareth argent, a lion ramping, cowardly vert. 

 This lion assaulteth his enemy, but is faintly not with 

 courage and vigour, which is seen by letting his tail fall 

 and drag between his legs. Some term this a lion ram- 

 pant, the tail descendant. The lion thus, purpure is born 

 by the name of Rowch." 



C. HotPER. 



" Lismore " (2»'> S. v. 506.) — I think F. C. H. 

 has made a mistake about Lismore. The place 

 alluded to is most likely Lismore in the county of 



Waterford, where there was d celebrated college, 

 to which students from the Continent resorted. 

 There is some atitiquity about the original Query. 

 If Tara (p. 436.) meant to confine the question 

 to Scotland, F.C. H. is right; but if not, Lismore 

 in Waterford is clearly the place sought. S. R. 



Mary Queen of Scots' Portrait (2°o S. v. 505.) 



— If the figure in this portrait is, as stated by H. 

 Davenet, " matronly," I think it cannot be by 

 Francoise Clouet, otherwise Janet, because he 

 painted Mary about the time she was married to 

 the Dauphin, and whilst she was at the French 

 Court. She was then not more than sixteen years 

 of age, and there is no evidence to show that he 

 ever painted in England or Scotland. The time, 

 indeed, during which he flourished was, according 

 to Mr. Daveney's correct statement, between 

 1540 and 1560, and at the latter date Mary 'rtras 

 was not more thati eighteen years of age. 



Septimus Berdmore. 



Division of the Book of Samuel (2"'* S. v. 484.) 



— The answer to the inquiry of Eric is, that an- 

 ciently in Hebrew copies there was no division of 

 the Book of Samuel, our two books being origin- 

 ally one only, as appears from the testimony of 

 Origen (^fiaaiXewv irpSrr\ Seurtpa, Trap' avrots %v 2o- 

 Hovi)\, Eusebius, JEccL Hist. vi. 25.), and of Je- 

 rome (Tertius sequitur Samuel, quem nos Regum 

 primum et secundum dicimus. Prolog, galeatus). 

 The separation into two books originated with the 

 Alexandrine version. Bomberg was the first who 

 introduced this division of one book of" Samuel in 

 two, into the printed Hebrew, following the Vul- 

 gate. 



It may be well to add, that anciently Judges 

 and Ruth formed one book, the Prophecy and 

 Lamentations of Jeremiah formed one, the two 

 books of Chronicles were reckoned one, Ezra and 

 Nehemiah one, and the twelve minor prophets 

 were counted as one book only. The object was 

 to make the number of sacred books exactly equal 

 to the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet, 

 twenty-two. Whilst the First Book of Chronicles 

 contains the public history of David, the books of 

 Samuel constitute a biography of his private life^ 

 the latter being the joint production probably of 

 Samuel, Nathan, and Gad. (1 Chron. xxix. 29.) 



T. J. BUCKTON. 



Lichfield. 



Custom of Sitting covered in Churches (2""* S. v. 

 168.) — In An Account of the Greek Church, by 

 Thomas Smith, B.D. Lond. 1680, 8vo., we are 

 told : — 



"They keep their culpacs or caps on their heads in the 

 church, except at the Procession, and at the time when 

 the Gospell is read, and at the Celebration of the Sacra- 

 ment : then they all stand up uncovered, and shfew a par- 

 ticular reverence," p. 215. 



In Queen Elizabeth's time, men woire their 



