Jan. 1. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



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appears to have been the original meaning of 

 "world," as it is one which it certainly has fre- 

 quently in the Scriptures. " World without end " 

 is the idiomatic renderinj?, equivalent to " in saecula 

 sseculorum," which is a literal following of an idiom 

 common in both the Hebrew and Greek Scrip- 

 tures, and to be found in the Chaldee of the Book 

 of Daniel. " World without end" does not occur, 

 so far as I am aware, in the modern European 

 languages, which generally either f&Uow the Latin 

 " in ssecula Saeculorum ; " or the German, and say, 

 " eternally to eternity." B. H. Cowper. 



Gloucester Ballads (Vol. iv., p. 311.). — Since 

 I inserted these ballads, I have been informed, 

 that the one entitled a "Gloucester Ditty" was 

 from the pen of Charles Dibdin, who, paying 

 a visit to the " fair city," was pressed by some 

 friends to leave them a memento of such. Of my 

 own knowledge, I cannot vouch for the truth of 

 this story ; my informant's veracity is, however, 

 unquestionable. I have recently obtained another 

 copy ; like the former, it is without a date, but 

 bears the well-known imprint, " B-aikes, South- 

 gate Street." 



The "Old Harry" is intended for one "Harry 

 Hudman, King of the Island," a low district in 

 Gloucester, a mock officer chosen by the lower 

 orders. Harry kept the throne many years, but 

 was at length outvoted ; but resolving to retain by 

 stratagem what he could not by free choice, in- 

 vited his competitor to a glass ; and while the lat- 

 ter was taking his draught, Harry jumped into 

 his seat, was chaired through the island, and was 

 thus king another year. There was a ballad re- 

 lating to this worthy, commencing — 

 " There was a man of renown, 

 In Gloucester's fam'd town." 

 , Another verse informs us that — 

 " Old coffins ne'er new, 

 And old pulpits too, 

 Can be bought at his shop in the island." 



The " Taylor's Tale " alluded to is a ballad, 

 written by a person of that name, on the manners 

 and customs of the island. I have not been able 

 to obtain copies of either of these just noticed 

 ballads ; and should any correspondent of " N. & 

 Q." possess such, they would oblige me by their in- 

 sertion. H. G. D. 



Satirical Prints; Pope (Vol. vi., p. 434.). — I 

 have never seen this print that your correspon- 

 dent refers to. It will no doubt be found, how- 

 ever, to be a plate illustrating a scene in the 

 following tract : " A Letter from Mr. Cihber to 

 Mr. Pope, Sfc. : London, printed and sold by IV. 

 Lewis in Russell Street, Covent Garden, 1742," 

 see pp. 45, 46, 47, 48, 49., where is given rather a 

 warm description of the whole scene. Should this 

 tract not be had by Griffin, he may turn to 



D'Israeli's Quarrels of Authors, article " Pope and 

 Gibber," note p. 193., col. 2., edit. 8vo., Moxon, 

 1840 ; where D'Israeli adds : 



" This story, by our comic writer, was accompanied 

 by a print, that was seen by more persons, probably, 

 than read the Dunciad." 



S. Wmson. 



Baising the Wind (Vol. vi., p. 486.). — We say 

 " the wind rises," and this is common in Virgil 

 (see .^neid. iii. 130. 481.; v. 777.: Oeorgics, i. 

 3/56. ; ii. 333. ; and iii. 134.). The transition from 

 rising to raising is easy ; and as there is no sailing 

 without a breeze, so there is no getting along 

 without money : in both cases, the wind is essen- 

 tial to progress. As to the mode of obtaining the 

 " needful," I know not much, but probably whist- 

 ling will be found as effectual in one case as in 

 the other. B. H. Cowper. 



Milton in Prose (Vol. vi., p. 340.). — I know of 

 one performance in the French language, which 

 answers the description of Milton in Prose : it is a 

 rhapsody entitled Le Paradis Terrestre, Po'eme 

 imite de Milton, by Madame Dubocage : London, 

 1748. The French themselves had so poor an 

 opinion of it, that one of their wits, the Abbe Yart, 

 has ridiculed it in the following epigram : 



" Sur cet ^crit, charmante Dubocage, 



Veux-tu savoir quel est mon sentiment ? 

 Je compte pour perdus, en lisant ton ouvrage, 

 Le Paradis, mon temps, ta peine, et mon argent. 



Henry H. Breen. 

 St. Lucia. 



The Arundelian Marhles (Vol. iv., p. 361.). — 

 Mr. W. Sidney Gibson, in his account of this 

 celebrated collection, quotes portions of an inte- 

 resting letter, from James Theobald to Lord Wil- 

 loughby de Parham, but he does not say from 

 whence he obtained it. I have now before me 

 two copies, one in Historical Anecdotes of the 

 Howard Family y a new edition, 1817, p. 101. ; the 

 other in a work entitled Oxoniana (published by 

 Richard Phillips, 4 vols. 12mo., no date), vol. iii. 

 p. 42. Now both these copies differ from Mr. 

 Gibson's, and all three are at variance respecting 

 some of those minor details which are of so much 

 importance in inquiries of this description. Where 

 is a genuine copy of Mr. Theobald's letter to be 

 found ? Edward F. Rimbaux,t. 



Pambotanologia (Vol. vi,, p. 462.). — Inivri will 

 find a full account of this work in Pulteney's His- 

 torical and Biographical Sketches of the Progress 

 of Botany in England, vol. i. p. 181. 



George Munfobd. 



East Winch. 



Can a Man baptize himself? (Vol. vi., pp. 36. 

 110.). — This question has not yet received any 



