Feb. 19. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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out hope that a correct copy may eventually be 

 elicited from some of your correspondents. 



With regard to the first, whether the lines were 

 really made on the occasion stated, or the occasion 

 was invented (as I am inclined to suspect) to suit 

 the lines, is perhaps not very material : 



■*' Jiepltf to Miss Charlotte Ness, who inquired the meanmg 

 of the logical terms Abstract and Concrete. 



" ' Say what is Abstract, what Concrete 9 

 Their difference define.' 

 ' They both in one fair person meet, 

 And that, dear maid, is thine.' 



' How so ? The riddle pray undo.' 



' I thus your wish express ; 

 For when I lovely Charlotte view, 



I then view loveli-iVess.' " 



On a certain D.D. (who, from a peculiarity in 

 lis walk, had acquired the sobriquet of Dr. Toe) 



being jilted by Miss H , who eloped with her 



father's footman : 



" 'Twixt Footman Sam and Doctor Toe 



A controversy fell. 

 Which should prevail against his foe, 



And bear away the belle. 

 The lady chose the footman's heart. 



Say, who can wonder ? no man : 

 The whole prevail'd above the part, 



'Tvvas Foot-vaa.n versus Toe-man." 



I should like to ascertain the author of the fol- 

 lowing : 



Tlie Parson versus Physician. 



" How D.D. swaggers — M. D. rolls ! 



I dub them both a brace of noddies : — 

 Old D.D. takes the cure of souls, 



And M. D. takes the care of bodies. 

 Between them both what treatment rare 



Our souls and bodies must endure ! 

 One takes the cure without the care. 



T'other the care without the cure." 



Bali^iolensis. 



" GOE, SOULE, THE BODIES GUEST. 



I have a cotemporaneous MS. of this wonder- 

 fully-fine poem, that came into my possession with 

 a certain rare bunch of black-letter ballads, printed 

 between the years 1559 and 1597, and all of them 

 unique (of the said bunch, Mr. P^ditor, more here- 

 after), which contains two .additional verses not 

 to be found in A Poetical Rhapsodie, compiled 

 by Francis Davison, and "printed by William 

 Stansby for Roger Jackson, dwelling in Fleet 

 Street, neere the great Conduit, 1611;" nor in 

 Poems by Sir Henry Wotton, Sir Walter Raleigh, 

 and others, carefully edited by the Rev. John 

 Hannah, M.A., and published by my friend Wil- 

 liam Pickering in 1845. They are prefaced by the 

 word " Additions." They are written oa the same 



leaf, and in the same quaint hand, and are as 

 follow : 



Tell London of their stewes, 



Tell marchants of their usury ; 

 And, though it be no newes, 



Tell courtyers of theyr lechery ; 

 And if they will reply, 

 They best deserve the lye. 



Let cuckolds be remembred, 



I will not dye theyr debtor ; 

 Theire heads beying armed, 



Theyl beare the brunt the better ; 

 And if they chaunce reply, 



Theyr wives know best they lye. 



Having compared this MS. with the poem as it 

 is printed in the above-mentioned volumes (both of 

 which are in my library), I find it contains several 

 variations, not however very important. Though 

 these " Additions," in good taste, expression, and 

 power, do not equal the noble verses that precede 

 them, they are interesting and curious, and well 

 worthy of preservation. After much inspection 

 and inquiry, I have not discovered that they have 

 ever yet appeared in print. The cabinet in which 

 they slept, and the company they kept (undis- 

 turbed, it would appear) for more than two cen- 

 turies, assure me that they have not been pub- 

 lished. 



If you, Mr. Editor, or any of your many friends 

 desire to see this MS., say so, and you and they 

 shall be welcome. It has been in my possession 

 (unseen) twenty years. Geokge Daniex.. 



Canonbury. 



PETITIONS FROM THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM. 



The documents, copies of which I inclose, are 

 written on the blank leaves in a copy of Willett's 

 Hexapla, edit. 1611. I should be glad to know if 

 the petitions, of which they are drafts, or rather 

 copies, were presented, and ivhen ? There is no 

 date to the petitions ; but the copy of a letter, on 

 another blank page, which seems to be in the 

 same handwriting (signed "William Middleton"), 

 is dated February 5th, 1658. Any information 

 regarding the parties whose names are appended 

 to the petitions would be acceptable. 



" To his Highness the Lord Protector of the Common- 

 wealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the 

 dominions and territories thereunto belonging, the 

 humble Address and Petition of diuers Justices of 

 the Peace, Gentlemen, Ministers of the Gospell, 

 and others, wel-afFected persons, inhabitants in the 

 County of Nottingham. 



" Upon consideration of the signall and glorious ap- 

 pearances of God on the behalfe of his people and in- 

 terest, wherein he hath pleased to make great use of 

 your Highness, we account ourselues deeply engaged 

 to acknowledge the wonderful! power, wisdome, and 



